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The wide variety of approaches, methodologies, and questions designed to enhance archaeological interpretation through the application of ethnographic data to material remains recovered through excavation is collectively known as ethnoarchaeology. More technically, ethnoarchaeology refers to ethnographic study conducted for the purpose of applying it to a particular archaeological problem, such as tool construction and use, population density, use of domestic space, or pottery production. Archaeologists observe a living culture that is similar in both environmental setting and cultural character to the ancient culture they are attempting to reconstruct. The data from the living culture are then applied to the ancient setting in order to allow a more informed interpretation of the material culture. Some scholars therefore restrict the term ethnoarchaeology to describe and define problem-oriented fieldwork. Others prefer a broader definition and refer to problem-oriented field archaeology as either action archaeology (Kleindienst and Watson, 1956) or living archaeology (Gould, 1977).
Archaeologists and anthropologists have used ethnographic data to aid in interpretation and reconstruction since at least the mid- eighteenth century. Initially those data were used to study hunting-and-gathering societies. They were usually collected to study modern examples of those societies and were only secondarily applied to archaeological interpretation. In 1900, J. W. Fewkes used the term ethnoarchaeology to describe this type of research, but for much of the twentieth century the term has been only loosely defined (Gould and Watson, 1982). In the last forty years, advances in methodology have allowed ethnoarchaeology to emerge as a distinct discipline within the fields of anthropology and archaeology. Two important changes have taken place: there has been a linkage between archaeological and ethnographic fieldwork, so that the primary purpose of collecting ethnographic data is to assist in reconstructions; and scholars have consciously expanded the boundaries of ethnoarchaeology to include virtually all preindustrial societies—horticultural, agrarian, herding, nomadic, and maritime.
Ethnoarchaeologists generally agree that the primary purpose of ethnoarchaeology is to aid archaeologists and anthropologists in the difficult task of interpretation. This occurs primarily in two ways: hypotheses concerning the use and origin of particular artifacts or architectural remains in ancient cultures are generated, and theories explaining the relationship between material remains and the human culture that produced them are developed and tested (Gould and Watson, 1982, pp. 356–357). However, debate continues over the role of "analogy" or "analogical reasoning" in the interpretative process. Specifically, questions remain about the appropriate limits and controls for the use of analogy. Some suggest loose controls (Robert Ascher, "Analogy in Archaeological Study," Southwestern Journal of Anthropology 17 [1961]: 317–325; Yellin, 1977); others propose that the scientific method be imposed rigidly on the interpretive process (Binford, 1967, 1982). While most recognize the need for caution in applying analogy, a minority of scholars suggest that analogical reasoning should be abandoned altogether on the grounds that it is circular and overly subjective (Freeman, 1968; Gould, in Gould and Watson, 1982).
In analogical reasoning, archaeologists seek analogs, or points of comparison, between a source society (contemporary, but premodern) and a subject society (ancient, often prehistoric). Those who favor the use of analogy generally agree that for analogical reasoning to be valid, several levels of similarity must exist—in cultural organization, environmental setting, subsistence strategy, and technology—between the ethnographically documented culture and the archaeologically documented culture (Kramer, 1979).
In his programmatic article, Ascher (1961) drew attention to the need for a more sophisticated methodology to govern analogical reasoning. He points out that anthropologists frequently applied data directly from one cultural context to another (in what he called the direct-historical approach) with little sensitivity to the levels of continuity or discontinuity between the analog and the culture to which it was applied. He suggests that ethnoarchaeologists adopt a more nuanced approach to the data to include the use of multiple analogs in interpretation; ranking the usefulness of those analogs; incorporating more ethnographic data in interpretation; and showing greater sensitivity to the differences between living and dead cultures under study. Lewis Binford (1967) argues that Ascher's suggestions are inadequate and that if analogy is to be used in archaeological reconstructions it must be governed by scientific method. He called for archaeologists to state clearly the assumptions underlying their research and to frame and test hypotheses concerning the cultures being studied.
Patty Jo Watson (Gould and Watson, 1982) and Alison Wylie (1985) claim that analogical reasoning is indispensable to the interpretative process. Wylie maintains that a major reason for the resistance to analogical reasoning is its early naiveté, its evolutionary determinism, and its lack of adequate controls. She further argues that because ethnoarchaeologists have advanced more sophisticated methodologies, the distrust of analogy is no longer valid—that, at its core, all archaeological interpretation is analogical. According to Watson, the purpose of ethnoarchaeology is twofold: to collect analogs from as many contexts as possible and to develop theories and methodologies to govern the application of these analogs to the archaeological record. She readily admits the tentative nature of analogical inference but seeks to offset any subjectivity through evaluating each proposed analog for its degree of similarity between source and subject culture. In addition, Watson emphasizes the need of further scientific testing that would demonstrate both similarities and differences among the cultures under question.
According to Richard Gould, analogy is fundamentally flawed. He objects to its use on three points: analogical reasoning tends to be circular, it assumes a high degree of continuity (when it observes real or apparent parallels it claims to prove the uniformity that it has assumed); and apparent similarity among cultures does not prove that specific relationships actually exist between present and past practices or cultural patterns. Gould insists that analogical reasoning, and the apparent continuity it claims to prove, cannot adequately explain the variables inherent in human culture. Thus, he suggests that ethnoarchaeologists should concentrate on levels of cultural dissonance and anomaly rather than seek to demonstrate cultural similarities through analogy. Gould and others who oppose analogical inference frequently cite "cautionary tales" to demonstrate the weaknesses of analogy and to call either for better methodology or for the abandonment of analogical reasoning. These tales generally demonstrate that the proposed relationship between an ancient artifact and its contemporary analog does not exist, based either on problem-oriented research or newly gathered ethnographic information.
The concerns regarding the use of analogy are particularly important when prehistoric, hunter-gatherer societies are the focus of the study. In such cases, the time gap between the society from which the ethnographic data are gathered and the culture to which they are applied often approaches thirty thousand–forty thousand years. In the case of the earliest hominid remains, in which tool production or even subsistence patterns may be studied, the gap may increase substantially into the hundreds of thousands or even millions of years. Generally, the greater the time gap between the two cultures being studied, the more difficult it is to show that analogies truly exist and the more speculative the conclusions. As noted, most early ethnoarchaeological research focused on prehistoric cultures. However, recent ethnographic studies have been applied to historical societies for which scholars may possess both written and archaeological remains; in these cases, levels of continuity or discontinuity may be more easily discerned and analogy applied with greater accuracy.
Despite the concerns expressed by Gould and other scholars, analogy will probably continue to play an important role in ethnoarchaeological studies. Gould's criticisms have prompted scholars to be more sensitive to similarity and dissonance (or anomaly) between source and subject cultures; ethnoarchaeologists continue to be self-critical and more objective in the ways in which they apply analogical reasoning to the archaeological record.
Ethnoarchaeology and the Biblical World.
As ethnoarchaeology has emerged as a separate discipline, it has increasingly been applied to the archaeology of the ancient Near East. Several important studies have been conducted throughout the region, from Cyprus to the Zagros Mountains, and have contributed to a greater understanding of numerous cultural patterns, including use of domestic space, pottery manufacture, population, pastoral nomadism, architecture, technology, and production. Among these issues three stand out as most significant in dealing with ancient Israel: pastoral nomadism, population, and production.
Pastoral nomadism.
One of the major theories about the origins and emergence of Israel claims that the earliest Israelites were pastoral nomads who, for various socioeconomic reasons, chose a sedentary lifestyle over nomadism. This theory initially applied analogical parallels from late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century models of bedouin culture and camel nomadism to the biblical texts (see, for example, Johannes Pederson, Israel: Its Life and Culture, London, 1926; W. Robertson Smith, Lectures on the Religions of the Semites: The Fundamental Institutions, Edinburgh, 1889). Albrecht Alt (1925) and Martin Noth (The History of Israel, New York, 1958) then used this model in their "peaceful infiltration" theory to explain Israel's emergence in Canaan. George Mendenhall (1962) subsequently showed the weaknesses of this theory, particularly because it relied on relatively late and highly idealized pictures of nomadism, and proposed an alternative model for Israel's origins. [See Israelites; and the biographies of Alt and Noth.] Recent scholarship has refined the model of pastoral nomadism through ethnoarchaeological and anthropological studies of various types of nomadic societies; rather than use one rigid model of nomadism, scholars are now able to differentiate among transhumant pastoralism, camel nomadism, and traditional pastoral nomadism (see, in particular, Biblical Archaeologist 56.4 [1993]).
