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The Jazz at Holmes series of free concerts at Washington University will kick off its Fall 2012 series at 8:00 p.m. this coming Thursday, September 13, with a performance by the Freddie Washington Quartet.
Washington, a local favorite from the late 1960s through the early 1990s, recently reemerged on the St. Louis scene after a hiatus from performing and some time spent out of town. Though his concert will basically be just a straight-up showcase Washington's hard-bop influenced work on tenor and soprano, most of the other Jazz at Holmes concerts this semester seem to have at least a nominal theme, with several including collaborations with other artistic disciplines or University departments.
Here's the complete Jazz at Holmes schedule for Fall 2012:
Thursday, September 13: Freddie Washington Quartet
Thursday, September 27: "Intimacy in Improvisation" with guitarist Vince Varvel and bassist Eric Stiller;
Thursday, October 4: "Stories: The New Beat Generation" featuring poet Eileen Gsell reading with music from guitarist William Lenihan (pictured) and his trio;
Thursday, October 11: "Tin Pan Alley and the Music of Jerome Kern" with trumpeter Bob Ceccarini's group and an introduction by Todd Decker, assistant professor and head of musicology at Wash U;
Thursday, October 25: "New Jazz" featuring saxophonist Ron Goff's quartet;
Thursday, November 1: "Music of Cannonball Adderley and Nancy Wilson" featuring saxophonist Rob Nugent and vocalist Kim Fuller with Kara Vandiver (piano), Zeb Briskovich (bass) and Miles Vandiver (drums);
Thursday, November 8: "Turning Point: Electric Miles and Hendrix Confluence," a celebration of the 70th birthday of Jimi Hendrix, featuring "an all-star lineup" led by William Lenihan;
Thursday, November 15: "Freedom Jazz Dance" featuring dancer/choreographer Ashley Tate with the St. Louis Creative Artists Jazz Ensemble;
Thursday, November 29: "Songs of Love and Other Difficulties: Work and Protest Songs" featuring the Kim Fuller Quartet, with an introduction by Patrick Burke, associate professor of ethnomusicaology; and
Thursday, December 6: Washington University jazz studies student groups, directed by William Lenihan.
Presented most Thursday evenings when school is in session, the Jazz at Holmes concerts are free and open to the public. Concerts begin at 8:00 p.m. in Holmes Lounge, Ridgley Hall, located on Washington University's campus at the west end of the Brookings Quadrangle, near the intersection of Brookings and Hoyt drives.
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As The Hill notes, only 8.8 million people have actually paid for their services, "a drop of almost 25 percent compared to the 11.7 million people who were signed up at the beginning of 2015." As the Kaiser Family Foundation report in the story at the tweet above notes,"Facts are stubborn things..."— Rich Weinstein (@phillyrich1) March 16, 2016
Jordan Candler: Is the ObamaCare Death Spiral Underway? — The Patriot Post https://t.co/ywv8wQL1tl
Affordability remains a challenge. A recent Kaiser poll found that the overwhelming reason why people who are uninsured say they are uncovered is cost – 46% of uninsured, non-elderly adults say they tried to get coverage but found that it was too expensive. However, it is difficult to separate lack of affordability from lack of awareness of financial help that may be available, which could be addressed through more intensive outreach. For example, going into this last open enrollment period, another poll found that 82% of uninsured adults had not been contacted in the previous 6 months about the health law.Ya think? It was always a bad idea to rely on young adults as the fiscal backbone of Obamacare. Such have poor-paying jobs, and careers delayed by minimum wage hikes keeping young people out of the labor market at near record levels — and thus delaying their advancement to other, better-paying jobs.

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Thursday, August 13, 2009
The Color Purple
{This is an edited re-post of one I wrote when this blog was in its infancy. It's appropriate for this time of year, so I wanted to share it again}
The plums in the market right now are so lush, the skin so purple it's almost black. I love the flavor dichotomy of ripe plums — the first bite of skin and fruit is tart, but as you get closer to the pit, the flesh gets sweeter. There are 2,000 varieties of plums, but only about 20 types are generally sold in the U.S., including classic purple ones, red ones, green ones and even red-flecked pluots, which are a cross-breeds of plums and apricots.
I love to cut them into chunks and mix them with cantaloupe, fresh lime juice, mint and a touch of sugar. The combination of the flavors and textures of the different plums made for a lovely mix. The smaller, green ones are tart and firm, while the darker ones are sweet and softer. The melon added another layer of flavor, while the lime and mint added some depth. You could certainly sub out the cantaloupe for honeydew, and add in some peaches, blueberries or any other summery fruit you think would work well. This keeps well in the fridge — it's just as good (if not better) the second day—if it lasts that long.
Plum and Melon Salad
makes about 2 1/2 cups
1 or 2 medium purple plums, pitted and cubed
1 small green plum, pitted and cubed
1 medium red plum, pitted and cubed
1 pluot, pitted and cubed
1/4 t0 1/2 cantaloupe, peeled and cubed
Juice of one small lime
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon fresh chopped mint
Combine everything in a large bowl, toss to coat fruit in juice and sugar. Cover and refrigerate at least 1/2 hour. Stir before serving. Keeps up to four days, refrigerated.
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Great summer salad! The lime juice is a nice touch.
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At Villa Jungle Paradise you will find a hot tub and a terrace. The property offers free parking.
You can rent your own beautiful colonial villa or cosy individual bungalow . "Secret Garden Villa" is located in a large tropical garden of 4000sqm. Only a few steps away from one of the most beautiful known bay in the south of the island of Sri Lanka (3 km from Galle).
Tartaruga is a place to stay in Unawatuna located right at the beach, its the perfect place to laze around and relax. Great ambience, lovely music and not to forget the best sea food around… must try their grilled giant crab and calamaris!!
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The Beach Bungalow Guesthouse in Unawatuna
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Indian mythology has its' famous story of "rama – seetha" love story in which lankadeepa (srilanka) is described as the kingdom of ravana the evil king who abducted seetha from india. When the brother of rama vibeeshana was wounded in the ensuing war the ape soldier hanuman (demi god)was sent to the himalya mountain to bring back medicine. When hanuman could not find the particular herb he brought a piece of himalaya mountain by air.
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I must say; You people saying Palin won't make a good President are showing how foolish you are.
Tim Groseclose,PhD, has research in his book "Left Turn" that verifies my statement.
First of all, this is only a nomination. This puts her in the spotlight with all the other candidates that will define and refine the platforms that will expose and slay the corrupt, incompetent Regime in the White House today. Palin can only add to the voices that are condemning Obama's lack of leadership, failing policies, corrupt associates, un-Constitutional actions, and economic ignorance.
The more being broadcast, the better.
Secondly, she will keep the media busy with their hate machine gearing up, and the media will be upset about not being able to follow The Dufus and his family around the planet at taxpayer expense.
You are providing the media with proof that they can sway your thinking to their agenda.
Do you think President Dufus represents YOU at all?
He's representing himself. Period. He knows he's made history already, and he really doesn't care if he gets another term, because a second term would not make that much difference. He'd be more lame and inconsequential the second time around.
And can't you imagine him completely abandoning the White House for more private living quarters somewhere else out of the eyesight and earshot of the American People who should be privileged to his whereabouts? All at more exorbitant taxpayer expense?
If you are that gullible, you deserve President Dufus and his merry men, and all it's going to cost you to have him in office.
It's really hard for me to believe the U.S. media has made so many fools of the American People with their tabloid trash mentality.
Read Dr. Groseclose's research that proves the media's bias in his new book "Left Turn".


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"The Zionist regime has been a wound on the body of the Islamic world for years and the wound should be removed," Rouhani was quoted as saying by the semi-official ISNA news agency.Talk about showing one face to the world, but he's simply echoing what most every Muslim in the Middle East believes.
The president-elect also expressed doubts about the possibility of an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal even as the two sides resumed negotiations in Washington this week, ending a five-year freeze in Mideast talks.
"Israelis show a compromising face to the world but continue their expansionism in practice," Rouhani said, according to Fars, another semi-official news agency.
