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Topics at the Watercooler: Stories that Scarred Us for Life
I love cartoons, but Brave Little Toaster always scared me and/or gave me a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. ditto for Disney movies like Dumbo and Alice in Wonderland. I think the problem for me was not so much the whole save the animals/toys/appliances; I already had a big imagination and could personify things without the help of movies, but the fact that all three of these films have that kind of trippy quality that causes one to wonder if the director was on drugs at the time he was filming. I mean seriously. . .what kind of person makes a movie for kids that shows a little elephant getting drunk and having hallucinations? I haven't seen Toaster in a while, but I seem to remember something about a dream where the characters are chased by a psycho clown. I often wonder if Brave Little Toaster exposure as a child is the reason lots of young adults claim to be terrified of clowns. . .
We need to poke around with the 25 pages TVTropes has on Nightmare Fuel. But, umm, not too much. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NightmareFuel Brave Little Toaster, Dumbo, Bambi, and Toy Story are all in there. Among... other things.
I'm a little to young for the brave little toaster, but I did see Toy Story as a kid, and I'm now the head of an international non-profit called PETAF (People for the Ethical Treatment of Action Figures). We do a lot of work in preventing the illegal sale of fireworks.
I love Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, but I've never cared for The Brave Little Toaster, Bambi, Dumbo, The Land Before Time, Magic School Bus, Sesame Street, Berenstein Bears (let's indoctrinate little children with the rabid feminist notion of dumb dads!), or Ninja Turtles. Oh, and I didn't play with Barbies, but I do like her movies. Does anyone think that Toy Story might give children the same kind of complex that Brave Little Toaster gave Faith?
Tell me about it. To this day I can't watch "Dumbo" without falling apart.


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Anyone who's paid too much attention to me might have realized that I adore when the children of supervillains become heroes. These characters, whether the sorts who were raised right and later found out the truth (the Maximoffs twins) or those who suffered from a dysfunctional, twisted upbringing (Cass Cain) have a particularly compelling story to them. These characters become heroes when they discovered a reservoir of moral strength that allowed them to make the most difficult decision any person in the world can make and break from their upbringing, their loved ones, and even at times their entire cultural makeup in order to make the right decision. These themes of discovering moral clarity, overcoming the fear of loneliness, and aspiration to be a better person can be repeated in some many different ways for the same character and still represent step-by-step self-improvement and true heroics. The character can be constantly moving forward without being stuck in a cycle. And while every subsequent attempt to make the right decision is just a little easier than that first break (allowing for the occasional slip-up, which lets them go through a moral crisis and find that internal strength again) they continually better themselves, their families and the planet with every step forward. These character exemplify the idea that it doesn't matter what your forebearers did, your life and your destiny is your own. They are paragons of independence, defying both nature and nurture to demonstrate that someone can calibrate their own moral compass and still have it point in the right direction. The children of supervillains can become the truest kind of heroes, agents of virtue and change and hope arising from the darkest of background and defending those ideals against the most ingrained personal interest--belonging to their own family. They have an incredibly inspirational concept.
There's another story pattern that can be incredibly compelling in this same vein, that of Reforming the Evil Love Interest. This one is compelling because not only does it have a person turn their back on their entire world, but they do it for the sake of a single other person. A lot of people love this story, and adore characters trapped in this story cycle because it ties the inspirational aspect of leaving everything you know and love for an ideal with romance because the ideal is love for another person. I find this pretty compelling too... when it's a single story and not a cycle that continually repeats itself. This brings me, of course, to a character think I should love but I very decidedly do not, Talia al Ghul.
As I said before, a lot of people like the Reforming the Evil Love Interest narrative because it's a compelling narrative, and they don't mind reading it over and over and over again. It carries with it the same courage and strength required to be a child of a supervillain who turns on their evil parent, and in many cases--such as with Talia--the two concepts are married and the inspiration to turn their back on their entire world comes from meeting one good person.
Except that Talia doesn't really DO that until what... five or six years ago? And she was created in the 70s? Her typical behavior pattern was that she'd act against her father to save Batman, but afterwards she'd return to the old man. Repeat over and over and over again. He's her father, he loved her, she loved him, and on some level she felt that his actions were to be excused. In fact, for loyalty to her father, she would commit any number of murders, thefts and even betrayals (short of directly causing his death) of her "beloved" Batman. As I've said, I really enjoy when a supervillain's kid turns on them, and it requires a tremendous amount of moral fortitude to do so, and proves to be the ultimate act of independence. But Talia never really turned on her father for the principle of it, she only occasionally got in his or his allies' way to prevent them from getting rid of Bruce. For it to be a true test of courage and strength, it pretty much has to be a one time thing. You go against your parent knowing you can't go back, you can't waiver between two people all the time. You are on your own from that point on, and what you just did is worth being on your own. You don't just save the life of the guy you wanna fuck and then go back to live comfortably with Daddy, performing atrocities in his name when they don't affect someone you personally care about. That doesn't make you a hero, or even an antihero. It just means you're a villain with the hots for the hero.