One of the difficulties in reconstructing nomadic societies and testing their applicability to earliest Israel has been the paucity of material remains such societies leave. However, new techniques of investigation (some developed from intensive studies of living nomadic societies) allow archaeologists to retrieve data even from scant archaeological remains of ancient nomadic groups (Rosen and Avni, and Banning, in Biblical Archaeologist, 1993). Other studies concentrate on the complex social forces involved in the process of sedentarization, the origins of the four-room or broad-room house, the way in which traditional and nomadic societies maintain ethnicity, subsistence strategies, and settlement design. While these studies cannot prove or disprove the peaceful infiltration theory proposed by Alt, they have allowed for its refinement and for a more nuanced understanding of a societal type that was present in Syria-Palestine in antiquity.
Perhaps the least controversial use of ethnoarchaeology is its application to population density in antiquity. Ethnoarchaeologists have examined various aspects of population density in rural villages in Iran and Syria-Palestine (including areal density and spatial patterning). Archaeologists most commonly use areal analysis to estimate the population of ancient Syria-Palestine. The density of population in a contemporary village is studied, and a population-to-area coefficient is applied to ancient settlements. Early studies suggested that as many as 450 to 500 persons lived on one hectare (2.5 acres) of settled space, which led to somewhat inflated estimates of population of cities and villages in antiquity.
As a result of several recent and more accurate studies of population density, the most widely accepted population-to-area coefficient is now 250 persons per hectare (25 persons per metric dunam [0.25 acre]). To compute population, archaeologists estimate a site's total settled area and then multiply the figure by the population coefficient. For example, a series of articles on the population of Syria-Palestine for the Early Bronze, Middle Bronze, Iron II, and Roman-Byzantine periods indicates that there were three population peaks for Syria-Palestine: the Middle Bronze Age II, Iron Age II, and Roman-Byzantine periods (Broshi and others: 1979, 1984, 1986, 1992). Such studies allow for a better understanding of the settlement and population patterns in particular periods and throughout the history of an entire region and thus for more accurate reconstructions of the larger socioeconomic and cultural patterns in antiquity. (Broshi, one of the pioneers in population studies, initially used the higher 450 persons per hectare coefficient; some of his early results should be recalculated using 250 persons, which will reduce estimates by about 45 percent.) [See Demography.]
Cultural reconstruction also involves the mode and types of production. Scholars examine such features as crop types and yields, the relative importance of particular crops in production; technological innovations that affect crop types or yields, economic interrelationship among villages, and the degree to which villages were exploited by larger cities and their social elites.
With the assistance of the allied fields of ethnobotany and paleobotany, it is relatively easy to assess the types of crops that were most significant in the overall agrarian regimen. [See Ethnobotany, Paleobotany.] Similarly, technological shifts tend to be well represented in the archaeological record. However, additional sources of information are needed to answer questions about agricultural production and socioeconomic interrelationships. Israel Finkelstein (The Archaeology of the Israelite Settlement, Jerusalem, 1988) and Baruch Rosen ("Subsistence Economy of Stratum II," in Izbet Sarta. An Early Iron Age Site near Rosh Ha῾ayin, Israel. Oxford, 1986), for example, have turned to two sources to supplement the archaeological data: sixteenth-century CE taxation and census documents from the Early Ottoman period in Syria-Palestine and documents and statistics from the early British Mandate of Palestine (1917–1948). Although these materials were not compiled to assist archaeological interpretation, their use would be allowed under a definition of ethnoarchaeology that views archival data as legitimate for analogical inference.
Using the data from these two sources, Finkelstein and Rosen attempt to reconstruct the levels of crop yields possible for a particular region of Syria-Palestine. These reconstructions form the basis of their detailed analysis of village and regional economies, which shows how patterns of surplus or deficit affect the production of certain crops and how patterns of trade among villages offset environmentally influenced patterns. However, the data from the sixteenth-and early twentieth-century studies have been applied directly to the past without enough sensitivity to the sources of data or to the possible differences between the source and subject cultures (Carter, 1992). Although the approach may hold promise for future economic reconstructions of ancient Syria-Palestine, testable hypotheses need to be devised to determine whether the apparent continuity between these traditional cultures and those of antiquity is genuine. Only when adequate similarity between source culture and subject culture is demonstrated can the data be applied to ancient Israel.
Ethnoarchaeology shows significant potential for helping archaeologists interpret and understand the remains they excavate. It sheds light on the problematic archaeological issues of cultural patterns, socioeconomic setting, means of production, population, ethnicity of ancient societies, and the relationship between ideological and material aspects of culture.
- Alt, Albrecht. "Die landnahme der Israeliten in Palastina: Territorialgeschichtliche studien." Leipzig, 1925. See also the English translation in Essays in Old Testament History and Religion. Oxford, 1968, pp. 135–169.
- Bar-Yosef, Ofer, and Anatoly Khazanov, eds. Pastoralism in the Levant: Archaeological Materials in Anthropological Perspectives. Prehistory Press Monographs in World Archaeology, no. 10. Madison, Wis., 1992. Important contribution to the discussion of pastoralism, including reports of ethnographic research, discussions of anthropological and ethnoarchaeological method, and examinations of pastoralism in specific archaeological periods, regions, or sites in antiquity.
- Binford, Lewis R. "Smudge Pits and Hide Smoking: The Use of Analogy in Archaeological Reasoning." American Anthropology 32 (1967): 1–12. In this and the article below, Binford discusses the uncritical use of analogy and advocates the application of scientific method and the development of testable hypothesis as a means of bringing greater control to analogical reasoning.
- Binford, Lewis R. "Meaning, Inference, and the Material Record." In Ranking, Resource, and Exchange, edited by Colin Renfrew and Stephen Shennan, pp. 160–163. Cambridge, 1982.
- Broshi, Magen. "The Population of Western Palestine in the Roman-Byzantine Period." Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, no. 236 (Fall 1979): 1–10. This and the following articles by Broshi, Gophna, and Finkelstein represent studies of population and demography based on ethnoarchaeological assessments of population density. They show the methodological advances in such studies, demonstrating the use of population studies in the reconstruction of wider social and economic patterns.
- Broshi, Magen, and Ram Gophna. "The Settlements and Population of Palestine during the Early Bronze Age II–III." Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, no. 253 (Winter 1984): 41–53.
- Broshi, Magen, and Ram Gophna. "Middle Bronze Age II Palestine: Its Settlements and Population." Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, no. 261 (February 1986): 73–90.
- Broshi, Magen, and Israel Finkelstein. "The Population of Palestine in Iron Age II." Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, no. 287 (August 1992): 47–60.
- Carter, Charles E. "A Social and Demographic Study of Post-Exilic Judah." Ph.D. diss., Duke University, 1992. Includes a discussion of ethnoarchaeological method and devises testable hypotheses to evaluate the assumption of continuity that underlies recent attempts to use premodern data from Palestine to reconstruct economic patterns of that region in antiquity.
- David, Nicholas. "Integrating Ethnoarchaeology: A Subtle Realist Perspective." Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 11 (1982): 330–359. Study of methodological issues confronting ethnoarchaeologists, distinguishing between two basic models: the "Binfordian" model, which concentrates on material remains, and the "Hodderian" model, which focuses on ideational aspects of culture.
- Freeman, Leslie G., Jr. "A Theoretical Framework for Interpreting Archeological Materials." In Man the Hunter, edited by Richard B. Lee and Irven DeVore, pp. 262–267. Chicago, 1968. Calls for the abandonment of analogical reasoning, suggesting that the similarities between ancient and modern societies and/or behavior are only apparent and that analogical inference impedes the interpretive process.
- Gould, Richard A. "Some Current Problems in Ethnoarchaeology." In Experimental Archaeology, edited by Daniel Ingersoll et al., pp. 359–377. New York, 1977. Presents a broadly based definition of the term ethnoarchaeology and suggests that problem-oriented ethnographic research should be called living archaeology.
- Gould, Richard A., and Patty Jo Watson. "A Dialogue on the Meaning and Use of Analogy in Ethnoarchaeological Reasoning." Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 1 (1982): 355–381. Opposing viewpoints on the use of analogy present and a discussion of the appropriate methods of ethnoarchaeological interpretation.
- Heider, Karl G. "Archaeological Assumptions and Ethnographical Facts: A Cautionary Tale from New Guinea." Southwestern Journal of Anthropology 23 (1967): 52–64. Uses ethnographic research to show that certain assumptions concerning tool use in prehistoric hunter-gatherer societies, arrived at through analogical reasoning, are incorrect; advocates greater caution in applying analogy to the archaeological record.
- Kleindienst, Maxine, and Patty Jo Watson. "'Action Archaeology': The Archaeological Inventory of a Living Community." Anthropology Tomorrow 5 (1956): 75–78. Pioneering article on the nature of ethnoarchaeology.
