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For determining the final, steady-state behavior, it is sometimes interesting to compare several initial values. However, for verification of the precise steady state, you should always use an initial of 1/2. This is because is a ``critical value'' of the map, or a point at which . An orbit arising from a critical value must lie in the ``basin of attraction'' [2] for an attracting periodic point [4] (provided that it exists).
Then, a definite change in behavior occurs for the following a values:
(The very adventurous may wish to examine .) You are now looking at the famous period-doubling cascade to chaos. Do you see why the period of the population doubles for each new case? Each of the above a values is in the center of a period-multiplying region; how would you characterize each region? The boundaries of these regions are specified in Figure 1.


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Here is a clip from the Jan. 9, 2006 issue of The New Yorker. It's about two fictional works by James Agee, better known from his film criticism and his book about Southern sharecroppers, Let Us Know Praise Famous Men.
I post it here because I found it an interesting interpretation of the works.
Again, I forgot to note the author of the article. I apologize for that.
In "The Morning Watch," an autobiographical novella of 1951, a 12-year-old boarding-school boy, asleep in the early morning of Good Friday, dreams that he is Jesus about to be betrayed by his disciples. He awakes, and hears not Peter and Judas but sleepy boys cursing all around him. He goes to chapel and there, on his knees, relieves the previous months of religious crisis, during which he tormented himself over masturbation, only to realized that, at that moment, his back and thighs hurting as he kneels, he is committing the sin of imitating the suffering of Jesus. He leaves chapel with his friends and, as they go skinny-dipping at dawn, steals a look at their genitals; then, at the side of the pond, he kills a snake that may be poisonous and feeds it to the school's hogs. The mood swings back and forth between guilty devotion to Jesus and excited apprehension of the physical world. As the school enters Easter weekend, and Chirst's resurrection approaches, the boy eases into his sexual future.
In Agee's autobiographical novel "A Death in the Family," which he was working on when he died and which was published in 1957, he goes back further into his youth, to when he was six, in Knoxville (Tennessee -- my note), and his young father was killed in a freak automobile accident. The tense alternation of reverence and self-assertion. is similar to the rhythm of "The Morning Watch." The family, which has heard the news of the death, gathers and talks into the night with the strange exhilaration and that accompanies catastrophe. A debate forms between the religious, who see the death as having a mysterious purpose that God will not divulge, and the skeptics, who think that it happened by chance and is without meaning. The boy, Rufus (Agee's childhood name), is finally told of the accident, and, to our surprise, feels very little except for a sense of his own importance.; "My daddy got killed," he tells strangers and schoolmates on the street. Later, shown the corpse in a funeral parlor, he "looked toward his father's face and, seeing the blue-dented chin thrust upward, and the way the flesh was sunken behind the bones of the jaw, first recognized in its specific weight the word, dead." For long stretches, as Agee evokes first the comforts of childhood and then its loneliness and bewilderment, the novels reaches a pitch of tenderness that comes within hailing distance of what Joyce achieved in the early pages of "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man."
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Books aside, if you asked a college freshman today who the Greatest Generation is, they might respond by pointing in a mirror.
Young people's unprecedented level of self-infatuation was revealed in a new analysis of the American Freshman Survey, which has been asking students to rate themselves compared to their peers since 1966. Roughly 9 million young people have taken the survey over the last 47 years
Psychologist Jean Twenge and her colleagues compiled the data and found that over the last four decades there's been a dramatic rise in the number of students who describe themselves as being 'above average' in the areas of academic ability, drive to achieve, mathematical ability, and self-confidence.
But in appraising the traits that are considered less invidualistic - co-operativeness, understanding others, and spirituality - the numbers either stayed at slightly decreased over the same period. Researchers also found a disconnect between the student's opinions of themselves and actual ability.
While students are much more likely to call themselves gifted in writing abilities, objective test scores actually show that their writing abilities are far less than those of their 1960s counterparts. Also on the decline is the amount of time spent studying, with little more than a third of students saying they study for six or more hours a week compared to almost half of all students claiming the same in the late 1980s. Though they may work less, the number that said they had a drive to succeed rose sharply.
These young egotists can grow up to be depressed adults. A 2006 study found that students suffer from 'ambition inflation' as their increased ambitions accompany increasingly unrealistic expectations.
"Since the 1960s and 1970s, when those expectations started to grow, there's been an increase in anxiety and depression," Twenge said. "There's going to be a lot more people who don't reach their goals."
Twenge is the author of a separate study showing a 30 per cent increase towards narcissism in students since 1979. "Our culture used to encourage modesty and humility and not bragging about yourself," Twenge told BBC News. "It was considered a bad thing to be seen as conceited or full of yourself."
Just because someone has high self-esteem doesn't mean they're a narcissist. Positive self-assessments can not only be harmless but completely true. However, one in four recent students responded to a questionnaire called the Narcissistic Personality Inventory with results pointing towards narcissistic self-assessments. Narcissism is defined as excessive self-love or vanity; self-admiration, or being self-centered.
Twenge said that's a trait that is often negative and destructive, and blames its boom on several trends - including parenting styles, celebrity culture, social media, and easy credit - for allowing people to seem more successful than they really are.
"What's really become prevalent over the last two decades is the idea that being highly self-confident - loving yourself, believing in yourself - is the key to success," Twenge said. "Now the interesting thing about that belief is it's widely held, it's very deeply held, and it's also untrue."
Despite a library's worth of self-help books promoting the idea we can achieve anything if we believe we can, there's very little evidence that raising self-esteem produces positive, real-world outcomes. "If there is any effect at all, it is quite small," said Roy Baumeister of Florida State University, who authored a 2003 paper on self-esteem studies.
Baumeister found that while successful people did have high-self esteem in many cases, it was unclear what actual caused their success if the first place. Both self-esteem and success were often influenced by another factor.
"Coming from a good family might lead to both high self-esteem and personal success." Baumeister said. "Self-control is much more powerful and well-supported as a cause of personal success. Despite my years invested in research on self-esteem, I reluctantly advise people to forget about it."
