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Shmura matzo prices
With Purim behind us, we now turn our attention (and our pocket books) to Pesach. I noticed ads in both 5 Towns Jewish Times and the Jewish Press advertising hand shmura matzos for $9/lb (KRM Kollel), $8/lb (Goldberg's). I distinctly remembered seeing both Brachs and Gourmet Glatt charging approx $18/lb!! for smurah matzos. What gives? I understand that matzos, both shmura and machine as being made from flour and water. The price for 18 minute machine matzos is being advertised for $2.19/lb and the machine shmura is going for $4.49/lb. So what would be the difference between the $8/lb and the $18/lb hand shmura matzos?
That is pretty good - do not know what the difference but here in Chicago we only have it for $16/lb -
Just some conjecture on my part: the cheaper ones may have more broken pieces, more thicker pieces (meaning fewer pieces, and possibly harder to eat), or darker/burnt pieces. I don't know, but I'd find it hard to believe that prices have dropped so much since last year that they'd be down to $8/lb. One other guess it that it's a loss-leader to get you into the store (a product that is sold at a loss in order to attract customers), and it's probably also limited to one box per customer.
re: queenscook
Goldberg's ad says unlimited. I still don't understand the rationalization for $18/lb for flour and water, I find it hard to believe how $8/lb is a "loss" leader, I am sure they are not losing money at $8/lb. The cost of the raw materials is minimal (look at the price of machine matzos to get an idea at the raw material part of the cost equation). As to the cost of labor, the whole process of making matzo must by kashrus definition take less than 18 minutes, and the bakers' skills are not that demanding to require high paid individuals. If you put the two parts together it is hard to believe that one looses money at $8/lb, not to mention the necessity for $18/lb.
re: MartyB
While I'm not exactly trying to justify $18/lb, it must be borne in mind that the flour is not Gold Medal off the shelf at a couple of dollars for a 5 lb. bag. This wheat has to be guarded (that's what "shmura" means) from the time of k'tzira (harvesting), so that it doesn't come in contact with any moisture. That must have some pretty high costs associated with it. I don't know how much labor costs, but the kashering of the facilities and the upkeep to clean the work areas and the machinery for all the runs must cost something. But, in the end, we do live in a capitalist society; I suppose if everyone refused to pay these prices, maybe they would come down. Or maybe we'd have to figure out some way to make it ourselves. For the mitzvah of achilas matzah on the first night of Pesach, I guess I'm willing to pay $18/lb pretty happily. It probably doesn't come out to be any more than what I pay for a mass produced candy bar (at close to $1 a bar for a bar of candy that weighs only about an ounce, that too works out pretty close to $18 a pound.)
re: queenscook
You are missing my point, I see two stores that are selling "hand SHMURA matzos" for $8/lb. My qestion is, what are you getting from the $18/lb matzo that you are missing from the $8/lb hand SHMURA matzo.
If one believes that they MUST have hand shmura matzo, then the only way to bring the cost down is to go out of your way to buy the cheaper ones. I for one am going to Brooklyn today from the five towns, not to save the $100 that 10 lbs of shmura matzos would net me, but to do my share and not pay what I feel is price gouging, after all, the matzo that one is to eat at the seder is "supposed" to be lechem oni, the bread of the poor. I am sorry, but $18/lb is not in the spirit of lechem oni (to be honest $8/lb is not too much better, but better still).
re: MartyB
There very well may be no difference in the product, just the price. Why is bottled water from Pathmark cheaper than Dasani? Or Poland Springs? Or Evian? Why is any water that expensive, when tap water is a couple of cents a gallon at best? Why do people pay that either, for that matter? Why is a cup of Starbucks coffee so much more than that somewhere else (I couldn't even guess at costs; I don't drink coffee and have never bought anything from a Starbucks.) Things are worth what people are willing to pay for them. If it is worth what the gas and time (and possible parking costs) will cost you to get to Brooklyn from the five towns, then that is your prerogative, and I say kol ha'kavod to you. For me, even from Queens, that trip would be at least a couple of hours round trip, not to mention the hassles of parking and dealing with the pre-Pesach chaos of Brooklyn, and I'd rather buy local or possible even go out to your neck of the woods--to the Brach's in Lawrence--for one big shopping trip. I used to make myself crazy, comparison shopping at three or four local places, and divide my list up after I had done the initial reconnaissance. Then I realized that my time was worth X dollars an hour, and the time I was spending on the shopping was not worth the dollar or two, or even 10, I was saving. It's all a matter of what you value. It's perfectly fine that you value the "spirit" of what you understand lechem oni to be. I simply don't calculate this the same way you do.
re: queenscook
What you say is true. Fortunately, both KRM Kollel and Goldberg's have extreemely low prices so when I go to them for the shmura matzos I plan on doing most of my pesach shopping there as well.
Check out page 15 in http://www.5tjt.com/pdfs/20080328_Iss...
re: queenscook
Just as a quick note, Goldberg's ad says that they are open 24 hours. It is therefore possible to go there at a time where there is no "pre-Pesach chaos", parking problem, or long commute.
re: queenscook
It is, of course, all marketing. Dasani water IS tap water. Get a filter for you tap water and you can have the same thing for bupkis.
Starbuck's coffee does actually have a unique flavour profile, which you may love or hate, but you are not paying for coffee. You are paying for the "privilege" of hanging out at Starbucks.
My time is valuable, but $18 matzoh is a gouge.
Prices of It's Delish brand hand Shmura and Chabad shmura are both pretty low in stores in Los Angeles, but my rabbi was actually selling It's Delish Tanur Rishon hand shmura last year for $7/lb. Unfortunately, I had so much from othersources that I only bought 3 lbs of the Tanur Rishon, and had 12 lbs of more expensive stuff from other sources. The best tasting matza, Papa, still is quite expensive here. It's much thinner and is far easier to eat.
Things are looking better, I just saw that Gourmet Glatt is selling hand shmura matzo for $11.99/lb. http://www.thefivetowns.com/Images/Me...
Supersol is still continuing their tradition of offering SOME excellent prices on some of their meats. As an example they as selling Kosher For Peasch Chicken Cutlets for an amazing $3.39/lb http://www.thefivetowns.com/Images/Me...
My granddaughter had her 3 year old birthday party yesterday and I was supposed to take my mother home to Brooklyn (hence my eye to Brooklyn's prices) but my brother took her home instead, so I didn't shop there yesterday as I planned. If I continue to see some nice prices locally, I may stay here to do my shopping. In the meantime, I will ask a coworker who lives in Boro Park to buy me a pound of one of the cheap hand shmura matzos to see "what the catch is".
re: Sunnigrl73
Burnt shmura matzah is desired too--especially whole pieces, "srufim shlumem"
The $8-$9 matzo is probably Rokeach, from Israel. We bought it once a couple of years ago and it was pretty thick and not very tasty. On the plus side, (almost?) all the matzos were whole (not broken).
FYI, I have found that the best hand matzo is Chareidim; very thin. It goes for ~16.99 at KRM.
While there have been some theories mentioned as to why there's such a disparate price difference between some brands of hand shmurah matzo, the issue I'd like to address is directly to you Marty, regarding what you consider to be the high price of the $8 matzo. Break it down man, and get over it. There are HUGE costs associated with making matzo and YES, it ABSOLUTELY does require highly skilled labor! And it's something that not everybody can do. Picture it - the speed necessary (start to finish in under 18 minutes, or the ENTIRE operation is compromised!), the consistency of thickness, the hot working conditions, and the fact that you have to find people who are available to work for just a few weeks and make it worth their while. Also, some of the smaller manufacturers will primarily use Jewish laborers - not hiring and training cheap labor that don't know nor care about the halachot. These aren't 1# loaves of bread ya know! And there's more than 1 piece of matzo in a box. As far as the price difference, another factor could be that "small batch" anything is priced higher, so the more commercial brands will generally be less expensive. Another factor to consider is that at least some (if not virtually all) of these matzo factories are dormant the entire year. With energy costs as high as they are, and the recent spike in the price of flour, consider $8 a pound a steal! Revisit this next year and you'll probably be looking at a minimum of $9 to $10 per pound. Yes, Pesach is and has always been a holiday that stretches (and breaks) our wallets, and it is true that some companies are making huge (and unacceptable and halachically problematic) profits, but I'd be hard-pressed to believe that those huge profits are coming from their hand shmurah matzo.
re: kosherguy
"Also, some of the smaller manufacturers will primarily use Jewish laborers - not hiring and training cheap labor that don't know nor care about the halachot."
