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What's so wrong with eating alone?
Earlier this week, CNN reported on a new social networking site called Invite for a Bite. The concept is to match women with platonic lunch or dinner partners so that we can avoid the shame and loneliness of eating alone. Except, some of us love eating alone. My preference is to bring along a book or an iPhone's worth of Instapapered articles, but even when eavesdropping is the only entertainment on offer, I still consider eating alone to be one of life's greatest pleasures (topped only by solitary cinema visits).
For an introvert like me, the site promotes the idea that hanging out with a random stranger (or several) is fun. It's not that I'm against making friends, but compulsory small talk is torturous. And I've been cornered by enough strangers in cafes, shops and on public transport to get an idea of how the British public thinks.
Diane Shipley on eating alone: nuthin' wrong with that! Is this something you enjoy?
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I loved the commentary from The Mary Sue with the "eat by yourself ladies, because you can have guiltfree steak because...
- shortbreadstuff answered: def not a NY thing. in fact, one of my fav things about nyc is how "normal" it is to do/go to things alone.
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- paleotrees answered: Spoiler: it is impossible to eat alone in New York. You are surrounded by other humans all the fucking time.
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One of my favourite things to do is to go out to eat alone.
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- alternageek answered: One of my favourite things to do is get a good book and go out for a meal together,
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- dotdotdotdoh answered: i find it weird they got all that out from a new social media site. idk
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- rj-s answered: I enjoy eating alone too! It's time to think and be confident in one's individuality!
- therealsurferrosa answered: I consider it one of the joys of business travel to sit alone with a bookk in a restaurant and enjoy a meal in peaxce and quiet.
- its-a-great-day answered: Yes. It can be very relaxing and empowering to get out and do whatever you want without worrying about another person's wants or needs.
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As much as I think "introvert oppression" is the stupidest thing since demisexual, I agree with the people who are...
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Green and white awnings and a small sign are all that distinguish the Richmond home of Maggie L. Walker from neighboring duplexes that have been carefully restored to their appearance circa 1925. What distinguished Walker in her day was her skill at overcoming all the obstacles society could place before a black woman living under Jim Crow segregation laws.
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Russ Baker
|Russ Baker
Russ Baker
|investigative journalist,
political commentator
|Known for
Family of Secrets,
Russ Baker is a US investigative journalist and founder of the nonprofit website WhoWhatWhy.com. His recurring themes are politics, secrecy, and abuses of power. His recent writings have focused on elites in finance, resource extraction, military and intelligence operations, and their quiet influence over national and global political and economic affairs.
In 2009 Bloomsbury published his book Family of Secrets: the Bush Dynasty, the Powerful Forces That Put It in the White House, and What Their Influence Means for America. The paperback edition was released in November 2009 under the title Family of Secrets: the Bush Dynasty, America's Invisible Government, and the Hidden History of the Last Fifty Years. The book has been reviewed by many print and electronic journals.
Baker has written for many US publications including the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, the New York Times, The Nation, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, the Village Voice, Esquire, Slate and Salon, and served as a contributing editor to the Columbia Journalism Review.[1][2][3] Internationally, his work has appeared in dozens of top publications including: The Globe & Mail (Canada); The Sunday Times, The Guardian, and The Observer (UK); Der Spiegel and Frankfurter Allgemeine (Germany), La Repubblica (Italy), South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), and the Sydney Morning Herald.[4]
Baker received an MS in Journalism from Columbia University and a BA in Political Science from UCLA, and has served as a member of the adjunct faculty of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He has won numerous journalism awards, including a 2005 Deadline Club award for his reporting on George W. Bush's military record. He also writes essays, profiles, humor, and culture and travel pieces.
Investigative journalism career[edit]
In 1988 Baker obtained a Masters degree in Journalism from Columbia University. After an internship with Newsday, he began work as an independent journalist. In 1988, he was one of a handful of foreign correspondents to cover Hutu-Tutsi massacres in Burundi, a precursor to the genocide that unfolded in neighboring Rwanda several years later. He also reported from Kenya. In 1989, Baker arrived in East Germany just prior to the collapse of the communist government there, and was present to report on the fall of the Berlin Wall. In December of that year, he was one of the first journalists to enter Romania just as fighting broke out between revolutionaries and the government of the longtime dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu. His reports from Germany and Romania were carried by news organizations around the world.
That same year, Baker became a New York correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor, covering a wide range of topics from politics to feature stories. While working for the alternative weekly Village Voice in New York, he produced numerous investigative cover stories on such topics as corruption in the police union,[5] the use of humanitarian international relief as cover for covert operations, and the displacement and destruction of small businesses in New York through massive commercial rent increases.
In the early 1990s, Baker served as a member of the adjunct faculty at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
In 1992, he reported for The Nation about the destruction of one of the earth's last significant rainforests, in Irian Jaya, Indonesia.[6]
In 1995 Baker was hired by Fox Television to serve as an investigative producer for a new primetime news magazine show in development. Though the show was ultimately not launched, Baker's report on the efforts of the controversial Church of Scientology to recruit Michael Jackson through Elvis Presley's daughter aired on the program A Current Affair. In 1997, Baker traveled to Germany on assignment for John F. Kennedy Jr.'s George magazine, and produced an article] about a raging battle between Scientology and the German government.[7]
In 1998 at the height of the Clinton impeachment proceedings related to the Monica Lewinsky Affair, Baker produced a story for Vanity Fair about Congressman Dan Burton of Indiana, a leading Republican moral crusader. The article documented the married Burton's own extensive record of sexual harassment of, and affairs with, women being paid with campaign contributions and federal dollars, as well as his practice of soliciting campaign contributions from foreign powers. Prior to its publication, Burton called a preemptive press conference to condemn Baker's work and accuse him of working for the White House, while at the same time admitting that he had done some things of which he was not proud.
As the impeachment climate continued to heat up and Vanity Fair had not yet published the article, Baker obtained permission to take it to the online magazine Salon, which published it the week that the Senate voted not to convict Clinton.[2] Baker also worked as an outside producer for 60 Minutes in preparation for a television piece on Burton which never aired because Burton declined to be interviewed by correspondent Mike Wallace. Baker's reporting on Burton received an award from the Society of Professional Journalists.
In 1999 Baker traveled to France and became the first journalist to spend time with Ira Einhorn, the so-called Unicorn Killer, who had been 18 years on the lam for the murder of his girlfriend in Philadelphia, and was fighting an extradition process. This story appeared in the December 1999 edition of Esquire and later in an anthology of Esquire articles.[8]
In 2001 Baker, a Manhattan resident, rushed to the scene where two planes had just hit the World Trade Center and was nearby when the towers came crashing down. He was watching Building Seven as it pancaked, and described it over the phone to an editor at the Los Angeles Times, for whom he was reporting. Baker provided the paper with extensive early coverage and interviews of eyewitnesses and survivors. In the ensuing days, he produced articles for foreign publications on the search for loved ones, the fear of retribution in Brooklyn's Muslim population, and a retrospective on the first attempt to bring down the towers, eight years earlier.
In 2002 he received a U.S. government grant to travel to Belgrade, Serbia and train journalists there in investigative reporting. Baker remained beyond his contract period, staying in Serbia into 2004. He provided additional training to journalists in Bosnia, and reported throughout the region for news organizations around the world. He covered the assassination of the Serbian reform prime minister Zoran Djindjic, and explored allegations that the triggermen answered to more powerful interests. He also wrote about corruption in Serbia's conversion to a market system. He traveled through Bosnia and Montenegro to pursue answers to NATO's failure to capture the longtime fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, indicted for war crimes and genocide. This included an article about places where Karadzic was believed to be hiding, which was published in newspapers throughout the world.[9]
In connection with his reporting and writing, Baker has been a speaker at diverse private and public organizations, including many colleges and universities, and has been interviewed many times on radio and television stations, including on C-SPAN, on a number of NPR and PBS affiliate stations, on RT, and on a wide range of AM and FM radio stations both in the United States and abroad. Interviewees have included David Feldman, Jay Taylor, Pat Thurston, Nicole Sandler, Rick Smith,[10] Jean Dean, former Florida Congressman Mark Foley, Ron Reagan, son of the former president, and others.[11]
The investigations that led to Family of Secrets[edit]
Baker was in Europe during the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq and wrote articles expressing scepticism about the evidence that supposedly justified that action. He scrutinised in particular the work of New York Times reporter Judith Miller, who provided fodder for the Bush administration's claims that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction.[1]
When he returned to the United States in 2004, Baker began independent research on why George W. Bush appeared likely to win a second term despite growing evidence that he had launched an invasion under false pretenses. He also studied the controversy over the military record of Bush's opponent John Kerry. This led Baker to examine Bush's own military record and to unearth new evidence that Bush himself had skipped out on two years of service during the Vietnam War.[12] He received a 2005 Deadline Club award for this reporting.[13]
Shortly before the 2004 election, Baker obtained an exclusive interview with the veteran journalist and author Mickey Herskowitz who had begun a writing collaboration with presidential candidate George W. Bush in 1999. Bush's handlers eventually removed Herskowitz from the book project over material in the manuscript they did not like. But before then, in an unguarded moment, Bush had told him that if elected president, he hoped to invade Iraq and remove Saddam Hussein. His stated reason was that he had come to believe that an essential component of a popular, successful presidency was the launching and winning of a war.
