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Can anyone help find some literature or some pictures of a 2 speed conversion which has worked? I ride a huge gear, but plan to bike cross country, and I want to put my smaller chain ring back on my crank to manually switch to for prolonged climbs in the Rockies, but none of the road rear derailleurs I've tried have successfully acted as a tensioner. The idea was to shift from chain ring to chain ring by hand, and the rear derailleur which I've fixed on the position I need for a good chain line, would take up the slack and apply pressure in both gears. It doesn't work. As the derailleur moves closer to its point of origin it loses tension and the chain skips horribly. Can anyone help me figure out how to make this work? Has anyone succeeded?
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You could try something like this: http://www.bikecarson.com/2012/03/12/surly-dingle-speed/ http://urbanvelo.org/surly-dingle-cog/
With the right chainrings it gives you two different gears with no need for a chain tensioner, so can even be used for a fixed gear.
(But without more details of your current setup, I've no idea why your derailleur isn't taking up enough slack, or doesn't have enough tension.)
Here's a 2-speed using a chain tensioner & front derailleur, but without much of a gear difference: http://saddleupbike.blogspot.com/2010/11/two-speed-bicycle.html
If you want to use a rear derailleur, you probably want to make sure you're using a mountain or road triple derailleur with a long cage so you have sufficient 'tooth capacity', as mentioned above. And if you're using a vintage part, make sure the spring isn't worn out.
There are also several examples of retro-direct conversions on the internet, which are a 2-speed bicycle with 2 cogs, each having the freewheel clutch operating in the opposite direction, and the chain running around both. You engage one cog by pedaling forward and the other by pedaling backward. This allows for a pretty significant difference in gear ratios. Here's a bunch of pictures from a Czech dude: http://matej.boha.cz/retrodirect/ There are a bunch of other examples out there if you search for 'retrodirect'. I wouldn't put too big of a bet on the durability of such a cobbled setup, though.
Speaking as someone who's ridden across the US, you'll want a very low gear for cranking an ~80-ish lb. loaded touring bike up 4000'+ passes— probably close to, or even below, 1:1. You'll want a relatively low gear just for cruising all day at 12 or 13mph when you're lugging that weight. You'll probably want another gear for days when you're fighting a headwind all day, and another for when you're sailing the prairies on a mighty tailwind at 25mph+. And when you're lugging your touring load up and down rolling hills in, say, Kentucky, you'll want to change gears rather often. I reckon what I'm saying is that gears are really great for a cross-country touring bike, which sees incredibly varied conditions under very heavy load, even if gears are not so necessary around town. Even if you're on a really tight budget, something like the Windsor Tourist is pretty cheap, and you can find things even cheaper on the used market this time of year, especially considering you have 3 or 4 months until a summer and the likely start of a tour.


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Hey, It's Christmas! Vol.3 Christmas Music for $0 + free shipping
Hey, It's Christmas began as a way to give relatively unknown artists a fun and easy way to do what they love, and that is: make music. Check out the links to the artists and learn more about these wonderful people that have helped make these compilations such a success. Support your local artists and musicians.
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Weird error from web page with Firefox.
Sorry, this player does not support your browser. Your browser must either support native HTML audio or have the Flash plugin installed.
I have the most current Flash plugin. Anyway, Chrome worked fine.
When you get to the download page, there are links to the previous volumes 1 and 2, 2010 and 2011.
Thanks. It's nice that the last two volumes are (from the last two years) are made available on the same page I love that "Baby It's Cold Outside" track on Vol 1. Looking forward to Vol 3.
@tbgolladay: Glad you were able to finally get it.

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Eiffel Tower, Paris Moulin Rouge Show and Seine River Cruise
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Great show at the Moulin Rouge, no pics from inside allowed.
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The Hubby and I sharing a kiss at Trocadero Plaza in front of the Tour Eiffel. This was an unforgettable trip
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Anyone having problems with Wootstalker?
It started not displaying all the Woot sites correctly about 1-2 hours ago. Now I can't get the page to load at all.
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Working fine for me. Everything is bright and shiny.
Works fine here on Chrome.
It was all hosed up about an hour ago. I just blamed @lichme, called him names under my breath, then moved on. The site seems ok now.
The host was having some problems off and on, I made some tweaks and reverted some stuff. Been dealing with it for a few hours, should be ok now. May need to refresh. If it wasnt for the tag, I probably wouldnt have seen this. Also, it is unreachable from my work due to an unrelated network problem, but loads fine via VPN to my house.
@lichme: thanks! it's been up and running like a champ again!
@lichme: Thank you! Would like to mention that it's stuttering. ;-) Keeps repeating "...new item found." Been doing that for a few hours. Have refreshed a couple of times. Don't know if this is a 'tracker' problem, or mine. or mine. or mine.
@gmwhit: Has it been doing that recently? It was a problem with the host too, havent had a chance to see if it is resolved.
@lichme: I just started trying again about 20 minutes ago. Never have gotten in. Firefox says the server is taking too long to respond. Chrome and Opera both get same error.
@lichme: Yup. Just did it w/the last new item...I think it was sport. Actually, I wouldn't mind this on the wine offerings...don't want to miss any of those! ;-)
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@tbgolladay: You may be somewhere that has a cut off path to the server like I am in now.
@gmwhit - Hasn't been stuttering at all for me. You have more than one browser open by chance? If not, may need to clear cookies.
If anybody else runs into problems, shoot an email to email@example.com - I'd rather not use this place as a support outlet.
@lichme: Just a minor annoyance, but the mini view is having tiny seizures every second or so. I like the mini view because I can see all of them on one screen so I can alt-tab check quickly while I am at work.
wooter.us seems to be broken also
WTF is WootStalker
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Debt collectors have ruined the credit reputations of thousands of people over debts they never owed or already paid according to consumer complaints filed with federal and state agencies.
Some debt collectors have forced consumers into paying debts that are erroneous or fraudulent, The Columbus Dispatch reported as part of an ongoing investigation into the nation's credit-reporting system and the lack of federal regulation over it.
The newspaper looked at more than 22,500 complaints filed with the Federal Trade Commission since January 2009. They were filed by people who said they had a problem with one of the nation's three largest credit-reporting agencies: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. About 6 percent said their complaint involved a debt in collection, the newspaper said.
Nearly 10 percent of the complaints – 11,400 since 2009 – made with the Ohio Attorney General's office over debt collectors involved a collection account reported to a credit bureau.
Government regulators, watchdogs and consumer advocates have called for changes to the federal law that governs debt collection and allows debt collected almost unregulated access to credit reports.
"They don't abide by any rules," said Richard Rubin, a consumer-law attorney in New Mexico and an expert on the federal law. "Their job is to squeeze money out of people, and their business model is to go as close to the edge as they can. And they do it with the complicity of the credit bureaus."
The FTC and the Government Accountability Office want Congress to create more safeguards, including requiring debt collectors to have proof of all debts.
