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Start lacing up your skates! The Sioux Falls Parks Department is getting ready to open up their skating rinks Friday, Dec. 21st.
The temperatures have dropped enough that the warming houses at Tuthill, Campus, Frank Olson, and McKennan will be open, but the hockey rinks will open at a later time once enough ice has been made to make for conducive skating.
Weekday hours for the warming houses are 4 to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Friday hours are 4 to 9 p.m., which includes a skate rental special of $1 all day. On Saturdays the rinks will be open from 1 to 9 p.m.; Sunday hours will be 1 to 8 p.m. Holiday hours are 1 to 9 p.m. from December 22 to January 1, 1 to 4 p.m. on December 24, and closed on December 25.
The outdoor rinks are located at the following addresses:
•Tuthill Park
South Cliff Avenue, southeast of I-229
•Campus Park
26th Street and Summit Avenue
•McKennan Park
21st Street and Third Avenue
•Memorial Park
26th Street and Sertoma Avenue
•Sherman Park
15th Street and Kiwanis Avenue
•Frank Olson Park
16th Street and Grandview Avenue

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Jack Britt vs. Terry Sanford
Jack Britt hosts Terry Sanford in high school football.
Lee County and Cape Fear notched conference golf victories Monday in the Cape Fear Valley and Mid-South, respectively.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Associated Press state high school football poll for the week of September 23, first-place votes in parentheses, reco…
Lee County and Cape Fear notched conference golf victories Monday in the Cape Fear Valley and Mid-South, respectively.
The Jack Britt High School baseball team will hold a golf tournament on Sunday, Oct. 19 to raise money for the program.
Julianne Hall won her 40th career match as Union Pines swept past Southern Lee in girls' tennis action Monday.
Fairmont moved to 13-0 on the season in volleyball action Monday.
We had a little mix-up with the Westover/Terry Sanford box in today's paper. So, I've cleaned that up below.
Davis Whitfield and other members of the staff of the N.C. High School Athletic Association made their annual trip to Fayetteville Monday for …
From the bleachers, South View's Matthew Novak looks like any other high school soccer player.
Here's a look at this week's golf schedule:
Here's what's happening this week in cross country:
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Here's a look at this week's slate:
CARY - South View's Philip Hall was the boys' winner and the Tigers' Taylor Delaney placed in the top 20 for the girls Saturday in the Adidas …
Notes and highlights from Friday night's prep football action.
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The Fayetteville Area Volleyball Association has scheduled tryouts for its 14 and under and 15 and up volleyball teams.
The Golden Bulls raced past Hoke County Friday.
Seventy-First continued its hot start with an easy win over Douglas Byrd.
Pinecrest stayed perfect with a win over Southern Lee.
Cape Fear fought off a late rally from South Johnston on Friday night.
Gray's Creek put up 530 yards rushing, with Calvin Boyd (191 yards), Leyland McDonald (177), Diondre Hicks (79) and Devon Speed (78) the major…
Seventy-First appears ready to tackle the Mid-South 4-A Conference portion of its schedule in tip-top shape at 5-0.
RAEFORD - E.E. Smith is clearly ready for conference play and riding a wave of momentum.
On a night when Jack Britt honored Wounded Warriors, it was only fitting a play the Buccaneers call Patriot led them to victory.
Jack Britt hosts Terry Sanford in high school football.
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Here's a look back at Thursday's slate:
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Here are capsule previews of Friday's high school football games involving Cumberland County teams.
The big deal is the game is being played on International Talk Like A Pirate Day. Seriously.
The 2014 nonconference football schedule ends for Cumberland County schools tonight, and it's not been a memorable one.
There's no better way to spend a few dollars on a Friday night in the fall than by attending a local high school football game.
The Fayetteville Christian at West Columbus football game can be viewed on a live television webcast this Friday.
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Cape Fear edged Jack Britt in a Mid-South 4-A golf match at King's Grant on Wednesday.
Terry Sanford picks up wins in both the boys' and girls' meets Wednesday against Gray's Creek and Westover.
It was a pretty light Wednesday for volleyball results, but here they are:
Here's a look back at Wednesday's tennis action:
Well, I started a minor Twitter ruckus yesterday with the release of the first Super Six poll.
The Terry Sanford boys' soccer team has struggled of late to contain some of the Cape Fear Valley 3-A Conference's potent offenses.
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BM should be "the" hunter spec. It's a shame Blizzard left it behind MM and SV as they should be more or less on the same boat in terms of pure DPS. What I really hate of BM is that cool/rare/exotic pets are just a vanity toy. Loque'Nahak, Skoll, ... they're just "nice" to look at... but nothing else.
No single Spec should ever be "the" spec; they should all be viable because every player enjoys playing a different tree. It's a shame when players are told they cannot join a group or raid because they enjoy playing a less popular spec, or because they love their exotic pet.
I would also disagree that exotic pets are purely for the sake of vanity. In many cases they have superior abilities, with Devilsaurs being an improvement over Raptors and Silithids being an improvement over crabs and spiders.
Right now a BM Hunter will be 15% to 20% behind a MM or Surv Hunter in the exact same gear, which is a huge problem from both a PvP and PvE standpoint. Currently proposed changes to BM are, thus far, insufficient to bridge this gap.
Comments from Ghostcrawler on the earlier changes are located here: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=19820512759
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What I'd personally like to see... would be to have BM become an optional tanking spec. Pet tanks used to be fairly viable for a time, but it's no longer the case at all.
A Tenacity pet controlled by a BM hunter should at least be heroic-viable, if not raid-viable. It's a shame they aren't. They don't have to be the best tanks, but it'd be nice if they could tank at all.
Maybe it's just because we have a tank shortage on our server.
Hunter pets can tank same level isntances up to 60 atleast in WotLK
I remember while leveling I (ret Paladin) would DPS and stop occasion to heal the tank and everyone else, and his pet (gorilla) would tank, with our warlock and Rogue and the actual hunter DPSing.
It worked out great.
I still think BM deserves a major buff/talent overhaul. It currently is rock bottom as far as Hunter specs go.
TBW, and 18 seconds of CC immunity was the only thing that made BM worthwhile in PvP, and now that its being nerfed, I think Hunters could get a lower representation in Arena.
Ringo Flinthammer said...
Why would BM be "the" hunter spec? All the hunters/rangers pre-WoW were known for their prowess with their weapons, not for what animal they were keeping around as a pet.
All three specs should be as close as possible in DPS and utility, with perhaps less utility for the easier to play specs.
SunwellVialist said...
Last year, during Halloween, it was definitely a Spec that could be used to tank.
I used a Gorilladin several times to tank the headless horseman, allowing more DPS/Healers to come along for their own little shot at some useful rings and stuff. With two Hunters and pets, it was an easy, fun fight, even.
I'd really like to see BM spec to become viable in that way again.
