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Welcome to my website and Blog. I am a U.S. Army veteran, a Constitutional attorney, Executive Director of the United States Justice Foundation, and a published author, freelance writer, and teacher. I am the author of five books, "Riders in the Sky: The Ghosts and Legends of Philmont Scout Ranch", "The Mortarmen", a story about my father's unit in WW II; my novel, "Amayehli: A Story of America", "America's Liveliest Ghosts" and my newly released patriotic novel "The Rag". In addition, I have an affordable, pocket size booklet on the Constitution called "Our Constitution" that is receiving great reviews. You can read more about these books by going to the pages on each book on this website.
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My apologies to my friends and supporters for my lack of articles on my blog; I have not posted one since January 8 and have stopped doing my radio shows. For the six months following the tornado that devastated our property I spent a lot of time working outdoors and developed what is called cedar fever in Texas. I was having a sore throat, earache and constant congestion. No treatment seemed to work and eventually I lost my voice and my throat is so swollen I can't eat anything but liquids so I have lost 35 lbs.
Over the last few weeks I have gone through multiple tests and now a rare tumor has been found in my throat. They will be doing a biopsy, but even if it is benign it will still have to be surgically removed. The doctors seem optimistic, but this is going to a difficult and long process. It will probably be a while before I can start writing and doing shows again, but I wanted everyone to know that I have not given up the fight to protect our constitution.
Thank you for your support and prayers.
Michael Connelly
For years, the liberals in this country have used their control of most of the main stream media and our education system to push their leftist political agenda with the ultimate goal of destroying our Constitutional Republic and replacing it with their version of the socialist/communist paradise. They have perpetuated what I call "liberal myths" that are used to alter what Americans know and believe about our heritage and our form of government.
Unfortunately, they have been very successful, and while their myths are based on misinformation and outright lies many of them have become enshrined in our culture where they are presented as facts and taught to our children in their textbooks. Any attempts to refute these so called facts are deemed "politically incorrect" and must be shut own.
In an attempt to counter this, I am going to do a series of articles on my blog exposing the liberal myths and providing the truth. Ultimately I hope to turn this into a book. Below is the first article and it deals with the myths about the war in Vietnam.
Myth 1: The Vietnam War was a civil war.
Vietnam was formerly known as Indochina because it was controlled for centuries by the Chinese, then the French, the Japanese, and then the French again. At the end of WWII the influence of the communists was strong in the northern part of the area, and capitalism was the choice in the south. In 1954 a treaty called the Geneva accords established North and South Vietnam as separate countries. The truth is that there had never been a single Vietnam as a nation.
A civil war is defined a as war between people in the same country. The Vietnam War started when the North Vietnamese supported an insurgency in the south, and eventually became a full scale invasion of South Vietnam by the North Vietnam Army. The United States had historically provided economic and military support of the south. This was not a civil war, but a war between the communist north and the democratic south with the north being supported by the communist governments of the Soviet Union, Chins, and North Korea.
Myth 2: The vast majority of American soldiers who fought in Vietnam were blacks or poorly educated whites who were drafted. Black soldiers were used as cannon fodder, and had a much higher percentage of casualties then white soldiers
In fact, 2/3% of the American soldiers who fought in Vietnam were volunteers. 79% of them had a high school education or better. The number of black soldiers who served in Vietnam was roughly 12% of the total, almost identical to the percentage of black citizens in the United States at the time. 86% of the American casualties were Caucasians. The casualty rate of the black soldiers was around 12%, the same percentage of the blacks who served
Myth 3: The 1968 Tet offensive was a major victory for the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Communists.
This is a myth created entirely by the mainstream American media that was supporting the anti-war movement in the United States. The Tet offensive was launched by the communist North Vietnam Army (NVA) using the Viet Cong forces in the south and the NVA. Because of the element of surprise there were some initial small victories for the communists, but the U.S. and South Vietnamese forces quickly rallied and in the end it was a disastrous defeat for the communists. The Viet Cong were virtually destroyed as a fighting force and the North Vietnamese army had 45,000 men killed. It was a major victory for the U.S. military and the South Vietnamese army but was reported by the American media as a victory for the enemy,
Myth 4: The U.S. military lost the war in Vietnam.
The fact is that the U.S. military never lost a significant battle during the Vietnam War. When American troops were withdrawn the North Vietnamese Army had been soundly defeated and forced back across the border between North and South Vietnam. However, the U.S. Congress decided to make a political decision to terminate the funding that had been pledged to the South Vietnamese army. The equipment, weapons and ammunition that were a part of this pledge were cut off.
When the communist government of North Vietnam learned of this it launched an all out invasion of the south and soon overwhelmed the South Vietnamese army leading to the fall of Saigon in 1975. In other words, it was the politicians in Washington D.C. , not the U.S. military that lost the war.
Myth 5: The people of South Vietnam benefited greatly from the outcome of the war.
In fact, this is the greatest of myths about the war. It is estimated that up to 2 million people in South Vietnam died in communist concentration camps with through starvation and mistreatment or by outright executions. This was in line with the actions during the war itself when the Viet Cong and the North Vietnam troops routinely entered South Vietnamese towns and villages and executed the civic leaders, school teachers, and religious leaders and their families.
This has become a Christmas tradition for me and some of you have seen this post before, but it is that time of year when I start thinking about the importance of friends and family and why I should be thankful for the country I live in. It is also the time when I think about those fellow Americans who have stepped forward in the past and the present to place their lives on the line so that the rest of us can celebrate this holy season in freedom and peace.
The true story below is about my father and a Christmas seventy three years ago. I wrote it many years ago and it has been reprinted and put on websites around the world. You can read the full story in my book "The Mortarmen" I offer this story once again to honor our heroes of yesterday, today, and tomorrow, including my two sons, Major Sean Connelly and Captain Tim Connelly, both currently serving in the army. Come to think of it, this story is really about all of them because it epitomizes who and what they are.
Christmas 1944
The frigid night air cut through the Lieutenant's army issue coat as he stopped in the knee deep snow to survey the perimeter. A heavy snow continued to fall on this Christmas Eve 1944, but it was not a silent night. The flashes of artillery lit the sky and generated a rumble like distant thunder as the young officer finished his tour of the unit's outposts. He was an officer in Company B, 87th Chemical Mortar Battalion, the men who fired the big 4.2 mortars which were so critical to the effort of the infantry to advance. They were someplace in Belgium, he really had no clue where, and for the first time in a while the battalion was together again. All four companies had been brought in to help stop the German breakthrough. They didn't know it, but the 87th was about to be thrown right into the heart of the Battle of the Bulge.
As the Lieutenant finished his rounds he wearily dragged himself into the monastery where the command had taken refuge for the night. The warmth that enveloped him as he entered the large community room was certainly welcomed. He glanced around and saw his comrades sprawled in every available space. They were bedraggled and exhausted after 201 days of almost continuous combat, and by the looks on their faces you could tell that it was only going to get worse. Despite the thickness of the monastery walls, a new sound intruded the quick crack of tank gunfire.
Everyone knew what that meant; American tankers were making a last ditch stand against the German armored columns in the area. They were outnumbered and outgunned and their Sherman tanks stood no chance against the awesome German Tiger tanks, but they fought anyway. When the battle ended, and it would before dawn, then the 87th became part of the last American line of defense. The war hung in the balance, and so did the lives of everyone in this ancient house of God.
The Lieutenant found a place to sit against one wall and sank down in exhaustion, gratefully accepting the wine, bread and cheese being offered by the monks. In the corner of the room, a soldier fiddled with the dial of a radio, finally picking up the armed forces station. Christmas carols filled the room, but only added to the loneliness. Then as, the sound of the tank battle increased in intensity, a new song started on the radio, Bing Crosby singing "White Christmas."