Twenge compared it to a swimmer trying to learn a turn who needs to believe that learning the skill is possible but who won't actually be aided in acquiring that skill by their belief.
"You need to believe that you can go out and do something but that's not the same as thinking that you're great," Twenge said. Studies suggest weaker students actually perform worse if given encouragement at boosting their self-esteem.
"An intervention that encourages [students] to feel good about themselves, regardless of work, may remove the reason to work hard," Baumeister found. But if you found yourself bothered by a person always talking about how wonderful they are, remember that their future may not be bright.
"In the long-term, what tends to happen is that narcissistic people mess up their relationships, at home and at work," Twenge said. Though narcissists may be charming at first, their selfish actions eventually damage relationships. It's not until middle-age they may realize their lives have had a number of failed relationships. And even if they recognize something is wrong they may have a hard time changing.
"It's a personality trait," says Twenge. "It's by definition very difficult to change. It's rooted in genetics and early environment and culture and things that aren't all that malleable."
It's hard to blame today's generation for such an attitude when the parents raised them in an environment where we don't keep score in games so that "everyone is a winner" and "no one feels badly because they lost". Where some schools, including colleges, have quit giving good students high grades and poor students low grades and have simply went to a pass/fail system so that no one self esteem is injured.
This generation has been coddled and told they are special from the cradle, not that its bad to express your love for your child but you have denied them the drive you get from loosing and having to try harder, or getting a bad grade and having to push hard to get that grade back up.
They come into the real world unprepared for failure at any level and frankly they are unequipped to deal with real life.


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Maybe His Grandfather was Poor, But Mr. Santorum Makes a $Million and Is Worth Millions
To listen to the campaign oratory of Rick Santorum is to come away with the impression that he is just a "Blue Collar" Joe out there trying to make a living just like the rest of us. The national media accepts this as a legitimate part of Mr. Santorum's personality, never questioning whether or not it is true.
It turns out, of course, that it is not true. Mr. Santorum left the Senate after the 2006 election and he has released his tax returns for the years 2007-10 so we can all see how well or how poorly he is doing after he became "unemployed". It turns out, that Mr. Santorum is very wealthy.
First of all Mr. Santorum's income is around $1 million a year. That puts him way up in the top 1% of all families in the U. S. As far as his housing is concerned,
They live in a four-bedroom northern
house on five acres assessed at $1.4 million in 2010. Virginia
And Mr. Santorum is quite the real estate investor
Santorum owns five rental properties in State College, Pa., worth between $500,000 and $1.25 million, but also with as much as $750,000 in mortgage debt, according to his presidential disclosure. His taxes show that he took mortgage and depreciation deductions on those properties, and also that he sold more than $23,000 worth of stocks in 2010.
As far as making money, the former Senator has done what all former national office holders do, he's was out there selling influence and contacts
After his Senate defeat, Santorum did not register as a lobbyist, but he aided corporate and other interests as a consultant. He was paid $142,500 by Consol Energy, a Pennsylvania-based energy firm with numerous Appalachian coal mines. The firm has lobbied against Obama administration efforts to tighten limits on greenhouse gas emissions.
Santorum also was paid $65,000 by the American Continental Group, a D.C. lobbying firm with an assortment of corporate clients, and $125,000 by the Clapham Group, a
firm that aids religious rights organizations. He benefited from media work, earning $230,000 for appearances on Fox News and more than $80,000 for stints as a radio commentator. Virginia
Santorum was also paid nearly $400,000 in compensation and stock options as a board director at Universal Health Services, a hospital management firm, after he left the Senate in 2006. He also owns up to $250,000 in Universal stock. As a senator, Santorum had sponsored several unsuccessful bills that would have secured more Medicaid funding for hospitals run by Universal and other medical firms in
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Paella Valenciana (Riceless)
1 lb. Shrimp (41/50) peeled and deveined
1 lb. Sea Scallops
1 1/2 lbs. Skinless Bone-in Chicken thighs
3 Chicken tenderloin strips or 1 Chicken breast (cubed)
1/4 cup White Wine (optional)
4 cups Chicken Stock + 4 cups Water
1 can Diced Tomatoes (No Salt added)
1 lb. Pearled Barley (about 3 cups dry) Rinsed until water runs clear
1 Sweet Onion (sliced)
1/2 Red Bell Pepper (thinly sliced)
1/2 cup Frozen Peas & Carrots (optional)
3 cloves of garlic (minced)
1/2 tsp. Dried Thyme
1/4 tsp. Ground Annatto (Achiote)
1/2 tsp. Spanish Paprika
1 envelope Goya Sazon Ajo y Cebolla
Pinch of Saffron threads
1 tbsp. Flat Leaf Parsley (chopped)
2 tbsp. Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Salt and Pepper to taste
Season your shrimp, scallops and chicken with salt and pepper. In a sauce pan, bring the chicken stock and water to a simmer and keep warm. Meanwhile, in a wide and somewhat shallow casserole or a paella pan, heat your olive oil. Once ready, sear your scallops, then shrimp and then chicken tenderloins, moving each item to a plate after searing. Now cook the chicken thighs for about 10 to 15 minutes or until almost cooked through. Move to the plate with the rest.
Add your onions, peppers and garlic and saute for 2 minutes. Deglaze with the white wine, once the wine has reduced by half, add the diced tomatoes, the barley and the spices. Reduce the heat to medium-high and add the stock a cup at a time and stirring frequently. Continue adding more when the mixture has absorbed most of the liquid. After about 20 minutes add all the chicken and any juices that may be in the plate. Add more stock if needed and cover for 10 minutes. Remove cover and stir, add any stock you may have left and continue to cook uncovered until liquid is almost completely absorbed. At this point check for seasoning and add salt and pepper to taste. Add your seafood, parsley and peas and carrots and cook for an additional 5 minutes.
I know this seems like a lot of food, but I have a family of 8 to feed. This amount fed everyone and we had maybe 2 servings worth of left overs.