According to Herskowitz, Bush also admitted that he had not finished his military service, claiming to have been "excused". Baker presented the story to several top publications that expressed keen interest. However, all backed down citing possible repercussions for aggressive Bush coverage.[14] This was after the debacle in which CBS and its anchor Dan Rather had aired documents about Bush's military service that were immediately attacked as false. Baker finally gave his story to the website Guerrilla News Network, which published it shortly before the election.[15]
One week after the election, the famed White House correspondent Helen Thomas cited Baker's article in her syndicated column, and began a concerted effort to get Bush to explain his true motives for invading Iraq. This pursuit by Thomas became the subject of a satirical film by the television personality Stephen Colbert who aired it at the White House Correspondents dinner attended by President Bush.
Following the election, Baker traveled to Ohio to assess allegations that George W. Bush's campaign had stolen the election in that state. Baker examined several specific examples of purported improprieties and irregularities in certain Ohio counties, as well as claims that exit polls proved fraud, and concluded that they had been misrepresented. His article on this, published at the website TomPaine.com, was vociferously attacked by proponents of the stolen election scenario, but was praised by others as evidence of Baker's evenhandedness.[16]
Family of Secrets[edit]
Based on a growing file of perplexing information he had collected in 2004, Baker began work on an investigative history of George W. Bush and his family, and the forces that had propelled them to power. The book Family of Secrets was released by Bloomsbury Press in January 2009 and followed in November in paperback.
Baker is the founder and Editor in Chief[17] of WhoWhatWhy.org, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, non-commercial investigative and analytical news site that he began developing while writing Family of Secrets. Editing and promoting WhoWhatWhy are currently his principal activities, as he continues researching and writing books.
- ^ a b "'Scoops' and Truth at the Times", by Russ Baker, The Nation, June 23, 2003.
- ^ a b "Portrait of a political 'pit bull'", by Russ Baker, Salon, Tuesday, 22 December 1998 03:00 PM EST.
- ^ - "I'm The Other Guy", The New York Times, 6 May 2002.
- ^ Examples of his work can also be found in an archive of articles on his website.
- ^ "The rogue police union", by Russ Baker, Village Voice, 7 December 1993 Vol. XXXVIII No. 49.
- ^ "The Deforesting of Irian Jaya", by Russ W. Baker, The Nation, 7 February 1994.
- ^ "The clash of the titans", by Russ Baker, George Magazine, April 1997.
- ^ "A touch of Eden", by Russ Baker, Esquire, 1 December 1999, 12:00 AM.
- ^ "Catch Me if You Can: If snaring Saddam was so important, why is Radovan Karadzic allowed to remain free?", by Russ Baker, Washington Monthly, January/February 2004.
- ^ On the Rick Smith Show.
- ^ Recordings of many interviews may be found in this Youtube collection.
- ^ "Fear of flying", by Russ Baker, The Nation, 29 September 2004.
- ^ "Why Bush left Texas", by Russ Baker, The Nation, 14 September 2004.
- ^ "Journalist claims papers turned down story about Bush's desire to invade Iraq", by John Byrne, Raw Story, 3 June 2009.
- ^ "Bush Wanted To Invade Iraq If Elected in 2000", by Russ Baker, Guerrilla News Network, 27 October 2004.
- ^ "Election 2004: Stolen Or Lost", by Russ Baker, TomPaine.Com(monsense), 7 January 2005.
- ^ The Project, under the heading "The People".
- Russ Baker on Greater Boston with Emily Rooney, on the PBS station WGBH, Boston, 11 November 2009
- Russ Baker on the Ron Reagan radio show (Part 1) on Air America network 8 July 2009
- Russ Baker on the Ron Reagan radio show (Part 2) on Air America network 8 July 2009
- Russ Baker on the Ron Reagan radio show (Part 3) on Air America network 8 July 2009
- Russ Baker on the Ron Reagan radio show (Part 4) on Air America network 8 July 2009
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Comment: Daniel Pelka Serious Case Review
Serious Case Review into Daniel's death raises questions about missed opportunities to save his life
17 September 2013
The Serious Case Review (SCR) into the death of Daniel Pelka found no blame or failure with any individual party but raises concerns about the current practices being too process-driven.
Peter Wanless, CEO of the NSPCC, said:
"It's important to remember that only two people are ultimately responsible for little Daniel Pelka's death - his mother and her partner. However, it's right that we look at missed opportunities and what could have been done differently.
"Whilst this SCR judges that no single, specific failure led to his death, time and again we see a basic lack of real action to protect Daniel. Processes were followed correctly much of the time but processes alone do not save children.
"Excuses from Daniel's violent, drug using and alcoholic parents were believed. Medical opinion, which ultimately turned out to be wrong, was taken as concrete fact. Too often people failed to look at Daniel like they would their own child. He was clearly not OK and it's not clear if anyone sought to establish his feelings with him in his own language as his parents' excuses just didn't add up.
"The police and other services were involved with the family many times about his parents' domestic violence and alcohol issues - on at least 27 occasions. The impact on children that a series of violent family incidents would have had does not seem to have registered with children's services. This is shocking when the high risk of children suffering both physical and emotional harm in these circumstances is well known.
"Daniel wouldn't have cared what type of professional helped him - he would have just been screaming inside for anyone in authority to notice what was going on. Everyone who has contact with troubled families through any role, particularly adult focused services, needs to think about every person in that house.
"Sadly there are no quick fixes that will stop this happening again. There must be a culture change from process driven box-ticking to child-aware curiosity; a willingness to question excuses; and a resolve to record and follow through with appropriate urgency whenever we see a child suffering.
"Professionals must act on their instincts when they feel something could be seriously wrong, not wait until they are certain. Tragically, in Daniel's case, this failure to see and act at speed may have cost him his life. SCRs like this one have generated enough lessons now - we owe it to Daniel to ensure they are learnt, not filed and forgotten."
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May the joy and peace of Christmas be with you all through the Year.
Wishing you a season of blessings from heaven above!!
In life, maraming arrows tayong makikita, sometimes they are pointing to opposite directions. At ang madalas nating sinusundan ay yung direksyon kung saan tayo masaya. Sa pagsunod mo sa direksyon na yon, pwedeng may tao kang masasaktan, pero sometimes, you have to care less para masunod ang happiness mo.
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Wall Street crashed and took the world with it. FDR fought poverty and depression with a New Deal while others sought refuge in hate and terror. Mao marched, the Nazis seized power and the Communists purged their own. Organized crime was as celebrated with morbid fascination. And slowly, steadily they all marched toward war.
The poor but hard working people of Haugerbain live short lives surviving on whatever the harsh, frozen land will yield. They are survivors of a forgotten kingdom trapped in a world that has moved on. All except Brom; a lone, lordless warrior who is perhaps more harsh and unforgiving than even blighted, arctic wasteland itself.
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digital Single Lens Reflex cameras are quickly replacing SLR film cameras. IMO main factors that are causing this are:
convenience - you see instant results, you can print in minutes (perhaps not a commercial quality print, but certainly convenient), you can take your files to a commercial printer if desired - in short you have many options now that before were out of your control/reach (unless you had your own lab)
quality - once your camera gets above 4 mega-pixels you have an impressive amount of image quality and print sizes for an out-of-the-camera image
they are everywhere! - prices continue to fall while the technologies advance - in short you are getting more and better features with each new dSLR that makes it to market
[Note that dSLR cameras typically use inter-changeable lenses instead of being totally self-contained (i.e. one, fixed lens.)]
In general, any dSLR (or totally automatic digital camera, i.e. non-dSLR) camera from four (4) to eight (8) mega-pixels will meet consumer needs. You can step up to the entry level ~10 mega-pixel cameras and probably get way more features than you will ever use. Note that, generally speaking you will get higher-quality images from cameras with more mega-pixels. Also note that the number of mega-pixels is not the sole factor that limits image quality; the combination of lens quality, image software quality, in-camera software, in-camera image sensor all affect image quality. Look for sample 'real images' to develop a dSLR image quality assessment. At this time (December 2007), most entry level dSLR cameras for the consumer market are under $1000; when you move beyond this price entry point then you are in the upper level of consumer product range (which is actually border-line professional.) Professional dSLR camera bodies are typically several thousand dollars (just for the body!) BTW - I have recently read a number of online comments where professional photographers are opting for the entry level dSLR cameras as their backup system. Some example Nikon camera models and prices (December 2007) are listed below - note that mega-pixels (MP) and prices are approximate and prices may or may not include lenses or other 'kit' items..