For the Lieutenant the song immediately invoked memories of the sights, sounds and smells of Christmas on the farm in Mason City, Iowa and of how far away he was from those he loved. He could not help himself, the tears began to flow and embarrassed, he glanced around the room to see if anyone had noticed. His eyes fell first on the Company Commander, Captain J.J. Marshall, one of the toughest men the Lieutenant had ever known. The Captain sat ramrod straight, unashamed, as tears streamed down his stubbly cheeks. It was universal that night, strong men, the bravest of the brave, cried over a Christmas carol, and over the homes many would never see again.
As dawn broke the next morning, Christmas Day, the battalion was again split up with Company B assigned to take up mortar positions in support of what was left of the 289th infantry, 75th Division, and defend a Belgium village called Sadzot, a key location in the thin American defense line. For three days they fired their mortars in support of the hastily assembled defense units, and then disaster struck. Early in the predawn hours of Dec. 28th enemy elements of the 12 SS Panzer Division, the infamous Hitler Jugend, broke through the infantry lines and overran the mortar position.
They hastily assembled all of the men they could, and the mortarmen fought a delaying action, fighting hand to hand and house to house against overwhelming numbers. As the fighting retreat continued, the men of company B were joined by remaining elements of the 509th Parachute Battalion which had formed a new defensive position north of the village. There they held until reinforced and then joined a counterattack which retook the village, and recaptured six of their nine mortars and most of their vehicles.
It was later learned that this makeshift force of Americans had successfully stopped a major attack by German troops designed to capture a major highway intersection which would have broken the American line. No one has ever been able to tell me how they won. History recorded it as a classic situation where the attacking enemy held all of the advantages, yet was stopped by the cold determination of a hand full of defenders on the verge of physical and mental collapse. Somehow, they emerged victorious, with Company B reporting almost half of its men killed, wounded, or missing.
For his actions during the defense of Sadzot the Lieutenant and the other men of the company received both the French and Belgium Croix de Guerre medals. I know the story of that lonely Christmas Eve and the ensuing days from my Father's diary. He was the young Lieutenant, Roy E. Connelly, Co. B. 87th Chemical Mortar Battalion. He would read that story to us on Christmas Eve every year until his death in 1987, and then I took over the job with my children.
He never read it without crying over the friends he lost during that Christmas season of 1944, and to this day, I can not read it or even write about it without the same reaction. What was done during that six day period by the men of Co. B and the other companies of the 87th, who also held the line, surpasses the ability of most of us to comprehend. They fought for each other, and they fought for us. We must never forget.
Imagine the following scenario; you live in a country where the universities have been taken over by a particular political party. Professors who don't religiously follow the party's philosophy are purged from the university, and students are subjected to continuous party line propaganda. If they fail to follow the party line their grades may suffer or they will be humiliated by their professors and silenced.
Most of the news media is taken over by the party and instead of reporting the news provide nothing but political propaganda towing the party line. The propaganda is continuing and relentless and any reporters or news outlets that don't follow the party line suffer from constant attacks. When the news media is controlled what is reported is not necessarily true, but instead is tailored to push the political agenda of the party.
Freedom of speech is severely restricted or abolished entirely. Only those who support the party are allowed to speak freely, and then they are carefully monitored to make sure their speech is correct according to party standards. This applies even if the party does not currently control the government because it lays the ground work for the way that it will be when it ultimately controls the nation.
Freedom of religion must be severely restricted or abolished entirely. No one should be allowed to worship a power higher than that of the state. All religions, particularly Christianity, should be constantly attacked in order to diminish their influence over the population.
Due to the possibility of resistance to the party and the government the population should not be allowed to own firearms. This will actually begin with a requirement for all privately owned guns to be registered with the government. That will allow for the ultimate confiscation of all privately owned weapons that could be used to resist government tyranny.
If this all sounds familiar it because this was the playbook used by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party to take control of Germany in the 1930s. The liberals in this county are now following exactly the same playbook in order to bring us to the same disastrous place where the German people ended up, losing their freedom and even identity.
This article is not political in any way. It is a Veterans Day tribute to my brothers and sisters who have fought and often died for our country for over 240 years. Your bravery has occurred on American soil during the Revolution and the War of 1812 and on numerous foreign battlefields around the world. You always fought for the same thing, the oath you took to defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic.
It does not matter if you were drafted into service or volunteered; you chose not to run and hide, but to serve. You signed a blank check to your country and your fellow Americans to pledge everything up to and including your lives to protect their freedom. This makes you one of the true elites in America; you are the bravest of the brave.
You had no safe spaces where you could hide, and you didn't ask for any. You did your duty and you did it proudly. You are a true American hero, and you must never forget that, and as veterans we must never let Americans forget us and our brothers and sisters at arms. We have sacrificed too much to let our country slip away into the darkness, and become anything less than the Constitutional Republic we all fought to defend.
My family members have served in every war America has fought from the Revolution to the current war on terror. Two of them were killed during the Civil War, one fighting for the north died at Vicksburg, while the other fighting for the south was killed at Gettysburg. I honor both of their memories. My father was in combat for 326 straight days during World War II, and I have two sons still serving today. I honor them and all who have served, and our family will keep their memory alive.
Many people in our nation have similar family histories and must keep their legacy alive for future generations so that they will learn the values that we were taught and pass them on so that America will survive. Happy Veterans Day!
While heroes in Las Vegas were still trying to rescue victims and comfort the survivors and the families of those who were lost, the American left was already turning the massacre into a political movement for more gun control. Hillary Clinton was one of the first to tweet out a call for limitations on the Second Amendment, and to attack the NRA, but that is not surprising since her ego is making her desperate to prove that she is not irrelevant.
However, she was quickly followed by the Hollywood elite, who are protected by their own personally armed body guards, the leaders of the Democrat party, and the far left media. They all seem to be calling for the same things, universal background checks, the outlawing of so-called assault weapons, which most of them can't even define, and the closing of the so-called gun show loopholes that they also can't define.
They are desperate to convince the majority of the American people to believe such proposals are reasonable and will actually prevent gun crimes and mass shootings. It has already been proven in cities like Chicago and States like California that they don't work, but that is beside the point for the left, because these regulations are not the end game. They are just the beginning and they are following the track of Nazi Germany and other totalitarian dictatorships.
In the late 1920s the Weimer Republic ordered that all private owned firearms be registered with the government. However, by the early 1930's the government recognized that it had made a terrible mistake. While law abiding Germans were complying with the law and registering their firearms, the members of the violence prone groups like the communists and Nazis were not. The government took steps to protect the records from being made public, but it was too late. A few years later when Adolf Hitler took control the list of registered gun owners were used to disarm the German people to prevent resistance to the Nazis.
It has become obvious over the last few decades that for years the ultimate goal of the leftists in this country is to abolish the Constitution and all of the rights that it contains and turn our country into a socialist or communist state. In such a country the elites are in control of every aspect of the lives of the rest of us and we will essentially be their slaves. However, they have a problem because is the same country that once consisted of 13 individual colonies under British domination. When the British decided to forcefully continue to get the colonists to submit to its will it moved to disarm the colonists by seizing the weapons stored at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts.
That did not end well for the British and thus the Second Amendment to the Constitution was ultimately adopted. Now the leftists in this country are faced with a major problem. In order to oppress the American people they must first disarm us. In order to accomplish that they must first be able to identify the Americans who legally own firearms. Then they must find people who will do their dirty work.
It won't be the members of the U.S. military, military veterans, or most local police and sheriff's deputies. They also cannot rely on the campus snowflakes they have created who just want the government to take care of them, or the liberal college professors or Hollywood and corporate elites. While they certainly agree with the ultimate goal they are certainly not going to risk their own lives to bring it about.