All the manufacturers, large or small, use only Jewish labour for all tasks that are directly part of the matzah-baking process. It's a requirement; there was a huge scandal last year when the ex-husband of a worker at one bakery claimed that she wasn't Jewish.
re: kosherguy
I have no complaints against the $8/lb matzo, I am complaining about the $18+/lb matzos. My point is what are you getting more from the $18/lb matzo that you are not getting from the $8/lb matzo. The ingredients are the same (flour & water) there are no special spices or secret recipies here. Take flour add water, kneed it spread it and put it in oven.
re: MartyB
It's a good question. We could use somebody with inside information and knowledge to answer it instead of having us all guess.
In Chicago, Shmura matzo can be pretty expensive. And, I'm not sure if the whole machinery issue has anything to do with a hike this year or not....
I was floored when I went into Gourmet Glatt's Pesach Store this evening. They were selling hand shmura matzo from Israel, Kfar Chabad, for an unbelievable price of $7.49 a pound! Cheaper than the Boro Park stores offering! Here, in the 5 towns no less! The only catch was a limit of 4, but there is nothing stopping you from buying 4, paying, bringing it to your car then going back to the store for more. I did buy one pound to check it out. Looked legit, some were broken, none pulverized. Can't comment on taste since I cannot have any matzos till pesach night. They also carried ones for $11.99 and $19.99. They seem to have a deal on one of the more expensive ones by selling what I believe was a 2.5 pound box with a "WOW $26 (and change)" price. I am not familiar with the brands that they carried. I typically buy Charadim shmura matzo and was disappointed that Gourmet Glatt didn't carry them this year. Do I know if, for example, "Boro Park" matzo is any good? (that was a brand that they seemed to carry in quantity) How can I know? Boxes are sealed and I can't taste them till pesach night . I will probably get some of the Chabad and shlep into Brooklyn for some of the Charadim.
re: ariellasdaddy
Re: "Show these clowns that their tricks won't fly anymore." Are you suggesting boycotting all overpriced Pesach food, or just shmura matzah? Would you apply the term "clowns" to any companies other than the matza bakeries? What about the 5 oz. boxes of cereal going for $3 and up? Are the companies that produce this type of stuff classified as "clowns" whose "tricks" we won't allow to fly?
I simply do not understand why people are so put off by the cost of shmura matza and not other things which are as proportionally expensive? Do people complain as bitterly and threaten to boycott Pesach baked goods, which at supermarkets generally cost in the $7-$8 range and up for a box that weighs no more than half a pound. I can't even imagine how much this stuff costs fresh at the Pesach bakeries. Or a six ounce box of chocolates for $10--works out to far more than $20 a pound. Shmura matza helps you fulfill a mitzva d'orayasa, unlike rainbow cookies or seder mints, but there doesn't seem to be anywhere near the objection to those prices as there is to shmura matzah. Is there anyone out there who refuses to buy that sort of stuff or is that just "going too far?" I mean, how can we possibly be expected to go without our Barton's Almond Kisses (7.99 for an 8 oz. tin--almost exactly the same price as shmura matza)? If my sarcasm is lost because you can't hear the tone of my voice, let me make it perfectly clear: let's at least get our priorities straight. If you can't afford the high prices for Pesach, personally I'd drop the chocolate or the Ringee-o's before I'd cut down on the handmade shmura (unless you hold that machine-made shmura is halachically preferable).
re: queenscook
There is no doubt about the frenzy of price gouging going on before pesach. I feel that if one shops carefully one can save a bundle. In my case I was, for example, able to find hand shmura matzo for $7.49 a pound vs $18 a pound. But I am doing more than saving money, I am sending a message that I refuse to be ripped off because I have a halachic need. I am doing more than saving MYSELF money, I am in some (small) way (hopefully) saving money for my fellow jews in the long run. If the stores are left after yom tov with a large inventory of the $18+/lb matzos, hopefully next year they will purchase more of the less expensive matzos and less of the expensive ones, hopefully driving the prices down. This works for the crazy expensive cakes as well, try your hand at baking this year, its not that hard, control your sweet tooth for one week, you will survive. There is more than "... If YOU can't afford the high prices for Pesach ..." We have to work together for your less fortunate jewish brethern and help them by giving tzedaka in an indirect manner by making the good old fashioned law of supply and demand work for our benefit. If you blindly pay ripoff prices this year, you are sowing the seeds for next year's even bigger ripoffs. The cycle stops when the consumer says ENOUGH!
re: MartyB
I picked up the Rokeach brand, which I beleive is the same as the Kfar Chabad brand for $8 in Goldbergs in Boro Park. I have been buying this for years now as it seems to consistently be the lowest price (always in Brokklyn) as well as consistently having more whole pieces per box than others. At this price I can also eat Shmura for almost all of Pesach.
BTW - The same box goes for $13/14 in NJ
re: jaickyt
I've found the reason there are more whole Rokeach matzas in the box are because thety are much thicker than other shmura matzas. this also makes them a whole lot harder to chew at the seder
re: berel
That is a matter of taste, like rare steak vs one well done. I personally like my matzo thin and burned, on the other hand my sister in law likes them thick. For a savings of $10 a pound, I will "suffer" and chew harder :)
The big surprise here that one can match and even beat Boro Park prices here in the 5 towns.
re: MartyB
"For a savings of $10 a pound, I will "suffer" and chew harder :)"
your "youngsters" can get away with that
I think I'd rather pay the extra $10 for thin matzah then pay dentist the extra $700
re: berel
I can't believe that that it costs and extra $10/lb to make the matzos thinner. Maybe the Kfar Chabad makes their matzo thicker to withstand the trip to the US. I still think that there is room for a thin $10/lb matzo option. I think I was paying last year around $12/lb for Charadim. Don't know what they are going for this year since no one in the 5 towns seems to be carrying it. (at least not Brachs and Gourmet Glatt, will try Supersol tonight).
re: MartyB
I agree it shouldn't cost an extra $10, but it's a business and they're doing what "businesses" do.
btw I found the charadim hand shmurah to be the thinnest of all the hand shmrah I've ever tried.
I'll be baking my own matzah at the new far Rockaway bakery Thursday nite and it will probably cost me $25 a pound
re: berel
>> I'll be baking my own matzah at the new far Rockaway bakery Thursday nite and it will probably cost me $25 a pound
You won't be getting any business from me :)
>> btw I found the charadim hand shmurah to be the thinnest of all the hand shmrah I've ever tried.
I too am coming to that conclusion. Don't know why Gourmet Glatt stopped selling it, I just called up Supersol and they said that they carry it, I will see tonight how much they charge.
For those of you complaining about the costof hand matzoh, here's an interesting video of the NEW bakery in Lawrence.
re: hanistor
Interesting video, do you know if their matzos are thin or thick. The way it was being handled and what appears to be lack of breakage would imply thick matzos. The Charadim matzos that I bought in the past would not survive such handling. Any idea of their cost per pound?
re: MartyB
Marty, you can stop in there for a free taste
I was told Brachts was selling the Tiferes matzah on sale for $17
you can pick them up fresh at the factory for $19
and baking them yourself comes out to about $25
re: hanistor
thanks! great video. I'll be baking there tonight. much different from the Shatzer matzah factory where I used to bake
re: MartyB
but I was under the impression that one cannot eat any matzos from Purim till Peasch.
that's only for people who have that minhag, fortunately I don't.
I'm sure they're not as thin as charadim.
re: MartyB
I baked last night at the Tiferes factory last evening. I bought 5lbs of the baking I was involved in @ $19 a pound (not bad at all for that "I'm eating the matzahs I baked feeling"). worth a trip to the factory just to watch them bake (big glass window allows you to watch). Separated Challah and said the brocha over one of the carts of matzah.
re: MartyB
I didn't actually taste them yet. I'd say from appearance they don't seem to be too thick or thin but seem to be an average thickness
I was so busy as to the high cost of shmura matzo from the raw material and labor point of view. Tonight I got a rude awakining as to the price gouging that occurs from the retail store. I just came from Supersol of Lawrence to buy Charadim matzo, when I saw the EXACT matzo that I bought yesterday from Gourmet Glatt, Kfar Chabad, for $7.49/lb being sold for $16.99/lb!!!!!! I immediatly left the store. As I said in the past Supersol, except for some real good meat prices, is extreemely expensive, but more than double the price - sigh.
Nothing "gives". Some retailers are gouging and people seem willing to pay. Don't pay and they'll stop gouging. (If they don't, they'll be left with a whole lot of stale 2008 matzoh.) For matzoh to be worth $18/lb, I'd expect it to have been baked by Moses himself and teleported through time.
The ingredients for matzoh cost very little. The supervision requirements for shmura matzoh cost much more. The seasonality aspect makes the price add up still more. But there are limits.
When shmura matzoh first became available in North America, is was a rare and special item. It was made in small quantities, often supervised by a local rabbi and sold to yield some tzedaka benefits. Under these circumstances, you might feel good about paying a premium. However, the premium is not about the matzoh itself.
