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AROUND TOWNMenlo Park: Twin sisters charged with defrauding county
A pair of Menlo Park psychologists are accused of bilking San Mateo County out of thousands of dollars by charging for therapy...Original post made on Apr. 29, 2016
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OTHER TOPICSSupporting a carbon pricing policy is the right thing to do.
Momentum is finally shifting towards mitigation of climate change. The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...Original post made by Flavia Franco on Apr. 25, 2016
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AROUND TOWNToday: Menlo Park celebrates solar power installations
Solar panel installations at the Arrillaga Family Gymnasium and Gymnastics Center, the city corporation yard and the Onetta...Original post made on Apr. 28, 2016
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MENLO PARKOffice Hours This Saturday
This Saturday, April 30th, from 10:30am to 12:00pm, I will be co-hosting office hours with President of the San Mateo County...Original post made by Ray Mueller on Apr. 28, 2016
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SCHOOLS & KIDSThe Math says Vote NO on Measures A and C
Dear open minded and undecided voters, As you may know, Menlo Park City School District (MPCSD) is requesting from our...Original post made by Train Fan on Apr. 21, 2016
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AROUND TOWNSurf Air: New flight path will avoid Midpeninsula
Surf Air representatives say they have identified an alternative flight path that would put their planes, and the noise...Original post made on Apr. 27, 2016
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OTHER TOPICSTuesday: Board of Supervisors update on San Carlos Airport issues
An update on San Mateo County's study of "aircraft disturbance" at the San Carlos Airport is on the agenda for the Board...Original post made on Apr. 23, 2016
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MENLO PARKMenlo Park: Neighborhood feathers ruffling over Cuckoo's Nest club
Palo Alto and Menlo Park residents living near San Francisquito Creek say a proposed bar at a private club for Silicon Valley...Original post made on Apr. 22, 2016
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OTHER TOPICSMenlo Park: Sharon Heights fire leaves 50 temporarily homeless
A structure fire reported just after midnight on Saturday (April 23) in a Sharon Heights apartment complex in Menlo Park...Original post made on Apr. 25, 2016
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SCHOOLS & KIDSWoman dies after being struck by train in Palo Alto
A 19-year-old woman who was struck by a train Friday afternoon near downtown Palo Alto has died, Caltrain has confirmed....Original post made on Apr. 25, 2016
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SCHOOLS & KIDSEditorial Rebuttal in Support of A & C
It is with disappointment that I read Richard Hine and Renee Batti's (the Almanac Editor and Associate Editor) editorial...Original post made by YES on A & C on Apr. 14, 2016
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PORTOLA VALLEYPortola Valley council sets 'affordable housing' as high priority
The Portola Valley Town Council has agreed to set "affordable housing" as one of nine high-priority issues for the budget...Original post made on Apr. 21, 2016
Last comment by Sure they are., on Apr 24, 2016 at 9:41 am | 2 comments | 2984 Views
PORTOLA VALLEYPortola Valley Archives
The mansion Herbert Law built in the 1920s for his 5-year-old daughter Patricia in the hills of Portola Valley burned in...Original post made on Feb. 8, 2010
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AROUND TOWNMeasures A and C - Thank you
It has now been 80 days since the MPCSD Board voted to place these two Measures on a Special Election ballot. I would...Original post made by Peter Carpenter on Apr. 23, 2016
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MENLO PARKKeri Nicholas reports record per square foot home sales price in Menlo Park
Keri Nicholas of Alain Pinel Realtors said she recently closed a sale on a home at 520 Olive St. in Menlo Park for $5,998,000,...Original post made on Apr. 20, 2016
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MENLO PARKWhere Should We Bury Grandma (Carriage House)
Sadly, there comes a time for many of us to decide where to bury a loved one. This may also hold true for properties we have...Original post made by Jim Lewis on Apr. 16, 2016
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SPORTSM-A's Carlson named CCS Female Scholar-Athlete of Year
Sarah "Sally" Carlson, a senior at Menlo-Atherton High, has been named CCS Female Scholar Athlete of the Year. This is the...Original post made on Apr. 22, 2016
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AROUND TOWNGuest opinion: A remembrance of Walt Gerber, a 'titan of grace' whose impact lives on
Walt Gerber, the former senior pastor of Menlo Park Presbyterian Church (now Menlo Church) who died earlier this month, touched...Original post made on Apr. 22, 2016
Last comment by Laurie, on Apr 22, 2016 at 1:46 pm | 1 comment | 3293 Views
FICTIONWoodside council shifts preference on basement ordinance
A majority of Woodside council members now favors an ordinance that would allow the floor area of a new basement to extend...Original post made on Apr. 21, 2016
Last comment by Oh Please, on Apr 22, 2016 at 12:18 pm | 3 comments | 2769 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDSThe Perils of a Private Education-only System
One of our more prolific posters here on this Town Square site, Jack Hickey, insists that the private education system is...Original post made by Stop the Trolls on Apr. 19, 2016
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NASA has released a map charting the movement of massive ice sheets on the continent of Antarctica. By compiling these maps into animations like the one shown above, researchers can, for the very first time, examine how the outward flow of the continent's ice sheets could help us predict future rises in sea level.
The map was created as part of an international effort to better understand the geophysical characteristics of Antarctica's glaciers. Billions of data points — measured with satellite data provided by the Canadian Space Agency, the Japanese Space Agency, and the European Space Agency — were processed by NASA-funded researchers at UC Irvine to get as clear a view as possible of the shape and velocity of the continent's glacial formations.
"This is like seeing a map of all the oceans' currents for the first time. It's a game changer for glaciology," said Eric Rignot of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "We are seeing amazing flows from the heart of the continent that had never been described before."
Among the surprises uncovered by the creation of the map were previously unnamed formations of ice that are progressing steadily toward the Antarctic Ocean.
"The map points out something fundamentally new: that ice moves by slipping along the ground it rests on," said Thomas Wagner, NASA's cryospheric program scientist in Washington. "That's critical knowledge for predicting future sea level rise. It means that if we lose ice at the coasts from the warming ocean, we open the tap to massive amounts of ice in the interior."
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So without further ado, here's a little "birdy" talk:
One of my BIG jobs over the summer was to get the girls potty trained. Really it was more like I HAD to get them potty-trained because preschool was starting soon and they couldn't go in diapers.
So this new milestone in our lives has made our outings more interesting. Lots of trips to the potty between three toddlers.
Lucky for me, my husband has been willing to pitch in and take them along with him if needed.
After one trip recently, I noticed my husband had this weird look on his face as they were walking out. In my mommy brain, I start running through all the scenarios in my head. Did my daughter put her hands all over the toilet or floor and then stick her hand in her mouth? Did she pee on herself? Did she clog up the toilet with a roll of toilet paper? What was the deal?