Peace in that region? Never. The Muslims will always hate the Jews/Israelis, and the Sunnis will always hate the Shia and vice versa. They're incapable of embracing peace. There are a few exceptions, but not enough to make a difference.
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Gopnik's Daily Pic: Martian aestheticism
By Blake Gopnik
The latest feed from my morning musings about art and objects at www.blakegopnik.com.
An 1880s plant stand by the Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. and Longwy Faience, recently added to the permanent collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art. (Yes, the Daily Pic is there again). I have a reputation for liking weird art, but this is weird, cubed. (And I still like it.)
This little table is officially considered part of the Aesthetic Movement, but that seems to stretch the term "aesthetic" to the breaking point. How could this piece live under a tender Whistler or a Thomas Wilmer Dewing? It would look better as a Martian lander's bride.
A steamwork's brass tubing + pseudo-Chinese and Turkish ceramics + vaguely (with the stress on "vaguely") medieval metalwork = pre-modernist postmodernism. Memphis, eat your heart out.
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This is a blog describing some thoughts about issues related to event processing and thoughts related to my current role. It is written by Opher Etzion and reflects the author's own opinions
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Event processing and Artificial Intelligence - a tutorial in AAAI 2011
Paul Vincent has recently blogged about event driven applications within the applications types cited by the Wired magazine in an article talking about further AI applications. There are other work within the AI community which look at the short and long term impact of AI research on the universe, such as the AAAI presidential panel on AI research. There is a lot of potential in collaboration between the AI and EP communities, from the EP side, there are variety of AI techniques that can be used, and from the AI perspective it provides cases in which AI techniques can be specialized in order to be used in practice.
Recently my colleague Yagil Engel , an AI person we recruited to investigate applications of AI techniques for EP, and myself have been notified that our tutorial proposal for AAAI 2011, a top AI conference, was accepted.
So according to the plan we'll be talking four hours in August about the relationships between EP and AI, the first two hours are planned to provide a crash course on event processing for the AI audience, while the second half is planned to discuss various EP challenges that relate to various AI areas (planning, learning, uncertainty handling, autonomous systems and more. The idea is to establish a dialog with more people in the AI community and pursue this line of research further. The down side: we actually need to prepare now a four hours tutorial. Will write more about it when it is finished (I am sharing all my public presentations on slideshare).
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Emotions high as U.S. Supreme Court readies for 1070 argumentsPosted: Updated:
PHOENIX -- It has been two years since Gov. Jan Brewer signed SB 1070 into law and Arizona became the state with the country's toughest immigration laws.
This week the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on the law's constitutionality, and Arizonans remain divided on the issue.
On Monday to mark the two-year anniversary more than one hundred demonstrators marched outside the State Capitol and held a candle light vigil.
Many of the participants say they personally know friends or family members who left the state because of the law.
"People have a lot of fear, they don't feel welcome here in the state of Arizona, and a lot of people, they just decided to leave," said Yolanda Medina, a high school senior.
Medina said her brother, who is undocumented, fled to New Mexico after the law took effect.
But proponents of the law say if it is deterring illegal immigrants from coming or staying in Arizona, it is working.
"We have a thirty-year low in crime, all because of SB 1070," said former State Senator Russell Pearce, citing statistics from the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association.
Pearce authored SB 1070 and says claims that the bill fosters racial profiling are exaggerated.
"We have not had one complaint of racial profiling or biased policing, not one," Pearce told 3TV.
He is in Washington D.C. to testify before Congress on Tuesday and hear the Supreme Court arguments on Wednesday.
While many in Arizona are waiting to see how the Supreme Court ruling will impact immigration policy, some believe the decision will have a much wider impact.
"I think if it were just an immigration issue, you wouldn't see the Supreme Court taking this case," said attorney Brian Bergin of the Rose Law Group. "I really do think this court wants to step into that gap, and wants to be heard to discuss where we really think the balance of power should like between the federal government and our states."
Bergin will travel to D.C. on Tuesday as legal counsel to Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever, who has filed a friend of the court brief in favor of the law.
The court will hear arguments on the sections of the law that were put on hold by the lower courts. Those include:
-The section requiring non-citizens to carry "alien registration papers" at all times
-The provision allowing the state of Arizona the authority to prosecute for the crime of illegal immigration, currently a federal crime
-The section requiring police officers in Arizona to ask suspected criminals or traffic violators about their immigration status, when they have "reasonable suspicion" that the person is here illegally.
-The provision making it a crime for undocumented immigrants to seek work or apply for jobs


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If you're of an age to remember The Bradshaws, created in 1983 by author Buzz Hawkins, and relating life of the family in the 1950s, then you'll be delighted to hear that Wythenshawe Community Radio Station, based in the Adult Learning Centre at the Forum, are repeating the whole series of the family's exploits. Mother Audrey, Dad Alf and little Billy are a delight to follow, and a good chuckling is guaranteed - as well as reminiscence of those days when we are all just chickens!
You can catch the Bradshaws on Wythenshawe WFM every weekday during their Breakfast, Lunch and Drivetime shows. You should tune in to frequency 97.2FM, or stream on your Silver Surfer's computer at Wythenshawe FM 97.2 For further information, contact Mike George on 07798948052.


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Of all the Game of Thrones cast members, Jack Gleeson has probably had the most difficult time convincing people he's nothing like his character. As the sadistic King Joffrey, Gleeson plays the most depraved villain on a show that's chock-full of them. (Sometimes he's a little too convincing, which explains why some fans have had it in for him from the very beginning.) Observation: If you want to be universally loved, murdering a prostitute with a crossbow is not a good look.
Luckily for Gleeson, being worshipped by fans is not a priority.
The 21-year-old Irish actor recently spoke at the prestigious Oxford Union Society in England, where he gave an eloquent and passionate speech about the absurdity of celebrity culture, and the many ways his life has changed since becoming part of the circus. You'll be happy to know that Gleeson is nothing like his character. Instead, he comes across as an incredibly well-spoken and well-read, surprisingly funny young adult who's trying to come to terms with his new reality. Based on the speech below, Gleeson has very little interest in the fame that comes along with being successful actor, which would explain why he announced his impending retirement from the biz last November. As long as it comes after GoT, the shuffleboard court is all yours, Jack. (Gawker)
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"Who despises the day of small things? Men will rejoice when they see the plumb-line in the hand of Zerubbabel"(Zechariah 4:10).
God is at work in your life, did you know that? He that has begun a good work in you will also accomplish it. The Lord desires to lay a good and solid foundation in your life. But because you look at your calling there is a good chance that you could despise the small beginnings. Perhaps you are thinking that you are taking "baby steps" and that they are not worth of any consideration. But you forget an important principle: each and every step is needed to climb the ladder.
Let's be honest: It's very difficult to take big steps in the Kingdom of God. It's not Gods way anyway. He plants a seed and then he waits for it to grow. So trust me; you need to take these small ones. Little by little, step by step, day by day, week by week you will realize that you are standing on solid ground. This growth will give you such a confidence and enable you to build the Kingdom Gods way. I encourage you today to focus on the progress you are making and at the same time to hold onto your calling that is in your right hand.
And then listen to the Masters Voice saying to you: 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!'
Have a wonderfully blessed day!
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On Monday, April 16, 2012, the long awaited report of the Presidential Committee on Restructuring and Rationalisation of Federal Agencies, Commissions and Parastatals headed by Mr. Stephen Oronsaye was submitted to President Goodluck Jonathan. The committee which was inaugurated on August 18, 2011 was mandated to: study and review all previous reports on similar exercise; examine the enabling Acts of all MDAs and classify them into various sectors; examine critically their mandates and make appropriate recommendations to either restructure, merge or scrap; and, advise on any other matters, which may be relevant to the desire of government to prune the cost of governance.
While summarizing his 800 page report, the committee noted that: "It is a fundamental breach of acceptable practice of good public sector governance to create a new agency or institution as a response to the seeming failure or poor performance of an existing agency in order to suit political or individual interests. Such a practice has proved eventually to precipitate systemic conflicts, crises and even collapse at a substantial but avoidably high financial cost to government." The presidential committee noted further that: "The long-standing challenges that beset the Nigerian public sector, including the parastatals, have created a 'single story' of inefficiency, corruption, poor work environment, low morale, ineffectiveness, deceit and low productivity, thereby establishing a perception of a dysfunctional and unproductive public sector…where it is unable to perform its legitimate functions creditably."
