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In the last month, some Montgomery County students have made threats to school safety, harassed their principals and teachers, made racial comments and bullied their peers — yet some of them have gone unpunished.
Principals, parents and police say they can do only so much when the comments are being made anonymously on Twitter.
Following a nationwide trend, students in Montgomery County Public Schools have created anonymous Twitter accounts to post thoughts about their schools and classmates. Many tell their peers to send them comments they want posted on their page through a profile they create on another social media site, such as Ask.fm.
It's one of the newest outlets students are using to cyberbully, or harass one another electronically. Cyberbullying is a concern nationwide; Maryland just passed a law making cyberbullying a crime.
Although some of the local accounts have been around for more than a year without harm, a few created in the last few months are putting their school communities on edge.
"I brought a gun to school and thought about murdering all of u 1 by 1 but then I was just like nahh," wrote @GBURGconfession, a Twitter feed about Gaithersburg High, on March 12.
For that particular tweet, the school was able to identify the student involved and talked to the student and parent, Gaithersburg Principal Christine Handy-Collins said.
Administration at Gaithersburg, Poolesville and Seneca Valley high schools have called in police and the school system's cyber security team to help investigate serious postings, but principals at the schools say that because the accounts are anonymous, they sometimes cannot figure out who is involved.
The Gazette found 12 well-followed accounts for Montgomery County schools, some of them negative and others positive: @PHSConfession, @Poolesvillefact, @Woottonproblems, @GBURGconfession, @SVConfessions, @moco_truths, @commonchurchill, @overheardinCHS, @acommonwjgirl, @commonpylegirl, @Northwesttruths and @NWcrushes.
"i called the cops on all those freshmen who got busted #sorry #WoottonConfessions," wrote @woottonproblems on March 4. That account has not mentioned individual students.
The @SVConfessions account mentioned several specific students, naming the "Top 5 senior bitches," and "Top 5 biggest douche bags" in March 6 and March 18 tweets. As of this week, this account no longer could be found.
The @GBURGconfession account called out Handy-Collins and other staff in numerous tweets with sexual comments.
The @CommonChurchill account on Tuesday tweeted, "we don't cyberbully," although at least one previous tweet commented on a specific teacher.
Principals are taking different approaches to combat accounts they find offensive, which they say are changing the culture at their schools.
"It's certainly not 'Trojan Pride is on the rise,'" Handy-Collins said.
Much of what is being said on the accounts is cyberbullying, although the comments might not single out students, said Sameer Hinduja, who runs the online cyberbullying research center Cyberbullying.us.
It's stereotyping, he said.
For example, @PHSConfession, which talks about Poolesville High, on March 12 published a racially tinged criticism of students blocking the halls. As of last week, this account no longer could be found.
Hinduja has talked to students nationwide who have created these accounts to use them in both positive and negative ways. It is a creative outlet that allows students to unburden themselves and find common ground with one another, he said.
"Unfortunately, when it comes to teens, it comes to devolve into an environment where they can whine and complain … just because they are struggling with their identity and want to belong," Hinduja said.
State elected officials are trying to add consequences to cyberbullying. The Maryland General Assembly passed a cyberbullying law last week that carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison, or a fine of up to $500, or both. The law takes effect Oct 1.
Even though the cyberbullying law is not yet in effect, Steve Chaikin, head of community prosecution for the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office, said the students still could be charged with other offenses, such as harassment, misuse of electronic mail, or the general crime of "disturbing school activities," Chaikin said.
"Students and young people have created a new and alarming way to torment people — the laws have just started catching up," Chaikin said.
Although students might consider themselves anonymous, police have ways around that, he said.
"You may think you're alone in your basement and no one will know what you're doing, but it's very easy for police to find out who you are and what you're doing," Chaikin said.
The Gazette reached out to all of the active accounts mentioned, in a message or tweet.
Several accounts responded, but only one creator agreed to go on the record.
Eli Berman, the creator of @overheardinCHS and a senior at Winston Churchill High, revealed his identity, stating that most of his classmates know he is behind the account anyway.
After starting his account last January as a way to share common thoughts with classmates, Berman said he is disappointed with other, negative accounts.
He explained that his account, which he and a few friends run, does not point out individual students, and he tries to keep it positive.
"1: My iPhone is acting suckish." "2: So just use your other one ...," @OverheardInCHS wrote on Feb. 2, 2012.
Berman said all he wants is to make people laugh; the anonymity added a mystique.
Berman's mother, Beth Berman, said she has known about the account since he started it. Social media can be used correctly, she said.
"I don't think the issue is the Twitter accounts. I think the issue is the children," Berman said.
Montgomery County Public Schools does not have a separate program for cyberbullying, but there is a protocol in place for schools to follow, said Ursula Hermann, the school system's director of student services.
There is a lot that the school system cannot control with social media, but principals can address the culture at their schools, Hermann said.
"How is what they are doing at their schools cultivating an environment where they feel safe?" Hermann said.
Principal Marc Cohen of Seneca Valley High and Principal Deena Levine of Poolesville High both sent letters to their school community that notified parents of the cyberbullying and reminded students of the dangers of social media.
Gaithersburg High parents will talk about this at the next PTSA meeting, said Deanna Duff, PTSA president.
"I think everyone is trying to play catch-up with the kids," Duff said. "Our kids are so smart and so tech savvy. It is just a reality of our culture."
Adults should learn to embrace new technology, and guide students how to use it properly, Hinduja said.
"It is about not vilifying technology and saying we want you to stop using it," Hinduja said. "It is [the students'] life."
To combat hurtful posts on @SVConfession, Cohen used his own Twitter account, @marcjcohen, to tweet to @SVConfession with statistics about bullying and suicide, asking the posters to stop.
"Some would say the best way to deal with a bully is to ignore the bully, but in my case, as principal, I needed to have a visible presence," he said, adding that he was blocked from @SVConfession before it eventually was closed.