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1.) For over two years I have been saying that the BM tree should be modeled after Feral Druids. We should become a hybrid class that can tank or dps depending on gear and talents within one tree. We could share gear with Feral tanks and have an armor boost talent (Thick Hide anyone?) to upgrade the leather to mail.
2.) Hunter representation cannot get any worse in arena, considering we were sitting at somewhere around 0.5%. Hint: 10% is balanced and even with readiness/bm and tnt hunters have NEVER passed 11%.
3.) The cooldown reduction is a huge nerf that Blizzard is trying to suppress. BW/TBW popped? Press bubble and the hunter automatically loses. Press iceblock and the hunter loses. Press icebound fortitude and the hunter loses. Press evasion and the hunter loses. It used to be that many classes had to deal with 5-8 seconds of hunter damage, but now they won't even have to worry.
4.) GC said the talent had to be nerfed because it was both offensive and defensive. Still waiting on Paladins to not be allowed to attack or heal while bubbled.


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How Do I Calculate the Nutritional Content of Home-Cooked Food?
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Q: How does one determine the nutritional information for a recipe made from scratch? Is it simply a matter of 1) taking the data from an ingredient's label, 2) multiplying the quantity used in the recipe, 3) adding all these together to get the total, 4) determining the serving size and number of servings in the recipe and 5) dividing by number of servings?
Or is there more involved? Where can I find nutritional data for ingredients that don't have nutritional labels: meat, seafood, poultry, produce, etc.?
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I bet the USDA has that information. Doh!
CDC on the other hand seems to be open for business. Here you go:
Actually this looks better.
I use nutritiondata.self.com and log on LiveStrong My Plate. To calculate entire meals I weigh each ingredient and add the calories. If possible, I weigh meal afterwards and divide it into a particular amount and then use the total calories/#servings. If it weighs 500 grams, and I divide into 100 gram servings then I just calculate total calories/5. It's pretty quick once you get the hang of it.
That's pretty much how I do it. If you want to be really particular, you can weigh each ingredient as it goes in a make a note (rather than just go by volume measures, which can be off), add up all the individual values for each, then divide by the number of servings. I usually just eyeball servings and average it out. Much easier than trying to get exactly one forth of something on your plate.
I use calorieking.com for things that come without a label. Their number pretty well track with the USDA and other "official" calorie counts I've seen, and for most items you can choose from several options, like for example you can pick a small, medium, or large banana (with both average weight and length of the banana so you know which one will be closest), a cup of banana slices, or the number of grams you actually used. Unless you want to save all that data, it's totally free to use their database.
For recipes, Dietitians of Canada has an excellent tool called EATracker:
Just go to the recipe analyzer section. The nutrition values are from the Canadian Nutrient File, but very similar to the USDA Nutrient Database (not as extensive though).
My Fitness Pal has a pretty extensive list of foods - not sure if you can analyze recipes with it though.
my favorite tool for this is myfitnesspal! you can enter in a recipe - all your ingredients and their quantities, then the number of servings, and it will tell you the calorie count.
I like the calculator on Spark People, which also lets you save recipes and tweak them and recalculate later. http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-calculator.asp
ive used nutritiondata.self.com too and its pretty good. If you like apps, try the Loose it! App - you can store your favorite recipes, foods and meals in it for easy keeping track.
All of the above calculators will give you a rough estimate; however, the actual caloric value of food (as digested by the human system) differs somewhat from the values presented on nutrition labels. This depends on many factors that actually aren't even that well understood by modern nutritional science. While knowing the general caloric value of home-cooked food might help with portioning properly, it should really only ever be a rough guideline, not a set of values that rules decisions surrounding food choices.
I like the SparkPeople recipe calculator as well.
To Clarify (some seem to miss my intent)
My question is - I desire to create almost the ENTIRE nutrition label as it pertains to a recipe, not just calories, not a meal.
Simple example - I bake whole wheat bread. I want to know per slice/serving the
of the finished bread
The ingredients are: yeast, water, molasses, whole wheat flour, A-P flour, salt, honey, canola
I have that data for all the individual ingredients from their containers
Calories ALONE are not what I'm interested in
I do not seek some App for a smartphone
Once I figure out how to do this, I seek a source for major foods that come without a nutrition panel on the label, if they even have a label
Many of the suggestions above will still fit your needs. MyFitnessPal, Spark People and Livestrong/MyPlate all give more than just calories, and are online (not just on smartphones). If you create a recipe with all of your ingredients and simply indicate 1 serving, it will show you the standard nutrition label that you would see on any packaged food.
In addition, as people have noted, http://nutritiondata.self.com/ (as well as sites like MyFitnessPal, Spark People and Livestrong/MyPlate) provides full nutrition data for thousands of food items.
Gossvater, yes, most of these suggestions do give all nutrition information. However, there are still some difficulties if you are, for example, browning meat and draining it of extra fat...or making a soup and straining it. There will always be a bit of guesswork, sadly.
I've been using Living Cookbook for a few years and really like it. It calculates nutrition facts for ingredients, recipes and meals, creates grocery lists from recipe lists, and more. Love it. http://www.livingcookbook.com/
I cook nearly everything from scratch and count the calories in virtually everything I eat. I use the Recipe Calculator on SparkRecipes.com for this. I've got hundreds of recipes in my "box" of things I've cooked and calculated; lots of them have upwards of twenty ingredients. It is a great tool and absolutely fulfills the requirements as stated in the original question and the rather brusque elaboration.
The USDA databases and Mastercook software. Mastercook will give you what you want and more.
Another advocate for sparkrecipes.com! It calculates all of the nutrients you listed, down to different types of sugar and different vitamins or minerals you may want to track. It is very easy to customize to your own recipes. They also have an app to view the recipes, but creating recipes from there might be tedious. It lets you play around with serving sizes too if you are looking to keep something within a certain range.
I looked and played around a bit with SparkRecipes' calculator and it might do the job to yield a 'close enough' result to what want
I appreciate the help. Thank you for all of your suggestions
Unfortunately because of the US Government shutdown, I can't currently look at the USDA nutritional information
I use MyFitnessPal (both the app and the browser program). Although I know Grossvatar wasn't asking for an app, it does have the browser version and I've found this to be indispensable and routinely program in my own recipes. It has a very large database and the app version allows you to scan the bar codes on your food which automatically gathers the nutritional information. If you're using the browser version or don't have a bar code the database is large enough that you can usually find what you want or a close enough approximation by searching.
So for example, last night I made a batch of almond butter cookies improvising a lot of the ingredients as I went. I wasn't going to find this recipe's nutritional information anywhere. Using MFP it was a matter of only a minute or two before I had everything entered and the program had compiled it all together to give me the nutritional breakdown by serving. I entered molasses, almond butter, baking soda, honey, egg, and cocoa powder. Each brand and type I used was found in the database so I knew I was getting exactly the right info. At the end of it I had the nutritional info for my cookies (I chose 1 cookie = 1 serving) and out of it got the following:
-Total Fat
-Total Carbs
--Dietary Fiber
-Vitamin A
-Vitamin C
Edit: And calories of course!