When my husband sat down next to me, he leaned over and said, "I tried to keep her back, but she kept looking."
As calmly as possible I ask, "Looking?Looking at what?
My husband says, "She thinks I have a birdy in my pants."
I almost choked on my Jamba Juice before I started laughing hysterically.
And now she wants to know where mama's birdy is.
But like all good mothers, I just laugh and then pretend I don't hear her when she asks the question. Because seriously, who can talk their way out of a birdy in daddy and mommy's pants?


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Democrats have a long and proud history of fighting for voting rights that continues to this day. And while we've made significant progress in securing the right to vote for all eligible Americans, many voters still face difficulties in the voting process, from registering to casting a ballot to having their votes counted. Those often disproportionately affected are communities of color, young people, the elderly, low-income individuals, and disabled voters, as well as military members and veterans. In many parts of the country, voters are underserved by a lack of polling places, outdated voting machines, and unnecessarily complicated laws.
As Republican politicians try to make it harder to vote, Democrats are working to expand access to the polls. And we won't stop working to promote a system of elections that is accessible, open, and fair — a system that ensures that every eligible person can cast a vote and that every lawfully cast vote is counted.
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As part of Brighton Photo Biennial 2006, Photography is Everywhere was shown across the city in a range of public places, including Brighton and Hove Buses and The Twitten.
An exhibition of the original artworks took place at the University of Brighton Gallery, Grand Parade between 10 – 18 November 2006.
During 2006, Brighton Photo Biennial developed and piloted a model for student learning in the community, for second year undergraduates at the University of Brighton. This project provides professional practice opportunities for students, and enriches the art curriculum in primary schools. It also enables both students and pupils to try things for the first time, take creative risks in a safe and supportive environment, and share the experience of 'learning together'.
The project extended students' learning by providing them with direct experience of working as artists with pupils in five primary schools in Hove. The students' course covers all aspects of working as artists in education including teaching strategies, lesson planning & evaluation, communication skills, organisational issues and health and safety.
Phase 1, which ran over ten weeks during Spring 2006 enabled students to work in pairs alongside teachers, helping pupils create new artwork. Phase 2 took place in October 2006. The programme encouraged a multi-disciplinary approach that fuses photographic processes with other art forms.
The resulting photographs were presented across the city at a range of public venues during November as part of Brighton Photo Biennial 2006.


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Hey faithful readers,,,,if I am sorry for the lag this week but alas, College/University resumed this week for the kids and me. I am taking Anatomy and Physiology of Speech and Hearing as well as Neural Basis of Speech, and a class that I hope turns out to be and Easy Peasy one….Educational Psychology. I will be in classes on Tues and Thursday from 4pm to 6:45 pm and on Mon and Wed from 7pm to 8:15pm.
Yay ME!!!! If I am not a puddle of goo at the end of the semester it will be a really good thing. I am looking into getting a digital recorder….anyone have any suggestions on a type to buy? I am really going to need it in the A&P class…she talks really fast and I can't write that fast and forget taking a lap top however I may give that a whirl too as I can type pretty fast!!!!!
On the KAL front:
I am done with the first cuff 😦 Sad I know but I gave us until the end of February officially to finish the KAL. So hopefully I will get both mittens done in that time frame and if not…..Well at least I gave it a go right?
The Dashing KAL
I am doing another KAL as well on Facebook with some intrepid knitting friends and I am to the hand portion of it as well gonna start the thumb in about 14 more rounds. ahhhhhh the joys of knitting.
Saturday will still be my regular Farm Day… Will be heading out to Jacobs on Saturday for some well earned R&R and co-hosting the event with Dina another faithful Barnie.
Until next time!


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Researchers unlock new secret to how smells are detected
Researchers seeking to unravel the most ancient yet least understood of the five senses smell have discovered a previously unknown step in how odors are detected and processed by the brain.
The four year study, focusing on how mice respond to odors, showed that smells are picked up by the olfactory bulb the first stop on the way to the brain then sent to the olfactory cortex for further analysis.
But scientists discovered something else a dialogue between the bulb and the cortex conducted by rapidly firing nerve cells.
"It was originally thought that the olfactory bulb filtered and the olfactory cortex made decisions on whether something is, for example, edible," said lead researcher Diego Restrepo, professor of Cell and Developmental Biology and co-director of the University of Colorado School of Medicine Center for NeuroScience. "Our study says it's not quite like that. You process information on reward in the olfactory bulb, send it to the cortex and there is a dialogue between the two. Then the brain will act."
The study was published March 24 in the science journal Neuron.
Restrepo, an expert on the science of taste and smell, said the discovery expands our understanding of how the olfactory system filters and categorizes the thousands of odors that bombard the brain daily.
"We know very little about olfaction and we tend to think that it is not very important in humans compared to the other creatures," he said. "But much of what goes on is subtle and we are only beginning to understand it."
For example, scientists recently found that when men sniffed the odorless tears of women, their levels of testosterone dropped. And for years it's been known that humans, like animals, secrete pheromones that may subconsciously help them choose a mate.
But unlike hearing, taste, sight and touch smell is the only sense not processed exclusively through the thalamus in the brain, Restrepo said. So the exact path odors take to the brain and how they can trigger often vivid reactions is still not fully understood. The new research suggests that perhaps part of the answer lies within the dialogue between olfactory bulb and cortex.
In describing their work, the researchers noted that "olfaction is a primitive sensory system connected to the brain in a fundamentally different way from other systems."
"Decision-making in olfaction is challenging with a large number of input dimensions and hundreds of olfactory receptors," they wrote. "We show that information about what odors predict is integrated into the earliest stages of neural encoding compared to other senses."
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BlueStacks Latest Program Marries Android and the Mac
BlueStacks, a start-up that has focused on bringing Android apps onto Windows computers, says it is now ready to do the same for the Mac.
The company is using a mock wedding at Google's I/O conference to mark the launch of an early "public alpha" version of its Android-on-Mac software. In an invitation to reporters, BlueStacks said the two were to be joined in a ceremony at 5:30 pm PT on Wednesday, just outside the Moscone convention center. The stated attire was "hoodie casual."
"People are spending a lot of time on their smartphones and want the same experience on all devices." BlueStacks CEO Rosen Sharma said in a statement ahead of the nuptials.
"By bringing Android Apps to Mac we are breaking open the Apple ecosystem, which has traditionally been closed," Sharma said. "Also, Android is struggling because of a lack of tablet applications. Developers now have an incentive to build hi-res apps to work on the resolutions like retina displays on the new Mac, for example."
Among the developers working with BlueStacks is HandyGames.