When debt-collection companies take over delinquent debts, the original creditor gives them consumers' names, contact information and how much they owe.
Sometimes the information is wrong, but debt collectors still report consumers to the credit bureaus, the newspaper said.
Debt collectors maintain that such instances are rare and the fault of the original creditors.
"We are completely reliable on the validity of the information we are provided," said Mark Schiffman, spokesman for the industry trade group, ACA International, based in Minneapolis. "We've advocated that creditors hold onto original information longer."
The debt-collection industry says less than 0.002 percent of the 4 million consumers it contacts each year file formal complaints, according to the industry. "Our members take a great deal of time talking to consumers. They are serving as counselors," Schiffman said.
The Consumer Data Industry Association, which represents the three big national credit-reporting agencies, said a 2011 study funded by the industry found that their information is more than 99 percent accurate. "The statements being made about collection items in a credit report don't ring true," said Norm Magnuson, the group's vice president of public affairs.
FTC officials told Congress two years ago that the number of complaints against debt collectors may be understated. Complaints about debt collectors to the agency have increased 73 percent since 2008.


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What is your advice for designing for 'the fold'? Is this still a concern? Is the concern that people won't scroll? Can't you use visual cues to help users understand that there's more content below the fold? Obviously you want to have the most important information or what you think users are looking for up top.
To quote one of Jakob Nielson's studies on scrolling behavior:
To add to what Nielson wrote, lead with your most important information, your best offer. Keep your primary call to action above the fold. Attention spans are short on the web and it's best to make your point and make it sooner rather than later.
If you want users to keep reading, make it easy for them to do so. Break up your pages with headings, graphics, and bullet points. Make your key points easy to see. Some users may just scan, but make sure they are able get everything they need from your page by reading your headlines, pull quotes, and bolded text, with the option of going more in-depth by reading every word. It also helps to put some content on the fold so that a user can see part of it, but will have to scroll down to see the rest.
Where is the fold? It's all over and with the increased usage of mobile devices, it will only grow more diverse. You'll need to very carefully consider your target audience and make adjustments based on your own analytics.
Check out UX Myth #3: People don't scroll, it has many references.
Designing for the fold is discussed in UIE's Utilizing the Cut-off Look to Encourage Users To Scroll. But, as previously noted, the fold is becoming more nuanced with the different screen and window sizes people use.
Here's an interesting article relating to the fold, and how most people seem to give it too much weight. http://iampaddy.com/lifebelow600/


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Can I get this with a built in Tile Flange or can you show me center drain tubs w built in tile flange
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does this tub come with a drain and if not what kind do i need
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The Jacuzzi ALL7236 BCX XXX has an outer length of 72" by 36" so it appears that the size will slightly be off for you.
my measurements are 73 3/4 long by 35' wide and 22 h, will this tub work?
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Google Maps are horribly outdated in my area. Is there any way to use a different map source, e.g. OpenStreetMap, inside Lightroom 4's map module?
I don't know of any way to modify the way that Lightroom itself displays the map. But Google Maps apparently allows you to make changes and fix errors.
An alternative is to use Jeffrey Friedl's GPS plugin for Lightroom which does allow you to use some other mapping sources, in a limited way.
As far as I know, no you can't do this.
I miss some info. Do you use a GPS-tracker?
If yes, then there is absolutely no problem. Just link the GPS-data with your photos (and check the time before you start shooting on both the instruments). That is easy done in Lightroom.
If not. Do yourself a favor and buy a GPS-tracker. (I cannot imagine to put the photos on their spot by hand...)
When the photo's have the GPS info, you can go to a lot of sites to have indeed much better updated maps and the placements of the photos then Google has. (Bing amazed me and right now Apple starts another small revolution in tracking). I discovered this via the site of y GPS-maker (GARMIN).


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Is this a grammatically correct sentence?
"Programming language has a four methods. Each method has features in which context to use it."
Is this a grammatically correct sentence?
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No, it is not grammatical. The antecedent of which seems to be features. If we separate the sentence into two clauses, we get Each method has features. In those features context to use it. That clearly makes no sense.
Something isn't sitting right with me on this sentence.
I'd replace the second sentence (subordinate clause which doesn't make sense when separated) with something slightly different. Perhaps ...has features, each with different contexts in which they are used.
In short, no it's not grammatically correct and needs recasting.
No, it's not grammatical. Nor does it make any sense. It's a garden path ending in a trackless maze. The way to tell this is to try to unwind all the rules that have been applied to fold the sentence into this shape and see where it comes from.
The first four words cause no problems, but in which context to use it is a horrifically complex and ill-constructed constituent. Technically, it's what's called a Relative Infinitive, and it's been further modified by having a relative pro-adjective which modifying another noun context, which is the object of a preposition in.
And that whole preposition phrase has been Pied-Piped to the beginning of the infinitive, which lacks a subject, so one needs be determined in order to understand the sentence, along with an antecedent for which, and a coreferent for it, the direct object of use.
In other words, something like the skeleton of the relative clause might be represented as
The [someone] is just an ordinary indefinite, no problem with an infinitive. However, what's it -- it's singular, so it can't be features. Then does which refer to features? And what the hell is contexts doing there? You can't say *in features contexts. You can't even say *in feature contexts and expect it to mean anything here.
I could speculate about where this all came from, given the sentential context, but this seems clear enough.
Apparently, it is. However, being technically correct is not sufficient. It fails to convey any idea clearly. I can say I get your point, just because I am in the field and can understand the context. (i.e., I know what you mean.) You cannot assume the same with the typical reader.
Overall, it looks incongruous and needs rephrasing.


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I've made soymilk several times using dried beans. I've done it using a pot of boiling water to cook the pre-soaked beans, blending in a blender, and straining. I also have a SoyaJoy soymilk maker. No matter what I've tried, I always wind up with a "beany" taste, certainly like nothing you get at the grocery store which always tastes so delicious. I honestly don't know how they make soymilk taste so unlike soybeans! I've tried blending with oats, adding sweetener (which I don't like doing), etc. Does anybody know if it's possible to make home-made soymilk taste like store-bought?
The beany flavor is destroyed by heat. Some recipes do call for boiling the beans before grinding as you said.
Most recipes that I have seen call for boiling the milk for a while after it has been strained. I find this more convenient as the milk is strained and pressed cold and then heated.
If your milk is still excessively beany then you may not be boiling it long enough to break down those indigestible compounds.
As for making it like commercial- most commercial soy milks contain a lot of extra ingredients to enhance the flavor and texture. Vanilla and sometimes sugar are added as well as calcium carbonate for creaminess, preservatives, etc. You can experiment with these if you would like but I found that I developed a taste for the flavor of fresh soy milk. It seems crisper and more naturally sweet to me than store bought.
Glad you asked this - I had the same question a couple weeks ago when making homemade soy milk with a new SoyaBella maker I got. This article from the VeganYumYum provided some good information. Here's a summary of things to try.