It looks like most of the suggestions here do have that sort of information. Just clicking around, it looks like the counter from Self has the most info on vitamins and minerals and such, but I know calorieking has what would be the regular nutrition data for everything.
I use myfitnesspal and enter the total of the raw ingredients. It isn't perfect (I just estimate the amounts/ serving sizes because I rarely measure when I cook) but it works for my purposes. If you needed a more exact system it might not be right for you.
#1 Get a high end kitchen scale that uses grams and has a tare (removes container weight) setting
#2 Use metric to do your estimates, and estimate that 1 ml = 1 gram for most purposes. Converting cups - teaspoons - tablespoons - ounces - pounds is extremely tedious.
#3 Do not use volume to estimate calories/gram: 1 cup of flour can vary from 80 grams to 130 grams depending on type, sifting, or packing. Weigh it.
#4 Do not combine unlike items before measuring: combining 100ml of milk and 50 ml of brandy can result in 100ml final volume - the alcohol settles into the holes just as combining 1 cup nuts with 1 cup flour results in 1 cup of final volume.
#5 1 gram of fat is 9 calories - overestimate this category. When you pour "fat" off cooked meat, assume 50% is watery meat juice.
#6 It is still just an estimate. Current USDA calorie values are based work done in 1950, where they burned the food and measured the heat. The nutritional values of some foods - especially canned foods and some cereals - have changed over 60 years and also the tools the USDA used were not always well calibrated,. Also, humans use calories in different ways from simple burning: studies measuring humans eating almonds have found that while no one gets the USDA value of 160 calories/28 gram serving - the human absorbtion average is 120 cal/28srv-gr. Also, the human calorie absorbtion rate varied from person to person. Unless you have a high-end lab to test calories going in and then testing the calories coming out via breathe, urine, sweat, snot and other things - you are only guessing about the final caloric value.
The USDA information is on nutritiondata.self.com
I'd recommend USDA/nutritiondata.self.com and I use a spreadsheet system. You can list each ingredient and the components you are interested in then weigh the whole bunch and divide as appropriate.
There is a new recipe search engine (http://www.spoonacular.com) that also lets users upload their own recipes and automatically calculates the nutritional information. It uses the USDA information already mentioned.
You can totally dowoad "foodworks7" as a free trial. It allows you to input a recipe and calculate all nutritional info. A little bit confusing first off but really helpful.


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Given that this Queue will be answered after the initial day of BlizzCon is over. I'm going to take time to provide a question which would only make sense after the Opening Ceremony.
Whoa!! Can you believe Metzen came in holding The Ashbringer whilst fighting off Deathwing and several of the Black Dragonflight and a a legion of Twilight Hammer Cultists!?!?!?! That was pretty epic.
Do you think this means Hogger is the actual source of The Old Gods going insane?
I still can't believe Mists of Pandaria is the world's first DVD-rom deodorant...? I was a little worried at first about using a deodorant which came in DVD-rom format but if anyone can pull it off, it's Blizzard.
thedoctor2031 said...
And you forgot the part where Rhonin came in with hundreds of Raptors dual wielding Atiesh and Frostmourne while siphoning all of Deathwing's magical essence to seal the Plot Hole- I mean the World Pillar. And then the raptors fused together but was corrupted by old gods and formed the anti-Rhonin who will be the final boss of the next expansion. Is anyone else pumped for this?
Bryan Dare said...
Thank you, all of you. That was great. Almost spat out my Cocoa Puffs at the Nat Pagle part.


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Alkaline Trio obsessive, tattoo collector, writer & sometime music journo.
I'm into punk & pop punk, books, cider, my pet rats, Bukowski & Palahniuk, gigs and veggie burritos.
In my excitement of getting the set list and hearing all my favourite songs on Saturday, I totally forgot to mention I got one of the London exclusive posters.
Mine's number 27/73, can't wait to get it framed.
I got one of these to.
Want. Want SO BADLY!
Good god, that poster is magnificent.
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One might find one skill more important than the other based on their experiences. But I think the real deal is to have the right balance of all three, skills technical project management, leadership, and strategic and business management.
A project manager must provide direction on the technical aspects for the project team.
Leadership skills help project managers play the role of facilitator and create a productive environment.
The ability to translate project activities into business results requires an understanding of the business strategies.
So my take would be the right balance of skills.
I don't think most companies realize the number of different skill sets that their PMs need to have to be successful and drive profitable projects. From marketing and estimating, to budgeting, to hiring and managing employees, PMs are often thrown into new roles with little guidance and training. Just think what a competitive advantage it would be to have training on these skills, including how money is really made on projects.


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Maryland Crab Cake Salad
Jean Allsopp
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise
- 1 1/2 teaspoons seafood seasoning
- 1 tablespoon capers, drained
- 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1 pound fresh lump crabmeat, drained
- 1/2 cup finely diced red bell pepper
- 1/2 cup seeded, finely diced cucumber
- 1/2 cup minced green onion
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1/4 cup Japanese breadcrumbs (panko)
- 4 cups mixed salad greens
- Combine first 5 ingredients in a medium bowl. Gently fold in crabmeat. When crabmeat is evenly coated, fold in bell pepper, cucumber, and green onion.
- Melt butter in a medium skillet. Add breadcrumbs and cook, stirring frequently, over high heat 4 minutes or until golden brown and toasted.
- Serve crabmeat salad over mixed greens, and top each serving with toasted breadcrumbs.
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Yukon Gold and Fresh Herb Potato Salad
Time: 1 hour. This easy salad is all about good potatoes, olive oil, and herbs. At the lake, Janie Hibler likes to use society garlic (a perennial herb with an onion-garlic flavor) from her garden instead of chives.
Yield: Serves 8 to 10
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 208
- Calories from fat: 37%
- Protein: 3.9g
- Fat: 8.4g
- Saturated fat: 1.2g
- Carbohydrate: 29g
- Fiber: 2g
- Sodium: 97mg
- Cholesterol: 0.0mg
- 4 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes (about 3 in. wide)
- 6 tablespoons fruity extra-virgin olive oil
- 3 tablespoons Champagne vinegar
- About 3/4 tsp. kosher salt
- 1 1/2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil leaves
- 1 1/2 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley
- 1 tablespoon minced chives
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1. Pour about 1 in. water into a large pot and set a steamer basket* in the bottom. Bring to a boil. Add potatoes, reduce heat, and simmer, covered, until tender when pierced, 25 to 30 minutes. Pour potatoes into a colander in the sink, rinse with cool water, and let stand until cool enough to handle.
- 2. Peel potatoes and slice crosswise into 1/2-in. thick pieces. Put in a large serving bowl.