"We love to try new things and see what sticks," HandyGames CEO Markus Kassulke said in a statement. "Working with BlueStacks on the PC version has gotten us a boatload of new discovery for Clouds & Sheep and our other apps. Mac users are even bigger spenders, so we're especially happy to have our apps available to them."
The faux wedding had all the trimmings from champagne and cake to musicians. There was even a dead ringer for Apple CEO Tim Cook to give away the bride.


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Managing Stress and Accelerating Success
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to: manage stress more effectively; practice greater self-confidence; demonstrate improved time management; apply tools to effectively control attitude; apply goal setting; and practice a balanced life.
What You'll Learn
1. Stress Management 2. Build Greater Self-Confidence 3. Time Management 4. Attitude Control 5. Goal-Setting and Leading a Balanced Life
Why you want to learn it
Most of us aspire to live a balanced life. That is, we want to spend the appropriate amount of time in each area of our life. Yet, often we feel that our lives are out of balance. It could be that the imbalance is due to a relatively temporary cause, such as an accident or injury, a workplace change, or a move. In other cases, feeling out of balance is more chronic. We feel that way day after day, month after month, even year after year. We should look at these issues and analyze our current levels of energy and time that we are devoting to each area. This allows us to set ourselves on a path that will result in a greater sense of balance.
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As I am always keen on the topics of Design Exhibitions and my beloved Philadelphia, I was very pleased when the exhibition catalog "Gems of the Centennial Exhibition" became available.
I have been aware of miscellaneous objects created for our Exhibition, but to tap into contemporary criticism is a great privilege.
If you wish to take a peek, follow this link,Gems of the Centennial Exhibition .
Part of the fun is to be able to find clues as to why certain design decisions were made. I can think of no other time in which peculiar little quirks drive me mad. Other centuries seem to have allowed reason and conventional notions of beauty to influence aesthetic decisions. The 19th century, in it's mad dash quest for novelty, progress, and historicism , produced many perplexing details.
Once such example is this Neo Grec centre table.
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Never mind scary monsters. Crabtown is crawling with black spiders for Halloween. Real ones.
It was extraordinary: in the course of a single day, the whole of Crabtown was covered in a giant cobweb and I am not joking. At first I thought I was seeing things: were those really silky strands floating through the air? Were those really giant webs winking in the sunlight? Or did my sunglasses just need replacing? But no. The spiders have come. They are here. And they are many.
Apparently it is an annual phenomenon in Crabtown. Migrating spiders (who knew?) parachute in (everyone here uses sporting verbs to explain such monstrous things as billowing giant cobwebbery descending on the town)...so they parachute in and then they take over.
And you thought Halloween was scary.
Try getting into your bed every night and seeing spiders skitter off to the side to make room for you. At least three in my bed that I know of every single night. Horrible. Little. Black. Crabtown. Spiders.
Try sleeping after you just did this creepy craft with Crabtot and co. for Crabmommy Volunteers in the Classroom Hour.
I have been assured they don't bite. And Crabhusband thinks it's very gauche and silly to make a fuss about the creatures. But while I know it sounds weird, I just don't like getting into a bed full of spiders. It would be one thing if they were just passing through and just needed a room at the inn for a few nights. But I was recently told by a helpful local that spiders live for many years. Many years!
I picture them with memories, arthritis, regrets.
Has anyone heard of this migrating spidey phenomenon? Got any tips on spider removal? I don't want toxic fumes in my house. But then again, I don't really want to grow old and wise with a spider by my side.
Also: new post today at the bloglet. Talking about Halloween. And Crabtot's doomed costume.
Monday, October 29, 2007
Spider Season
Never mind scary monsters. Crabtown is crawling with black spiders for Halloween. Real ones.
18 comments:
- Leann I Am said...
Wow! That sounds like an absolute nightmare for some people that I know! I, myself, am not particularly afraid of spiders. That being said, I never want share a bet with one. I've never found any creatures in my bed, but that has always been a fear of mine.
Have you spoken with any of your other 'townfolk' about this? They can't ALL be okay with this. Maybe you can contact a pest control guy that you know for a FACT has had the same problem. My bug guy lives two streets over from me and has the same critter problems that I do.
Yeah, I think your best bet is to find out how the locals deal with it.
So, they parachute down? Just like in 'Charlotte's Web?' Cool, yet also CREEPY!
- October 29, 2007 at 10:37 AM
- Leann I Am said...
*share a BED with one.
- October 29, 2007 at 10:38 AM
- Crabmommy said...
So far the locals I have polled all seem perfectly fine with the spideys. This is, after all, a land of bravado and tough mountain mommies. And I have also bee assured that this year we've been lucky the infestation is relatively light. I heard that a few years ago spiders were literally everywhere, telephone poles a seething black mass.......
- October 29, 2007 at 10:48 AM
yucky! My husband just called from a trip up north (northern Arizona)and told me of how he hopped out of the car to take a picture of a monster tarantula, he said it was the size of a baseball!! I did not understand why he didn't run screaming back to the car to smoosh it, but that is just me.
Anyhoo- as for your spider delima, there are natural pesticides out there. I called around a few years ago and found a guy who uses things like ground Chrysanthemum powder and other plant things to rid your house of unwanted pests. I suspect that you may be hard up in your neck of the woods to find people that do that sort of thing...just a hunch.
Google around for natural spider killers, there should be something. In the meant time? Sleep with the lights on!
- October 29, 2007 at 1:33 PM
- LizLSB said...
Salutations! This is so Charlotte's Web :) We have lots of spiders around here, and while I don't want one on me, I love to look at their webs. Last year, a garden spider made an amazing web between a bush and the glass window of the atrium at school. My students checked it out every day (Ewww! Cool! Look at it! It's huge!) I wanted to take pictures but the maintenance crew took it down. Sigh.
- October 29, 2007 at 3:13 PM
- Unknown said...
can't you just burn them with flames?
- October 29, 2007 at 9:23 PM
- skape7 said...
In my home town right now we have a huge amount of cabbage white butterflies! I definately prefer those to your spiders. Though I must say, everytime a spider jumps out at me here, I remind myself that at least it's keeping the population of cockaroaches down. Right after I leap away, shrieking. This is Australia after all, and all our small-type beasties are bloody huge.
- October 30, 2007 at 9:30 PM
- firstname.lastname@example.com said...
Too many spiders here too!
- October 30, 2007 at 10:47 PM
- Jege (Jen) said...
A friend of mine's mom, who incidentally is the wife of a man of god, has this saying (I'm paraphrasing here, since my unchurched mind cannot recall it exactly):
"All god's creatures have a right to be here...unless they come in the house".
So squish 'em, Crabmom.
