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Hi Aaron: A centralized schema must not exceed a certain size; otherwise it is unmanageable and hard to navigate. Even Google could not easily maintain enumeration for arbitrary domains. Take for example recipes: If you want to encode herbs used for a recipe, DBPedia/Wikipedia provides ca. 200 Web-scale identifiers, most of them defined in multiple languages and with a picture showing the herb. Importing all those into schema.org would quickly break the whole schema.org approach. I may have, unintentionally, scared potential adopters by Linked Data geek speak of "DBPedia identifiers". What I mean by that is pretty simple and straighforward: For a certain Microdata property with the defined range "URL" or "DBPedia URL" (tbd), 1. Search the English Wikipedia for the best matching page Example: Oregano --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregano 2. Strip off http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki --> /Oregano 3. Attach the DBPedia base URI http://dbpedia.org/resource/ --> http://dbpedia.org/resource/Oregano 4. Use this with the respective property
 Oregano Bread <link itemprop="ingredients" href="http://dbpedia.org/resource/Oregano" /> Oregano ...
 I think this is a fairly feasible approach, with several nice features: 1. Broad coverage 2. Many translations 3. Good textual definitions 4. Typically an image 5. Broad community involvement (most popular pages have undergone 200+ public edits and thus been subject to much more intense discourse than any other dictionary of named entities). 6. Fairly stable URIs (see [1]. Note that while Google is big, the staffing available for maintaining schema.org is likely very limited. It makes no sense to reinvest the 350 man-years needed to complete Cyc, the all-purpose ontology of the world. I can tell you from the work on GoodRelations that the effort for maintaining a global schema is grossly underestimated. GoodRelations with ca. 30 classes and ca. 90 properties took more than 10 man-years to build and maintain to date. Martin [1] Hepp, Martin; Siorpaes, Katharina; Bachlechner, Daniel: Harvesting Wiki Consensus: Using Wikipedia Entries as Vocabulary for Knowledge Management, IEEE Internet Computing, Vol. 11, No. 5, pp. 54-65, Sept-Oct 2007. Additional data and materials related to this paper are available at a dedicated Web page: http://www.heppnetz.de/harvesting-wikipedia/ PDF at http://www.heppnetz.de/files/hepp-siorpaes-bachlechner-harvesting%20wikipedia%20w5054.pdf On Nov 2, 2011, at 5:26 PM, Aaron Bradley wrote: >> From: Roy Lachica <firstname.lastname@example.com> > > >> Using external identifiers e.g. from DBPedia or Freebase sounds like a good solution. However the drawback of this approach is that it creates confusion for "ordinary" web developers and webmasters. At the moment Schema.org is so simple that "anyone" can use it. If we begin to rely on webmasters to use external identifiers and begin to encourage webmasters to mix vocabularies you create confusion about what identifiers and vocabs to use, how to use them, where to find them, etc. > > > I could not agree more. In some ways, relying on external namepaces and the syntactical complexity that comes with correctly employing them belies the whole point of schema.org. If the answer to "I need a new type" is "use this-or-that external namespace (and, in the process, ditch microdata and employ RDFa instead)" then why have an extension mechanism for schema.org? > > > Martin's follow-up point that it is impossible for "maintain an up-to-date inventory of value definitions across all industries" and "that referring to DBPedia ... is acceptable for Web developers" raises a couple of issues. Sure, neither schema.org nor another vocabulary will encompass all terms that are required by webmasters - well-identified by many commentators as the problems implicit in trying to create an "ontology of everything" - but in that case what are the boundaries of schema.org? The limits of schema.org are not ill defined, they are not defined at all. And in this there is a disconnect between enterprise outfits (and semantic web developers) and Roy's "ordinary" webmasters which threatens to alienate the latter. > > An example of what I mean relates to the evolution of the software extension in schema.org. An "ordinary" webmaster wanted to know whether software was suitably handled by the CreativeWork type, and how he would go about correctly go about extending it: > > http://groups.google.com/group/schemaorg-discussion/browse_thread/thread/fd2d007dd60e4c5e?pli=1 > > Crickets. > > But in September Google determined it should extend CreativeWork to include SoftwareApplication: > http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=1645432 > > Viola, a well-formed, well-documented extension - with, of course, plenty of incentive for webmasters dealing with software to adopt it, as presumably Google wouldn't have developed the extension unless they were planning on parsing it. If Google was Igor would we have pointed them to DBpedia? Told them that you can't have an ontology of everything? > > (This also raises the interesting point of how an extension makes it "officially" into the schema.org vocabulary. Are we waiting to see whether or not it gains "significant adoption on the web" so that it "may be moved into the core schema.org vocabulary"? How did the properties from rNews make it onto the site (and I'm still looking for a reasoned response to my "ordinary" webmaster concerns about tickerSymbol:)? Not a complaint or an accusation, I genuinely don't know the process, or if there even is a process.) > > > All of this is in turn related to what is reasonable for "ordinary" webmasters. While "referring to DBPedia" may be "acceptable for Web developers" it is not appropriate for "ordinary" webmasters that are doing their best to nail basic microdata syntax and incorporate schema.org-based markup onto their sites. Anytime you want to ask a question of an "ordinary" webmaster I'll happily volunteer - I'm don't think I'm a technical slouch, but I'm certainly no developer. I (think) I can deal with schema.org microdata fairly aptly. But if one were to tell me, when I inquired about an extension, "use DBPedia" I wouldn't have the faintest clue how to incorporate this into my code, I would have absolutely no idea if this accomplished the stated schema.org goal of allowing webmasters to "markup their pages in ways recognized by major search providers," and I would little possibility of garnering development resources to do so without being able to make a > reasonable case being made for the return on investment. > > >> A place to see the extensions used by webmasters would be really cool. >> A > webpage that shows all extensions with the number of sites using it and > the number of pages would bring more transparency to the process. > > I've argued for something along these lines before, and I could not agree more! > > Thanks, > Aaron > > >> >> Dan >> I understand adding all these subtypes pose all kinds of problems such as ontological and perhaps even political issues. Anyway if you at least just add the new type Activity webmasters could use extensions to define the subtypes so you (Schema.org) don't have to take a stance on what subtypes to define. In a bottom up way you could then later define the sub types based on the extensions we provide. >> I would also guess that type-subtypes are better than enumerations here since it would allow for further sub types. Activity sub types might perhaps also have different properties. >> >> I strongly believe a new type Activity would be a great contribution as a large portion of the content on the web today is about activities. E.g. pages about working, talking, eating, running, sleeping, drinking, learning, dancing, teaching, driving, making love, fighting, bird watching etc. >> >> A place to see the extensions used by webmasters would be really cool. >> A webpage that shows all extensions with the number of sites using it and the number of pages would bring more transparency to the process. >> >> >> Best regards >> .roy >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Martin Hepp [mailto:email@example.com] >> Sent: 28. oktober 2011 20:49 >> To: Dan Brickley >> Cc: Roy Lachica; firstname.lastname@example.com >> Subject: Re: Need for a new type Activity >> >> I can strongly recommend the approach taken in e.g. http://purl.org/vso/ns: >> >> 1. Define a class for the type of a value 2. Recommend DBPedia or Freebase IDs for the individuals, if they exist. >> 3. If there is no standardized identifier yet, Web site owners can define one locally and hope that clients can do the entity consolidation. >> >> This decouples the maintenance of the schema from the evolution of new values. >> >> See e.g. >> >> http://www.heppnetz.de/ontologies/vso/ns.html#FuelTypeValue >> >> Best >> >> Martin >> >> On Oct 28, 2011, at 