They will instead have to rely on the criminal elements in this country that will work as their paid mercenaries. This will include violent gang members like those in MS-13 who are being actively protected by the liberals that control sanctuary cities, counties, and even states. They will also rely on members of violent groups like Black Lives Matter and ANTIFA that are committed to destroying America. If all else fails they will rely on foreign mercenaries who will come from places like Syria, Libya, or Iran.
I chronical this in my popular patriotic novel "The Rag" where I show what happens when the government starts to limit constitutional rights including the right to keep and bear arms. I also write about how the American people ultimately resist. I apparently have struck a nerve with the left because they initially launched an all-out assault of negative comments on Amazon. However, the liberals at Amazon soon took over the attack.
First Amazon decided to remove the novel as an e-book, and all of my other books claiming that since my name is the same as the mystery writer, and therefore is a copy write violation. That is totally bogus, because individual names cannot be copywrited. Then they began to systematically remove the most favorable reviews of the novel.
However, the censorship on the left that millions of Americans own firearms and most will not willingly surrender them, and if necessary will use them to fight to protect their freedom.
For the spoiled overpaid professional athletes in the NFL and NBA who hate America and want to make a political statement against the police who risk their lives to protect us every day taking a knee during out national anthem is an acceptable form of protest. To me and other American veterans and active members of the active military it is totally unacceptable. In fact, it is the ultimate insult.
For us taking a knee is what we do to honor our fallen comrades. There is the iconic image, now immortalized in a statue of a grieving soldier taking a knee in front of a pair of military boots and an inverted rifle with a helmet on its butt. Originally, the inverted rifle and helmet was used by American soldiers to alert the teams that retrieved dead soldiers of their locations. The rifle with a bayonet was stuck in the ground with the helmet of the dead soldier and his dog tags so they could be identified.
Preferably it was at the head of the shallow grave the soldier was buried in, but often in the heat of combat there was no time for burial so it was to mark the site of the unburied body. So for us, taking a knee is a way of expressing our grief for a dead comrade, and our respect for the reasons that they died. Most of the elitist players of the NFL have never seen or heard of this act of respect in the military, or if they have don't understand its meaning, or don't care.
In the case of Colin Kaepernick who started this, he is kneeling because he hates our country and wants to pay homage to his real heroes, Fidel Castro who brutalized and oppressed the people of Cuba for decades, and Che Guevara. Guevara was an especially brutal terrorist, whose specialty was leading his men into unarmed towns, executing all of the men and boys, and then raping the women and girls before murdering them. This has made him a hero of ignorant members of the left like Kaepernick.
I am not a sports star, millionaire, or Hollywood elitist although I have been many things in my life. I have been a lawyer, a teacher, a public speaker, a published author, a freelance writer, and a radio talk show host. None of that sets me above any other hard working American who believes in God and out country. However, those things are what I have done, not who I am. Who I was, still am, and always will be is an American soldier. This means that I will always stand at attention and salute when the National Anthem is played, and I will kneel and pray when I attend the funeral of one of my fellow soldiers.
However, unless there is a drastic change I will never watch another NFL game or ever buy any products or services pushed by its sponsors.
If you watch the news presented by the mainstream media you will be bombarded by stories about the United States of America being a divided nation. A nation that is divided along racial lines, religious lines, political party lines, and economic lines. These alleged divisions are established so they can be exploited by those who want to push a specific political agenda. However, I dispute the validity of these divisions because I live in the real America and I have proof that it still exists and is stronger than ever.
In a previous article I wrote about the amazing help that was given to us by friends, neighbors, and strangers from all over Texas and neighboring states like Louisiana, after our small ranch took a direct hit from a massive F5 tornado on April 29th. This help was unconditional and came from church groups, first responders, Boy Scouts, and just families who showed up at our door with water, food, chain saws and in some cases heavy equipment to help us clean up our property and save what we could.
No one asked us about our political affiliation or who we had voted for in the last election. No one asked about our religion and until they met us they did not know the color of our skin or our ethnic background, and none of that mattered anyway. All they knew was that we were fellow Texans and fellow Americans. In addition, they did not ask for money, and refused my offer to buy them lunch. One volunteer firefighter from another town drove for 23 miles to the nearest functioning gas station to get five gallons of gas for my emergency generator, and then refused my offer to pay him. All of these volunteers worked for hours to help us.
What is also notable is that a remarkable number of the people who came to help were military veterans, who had already served their country in conflicts like Vietnam, Desert Storm, Iraq, Afghanistan, and other war zones. Yet, here they were, still serving their fellow Americans. We are back in our home after 39 days in a motel, but we still have a long road to recovery, but we will make it and we still have people volunteering to help.
On this Fourth of July holiday as I have two of my sons still on active duty with the U.S. Army and think back on my own service and that of my father. I believe that the America we live in is the one envisioned by our founding fathers. It may be under attack, but it is not beaten and not even broken. We still live in the greatest nation on earth and based on what I have seen it will not die.
On June 6, 2017 it will be seventy three years since my father, 1Lt. Roy Connelly, landed on Utah Beach with the other brave men of the 87th Chemical Mortar Battalion. My father died in 1987, but in 2005 as I was finishing up my book about the unit, I had the honor of attending the battalion's final reunion, and meeting with eleven of these remarkable men.
After their banquet, they all sat down with me at a big table in the hotel lounge and I put a small tape recorder in the center of the table and let them talk about their experiences. Now I knew the story of these men through my extensive research of not only the day to day history of the battalion, but each of the four companies.
I also knew the history of the men at the table. I knew which ones had won medals for heroism and which ones had received one or more purple hearts for wounds received in combat. I heard a lot of stories that night and had collected many more through telephone interviews, questionnaires filled out by the unit veterans, and the diaries some of them sent to me. Yet, none of these men would allow me to call them heroes. They would refer to their buddies as heroes, but not themselves, regardless of the facts that I knew about them.
To hear them talk, they were just average GIs who did the job they were told to do. I knew better because as I chronicle in my book "The Mortarmen" these men who fired the 4.2" mortars, the heaviest in the U.S. military were in combat for 326 straight days. They fought on the Cherbourg Peninsula, in the Hurtgen Forest, and in the Battle of the Bulge. They captured the key German City of Cologne, and they liberated the Nazi death camp at Nordhausen.
They fired their mortars in support of the 3rd, 4th, and 75th Infantry divisions, the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, the 2nd and 5th Armored Divisions, and many other units. Almost every original member of the 87th was killed, wounded, or captured at some point. These men fought for their country and their unit, but mostly they fought for each other. Their loyalty to their fellow warriors was so strong that many hid minor wounds or had more serious wounds treated by the unit medics and refused to be shipped back to a field hospital. Their fear was that they might be reassigned to a unit other than the 87th.
Now, seventy three years later only a few of the men of this distinguished unit are still alive and the same is true of the thousands of other soldiers who landed on the beaches of Normandy. These are the men of the "Longest Day" and they must never be forgotten.
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We've loved our family visiting over this last month. Caleb's family spent time with us the first couple weeks of Vanessa's life and then my family flew down and just left Saturday. It's been so busy doing life with just the four of us, but I'm liking getting into a little routine. I of course meant to take more pictures, but with all that was happening, picture taking dropped pretty low on the totem pole. Here are a couple shots I got.
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Introduction of Homeo Pathic
Homeopathy medicines are effective in many functional and pathological disorders.
We treat patients not only Humans we also treat Animals too with Homoeo pathic medicine.
its very easy treatment on Earth.
Homeopathy is a vitlist philosophy which interprets diseases
Homeopathy is a branch of medicine originated in Germany in 1794, which is based on the principle of The Law of Similars. In a way, it is an advanced form of vaccination; whereby a substance which is capable of producing a disease like state is administered to the patient, but in a very minute dose, to cure the similar disease.
Advantages Of Homeopathy
- it has no side-effects ,
- Easy to be taken even by non co-operative children
.Small sweet pills, drops, powders --- a dream of patient and doctor !