I don't like Talia. A long time ago (after a while of kind of liking her figuring eventually they'd lay this story cycle to rest) I realized she just wasn't a really admirable person. After I learned that, every time I saw her I knew exactly what the story was going to be and I simply didn't like the al Ghul family league of assassins/eco-terrorism/melodramatic love drama elements enough to sit through the same theme of potential reformation from what was actually a rather self-interested motive (she wanted Bruce, but didn't seem to give a shit about anyone else's life) followed by choosing the safe route of home and family to the unexplored and potentially difficult life of morality that I prefer my heroes adhere to. After so many times watching this, I really grew to hate the character on sight. Eventually she went against him, but not in a way that changed my assessment of her personality. It's telling that it wasn't until after her father tried to match her with a guy she didn't want that she got sick of his shit and tried to be a good guy for a while. Kudos for being her own woman there, but it's not really the heroic selflessness of a principled stand against the head of an organization that destroys lives every day--especially after you've spent years witnessing firsthand the misery he creates but kept bypassing the opportunity to tell him to fuck off and become a real hero. It's more the heroic selfishness of leaving a situation that's simply not good for you personally, having stayed in a situation that hurt other people until things went from comfortable to frightening. I think she's a very selfish person, in matters of love and ethics, and that's not a good thing for a hero or even an antihero.
And yes, I know there are those of you who say that every character can be redeemed, and every character has potential and with Talia... you're absolutely right.
Something happened in the last decade to this character. They killed off her father. The put her in charge of the family business. They introduced her son, and detailed the horrific lengths she went to to continue the family line with the man she'd personally chosen.
They broke the cycle.
They made her an official full villain.
I fucking love it, especially when Grant Morrison writes her because he doesn't mince the melodrama. He doesn't bother with the "I love you, but alas we are on other sides of the law" narrative that bores me to tears. This is a woman from a twisted family with a very twisted sense of what constitutes a family. She considers Batman her husband, and so will act to keep him alive and safe, but she is not a good guy at all. She will protect and nurture her son, and when he leaves her (as she NEVER left her father) she attempts to manipulate him back by threatening to disown and replace him. ("Why can't you just love me for me?" "It's not me" and it wasn't her father either. She's withholding her approval until he proves his loyalty just as he probably did to her and created the behavior pattern where she constantly returns to his side at the end of the story.) She will, in all likelihood, make him very miserable for the next few years trying to get him to return to her side of the family.
And so many people say they despise Morrison's version of the character, that she's not even a character but I don't see that at all. She's not one-dimensional, she's just as complex especially when it comes to her interpersonal relationships--she's just free of all the bullshit that makes me hate her. He's completely broken the cycle on this character, and she's gone from Bond Girl to full-fledged Bond Villain. I'm actually happy for her, it's quite a promotion.
As for the real thorn in fandom's side, Batman's statement that he was drugged when Damien was conceived? In a genre where 95% of female characters but just maybe 2% of male characters have been sexually harassed, threatened or assaulted... the biggest macho fanboy fantasy character in history has a sexual assault in his backstory and it hasn't hurt his standing in the slightest. It's still the male hero way, like Starman and Green Arrow, without the same lurid graphic depiction of sexualized violence that accompanies flashbacks of female characters. I think the imbalance there makes this far less offensive to me than if we'd had Oracle drop this memory. Don't get me wrong, Batman's wistful reaction is beyond fucked up and one of the things that Morrison annoyed me with, but I don't feel Talia is the character who suffers from this. She's a Bad Guy, after all, and I've never found her someone to sympathize with. I understand it really pisses off those of you who feel she should be a sympathetic hero, but I don't feel this character works as a hero or even a protagonist. Her heroism works on whether one person (or two, now that Damian's around) is in direct danger or not. If he is, she'll be a good guy, if not she's just her father's daughter. I do love her as a cold, corrupt villainess, though. Like I said, she strikes me as a very selfish person and that's a good thing for a villain.
My feelings on Talia are particularly worrisome for two reasons, though:
1) She is a character type I can only think of seeing in women. She's the chief henchwoman who falls for the hero character type, most often associated with spy thrillers like James Bond. It's a bit hard to untangle such a judgment from innate feelings about gender, and I'm having trouble thinking of a male character who boils down to the same concept for the "gender swap test" of prejudiced attitudes.
2) She is one of very few Middle Eastern women in comics, and the family politics and her position as a good guy or a bad guy are tied up with how the Western World views Arabic women. (Man, it does not help that her father was a terrorist but he's not religiously motivated at least.) It may be better that she stayed to run the family business and didn't just leave being an accessory to her father to try and become an accessory to Batman, or it may simply be another example of the Dragon Lady of the East archetype, particularly with her villainy so wrapped up in her family. I'm not really sure on this part. Though please don't try to defend the character based on cultural pressure to stay loyal to her father and family, because cultural pressure is something that makes a moral decision to value life more difficult, and therefore makes choosing to save lives so heroic.