2:20 PM, Dan Brickley wrote: >> >>> Hi Roy, >>> >>> On 26 October 2011 19:24, Roy Lachica <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: >>>> Hi >>>> I was just adding Schema.org for a tourist site. In particular activities (Things to do at a location) and found a need for an Activity type. >>>> Many tourism websites separate tourist activities from tourist sites (what to do from what to see). >>>> >>>> Existing types such as http://schema.org/Event seem to be meant for a single event happening at a certain time at a certain location. >>>> http://schema.org/TouristAttraction don't really match for activities such as shopping and eating out? From Wikipedia: "A tourist attraction is a place of interest where tourists visit, typically for its inherent or exhibited cultural value, historical significance, natural or built beauty, or amusement opportunities." >>>> A page about Hiking should have links to places where you can go hiking, but the activity hiking itself is not really a tourist attraction? >>>> >>>> I would like to add activities that are also relevant in a non-tourist setting. Using TouristAttraction (typically used for things you go to see) therefore seem wrong. TouristAttraction is also a sub type of Place. Many activities are place independent. >>>> >>>> I would guess that search engine queries like "What to do in Rio" are just as much used as "What to see in Rio". >>>> When searching for Shopping it would be nice to specify that i mean the activity of shopping so I can get a list of pages about shopping rather than a list of online shops. >>>> >>>> There are also many sites that contain general non-tourist activities that could benefit from an Activity type. >>>> By having an activity type, search engine users can differentiate between football as an activity, a football club or the object football. >>>> >>>> I would therefore like to suggest the type: Activity (description: >>>> Something you can do at will, regularly or perhaps once in a >>>> lifetime) >>>> >>>> I am sure someone else has better suggestions for sub types, >>>> properties and descriptions. I was not able to find a good taxonomy >>>> or vocabulary but here's a few suggestions for sub types [...] >>> >>> Thanks for raising this, and the suggestions. Before jumping into >>> those specifics I think it's worth pointing out a difficulty we'll all >>> have here: if Schema.org starts to include big enumerated lists it >>> could become rather hard to maintain in the future. This was discussed >>> at last month's workshop; Guha and others suggested that Schema.org >>> should avoid such enumerations. Where they exist already in well >>> established systems, Schema.org could serve as a documentation hub, >>> pointing to those pre-existing lists. In this case, the scope of the >>> list is quite broad --- it's all things of things that people do, or >>> do for leisure. >>> >>> One possibility to investigate here is to look to larger collections >>> to add in such detail. For example using a collection like Wikipedia >>> (or it's RDFization as DBpedia, or the proposed Wikidata work; or >>> Freebase...). At some point with Schema.org we have to say "ok, >>> enough! let's cut over to a larger community-maintained dataset". It >>> is not exactly clear where that cut point should be. There are points >>> within the current schema (eg. http://schema.org/HairSalon) where you >>> could argue the limit has been reached. I wonder how many of the >>> activity-types listed here have nice solid obvious Wikipedia URLs >>> associated with them (and which are handled as wiki Categories), and >>> also whether they are modeled/described in anything like a consistent >>> manner there... >>> >>> cheers, >>> >>> Dan >>> >> >> >> >> >>Received on Wednesday, 2 November 2011 16:56:52 UTC
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We can learn a lot more than tunes from a session
|lyrics by Melissa L. Tatum, Rich Brotherton and Ed Miller
|music by Rich Brotherton and Ed Miller//The Silk Purse – Rich Brotherton
|arranged by Rich Brotherton and Ed Miller
|recorded by Ed Miller & Rich Brotherton
|vocals Ed Miller
|guitar, mandolin, cittern & bass Rich Brotherton
|recorded at Ace Recording, Austin, TX
|recording engineer Rich Brotherton
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Ed Miller has been hailed as "one of the finest singers to come out of the Scottish Folksong Revival" and as "one of Scotland's best singing exports." Originally from Edinburgh, Ed relocated to Austin to attend the University of Texas, and has stayed put, much to the delight of American audiences. He uses his graduate degrees in Folklore and Geography to imbue his concerts with the connection between song, history, and place.
I knew from the outset that one of the challenges in organizing this CD would be handling the technical logistics of the recording process. I was coordinating artists all over the world, which meant I needed studio time and recording engineer expertise in many different locations. There was no doubt who would do the recording in Texas – Rich Brotherton. Ed Miller has worked with Rich for years and I love Ed's albums. But while I was familiar with Rich's work from Ed's CDs, and I had the good fortune to see Rich in concert with Ed at the North Texas Irish Festival, Rich had never met me. So I was deeply touched when he not only recorded Ed's track, he composed music for it, helped refine the lyrics, and played multiple instruments on the recording. (Not to mention his work with Dene on Heirlooms!). He has left an indelible stamp on this CD, and I can't thank him enough.
I thought of last night's session and the people who were there
they came from different backgrounds and from places far and near
they spoke the common language of music and of song
If the world would only do the same, we all could get along
CHORUS: This world would be a better place if we lived by session rules
they're not so very different from the ones we learned in school
So listen, share, communicate and take turns in the lead
It's a simple way to make this world the best that it can be
The first rule of a session is about community
there's reasons why a circle is the shape we aim to be
for a session should be much more than a hornpipe or a song
it's time to share a pint and see how friends are gettin' on
The second rule of sessions is to take turns in the lead
Everyone contributes or the session won't succeed
It's an old-time social network, no tyrants in the room
A jig from him, a reel from her, and have you got a tune?
The third rule of a session is to always be aware
That even a beginner might have a tune to share
We all can teach, we all can learn, we all can have a say
so keep an open mind, you might learn something new today

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Thursday, July 24, 2008
Rock Reunions
Our high school-aged son plays guitar and drums in a local rock band. They've worked up to playing small venues around town and a couple of weeks ago played the Creepy Crawl near the Fox. The other guitarist in the band is from Fenton, and he had some of his relatives at the show, including a nice Aunt and Uncle we met for the first time. We're all there to support our young people as they venture out on stage in front of audiences.
One of the cool things about St. Louis is that it's very much like a small town. Bumping into friends and acquaintenances out in public is a common thing around here. Same goes for last night. Todd Rundgren was on tour performing at the Pageant (pictured above with bass player, Rachel Haden).
On the way inside, we bumped into the aunt and uncle of son's Fenton bandmate we met a couple weeks earlier at the Creepy Crawl. Turns out they're old Todd fans too. For the show, we brought young son and his girlfriend. Between the two of them, son had never been to the Pageant, and she had never heard of Todd Rundgren.
Opening up was a 3-piece local rock band named "Logos". Not much older than our son, the band has 2 eighteen year old guitar players and a 22 year old drummer. Son and his date thoroughly enjoyed these guys. They were straight forward, high energy rock and rollers. So even if they weren't to appreciate TR, they had a music snack with Logos. Not to worry. TR would not disappoint.
He opened the show with a shout out to Beatle Bob and then went into "Love in Action". Todd's new record is called "Arena" and it's all about guitar rock. Nothing subtle about it and not an acoustic guitar in sight. The band had four guitars, four part vocal harmony, and powered the house for two hours.
We were on the floor, ten feet from the stage. At sixty, Rundgren looks great. Hopefully he still has a few tours left. One of the cool things about last night's show was the way our fifteen year old son and his girlfriend could see the loyal fans attending the concert. Most of these these fans have followed Rundgren for 30 plus years. It's like a big family.
