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Thursday, November 06, 2008
Shame on you, California
Because, while the last votes are still being counted it seems that Proposition 8 - you know, that motion that a Constitution should actually be used to take away rights - has passed.
Any Californian who voted for Prop 8, or who could have gone to the polls to vote against it and didn't: hang your head. Constitutions are there to enshrine rights, not to block them. There are thousands of gay couples now in a state of uncertainty about whether their marriage is legal or not. You've caused a lot of human suffering. Godwin can bite me: invalidating marriages the state doesn't approve of is Nuremberg tactics. You've used your vote to enshrine in your Constitution - your Constitution - that your gay neighbours, co-workers, relations and friends are second-class citizens. Shame on you.
To everyone who took advantage of this brief window of opportunity to marry your beloved, or who would have liked to but missed the opportunity: my deepest sympathies. This isn't the end of the fight, in America or elsewhere; with enough of a fight - and gay rights has a shedload of good fighters on its side - legal discrimination has been overturned in the past and can and will be in the future. But I'm sure you're feeling pretty miserable today. My condolences. All I can say is this: whatever the law says, I see you as married. So, I hope, does everyone of good conscience. So screw Proposition 8: congratulations on your marriage, and I wish you many long and happy years together.
Damn right!
Verification: hoarboat, the vehicle used to convey proposition 8 supporters across water
Then, when I typo'd, the new verification is blogra, the sound of an angry blogger
Ironically, Barack Obama is almost certainly the cause of Proposition 8's passage. He did oppose Proposition 8 (though he also opposes gay marriage) and he brought a huge number of African-American voters to the polls. African-Americans voted 70% in favor of Proposition 8 and provided the margin of victory. Without that boost, it had looked like Proposition 8 was almost certain to fail.
Well, the increase in African American voters in California is ONE of the causes. It's a little hard to say there's a single cause--remember that the Catholic Church and the Mormons poured huge amounts of money into passing the monstrous thing.
Verification word: "defor"--to claim that what had been viewed as the reason for something was, in fact, not. (I'm starting to wonder about blogger.)
Certainly Catholics were a key constituency as well (59% voted for Obama, but 64% voted for Proposition 8). The Mormons also poured a lot of money into it, but there was actually more money opposed to it than for it ($38 million opposed compared to $32 million for).
I'm surprised California doesn't require a super-majority (60% or more) for Constitutional changes. I see however that the California Constitution is a ridiculously bloated document (110 1/2 pages long) which apparently is routinely used for ordinary legislative proposals. It'll be changed hundreds more times in the next couple of decades. I wouldn't view this as a serious defeat. I.e. the California Constitution should not be taken as seriously as an ordinary Constitution is, since Californians don't take it seriously.
African Americans make up 10 percent of the total population of California. All groups voted more "yes" than "no," including whites, Latinos, Catholics, Mormons (obviously) and so on. Good discussion on it here and here. (John Scalzi has also hosted much discussion on it on his blog.)
A lot of factors played into this. (I've been conversing with a friend of mine who was fighting for the "no" vote.) The "yes" people put forth a lot of false premises that weren't combated effectively -- that "gay marriage" was going to be taught to kindergarteners and foolishness like this. The "no" people put out a commerical that seemed to demonize Mormons in particular, which turned some people away (the commercial was pulled). And a lot of people I and some friends spoke to here seemed to be confused by the double negative of voting no to say no to saying "no to same sex marraige." (Saying no to say yes to same sex marriage?)
I really expected this foul proposition to go down, and am wondering where to go from here. I feel indescribably happy about this election, and now guilty because my happiness conincides with a huge injustice against others that I care about.
New York looks to gain some Democratic seats at the state senate level, two of whom have already gone on record as in favor of same-sex marriage -- right now we recognize them when performed elsewhere, but don't perform them in the state. So now we have some work to do and some people to reach. It's not over.
Is it religion, or education level? How long is this going to bloody take?
And a lot of people I and some friends spoke to here seemed to be confused by the double negative of voting no to say no to saying "no to same sex marraige." (Saying no to say yes to same sex marriage?)
And Blogger's word for me today is "pabzfus" which is the fuss a confused Pabst drinker makes over an unclear Proposition.
I'm beginning to wonder abour Blogger too.
African Americans make up 10 percent of the total population of California. All groups voted more "yes" than "no," including whites, Latinos, Catholics, Mormons (obviously) and so on. Good discussion on it here and here. (John Scalzi has also hosted much discussion on it on his blog.)
The link to Sebastian's post on Obsidian Wings states that 55% of non-Latino whites voted no. Also 10% of the population of California is not African-American. Only 6.2% is, 10% was their size of the California electorate in 2008, due to enthusiasm in voting for Obama.
However, Sebastian's 55% is not accurate according to CNN's exit polls and it was closer than that among whites, but whites still voted against (as did Asians).
CNN's results:
White (63% of electorate) - 49% yes, 51% no
African-American (10%) - 70% yes, 30% no
Latino (18%) - 53% yes, 47% no
Asian (6%) - 49% yes, 51% no
Other (3%) - 51% yes, 49% no
However, I do retract some of my statement. If African-Americans had not voted at all, it looks like Proposition 8 would probably have gone down to a very narrow defeat. This indicates that the larger than usual African-American turnout was not decisive, though the African-American vote was.
As for religion v. education level, religion was quite clearly the deciding factor. Those who said "no religion" (16%) voted 90% no. Education only mattered if the people have postgraduate degrees (60% no) with all other education levels voting yes, but this is probably due to correlation with no religion rather than education itself.
And Blogger's word for me is elsaddyj which is very close to El Shaddai, one of the Judaic names for God.
Ah -- I misread some. And last I checked (yesterday), the final tally had not come in.
I am trying to not feel personally responsible for all the actions taken by members of my community, but this is tainting what should be the biggest event of my life, probably. You don't take away from others what's just been given to you (more or less. Imperfect analogy, yadda yadda). You just don't. It's bad form.
For ages I've been having this fight even with some members of my own family (feeling particularly rotten for my cousin and her wife), and am at a loss as to what to do about it.
Ah, well. Connecticut did it, and when the fight comes to New York we'll be ready.
One of the saddest things I have ever read is the e-mail I received from a dear friend who was wed to her beloved in California just this summer.
Their little son came into their room on Wednesday morning and asked if they were "still married."
"Defense of Marriage" my ass. The people of California have just HARMED my (hetero) marriage, by declaring it something that can be invalidated by their disapproval of whom I choose to love.
Kit, please, give us some wedding (or, in the UK, "civil union" I suppose) planning news. I need to hear something upbeat about creating new families right now.
(Word verification: "plaut", which is the plaintive bleat of someone buffetted by the extremes of political results)
Thanks for the interest, hapax! :-)Well, we're having a secular ceremony on an organic farm that does a lot of charity work, including providing holidays for young carers - children who have to look after their disabled or addicted parents, so the wedding expenses will go to a good cause. There may be singing. Small children will blow bubbles. There will probably be pie for dinner. Wellies will be recommended on the invitations, so people can tramp around the farm. Women will make speeches as well as men (all of them under instructions to keep to a five-minute limit, out of respect for our guests' patience). There will be no 'Who gives this woman to be married', no 'pronounce you man and wife', no 'kiss the bride' - I'm giving myself, we're pronouncing ourselves husband and wife and kissing each other, thank you very much.
I was thinking of putting out an internet drive to a British gay rights charity, probably Stonewall, by way of marking the day with a recognition of the fact that my fellow-citizens don't have the same rights I do (and donating myself, obviously); would any of you guys donate if I did?
Word is 'ruperize', which is what seems to have been done to the minds of Californian voters.
All is not lost! For one thing, the hateful proposition passed, but by a lot smaller margin than a similar one passed by several years ago. Progress is being made. For another thing, if you look at the vote by age breakdown, young people voted OVERWHELMINGLY no, with the yes vote increasing as you go up in age. I don't think it is surprising that young people are more tolerant, but it is reassuring to look at that and realize that as time goes on and my generation takes more control of the political system, there will be less of this type of hate.
Lastly! The ACLU has filed a lawsuit challenging Prop 8 because the California Constitution requires amendments to be reviewed by the legislature before being put to a popular vote, and this was not. Details: http://www.aclu.org/lgbt/relationships/37706prs20081105.html
Word is "sculfox," a particularly sneaky type of hate-supporting politician.
I was thinking of putting out an internet drive to a British gay rights charity, probably Stonewall, by way of marking the day
Well, I was wondering what to give you as a wedding present :)
Sound like a fun wedding. Wellies, huh? I take it you guys aren't big on formality!
The word for tonight is "codest," or the happy joining of two individual fates into a blessed whole. And may those rights and blessings be available to all who desire them.
Firstly, yes I would donate if Mika told me to.
Second, your wedding sounds awesome!
I love bubbles.
In fact, I have a theory that nobody on the planet is as happy as a three year old with bubbles.
Ironically, Barack Obama is almost certainly the cause of Proposition 8's passage. He did oppose Proposition 8 (though he also opposes gay marriage) and he brought a huge number of African-American voters to the polls. African-Americans voted 70% in favor of Proposition 8 and provided the margin of victory. Without that boost, it had looked like Proposition 8 was almost certain to fail.
Perhaps - though it's being questioned whether such a theory is viable, given that the only information it's based on is exit polls, which aren't entirely reliable.
But what's really starting to get my attention is how quick people have been to make this point. I've been tooling around the Internet a reasonable amount over the last couple of days, and people are leaping to blame the high African-American turnout with an alacrity that makes me wonder.
The innocent explanation is that it's the basic Democrat tendency to shoot oneself in the foot by picking holes in a victory. We won! Oh, but look, that means trouble's a-brewin! But it's starting to make me uncomfortable. Obviously statistical analysis is useful, but it's the speed with which some people are blaming Prop 8 on race rather than, say, religion or age - also major factors - that's concerning me. And I find it hard to believe that if the exit polls has showed a higher proportion of white people had voted pro than black people, anybody would be banging the drum about it this much.
(I would donate as well, by the way, and send others your way if I can.)
Daily Kos also provides a more detailed look at the numbers today.
I'm not at my most eloquent -- this week I've been an emotional crazypants. I suppose simpler is better: There's a lot of work to be done on many fronts still (and hearts and minds to win over) and it would be better if we did it together.
(And I'm developing rather a huge and unseemly crush on Ta-Nahesi Coates, who says today that: "The anger is justified, expected, and human. But it's not how we're going to fix this.")
(I don't think "thiessit" is a word. I feel left out. :-D )
The article you link to isn't a terribly credible argument. I'm a statistician; nobody knows better than I do the problems with exit polls. But they'd have to be abysmally conducted in order to make an error of that kind of magnitude. And, considering that the exit polls got most everything right this time around, there's no evidence for the hypothesis that they seriously overstated African-American support for the measure.
The person principally banging the drum is Andrew Sullivan who predicted in late September that Proposition 8's passage was a credible threat due to black evangelicals and who has been writing about the racial divide on gay rights for a couple of decades.
And, of course, religion is the reason - nothing else comes close as a predictor, certainly not race (or age).
Andrew, are you still arguing that "Barack Obama is almost certainly the cause of Proposition 8's passage"?
I should note that the above comment was meant for Ms. Whitfield.
Anthrophile, I read Shanikka's post on Daily Kos. After the tenth factual error or simple confusion about polls vs. census, I stopped reading. (I was also appalled at her condescending tone, considering that she clearly understands these issues no better than the people she's criticizing.) However, she did educate me on one point. I had no idea that some gay white males were engaging in racist rhetoric on DailyKos or anywhere else. Had I known that, I wouldn't have mentioned the issue at all.
Anthrophile, I said earlier:
"If African-Americans had not voted at all, it looks like Proposition 8 would probably have gone down to a very narrow defeat. This indicates that the larger than usual African-American turnout was not decisive, though the African-American vote was."
I had foolishly relied on other people's mathematics before doing it for myself (not a mistake I normally make) when I said that.
And, of course, religion is the reason - nothing else comes close as a predictor, certainly not race (or age).
Yet I can't help noticing that the first thing you blamed was race. Your initial post mentioned nothing at all about religion.
This is another article I've seen recommended, pointing out that outreach to the black community was lacking in the run-up; I include it for anyone who's interested.
My main point is this: some people are moving towards blaming black people for this horrible amendment, and they need to cut it out. Identifying a group as the villian is the exact thing that equal rights - you know, the thing that Prop 8 violates - is supposed to stop.
Yet I can't help noticing that the first thing you blamed was race. Your initial post mentioned nothing at all about religion.
Sorry. Are there people who weren't already aware that religious people are less likely to support gay marriage? As I said, had I known there were people engaging in racist rhetoric or identifying African-Americans as "villains," I would never have brought it up.
As an American currently in Canada, I share the massive disappointment. It looks like Florida, the state where I cast my absentee ballot, is passing a pre-emptive anti-same-sex-marriage amendment. That one's even getting the necessary 60% supermajority.
Canada has same-sex marriage, and has for quite a while. First by court order (in some provinces), and then federally by an act of Parliament.
The world hasn't ended. Dogs and cats aren't sleeping together in the streets, or whatever's supposed to happen. Existing opposite-sex marriages aren't diminished, degraded, or damaged. Churches aren't forced to conduct same-sex ceremonies, and Christians aren't being corralled with the cattle-prod of hate speech laws.