This turned out really good! I didn't miss the rice at all.
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
1. Describe Mrs. Schacter's son's thoughts as he watches his mother on the train and others' reactions to her.
A. Well at the beginning, he was scared for her, was trying to comfort her, but then as the train ride went on, he became uncaring for her, he didn't care as much for what the other people did to her, he just wanted her to be quiet, and he didn't say anything to calm her.
2. Did the Jew's treat Mrs. Schacter appropriately? What could they have done differently?
A. At the beginning, they believed her, they ran to the window to see what she was yelling at, and when they didn't see anything, they just felt pity for her. But as the train ride went on, as her continued to yell about fire that wasn't there, they began to beat her, and they didn't care what happened to her, they just wanted her to shut up.
3. Why do the Jews so quickly reject Mrs. Schacter but just as quickly believe the news from the men who gathered water? How do they feel when the cattle car doors are opened in Birkenau?
A. Because when she would yell fire, they didn't see anything, and like so many other people on the trains, they just thought that she was going crazy. The reason they believed the men who gathered water was because they gave them good news, news that didn't have to deal with fire or death. And anyone would believe good news over bad news any day. The way they felt when they arrived at Birkenau was a little bit happy to get off the train, confused on why they were there, and scared and frightened for being in a place where they didn't know where it was.
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17 comments:
- EndZoneFreenzy_CardinalFootball said...
Good blog. You never really answered question number two, expand on if you thought they treated her wrong or not. Other than that good blog
- October 16, 2008 at 8:55 AM
- ShadowReaper said...
i like how you stated the question then answered. I really liked your responses to the questions. You were straight to the point and gave detail and things to back up your answers.
- October 16, 2008 at 8:56 AM
- Missouri State Single Season Strikeout King said...
On #1, I think he still was caring for her, but there really was nothing he could have done to stop them as he was only ten years old.
On #2, you had some good points, but you didn't answer the question.
On #3, I liked your answer. Good points and good description.
- October 16, 2008 at 8:59 AM
- Samantha said...
I liked your answers for the most part. On number one, i dont think that the little boy wanted his mother to get beat. I think he did want to care for her but i think he was extremely scared and didnt know how to handle the situation. he was young, and given his situation, didnt want do anything to stop them in fear for his own life. He was probably very confused.
- October 16, 2008 at 9:00 AM
- katrinalogan said...
I thought your answers were good. You gave your opinion well in the first one. I agree though in the second one you didn't exactly answer the question. Maybe expand on that on a little bit more. But other than that great job! [:
- October 16, 2008 at 9:01 AM
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- October 16, 2008 at 9:01 AM
- Sam said...
On the first question I disagree with the statement he stopped caring. I mean you could be right but he stuck by her side through it all. I just think he was scared that if he did something the treatment for his mother would of got worse. The rest of your answers I thought were good and I agreed with them. Good blog!!
- October 16, 2008 at 9:01 AM
- suzy said...
In your second answer, you sum up what happened pretty well but dont really answer question. How could the people handled the sitution differently?
Your third answer is very well explained. Good job!
- October 16, 2008 at 9:02 AM
- erika xoxo said...
I don't necessarily think that he didn't care for her, he was just scared. He wanted to do what was right for her so he remained calm and by her side. He couldn't stop a cattle car full of angry people, so he did what he knew was best. Sure he wanted her to stay quiet, but that doesn't mean he didn't care. He obviously loved his mother otherwise he would have been beating her as well. You never really answered number two, do you think they way they treated her was right?
- October 16, 2008 at 9:02 AM
- softball_09 said...
I think that you have a lot of good points but i think that on question 1 when you said that he didn't care for her much anymore that i believe he loved his but there was nothing that he could really do cause if he tried to help her he might have been hurt also. On question number 2 even though they may not have believed her completely they had to believe her some cause every time she said fire they always ran and checked.I think your response to number 3 was very good.. Great job
- October 16, 2008 at 9:06 AM
- josh harlow said...
I believe he still cared for his mother but I think he cared for his own safety more than hers. On the second question we all know what they did to her. You didn't answer the whole question. "What could they have done differently?" On number three I completely agree with you.
- October 16, 2008 at 9:08 AM
- EndZoneFreenzy_CardinalFootball said...
I definatly agree with number two. I don't know if I could handle a woman screaming, after being stuffed in a cattle car. I am sure the boy was very embarassed.
- October 16, 2008 at 9:13 AM
- Elizabeth said...
I agree that the people believed the men who brought water mpre easily than Mrs. Schacter because they gave the Jews hope. Even though they had gotten this far, they still had a little hope, as well as denial, that everything would end up being okay. It was the last time that Mrs. Schacter yelled "fire" that the Jews began to lose complete hope that they weren't walking straight into death, because there was an actual fire, and the cars were finally being unloaded into the concentration camp.
- October 16, 2008 at 9:15 AM
- Erika said...
Mo, how could he be embarrassed when all of his dignity had already been stripped from him? I don't think anyone felt embarrassed, just angry at the constant reminder of where they were headed.
- October 16, 2008 at 9:15 AM
- Whitney said...
You did well on voicing your opinions in your answers, but I don't quite agree with what you said. In your answer to question number one you said they became uncaring for Mrs. Schacter,I think that they were concerned and wanted to keep the Nazis from hurting her so they needed a way to keep her quiet, but they never stopped caring for her. You didn't answer question two,and you said they didn't care what happened to her. They did care what happened to her, they just needed her to be quiet for everyone's well being. I believe that they felt fear and uneasiness when they arrived at Birkenau because they saw fire and smelled burning flesh, there was no happiness involved, but I do agree with how you said they were confused.
- October 16, 2008 at 9:16 AM
- Tay said...
I agree with your answers. Good job. I think that you should of kept going with question two. You didn't answer the second part of the question. But other that that your answers were good. :)
- October 16, 2008 at 9:22 AM
- Jack Marie said...