Also, read Jurgen Nation's eerily appropriate blog entry on the subject: http://jurgennation.com/2007/10/29/triumph-aint-just-a-passenger-vehicle-on-ebay.php
I think the link is too long to show up properly, so just go to the web page and read the "Triumph" entry.
- October 31, 2007 at 6:40 AM
I seriously could not handle the spider thing. I remember after seeing Arachnaphobia several years ago I kept thinking I was feeling something on my leg and flipping out slapping at it.
- October 31, 2007 at 10:25 AM
- NH Yocal said...
I hate, I mean hate spiders. The thought alone is making me swat my legs and arms right now. We have recently been having a problem with them in our basement (thank God only there) and the freakin' things are huge. Like teranchiles (did I spell that like ter-an-chillies?). Anyway, I send hubby down there as quickly as possible (similiar to shouting "fire"). He takes care of them, no problem. Do you want me to send him over?
- October 31, 2007 at 8:23 PM
- Crabmommy said...
Melinda, do send him over. I could have sworn one walked over my leg in the middle of the night. It actually woke me up with its gentle padding feet. And I hate to say it felt like it was going at a very leisurely, proprietary, I-live-here kind of pace.
- November 1, 2007 at 7:39 AM
- CRUSTY MOM-E said...
gauche! LOVE THAT WORD!!
but better than bugs that's for sure..
- November 2, 2007 at 8:57 AM
- Daisy said...
I was going to recommend an exterminator, but that would mean chemicals. A licensed exterminator is often safer than home remedies because they have training and they have legal limitations to the amounts and concentrates of the chemicals they use.
- November 5, 2007 at 2:40 PM
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I am a newcomer to SharePoint Online and I am trying to add a subfolder to a SharePoint Document Library from Access 2016 using VBA.
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President Barack Obama hosted a screening of Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" at the White House the other day. He should do it again � and again and again.
For the subsequent showings, though, the president ought to invite every member of Congress. Have them settle into the plush red seats of the White House theater and mull the possibilities, for landmark greatness or epic failure, available to a second-term president and lame-duck Congress.
"Lincoln" is exquisitely crafted and even more exquisitely timed. Focused on Lincoln's battle to win House passage of the 13th Amendment, it presents useful lessons in the subtle arts of presidential leadership and the practice of politics, at once grimy and sublime.
Dealing with the fast-approaching "fiscal cliff" is not a national crisis on the order of abolishing slavery. The country is limping out of a recession, not embroiled in a bloody civil war.
Still, "Lincoln" offers lessons in the canny exercise of authority � the utility of the presidential office for congressional ego-stroking; the hidden, often grubby, levers of persuasion; the awesome force of a chief executive "clothed with immense power," as Lincoln described the office.
"Lincoln" is a case study in presidential lobbying. To pass the 13th Amendment, the president needs to flip at least 20 Democratic votes in the House � to win over, as Secretary of State William Seward colorfully put it, the "same gang of talentless hicks and hacks who rejected the amendment" months earlier. Sound familiar?
At the start of "Lincoln," the first couple is planning a reception for members of Congress and other dignitaries. It is, Lincoln tells his wife, "a necessary hindrance." Mary Lincoln deduces her husband's hidden agenda: the 13th Amendment. "Why else would you force me to invite demented Radicals into my home?" she concludes in an assessment that perhaps resonated with the current occupants.
There is an obstinate na�vet� to the common assertions that more assiduous congressional stroking on Obama's part would have guaranteed better results during his first term. The president confronted a united opposition bent on denying him re-election; if anything, there were times � for example, negotiations over health care reform � when he erred on the side of assuming that too much could be achieved by reasonable people reasoning together.
But anyone who has seen the lines of lawmakers of both parties waiting patiently at White House holiday receptions for their turn at the presidential photo-op recognizes the allure of access to the chief executive. Relationships matter. They build trust and mutual understanding.
As Lincoln appreciated, a bit of presidential schmoozing never hurts.
And there are alternative routes to a congressman's vote, if not his heart. Lincoln employs, even as he maintains a dignified presidential distance from, a rascally trio of lobbyists dispatched to cajole � or, more accurately, induce � Democrats to support the amendment.
As Lincoln tells his Cabinet, the election means that there will be "64 Democrats looking for work come March," and any number of postmaster positions and other patronage jobs to dispense. To point this out is not to endorse bribery but to observe that part of effective congressional relations is grasping the practical needs of those whose votes you seek.
"Lincoln" has instructional value for lawmakers as well. I happened to see "Lincoln" at a screening (not in the White House) that included about a dozen members of Congress, and I could hear their murmurings of assent or rueful recognition.
The members chuckled when Seward, noting that Lincoln could not afford to lose any Republican votes, asks, "Since when has our party unanimously supported anything?" They chuckled even louder when Thaddeus Stevens, the Radical Republican abolitionist, lectures Lincoln: "I lead. You ought to try it."
Some of the film's most stirring moments take place in the crowded House chamber as Democrats, under immense party pressure to defeat the amendment, yield instead to the dictates of conscience. Likewise, the outspoken Stevens tempers his fervent support for racial equality to secure the amendment's passage. "He might make a politician someday," Mary Lincoln observes.
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Your business successes are the result of your own hard work, to be sure. But, you could not have built your business without the support of your customers.
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Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:57 pm
Post subject: Dino bones
This is an excellent recipe! I had one slab (9 bones) of very meaty ribs, and the cooking times as posted were perfect - so I'd guess the recipe is not sensitive to how much meat is on the bones, just sensitive to how long it takes to tenderize whatever meat's there.
Instead of apple juice, I used a generic cola, and after the two foil-wrapped hours, I basted the meat side of the dino bones with my favorite BBQ sauce, and let them bake uncovered an additional 30 minutes - and basted them again when I took them out. They were right at the point where, had I let them go much longer, they'd have wanted to shred under the knife.
Before cooking I treated them to a little (oh the horror!) liquid smoke before using the rub as described in the recipe. And the rub described in the recipe is a fine one, it gives the finished ribs the sense of "BBQ ribs" as opposed to "pot roast", which is important in this context.
Thanks for the recipe - it was pouring down rain outside, and this was just the thing.
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 4:54 pm
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i have boneless beef ribs and i am looking for the best way to cook them so that they are tender and of course taste great!
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:19 pm
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Hi Jen,
We are having a "meet the in-laws" dinner this weekend and I am serving boneless beef ribs. I purchased 10 lbs. of ribs at Costco and each night this week I tried different ways to cook the ribs. So far, the best has been at 200 degrees for 3 hours in the oven. Its winter here so the BBQ is out.