Example Consumer dSLR: Nikon D80 (10 mega-pixel) - price: ~$800
Example High-end/entry pro-level dSLR: Nikon D200 (10 mega-pixel) - price ~$1400
Example High-endd/entry pro-level dSLR: Nikon D300 (12 mega-pixel) - price ~$2000
Example Professional dSLR: Nikon D2xS (12 mega-pixel) - price ~$5100
What's the other news?
- my experience - digital photography is more expensive (gear wise) than film photography; Quality lens prices are high for both types of camera bodies.
- If you do your own prints then your computer becomes your photo-lab which requires special software, perhaps more expensive printers, inks and papers; you also need to consider training (classes and/or books.) Or course you can still trek to your local camera store or the corner drugstore (prints from digital files are comparable to prints from film)
- Film cameras are based on film technologies which don't seem to morph at the rate of digital sensor technology - IOW digital = fast-rate-of-change which may require you to invest yet more resources into the latest software and gear (when new film came out you just tried it with the old gear - hmmm, $10 for film or $2000 for the new camera body plus $300 to upgrade your software every year????)
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Philippe Gilbert
Valverde rebounds with San Sebastian Classic win
Spain after first winning it in 2008. The Spaniard also finished second in last year's edition. Peter Sagan and Philippe Gilbert , two other pre-race favorites, both withdrew during the event.
Valverde wins Walloon Arrow Classic for 2nd time
the Walloon Arrow classic ahead of Daniel Martin of Ireland and Michal Kwiatkowski of Poland. Pre-race favorite Philippe Gilbert , who won the last two classics over the past eight days, never got among the leaders on the mile-long (1,600-meter
Gerrans wins Liege-Bastogne-Liege classic
uphill finish and failed to get the Ardennes double after winning the Walloon Arrow on Wednesday. In a disappointing race, the favorites played the waiting game until late, and Philippe Gilbert paid the price, finishing only seventh.


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One of my favorite movies of all time is "The Pursuit of Happyness", starring Will Smith and his then 8-year-old son Jaden Smith. It is one of those movies that gives you the inspiration to forge ahead despite the difficulties and trials of life. It was the film that inspired me when I was in my 2-month internship as a Medical Representative for a local pharmaceutical company. I did not have any medical experience. I had low grades in my science subjects. But that time, 2009, I just need a job. It was scary when I started the program. Every week we were evaluated and those who who will not pass will be ousted from the training camp and will lose the chance to have a stable job during the year when the world was experiencing another economic crisis.
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That movie inspired me to study hard, to memorize all those medical terms and sale processes. And at the near-end of that program, only three of us survived—out of 30 aspirants. And because of that inspiration, I topped the class—despite the fact that my 2 other colleagues were nursing and business administration graduates. I was never better than them, though. They knew this medrep stuff better than I did. I just gave my all for that program because of one word: "pursuit".
Well, that's why I wrote this blog. I remembered all these things when suddenly the word "pursuit" came out of my mind. I was writing an article about WordPress plugins and internet marketing when suddenly that word came across. And I just stopped from typing. It hit me. The word "pursuit", it lit a fire from within me so much so that I left my article and started writing this blog.
I think that word is very important in our life. I think we are doing all these things in life because of that pursuit—whatever it is. Why am I writing this? Why are you reading this? Why do we wake up every morning? Why do we go to work? Why do we need to study? Why do we have to rush home every dinner time? Is it for something, someone, or anything beyond? I think one word sums it all up: HAPPINESS.
We all do these things everyday, though how endless and boring they are, because we want to be happy. We want our families to be happy. If your work makes you happy then that's your life. If that woman makes you smile, don't let her go. If you are made to choose between your job and your family—choose what makes you happy. That's what life is all about.
That's what Chris Gardner (Will Smith) had as he cried and clapped his hands amid the busy sidewalk—after he learned that he was the chosen one, the only one who made it through the unpaid internship. That moment is what happiness means for me. When you are all smiling, crying and all sort of clapping—you find happiness.
That's why after 6 months of becoming a Medical Representative, I left the company for one reason: I'm not happy anymore. After that, I left 3 other companies because of that same reason. And now, although not everyone believes in what I do, saying there's no future in writing, at least I do what makes me happy—and that is all that matters in life. I write because I'm happy. You? What makes you happy?


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I used to maintank during tbc but for wotlk i stepped back and now im just starting heroics tbh cos i put my study first and onl play weekends.. but id say tanks or at the least the ones i played alongside are less meatheadish than you'd think.
a few have a god complex.. some are really quiet and never say a word but do there job. others like me and my former MT share player. (we had 3 MTs tbh, one avoidance, one stam, and me the kinda halfway inbetween. ) used to just makes jokes at each others expense and joke around.
(betting on who'd die first, accidently dropping threat to wipe out melee dps on gruul, lootreaver... you know :P )
but far from meatheadish.. we were all fairly relaxed, and just enjoyed playing side by side in a role that 75% of the players didnt understand or didnt want to.


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"As a rule, I don't like getting my ass kicked for free."Terriers is a Detective Dramedy, created by Ted Griffin and co-executive produced by Shawn Ryan, that premiered on FX in the fall of 2010. Critics have made favourable comparisons to The Big Lebowski and Brick.Hank Dolworth (Donal Logue) is an ex-cop and a recovering alcoholic who makes his living as an unlicensed Private Detective in Ocean Beach, California, along with his partner Britt Pollack (Michael Raymond-James), a reformed thief. They typically get jobs from their lawyer Maggie, some reluctant police help from Hank's former partner, Detective Mark Gustafson, and usually part of the mix each episode are Hank's ex-wife Gretchen, her new fiance Jason, and Britt's girlfriend Katie. Life is cruisey, until the duo agree to take on a job from real estate developer Robert Lindus that involves tracking down Eleanor Gosney, the daughter of Hank's old buddy Mickey. Cue a murder, a scandal, and the beginnings of the biggest and most dangerous case Hank and Britt have ever had to deal with.The show only lasted one season. The fifth episode, "Manifest Destiny," was directed by Rian Johnson.
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LONDON — Genius, unskilled manager, talented art dealer, troublemaker: the figure of Joshua Compston is one of inconsistencies and contradictions, even 18 years after his death.
The Ruins, Rubble, and Architecture of War in Art
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LONDON — We are now six days into the unrest that started in the Greater London neighborhood of Tottenham, spread throughout London and then erupted across England. London has been relatively — but tenuously — calmer than it was on Monday night, when looting, arson and violence escalated and reached new and disparate parts of the city … What's been more interesting to me, however, has been the ways in which many denizens of England have established identities as non-rioters or anti-rioters and expressed criticism through social media and images circulated through it…. READ MORE.
Thank you so much for your concern. I am in the UK, and while things have escalated elsewhere, last night was quiet where I am in London, likely owing to an increased police presence of some 16,000 officers in the city last night. I am safe (or as safe as I can be, anyway). It was tense because everyone was pretty much sitting around waiting to see if any more violence would happen, and there has been a nervous energy in the air. Looting and violence popped up rapidly in scattered areas throughout the city Monday night, hitting fairly close to where I live, but activity died down in most places during the day. I felt compelled to keep checking in on the situation from my laptop, refreshing twitter and the Guardian's liveblog (http://bit.ly/njIlko), which also contributed to anxious tension.
What's going on has been described as fueled by class tensions and extreme disparity in wealth and opportunities for wealth, "a hatred for the system," as discussed here: http://bit.ly/q8KolF, different but I daresay not totally divorced from the more racially motivated riots in the 1980s.
I'm sorry to hear about what's happening in Philly. I hope that you also stay safe and that it gets resolved soon (although the larger issues will be at stake for a long time, I'm sure). xo
Lewis Whyld for PA/AP, a burning building in Tottenham (August 7th, 2011)
Boston.com's "The Big Picture" has a number of striking photos from the riots over the past few days. The building shown here, formerly housing an apartment complex and a carpet store, had been built in the Victorian era and survived both World Wars. There has also been coverage of the Reeves family furniture store in Croydon, another Victorian building devastated by riot fire.
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Photographer Amy Weston of the WENN Agency, who took what is probably the most iconic news picture to date of the London riots — a woman leaping from the window of a flat, toward the arms of persons below — tells the story of how she came upon the shot:
I was told there were fires in the Church Street area, near Surrey Street Market.