I agree with all your answers...We didn't answer Number 2! They could of calmed her down in a better way. Then the boy did love his mother and he was just scared. So I see where all of your points are coming from. Thanks for the posts! :)
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Koshi Flood update III
A patient of mine from Sardiha village told me that flood waetr has entered Saharsa also. On phone Dr. L.N. Jha confirmed that and as he was at Patna to meet CM there it was a short talk though I asked him to convey local press that the Amp will press its on 27th September in a nation-wide move, for the Mithila state with an issue of floods.
I also said him that if Nepal wants 1954 Treaty reviewed why not 1816's Sugauli Treaty which had bisected Mithila in two? The solution lies in cool thinking not in political sloganeering.
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(Bloomberg) -- For a decade, a new kind of mutual fund has been taking over Americans' retirement portfolios. There's now evidence that target-date funds may be working. They're giving investors solid returns, data from research firm Morningstar show. Just as importantly, they're boosting those returns by protecting investors from their worst instincts.
That's a good thing, because the retirements of millions of Americans, and especially young people, now rely on target-date funds.
This year, for the first time, more than half of all 401(k) contributions will go into target-date funds, research firm Cerulli Associates estimates. It projects the assets in target-date funds to hit $2 trillion by 2019, when 88% of all 401(k) contributions will go into the funds.
With 10 years of history, there's now enough of a track record to judge just how well investors are doing in target-date funds. The average per-year return over the past decade was 5%, Morningstar estimates. That's about what you would expect from funds that are a blend of stock and bond funds. Stock funds were up an annual 7.5% over the past decade, while bond funds were up an average 4.4%.
But target-date funds have one big advantage over other kinds of mutual funds, the data show.
The average mutual fund has a flaw, which is that the average investor hardly ever does as well as his or her funds. Investors tend to jump in and out of funds at the wrong time. They buy high, choosing funds only after they've done well. And they sell low, dumping underperforming funds just as they're about to take off.
Picture an investor buying into a tech fund at the height of the Internet bubble in 2000 and then selling a few years later just before the sector revived along with such stocks as Google and Apple.
Investors in target-date funds, at least so far, seem to have avoided this curse. They've been sticking with their funds and doing surprisingly well in the process.
On average, target-date fund investors are doing 1.1% better per year than their funds. Investors in almost every other fund category lagged their funds over the past decade, including a -0.98% underperformance for U.S. equity funds and -1.3% for municipal bond funds.
Does this vindicate target-date funds? Not so fast. It's possible the performance of target-date investors is a historical accident, caused by the funds' growing popularity during a six-year bull market for stocks.
The next time markets hit 2008-style turbulence, these investors may bail out of target-date funds, selling at the wrong time just as they panicked over their stock funds six years ago.
Another worry about target-date funds is their fees.
Target-date funds charged investors 0.78% in fees last year, according to Morningstar. That's down from an expense ratio of 1.04% in 2008. But it's still a drag on performance, with some investors paying three or four times more than others.
Vanguard's target-date funds charge 0.17% per year, and new funds from State Street and Pimco charge less than 0.3%. But meanwhile, more than a dozen target-date fund series still charge 1% or even higher.
Target-date funds may prove to be a valuable tool, but only at a reasonable price.


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In this, the totally LIVE Launch Programme of Big Brother 5, Davina introduces us to all 12 brand new contestants. And it couldn't be a more controversial list. A transsexual, a lesbian, an ex-stripper and an outrageously camp gay, to name just a few. In part one, a brief explanation of the application process (accompanied by all new footage) and a tour of the brand new house, lead by Davina. From here on out, the show is dedicated to the new arrivals. One by one, all 12 housemates enter the building that could be thier home for up to 10 weeks. There arrivals are accompanied by a short video that shows some of thier more memorable audition moments and introduces them to the viewing public. When all 12 have begun thier Reality TV journey, Davina announces plans for the following days task and in an added twist, the contestant that loses will not recieve thier suitcase, containing everything they wanted to take into the house, for as long as they remain in the game. Big Brother is back,
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Yellow Spotted Salamander Migration 2008
Monday March 31 The Migration occurred a bit late this year. The major part of the
migration of Yellow Spotted Salamanders crossed the Connector road on 3.31.08. The
rain was spotty throughout the night, but the road was wet. There was a fairly steady
crossing from 8:30 until Midnight and on probably throughout the night. A good number
of people 9>20) braved the weather and late hours to witness this annual event. They
average about 12 an hour; a bit slower than last year's 15 per half hour. There were
females crossing as well as males (usually the males go first.). Spermatophores haven't
appeared in the ditch by the Marsh Trail, yet. The salamanders haven't finished courting,
yet, and may still be crossing the road in the next couple of rainy nights. Eggs will
appear soon. A few spring peepers and red efts crossed, also. The American Woodcock were courting on the side of the road as well.
Below are some pictures from this year's migration by Becky Urban and Sal Ingrassia.
No time to snack on a worm( on the left in the above picture.)
Aren't they cute?
Using a ramp!
See why they need the ramps?
Crossing a road stripe.
Crossing the bridge.
Spring Pepper
Leech! with a fish nibbling on it.
What do they think of the lights?
The intimidating curb


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Bala Falls Update: MNR gives Swift River full control of its North Bala Falls lands
(May 15 2:30pm BALA) The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry today gave another important green light to Swift River Energy Limited (SREL): the hydro development company now has its full licence of occupation for the Crown lands designated for the North Bala Falls hydro project.
In a release today, the company explains that "under this tenure, Swift River will have control of the site to complete all necessary construction activities. These lands include the Project site, Margaret Burgess Park, Diver's Point and a small piece of land between Highway 169 and Purk's Place."
A previously issued Land Use Permit (November 2014) had several conditions associated with it, effectively limiting Swift River's ability to complete its preparatory and construction activities. The Licence of Occupation issued today gives the company full use and control of the lands to complete all the construction works.
There has been no expected start date announced by Swift River.