Most shmura matzoh these days is neither rare nor local. It's just another item in Passover section of your local food store.
Matzoh at Passover is an obligation - not a culinary experience. Since this is Chowhound, I feel free to comment about its gustatory properties. I find many of the comments in this thread amusing. Thick, thin, burned, whatever. It's matzoh. It's about religious observance and profound symbolism - not about tasty food.
Let's be honest about matzoh. Broken isn't nice. I like well done, but some shmura comes closer to charcoal. Some matzoh (whether shmura or from an automated matzoh baking line) tastes palatable and some matzoh tastes worse than cardboard.
The idea of matzoh being delicious, especially on Pesach, seems almost un-Jewish. (Some egg matzoh makes delicious matzoh brei but, if you are observant, you won't eat egg matzoh on Passover in the first place.)
My mother has a doctors appointment tomorrow morning in Brooklyn so I plan on visiting KRM Kollel in Boro Park. I hope to be able to buy my matzos there, they wont give prices over the phone, but with the store's humble beginnings and good advertised prices I hope to be able to do most of my pesach shopping there.The store was origionally only for kollel families, people that spent all day learning and typically not well off. They eventually opened up to the public but hopefully kept the tradition of lower prices. I will report on my findings. As a side note I noticed that Brachs here had hand shmura matzos for $11.99 a pound. Pays to look around, can save a bundle.
Check out Gourmet Glatts price's, they are now advertising the hand shmura for $7.49/lb. http://www.thefivetowns.com/Images/Me...
No one still has answered my other question. With all the outrage at matzah being $18 a pound, I am curious if those same people are choosing not to buy things--on principle--like the Pesach cereal which I saw for $3 for a 5 oz. box, making it about $9 a pound, $10 for a 6 oz. box of chocolate, making it just under $30 a pound, and about $8 for an 8 oz. box of rainbow cookies, making it $16 a pound.
re: queenscook
I plan on controlling my sweet tooth. As to bakery items, my daughter plans on doing her own baking, as I said it is not too hard to do. Last year, I think it was Gourmet Glatt, was selling Obermeister's cookies and cakes for 99 cents a box, if I find such a bargain I will go for it, if not, it is not the end of the world.
The important thing to remember is that we are basically talking one week, control yourself, you will survive then you can pig out for a song.
re: MartyB
Re: my daughter plans on doing her own baking
And what about you? Do you do your own baking, Marty, because anyone who says that Pesach baking is not too hard probably hasn't done too much himself. I, myself, do all my own baking, and do not buy any pre-baked stuff with one exception (one single box of a particular type of cookies I enjoy, as a special treat to myself). However, without the use of regular flour and normal leavener, the primary leavening agent for cakes is eggs. That means a lot of whipping of egg whites, and for most cakes, a tremendous number of eggs per cake. Right there, that increases the cost per cake, not to mention the other key ingredient in many Pesach cakes--nuts, which are far more expensive at Pesach than the rest of the year, since most Orthodox authorities hold you cannot buy nuts without a Pesach hechsher (which you can at other times, if the nuts are raw).
But the question here is not cakes, or chocolate, or cereal--or any one particular item--it's the fact that many things come out far more expensive than matzah when you figure out the cost per pound, but no one seems to have any trouble with that, only with the one item that is indispensable for the mitzva for at least the first night of Pesach--shmura matzah.
I went to Brooklyn today, KRM Kollel is a nice big store, but bottom line, you will save more money by shopping here in the five towns by Brachs. I did end up buying the Charaidim matzo at KRM, 5 lbs at $16.99/lb (ouch). I did offset it by buying the Kfar Chabad, 5 lbs at $7.49 at Gourmet Glatt, best price around hands down. Last year I bought 10 lbs Charaidim for approx $13/lb at Gourmet Glatt so my net matzo cost was about the same as last years. One thing about Brachs is that all their prices are fair to good at the least, you will not walk out feeling ripped off by Brachs, their prices across the board are fair, as an example, I found the fruit and vegetable section at KRM Kollel to be very excessive. I was disappointed that Brachs was out of A&B gefilta fish, a GREAT price of $4.99 a loaf, kosher for pesach, if you know fish prices you will know what I mean. I will return tomorrow to try again.
Check out their ads and see if you agree.
re: Cakegirl
Never, ever, buy from Supersol anything unless it is on sale! As an example the Kfar Chabad matzo that Gourmet Glatt charges $7.49, Supersol charges $16.99. Supersol charged $19.99 for Charadim shmura, I paid $16.99 for it. I hope you comparison shopped before you paid the $39. Why anyone buys from Supersol is beyond me when you have such fine choices as Gourmet Glatt and Brachs to go to.
re: MartyB
Gluten-free matzah is pretty hard to find and is very expensive everywhere as far as I know...
I just started my Pesach (2009) shopping (thread started a year ago). Shmura matzo prices are so far unreasonable. The Rokeach matzos that were $8/lb last year are now going for, at least at Gourmet Glatt, for a "sale" price of $17/lb. Most others are going for $20+!
Although I usually buy Shmura matzo for all of Pesach, mostly for the taste, this year I will break tradition. Last year I paid over $150 for hand Shmura matzos, this year I will start with 2 pounds hand Shmura and plan on eating Yehuda matzos mostly. Thanks to this board, I learned about this excellent matzo last year and have been eating them the whole year. I just bought a 5lb box of Yehuda matzos at Brachs for $6!!! (Costco is selling the Yehuda matzos for $8.50). At these prices the Yehuda matzos are truly Lechem Oiny and the hand Shmura are Lechem Ashir.
Please post here if you find reasonable priced hand Shmura matzos in the 5 towns area - in particular Charadim, which neither Brachs nor Gourmet Glatt appears to be carrying. I really don't want to schlep to Boro Park just to pick up the few pounds that I plan on buying.
re: MartyB
I think it's way too early to be seeing any deals or bargains. I would have waited a week or two since i highly doubt you would end up paying more than you did now.
BTW - I have never ever paid for regular matza, always get it for free with the shopping.
re: njkosher
At Bergen county shul sales, Shatzer matzos, which are superior to Kfar Chabad and Boro Park brands, are going for $19.75/lb. Oy.
re: Kosher Critic
I saw soft Shmura matzah advertised for $16.99/lb. Not sure what the 'regular' price is since I've never bought it before. Just thought it was worth mentioning b/c the regular Shmura matzah is more expensive.
I was always under the impression that the cheaper Shmurah matzohs are produced earlier in the year boxed & stored while the more expensive varieties were made closer to Pesach. We will be Be'H' purchasing this year Shatzer Matzo from our Shul at $19lb that will be baked between Purim & Pesach.
re: bay1
in this economy stores should reflect more the promotions that are given to them by their distributors they get several hundreds of items on special for each yom tov season and actually run specials on maybe 50-100 items and that is if they are a larger store. smaller mom and pops generally do not reflect any promo pricing that they get. the manufacturers and distributors get blamed for overpricing but the stores want to work on their regular margins or more at holiday times. someone just asked me about seeing some jerusalem matzos in stores. this is matzo from last year.non was brought from israel this year because the e.t.a. was the end of march which makes it very difficult to sell in so short a time. when the dairy companies run a sale and put the retail price in the newspaper the stores hate it but it is the best thing for consumers and the store is still getting a fair margin.
re: llevine
Any reason why the matzos made in Israel should be cheaper than the ones made in Boro Park and Wiliamsburg. Are salaries so high here to offset the shipping costs to bring in the Matzos from Israel than the quick truck ride to the tri-state area.
As to taste difference. I could have sworn that the Yehuda machine matzos are made in Israel. Great tasting, so I don't think that Israeli flour is worse tasting than American flour.
Check out the tasting results. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article...
re: MartyB
I think I'm going strictly with Charedim Shmurah this year. one of our cousins always brings his leftover shmurah for the last days and they're always the thinnest best tasting.
Shor Yoshuv is baking at the Tefiret bakery tonight, I'd love to bake my own with them but @ $25 a pound I think my matzah baking days are over
re: MartyB
when I used to have a baking chabura at the Shatzer factory in Brooklyn, I had a nice trade off btw the price, taste and opportunity to bake my own matzah
re: vallevin
chabad are the thickest shmurah matzah I've ever encounterd. While that probably leads to more whole matzahs, I find them difficult to chew at the seder, especially with the time and amount to be eaten at the seder
KRM Kollel has a full page ad in the 5 Towns Jewish Times. There they advertise American Hand Matzo starting at $9.99 ($10?)/lb and imported Hand Matzos starting at $8.99 ($9)/lb. They also advertise that they carry Chareidim whole and broken, so if you like the taste of Chareidim, you can save a few dollars by buying some of it broken.