Cohen, Levine and Handy-Collins believe that those posting and sending their comments to the accounts make up a small few of their thousands of students.
"The majority of our students are aware of the ill effects of bullying and don't engage in that type of behavior," Levine wrote in her letter.
Some students, sickened by negative accounts, have taken on their peers through other accounts such as @SHScompliments at Sherwood High, and @RHSappreciation at Rockville High.
The HERO club at Poolesville High made a YouTube video about the negative effects of cyberbullying after the anonymous accounts took off there.
Handy-Collins has been working to regain morale among her staff, some of whom were upset with what they read about themselves on the account, she said.
Some want the inappropriate accounts shut down, and some of them have been.
But when one account shuts down, another one begins.
After @NWcrushes and @PHSconfessions stopped tweeting last week, @Northwesttruths and @PHScon started, filled with raunchy references to students and staff.
Staff Writers Daniel Leaderman and St. John Barned-Smith contributed to this report.


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How have Christians responded to Darwin's "Origin of Species"?
Even before Darwin published The Origin of Species in 1859, many Christians had already accepted an old Earth. One of the first supporters of evolutionary science in America—Harvard biologist Asa Gray—was a devout Christian. Conservative theologian B. B. Warfield also accepted the science of evolution, and both he and Asa Gray rejected the idea that evolution leads to atheism. Even the authors of The Fundamentals, published between 1910 and 1915, accepted an old earth. It wasn't until a century after Darwin that a large number of evangelicals and fundamentalists began to accept the combination of flood geology and 6-day creation promoted by Seventh-day Adventists.
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2 teaspoons
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I thought this recipe was fantastic! My husband is a firm believer that you must have eggs in order for a cake to taste great. He was pleasantly surprised to make an exception with this cake. He thought it was the best banana cake he ever tasted. I made this cake several times and tinkered with it a bit. I found that the baking soda left a slight aftertaste, so I reduced the baking soda to 1 1/2 tsp., added 1/2 tsp. baking POWDER, added 1/2-3/4 tsp. cinnamon, added 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract, and 1/2 - 1 cup chopped walnuts to the batter. It came out perfect! You can also bake this in a 13 x 9 inch pan for 35-40 minutes, as cupcakes for 20-23 minutes, or as mini loaves for 30-40 minutes.
I can't say that I cared for this recipe...even with the changes that were suggested by other members. The cake was just just too heavy.
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The other day I had a few over ripe bananas in the fruit bowl and went in search for an easy recipe for banana cake - this was it! Buttermilk is hard to find in England and i love that this recipe uses ingredients that i've always got in the cupboard. (I took advice from other reviews and lessened the baking soda to 1 1/2 tsp and added 1/2 tsp of baking powder). The cake was a huge hit with work colleagues!
This was such a great change from the banana bread I always made. The mayo made me nervous, but all were pleasantly suprised with this delicious cake. I did't use the nuts in the icing and it only took (my oven) 30 min to bake. I will be making this one over and over again.
I baked this in a jelly roll pan to make banana cake "bars". I think the recipe calls for too much baking soda, as the resulting cake had a bitter aftertaste (from unreacted baking soda) and was overly brown (another symptom of too much soda).
My husband will never ask for banana
bread again after this wonderful cake. I
also used mashed banana in the frosting.
I made a sheet cake instead, which made
it a real snap.
This turned out very well. I use splenda instead of sugar and did not add any nuts. I used a 9x13 pan and only made half the amount of frosting and it was plenty. I also added about 1/2 of a small banana to the frosting and my husband said the frosting was great! I also used splenda for the frosting and only needed about 1 1/4 cups to sweeten it. I think the cake would also be good without any frosting.
I made this to the letter other than bake time, being 30 minutes.It's really good and tweaking the recipe is unnessesary.I like to try the original recipes first to see if it's great without my additions or deductions.It turned out perfect. The frosting is always too much, no matter what recipe :)
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Servings Per Recipe: 12
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** Calories: 695
** Calories from Fat: 373
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Hybrid funds had estimated inflows of $11 million for the week, compared to estimated inflows of $119 million in the previous week and bond funds had estimated inflows of $431 million, compared to estimated inflows of $1.79 billion during the previous week. Taxable bond funds saw estimated inflows of $3.69 billion, while municipal bond funds had estimated outflows of $3.26 million.
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Father's drugs plea after Barrow dad's inquest
Last updated at 17:24, Friday, 08 February 2013
THE father of Barrow dad Dale Burns has made a plea for people to be aware of the dangers of designer drugs following an inquest into his son's death.
Today the jury reached the verdict that Mr Burns died from taking the drug MDPV and his struggle with police was not a contributory cause of his death.
The jury judged the use of force by police to restrain Mr Burns was appropriate.
They said the following was an accurate description of the circumstances of his death:
"Dale Burns died at Furness General Hospital on 16 August 2011 at 20.41. Earlier that day he had taken a substance containing the drug MDPV which had had a severe effect on him. Police attended his home address from 18.37 in response to a 999 call that Mr Burns may be self-harming and that water was pouring though the ceiling of the address below. At 18.50, Taser was deployed on four occasions and PAVA spray was discharged against him by officers. Mr Burns was restrained. He was taken to hospital by police van, arriving there at 19.15. Despite medical attention, he suffered a cardiac arrest at 20.14 and could not be resuscitated."
After the hearing Mr Burns' father David, 52, who has attended every day of the inquest and represented himself, thanked the coroner and his team for investigating the death.
He also thanked the staff at FGH who tried to save Mr Burns' life.
He said: "My son Dale was a lovely, popular man who was well liked by all who knew him. He was also a great dad to his two children Ethan and Honor.
"Unfortunately, many young people in today's society who use these so-called legal highs do not realise the long-term health implications, or the highly toxic content that can lead to this fatal outcome.
"Although there is very little information about these variants of these drugs, the medical services are discovering more and more of the unpleasant side effects - unfortunately through more and more people being admitted to hospitals, A&E departments and fatalities through the use of these drugs.