Also in the release today, the company stated "The North Bala Small Hydro Project is expected to cost approximately $25 million to construct, of which an estimated $10.8 million will be spent locally over the 16-18 month construction period." When contacted, representatives of the company said they were not giving further interviews today.
Meantime, at Township of Muskoka Lakes Council, the public has just been invited back in after a Closed Session to deal with a question of whether an amendment to a resolution coming out of the Bala Falls Working Committee can be handled at Council today. At the previous Committee of the Whole meeting, a vote to accept SREL's offer of a lease in return for lands that would keep Margaret Burgess Park open during construction was defeated. A motion this morning was discussed about asking for more money ($150K) from SREL but was not tabled after Councillor Phil Harding asked for a legal opinion on whether the motion could be amended as discussed.


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Buffalo Horn Ranch Diaries
A New York Chef at Home on the "Range"
These letters were written to my friends in NYC in the Fall of 2000, when I worked as Head Chef at a hunting lodge in Meeker, Colorado.
The saga continues...
So the excitement today was that Xavier Wolf (my boss) left the one of the Toyota Land Cruisers in neutral without the parking brake and it rolled backwards off the road, down a hill, and through the lodge pole fence before coming to rest in the middle of a cow pasture. By the time I went out to look, a small herd of deer had gathered nonchalantly near the broken fence to assess the damage and gossip amongst themselves.
It was also my first day into town...Meeker...a one street town where most everything is closed on Saturdays AND Sundays so I was only able to get a few of the things I needed--particularly MOISTURIZER. It's so dry here, my skin is chafed all over and my hands are cracking and sore. On the way to town, one passes a convenient store called "Kum and Go," more favorably known on the ranch as "Ejaculate and Evacuate"...(to quote Yuri, "now that IS convenient.") Tee hee.
I saw my first dead animal today (aside from the ten I counted in the dining room--mounted and hanging on the wall). It was a huge elk hanging in the big walk in cooler down the road--shot by one of the hunters I've been cooking for. (On the whole, everyone loves my food...except for the occasional cowboy grimace at the mention of Asparagus or Butternut Squash Soup.) They're very happy if I open a can of
My helper in the kitchen is Andy, a Mexican man with one tooth who speaks very little English. Xavier and the waitress, Chrissie, call him "El Dente" (get it?) He's sweet, and a very hard worker who says he's been washing dishes for 23 years!
Tomorrow, Chrissie and I are going 4-wheeling up to some hunting cabins that she visited today. She said I HAVE to see the beautiful canyons up there...so after breakfast is done (5:00 am) I'll be free for the rest of the day (and Monday) for a little R&R and hopefully a little time off the ranch to explore the area.
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Ask A Bartender: What Makes A Cocktail Complex?
Saturday, May 02, 2015
The gin and tonic is nothing to write about. It's a hard drink to mess up. That's why it's good everywhere. Your first gin and tonic will probably taste like your last. You could have one in a Tallahassee airport or in an Applewoods in Two Harbors, MN. They'll taste the same. Sometimes simple things are good things. You need them in life. They are not remarkable things, though. But it is even less remarkable to intentionally make something more complex than it actually should be, or has the right to be.
Once in a while you'll come across things that are both complex and great. A Vieux Carre is a better cocktail than the gin and tonic. In my mind it's a perfect cocktail. The sweet vermouth, rye, and cognac in equal parts make the beginnings of an interesting Manhattan, the dash of Angostura and Peychaud's finish the sentiment. The addition of Dom Benedictine marks it as something else completely, makes it more sophisticated by tying all the other flavors in and making it one wholesome little mess. The twist of lemon is a defiant garnish. It's there for a reason and if it wasn't it wouldn't be. It's a marvel of a cocktail. Something to sit and stare at, you feel sad after your first sip because you know, like most complex things, it'll be gone soon.
Anyway, once is enough. Properly complex drinks are not comforting and they aren't supposed to be. If anything, like most complex things, they make us feel uneasy and self-aware. We are aware of our own mortality when we imbibe. Time slows down and minds speed up as our senses take inventory of this remarkable being.
We hope it will last, but it won't. If we were rich, we could drink them all the time. But, then, would we actually appreciate them?
The most beautiful cocktails in the world don't even know they exist. To be fair, a gin and tonic doesn't know it exists either. But it's here for you. It's here for everybody.
It's the painfully self-aware cocktails that are neither comfortable nor remarkable. They are contrived and arbitrary. Running from obscurity rather than embracing it like a gin and tonic or almost reluctantly defying it like a Vieux Carre. These cocktails are popping up everywhere –I have made a few of them myself before killing them quietly- a lot of them stick around. If anything, these cocktails exercise our critical thinking skills. They try to be interesting but there isn't a point to that. It's okay to not be interesting. Sometimes it's enough to just be there.
But the most interesting cocktails are like the best people. They are complex out of sheer necessity. They seek anonymity, instinctively hiding the secret that they're special. When we find out otherwise, we're floored.
Related Slideshow: 6 Hangover Cures from Top Portland Bartenders
Hair O' the Dog.
Jeff Seymour, Interurban (4057 N Mississippi):
"[W]hen the day after can be wasted ... the only cure is to jump back on the train and deal with my hangover the next day. If it's a weekend, I'll head to Radar for a killer brunch and 2 or 3 mimosas and an Irish coffee for dessert. Then it's time to find all the rosé. It can be still or sparkling, I really don't discriminate. A few bottles later I'm right as rain."
You might be prolonging--and amplifying--the inevitable, but Jeff's words offer a tempting solution to a New Year's Day downer. Along with some savory eats, alcohol's beautiful, empty calories level out our post-binge blood sugar crash. Still, you can run but you can't hide--you'll do well to plan for a more permanent salve.
And remember, the folks serving you on a national holiday might well be feeling the hurt themselves. Whether or not the mimosas are bottomless, your bartender's meager savings are not. So tip well and stay happy!
For your hangover-numbing relief, Interurban opens at 3 pm New Year's Day. The rosé will be flowing.
Water, Protein, Water. Repeat.