- 3. In a small bowl, whisk together oil, vinegar, and 3/4 tsp. salt and drizzle over warm potatoes. Sprinkle with chopped herbs and add pepper and additional salt to taste, mixing gently to coat.
- *Potatoes cook most evenly in a steamer basket, but if you don't have one, fill pot halfway with water and boil potatoes.
- Make ahead: Chill airtight up to 1 day (the salad will become even more flavorful); before serving, bring to room temperature, then stir.
- Note: Nutritional analysis is per serving.
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- CONVENIENCE: Entertaining, Make-Ahead
- CUISINE: American
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Vegetables
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Cholesterol, Low Sodium
- PUBLICATION: Sunset
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Among other things, parents can do that by setting time aside during the evenings for homework, keeping communication lines open with teachers and attending attending parent-teacher conferences and school activities.
Parents also would be well advised to limit children's and teens' screen time — time spent in front of a television, computer, tablet or smart phone — to allow time and attention for homework, as well as needed physical activity.
Eating dinner as a family also can provide opportunities to discuss events, issues, lessons and difficulties at school. It's an old American tradition that needs to be revived and honored.
With two new elementary schools, a new high school and the first phase of a new middle school complete, Powell schools have some of the best educational facilities and classroom technology available. The second phase of middle school construction is expected to begin sometime next spring.
But the hearts of the schools are the dedicated teachers who work diligently to teach and guide students and make a difference in their lives, and the administrators and staff who support that mission.
Northwest College classes also started this week. Monday was the first day of the fall 2013 semester there, and a new president, Stefani Hicswa, is at the helm to provide leadership in established and new directions. We look forward to seeing the future she envisions and maps out for the college.
That future will be aided by the new Yellowstone classroom building, now under construction on campus at Seventh and Division streets. It is scheduled for completion in July 2014.
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Who made Big Island history? Events make history, but it is the people who produce these events that are the real history-makers. To understand Big Island history is to appreciate those whose lives and deeds have shaped events. Originally published as Hawaii Island Leaders in 1990, this edited reprint conveniently summarizes the history of the Big Island of Hawaii by focusing on the lives of these real people the Polynesians, explorers, western adventurers, royalty, and missionaries.
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I think we just found out why Yasiel Puig doesn't like to walk. It totally ruins his bat flip flow.
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Michael Lind: Is Revolution Coming to the U.S.?tags: Michael Lind, economics, Arab Spring, 1848, revolution, 1789
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Will the third revolutionary wave hit the U.S. next? The revolutions in today's world are getting ever closer to America.
Revolutions tend to occur in waves, triggered by the aftermath of wars, like the world wars, or by revolutions in leading countries, like the French Revolution and the revolutions of 1848. In the last generation, there have been four regional waves of revolution. With the end of the Cold War, communist regimes were swept from power from Eastern Europe to Central Asia, surviving only in a few countries including China, North Korea and Cuba. Unable to justify themselves with the pretense of fighting communism, military dictatorships were swept away in Latin America. Then the Arab Spring triggered a wave of populist if not necessarily democratic revolutions against autocracies in North Africa and the Middle East.
Are we seeing a new wave of revolutionary politics in the heartland of the industrial West? Although governments are not being violently overthrown in Europe, political systems are being destabilized by the rise of anti-system movements opposed to the major establishment parties. In Greece, the leftist Syriza party and the far-right Golden Dawn have sapped power from the political center. The most recent Italian election was dominated by anti-system candidates, including Silvio Berlusconi and the comedian Beppe Grillo....
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October 30, 2013 | 10:24 AM
Here is what we deserve in Johns Creek
1. Mayor and Council, your goal is the same, which is to make our city a great palce to live and raise a family.
2. You are are here to serve our best interests, not yours' or your buddies'.
3. On a conflict of interest, recuse yourself, plain and simple. 20 year relationship or not. Perception is reality for many, so just avoid them.
4. Council and Mayor, work together. You're not enemies, and you're not a dysfunctional HOA, so stop acting like it.
5. Do a more thorough job of vetting your employees. Kachmar should've never been hired, but Mayor and Council were very green and inexperienced. Kachmar should go because he isn't a good representative of the city.
6. CH2MHill needs to go. Hire your own employees and run your city like a business. Get someone strong to manage the city and move forward.
7. Focus on a plan to build a city center with a real City Hall. Put enough commercial around it to pay for it in 10 years or less. We'll benefit from looking like a real city, not some fly-by-night operation running out of leased office space.
8. Build some sidewalks. We have to be the least pedestrian-friendly city around. Charge developers higher impact fees and put them in a fund for sidewalks. They'll pay the higher fee without blinking an eye.
9. Find (smart) ways to build our commercial tax base. We cannot keep up with the needs of this city with an 80% residential tax base.
10. Lead by example. Don't act like politicians, which is what I see happening.
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The Mocs must feel like they're in some sort of bad movie when they play the Eagles because it never ends well. Said quarterback Jacob Huesman,"After the game I was kind of saying to myself over and over again. How does this happen again? How does this happen again?" Added defensive lineman Daniel Ring,"I mean we are going to try to move past it, but I also don't think that we should forget. Just that gut feeling we had after that game. you just never want to feel that again."
Mistakes didn't help Chattanooga. They were flagged eleven times, including ten on offense. Said Jacob,"Rarely can you commit 10 offensive penalties and win a ballgame. It doesn't happen very often. Then there were a lot of little assignments we missed." Said head coach Russ Huesman,"If we continue to play hard like that, clean up some of the missed assignments, and obviously the penalties, then we've got good enough players that we can compete for the rest of the year."
UTC ran for 239-yards against Georgia Southern, giving them three straight games of 200-plus yards rushing since 2005. Said Russ,"They (GSU) are a running football team. They run the triple option, and our offense was actually more effective running the football than they were. Our yards per carry was way higher." Said Jacob,"Think the offensive line executes very well in the run game. They've been doing a good job of hitting their double teams coming off to the second level. It has been pretty impressive to watch on film."
UTC hosts Western Carolina on Saturday at 6pm. The Catamounts have lost 23 straight SoCon games.
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I never miss Espace Vin Pirard's twice annual tastings because they are located accessibly (about 25km round trip) and because it enables me to identify QPR stand-bys.
Pirard is one of the few Belgian merchants with a decent German range (four well known producers as well as Domdechant Werner below) and this year they have extended their Italian range. They also have one producer from each of Spain, Chile, South Africa and Argentine. Nevertheless their overwhelming strength remains in France.
Two thoughts, in particular, emerge from this tasting.
1) Purists from Languedoc privilege native varieties, particularly Carignan, and consider Syrah as an interloper. Yet some very fine Syrah based wines are made there without the vulgarity of a lot of warm climate Syrah/Shiraz (see Viranel and particularly Alquier). There is also a decent Syrah from Valle dell'Acate in torrid Sicily.