- Kramer, Carol, ed. Ethnoarchaeology: The Implications of Ethnography for Archaeology. New York, 1979. Essential introduction to the recent use of ethnoarchaeology and ethnography in the archaeology of the ancient Near East, including a critical introduction to ethnoarchaeology and several studies in which ethnographic information from the Near East is applied to the archaeological record of that region in antiquity.
- Mendenhall, George. "The Hebrew Conquest of Palestine." Biblical Archaeologist 25 (1962): 66–87.
- Wylie, Alison. "The Reaction against Analogy." In Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory, vol. 8, edited by Michael B. Schiffer, pp. 63–111. New York, 1985. Perhaps the best synopsis of the recent discussion of the use and abuse of analogy, suggesting that all ethnoarchaeological inference is analogical. Wylie attempts to show that recent developments in methodology make the objections to analogy groundless.
- Yellin, John E. Archaeological Approaches to the Present: Models for Reconstructing the Past. New York, 1977. Pragmatic treatment of the problems involved in archaeological reconstructions that identifies past problems and recent advances in ethnoarchaeological methodology.
Biblical Archaeologist 56.4 (1993): "Nomadic Pastoralism: Past and Present." Includes five articles on ethnoarchaeology as it relates to pastoral nomadism and as recorded in archaeological remains and Near Eastern texts (see the articles by Augustin F. C. Holl and Thomas E. Levy, Ilse Köhler-Rollefson, Stephen Rosen and Gideon Avni, David C. Hopkins, and E. B. Banning).
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Friday, November 30, 2012
God Came Down
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Christmas—it's a time for celebration. It's a
time for family and friends. It's a time for
worship. It's a time for the community to draw
closer together. Christmas is so many things. But
what is it to you?
It's easy to miss the spirit of Christmas because we
spend so much time chasing after it. Why is that?
Each year we go into the Christmas season wanting
something more. Something special! Something bigger!
I read of a man who wanted to be the first ever to
have within his Christmas yard decorations—a life
size Santa's sleigh being pulled by the space
shuttle (also life size). And then in a grand
display for the whole neighborhood to watch, he
fired the shuttle's engine and burnt down his
It's very easy for us to get caught up in the
trappings of Christmas. But how much time do we
really spend considering the reasons why Jesus was
born—the reasons why God came down.
The Prophet Micah proclaimed, "Look! The Lord is
coming from his dwelling place; he comes down and
treads the high places of the earth." (Micah 1:3)
"The Lord Came Down" the Bible says often. I wonder
what difference it would make in our lives if we
could just grasp the magnitude of this concept, that
God came down. He came down to my level. He came
down to us because we couldn't reach up to Him. In
other words, His coming down was for our benefit.
As I prepare for Christmas this year I have been
struck by how many times in the Bible we are told
"God came down." In the creation story God is not
just creating from some far off dark distant place,
God is right there, intimately involved in the whole
process. In the garden, God is the gardener. In the
creation of Eve, God is the surgeon.
Then God walks with the man and woman in the cool of
the evening. That idea can send the imagination
Even when Adam and Eve are banished from the garden
there is a sense of intimacy in the way God
interacts with them. It's overwhelming to read the
words, "And the Lord God made clothing from animal
skins for Adam and his wife." (Gen. 3:21) How
amazing to think that even in the act of expulsion,
God lovingly stays close enough to cloth them.
The whole Bible is filled with God constantly "coming down" in
personal encounters – with Abraham and Sarah, Jacob, Joseph, and
Moses to name just a few. And of course, the ultimate coming down of
God that we need to pause and acknowledge at this season – the
coming down of Christ to dwell in our midst as one of us.
Over and over I am reminded that we do not worship a distant,
unconcerned God. We worship a God who is constantly near, a God who
is constantly searching for the lost, a God who hears our cries and
reaches out to set us free from those things that keep us in
That is why the angel pronounced, "The virgin will be with child and
will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel"—which
means, "God with us." (Matthew 1:23) Jesus is – God with Us! That's
amazing! That's incredible. And that's exactly what I needed to hear
today. God is with me!
For the month of December, we will examine and ask ourselves, "What
does it mean that GOD CAME DOWN?"
[Ron Otto, Lincoln Christian Church]
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I'll try to leave out the fluff, but if you are interested in greater detail, let me know.
Last night I put 3 young turkeys with a mass of a bit larger than a softball, weighing just over a pound, in a rabbit style cage. This cage has a consistent, unflawed grid of 1/2" x 1" squares, Cage itself measures 18Âx36Â. Cage door is a pressure latch that might possibly be opened by an animal, but definitely could not be re-latched.
This cage is sitting right next to a chicken coupe that is fully enclosed and has 18 full-grown chickens in it. The coupe wire is 2" squares, but the bottom is not secure, meaning something as large as a small dog could squeeze under. There are also 6 full-grown barnyard ducks roaming free that appear unperturbed.
Something killed all 3 turkeys, inside the cage, and did not bother the chickens. 1 turkey was simply eviscerated, another completely cleaned and only the carcass left in the cage, the 3rd completely removed. Outside the cage there is not one feather indicating which side of the cage the bird was even pulled through or where it was taken.
This is the second set of 3 in as many nights I have lost. At $7.00 a pullet, IÂm a little concerned. I donÂt think a fox would have the reach necessary to do the damage done, a bobcat might, but the cage was not moved one inch. You would think that kind of carnage would cause the cage to be displaced.


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(Courtesy the artist and Taxter and Spengemann Gallery, New York, NY)
Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Grey upset the purpose of portraiture--rather than preserving the memory of its subject in his best light, the painting of the title grew gradually uglier to record Grey's sins, even as he kept the beauty that facilitated his sinning--but left intact art's status as an attribute of rich, leisured living. The arch moral tale is invoked twice in "Virtuoso Illusion: Cross-Dressing and the New Media Avant-Garde," an exhibition currently on view at MIT's List Visual Arts Center. Michelle Handelman's hour-long, four-channel video Dorian, 2009, loosely retells Wilde's novel with club kids standing in for opium eaters. In her ghoulishly lit self-portrait Dorian Grey, Manon appears messily caked in makeup, wearing a baggy gray suit, like the corporate conscience of a hedonist spirit. Both of these works introduce to drag a story about beauty, representation, and pleasure, and the anxieties that attend them. This suggests there's more to "Virtuoso Illusion" than an exercise in gender studies; as exhibition curator Michael Rush writes, "[i]n each major historical advancement of experimental art, cross dressing has been present as a strategy that has expanded the possibilities of the perception-bending intentions of artists (as opposed to merely gender-bending)."
(Copyright Matthew Barney. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York.)
Rush takes a long view in his application of the term "new media." The show is all film, video, and photography, and encompasses about fifty years (Andy Warhol is here in Polaroids and video, getting made up for drag, his eyes constantly darting to a handheld mirror to check the progress of his mascara) and even jumps back to 1925 with the inclusion of Marcel Duchamp's Anemic Cinema, made in collaboration with Man Ray and credited to Duchamp's female alter ego, Rrose Selavy. The implicit opposition to absent "old media" is productive, since in many cases the artists highlight artifice by referring to the conventions of classical painting and sculpture. A self-portrait by Yasumasa Morimura inserts his airbrushed body in a Photoshop reconstruction of Manet's Olympia, and in a shot from The Cremaster Suite, Matthew Barney, dressed as a satyr beneath a thick membrane of whitish goo, adopts the frontal posture of academic portraiture. Katarzyna Kozyra's Summertale (2008), a twenty-minute video of grotesque violence and obscure ritual, often looks like televised versions of plays and operas--which is fitting, since it's partially set in a dressing room and has Offenbach on the soundtrack--but shot from the vantage point of the posse of dwarves who swarm the drag-queen protagonist. All Together Now (2008), by Harry Dodge and Stanya Kahn, provides a refreshing foil to all the cloying refinement, as Kahn wanders numbly through a suburban wasteland in sexless castoff clothes.
Works by Kalup Linzy and Ryan Trecartin forgo allusions to the art of the past, borrowing instead from television and the internet, which the artists approach as sources of mannerisms and turns of phrase that can be donned and discarded like wigs. The phone dialogue in Linzy's Conversations wit de Churen III: Da Young & Da Mess (2005), unfolds over the kind of back-and-forth cuts commonly found in soap operas, which also supply the melodramatic behavior that Linzy stages. In one part of the series, the chatter is tied to the plot of the protagonist's participation in a Whitney Houston impersonation contest, and deliberate mimicry of pop celebrity meets the unconscious parroting of verbal cliches. Trecartin's dialogue in K-Corea INC. K (Section A) (2009) strings together scraps of pop language ("I personally believe," "You know, maybe it would be, like, a good idea if you got back in touch with yourself?") that are as common and anonymous as the jeans and white tops he and his co-stars wear, and artificial as the stark, orange-white tan line he shows around his waist when bending over.