Jordan Felix, Multnomah Whiskey Library (1124 SW Alder):
"My hangover cure often goes in 3 steps:
1) San Pellegrino Sparkling BIG bottle & a Vita Coco coconut water. Both tend not to fail me but if they do, a Campari & soda with no citrus helps immensely.
2) Grab a Steak & Egg sandwich from Meat Cheese Bread on SE 14th & Stark. I don't know how they do it, but this sandwich is a miracle.
3) A litre of water and a Boylan's ginger ale. It's all about hydration!"
Time-honored advice for a reason--alcohol is well-documented to cause dehydration. And, while many pro drinkers swear by greasy carbs the next day, protein--especially the amino acid cysteine--may hold the key to replenishing your sapped reserves.
So drink and eat up, Portlandians, and by that we mean agua and steak. And if you're vegan--well, you can still have a protein shake.
Burn, Baby, Burn.
Lucas Plant, Barlow (737 SW Salmon):
"My hangover cure is heading to Minizo, in the food carts on Mississippi next to Prost. Try the Shoyu Ramen and ask Ken to go all in--his kimchi and garlic paste will sweat out last night's bad decisions, and get you ready for round two."
Savvy bartender at Barlow and co-founder of Bull in China--Portland's premier craft barware shop and recent darling of the NY Times--Luke knows how to spice things up on either side of an epic night out.
You may want to avoid extreme remedies like habaneros or the infamous ghost chili pepper--not to mention Eeyore plushies and a swift kick in the nuts (Seriously, a pretty decent Youtube vid that gets GREAT around 2:30--a hangover helper in itself).
But fermented foods like kimchi replenish your body's "good" bacteria, and garlic, high in the amino acid cysteine, cleanses your rotting gut of all the debris.
No stranger to herbal digestifs--or professionally perfect timing--Luke added, "Totally forgot. After the ramen, a Fernet seals the deal!" Booze out. Booze in. Repeat.
Grease the Wheels.
Jesse Leo, Nightlight Lounge (2100 SE Clinton):
"Grease, man. Something that'll make me tired. Gravy! You been to Tabor Tavern? They have a breakfast sandwich called the rev, and it will--it'll blow your mind. Crispy fried chicken, bomb-ass pepper gravy, cheese--it's amaaaazing."
While not exactly supported by science--greasy food can clog up an already-taxed liver, and deliver few of the nutrients your body actually needs--Jesse's folk wisdom resonates with what's become a solidified part of Portland's culinary canon. At the very least, a rich, heavy breakfast will stick to the ribs, putting you--and those sudden flashes of last night's drunk texting--right back to bed.
While Jesse can be found most Saturday nights happily spinning up Nightlight's seasonally-rotating specialty cocktails, you don't have to wait for the cure: Nightlight is offering up a special New Year's Day brunch from noon to 3--moderately priced, adults-only (mmmimosas!), and exceptionally crafted. Sure, there're vegan options, but c'mon. You know you want gravy.
Potassium! Okay, and Maybe a Shot.
Daniel Osborne, Teardrop Lounge (1015 NW Everett):
"For summertime, Teardrop's Piña Colada is all fresh ingredients. Coconut cream, pineapple juice, pineapple gomme. A very good source of potassium!"
But Ptown's chilly winters call for something slightly more...bold.
"My go-to tequila is Olmeca Altos Blanco. It's a very good source of alcohol!"
As for Piña Coladas, I have to admit, as a former bartender, that no matter where I worked, the blender was somehow always broken...just right now...just for you. It's a safe bet that Daniel and the staff at Teardrop are a tad more hospitable.
In contrast to the Piña Colada's sweet, creamy blanket, tequila is not for the faint-of-heart--nor the faint-of-gag-reflex. But it remains, for the faithful, an unstoppable cure--not, we might argue, just for hangovers, but for modern guilt, deep insecurities, and those graceful good manners your friends thought you had. Proceed with caution, young Jedi.
The Big O.
"Orgasms! I'm being serious. It creates blood flow and oxygen intake."
This from Beckaly Franks of Clyde Common (1014 SW Stark), whose attractive bar staff and inventive cocktails make for a seductive experience on their own.
While we might not all be so lucky as to have, um, help with this cure, Beckaly's observations are right on point. A recent study of migraine sufferers by German neurologists found that a majority found relief through sex, with many experiencing "moderate to complete" alleviation of the monster headaches.
Men, too, experience increased brain activity during orgasm. One study even suggested the effects are similar to heroin, which makes sense to those who've experienced major post-coital stupor right after the big moment.
Ah, well. Naptime is good for hangovers, too, right?
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Ruf just emailed a YouTube link to me with his garrison's TV time in the Neiman-Marcus Adolphus Children's Parade. The video quality isn't great, but at least you'll get to see it. They look really good, in my opinion! They were quite excited to receive so much airtime since they didn't make it onto the TV at all last year. (I'm sure there's a way to put the video on here directly, but I'm just not that technical. A link will have to do.)
I'm short on time right now, but I'll have photos from the parade and the stormtroopers' filming of TV promos later today or tomorrow.
Monday, December 3, 2007
Parade footage
3 comments:
- AnneK said...
That's exciting! It does look good!!
- December 3, 2007 at 3:15 PM
That looked great, thanks for sharing. The Vader was excellent!
- December 4, 2007 at 10:35 AM
- Ann said...
That was GREAT! I showed my boys, they loved it too.
- December 8, 2007 at 4:21 PM
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I was at some sort of shooting range; there were tall towers that apparently launched clay pigeons or something of the sort. I met a friend from school there, but we didn't get to do any shooting, because he was going to start setting up for some sort of event. He's Persian in real life, and was apparently setting up a bazaar of sorts, I guess so he could sell things he'd imported--things like textiles. He was very excited about it.
As several of us were talking about it, he threw an arm around me and another friend. I really didn't like it, and squirmed and tried to move it, but he didn't notice. Finally, I shouted, "You are making me very uncomfortable and I don't like it! Please remove your arm!" Then he did, but I felt kind of bad that I'd had to be so overt.