2) 2009 Bordeaux are widely admired but I worry from the small sample here (Dom. Courteillac and Clos des 4 Vents) that they may be over-ripe and lacking in the "green" edge which, for me, is an essential part of claret's character. As it happens Jancis R did a survey of some Bordeaux in her last FT article, addresses the same concern and is quite reassuring http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/96da779e ... z1cMxhU63L . Nevertheless I will bear this question in my when next tastings some 2009s.
Of the Italian estates I don't recall having previously tasted the wines of Perdicchi, Emilia-Romagna, and of Antico Colle, Montepulciano, Tuscany. Both ranges were decent but unremarkable; the wine from them which I am most likely to buy is Maestrale Trebbiano 2010 from Perdicchi (€7) which showed floral aromatics, nice minerality and juice acidity; 15/20+ QPR.
The three following I had tasted before and these wines confirmed my good impression of them.
Valle dell'Acate, Sicily, attempts to draw as elegant a result as possible from Sicilian conditions.
Vittoria Insolia DOCG 2010 (€10) was a remarkably fresh white (NB Insolia is the grape variety) for the climate with lively acidity, a saline touch and juicy fragrance; 15/20++.
Syrah Case Ibidini IGT 2010 (€9) showed quite full body, nicely fragrant cherry note and good fruit intensity only slightly marred by caramel notes on the finish; 15/20.
Nero d'Avola Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG 2008 (€14), which contains about 30% Frappato, was much more lively than most Nd'A with some fragrant fruit and tangy acidity (Frappato's contribution?); 15.5/20+.
Monte dall'Ora, Valpollicella, impressed me two years ago with an outstanding Valpollicella Superiore, as well as by its high prices, and
Valpollicella Classico Superiore Camporenzo 2008 (€18) was almost as good as my recollection with its pure round cherry like fruit enlivened by good acidity; 15.5/20++ .
Valpollicella Classico Superiore Ripasso Sausto 2007 (€23) was less exuberant aromatically but naturally showed rounder and richer fruit whilst retaining decent liveliness; 16/20+.
Finally Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2006 (€46) avoided the trap for many of its kind of jammy cloyingness whilst showing rich fruit cake flavours balanced by quite lively acidity; 16.5/20.
Corzano e Paterno, Chianti, is just outside the Chianti Classico area towards Florence. It is owned by the Gelpke-Goldschmidt family of Swiss origin and makes reliable wine which I sometimes buy at bin-end prices.
Il Corzanello bianco IGT Toscana 2010 (€10), made from Trebbiano 40%, Chardonnay 40%, Semillon 10% and Malvasia 10%, was aromatic and lively with some minerals and juicy acidity; 15.5/20 QPR.
Chianti Terre di Corzano 2008 (€13) was already drinking well with some fruity fragrance, hints of leather and a nicely acid tang; 15.5/20+.
Chianti Riserva I Tre Borri 2007 (€22) was also drinking well and showed more generosity, body and depth as well as more caressing texture than the previous though oak touches were still discernible; 16/20++.
And now for some Frenchies –
Château Viranel, Saint-Chinian, is frequently on show here but this may be the first time I tasted them. A lot of Syrah is used but, notwithstanding the purists, it is hard to quarrel with the good results at modest prices here.
Trilogie VdP de Cessenon 2010 (€7), made from Alicante, CabSauv and Syrah in equal proportions was my least favourite as I found a touch of both coarseness and flabbiness in its quite rich fruit; 14/20.
Ch. Viranel Saint-Chinian 2008 (€8), made from 40% each of Syrah and Grenache and 10% each of Mourvèdre and Carignan, was much more to my taste with a fine pure nose showing touches of cherry and an attractive and quite elegant medium+ weight palate with more cherry as well as spice; 16/20 QPR!.
"V" de Viranel Saint-Chinian 2009 (€12) showed more weight and intensity with a similar flavour and aromatic profile; 16/20++.
Jean-Michel Alquier, Faugères, is one of my favourite Languedoc estates producing some of the most elegant wines in the area almost seeming to be Côte Rôtie clones. He too employs a lot of Syrah and also new oak but the latter with such tact that I have never been worried by wood flavours in his mature wines.
Le Blanc d'Alquier VdP de l'Hérault 2007 (€19) is a fine Mediterrean white from mainly Roussanne with some Marsanne and this 2007 showed the usual rich, honeyed and meaty flavour with some smooth but juicy acidity and garrigue hints; still fresh enough but not for long, I think; 16/20.
Faugères L'Avant Première 2009 (€10), from Syrah and Mourvèdre, is a new entry level wine (does this supersede La Première?) and showed some quite rich and exuberant fruit with nice leather touches and enough grip; 15.5/20++ QPR.
Faugères La Maison Jaune 2007 (€19), mainly Syrah and Grenache with some Mourvèdre, promises to become its usual generous but elegant self with, at present, subdued aromas, smooth and velvety fruit and decent tannic grip; 16/20+++.
Faugères Les Bastides 2007 (€22), Syrah dominated with some Grenache and Mourvèdre, was perhaps more subdued aromatically, shows quite similar flavours and extra structure and class; 17/20 potentially (I am drinking the 01s at present).
Domaine de Beaurenard, Southern Rhône is another reliable estate with wines in a powerful and dense style.
I have not been particularly lucky with Châteauneuf du Pape blanc but this 2010 (€26) was delicious right now; complex fruit enhanced by more lively acidity than usual; 16.5/20+++. Though big claims are made for the longevity of CndP blanc, I would be tempted to drink this up soon.
Côtes du Rhône 2009 red (€8) showed lively tangy dark fruit; 15/20+.
CDRV Rasteau 2009 (€12) shows richer but still tangy round fruit and more structure but the richness could cloy at a meal; 15.5/20.
CDRV Rasteau Argiles Bleues 2009 (€19) was distinctly more refined and complex enhanced by mineral notes and good structure; 16/20++.
Châteauneuf du Pape 2009 (€29) showed another notch upwards in fullness and complexity with a smooth mouth-feel. I missed a bit of CndP personality which may need more time to come out; 16/20++.
Châteauneuf du Pape cuvée Boisrenard 2007 (€40). Some people complain that this cuvée is too oaky and doesn't represent an improvement on the basic bottling. Well, on this occasion it did, helped by two years extra maturity. The aromas on the nose were singing with notes of violet and lavender and the palate was full and deep showing dark fruit and was deliciously peppery with touches of provençal herbs and no intrusive oak notes only a suave patina; 17/20.
Domaine de Courteillac, Bordeaux Supérieur. I buy some of this Merlot dominated blend most years as an excellent QPR Saint-Émilion substitute, so I was naturally interested in Bordeaux Supérieur 2009 (€11). It was rich, ripe and slightly leathery but I prefer the 2008 which adds a lively note without which I fear that at a meal the wine may cloy before finishing the bottle; 15/20+.
Clos des Quatre Vents, Margaux. Luc Thienpont, the owner, was represented by his son this year and I missed a bit of dialogue. Like with the Courteillac, I have question marks about the rich character of the 2009s.