"If nothing else, we can at least hope that this inquest has shown how these modern designer drugs such as madcat, madcap, plantfood, bath salts, and ivory wave, can be lethal and without doubt ruin people's lives.
"We also hope that this inquest and Dale's death has also shown that there are some areas in the police training and protocols that need to be adapted to have a better understanding to dealing with people who are highly intoxicated.
"Unfortunately none of this will bring Dale back, but if it stops anymore people from dying in this way then all this time and effort that has gone into this hearing will have been worth it, and will also provide much needed information and understanding of these modern designer drugs."
Superintendent Mark Pannone, South area Commander, said at the close of the inquest: "The last few weeks have been extremely difficult for all involved and our thoughts and condolences continue to be with Dale Burns' family and friends.
"Today's verdict, delivered by the Jury confirmed that the action police took on 16 August 2011 did not contribute to Dale Burns' death. He died as a result of MDPV toxicity.
"The Jury found that Dale Burn's struggle against restraints was not a contributory cause to his death.
"The Jury found that the actions of the police which lead to Dale Burns having to be restrained were appropriate in the circumstances.
"The inquest has heard detailed accounts from a range of witnesses over the last two and a half weeks including family members, police officers, medical staff, witnesses and expert witnesses, who all provided an insight into the last few hours of Dale Burns' life.
"This whole process has been very distressing and along with Dale's family and friends, my thoughts have also been with the police officers involved in the incident that day. They have had every aspect of their response scrutinised at the highest possible level, and it is reassuring to hear experts confirm that police officers could not have done anything differently to prevent Dale's death and that they were not in any way responsible.
"Despite newspaper headlines at the time of Mr Burns' tragic death, detailed evidence from expert witnesses at this Inquest has proved that Mr Burns' death was not caused by police use of Taser.
"This Inquest has illustrated the challenges police officers face on a daily basis, especially when they are confronted by people who are under the influence of so called "designer" drugs who display what one of the experts described as "superhuman" strength. The evidence at the inquest highlighted the dangers of MDPV, which is a Class B drug also known as MCAT, MADCAT, Plant Food and Ivory Wave. These are not "safe" drugs. For Mr Burns, MDPV was lethal.
"I also welcome the findings of the investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission which has stated that Cumbria Constabulary officers acted correctly in their handling of the incident involving Dale Burns on the 16th August 2011.
"Cumbria Constabulary representatives listened with care to the evidence heard at the inquest and, in addition to any recommendations the Coroner may choose to make in relation to the policies, procedures or training by Cumbria Constabulary, we will ensure that any other lessons learned from this experience are addressed.
"We hope that his family and friends are able to find some closure now that the inquest has come to an end."
* For the full story pick up a copy of Friday's Evening Mail.
First published at 10:19, Tuesday, 29 January 2013
Published by http://www.nwemail.co.uk
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The man had a long history of abusing illegal and then so called 'legal highs' and died because of that. The medical facts are that the taser did not kill him the drugs did......it's very sad indeed and I feel for his family and friends but stop look for fault in the authorities....the inquest was transparent and all the facts know, stop spinning the truth
A very sad case of a young life lost for no reason. The media would do better to label this muck "Knocked up in a filthy garage in Amsterdam" rather than "Designer Drugs". It conveys the image of coolness and acceptability, when it is so far from that, and it has cost this poor family their loved one.
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Discussion in 'Requests' started by M477H3W, Nov 10, 2009.
Tutorial on how to do the wall-e sig is on my channel now.
kewl ;D
also how do you make a club(im pretty new to the forum:/) :question:
It's not really a club. Just the best renderers will be listed here so others know who to get help from.
oh ok ;D
Here's another.
Used here.
Woah, extremely nice render David.
My first render with hair:
I can't imagine using him in THAT position! ;D
Lol, he's air t-bagging!
so how many people u got so far?
four. I just have to add Booker to the list.
this was the thread that I posted my cuts in viewtopic.php?f=1&t=6249
now im mad, me and... what was his name again... kyle i think... We were gonna make a rendering user group, but he went offline so we didnt talk more about it...
we still can? I think KYLE is on gimptalk.
jeje... im not into rendring anymore, some one should start a "gimp-basics/sig school"
Is anyone still doing cuts?
is any one still alive on this page, exept me, you, david, istar, the guy which need a tut for the gradient thingy... to tired to check his name... aww... now i wanna do it...
aww.. cant find him! what ever...
Yeah and VT, dont forget VT!! he sneeks up on you
I am just a beginner in GIMP and this is my first render, I don't know if you can use it but I will attach it anyway. Tell me if its good or bad, its a bit more difficult with hair and everything.
Whoa, now we have a VirtualTune, and a Virtual. ;D Not bad, I don't think you feathered the edges enough. And is half of him missing?
I found a poster on google and he had another image on his chest which I didn't want, and the hair is straight at the top because it was not in the original poster.
As I said this is my first render, will improve after a few tries. I didn't feather them at all but I will experiment with it next time, starting another render now.
Well then you should crop the image so you don't have all that extra space.
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On Tuesday, the ASPCA arrested Queens resident Crystal Lashley, 18, for allegedly neglecting her six-year-old German Shepherd mix, Briana.
ASPCA Agents found Briana tethered to a tree outside a home on August 21. She'd been neglected so long that her collar had become embedded in her neck, causing a deeply painful wound.
Lashley agreed to surrender her dog to the Agents, who took Briana straight to the ASPCA Animal Hospital for treatment and evaluation.
In addition to her neck wound, ASPCA veterinarians found Briana to be dehydrated, underweight and infested with fleas. Briana is continuing to receive treatment for these issues and is recovering at the hospital.
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En español | A crime ring believed to have swindled as much as $3 million since November from trusting grandparents in 36 states was busted this week in Canada, police there report. Officials say the arrests shut down a "massive" operation behind the "Grandkids Scam" that has targeted AARP members and others for years.