Oronsaye committee proffered four ways to immediately tackle the high cost of governance. These include: "Reduction in the number and size of the governing boards of parastatals; Linking the budgetary system to deliverables and output; Implementation or vacation of some decisions taken on past reports; and Removal of all professional bodies/councils from the national budget." The committee established that at present, there are 541 government parastatals, commissions and agencies (statutory and non-statutory). 263 of these are statutory agencies which it recommends being reduced to 161. To achieve this, the committee proposed the abolition of 38 agencies, merger of 52 and reversion of 14 to departments in ministries. The rationale being that there were "duplications and overlaps in the mandates of many parastatals and agencies…without regard to existing laws and, in some cases, out-rightly replicating extant laws."
For instance, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission were alleged to have usurped the role of police. It is noteworthy that there exists in police commands Special Fraud Units which can be strengthened to take on the role of EFCC and ICPC. FRSC is accused of duplicating the functions of the Department of the Highways of the Federal Ministry of Works and that of Nigerian Police. Other agencies cited doing overlapping functions are the Nigerian Communication Satellite Limited, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) in the area of frequency allocation. Presidency who proposed the executive bills to the National Assembly and indeed our parliamentarians who passed the Acts establishing these institutions are reprehensible for the mushrooming of these drainpipes called Commissions.
As an antidote to the undue proliferation of the agencies, the committee recommended the collapse of the Nomadic Education Commission and the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education into the Universal Basic Education Commission because they all have to do with basic education. The committee also believes NTA, FRCN and VON should be under one management. In addition to calling for the mergers of some of these agencies, the committee also proposed that management audit should be conducted on 89 agencies with biometric data capture of staff as well as the discontinuation of government funding of professional bodies/councils.
In the Committee's opinion, if its report was adopted and agencies reduced in accordance with the recommendation, the government would be saving over N862 billion between this year and 2015. The breakdown showed that about N124.8 billion would be reduced from agencies proposed for abolition; about N100.6 billion from agencies proposed for mergers; about N6.6 billion from professional bodies; N489.9 billion from universities; N50.9 billion from polytechnics; N32.3 billion from colleges of education and N616 million from boards of federal medical centres.
I want to specially thank the Oronsaye's committee for a splendid job. The committee actually hit the bull's eyes with many of its proposals. My major concern is whether this report will not eventually be swept under the proverbial carpet like the previous ones. It is on record that similar conclusions have been reached by successive committees set up on how to reduce the cost of governance. Two of such was the Alison Ayida's committee of 1995 and the Ahmed Joda Panel of 1999 which proposed scrap, commercialisation, privatisation or self-funding of many agencies. Unfortunately, these institutions which were recommended for scrapping are still being funded by government.
President Jonathan has taken the right step by setting up Mohammed Bello Adoke's 10 member white paper committee same day as he received the report. Whether the Attorney General's committee will not scuttle the good work done by the Oronsaye's committee remains to be seen. There is no gainsaying that there will be intense lobbying of the Adoke's committee to advise the government to reject some of the key recommendations. These advances should be rebuffed. Aside the white paper committee, the ability of President Jonathan to act expeditiously in implementing the government resolution will show if he means business about cutting the cost of governance. The president will also need to rally the National Assembly to earnestly amend or repeal the Acts of Parliament that set up many of the agencies earmarked for abolition or restructuring. I think that was not done in implementing previous reports which therefore made the affected agencies to continue to exist and receive government funding. Considering all that needed to be done, realistically, it will take sometime for us to reap the benefit of Oronsaye's committee's good work.
Additional ways the president should explore to condense cost of governance is by halving the presidential fleet of aircrafts and cars; reduction in the number of presidential and legislative aides and auctioning the white elephant among the over 11,886 federal government projects that dotted Nigeria's landscape. It is also advisable for government to quit sponsorship of pilgrimages. During the forthcoming constitutional amendment exercise, the president should sponsor a bill to seek amendment to section 147(3) of the 1999 Constitution which makes it mandatory for the president to appoint at least one minister from each state. Nigeria does not need more than twenty cabinet ministers unlike the current fad where an unwieldy 42 ministers are appointed by the president. President Jonathan should also look at reducing the number of Nigerian foreign missions while National Assembly must exercise utmost circumspection in creating additional agencies or commissions. Above all, the president must strengthen all anti-corruption agencies inclusive of police and code of conduct bureau. It is an unassailable fact that corruption plays a big role in Nigeria's soaring cost of governance as the unfolding pension scam has revealed.


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I have been thinking about New Harmony, Indiana a lot over the past few months. I have been pondering, in particular, the many wonderful and accomplished people that I had the privilege to meet there.
New Harmony is never far from my mind, as I grew up around the area.
I was fortunate to work at the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art just after I completed my graduate studies. It so happened that during the particular time frame I happened to "land there", New Harmony was enjoying a Renaissance of sorts...and it was flourishing with many talented and creative people.
One of my fondest memories is of my friend, Phyllis, planting scented geraniums at the perimeter of Jerry Wade's patio.
I have never forgotten the fragrance of those cherished plants.
With the memory of those wonderfully-scented geraniums, I created a soap for my friend, Phyllis. Phyllis was the "Botanist in Residence" at New Harmony during my all-too-brief tenure.
Here we go ....using the new pine mold again ....
I created a batch of basic soap with rice bran oil (good stuff!). I scented the whole lot with lemon, geranium and rose geranium essential oils. I threw in some cornmeal for scrubbing and exfoliation.
I tried to make the soap as lovely as possible, so I split the batch and only added green oxide to one part. I layered the soap in the mold and textured the top like a meringue.
I think this soap is lovely, but not as lovely as the Lady Gardener, the scented geraniums, or New Harmony.
These will be cured on the first day of Spring!
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I found a website called All Kids Network.com that has a lot of crafts, activities, worksheets and MORE for keeping your kids busy. I looked through the Fall Crafts list for some ideas.
Pumpkin Patch Finger Painting
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Fall Fingerprint Tree
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Joyful Christmas
I wanted to share three different color combinations
the ladies made last month using the Joyful Christmas stamp set.
We used card stock vellum and the stained glass technique.
Thanks ladies you are so creative.
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Luminox Men's 3051 EVO Navy SEAL Colormark Watch
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I bought this as my new daily. I have not been disappointed. Very nice rugged, good looks. I have the 3051 which is White on Black, making the hand extremely legible during the day and a quick glances. The tritium viles do a good job of being visable as light sources become scarce. In total darkness its a gem, distinguished by a orange 12 o'clock marker and green minute/hour/second hands.
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Cheval Blanc, Basel
The Cheval Blanc got its third Michelin star this year. The restaurant also has 19 points from Gault Millau. We were fortunate enough to be able to get a reservation on greg's birthday (we made that reservation more than a month in advance), so off we went. We'd never done either a three star or something with such a classical luxury setting (the closest would probably be Lampart's in Haegendorf, which I somehow didn't blog), so this was a real experience.
I'm not close to eloquent enough to describe a meal like this, so here are some impressions. We were there for more than four hours, had some really exceptional food and wine, and enjoyed great service. There were a couple dishes that brought me close to tears. There were a few surprises in there (microplaned fois gras!). The sommelier picked interesting wines, including a couple types that we'd never heard of (Muscadet-Sèvre-et-Maine and Godello) and an excellent champagne and Swiss pinot. The service was great and not overly stiff.
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Cradled deep in Kingwood is a strange, glowing portal with an indescribable scent. Stepping through the portal brings you to a world thick with pyreflies - colorful, wispy fragments of departed souls. They congregate here, beneath a bright moon and whispering over a giant waterfall and fields of red flowers. If a living person enters the farplane and remembers someone who has died, their memory may cause the pyreflies to react, producing a still-life image of the dead. While it cannot move or react, some find small comfort in speaking to these hollow images.