Just came from Brachs, the Rokeach matzos that were $8/lb last year are now going for an astounding price of $22/lb!! I thought it was bad enough that Gourmet Glatt was charging $17/lb. I bought one pound of it last year for $8/lb and thought that I overpaid because it was so bad. Just goes to show that for Pesach one must do comparison shopping and shop at multiple stores. Prices are all over the place.
Just came back from KRM in Boro Park. I can't believe my luck, two, not one, but two cars pulled out on KRM's block right in front of me, back to back. You have to know Boro Park to begin to appreciate the parking luck that I experienced today. Anyway, I bought Chareidim shmura matzo for $18/lb. Chickened out of buying the broken for, I think $14/lb, since I bought only 4 pounds this year vs my usual 10 pounds so I didn't want to be penny wise and pound foolish.
I went with my son-in-law and his comments from the quick run through was, prices in Brachs are better or at least similiar so we bought just the matzos and left.
re: MartyB
it's not worth it for me to go to Boro Park just for the charedim matzah. I'll pay the extra few bucks at Supersol. I will get a couple of pounds of the broken matzah too.
re: MartyB
my spies have told me it's $20.50 per lb
Drei kashas:
1) So what is a diabetic to do on the sedar when carbs are an issue?
2) Anyone check out the prices for the pesadika (not necessarily glatt-shmura) matzoh at Pomagranite on Coney at L? (My old shul, Cong. Ahavath Shalom with Rabbi Yachnes was on that block...very nice and learned gentleman).
3) Can Mohn be on pesadika matzoh?
re: MoxieBoy
First off, I would say to talk to a Rav. When there are true medical issues, there are generally things that can be done. For instance, the amount of matza one needs to fulfill the halachic obligation is really much less than most people running halachic seders say it is; certainly as a diabetic, I would think you would only be bound to eat the absolute minimal amount. Same for the wine/grape juice, which is also carbs, of course. (And if it's considered a life-threatening issue, perhaps you would be excused from some of the matza/wine totally.) Second, I would recommend going for whole wheat matza, as the extra fiber will bring down the carb numbers a bit more.
As far as the question about "mohn," if you are referring to poppy seeds, I believe they are considered kitniyot and not eaten by Ashkenazim.


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I press V for enemy nameplates.
Does anybody else suffer from their view being obstructed while tanking? As a human paladin, when I'm right there in the middle of the action, I have problems losing site of my targets. All I see are explosions, area effects, smoke, flashes, etc. Once I think I have everything under control, I hear somebody yell out in vent that somethings on them.
Does anybody have any good tips on how to reduce these effects? I don't want it all gone; I just want to see what is going on
Thank you!
I press V for enemy nameplates.
Just to followup on this - I'm curious if it's possible to turn down spell/graphics effects somewhat, without losing the ability to still see that spells/effects are being cast / ground effects/etc ?
Just wondering as I've heard that this might improve overall game performance as well..?
What settings do most tanks run with? Is there a 'sweet spot' for the video settings that works well with tanking on an average PC ?
Made the mistake of having the lowest graphic setting for Grob one time and I couldnt see the poison clouds so I had to guess when to move him. Id suggest about the middle of the spell detail slider.
We use the lowest graphics on Sarth 3D. It means all you see are teeny graphics on breaths, and HUGE BLUE VOID ZONES. It helped those in our guild who had trouble with VZs avoid popping up on our Pally tank's Fail-o-meter.
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Grades: PK - 8 | 464 students
Warren-Walker School, whose original campus in Point Loma overlooks the Pacific Ocean, has been a part of the San Diego community since 1932.
We have more than 83 years of experience in providing an enriching, inviting, and caring environment for learning and growing.
Today, Warren-Walker has two Lower school campuses for Pk-5th, located in Point Loma and La Mesa, and a third campus for Middle School 6th-8th in Mission Valley.
La Mesa Lower School is located at 5150 Wilson Street, La Mesa, CA 92142 Middle School is located at 2231 Camino del Rio South, San Diego, 92108 Beginning in prekindergarten and continuing through eighth grade, small classes, capable and enthusiastic teachers, and lots of student-teacher interaction combine to make Warren-Walker School a very special place for children.
Students receive challenging academic courses carefully balanced by a curriculum that includes special instruction in art, foreign language, physical education, music, the performing arts, and computer and library science.
School Overview
|School Membership(s)School Assoc.
|Other school association(s)
Western States Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)
|Religious Affiliation
|Grades Offered
|Grades Prekindergarten - 8
|Year Founded
Student Body
|Total Students
|464 students
|Student Body Type
|% Students of Color
State avg.: 41%
|Students by Grade
Academics and Faculty
|Total Classroom Teachers
|48 teachers
|Student : Teacher Ratio
National avg.: 13:1
|% Faculty w/Advanced Degree
|Average Class Size
|12 students
|List of Courses Offered
|Link to List of Courses
|Matriculation DataMatric. Data
|Link to Matriculation Data
|Classroom Dress Code
(Uniform for K-8th)
Finances and Admission
|Admission Deadline
|Feb. 1 / rolling
|Yearly Tuition Cost
|Tuition Notes
|Enrollment Fee, Instructional Materials Fee & Activity Fee of $1450 to $2600
|% on Financial Aid
|Admissions Director
|Caroline Fisk
|Total Sports Offered
|12 sports
|Basketball, Cheering, Cross Country, Flag Football, Football, Golf, Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Track and Field, VolleyballBasketball, Cheering,
Cross Country, Flag Football,
Football, Golf,
Lacrosse, Soccer,
Softball, Tennis,
Track and Field, Volleyball,
|Total ExtracurricularsTotal Extra-curric.
|10 extracurriculars
|Band, Boys Scouts, Community Service, Cooking Club, Girl Scouts, Honor Band, Karate - After school, Knitting Club, Student Council, Yoga- After School Band, Boys Scouts, Cooking Club, Girl Scouts, Honor Band, Knitting Club, Community Service,
Karate - After school,
Student Council,
Yoga- After School,
School Notes:
- Specialist Programs
- Spanish (daily)
- Physical Education (daily)
- Art
- Music
- Performing Arts
- Library
- Information Technology
- Instrumental Band Industrial Arts
- Choral
Profile last updated: 03/21/2014
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4764 Santa Monica Ave
San Diego , CA , 92107
(619)758-9424Special Education School0.8 mi | 12 students | Gr. 5-12
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4895 Saratoga Ave
San Diego , CA , 92107
(619)222-7252(Roman Catholic)0.9 mi | 171 students | Gr. K-9
San DiegoThe Rock Academy
2277 Rosecrans St.
San Diego , CA , 92106
(619)764-5200(Christian)1.9 mi | 325 students | Gr. PK-12
San DiegoFoundations Academy
3555 Kenyon St #101
San Diego , CA , 92110
(619)226-6171Special Education School2.3 mi | 10 students | Gr. 2-8
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- August 23, 2013 - I highly recommend Warren-Walker School. The students achieve high expectations and are happy to attend school each day. - Posted by Administrator
- October 27, 2012 - We have two children at Warren Walker, one at La Mesa and one in Middle School. Both are doing extremely well academically and socially, the schools offer a wonderfully complete curriculum with high expectations. The families are involved and very supportive of the school. We are very happy at Warren Walker! - Posted by Parent
- May 01, 2012 - My daughter went all the way through WWS and my son is there now. It is such a wonderful place. The atmosphere is caring, nurturing and safe, as well as very challenging. My kids have loved all of there teachers and enjoy being able to do art, music, drama, and learn a foreign language on a regular basis. We feel really lucky to be a part of the WWS community. - Posted by Parent
- April 09, 2012 - We found that Warren-Walker School is a great combination of challenging academics, great opportunities for development in art, theater, sports, and music, and a place where my kids can get plenty of warm and fuzzies. The folks who run the school bend over backwards to make you feel welcome, and always put the student's needs first. A great community. We love it there! - Posted by Parent
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June 24, 2014
Anglers can fish for free June 7-8
June 3, 2014
Go fish — legally — without a license. Free Fishing Weekend is June 7-8.
During those days, no license will be required to fish or gather shellfish in any waters open to fishing in Washington state.
Lakes stocked for April 26 lowland lakes opener
April 15, 2014
Washington's biggest fishing day of the year — the lowland lakes trout opener — is April 26.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife plans to plant about 16.5 million trout and kokanee in hundreds of lakes.
Those fish include 2.3 million catchable trout, nearly 115,000 jumbo trout weighing up to 11 pounds each and more than 50,000 triploid trout averaging 11 1/2 pounds each.