If your impression of TR is mostly based on "Bang The Drum All Day", "I Saw the Light", and "Hello It's Me", there's a whole world of music he's created far beyond those popular successes. It's worth some checking around. Lots of old videos are on the net.
This was the 6th or 7th time I've seen him perform, and except for losing a little in his voice, this show was no less enjoyable than any of the others. Given the years of enjoying his music, maybe even more.
It was back in high school in the 1970s when we started listening to Todd Rundgren. And it was one of our friends, a great guy named Victor, who got us all started listening to him. Victor was a good friend, and remembering back, my first guitar student. We went to a couple of Todd shows together and even started our own band named after one of Rundgren's lesser known songs. I still have the T-shirt. This was late-70s, San Francisco Bay Area.
After high school, we all went separate ways. Victor moved across the Bay to San Francisco and joined the City's growing gay community. We never saw him again, but heard he had died sometime around 1982 from AIDS. He was one of the early victims of the disease. Back then, there were pretty much no treatments for it. At last night's show we remembered Victor and know he would have loved to have been there with us. He was in spirit.
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Great review Rick. Wish I could have made the show. I also wish I could have seen him play with Utopia at Winterland but I think I was too young at the time. I did saw him several times at the Old Waldorf in SF and other venues as well. It's just difficult to remember, where, well, it was in the 70's, remember?
The first Todd album I ever bought was Initiation, kind of an Eastern oriented highly synthesized mostly keyboard work. The radio play song on this album is a song titled, "Real Man"....when I was a child,I thought as a child, I spoke as child, I didn't know better,....but now I'm a man. (just a few of the lyrics from that song.) Victor did take me to my first Todd concert and I too have been a loyal listener ever since.
We all lost Victor too soon. I think of him often, his swimming, artwork, his volunteer work, the list goes on and on, but most especially I miss his friendship. Losing a friend like that has created a void in my life - he was special.
But life does go on and I know he wants all of us to be strong healthy and to contribute something to this world. The Real Man song ends with a stanza something like this, "don't sell yourself for nothing, don't take no crap from no one, get your trip together, be a real Man." Great advice I think.
Glad you all had fun.
Rick, I couldn't find a way to contact you, so I'm sorry I'm leaving a comment as a way to reach you.
I recently acquired STL.me (notice the extension, 'me', just released, as of July 17, 2008). I am currently helping local St. Louis organizations become aware of its availability, as it is currently up for sale on the open market, at SEDO. I'd like to see the domain fall into the right hands, at the right price. I am also contacting other St. Louis organizations/companies to raise awareness and interest, including the Post-Dispatch, Lambert Airport and the City of St. Louis.
Would you be interested in discussing the domain any further?
Feel free to contact me at anytime, via email.
Best regards,
Garry Sullins
JGS Media Group
- Gordon D said...
Have to agree re: Todd Rundgren - it's a shame that nowawdays, he's probably better known for touring with the New Cars than his solo work, production work, and his work with Utopia.
He's probably one of the few artists I can think of that has done so much in various genres of music that has great quality.


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He argues... uncertain of his stand.
It's not him but I am the one to blame.
He adores me with love and care,
but I haven't made up my mind as yet.
Still stuck in the past, I compare him to my ex.
He doesn't care much he confesses.
He says he understands,
Gives me all the time I can take,
But his insecurities call out loud.
He gives in and asks crappy questions.
I try to defend but I really just want to run back to my love.
The one that's not even there.
He wants me to say I love him,
but I can't.
I like him that's true..but somethings missing.
Oh that's my heart. The broken one..still on a mend.
Can't seem to trust people or my destiny.
I fight with my demons while he tries to fight with me.
He wants to know if I see him in my future.
I say maybe, but I can't guarantee.
We argue. The fight comes to a standstill.
We say good night and that's all.
He won't give up on me so soon
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We can finally put months of speculation surrounding the fate of troubled mortgage lender Countrywide Financial
After one of the most volatile weeks Countrywide's stock has ever had, Bank of America
You're making my head spin
Investors who feared a total collapse of Countrywide might be able to breathe a much-needed sigh of relief, but there will be a shortage of smiles going around. After rumors of preliminary talks broke on Thursday, Countrywide stock rallied by more than 50%, only to shed 16% Friday morning as the terms of the deal ended up far below what investors had expected.
In a sign that shows the deal was done more out of desperation than opportunity, Countrywide is being sold fully 20% lower than it traded just at the start of the year. I'm willing to bet Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozillo didn't have that in mind when making his new year's resolutions.
Send in the reinforcements
What lies behind Bank of America's timing? Some speculate that it could have been more of a last option on the table, after Bank of America's $2 billion injection last August lost the majority of its value. In what at the time looked like a bargain purchase, the plummeting real estate market was only beginning to show its ugly side back then, when B of A hopped aboard.
As the deteriorating market continued to whittle Countrywide down to scraps so thin that hungry vultures would have looked the other way, and as bankruptcy rumors spread as recently as two days ago, Bank of America indeed may have chosen to purchase the entire company and take on the risk of its loan portfolio rather than leave the company's fate up to the whims of the market.
A complete collapse of Countrywide could have sent shock waves through the financial world and caused a substantial blow to the economy. Avoiding that might have been reason enough for Bank of America to act. A market without Countrywide would have placed mortgage giants Freddie Mac
We don't know whether Bank of America saw the opportunity as strategic or a chance to plug the industry's leaking arteries. Investors will no doubt keep a close eye on how this deal works out. Whether it will pay off for Bank of America is certainly no sure bet.
With a slew of adjustable-rate mortgages about to reset this year, monthly mortgage payments around the country will increase and put homeowners at a high risk of foreclosure. For that reason, few observers believe the mortgage industry will recover any time soon.
Nonetheless, taking on Countrywide now makes Bank of America the nation's largest mortgage lender and loan servicer. With more than $1.5 trillion in assets and easy access to cheap cash through customer deposits, Bank of America might be the saving grace that pushes Countrywide back into its dominant stride.
No doubt about it: The purchase price is a mere fraction of Countrywide's book value and places it at just 1.5 times 2006 net income. If Bank of America can integrate the company successfully into its business model once the real estate market gets back on its feet, huge payoffs may lie down the road.
But can Bank of America keep Countrywide's increasingly ugly portfolio of loans alive long enough to weather the storm?
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Cristan Williams also had a post about stealth and it can be read here.
They make the assumption that those who have been born transsexual and had their SRS are still trans. That is incorrect because based on medical terms once our sex is aligned with our mind we are in essence cured. There is nothing we can "cross" over to because we have already made the crossing when we had SRS. The only other cross possible is back and that does not happen with those born transsexual.
The irony and villainy of their claims that we are always "trans" is lost on almost everyone and that includes many born transsexual and it is pathetic and sad. The position they are taking is identical to the position certain radical feminists and other people claiming we cannot change our sex have been pushing for years. They are enforcing the idea and the concept that we will "always" be male so we are and will "always" be "trans" so we should just get over it and identify ourselves as something less than female and a woman. Monica Roberts will always be male because Monica has a "dick" and she uses it as she has said many times on her blog.