If you google around for this (beany homemade soy milk) a lot of stuff comes up, but most of it has been summarized here.
My method is to soak in just boiled water for a few hours or overnight, and then remove the skins using the method listed below. After the milk is made and still hot, add 2-3 tbsp of a good organic sugar. Adding it while hot is important for dissolving the sugar.
A lot of the flavor is in the aroma and the beany aroma may persist, but the flavor tastes a bit cleaner to me. Adding sugar and using it very cold and settled also helps.
**Update - Tip for removing the skins easily
I have come up with a very easy way to remove the majority (not 100%) of the skins. One day I will make a video of this, but here's an explanation for now. You will need a large bowl and a spider or skimmer. A spider or skimmer is ideal, but a slotted spoon or small strainer might work as well. The process takes 5-10 minutes.
This takes a little practice, but if you swirl than catch the skins quickly, you can remove the majority (probably 80-90%) of the skins this way, while leaving the beans behind in the water, and you don't have to worry about picking the skins out by hand, which is very time-consuming
**Update - Always soak dry beans in boiling water
Wikipedia confirms that soaking unhulled beans (skin on) in boiling water will reduce/remove the beany flavor, which is caused by lipoxygenase.
If you prefer sources with more academic rigor, some of the original work on this can be seen here:
Lo, W.Y., K.R. Steinkraus, D.B. Hand, L.B. Hackler, AND W.F. Wilkens. 1968d. Yields of extractcd solids in soymilk as affected by temperature of water and various pre-treatments of beans. Food Technology 22: 1322-1324.
Mattick, L. R., and Hand, D. B., Agric. Food Chem., 17, 15–17 (1969).
Boil the soybeans when they are raw (10 minutes), then soak them (10 hours, refreshing water every 2 hours), then dry them (10 hours), then boil them with baking soda (1 teaspoon per 10 cups of water), then rinse, blend with water, and boil mixture for 30 minutes, then cool, filter through muslin, and refrigerate. Done.
I know Soyafarm, a Japanese company, invented a process that reduces the grassy aroma of soybeans in soymilk, soy yogurt and other soy protein products. I believe the process is enzymatic, but I haven't read the literature; there is some patent information that the parent company and some related companies have filed; many of the techniques would be hard to replicate at home, except maybe the calcium one; I'm not sure the enzymes they use are available to the general public. Most US-market products use other flavorings to cover up the base bean flavor.
Since I mostly use soymilk for soups and other Chinese and Japanese-style culinary applications, I find it a little strange to hide the fresh, beany flavor, which is kind of key to what I expect from soymilk; the thin, watery, aromatized, heavily sweetened versions seem beside the point to me.
I find it rather strange to prefer the flavored supermarket brands; I learned to appreciate fresh soymilk and find the store-bought stuff to be mostly unpleasant, but clearly the market thinks differently.
In addition to what Sobachatina suggested, I've also read that (after soaking) to remove the skins, which might help. How long do you soak your beans? I have soaked mine (in the refrigerator) for a day or two, and I think the longer soaking time helps, too.
I soak the beans overnight and rinse them well before using my soy milk maker. I add about a 1 inch slice of a vanilla bean that I slit open and cut up into 14" pieces. I add that to my soy milk maker and after straining the milk I put another fresh 1" slit open piece in the milk. I also add 1-2 Tb agave syrup. It really has a nice taste. I only use organic non-GMO beans which I have been told make a difference in the taste. I cannot tell mine apart from the store bought after it sits overnight in the fridge.
We have an older SoyaJoy soy milk maker. When we first tried making soy milk it had a very beany taste. I was told by a friend that it was the BEANS that were the problem. I contacted a tofu manufacturing company and purchased organic, non-GMO beans from them. We are very happy with the milk we get from these soybeans. We rinse the beans before soaking them in hot tap water. We soak them for about 8 hours or overnight and rinse them again before putting them into the SoyaJoy. We make no effort to remove the skins, nor do we boil the beans. The SoyaJoy takes care of any heating that is required to make the milk. We strain the milk in 2 layers of cheese cloth and put in a few shakes of salt and approximately 1 tsp of honey. Our soy milk has no beany taste.
We use three batches of soy milk (about 4 1/2 quarts), that yields approximately 18 - 19 ounces of tofu. We use Nigari for curdling the milk. We mix 3 3/4 tsp. of nigari crystals in 1 cup warm water until it is dissolved. One half the disolved nigari is added to the 150-155 degree soymilk while the milk is being stirred in a figure 8 pattern. Then add the remainder of the nigari mixture and stir well again in a figure 8 pattern for 20-30 seconds. Cover the resulting curds and whey and let sit for 15-20 minutes. During this time the curds will sink to the bottom while the whey comes to the top. Carefully drain off some of the whey and pour the remaining curds and whey into a press lined with 2 layers of cheese cloth. Fold the cheese cloth over the curds and whey and place about 5-7 pounds of weight on it for approximately 1 - 1 1/4 hours or until the tofu is as firm as you desire. We enjoy fresh, sweet-tasting tofu every week.
Have fun.
Beany flavuor is due to lipoxigenase enzyme. It can be deactivated with the help of heat. But, still I have seen there is some beany flavour left in it. There is a sow cow machine developed in CIAE, Bhopal, India which sucks out all the aromatic compound out of it and hence give soy milk a bland taste.
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I can prove this in ZFC, but don't know how to prove this in ZF.
Following is the argument of this in ZFC.
Fix $0<r\in \mathbb{R}$ and $x_0\in X$. Let $A_i = \{x\in X\mid d(x,x_j)\ge r,\, j<i\}$. Suppose $A_i≠\emptyset$ for every $i\in \omega$. Then by AC, we can choose $x_i$ for each $A_i$ to derive contradiction.
I want to prove this in ZF. Help.
Additional Question: Does infinite set have a countable subset in ZF? I guess it's true, but I only know the proof in ZFC. (If it is true, I think it would be really useful in many proofs in ZF.)


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Given 5 wires (possibly more), I want to press a Reset button, and have exactly one of those wires, randomly selected, become active - and remain that way (until the next button press). What is a simple way of doing that?
This Q/A is actually related to another Question, my Answer to which, was sufficiently complex (and had so many diagrams), that I decided it was worth a separate post.
Now, there are a lot of random-number generators out there, some very clever (one uses a 13-bit linear feedback shift register - wow). But I wanted something simple, extendable, and easily-understood. There are probably better ones out there :) But I think this one works well enough to be used as part of the circuit in the other Question.
It's basically a 5-clock (using the new repeaters - I love those), connected to some memory flip-flops, with a reset button.
Top-level circuit diagram
5-clock circuit diagram
The arrows are repeaters, set to either 0.3 or 0.2 seconds delay (or none if blank). The 0.2 is to compensate for the length of wire before it, which adds some delay. The clock's entire cycle time is about 1.5 seconds.