Eventually, the bazaar turned into a party with a bunch of people, and we were in a big room. I was sleeping in a large bed in the corner of the room, and when I woke up, a woman was cuddling with me. At first I thought it was Demi Moore, but then I realized it was someone else's wife, though I could never quite place exactly who. She was beautiful and had extremely soft, smooth skin.
Then I was back at my high school, maybe for my sister's 10-year reunion (which will be in 2010). I went into the high school gym, only it was dark and tiny. Two sporting events were going on at opposite ends of the gym, and I saw a bunch of people I knew, including the English teacher for whom I worked all four years. She wanted a picture with me. There were actually lots of digital cameras in the dream; at one point I reached into my bag, and found not my camera, but two cameras belonging to other people.
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Last night I played hostess for my friend Phil. He is driving from California to Washington DC to attend Johns Hopkins. I met Phil a couple of years ago while we were both working for Giant Corporation, me in Arizona and him in California. We stayed in touch after I left there. So what's so interesting about all of this? Last night was the first time I'd met Phil face to face!
Passing Through
July 28, 2006 by Bobbi
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Where did the party take place? It looks like ya'll have a blast. I'm sorry I couldn't make it!
on July 29, 2006 at 10:25 am | Puv
It was a great party. As you can tell by the pictures, I had fun. My favorite part was my obnoxious gift. I gave everyone there an autographed picture of myself!
Puv – yep everyone loved their gift! Who wouldn't want and autographed picture of you!
Tab – We were at Paddy Malones, we reserved the whole back room.
on July 29, 2006 at 11:24 am | Puv


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It's Not Racist to Be Against Torture
The Republicans are cramming everybody's head full of garbage like this:
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, set up a large photo of Gonzales on an easel on
the floor.
"To have this man, who has come from nowhere, from the most humble of
circumstances, who typifies the struggle every immigrant family to this
country has gone through, to not give him this opportunity when he is fully
qualified for it, I think would be a travesty," Hatch said.
And there are a million other quotes like it. "Shameful to deny this man a cabinet level position just because he's Hispanic." "To pull himself up from nothing and accomplish all that he's accomplished only to have his career derailed by a group of sore loser obstructionists is appalling." Etc.
There are two things to be ashamed of here, and both fall on the Republicans. In the first place, it is BushCo who are the racist ones. Gonzales was at least partially chosen specifically because he is Hispanic. They chose him so they could use their race baiting tactics in order to browbeat the weak-kneed of the Democratic party (of which there are far too many) to vote for him.
Secondly, it is shameful that they completely disregard the United States' pro-torture policy. When I turn on the television these days and I see "journalists" (talking heads only slightly more informed than those from I Love the 90s) actually debating under what circumstances torture should be allowed, I feel like my head is going to explode. In a matter of only months, our corrupt government was able to walk us down the road from a noble, if misguided, mission to spread freedom and democracy, to a place where torture is acceptable, and the Iraqis will accept our vision of their country or have their balls torn off by rabid dogs. And we find no outrage. Just "civilized" (cable news' version of civilized, anyway) discussion of the pros and cons of torture.
It's torture, people. Do you understand what that means? Torture! Remember these photos? This is what our government engages in, and Gonzales was integral in fashioning that policy. It turns my stomach to think about it. And that's why Democrats or anyone with a soul opposes Gonzales. I have no problem with Hispanics, or people who worked their way out of the working class. I have a problem with people who condone torture.


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I have a general rule about buying fish at PetSmart. Never do it. Three times now, I have bought fish from two different PetSmarts in two states (West Virginia and Iowa) and all three times the new fish brought ick into my tank and killed the fish. This most recent time, my boyfriend bought 4 fancy goldfish (approx. $30) from PetSmart in Davenport, IA and gave them to me as a gift. Within a week, one of them showed symptoms of ick. I treated them all but the sick one did not improve. He died and I put him back in the original bag from the store and took him to try and get my boyfriend's money back.
Their "no hassle" return policy must be called that because it is no hassle for the store to refuse returns without a receipt...but they don't offer gift receipts. So if you receive something from PetSmart as a gift, you are stuck with it until it dies. I should add here that though I did not have a receipt, I did have the original bag in which the fish were packaged that had the date, SKU and price for each fish on it. [To add insult to injury, the cashier who informed me of the need for a receipt showed absolutely no sign of sympathy for the fact that I had lost a pet. In fact, her insistence on seeing a receipt was so aggressive, I left the store feeling more upset than when I arrived.]
Now, almost five weeks from the original purchase date, I am still treating the tank for ick because every time I change any of the water, it returns. It claimed another goldfish this morning, and the other two are symptomatic. The original fish in the tank, a bristlenose pleckostomus, is nocturnal so I haven't been able to check and see if he is symptomatic.
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im in Oklahoma and had the same issue and i am currently battling it as well with two casualties, a neon tetra and the rubberlip pleco that infected my tank. not happy and the store leader has not written me back after initial contact and im still waiting to hear from corporate.
I wish I had read this sooner. My husband recently bought a fish from Petsmart and it was fine for a couple days then it died all of a sudden.
Shortly after that one of my own fish died as well. Today another fish died. The first thing that came to mind was that Petsmart had sold my husband a sick fish and it contaminated the ones I already had.
This is so frustrating because my other fish were big and healthy. Petsmart shouldn't sell fish if they don't know how to care for them properly.
Same thing happened to me. I inherited an aquarium when my Uncle passed away in July.
He had gotten it from my grandma passing away in 2007. My grandma got it in 1998. 2 bala sharks, a 1 eyed angel fish, and a pleco were ORIGINAL FISH, when I got the tank. 19 year old fish!
So I've known and been around them almost my entire life (I'm 26). These fish survived an hour and a half move when I got them, so theu were really hardy fish. I decided to add some more fish the first week of December. I got 2 algae eaters, as my pleco was to big to get in the small crevices.