They are giving ammunition to those that want us categorized and labeled as something we do not want to be, which is less than a female or a woman. They want us to be "less" so they can be more since a large percentage of them still pack a penis and the rest probably wish they still had theirs because actually having to live as a woman in a man's world without a crutch, like being "trans", is not something that fits in their view of themselves as a victim. Activists in the "trans" community need to remain victims otherwise they have no relevance. What relevance would they have if a law was passed that simply stated after SRS the individual is now legally the other sex and has all the rights of that sex in society?
In the Cristan Williams (CW) post CW goes into the definition of what it means to live that way and since she has not a single clue, she never has, she makes many assumptions that easily make an ass out of her but thankfully not me. People like CW and MR honestly believe they have the right to tell other people how to live their lives because they of course know what is right and nobody else could possibly have a clue. This has nothing to do with the rule of law of access to women's spaces but simple living one's life.
The following paragraph is from the CW post.
Stealth people say things like "I just want to get on with my life as the woman I am" – a sentiment that sounds rational enough on the surface. The problem with that sentiment is that it's also a delusion. Stealth people rationalize their lies by believing that being trans was only a medical problem that was fixed – kind of like a cleft palate; purposefully pretending that there wasn't a social transition that entailed violating numerous cultural norms. Stealth is purposefully taking away the choice of letting the people you claim to love the most decide if they are willing to take on the potential social costs (as unfair and stupid as those social costs might be) of breaking those backwards cultural norms by being with you. If you believe that it is only a medical condition, remember that I said that you're delusional when your best friend, your husband or wife, your boyfriend or girlfriend, your adopted child, etc finds out that you lied about your social and medical history. Yes, it is a medical condition that should be treated medically, but to pretend that this medical condition is exactly like having laser eye surgery is nothing more than living in denial. Living an authentic life means having the courage to stand firmly on the ground on truth regardless of what stupid, moronic and asinine stereotypes and/or fears others may choose to cling to.CW is deliberately mixing certain concepts here but one can read this and realize CW does not believe this is a medical condition but a social condition complicated by a self perceived medical condition. CW attempts to cover her tracks later in the paragraph but you do not put "that" out there alone knowing how those born transsexual feel about it unless CW is dumber than a fence post which might actually be possible.
Ignore the word stealth and read that paragraph. Getting on with your life as the woman you are is not a delusion because CW seems to have forgotten that everyone transitions, breaks those cultural norms, faces their best friends and family, if married the wife and children if applicable. Some of us lived "out" in the open until we had SRS because we could not hide our obvious differences from other boys. I am sure CW never had to worry about that. CW also misses the simple point that universally, except for a rare few, we always tell the man we will marry and also misses the valuable point that we are not lying to our friends and others about our social and medical history because it never comes up because unlike you we fit into society as women, which is something neither CW or MR will ever do. I am sure in your world people ask about your "social" and "medical" history but in the real world that is not something anyone talks about. Living is more important. They talk about your social and medical history because it is quite obvious you are or once were male. It is a sad fact that you perpetrate on yourself by screaming at everyone that you are trans.
The pathetic analogy that SRS is like a cleft palate or laser eye surgery is quite telling about CW. Anyone that has gone through SRS would never and I mean NEVER be that flip about it because it is incredibly painful and the recovery time is extensive. I doubt CW has had SRS but I could be wrong.
Living an authentic life does not mean what CW claims it does. If in your heart and soul you are female then you are being true to yourself by living as the person you believe you should have been. It is your life to live and you deserve to live it as you see fit as long as you are not hurting others and these fallacious claims by clowns like NR and CW that somehow your life hurts the "trans" world makes the basic assumption that we are required to believe in the trans agenda and it assumes we accept the premise you represent us. You do not represent us and we do not buy the man in a dress is a woman because he says he is.
Those of us that survived simply melted into the real world, as was our right, and our wish. We all just needed to be girls so why would we want to be less and call ourselves trans when we have nothing left to cross? We crossed our bridge both medically and mentally but you MR never has and never will because MR is half and half while CW has certainly never crossed the mental hurdle and accepted herself as a female and a woman although I have doubts about SRS. The best MR can be considered is a she-male or a transvestite living full-time. I have a different assessment about what MR actually is later.The choice is yours.
You would love every stealth person to out themselves because then you can claim they are girls like you. MR is not a girl like Janet Mock because MNR is neither a woman nor post operative. You are a another transgender fool trying to ride the coattails of those born transsexual that corrected their birth defect and lived a life. Janet Mock has the right to out herself since she is obviously comfortable being a transwoman and thus less than a full woman although I will never view her as such since I feel it demeans her. She will always be a woman in my mind.
Luckily when I was kind of "out" I was able to realize the errors of my way and just vanish into the real world. That is something MR, CW, and their ilk will never know a thing about because they revel in being "different" which is odd because I thought the obvious idea was trying to become female or a woman. I guess you men get to change the rules so a woman can have a penis and balls. It must be another teaching moment.
My question to MR is how could any of us have been a role model to the transgendered since 95% of you want to keep your dick and balls? Were you hoping for fashion tips? God knows you could use a few. Were you looking for tips with men? Not sure how that works but my vagina is distinctly different that your dick from the view of all the straight men I have dated unlike the "straight men" you have entertained. Your ass does not qualify as a vagina!!
What I love about "trans" like MR is how you want to bring your misery to everyone's lives. You actually believe you are a role model which is beyond ridiculous. You are a professional transgender nitwit that honestly believes your views have validity with those born transsexual but nothing could be farther from the truth. You are simply another man in a dress pretending to be a woman while keeping their male parts because after all they give you pleasure. No female or woman alive would EVER think or feel that way. You are just another gay man in a dress trying to deny the truth so guess what? You are the one in the closet. That is from my friend Oscar who is about as gay as it comes and people in the gay community look at fools like you MR and just shake their head. Is their something wrong with admitting you are gay?
Personally I do not have any need nor do I wish to promote the agenda of men in dresses and any laws or effect you fools have helped pass were done with lies and misinformation because few of the idiots that helped realized they were dealing with transvestites although a Democratic organization in North Carolina actually did and told the individual to join the men's organization and I believe it was because he has a penis and does not intend to remove it and they found out and were shocked. Reality bites sometimes.
What is pathetically sad here is that none of you have a clue about what it was like back in the 60's. Suzan Cooke does but she has gone over to the dark side and now considers herself a "transwoman" which is odd since she was a female and a woman for a long time. I guess this is just another way to denigrate herself but despite our differences she is a woman whether she likes it or not and I will always consider her a female and a woman.
In many ways it was more dangerous but also simpler and better times in the 60's and early 70's. The gay men, the lesbians, the drag queens, and we transsexuals all got along extremely well and we supported each other. It was illegal to cross-dress in NYC and although many cops looked the other way, many did not. The clubs opened at 10 PM so you went home and took a nap and went out and partied until 4 PM. I learned to avoid the tranny clubs because they were dangerous and when I went out it was to the clubs where the crowd was a mixture of straight, celebrity, gay, drag, tranny, and lesbian. We all got along and our friendships crossed boundaries. I helped bail out more than a few that were arrested because they were friends.
Back then the goal of everyone born transsexual was to blend into society and live as a girl and a woman. If that is not the logical conclusion for the nightmarish ride those of us born transsexual have survived then why were we doing it? We lived this nightmare so we could reach our dream and then walk into the nightmare of having everyone know of our past so we can "support" a group of men in dresses and their "social" need to cross-dress? I and others were supposed to travel that road again because some dipshit activist can tell the world "they are the same as I am" when there is nothing that can or could be farther from the truth. Our only common thread is we belong to the same species although sometimes I wonder.