Z de Luc Thienpont Bordeaux 2009 (€8), Merlot dominated; showed plenty of round meat infused fruit but, unlike in previous years, a lack of zing; 14.5/20.
Villa des Quatre Soeurs Margaux 2009 (€19), a CabSauv dominated blend, naturally showed more structure round its ripe fruit as well as wood touches; 15/20.
Château Tayac-Plaisance Margaux 2008 (€27), a Merlot dominated blend, was a breath of fresh air being the only wine here with that essential Médocain "green" touch to provide freshness as well as a slightly lighter and more elegant body and fruit; 15.5/20+++.
Clos des Quatre Vents Margaux 2009 (€39), a CabSauv dominated blend. I was less impressed than usual. it was quite closed aromatically apart from wood notes and the palate was quite big with more round ripe fruit, lots of tannic structure and at present quite a lot of wood. This will probably develop into a rich, ripe claret with a question mark about lack of freshness; 16/20+ potentially ??
Domaine Ève et Michel Rey, Vergisson, Mâconnais. The Chardonnay derived wines here seemed wonderfully fresh and mineral after the Beaurenard range and Luc Thienpont's rich Margaux.
I liked the Saint-Véran 2010 (€13) full of white fruit and flowers – 15.5/20 – and the Mâcon Vergisson 2010 (€12) more mineral and generous; 15.5/20.
Two Pouilly-Fuissé 2010s were an interesting comparison as derived from different soil types. Les Crays (€17), from blue marl, showed a mineral nose and a tangy structured palate – 15.5/20++ - and La Maréchaude (€20), from calcareous clay, was slightly more discreet aromatically with rather more fruit and generosity while retaining nice minerality; 16/20.
Domaine Muré, Rouffach, Alsace is a fine estate but, with otherwise only their dependable négociant wines on show, I limited myself to the one grand cru.
Alsace Pinot Gris grand cru Vorburg 2009 (€19) was more invigorating than most Alsace PG being quite dry subjectively (though 20g/RS) and full of meaty and mineral notes, grapefruit touches in the fruit and very lively acidity; 16.5/20.
And now for a German estate –
Domdechant Werner, Hochheim, Rheingau, doesn't figure in anyone's top 20 (or even 50) German estates but I enjoyed the wines helped by the charm of the elderly owners. About 95% of my consumption of German wines comes from the Mosel or Nahe and these Rieslings initially surprised by being quite a lot fuller and, though "trocken" in principle, the second and third wines were subjectively at least as sweet as the Muré PG.
Hochheimer Hölle Kabinett trocken 2009 (€11) showed nice aromatics and minerality mixed with some tender fruit and juicy acidity; 15/20++.
Hochheimer Kirchenstück Spätlese trocken 2009 (€16) was still quite discreet on the nose and slightly sweeter, rounder and more grapey and structured than the previous; 15.5/20++.
Hochheimer Kirchenstück Erstes Gewächs 2009 (€23) was also quite discreet on the nose but showed a full rich palate with Smaragd type weight enlivened by decent acidity; 15.5/20++.
Hochheimer Domdechaney Spätlese 2009 (€16) did not seem subjectively a lot sweeter than the previous two and there was some attractive fruit and structure; 15.5/20.
Hochheimer Domdechaney Auslese 2007 (€27) showed lovely complex aromas, attractive fruit and caressing texture allied noticeable sweetness well offset by acidity; 16.5/20.
Back to France -
Château Jolys, Jurançon. I love good Jurançon, which is derived from the Gros and Petit Manseng white grapes with a little Courbu. So it is a pity that two "sec" whites, which were bone dry, were a write off straight after the Hochheimer Auslese.
Château Jolys Vieilles Vignes Jurançon moelleux 2008 (€10) resisted better with its greater sweetness mixed in with pineapple and citrus elements and good acidity though it seemed comparatively banal; 15/20.
Cuvée Jean Jurançon moelleux 2009 (€14) was much more complex and longer on the palate than the previous and a very attractive wine; 16/20.


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Charles M. Harris
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Charles Murray Harris (April 10, 1821 - September 20, 1896) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Munfordville, Kentucky, Harris attended the common schools. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar. He moved to Illinois and located in Oquawka, Illinois, where he commenced the practice of his profession.
Harris was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1863-March 3, 1865). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1864 to the Thirty-ninth Congress.
He died in Chicago, Illinois, September 20, 1896. He was interred in Oquawka, Illinois.
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Blacknimbus said...
Thanks for the shots...but I have to ask...were these taken with a cell phone camera?
I'd half to agree, i just want to put my name in as a professional photographer if you can get me a ticket to blizzcon 2010 I'll take free pictures for WoW Insider. As members of the media I couldn't imagine blizz restricting you from bringing in professional cameras with lenses.
on a bias note, it's probably the Macs fault for the poor pics i saw all most all of the WoW insiders bringing to blizzcon lol
While I am sure we all appreciate these pics since we can not get to bliz con, I also agree that just a little more knowledge of photography would increase viewablity of these photos 10 fold. If the poster of this is also the shooter then you said you had a Canon PowerShot SD100. The nicest thing I can say about this camera is... ummm... it can fit in your pocket. This camera is great for taking quick snapshots in med to bright light but is near useless in lower light settings. To tell the truth I am suprised how well these photos came out, she must have been sitting relatively close since the optial zoom is a measly 2x and minimal haze.
@Blacknimbus, Stomy, Lux:
Hi, the camera used was a Nikon D40, which is a fairly decent entry level DSLR using 18-55mm stock lens with 3x zoom. Photographers were only allowed a certain distance from the stage, even with a press pass, so that's about as close as I could get the pictures.
I was also using the P or Program Auto Exposure Mode with the ISO setting on 800 with the flash disabled on VI or Vivid preset to bring out the color. ISO 400 would yield blurrier pics, and 1600 would yield grainier ones. The contestants also tended to move very fast and did not pause for photographers, resulting in a lot of motion blur. In hindsight, more grain might've been preferable but I normally shun from it. It was like shooting sports photography, so I opted to set things at P rather than play catch-up on A, S, or God forbid, M.
Did we have a budget for a professional photographer? No, all the pictures were taken by the bloggers using their own equipment. Or in this case, I borrowed Joystiq's Kevin Kelly's D40. I personally have a D80 which has nine focus zones as opposed to the D40's three, but I didn't have it with me at the time.
The photographs aren't the best, I know, but we had to make do with what we had at the time. In fact, Kevin apparently uploaded almost all the photos, none of them color corrected or adjusted. As Stomy probably knows, Professional photographers ditch A LOT of shots to find ONE good one. Also, I'm not sure what Stomy is knocking Macs for when most pro photogs I know use Macs, particularly for Elements, Aperture, or CS4.
Thanks for the feedback, though. We'll try to do better next year.