Anyway, here's the rundown:
Talia al Ghul
Also Known As: The Cause of Shirtless Batman Fighting
First Encountered (By Me): Batman: the Animated Series
Franchise: Batman
Core Concept: Evil Love Interest
Writer Responsible For My Distaste: Every writer that has ever tried to pass her off as "not really a villain, but a tragic woman torn between loyalties"
Character I Want To Read That She's Attached To: Batman (and I don't really like to see her Dad pop up either when I'm reading Batman)
Best Character Trait: Brave
Worst Character Trait: Selfish
Similar Characters That I Like: Like I said, I adore the children of supervillains who break away from their parents Cassandra Cain in particular showed a moral strength and an empathy for the rest of mankind that's unheard of in her life up to that point when she ran away from her father after her first kill. Wanda and Pietro Maximoff are recurring favorites of mine because of their constant struggle against their father--especially in the face of prejudice from the rest of the world. Damian Wayne is stuck-up little jerk, but he chose his father's more difficult path over the easy villainy of his mother and grandfather. But the thing is, these characters took the high road as soon as the exit presented itself, they didn't continue along Bad Guy Highway past exit after exit until they could actually SEE the dead end. These are characters marked early on to be heroes, and their family ties make them more compelling as a result.
Catwoman may be my favorite example of the "Reform the Evil Love Interest" thing, but it may be because she's not particularly evil or even selfish. She just doesn't feel confined to society's rules, whereas Talia's lawbreaking comes from conforming to her family.
I do recall another similarity, though, back in Devin Grayson's Catwoman run. Selina is approached during the story by a teenaged boy and an adult man. She spends much of the story thinking about family, and ends up arranging for both the man and the boy to be sent to prison (I forget which one she framed, or if it was both) and declaring that she wants a family, but on her terms. The issue ends with her peeking in on her new family in their prison cell. It was dark and humorous (and there was something in both the man and the boy's behavior that makes you side with Selina, but I forget exactly what it was), and it does remind me of Talia's possessiveness of both Bruce and Damian. She wants the family on her terms, so she's basically decided that Bruce is her husband.
Could I ever like Talia? Not as a good guy. She's aces as a psychopath, though.
Monday, December 13, 2010
From Bond Girl to Bond Villain
Labels: cain, character hate, characterization mechanics
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I think Talia is an example of a character who has experienced great character growth for all of the reasons you described. I don't know if it was the creator's intent to make her an antihero of sorts in her early days, but it certainly had an adverse effect in giving her that weird "villain w/ hots for hero" characteristic. With the way Grant Morrison is writing her now, it not only takes all of her past actions into consideration, but it also evolves the character to the next logical step, including a bizarre parent/child relationship where the roles are reversed.ReplyDelete
She was always an interesting character, to me.
Who does not like Talia,is an idiot who only sees Catwoman.ReplyDelete
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Phil Taylor
The greatest darts player of all time will be chasing an incredible 17th world title when he heads to Alexandra Palace this year.
Major titles
World Championship (16 times), World Masters (once), World Matchplay (13 times), World Grand Prix (10 times), Grand Slam (four times), Premier League (six times), Las Vegas Desert Classic (five times), European Championship (four times), UK Open (four times), US Open (four times), Players' Championship Final (three times), World Cup (once)
For those that thought The Power was slowing down - think again as he's been as dominant in the majors this year as he ever has been before in his illustrious career.
The 53-year-old picked up his first in 1990 when thrashing mentor Eric Bristow and reeled off eight more during an incredible spell of dominance between 1995 and 2002.
Defeat in 2003 was a one-off blip as he bagged another hat-trick between 2004 and 2006 and further titles would follow in 2009 and 2010
After losing out in 2011 and 2012 there was a feeling that his incredible run was over and Taylor seemed destined for a third straight blank last year when trailing new Dutch superstar Michael van Gerwen 4-2 in the final.
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- Birthplace: Stoke-on-Trent
- Nickname: The Power
- World Championship best: Winner (16 times)
- Walk-on music: The Power
But showing the incredible fighting spirit that has kept him at the top for so long, Taylor reeled off five straight sets to put his name on the trophy yet again.
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Eleven years ago Taylor also hit the first live nine-dart leg on Sky Sports during the 2002 World Matchplay. He's never managed it in the PDC World Championship so that remains just about the last box to tick in his incredible career.
He even hit two nine-darters just one match - the Premier League final when he defeated James Wade to make yet more darting history.
In 2013, Taylor has been right back at his best and has hoovered up all the major titles apart from the Premier League with wins in the World Matchplay, UK Open, World Grand Prix and Grand Slam following on from his Ally Pally success in January.


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Michigan mom Natalie Hegedus had to go to court over a minor ticket she got during the summer, and as we all know, court dates are pretty hard to "reschedule." Especially last minute, which would have been her choice when her breastfeeding baby, Landen, had an ear infection. He had a fever, too, so he wasn't allowed to be at daycare that day. At some point after waiting over two hours for her turn with the judge, her son wanted to eat (surprise!). While sitting in the very back of the courtroom, she lifted her shirt, breasts still totally covered, and fed him.
Between the court bailiff and Judge Robert T. Hentchel, what happened to Hegedus that brought her to tears, humiliated her, and ended up with her kicked from the court room makes feel me terrible for her, and brings out my well-worn "nursing in public laws" soapbox, since, well, I'm pretty sure the judge broke a state law.
Obviously, she wasn't making a scene here. A breastfeeding baby is a quiet baby, and she was in the very back of the courtroom as well. But the court bailiff, upon seeing her there in the back, wrote a note to the judge and placed it before him. When the judge called her up, he decided to insult her choice to breastfeed, in front of everyone there.