- Easy to manufacture on mass level in large quantities , even at short notices as in epidemics .No panic of shortage.
- It is suitable for mass distribution and government and charity supplies.
- its also suit able for animals
- In an expert's hands , it is very accurate and fast [ though many thinks it to be slow].
- It has prophylactic value with more accuracy than vaccinations and that too without side-effects of vaccines.
- It has a great working in trauma, burn, stroke ,mental shock .
- It is very much effective in veterinary field . Since, animals have higher body weight than man , so medical doses and costing are forbidding .
- It has a potential of wide coverage of specialities like paediatrics, skin, gynaec and obstetrics ,orthopaedics, psychiatry, etc.
- It has scope in agriculture and fertilizers
- It is the best alternative and complimentary to allopathy. in homeo pathic no operation, no injection , no pain , no bittr and large quantity of medicines its amaizingly works against high value desases like cancer,tumors,thyroid glands,hepatitis,anjina,high blood pressur,stones in bladder ,prostate glands ,and some other dangerous type desaese its work very slowly and smoothly and patient feels beter.
- Homeo treament is future for new Generaion
- it will be a drug of choice in veterinary field.


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Montclair Police Department Blotter 03-06-2018
02-28-2018 (Bloomfield Avenue) Mr. Eric Robbs, 50yoa from Montclair, was arrested on an open warrant out of Union Township.
03-01-2018 (Pleasant Way) Four juvenile males were observed on bicycles in rear yards looking into cars and checking for unlocked door handles. When officers responded they fled. Two of the males were located and charged with obstruction. One was in possession of a stolen bicycle.
03-04-2018 (Claremont Avenue) An officer performing a store check observed a female running from the store with an employee chasing after her. After being stopped it was determined that she had just stolen numerous items. Monsura Harris, 33yoa, was arrested and charged with shoplifting.
02-27-2018 (Curtis Terrace) A garage was entered and rummaged through, but nothing reported missing. There was no sign of forced entry.
02-28-2018 (Irving Street) A parked vehicle was entered and rummaged through, but nothing reported taken.
02-28-2018 (Grove Street) Theft of a bicycle which had been left chained to a fence.
03/02/2018 (Sutherland Road) An unlocked vehicle was entered. The glove box was rummaged through but nothing was reported missing.
03/03/2018 (Trinity Place) A suspect forced entry into a locked storage shed and stole a children's bicycle and an unknown amount of clothing. The suspect is described as a white male, gray scruffy beard, wearing a green puffy jacket, blue jeans, black sneakers, and eye glasses.


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McAlpine plans charter network LUTON Luton FBO McAlpine Avia tion is creating an indepen dent charter broking scheme, using automation to link char ter clients' needs with a network of operators and aircraft types. The company believes that it can avoid some of the oper ational mistakes made by specialist brokers who may not realise the complications and limitations of using indi vidual aircraft and airports. "As an operator we have known cases where a broker has booked a jet to use an inadequate runway, without realising the full legal implications", says network specialist Mike Regal. "As an experienced operator, that's just not the sort of mistake that we would make." McAlpine is programming its £25,000 IBM XT hard-disc computer for its new service. It uses an Easylink system via modem to talk to clients, operators, and other suppli ers. The system is compatible with telephone and telex, and cost is reduced by high trans mission speeds. The company is already doing £500,000 worth of broking business annually, even without computers, says Regal. "Automation will in crease our brokerage turnover to between £3 million and £4 million within two years, retaining business that we are presently unable to cope with using a manual system." The network depends on the participation of other operators wanting to benefit from referred business. With its reputation on the line, McAlpine will want to be confident of the standards of member operators. The network idea is new to the UK, though close to that of the US business jet management specialist Exec utive Air Fleet (EAF). EAF combines the role of charter operator, aircraft manager, and independent broker with- FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL, 9 May 1987 A heavier, seven-seat King Air C90A is on offer from Beech out conflict, and Regal is confident that McAlpine can do the same, offering a range of aircraft without unfairly favouring use of its own fleet. Although the scheme will be tied in with US broker Netair, allowing McAlpine ready access to the American market, only European and Middle East operators will be covered, unlike the world wide coverage offered by some other London based brokers. Software for the system is still being developed, but Regal expects the network to be "up and running" within a month. McAlpine will have to convince people that it can offer the advantage of tech nical experience, while offer ing an unbiased choice of aircraft and operators. Regal sees no conflict in the dual role of operator and broker. "We just would not survive without repeat business," he tells Flight. US Customs picks Nomad MELBOURNE ~ The US Customs Service is to receive seven Nomad Search- master II twin-turboprop aircraft built by the Govern ment Aircraft Factories in Melbourne, Australia. The specially modified aircraft will be delivered from early next year, for low-level surveil lance and search and rescue duties. One role is likely to be countering drug trafficking. The purchase follows trials of a specially equipped Nomad over Florida in 1985. Accord ing to Australia's defence minister, Kim Beazley, who sewed-up the contract, the Nomad Searchmaster II involved in the trials was used to sieze drugs worth $3 million. The latest aircraft will be modified from new Nomads during the next two years. Changes include Allison 250-B17E engines, Collins avionics, Litton radar, and forward looking infrared. BUSINESS AVIATION FAA clears seven-seat Beech King Air C90A WICHITA ~ The US Federal Aviation Administration has certifi cated a seven-seat version of the Beech King Air C90A. The new variant has a maximum take-off weight of 10,1001b up 4501b more than that of the five-seat aircraft already in service. Beech says that almost all of the weight increase is available for extra passengers and baggage. There are some "minor" structural changes. Performance is claimed to be close to that of the five-seat King Air. The C90A's new maximum speed is claimed to be 247kt, and the maximum range is 1,277 n.m. Take-off over a 50ft obstacle is accom plished in little more than 2,500ft. Power comes from two Pratt & Whitney PT6A-21 engines rated at 550 s.h.p. each. The service ceiling is 28,900ft. Deliveries of the new vari ant will begin from the fourth quarter of this year. Beech has shipped 1,360 Series 90 King Airs and 3,500 King Airs of all types. A number of govern ments and all four US mili tary services operate the type. Fanned Commander Heads turned at London's Gatwick Airport on April 27 with the arrival of Rockwell Commander 690B F-BXAS, Turbo- meca's testbed, equipped with the manufacturer's Astafan IVF6 engines, developing 2,3591b take-off thrust. The origi nal nacelles, designed to house the type's Garrett TPE331 turboprop units, appear to contain additional fuel. The conversion first flew in 1976, and this example is still in service as a company transport. 17
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Thu, 26 May 2011
Chillpak Hollywood Hour, that is. In Epi4 of Succotash, my special guests this show are Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness, hosts of the podcast which just marked its fourth year on the web. And, I should mention, a model of consistency, having gotten up every week of those 4 years.
I got a chance to catch up with D & P on the occasion of the US premiere of The Truth Is Out There, a documentary delving into conspiracy theories of every stripe. (I favorably reviewed TTIOT on Huffington Post a couple of months ago.) Shortly before the movie got underway at the Retro Dome in San Jose, California, I was able to sit down with the two — Dean serves as the host for the movie, which Phil was the moviemaker who shot, chopped and shopped the film — in their hotel room.
The interview, featured on Succotash this episode, is interspersed with half dozen podcast clips, including:
Featuring guest Adam Pally
Doug Benson with guest Paul F. Tompkins
With guest Albert Brooks
Christopher Titus' Armageddon Update
With guest Samm Levine
Tig, Kyle & David talk about the Afterlife
Of the clips in this episode, I was especially delighted to get to hear Albert Brooks, a comic mind that tends to stay way too far off the radar, as a guest with Adam Carolla. Maybe one has to be a comic nerd to truly appreciate that some of today's comedy podcasts — like The Adam Carolla Show, WTF with Marc Maron and Greg Fitzsimmons' FitzDog Radio — are likely the only places you're going to find lengthy, in-depth interviews with some of the best comedians of all time.