By the time I drove towards it, I could already see the fires from my windscreen.
There were six or seven people screaming and crying outside, and they looked like they lived at the flats that were burning. The flats were above small independent shops. A man in a white shirt was screaming that a girl was at the window and that she was ready to jump. He ran towards her but riot police had appeared and pulled him back, and they went to her instead.
As soon as she dropped, the crowds pushed back and there was no way to see what happened to her. I remember hearing people screaming that there were more people in the building. The crowds started getting angry with each other, with one group blaming another group for starting the fire.
There were warnings of gas cylinders being fired into the crowd from riot police so I got out of there. I couldn't get to my car so I had to walk, wrapping my camera in my clothes to avoid being mugged.
(Mandatory photo credit: Amy Weston / WENN.com via the Daily Mail / The Guardian)
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WHITE PLAINS -- Motorists traveling on the New York State Thruway (I-87) southbound in Westchester County may encounter delays on Friday, June 29, due to scheduled bridge repairs, the New York State Thruway Authority announced.
The repairs on the Ashford Ave Bridge on June 29 between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. will necessitate double lane closures on I-87 southbound between Exit 7A (Saw Mill River Parkway) and Exit 7 (Ardsley).
Delays are expected and motorists are advised to seek alternate routes.
Electronic message boards and the Highway Advisory Radio (530 AM) will update motorists about expected delays.
The Thruway Authority appreciates motorists' patience during this necessary work.


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Chiefs veteran offensive lineman Ryan Lilja, who helped block for Peyton Manning during the Indianapolis Colts' Super Bowl-winning 2006 season, announced his retirement Monday. Lilja said he was going to ''hang it up'' after the Chiefs finished a 2-14 season with a 38-3 loss to the Denver Broncos on Sunday. Lilja played guard his entire career until injuries forced him to play the majority of this season at center. Lilja said he relished the opportunity to learn a new position, even though he knew at the beginning of the season that it would likely be his last in the NFL. A starter in 104 of 111 career games, he also said he appreciated the chance to finish his career with his hometown team. The former Kansas State star spent his first five seasons in Indianapolis and the last three in Kansas City. --- Online: http://pro32.ap.org/poll and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL
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May 6, 2011 @ 12:32 PM EDT General
Here's a scan from YRB's feature on producers Alex Da Kid and Boi-1da. Anyone miss Scratch? Read the second half after the jump.
Classic response.
Terrific point. I can't dispute that. Jay doesn't have to prove nothing. Although I do want another album because I feel a little duped by MCHG. I never play that album, but otherwise he has nothing to prove.
I have a feeling u and ur mentor mac weasel are 2 salty struggle rappers lol I'm almost convinced
I'm Greek stupid that's what we do cook good food lol
yeah yeah yeah that's what they all say when they speaking through the wire.


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Allergy Sufferer Spring Survival Tips & Tech
From the onslaught of sneezes this week I knew that the dreadful season had arrived. Of course my fellow allergy sufferers know that I'm talking about Spring. Every year this season brings with it much discomfort and often, pain, despite being on prescription allergy medication. To help make it through I look to technology. In a similar boat? Take a look at the tech in my spring survival arsenal.
Here are the things to do and own that help with surviving spring:
1. Begin the Allergy Proofing: Now is the time to do everything you can to get your home ready for the worst of the season. By taking the time to prepare now, you will save yourself much grief as the pollen count increases. This helpful home hack guide from our archives describes each piece of the allergy prep puzzle, which includes removing carpets and shoes as well as avoiding draperies.
2. Get an Amazing Air Filter: Despite being on serious allergy medication, I still need a kick-butt air filter. Having a good filter (we have a few in our apartment) makes our home a refuge and it also means I can sleep through the night. We have done roundups of beautiful air filters in the past, however if you have allergies like I do, then cute doesn't always cut it — what you need are compact hospital-grade solutions like the ones offered at AustinAir and Allergy Buyer's Club. We also have a helpful guide for choosing the right air filter. Shopping tip: look for a CADR (Clean Air Delivery Rate) of a least 200-250 for a smallish space.
3. Allergen Awareness Apps & Sites: Knowing what you're going to encounter outside before you leave your air filter bubble home is important. On high pollen days, I have been known to wear a mask when outdoors on my way to work to help prevent breaking down into a snotty swollen-eyed mess. Knowing the count also helps you to plan events, since the forecast reliably goes as far as four days out. In addition to the various sites that provide pollen count information like Pollen.com, there are also a large number of apps for every smartphone OS (my personal favorite is Allergy Alert).
4. Replace the Filters: Replacing the filters in your air conditioner, vacuum and fans makes a big difference. The allergy sufferer should not be the one to do this as the changing process will involve quite a bit of allergen exposure. How often should filters be replaced? Depending on your allergy sensitivity you might need to replace the one in your AC every 15 days during peak allergy season.
5. The Power of Sinus Masks: While these are decidedly low-tech and will do nothing to prevent allergy symptoms, they do feel fantastic when your nose is going haywire and your face feels like it weighs a ton and is on fire. This mask is the one we have in our home and I personally think it's the best $17 I've ever spent. For other natural remedies check out this post.
Do you know of a good air filter we should review? What tech do you use to cope with allergy season? Please share in the comments!
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Lots of good information.
Another tip I've heard (but unfortunately don't always put into practice) is to wash your hair before you go to bed if you have been outside during the day. This is because pollen can stick to your hair, and then rub off on your pillow and sheets, causing you to inhale it all night long. Also, never sit on your bed in your street clothes for the same reason.
@HOUSEWIFEY - now that's just good ol' plain sense too! :)
I have insanely bad pollen allergies and was prompted to start taking a daily tsp of raw honey from local farmers a few years ago - although it's not a cure, it does make my reaction to allergens much less severe. I've passed this onto a few friends and they've also noted that their allergy symptoms are much less 'aggressive'.
I would second the local raw honey tip. I moved to a new area and was savaged by allergies, staggering into the local CVS to beg them to sell me the strongest anti-allergy med possible. Then I heard the local honey tip, drank a tsp daily with tea, and the next spring had almost no symptoms. Now, who knows, maybe spring 1 was particularly awfully pollen, and spring 2 happened to be much better for the pollen. However, my sample of one with zero controlling for any other factors says: it works!
Second the honey comment-my husband has tried this for almost a year now and when we run out of the local stuff, it's obvious. He has a honey dipper now and pours his morning coffee over it into his mug and that seems to be enough.
great article - and much appreciated! i also support the local honey claim - because it works.
The local honey didn't work for me, although I like how it tastes. I am now seeing an allergist. The article has good information though. Thanks.
local honey is definitely the most delicious placebo.
Over the counter allegra. No "d." Generic fexofenadine. Honey is often nice though.


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Matthew Brandt - Water + Polaroid series.
Next April 4 Highlight Gallery will present Water & Polaroid, a solo exhibition by Matthew Brandt until next May 18, 2013. Into the post you can also find Lakes and Reservoirs, a previous series from 2011 which follows the same experimental process in connection with water from lakes.
"For Water & Polaroid, Matthew Brandt presents three bodies of work based on the manipulation of photographic emulsion. To create the works in the exhibition that involve Water, inspired by early landscape photography of the American West, Brandt incorporates the subject of the image into its manipulation. At its most elaborate, Brandt's process involves using water from an actual waterfall he has photographed to rig an artificial waterfall that pours over the printed image, creating streaks of color that drip from the emulsion. At its most direct, he soaks prints in water drawn from their subject lakes.
Nymph Lake, one piece from Brandt's Lakes and Reservoirs series, demonstrates this process. Out in the field, Brandt takes with him two key tools: a camera and a five-gallon plastic jug. "The camera is to take an image of the lake or reservoir, while the jugs are to take some of the actual lake," he explains. Upon return to his studio, Brandt prints selected images, then empties the collected water into a large tray and submerges the C-print of the lake directly into itself. Finally, he waits, as the water in the image slowly breaks down the image itself over the course days, weeks, or even months." [via Highlight Gallery]
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Cathleen Naundorf, Valentino; Chanel; Tatler Magazine.
Cathleen Naundorf, Dior.
Cathleen Naundorf, 8x10" polaroid work for Philip Tracey
Cathleen Naundorf, 8x10" polaroid work for Elie Saab and Jean Paul Gaultier
Paper Stacks, a collaboration by FiftyThree and ALLDAYEVERYDAY.


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The Cost of Living (Season 3)
We loved Mr. Eko's brief presence on the show. If he had to go, at least he went out with a bang.
"The Cost of Living" revisited Eko's flashbacks, showing his attempt to carry on his brother Yemi's legacy as a priest. Redemption was the name of the game in this episode. However, Eko's ultimate revelation wasn't what viewers might have expected, and it led to a surprising confrontation with the Smoke Monster.