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Led through the mist by the milk-light of moon, all that was lost is revealed... The Unknown is a thick, deep forest that exists within Kingwood - though once in, it is very difficult to find your way out again, though if you stay on the path to Conde Petie you should be fine. At night, the moon always seems half-full, and there are a number of strange and dangerous creatures lurking within the depths, in between the mysterious and foreboding Edelwood trees. And, if you listen hard to the silence of the wood, you can sometimes hear the ominous singing of a creature known only as the Beast. Children that have strayed off the path have known to be lost forever, so stories about this Beast have been emerging in both Conde Petie and Yggdrasil. Still, it is a beautiful place, where the strange and surreal can become real... and if dreams can't come true, then why not pretend?
NPC encounter rate is extremely high here. Staff will be watching all open threads and may throw any inhabitant of the Unknown - benign or malicious - upon unwary passersby at any time.
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14U USA Team Announcement
After a three-day showcase at Major League Baseball's Urban Youth Academy over Labor Day weekend, the CCYB-USA team completed its three games in top fashion. Highlights of the game included a hustle play by starting short stop Christopher Rivera who tried to stop a ball hit sharply up the middle. There were six West Coast teams consisting of 108 players who participated in the USA National Identification Series held at MLB's Urban Youth Academy in Compton, CA.The teams gathered in the outfield to await USA's announcements. USA Announced (pictured) Christopher Rivera and Jeremy Martinez, along with Cody Poteet (not pictured) from Southern California's CCYB-USA made the team. Papo and Jeremy after the 14U USA team's announcement. Cody Poteet, Christopher Rivera and Jeremy Martinez take a breather After the 14U USA team's announcement. The team will travel to Guatemala over the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday to compete in an international tournament. Congratulations boys!Todd Rogers, director of CCYB and Christopher Rivera after the 14U USA Team's announcement - a select nine elite players and five alternates will represent the West Coast players.Our family (pictured left to right: Steve, Annie, Christopher, Elysse, Ariana and Aaron) proudly congratulate our son and brother on his accomplishments and achievements on making the 14U USA Team.Christopher and big sis Elysse embrace after USA's announcement of those players making the 14U USA team.Siblings, Ariana, Christopher, Elysse and Aaron after the 14U USA team was announced.My proud moment (Christopher and mom) after the 14U USA Team was announced.


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TO A SELECT FEW: ISSUE STATEMENT NO. 3787 ~ Wilfong
CLINTON CONCEDES-AND HOW………..Fired up!!!!!! Ready to go!!!!!!!!
"The way to continue our fight now . . . is to take our energy, our passion, our strength and do all we can to help elect Barack Obama the next president of the United States" ~ Senator Hillary Clinton
Fired up!!!!! Ready to go!!!! That may well describe the way Hillary Clinton appeared today. This, as she gave the most impressive concession and endorsement speech I've been privileged to see. For those of us, who've waited, somewhat anxiously, the wait was well worth it.
Today, we saw a Hillary Clinton we could like. Today, we saw a worthy foe who made us stronger in her challenge. Today, we saw what we believe to be a determined, dedicated "loyalist". And for those of us who waited, somewhat anxiously, the wait was well worth it. She told about what her intent was, and the purpose of "her movement". And, it helped us understand and appreciate her passion, her feeling of the urgency of the moment.
When one is involved in a movement, one sometimes fails to fully appreciate the worthiness of another person's cause. We may have been a little guilty of that, on occasion. We congratulate Hillary Rodham Clinton on the successful campaign she waged. And we welcome her uniting with us to develop a win in the turning point election she mentioned as coming up in November.
What a way that ol' pro worked that audience. She got in a little self-praise, but it was not over done. She reminded of the worthiness of the cause she led, but it was not excessive. Aware of some "resentment" from some of her supporters, she nailed that before it could go anywhere. She urged her supporters to, "support Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, presumptive Democratic nominee, in his bid for the White House, saying they should "take our energy, our passion and our strength and do all we can to help elect Barack Obama … I ask all of you to join me in working as hard for Barack Obama as you have for me."
Finally, she spoke of the Democratic Party as "family". And, that it was time to regain party unity. It was time to move on, she noted, as we seek to change the country for the good. "Today as I suspend my campaign, I congratulate him on the victory he has won and the extraordinary campaign he has won. I endorse him and throw my full support behind him and I ask of you to join me in working as hard for Barack Obama as you have for me."
What really got us was this time when she said something like this: "Today I join whole heartedly with Barack Obama, in returning Democrats to the White House. And, I say "YES WE CAN!!". We couldn't have said it any better.. It was a long time coming, but, the wait was well worth it. Fired up!!!!!! Ready to go!!!!!!!!
We'd say so….that's how movements are fueled, and grow…
The struggle continues, until we succeed-and we shall,


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Recently I posted two cards that featured larger butterflies made with this glitter paper. I still had some close to my craft table so I decided to make up several more butterflies. This one was made from a Spellbinders Grand Shapabilities "Wonderful Wings" die set. The set has five different butterflies which include a solid and a detailed design. I wasn't sure what I was going to use for the card base but decided just to use the "Friends Forever" Cuttlebug folder which also includes a die with several sentiments.
After attaching the butterfly, the card was just lacking something so I went through my gems and found some pink ones that seemed to finish off the card.
Be sure to come back Friday and I have another card using this embossing folder, but I hope you'll come back again each day until then. Thank you for stopping by today!


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Transforming a pair of plain mary janes into something more special for your daughter is so easy it's practically a crime not to! And it only takes about 20 minutes. All you need is:
1 plain pair of shoes
2 – 10″ strips of wide ribbon
2 large jewels
hot glue gun and glue stick
Starting in the center of the shoe, glue down both ends of the ribbon.
Fold to pleat and glue down. Repeat for each pleat.
Put a big blob of glue in the center to hold down.
Secure the jewel in the center with another dab of glue.
Repeat for second shoe and go dazzle your little princess.


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I'm linking up with Jessica @ I {Heart Recess} for Mathematical Monday! I am very excited about this post. I've been working on it for weeks!
My school district has wonderful helpers call, "Instructional Teachers On Assignment." They are Teacher Coaches that help you analyze data, research effective instructional practices, and help you plan & organize lessons that meet the individual needs of you students. Talk about differentiated instruction!
Last month, my school's ISTOA spent 1/2 of the day helping my team dissect our Math Data, research effect instructional practice for reteaching/remediation. Then she followed up with another 1/2 day with a "make & take" of the various TPT activities that we had purchased or downloaded for free, and a few activities that we put together ourselves to assist with differentiated math centers by Florida Benchmark/Standard.
I have to remind you all that Florida is currently transitioning to the Common Core Standards. In Grades 3-5 we are all working under a blended curriculum of both Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards and the Common Core State Standards. This has been quite the challenge to blend both together.
In order to make our instructional time more effective and to achieve more bang for our buck we had our students analyze their own individual data! Once students analyzed their own data they knew which benchmarks/standards that they needed to practice. Talk about giving students a focus for their Math Workstations! Take a look at what we did today!
Students are working on analyzing their individual performance on a district Summative Math Assessment.
This is an example of one of my student's interactive learning side of their notebook. I am able to print individual student reports by benchmark/standard. Students see individual scores broken down by a specific benchmark/standard. They are able to see if they have obtained mastery or not on a individual benchmarks/standards.
Here is the Preview & Process side of the student interactive notebook.
I teach both 3rd & 4th Grade this year, so we have two baskets that are color coded by benchmark/standard. Students are to choose a benchmark/standard that they had to high-light in pink (< 60%) from the basket to practice.
Here is an example of a fractions/decimals activity!
My students were just as excited as I was with this data analysis activity today. I'll have to let you know how effective it is with actual remediation and improving test scores!
I was hemming and hawing about how much work went into creating this lesson, but I have to be honest with you. Today was one of the best lessons that I have ever taught during my 20 years as an educator. Students were captivated by their own performance and goal setting. They are determined to raise their own scores. Talk about taking responsibility for your own learning!