Woman 'humiliated' for breastfeeding: woodtv.co
Obviously, Hegedus is well within her legal right to nurse. After being rudely asked if she thought it was "appropriate," to which of course she said he was hungry and sick, and no, she didn't find it inappropriate, the judge announced it was his courtroom and every judge has to have rules and he found it inappropriate.
The Chief Judge of the district court was questioned about the incident and he said:
I'm not defending this judge, I just don't think it is a story. This is abuse of the information age. A one to two sentence exchange has now turned into a national story.
Abuse of the information age? You mean, it's sad that a woman was able to take her story publicly so easily and get much deserved support? There is now a petition for the judge to be reprimanded in some way, a move I totally support. Welcome TO the information age. Her situation isn't unique either; women in the past, even so recently as last year, have even been kicked out of courtrooms by the judge, solely for breastfeeding their kids. Moms are discriminated against for breastfeeding far too often. Especially considering the law says she has the right to breastfeeding anywhere she can be with her baby, which includes a taxpayer funded, government property court room, Sir Judge.
Look, I know this soapbox is well worn, but really? If you would give your baby a bottle somewhere, they can breastfeed there too, and women just need to be left alone! It's so hard to be in a country where we're beat over the head with the "YOU MUST BREASTFEED!" stick, but then instantly faced with trial after trial, obstacle after obstacle, to the point where it's more socially acceptable to fail at nursing than it is to continue past the recommended minimum. And things like this, women being constantly treated like crap for doing the best they can, and embarrassed publicly by a man who should be a respected and professional public servant, doesn't help one bit.
Big hugs from me, Natalie Hegedus. You keep on nursing that baby where and when he needs it.
Do you think the judge was out of order?
Image via Keith Burtis/Flickr
It's actually really easy to get a new court date, especially with a good reason like sick baby. We have criminal clients not show up alllll the time, they just go in, ask to remove the default, and get a new date. Really not a big deal.
You know what, if you're a breastfeeding woman, you have no choice!!! You have to nurse every hour or two for a newborn or your supply will lower. It's an insult for people not to have knowledge of this and to think that's it's inappropriate. This mom made a choice, the best choice for herself and her baby, and it needs to be supported... there's little support for breastfeeding mom's and a small community of help that's inefficient. Yet, there's so much evidence that formula has no where near the same nutritional value as breast milk. I'm appalled at this judge's statment, even if it was "just two lines," because it represents how little people know about breastfeeding... and how important it is....
That judge deserves some sort of reprimand as well as education on how much better our health would be if more people breast fed in his court room!
I wasn't able to watch the video, but is it safe to assume the judge was an older man? Not that it is an excuse, but I would think most men are made uncomfortable by a breastfeeding woman. I am not supporting him, I am just saying....
Unfortunately, I was not able to BF, so I would like to ask the question. What is the big deal about pumping and have a bottle ready, particularly in this instance when she knew she may be in court for several hours? She has to pump, if she leaves that baby in daycare. Again, I am not picking sides. yes she has the right to BF, but also, don't you think you have to consider the time and place?
YES. As if Bfing moms dont get enough crap from people, a judge? Shame on him. She had a hungry, sick baby.


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One of the most interesting questions anyone asked me was what I listened to while I cook. These days, with hours and hours clocked in the kitchen, and Bren out of town, I crave music to make me feel like I'm not alone.
It's funny; while I recognise that God has gifted me in the kitchen, it was always music that I thought was my real natural talent.
We couldn't afford a piano, but my parents got us an electric keyboard and I played for hours on that thing, without being able to read a stitch of music. I'd listen to a song and figure it out by ear. When my mum said that she was getting me a piano teacher, I was dismayed.
"Why do I need one of those?" I said (more than likely accompanied with a stomping of my foot). I think she may have tried to explain it to me, but ended with something akin to a "because I said so" when it became apparent that reason was not going to work.
And I remember her saying this: "One day, you'll thank me."
And oh how thankful I am… while I never climbed to concert pianist levels, the piano became my best friend when I had none, a place to express the numerous emotions that course through your veins when you're a teenager… and in a school dominated by athletic ability (something I thoroughly lacked) it gave me something else to do, to excel at.
There were only four of us who studied music for our 'A' Levels, and we were such a crew. We understood each other, understood that need to play, to hear music wherever we went, to analyze how in the world Beethoven wrote an entire SYMPHONY off just one simple motif (you know the one), to practice trilling with our third and fourth fingers, that laughed at one of our friends trying to make the piano play vibrato by shaking on the keys (I'm looking at your D!). We were so tight. It was awesome.
I still remember us performing "The Teddybears' Picnic" in four-part harmony… on the kazoo. Just the memory makes me laugh!
While I don't play as much as I used to, music still soothes this soul of mine. Spiritually, sometimes a song will minister to my heart sooner than the written word will.
So, I'm creating a little playlist on Spotify called "The Creator" where I'm depositing all the songs that are rocking my spiritual boat. I have a hard time with most of the "Christian" music out there because it tends to sound the same. But I've found a few gems that buoy my soul when the darkness threatens. I hope you'll be able to enjoy it too. If you use Spotify, just type in "The Creator" and it should come under playlists. At least I think so.
Here's a little taste, the first song on the playlist. I wake up singing this song in my heart. I pray that it blesses you as much as it blesses me!
Oh and… thanks Mum. You were right.