The only thing that's happened, in fact, is that forms refer to "spouse" rather than husband/wife. Even the marriage license applications refer to "applicant" and "co-applicant". It just makes sense.
But no, easily a majority of Americans are just plain scared. I don't understand it.
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Since I accidentally stepped into a minefield and since people have been talking about outreach efforts, allow me to make amends by suggesting an outreach effort which might work on evangelicals, regardless of race.
The problem with evangelicals is that they take the Bible seriously. It's not actually possible to either convert them to atheism or to try to convince them that they should ignore that silly old book of theirs (which works on less religious religious people).
But you can fight them with Scripture. The principal argument against homosexuality derives from Leviticus in the Hebrew Bible. There is Leviticus 18:22-23, "You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination" and Leviticus 20:13, "If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death." As is often pointed out, much of Leviticus is not practiced by Christians nowadays, but the Christians who maintain arguments against homosexuality are well aware of this. The Pauline theory is that Jesus overturned the Mosaic Law and Christians aren't required to follow it. However, they are required to follow the moral commandments of the Law, just not the parts of the Law that deal with ritual purity (like circumcision, eating unclean animals, etc.).
So what you have to convince evangelicals of is that the prohibitions on homosexuality concerned ritual purity and not moral purity. If it refers to ritual purity, then modern Christians don't have to follow it. I believe the argument that it only concerns ritual purity is a fairly easy, though not necessarily compelling, argument to make. For one thing, it is not intuitive that homosexuality is morally wrong. For a second, there are a number of prohibitions in the Hebrew Bible which are clearly aimed at maximizing procreation which are now generally viewed as part of ritual purity. For example, there are prohibitions against lying with a woman during menstruation or around that time (Leviticus 20:18). This is clearly aimed at population maximization and it isn't hard to make the link between this prohibition and the prohibition on homosexuality. Moreover, the original text might agree. In the above passages, the word translated as "abomination" and "detestable act" is toevah and is usually a cultic, not a moral, term. (Zimah is the moral term, referring to an act which is wrong in itself.) Importantly, the moral laws which were intended for all humanity (the Ten Commandments) was delivered before Leviticus. Leviticus was aimed specifically at Jews, in particular as a prohibition against the idolatry of the Canaanites.
I have convinced people with this argument in the past. (Despite my atheism, my training in medieval philosophy does come in handy. I would recommend coming fairly prepared.) If you can convince the right preachers with this argument (easier said than done, I know) - that homosexuality was forbidden purely for ritual purity reasons which was overturned by Christ's death on the cross, you could pick up a lot of votes for gay marriage pretty quickly.
Anybody familiar enough with Scripture to critique my argument and possibly make it stronger?
By the by, I don't think this argument can defeat Catholic opposition. While you might be able to convince them that homosexuality isn't a sin, you'd have a tough time convincing them on gay marriage so long as it's called marriage. For the Catholics, marriage is one of the seven sacraments. Protestants only recognize baptism and the Eucharist as sacraments. It is hard to fit homosexual marriage into the Pauline model of marriage as a sacrament, representing the union of Christ and Church.
For one thing, it is not intuitive that homosexuality is morally wrong.
Unfortunately, for a lot of people, it *is* intuitively obvious, for reasons varying from "Someone whose authority I respect says so" to "Slot A and Tab B are clearly designed for one purpose only."
And unfortunately, there is more to it than that. Gay marriage is one element of a larger "culture war," which includes a set of interlinked assumptions, including: (1) that the nuclear family is THE basic building block of any valid human society, (2) that the nuclear family IS, by definition, one man, one woman and their biological children, and (3) any society that does not privilege the nuclear family above all other possible associations of humans (like, for instance, friends, community interest groups, work groups, philanthropic associations, or romantic relationships that don't fit that model) MUST collapse into chaos and a complete lack of morality.
People often assume that this set of assumptions has some basis in the Bible, but in fact, it's only there if you read it into the actual texts. But since it's often promoted by religious preachers, it's assumed to be a valid religious conclusion.
Your biblical counter-argument is a good one, but it only addresses one of the issues, alas.
To their credit, I've been reading a few conservative religious commentators in the last few days who point out that it is not, in fact, their mandate to rule the world, nor to enforce their views on everyone else. But that seems to be a minority view.
Verification word is "ellob" which bears an unfortunate resemblance to "yob."
Many evangelicals do not in fact rely entirely or even primarily on the passage in Leviticus, since they consider that many of the Hebrew laws have been rescinded for Christians. (This is why it's not hard to find evangelicals munching ham-and-cheese sandwiches during Passover.) However, Romans 1:25-27 is the New Testament argument. I give unto thee the King James Version, because verily if the King James was good enough for Saint Paul, it's good enough for me: "Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet."
They take this as evidence that that particular rule wasn't rescinded.
My verification word is "chemie," which should refer to a simple sheath-style lab coat worn by French chemists.
Chris, all of the arguments you give rely on reasoning, not on intuition. E.g. there are intuitive arguments against adultery (since we have an intuition that it is wrong to break one's promises), but I don't believe there are any intuitions against homosexuality. People who believe homosexuality is wrong are building upon other intuitions through a chain of reasoning. This makes their arguments much more vulnerable.
Dash, I do hear Romans brought up, though not as often as Leviticus. I agree, of course, that Romans has to be dealt with, since it comes from the authority of Saint Paul. (Some other Church Fathers also condemned homosexuality, but their views aren't as important as Saint Paul's.) I would rely on an exegesis. The word translated as "vile" above is atimias and means "socially unacceptable." In 2 Corinthians 6:8, Saint Paul applies the same word to himself for his commitment to Christ. Clearly he is not saying that his commitment to Christ is morally wrong. Similarly with "unseemly," the Greek word for which was aschemosyne which means "not according to form." Even this passage does not make it obvious that Paul meant to say that homosexuality is morally wrong. He could have used words which mean that and he did not. Romans, in general, is about healing the rifts between Jewish Christians and Gentile Christians by agreeing with the Jews that Gentiles are "unclean" (the context of the above passage), but then showing the Jews that they too have sinned, that purity issues in the law don't matter, and incline the Jewish Christians to acceptance of Gentile Christians. I think one can easily argue that, in this context, homosexuality was being used as a purity issue.
Certainly, though, you are correct that Romans is tougher to deal with than Leviticus because it is not part of the overturned Law. I don't regard it as obvious that Saint Paul thought homosexuality was morally wrong, but I don't think I could convince a determined believer that this view is correct. (Although, in any event, Saint Paul clearly believed that chastity was the highest sexual behavior of humans. This is undisputed.) Unlike Leviticus, I do believe a determined preacher can probably refute my view on Saint Paul. My suggestion would be to continue outreach to the next preacher since that one probably can't be convinced. I submit, however, that many can and that the key is not to treat them as enemies, since that only turns people off to the cause. (E.g. the repellent anti-Mormon commercial aired by No on Prop 8.)
My suspicion is that Biblical arguments alone, no matter what, aren't going to cut it. Different people interpret the same passages in such wildly divergent ways that there's always some piece of counter-evidence someone can bring up. The nits get pickier and pickier, but I doubt it'll change people's minds as much as experience - especially as a religion that prizes being hardline is also liable to be dogmatic and closed to unwelcome reinterpretation.
As I see it, the fundamental assumption is that there are safe units that have to be preserved, and that society is a matter of good insiders and bad outsiders. The most effective solution is to enlarge the circle of insiders; after all, only last month the same religious groups that a few generations ago would have argued it was against God's will for women to have the vote were praying for Sarah Palin to become Vice President. Once people are inside the circle, tribally-minded people become protective of them.
If I were arguing the case, I think I'd take the line that the central commandment is to love one another, and that any other consideration is secondary - that trying to oppose gay rights is straining out gnats and swallowing camels. More than that, though, I suspect appeals to common humanity are more persuasive. I'd talk about my gay friends not having the same rights as myself; how my friend Claire, who'll be a bridesmaid at our wedding and who's been incredibly supportive to us, whose parents are an outstanding marriage and who takes a genuine joy in the marriages of her friends, is not allowed to have what she rejoices at other people finding, for instance. When it comes down to specific cases, it's just not fair, and I think it's much easier to refute a Biblical argument than it is to look a fellow human being in the eye and say 'I don't think you should have the same rights as me.'
Emotion is the driving force of politics, and at the moment, suspicion of the unfamiliar is dominating compassion. I think we need to tap compassion as much as possible.
Um, gosh, thanks! You guys have been really supportive to me too, y'know. And seeing as I'm here, can I just say something that I think it's important to remember: this is only temporary. True, it's a setback. But it's like waves on a beach when the tide is coming up: the waves come in, they go out again. But the tide keeps rising. The watermark keeps getting higher. The people who are today arguing that we should be happy with civil partnerships are the very people who thought even civil partnership was an obscenity just a couple decades ago.
We're getting there. Never, ever forget that we are getting there.
Verification word: Crunos, which describes the sort of "Christian" who claims to believe in a God of love while preaching the politics of hate. It comes from two root words, "crucifixion" and "nostalgia", thus implying that such a "Christian" in fact feels a wistful longing for an era when dangerous troublemakers could be strung up and left to die.
Andrew (and others),
I'd forget about starting from a theological argument with evangelicals. They'll adjust the theology later, once they've made peace with the idea that the object of the law is not to enshrine their religious preferences in some regard. (They have done precisely this kind of theology-adjustment work regarding divorce, not so long ago anathema among evangelicals.)
By the way, here's a fairly detailed, if concise, description of why Prop. 8 passed.
(Verification word: saceds. Undoubtedly one of those awful words of the sort invented by corporations or government agencies to describe their programs. Possibly from sac(r), the root of "sacred" plus ed, clipped from "education." A special kind of instruction in religious concepts. Example, "we've got some serious saceds to do among California evangelicals to convince them that state acknowledgment of same-sex marriage is not inconsistent with their religious beliefs."
after all, only last month the same religious groups that a few generations ago would have argued it was against God's will for women to have the vote were praying for Sarah Palin to become Vice President.
Evangelicals were at the forefront of women's suffrage as they had been previously for abolition of slavery.
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I don't think those Evangelicals would embrace the people who claim moral and intellectual descent from them.
I'm talking about the same attitudes, not the same label. Religions always contain fine, compassionate people who fight hard to protect their beloved fellow human beings, and they always contain hardliners who are convinced that God exists to justify their way of life and punish those outside it. Evangelicals used to be the first kind of believer, and now they're the second. (At least, as a political bloc; undoubtedly there were mean Evangelicals a hundred years ago and there are certainly liberal ones now. People vary.)
Frederick Douglass, for instance, remarked that it was far worse to be the slave of a Christian than a secular master. Christians were more self-righteous, more punitive and harsher, because they were convinced that not just good luck but God's justice had put them in a position of great power over other people. Those masters were probably not Evangelicals - but that's the attitude we're seeing against gays today.
Religion is either a force of love or a force of hate. Which groups are moving in different direct changes over time, but it's the force of love faiths we need, whatever they're currently called.
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Drug & Alcohol Testing Regulations for Supervisors
Middletown City Hall
9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Registration beings at 8:30 a.m.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW back to top
This workshop focuses on the signs of probable alcohol abuse and drug use by safety-sensitive employees and the responsibilities of supervisors and managers to make a reasonable suspicion determination. Supervisors will learn the physical, behavioral and performance indicators, as well as the collection process, for alcohol and controlled substances according to US Department of Transportation Regulations. This workshop meets federal regulations (FMCSA and FTA) which require supervisory training.
The workshop is designed for both the new supervisor and veteran who may need a refresher on Drug & Alcohol determination skills.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES back to top
- Understand DOT requirements for urine testing for drugs and breath testing for alcohol
- Learn signs and symptoms of alcohol misuse and substance abuse
- Outline supervisor responsibility for reasonable suspicion testing
- Learn how to respond when an employee tests positive Legal considerations:
- Employer liability, insurance, contracts, and indemnification
- Interaction with other laws: ADA & FMLA
- Reasonable suspicion testing
WHO SHOULD ATTEND back to top
- First Selectmen, Mayors, Town/City Managers
- Personnel responsible for compliance with DOT regulations
- Managers and Supervisors in ALL departments
- Supervisors of municipal transportation functions (paid or volunteer covered by DOT rules - public works, recreation, social services, and education)
- Town/City Attorneys
- Humans Resource Directors and Personnel
- Public Safety Officials
CCM PRESENTERS back to top
Lew Slotnick
Wheeler Clinic
Christopher Sugar
Berchem, Moses & Devlin, PC
COST back to top
- Non-Members - $120 per attendee, (see registration info below)
- FREE to CCM-Members, (see registration info below)
Not sure if you're a CCM Member? Click here to find out!