I have to warn you all! This is very exciting and contagious! You just might get hooked! Let me know if you are interested and I'll send you the interactive notebook directions.
Happy Mathematical Monday!


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I am now more than halfway to my goal of 50 pillowcases in 50 weeks for St. Louis Children's Hospital! This is what I made this weekend.
Most of these fabrics came from my stash. I did not have a single thing to go with that giraffe print, though, so I bought the African print yesterday. The stash is holding out for now, but I can see that a trip to the Quilt Shop may be in my future before I am finished!
That, Faye, She's a pistol! Thinking my pillowcases look like a pair of capris! Here's a better picture. (And yes, they did look like a pair of pants in that photo. TOO FUNNY!)
Vintage Pink II
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The 3A state volleyball tournament pool pairings were released Monday morning. The Sterling Lady Tigers were awarded the number eight seed and will be playing pool I against Eaton, the top seed, and Coal Ridge, the number 12 seed at the Denver Coliseum.
Pool play starts on Friday, Nov. 11, at 8 a.m., with one team per pool advancing to the semifinal round. Sterling will open up the state tournament in match six of the day against Eaton. The Lady Tigers will wrap up pool play on Saturday in the second match of the day against Coal Ridge.
The Lady Tigers enter the 3A state tournament with a 20-5 record. They finished the season by going 8-2 in their final 10 games.
Eaton finished the season with a 23-2 record. The Lady Reds swept Sterling earlier this season in Eaton.
Coal Ridge finished the season with a 17-8 record. The Lady Titans finished the season by winning six out of their last 10 matches.
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Duck Meat Snack and More Part of Transformers 4 Chinese Product Placement
A news report (below) indicates that the very heavy Chinese specific product placement planned for Transformers: Age of Extinction will include at least water, car and duck meat snack along with more unspecified products. The heavy product placement was assumed for a while now, especially after the co-finance deal, E-Jet vehicle and more that we have learned about over the last year or so. The co-finance deal and product placement is partly to increase the films profitability but also part of Paramount's efforts to get in the good graces of the Chinese government as Hollywood is desperate to increase their presence in the country and current law make that difficult with foreign film quotas and limited number of days a non-Chinese film can be shown in theaters. As pointed out by io9.com, Transformers: Dark of the Moon also had its share of Chinese brand product placements that probably was missed by most audiences that included a plug for Lenovo computers, t-shirts and milk. I would not be surprised if every shirt, car and billboard seen in the film for Chinese set portions of the story are all pre-approved and purchased advertising for the film. At the very least it will be interesting to see if it is handled well or not.
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I just read somewhere that in Australia their Imax tickets are coming out on may 29th 10am. Is that true????ReplyDeleteReplies
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I am from Melbourne, Australia, IMAX (Melbourne) tickets will be able to the general public tomorrow (29th May at 12pm).Delete
Just to tease you people, I have already got my tickets and I am watching it next week!!!! HAHAHAHA!!
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By Ahmad Ridhuan Alauddin
Italian immigrants migrated into the US together with many of their Europeans neighbors. When they first came to US most of the migrants had a very hard life. Arriving in a new country, the Italian migrants mostly had very little money and had no idea of their new place apart from US being the land of opportunity. The lack of resources and contacts in the new country prompted many of these immigrants to settle down in the place the first set down.
These immigrants came from various parts of Italy they were scattered all around the US. This paper will look at the common menu of those Italian migrants and look at how it has involved in the community that is now known as the Italian-American. This essay will mainly try to address the significant issues of the process of ethnic identity.
This paper will argue that the role of family is very important in advocating ethnic identity. The influence of a very rigid and traditional family institution helped the Italian immigrants whom in the end were known as Italian American to maintain their identity. This is fascinating because despite undergoing changes from generations to generations their tradition is still very much alive and important to them. The paper will further argue this point by looking, the transmission of ethnic consciousness amongst the Italian American.
Last but not least we will look at the maintenance of ethnic group boundaries and most importantly, the role of food in such process. Overall, this essay aims to look at the evolution of the Italian migrants in America and how this has affected their everyday food.
This paper will articulate all the forwarded arguments and try to answer the main question of whether Americanization disintegrated the original Italian culture and traditions amongst the migrants or have their community managed to stand by their roots and maintain their cultures through generations.
Common menu of the first generation Italian American
The Italian immigrants that migrated to the United States came from many parts of Italy. They originated from states such as Sardinia, Sicily and Naples. The geographical factor causes the type of materials available to each region to be different. The different cooking material available to the regions means each region has its own tradition and food pattern.
Naturally someone that migrates tends to bring together his or her norms from original country to make the transition easier. The Italians were no different they as they settled down in states such as New York city, Boston and Philadelphia they still try to maintain their roots and consume food that they usually consume back at home. (the Italian American) This led to the Italian migrant community to have such a diverse eating pattern but however, the dominance of migrants from certain region had caused the control of food distribution network by certain regional groups in the US led to a common pattern in the immigrant population.(1984 150)
The study of what Italian migrants consume are pioneered by dieticians that are interested to study the relationship between ethnicity and the unhealthy diet amongst people that migrate into America. Initially it was believed that these immigrants the Italian in particular consume too many carbohydrates and do not consume enough proteins. This is understandable especially if we look at well-known Italian dishes such as the pasta and the Italian bread.
This believe however cannot be entirely be agreed upon. A study by a dietician in New Haven Connecticut (King 1935) provides us with information regarding the menu cycle of the Italian migrants. The cycle of the common menu amongst the Italian American points to a very interesting pattern. There were another study being done after the first study. The second the study was conducted by Nizzardini and Joffe and their study again concluded that there is a common meal pattern in the Italian migrant community. This provides a basis of argument for the menu chosen in this essay. This essay accepts the variability of the Italian American community but will assume the most common cycle of menu as the menu consumed by the Italian American community as a whole.
G. Goode, Karen Curtis and Janet Judith Theophano argued that the Italian American menu can be described in terms of item and pattern.
" The Italian American diet described in the literature can be described in terms of item and in terms of pattern. Items frequently emphasized include macaroni, greens, tomatoes poultry, fish, fruit, Italian bread, cheese, olive oil, wine and coffee. Meat and fish were used in small quantities-simmered with tomato sauce and fried. Shellfish were sautéed in oil and garlic or streamed in a tomato sauce. Roast chicken could be served as a main dish. A 'one pot' meal was characteristic of this dietary pattern. Combinations of vegetables and macaroni, legumes and macaroni, sauce and macaroni, and soups, which stressed vegetables, were prevalent." (1984 150)
Based on the study in New Haven, Connecticut came out with a weekly cycle of the common menu for the first generation Italian American proves that her argument is valid. The study projected a weekly cycle of meals in the was shared in which Sunday was emphasized; on Monday soup were served. Observing strict religious values, they fasted on Wednesday and Friday. The study also deduced that Macaroni was eaten three times a week.
The study also revealed detail meal pattern of the Italian American. On Sunday the first meal was breakfast, taken early in the morning. It was simple meal consisting of a hot drink (coffee & tea) bread t, and fruit. 'Dinner was an elaborate meal and it its expanded form included four courses which is soup, a gravy dish; roast meat with accompanying vegetable, salad, bread and wine; and dessert. On normal days were consumed In general macaroni is the staple food that is consumed by the migrants through out the week with meat and fish being consumed only twice a week.'(1984 150-152)
The argument that food acts as "the marker of cultural identity has long been noted within anthropological work on social classification, suggesting that food consumption practices are seemingly unequivocal indicators of cultural difference" ( Douglas 1966; Bulmer 1967; Levi- Strauss 1962) Their argument is that the food that is consumed by people can reflect their surroundings because people in general will consume what they have around them and try to improvise those food. Through this culture differences are recorded. Similar patterns of consumption thus mark our dissimilarity from others and charting as they frequently do, on to other aspect of dissimilarities. This further reinforces the argument in this essay that food consumption can be used as a representative of ethnic identity.