I have lived and worked as a woman for basically all of my adult life and my friends have done the same. We owe the "trans" community not a damn thing although we do owe kids like us and we have repaid that debt many times over. I have had no need to set precedents for other transsexuals because we all recognized that after our SRS we were fledgling girls and anything we went through after that was worth it a million times over. Your problem, both of you, is that under no circumstances can you or are you capable of standing on your own as a girl or a woman because you have no clue what it means to truly live as a woman. You live with the crutch of being "trans" because it makes things easier and that is the truth whether you can or will ever admit it to yourself.
Assimilation into the world of women is not a given it is something you learn and earn over time and neither of you have the capacity or willingness to do that. I have never not been hired because I was once transsexual but I have not been hired because I was a woman. I have never been discriminated against because I was once transsexual but I have been discriminated against because I was a woman. I have never been denied a promotion because I was once transsexual but I have because I was a woman.
I am Welsh so I don't get too mad I just get even. The Company that reused to hire me I put out of business working for a rival. I beat the place that discriminated against me and beat them badly. I quit the Company that denied me a promotion because John had a family and need the position by resigning and since I was the only one that understood the overall design and complexity of a product they had to come to me for help. I gave them no notice and left immediately so they had no chance to drain my brain on the subject. I fought my battles as a woman and I won some and I lost a lot but I fought them as a woman and am proud of that. CW and MR fight battles for men's rights to pretend they are women and infringe on the few privileges we have. How very male of you!
I can honestly say I rarely ever thought of the past because it was over and I was free. Even when helping the young transsexuals we focused on their future. I know about my past and I recognize its difficulties and the trauma it caused me and I caused my family but why would I dwell on it? Living in the past is not productive to a well lived life because regret is a big part of the past for everyone. I deal with the past if it comes up but I live for the now. I write this blog because I have opinions and I intend to put them out there.
If you want to be "out" it is your right but it is also my right to live a quiet and peaceful life. When you read MR and CW talk about stealth it reeks of sour grapes because it was never something they could pull off because it requires one to actually "be" a female and a woman rather than "pretend" to be a female and a woman. They are lying to themselves and to everyone in their so-called "trans" world when denouncing those of us that are not "out and proud" because I certainly never found anything prideful or enjoyable about being born transsexual. I found it painful, nightmarish, and conceptually I never understood why I was just not born a girl. I shed a lot of tears like my friends did and I hurt beyond hurt watching girls do what I wanted so badly. Why would I give that up?
The best day of my life was in that hospital room when I woke up and Dr. Benjamin was there and simply said, "it is over" and I had a good cry for the joy of the moment. It was over because I was finally me and now I read some dipshits telling me that somehow I am less because I MUST identify as "trans". There are few things more FUBAR than that stupid and idiotic belief.
The following passage from CW says it all.
Being a transwoman and being a ciswoman are just two somewhat different ways of arriving at being a woman; living stealth supports the bogus idea that you're not really a woman and you must therefore hide the truth from discovery.Actually CW you have it reversed but then you know that. Living as a transwoman is not akin to being a woman and although we born transsexual follow a more difficult path to be women the aim is to be accepted as a ciswoman. calling yourself a "transwoman" implies you are different than a woman and emphasizes there is a difference. I am a woman and there is nothing trans about any part of my life. This is just another attempt by men to force their maleness on women as equivalency. A vagina is not a penis regardless of how it is constructed.
You do not have to be beautiful to be a woman. You do not have to pass particularly well to be a woman. What you have to do is accept yourself as a female, a woman and accept what life brings you as a woman. That is not easy for men since they control most of the world both politically and business wise. Being "out and proud" allows them to control their worlds and being "transwomen" allows them to control the narrative and scream transphobia if someone so much as farts in their direction. They keep the jobs they had as men. They want to keep the wife because after all she is a possession and are upset if it fails and of course blame the wife for not "understanding" that even if they are 55 they have "no choice" because they were born this way. Not true but then they rarely deal with the truth head on.
The true delusion is the belief people like MR and CW actually have a clue about being women. It goes right along with the maleness of believing that if they wear a dress and decent wig they are woman. Only a man could promote that delusion. Only a man could promote the delusion that it is just as good to be a "transwoman" as a woman because they are promoting the idea and belief that a man in a dress with his penis is just as much of a woman as any woman which is complete and utter bullshit and in this case the "bull" part of "bullshit" fits appropriately.


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Attending: Fred Basset, Connie Terpack, Lee Wyndham, Amaryllis Turman, Roy Richardson, Charlotte Ehney, Lee Padgett, Philip Carango
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We adopted CK back in 1998 when our parents finally told us we could have a pet. The rules were it had to be a cat, and it had to be female because males were notorious for marking their territory. My siblings and I were ecstatic. We had never had a pet before and all we could talk about was getting a kitty, what to name her, whose bed she'd sleep in, who got to clean the litter box (we all wanted to do this because it seemed exciting and new and we were stupid, now that I look back I should have let my brothers do it- what was I thinking?)
We went to the Denver Dumb Friends League and looked around at the cats needing adoption. We saw one that we all liked. She was a very pretty white cat and we asked if we could play with her in one of their private rooms. Once we got her into the room though, she was very skittish and didn't want to come near anyone. We decided she wasn't the family cat we were looking for and left, discouraged.
We came back a couple days later because they always have new cats in. (PS- fix your pets and adopt from an animal shelter.) My mom went to go look at some of the dogs while I browsed around at the cats again. In cage C23 I saw this black and white furry kitten that had not been there a few days earlier. He was sleeping with his belly and paws up directly in his litter box. I put my finger through the little hole at the top and he woke up to hop and nibble my finger. I fell in love with that little guy right then and there.
I ran to find my mom and siblings and dragged them to the cage so they could see him too. They all thought he was adorable, until my mom noticed it was a male and said absolutely not. I then began the process of begging, pleading, and crying to at least get him into a private room so we could see what he was like with everyone. The pleading worked, and eventually she gave in and agreed to have him join us in a private room to see how he got along with everyone. Me and my siblings all sat in different sections of the room and waited for him to be brought in. Once he came in, he hesitantly checked out everyone and then spent a little time playing and rubbing up against all of us. We all loved him, including my mom.
We put him on hold until we could get our dad to come in the next day to see him as well for the final decision. The next day he remembered all of us and seemed really happy and excited to be with us again. My dad thought he was great, and we all agreed he was the kitten for us.
CK spent the next twelve years providing us with endless joy and the occasional pulling of hair. I will always remember the following memories of him:
Before he was declawed, my mom came home to find him clawing and climbing one of her expensive tapestries. He managed to pull the entire thing off the wall as a tiny little kitten. The removal of his front claws was scheduled the next day.
My mom was right about male cats marking. CK peed, and he peed everywhere. All of our imported rugs from the middle east in the basement were peed on- not once, not twice, but multiple times. The couch and pillows in our living room were peed on when he was upset with us. He also designated every plant in the house with dirt in it as his personal litter box. If you came over to our house during this time, you may have noticed all the random orange/lemon slices in the house plants, an article online told us to do this but I don't think it really worked as he still peed in everything. Eventually, the peeing was too much for my mom to handle and CK was designated to live primarily in my room (nobody else wanted a room full of pee and I was the sucker who agreed to deal with it) Thanks to him, my room became known as the stinky room and I don't think I will ever be able to get the smell of cat pee out of some of those corners.