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Red White and Blue
Posted by Chic Aeon in freebies on Monday, June 30, 2008
Both Canada Day and the 4th of July are on the NEAR horizon. And with that lots of designers are giving away themed freebies (THANK YOU!). Here are two of my favorites which you can wear long after the holidays.
Frozen Turquoise Valentine -- Spathi 52/242/22 is having an on the wall hunt for a VERY nice outfit. This is available until midnight. Find it on the wall in the shop. It comes with both capri and long slacks (both with prims). You can wear it with or without the white tube top. You can also wear the tube top without the undies (tucked in) layer. This is a versatile mix and match outfit that can be dressed up or down.
EarthStones Jewelry -- EarthBound 161/126/23 is giving away a cute bangle bracelet for the 4th of July. There is also a similar necklace for guys (too big for girls). Find them on a 4th of July specials display near the giant MORE sign on the way to the adjoining room.
Shoes by Juicy, Hair by Calla.
Weekend Finds: June 29
Posted by Chic Aeon in freebies on Sunday, June 29, 2008
Here are my favorite Freebie finds for the weekend (actually only Sunday LOL).
Free Spirit -- Quest III/176/148/23 has a really cute tee and shorts set that includes two WINNER poses. You don't need to be from SPAIN to like this outfit!
AMMIES -- Aragon 186/216/504 has some very cute sandals set out by the door. There is also a multi piece July outfit and some slippers.
..::Rasetsukoku::.. -- Meerkat Valley 13/172/39 has some great Scorpion jeans (logo on the back belt area) for free. It is in a jug on the table -- once you get DOWN the long staircase LOL. (Shoes by Juicy - Halter by Love Chic)
Sweeter & ::69:: - A Cute Coupling
Posted by Chic Aeon in freebies
Sweeter Than Candy -- Champs Elysees 119/94/32 opened a new main shop today. I missed the event but the opening gift is still available as well as LOTS of other free outfits. You can even get some of the free items from Pixeldolls if you missed them (or are new).
This outfit comes with two top styles as well as a babydoll skirt. I preferred the sparkle jeans. Nice and bright and GREEN to go with my HOH red hair - LOL.
Also, ::69:: sent out a group gift of color change beach sandals. There are three styles but I think this one is indeed the cutest. They are click color change so I simply made them green to go with the outfit.
Hair by House of Heart
House of Heart Hair Hunt!!!!!
I haven't been yet, but my friend Benicia braved the first wave and the lag and got these wonderful photos of great hair. I believe this is the first HOH hunt. Bewitched Hair Hunts are of course legendary but this looks EVEN BETTER!! Yeah!
There are 14 boxes set around the main shop and the mall area, each box includes one of our most popular styles in one color! Benicia's only slightly negative comment was that her head was WAY too big for most of the styles so some major adjustments were necessary. Still, they look fantastic. Just remember to save a copy of the original before you stretch and reposition.
The boxes are smallish and black with HOH photos on the sides. They are relatively easy to find. Shouting out locations (no notecard passing) is part of the fun. The hunt runs until Thursday afternoon.
Here they are in all there glory.
ASHIA DESIGNS: Destiny-Shambi
Posted by Chic Aeon in freebies on Monday, June 9, 2008
ASHIA DESIGNS -- Morels 168, 108, 66 -- [sorry map and tp not working for me at the moment :( ] has given out a very lovely group only skin. The skin is part of the "Destiny" range that will be featured in an upcoming fashion show, along with Beauty Avatar. This particular version will not be sold. It is exclusively for the group.
It features rich skin tones and red makeup (including toe polish - :D).
Shown with House of Heart hair and Sn@tch bikini.
On the Wall at Sn@tch
Posted by Chic Aeon in freebies on Thursday, June 5, 2008
This week's on the wall free item at Sn@tch includes some great knee length baggie pants with prim cuffs, three choices of ties and FIVE shirts (great additions to your basic wardrobe). There are also boy socks and boy socks with fishnets (as undies layer). So do the math and you can see you have simply TONS of mix and match options here.
Best with funky boots or tennies (neither of which I have) I am showing these sans shoes.
Photo taken in the back room of Sn@tch.
Fashion credits: Hair by Philotic Energy, nails by Shop Seu
There are actually TWO freebies this week so once you find this, keep on lookin'.
Fun Summer Freebies!
OK. I admit that I have a LOT of "stuff" from blogging four months - almosteveryminuteuntiloflate :D. So it is getting harder for me to find things that I think are REALLY good to show you. And then again, if there have already been three or four posts on something there is NO point expending energy that could be put to better use (wink).
Today's fashion post IS in part about the often mentioned lately Juicy Slingbacks (Cherry in this case) but it also features a very cute bracelet I picked up the other evening. The bracelet comes in a variety of colors and is FREE at Juicy -- Juicy 115/138/23. Add to that a brand new very cute pants set from Damiani -- Plush Micron 193/95/39. Find this new outfit at the main entrance by a SLEW of other 0 and 1 Linden items.
Viola! We have a great outfit for SUMMER! The pant set features detailed prim cuffs with texture and a prim belt with logo buckle. I didn't try resizing the belt as I am a big girl. So it might be a bit tricky if you are petite.
Click the pics to enlarge.
Fashion credits: Hair by WRONG