(Photo by Laure Leber)
While Rush spells out a thesis that cross-dressing has been central to experimental art of the last century, he leaves it to the works he selected to make the argument for why that is so. The Duchamp-Warhol line of the avant-garde that interests Rush has been persistently concerned with art's relation to life, and with the rarefied position of the artist in a time when almost anyone can own and make images. Cross-dressing and costuming in the work of Masamura and Manon, Barney and Handelman can thus be seen not only as self-consciously aesthetic gestures, but also metaphors for art-making as such. The works in "Virtuoso Illusion" are less about gender troubles than the ways in which people try to add excitement, beauty, and drama to their lives. Reality television and Simpsons-style metafictional winks aside, mainstream culture aims for seamless illusion, and unlike the average YouTube user, it has the tools available to make it. But the artists of "Virtuoso Illusion" revel in obvious artifice and reveal the edges of it--a trait shared with drag queens. (Ru Paul: "I do not impersonate females! How many women do you know who wear seven-inch heels, four-foot wigs, and skintight dresses?") Linzy and Trecartin's videos highlight the proliferation of sources where personality tics can be stolen and channels where they can be shown off--and that suggests myths of anti-avatars like Oscar Wilde's won't be drained of their potency anytime soon.


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was so close, we decided to present "Editors Choice" awards in some
categories. These are places weve found in our travels around the
state that for one reason or another stood out. We hope to make this an
annual event, so look for the next contest this fall.
First: Lamberts, Sikeston and Ozark
Second: Pear Tree, Bevier
Third: Benton House, Warsaw
This was by far the most hotly contested area of the contest and one our
editors had a keen interest in. Lamberts, home of the "Throwed Roll,"
took first. With locations in Sikeston and Ozark and a national following,
that was an easy guess. But a close second went to Beviers Pear
Tree, an elegant place to eat located a bit off the beaten path. In third
place was Warsaws Benton House, which the locals tell us is no fluke.
Surprisingly, none of the city restaurants fared well in the contest.
Editors choice: Ozarks Riverside Inn is purposely hard
to find. Thats because the 1920s-vintage establishment was once
a Prohibition speakeasy. This is one of the most elegant and romantic
places to eat in rural Missouri.
Best Barbecue
First: Johnnys Smoke Stak, Rolla
Second: Arthur Bryants, Kansas City
Third: Gates, Kansas City
One of the primary reasons our editors wanted to do this contest was to
establish a list of the best barbecue in Missouri to take with us as we
travel the state. Mission accomplished, well be sampling sauce for
years to come. This was a tough one to judge as 27 restaurants tied their
way into the top 10.
Editors choice: We like barbecue so much that we decided
to give two awards. For ribs there is no better place than Dexters
Hickory Log. For all around good smoked meat, though, head to Hayti for
the appropriately named Chubbys.
Best Hamburger
First: Booches, Columbia
Second: The Wheel-In Drive In, Sedalia
Third: 63 Diner, Columbia
No contest would be complete without finding the states best burger
and the readers choices got no complaints from us. Booches serves
an excellent burger not far from the MU campus as presidents and other
celebrities can attest. In second was the unusual "Gooberburger," a peanut
butter-slathered burger that is a staple of Sedalias Wheel-in Drive
In restaurant.
Editors choice: We challenge you to eat all of the monumental
burger they serve at the Vichy Y restaurant located at the junction of
Highway 63 and Highway 28.
Best Coffee
First: Lakota Coffee Company, Columbia
Second: Court Street Cafe, Fulton
Third: Sweet Peas, Monett
Winner Lakota offers coffee over the Internet. Some of the best votes
in this category were "my kitchen." We still plan to pop in on those who
voted that way.
Best Country
Cooking Meal
First: Lamberts, Sikeston and Ozark
Second: Lehmans, Versailles
Third: Steves, Loose Creek
This category is judged with apologies to all the moms and grandmothers
who ranked high on the ballots. If only they had more kids the results
would have been far different. All three top picks are worthy, with fried
chicken earning them real distinction.
Best Old Fashioned
Ice Cream Shop
First: Central Dairy, Jefferson City
Second: Rubys, St. James
Third: Saras, Ste. Genevieve
This one was no contest with Central Dairy blowing away the competition.
Editors choice: Next to barbecue, we like ice cream best.
Andys in Springfield bears mentioning, but our nod goes to Patkes
Dairy in Washington, not as big as Central Dairy but a local product just
the same.
Best Museum
First: St. Louis Art Museum
Second: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
Third: Ralph Foster Museum at College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout
Our readers are no strangers to the cities. It was a close contest in
this category with St. Louis on top this time. We were glad to see the
Ralph Foster Museum mentioned so often. This is a real treasure of the
Editors choice: Residents of Bloomfield worked long and hard
to build a museum dedicated to their footnote to history birthplace
of the Stars and Stripes newspaper.
State Park
First: Ha Ha Tonka, Camdenton
Second: Bennett Spring, Lebanon
Third: Elephant Rocks, Graniteville
Everyone had an opinion on this one and almost all the parks received
a bunch of votes. Also high on our readers list were Meramec, Montauk,
Mark Twain, Johnsons Shut-ins, Rock Bridge and Roaring River.
Editors choice: We like them all.
Best Scenic
First: Highway. 65 to Branson
Second: Highway 94 St. Charles to Jefferson City
Third: Highway 79 to Hannibal
No doubt our readers have made the drive down 65 many times heading to
Branson and dont mind the trip. But we were glad to see Highway
94 show up second. Its a nice drive and perhaps the reason God made
Editors choice: Its gotta be Highway 8 from St. James
clear down to Potosi. Make this one in the spring when the dogwoods are
in bloom.
Historic Site
First: Wilsons Creek National Battlefield, Springfield
Second: Hannibal
Third: Arrow Rock
Wilsons Creek was pivotal in the War Between the States and its
relevance is appreciated by our readers.
Editors choice: Ste. Genevieve, Missouris oldest permanent
settlement, is one big historic site. Visit it after schools out
when more attractions are open.
Best Fair/Festival
First: Missouri State Fair, Sedalia
Second: Empire Fair, Springfield
Third: Festival of the Little Hills, St. Charles
Theres no topping the Missouri State Fair and all other fairs in
Missouri pay homage to its distinction by sending their best to the state
Editors choice: Folks from Mokane claim "you aint nuttin
if ya dont eat mutton." We give a nod to their version of the Worlds
Best Live Theater
First: Lyceum, Arrow Rock
Second: Muny, St. Louis
Third: Shepherd of the Hills, Branson
Live theater is really making a comeback but in Arrow Rock you can see
it as it was meant to be.
Best Antique
Hunting Spot
First: Ozark
Second: St. Charles
Third: Hermann
On the way to Branson, theres enough reasons to stop at Ozark to
make it worthy of a destination all by itself. It will take a day to browse
all the offerings here.
Editors Choice: Head to northeast Missouri and find Perry.
The entire town caters to the antique hunter and the season is always
Best Flea Market
First: Wentzville Flea Market
Second: Irvins Famous Flea Market, Rutledge
Third: Pevely Flea Market
The top picks have a lot in common theyre big and they have
people at the booths so you can haggle on prices.
Editors choice: Along the same lines as our winners, the
Mason- Dixon Line Flea Market near Villa Ridge is a lot of fun.
Best Farmers
First: City Market, Kansas City
Second: Soulard Market, St. Louis
Third: Columbia Farmers Market
Farmers Markets are big in the city and the country. We were surprised
that Kansas City beat out the legendary Soulard.
Editors choice: We think its great when the city folk
buy direct from the farmer. But we still think the best markets are where
the farms are, like the one in Chillicothe.
Best Old Store
First: Cranes, Williamsburg
Second: Dicks 5&10, Branson
Third: Scotts General Store, Iconium
Anyone whos ever shopped for Carharts knows Cranes, and Dicks
in downtown Branson is the way stores used to be. Scotts caters
to Boy Scouts and anyone in need of a peach float.
Editors choice: The Freedom Store just east of Linn is hard
to find but worth the effort.
Best Fall Colors
First: Highway 94
Second: Highway 79
Third: Highway 65
The river roads make the best fall color in our humble opinion.
Best Flower/Garden
First: (tie) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Powell Gardens,
Second: Shelter Gardens, Columbia
Once again our readers show they know their way around the cities. We
can think of some backyard gardens that deserved ranking too.