The year we opened our pool for the first time, my siblings and I thought it would be great if CK could hang out there with us too (that and we were young and thought it would be funny) so we put CK into one of the enclosed pool rafts and let him float with us in the water. He seemed to have a jolly time until the raft got close to the edge of the pool and he tried to jump out. The force from his jump pushed the raft back so that he had underestimated how far to jump, and he ended up with his butt in the water and the front of his body on the patio. He made it out but he was super pissed at us. I'm pretty sure he then peed all over the house and honestly I don't really blame him.
We used to buy these little mechanical toy mice that you could wind up and they'd dart off so that CK could chase them. One morning before school, I saw CK hobbling across the floor with his belly on the ground. I went to pick him up and noticed that he had sat on one of the mechanical mice while it was still spinning and it managed to tangle his fat pooch in between the wheels. We tried to pull it off ourselves but couldn't so we took him to the vet right away and they got the mouse off for us. Mechanical mice were never allowed in our house after that point.
CK had his first encounter with candles as a kitten and got a little too close to one. He managed to singe his eyebrows and a bit off his whiskers. A week later he was walking across one of the staircase banisters and jumped from the top of the stairs! He landed on his feet and went to take a nap. We couldn't believe he had fallen that far and wasn't injured. We also learned that whiskers help a cats sense of balance, and we didn't light candles around him anymore.
He was also the most territorial pet we've ever had. If he saw another animal outside, he'd start growling and hissing at them immediately. We once brought a lost German shepherd inside our house until we could find out who its owners were. CK sauntered downstairs into the laundry room where the dog was and literally started speaking to this dog. The sounds that came out of him were insane and I had never heard him meow like that. The poor dog started whimpering and went to hide behind my sister! Whatever CK said, he managed to terrify this 60lbish German shepherd as a 10lb cat. We still joke that even though we have 4 dogs in the house, CK was the only real "guard dog."
CK was an incredibly smart cat and discovered that he could get pretty much anything he wanted in the middle of the night. He realized that knocking every single item off of my shelves would wake me up, and would keep me awake, until I got up and gave in to get him what he wanted. I also eventually learned that if I wanted to sleep through the night, I would have to knock everything off the shelves before bed so that he couldn't do it.
In June of 2010 we discovered CK had a cancerous tumor on his leg most likely from vaccinations. The cancer specialists told us we could put him to sleep or we could amputate his leg. We were hesitant to do the amputation, but after reading a zillion articles on cats who do just fine with 3 legs, and realizing that he was mentally too young to go, we decided to do it. We were told there was a 20% chance the cancer would return, but we were willing to take that risk. I remember bringing him home and just crying because I felt so bad for doing it, but after two weeks he was back to normal. He was acting exactly like a young kitten again and was back to his mischievous ways. He could do everything he did before and soon we all forgot he was even missing a leg. A few days ago he started to act differently again- he wasn't eating as much and began to hide under my bed. We scheduled him for the vet and took him in to see what was going on. After the X-rays were done, the vet came in to tell us that his cancer had spread and there were tumors in his lungs and surrounding his heart. She told us we could try some kind of medication to make the tumors smaller and to extend his life a few months longer, but we agreed it wasn't fair to him since we had already put him through one treatment. CK was put to sleep peacefully at 4:15pm on November 29th, 2010.
He drove me insane, he interrupted my sleep every night, and some days I wanted to just lock him away in my bathroom so he couldn't bother me- but I loved him and if I could have him back, I would let him wake me up several times every night and he could pee all over my carpet as much as he wanted. I'm not a religious person, but I now understand why some people are and I hope that wherever he is, he's happy and he's not alone. I'm relieved that he's no longer suffering from cancer and hope he's sun bathing and eating salmon wherever he is. Thank you for being the most amazing cat anyone could ask for. I love you CK, and I will never forget you.


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I love discovering local restaurants and this week I stumbled upon Alfalfa, an adorable spot tucked in the heart of downtown Lexington.
Founded in 1973, this one-of-a-kind eatery prides itself in serving "food that people crave" by using all local ingredients. Everything from the flowers in the vases, to the eggs in your breakfast omelet are locally cultivated. In fact, the list of all of Alfalfa's suppliers can be found HERE.
This dedication to providing the best food possible is evident when you sink your teeth into your meal! A trip to Alfalfa will NOT leave you disappointed. Pinky promise.
Chalk boards are featured around the restaurant showcasing the specials of the day!


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"What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit." ~Updike
For this project, I am asking you to fall down the rabbit hole with me. Just as Alice took an unexpected journey into Wonderland, I am hoping you will travel with me into my world of metal sculpture. The sculptures that I plan to create for the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens (MCBG) are to be a gift to the gardens and the 60,000 plus visitors that come through their doors each year.
The two sculptures will be presented to them along with a book detailing their creation and a story of the sponsorship that it took to bring them to life. Each and every person who pledges to the project will be mentioned and thanked for their contribution.
The MCBG is a very special place here on the northern California coast of Mendocino County. It is one of those sanctuaries where you go to find tranquility and beauty. When you wander the many paths through the gardens, you feel like you have entered a Wonderland of sorts. You have the feeling that you could easily come across the Mad Hatter and his friends having a raucous tea party. You might even hear "Off with her head" through the bushes and turn a corner and see Alice looking cross at her flamingo croquet mallet, hardly noticing the Red Queen turning beet red.
The gardens are a gift to our community and the visiting outside world. I felt it would be nice to give them back some of the beauty they share with us each day. I hope that you will join me in supporting this project so we can present these sculptures as a group to the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens.
This project will happen with your support. All you have to do is decide to help, make the pledge and I will take it from there. This project will happen one way or the other but it would be terrific if you were to throw your shoulder to the wheel and give a little push towards the goal! As I said in the video... if you only want to contribute $1 that is fine. I really do mean that. A small pledge still puts your intention towards this being a successful project. Some will contribute more, and the combination of small and big will get us to where we need to be. The more people that play this game the more special it will be when the sculptures are presented. The goal is $5,000 and as a group I am sure we can do it!
By the time the money comes through and the new cutting table is set up, it will be early February. It will take me about a six weeks to make the pieces from start to finish. If we have a rough winter it may take a full two months. A lot of the work I do with patina finishes needs to have decent weather or the chemicals do not work well. This means that the sculptures will be ready to present to the gardens around May 1st. Just in time for the Spring flowers to be in full display.
What do each of us get out of this? That is a great question so lets take a look! Locals to the area will gain some nice sculptures, and the feeling that they supported the lovely MCBG. For people a long ways off, you may want to include a visit in your future travel plans and/or choose a reward that I will hand make for you. You will also be able to feel really good about supporting the arts (a very noble and fine thing to do). For those who know me personally, you know that I have been through a long, hard comeback but I'm back doing what I was meant to do. Let me make you a gift that will remind you to never give up! Finally, what do I get out of it? I get to make metal sculptures for a garden that I love. I also end up with a larger CNC Plasma Cutting Machine that I can use to make future sculptures.
The following are details about the rewards that I am offering. If you have any questions please contact me. I am very accessible via email and can always give you a call back.
$50.00 Level Reward Gift
This is a square glass vase with a side mounted metal panel that is cut with a bold pattern. You can choose from many designs. The bottom is covered in cork to protect your table top. The metal panel has a custom patina (choose from 3 different types). You can view designs and patinas here.