The seven people arrested in Toronto and Montreal since Sunday — two as they were about to fly to Italy — are accused of making some 200 telephone calls a day claiming to be grandchildren in dire need of cash.
On average, 15 to 20 American grandparents per day fell for this ruse, sending between $2,500 and $6,000 each to the scammers by wire transfer, says Superintendent Chris Perkins of the Halton Regional Police Service, the Toronto-area department that oversaw the investigation code-named Project Viper.
Many of the telephone and Internet scams that prey on Americans are operated from outside the country, beyond the direct reach of U.S. law enforcement authorities. The arrest of an entire ring of alleged scammers is unusual.
The scammers made their calls from a Toronto-area basement, Perkins tells the Bulletin. They allegedly identified potential victims by paying telemarketing companies for specialized calling lists that note the names and phone numbers of older people, often those living in over-50 communities.
"When we raided their boiler room, the home of a relative of one of those arrested, we seized a stack of telephone lists that was 8 or 9 inches thick," Perkins says. More than 20,000 Canadian dollars were also confiscated.
"There was no bank of phones like the old days, just smartphones and laptop computers," says Perkins. "In this kind of scam, you can operate from a car. All you need is a cellphone and away you go."
The scammers, four men and three women between ages 26 and 41, dialed people believed to be grandparents in states as far afield as Maine and Texas, North Dakota and Florida. They also made calls to households in Canada.
Typically, one member of the ring would begin the call by saying something like, "Hi Grandma, it's me, your favorite grandson."
"The hope was that the grandparents would respond, 'David, is that you?' And he'd say, 'Yes,' to get more information," says Perkins.
"In most cases, they were cold calls aimed at tricking the grandparents," says Perkins.
In some cases, however, the fraudsters tried to make their ruse more believable by first gleaning the names of the targets' grandchildren through a social networking website such as Facebook, or through obituaries published on newspaper websites.
The caller would typically go on to tell a story of being arrested while vacationing in Canada and being afraid to tell the parents about it. After a plea for bail money, the phone would be handed to an accomplice claiming to be a lawyer or police officer. Instructions on how and where to send the bogus bail money by wire transfer would be given.
Perkins said he believes the seven arrested may have been operating for years.


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What entity, group or government through history has been the source of unecessary misery and death to the most amount of peoples?
Throughout history we have had some example of entities and/or governments that have caused misery and death to many, but can anyone helpe me pin point who might be the worst in this category? From the present to the begining of time. We know that Nazism, rogue dictatorships and religious persecutions have caused unecessarty death and destruction to many the world over. But there has to be the worst of the worst, but who?
Feb 29 2012: Ummm...........Humans?
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Anyone with power at any given time.
For example, people die all over the world because of diseases that are preventable. Is this any less significant than the examples you cite?
Also many die from hunger, when there is abundant food on earth.
Humans.....have caused the unecessary misery and death to the most amount of people.
This is my humble opinion.
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Feb 28 2012: It is a tie between the fast food industry and warmongering in God's name.
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Feb 28 2012: I woldn't doubt that Edward. I believe that more people have died under Christian nations' ruthless immoral and unethical wars and invasions than from any other religion, and all in the name of God. So sad and appalling.
Feb 28 2012: We agree about the sad, appallng history of religious wars. I question whether one religion gets more blame than another. That's not a question I can answer. Thanks Ruben.Feb 28 2012: Mass produced automobiles..
Feb 28 2012: I would agree with this one when one takes into acconunt how and from where the raw materials get extracted from for the production of the automobiles. Which would also paralleled how and from where oil is extracted from in order to feed all the mass produced automobiles and almost any other product for that matter.Feb 28 2012: Dynasties, royality, czars, political tyrants have all caused great misery to the common man. But if one enity was to be singled out it would be religion. Religion is either the reason for or a major contributor to all wars and purges. It is ironic that the very enity that values peace and love has spread terror throughout history.
Feb 28 2012: Agreed. Just look at how many millions of native americans and indigenous peoples have suffered and died under religious entities throughout the American continent alone.Feb 27 2012: communism/socialism has the direct death toll of some 60 million in the soviet union alone, and i have no idea about china and other parts of the world. if you add the number of deaths due to hindered economic progress, the number must be well over 100 million. the suffering population is in the billions. and both numbers are still counting.
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Feb 28 2012: not helping is very different than hindering. i'm blaming the king for not inventing the industrial revolution. but i do blame the communists for forcing a system on the people they didn't want, and which was known to be unworkable.Feb 28 2012: communism works just as well as democracy, depending in what your goal is. soviet style systems worked wonderfully for the leaders, for example. they got exactly what they wanted: absolute power. if your goal is for all men to have the same amount of wealth, communism also very good.
but if you care about the well being of people, communism, both the existing and the theoretical, fails miserably.
Feb 28 2012: Sounds like you are describing the best democracy that money can buy here in the US, it sure has worked wonders for the leaders and their puppet masters, the 1%ers and the corporations. At this point I'm not sure if communism was any worse than demorcacy. Communism was restraint to a few countries vs how democracy, at least the type the US seems to want to spread at gun point, has been spread to a lot more countries that are now suffering the same fate to the harsh and unethical austerity measures being forced down to the 99%ers the world over.Feb 28 2012: ruben, i assume you won't move to cuba or north korea. so i recommend to stop whining, because you live the most luxurious life on the planet, and your liberties are greater than almost anyone's.
about "austerity measures": nobody is forcing them on anyone. the IMF just says: either you do this, or i won't give you money. you see, it is not much of a threat. nobody is entitled to get IMF money. they can ask anything in return.
Feb 29 2012: Ouch, come on Pinter did you really have to tell me to stop whining? But it's ok, I am not going to retaliate by bad mouthing you at all. I'm simply surprised you did not call me unpatriotic too. And I mention this since most people who don't agree and never supported the unethical and immoral wars of choice that our government has gotten us into are refered to as being very upatriotic. So it is not that I am whining as you've stated but simply excercising a right I have. Did something I say make you that unconfortable so much so that you had to just tell me to move to Cuba or North Korea as a very cheap shot? I've read your comments in other parts and you strick me as a very well versed and educated man and I respect you for that. But don't patronize me. I think you are much better than that.