Elsewhere on Hydra Island, the divisive tension among the Others began to boil over as Ben and Juliet squabbled, with Jack caught in the middle. The early episodes of Season 3 might have dragged a bit, but this episode saw the excitement and drama ramp up considerably. The only thing marring this otherwise excellent episode was the presence of Nikki and Paolo.
Happily Ever After (Season 6)
Widmore's first order of business after getting to the Island? Send in a mercenary Tina Fey. Second order of business? Throw Desmond in front of some mad scientist's coil from a 1950s movie and send him Flash-Sideways. An enlightened Desmond, who has survived every electro-magnetic disturbance the Island could throw at him, is revealed to be Widmore's secret weapon for taking control of the Island – and stopping Man in Black.
And as the events of "The End" would reveal, Desmond isn't just our favorite time traveler; he's our castaways' personal Michael Landon in the flash-sideways world/afterlife/limbo thingy. Our head still aches at what that means, with Desmond being able to cross time, space and whatever exists between life and death.
The Widmore Device never really gets a proper payoff, and the "how and why" behind Desmond's new ability is not explored to great detail, but we are given a new wrinkle as to how the final season will play out. To position Desmond in such away is a dramatically satisfying move, despite the big questions it raises.
The Other 48 Days (Season 2)
You think the characters on Lost have had it bad? "The Other 48 Days" is essentially the show's creators saying, "It could have been worse," and then showing us how so, by detailing what happened to the other survivors of the plane crash – AKA the Tailies.
"The Other 48 Days" was one of the first episodes of the series to ditch the familiar flashback formula. Instead, the episode was one extended flashback as we saw the Tailies fall one by one to the predatory Others. Viewers can look back on these events now in a new light, but at the time we could do nothing but hold our breath as Ana Lucia, Eko, and the rest fought tooth and nail to survive.
Viewers who hated Ana Lucia for shooting Shannon might look at her in a new light knowing everything the character had to endure in her first 48 days on the island.
Flashes Before Your Eyes (Season 3)
Here is another episode that toyed with the familiar flashback formula. The bulk of this episode followed Desmond in the aftermath of the Hatch explosion. He had seemingly been thrust back into the real world and given a second chance at a life with Penny. What followed was a tragic meditation on the clash between fate and free will, tragic because viewers were forced to watch as Desmond damned himself all over again.
The numerous cameos in this episode also provided plenty of head-scratching moments. Charlie and Charles Widmore both stopped by. Desmond also met a mysterious older woman with a fierce personality that viewers would eventually come to know as Eloise. But ultimately, it was not the mysteries that made this such a classic Lost episode, but the strong character dynamics. "Flashes Before Your Eyes" left viewers begging for a happy reunion between Desmond and Penny. Those viewers were forced to wait a while longer.
Not in Portland (Season 3)
Richard's first appearance in the Lost-verse centers on Juliet and her medical efforts to help her cancer-stricken sister conceive a child, despite her barren status. Juliet's research catches the attention of The Others, as evidence by Richard's pitch to entice Juliet to join him on the Island – before she even knew that it would be the Island.
Juliet is reluctant to leave her sister and job behind, but that all changes when a bus redrum's her ex-husband, in a weird echo of a remark Juliet made in the presence of Richard.
The episode gives us an early look at The Others' off-Island reach, one that never quite gets paid off as the series proceeds to an end. Moreover, we get more shading added to Juliet's conflicted character, and are proud to call her one of our favorite visitors to the Island's fun and games.
What They Died For (Season 6)
The episode that showed us that Lost, when it wanted to, could get a whole lot done and answer a ton of questions in 42 minutes.
This episode met up with Jack, Kate and Sawyer after the torrentially morose events of "The Candidate" and actually had Jack volunteering the take the place of the petulant, lonely mama's boy, Jacob, as the new protector of The Island. It was something that we didn't expect to take place until, perhaps, the final moments of the final episode. This episode also had the death of Widmore and his bespectacled, taut soldier girl, Zoe, the semi-return of the old, devious Ben and a "Flashterlife" jail break featuring corrupt LAPD officer Ana Lucia.
A lot of us were worried after the superfluous and ineffective "Across the Sea," but "What They Died For" totally kick-started the endgame and sucked us all back into the story. Also present in this story? Sawyer's guilt over getting Sayid, Sun and Jin killed, Ben finding somewhat of a surrogate family in Danielle and Alex in the alternate world and a fantastic scene between Jack and Locke in the afterlife where Locke agrees to let Jack "fix" him.
This episode was also notable for this line from alternate Ben to alternate Locke, regarding alternate Desmond's vehicular attack: Ben: "He said he was trying to get you to let go, not to hurt you, and for some reason I believed him."
Exodus, Part 2 (Season 1)
There are a handful of potent quotable from Lost, and Michael Dawson's desperate cry over his stolen son is one of them. There's a reason why over 23 million people tuned into the Season 2 premiere. It's because the Season 1 finale kicked major ass and left everyone breathless. The "Others" had graduated from being simply sinister and mysterious to being diabolical. And just as Michael was beginning to bond with his estranged son too.
Meanwhile, crazy Danielle Rousseau makes a last-ditch play to steal baby Aaron from Claire. Why couldn't she just construct a surrogate out of leaves, dirt and squirrel parts like Claire did years later? The swerve here was that Rousseau, and the rest of us, thought that the whispers that told her that the Others were coming for "the boy" meant that they were coming for Aaron. We never suspected that they'd boat-jack Walt.
Also also meanwhile, Jack, Kate and Hurley head off to The Black Rock for some seriously unstable dynamite to blow open the hatch. Unfortunately the first thing that gets blown to bits is poor portly Professor Arzt – who's Arzt parts go all over. Literally. "Dude, you've got some Arzt on you," Hurley says.
Also also also, this was the first appearance of the infamous "Hurley Bird."
Man of Science, Man of Faith (Season 2)
In this great Jack-centric episode, we learned that there wasn't a "what" down in the mysterious hatch, but a "who". A Scottish who. A serendipitous Scotsman with a propensity for getting "unstuck in time" was stuck down in the Swan bunker; missing his assigned DHARMA partner and trapped by a button that had to be pushed every 108 minutes. But before we found out that it was Desmond down in the hatch, we needed to find out that he and Jack's paths had crossed three years earlier.
In Jack's flashback, we got to see him, the man who doesn't readily believe in miracles, miraculously save the life of a woman, Sarah (Modern Family's Julie Bowen) who would later become his wife. In the evening following Sarah's delicate spinal surgery, Jack runs into Desmond, showing us that they two of them had met before and setting up Desmond as a man who, time-travelling or not, would be known for popping up in people's back-stories during seminal moments. "Good luck, brother. See you in another life," said the man who was always seeing people in another life.
And also... the numbers, man. The numbers had now gone from a radio transition that lead people to The Island, and Hurley's famous winning lotto numbers, to an actual sequence that needed to be entered to stop a giant electromagnetic pulse from shooting out of the ground. In the end, we still never found out the significance of the numbers being the specific ones assigned to the remaining candidates, but if we gathered up all the things we never figured out we could fill up a stadium; a stadium with a spinal surgeon and a lovelorn Scotsman jogging up and down the steps.
The Candidate (Season 6)
This episode was action-packed, suspenseful and dished out a whopping load of tragedy and death – just episodes away from the end.
Sawyer found himself the victim of a "loooong con" by the master of the long con himself, The Man in Black (the five year con of John Locke, anyone?). This episode definitively labeled The Man in Black as the villain of the series when he tried to kill off the remaining "candidates" by incinerating and drowning them in Widmore's submarine. Sayid's death was shocking, but our emotional investment in his character had begun to die out after he became the shell-shock "claimed" foot soldier of Fake-Locke.
The death of Jin and Sun – even though it was another drowning – was exponentially more shocking and sad. We had all figured that at least one of them was safe because of their daughter Ji Yeon, but no. This show was about to create an orphan and none of us saw it coming. Their rushed and somewhat unsatisfying reunion (after years of being apart) made their deaths, and Jin's refusal to leave Sun behind, become the testimony for their love.
As much as people will love or hate the reveal about the "flashterlife", you have to admit that the series never copped out on the actual deaths themselves. Whoever died, stayed dead. We were all expecting a cheat of sorts, with the alternate versions of the characters perhaps living on in their place. But that never happened. Jin and Sun drowned. Sayid blew up. Locke was strangled. It all stuck.
The rest of the episode had Jack slowly figuring out that things might not be what they seem as he runs into one Oceanic 815 passenger after another in his quest to find out the nature of Locke's paralysis. And we didn't know it at the time, but Jack's earnest request that Locke "let go" of his father's death – even "letting go" before Jack himself follows suit – was very important.