333 circuit diagram
How to use it
The clock cycles through 5 torches in about 1.5 seconds, and when you press the Reset button, whichever wire is next to an active torch, will be locked into an active state.
At this point, someone is no doubt complaining, "you call that random"??? :) Why, yes, I do - unless you walk to the button at deterministic time intervals, it's very random. Some people have designed RNGs that use mobs walking around - I'm using the player. :)
However, if you want to add more randomness to it, use the T.B.D. circuit - basically, that means that you: go to the button, look at the Seconds digit on your wristwatch, and when it hits zero, press the button. This will give a range of 1-10 seconds, averaging 5, in which the clock will cycle, resulting in an unpredictable wire activated.
I realize there are other ways of getting a random event. In fact, I had originally created a rapid-pulsar that burned out, then relit in about 5-15 seconds. I was working on having the relight event trigger a JK flip-flop, sending a pulse to the clock. But it was a) trickier than I thought, and I wanted to get an answer posted :) and b) somewhat redundant. All I was trying to do was wait for a random interval before picking a clock torch - and it's easy enough for the player to just look at his watch for a random interval. :)
Sometimes, the best solution, doesn't require a lot of complex machinery. :)
Also, this design is for a specific application - in the original Question, the person wanted a reset button that changed the wire, which means they were actively choosing when to get a random number. If your application involves disco lights flashing at random, then no, this wouldn't work for that. But there's already plenty of solutions for flashing lights randomly.
The 333 circuit is fairly mundane, I claim no originality - the only reason I gave it a name, is I had to give it some label in the diagram for clarity. :)
Update: Although I originally only used a manually-activated Pulse Injector, it required that the player flip the switch on/off quickly. Just for fun, I decided to add an Auto-Pulse Injector to make it simpler to activate the clock. (The design for which came from the Wiki).
With the 1.5 update with hoppers and comparators you can make a dispenser face upwards in to a downwards facing hopper and a comparator on the hopper (by the side of it), then place any item that can stack and a item that cant stack in the dispenser, then power the dispenser, a random item will go in to the hopper. If it's a non stacking item it will give out a signal strength of 2 if it's a stackable item it will give out a signal of 1.


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Blenheim Bouquet is Penhaligon's hero, the bestselling fragrance, originally created in 1902 and still our most popular.
On a recent fragrance profile at our Burlington Arcade boutique, Editor of The Grooming Guide, Nick Cox discovered the best means to wear fragrance. Here he reveals some of the top tips he learnt that day!
Here at Penhaligon's, we're proud to be a British brand that still manufactures in the UK! So when we got the chance to go and watch our fragrances being produced in Hampshire we jumped at the chance. On this particular day the scent of our classic citrus scent Blenheim Bouquet filled the air!


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Recent and archived news articles by Julia Werdigier of The New York Times and The International Herald Tribune.
Hotel Review: Laura Ashley's The Manor Hotel in Elstree, England
This property, reopened last July, offers a taste of the country just a short drive from London.
March 30, 2014, Sunday
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Navigating Cultures, Accepting Criticism
Ann Cairns, president of MasterCard's global operations outside North America, on ways to give feedback.
March 17, 2014, Monday
Aloft With Landing Gear Incomplete
Simon Devonshire of Wayra Europe, a Telefónica start-up incubator, likens start-ups to a plane that is being built as it flies.
March 3, 2014, Monday
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Bailed-Out Royal Bank of Scotland Sees Years of Losses
After posting losses for the past six years — including a worse-than-expected loss of 8.2 billion pounds, or $13.7 billion, for 2013 — R.B.S. said it could be another three to five years before it returns to profit and rebuilds trust among its...
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The bank said it would pay an allowance to high-ranking executives in order to circumvent European compensation limits and announced earnings for 2013 that fell short of analyst expectations.
February 24, 2014, Monday
Chinese Developer Envisions a Future for Abandoned London Docks
London's mayor has said the proposal by a Chinese developer for the derelict Royal Albert Dock will add $10 billion to Britain's economy.
February 19, 2014, Wednesday
Cigarette Ads Come Back to British TV
Electronic devices are bypassing a loophole in the 50-year-old advertising code, but health officials and critics still have their doubts.
February 18, 2014, Tuesday
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The central bank's governor said decisions on a rate increase would now be linked to a range of factors, and monetary tightening was some way off.
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The Bank of England is working with lawyers to examine allegations that it indirectly condoned foreign exchange market manipulation, Andrew Bailey, a central bank executive, told Parliament.
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The 5 Worst Deaths Written for Great Characters (And Why)
Death scenes are the kind of thing actors drool over. If your character has to bite it, you want to go out like William Wallace, dammit! FREEEEDOOOOM!!!
But occasionally you see a character die in an abrupt, pointless way that seemed to have been written in as an afterthought, or even in such an undignified way that you suspect the writers included it as a "screw you" to the actor.
Well, there's a reason for that.
#5. Capt. James T. Kirk
William Shatner played the same character for 28 years, and inspired something like a religion. Somewhere, right now, a grown man is dressed in a Captain Kirk uniform, probably while in a crowded room next to some other guy dressed like a Klingon. So how did they send off the star of one of the most popular and lucrative franchises in entertainment history?
Warning: May cause spontaneous uncontrollable arousal in women.
The Death:
They dropped a bridge on him. After decades of (sometimes shirtlessly) tangling with the universe's biggest baddies and boning the hottest aliens, Kirk leaves the mortal coil by way of subpar building construction codes.
While watching Star Trek: Generations we knew something was wrong when, during a face-off with the movie's main bad guy with Captain Picard, Kirk tells Picard to hold off the bad guy for him. James T. Kirk passing the chance to punch a dude? That's like a heroin addict saying, "Man, can you shoot up my stash for me? I got an errand to run."
An addiction is an addiction.
So instead Kirk goes to fetch a remote to disable the cloak on a bunch of missiles Soran (the bad guy) was about to launch. The remote just so happens to be on a rickety bridge and, as Kirk manages to make a final act of disabling the cloaking system, the bridge collapses down a cliff, taking Kirk with it.
What Really Happened:
First of all, it's clear that Kirk was shoehorned into the film only because the suits weren't confident they could get people to watch a Kirk-less Star Trek movie (Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley both refused to be in the movie, saying the crew got a perfectly good sendoff in The Undiscovered Country, a film specifically written for that purpose). Then, when the writers were sitting around brainstorming ideas for, you know, what to actually do with him, somebody said, "Why don't we kill Kirk?" (yes, that's literally what they said).
So, they brought Shatner and Kirk back to the franchise specifically to kill his ass, and thus wrote in a death for him where he... gets shot in the back by the bad guy.
They filmed it, too:
That didn't make it into the movie because test audiences felt it wasn't heroic enough. So, grossly misunderstanding that feedback, they had a rusty bridge accidentally fall on him instead. Couldn't he at least been having sex with something at the time?
Preferably not a bridge.