$75 Level Reward Gift
These are extremely cool! They can be used as a vase or as a candle lit luminaria. When you choose this reward you get to choose a pattern, a patina and choose between a glass vase or glass candle insert. They stand 8 inches high and the panels are 4 inches wide. There is cork on the bottom to protect your table top. Click here if you want to see a larger image. A second picture is provided to show you how one looks with flowers (not included).
$100 Level Reward Gift
Here the characters from the sculpture have been modified, reduce down and embellished. They are available as wind chimes or garden stakes (your choice). As wind chimes they are not super noisy (no keeping you up all night I promise). The designs are fun and recognizable by any Alice enthusiast! Choose your favorite character and choose a patina finish
$250 Level Reward Gift
I shot a short video in fast motion showing the CNC Plasma cutter in action. I cut out a sign in the video and take it all the way through applying the patina finish. This is the type of sign that I am offering to make for you for this reward. We can discuss what type of sign you would like and create a design that works for you.
$250.00 & $500.00 Level Reward Gift
This is a really fun reward! You can pick one/two of the characters that I am using in the sculptures and I will make a set for you. The only thing that I will not be able to make for you is the table setting. Below are the drawings to give you an idea of they they will look like.
$750 Level Reward Gift
Below is a picture of a black orchid that I made recently. I never make two identical sculptures so this image is just to give you an idea of what I can make for you. When we discuss your piece we can talk about the type of flower or plant sculpture you would like. We can also discuss size (no larger then two feet), color and finish.
$1,000 Level Reward Gift
This folding screen is a one-of-a-kind. It is a local delivery piece only. It is a semi-dimensional piece. This means that the pieces stick out only a couple of inches. There are a zillion pieces, all hand cut, hand bent and welded. The patina finish is extremely complicated. If you would like to stop by and see the piece before pledging please do. Just send an email and I can arrange a viewing for you. If you click for a larger image you can see some close up shots.
$1,400 Reward Gift
This sculpture piece is title "Unity". It is an outdoor piece made from 1/8 inch steel. It will stand up to the elements without any issues. If you choose a rust patina there will be no maintenance required. If you choose a fancy patina you may need to re-coat the lacquer every so often if you want to avoid rust. There are only 3 of these being made and each one will be a bit different. This item will arrive via UPS Freight or via truck for local delivery. It installs very easily with a hidden track.
Risks and challenges
I feel very confident that this project will come off without any issues. My high skill area is estimation. I plan a project down to the last detail and then carry it out. Since I have done smaller versions of these sculptures as tests, I know that it can be done. It is simply a matter of getting the financing so I can cut the figures bigger.
The only challenge will be to get those rewards to you quickly! I work seven days a week and have projects scheduled back to back through March. If I only have a dozen or so people who pledge large amounts then it will be a snap to get the rewards out very fast. If I have a ton of large pledges, then my challenge will be to get them all done in a timely manner. Never fear... I love to be challenged and will get it all done... FOR SURE!Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
Questions about this project? Check out the FAQ
Funding period
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Microsoft was left alone as the last manufacturer of Windows RT-based tablets, and now the software giant is no longer producing any RT devices. A Microsoft spokesperson has confirmed to The Verge that the company is no longer manufacturing its Nokia Lumia 2520 Windows RT tablet. "We are no longer manufacturing Nokia Lumia 2520; however, those still eager to buy Nokia Lumia 2520 should visit Microsoft Retail Stores, MicrosoftStore.com, third-party retailers and resellers for the latest availability." The confirmation comes just a week after Microsoft revealed it has stopped manufacturing the Surface 2, another Windows RT tablet.
While Lenovo, Asus, Samsung, and Dell backed Windows RT initially, all of the tablet makers pulled out due to slow sales and a lack of interest from consumers. It appears that Microsoft's experiment with ARM-based tablets has largely failed in a tablet market that is starting to show signs of slowing down. A lack of touch-based apps, a confusing desktop mode, and odd naming made Windows RT a bizarre trial for Microsoft. Most PC makers have opted for Intel-based chips in 7- and 8-inch Windows tablets recently.


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Author Notes: I saw these great veal blade steaks at the butcher. I haven't seen to many veal blades steaks but have worked with plenty of lamb blade steaks and I really like the flavor. Not just the flavor but the different kinds of flavor and chew from different parts of the steak. But what to do next? Well it just seemed fitting to do a "piccata" style riff. Then for some reason I thought of pierino and although it is not true to the original and is a riff I just couldn't help but think this would be something pierino would like. It is his dish now. Hope you like it. Just how it goes sometimes. I served it with seared broccolini. —thirschfeld
Serves: 2
veal blade steaks
tablespoon grape seed oil
tablespoons unsalted butter
cup mushrooms
1 1/2
tablespoons shallots, minced
tablespoon garlic, minced
cup dry white wine
tablespoon all purpose flour
tablespoons capers, rinsed
1 1/2
tablespoons fresh squeezed lemon juice
kosher salt and fresh ground pepper
cup veal or chicken stock
- Liberally salt each steak about an hour before you want to serve them, put them on a rack over a tray with edges and refrigerate them uncovered. You can do this up to 24 hours ahead of time.
- Heat a 14 inch skillet over high heat and add the grape seed oil and wait for it to shimmer. Sear the steaks until they are very brown on both sides. Remove them from the pan and let them rest.
- Add a 2 tablespoons of butter and the mushrooms and sear them until they brown. Remove them from the pan to the top of the steaks.
- Add the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter and add the shallots and the garlic. Once they just begin to color a little add the flour. It will seize up around the shallots and garlic.
- Add the wine. It will thicken immediately so stir it well. Add the stock, season with salt and pepper and bring the sauce to a boil. Make sure you scrape up all the tasty brown bits from the bottom of the pan.
- Reduce the heat to medium and add the steaks with the mushrooms back to the sauce and baste the steaks until they are medium rare to medium. This is a steak that will be to chewy if it is to rare.
- Remove the steaks to plates. To the sauce add the lemon juice and the capers. Stir to combine the flavors. Taste and adjust the seasoning. Sauce the steaks and serve.
More Great Recipes:
Beef|Capers|Grape|Lemon Juice|Shallot|Steak|Veal|Entree


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November 10, 2010
"Go, Tell Michelle: African American Women's Response to the 2010 Mid-Term Elections" (working title)
Dear Sisters:
Much has happened in the last 24 months! Two years ago this month, we celebrated the historic vote for Barack Obama as this country's First African American President. We were excited, enthusiastic and hopeful that this election represented a sea change in race relations in this country. Our high expectations were tempered, however, by the tenor and tone of the campaign during which both President and Mrs. Obama were attacked through the use of stereotypic and racist imagery. So on November 18, 2008, we wrote an open letter to African American women requesting their submission of letters and poems that expressed their esteem, regard and support of Michelle Obama, as she embarked on an uncertain journey as this country's first African American First Lady.
The response was over-whelming. In the short span of three weeks we received hundreds of letters. The messages expressed a wide-range of issues that African American women wanted to share with the First Lady as well as their well-wishes and support. For example, many of you used your personal histories and experiences as the backdrop to underscore the important impact you believed that Mrs. Obama would have on the image of Black women – as mothers, career women, accomplished leaders. You told her that you thought she would help to dispel the myths and misconceptions about Black women. You juxtaposed this election against the history of Black people in this country to emphasize its ground-breaking significance. You implored the First Lady to adopt your causes, e.g. health care, education, military families, as her causes. You paid homage to our ancestors, who would have rejoiced "to see this day!"