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Missoula, MT - The University of Montana has extended head football coach Mick Delaney's contract to go through the 2014 football season, announced UM's Director of Athletics, Kent Haslam on Wednesday. Delaney's contract now goes to Jan. 31, 2015, pending approvalby the Montana Board of Regents.
"It's such a humbling experience, and the day before Thanksgiving I have so much to be thankful for,"said Delaney, who notified the team about the year-long extension followingtoday's morning practice in Washington-Grizzly Stadium. "Where I am at in my career, and to be able to stay at the University of Montana one more year, is just almost unbelievable.
"I am excited for our coaches," Delaney said. "I think we've got some really good things going here between the players and the coaching staff – they all work so hard and they're really so together. We're going to continue to what we did this year. Know we're going to be competitive every time we step on the field. I just couldn't be happier."
Delaney, who is in the second year of a two-year contract, has guided the Grizzlies to a 10-2 record so far in 2013. His two-year record at Montana is 15-8.
"I appreciate the hard work of Coach Delaney and the entire football staff," said Haslam. "It has been a great season both on and off the field. The student-athletes and coaches have brought playoff football back to Missoula and continue to focus on not only their development as football players, but also as students, role models, and members of the community."
Delaney is currently in his 2929th season of coaching at the college level, and has been in the coaching profession for more than 40 years.
Montana, which finished third in the Big Sky Conference with a 6-2 record, is coming off a 28-14 win over rival and 1313th-ranked Montana State last Saturday in Bozeman. The Grizzlies have won their last four games in a row and seven of their last eight.
Montana recently earned an at-large berth into the NCAA Division 1 Football Championship and received a No. 8 seed, giving it a bye in the first round, which is Saturday, Nov.30.
The Grizzlies will play the winner of the Bethune-Cookman at Coastal Carolina game in a second round FCS playoff contest at home next Saturday, Dec. 7, with kick-off in UM'sWashington-Grizzly Stadium slated for noon.
"I think this just reinforces how hard we have all hung in there together, and how hard we'll continue to hang together," Delaney said. "We're excited for the playoffs, and I know that we will go into next week with a great amount of focus and intensity. We will play hard, and let the chips fall where they may."


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Division of Developmental Disabilities hosted a two day workshop in Columbia for over 230 people. Attendees included individuals with disabilities, family members, provider organizations, Senate Bill 40 Boards and advocates to discuss the future of supports in Missouri. Presenters from Missouri provided information about self-determination efforts currently happening across the state. International speakers Patti Scott and David Hasbury from Neighbours, Inc. facilitated a discussion of a future worth creating based on lessons learned and success of their organization. Neighbours, Inc. based in New Jersey is an innovative non-profit organization with almost 20 years of experience created specifically to support people with disabilities and their families in choosing and designing a life for themselves within their local towns and neighborhoods.
Those attending the conference created a plan for the future of supports in Missouri by discussing What is important?, What needs to be in place? and a Can do list. Mr. Hasbury used graphic illustrations to capture participants thoughts and "see what we are saying", getting everyone on the same page and positioned for action. The workshop is part of a series of steps to move forward the Divisions mission, Improving lives through supports and services that foster self-determination.
Supports for the Future: Building the Foundation for Individualized Supports September 23 & 24, 2013
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Step 1: Follow the cooking instruction on the Ramen pack
Step 2: When the noodles are cooked (approximately 3 mins) add your chopped onion leaks and drop in 1 egg. You have to be careful when adding the egg so as not to break the yolk…trust me, you want the egg yolk whole! Just soft boil the egg and try not to cook it through. When the whites start to form you can take it off the heat.
**I don't like to fully cook the egg yolk 'coz I like eating the whole yolk and having it burst in my mouth. I promise, it will definitely add to your whole ramen eating experience ,-p
Step 3: Line the side of your soup bowl with nori strips. Pour in your cooked ramen. Be very careful in scooping out the egg into the bowl (again, you want your egg yolk whole). Once you've filled your bowl you can add in more onion leaks for garnish, or smaller strips of Nori.
**You can add in the egg after you've cooked the ramen and placed it in your bowl, the hot water should be enough to cook your egg if you want it kinda "runny" ^__^
**You can add sesame oil to add to the flavor and aroma of your ramen.
**You can also add in some carrots or cabbage strips if you'd like more veggies in your soup; and for meat, maybe a slice of ham (or SPAM!) as seen here
Enjoy! Itedakimasu! ^__^
I grew up in a time when 3D entertainment meant Puppets. I remember being spellbound by the creatures from the Jim Hensons puppet shop. I loved planting my face three feet away from the screen and just getting lost in the mysteries and fairy tales. I am intensely excited about the new upcoming Muppets Movie!!!
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One of my good old friends scribbled & doodled this in one of my old notebooks. I love notebooks. I love collecting them & I always take one with me whenever I leave home so I can take note of all the random crap that goes through my head. I also write down anything (ideas, names, movies, book titles, things to try, etc) that interests me. When I'm bored I also sometimes find myself doodling in them.
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A big company is like a giant galley driven by a thousand rowers. Two things keep the speed of the galley down. One is that individual rowers don't see any result from working harder. The other is that, in a group of a thousand people, the average rower is likely to be pretty average.