Editors choice: Chance Gardens in Centralia is proof Missouri
industry cares about making people smile.
Best Christmas
First: Branson
Second: Country Club Plaza, Kansas City
Third: Silver Dollar City
Christmas is an excellent season to visit Branson, with traffic lighter
and the lights shining brighter.
Editors choice: The lighting display and the message at the
Precious Moments Chapel in Carthage combine to make this a must-see at
Christmas time.
Best Town to
Live In
First: Columbia
Second: Springfield
Third: Jefferson City
No surprise here, Columbia annually ranks nationally in this category,
and Springfield has yet to shuck its small town feel. Many of our readers
like where they live however.
Editors choice: Steelville. When National Geographic
came to town, we barely recognized the Steelville they wrote about.
Best Town to
First: Branson
Second: Kansas City
Third: Hermann
Branson showed up in category after category in this contest.
Editors choice: After you visit Hermann head on down the
road to Augusta where youll find more small-town charm and excellent
Bed & Breakfast
First: School House, Rocheport
Second: Zanoni Mill, Zanoni
Third: Hilty Inn, Versailles
The School House B&B is a nicely done addition to scenic Rocheport
and a great place to stay if you cycle the Katy Trail.
Editors choice: We think you cant go wrong at any of
Missouris inns.
Sporting Event
First: St. Louis Cardinals
Second: Kansas City Chiefs
Third: University of Missouri
We cringe every time we hear the Braves call themselves "Americas
Team." The Cards are the real thing.
Editors choice: Jackie Stiles may be gone but Lady Bears
Basketball is still the best game in town.
Best Music
First: Baldknobbers, Branson
Second: Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Springfield
Third: Sara Evans, New Franklin
The Baldnobbers are a lot of fun but we wish the Daredevils would make
a comeback.
Editors choice: Sheryl Crow hasnt forgotten her rural
Kennett roots and is doing a lot of good with her music money.
Best Dance
First: InCahoots, St. Louis
Second: Deja Vu, Columbia
Third: Orris, Ste. Genevieve
Not a lot of votes in this category, maybe our readers cant dance?
Town Square
First: Carthage
Second: Clinton
Third: Mexico
Downtown lives on in Carthage, anchored by a beautiful courthouse.
Best Weekend
First: Branson
Second: Lake of the Ozarks
Third: St. Louis
No complaints here, Branson is Americas destination.
Editors choice: Head north to Jamesport and see how the simple
folk live.
Best Romantic
First: Branson
Second: Big Cedar Lodge, Ridgedale
Third: Lake of the Ozarks
We were hoping for more specifics, like the carriage ride past Lake Taneycomo
in old Branson.
Best Summer
First: Lake of the Ozarks
Second: Branson
Third: Table Rock Lake
The big lake beat Branson this time.
Editors choice: Eminence equals wild water and wild horses.
Winter Getaway
First: Branson
Second: Kansas City
Third: Tan-Tar-A Resort, Lake of the Ozarks
Branson has been open for winter for some time now and its a great
time to visit.
Editors choice: Kirksvilles Thousand Hills State Park
is great for winter sports.
Best Lake
First: Lake of the Ozarks
Second: Table Rock
Third: Truman
With more miles of shore than the state of California, theres a
lot to love at Lake of the Ozarks.
Fishing Spot
First: Truman Lake
Second: Bennett Spring, Lebanon
Third: Stockton Lake
Our readers like the lakes, but no one would tell us their secret spot.
Editors choice: The Gasconade River has great smallmouth
Best Float
First: Current River
Second: Niangua River
Third: Meramec River
If you havent floated Current River then you havent floated.
Editors choice: With fewer outfitters and gravel bars, the
Eleven Point is our favorite for real solitude.
Hiking Trail
First: Katy Trail
Second: Ha Ha Tonka State Park
Third: Rockbridge State Park, Columbia
We suspect most of our readers did the Katy on bikes, but thats
Editors choice: The Taum Sauk Trail made many a Boy Scout
into a man.
Best Cave
First: Meramec Caverns, Stanton
Second: Marvel Cave, Silver Dollar City
Third: Bridal Cave, Camdenton
Another tough category, most of our readers had a favorite.
Editors choice: For their dedication to science and school
kids, we congratulate Fantastic Caverns at Springfield.
Best Swimming
First: Johnsons Shut-ins State Park
Second: Gasconade River
Third: Current River
No contest here, the Shut-ins rules!
Best Golf Course
First: Bent Creek, Jackson
Second: Eagle Knoll, Jefferson City
Third: (tie) Highland Springs, Springfield and Tan-Tar-A, Lake of the
Golf Digest agrees, Bent Creek Golf Course in Jackson is for real.
Best Place
to Take the Kids
First: Silver Dollar City
Second: St. Louis Zoo
Third : Worlds of Fun, Kansas City
Many readers thought Grandmas house was the best place take the
Best Amusement
First: Fire in the Hole, Silver Dollar City
Second: Wildfire, Silver Dollar City
Third: Batman, Six Flags
Silver Dollar City is high on our list for adventure, too.
Best Summer
First: Windermere Baptist Camp, Lake of the Ozarks
Second: Kanakuk, Branson
Third: Camp Quality, Stewartsville
Windermere brought back pleasant memories for many.


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Strange things happen around Nathan Kranzo.
Not strange like an episode of that ghost hunting show, where they freak out for half an hour over an itty-bitty thump or a clearly-a-piece-of-dust orb on a video camera. Strange like cards slowly creeping out of boxes and rubber bands floating and flipping a rather rude gesture at gravity.
Kranzo has an incredibly creative mind and creates easy street magic effects that look like paranormal activity. Learning from him will have your spectators stepping a couple of steps away from you. Maybe they will run away screaming. Or maybe they will tell you how dark you are, and ask if you've read the latest Brian Keene book. You never know with people, these days.


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After nine years in the NFL, DT Anthony "Spice" Adams didn't catch on with a team for 2012. Instead, he chronicled the life of a free agent: boredom, desperation, lots of Capri Sun. Now he's calling it a career, in the most Anthony Adams way imaginable.
The first minute of the video focuses on Adams's accomplishments—then it's off to drum up press for his goodbye press conference. Regrettably, no one showed up for the ceremony at a Chicago-area White Castle, except for his kids and one confused patron.
We hope Adams will continue to make these videos, or at least keep putting his creativity to use. He's the rare pro athlete we're not worried about after retirement.


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Topic: Count Doo Doo
lol lol I made this pic on Paint. lol So funny.....
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lol lol I made this pic on Paint. lol So funny.....
True Warrior {MW}
odd, maybe?
You dont get it? Count DOOKU, Count DOODOO.........it's a play on wor-.....Oh just forget it.
True Warrior {MW}
I found it amusing anyway.
*Sigh*..... I'm so imature.
lol. that's hilarious!
At least SOME PEOPLE have a low sense of humor..........jk its all good in da hood
Sorry, I don't enjoy crude humor. But nice try.
I just gotta laugh at stuff like this, I think it's very funny.
LOL it is pretty funny...he he nice 1....perfect name for the count too... lol i love the little curl of crap on top of his head....rofl...ok ok i'll get over this sick humor.....back to life and seriousness....(half/chuckle)
dude thats realy funnie. nice one.
makes me feel like a little kid that i like it so much.
yeah, crude humor is funny every now and then.It sucks havin to get too serious. But when your a lil kid, (which I'm not) and you here something like a fart noise constantly, you'll be on the floor laughing your butt off. Na mean?
I found it funny. For I am the real Count DOODOO. Anyways, now that I have a screen name here I can start posting. This is a great site. It's mostly Boba Fett but there is some Jango in it.
Well....uh, this is bobafett.com.
This thread is perfect for you! Actually, I got the idea from scrollin down the users list and I saw CountDOODOO.
PS: cool avatar!
That is pretty funny!
My favorite part is definitely the stink lines.
I had to stifle my laugh as my husband is still snoozing!!! LOL!!!!
(I like your sig line there, Janos! )
LOL..Count DOODOO...Isn't there a member with that name?
Yeah, hes the one who gave me the inspiration.
*Sigh*..... I'm so imature.
Yes, you are .
Lol good job dude.
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel today refused to back away from his remarks that commuters can choose whether to drive or take the CTA when fares increase, instead saying his earlier comments were misinterpreted.
"What I said is, (it's) a choice. People have a choice between public transportation and private," the mayor said. "If you're coming from O'Hare, you pay $50 for the cab downtown. You can rent a car, which is probably close to that. Or you can take the CTA. That's a choice which is much cheaper."