I started with a rub of equal parts salt, pepper, paprika and sugar and added some cayanne to give it a little kick. The pepper is pretty strong and so is the paprika, so I will be scaling them back a bit.
After the rub is applied I wrapped the ribs in foil (3 or 4 per bundle) with 2 or 3 tablespoons of red wine and some garlic. I then placed them in a roaster pan. After 3 hours I removed the foil wrapped ribs and drained off the liquid into the roaster and set the ribs aside.
With the liquid in the roaster I added a bag of small pealed carrots, a couple bags of pearl onions and a couple cans of tiny canned potatoes. I added 1 can of broth, a little more wine , and more garlic then returned the roaster to the oven at 400 degrees for 30 minutes.
I removed the roaster full of veggies from the oven and poured in enough BBQ sauce to cover the ribs. I put the ribs in the roaster and spooned some sauce over the ribs. The temp was lowered to 350 and cooked for 30 more minutes. This seasons the ribs and also thickens the sauce to a nice rich covering. If you want a little more color turn the broiler on and carefully watch the browning process as the sugars turn. The ribs are tasty and tender, and the veggies are fantastic! Enjoy
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Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 2:09 am
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beef back ribs are not like other beef ribs
they are the "prime ribs"
the meat on them is not tough , its prime rib
all these slow cook recipies will kill prime rib
these need to be cooked fast and hot and served rare
not the same as short ribs at all
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Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:48 am
Post subject: Loved It... Again
I want to add one more thing to my previous comment. I fixed ribs using this basic technique again. And, by the way, I've been cooking baby back ribs here, not beef ribs. This time, though, I cooked 25 baby back slabs for a party. Instead of using a pan, I used double (loosely) wrapped, heavy-duty, alluminium foil. I used it to create sort of a mummy bag for each slab. Also, instead of using the original rub, I just bought some Gates rub and used that - and let it work overnight in the fridge. You can fit more in the oven at a time if you don't have to fit them into a pan. Two more cool things about the alluminium foil container: 1. you can arrange for a spout on the end to pour the apple juice into and then seal up tight - and when they're done, you can unfold the spout again to empty out the remaining apple juice; 2. the limited space within the ribs alluminium foil mummy bag allows all the surfaces of the meat to be in contact with the apple juice - this allows you to stretch the apple juice further (a consideration when you're cooking 25 slabs...). Once again, after cooking I seared the outsides on a charcoal grill and coated them with sauce.
They came out really great. Some of the people at the party (again... Kansas City area rib eaters) said that they were the best ribs they had ever eaten and asked me how I did it. It's not the same as smoked ribs - it's a little different, but it's very good and, I think, a totally workable alternative. In my opinion, finishing them over a very hot charcoal fire after first cooking them in the oven is crucial.
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 7:23 pm
Post subject: first try at faux bbq pork ribs in a pressure cooker
I just bought a Fagor pressure cooker pot a few days ago and made some "Faux BBQ" pork loin spare ribs in it.
It only took 15 minutes to cook them in the pot. Then for a faux bbq crispy crust, I brushed on barbecue sauce and put them in the oven on broil for 5 minutes on each side.
They were very tasty, especially considering it was my first time using a pressure cooker.
I took some pictures of the process and put them on this page.
Pressure Cooker Faux BBQ Pork Loin Spare Ribs Recipe
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Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 9:28 pm
Post subject: Braising (boiling) is just FINE
The only reason I can see for glibly discounting braising as a legitimate way to do ribs is because a person hasn't done it, or hasn't done it right.
Boiling doesn't "boil away the flavor" unless you just plop your ribs in plain boiling water. Not the way to do it. You plop your ribs into a simmering, heavenly liquid which does 2 things: tenderizes and marinates at the same time. Eliminate the fridge!
Use beef and/or chicken stock, mire poix (celery, carrots, onions), herbs, spices and wine or your own concoction (I've used OJ, coffee and beer different times).
I've boiled pork ribs in a succulent and very spicy-hot liquid, then smoked/grilled them for another 1/2 hour, basting with sauce for phenomenal tasting ribs!
And I've braised (half-cover in water and turn once in a while, so the outside caramelizes) beef short ribs many times for 4 hours, in a beef-stock based liquid for a grown-man-crying good meal!
Don't dismiss braising/boiling.
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Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 3:36 am
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I think these cats are deriding par boiling . not the same as braising
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Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 8:42 pm
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Here is how you do the pressure cooker with real smoke.
First, smoke the ribs in a smoker for an hour. Use wood chunks, not chips.
Next, remove the ribs and place in a pressure cooker. It is best to use a grate on the botton of the pressure cooker, to elevate the ribs from touching the water and/or getting charred to the bottom of the cooker. Cook for 30 minutes under pressure.
Turn off heat, allow the pressure cooker to release steam naturally. Allow ribs to relax inside there for some time, to reabsorb moisture and soften up. Perhaps 15 minutes.
Ready to eat.
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Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:21 am
Post subject: Made this tonight
I ended up altering the recipe slightly:
I only had 4 short beef ribs (about 6in long before cooking, but very meaty)
1 TB italian seasoning
1 teaspoon paprika powder (sweet)
1/2 teaspoon kashmiri chili powder
few good grinds of white pepper
1-2 teaspoons of Himalayan salt (the pink stuff)
Did as a dry rub.
The liquid I used was Canada dry gingerale.
Then because I wasn't sure what time I'd be home, I did a 280degree oven. Came home 4hrs later and the meat slid right off the bones and was delicious! With that long of a cook time, there was a lot of shrinkage.
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Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has no convictions and no shame. He has been the perpetrator of more flip-flops than any cook at the International House of Pancakes. Also, it appears that he will be unable to prevent himself from continuing this trend.
The man who has changed his position on abortion ("abortion should be safe and legal" and "I will preserve and protect a woman's right to choose"/"I am pro-life); immigration ("illegal immigrants should have a chance to obtain citizenship"/"my position is …no special pathway to citizenship"); support of Ronald Reagan ("I was an Independent during the time of Reagan-Bush. I'm not trying to return to Reagan -Bush"/ "Ronald Reagan is my hero"); gun control (I support the Brady gun control law. That's not going to make me the hero of the NRA" and "I have a gun of my own"/"I'm after the NRA's endorsement" and "I do not personally own a gun"); climate change ("I think the global warming debate is pretty over and recognize the need associated with providing sources which do not generate the heat that is currently provided by fossil fuels" and "I concur that climate change is beginning to have an effect on our natural resources and that now is the time to take action"/"I have to tell you with regards to global warming that that's something, which you're right, the scientists haven't entirely resolved" and "Republicans should never abandon pro-growth conservative principles in an effort to embrace the ideas of Al Gore"); Don't Ask Don't Tell ("the first of a number of steps that will ultimately lead to gays and lesbians to serve openly and honestly in our nation's military"/"the last 10 years have convinced me that the policy is working and there is no need to change it"); his favorite book (on 4/30/07 he said L. Ron Hubbard's "Battlefield Earth"/ on 5/1/07 he said "Huckleberry Finn"); a health care law with personal mandates (He signed the Massachusetts plan with mandates into law/ He opposes the national plan with the very same mandates); and no-tax pledges (in 2006 he referred to them as "Government by gimmickry"/in 2008 he signed a no tax pledge); has now done it again.