As far as the austerity measures, they are pretty much being forced down the pockets of the 99%ers the world over. It is already happening right here in the US too, slowly but surely. But the good news is that Argentina has proved that there is a way out from the never ending slave cycle of indefinted indebtedness that the IMF, WB and others like wall street have always offered to any country in desperation.Feb 28 2012: Mr. Pinter, I wonder if those millions of people that have died as a result of communism/socialism would compared to the millions of people that have died as a direct result from religious political tyrants and/or democracy. I also wonder how many millions of Native Americans and indigenous people have died as a result of so called Christian invaders in the Americas? But I'm also sure that those casualties have not been accurately accounted for at all since God does not keep tallies of un-christian human benings. Just like the US government only keeps tally of the US soldiers that have died in Iraq and not the deaths of the innocent Iraqui people. Coincidence? Intentional? History is the account of the conqueror, which is very questionable on my history book.
Feb 28 2012: if you wonder, look it up. you will be surprised how few native americans were actually slaughtered. let alone how few there were in the first place.
another interesting number: the number of people executed by the catholic inquisition during its entire existence is some thousands.
Feb 29 2012: From your responses I sense that you are Catholic/Christian and a US government puppet. I'm sorry if I'm way off. Too few Native Americans in the Americas? Therefore very few must have been slaughtered? And the Catholic inquisition from 1478-1834 executed only some thousands? I'm sure you are right since the ones in charge more likely than not did not keep tallies on the tortured dead. And again not by accident just like we don't know exactly how many hundreds of thosands innocent Iraqi civilians have died during our very Christian invasion of that country, right?Feb 29 2012: "Catholic/Christian": FAIL. i'm atheist, but respect buddhism
"a US government puppet": FAIL. i'm libertarian.
"exactly how many hundreds of thosands innocent Iraqi": MATH FAIL. hundred thousand is a small fraction of a hundred million.Feb 29 2012: "you really have to tell me to stop whining?"
no, i chose to
"people who don't agree and never supported the unethical and immoral wars"
i don't support them either
"Did something I say make you that unconfortable so much so that you had to just tell me to move to Cuba or North Korea"
no, logic did. you compared america to communist systems. this is very very false.
"As far as the austerity measures, they are pretty much being forced"
and i can only repeat myself. nobody is forcing austerity measures on anyone. states got heavily indebted, and the market starts to get reluctant to give more money. it is not forcing. it is how getting indebted works. it is the same for governments, companies and households. if you have hundred thousand dollar debt, and nobody is willing to give you more, you are not "forced" to take steps. simply you were an idiot, and now it is time for correction. you had the party first, and received the bill later. (please note that this is hypothetical. i did not call you an idiot.)
Feb 29 2012: That is so naive on your part to believe that austery measures are not being forced on anyone. Can you honestly tell me that US taxpayers are not being forced to pay for the bail outs to the same entities that have been directly responsible for the current economic crisis? Did anybody ask us to vote on this? NO, just like we were never asked to vote on those wars of choice. The 1999 repeal of the Glass-Stegall Act is what has brought us to where we are for the most part and the parties responsible for this are the ones castigating us for it with the force price tag. You don't think this being force upon us the 99%ers? Austerity measures that have been bestowed upon third world countries for decades, and almost at gun point, is exactly the same treatment that we are now getting. And when I say at gun point, I mean that corporations and governments have been and are still using "economic hit men' to force others quite literally at gun point to dance to the tune of profits of corporations or else. Does the name John Perkings sound familiar to you? I doubt it. But now this exact treament is what we are getting right here at home and will continue to get some sever austerity measures in order to pay for all the illegal, immoral and unethical wars of choice and bail outs.Feb 29 2012: eeer, uhm, one of us does not really know what austerity measures are. afaik bailouts are something very very different. almost like the opposite.
Mar 1 2012: Almost like the oposite but both are being done without the consent and full agreement of the majority of the constituents. Almost the opposite and yet they both rob and bring missery to the same constituents just the same. So it is two different weapons used to force, yes force, the sheeple to accept less and less of almost everything to include freedom. And there is really no need to sounding so condescending but I know it's a choice. Besides I've already complemented you on how educated and smart you seem to be so really, there is no need to ridicule nor make fun of others. Thank you my amigo.Mar 1 2012: and now you are running into political slogans. let us just recap that you have said austerity is forced. you were not able to back up that statement, so it fell flat.
now to move on the the new claims. in a democracy, stupidity of people, combined with the indoctrination efforts of the powers that be, leads to ignorance on massive scale. in such an environment, government can loot the public goods and rule a country. but what a shocking difference that is from actual military/police enforcement, mass murder and torture of a dictatorship. the comparison is very much false, and disrespectful for the victims of a bloody regime.Feb 29 2012: Legalised abortion. 40million or so each year.
Feb 29 2012: Wow, I did not expect this response but I'm sure it is true to a very large extent. But the same people that are against abortion for the most part are in favor of illegal and immoral occupations that have killed millions. But since the ones being killed have been brown, poor poeple from other countries and different religions than ours it must be ok. Appalling on both accounts, abortions and the kiiling of innocent poor peoples from other religions and nationalities. Being poor has been a crime for centuries and it is apparently still alive and well. And my proof ot this is simply the disparity and criminal sentencing laws currently on the books for crack vs powder cocain, where the drug of choice for poor people is punished waaaaaaaaaay more harshly that the drug of choice for the more affluent.