Well when you put it that way I feel like a bit of a jerk with my comment. Sounds like you where under some pretty harsh conditions. With what you have said I have to say you did a hell of a fine job on the photos. Motion shots in the dark with no flash from a distance with an unfamiliar body and lack of choice lenses? When put that way I am surprised so many of the shots turned out so well! I think your choice of iso was the right thing at the time and no one can fault you for uncooperative subjects. Good job on the photos!


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Stories of Karl Rove being a child molester are untrue
That headline is an example of how you start a rumor which becomes self perpetuating. And Karl Rove is a master at it. Its a tactic hes been using his entire career.
His recent attack on Hillary, while ridiculous, will have many wingnuts believing she actually has a brain injury from that fall she took a while back. And it will seep through to those who pay no attention to politics.
We can expect such attacks against Hillary to be launched daily now by Fox news, hate radio, and the rest of the Republican propaganda machine. Theyre already blaming her for the kidnapping of the girls in Nigeria.
Truth means nothing to Republicans. They will just make up any piece of shit and then use their echo chamber to repeat, repeat, repeat.
We Dems dont currently have the means to counter their never-ending lies. But wed better figure out a way pretty damn soon.
Posted by Cyrano | Wed May 14, 2014, 09:58 AM (140 replies)
Heres why you have to be a dick to be a Republican
(a partial list)
You want to deny health care to millions Screw children, the elderly and everyone in between. Every once in a while youve got to thin out the herd.
You want to make sure that no one can get an abortion Including that 13 year old who was raped and that woman whose physical or financial existence is endangered.
You want to make sure no one can vote except white, mature men Cant have the country destroyed by The Other.
You have to make sure that all education is privatized and useless educated peasants can be dangerous.
You have to be sure your voters believe global warming is a myth Cant have anything biting into the fossil fuel profits of your donors.
You have to keep the peasants working for as little money as possible Hell, its the next best thing to slavery and you dont have to give em room and board.
You have to be against everything that black guy in the White House is for And keep telling your moron voters hes an uppity bastard who wasnt even born in America.
You have to be against repairing the infrastructure Safe bridges, roads, rails, water: screw em all. Let the next generation worry about that crap.
You must be against any rights for women Theyve been a pain in the ass ever since they got the vote. Let em bring up kids and get on their knees when you want them there.
Youve have to tone down anti-LGBT rhetoric Too many of THEM out there now, (not to mention that perhaps you yourself might be so inclined).
You have to keep saying you want to attack any country that pisses us off cant let down your weapon-maker donors.
You have to care for your voice so you can shriek BENGHAZI, BENGHAZI, every moment of every day. Amazing what the suckers who vote for your will believe.
And most importantly, you have to say God and Jesus a lot. Dont ever let those voters forget whose side God is on.
Please add to whatever I missed.
Posted by Cyrano | Sat May 10, 2014, 09:13 AM (67 replies)
More GOP dickishness (a rant)
Its no news that the party of family values, and pro life, doesnt actually care about families, values, or the living. The party that wants to cut the debt doesnt give a rats ass how deeply individual Americans are mired in debt. The party of compassionate conservatism totally lacks compassion and the only thing they want to conserve is their own power. The party that is controlled by a few super wealthy people through their teabagger minions of know-nothings, is a blight upon this country and a danger to us all.
Their real agenda is, Screw everyone who isnt a white, Christian, Republican male. Screw em, squeeze em for everything theyve got, spit on em, and stomp em into the dust.
Imagine if they end up controlling both the House and Senate after this year's election. What theyve done in the states they control is what they have in mind for the entire country. It was the author Sinclair Lewis who said: When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross. We seem to be pretty much headed in that direction.
The dickishness of todays Republican/Teabagger party is something I've posted about here before, but they continue to become ever more dickish with each passing day. They've got to be stopped and it all depends on Democratic voter turnout this year. We've got to hang onto the Senate and win over the House. We must be as well motivated as our enemies. And make no mistake about it. They are our enemies as well as the enemies of human decency, empathy and freedom.
Posted by Cyrano | Fri Jan 24, 2014, 09:08 AM (5 replies)
No end to Republican dickishness (a rant)
Any reasonable person has to wonder why Republicans/Teabaggers are such mean-spirited dicks, completely void of empathy.
What most people would consider to be decent, they are against. Health care, education, jobs, caring for veterans, extended unemployment insurance, a livable minimum wage, immigration, voting rights, fixing our crumbling infrastructure, reasonable gun control, aiding the poor and disabled, school lunches for needy children, meals on wheels for the elderly. But being against all of this is not sufficient. They want to do away with Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Not to mention giving less than full rights to women, minorities and anyone they consider to be among the Thems.
They have seized partial power of our government through voter suppression and gerrymandering. They can enact their agenda of cruelness in the states they control, and they can block progress on a national basis. And they are aided and abetted in their dickishness by the MSM (which is nothing more than big business).
Their arrogance and non-stop lies make them intolerable. Their leaders and propagandists create a parallel universe in which most of them are content to live in ignorance. Why are they filled with so much anger and hatred? Beats me. But what I know for sure is that there will always be people like them. Theyll never go away and its up to us to do everything possible to keep them from ever seizing the levers of power in this country. They are a bigger danger to our freedoms than any outside enemy could ever be.
Posted by Cyrano | Thu Dec 12, 2013, 09:11 AM (24 replies)
A rant about an agenda driven by cruelty
Whether the issue is Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, universal health care, the minimum wage, voting rights, civil rights, womens rights, immigration, education, or dozens of other humane policies, the Republicans have consistently been on the wrong side of history.
Think about that for a moment. How could anyone with a conscience, and a basic sense of decency, oppose policies aimed at improving the human condition? The answer is simple: Todays Republican/TeaBagger agenda is driven by cruelty. It denies our shared humanity and seeks to deny The Other of everything from health care, to food, to education, to basic human rights. The eventual outcome would be that all goods and privilege would be in the hands of the few, and everyone else would be left to eat dirt.
Its not so amazing that they can get a sizable portion of their victims to go along with them. Perhaps as many as a third of all Americans are aiding and abetting in their own destruction. The tools used to seduce them are anger, hatred, fear, and in all too many cases, God and a scripture which is cherry picked to justify anything. The carriers of the message are Fox News, hate radio, and toxic politicians acting like modern-day versions of Caligula. And all with an assist from a compliant main stream media.
The outcome of this era is in doubt. Americans of tomorrow may look back on this period of time as one more giant stain on our country. On the other hand, a well-motivated minority can come out on top as history has often proved. Perhaps it will be neither. A future generation may find itself buried beneath a crumbled infrastructure and pummeled by a wrathful climate brought about by our inability to stop the insanity.
I find that Ive totally depressed myself with what Ive written here. So Im planning to take the day off, pull the plug on the TV, do some yoga exercises, eat some fresh fruit and vegetables, get some fresh air and sunshine, read some Isaac Asimov, and check this post occasionally to see if anyone has paid any attention to this rant.