This week Romney has flip-flopped his position on contraception. The Maddow Blog reports that "the Obama administration's decision to require coverage of contraception as preventive care under the Affordable Care Act is, according to the former governor, an 'attack on religious liberty'." Romney told voters in Colorado yesterday that "churches and the institutions they run" will "have to provide for their employees, free of charge, contraceptives, morning-after pills — in other words abortive pills and the like — at no cost."
First of all, Romney's assertion is just one of his many lies (See "Obama has made the economy worse", Obama "has not created any new jobs", "Obama's massive defense cuts" {the defense budget has increased each year under Obama}, and when he said in a debate that Mitt is his first name). As the Maddow Blog makes clear, "The administration's policy already exempts churches and other houses of worship and "doesn't require any individual or employer to violate a religious belief — it simply ensures that their employees with different beliefs have the same access to birth control as all other women."
Romney is not only lying, however. He is also flip-flopping once again because Obama's policy is also one that Romney once supported. You see, while Romney yesterday condemned the idea of requiring religious institutions to provide emergency contraception, he once supported such a stance when he was Governor of Massachusetts. While Governor he signed into law a bill which required all Massachusetts hospitals, including Catholic hospitals, to provide emergency contraception. The Maddow Blog includes this quote from C.J. Doyle, Executive Director of the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts,
"He is very consistent at working both sides of the street on the same issue at the same time. His record on this issue has been one of very cynical and tactical manipulation."
So there you have it. Add contraception to the very long list of Mitt(wit) Romney's flip-flops.
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They call him Flip-Mitt, Flip-Mitt, his change of mind, frightening,
That Mitt Romney; No veracity,
And we know Flip-Mitt, just loves to steal his own thunder,
Mind gone asunder; flip-flop does he!
Everyone knows, dear ol' Mitt Romney
Changes his mind oh, so frequently,
Changes his views to impress his peers,
Says anything to induce cheers
They call him Flip-Mitt, Flip-Mitt, in need of enlightening,
No one you see, is impressed with he,
And we know Flip-Mitt and his cronies must all wonder,
Just how he blunders effortlessly.


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The Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium (EEMBC) has standardized its method of evaluating Android-enabled devices with a new benchmark, named AndEBench.
AndEBench gives users an opportunity to validate and compare operations on their phones or tablets, many of which vary considerably in performance. If the standard enjoys widespread acceptance, developers may ultimately aspire to improve their AndEBench rating as a means of providing independent ratification and a qualitative measure for their work.
This "industry-approved" standard is available on Google Play (the newly rebranded name for the Android Market) and soon at the Amazon Appstore for Android. In practice AndEBench will comprise a battery of performance tests for mobile devices. But its initial focus is on the CPU and Dalvik interpreter performance.
NOTE: Originally authored by Dan Bornstein, Dalvik is the process virtual machine inside the core of the Android operating system.
In addition to testing a device's multicore and/or multithreading capabilities, the 1.0 iteration of this yardstick compares the Android platform's native and Java performance — the objective being to provide a quantified measure of the Java interpreters' efficiency on a given platform and help users and developers understand what performance gains are feasible.
Shay Gal-On, EEMBC's director of technology, coordinated the working group that produced the AndEBench benchmark. "We developed AndEBench with a strong focus on showcasing the under-the-hood device behavior — and although AndEBench is not a fancy benchmark, it analyzes the processor's capability as well as that of the Dalvik interpreter's efficiency," said Gal-On.
"Furthermore, the collaborative effort of our working group members has ensured that AndEBench provides an equitable, unbiased, and repeatable test for mobile devices — critical to deliver data that can be used by technology providers and customers to fairly assess device performance."
"Other Android benchmarks available on the market are 'mom-and-pop' benchmarks in which the motivation of the benchmark developer is unknown and results can vary significantly. Furthermore, since source code is typically unavailable, it is nearly impossible to verify the functionality or true usefulness of these benchmarks," said Markus Levy, EEMBC's president.
"EEMBC provides an industry-approved benchmark where the source code is available to members and licensees, providing a full understanding of the code internals, to encourage hardware and software developers to use the results to drive product improvements that matter to end-users."
EEMBC encourages all vendors and manufacturers to join the consortium's working group to contribute to future AndEBench versions. These versions could include stress testing for features and functions such as OS layer calls, graphics, audio, networking, floating point, and SIMD functions.


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Jones Soda's New 'Au Naturel' Line
"Au Naturel" can mean many things. It's handy when we want to make "naked" sound more sophisticated than vulgar. And in the world of food, it presumably means something derived from "natural" ingredients. But when it comes down to it, the definition of "natural" is a fuzzy one. Jones Soda just released their new "Au Naturel" line—three sodas sweetened partially with stevia, with 35 calories and much less sugar (7g) than a standard bottle. We've had a number of low-sugar sodas we've liked recently. How would Jones fare?
Given that we're fans of Jones Soda in general—from their wacky photo labels to their clear, vivid flavors—we had high hopes for these. The three flavors, Green Apple, Lemon Limelight and Orange Ya Glad It's Mango, are all virtually clear, presumably in line with their "all natural" stance. But whereas most lightly sweetened, low-cal (not no-cal) sodas these days just go light on the sugar, Jones makes use of stevia (along with cane sugar and agave). From the taste of it, heavy use of stevia.
Carey's favorite was the green apple, juicy and flavorful; as a diet soda drinker, she didn't find its sweetener too offensive. John, a cane sugar fan, didn't hate it but wouldn't drink it again. But the Orange Ya Glad It's Mango had a strong stevia taste, cloyingly sweet, and though the Lemon Limelight is a little gentler, it's still got that distinctive aftertaste. Stevia may come from plants, but it reminds the tastebuds heavily of all those chemicals that don't.
In fairness, we've sampled a number of stevia-sweetened sodas, and none of them have even made it to this column. Because they're so dominated by that faux-sweet flavor that we couldn't take a second sip. To their credit, Jones "Au Naturel" are a lot better than that. But even after these, we haven't found stevia soda we'd wholeheartedly recommend.