If you took ten people at random out of the big galley and put them in a boat by themselves, they could probably go faster. They would have both carrot and stick to motivate them. An energetic rower would be encouraged by the thought that he could have a visible effect on the speed of the boat. And if someone was lazy, the others would be more likely to notice and complain.
But the real advantage of the ten-man boat shows when you take the ten best rowers out of the big galley and put them in a boat together. They will have all the extra motivation that comes from being in a small group. But more importantly, by selecting that small a group you can get the best rowers. Each one will be in the top 1%. It's a much better deal for them to average their work together with a small group of their peers than to average it with everyone."— Paul Graham via Brain Pickings blog.


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Since Washington State has legalized marijuana for recreational use and 17 other states and the District of Columbia for medical use several stocks have had wild mood swings like MedBox (NASDAQOTH: MDBX), a company that makes medical vending machines. While most news reports about marijuana legalization are either sniggering or sanctimonious, Alan St. Pierre, executive director of NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) made a sane economic bull case on CNBC on December 7 for continuing legalization efforts on the federal level.
He reported 100,000 people are in US jails for marijuana offenses at a cost to taxpayers of $60,000 per inmate per year. Including enforcement and incarceration costs he estimates it costs US taxpayers over $10 billion per year to pursue marijuana crimes. He also mentioned the Washington State budget office estimates that state revenues from taxes and fees on legalized marijuana should jump to $532 million by 2015. When state treasurers start seeing the kind of numbers coming out of Washington State more states are likely to join the bandwagon.
High On MedBox
Just a few short months ago playing the legalized marijuana stocks would be met with snorts of derision as images of potheads like The Dude of "The Big Lebowski" prevail among the general public. Now, the medical marijuana stocks are beginning to be taken seriously as MedBox soared to $215 per share from a low of three cents in 52 weeks.
Normally, I wouldn't write about OTC stocks, especially one that's as opaque as MedBox with no EPS, no price target, no real metrics except a price to book value of 14,000. MedBox closed on December 7 at $29.65 then closed at $95.00 on December 13, for yet another 35.71% rise on the day and a three bagger in four trading days. The company has gone from a penny stock to a mid-cap in months.
Two other marijuana-related stocks are Converted Organics, a penny stock. It's involved in industrial wastewater treatment, vertical farming, and organic fertilizer and is considered an agricultural chemical supplier. It has 10 employees. By no means am I recommending this; I am only mentioning it.
Then there's GreenGro Technologies purveyor of vertical cultivation technology, (i.e. pot cultivation mostly) also a penny stock which closed at a nickel on December 7. Once again, there are almost no numbers to report on performance or profitability. The company has total cash of $3,540 to debt of $171,540. Once again understand I only mention this name, I am not recommending it.
Bull vs Bear
The bull case is that the areas which aren't illegal on a federal level, that is ancillary to the sale of the actual commodity, are highly profitable or have the potential to be. Bulls also note growing sentiment toward legalization of medical marijuana and progress made on changing the pothead image of medical marijuana users and more understanding of the stigma pain sufferers endure for using medical marijuana.
The bear case is that the entire sector will be tied up in the courts for years as the issue of legal marijuana goes round and round on the federal vs. state level. Another caution is that these are really penny stocks with all the dangers inherent in trading them.
Alternatives To Speculation
These names listed above are decidedly speculative, no better than lottery tickets really but there has been speculation that tobacco companies might get into the marijuana business with an infrastructure already in place for marijuana cigarettes. Tobacco companies have categorically denied any interest in selling marijuana. But if they did the big player domestically would be Altria Group (NYSE: MO) with a 17.44 P/E and a 5.30% yield with a 92% payout ratio.
That said, Altria is a much finer and more stable investment than pure play marijuana stocks despite headwinds from smoking crackdowns all over the country as well as taxes on tobacco products being a cash cow for state governments.
Altria also sells smokeless products and wine so it has some cushion against these headwinds. Altria has a long history of raising its dividend. In 2010 it raised it twice. Their profit margin is 22%. Caveats are that growth is slowing and government regulation and legal events are always risks in tobacco names.
Fellow fool Reuben Gregg Brewer has speculated that Big Pharma like Pfizer could get into the act, but that is a very unlikely scenario as he points out. Frankly, Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) doesn't need the aggravation although it could use a new drug like in the Huey Lewis song. Pfizer without pot still has a 3.40% yield and a 19.84 P/E. I liked it before for my "Sex, Drugs and Rock N Roll portfolio".
If you want another alternative to pot stocks you might consider a play on the "munchies" with PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) which sells the sodas and the" itos" (Doritos, Cheetos, Fritos, and Tostitos) that go hand in hand with marijuana consumption. Pepsi has an 18.74 P/E and a 3.10% yield.
Pepsi has a lot more in its product portfolio than just junk food, it also carries healthy options: waters, oatmeal products, cereals and Tropicana juices. Corporate governance risks are low and junk food regulation like the NYC ban on supersize drinks is less of a headwind for Pepsi than tobacco regulation and taxes are for a tobacco company.
The Final Toke-Away
Yes, you could have made a lot of money with MedBox and maybe you still can but it is total speculation and the other two are even less promising as the dispute between federal and state law on marijuana will continue to be "hash"ed out in the courts for years. Any speculation that the tobacco companies will cross over into the marijuana industry is just smoke. Pepsi, Pfizer, and Altria will forge on with good yields and growth and still be worth buying with or without legalized marijuana.