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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Former major league infielder Josh Booty has won a reality television show by throwing the best knuckleball, and will go to spring training with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Booty is set to report to camp Friday with a non-roster invitation.
The show on the MLB Network was called "The Next Knuckler." Booty met Thursday with Diamondbacks announcer Tom Candiotti, a longtime knuckleballer in the majors.
The 37-year-old Booty played 13 games for the Marlins from 1996-98. He also played quarterback at LSU.
Booty was among five former college quarterbacks in the competition. His brother, John David Booty, was joined by Doug Flutie, David Greene and Ryan Perrilloux.


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Vegan Matzo Brie (or, for my Shiksas, Vegan Fried Matzo and Scrambled "Eggs")
Blog Readers:
I rarely ask favors. I don't really find it in true Blogger nature to request something in a forum that's typically suited for leisure. But! Just yesterday, I finished the first draft of my cookbook. I need help with two things:
1) I need readers. You don't have to read the whole thing...If enough people are interested, I'll break it up into sections. In my mind, it should be written in a manner that's easy for home cooks to understand. I did my best to break every recipe down...explaining the shortcuts you can take to simplify my often complex recipes.
If you're interested, drop me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com
2) If you live in the state of California, PLEASE do whatever you can, when possible, to help support the overturn of Prop 8. The longer time passes without my ability to wed, the more Vegan Food I eat, therefor requiring me to have the seams let out on my wedding dress. Help us obtain our Constitutional Rights before my inescapable Jewish Middle-Aged Spread hits.
Ok. 'Nuff said.
Growing up, I didn't really like Matzo. I dreaded the arrival of Pesach, fully knowing that the Matzo Curse was about to rear it's ugly head in the Shagrin Household. "Curse?!" You ask.
When it was the time of the Jew Year when leavened bread products could not be consumed, all chaos broke loose. My mother, typically the sweetest, strongest woman I know, would be stricken with Matzoitis. It's a condition that affects the lower digestive organs, plugging her up in the worst way possible. She would try so hard to make it through the duration of the holiday without yeast-risen products. The Matzo would continue to accumulate in her lower organs, forcing all of her tension and anxiety to explode from her top. And something not so nose-friendly to explode from elsewhere.
My sister and I, two of the biggest food lovers I know, had to start off our day with a Pesach Approved version of Fruit Loops. They tasted something akin to pureed cardboard, Elmer's glue and artificial Prune extract. I don't know if it's what's in the cereal that made us so crabtastic, or our bodies experiencing deep sugar withdrawal without our Frosted Flakes. But I do know that no one in temple sat within a 5-foot-radius of our family.
And Daddy Shags? Smart man. Avoided the whole damn situation by escaping to his friends house to play poker and down some Jew Brews.
Okay. So perhaps I embellished slightly. Very slightly. But I still could rarely get into Matzo. The only time I remember thinking "Wow. Yum." after taking a bite is when my Nanny or Mom would cook Matzo Brie aka Fried Matzo. Traditionally, it's Matzo scalded with hot water, dipped in beaten eggs and pan fried. Some like it savory, some like it sweet. If your sweet tooth is larger than mine, add a little sugar at the end.
• 1 12 oz package Soft Silken Tofu
• 1 12 oz package Extra Firm Silken Tofu
• 1/4 cup MimicCreme
• 3/4 cup "Egg" Mix
• 1 TBSP Mellow White Miso Paste dissolved in 1 TBSP Hot Water
• Dash of Garlic Powder
• Dash of Turmeric
• Dash of Yellow Mustard Powder
• 2 dashes of Curry Powder
• 1 1/2 Black Himalayan Salt, to taste
• About 1 TBSP Nature's Flavor Orange Food Coloring (optional, for color)
Make the Scrambled "Egg" Mix first, then set aside:
Blend all of the above ingredients except for the Extra Firm Tofu in a food processor. Add the Extra Firm Tofu to the food processor at the very end, and just pulse a few times until it's broken up. Taste for salt. You can use this basic "Egg" recipe as you would in a Quiche, any Scramble recipe, you name it! Get creative. It should look like so...
Matzo Brie
- 4 pieces Matzo
- 3-4 cups Water
- 2 1/2 cups Basic Vegan Scrambled "Egg" Mix
- 1-2 TBSP Vegan Margarine, for frying
- Salt and Pepper, to taste
Bring the Water to a boil.
Melt the Vegan Margarine in a large skillet over medium heat.
Once the Margarine has melted, Brie (scald) the Matzo by pouring boiling water over them, then draining as quickly as possible to prevent sogginess. Quickly mix with the Scrambled "Eggs", and cook over low to medium heat until golden brown on one side, then flip over and brown the other side.
Taste for Salt and Pepper, then serve immediately.