Ethnic consciousness
In analysing at the pattern of Italian American common menu it is a clear indication of how their original food from Italy still plays an important role in their everyday menu despite having moved into a foreign land. This strong ethnicity actually provides a strong sense of identity. The Italian migrant emphasize on maintaining their identity is perhaps the main reason for them to still be known as Italian American today, despite having arrived in the United States long ago.
Ethnic identity can be defined as values, cultural practices, social psychological traits and behavious. These factors are usually very hard to be maintaining especially amongst immigrant. They have left their original country and new generations take over from older generations and this makes it even harder for them to preserve their identity.
The younger generations in general have settled down and consider the new place as their home country. Here we see the problem, which is identity confusion. Since the younger generation was born and grew up in America, they have considered themselves more as an American rather than Italian whereas their parents and older generations still regard Italy as their home country. This conflict of identity is common especially in the third generations of migrants. The generation that have got little attachment to their original country and are more connected to their home country.
How the younger generation identify themselves will depend on how much they know about their identity. Waters concluded that "knowledge about ancestors" how much they know about their identity will be the most factor of how people identify themselves (1990 57). Waters also found that, "certain family structures and living arrangements may promote both the passage of information about ethnic origin and the interest in and socialization of children into a particular ethnicity." (1990:62)
Alba (1990:164) in his research found a significant relationship between c between family and ethnic identity and stated, "Ethnic identity is, first and foremost, a matter of ancestry, of self-definition that is both handed down within the family and created on the basis of family history." Alba (1990:164) also stated "the significance of the family for transmitting ethnicity is magnified by the comparative weakness of ethnicity in more public spheres, such as schools and workplaces."
In terms of the Italian American community, Gans (1979, 1994) argued that ethnicity have become mostly subjective identities for contemporary white European Americans. Later-generation white ethnics may practice what Gans (1994 578) calls symbolic ethnicity, "The consumption and use of ethnic symbols intended mainly for the purpose of feeling or being identified with a particular ethnicity, but without participating in an existing ethnic organization (formal or informal) or practicing an ongoing ethnic culture."
It is undeniable that the younger generations might not have an in depth understanding of their original country but the fact that Italian traditions are able to survive for many generations, the firm ethnic identity amongst Italian American must have been propagated by something very significant. This paper will argue that the Italian American manage to maintain most if not all aspects of their original identiy due to the role of family in propagating ethnic identity in the Italian American society. Many scholars that have often related the role of family in preserving ethnic identity support this argument.
Mindel, Habenstein, and Wright states that, "The maintenance of ethnic identification and solidarity ultimately rests on the ability of the family to socialize its members into the ethnic culture and thus to channel and control, perhaps program, future behavior." (1998, 8)
González, Umaña-Taylor, and Bámaca concludes, "Familial ethnic socialization and experiences within the family are of primary importance in shaping ethnic identification." (2006:187)
Rotheram and Phinney recognized the influence that ethnic socialization has, mainly on children. They defined ethnic socialization as, "the developmental processes by which children acquire the behaviors, perceptions, values, and attitudes of an ethnic group, and come to see themselves and others as members of such groups." (1987:11)
Boscia-Mulè (1999:141) suggests that, "ethnicity has an identifiable and significant role in my respondents' private lives.It is an ethnicity expressed mainly in the form of familistic values, and through the enactment of some of the behaviors consonant with those values."
It is understandable why family plays a very important role in preserving ethnic identity. In explaining this we can use Clark's argument, he says that 'family is the very stuff of ethnic identity'. They influence lives and this is the main reason why family acts as what described by Stone as 'agents of ethnicity'.
In the case of Italian American they maintain a very strong family structure. Greeleys study about the Catholics in America found out that among the American Catholic, the Italians are more likely to live in the same neighborhood as parents and siblings their families are very close. (Greeley 1972). When families are close traditions can be passed down and celebrated. This is the main reason why Italian American still has a very strong ethnic identity despite being settled down in a foreign land for a ling time.
Maintenance of Ethnic group Boundaries
Food is essential for everyone. The food that people choose to consume especially in our daily life would definitely be something significant to us. It could mean they simple love the food but it also can signify their identity. Food is also one of the most important symbols through which ethnic groups in America have maintained their individual identities and communicated to the society as a whole. (Kalcik 84).
The reason why ethnic consciousnesses are being maintained through food is because that is perhaps the easiest and most practical way to do it. Klymasz (1973 133) explains that the loss of the ethnic language or dialect often prevents the preservation of verbal folklore forms. This is not the case with food because with its quality that is easy to learn and also can act as a significant reminder to of the past, food is a more practical way to maintain ethnic consciousness especially towards the younger generations.
Sabina Magliocco argues that the various food chosen in an Italian theme festival signifies the important aspect of community identity and the dynamics of ethnic representation.(Magliocco 148)
The Little Italy Festival that she referred is actually one way how the Italian American maintain ethnic consciousness. The interesting part of this kind of festivals is that it can show how the Italian identity has changed over the years. What are being observed in the festival is actually the assimilation of the Italian American community.
The festival was structured to portray the parts of Italian identity that are available and can be enjoyed by the whole community. However by comparison, all the activities are typically American and have very little resemblance to the activities that would usually take place in popular festivals in Italy.
Further study on the festival shows that the sellers of the food in the festival consist of both Italians and non-Italians. The assimilation of the Italian culture in the society makes it a case of the seller selling Italian food to non-Italians and it's not about representing their regional roots or the Italian culture anymore. The Italian foods itself have become accustomed to the society.
Ethnicity can be hard to define and it changes constantly. Maintaining ethnic group boundaries is also complicated. The process of assimilation inevitable because when a totally different culture is brought into a new society sooner or later that culture will be accepted and adopted into the new culture.
In the case of the Italian American we can see how their original Italian identity being assimilated into the American society. It is wrong to say that the original culture has totally disintegrated but rather it has changed. The fact that some original traditions is still being practiced even though in different ways, this means that the ethnic identity is still very much alive.
Maintaining ethnic group boundaries is not necessary to preserve ethnic identity. We look at how the Italian American preserves their identity. They accepted the changes of the society and made the best out of it. As a result over the years they have managed to maintain their identity without being left out of the society. From the example of the little Italy festival, it can be deduced that certain identities such as their food have been preserved.
This can be seen when pizza and pastas are being sold in the festival. These foods were food that the early migrants had in their weekly menu when they first reached the United States. At the same time many aspects of the festival were not the same as the festivals in Italy but rather were things that are being done in America shows how the two different cultures has been successfully assimilated not at the expense of another.
Food is a very good indicator of ethnic identity. Different countries due to various reasons such as taste tendency, geographical conditions, economic development consumes different type of food. In this paper we look at the common menu for the early Italian migrants that migrated to America.
When they migrated they brought together with them their culture and traditions. As the community develops, this community faces a common crisis amongst people that migrate to a new place, which is the identity crisis. The dilemma that they face is to define their identity. Evidently the Italian migrants choose to preserve their identity and at the same time assimilate into the new culture.
Preserving their identity proves to be a challenging and a daunting task especially to the second generations onwards. These people have very little if not at all attachments to their original roots. Here comes the role of family members. Family plays an essential role in introducing and maintaining the ethnic identity. If families continue to practice and observe their original roots and traditions ethnic identity will definitely be preserved as people will value their origins based on how much they know.
This paper takes food to show how the Italian Americans manage to preserve their ethnic identity. The example of little Italy festival manifests the idea of maintaining ethnic identity and assimilation of that identity into the new culture. This also proves that ethnic groups do not need to maintain any boundaries with the whole society, as ethnic identity will not disintegrate.
In a nutshell by using food as a reflection for ethnic identity we can see that Americanization has not disintegrated the original Italian culture and traditions amongst the Italian Americans. Their community, despite having to assimilate into the society has managed to stand by their roots and maintain their cultures through generations.
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Boscia-Mulè, P. 1999. Authentic Ethnicities: The Interaction of Ideology, Gender Power, and Class in the Italian-American Experience. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Clark, D. 1991. Erin's Heirs: Irish Bonds of Community. Lexington: The University of Kentucky Press.
Gans, H. J. 1979. "Symbolic Ethnicity: The Future of Ethnic Groups and Cultures in America." Ethnic and Racial Studies 2:1-20.