That said, I leave you with my favorite Dude quote, "Fortunately, I'm adhering to a pretty strict, uh, drug, uh, regimen to keep my mind, you know, uh, limber." Well said, Dude.
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Travels and Travails
Jan 23 2012 in New People
Right, anyway, I'm in New Zealand. and that's a kiwi I know I've been away for awhile, and I'm a bit sorry about that. But only a bit. Y'see, a weekend ago, I packed up everything I've got in LA into a storage unit, stuffed a bunch of it into a framepack, and trucked off […]
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Jan 12 2012 in Uncategorized
For hating cold this much, I sure can take it Sunday started early. 9:00 AM early – which might not be early to most of you, but to this self-employed one-time software engineer, that's an hour I'm familiar with only through perseverance and lingering chemical enhancements. The morning was building an entire new set for […]
Long and Glorious, Part 1
Jan 11 2012 in New People
Alright Brave Newbies, I owe ya. It's been a busy, busy weekend – so busy, in point of recollection, that I fail to remember it all, but I'll pay you in stories so awesome there ain't no debt. This past long weekend has been an intense endeavor for me – working all day, […]
(Un)satisfyingly Easy
Jan 05 2012 in Uncategorized
It's hard to do the brave part when the monsters keep giving you candy. So, over the last few days, in my pursuit of this simple monthly goal, I'm noticing something: I really don't have to go out of my way to meet new people. And it's not just Calvin at the Kiwis doing the […]
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You have to understand that once upon a time, I didn't believe this stuff. Observations are giving credence to the contrary. Alright. I'm incredibly exhausted. It's late. I haven't met anyone new, in large part because I hadn't yet gone anywhere knew. I need to meet someone new, not just for this blog, but for […]
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… happening, fittingly but unintentionally, on the second. Same bat time, same bat channel, same bat ideas – but, different bat. As the Thai printed on a tee shirt, "Same same, but different!" I am Nick, a friend Phil made in his pursuit of the Brave and the New. I'm one part Burner and one […]
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Here's video of BYU football coach Bronco Mendenhall's interview session with the media after Monday's practice.
Mendenhall talked about how Saturday's event at LaVell Edwards Stadium went, a new addition to the roster (rugby's Johnny Linehan) and why receiver Michael Davis has been moved to defensive back.
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I totally take a "to each his own" stance on other people's birth plans. Home birth, hospital birth, midwife, doula, doctor -- whatever, mama, you do what works for you. But as anyone who's ever given birth at home knows, if you're going to do it, you best be prepared! Well, I guess no one really explained that to Maya Rudolph's second baby because apparently that little girl just couldn't wait to get to the hospital, as planned, and made a surprisingly speedy grand entrance at home. It was an accidental home birth! Ai yi yi!
She's pregnant with her third now, by the way. But she just spilled it on the Chelsea Handler show. Luckily, all went well, and the baby "just kind of gently glided into her father's arms." Check out the video ....
But, once again, I find myself saying, "Really? That happens?!" Now, admittedly, maybe I don't really understand as much as I should about labor (no worries, I'm getting there), but I've heard such a wide range of birth stories over the last several months, I now realize that you really just don't know how your labor and delivery is going to go.
I have a couple of friends whose labor went very quickly, their healthy babies popping out before they could even say, "Epidural, please!" Or, they didn't realize that excruciating back pain was actually labor until they were 7 centimeters dilated. My own mother-in-law barely made it to the hospital in time to deliver my husband, who came out in about 45 minutes, two weeks ahead of schedule. Of course, you hear those stories (often on the 11 o'clock news) of women giving birth on the side of the highway with the help of a state trooper, or inside a roadside diner in the middle of a snowstorm. Clearly, a lot of babies are just like, "Alright, I'm ready, let's do this thing. Out of the way, mucus plug! Hey, make some room there, pelvis!"
Still, for the most part, I feel like most birth stories I hear involve many hours of labor, with some warning that Mama better get to the hospital or call her midwife STAT. I know a lot of women who end up getting induced about a week after their due date, or have scheduled C-sections for one reason or another. And there's that friend of mine who still hasn't given birth, even though she started having productive contractions over a week ago!
Those 18-hours-of-labor birth stories seem to be more common, and I think if you're the mom-to-be and it's your baby, an anti-climactic, little-goes-wrong labor and delivery is what you want! That being said, those "barely made it to the hospital" stories still fascinate me.
What do you think of Maya's homebirth? What is your biggest fear when it comes to delivery?
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Usually 1st births are longer and more difficult. But those 2nd babies! They sometimes really know how to make an entrance! With my 1st the dr was on the phone to call for an emergency C-section when he caught her with my last push with one hand. he barely even made it to the hospital in time for my 2nd and he lives right next door. 2 pushes and she was out!
My first were twins that were by planned CS (breech).
My second was 4 hours from waters breaking to delivery. I was in denial that I was in labor and barely got to the hospital.
My third was a UBAC., My husband was deployed and I went into labor at 4:54am and delivered him in my bathtub at 5:04am. I had 3 contractions.