#4. Scott Summers (aka Cyclops of the X-Men)
Wolverine gets all the attention, but Cyclops is the X-Men's field leader and second in command. Also, he can destroy a city block by taking his sunglasses off. That should count for something, right?
The Death:
He dies in X-Men: The Last Stand. Well, that makes sense. It is the last stand, after all. You see that on a poster and picture him and the rest of his comrades going down in some kind of universe-saving blaze of glory.
Then you watch and find out he dies in the first half hour.
Candid photo of Marsden's reaction to the script.
He gets roughly five minutes of screen time, and never even suits up as Cyclops (even though the promotional posters clearly show him suited up X-Men style). Still depressed over the loss of his wife (Jean Grey, who died in the second film), Cyclops goes to Alkali Lake, Canada, where she died, despite Professor X's warnings.
That's what you get for ignoring Patrick Stewart.
At the lake, he finds a very much alive Jean Grey standing there. After asking the obvious question of "how are you alive?" they kiss and Cyclops just explodes. Well, we assume. Cyclops wasn't even granted an on-screen death.
Then, back at the mansion, the X-Men hold a funeral for their fallen friend and lead-
Oh, wait, no. Actually, he's never mentioned again until the end of the movie, where you see a brief glance of his tombstone.
What Really Happened:
Marsden was being unfaithful. He was cheating on the X-Men with another comic book franchise, Superman. He didn't have much time on the set of X-Men: The Last Stand because he was cast in Superman Returns, which was shooting at the same time.
How could this go wrong?
Rumors floated around the Internet that Cyclops' death was intentionally bad, as Fox was upset over Marsden's choice (Superman Returns was owned by another studio and helmed by X-Men 1 and 2 director Bryan Singer). While we are not ones to indulge in unconfirmed Internet rumors, yeah, that's what probably happened.
The bigger question is, why would Marsden do it? Keep in mind, he didn't leave to play Superman, or Lex Luthor (possibly the only two characters in the Superman universe worth playing). No, he bailed on being Cyclops just to play the guy who bones Superman's girlfriend when Supe's is out of town. There can't be much job security in stealing Superman's girlfriend.
I will rip off your dick and throw it into the sun.
#3. Hicks, Newt and Bishop (Aliens)
They are three of four survivors from Aliens (well, including the android--does an android "survive" something?). The trio includes the little girl whose safety is the driving motivation for the entire film, and the robot who flew them all to salvation.
One of them was even on the damn poster.
The Deaths:
These are the only people on our list to not make it out of the opening credits alive.
In the opening minutes of Alien 3, while much of the audience was just getting back from the popcorn counter, we see an alien face-hugger running loose on the escape pod the heroes were sleeping in during the denouement of the last movie. How will the gang get out of this one?!
Ah, right. They won't. The pod crashes, killing Hicks and Newt and smashing Bishop. Hicks was impaled by a support beam while Newt drowned when her pod crashed into the ocean.
What Really Happened:
As for Newt, the issue was age. The little girl who played Newt in Aliens had aged six years by the time the next movie was filmed and she wasn't acting any more (Aliens is the only thing she was ever in). Well, not having her in the movie is understandable. They didn't have to murder a child just because they didn't feel like replacing the actress.
Happy endings don't exist in the Alien universe.
As for the other two... there is no good answer.
It's well known among sci-fi fans that the production of Alien 3 was a ridiculous carnival of stupidity. David Fincher had been brought in at the last minute after every single other director in Hollywood had been hired and eventually fired from the project. At least four scripts had been written for the film, but 20th Century Fox didn't like any of them, so producers Walter Hill and David Giler took over and mashed up aspects from all the previous scripts.
All of the terrible decisions that were made appear to be due to that random, haphazard cobbling together of story elements. They had drafts that didn't include Ripley at all. They had some that had Hicks as the main character, with Ripley in a cameo (in fact, that was the case in the last draft before the one that killed off Hicks).
Industry experts theorize, "God hates Michael Biehn."
Thus the decision to kill him off--and reduce Bishop to a single scene where he talks to Ripley from a pile of garbage--appeared to be a arbitrary, last-minute choices made while slapping the story together. Michael Biehn was so pissed off by it he demanded to get the same money for the few seconds they used his likeness in the opening scene that he was paid to co-star in Aliens.
Don't worry, Michael, we're pretty sure you got out of the franchise just in time.
There are worse things than death.


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Last month a rep from Rodale Books contacted me about reviewing Come to the Table: The Slow Food Way of Living on my blog. I agreed, so here it is.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Come to the Table: A Book Review
Posted by Vegan Dad at 8:14 PM
Labels: non food, Vegan Mofo
11 comments:
- Bex said...
A well written review. I always find myself getting annoyed with ideas like these. Where people seem to be really cool and clued in ("eat locally for the environment" "know where your food comes from" "build the community") but they just don't go all the way. You've already hit the points in your questions. There really isn't such a thing as humane meat and farming it will never really be ecologically sound we can only make it less of a mess then at the moment.
I do like the idea of the local food movement and the sense of community it can bring. I'll go with that.
- October 13, 2008 at 11:15 PM
- Anonymous said...
Local food is always the best food (home-grown is even better). But local non-vegan food is still unethical. You still run into ethic questions such as where did the animals that local producers grow come from? I know in Australia, where I am, all of the local producers of free range eggs and meat source their animals from the same places that intensive animal farms source theirs from, or source their animals from the intensive farms themselves. If there's one term that riles me, it's "happy meat."
Regardless of how happy an animal's life is because of 'kind' farming practices, you're still bringing an animal into the world with the sole purpose of slaughtering it. Animals would rather live than die, full stop (like the rest of us!). Considering we can nourish ourselves perfectly well, and some say far better, by not consuming animal parts and foods derived from them, there's no ethical basis on which to raise an animal with the express purpose of killing it for food. 'Because we like it' is no ethical ground to stand in regards to consuming any animal product, no matter how 'happy/humane/friendly' the animal is treated beforehand. The animal's treatment before slaughter is a non-issue. However, it is popularly discussed amongst vegans and omni's alike, all the while the property status of animals elephant sits in the corner of the room, screaming for attention.
I'm against animal husbandry and pet ownership as I subscribe to the abolitionist form of veganism. As long as we view animals as an economic commodity to do with as we humans see fit, animals will continue to be exploited. That is not to say that we shouldn't take care of the animals already with us, I myself own two dogs I took in as strays (and yes, they're vegan too). I enjoy their company, and they mine, but were they the last two dogs on earth I would never consider breeding them so I, or others like me, could keep them as pets.
The only way to end animal exploitation is to abolish their property status. Only then will animals truly be free.
Peace and love.
- October 14, 2008 at 5:01 AM
- Binx said...
Interesting. Although I intend on remaining a vegan for the rest of my life, I'm not opposed to meat eating in general-- just the current "factory farms", slaughterhouses, etc. So having this change would make me really happy, but would not change the way I eat.
- October 14, 2008 at 5:56 AM
- QuantumCognition said...