Beaver Lake will get 1,200 large hatchery rainbow trout for Aug. 21
August 16, 2013
NEW – 5:45 p.m. Aug. 16, 2013
Get out your fishing pole. It will soon be time to catch large trout in Beaver Lake, thanks to the release of about 1,200 hatchery rainbows averaging about 1 pound each.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is scheduled to release the fish Aug. 20. The agency will close the Beaver Lake access site at sunset Aug. 19 and reopen the site at sunrise Aug. 21. Beaver Lake, however, will remain open to fishing while the access site is closed.
The trout are part of an educational display at the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery.
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We live during some of the most turbulent times. And political candidates
are using family values as a campaign issue. One need only look at the
breakdown of the nuclear family and the people who are being born without ever
having a chance to experience that feeling of a nuclear family. It is as if we
are existing in an era when there is no code of honor. No common courtesy. No
respect. No brotherhood. Consequently, Madison Avenue and society feverishly
look for a person who can be the guy on the white horse wearing a white hat.
The obvious choices have become politicians and even sports figures. One only
need look at the Glen Robinson situation to see the hunger for a role model to
surface in our area.
Recently the newspaper printed a name that was the true impetus behind this
letter. Roy Dominguez is the epitome of what a man should be. His parents and
family must be awful glad of "Mijo." He is like the ballplayer that is
described as having the "full package." Where the ballplayer is described as
having speed, power, good glove etc., Roy is honest, dedicated, intelligent,
classy and has his heart in the right place.
Dominguez ran one of the best and toughest campaigns this past May in his
bid to become Lake County sheriff and earned the respect of the political
kingpins. In Lake County the true test of a man's worth is his ability to
garner votes. Maybe it's a little cynical, but it's true. Dominguez has gone to
the mountain since the mountain didn't come to him. Most lawyers or men from
the academic world are reluctant to take off the gloves and do battle in the
precincts, but not Dominguez. My only hope is that Gov. Bayh looks over his
impeccable record and appoints him to the Superior Court bench. He would be an
excellent role model for the people in East Chicago.
Ricardo Moreno
East Chicago
My letter is in response to the letter from Jodi Louth, the director for
Citizens for Human Animal Treatment. I wonder why groups like hers stretch and
twist the truth to confuse the real issue at hand. Is it because the real truth
will work against them?
First, the morning dove is not the dove of peace. The dove of peace and love
is the white dove, not the grey morning dove! She also states that doves in two
states cannot be hunted. Then you must be able to hunt them in the other 48,
Then she says the state is sponsoring this so-called massacre. These birds
are fast flying and quick. On an average, only one bird is killed for each six
shots fired by an experienced hunter, not someone who is just learning of the
great outdoors and respect for the bounty that nature has given to us.
She talks about tax dollars, but again fails to tell the whole truth.
Hunters have to buy a hunting license, the special stamps costing $50 or more.
Hunters also have to pay 11 percent special tax on all guns and ammunition they
buy that is used to fund all state and federal parks amounting to millions of
dollars each year. How much money does her group donate to help wildlife?
I have hunted since I was 9 years old and my two teenage daughters and
pre-teen son hunt with me. I have never seen them squeal with glee nor have
they heard me cheering them on when they are with me - they show great respect
for the outdoors and things we do. They are not being de-sensitized but
learning what life really is about.
In 1935 another person told half truths and said the year will go down in
history. For the first time a civilized nation had full gun registration - its
streets would be safer, its police more efficient and the world would follow
its lead into the future. His name ... Adolph Hitler.
Give all the facts and all the truths, Louth.
Bob Eshelman
I want to thank The Times' tremendously skilled photography staff
including Yvette Dostani, Mike Zajakowski, John Watkins, Geoffrey Black, and
Jill Sagers for volunteering their time, knowledge and sweat in making the
Eyes of Gary photography class for grade school children a great success.
These talented photographers helped provide a shining light, except in the
darkroom, for all the children who participated. They received very positive
reinforcement as they learned and developed.
I am so thankful that they participated and look forward to the next Eyes
of Gary. Just as this note was sent via computer, perhaps we will be able to
demonstrate digital photography using computers the next time. Thanks again.
Ron Seman
Thanks to Northwest Indiana Regional Planning Commission our area is about
to step up to the federal money trough. This time, it's to feed on $10 million
in Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act funds provided annually by
the highway administration for development of "alternative" transportation modes
The Clean Air Act mandates that areas in "non-attainment" on ozone emissions
reduce local automobile use. ISTEA provides funds to develop bike/hike trails
as one way to accomplish this. According to NIRPC, men in business suits,
secretaries in flowing skirts and steelworkers in metatarsal boots would pedal
to work each day, come rain or shine, if only they had a trail.
The 1990 census claimed more than 300,000 people daily travel from home to
work in Northwest Indiana. Of that number, only 500 of them do so by bicycle.
In statistical terms, the percentage of bicyclers to drivers is insignificant.
Yet local governments are encouraged to spend $42 million in federal money over
the next 20 years for trails along abandoned railroad corridors.
Even NIRPC concedes trail development will be extremely difficult to
accomplish. According to them, "Many landowners whose properties adjoin
abandoned railroad rights-of-way have shown that they are rightful heirs to
easement rights granted to (the railroad) a century ago ..." How does NIRPC
propose to divest these people of their property?
One NIRPC official recently lamented the general lack of support for the
bikeways plan outside Northwest Indiana's recreational biking community. I
remarked he shouldn't be surprised. If a responsible local government official
was given the choice between projects that are revenue generating (property
taxes), or revenue spending (trail maintenance, liability insurance and law
enforcement costs), which should the taxpayer expect him/her to choose?
Joanna Waugh


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"In whatever arena of life one may meet the challenge of courage, whatever may be the sacrifices he faces if he follows his conscience – the loss of his friends, his fortune, his contentment, even the esteem of his fellow men – each man must decide for himself the course he will follow."
The Newton county town of Mansfield has always been a charming little place that most people just drive through on their way to somewhere else.
Two weeks ago we editorialized that the Newton County Board of Commissioners should show some leadership, define the county's form of government, and identify its true manager. The BOC held a workshop on the topic, but left the meeting without a solution, or even clarity on how Newton County should be led.
The recent loan from Newton County Chairman Keith Ellis on behalf of Newton County to Commissioner J.C. Henderson was a huge problem for our local government.
Thank you John Middleton for your 14 years of service as Newton County's Manager.
Covington has a problem. And a cure.
At Tuesday night's Board of Commissioners meeting, three members of the board voted to put in place a partial spending freeze and a hiring freeze.
This is not going to be the best of years for the Newton County School System.
By now, we should not be surprised by the goings on at Porterdale City Council meetings. At Jan. 13's work session City Manager Tom Fox warned the council about future budget shortfalls if more expenses were not cut or if revenue did not increase. He further pointed out to the council that the 2010 shortfall was the equivalent of the salaries of five full-time employees.
After all of that doom and gloom, plus much more, the council told Fox to put merit raises for eight city employees on the consent agenda for the February meeting.
In our opinion one of the greatest Southern humorists of all time was Lewis Grizzard.
He loved Georgia and especially the University of Georgia. In his short life - he was only 48 when he died of heart complications he authored 25 books, thousands of columns and was the sports editor of the Atlanta journal by age 23.
This is a week of excitement, of change, of new beginnings. We celebrate the peaceful exchange of power. We place the hopes of our future and our children's future on the shoulders of an untried new leader, but a leader who is filled with enthusiasm and optimism.
We celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. this week. Dr. King was a great, but not a perfect, man.
Four years ago there was a major outcry from liberal newspaper and television stations in this country that the Bush administration was spending $42 million on his inauguration. This year's inauguration is estimated to cost close to $150 million.
Many of our husbands, fathers, sons and brothers in the military will soon ship out for training for Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
Many of our husbands, fathers, sons and brothers in the military will soon ship out for training for Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
In our Wednesday edition we had a thorough story on what our local state representatives' plans were for this upcoming session.
In our Wednesday edition we had a thorough story on what our local state representatives' plans were for this upcoming session.
We are sad to see the Goody's store here in Covington close. It has been a mainstay of local shopping for years.
Not only is this a loss for local consumers, but also it is a major loss of tax revenue for local government.
We had the opportunity to visit with Dr. Roderick Sams the principal of Newton High School this week. For those of you who have not had an opportunity to meet Dr. Sams we encourage you to do so.
We continue to think he is a breath of fresh air in the education system and will be the change agent that Newton High needs. We also took a tour of the school and it was refreshing to see a clean environment and happy smiling faces of students, who showed respect and discipline.
In addition to celebrating the peaceful transition of our presidency and celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. this past week, our community took the time to honor some of our outstanding residents.
First, Doug Bolton and the Rev. Willie J. Smith were honored with the prestigious "I Have a Dream Award."