LaFleur (Season 5)
"LaFleur" was a crowd pleaser, through and through. Our Island time-skippers finally crash landed, permanently, in the swingin' groovy 70's and met up with the DHARMA Initiative, eventually joining their ranks .
Up until this episode, Sawyer didn't have much to do in Season 5 except get headaches, leap through time and bark snarky comments at Faraday, trying to get him to explain what the hell was going on. This was the storyline though that brought Sawyer back front and center – and gave him heart, courage, leadership skills and a brain. Sawyer basically took point as he, Juliet, Miles, Faraday and Jin became members of DHARMA after stumbling onto an altercation between The Others and a DHARMA chick named Amy.
It then becomes up to Sawyer to "con" his way into their operation – using the name Jim LaFleur – in order to not give themselves away as displaced dimensional travelers. Sawyer even talks Juliet into staying on the Island, and what seemed like a temporary decision by Juliet turned into an amazing "Three Years Later" leap ahead and the revelation that Sawyer and Juliet were now a happy and loving couple. All of a sudden, it became Jack and Kate Who? The concept of "Sawyer and Juliet" totally snuck up on us and stole out hearts. They immediately seemed like they were meant for one another and deserved one another. It was a rare, rest-period of happiness on Lost.
And now that we know all the horrible things that were in store for these two it makes it even more comforting to realize that they got to enjoy a longer period of calm and bliss than anyone else on the show.
The Man From Tallahassee (Season 3)
Whereas most other character's back-story flashbacks begin to sputter and stall, John Locke's just kept getting better.
For a man who wound up having the most tragic, ironic and maddening death in the entire series, it's absolutely fitting, and almost comforting, to know that his life, even before he got to The Island, was filled with misery and woe. We found out that Locke's dad, the devious man who conned Locke out of a kidney, was also eventually the one who put him in a wheelchair - by pushing him out the window of an 8-story building. There was so much rotten pain is this story that it became delectable. Locke had already lost Helen and a major bodily organ because of his dealings with his con-man father, and now it seemed Locke was going to expose Anthony Cooper as the monstrous fraud that he was.
But that didn't happen. Locke got maimed. And having to watch his frightened expression of disbelief when he was being put inside his wheelchair for the first time was almost too much, as a viewer, to bear. And then…the therapist's line: "John, you fell eight stories out of a window and survived. I don't want to hear about what you can't do."
Meanwhile, back on Cancer Curing Archipelago, Locke blows up the DHARMA submarine (something that will be echoed in Season 6) essentially ruining Jack's chances of escaping. Locke had gone to extremes before, but this one was his most...explosive.
And then finally, for those of us who'd always wanted to see Locke really gain the upper hand on his father – who does Ben deliver (via magic box) to Locke on the Island? As if he was ordering out a pizza? A bound and gagged Anthony Cooper. Ripe for the revenging. So good.
Greatest Hits (Season 3)
It had been a while since we fully enjoyed the imp-ish Charlie Pace. He'd started out as an enjoyably sarcastic, jittering bloke back in Season 1. but had slowly devolved into a misunderstood mess that the writers didn't seem to know what to do with. He was in love with a temperamental, postpartum bitch who could never fully see what his true intentions were and it was safe to say that there was no way that the group was ever going fully trust him again - and that was with none of them actually knowing that he was the one who attacked Sun in her carrot patch!
Let's face it. We loved Charlie the most when he was marked for death. A "dead man walking." And we absolutely fell in love with him when he was gone. Lighting the fuse on Charlie was the best thing this show could have ever done with him, and his death still stands out as the sacrificial demise to top.
Thanks to Desmond's premonition, Charlie is forced to come to terms with the fact that he's going to have to die so that others may live. He decides to list off the top-five moments in his life; his own personal "Greatest Hits." For the first time in a long time, we got back-story from Charlie that didn't dwell on his misadventures with heroin and shame. We got to see him and Liam hear their song on the radio for the first time, his dad helping him learn to swim, Liam giving him the family heirloom ring, the night he saved a girl from a mugger and…*sob*…coming in at number one... the night he met Claire.
Charlie's farewell to his best buddy, Hurley, was particularly heartbreaking as well, since Hurley didn't know it was goodbye. And because of the fact that Charlie actually had to insult Hurley a little bit to stop him from tagging along with him and Desmond as they headed off to The Looking Glass. Charlie told Hurley he loved him. A confused Hurley responded with "Yeah, whatever, love you too, man."
The Incident (Season 5)
…in which we met the man known only as Jacob. What an absolute powerhouse of a finale!
Jacob's travels through time and space. Jack open firing on all of DHARMA-ville, women and children be damned. Jack and Sawyer's "Dynasty"-style throw down bitch-fight. Ben stabbing Jacob, falling right into the sinister fake-Locke's plans. Juliet falling to her almost-death, down the Swan shaft. There was just a ton of exciting s*** from beginning to end! One of the things that we liked best about this episode was Jack's rampaging mania and the fact that he didn't seem to care about who he shot in his quest to "reboot" time. Because if his theory about "variables", given to him by the late Daniel Faraday, was correct then it didn't matter who he filled full of lead. This timeline didn't matter. He was going to reset the entire game – one big giant Ctrl-Alt-Del!
Sawyer, on the other hand, was kind of partial to this timeline and to his new wonderful domesticated life with Juliet. For once, Sawyer was the voice of reason and safety while Jack embodied the spirit of chaos. See what actually loving someone else can do to you! We also loved the fact (and it's something that we'd see again in "The Candidate") that when Jack open fires on you, he seeks no cover. He's not going to hide behind a dumb tree or a stupid barrel; he's just going to come right at you like RoboCop. Dead or alive, you're coming with Doctor Giggles!
And man, did all of our heads implode when we were introduced to Jacob and The Man in Black on the beach. Suddenly we could see how the final season was going to play out and, stepping back even further, we could now see ethereal framework for the entire series.
There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3 (Season 4)
If there's one thing that Lost knows how to do well, it's deliver a nail-biting, game-changing finale! Ben killing Keamy, dooming the Kahana crew to death by "blowd to bits!" Christian appearing to Michael and telling him he could "go now!" The Kahana exploding! Ben making the entire Island vanish by turning an underground donkey wheel! Sawyer sacrificing himself in an ultimate "eff you" to Jack's future romance with Kate!
Our Islanders were able to turn the apex of Widmore's Island assault into a thrilling rescue mission – culminating in the official formation of The Oceanic Six! Action! Sci-Fi! And a lingering sadness watching the flash-forwards now officially pick up right where they left off back in the Season 3 finale "Through the Looking Glass."
Yes, it wasn't just Jack who wanted to go back to The Island (although he definitely felt the most intensely about it.) The off-Islanders were now all mobilizing, thanks to someone named Jeremy Bentham. Of course, it was a bit of a dirty trick to have all the characters, for whatever reason, refer to Locke as Bentham when they could have all just said "John Locke." But then the final "gotcha" wouldn't have "gotcha'd" us as much; the shot of the cold, stiff body of John Locke in the coffin.
This episode also marked the first time when we found out Hurley could interact with the dead and the, we guess, official final appearance of Mr. Eko - who appeared to have become a bit of a chess enthusiast in the afterlife.
The Long Con (Season 2)
By the end of "The Long Con," Sawyer still managed to see himself as a rotten con-man who'd never done a decent thing in his whole life. "A tiger doesn't change his stripes," he explains to Kate. But we sure didn't see him that way.
As flawed as Sawyer was, we could now see inside him - both his light and darkness - and understand his self-loathing. With brilliant symmetry, this episode took us through a flashback story involving Sawyer's "long con" of a marked divorcee named Cassidy, while showing us a big time, present-day Island play for the gun and ammo stash.
Sawyer's story with Cassidy was both fun and heartfelt, seeing Sawyer feel conflicted about conning a woman he might have grown to love in a con that actually involved him feeling conflicted about conning a woman he's grown to love as the integral endgame.
Back on the isle of doom, Sawyer succeeds in playing the inflated egos of our "leads," Jack, Kate and Locke, off one another so that they all wind up turning to him as a mediating lesser-evil – which is, of course, the whole idea of the "long con." To make the marks think it's all their idea. As elaborate a scheme as this was, there was more to it than Sawyer just randomly deciding to piss in everyone's lemonade just for the hell of it.
Mr. Ford sums it up best: "How 'bout you listen up, because I'm only going to say this once. You took my stuff. While I was off trying to get us help, get us rescued, you found my stash and you took it. Divvied it up; my shaving cream, my batteries, even my beer. And then something else happened. You decided these two boys here were going to tell you what to do and when to do it. Well, I'm done taking orders."Continues


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Terrific flavors and bright colors. Used under-ripe mango & corn tortillas instead of flour. Served with the recommended chunky guacamole. Also made the simple black beans from CL's Flank Steak with Mojo Relish.