I have been wondering about whether more local/more humane means more acceptable in terms of eating animal products. There are primitivists out there who might claim that this is what native populations have done to survive for eons - hunting, fishing, herding, etc. As it stands in the US right now, I believe that there is simply too much careless animal consuming going on to make conscientious consuming acceptable. Thus, I opt for no consuming whatsoever. I think that this is the only way to somewhat counterbalance the environmental degradation of eating animals.
Furthermore, I wonder if the health benefits of a vegan lifestyle are such that it would simply be taking steps back to return to meat/animal product eating. And, if it wouldn't be more work to raise animals than plants. Edible forest gardening seems to be a somewhat self-perpetuating food source - why not keep it so simple?
Perhaps the population cannot be sustained on small farms as it stands right now. But if these farms supplemented everyone's home/community food gardens, maybe so...
- October 14, 2008 at 8:08 AM
- JohnP said...
Good review. I am on the email list for Nashville's slow food group. Occasionally, they sponsor events of interest to vegans (e.g. a sourkraut-making workshop), but most of their events (and all of their dinners) are very focused on meat and cheese. I haven't seen a dinner menu yet that had enough plant matter for me to make a full meal of it. As plant agriculture is more easily sustainable than animal agriculture, and produces more food for more people (not to mention the cruelty, the health reasons, etc), I just don't get it... I'm all for eating local, growing food, making food, but sometimes the slow food movement seems like trendy omni foodies who are at odds with their own principles.
- October 14, 2008 at 8:15 AM
- QuantumCognition said...
Here, here, johnp!
I feel I'm guilty of the same type of behavior that you are calling the slow foodies out on. It's sort of like Whole Foods environmentalism - not a drop in consumerism, just a shift. That's not the way to go. The way to go is to consume less and create more (i.e. grow your own food). A good lesson to remember for many of us. I am reading "Depletion and Abundance" by Sharon Astyk and I recommend it to the environmentally-minded, low-impact leaning type. Really, I recommend it to anyone who wants to prepare for an uncertain food future.
- October 14, 2008 at 9:45 AM
- veganmum said...
A thought-provoking review; thank you.
Earlier this year another book (Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle) had me thinking seriously about local eating and my own veganism. I've been vegan for 10 years and never before had I even considered the possibility of eating eggs or dairy. It was a bit of a shock to me that I was considering eggs again. I know I will never again eat the flesh of a dead animal, no matter what kind of life that animal lived, and the idea of eating dairy, even "humanely" produced dairy, is so foreign to me now that it actually turns my stomach. But I have been giving a lot of thought to whether I would eat eggs if they came from local, happy hens I personally "knew," and I still don't have an answer. I do struggle with maintaining a primarily local, well-rounded vegan diet for my family. It can certainly be done, even in my area of the continent, but it is not easy, and we still rely on (non-local) soy more than I am comfortable with. After all these years, am I so hung up on the semantics of "vegan" that I am now shunning what I don't actually ethically oppose? Or worse, am I causing more harm to the environment, or costing more lives than I could be as a not-quite-vegan?
All that is to say, I will be watching these comments with interest.
- October 14, 2008 at 10:57 AM
- Bianca said...
Thanks for the review! I'm definitely pro-local and eat as much local foods as possible.
- October 14, 2008 at 4:49 PM
- Tracy said...
Well, it certainly is an interesting review and I am sure, a very interesting book. Personally, I welcome the interest of the average meat eater in the slow food movement, because my hope is that while we work towards the abolition of meat-eating altogether, perhaps in the meantime some of those food animals will at least have a better (albeit too short) life. I am a realist, and I know that a vegan world is not exactly right around the corner. However, at least the whole debate growing in society right now about the treatment of animals in agriculture is getting the word out there that cruelty is rampant. Most people I know still think that the cows and pigs they eat frolic in the sunshine until the day they get bonked in the head with no warning and die a painless death. Yeah, right....
- October 14, 2008 at 7:40 PM
- Anonymous said...
Great review.
I just wanted to say living Switzerland you know from where almost all of your food comes from. It is labeled and most vegetables and fruit come from within 100 miles from your home. Even processed foods can be very local. The economy here is set up to produce and manufacture for the people not so much for export.
Even vegan "meat" products are pretty local, as in 100 miles from the shop.
I would love to see the US and CA adopt this. So many things can grow locally.
Great site and great review.
- October 31, 2008 at 2:14 AM
- Joelie said...
I read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle (Kingsolver) as well, and it is the main reason I have become vegan. I live in France and I can easily find "bio" (organic) or "eleve en pleine air" (free-range) meat, but for me, that's not enough. The only way I can know that meat I eat has lived a life of peace, happiness and freedom from hormones/antibiotics is if I raise them myself. Since I live in an apartment building right now, that is impossible. However, one of the main reasons for my being in France is to save up enough money to buy a farm back in the States. This has become our family project. My husband works for a great company who pays our expenses and we rent out our home back in the States, so all money we have after paying our bills goes to the "farm fund." Until we have our farm and are responsiblbe for the sources of our meat, eggs, and dairy, I will strive to live a vegan (well, except for honey... I'm still gonna eat honey) lifestyle.
In truth, my own personal belief is the ONLY purely responsible way to be an omni is to learn to hunt (preferably natural hunting like with a bow). Hunting helps maintain the balance of nature since there are increasingly fewer natural predators (thanks to our growth) for many animals in nature, resulting in overpopulation and rampant disease. I'm not there, yet.
While I may continue to be vegan the rest of my life (I'm coming to the end of my first month and am almost completely convinced this is "the way"), I still want to make available to my omni friends and neighbors a clean and human alternative to the industrial meat farms.
Great review, BTW!
- March 1, 2009 at 10:14 AM


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Charlotte, NC – Charlotte 49ers head coach Alan Major has announced the signing of 6-7 forward Marcus Bryan (Raleigh, N.C./Ravenscroft) to play basketball for the 49ers.
"We are extremely excited to have Marcus Bryan join the 49ers basketball family," Major said. "We have known Ravenscroft Coach Kevin Billerman, who is a former Charlotte assistant coach, and his AAU coaches at Garner Road for a long time. He comes from two terrific programs in that regards. He will give us more depth in the post. He is a player that can shoot the ball and stretch the floor with his skill set."
Bryan, who was a three-time TISAC All-Conference selection, averaged 17.8 points, 12.8 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game as a senior. As a senior, he earned first-team NCISAA All-State honors and was named the TISAC Conference Player of the Year. He finished his career at Ravenscroft as the school's career leader in rebounds and blocked shots.
As a junior, he averaged 11.8 points, 9.8 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game. As a junior in 2012, he scored 17 points in the state championship game helping Ravenscroft capture their first state championship in 32 years. He also earned All-Tournament honors in every tournament that Ravenscroft played in over his final three years.