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Thursday, October 22, 2009
Who's Throwing Stones Here?
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Whew--someone's got a lot of nerve! Take a breath and
oooommmmm! This actually doesn't work that great. But, worth a try. :-))
- October 22, 2009 at 5:32 PM
- Doris said...
I guess someone what feling particularlt pustular today. Niwit.
Give me Diet Coke or Give Me Death...or something...
- October 22, 2009 at 5:49 PM
- xtine said...
Jesus christ...does this person even have a job? I'm guessing no, because that kind of alcohol consumption...egads.
It's one thing to be in college and drink and smoke that much in a day...by the pool, in the summer.
It's something else entirely for the rest of the population.
- October 22, 2009 at 5:55 PM
- Mr. Condescending said...
Coke zero is ten times better!
- October 22, 2009 at 5:56 PM
Coke Zero IS ten times better...
But to the original point, please tell me you pointed out the ridiculousness to this particular brand of jackass?
PS: my word verification code is "creten". WIN!
- October 22, 2009 at 6:01 PM
- Grumpy, M.D. said...
No, I didn't. After doing this for so long I've learned that they aren't worth arguing with, and they will never ever ever see your point.
Just not worth the energy any more.
- October 22, 2009 at 6:03 PM
- KateA said...
Don't wrestle with a pig in the mud: you get dirty and the pig enjoys it.
- October 22, 2009 at 6:09 PM
- HeatherLynn said...
wow....a patient giving the dr. the business over diet coke.....
Is this what the world is coming to?
Do we not have anything else to occupy our mouths and minds...to keep us from having pointless arguments we have no hope in winning, and even if they did win...what would be the point?
Honey, you go drink all the diet coke you want....you won't get no judgment outta me!
- October 22, 2009 at 6:17 PM
- S3XinthePantry said...
I worked with a kid who would only eat red food and only drink pepsi. His parents tried to vary his diet by telling him "Coke is red, it comes in a red can." He only drank Pepsi.
sorry you got the insults from a pt, but at least he didn't stick a q-tip up his nose like that other lady! Ewww
- October 22, 2009 at 6:39 PM
What brand of beer does he drink?
- October 22, 2009 at 7:07 PM
- Jen said...
Some people just feel the need to divert attention from their own faults by pointing out everyone else's. If Diet Coke is your worst vice, you're doing pretty good.
My favorite is when people who are 100 pounds overweight give me lectures on my eating habits.
- October 22, 2009 at 7:44 PM
- "Bella" said...
I was laffing so hard over the 'creten' word verification thing...
Ya know, I would have filled up a syringe and gave him or her a big dose of attitude right back and make it hurt!!!
- October 22, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Maybe his beer-addled brain thought you meant something else by "coke"
- October 22, 2009 at 10:56 PM
- Theresa said...
I honestly drink at least 6 Diet Cokes per day.
But you would be proud of me, I'm on month 3 of not smoking. Yay me!
- October 22, 2009 at 10:58 PM
We all know it is so much easier to fix someone else's life than one's own.
- October 22, 2009 at 11:25 PM
hell i had a guy scream and curse at me that i was going to kill him because i refused to fill his blood pressure medication 3 weeks early.
his "blood pressure" medication was xanax 2mg #120.
ummmmmm no it's not going out while i'm the pharm d on duty.
- October 23, 2009 at 1:56 AM
- The Good Cook said...
12 to 18 beers a day?? 2 packs of smokes, a day?? What was in your office for? A cure for the common hangover?
- October 23, 2009 at 9:39 AM
- Trish said...
It's just the trickle down (abuse) theory at work.
- October 23, 2009 at 4:00 PM
Ha! A woman told my SIL (after seeing her give her 3yo a sip from her Coke): "That's the WORST thing you could give her!" To which my SIL responded "Oh, good! Then I guess I'll let her keep her heroin habit."
- October 23, 2009 at 6:30 PM
- Jeni said...
Well, we won't discuss my nicotine habit which I am trying to get rid of via the Chantix route (she says this just after lighting a cigarette but ok, I'm trying anyway) but holy rip on the 2-3 six packs of beer per DAY! (I did read you said "per day" didn't I?)! Who the heck can still walk around after that amount of alcohol ingestion? Although I did know a guy from my area who would often go through 2-3 six packs at a sitting but I don't think he drank that much EVERY day. Heck even one day a week of that kind of consumption would have to be a killer on the kidneys, liver and how many other organs too, wouldn't it?
- October 24, 2009 at 4:51 PM


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I have an air conditioner that has an in-floor intake. When the heat pump turns on, there is a fairly loud humming that comes from the intake. If I step in certain places around the intake the humming will go away until I move where I am standing. The ducting is in the crawl space under the house and actually where I step to make the humming goes away is in the opposite direction of where the ducting runs by a couple feet.
Does this mean that part of the ducting is loose under the house or something and I just need to find the spot and tighten it down?


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Gawker have responded to Quentin Tarantino's lawsuit regarding the publication of 'The Hateful Eight' script, defending their actions.
The Oscar-winning 'Django Unchained' director decided to pull the plug on the proposed cowboy film last week when details of the plot emerged, and is now suing the website which made it widely available on the internet.
Gawker's John Cook has spoken out about the lawsuit claiming the famed filmmaker generated media attention when he spoke to Deadline.com about it.
He wrote on Gawkwer.com: "Last week – before the publication of the script online but after it had begun circulating in Hollywood – Tarantino loudly turned 'The Hateful Eight' leak into a topic of intense news interest by speaking about it at length to Deadline Hollywood, which had itself obtained a copy.
"Tarantino's very public complaints about the leak – which named the six parties (of varying degrees of celebrity and potential culpability) that he believes had access to it – were picked up and amplified afterwards by dozens of news sites, including Defamer. It was Tarantino himself who turned his script into a news story, one that garnered him a great deal of attention."
The director is demanding at least $1 million for in damages for Gawker's actions. The site was not the original source of the script leak, but Quentin blames them for making it available to the public, despite having said he was planning to publish it himself.
Quentin, 50, said he had only given the script for 'The Hateful Eight' to six people, including 'Reservoir Dogs' stars Michael Madsen and Tim Roth, veteran actor Bruce Dern and Reggie Hudlin, a producer on 'Django Unchained'. He stated he believes that one of them must have let their agent see it, who subsequently sent it on.


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Kevin Taylor from CamelBak shows us some highlights of their new M.U.L.E. NV with new iNtegrated Ventilated back panel. This new design features four independent articulating pods that move to fit the curvature of your back and provide lift between the pack and your sweaty back. This provides good comfort and fit and keeps you cooler.
The M.U.L.E. NV features:
- Built in rain cover
- Side pockets on waist strap
- Helmet hook
- Pockets: media pocket, bike tool organizer pocket, stash pocket, and overflow storage
- Four point compression
- Comes with 3 liter (100 oz.) Antidote reservoir
- Weight: 860 grams
We have been using the new M.U.L.E. NV for a while now and we like it's lightweight (but tough) nylon construction. Like it's namesake, the M.U.L.E. NV holds a lot of gear (total capacity is 732 cu. in.) and is great for those longer (over three hours) rides. Increased airflow is great, but our one nitpick would be that the NV back panel seems to also add a bit of heft to the pack.
If you haven't used the newer Antidote reservoir, it is MUCH improved over the old versions. The new bigger cap requires only a quarter of a turn and you are sure when it is on right (just line up the arrows). It has built-in dryer arms that make cleaning and drying easier. The hose disconnects easily and spill free. All around a much easier bladder err….reservoir to use.
From the manufacturer:
"The trailblazing M.U.L.E.® gets a first-class upgrade with more room, D-Fit suspension and a revolutionary new back panel that carries your load in all-day comfort. The NV™ Back Panel utilizes individual pods that articulate independently so the entire pack moves in sync with your back, whether you're crouched in the saddle, charging an uphill section or hucking over rocks. And by keeping the pack elevated off your back, the NV™ system provides multi-directional airflow for maximum ventilation."
The CamelBak M.U.L.E. NV comes in 3 colors (Volcano/Soil, Black/Charcoal, Sprout/Bamboo) and has an MSRP of $135.00. It is available at your local CamelBak dealers now.
For more info: www.camelbak.com