Posted by Cyrano | Wed Oct 23, 2013, 10:41 AM (15 replies)
Defining WashingtonSpeak
U.S. Interests: Anything that increases the wealth and power of those who own us.
Boots on the ground: Humans who are used as cannon fodder.
9/11: A vast gold mine for war profiteers.
Pundit: Anyone with an opinion who can get a TV gig.
The enemy: Anyone possessing something that someone else wants.
Common wisdom: Twisted logic believed by people inside the beltway.
Profiling: Looking for anyone guilty of breathing while black.
Sending a signal: Bombing the hell out of some country.
Proportional response: Bombing the hell out of some country.
Ted Cruz: A reckless prick with a Yale degree peddling ignorance and hatred.
Dick Cheney: 666
Income gap: A means for keeping the peasants in their place.
Modern warfare: Corporate profits by other means.
Justice: An abstract concept that many believe actually exists.
Republican Party: A club for those who have lost their souls, or never had one.
Fox News: A rancid, prehistoric cave where delusional people wallow in fantasy.
Heritage Foundation: A place where people come up with utterly demented ideas.
God: An entity that sees, hears and knows everything. Also known as NSA.
Tea Party: Current incarnation of a plague that occurs occasionally.
Benghazi: A word Republicans shout when they cant think of anything else to say.
Posted by Cyrano | Sat Sep 7, 2013, 11:41 AM (0 replies)
My friend called me a Neo-Luddite
I dont twitter. Ive never been on FB or any other social networking site. I dont text and I have it blocked on my cell phone. I dont have an ipod. And I like to read books that are printed on paper and bound.
Actually, Im probably more of a semi-Luddite. Im not against technological progress, nor do I think Im superior in any way to those who embrace new technological developments.
So do you think Im living in the wrong century?
Posted by Cyrano | Sun Mar 11, 2012, 03:35 PM (58 replies)
I know a dittohead whos dumb beyond belief
My neighbors cousin is visiting her here in Florida. This cousin thinks Limbaugh is brilliant, he watches Fox News to stay informed, and hes a fundamentalist Christian who thinks science is made-up myth.
A few days ago, we went over to the beach and I decided to find out exactly how far his non-belief in science went.
There was a cargo ship out toward the horizon and it was sailing south. I asked him if he knew that ships going south moved faster than ships going north. Really? he said. How come? I told him to look at any map or globe and that it was obvious that ships sailing south were going downhill and ships sailing north were going uphill. Nodding his head he said, Thats interesting. I never realized that.
This is a true story and, quite honestly, I find it frightening to have to share the planet with people this incredibly stupid. It might be proof positive that listening to Limbaugh and watching Fox News rots your brain.
Posted by Cyrano | Sun Mar 11, 2012, 09:16 AM (72 replies)
Im troubled about posting this, however
As an agnostic, I find it uncomfortable to use the term evil. Nonetheless, I cannot seem to shake the concept that todays Republican Party contains many people to whom I can find no word more fitting than evil.
A cancerous hatred and/or greed seem to infect many Republican politicians and their voters. Their Wall Streeters/their bankers/their (hypocritical) Christians/their bigots/their hopelessly ignorant, and so many more of their contingent, seem to be bent on the destruction of basic human decency if not humanity itself.
And make no mistake about it. There are far too many Democrats, among others, who believe and behave as they do.
For all of humanitys technological advancements, our sociological relationships are not far removed from that which existed when we first stepped out of caves. Our weaponry has made quantum leaps over the millennia, while our social interactions have remained stagnant. (Many thinkers have voiced this concept for centuries.)
But let me get to the point. Short of an ecological holocaust, I am of the opinion that todays Republican Party is a clear and present danger to humanity. Many past empires have been responsible for countless deaths. But none had the power to destroy all human life on our planet
Is humanity suicidal? I dont know. But I do know that we live in times far more dangerous than any that have gone before.
Agree, or disagree with what Ive said here. But Id like to hear your opinion.
Posted by Cyrano | Mon Feb 6, 2012, 03:20 PM (19 replies)
Mr. President, many of us thought we were voting for greatness. Instead, we got you.
Like millions of other Democrats, I will hold my nose and vote for you next year. My only other choice is to vote for some brain-diseased Republican.
There are always disappointments in life, but Mr. President, you seem to be well on your way to becoming one of the greatest disappointments in American history.
I know that you understand we have no where else to go with our votes. And I know you must be aware of the various ways in which you have betrayed us.
Have you no conscience? Have you no decency? Have you no sense of self-betrayal?
You wont prosecute your war criminal predecessors.
You wont veto the most despicable Republican legislation that comes down the road.
You wont stand up to the some of the worst domestic enemies this country has ever seen.
You wont represent We the People. And you evidently wont defend the Bill of Rights that protects us.
Yes, I know what youve accomplished against Republican intransigence and insanity. But that doesnt measure up to the things you gave away before any negotiations ever began. (For example, Universal health care off the table before discussions even started.)
Sir, if you win a second term, how about throwing more than a few crumbs to a drowning American population? How about standing up and speaking out about what America is supposed to be?
If you are sworn into a second term on January 20, 2013, how about making that Day One of the restoration of how we used to view ourselves? A free people living in a just society.
Yeah, that may have always been an illusion. But why not be the guy that begins to make it a reality?
With Hope,
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We love men because they can never fake orgasms, even if they wanted to.
Because they write poems, songs, and books in our honor.
Because they never understand us, but they never give up.
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Because they come from little boys.
Because they can churn out long, intricate, Machiavellian, or incredibly complex mathematics and physics equations, but they can be comparably clueless when it comes to women.
Because they are incredible lovers and never rest until we're happy.
Because they elevate sports to religion.
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Because when we say "I love you" they ask for an explanation.
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There was an earth-shattering crash, and Fisher and Anderson threw their arms around each other in fright; their car had just fallen back to the ground. Now it was the motorcycle's turn to rear. Before the policemen's disbelieving eyes, it took off into the air: James and Sirius zoomed away into the night sky, their tail light twinkling behind them like a vanishing ruby.
What did you think? Who do you think the guys in the alley were? Why were James and Sirius trying to go so fast on their bikes? So many questions!
- J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter: The Prequel.
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Grassy Strip
Grassy Strip
Family Friendly Music and Film Festival
A FREE weekly film and music festival for the whole family to enjoy!
Enjoy an evening of music and movies under the stars with family and friends! Check below for the lineup - click on a movie or artist to get more information.


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How To Use a Sewing Machine Course - Sunday 14th
A short course in using a sewing machine, and learning basic sewing skills. Great for those who wan to get to grips with their machine or who are thinking about buying their first sewing machine! How to Use a Sewing Machine - Weekend - 14 Septembe
4 miles | Aldgate, London23 days ago