"Marcus is one the best players in Ravenscroft history," said Ravenscroft coach Kevin Billerman, who was a longtime assistant coach under Jeff Mullins at Charlotte. "Marcus helped Ravenscroft win a school-record 101 games during his four-year career. He was a mainstay in our front court since his freshman year. Marcus is an outstanding young man and a good student. He will be a great addition to the Charlotte 49ers basketball team."
Bryan also played for one of the top AAU programs in the country in Garner Road. He played AAU basketball with current 49ers Denzel Ingram and Gavin Wilson.
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If postseason experience is as important as it is made out to be, place your bets on the Detroit Tigers facing the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series for the fourth time and on the Tigers winning it all for the first time since 1984.
In a quest to define exactly who has the most and least postseason experience, Stats, LLC tallied all the postseason at-bats and innings pitched for current members of each postseason roster. We also included some result numbers to enrich the conversation.
What jumps out most about the Tigers is a whopping 203 postseason innings pitched, combined with an impressive 14-10 record and a 3.50 ERA. The Red Sox, meanwhile, have a lot of postseason experience on the hill (158.2 IP), but the results have been much less pretty (5-10, 4.20). In the hitting department, the Tigers, Cards and Red Sox again dominate in quantity. But here, St. Louis' and Boston's bats trump the Tigers.
Though one thinks of the Atlanta Braves as a perennial playoff team, the 2013 version isn't particularly seasoned. And though the Dodgers' spending spree bought a lot of postseason experience from the plate, the pitchers are relatively new to this stage.
Finally, even though the Tampa Bay Rays were in the playoffs just two seasons ago, they bring a measly 29.1 innings of postseason mound experience to 2013. Essentially only David Price, Jeremy Hellickson and Joel Peralta remain as major parts from that 2011 pitching staff.
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St. Joseph's eve
Today is St. Joseph Day. Only it's not, except in certain Italian-American neighborhoods, where it's been St. Joseph's Day since more or less the weekend, which is when the confection known as the St. Joseph's pastry started showing up alongside the grudgingly offered Irish soda bread in local bakeries. We Italians, never reluctant to indulge our impulse toward aggrieved resentment and victimization, have to remind the whole world that not everyone is congenitally (or even civically) compelled to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Must have something to do with the status anxiety that comes with, as I've seen at least one Irish writer phrase it recently, "arriving on a later boat."
Growing up in rural western New Jersey, I was spared the ethnic strife I understood to be forever roiling the urban centers to the east. My father might mutter vaguely now and then about "Connecticut and Westchester Irish" he had to deal with as a day student at Fordham University in the 1950s, but he exhibited indifference to March 17, and I didn't even know what a St. Joseph's pastry was, or the symbolism it carried for certain immigrants and their children, until I got to know my wife's family.
From them I got my first look at a St. Joseph's pastry, along with firsthand stories from the frontlines of Jersey City—about the Irish toughs who bullied my father-in-law, the Irish girls who brazenly yanked the hair of his aunts and grandmother right beneath the noses of the uncaring teachers, the general haughtiness and superiority with which the Dillons and Halligans and McGoverns carried themselves, "walking down the streets liked they owned them—which they did!" Umbrage and resentment in plentiful supply, but neither did these stop my father-in-law from forging close friendships with kids like Francis Xavier Fitzpatrick and Jimmy McGovern himself (whose father Mugsy was selected for running the numbers "on account of his photographic memory"). Or one of the cousins from marrying the beautiful Kay McGillicuddy. Or the grandparents and the Dillons from becoming lifelong, mutually helpful neighbors.
Settled in Brooklyn, I was reintroduced to St. Joseph's pastry only after my son was born, by the older Italian woman in whose care we were leaving him a couple of afternoons a week (his name, go figure, is Patrick). She said he really liked it, even better than the pistachios and Tootsie Rolls she fed him despite his only being eighteen months old at the time. This morning on the way to the subway I stopped by the local bakery, where a marked-down, forlorn-looking loaf of day-old soda bread sat on the counter. Over the weekend I read that the neighborhood I live in is now only about 20% Italian, down from 52% thirty years ago—a decline not nearly as great as I suspected from having watched the turnover in just the last decade—with median household income having more than doubled. Most of the other customers were ordering lattes and croissants. I ordered a St. Joseph's pastry, selecting the custard variety (zeppole) over the cannoli-cream (sfinci), having to be reminded of the difference and forgetting just how large and daunting these things are. I'll probably just bring it back home and split it four ways for dessert tonight, and quietly celebrate St. Joseph's eve with the family.
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I realize this is Lent and that zeppole can be large, but splitting it FOUR ways? Doesnt sound like much of a feast to me. It will certainly be a quiet celebration! Open the borsa and at least get two.
My own preference is for sfinci: here's a recipe with a rather delectable photo of the delicacy:
Everything I have read says that St. Joseph's Day is Wednesday, March 19th.
Everything I have read says that St. Joseph's Day is Wednesday, March 19th.
There's a large Italian community here in Oakland, CA, may of who are descendants of folks from Calabria. I understand the St. J Day got it's start in Sicily which, of course, is just across the bridge from Sicily.
When I asked some of them about how they are celebrating, they told me that it never was a big thing in their families and social clubs.
Could it be more of an East Coas/Southeast/Midwest thing? I know it's big in Kansas City and New Orleans. There are a LOT of Italians here, particularly in San Francisco and I have read/heard nothing about celebrations, altars, meals, etc. out here.
When I was brilliantly creating a regular "letter from ---" for The Trenton Times, the place in Italy with the roots of most of the residents of Chambersburg in Trenton, NJ (where Jimmy Carter had to go when he got in trouble with the Sons of Italy, but that's another story) was, I was reliably told, Calabria. The reguar letter idea fell through (like most of my good ones), but apparently there are a lot of cousins in comon between Oakland and Trenton -- two cities undervalued by people who have never been there.
St. Joseph's Day was never a big deal in Trenton while I was there. Neither, though, was St. Patrick's Day. I've heard more about it since I have been in Florida. The major seminary makes a big deal over Joe-Pat, which it handles as a big, super combined day to extort a lifting of the Lenten fast from the bishop. (I don't know why Joe comes first. Alphabetically? Chronologically? Putting the Irish in their place?). Some South Florida restaurants also seem to use the double-header idea. My wife had corned beef and cabbage at Stresa's yesterday. That feels to me like ordering grape leaves at a German restaurant. I had the fish.
Did your family belong to St. Cecelia's at Herbert and N. Henry Streets in Greenpoint? Great parish and great neighborhood.
I am a zeppole person through and through. I went to as many Italian Feasts in the summer that I could attend just to get a brown paper bag of hot zeppole coated in powdered suger. That is heaven to me.
St. Joseph Day and St. Joseph altars, loaded with delicious baked goods and other tasty treats, have been part of the New Orleans and vicinity scene for more years than I can remember. People visit the altar, leave an offering for the food they take and this money is donated to the poor.
Another reason to be thankful that there's a New Orleans.
Alan - alas, no, not a St. Cecelia's family.