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What do you do when life hands you lemons? You make lavender lemonade!
I had lavender on the brain after getting my new Club Scrap® Lavender Fields kit. Purple is one of my favorite colors…I even painted my bedroom lavender when I was in high school! I love perusing Pinterest for artwork ideas and I found this lavender lemonade photo as inspiration for my card.
The JFF Rubber Stamps monthly challenge for May is to use more than one stamp, so I dug through my stash of JFF stamps to find these versatile little gems! (Check the supplies list at the end of this post for direct links to products.)
I stamped the canning jar in Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. The peppermint "straw" is colored with Milled Lavender Distress Ink as well as the inside of the jar. I used Prismacolor colored pencils to color and shade the citrus slices and blended with gamsol and a paper stump. The straw and lemon slices were fussy cut and adhered to appear as if they are inside the jar. I framed the card with Concord Grape Distress ink and I added some ink splatters with it too for interest.
I like creating my own quotes for my projects and will either create them in Photoshop Elements and print them, or I will stamp them using one of my favorite font stamps.
This script set takes a little practice, but it's pretty easy once you get the hang of it. You can always touch up with a matching ink pen if needed! *wink*
While getting "pinspired", I found the following recipe for Lavender Lemonade. It sounds so summery and refreshing! I'm definitely going to make this to sip on while relaxing by the pool.
If you're feeling creative, dig through your stamp stash and make something to share with us on the Just For Fun Rubber Stamps blog. You don't have to use a JFF Stamp to be considered for the gift certificate, but if you DO use a JFF Stamp you will receive a second entry into the drawing doubling your chance to win. Click HERE to link up your project for a chance to shop at JFF Stamps! I'll look for you in the gallery!
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Lavender Fields card stock from the Lavender Fields kit
Concord & 9th Sophistocated Script clear stamp set
Pentel Slicci Metallic Gold Gel Pen
Addicted to Stamps and More #292 Make Your Mark
Try Stampin' on Tuesday Tic Tac Tue #3 (Emboss, Blue, Outdoors)
The Card Concept #93 Floral Centerpiece (Inspired by Nancy's watercolor background)
Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #110 I is for Inky
Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge #212 Favourite Florals


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DutchMuse wrote:JoelF wrote:Newark Liberty (EWR) Terminal A, long a food desert, in in process of upgrading since the last time I was there over a year ago. Remodeling continues -- the American and United concourses have lots of walls indicating new stands and restaurants.
Currito Cucina (Mexican) replaces TGIFridays in the United concourse, didn't try it.
I ate here last week. Horrifying. Terrible. Had a quesadilla which had some fake cheese whose color bore no resemblance to any real cheese and terrible chicken. Ugh.
JeffB wrote:The food staff's professionalism was in stark contrast to the bartender, a surly Polish lady who has been working the bars in that terminal as long as I can remember....
Cynthia wrote:I just heard on the radio this morning that at O'Hare, some of the better restaurants will now let you order by phone -- and they'll bring the meal to your gate, if you're just there for a short lay over and want to pick something up for the onward flight.
These days, if you want a bite to eat before flying out of LAX, chances are you'll grab a burger at McDonalds or a muffin at Starbucks. But back in the day, flying was a bit more of a glamorous, leisurely affair.
Gypsy Boy wrote:We just arranged two 15-hour layovers in Hong Kong because, among other things, we want to break up our flights to and from Bali. We made the layovers longer than necessary, though, partly also because we want to see if we can find a place to sleep and partly to find a non-airport place or two to eat. We read BR's very helpful post on the HK airport itself, so now I'm wondering: does anyone know of a "good" (meaning clean/acceptable) place to crash nearby the airport that will also leave open the chance of some good dinners?
stevez wrote:Publican Tavern has taken over the former Wolfgang Puck space in O'Hare terminal 3 just beyond the security checkpoint. What a welcome addition to the O'hare dining scene!
cilantro wrote:stevez wrote:Publican Tavern has taken over the former Wolfgang Puck space in O'Hare terminal 3 just beyond the security checkpoint. What a welcome addition to the O'hare dining scene!
I'm surprised there isn't more excitement about this around here. Had an excellent breakfast here recently: eggs Benedict (on toast) came with a delightful red wine sauce, an extremely generous mound of La Quercia prosciutto, and an equally massive hill of arugula. Also got a taste of the breakfast sandwich, which was similarly satisfying. Excellent coffee from Sparrow.
It's clearly an airport operation, not a Publican operation: service is a bit chaotic, eggs described as scrambled arrive in omelet form, etc. Also, breakfast for two came out to $40. But who'd have thought even ten years ago that we'd soon have multiple airport restaurants touting the provenance of their meats and produce?
pairs4life wrote:My scrambled eggs have always been scrambled.
Midway food court changes: Goodbye, Potbelly and Harry Caray's. Hello, Home Run Inn and Schaller's Pump
Dave148 wrote:Midway food court changes: Goodbye, Potbelly and Harry Caray's. Hello, Home Run Inn and Schaller's Pump
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If there's one fundamental thing I've learnt from life thus far, it's that you can never underestimate the capacity of people to surprise and inspire you.
Case in point: I was in a cafe the other day with my boyfriend, where we were just casually flicking through some fashion magazines while we were waiting for our coffees, when suddenly he looked up - from the pages of the magazine to me - and said:
"You know, we don't need arbitrary beauty archetypes, steeped in historically biased ideologies, pumped out to us by mediocre archaic forms of media, to define our sexiness."
This probably won't surprise you, girls - but that's when I had an inkling he was The One.
Sorry, this didn't really happen. But it's cool, because now we have Feminist Ryan Gosling, the most sensitive and drollest of all internet memes.
If you don't live inside the inter-web as I do, and have somehow missed this phenomenon, you can visit its home, the Feminist Ryan Gosling blog, to get clued up.
There you will find images of the good-looking and talented actor annotated with imagined gender musings and feminist theory, which are not actual Gosling quotes.
Over and over, so many silly times.
The great thing about Feminist Ryan Gosling is that he's pretty relaxed.
"Hey girl, My perfect Saturday is a hot cup of tea at sunrise, a trip to the farmer's market, and curling up on the couch with you to figure out Bell Hooks' theory that feminism is a struggle to eradicate the ideology of domination that permeates Western culture."
Also, he knows what to say when you complain your jeans don't fit. "Hey girl, start a revolution. Stop hating your body."
And sometimes, he just seems to know what you need. "Hey girl, gender is a social construct, but everyone likes to cuddle."
Anyway. Fans - of the meme, and the man - may be interested to learn of an announcement: this witty bit of internet is now a book: Feminist Ryan Gosling, Feminist Theory As Imagined from Your Favourite Sensitive Movie Dude. It's not due until August 14th, but don't even risk it selling out; pre-order! Plenty have already.
The press release promises '...swoon-worthy photos of the steamy actor, with sensitive feminist theories and plenty of sweet talk. Included are 120 full-colour photos and captions throughout, with some of the best entries from the blog, along with 70 to 80 per cent brand-new material for the book.'
Who is behind the Feminist Ryan Gosling concept? That would be recent Women's Studies graduate, Danielle Henderson, who says the images of Gosling with feminist text were originally designed as study "flashcards", a light-hearted way to trawl through the feminist theory she and her classmates were studying.
(Note: Henderson came up with the idea by co-opting the meme as it originally appeared on the blog F*** Yeah Ryan Gosling.)
"I never intended for anyone other than my classmates to see it," she says, on her site's FAQs. "I need[ed] the help, and thought feminist flashcards were a funny idea."
For those of you wondering if it's a bit pejorative to start everything with 'Hey girl':
"Yes, the "hey girl" is pejorative. Have you seen the original meme? That's the joke. That. Is. The. Joke."
What about how she uses a white guy to express feminist theory?
"It's actually quite intentional. That. Is. ALSO. Part. Of. The. Joke."
Jokes aside, clever/sexy academic-speak from the mouth of a handsome man is hardly ever a bad thing. Even if it is made up. Also, Ryan Gosling is intensely likeable. But why? WHY do we all love him? Sometimes, even Danielle Henderson doesn't know.
"I took a break from schoolwork and saw the movie Drive.
"I was like, 'This is a really appealing character.' It was kind of disturbing that I found Ryan Gosling so appealing in that role," she said.
This might help you understand: here is Gosling reading out some of the original 'Hey girls', before they were co-opted by Henderson. CUTE!
Actually, Gosling is a pretty outspoken man in real life, too. When the film Blue Valentine (starring Gosling and Michelle Williams) was given an NC-17 rating because it contained a scene where Gosling's character performs oral sex on Williams', he said:
"You have to question a cinematic culture which preaches artistic expression, and yet would support a decision that is clearly a product of a patriarchy-dominant society, which tries to control how women are depicted on screen ....
It's misogynistic in nature to try and control a woman's sexual presentation of self. I consider this an issue that is bigger than this film."
(In other words: Why does this film get an NC-17 rating, when other films showing men receiving oral sex only get rated R? That is clearly sexist.)
Since its launch in October 2011, Henderson's Feminist Ryan Gosling blog has close to 30,000 followers and more than 3 million page views per month. Click click click click click click click click click click click, all learning about feminist theory as they go.
In essence: The Feminist Ryan Gosling internet phenomenon is a novel subversion of celebrity worship. He is really good-looking. Many women like sensitive men. There's a new book out, it could make a nice gift. It's my birthday soon. Just saying.
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Consider $\mathbb{Z}^{n}$ for $n = 2^r$ where $r \geq 1$ . Look at the iterates of the following function $T$ from $\mathbb{Z}^n$ to itself. $T((a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n)) = (|a_1 - a_n|, |a_2 - a_1|, |a_3 - a_2|, \ldots, |a_n - a_{n-1}|)$.
It has been proved that when $n = 2^{r}$, then for every $(a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n) \in \mathbb{Z}^n - \{0\}$, there exists some $i \geq 1$, such that $T^{i}((a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n)) = 0.$ This does not hold for other values of $n$. Note that, if $T^{i}((a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n)) = 0$, then $T^{j}((a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n)) = 0$ for all $j > i.$
Findings so far are the following.
(i) $T(k(a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n)) = k T((a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n))$ for all $k \in \mathbb{Z}$.
(ii) $T(k + (a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n)) = T((a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n))$ for all $k \in \mathbb{Z}$, where $k + (a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n) = (k + a_1, k + a_2, \ldots, k + a_n).$
(iii) Let, $S_{i} = \{(a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n) \in Z^{n} : T^{i}((a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n)) = 0 \text{ and } T^{i-1}((a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n)) \neq 0\}$ for $i \geq 1$. Note that $S_i$ s are disjoint also their union is equal to $\mathbb{Z}^n$.
The questions that I have are the following.
(i) What's the maximum value of $i$ such that $S_{i}$ is not empty? Putting it in other words, what's the maximum number of times the function T needs to be applied to a vector so that it gets mapped to $0$ vector.
(ii) Since the function $T$ is homogeneous, notions from projective space can be borrowed. How could projective geometry be applied here?