We're starting to get more clips submitted by you comedy podcasters out there but keep 'em coming! (Since you know your show better than I do, chances are that the 3-5 minute snippet you send me will be more representative of what you do that I'll be able to find...) And for you podcast listeners out there, let us know of your favorite we haven't featured yet! Send any and all emails to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Until next, please pass the Succotash!
Marc Hershon
Direct download: Succotash_04_5_29_11.mp3
Category:Comedy -- posted at: 2:01pm PDT
Fri, 13 May 2011
THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE follows actor-artist-inventor-improv comic Dean Haglund (best know as one of the computer-hacking Lone Gunmen from "The X-Files" and their own spin-off series) as he travels the world, hoping to learn what it means to search for the truth in a world where conspiracies, or conspiracy theories are everywhere.
(IS there a conspiracy to keep people from going to the U.S. premiere on Saturday, May 21st, at the Retro Dome in San Jose? If this is the first you're hearing about the movie, maybe so...)
Category:Movie -- posted at: 10:22am PDT
Thu, 12 May 2011
A bit of a delay to get to this, Succotash Epi3, but I was waiting for our guest co-host to clear enough of his schedule to join me in the studio. Since Dana Carvey was going to be the show's first guest, I wanted it to try to get it right. And I think we did!
He had a bit of a time crunch, so this epi's a little light on the podcast commentary in favor of time spent with Dana in the studio. Nonetheless, we manage to get in as many comedy podcast snippets as we have in the two previous episodes. Check out what we've got in store for you this time...
• The Green Room with Sean Green
• Waking From The American Dream with Kelly Carlin
Dana is just the first guest we have in mind for Succotash - stay tuned for upcoming episodes where we'll feature both interviews and guest co-hosting stints from your favorite comedian and/or podcasters!
As I've mentioned before, there are a TON of comedy podcasts out there, so if you ARE a podcaster or a listener who would like to recommend we feature one of your faves, please email me directly at firstname.lastname@example.com with information about the podcast you're thinking about.
Until next time, please pass the Succotash!
Marc Hershon
Direct download: Succotash_03_5_15_11.mp3
Category:Comedy -- posted at: 1:58am PDT
Sat, 7 May 2011
There's been a slight break between Succotash Episodes 2 and 3 but, never fear, we ARE in pre-production. Just a eensy delay due to actual paying work. But we appreciate the mentions, tweets and Facebook comments about the show. We've also been receiving snippets from comedy podcasts that would like us to take a look at them (Thanks, Sean Green of The Green Room! We'll be hearing from your clip on the upcoming episode of Succotash!)
If you're curious to find out more about host Marc Hershon (aka "me"), we urge you to click on over to Comedy A-Go-Go, where Dave Nelson is featuring his interview with yours truly from just after our debut episode. (The embedded link goes to Dave's website, but you can subscribe to Comedy A-Go-Go via iTunes as well.)
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CJ: Also with us, is Monika…she's going to be acting as Moderator, because sometimes, I tend to get out of hand with these crazy interviews and she always seems to bring it all back and keep us on point!
CJ: I made a special playlist just for this show, so let me begin by inviting you hit that music to the left and GET THIS PARTY STARTED! WhoooooHOoooo!
Mod: So I'm gonna dive right into this interview! Okay, Cecile, tell us all about yourself starting with your full name.
Cecile: My name's "Cecile Smutty Hussy" (yea, just try to Google me ~ haahaa)
Mod: And the occupation in which you are legitimately, or otherwise, gainfully employed? *grins*
Cecile: Hummm, you can call me Madame Smutty Hussy. Does it need to be explained? lol! The one that pays the real bills would be a bookkeeper. Yea, I like Madame Smutty Hussy better too! Wonder if they would let me change my title at day job... humm.. might pick up some clients, lol! **Eeekkk**
CJ: *laughs* Bookkeeper is better than a Burger King "cashier", which is what I was doing at one point this past winter to keep the $$ coming in! Holy crap talk about emotionally scarring! I don't think one ever completely learns how to cope with having a hamburger chucked at ya by an angry customer!
Cecile: Hey, there ain't nothing wrong with a Burger King "cashier"... Girl I can work them burgers just fine!!!! *grins*
Mod: I bet you're a wizard with a spatula, eh Cecile? *winks* Ok, so why did you decide to become a "book reviewer"?
Cecile: Ohhhh gosh... I love spreading the word about authors and their work. I look at it this way: if I can get one person to pick up something I have read based off my review, then I have done my job. First, to the idea of introducing a new author to someone that might not have picked up the book and second, putting the author out there. Even if the book was not my cup of tea, I will still show my review because it might be just what someone else wanted to read. And who am I to deny a book its rights to be read!
CJ: I like your attitude, girl! You're hired! *giggles* So describe yourself in three words.
Cecile: Girl, are you putting me to work behind that "register"??? Haa, I am killing myself!!!! Okay, three words... that's all I get. Damn, this is worst than twitter, lol.. Okay, if I only have three words, here goes:
Sassy, spunky and sexy as hell. No not really, but I couldn't resist!
Mod: Nice. Especially the "sexy as hell" part, which I believe was your three words. The other's are just part of the final whole, am I right?
Cecile: Hell YEAH! Now who has the great attitude?
CJ: Alright, girlie what's your sign?
Cecile: Ohhh... *sly grin crosses Cecile's face* a Scoripo. We rule!!!
CJ: Well, I'm an Aquarius and I'm gonna have to disagree slightly with you on that one. BOTH Scorpio and Aquarius don't just rule, we R.O.C.K!
Cecile: Okay... okay... I will give... But I have to say that everything they say about Scoripo's holds very true to me.
Mod: Alright! Time for the "Quick Fire Round". That's when I ask a question, and you both have answer it with the first thought that comes to mind. Ready?
Cecile: Hot Damn... I would say that I am!
CJ: In the words of some hot cowboy-hunk, "I's born ready!" Let's hit it!
Mod: Do you wear contacts or glasses?
Cecile: Neither. Well for one Halloween costume I wore glasses. But I had to take the lens out... Not good to keep them in when drinking, lmbo... I really could not see!
CJ: I wear neither, either. Although, I'm getting sick of squinting to see things that are far away, like the TV and my nightstand clock. Everyone keeps pestering me to go get my eyes checked, but I'm too cheap…once I can't see the computer screen, then I'll consider getting glasses.
Mod: Do you color your hair?
Cecile: Yes, I do and very proudly. In fact, what month is it again?...Oh, yeah! This month I am an auburn girl!
CJ: I tend to do the "dye job" once a year. Always different just for the heck of it...then I spend the rest of the year growing it out of my hair. *YIKES*
Mod: How often do you wear makeup?
Cecile: Try not to wear it often; but for work purposes (so I do not scare the clients) everyday.
CJ: I'm a total user…couldn't live without mascara and lip gloss! Unless it's summer, in which case I let my tan just shine on through!
Cecile: I agree with you on the mascara and lip gloss. But I just hate going through the process...
CJ: I hate the process, too...however, the end result is always nice when I take the time.
Cecile: Victoria Secret Pink Panties & Very Sexy Bras!!! Okay okay, TMI. But you asked and they are my weaknesses!!!! And my fetishes!!! (Just don't ask me to tell you how many I have.... they out rank the shoes!)
CJ: Good Lord...a kindred soul! If I was stranded on an island and had to choose between taking my VS and my clothes, I'm taking the bras and panties every frickin' time, baby! Hallelujah!
Cecile: Another VS girl!!!! Oh man... I could not agree with you more!!!!! Cute, sexy, hot, skimpy, ruffles, any colors.... JUST.GIVE.THEM.TO.ME!