These sodas aren't terrible, but seem a bit misleadingly named. Whether or not stevia is a natural compound, its sweetness doesn't resemble that of sugar. If these were a "Jones Lite" or "Jones Diet Natural", they'd be an easier pill to swallow. As is, though, they don't deliver what one might expect.
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Illinois Congressional Races Take Shape
(With additional reporting from The Associated Press)
Illinois' 2012 congressional elections are beginning to shape up after dozens of candidates officially filed to run by a Tuesday afternoon deadline.
Seventy-eight people are running for Illinois' 18 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Illinois Democrats have taken advantage of the once-in-a-decade process of redrawing congressional boundaries to try and make things harder on Republicans next year. And for some GOP candidates, it will be.
Two incumbent Republicans - Reps. Adam Kinzinger and Don Manzullo - are being forced into a primary in the 16th Congressional District, which covers much of north-central Illinois. In Chicago's northwest suburbs, outspoken Tea Party Republican Joe Walsh has chosen to run in his current 8th district in order to avoid facing fellow GOP Congressman Randy Hultgren in the 14th. Hultgren is running unopposed in the March 20 Republican primary, but Walsh still must survive the contest against two other candidates.
On the Democratic side, long-time incumbent Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. is being forced into a primary against former Rep. Debbie Halvorson. The primary in Illinois' 8th district will likely be another closely watched race. Iraq war veteran and former Obama administration official Tammy Duckworth is facing off against Raja Krishnamoorthi, in a newly redrawn district that's more favorable to Democrats.
Candidates have until next week to object to their opponents' nominating papers.
National Democratic officials have repeatedly described Illinois as a "center of gravity" in the Democrats' efforts to reclaim the House majority. But Republicans say they're in a good position to keep their majority delegation, and that Democratic leadership in the state is out of touch. They see an opportunity to grab the state's only open congressional seat in southern Illinois following the sudden retirement of a longtime Democrat, Rep. Jerry Costello.
Democrats may have an advantage with the new map, which cuts down the number of districts by one, preserves existing Democratic-leaning districts, creates new ones and pits several Republican incumbents against each other. All but one of the state's Republican congressmen sued to overturn the map, which Democrats crafted because they control the state Legislature and governor's office.
Even federal judges who upheld the map's legality acknowledged that it was a "blatant political move to increase the number of Democratic congressional seats."
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I'm looking for a clear spoken book about Lamdré, and especially the tantric part of the three tantras presentation.
I'm reading the three books "Triple Tantra", "Taking the Result as the Path" and "Treasury of Esoteric Instructions".
They are all great, and all have very good presentations. But many times I get lost. Because English isn't my first
language, but also since the language is somewhat scholastic.
I find myself wanting a "Lamdré for dummies" presentation ha ha, just to have something to fall back on when the topics eludes me.
Any good advice about clear books out there? Something that helped you on the way.
Have anyone read the new Sakya related book "Entering the Path of Vajrayana" by Drew-Wills, Edith?
The first time I received Lamdré I was quite confused. Going back to the books available it getting clearer every time
I try to summarize the topics presented, and the practices in all the divisions. I guess I'm trying to get a visual picture
of it in a way.
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- Little 5-year-old Ethel Clair Gerner was killed from poisoning. She was a daughter of Fred K. and Elvira (Bartley) Gerner. She was born on 15 May 1892 and died 16 April 1897. She is buried in Bear Creek Cemetery, Petrolia, Butler County, Pennsylvania.
- Less than 3 months old, Netta (or Meta) Mildred Gerner died of enlargement of the liver. She was a daughter of Fred K. and Elvira (Bartley) Gerner. Born 23 Jun 1894, died 9 Sep 1894. Buried Bear Creek Cemetery, Petrolia, Butler County, Pennsylvania.
- William Meinzen, born about 1872, died of typhoid fever on 24 Nov 1888. He was the son of Henry Carl and Elizabeth (Armitage) Meinzen. He's buried in Union Cemetery, Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio.
- Stillborn Infant (unknown gender, unnamed) was buried on 25 Jan 1891 in Union Cemetery, Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio. The parents were Henry Carl and Elizabeth (Armitage) Meinzen.
- Carl Nelson Meinzen, born 3 Sep 1896, was the son of Henry Carl and Elizabeth (Armitage) Meinzen. He died on 14 Sep 1896. Burial location is uncertain but probably in Union Cemetery, Steubenville, Ohio
- Flora Victoria Bickerstaff was the daughter of Edward Jesse and Mary (Thompson) Bickerstaff. She was born on 5 Aug 1909 and died 30 Aug 1910. Her cause of death was convulsions. She is buried in Oakland Cemetery, Mingo Junction, Jefferson County, Ohio.
- Leila Doyle was just 3 days old when she died on 2 Mar 1913. She was the daughter of Gust and Beulah Mae (Gerner) Doyle. She's buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Sandy Lake Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
- Alice Bickerstaff, daughter of Ellis and Emma (Nelson) Bickerstaff, was born 27 Apr 1871 and died of convulsions on 21 May 1871.
I appreciated the following quote from The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman:
Of course, the losing of children had always been a thing that had to be gone through. There had never been guarantee that conception would lead to a live birth, or that birth would lead to a life of any great length. Nature allowed only the fit and the lucky to share this paradise-in-the-making. The graveyards, too, told the story of the babies whose voices, because of a snakebite or a fever or a fall from a wagon, had finally succumbed to their mothers' beseeching to 'hush, hush, little one.' The surviving children got used to the new way of setting the table with one place fewer, just as they grew accustomed to squishing along the bench when another sibling arrived. Like the wheat fields where more grain is sown than can ripen, God seemed to sprinkle extra children about, and harvest them according to some indecipherable, divine calendar.
Length of days is not guaranteed to any of us and I feel the need to record and/or document the brief lives of those who came before.
This post is a contribution to Alona Tester's Family History Through the Alphabet challenge, hosted Genealogy and History News. Thanks for creating and hosting the challenge, Alona.


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Sometimes, the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Even when it comes to video games.
Electronic Arts, less than two weeks away from what is expected to be a monster release of its latest "Medal of Honor" game, is bowing to pressure, and will not let you play the game as "The Taliban."
Instead, if you choose to play against the Americans, you'll be playing for what's called the "Opposing Force."
When word got out earlier that, as part of the game, you could not only play as the American forces but instead as the opposing Taliban side, the protests were heard from parents to soldiers.
Play as the Taliban? Shooting American soldiers?
EA, in a blog post, admits that "we received feedback from friends and families of fallen soldiers who have expressed concern." They have now decided to change the labeling.
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Thinking about the problems which the natives of the Americas suffered when they met the Europeans, I wondered how a man of the past could survive in the modern age. Problems could be caused by pollution, different viruses/bacteria, different food (I wouldn't consider social/mental problems, only physical ones).