That's not much different from Emanuel's comments Monday, when he was asked about a proposed CTA budget that will raise prices on transit passes, including shorter passes of a few days often favored by tourists and business travelers and the 30-day pass many Chicagoans rely on to get to work.
"Public transportation is different from driving to work. You will make that choice," Emanuel said Monday when asked about the increase to the 30-day pass.
The mayor's insistence that the CTA hikes are not really fare increases, that public transit remains a bargain and that commuters can "make that choice" about whether to drive became conversation fodder and inspired a Twitter account @RahmSaysDrive.
Emanuel also pointed out then that the standard CTA fare of $2.25 will remain unchanged under the budget, unlike gasoline prices. "Now you, as a commuter, will pick. You can either drive to work or you can take public transportation, and the standard fare will stay the same," Emanuel said Monday.
Today, the mayor noted that 45 percent of CTA riders pay the standard fare, and said his earlier comments were meant to illustrate that cost of a bus or train ride would be set while other consumer prices like gas and milk rise.
"I did not say or imply that you could just drive," Emanuel said at an unrelated news conference. "I said there's a choice. People choose public transportation because it's competitive against private transportation. That's a choice. And the service is getting better and improved. And that's my intention."
Mayor Rahm Emanuel today refused to back away from his remarks that commuters can choose whether to drive or take the CTA when fares increase, instead saying his earlier comments were misinterpreted.


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All Your Questions Answered
I'm following up on a few reader's questions here so there is no need to hunt back through comments. The color of that
small hall
is Benjamin Moore's Tyler Taupe. The painted chest in that piece was at Mission Road Antique Mall, but the dealer is Barbara Farmer who also has a shop, Parrin & Co., at 45th and State Line.
I did "Gracie" my dining room walls; you can see the results
And, how long did the
powder room
take? Hmmm... Painting the top part was easy - two hours, say. I spent long stretches over two days measuring the Greek key. Two to three hours? Likely. Then, the painting went pretty fast. Probably another two hours. (Notice how two hours measuring was long and two hours painting was fast? Life is like that.)
As far as effort in relation to results, I would say both the powder room and the dining room (and even painting the small hall twice) made more sense than the ridiculous amount of time I spent laying out these paint palettes for the rooms of my (still nameless) house. But it's rainy and my eldest has been sick since Friday and I have loads of tiresome things to do, so it was a welcome diversion.
Image, top, my master bedroom paint colors, which all happen to be Benjamin Moore.
Mrs. B at Home


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Letter to the U.S. Senate in support of the DREAM Act
October 23, 2007
Dear Senator:
On behalf of the National Education Association's (NEA) 3.2 million members, we urge you to vote YES on cloture and final passage of the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act (S. 2205). Votes associated with these issues may be included in the NEA Legislative Report Card for the 110th Congress.
Each year, over 50,000 undocumented students who have lived in the United States for at least five years graduate from U.S. high schools. Among these students are class valedictorians, straight-A students, and idealistic youth committed to bettering their communities. Yet, because of enourmous barriers created by their lack of legal status, many such students are unable to pursue higher education and many drop out of high school because they know they will be unable to continue on to college. The loss to these students, and to society as a whole, is significant.
The DREAM Act will provide a path to legal status for individuals brought to the U.S. as undocumented children years ago. The Act is narrowly tailored. It would apply only to individuals brought to the U.S. at least five years ago as children, who have grown up here, and who have remained in school and out of trouble. Such students could adjust their status to that of a conditional permanent resident and could then have the conditional status lifted if they complete at least two years of college or serve in the military.
The bill will also have significant fiscal benefits for states and local communities. For example, a 30-year-old immigrant who graduates from college will pay $5,300 more in taxes and cost $3,900 less in government expenses each year than if she had dropped out of high school. State and local taxpayers have already invested in the education of these children in elementary and secondary school and deserve to get a return on their investment
Again, we urge your support for this important legislation.
Diane Shust, Director of Government Relations
Randall Moody, Manager of Federal Advocacy


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Villa · Sale · Alicante · Albir
- Bedrooms: 3
- Bathrooms: 2
- Built: 273m2
- Plot: 548m2
- Parking spaces: 1
- Energy Rating: In process
- Year of construction: 1967
- Pool
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Heather Tyree
Editor's note: This recipe is part of a healthy and delicious spa menu developed exclusively for Epicurious by CuisinArt Resort & Spa on Rendezvous Bay in Anguilla.
Instead of a buttery (and calorie-laden) dough, this attractive reimagined tart has a crispy pita bread "crust" topped with arugula and slices of seared wasabi-marinated tuna steak. A tomato stuffed with bok choy, celery, and carrots completes the pretty picture and rounds out the nutritional profile of the meal, adding tons of vitamins, plus filling and heart-healthy fiber.
- 2 teaspoons wasabi paste
- 5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 (8-ounce, 1-inch-thick) tuna steaks
- 4 medium tomatoes
- 1 3/4 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 pita breads, preferably whole-wheat
- 2 tablespoons Asian (toasted) sesame oil
- 1 (1-inch) piece fresh ginger, peeled and finely julienned
- 2 bunches baby bok choy, cut crosswise into 2-inch pieces and julienned
- 2 large carrots, peeled, cut crosswise into 2-inch pieces, and julienned
- 2 stalks celery, cut crosswise into 2-inch pieces and julienned
- 4 cups (loosely packed) baby arugula (about 4 ounces)
- In small bowl, whisk together wasabi paste and 3 tablespoons olive oil. Rub wasabi marinade into tuna steaks, then cover with plastic (or place in resealable plastic bag) and refrigerate 30 minutes or up to 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Cut thin slice from stem end of each tomato and set tops aside.
- Bring large saucepan water to boil. Add tomato bottoms and boil, uncovered, until warm and starting to soften, about 1 minute. Drain.
- Using small spoon, scoop out and discard seeds and pulp from tomatoes. Sprinkle tomato cavities with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Set aside.
- Slice each pita bread crosswise into 2 round halves and transfer to baking sheet. Bake until crisp and starting to brown, about 10 minutes. Set aside.
- In large skillet or wok over moderate heat, heat sesame oil until hot but not smoking. Add ginger, bok choy, carrots, and celery, and sauté, stirring frequently, until vegetables just begin to wilt, about 3 minutes. Stir 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Stuff hollowed tomatoes with sautéed vegetables and top with reserved tops.
- In large skillet over moderate heat, heat 1 tablespoon olive oil until hot but not smoking. Sprinkle tuna steaks on both sides with ½ teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper and sear until crusty and slightly browned but still pink in center, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Transfer to cutting board and slice, against grain, into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
- In large bowl, toss arugula with remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil, ½ teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
- Divide pita halves among 4 plates and top with arugula. Fan tuna slices atop arugula and place stuffed tomato alongside each "tart." Serve immediately.


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Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson raised the spectre of an oil tanker crashing into Stanley Park and the resulting economic devastation it would cause for why he and his city are stridently opposed to Kinder Morgan Energy's plan to dramatically boost oil tanker exports through Burrard Inlet.
On Friday Robertson joined Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan in calling the Kinder Morgan plan to quintuple the amount of tanker traffic in the port a wrong-headed decision that puts B.C. port communities at great risk.
"I am fiercely opposed to the expansion of tankers in Vancouver's harbour and we are gearing up as a city to deal with this, working with other local governments in the region and around the southern coast," Robertson said in an interview Friday.
"It means unacceptable risk of an oil spill and massive cost to our economy and our environment. We can't risk an oil spill around Stanley Park or the devastating impact a spill would have on tourism and port jobs. For all those reasons this is way over the line."
Robertson said his city will directly oppose the expansion when it comes before the National Energy Board for consideration, likely late next year. But it is also gearing up a public-relations campaign to fight the proposed expansion, which he said runs counter to the city's carefully-crafted international image.
"I don't think many Vancouverites support becoming a huge oil port. It is totally at odds with our city brand and our identity and ethic," he said.
On Thursday Kinder Morgan announced plans to ship enough crude oil from Alberta to fill 25 to 30 tankers a month, up from an average of five a month. It would require twinning its pipeline from Edmonton to its Westridge port facility in Burnaby to allow the company to meet its goal of shipping 850,000 barrels of oil a day, up from the current 300,000.
Corrigan said his municipality will see no economic benefit from the expansion and instead would take on greater risk because Kinder Morgan wants to triple the size of its storage tanks on Burnaby Mountain. The Chevron refinery in Burnaby would also likely suffer economic harm, meaning fewer jobs and less taxes for the city, he said.
An oil spill on a Kinder Morgan pipeline two years ago in Burnaby is a painful reminder of what can happen when mistakes are made, he said.