CJ: WhooHooo! Preach it, sister!
Mod: You two are crazy! *laughs* How many pairs of shoes do you each own?
Cecile: Oh gosh really, do I have to count?!?! Okay okay, over 30. That is like asking me my age.... You should not do that!! *Giggles*
CJ: Heehee! Love it! Let's put it this way…if you were to ask me right now to give the exact number of my weight or my shoe count, the weight number is going to be more accurate, for sure! Shoes are a necessity for life; many pairs of shoes are a requirement for womanhood…that and chocolate, I think.
Cecile: Are you promising me chocolate.... *big cheesy grin*
CJ: Surely! You want some of my Dove bar? *snaps off a piece and hands it to Cecile*
Mod: *clears throat* Let's stay focused, ladies. I know chocolate is exciting, but we have an interview and a time limit. Favorite way to do your hair?
Cecile: Hummm.. let me count the ways, lmbo! Work - I wear the famous Librarian Bun or Ponytail. Then when I want to be sassy and sexy, I actually curl my hair... And yeah.. it is sexy! LMBO!!! I laugh because I just learned how to work the curling iron and my hair together last year... Yeah, I am not talented in that field... But now.. I am ! *beams proudly*
CJ: Too, too cute. I have a love-hate relationship with curling irons, and I do use one from time to time (ok, more like every other day)….I'm a ponytail or bunn-ish looking thing for work, or else long and curled. When I don't have time to style it, long and windblown is my best bet everytime..
Mod: Do either of you wear jewelry?
Cecile: Hardly. I am not a bling kinda girl.
CJ: I do bling only on special occasions…the rest of the time it's just my tiny celtic cross necklace and wedding ring.
Mod: What's your favorite Book?
Cecile: Let's see ~ I cannot say just one, so I offer you these: Sweet Caroline by Lissa Matthews. The Vampire Queen's Servant by Joey W Hill. Tortured by Amanda McIntyre. Sanctuary by Cassidy Hunter.
CJ: Nice!! Mine's Stephen King's "The Stand"…although pretty much everyone visiting today probably already knows that from the one-hundred-and-one interviews I've pestered them to read!
Mod: So who's your favorite author then?
Cecile: See above - and if you are brave enough look in my closet, then you will see--I keep the authors stashed in there...
CJ: Really? No fair!
Cecile: No silly.. my books are stashed there for now ~ till I get a bookcase! And you thought I kept the authors there... now if we could keep the cover models.. then hell yeah, I would have hubs kinda worried.. lmbo!!!
CJ: If you can figure out a way to bring those hot male cover pics to life and then stash them, I'm moving in with you, sista! HELL yeah!
Cecile: Believe me, I am working on it!!!!! As soon as I have my formula complete... I will let you know!
CJ: Tiiiight! And…you do that, C!
Mod: Ok, you girls are just having too much fun with these questions. *giggles* How about a harder one. Do you have a favorite TV show?
Cecile: CSI (all of them) and Criminal Minds
CJ: Ok, this is probably highly obvious to anyone who's looked at my background for five seconds, I love "Lost"(Josh Holloway can visit my "island" any time he wants)!!! Second favorite is a toss-up between "Angel" and "Supernatural". What can I say, paranormal story-lines featuring hot male leads? SWEETNESS!
Mod: Favorite actor?
Cecile: Any one that I can label Sex on a Stick!!!
CJ: Gerard Butler
Mod: Got a favorite actor over 50?
Cecile: Sean Connery
CJ: Is Gerard Butler fifty yet? Hell, I don't care, I'll pick him!
Cecile: Hey wait....... No, you can not have Gerard Butler!!!!!!! *Pouts*
CJ: Ok, C… calm down! I'll share him with you. Besides, I've heard he likes making out with random women, so he should jump at the chance to lock lips with two hot brunettes like us, right? *elbows Cecile and winks*
Mod: *rolls eyes and shakes head* Who's your favorite actress?
Cecile: Now my favorite actress is Julia Roberts, hands down!
CJ: I'm gonna have to second that....although, there's also Kate Beckinsdale...I love her!
Mod: Who is your favorite reality TV star?
Cecile: I do not watch these shows (although a friend of mine thinks she is getting me to watch Big Brother with her this summer, lol)
CJ: I'm addicted to "Real Housewives", although it's generally because all the women annoy me so badly that I can't help but watch...kinda like witnessing a car crash in slow-mo…but if I had to choose, I'd say my favorite "car wreck" has got to be a toss up between Kelly Killoren Bensimon (RH of NCY) a.k.a. "Meltdown Psycho Freak" and Vicki Gunvalson (RH of the OC) a.k.a "The Control Freak of OC). That's two craaazaaa bitches, right there!
Mod: So I'm guessing you don't have a favorite reality TV show, Cecile? And you do right, CJ?"
Cecile: Nope, girl, see above... Yeah, I am not a tv junkie.
CJ: Yep, see above for me too, Mo…
Mod: Alrighty then...moving on! What's your favorite animal?
Cecile: White Tiger.
CJ: Friesian stallions.
Mod: Shampoo brand?
Cecile: Anything that will keep the color in my hair, lol!!! Although if those Herbal Essense commericals really did happen, I would be buying that crap in bulk!!!! With the covers models that I stash in the closet.
CJ: I got this cool stuff at Target. It's called "Yes To Carrots" and it's made of all organic veggies. My hair is gorgeous and shiny! I love it!
Mod: Toothpaste?
Cecile: Crest 3D! I want my teeth to be pretty white... I love to smile!
CJ: Me too! Awesomeness!
Mod: Where are you most likely to be seen buying clothes?
Cecile: I guess I should say wherever my daughter allows me to buy... She picks out my clothes. (I hate having to take a loan out to shop for clothes - so I tend to shop at the outlet stores) Now I do not mind taking out a second mortgage for Victoria Secret any day!!
CJ: Amen on the VS! I tend to shop anywhere there's a sale. I'm a total cheap skate when it comes to shopping, if it's not on a sale rack, it ain't coming home with me! Unless it's shoes…yes, shoes or VS, everything ELSE has to be on a sale rack.
Mod: Where's your favorite place to get ice cream?
Cecile: Not an ice cream fan, but if I had to say... there is a little shop called Chubby's. Yeah, see why I am not an ice cream fan, like really. Do I want to eat at a place, where I am chugging away a dessert I should not be having in a place called Chubby's. *shakes head* They could at least call it something slenderizing, lol!
CJ: OH CRAP! I saw that "Chubby's" story going somewhere totally different, but you didn't even take it there! Nice restraint job there, Smutty C! Again I say, you ROCK!
Mod: CJ, can you pull your mind out of the gutter for six seconds? *turns to Cecile* What car would you love to buy if you could afford it?
Cecile: Oh are you kidding me... I want a Audi R8 Spyder (for your viewing pleasure)!
CJ: Damn! Nice, nice, nice. Me likey! I'd probably pick either a Dodge Viper, or the new Chevy Camaro…both are tight.
Cecile: Yea, me likiee too... except for the price tag!
Interview of Random Questions:
Moderator: Ok, since Cecile is the real guest today, these questions are only for her. CJ, that's means no talking out of you, girl!
Mod: Who was the hottest teacher you ever had?
Cecile: *Looks at CJ to see if she will do what is being told and laughs*
OH gosh.. I never had one! *pouts* Can I make one up?
Mod: Have you ever made out in a movie theater?
Cecile: Doesn't everyone at some point in their life do that... *looks around* Okay, just me, then... sure I see no one wants to admit it.
*CJ: "Hell, yeah!! I've done that once too!!"*
*Cecile reaches over to high five CJ*
Mod: CJ, please keep your loud opinions to yourself! Seriously, girl! *turns to Cecile again* What's the strangest talent you have, Cecile?