In our opinion one of the greatest Southern humorists of all time was Lewis Grizzard.
A new year comes with new resolutions. We would like to take a moment to encourage our local county government to take up this New Year's Resolution for 2009.
For a person to spend 10 years doing anything is a major milestone.


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Baddest Man Alive
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Never Give Up On Your Hallucinations
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Quentin Tarantino presents The Man With The Iron Fists, an action-adventure inspired by kung-fu classics as interpreted by his longtime collaborators RZA and Eli Roth. Making his debut as a big-screen director, co-writer and leading man, RZA, alongside an exciting international cast led by Russell Crowe and Lucy Liu, tells the epic story of warriors, assassins and a lone outsider hero who all descend on one fabled village in China for a winner-takes-all battle for a fortune in gold.
Blending astonishing martial-arts sequences from some of the masters of this world with the signature vision he brings as the leader of the Wu-Tang Clan and as one of hip-hop's most dominant figures of the past two decades, RZA embarks upon his most ambitious, stylized and thrilling project to date. In addition to Crowe and Liu, the cast is rounded out by Rick Yune, Jamie Chung, Cung Le, Dave Bautista, Byron Mann, Daniel Wu and Pam Grier.
The film's accompanying soundtrack features all new exclusive music from a handful of artists from the Wu-Tang camp including RZA himself, Ghostface Killah, Method Man and Raekwon as well as Kanye West, Corrine Bailey Rae, The Black Keys, Pusha T and Mabel John among others!
Track Listing:
1. The Black Keys / RZA - The Baddest Man Alive
2. Ghostface Killah / M.O.P. / Pharoahe Monch - Black Out
3. Kanye West - White Dress
4. The Revelations feat. Tre Williams - I Forgot To Be Your Lover
5. Idle Warship [Talib Kweli and RES] - Get Your Way (Sex as a Weapon)
6. The Wu-Tang Clan / Kool G Rap - Rivers of Blood
7. Method Man / Freddie Gibbs / StreetLife - Built for This
8. Killa Sin - The Archer
9. RZA / Flatbush Zombies - Just Blowin' In The Wind
10. Corinne Bailey Rae - Chains
11. Pusha T / Raekwon / Joell Ortiz / Danny Brown - Tick, Tock
12. Frances Yip - Green is the Mountain
13. The Wu-Tang Clan - Six Directions of Boxing
14. Mable John - Your Good Thing (Is About To End)
15. Wiz Khalifa / Ghostface Killah / Boy Jones - I Go Hard
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Turn Blue was recorded at Sunset Sound in Hollywood during the summer of 2013 with
additional recording done at the Key Club in Benton Harbor, MI and Auerbachs Easy Eye
Sound in Nashville in early 2014. Of the new album, the band says Turn Blue could refer to:
A: Suffocation
B: Sadness
C: Numbness from extreme cold
D: A Cleveland late night TV host from the 1960s named Ghoulardi
E: All of the above
Moreover, Carney comments, We are always trying to push ourselves when we make a
recordnot repeat our previous work but not abandon it either. On this record, we let the songs
breathe and explored moods, textures and sounds. Were excited for the world to hear Turn
This is the eighth full-length album from the duo and follows 2011s critically and commercially
acclaimed El Camino, which is now certified RIAA Platinum. Internationally, El Camino is Gold
in Belgium, Spain, Italy and Holland; Platinum in Ireland, France and the U.K.; and double
Platinum in Australia, Canada and New Zealand. The record also resulted in three awards at the
55th annual Grammy AwardsBest Rock Performance, Best Rock Song, and Best Rock Album.
The band now has a total of six Grammy Awards including three in 2010 for their breakout,
RIAA Platinum album, Brothers.
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Track Listing:
1. Weight of Love
2. In Time
3. Turn Blue
4. Fever
5. Year in Review
6. Bullet in the Brain
7. It's Up to You Now
8. Waiting on Words
9. 10 Lovers
10. In Our Prime
11. Gotta Get Away
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1. Lonely Boy
2. Run Right Back
For this album, however, the Black Keys decided not to go it alone: Attack and Release is the result of one of the most audacious and eagerly awaited collaborations in alternative rock history. As producer, Auerbach and Carney chose Danger Mouse, the mega-eclectic sonic mastermind behind the Grammy Award-winning Gnarls Barkley's St. Elsewhere and its multi-format hit, Crazy, as well as the music-industry provocateur who created the mother of all mash-ups, The Grey Album. The Black Keys also deigned to work at an established studio, albeit one within driving distance of Akron. Suma Recording, a legendary spot in northeast Ohio renowned for its supply of great vintage gear, provided just the right ambience for the guys. As Carney put it, with genuine affection, Suma smells like a moldy cabin and looks like a haunted house.
On Attack and Release, Danger Mouse is more creative co-conspirator than traditional figure behind the boards. He doesn't radically alter the duo's sound so much as coax out more of its inherent soulfulness, groove and bittersweet emotion. Two versions of Remember When illustrate how the duo can swing easily from smoldering ballad to thrashing rocker. I'm more pleased with the sound of this record than any one we've ever made, says Carney, and Auerbach concurs: We never let it all go like we did for this one, anything was game. It was just fun to make, and that's why I think it's so successful. The band adds more instrumentation to their mix, including piano, organ and moog synthesizer. Danger Mouse fashions subtle special effects, like the ghostly background choir that surfaces on the moody I Got Mine, which sounds as if it were samples from some old Warner Bros. cartoon. The Black Keys also invited in a few special guests: guitarist Marc Ribot and clarinetist-flautist (and Pat's uncle) Ralph Carney, both veterans of Tom Waits' band and players on countless avant-rock/jazz/noise session. Jessica Lea Mayfield a/k/a Chittlin, an impressive 18 year-old bluegrass/country singer from Kent, Ohio, sings alongside a heart-breakingly plaintive Auerbauch on the slow-dance final cut, Things Ain't Like They Used to Be
Track Listing:
1. All You Ever Wanted
2. I Got Mine
3. Strange Times
4. Psychotic Girl
5. Lies
6. Remember When (Side A)
7. Remember When (Side B)
8. Same Old Thing
9. So He Won't Break
10. Oceans & Streams
11. Things Ain't Like They Used to Be
7" Vinyl Single - Sealed
The Baddest Man Alive comes courtesy of the Wu-Tang Clans RZA and Akrons hottest export since rubber, The Black Keys. The lead-off and stand out track from the Man With The Iron Fists Soundtrack combines stomping hip hop rhythms and flow with fuzzy blues guitars and solid yet somehow unhinged drum beats. This truly epic coming together of a hip hop legend and a pair of reigning rock royalty is now available on seven-inch vinyl, fea- turing the unreleased (until now) instrumental version of the track as a B-side. The special vinyl offering is must-have companion piece for any fan of the film; its equally potent soundtrack and film score, or the die-hard Wu-Tang or Black Keys completionist.
Track Listing:
1. The Baddest Man Alive
2. Instrumental
Vinyl LP - 2 LPs Sealed
The maturation of the Black Keys as record makers and performers has been both subtle and startling. With their 2008 Nonesuch release Attack & Release, the fifth album of their eight-year career which doubled the sales of their previous album and Nonesuch debut Magic Potion, guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney illustrated the durability of their few-frills sound, a mysterious and heavy brew of '70s-vintage rock, classic R&B and timeless, downhearted blues. Producer and pal Danger Mouse, their first outside collaborator, didn't try to reinvent their sound but further isolated its essence with the help of a few carefully chosen guest players and some retro-modern electronic gear. It didn't need to get slicker to get better, or, as the Boston Globe put it, Attack & Release proves that cleaning up the boys still won't stop them from tracking mud all over the house.
Danger Mouse returned to co-produce Tighten Up on Brothers, but for the most part, the duo was on its own, spending ten days at the legendary Muscle Shoals studio in Alabama and coming up with the an even more intensely focused, deeply soulful set that includes a cover of Jerry Butler's Never Gonna Give You Up. The performances are inventive and impassioned: Auerbach extends his vocal range to falsetto on lead-off track Everlasting Light and The Only One; Howlin' For You opens with a Gary Glitter-style drum riff and the chorus practically invites singing along. The tunes offer a surprising amount of lyrical candor and more than a little dark humor; the grooves alternate between ballsy swagger and bluesy rumination. The album reflects where Auerbach and Carney have been lately, most recently collaborating with a who's who of New York City MC's, including RZA, Q Tip, Mos Def and Raekwon on the 2009 BlakRocBlack Keys fan Damon Dash. They've also pursued projects on their own, Auerbach with his solo Keep It Hid album and tour, Carney with his band Drummer and its debut disc, Feels Good Together. Their maturation didn't happen just in the studio, though. Carney admits, Dan and I grew up a lot as individuals and musicians prior to making this album. Our relationship was tested in many ways but at the end of the day, we're brothers, and I think these songs reflect that. super-session organized by hip-hop impresario and
Brothers was primarily cut in Muscle Shoals, a setting that turned out to have more in common with the Akron, Ohio factories where the Black Keys used to record. The place was desolate, the town depressed, so once again the duo slipped into a world all its own. They did additional recording at Auerbach's Easy Eye Sound System in Akron and The Bunker in Brooklyn. The album was mixed by engineer Tchad Blake, a veteran of sessions with Los Lobos, Pearl Jam and Peter Gabriel. Says Carney, The way he approaches mixing is the same way we approach making music. Respecting the past while being in the present..