Gans H. J. 1994. "Symbolic Ethnicity and Symbolic Religiosity: Towards a Comparison of Ethnic and Religious Acculturation." Ethnic and Racial Studies 17:577- 592.
G. Goode, Judith Curtis, Karen, Theophano, Janet (1984) Meal Formats, Meal Cycles and Menu Negotiations in the Maintenance of Italian American Community. In Mary Douglas Food in the Social Order. USA: The Russel Sage Foundation. 143-218
González, A. G., Umaña-Taylor, A. J. & Bámaca, M. Y. 2006. "Familial Ethnic Socialization Among Adolescents of Latino and European Descent: Do Latina Mothers Exert the MostInfluence?" Journal of Family Issues 27:184- 207.
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Mindel, C. H., Habenstein, R. W., & Wright, Jr., R. 1998. "Diversity Among America's Ethnic Minorities." Pp. 1-12 in Ethnic Families in America: Patterns and Variations, edited byC. H. Mindel, R. W. Habenstein, and R. Wright, Jr. Upper Saddle Ridge, NJ: PrenticeHall.
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Rotheram, M. J. & Phinney, J. S. 1987. "Introduction: Definitions and Perspectives in the Study of Children's Ethnic Socialization." Pp. 10-28 in Children's Socialization: Pluralism andDevelopment, edited by J. S. Phinney and M. J. Rotheram. Newbury, CA: Sage Publications.
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The assimilation of culture and maintenance of ethnic identity in the Italian American Community.
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Sunday, September 25, 2016
Gothamist Interview with Shep Gordon
With the recent release of
Shep Gordon
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Friday, September 23, 2016
Happy Birthday Neal Smith
Happy Birthday Neal Smith
Dennis Dunaway, Michael Bruce, Alice Cooper, Neal Smith, Glen Buxton
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2011 Supagroup Touring with Alice Cooper
I just came across this post on
July 2011
story from
on the group
who tells of their story of touring w/ Alice Cooper.
I thought it was a cool story of how Alice looks out for the newer bands and helps them out.
...Touring with Alice Cooper was our first big break. We had opened for him in New Orleans a few years before and he remembered us when we submitted for the tour. For a band used to playing small clubs and sleeping on floors to playing hockey rinks to thousands of people … needless to say it was a pretty big deal for us. Alice was so cool. He would bring us on his bus and tell us stories of playing with Zeppelin. We started referring to him as "Uncle Alice." He would also give us huge pointers — the kind I won't share with your readers. His band, crew, everyone was so professional. On that tour we kind of blossomed on a different level. We wrote the entire album "
on that tour. And being on that level helped us land Kevin Shirley (
Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin
) as our producer.
The second time Alice asked us to tour was much different. We were scrambling right after Katrina not knowing what was going to happen, watching our city in tatters, and we were scattered all over the country. Such a horrible time. He reached out to us and asked if we'd like to come out on tour instead of watching CNN all day. Uncle Alice to the rescue! I felt bad for the band that was supposed to get that slot, but Alice was like, "Hey, you got no homes." I cannot stress how much that meant to us. It was more than just a tour. We were traveling all over, so we got to touch base with so many people we hadn't heard from since the storm....
I just took the Alice Cooper except from 2fast2die site
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Happy Birthday for me today
This is what I wanted to show you why this is a special day for me. This is me and my mom (Irlene) on the right , and on the left is my moms sisters (Betty) and my
cousin (Karen). We were born the same time, same doctor, at Mt. Carmel hospital in Detroit. We made it the papers, which was pink then. Karen and I always had a fun birthday and were always treated like we were twins. My mom passed away in 1979 and I still miss her. I was named after my parents. My dads name was Earl.
I come from a family of three brothers and one sister and growing up in a small town, well, I have many fond memories.
So my husband Norm is taking me to dinner tonight. I love going out to dinner and spending time together.
Friday, November 25, 2011
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
More of Cheryls homestead
Monday, November 21, 2011
Picture post
Now onto Christmas.
Sitting Room
Today I spent the afternoon at my friend Cheryls home and she has wonderful eye candy. Thank you Cheryl for letting me share your pictures with my blogging friends. I took 62 pictures and will show you a few Fall and Christmas for now. I have a slow computer and it takes forever to load the pictures that I do have.
I wish Cheryl lived closer since we have so much fun when we get together. We both have dental careers ( she is retired) so she is a good listener when I need to
bend an ear. She is very understanding.
Saturday, November 19, 2011
busy week but a fun one
Yea it's Saturday and it is bright and sunny here this morning. This is an exciting week for me because and always has been. It will be our wedding anniversary and then Thanksgiving with family, which is always special, and my birthday is next Saturday on the 26th. If I get get a good picture on that day I will show you because it was a very special day for more then one reason and with that I will leave you hanging.
Isn't this little candlight cute! I LOVE candlelight and burning yummy scented candles. I do burn tapered candles at Thanksgiving dinner.
Enjoy your weekend friends!
Thursday, November 17, 2011
A few new pictures
My new prim side table I bought at the Breckenridge Antiques Show. It is a great size for me because I can use it for a lot of differant displays. It would make a great prim tree stand don't you think?
I should have taken a picture of the great lunch they were serving.
Friday, November 11, 2011
TGIF/Hope everyone had a great week
Monday, November 7, 2011
Waynesville/Simple Goods/Primcats!
gingerbread ornie given out for the first 50 people in line. I was the last one..I think....how lucky is that!
mini prim stockings
Mini gourds for my small prim tree. Aren't they cute!
I have always wanted one of these to hammer on the side if a prim cupboard.
For my pantry
My Arnetts Santa
Thank You Carmen!
I hope everyone enjoyed the weekend! The weather was perfect and got all my yard work done yesterday. Cut the grass, My husband raked all the leaves and the yard is looking great.
Okay I know you want to know about the show. Well...we had a really good time but get tired of fighting the crowds. I did get my Santa from Arnetts. That was my very first stop. Everything else was smalls. But had a great time looking and running into friends and had fun with my husband. He is so patient and easy going and I am so lucky. We left Friday morning and went to Waynesville first and shopped and had a great lunch. Lost my camera but backtracked and sure enough someone found it at Wooden Sunflower. How lucky is that! Thank you to that honest person who took it to the counter!
After the show Norm and I stopped by to meet and visit with Carmen at Primcats! Thank you Carmen and Shane for your hospitality! I wish we could have stayed longer. And I LOVED!!! her primcats! Very sweet and she takes wonderful care of them. I have never seen that many cats in one place...spoiled cats too!
Have a wonderful week!
Friday, November 4, 2011
Thanksgiving Turkeys
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Stanley Kaplan, Pioneer in Preparing Students for Exams, Dies at 90
Mr. Kaplan carved out a lucrative niche in the world of for-profit education and made test-preparation classes a rite of passage for students across America.
By Karen W. Arenson
Stanley H. Kaplan was a businessman and teacher who carved out a lucrative niche in the world of for-profit education and made test-preparation classes a rite of passage for students across America. He died Aug. 23, 2009, at 90.
Propelled by his students' success on the SAT and other standardized exams -- and by the enormous growth in standardized testing -- Mr. Kaplan transformed the Stanley H. Kaplan Educational Center from a tiny tutoring operation in his basement in Brooklyn in the late 1930s into a nationwide test-preparation company. Along the way he successfully challenged the College Board's denials that coaching could significantly improve student scores and convinced the Federal Trade Commission that his claims of helping students were valid.
By November 1984, when Mr. Kaplan, then 65, sold his business to the Washington Post Company for $45 million, it had more than 120 teaching centers and nearly 100,000 students. Today, Kaplan Inc. is a diversified education company and the Post Company's largest business, recording $2.3 billion in revenue last year.
Mr. Kaplan did not start out with a strategic plan to build a business. He began by preparing students for the New York State Regents exams. But when a student showed up in 1946 asking for help on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (as the SAT was then called), he saw an opportunity. And when students later sought his help on medical school exams, he signed them on, too.