Cecile: Do we really have to get into that here... lmbo... If you must know... Let's just say that it is very... ummm... enjoyable, lol.
*Loud cheering and clapping from CJ*
Mod: Sorry for the loud background noise, folks. CJ is cheering and whooping it up, regardless of the numerous dirty looks and elbow jabs I'm giving her!
Mod: Cecile, have you ever been tied up? Do you want to be?
Cecile: *Looks at CJ...and tries to stop snickering* Do my dreams count? *Moderator shakes her head and tries not to start laughing* They don't?? Well, then nope. =( Part two of the question... Hell Yes!!=)
Mod: Is there one thing all of your love interests have had in common?
Cecile: Yeah.... ME! Seriously, my passion for them.
Mod: What's the weirdest thing you have done while driving?
Cecile: Oh gosh... now really?? *Looks at CJ* CJ, are you writing a story?.... *CJ shakes her head innocently* Okay.. okay... While I was driving...Wait! Can I admit that here???
*Loud laughter from CJ*
Mod: *trying hard to control her laughter* For the last time! CJ, shut-up! Ok, Cecile, name something you do when you're alone that you wouldn't do in front of others.
Cecile: Oh wow. Walk around naked *blushes* What?? I like doing that when alone! LMBO!
*CJ: "Whooooooooohooo! YEAH, girl!"*
Mod: *off-mic* Would someone please escort Ms. Gabriel out of here? We're trying to conduct a serious interview here and she's just turning it into chaos! Thank you!
Mod: *back on mic* Sorry for the interruption, people. We're back with Cecile now.
Mod: So Cecile, how many drinks does it take before you get drunk?
Cecile: Ohhh now this is a question... Try a lot... I am very good at holding my alcohol. I will run you broke before we find out that answer, lol!
Mod: Do you have any strange phobias?
Cecile: Yeah... I have to have things straight, clean and organized. OCD kicks in ~ it is a must.
Mod: Alright, Cecile, one final question. Do you want to bring sexy back?
Cecile: Hell Yeah... I am Sexy!!!!!! (((roflmbo!!!!!))) Now where is CJ!!!! It is drink time!!!
*CJ: (Heard faintly pounding on the studio door) Hey, I heard that! You just said you wanted to bring me back! *the door bursts open* Alright! Sexy's back. Now let's have a drink, girlies!
Thank you, Cecile for visiting with us today! This "show" would not have been half what it is without you! You can visit Cecile and her faboulous blog here: ALL I WANT AND MORE!
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I could feel the smell of artichokes from the garage and I knew that my grandpa made us dinner, it was one of his signature winter dish. I grew up in a big house, three apartment (my grandparents, my ant and uncle and us) and a big community area. I have to admit it has always been a lot of fun to be all toghether, a mix of fighting and enjoying that made us the beautiful big family we are today. But back to food, the artichoke is an unbloomed flower, it has thorn – like a rose – and charming purple petals. The artichoke take two years to reach his maturity and it need to be harvest before it bloom, so this is way it's the vegetable that take us from winter to the beginning of spring.
Baked Artichoke
- 3 Artichoke
- 2 Cloves of Garlic
- 1 Lemon
- ½ cup White Wine
- Thyme
- Salt
- Pepper
- Olive Oil
- Divide the artichoke in half, cut the edge of each leaf and clean real well the center.
- Place the artichoke in a big enough pot, add the juice of half lemon, the white wine and cover everything with water.
- Boil for 45 minutes.
- Drain the artichoke (do not trow away the water) and place them in a oven pan.
- Season the artichoke with sliced garlic, olive oil, salt, pepper and thyme.
- Place in a preheated over for 2 hours.
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Well, this is depressing.
I come back from vacation to see that we are publishing the September entertainment calendar, which means that, yes, summer really is almost over.
Fortunately, there are enough worthwhile pop culture events coming up over the next few weeks to hopefully alleviate the end-of-summer blahs.
Here are seven things to look forward to:
Marathon concerts
Philadelphia will be the site of two major, history-making concert events this weekend.
Saturday and Sunday, rap superstar Jay-Z brings the Budweiser Made in America festival to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. It's the first time admission will be charged for a concert on the Parkway (tickets, available at www.ticketmaster.com, start at $49.50), but that's not what makes the event special.
Instead, it's the incredibly diverse lineup�� maybe the most wide-ranging array of genres for a musical event in the city since the Live 8 concert on the Parkway seven years ago.
More than 30 acts are scheduled to perform over the two days, with Jay-Z headlining Saturday and '90s grunge kings Pearl Jam on Sunday. Other acts of note include Skrillex, Passion Pit, D'Angelo and Janelle Monae (Saturday) and Drake, Chris Cornell, Jill Scott, Run-DMC and X (Sunday).
Meanwhile, in South Philadelphia Sunday and Monday, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform their first shows at Citizens Bank Park. In the process, Springsteen will become the only musician to have played every major sports arena and stadium in Philadelphia, including demolished venues JFK Stadium, Veterans Stadium and the Spectrum. (I can't take credit for that statistic; I heard it on a radio ad.)
More noteworthy is that the shows on this leg of the "Wrecking Ball" tour have been well over three hours long. A show in Finland last month even eclipsed the mythical four-hour mark, officially making it the longest Springsteen concert in history.
Springsteen's reputation for marathon shows in the '70s and '80s was the stuff of legend � but also slightly exaggerated. (Intermissions contributed to the length of the concerts.) But less than a month shy of his 63rd birthday, he seems determined to live up to the mythology.
Recent set lists have had an "anything goes" feel to them. Combine that with the fact he usually pulls out something special for Philly and it's reasonable to expect a pair of shows for the ages. (Ticket information at www.comcasttix.com.)
"Breaking Bad" season finale
It feels like just yesterday I was previewing the start of this brilliant show's fifth season.
Actually, it was eight weeks ago�� the result of AMC's decision to split "Breaking Bad's" final 16 episodes into two eight-episode "mini" seasons.
The season flew by as quickly as summer itself, as we watched chemistry teacher-turned-drug kingpin Walter White's rapid descent toward utter depravity. Certainly, it's hard to have any sympathy left for Walt after his actions in the final scene of this past Sunday's episode�� but that hasn't made him any less interesting of a character.
This season has been darker in tone than the four previous ones, but the series has maintained its trademark dark humor � part of what makes it among the best shows on television. And Bryan Cranston has again given an Emmy-worthy performance as Walter.
The season finale airs 10 p.m. Sunday on AMC.
19th-century cops and robbers
Looking for a TV show to fill the void after "Breaking Bad" wraps up for the year? You could do a lot worse than "Copper."
The violent drama, airing Sundays at 10 p.m. on BBC America, takes place in New York City during the 1860s. (Think "Gangs of New York," only without Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese. OK, don't think "Gangs of New York.")
"Copper" stars Tom Weston-Jones as an Irish immigrant cop with questionable ideas about justice. His actions would get him thrown off any police force in the country in 2012, but maybe they were accepted in 1865.
The show, which also deals with issues of race and class warfare, premiered Aug. 19 and runs for 10 episodes through October.
Oscar season
After a summer of the usual noisy and mindless offerings in theaters, fall means it's once again time for movies that cater to more than just teen boys.
Among the first serious Oscar contenders to hit theaters is "The Master" (Sept. 14), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson ("There Will Be Blood," "Boogie Nights") and starring Joaquin Phoenix (yes, he's back), Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams. The film features Hoffman as the leader of a 1950s spiritual movement that apparently closely resembles Scientology.
Anderson has denied the film is about Scientology or that Hoffman's character is based on L. Ron Hubbard, but the similarities should lead to plenty of speculation. Regardless, given how rarely Anderson directs (this will be only his sixth film since 1996 and first in five years), his new project definitely qualifies as a major Hollywood event.