Track Listing:
1. Everlasting Light
2. Next Girl
3. Tighten Up
4. Howlin' For You
5. She's Long Gone
6. Black Mud
7. The Only One
8. Too Afraid To Love
9. Ten Cent Pistol
10. Sinister Kid
11. The Go Getter
12. I'm Not The One
13. Unknown Brother
14. Never Gonna Give You Up
15. These Days
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
Vinyl LP + CD - Sealed
A band already at the top of its game has gotten even better. And The Black Keys have done pretty damn well so far this year, with three 2011 Grammy awards for Brothers under their belt, an MTV Video Music Award for "Tighten Up," more than 850,000 copies of Brothers sold in the U.S., and upwards of a million units worldwide, plus innumerable licensing placements in film, TV, and commercials. El Camino features one stand-out track after another, such as first single "Lonely Boy," "Gold on the Ceiling," and the surprising, acoustic-guitar-driven, tempo-shifting "Little Black Submarines."
"This record is more straight ahead rock and roll raw, driving, and back to basics," says Auerbach. As Carney has put it, The Black Keys "respect the past while being in the present," and that formula has made them sound like nothing less than the future of rock and roll. While the largely self-produced Brothers, recorded at the famed Muscle Shoals Studio in Alabama, had a more soul and blues-oriented sound, El Camino often recalls the blitzkrieg-paced British-style rock of the 1960s and 70s, post-Beatles and pre-punk: artists like T-Rex, The Sweet, and Gary Glitter, along with the heavier swing of such bands as Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.
The references are there, but the sound is very much contemporary and utterly their own, equally informed by The Black Keys' passion for hip hop and R&B and bolstered by the atmospheric production approach of Danger Mouse (a.k.a. Brian Burton), who was behind the boards for 2008's Attack & Release and collaborated with them on the funky "Tighten Up" for Brothers. As Auerbach notes, "Brian understands all the different kinds of music we're into. He's got really great ideas about melody and song structure. For him it's all about the song." Also rejoining them is consistently innovative mixing engineer Tchad Blake, who Auerbach calls "a genius with audio, a complete wizard."
El Camino arrives just in time to serve as the ideal holiday gift for The Black Keys' rapidly growing fan base. It came together quickly in an unfettered burst of creativity by the hard-charging pair. They recorded these 11 tracks between tour dates for Brothers at Auerbach's new Easy Eye Studio in Nashville, where he and Carney have now relocated after years of working in their native Akron, Ohio. The duo plans to embark on a six week European Tour at the start of the New Year, with U.S. dates to follow shortly thereafter-including several arenas.
In a time of global austerity, The Black Keys work simply and efficiently, with a minimum of tools and a wealth of ideas, to produce the richest, fattest, coolest music around. Upon the release of Brothers last year, Britain's Uncut magazine called them "one of the best rock'n'roll bands on the planet," and El Camino, confirms that.
Track Listing:
1. Lonely Boy
2. Dead And Gone
3. Gold On The Ceiling
4. Little Black Submarines
5. Money Maker
6. Run Right Back
7. Sister
8. Hell Of A Season
9. Stop Stop
10. Nova Baby
11. Mind Eraser
Keep It Hid was produced and engineered by Auerbach at his studio, Akron Analog and features him playing a variety of instruments, including drums, guitar, percussion and keyboards. Many of Auerbachs friends and family play on the album, including his uncle James Quine, who contributes vocal harmony and electric guitar on the track Street Walkin. Other musicians include fellow Ohioans Jessica Lea Mayfield, who sings on the track When the Night Comes, and Bob Cesare, who plays drums on Whispered Words, a song originally written by Auerbachs father. Of the recording process Auerbach states, I wanted a live, organic sound. Nothing was too plotted or planned, just a lot of spontaneity. The record was mixed by Auerbachs good friend Mark Neill at Neills Soil of the South studio.
With his Black Keys bandmate Patrick Carney, Auerbach has recorded five critically acclaimed full-length albums, beginning with 2002s The Big Come Up. In 2008, Attack & Release debuted on the Billboard Top 200 chart at #14, marking The Black Keys highest position to date. The New York Times called it a savage, bitter concoction built on a snarling punk-rock riff, while the Los Angeles Times called it without doubt the Keys most dynamic effort yet. Auerbach also has been busy with his own record label, Polymer Sounds, for which he produced the 2008 debut from Jessica Lea Mayfield, With Blasphemy, So Heartfelt; Pitchfork praised Mayfields album as fascinating and endlessly listenable.
Track Listing:
1. Trouble Weighs a Ton
2. I Want Some More
3. Heartbroken, in Disrepair
4. Because I Should
5. Whispered Words
6. Real Desire
7. When the Night Comes
8. Mean Monsoon
9. The Prowl
10. Keep It Hid
11. My Last Mistake
12. When I Left the Room
13. Street Walkin'
14. Goin' Home
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl 45 RPM LP - 2 LPs Sealed
The follow-up to 2003's breakthrough release Thickfreakness, Rubber Factory features more of The Black Keys' signature hybrid of rough rock n' roll and electric blues via Akron, Ohio. Their sincere approach to the juke-joint blues is made that much more effective by the soulful vocals of Dan Auerbach which fit in brilliantly with the fuzzed-out guitar licks and Patrick Carney's no-frills drumming. The Black Keys are as true to their roots as they are to tradition and it works to perfection here.
Track Listing:
1. When The Lights Go Out
2. 10 A.M. Automatic
3. Just Couldn't Tie Me Down
4. All Hands Against His Own
5. The Desperate Man
6. Girl Is On My Mind
7. The Lengths
8. Grown So Ugly
9. Stack Shot Billy
10. Act Nice and Gentle
11. Aeroplane Blues
12. Keep Me
13. Till I Get My Way
Colored Vinyl LP - 2 LPs Sealed
Features renditions of some of the band's best known songs such as the smash hit singles "Lonely Boy," "Tighten Up" and "Gold On The Ceiling" plus fan favorites "Howlin For You," "Everlasting Light," "Next Girl" and more! Mastered by Brian Lucey, who also mastered The Black Keys newest album El Camino!
Track Listing:
1. Lonely Boy - Iggy Pop & Ginger Baker
2. Tighten Up - Walter Trout
3. Girl Is On My Mind - Mike Zito & Cyril Neville
4. Gold On The Ceiling - Tab Benoit
5. I Got Mine - Leslie West
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10. Everlasting Light - Pat Travers
11. Chop And Change - Larry McCray
12. Little Black Submarines - Devon Allman & Mani Neumeier
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Monday, June 09, 2014
The Railway Man
Description: Colin Firth portrays World War II prisoner of war survivor Eric Lomax, who years later attempted to reconcile with the past that haunted him by tracking down one of his Japanese captors. In the film, Nicole Kidman portrays his second wife Patti and Stellan Skarsgård portrays his best friend Finlay. Watch The Railway Man movie trailer for an overview of the movie's interpretation of the story, which was adapted from Lomax's book of the same name.
Based on Eric Lomax's memoir The Railway Man, the film is often difficult to watch, but absolutely moving.
I've added the book to my wishlist, but I'm still processing the film version right now.
All of the actors did an excellent job, and this is just one of the remarkable stories about survival in these camps and the effects that follow throughout the lives of the survivors.
With Memorial Day and the anniversary of D Day just past, the film may have carried extra impact for me as far as being eternally grateful for those men in service of their country.
Images of POWs from Japanese camps.
In 2011, I read Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, the story of Loui Zamperini, the Olympic runner/Army Air Corps bombardier, who survived horrific conditions in Japanese POW camps. (my review).
Unbroken will also be released as a movie, possibly in December.
(duplicate post on my other blog)
5 comments:
- Literary Feline said...
I am looking forward to reading Unbroken later this year. Probably closer to the movie release date. Maybe.
I really want to see Railway Man. I only recently learned of the book, but now I want to read that too!
- June 09, 2014 6:58 PM
- Melody said...