Despite his growing success, Mr. Kaplan faced resistance from the College Board, which continued to assert that gains from test-preparation courses were minimal. Opposition was so strong, Mr. Kaplan recalled, that some students felt a need to register under false names, like Jane Doe and Albert Einstein.
In Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania student newspaper refused to run his advertisements, and the university denied his requests to hang posters and rent rooms for his courses. He called the opposition "elitist" and distributed T-shirts on campus. Students flocked to his classes.
Competition grew, but Kaplan remained the giant. By 1979, he had 84 locations with 30,000 students a year and was charging $275 for a 10-week course that met once a week. He received invitations to help poor test-takers, many of them athletes and underprivileged minority students.
After he sold his business in 1984, he remained involved in it, staying on as chief executive until 1992 and as chairman until 1994. But he and his wife, the former Rita Joan Gwirtzman, also set up a foundation to focus on education, health, the arts and Jewish causes as they became increasingly involved in philanthropy. Their names are now visible in Manhattan on the Rita and Stanley H. Kaplan Cancer Center at the New York University Medical Center and at the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse at the Samuel B. and David Rose Building at Lincoln Center. Mr. Kaplan also helped raise money for his alma mater, City College of the City University of New York.
The son of Jewish immigrants from what are now Belarus and Latvia who did not attend college -- his father ran a plumbing business, and his mother helped out -- he grew up in a household that valued education.
Although he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and second in his class at City College in 1939, he was unable to get into medical school. "I was Jewish, and I attended a public college," he wrote in his autobiography. "I had a double whammy against me."
That experience made him a champion of standardized tests when others attacked them. If there had been a medical school admissions test, he said, he could have shown the medical schools that he was the equal of students from private universities.


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If you follow the Texas Genealogy Events calendar (and you should because I work really, really hard on it), you know that--genealogically speaking--there's plenty going on in Texas. I'm planning to attend a couple of the events myself, so I am plugging them here.
The Houston Genealogical Forum is hosting a seminar with Craig Scott, CG, on March 21. I wasn't initially planning on signing up for this event, because I don't have much time at home this month. However, I've heard nothing but good things about Craig Scott, so I figured this was one opportunity I shouldn't miss. Registration form is here, if you're interested.
The Lone Star Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists is holding a meeting April 4 in Waco. You must be a member (or the guest of a member) to attend. This is another event that doesn't fit well into my personal calendar, but I can't *not* go to my first meeting. I'm not a professional genealogist, but I figure if I breathe the same air as them for a while, I might pick up some wisdom along the way.


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By Norm Richards
It's sunny, warm as the plane climbs up through smoke. I notice stubble burning below. No ones gotten much of a crop off this year. The ground looks dark and even green and it's early October. I think, crop insurance and what that must do. Costs will rise, is my simple economics. I turn my attention to the people around me on the plane. The guy beside me wants to talk. We chat briefly and settle into what comes next, a book chapter and plug the ipod into my ears. Time to test the (pay by credit card only) food menu. Days before I learned cash will no longer be accepted. I'm not impressed. The front part of the order routine seems easy. She takes my order and I pay. Awhile later, a sandwich wrap appears in front of me from the rear of the cabin. As I look up she's drifted six seats forward. Actions up front have me assume since I'm in the third last row, it will be awhile before I get my drink.
True, I'm not going anywhere. When the drink arrives, it's not handed to me with a calm smile or apology for being late. Instead, since I'm now slow to notice, immersed in my book, I look up and remove the ear buds to respond. I'm met by a dead stare as if I'm the grade two delinquent about to be sent to the principal. She asks if I paid. The food is on my tray as if paid. I look up at the one who took my credit card but she's not engaged. I paid, I tell her but I resent the need to say so. I look for pleasant atmosphere but I get stiff service instead.
I'm met at the airport by my son-inlaw and granddaughter. Nice to be back in Ottawa and be greeted by family who care. We talk while waiting for my bags. I hand Scott an ipod dock and camera. He snaps a few pictures at random. I'm not sure about the settings but the camera is automatic. A large bronze statue of Sir John A. Macdonald sits on a park bench beside us. I grab a seat next to him and Scott hits the shutter button. I figure a ton of people before me have taken a photo on this same bench, why not me?
An hour ahead, it's a bit later by the time we get to their country home. My daughter greets me with a hug on arrival. She and the family are ready for bed. We'll visit next day and see the kids off to school. The next day is relaxed and we have a nice dinner. Friday night we attend the home opener for the Senators hockey team hosted by Dan Cheresna. He's rented a family box for his son George's 10th birthday. We arrive to hot food and full service. Very nice! I've never done a hockey game in such lavish style. The Senators are facing off against the visiting Buffalo Sabres. Dan points out Senator player Matt Carkner 39 is a local boy and friend of the family. The game is exciting but Ottawa's home team can't seem to mount an offence. They wind up losing the game 2 to 1 but it's only the first game. They have a lot to learn about winning with the rest of the season to prove themselves. Dan is owner of Euro Auto Paint Systems in Ottawa. Thanks to him we had a smashing time and I manage to take a few photographs as well.


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"In A Time Of Universal Deceit, Telling The Truth Becomes A Revolutionary Act" - George Orwell, Author ..... "All Truth Passes Through Three stages. First: It Is Ridiculed, Second: It Is Violently Opposed, And Third: It Is Accepted As Self-Evident" – Arthur Schopenhauer, Philosopher
Friday, November 12, 2010
Interesting Videos: Exposing The LIES About "Hamas Rocket Attacks"!
Right now, I want to present a great set of two videos, entitled: "The Lies About Hamas Rockets, Parts I and II", that exposes the lies about so called "Hamas Rocket Attacks", and how these false attacks have been used by the controlled media, and as this video shows, some very nefarious so called "charities" to raise money for Israel itself! The evidence speaks for itself, and the facts presented here are sickening. Here are the videos, in parts I, and II:
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NTS Notes: For the longest time, I have shown evidence that backs up the facts that these so called "rocket" attacks are totally bogus and an outright lie.
In almost ALL cases over the years, these "rocket" attacks have been exposed as being performed by Mossad agents of Israel that set up small rocket platforms, and launch these "rockets" back into Israel itself. "By Way Of Deception...." indeed
The facts do speak for themselves... These rockets almost always are aimed purposely at open farm fields, and in almost all cases never seem to kill anyone! Israel claims thousands of rocket attacks all the time, but there has never been any more than a few dozen at most in any given year!
However, we have witnessed the Israeli response to these "rocket attacks" as being absolutely brutal. These bogus attacks have led to a constant pounding of the Gaza Strip by Israeli warplanes and tanks that has killed hundreds of innocent Palestinian civilians. AND we should be fully aware that Israel may use the phony existence of thousands of "Hezbollah rockets" as their newest pretext for a new war against Lebanon so that they can get their cherished new source of fresh water....
It is time for some real truth to come out again, and this exposure of how these criminals have been using these bogus rocket attacks to raise money for the criminal state of Israel is absolutely priceless....
More to come
1 comment:
- mondo said...
The problem is our politicians are too much of pussies. They don't want to lose their cushy high paying lifestyles(pete McCloskey, Paul Findley), they don't want to be castigated in the media (Cynthia McKinney), or they dont want to be killed. (JFK for wanting to back currency w/ silver and wanting to inspect Dimona) We need a total overhaul of our political system and it won't happen until every ball-less American refuses to vote on hacked machines. France protests and goes on strike for weeks at a time over 2 years of extended retirement despite already having 6 weeks paid vacation a year. If that happened to us, not a single slave(person) would utter a peep. In fact, they are about to raise the retirement age from 65 to 69 and take away half of social security! French get 2.4X more a month in social security PLUS free health care for the whole family. Including 24 hour at home medical service if necessary.
Lets face it, we are far bigger pussies than the french. And to think some listened to FOx News and slammed France because they wouldn''t participate in an illegal war in Iraq!
I've been trying for 6 years to wake up my fellow Americans and all I can say is it was a total waste of time. Americans are stubbornly ignorant and arrogant and I should have left the country instead of wasting 1000's of hours trying to help brainwashed idiots.
- November 13, 2010 at 1:34 AM