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What an easy, flavorful meal. Next time I will try it with mangoes, just trying to keep the carb level down. I was amazed at how flavorful the meat was with such a short marinating time. I couldn't find ancho or chipotle chile powder, so I substituted chili powder. This meal took 30 minutes to make and only one skillet. I think that this could benefit with a corn and black bean salsa, but overall a solid recipe.
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Excellent, quick meal and surprisingly warming on a cold night. The only thing I didn't like was that the recommended jarred mango got a little mushy. Next time I'll use either fresh or frozen. I used a well-trimmed, single ribeye steak, perfect for 3 people to have 2 fajitas each. I also found a great fat-free tortilla: La Banderita (Ole Mexican Foods). It was so soft and tender out of the pkg, not at all like usual FF ones. Served w/ CL's Zesty Three Bean & Roasted Corn Salad. Yum.
Rymaki Posted: 07/06/09
This is easy, fast and very tasty. My kids (age 2, 5 and 7) love it - it's become a regular everyday meal at our house. We've used sirloin and NY strip instead of tenderloin, and have used lemon instead of lime, skipped the cilantro (when none in the fridge) and it's always good even with some substitutions. We serve it with white or brown rice and pureed black bean dip w/ tortilla chips.
DMan49 Posted: 01/21/09
i used a homemade chili powder for the beef and lemon juice instead of lime. The dish tasted well, quick and easy. Cooking was basic so it is easy for any level of cook. i like the fresh mango with the onions and peppers. added some hot sauce for a little zip.


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Category Archives: Biblical Theology
The Tapestry of Scripture
That list of biblical references running down the gutter of each page the ESV Study Bible is a compilation of thousands of cross-references that point to other thematically related parts of Scripture. All told the ESVSB has 80,000 of those cross-references.
There's a history to who actually made those connections. The references found in the ESVSB were compiled by a team of Bible scholars from Oxford and Cambridge Universities over 100 years ago. Their work was first used in the English Revised Version (RV), a version that appeared in 1881.
A few years back Lutheran pastor Christoph Römhild wondered if an infographic could capture cross-references like these for the purpose of visualizing the tapestry of Scripture. He contacted Chris Harrison, who said yes, and together they created this:
Each bar along the bottom represents a chapter from Genesis (left) to Revelation (right). The length of the bar correspond to the length of the chapter (Psalm 119 is easy to find in the middle). The cross-references are arched and colored by arch length. In all this graphic represents 63,779 colorful cross-references (I'm unsure how they arrived at this number, cross-referencing being something of an art — the Thompson's Chain-Reference Bible has over 100,000, for example).
Beautiful graphic, isn't it? This is a wonderful visual reminder of the thematic unity of Scripture, and it serves as a great personal reminder to read every verse in light of the bigger biblical storyline.
You can find a large version of the graphic and more information here.
Milk, Meat, and Biblical Theology
This week at work I have the privilege to sit in on Dr. D.A. Carson's lectures on Hebrews. Carson is a brilliant theologian and a very capable exegete for a tricky book like Hebrews. With all of its complex Old Testament quotations it does require a competent biblical theologian who understands the sweep of the biblical narrative to make sense of the book. Dr. Carson is known for this type of thing.
I was particularly interested in his treatment of Hebrews 5:11–6:2:
About this [the connection between Christ and the OT figure of Melchizedek] we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.
Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, and of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
Up until this point many themes in the OT have been tied to Christ including the themes of the Davidic King and God's rest. The writer of Hebrews has been pulling quotes from several OT sources. Here in this text the writer of Hebrews begins to explain now how Melchizedek in the OT is related to Christ, but due to a lack of maturity the OT connections may be lost on the readers. In Carson's view the milk here is not the A, B, Cs of the Christian faith, but the elemental themes of the OT, which would have been familiar to the Jewish audience. Thus, Carson says, the writer of Hebrews mandates that Christians are so maturing that they can put their Bibles together and grow from elementary 'givens' of the Bible and press on to see how the OT points forward to Jesus. And that is exactly what the writer has been doing up to this point, working out OT texts to show how thematic strands culminate in the Savior. And thus the Melchizedek context fits what we read in 5:11–6:2. Hebrews really makes it clear just how important the salvation-historical self-consciousness was to the early Christians.
In Carson's view, the writer of Hebrews is not only encouraging Christians to deepen their biblical knowledge of Scripture in general, but to read the OT carefully and to trace out the many ways in which the OT trajectories find their fulfillment in the Savior. This is, at least in part, what it means to feast on steak. Today we call this biblical theology, the discipline that seeks to restore this awareness of progress along the salvation-historical line. Carson seems to prove the value of biblical theology exegetically from this passage.
So where does one begin the study of biblical theology? There is no replacement for reading and re-reading the text of the Bible, listening for the themes that echo throughout the Bible. For me one of the most helpful supplementary books is the New Dictionary of Biblical Theology (Carson recommended the book in class). Also, The Ways of Our God: An Approach to Biblical Theology by Charles H. H. Scobie is very useful, but not for its depth or for its reliability on all exegetical points. I like Scobie as an introduction to the broad sweep of OT themes that find their fulfillment in the NT. I commend these books to you, especially if you find your diet lacking in protein.
Mercy Magnified By Justice
James M. Hamilton, Jr., God's Glory in Salvation through Judgment: A Biblical Theology (Crossway, 2010), 512–513:
Is there a theme that dominates Paul's thought? Is there a big idea that organizes all the other themes and ideas that are so powerfully and flexibly deployed in pursuit of the Great Commission task of making disciples by building churches? With so many unique situations addressed by these letters from the apostle, does the theology reflected in these letters have a center? …
I am in basic agreement with [Thomas] Schreiner's proposal that God's glory in Christ is central to Paul's theology. As will be clear from my analysis of Paul's letters, it seems to me that at the very heart of God's glory in Christ, the big muscle that pumps the blood through the living body of his thought, is the manifestation of the mercy and justice of God, with mercy magnified by justice.
Desmond Alexander on Biblical Theology
Andy Naselli today posted an excellent interview on the topic of biblical theology with one of the most impressive biblical theologians writing today, Desmond Alexander. See the interview here.
Old Testament Theology
Paul House is the author of Old Testament Theology (IVP, 1998), one of my favorite biblical theology texts (also available in Logos). I highly recommend it for understanding the theological purpose driving each block of the OT text. This weekend I discovered 20 lectures Dr. House delivered at Beeson Divinity School in 2002 on OT theology. Those lectures are available online from biblicaltraining.org where users can stream the lectures online and—after a free registration and login—download the mp3s for free. For the lectures click here.
New Testament Theology
In his biblical theology of the New Testament lectures Gordon Fee proposes a unifying principle that must include at least four items:
- The church as an eschatological community, who form the new covenant people of God.
- The eschatological framework of their existence and thinking.
- Their being constituted by God's eschatological salvation effected through the death and resurrection of Christ.
- Their focus on Jesus as Messiah, Lord, Son of God.
Or to put in another way:
- Foundation: A gracious and merciful God, who is full of love toward all.
- Framework: Eschatological existence as already/not yet.
- Focus: Jesus, the Son of God, who as God's suffering servant Messiah effected eschatological salvation for humanity through his death and resurrection, and is now the exalted Lord and coming King.
- Fruit: The church as an eschatological community, who, constituted by Christ's death and the gift of the Spirit, and thus restored into God's likeness, form His new covenant people.
Fee puts this together in a condensed summary:
Through the death and resurrection of his Son Jesus, our Lord, a gracious and loving God has effected eschatological salvation for his new covenant people, the church, who now, as they await Christ's coming, live the life of the future by the power of the Spirit.
Biblical Theology
"Biblical theology is principally concerned with the overall theological message of the whole Bible. It seeks to understand the parts in relation to the whole and, to achieve this, it must work with the mutual interaction of the literary, historical, and theological dimensions of the various corpora, and with the inter-relationships of these within the whole canon of Scripture."
This definition is taken from the New Dictionary of Biblical Theology. Biblical theology (BT) is one of the most rewarding ways to study the Bible and especially if you have good tools. Here are a few of the best BT resources I have used in the past:
From Eden to the New Jerusalem: Exploring God's Plan for Life on Earth by T. Desmond Alexander ($14). Often BT is theme-centered and here Alexander takes the theme of God's dwelling place and walks from Genesis to Revelation. God's hope of global presence on the earth (Eden) was shattered by sin. Later, God's presence on earth is concentrated with a nation (Israel), then in a tent (tabernacle), then in the city of Jerusalem (the temple), then to the Savior (Christ as the tabernacle; John 1:14), then to a group (the Church), and—in the future restoration—God's presence will dwell across a rejuvenated planet (New Earth). If you have never read any BT, this little book by Alexander is a wonderfully developed and well-written example of how BT is done.