War films always have an emotional impact on me; I guess that's because my grandmother survived the WWII when the Japanese invaded our country and I'd heard some horror stories from her.
Still, I think we all have something to learn from the history. I'll have to check out that movie. Thanks for the review!!
- June 10, 2014 3:05 AM
- jenclair said...
Wendy - I want to see Unbroken, and at the same time, I wonder if I will be able to stand it. I had to stop reading the book several times.
I want to read Railway Man, too, after seeing the film. I know that there are differences in the film version.
Melody - I agree that we have something to learn from history, and in the story of Eric Lomax, something to learn about forgiveness.
- June 10, 2014 7:54 AM
- thinkinginfragments said...
I have avoided this film because my Dad was one of those men in the picture, although he was in Korea rather than in Burma. The men who went to Burma were in the first detachment sent out from Singapore, those that went to Korea in the second. I am glad though that some attention is being given to their suffering because in the UK at least they tend to get forgotten in the concentration on the European war.
- June 12, 2014 11:57 AM
- jenclair said...
Whoa. I can certainly understand your not wanting to see the film! The POWs in the Asian war had a much higher rate of suicide post-war than those who were held in German camps. The brutality was unimaginable. That is why I don't think I can see the film of Unbroken, the details were so horrifying.
- June 12, 2014 12:06 PM


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- One does know a priori, by philosophical analysis, that if such an identity statement is true it is necessarily true.
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Marikina Infanta Motorcycle Road Trip (Marcos Highway; Marikina City to Infanta Quezon)
Safe motorcycle riding is more fun in the Philippines
This is Marcos Highway / Marikina-Infanta road. I'd like to share my experiences traversing this road as of March 2012. A scenic drive, it offers spectacular views of the Sierra Madre Mountain range as well as the Laguna Bay. Why the name Marikina-Infanta road on most maps? simple, the road begins at Marikina City, Metro Manila and ends at the municipality of Infanta, Quezon province. It's just one road all the way.
The road is now approximately 97 percent complete, thanks to DPWH. The entire stretch from Marikina to Quezon is passable but I hope it would be 100 percent complete so that the entire route can be utilized to its full potential.
I used EveryTrail GPS to track my journey. I forgot to turn it on, good thing I noticed it when I was still at the area of Robinson's Metro East, Pasig. For map details, please visit my EveryTrail page at:
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I'll share more details on the latter part (countryside) of the highway which is past Barangay San Jose in Antipolo Rizal.
This is the bridge after the Cogeo area at Marcos Highway, Antipolo Rizal. I think most motorists would agree with me that there are lots of obstructions (traffic, road problems) up to this part of the highway. There are less obstructions starting from this bridge, justa few small town areas.
Puting bato area, Marcos Highway.
uphill to Baras, Rizal. Saw several bicycle riders.
Garden Cottages Nature Park and Residential Estate, Marcos Highway, Baras, Rizal.
Can't help but be amazed of the views.
Zigzag roads, Tanay Rizal Area, along kilometer 50 post.
Look at those trees…
Sierra Madre Mountain Resort, Marcos Highway, Tanay Rizal.
Pranjetto Hills Hotel and Resort, Tanay Rizal
Road straight (double yellow line) leads to Tanay Adventure Camp and University of Rizal Main Campus. Road to right (Marcos Highway; double orange line) leads to Sampaloc Town Proper. There are two gasoline stations at Sampaloc, Tanay: Flying V and Shell. These are the last gasoline stations en route to Infanta. There's no gas station for the next 80 kilometers.
1st road obstruction that I've encountered, at Barangay Jose Laurel, Santa Maria, Laguna. The right side of the road collapsed on the ravine below and less than one-half of the original paved road is passable. Motorcycles can pass at the left side. Trucks won't fit. The sight of the ravine is somewhat acrophobic as shown in the picture below.
2nd road obstruction, still at Santa Maria, Laguna, one lane of paved road is passable.
3rd road obstruction, the 1st unpaved, off-road portion. Looks easy on the picture but it was challenging on the actual scale, especially if you have a bike designed for paved roads. Based on my odometer, this first unpaved portion is approximately 400 meters long.
The road is paved again after 200 meters of rough road, and it's much better.
One of the few waterfalls that can be seen alongside the road.
Kilometer 100 post, at Real, Quezon. There's a restaurant near this area.
More mountain views, Rizal province is now at the farthest part of the photo.
More roads up
on the way to the Summit. The place looks similar to Baguio and the climate is very cold.
one of the views at the Summit, elevation 762 meters or 2,500 feet above sea level. No cellular phone signal. I was just running at around 40 kph because of the strong winds.
start of the descent. Check brakes, the roads are really steep.
I got dizzy on this downward portion. The cars were going up at around 10 kph because of the road gradient of approx. 40 degrees.
a piece of advice, never ignore the road signs, watch out for falling rocks. There are signs on critical parts of the road, specifying if the approach is ascending, descending, sharp curve, etc.
All of the bridges are now complete.
4th road obstruction, 2nd unpaved road portion with a length of approximately 450 meters.
When you see "Agos" River with the blue water as shown in the picture, it means that you're already near Infanta, Quezon.
Barangay Magsaysay, Marcos Highway, Infanta, Quezon. The 1st barangay after the countryside.
At last, the edge of Marcos Highway, Marikina – Infanta Road. 120 kilometers from SM City Marikina (140 from Rizal Park, Manila) The Infanta town marker can be seen on the photo's background. The road straight ahead is the Siniloan-Famy-Real-Infanta road, leading to General Luna Street on the Infanta town proper.
Welcome arch, approaching Infanta via Siniloan-Famy-Real-Infanta road.
I went to Barangay Dinahican Fish Port at General Luna Street, at the edge of the map. Another 15 kilometers from the town marker.
Infanta Fish Port
Petron Gasoline Station at Dinahican, Infanta, Quezon. There are five gasoline stations in Infanta. Three Petron gas stations, one Caltex at the town proper, and one Flying V. (The Shell gas station was closed)
I took a rest. I went to Cote d' Azur beach resort near the fish port.
The Pacific Ocean beach at Infanta Quezon. (somewhat muddy)
On my way back to Manila, I decided to try the Siniloan-Famy-Real-Infanta road and I regret it somehow. It's the road on the left, with the tricycles passing by. The road on the right is Marcos Highway where I came from. The portion at Real Quezon is okay, but when the ascending part begins, the road starts becoming terrible. There were so many potholes and the like along the way. Some parts of the road were being rehabilitated, one lane passable, and it was really muddy.
Marcos Highway signage on the way back to Manila.
Siniloan-Famy-Real-Infanta road signage on the way back to Manila.
Boundary of Real and Infanta Quezon. (Manila bound)
It took me three hours one way. I was running at about 40 kph on some portions because of the strong winds and slippery road surfaces. I recommend bringing along a raincoat because it keeps on raining on some of the mountainous portions. Also, tire grip is very important. It is not advisable to traverse these roads if a bike has worn out tires. Motorcycling and sight-seeing is indeed more fun in the Philippines.
Marikina Shoe Museum
The Marikina Shoe Museum, located at J.P. Rizal Street, showcases the 800 pairs of the Imelda Marcos Shoe Collection, as well as other shoes of historical significance such as that of President Roxas, Magsaysay and others. Formerly a military barracks and a rice mill (Tuazon Rice Mill), the building was converted into a museum by then Mayor Bayani Fernando. On the shoe museum, visitors can also see the historical evolution of the Marikina Shoe Industry as depicted by manequins in various scenes and settings. Entrance fee is 50 pesos and the museum is open Mondays through Sundays from 8 am to 5 pm.
Marikina Cultural Center
Marikina Cultural Center (Sentrong Pang-Kultura ng Marikina)
Located at J.P. Rizal Street, Sta. Elena, Marikina City, this is the ancestral house of Don Laureano (Kapitan Moy) Guevarra, the father of the Marikina Shoe Industry. Formerly the Kapitan Moy Elementary School, it was converted by the Mayor Bayane Fernando into a museum and cultural restaurant back in the 90's. The second floor of the ancestral house can be rented for various events like debuts, wedding reception, and the like.


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Penny49 Wrote:
Dec 11, 2012 5:48 PM
Don't fool yourself the death counseling of seniors has already started. The hospital appointed doctor took it upon himself to discontinue my 91 year old mother-in-law's IV. This was done after the family specifically said they wanted the IV to continue so she wouldn't dehydrate (which is a horrible way to die). The families wishes were ignored and my mother-in-law died. This is not an isolated case. The general feeling is "their going to die anyway why not speed it along with a little help (or neglect)" I'm sorry I believe when a person comes to the end of their life they need to not be FORCED to die from starvation and dehydration. They deserve respect and consideration.