The zeppole that one buys at the feasts are not zeppole San Giuseppe. Dominic the reason your father got upset with the Irish was because he did not have a Vito Corleone in his neighborhood like I did. Being a "college Italian" at that time means he forgot to honor the Godfather who would have protected him. Then "his enemies would have become the Don's enemies and people would fear him."
In 1948 I sold newspapers in bars from Third Avenue to Wales Avenue in the Bronx which was completely Irish. There was not the tension you spoke of. It must have been with the educated crowd.
At any rate, Bona festa. And explain to Alan the difference in zeppoles.
Thanks, Bill, for your concern. I know the difference between the two types of zeppole. My comment was about how much I enjoy the ones at Italian Feasts not the ones associated with St. Joseph's Day.
Jim McCrea, I live on the east coast now (DC area) but come from California, as you know. This site is so heavily dominated by northeasterners - with a sprinkling of midwest and and a couple of people from New Orleans (for a little pizzazz) - it's almost funny at times. So often the posters seem unaware of the fact that there is a big country out there!
Like you, I never knew of anyone in California making a big deal of St. Joseph's day. It's not a big deal in in DC but there is one Italian American parish that apparently celebrates it in a big way. I never knew until reading this post today that St. Joseph's Day is a big event in at least some Italian American families/parishes.
Anne Chapman, as An Olivier would tell you, 'pizzazz' is just another term for joie de vivre. St. Joseph had it and so do real New Orleaneans.
Years ago California was the New Frontier. People were going out there as an adventure. In the beginning the movie industry was looked down upon so the unexplored West Coast was open to them. "That's "how the Jews invented Hollywood." Nobody else wanted it. Don Corleone's family stopped at Vegas.
So blame those renegade Italians who forgot their heritage and did not give San Giuseppe his due. Such a lacuna. Nonetheless, I would bet that Joe Dimaggio's family celebrated the feast.
Anyhow, everywhere part of the tradition was that on that day, you had to pull the ear lobe of anyone named Giuseppe as you kissed them to wish them a happy Saint Joseph's Day.
Bill, interesting about the traditions. I am totally unfamiliar with them. My family (maternal and paternal) were among the adventurers I suppose - settling in Los Angeles well after the Gold Rush, but long before Hollywood (1880s). My mother told me lots of stories about growing up in LA when it was a small town. I have some great family photos from the early 20th century, including some showing some major streets that are now famous (Sunset, Sepulveda, etc) when they were dirt roads. By the time I came along, Hollywood was in full swing and I lived in a neighborhood that is very close to major studios, so, unsurprisingly, most of our neighbors worked for the industry. My best friend was Jewish as were most of our neighbors. I grew up celebrating Jewish holidays with her, but even though I went to a parochial school I never even heard of anyone celebrating St. Joseph's Day! I don't think LA had many ethnic parishes which seem so common on the east coast and mid-west (except for the Spanish-speaking parishes). I've never known a single person in my whole life named Giuseppe!
Bernard and Ann, I do hope someday to visit New Orleans. I have traveled a fair amount in my life, both in the US and outside of it. I lived in France for a year when younger and I have been fortunate enough to visit many of the world's great cities over the years, from Tokyo to Rome, and in the US probably every major city except New Orleans. I do hope to remedy that at some point because I've always envied the apparent joie de vivre of your city. I'll put it on the bucket list!
Hope everyone had a great St. Joseph's Day!
Well I'll be darned! I just discovered that Sicily is across the bridge from Calabria, not from Siciliy.
Who woulda known?
Out here in my Castro District parish, this would be viewed as a delightful tradition: "Anyhow, everywhere part of the tradition was that on that day, you had to pull the ear lobe of anyone named Giuseppe as you kissed him to wish him a happy Saint Joseph's Day."
Bill: I'm sure you meant "him" rather than "them" unless it is a practice on the East Coast to name some women Giuseppe.
As a product of a "mixed marriage," that is of an Italian and Irish couple, the sometimes antagonism between the two, was more of a source of humor than anything else in our family. One joke was that our family cooked and ate Italian, but drank Irish. Good thing it was not the opposite, as Irish-Americans, at least until recently, were no culinary stars. Our generation has kept up that tradition. As the day to day cook in the family, with some Tuscan and Sicilian in my ancestry, I cooked a new dish, for us, Sicilain rolled and stuffed eggplant for St, Joseph's Day. (No patries -- diet and lent!) Delizioso! I must say. Give it a try, Dominic. Thanks for this entertaining article.
Anne --
Do come on down :-) But to tell the truth, though I dearly love my city, I don't understand the strong attraction to others. The only other place I've lived is Washington DC, and I could have been happy there too, though now it seems to be all legislators, lawyers and lobbyists. Yes, we do have parades at the drop of a hat, and we have the oaks and the food and the eccentrics and the music . . . Hey, I guess it really is different.


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WASHINGTON—A nomination of Penny Pritzker as the next commerce secretary would threaten to divide President Barack Obama's political coalition, pitting women's advocates against labor leaders angry about the treatment of workers at her family's hotel chain.
Ms. Pritzker, a wealthy businesswoman and Democratic donor whose support helped propel Mr. Obama from the Illinois state legislature to the White House, is the front-runner for the cabinet post, according to two people familiar with the selection process.
Terry O'Neill, president of the National Organization for Women, applauded the president's nomination of a woman as interior secretary and the possible elevation of Ms. Pritzker. "That's great," Ms. O'Neill said.
Some union officials, however, would be unhappy to see her become the nominee. One union, Unite Here, has targeted Ms. Pritzker and her family's Hyatt hotel chain, enlisting the Obama Labor Department in an 18-month investigation of alleged worker-safety violations. The federal probe ended with a finding of no major violations.
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The easiest way is to not do it; I spoke to my devs, and the same effect will happen if I navigate away and then back. But I'm still curious about how I would restart the browser if I had to.
You can have two separate tests. One will put stuff in cart and close. Another test will start new browser, logs as same user, and checks if cart is in expected state. FOr extra credit you may start different kind of browser.
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Members of the media who wish to reach students, faculty, staff, or a spokesperson of the College, please email Media Relations or call 802-440-4399.
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Office of Communications
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Brian Morrice '11 was one of 140 "young leaders" selected nationwide to serve as a White House intern this spring.
Morrice, who studied political science at Bennington and took a term off to work on President Obama's presidential campaign (before graduating in December), was assigned to the Office of President Personnel, where he'll assist staff members responsible for recruiting candidates for various governmental departments and agencies.
"I hope to give more than I gain in this internship," Morrice told the Bennington Banner this week, "because public service was the ultimate calling for doing this."
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I have an html file named index.html, in which I have a header reference to javascript file(graph.js). There is a submit button on my html page. Method attribute of my form is post.
There is a list named adj_list in my graph.js. How can I get the adj_list in my python class's post method? (I don't know how to pass adj_list with url.something like below..)
<form name="graph" action="/sign?.." method="post">