Also, on this topic of God's dwelling presence it should be noted that a more detailed work is G. K. Beale's contribution to the New Studies of Biblical Theology series (edited by D.A. Carson), titled: Temple and the Church's Mission: Biblical Theology of the Dwelling Place of God ($20). I highly recommend it. But if you are new to BT stick with Alexander.
Another very good general intro to BT and it's major themes of study see According to Plan: The Unfolding Revelation of God in the Bible by Graeme Goldsworthy ($16).
Biblical Theology by Bruce Waltke and Gordon Fee ($60). This collection of 23 lectures (29 hours in length) was recorded in 1995 at Regent College. Waltke covers an intro to BT and OT BT in 12 lectures. Gordon Fee covers NT BT in 11 lectures. The collection is packaged with two PDF files: a massive 390-page OT lecture outline (Waltke) and a 125-page NT lecture outline (Fee). An outstanding resource.
The Ways of Our God: An Approach to Biblical Theology by Charles H. H. Scobie ($36). A thematic approach to BT that sketches out the connections between the OT and the NT on 20 major themes of the Bible under four broad headings of God's Order, God's Servant, God's People, and God's Way. A one-volume BT of the entire Bible will leave the reader unsatisfied at times but for thematic scope Scobie is useful and especially if you are new to the discipline of BT.
New Dictionary of Biblical Theology ($34). Contributions from the best biblical theologians including D.A. Carson, Alexander, Scobie, and Graeme Goldsworthy. It's comprised of three sections: (1) essays that provide a wonderful intro to BT, (2) a look at the theology of each canonical book of the Bible, and (3) articles on the 200 most prominent biblical themes. It illustrates how BT is done canonically and thematically.
I came to value the NDBT when I took a BT course at RTS-DC (Futato/VanPelt). It is the most often referenced dictionary in my library as evidenced by the fact that I own three copies—one printed copy in my home office, one printed copy in my work office, and an easily searchable electronic version in Logos. Some books would be a bargain if they were twice the cost. The NDBT is one of them.
Old Testament Theology by Paul R. House ($27). The most readable single-volume BT of the OT, House is always inspiring and packed with theological punch. Slightly more advanced readers will appreciate Bruce Waltke's An Old Testament Theology: A Canonical and Thematic Approach ($30).
Introduction to Biblical Theology by D.A. Carson. I list this out of personal curiosity. This is a course taught each autumn at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. I'm told that after an intro to BT, Carson teaches through 20 various themes from Scripture. As hard as I've tried, I have been unable to find any existent audio recordings of this course or even copies of personal notes from students of the course. If you do have notes from this course, and you are willing to share them, please let me know in the comments. [UPDATE: Daniel passed along two versions of student notes from the course. Thanks a ton!]
Other works that come to mind (like Geerhardus Vos) but I'll stop.
So what about you? What other BT works have you benefited from?
Mt Sinai + Mt Transfiguration
I find it interesting how Mark's version of the Mount of Transfiguration echoes the Mount Sinai episode in the Old Testament. At least seven parallels surface:
- The most obvious is that Moses is present at both Mount Sinai and the Mount of Transfiguration (Ex, Mark 9:4)
- Both accounts take place on a high mountain (Ex 24:12–15, Mark 9:2)
- In both cases a cloud covers the mountain (Ex 24:15–16, Mark 9:7)
- A six-day interval leads up to the climactic events (Ex 24:16, Mark 9:2)
- In both cases God speaks from the mountain on the seventh day (Ex 24:16, Mark 9:2,7)
- At Mt Sinai, Moses' face shines (Ex 34:29–35); at Mt Transfiguration, Jesus' clothes shine (Mark 9:3)
- The fear of the people in seeing Moses is paralleled by the fear of the disciples (Ex 34:30, Mark 9:6).
And another interesting connection links Moses and Jesus together in the Transfiguration. In the OT Moses says to look forward to a coming prophet—a new prophet—and when he comes, listen to him. Compare this to God's words at the Mount of Transfiguration:
- Moses: "The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen" (Deut 18:15).
- God: "This is my beloved Son; listen to him" (Mark 9:7).
Exactly what Mark intended us to understand through this parallelism is not immediately clear. But it does seem to indicate two things:
- As God delivered revelation through Moses at Sinai, so now Jesus is a new revelation of God. Everyone should be listening.
- Jesus' redemptive work is the outworking of an ancient redemptive lineage. After his transfiguration, Jesus turns his thoughts and his words to his approaching death and resurrection (see Mark 9:10-11, 31). This work is firmly rooted in the OT promises.
William Lane, in his commentary on Mark (NICNT), summarizes the data well when he concludes:
When the cloud lifted, Moses and Elijah had vanished. Jesus alone remained as the sole bearer of God's new revelation to be disclosed in the cross and resurrection. Moses and Elijah had also followed the path of obedience, but having borne witness to Jesus' character and mission, they can help him no more. The way to the cross demanded the submission of the Son and Jesus must set out upon it alone.
Creation and Salvation
Typically we do not think of the topics of creation and salvation together. The topic of creation typically arises for discussions about origins and science and even marriage. But not deliverance. Yet the topics belong together.
One benefit to living through 50 inches of snow in 5 days is that you get a chance to work on your core muscles. The second benefit: lots of reading time. And in my reading I came across several unexpected references that in some way wed the themes of creation and salvation/deliverance. I've typed them out for my own future reference and reproduced them here for anyone interested:
1. Creation and deliverance as the structure of the Pentateuch. John Sailhamer: "In the Pentateuch, as elsewhere in the Bible, the twin ideas of creation and salvation are inseparably linked. This is expressed compositionally at the macrolevel in the fact that the Pentateuch begins with an account of creation (Gen 1:1) and reaches its culmination point in the salvation story of the exodus (Ex 14). … The compositional macrostructure of the Pentateuch (Gen 1–Ex 15) therefore is a witness to the centrality of creation in the biblical notion of salvation." [The Meaning of the Pentateuch, pp. 578–579]
2. Creation and covenant. Francis Watson: "Creation represents the beginning of the history of God's covenant relationship with mankind. It is only the beginning of that history, and not the totality; it establishes the foundation or stage upon which the rest of history can unfold. And it is truly the beginning of that history, and not an independent topic that can be considered in isolation from its narrative context." [Text and Truth, p. 267]
3. Creation as deliverance. The creation account seems to presume some type of primordial dualism. Bruce Waltke: "the creation narrative is a story of redemption, of the triumph of light over darkness, of land and sky over water, both of which are essential for life" [An Old Testament Theology, 181]. Rolf Knierim: "Creation and Israel's own history are correlated under the aspect of Yahweh's salvific actions. Creation out of chaos is seen as the first in a chain of salvific actions. Here, world order and Israel's history are united under one purpose, liberation from chaos and oppression. Thus, it can be said that Yahweh is the creator of the world because he is its liberator from chaos, just as he is the creator of Israel because he is its liberator from oppression. Therefore, the notion of liberation belongs to both creation and Israel's history." [The Task of Old Testament Theology, p. 209–201]
4. Creation and deliverance in Psalm 136. Note the connection between vv 4–9 (creation) and vv 10–22 (deliverance). God the creator is God the deliverer.
5. Creation as deliverance in Psalm 74:12–17. John Goldingay: "God won a victory at the Beginning as one who effected great deliverance. 'Deliverance' [v 12] usually refers to God's acts in Israel's experience … But reference to smashing the sea monsters' heads would more directly suggest a conflict at the time of creation. That is confirmed by the subsequent reference to God's establishing the plants" [Old Testament Theology, 1:67].
6. Cosmic order and social order in Isaiah. L. H. Osborn: "The prophetic use of creation imagery is even more striking in many parts of Isaiah 40–55; the prophetic promise to the exiles is built upon reminders of God's creative activity. If God can bring the cosmic order into being God can certainly restore order to Judah. The correspondence between cosmic order and social order is also implicit in the OT concept of salom" [New Dictionary of Biblical Theology, 431].


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Those hunters will be allowed to take 201 animals, with the number of hunters limited to 10 times the quota. That means Wisconsin will license two thousand-10 hunters for the season. Ecologists say they weren't comfortable with a higher quota for this, the hunt's first year. The state will be divided into six zones, with quotas larger in the north where there are more wolves living.
Wisconsin's Chippewa tribes can reserve up to half the total quota for their members in the ceded territory. That's basically the northern one-third of the state. The Natural Resources Board will discuss the plan two weeks from today.


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