From the many letters we received, one hundred were accepted for the volume we entitled: "Go, Tell Michelle: African American Women Write to the New First Lady". Since its publication, "Go, Tell Michelle" has received rave reviews and a major book award. It has been used as a classroom text, a model for college women's self-awareness discussion groups and adapted into a play. It is the only book that provided a platform for the voices of a diverse group of African and African American women to have their say about this historic event in American political/social history. In short, the messages sent to Mrs. Obama spoke not only for the writer but for our sisters around the world.
In the wake of the mid-term elections, we look back over the previous two years of the Obama presidency. During this period, the President and Mrs. Obama have faced unprecedented attacks that have included the "birther" debate, questioning President Obama's citizenship and thus his legitimacy as the 44th US President. The question of his religion has become another "straw argument" in the on-going campaign to discredit the President's authenticity and recent polls show that a sizable segment of the American population believe that he is a Muslim not a Christian. While still a topic that the President personally eschews, the issue of racism is increasingly identified as being the crux of the personal animosity toward him and his family.
While the First Lady appears to enjoy a higher approval rating than the President, she has not escaped criticism, which has been biased, mean-spirited and not befitting the office of First Lady. Many of the projects she's advanced to combat child hood obesity, aid military families, promote education, for example, have been met with derision and ridicule. Even her personal appearance has been fodder for political opponents and right wing pundits. Most recently, reminiscent of the questions about who paid for Mrs. Robinson's move to the White House, disparaging comments were leveled at the First Lady for a trip to Spain that combined official business with a mini-vacation for her and her daughter. Mrs. Obama and her children have also been the subjects of stereotypic and racist comments. When the perpetrators were called on these, they tried to cloak their offensive remarks in the thin vale of humor.
Given the foregoing and the recent mid-term election results, we think that this is the time to revisit, "Go, Tell Michelle" and for African American women once more to go on record. We are actively working on a sequel to volume one because the outcome of the Mid-Term Election is equally historic, not just because of the resurgence of the Republican Party and the rise of the Tea Party and the so-called "Grizzly Mommas" but for the implications it has for the 2011 Election. While the first two years of Mrs. Obama's tenure as First Lady have presented successes, the challenges also remain, some of which we anticipated and some we did not. We are returning to you and others asking that you submit another letter to Michelle expressing your sentiments around these issues and your concerns for this young family.
We also have a Survey that we are asking you to respond to. We will send this questionnaire under separate cover. Whether you decide to write a letter or not, please take some time to respond to the Survey and return it to us. Once again, we are asking African and African American women around the world to raise their voices and send their messages to Mrs. Obama. We cannot afford to be silent in these tumultuous times. We are asking for your response by December 20th.
Please feel free to share this "Call" with others.
Barbara Peggy
Attachment: Consent Form
Friday, November 12, 2010
Go, Tell Michelle: Call For Submissions to New Book
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Mark S. Peterson, Ph.D.
Research Interests:
Ecosystem-Based Management – Ecosystem Models
(with R.S. Fulford)
The overall goal is to develop a quantitative model of habitat use along a coastal-river-estuarine gradient - the Pascagoula River system. We have been collecting fishes, real-time water quality data, and benthic resources in near-natural and anthropogenically-altered sections of the lower river to assess where juvenile spot (Leiostomus xanthurus) select to settle. Future work will deal with actual movement patterns in controlled laboratory settings.


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Looking for a free and fantastic show on a Thursday night? Trans N' Trade with Mo'Dest Volgare is the party that doesn't stop until last call!
Featuring trans-queens and kings, queer performance artists, and DJ King Atlas, TNT brings the best free entertainment in the ATL on a Thursday night!
Stick around until midnight to watch or compete in our Hot Shot contest. We are looking to put the "trade" in "trans n' trade" by hosting a dance-off competition for several awesome prizes including a bar tab!
The party starts at 10, but we will be there all night until 3 AM!
We pride ourselves on never charging a cover, so bring all of your friends for the best free entertainment in the ATL!


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Xerox Wins Department of Defense Contract
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Press release from the issuing company
Xerox Corporation has been awarded a $103 million, five-year contract to provide printing services and technology for the Department of Defense.
Xerox will manage the in-house printing for the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Document Services. The contract makes Xerox products and support available to DLA Document Services facilities nationwide, ensuring that defense agencies have access to the latest document management technology.
"Innovation from Xerox will enable DLA Document Services to reduce costs, unleash new capabilities and more effectively serve the Department of Defense," said
Sherman Parker, vice president, public sector, Global Document Services, Xerox.
Xerox has provided services to the Department of Defense for more than 40 years.
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Hersham Business Park Welcome Two New Clients
A business and technology park located in Hersham, Surrey, welcomes two new clients this month. Alliance Mobile Security / Alliance Security, experts in keyholding and manned security, and imaging systems test and verification specialists The Real-Time Data Company will move into the site later this month.
Located in Hersham close to Walton-on-Thames, the business centre is aimed towards both small and large firms within the technology sector. Fasset Ltd, which has operated the site since 1997, has enhanced the facilities over the years to include a well-equipped gym, reception area, on-site café and restaurant, a shop and security services.
Shadia Hazelden, Sales & Marketing at Hersham Place Technology Park, was "delighted" to welcome the newest additions to the Park.
"Both companies had very different office space requirements and by working together we have achieved these," she said. "The Park is an exciting place to be at the moment and I really enjoy learning about the diverse businesses here and building a community that will encourage networking and opportunity across the board."
Surrey based Alliance Mobile Security, which has been in in the business for over 15 years, provides a range of security services including keyholder response, security patrols and building locking systems to commercial buildings and private homes in the region. Alliance Security was formed in 1979 and specialises in supplying static security guards.
Commenting on their new office, Director Gary Munday said: "Hersham strikes a great balance between exceptional facilities and a great location near the prime link roads in the area. Hersham delivers a business opportunity as well as a prime location where clients can visit; and staff are happy."
Joining the security firm this month is The Real-Time Data Company, which designs and supplies solutions for imaging sensor system testing. The company will take a 7-person office for the project delivery team.
Kay Murray, Commercial Director, commented: "Much of our work is done using complex computer programmes and technology, so we needed a strong IT infrastructure and flexibility with the space.
"Hersham met with these requirements and we were pretty much up and running immediately. The location and facilities at the site are excellent, our staff have no parking issues and as our business develops and expands we have the office space to accommodate this."
Find out more about Hersham Place and enquire online at officebroker.com.


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Monkeys have thumbs just like people, but without the idiotic restrictions of our puritanical society. Want to pick bugs off of your friend and eat them? Go ahead. Want to throw someone from a different social group out of a tree? There are no rules. But if you're just looking for some clothes, why not give this nice, soft cotton t-shirt we make a try.
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With massive layoffs and business closings puncturing the economy for the last few years, it may not be surprising to find yourself out of work. Even in families with two working adults, the loss of an income can have devastating effects on the household. To ensure vital bills such as the mortgage are paid, you and your spouse may have to let go of certain things. California home insurance should not be one of them. Instead of giving up invaluable coverage, try one of the suggestions below for earning a little money during your job search.
Why is your California home insurance so vital? You cannot predict when fire, theft or a natural disaster will occur. Giving up your policy could put your family at great financial risk during a disaster. Instead of being without coverage, you could always look for a more affordable policy. Contact your agent for information on ways you can save money on your insurance costs without compromising your level of coverage.