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Jefferson Performing Arts Society Presents NUNSENSE
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Get ready for some heavenly hilarity! NUNSENSE is singing and dancing its way onto the stage October 10-26 at the Teatro Wego! Theatre in Westwego. Performances are Friday and Saturday at 7:30PM, with a Sunday Matinee at 2pm. "Uncle" Wayne Daigrepont directs this comic cabaret-style musical performed by the five "Little Sisters of Westwego" with choreography by Lindsey Price and musical direction by Alan Payne with the JPAS Broadway Pit Orchestra. Tickets are $26 for adults, $22 for seniors and military, and $19 for students (with valid ID), and $12 for children (12 and under). For tickets call 504.885.2000 or visit www.jpas.org
Look for more hints of local flavor woven throughout Dan Goggin's Off-Broadway hit in this production! NUNSENSE follows five Sisters as they raise money for a funeral fund for their Order. Due to an unfortunate accident, fifty-two nuns have gone to their final reward after eating bad "crawfish bisque" prepared by Sister Julia, Child of God. The remaining Sisters put on a benefit show, where they'll show off their singing and dancing abilities, with the proceeds going to bury four departed Sisters currently in the convent freezer.
A veteran of several local Nunsense productions, "Uncle" Wayne Daigrepont, is thrilled to be directing this production for JPAS. "In running Porta-Puppet Players for the past 18 years, I have always been called upon to direct & build the puppet scene in NUNSENSE," says Daigrepont. "So, one can see how this show is so special to me. I get to direct the whole THING now!"
"The Little Sisters of Westwego" are Claire Conti as Reverend Mother Sister Mary Regina, Danielle Wilson as Sister Mary Hubert, Melinda Falgoust as Sister Robert Anne, Anna Toujas as Sister Amnesia, and Monique Abry as Sister Mary Leo.
"My girls are very carefully hand-picked - I would gladly pay to see ANY of them in a one-girl show of their own!" "Uncle" Wayne proudly remarked.
Musical Director Alan Payne agrees. Payne, who musically directed the JPAS Summer Youth Musical AIDA and having just finished playing Bonze in the JPAS production of MADAMA BUTTERFLY, is pleased to be working on NUNSENSE with these five "Little Sisters."
"The energy of these girls and the intimate setting of this production will definitely make the audience want to sing and dance along!" Payne said.
NUNSENSE A Musical Comedy, Book & Lyrics by Dan Goggin, is sponsored by AT&T and Capitol One. Directed by "Uncle" Wayne Daigrepont. Choreography by Lindsey Price. Musical Direction by Alan Payne with the JPAS Broadway Pit Orchestra. Costumes by Kelly James-Penot and Laura Jordan. Set and Lighting Design by Tonya Moake.
More at Teatro Wego! Theatre and the Westwego Performing Arts Theatre:
Join the Jefferson Performing Arts Society for Champagne & A Show! Before each Sunday Matinee performance in Westwego, enjoy a champagne brunch in Teatro Wego! Theatre. Sunday Champagne Brunch begins at noon. $15 per person. Space is limited, please call 504.885.2000 to make advance reservations.
JPAS provides a shuttle service to and from the Sunday Matinee performances at Teatro Wego! and the Westwego Performing Arts Theatre. Shuttle departs at 12:30pm from the East Bank Wal-Mart Shopping Center parking lot, 5110 Jefferson Highway in Harahan. The shuttle is $5 per person. Please call 504.885.2000 in advance to reserve your seat.
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Fish Curry with Garden Vegetables
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I love anything curry too, Ali :-) Looks awesome!ReplyDelete
How tasty! I love Indian curries, but haven't really branched out into Thai yet. Looks like I will be soon, though!ReplyDelete
I just PDF'd this recipe. =) I love curry and this version looks wonderful! I also love the thought of your boys running (flying) around being airplanes. My boys were close in age and did the same things. It makes me smile as I loved that age.
It was so nice meeting you at the Flying Apron. You have a beautiful family!
P.S. Thanks for the recipe. I can feel fall in the air around here and fish curry will go perfectly with the cooler temperatures.
I have to make this! I love curry!ReplyDelete
Just wondering about Kaffir Lime leaves. Living on the east of the mountains, things aren't as easy to come by (such as Kaffir Lime leaves). Is there a decent substitute, or a dried version that might work? I have several recipes that call for them and I always feel a little jipped that I don't have them in my final product ( I used a lime juiced and zested....sure it isn't the same thing). Thanks and I live by your book and blog :)ReplyDelete
Thanks gals for the comments! :)ReplyDelete
Jill - Although I have heard of subbing lime zest for lime leaves, I wouldn't recommend it. The flavors are just so different. If you can't find kaffir lime leaves locally I would just omit them. You can however buy them online. They freeze well for a year or more! Here is a link: http://importfood.com/spws0101.html
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Hi Ali--This looks like a terrific dish. I am slowly starting to like curry, in small amounts. You know I had never heard of kaffir leaves until Diane (the ultimate foodie) was looking for them in Seattle. She and Wendy knew all about them. We didn't find any and she was given some explanation at the Indian market that made it sound like they were restricted by new laws or costs somehow. Maybe she'll comment and share the info. Nice that you gave a link for ordering though ... that might solve the problem!ReplyDelete
You have to love little boys that are full of energy! I'm thinking back to Son at that age. He wore us out, but it was a good thing all the way round. ;-) It was great seeing your whole family in person in Seattle. Such a treat, truly ... just too short a visit!
- AnonymousSeptember 3, 2010 at 2:50 PM
that fish curry looks so yummmy!ReplyDelete
just a note on the turmeric stain - wash it and dry it on direct sunlight and voila! the stain vanishes off!
Wow, how colorful and it sounds SO good. I love Thai curries...well, any curry, really!ReplyDelete
Making this tonight!ReplyDelete
One question... can anyone tell me the difference between the canned Thai Kitchen coconut milk on the Asian foods aisle and the So Delicious boxed coconut milk on the natural foods aisle? Both are organic and both are my only options for coconut milk in my one-horse-town :)
I LOVE curry, and have tried many recipes. Until this recipe, I hadn't found one that I would make again....thank you! I substituted green curry paste for the red, and it was delicious. This recipe will definitely be a staple in my kitchen - I've already had several requests to make it again :)ReplyDelete
This fish curry is excellent! I've made it several times now. Sometimes I don't use fish, but tofu or just veggies. It's terrific. Thank you so much!ReplyDelete
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Ashland, OR 97520
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Tens of thousands of marchers through midtown. Demonstrators lying down in the streets. Protests every day in Union Square. A coalition of anti-war groups planning to crash the "Today" show.