Oh, and fast births are harder (by experience) because you get 24 hours of labor bundled into less than an hour. I would have LOVED to have had a little longer labor.
2 hour homebirth was awesome. Her labor sounds similar to mine, but mine was planned that way.
I'm pretty sure my aunt had her third baby in an ambulence in the driveway. ANd I know a few homebirth moms who had extremely fast labors. My one friend had her third baby so fast, not even her husband got upstairs to her in time. My neighbor's husband was at our house at like 9pm saying his wife was in labor, they'd probably have the baby tomorrow and messaged me an hour or so later that the baby was there. I didn't believe him at first :D
My second labor actually seemed slower than my first, though. With my first, I woke up in the night having horrible strong contractions every 2-3 minutes (lasting a minute). My second was a planned homebirth and I figured it would be fast, so I called the midwife as soon as I was really sure I was in labor and it was 8-9 hours later when she was born (only an hour or so of intense labor, though).


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This moving depiction of Mary's Sorrow as she holds the feet of the crucified Christ is by contemporary Catholic artist Jason Jenicke. Our image comes as a fine art print under premium clear glass in either an attractive gold or ornate gold solid wood frame, or doubled-matted in deep blue suede over gold in an ornate gold solid wood frame. Handcrafted in Steubenville, Ohio, this touching image of Mary's Sorrow is sure to be treasured for generations to come!
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I joined the faculty at the University of Oklahoma in 2003 as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Italian and was promoted to Assistant Professor in Fall of 2004. In the Spring of 2010 I was granted tenure and promoted to Associate Professor. After completing my undergraduate degree in Medieval Studies and Italian Language and Literature at the University of Oregon in 1997, I went on to earn a M. Phil in Medieval Studies in 2001 and a Ph.D in Italian Language and Literature, both from Yale University. My area of research interest is Italian Literature of the Medieval and Renaissance period with special attention to Dante, Boccaccio and Petrarca and the foundation of Florentine Humanism. I was elected the Secretary of the American Boccaccio Association. I am currently an Editor of the online journal The Medieval Review (https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/3631)
My monograph Building a Monument to Dante: Boccaccio as Dantista was published with University of Toronto Press (read more here). I am editing a co-translating a volume titled Shorter Latin Works of Giovanni Boccaccio for Harvard University Press, I Tatti Renaissance Library series, and I am editing the volume Decameron Fifth Day in Perspective with University of Toronto Press. I have published articles and reviews in Forum Italicum, Heliotropia, Dante Studies, Rivista di Studi Italiani, Speculum and Studi sul Boccaccio, and I have contributed to the Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages, the Routledge Encyclopedia of Women and Gender in the Middle Ages, and Oxford Bibliographies of the Renaissance and Reformation.


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Always Changing - Forever the Same
More than just adobe, plaster, and wood, these ruins evoke tales of life and land transformed by cultures meeting and mixing. Father Kino's 1691 landmark visit to an O'odham village when he established Mission Tumacácori was just one event among many. Wave after wave of change has swept or crept across this realm - this land and its people are not static. Come visit and experience this heritage.
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Birthday Special: Amrita Rao
Amrita Rao turns 32
The glam girl-next-door, Amrita Rao, entered filmdom with 'Ab Ke Baras' in 2002. This "behenji" of 'Ishq Vishk' did 'Vivaah' and, soon after, joined the bikini brigade of Bollywood with 'Shortkut'.
Amrita pleasantly surprised many with her performance in 'Deewaar', 'Shikhar' and 'Welcome to Sajjanpur', before going into "idle" mode, despite having had a great start with blockbusters such as 'Masti', 'Main Hoon Na' and 'Vivaah'.
In 2013, she made a comeback of sorts with 'Jolly LLB'.
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edition of
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Art Lessons and Projects for Kids.
Our very first issue had four wonderful contributions. This time around the baby has grown (much like my real baby) to eleven contributions!
In honor of the similarities the theme of this carnival is
"The Baby Edition".
This is a neat online project that we participated in. Giraffes can be drawings, paintings, 3D crafts, anything! A great theme for your next project and a great way for children to see their art displayed online. .
Jimmie always finds the coolest things around the web! Even if I know she hasn't posted something new, I always check her tagfoot steps to see what new goodies she has located. This was a real gem and inspired this next submission.
posted at Art Smarts 4 Kids
For those of you who aren't familiar with Jessica's blog, it is time to get so. Jessica has complied an extensive resource of art history and projects that could keep an art teacher or home school going for a long time. This particular project is very simple, but has a high impact both visually and educationally.
Giotto Inspired Art Lesson posted at TheOneThing and
The One Thing: ART LESSON posted at TheOneThing.
Angie's blog was new to me, but I sure am glad to have found her. She really approaches her lessons from a Charlotte Mason philosophy and she and her boys have ended up with some pretty impressive projects.
I wish I had been in Mrs. Smith's art class when I was in elementary school!
Debra presents Bb is for... posted at Ryan & Debra Snow Family. What a great project for the younger kids. Like Debra, seeing the kids work area or palette is almost as much fun as seeing their completed work!
Thanks for hosting this great carnival and I look forward to seeing the next edition.
Thanks to you Barb for submitting this great project and to everyone else as well!
Until our next appointment, have fun creating with all these great ideas!
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