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Today I had a second round of K or H. Or actually it was the same round. In the haze of being kept up all night between two squirmy toddlers I had a mild panic attack again this morning when I caught a glimpse of potential headwound again. Turns out it's just the same ketchup as yesterday.
I will be sure to include this in my Parent of the Year Award application.


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Unlike some of his fellow anglers, outdoors columnist Charley Soares looks forward to fighting scrappy bluefish.
It could be attributed to the frame of mind suggested by the lyrics of songs that expound on the desperate prospects of individuals who suffer from the blues, because I never met anyone who ever professed to want a case of the melancholy and despair ascribed to a bad case of the blues.
Rather than loathe the bluefish, as some fishermen do today, some of us really appreciate them. While stripers were the royalty of the available saltwater species, they were far removed from the target of a boy who was thrilled just to catch a choggie or white perch and absolutely delighted with the occasional, and quite accidental, tautog.
Although I heard a great deal about the ravenous and pugnacious bluefish, I had never seen one. But the tall tales and horror stories about this mysterious species were seldom in short supply. One hot summer afternoon, the conversation on the back porch of the boat club turned to the topic of bluefish — a conversation that evolved into a "can you top this" challenge. Buster, an old reprobate and master of tall tales, looked directly in my direction and warned me that if I ever inadvertently ran into a bluefish, I should treat it with extreme caution. "Look over there at Mike. He lost those three finger tips one night while he thought he was unhooking a bass that turned out to be a big sharp-toothed bluefish. He damn near bled to death." I was aware that Mike was missing the top three digits of the fingers of his right hand but I was totally unaware it was the work of a belligerent bluefish. I grimaced at the thought and was reliving the horror of Mike's encounter when later that day the caretaker informed me those fingers were lost to a table saw many years ago at his place of employment.
Welcome to the ritual of razzing, deception and over-the-top tall tales I suffered through during a thorough and enlightening maritime education. The more I learned about the nature of bluefish, the more I yearned to catch one. The closest I came was on an early evening trip with the Tavares brothers on their boat, the Barbara V, to lower Narragansett Bay, where they trolled for blues with handlines and polished tin squids. As I recall, there were a few sightings as fish broke the surface and at least one hookup, but that bluefish took advantage of a slack line and spit the jig back at us.
It was sometime around July 1964 that we were plugging along the rocky shore of the Sakonnet River for stripers when we set the hook on a fish that came out the water, tail walked and spit the plug right back at us. Although I had never hooked one before, I knew exactly what they were, and as soon as we regained our composure we fooled seven or eight more blues in the three- to four-pound class on homemade Linesiders Bass Club poppers. Later that morning, my friend Paul and I were surprised to learn that the bluefish were worth more than the stripers when we sold our mixed bag at the Drapes Fish Market in Fall River.
That catch marked the first foray of bluefish into Sakonnet shores in many years, and even one of the trap fishermen, who had been working for Carl Wilcox for ages, said they only saw the occasional small blue in the Brenton Reef traps and seldom in their Sakonnet Lighthouse sets. From that day forward we found the blues on an almost daily basis, although we never caught anything larger than four pounds that entire season. We were dyed-in-the-wool striper fishermen who were only too happy to welcome another great fighting fish to provide sport, challenge, food and a few extra bucks in our pockets. From that day forward, the blue fishing only got better each and every season until we were fishing on 20-pound alligators before the first of the lean years we endured was a blip on the horizon.
Over the past two seasons, we have been on track to potentially break records with fish in the low 20-pound class showing up from Montauk Point New York to Nomans Island off the coast of Massachusetts. For us, it began in 2012, when Dr. Anthony Spiri landed the first 15-pound chopper on my boat in many years. Last year, I caught my first 15-pounder in just over a decade, and deckmates Jeff Branco and Scott Gauthier also landed heavyweight 15-pound specimens on my tube and worm gear. Scott's fish really had me fooled because while I was poised with the gaff, expecting to stick a 30-pound striper, the first silver flash of the fork-tailed fish alongside tipped us off to a 15-pound bluefish that fought like a 30-pound striper. So much for my professional opinion.
I have always had the utmost respect for bluefish, and that has been consistent for most of my fishing career, with a few exceptions. There are some so-called experts who believe that bluefish punch the clock at sunset, which is a myth. Those fishermen have never cast or drifted a live eel after dark for stripers, when the bluefish found them and chopped their precious striper bait into pieces. Those are the occasions when I have cursed those blue demons for ruining my quest for stripers, when I was down to my last eel and the saber-toothed choppers showed up.
There is a large and emergent faction of uppity striper fishermen who look down on the feisty bluefish, but they forget that it was those same blues that saved our seasons during the dark years of the striped bass crash and the subsequent stock rebuilding. In my estimation, there isn't a single inshore northeast species that gives such a fantastic account of itself, particularly when casting topwater lures. The bluefish may not be as finicky in its feeding habits as the striper but, size-for-size, the bluefish wins hands-down when it comes to spirited resistance at the end of the line.
One of my readers sent me a copy of a report from a high profile charter skipper who curses and demeans the bluefish whenever they show up in his chum slick or smash his jigs or plugs. I wonder what species helped pay his bills when stripers where in short supply? While I rarely head out with the sole purpose of catching blues, I am seldom disappointed when they decide to put a bend in our rods. My advice to those anglers who look down on the bluefish is to revise your attitude on this great northeast gamester, because all indications point to yet another problem on the horizon for our vaunted striped bass. Go blues!


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What Is a Type 1 Diabetes Diet?
Maintaining a healthy, restricted diet is crucial for type 1 diabetes management. A type 1 diabetes diet is designed to provide maximum nutrition, while limiting sugar, carbohydrates, and sodium. However, there's no single universal diabetes diet. It involves being mindful of how you eat and how your body will respond to certain foods.
Why a Type 1 Diabetes Diet Is Followed
People with type 1 diabetes need to monitor their blood sugar levels. Without proper diet, exercise, and insulin therapy, a person with type 1 diabetes could suffer health complications.
Complications associated with this type 1 diabetes include:
- vision problems
- high blood pressure, which increases risk for heart attack, stroke, and poor circulation
- kidney damage
- nerve damage
- skin sores and infections, which can cause pain and may lead to tissue death
Following proper dietary guidelines can help mitigate the difficulties of type 1 diabetes and help avoid health complications. It can also improve your overall quality of life.
Preparing for a Type 1 Diabetes Diet
Just like there's no standard treatment for type 1 diabetes, there's no standard diet for diabetes. A nutritionist or dietitian can help you come up with meal plans and create a diet that works for you in the long-term.
It's easy to reach for fast food and other processed foods when you're short on time and money. However, these foods offer minimal nutrients and are high in fat, sugar, and salt. Planning your meals ahead of time and grocery shopping regularly can help cut down on any "emergency eating."
A well-stocked kitchen of healthy food can also cut down on unnecessary sugar, carbohydrates, sodium, and fat that can spike blood sugar.
An important aspect of any diabetic diet is consistency. To maintain blood sugar levels, don't skip meals, try to eat around the same time each day, and pay attention to food labels.
Starting a Type 1 Diabetes Diet
The secret to a type 1 diabetes diet is focusing on nutritious foods that are high in vitamins and minerals, while cutting down on foods that are high in fat, sugar, or empty carbohydrates. Here are some basic recommendations:
Fruits are natural sources of sugar and should be counted as carbohydrates if you're using a diet plan. Choose fresh or frozen, and opt for citrus fruits such as oranges and grapefruit when possible.
Starch is a form of sugar that naturally occurs in many common vegetables, such as potatoes, corn, and peas. Starchy vegetables aren't bad, but they contain more carbohydrates than other vegetables and should be eaten sparingly.
Instead, focus on vegetables that have few carbohydrates but are rich in vitamins, minerals, fiber, and phytochemicals, including:
Most green leafy vegetables
- asparagus
- beets
- carrots
- celery
- cucumber
- onions
- peppers
- sprouts
- tomatoes
Always choose fresh or frozen vegetables without added salt or sauces.
Whole Grains
Your body will convert whole grains into sugar, but at least they'll be packing nutrition and extra fiber. Brown rice, bran cereal, and whole grain breads are great sources of whole grains.
There are three types of carbohydrates: starches, sugars, and fiber. They can come in the form of beans, starchy vegetables, fruit juices, pasta, or bread. Carbohydrates turn into sugar in your digestive tract and are then absorbed into your blood stream. This raises your glucose level about an hour after you eat. It's important to limit carbohydrates if you have type 1 diabetes.
Proteins are extremely important in maintaining muscle and repairing wounds. Besides meat, proteins are found in beans and eggs. Proteins won't directly raise your blood sugar, but processed or fatty meats also contain fat, sodium, and cholesterol. While these substances have no effect on diabetes, too much of them can have harmful health effects.
When to Eat
Knowing when to eat is just as important as knowing what to eat.
Eating smaller meals and progressively snacking throughout the day can make your blood sugar easier to monitor and prevent levels from peaking. Fruits, vegetables, nuts, and other foods travel easily and are great to have on hand when you need them. A healthy breakfast can get your blood sugar back up after a night's rest.
Exercise and physical activity lowers blood sugar. If you're going to do intense exercise, you'll want to measure your blood sugar before and after you exercise. This well let you know how much you'll have to eat to maintain a healthy level.
Source: http://www.healthline.com/health/type-1-diabetes-diet#Definition1