As the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq moves into its second week, the local protest movement is gaining momentum and police are growing wearier of responding to each event. Yesterday, several groups announced their plans to hold a "Die-In" this morning in Rockefeller Center, representing war victims by lying down in intersections and hoping to snarl traffic and "disrupt business as usual" to broadcast their opposition to the war.
"We will make people aware of what is happening in Iraq and make them stop and think that people are dying as they go about their lives," said Cheree Dillon, a spokeswoman for the M27 Coalition, an umbrella organization for dozens of anti-war groups.
Activists employed a similar technique at last week's massive anti-war protests in San Francisco, which closed down streets and led to thousands of arrests.
As part of today's planned demonstration, Dillon said, hundreds of protesters will converge in front of the windows of NBC-TV's "Today" show. They don't plan to halt the show, she said, "but if that is one of the consequences, so be it."
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Coverage of the massive anti-war march held Saturday cost the NYPD an estimated $1.2 million, Kelly said. That's in excess of the $5-million bill for Operation Atlas' first week, he said.
The vast majority of more than 125,000 marchers on Saturday demonstrated peacefully, but a small contingent clashed with police at the march's end in Washington Square Park. Kelly said nearly half of the 91 people arrested Saturday were from out of town, and he believes a handful of people were simply "bent on having a violent confrontation with police."
Whatever happens today or at any of the protests planned for every day this week, Kelly said, the police will be ready.
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My LWS has carried the ultimate product for men like myself for a couple of years now, safety glasses with built in readers, handier than a pocket on a shirt. I have the lanyard thing on them and carry them on my baseball cap, Garland Welding Supply Cap. When I need to use the phone or use the grinder down they come and I can see AND have eye protection.
Every now and then I will be at a box store and see a working man with his reading glasses looking consumables us welders use. I smile, if only he knew.
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Gold Coast-based New Zealander Craig Baird has made light work of the field to win the third and final Porsche Carrera Cup race at the 2013 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix.
There's always a sense of inevitability when Baird hits the lead in a Carrera Cup race at Albert Park, and so it was again today when he led from start-to-finish ahead of Warren Luff and race one winner Steve Richards.
Baird has now won four consecutive Carrara Cup rounds at Albert Park.
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Green Lemon Grass, Vancouver: something old, something new
I've now been to Green Lemon Grass (the newish one on Kingsway, not the Richmond one) three times: once for dinner and twice for their $5 breakfast. The something old is not a bad thing -- you can get all of the Vietnamese dishes you know and love here, well prepared and well priced, in a clean and relatively convivial environment. There are a few unusual specials as well, including a duck soup with gingko nuts that looks pretty good (did you like it, Ben?).
Service is quite efficient and staff are interested in your welfare. They have good strong Vietnamese coffee, and pots of free tea. This place is high on my list for when I am craving some tasty bun, or a bowl of pho. The first three pix are from our dinner there at the end of May. You can get some of the breakfast items at other times in a slightly larger size and for regular cost, as you will see.
The something new (to me at least) is the breakfast menu of Vietnamese snacks, including congee, all priced at $5 till about 11 am every day. I first tried this at an 8GTCC team meetup and was most pleased. Although one item I ordered did not thrill me (the meatballs were nothing special and the noodles a bit squishy -- no photo), the other dishes were topnotch. I took a friend who loves GLG but didn't know about the breakfast option and she was thrilled -- she loved the food and could eat it all as it is rice based; she is gluten intolerant. We tried some items I had not sampled previously and it was all good. We inquired about small bowls of consomme and beef that were being served and lo and behold, received a free one each. I cleverly took a snap of my bill so you can see the names of some of the things we had. I not so cleverly forgot to change the setting to daylight so everything looks a bit blue :-(.
For breakfast, lunch or dinner, GLG is starting to feel like my go-to for Vietnamese food in Vancouver. Check it out if you get a chance. See the Chowtimes post here http://chowtimes.com/2010/04/28/green... for a photo of the full breakfast menu if you are interested.
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re: flowbee
Thanks, flowbee -- I think I'm getting better, though I still often forget to ensure the light setting is correct, doh. Also working on taking pix of menus and bills...
I'm just so thankful that you can post multiple photos now on one post, CH used to be so cumbersome that way.
re: grayelf
Your pix are awesome these days grayelf! Thank you!
re: bill_n_opus
It's very nearby IIRC but the thing to do is look for Glen Drive, which is just east of the resto. GLG is in a tiny strip mall and it is easy to miss from Kingsway. If you can get onto Glen Drive going south, turn right (west) in the lane off Kingsway and you will see parking for GLG.
re: grayelf
Lol, the address is on the bill in your picture grayelf. It's 1086 Kingsway. :)
re: bdachow
True dat but it's not the address that's the problem. The strip mall its in is weirdly angled away from K'way and it's really hard to see for some reason, especially if you are coming eastish. I still have trouble remembering exactly where it is (but those of you who know me and my geographic handicap might not find that astonishing!).
re: grayelf
Does it show up on Google maps street view ok?
re: jcolvin
I might have to go to Richmond if I can't find the Vancouver one, lol!
re: bill_n_opus
The thing is, if you go to the Richmond one you will be so close to other Asian feasting you can't get in Van that you will never make it in the door :-). That is one reason why I've never been to the Rmd outpost of GLG. jcolvin is also the first person I recall giving it serious props, so I may have to try it, but dang, Richmond Public Market etc, so close by...
re: grayelf
Thanks for the info ... the main reason why i'm trying to get to the Van location is because my friend is hankering for something of this ilk ... and Van is better location-wise than Richmond at the moment.