"We are well aware of the potential dangers and even when people claim to have all the safety procedures in place human error can cause a serious problem," Corrigan said. "It is not an asset to us, it is not an asset to British Columbia."
The growing political opposition comes as a Kinder Morgan official acknowledged the proposed twinning of the existing oil pipeline from Alberta and through much of southwestern British Columbia will likely require new rights-of-way for some rerouting.
"We've got a lot of work ahead speaking to landowners and people on the right-of-way," said Kinder Morgan's director of external relations Andrew Galarnyk, adding that there are also several issues surrounding the existing right-of-way, including urban encroachment and commercial development over the years.
Galarnyk said the existing right-of-way is approximately 18 metres wide, adding: "You need a work space [to twin the pipeline], so there might be areas where that opportunity is not [possible]. But it's only temporary."
Galarnyk would not specify which stretches of the project posed the most concern, but noted some areas might require a new permanent right-of-way. The pipeline, originally built nearly 60 years ago, goes through the Lower Mainland communities of Hope, Chilliwack, Abbotsford, the city and township of Langley, Surrey, Coquitlam and Burnaby.
Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart said he is not so sure the pipeline expansion would affect his community. He's heard very few complaints from citizens, many of whom he said don't even know the pipeline runs through their municipality.
"We have this right of way that goes through portions of Coquitlam and, in fact, cuts through our largest high school [Centennial]," Stewart said. "I don't know that it would increase any risks associated with the line itself, but I certainly would expect our residents would sit up and take notice."
Corrigan said the provincial and federal governments can overrule the city in the national interest if it refuses to give Kinder Morgan expanded rights-of-way to accommodate the second pipeline. Still, he said the expansion is so politically charged that the company faces many obstacles.
"I know the concerns we have are shared by many mayors, including Vancouver, Victoria and the North Vancouver mayors. First nations opposition has been legion, so this is not an easy row to hoe for the Kinder Morgan folks," Corrigan said. "I haven't heard anything from Kinder Morgan or any of the other proponents that this kind of project should be welcomed by us in British Columbia."
Kinder Morgan announced the plans after completing a so-called "open season" to seek binding commitments from potential pipeline customers to book capacity on the pipeline. It received far more commitments than it needed to support construction. Kinder Morgan Canada president Ian Anderson said detailed design and routing work, along with consultations with communities and first nations, is to take place over the next 18-24 months, with an application to the NEB to be made in late 2013. If it receives approval by 2015, construction could be completed by 2017. He said two-thirds of the $5-billion cost would be spent in B.C.
But Robertson said Vancouverites won't want "a supertanker every day in our port." He doesn't even like the current five ships a month that largely take Alberta crude to California for refining before being shipped back to Canada for domestic use.
"I would rather see all that refining happen here in Canada. This proposal is all about massive expansion of exports to China in particular. Dramatically expanding exports at significant risk to our economy is a whole different equation," Robertson said.
Both Corrigan and Robertson professed surprise at the scale of the proposal. They said Kinder Morgan officials had communicated with their cities for several years and never revealed the size of the project.
"The talk was it would be a "significant expansion"," Robertson said. But this is far beyond what was expected. What we expected was a massive expansion, but this is just colossal."


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> Not this year. Arguably the highest debated Hall of Fame election ever ended with no new inductees. The highest percentage a player received was Craig Biggio with 68%. Here are the rest of the results:
Craig Biggio- 68%
Jack Morris- 68%
Jeff Bagwell- 60%
Mike Piazza- 58%
Tim Raines- 52%
Lee Smith- 48%
Curt Schilling- 39%
Roger Clemens- 38%
Barry Bonds- 36%
Edgar Martinez- 36%
Alan Trammell- 34%
Larry Walker- 22%
Fred McGriff- 21%
Dale Murphy- 19%
Mark McGwire- 17%
Don Mattingly- 13%
Sammy Sosa- 13%
Rafael Palmeiro- 9%
(Players who received less than 5% were left off this list)
I've never really publicly expressed my opinion regarding the Hall of Fame, particularly with this ballot. But forget about steroids for a second: two players who did absolutely nothing to affect their playing careers- Joe Jackson and Pete Rose- are banned from the Hall of Fame for gambling. That alone makes me start to question the legitimacy of the Hall when two of the greatest players ever don't even receive consideration (and if they did receive consideration, they'd be in in an instant).
Anyway, I guess if I were held at gunpoint and had to create a ballot, mine would include Biggio, Bagwell, Raines, Smith, Clemens, Bonds, and Schilling. There would probably be some edits if I actually took the time and sat down to think about it, but those are the first names that come to mind for me. Again, though, I've never been one to obsess over Hall voting.
> Ryan Braun is going to play for the US team in the World Baseball Classic in 2013 (he also participated in the 2009 game).
I'm probably not as opposed to this as others. It does bring about a higher risk of injury and cuts into Spring Training, but I'd much rather have a position player in the WBC than a pitcher.
> The recently-signed Mike Gonzalez thinks the Brewers are built to win.
> Minor moves:
Rangers: Signed Lance Berkman (wow) and Jason Frasor to one-year deals; outrighted Eli Whiteside to Triple-A; designated Tommy Hottovy for assignment.
Mariners: Signed Mike Jacobs to a minor league deal; outrighted D.J. Mitchell to Triple-A.
Indians: Signed Nick Swisher to a four-year deal; designated Neal Thomas for assignment; signed Brett Myers to a one-year deal; signed Jerry Gil, Edward Paredes, and Scott Kazmir to minor league deals; acquired Quincy Latimore from the Pirates.
Dodgers: Signed Jeremy Moore and Alfredo Amezaga to minor league deals; signed J.P. Howell to a one-year deal.
Royals: Signed Blaine Boyer and Chad Tracy to minor league deals.
Orioles: Released Elvis Duran; claimed Luis Martinez off waivers from the Rangers.
Blue Jays: Claimed Chad Beck off waivers from the Pirates.
Yankees: Claimed Russ Canzler off waivers from the Indians; designated ex-Brewer Chris Dickerson for assignment.
Cubs: Signed Dontrelle Willis and Zach Putnam to minor league deals.
Red Sox: Signed Jonathan Diaz and Mark Hamilton to minor league deals.
Mets: Signed Omar Quintanilla to a minor league deal.
Pirates: Released Rick VandenHurk; acquired Jeanmar Gomez from the Indians.
Nationals: Re-signed Adam LaRoche to a two-year deal; signed Brandon Mann to a minor league deal.
Athletics: Re-signed Chris Resop to a one-year deal.
Rockies: Signed Manny Corpas to a minor league deal.


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Susan Herbst Leading Charge on Athletics Programs Oversight
A release sent out by UConn this evening:
A new report that incorporates perspectives of higher education leaders nationwide, including University of Connecticut President Susan Herbst, is urging colleges and universities to enhance their governing boards' oversight of their athletics programs.
The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) on Tuesday released "Trust, Accountability, and Integrity: Board Responsibilities for Intercollegiate Athletics," the result of extensive study by the association under the guidance of a 14-member advisory board. The report, an initiative of the AGB Intercollegiate Athletics Project, was released at Tuesday's Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics (KCIA) meeting in Washington, D.C. The findings were presented by AGB President Richard D. Legon and John T. Casteen, president emeritus of the University of Virginia and director of the project. Casteen also was UConn's 11th president, serving from 1985 to 1990.
"It is imperative that our nation's colleges and universities find ways to ensure transparent, responsible management of our valued intercollegiate athletics programs while protecting and furthering our academic missions. It was an honor to serve with President Casteen and others who care so deeply about student success," Herbst said.
The new report cautions that as intercollegiate athletics departments increasingly operate like businesses, boards must act to ensure an appropriate balance between athletics and academics in their institutions, or policy makers or regulators will do it for them.
The report focuses on three recommendations for appropriate board engagement:
- The governing board is ultimately accountable for athletics policy and oversight and must fulfill this fiduciary responsibility.
- The board must act decisively to uphold the integrity of the athletics program and its alignment with the academic mission of the institution.
- The board must educate itself about its policy role and oversight of intercollegiate athletics.
"In light of recent issues in college sports, it is imperative for boards to function at a higher level of awareness and judgment in order to address the financial challenges associated with college sports, to ensure the link between intercollegiate athletics and academic priorities, and to reaffirm standards and ethics in college athletics," Legon said.
"Chief executive officers administer their institutions' sports programs on a daily basis," Casteen said, "but boards must engage actively and appropriately in the policy considerations surrounding the key issues, which can have a major impact on their institutions' financial welfare and reputation."
As part of the report, AGB surveyed chief executive officers and board chairs of Division I institutions, as well as of university systems that include Division I institutions.