And if that doesn't excite you, "Expendables 2" is still in theaters.
Bob Dylan's new album
I'm not sure how many people care about new album releases these days, especially new albums from legendary artists whose best-known work came out five decades ago.
Count me among the few who still care.
Any new material from Dylan is reason to celebrate, especially given the strength of his last four studio albums dating back to 1997's "Time Out of Mind." "Tempest," Dylan's 35th studio album, is due out Sept. 11, which means 10 new tracks to soak up from one of our greatest living songwriters.
Sure, Dylan's ravaged voice isn't for everyone (it never was, really), but the fact that he's still putting out compelling new material at 71 is a wonder.
Besides, who else but Dylan could write a 14-minute, 45-verse song about the Titanic, as he does on the album's title track?
Taylor Swift's new song
Hey, little kids need a reason to find something good about the end of summer, too. And whether you like her or not, you can't deny Swift's monstrous popularity � her new single, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (in case all her celebrity ex-boyfriends were wondering) set a digital sales record for a female artist with 623,000 paid downloads in one week.
Swift goes in a far-poppier direction on the song (it sounds more like something you'd hear from Katy Perry), prompting my 11-year-old daughter, upon hearing the song on the radio for the first time, to declare: "This sounds nothing like a Taylor Swift song." But two more radio plays later, she acknowledged: "I kind of like it."
No kidding. Practically everything Swift has done through her first three albums has been embraced by her fans, and there's little reason to think that trend will change when her fourth album, "Red," comes out Oct. 22.
Bluegrass legend in our backyard
We end with an event close to home. It's not every day that a Grammy winner performs in Bucks County, but that will be the case Sept. 8, when Peter Rowan headlines the Bucks County Bluegrass Festival at Snipes Farm in Falls.
Rowan, who began his five-plus-decades career under the tutelage of "Father of Bluegrass" Bill Monroe, has gone on to perform regularly as a bandleader and solo artist, earning international acclaim.
The chance to watch a legendary purveyor of a distinctly American genre of music so close to home is almost enough not to mind the end of summer.


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July 1st featured the arrival of some more of our organizers team, the beginning of the cleansing and ordering of D-Lab and further discussions about the plan for the first week of the conference. We began the day with another early start, fed back what we had achieved the previous day and worked out what needed to be done in order to further the momentum we had gained the previous day.
Amy handed out the preliminary schedule for the conference to each of us at the start of the meeting and the room was filled with excitement at the huge array of activities that would be taking place over the duration of the four week long conference. There were quite a few significant changes in style and approach from last year's summit and Amy candidly explained the reasons why she felt these changes would perhaps help to facilitate a more interactive learning environment for the participants. While there will be a team of full time mentors at this year's conference their role will be less didactic than in the workshops of IDDS 2007 leading to a situation where the participants will be, as Amy put it, "uninterrupted, but not unsupported". We also discussed the need for participants to have an understanding of the relationship between product design and entrepreneurship from the outset of their projects as this was paramount to any of the products ever being implemented in the real world. The schedule reflects many of the above points and will be available on the IDDS website, http://www.iddsummit.org/ , within the next few days.
One of this year's organizers, Miguel Chavez, working hard in a workshop at IDDS 2007
We returned to our dormitories for lunch and were delighted to greet two more of our organizing committee, Sumit Pahwa and Deepa Dubey, Both had flown in from India that morning and were understandably feeling the effects of jet lag. After lunch we turned our attention to D-lab and what seems the huge task of ordering and cleaning it before the beginning of the summit on July 14th. The team remains confident however, that it can have it looking a lot more like the picture below and a lot less cluttered than it does at present within the next week.
significantly cleaner and more ordered than it
The day finished with further brainstorming sessions about the potential projects that this year's participants would have to pick from and we also continued to try to come up with innovative ways to break the ice between people on Day 1, taking into account the obvious language barriers that would be faced with teams comprising of people from all corners of the globe.
As of the arrival of Zubaida Bai this evening we now have almost all of the past participant organizers with us in the Burton Conner dorms. Just as I was about to conclude this blog, Sumit walked into the kitchen looking completely disorientated and half asleep. His simple response to the bemused looks on our faces, "It's morning time in India!" summed up just how far people have travelled in order to help make IDDS 2008 live up to its enormous potential.


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Stack Buttons: Twelve stack buttons protect the finish and stabilize the legs when the chairs are stacked.
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The Rug Company: Colorful, Contemporary Rugs
We have been having a hard time finding good, affordable rugs in this town.
Yesterday we found a new entree in the middle to upper ground: The Rug Company. Located in Soho and run by nice, unstuffy folks (Brits actually), they feature a wide variety of contemporary rugs in wool and silk with prices ranging from @ $40 to $135 per square foot (8x10 = $3,200 - $10,800).
What sets The Rug Company apart is their Designer Collection by well known designers such as Paul Smith, Diane Von Furstenberg and Allegra Hicks among others, who have done some god awful and some beautiful things with rugs. The variety is fun. In addition, you can customize your own rug by size and color and it won't run you any more.
NYMag says: Editor's Pick 2005 - The Rug Company's portfolio of designs will give the space a needed 'playful, colorful' jolt.
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The worst bit about having two jobs is the fact that 99.9% of the time you're shattered and are craving that extra 10-15 minutes in bed on a morning. As much as I would love to wear a full face of make up for work, the truth is I really can't be bothered, I'm sat typing this not wearing a scrap of make up. What may come as a surprise to many of you is the fact that I very rarely wear foundation during the day and only own a BB cream and the one foundation which matches my natural skin tone. I don't like the feeling of sitting in a stuffy office and not giving my skin the opportunity to breathe.
Luckily though for me, I've managed to perfect the perfect two minute face, which makes me look half awake and presentable while at work. As you can probably tell, I don't bother with any base or powder and brow products. I've recently had HD brows and thanks to the brow tint, I don't need to fill my brows in. Considering I'm writing this two weeks after having them done, my brows are as dark as they were when I first had them done. The only product I can't function without is mascara and at the moment I'm using Seventeen Back Lash as I'm just about out of my HG Wild Curl mascara. If I'm honest I'll use which ever mascara is at hand or what I want using up.
As for eye shadow for work, stick shadows are the best – quick swipe over the eye and you're done. I've recently rediscovered my NYX Jumbo Eye Pencils and alternate between Sparkle Nude and Yoghurt. However if I do feel in the mood for powder shadow, I normally reach for MAC Arena. Last step is attempting to put some colour into my cheeks – normally I'll reach for blusher over bronzer and it's normally cream blushes as it takes less effort (in my eyes anyway) to blend into the skin. Recently I've been using Revlon's Cream Blush in Pinched which gives the cheeks a natural flush and I always apply any cream products with my Real Techniques Stippling Brush.
Then its a case of getting dressed and flying out the door. Have you perfected your morning make up routine? Let me know what you include in your routine.


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This week for French Friday with Dorie, we revisited mussels, this time as Curried Mussels. The mussels are presented in a simple but delicious sauce of curry powder, onions, thyme, chilli, shallots and cream:
This is my favourite mussel recipe out of Around My French Table so far, and I delightedly soaked up the sauce with bread.
I also did a make-up recipe in the form of Mussels with Chorizo:
I had to do this because I had accidentally made Moules Mariniere twice - here and here. While the Mussels in Chorizo, with its spicy sausage and tomato sauce, was tasty, it did not have a patch on the curried mussels for me:
At least after all this practice with mussels, I am now an old hand at de-bearding them (which I hate doing). Sometimes, I just can't yank the whole beard out, so I have learned how to get rid of it after cooking. I tell you, after biting into a gobful of beards the first time I cooked mussels, I learned fast.
To see what the other Doristas thought of yet another fishy week, visit the LYL section of the FFWD website.