Methinks we're going to park in the neighborhood and just walk and play detective.
re: bill_n_opus
That sounds like a plan! There are a few Viet grocers nearish by that might be worth wandering into (maybe you need a refill on your Vietnamese coffee packs?). I do notice that parking on Kingsway right in front of GLG is often a bit difficult, which is why I tend to zip around the corner and park in their reserved spots.
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Hit GLG last night for a quick dinner. It was later than we usually go for Vietnamese (8:45) but they were still open and people were still coming in when we left. No A/C but as last night was a bit cooler it was bearable especially when they brought us iced jasmine tea with a lime slice :-).
We had the bot chien of course (so good here, with creamy middle and crispy edges) and finally tried the bo luc lac. The meat was very tender (except for one gristly piece) and may actually have been tenderloin -- an adequate but not big portion. It comes with onion pieces and lovely whole roasted garlic, which is different and good. The "tomato rice" it is served with on the menu is a bit of a miss, with frozen veggies mixed in and being a bit dry. I'd sub regular rice next time, which the server offered. On the side, there is a wee dish of pepper and salt that you squeeze a lime into for dipping. The SO thought that it was a mix of black and white pepper and I agree. Very tasty and really makes the dish. The sauce the beef comes in was tasty though not quite as flavourful as my gold standard version from Bodega Bistro in SF. For $13, this is pretty good value. Our server was as usual delightful and joked with us about needing extra time to choose (that is quite the menu), plus made some suggestions as she often does. I need to try their turmeric crepe next time. We did take her up on the idea to share a deep fried banana and ice cream for dessert. At $5.50, this was an ideal shared sweet and hit the spot on a warm evening. The ice cream was surprisingly tasty and the bananas were excellent, sweet and creamy with a crunchy thin shell. I really do love this place.
re: grayelf
Forgot to mention the delicious chili sauce we had -- it was in a small white ceramic container on the table. Not hot at all but addictive with strong lemongrass flavour. I wanted to put it on everything (so I did). Not sure if it is new but I hadn't noticed it before.
re: grayelf
We've been back at GLG several times and it remains very consistent. I thought I'd post a pic of something I hadn't tried before, the chicken salad. While I was not totally enamoured of the actual chicken, the other elements were spot on, and I particularly loved the large black sesame cracker that came with it (see second pic). I'd be tempted to order this again and (shades of Five Easy Pieces) ask them to hold the chicken for a really tasty veg salad :-).


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Favorite thing about Pittsburgh: "I'm excited for the winter."
These cousins -- they say they're "more like sisters" -- both have spent time in other places in the USA, but they are new to Pittsburgh. When Aikerim was studying in Los Angeles, her mom came with her and soon fell in love with a man from Pittsburgh. They all moved here, and invited Almira to come join them. Now the Kazakh cousins share a dorm room at Robert Morris University.
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Skill Set Envy
Dazzled by competence
by Stephanie Piper
"I have a crush on my contractor,â" a young woman friend tells me. â"I'm not sure if it's because he's good-looking, or because he shows up when he says he will and builds wonderful things and vacuums the sawdust when he's through for the day.â"
I've been admiring her new room, bright and airy and beautifully finished. It is undeniably fine work, completed on schedule and on budget. â"He put in the light fixtures for free,â" my friend tells me in a hushed voice. â"He even went out and bought special light bulbs and didn't charge me.â" Then she laughs. â"How hot is that?â"
We pour more coffee and settle in to compare notes. I may be 20-something years her senior, but I know what it is to be dazzled by competence.
When I was my young friend's age, I had a crush on the cop who manned the busy intersection near our apartment in lower Manhattan. Charlie (yes, I still remember his name) brought the four-way traffic to a screeching halt each morning and afternoon so that the mothers and children could cross en route to school and back again.
He was big and handsome and Irish, quick with a word and a wink, and I admired him out of the corner of my eye as I maneuvered two small children and a wobbly baby carriage across 14th Street. But beyond his easy charm, there was something formidable about his approach to the job. Traffic duty on 14th Street was a rookie assignment if ever there was one, yet he did it with a certain style, a confidence born of natural skill. This is about one percent of what I know how to do, his manner seemed to say. But as long as I'm here, I'm going to do it well.
I'm in awe of people who can do things I cannot imagine doing. This covers a lot of vocational territory, from carpentry to law enforcement. It used to be one of my axioms of life that a smart liberal arts graduate can learn to do just about anything, but I'm not so sure anymore. I have come to believe that I will never master the art of wiring a house or constructing a dormer. I could probably learn another language or how to hook rugs, but I am certain that the most patient instructor in the world could not teach me to apprehend a perp or stop a cross-town bus with one sharp blast of a whistle.
Skill set envy, I guess you'd call it. The work I cannot imagine doing seems infinitely better than my own, more definite, more visible, more grounded in the real world.
The people with these enviable skills assume that their work can be explained, broken down into its clear, component parts. They always begin in the same way, the patient electrician, the forthright builder: They lead me to the circuit breaker box or the rotting beam and shine their industrial strength flashlights on the problem. You see, what happens is this, they say, looking to me for acknowledgment. But I don't see. I gaze at them and nod mutely. I'm a writer. What I do is write checks.
My friend and I shake our heads and agree that it's silly to romanticize a perfectly framed window or a neatly managed intersection. But the truth is that we don't develop crushes on astrophysicists or genome researchers. We are dazzled by everyday, here-and-now competence, the â"relentless clarity at the heart of workâ" described by poet Gary Snyder. We sit in the new room and smell the new wood. We cross the street, traffic held at bay by two uniformed arms. We don't know how they do it. We're just glad they do.
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The World Archaeological Congress Inter-Congress on Structural Violence was held in Ramallah, Palestine from 8th to 13th August, 2009. There have been reports that WAC banned Israeli archaeologists from attending this Inter-Congress. These reports are untrue.
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