The survey asked those institutional leaders how they have applied recommendations from AGB's 2009 "Statement on Board Responsibilities for Intercollegiate Athletics" and about other governance issues related to college sports, including compliance with the rules and regulations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and various conferences.
Electronic copies of the report and its supplemental survey data are available online at www.agb.org.
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Meticulous meal planning. Counting every calorie you consume. Spending an entire weekend cooking healthy meals for the following week. Finding even more time to exercise. Sure, these weight-loss strategies work, but they can be awfully time consuming. Enter our slacker's guide to weight loss. The following 16 no-effort tweaks can be applied to your current routine instantly.
Indulge your Candy Crush addiction
Turns out playing video games reduces the vividness and frequency of cravings compared with waiting it out, according to new research in the journal Appetite. (Study participants played Tetris.) Why? Because playing games distracts your laser focus on about that pint of ooey-gooey chocolate ice cream sitting in your freezer.
Health.com: 11 Reasons Why You're Not Losing Belly Fat
Keep good food close
Laziness plays a bigger role in your food choices—both good and bad—than you might think, suggests another study published in Appetite. Undergraduates at Saint Bonaventure University in Upstate New York were separated into three groups: one that sat with apple slices within reach and buttered popcorn roughly six feet away, one with the popcorn within reach and the apple slices six feet away, and one with both snacks within reach. Even though the participants told the researchers they preferred to eat the popcorn over the apples, they ate whatever was nearest to them.
Sleep in
There's no better way to indulge in your lazy tendencies than to get more sleep. Sleeping fewer than than five hours a night could send the scale soaring 30% higher than if you got seven hours or more, suggests a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
Order your drinks unsweetened
"Order a plain latte instead of flavored, plain iced tea, plain coffee," says Beth Saltz, RD. Opting for the plain latte over the flavored will save you 40 calories per 16-ounce serving and forgoing the half and half in your coffee will save you up to 20 calories and 2 grams of fat per one-tablespoon serving of the creamy stuff.
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Eat sitting down
"You would be amazed how many calories you consume without paying attention, especially from tray-passed foods and buffets at parties or get-togethers," Saltz says. Mindless eating is the enemy of weight loss. Studies out of Cornell University's Food and Brand Lab show we unconsciously eat more out of bigger containers, and in social situations. "If you're sitting down at a table, though, you will be more mindful of what you are eating and keep extra calories from sneaking in from tray-passed snacks and buffet food," she says. To reduce temptation even more, sit further away from the food.
Save the salad for last
Salad comes with your meal; just eat it at the end of your meal. "Rather than taking seconds of the main course, a salad can be a very filling, low-calorie option," says Debra Wein, RD, president of Wellness Workdays, a leading provider of worksite wellness programs. "By eating it last, it will give your brain a chance to catch up with your stomach so you realize that you aren't as hungry as when you started your meal. Just make sure you skip the creamy dressings."
A low-stress lifestyle may keep belly fat away, suggests research published in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology. For a year, researchers from the University of California at San Francisco followed 61 healthy women; 33 were chronically stressed while the other 28 were not. All were asked to keep a record of their consumption of high sugar, high fat foods. Researchers found that eating these unhealthy foods frequently predicted metabolic risk, including a larger waistline, more belly fat, higher oxidative damage, and more insulin resistance—but only in the high-stress group. Women in the low-stress group who also ate a lot of high fat, high sugar foods did not experience the same negative metabolic effects.
Forget about diet soda
Research out of the University of Texas at Austin found that people who drank diet soda tended to have larger waists. After following 474 people for about a decade, they found that those who drank diet soda had a 70% greater increase in waist circumferences compared with non-drinkers. What's more: people who consumed two or more diet sodas a day saw a 500% greater increase.
Health.com: 10 Reasons to Give Up Diet Soda
Make water your go-to drink
Sure, we've all been told we should make sure to drink enough water, but it bears repeating—research shows it can be an effective weight-loss aid. In one Virginia Tech study, overweight people who followed a low-calorie diet and drank two eight-ounce glasses of water before every meal lost an average of 15.5 pounds over three months. People who reduced their calorie intake but didn't down the H20 dropped just 11 pounds.
Grab Greek yogurt or cottage cheese for breakfast
Both are easy, no-cook breakfasts that give your body a big dose of calcium and nearly 20 grams of protein, says registered dietician Tiffani Buchus, who is the co-author of No Excuses! 50 Healthy Ways to ROCK Breakfast! In a recent study, women who consumed about 30 grams of protein at breakfast reported feeling fuller for longer and consuming fewer calories at lunch than those who ate just three grams of protein.
Opt for raw
When you're hungry, grabbing a piece of fruit is easy—no cooking is required. "Fruits are naturally sweet, high in fiber, and full of hydration," says Wein. "If you fill up on fruits, you'll be less likely to want to eat other foods." Raw vegetables can have the same effect.
Health.com: 20 Snacks That Burn Fat
Don't drown your food
Bypassing dips and dressings can help shave off calories. "While a few dabs won't break you, a little here and a little there will jeopardize your weight loss efforts," says Buchus. Most creamy dips can rack up the calorie count to over 100 calories and 10 to 15 grams fat for only four tablespoons.
Limit your frozen yogurt
Are you a fro-yo fiend? Keep your self-serve in check by employing a dollar limit. "Most yogurt is 20 to 30 calories per ounce, so calories add up quickly even before toppings," Saltz says. "If you stay under a certain dollar limit—I suggest $3— you will be sure to also limit your calories. Just weigh your yogurt on the scale at the register and they can easily tell you what amount you've hit. The right amount of yogurt is about a fist-sized portion, and the right amount of topping is thumb-sized."
Choose alcohol or dessert, not both
If you start dinner with a glass or two of wine and end it with dessert, you've bookended your meal with an extra 500 to 1,000 calories, Saltz says. To lose weight, you have got to cut calories. So unless you plan to order a plain salad with balsamic for your entree, she suggests cutting elsewhere to avoid a 2,000-calorie meal. "If alcohol is your choice—I usually pick wine over dessert—order a decaf coffee to finish your meal," she says. "If you want to splurge on dessert, then keep your liquid calories zero during the meal."
Feed your salsa or curry obsession
By embracing spicy food, you could be tricking your body into eating less, suggests a study in the June 2014 issue of Appetite. In the small Danish study, adding one gram of red chili pepper to each meal kept participants more satiated and full whether they consumed 100% or only 75% of their daily calories and prevented them from overeating after dinner. You can put this to work for you very easily since one gram is approximately one-fourth of a teaspoon.
This article originally appeared on Health.com.


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After work we went there. Yes, you know.
There isn't much I have the desire to get these days, since I practically have a toy shop of plush toys. Still, Pikachu had to be crossed off my list.
For some reason this was a BITCH to get. I won't say how much I spent. Let's just say that I could have saved myself the trouble and bought the damn thing in a kids section department store. I guess it made up for the times that I got them relatively quickly.
I plan to send all the toys home in my suitcase. I did a "trial run" yesterday and surprisingly it all fits into my suitcase without too much trouble. Unsurprisingly I won't have much room for any clothes. They will most likely go in my cabin luggage.
Derek won himself a Pooh bear in a ghost costume (limited edition halloween issue). It cost him 1500 yen. I suppose it takes the weight off his mind, being a fugitive in our share house seeing he hasn't paid this month's rent, and the agency is penalising him 120,000 yen for not doing so.
He has found a new place in Takadanobaba. He can be close to Tokyo, and more importantly close to the fresh japanese uni girls he wants. He's doing a intensive japanese language course for chatting up these girls. A great motivation.
I have thought about moving as well. On monday I will have stayed the mininum term required in order to leave this place with my deposit. I haven't decided what to do yet.
I looked at the internet and there isn't much better. I have thought about moving in with the gf. We would both save a heap of money, but it scares us what might become of our relationship. I like her so much, to mess up that delicate equilibrium we have right now could be something we regret.
Friday, 14 September 2007
Why Can't I Pikachu?
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Two dozen folks have stepped forward already, volunteering to be one of three "Sheldon Editors" for the transcription system. So, awesome-possum to all of you! And, in a wonderful turn-of-events that doesn't AT ALL make my decision more difficult...they all seem to have doctorates in editing.
(By the way: instead of "Sheldon Editors", I'm thinking about giving these folks a superhero crime-fighting name, like "The Grammarians". Just sounds cooler.)
Also! Save the date for Monday night, Dec. 4th! We'll be holding the launch party for "The Good, The Bad & The Pugly". The party will be held at a truly awesome location...to be revealed shortly. But trust me: if you're anywhere near Los Angeles (Beverly Hills, actually), you won't want to miss this.