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Re: RPG - Supernatural: Vampire vs Werewolf
Joo-Eun gasped as she saw the ghost of Tiffany approach Ashryn. She said a few words but Joo-Eun was quite happy to keep her distance.
She noticed Valiant out of the corner of her eye, "You still here?"
"Yeah but I think out little truce is now officially over," Valiant said with a smirk as he reached for his guns.
"You've got to be joking," Joo-Eun replied and hoped that Valiant wasn't about to do something stupid.


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Even Duchesses have to make rest stops sometimes. While traveling on the "the notoriously busy A3 trunk road" in London with her 3-year-old daughter Princess Charlotte, Kate Middleton had to make an unexpected stop at a random pub to use the loo. Royalty, they're just like us!
According to The Daily Mail, Kate and Charlotte surprised pubgoers when they popped in to use the restroom. "It just goes to show that the royals are like any other family," one eyewitness told the magazine. Another said, "I was sitting in my usual chair and when I looked up I saw Kate Middleton, I mean the Duchess of Cambridge and her daughter, Princess Charlotte." A third guest chimed in, saying the mother-daughter duo "seem very nice, totally normal. Princess Kate was holding her daughter's hand."
Can you imagine grabbing a bit to eat at your local pub and then, out of nowhere, two princesses walk in? Pretty exciting stuff!
While, yes, this quick pit stop shows that Kate and Charlotte are like the rest of us plebians, there's also a hint of ~royal grandeur~ in this story. Before coming into the pub, a plainclothes detective from the Royal Protection Squad checked the place out to make sure it was safe. Once the safety scan was completed, the detective escorted them through the pub.
This rest stop most likely occurred on their way to or from a secret mother-daughter outing to see The Nutcracker at the Royal Opera House. People reports that Kate and Charlotte attended an early sneak-peak of the Christmas show by the Royal Ballet. Since it wasn't an official outing, though, neither Kensington Palace or The Royal Opera House commented on the story.
It makes sense that Kate would want to bring Charlotte to see The Nutcracker. She recently spoke about how excited Charlotte and her older brother, Prince George, are getting excited for Christmas. "They've started all their Christmas songs and Christmas trees are going up," Kate told a fan during a visit to Leicester City. "It was really sweet." It's sure to be a special holiday this year, as well, because it's their first Christmas as a family of five.
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Forget those 500 Facebook "friends." When it comes to social circles, relationships need occasional face-to-face contact to keep them working.
And that means social circles are limited to about 150 people, says Oxford University evolutionary anthropologist Robin Dunbar, author of How Many Friends Does One Person Need?
Which is why 150 has become known as the "Dunbar number."
Primatologists had noticed that monkeys kept in contact with other members of the group, often through "social grooming." Cleaning each other's fur is an activity that strengthens social bonds.
The numbers in the primate social group varied according to the species of ape. And these numbers appeared to be limited by the size of the neocortex of the animals' brains.
Dunbar extrapolated the data from different species of non-human primates to come up with a number for humans. He concluded it was somewhere between 100 and 230, but the "Dunbar number" has usually been cited as 150.
"There is a difference between male and female Dunbar numbers," he says. "Females always seem to be slightly larger than males. That's because they are better at social cognition, and so can support larger social networks."
There have been curious and intriguing echoes of the Dunbar number in social units across the ages of human society. About 150 is the size of a Neolithic farming village. It is the size of a village in the Domesday Book, the population survey of England that was completed in 1086. And it is the size of a Hutterite colony before it splits into two.
Dunbar and his colleague Russell Hill asked people about how many Christmas cards they mailed out. Answer: an average of 86 to households that added up to about 150 people. In business, the Gore-Tex company works on a model of factory units of fewer than 150 workers. Other business organizations recognize that workplaces with more than 200 workers have more absenteeism and illness.
Effectively, the limitations to our social circles are still the same as they were a few hundred thousand years ago because our brains lack the capacity to make them bigger, says Dunbar. We might have increasing geographic mobility and access to social media, but the number still stands.
"According to Facebook's own data, the average number of friends on Facebook is 150," he says.
"Yes, you can sign up many more if you wish, but all you are doing is adding in the layers of acquaintances that we normally have in everyday life anyway. In everyday life, these account for the layer between 150 and 500."
Historical social circles of about 150 people were integrated networks; there is no need for a police force if every granny in the village can wag a finger. This village is quite the opposite of global friendship networks where everyone has some clumps of people who may know each other, but not everyone knows everyone else.
There is something both sacrificed and gained when networks become less integrated.
"You gain independence when the network becomes distributed/dispersed," says Dunbar.
"We are no longer so much at the behest of the community in how we behave. But you lose a policing effect — controlling those who step out of line. And you may lose wider support."


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Good news on the politics front, MMA fans. New York assemblyman Bob Reilly, the human-size deer tick who toiled diligently to prevent MMA from being legalized in New York state, thereby keeping the sport underground and unregulated (not to mention unremunerative for the polis), is stepping down, according to the Times Union of Albany which ran part of a statement from Reilly today:
"I believe a limited term of service is integral to the concept of a citizen legislator. I do not want to morph into a professional politician."
It'd be inappropriate to let Reilly go out on such a noble note. So here's some video of him impersonating a man with cerebral palsy (fast forward to 0:21):


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This week it was the directors' turn to roundtable with The Hollywood Reporter. Last week Maria wrote about the Actress Roundtable, pointing out that Anne Hathaway is like jazz hands through the entire video. Click here for a refresher.
Have you watched the directors? Ben Affleck, to me, is like Anne Hathaway among the directors. Giddy. He's looking around at all the big boys around the table and he can't believe. It's funny. But not as funny as the smile David O Russell has on his face through the entire discussion -- I'm not a misanthrope!
The best of course is Quentin Tarantino who is easily, easily the most entertaining. And loud. And honest. "I just want to do great work" in Tarantino speak becomes "I WANT TO BE A LEGEND". And yet he is still the same video store geek who loves, loves, LOVES talking about movies. Also, this:
"I'm really well versed on a lot of directors' careers, you know, and when you look at those last five films when they were past it, when they were too old, and they're really out of touch ...To me, it's all about my filmography, and I want to go out with a terrific filmography...But I do think one of those out-of-touch, old, limp, flaccid-dick movies costs you three good movies as far as your rating is concerned."
Can we apply this across the board to actors as well?
Like, should all of Nic Cage's Ghost Riding Treasures cost him Raising Arizona? How many does he get to asterisk for his money problems?
Anyway, my point is I could watch Tarantino do this all day. He's crazy. And amazing. And God I can't wait to see Django Unchained. I has to pass up the Django Unchained junket for a previously scheduled family event that was rescheduled to accommodate another junket. There is no regret but I really, really wish it could have been both. A new trailer for Django was just released and I've attached it below. It's a film that will undoubtedly elicit a lot of discomfort. There are a lot of people who just don't want to know, or remember, or learn what black people went through and where they come from, in part because they've bought into the fallacy of a post racial society. Djanjo might be the extreme opposite of that but at least it's giving you something to confront.
Also attached, Ben Affleck takes Seraphina out for breakfast. We're getting shots like this at least several times a week now. Working hard for that Best Director nomination.
Click here for the full Directors' Roundtable with The Hollywood Reporter.


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