Of course we can't know it for sure, due to obvious lack of specimens, what I'm asking if there has been any well-thought theory about that, educated guesses, anything based of facts we know and what we can safely assume.
The "past" is left vague on purpose: as long as it's at least 100-200 years old it would be fine — though I can safely guess people from before the Industrial age would suffer much more than those who came after.


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After almost a decade of promises that the internet and video would entwine to create one fluid, multimedia orgy of visual fun, it appears that we might actually be just about there.
The past twelve months has seen sites like YouTube become de rigeur for your average broadband user, and many of us shun the TV schedules to watch our favourite shows online via places like Daily Motion. Don't want to wait a year to catch the latest series of Scrubs? (And it is a good series, better than the last, I reckon.) You don't have to anymore.
Internet technology has just about caught up with the predictions, and watching a new band video, highly dubious 'cultural' event or just plain crap now only takes a few minutes of your time. We have become integrated.
But is it any good? Do we get the picture perfect quality that we desire? Do you click on the video spots that DiS (fairly) regularly posts on our label profiles and news stories? And, more presciently for a music-driven discussion like ours, is it necessary or complimentary for music to be accompanied by video? Do we need to see ropey shots of a band recorded on a videophone played through your 4db laptop speakers? Or is this the internet fall-out of our MTV conditioning for 25 years?
There are masses of dedicated video channels on the internet now – DiS suggests you check out this new Joost channel and give it a bit of a test-run if you fancy (jag, we know, and we're sorry) – but do you watch them lots? Is a site with thousands of music videos at your finger tips really that enticing? Tell us, like.
Probably the most useful aspect of videos on t'interweb is to see all those 'can't believe you missed it!' moments. No longer does anyone ever miss them.
And, therefore, the fun crux of this DiScussion is: What's like, totally the best music/culture-relevant shit you've found online?
We would like to suggest these things for pure fun/inanity:
1) Him out of Panic! At! The Disco! Getting twatted by a bottle at Reading festival last year.
2) Daft Punk smashing up every other band that weekend at the O2 Wireless Festival (see the 02 review just up here)
3) And, the iconic majesty of Zinedine Zidane going head-ramming mental in the World Cup final of 2006. The most striking (arf) image of the year?
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Biology and Attire Edit
The skin tone of the Therns is identical to that caucasian humans from Earth; at a glance they appear as blue-eyed, blond-haired humans. Closer inspection reveals the hair upon their head to be a well made wig. They wear these as their bodies are entirely hairless, as it is considered disgraceful to not wear this wig. Up until they were exposed as frauds by John Carter, the popular belief was that they were descendants of the original White Martians, at odds with what the Black Martians, the Therns' greatest enemies, claim: Therns arose from a union of their kind and white apes. Generally, this race seems to wear more clothing than other Martian races, as members are noted wearing robes.
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Though not especially industrious, the Therns amassed great power over the centuries through their promotion of the cult of the Holy Therns, which preached that the way to paradise lay in the Valley Dor. For centuries, Martians of all colors headed down into the valley, only to find a land heavily populated by white apes and plant men, whom the Therns had trained to attack the unwitting pilgrims. The few who survived this horror, like the Princess Thuvia of Ptarth, became enslaved by the Therns, toiling away for years until the Therns decided that they had outlived their usefulness, at which point they were killed and served up to the leaders of the Holy Therns. Ironically, the Therns themselves had been fooled; the First Born had convinced them that the real way to paradise lay in the Temple of Issus, which lay in the Omean Sea, the stronghold of the Black Martians.
For centuries, the Holy Therns lured unsuspecting Martians to their deaths, their own civilization thriving but for the occasional raids of the black pirates. These raids always ended in the kidnapping of both white and red women, but the Therns dared not fight back; their first and only attempt to attack the First Born resulted in a brutal reprisal.
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Their civilization's downfall came when the earthman John Carter, long believed to have died saving all of Barsoom from oxygen starvation, suddenly appeared in the Valley Dor in 1886. By strange coincidence, his old ally Tars Tarkas had been sent to the valley to find him and, as with so many other unfortunate Martians, he and several other Green Martians were attacked by plant men and white apes. Carter intervened to save the great Thark's life, and at length, their efforts to escape from the beasts led them to one of the Therns' bases. After still more fighting, Carter and Tars Tarkas met Thuvia, and together attempted to escape. That night, however, happened to be the occasion of one of the black pirates' raids, and in the ensuing chaos, the therns lost Phaidor, daughter of their leader, Matai Shang. She (along with Carter, who had also been captured) was brought before Issus, the false goddess of both the First Born and the Therns. She was forced to look upon the hideous old woman, and sentenced to serve as a slave for one year before being killed and served up for the ancient woman's consumption, but attempted to force Carter to share her fate by telling Issus of his fighting prowess, which caused him to be sentenced to death in a combat arena.
Carter escaped, and Matai Shang sought to stop him from spreading the truth about the Valley Dor. When Carter eventually led the Heliumetic navy to war with the First Born, the Therns attempted to intercept his fleet, and instead ended up in battle with the First Born. Carter took advantage of the situation and led a two-pronged attack on both the Valley Dor and the Golden Temple of Issus, the latter assault leading to the death of Issus herself. In short order, the therns lost both their naval forces and their goddess.
After Issus was overthrown, the Therns were a broken and scattered people. Some remained loyal to the Holy Therns, but they were few and they found friends only in the most remote kingdoms, such as Kaol, where news of their fraud had not arrived. Many others swore alliance to Xodar, their admiration for his fighting prowess winning out over their centuries-old hatred of the black men, found guidance under a new leader, or became panthans - mercenaries who swore allegiance only to their latest client. Still others integrated into red Martian society.
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Prior to their downfall, the Therns' religion was complex and shared many similarities to the primary religion of greater Barsoom and that of the First Born. Like the Black Martians, they believed themselves superior to all other Martian races, to the point that they saw nothing wrong with consuming the flesh of the "lesser" races, and worshiped an individual they believe to be godlike. At the age of one thousand years, every Thern would travel to the Temple of Issus, believing that it was the true way to the Heaven (that they had used a similar ruse to lead red and green Martians to their deaths did not give them any pause.) They believed that if they died before they reached one thousand years of age, their soul would pass into a plant man to live out the remainder of the thousand years. If the plant man died before the final hour of the thousand years, then the soul would supposedly pass into the body of a white ape. If the white ape died then their soul would pass into a Silian and be lost forever. The consuming of human flesh was ritualistic amongst the race, and they would not consume the flesh unless it had died being drained of blood and life by the horrid plant men, as they believe the planet men drained the tainted life from the body.