I got 2 baby angel fish, and 2 baby bala sharks. The sharks started acting weird, so I took them back the same day. Everything was fine until last weekend. All of my fish started getting sick.
We thought it was ick, as the symptoms seemed right. Then, my bala sharks started getting bloody fins, and having what looked like seizures. We immediately tested the water. It was perfect.
We rushed to the store and bought broad spectrum medicine. By the next day, all my fish died. I was devastated. We emptied the tank, bought all new gravel, hoses, filter media, a new heater, ect.
We purchased safe start, and went to petsmart to get a few starter fish (at this time, I didn't think it was the petsmart fish). We get there, and there are signs on half of the tanks, saying the fish were sick. The associate said we could get the fish in the tanks without signs. HOWEVER, I know that petsmart uses one big, main filtration system, so those other fish are also contaminated.
I mentioned what happened to my aquarium, and she was like "oh yeah, I'm sure our fish is what killed your tank. We can talk to a manager for replacements". I can't replace 19 year old fish!!! Not only that, your fish are all contaminated.
No way do I want more fish from there (at least that particular petsmart). It was a devastating loss, and the associate acted like it was no big thing.
At least you didn't fork out $60 for medications that turned the water a bright color which added visual drama to the tank die-off.
UGGGHH...I wish I had read this before buying six neon tetras from Petsmart last week. I had a litter of beautiful guppies for about a year in two 36 gallon clean established tanks (one with males and the other with females).
There were only twelve males so my husband kept asking if we could add different fish. I had to stop at Petsmart for water conditioner so I picked up a school of tetras while I was there.
First of all, the woman who took the fish out of the tank KILLED one in the process by squishing it against the tank with the net. Then she dropped on on the floor! I was disgusted by the time I left.
Within a week ALL of my guppies (which were perfectly healthy prior to adding the new fish) were dead and covered with white fungus. I find it very difficult to believe that this is a coincidence. My water was perfect and I keep my tanks clean. I've NEVER had a massive die-off in all the years I've been keeping and breeding my fish.
I'm so angry and sad. I went into the store where I bought the fish and the teenage girl working in the fish department (the woman who sold me the fish was working the cash register that night) could not care less when I told her what happened. She just said they've had no problems in the store with any disease.
Before I left I looked at the tetra tank: There were two sick looking fish moping around the once-full tank. SMH
Omg I'm glad I read this. I had a beautiful female betta for 2 years and I recently bought her a 10 gallon tank and a 6 neon tetras because I read they can be kept with bettas.
Anywho, once I acclimated the tetras and introduced then to my tank I thought everything was fine. The next day 1 of the tetras was dead and my betta started to form some weird white fungus on her lip. I bought a bacteria treatment at petsmart to treat what I thought was cotton mouth. I quarantined my betta and the tetras fish separately to treat them.
Next day (today) my betta is dead the white fungus stuff covered her entire mouth and gills. I'm devasted.
I've been dealing with camalanus worms. A gift from Petsmart after I just put down all my fish.
Bleached my tank and everything. Then tonight I found out my new veiltail angel, that I'd had for about two months, has about six camalanus worms! JEEZ. Never buying from them again.
It's not like I can "tell" at the store if their fish have the worms.
It has a month long cycle and they usually only come out at night. I am SO mad right now!
I am having the same issue. I had 4 cherry barbs and an albino Chinese algae eater in my 20 gallon tank prior to adding the 4 platys, and they did great.
It has been about a week since I have added the 4 platys, and now I have a MASSIVE outbreak in ich... I am so tired of Petsmart, but because of Petsmart. All of the local fish stores have left town.
The closest one to me is about 1.5 hours away in Lancaster, PA.. UGH..
I had an established tank months ago and brought in two petsmart fish and very fish in my tank died in a week. I reset up my tank got two fish and they did great.
Got three platy fish from petsmart and within two days had ick again. I'm about done with keeping fish at this rate.
You have to bleach your tank that is the only way to get rid of ick
Yep dealing with the same problem now --- have had the same 4 fish in my tank for over a year - decided to buy 4 new little guys and now 2/4 of my old fish have ICK --- and of course pet smart wants a water sample and duh it's gonna say it's ICK - no kidding it's from your fish !!!!!!!!!!
Same here, after quarantine even, all fish are dead or dying as I type this...not happy AT ALL!
You are too stup!d to follow your own rule. Therefore, it's your fault. STFU already, whiner.
The problem is they can't quaranteen their fish properly due to the volume they do and the fact their tanks water systems are all tied together.....Ich is always present in their system.
I had the same problem. Two times now I've bought mollies from Petsmart and within a week, not only did they die from ick, but they killed my other fish, too.
This most recent time I had one platy swimming happily around for a little less than a year. Then, the week I bring home the new molly, they both get ick and die...
I change the water properly, add water purifiers and antifungals, and feed the fish the appropriate diet with no problems.
Only when a new friend comes along from Petsmart does everyone get sick and die. No more Petsmart fish for me.
... after keeping fish for awhile I am realizing most people just dont know what theyre doing.
Pets mart doesnt exactly give you good advice either.
Read forums and understand the cycle of nitrification, I wouldnt blame op or call them *** but fish dont just swim around happily at the store and then die a day after you move them because they were sick all along. Chances are you didnt acclimate them properly or your tank was not cycled
I just got a beta fish from pet smart and at first I didn't notice but then I saw that his fins were tattered and they had deteriorated a little. I did some research, and found out he had mild to moderate fin rot.
I know that my water didn't give it to him because I hadn't put him in his tank yet, I had just gotten him.
He is recovering now as he is on Maracyn two, but also, when I went to get the medicine, I noticed that some of the other fish's water was extremely cloudy.
Bought a black moor goldfish at Pets Mart was doing so good until i decided to buy 2 more goldfish there at PetsMart not the same but diffrent kind 3 days pass one of them got the desease ick went to go buy the medicine pour some in like the instrcutions said 24hrs. Passed one died next day my black moor and the other goldfish died...
everytime i go see what they have new theres always dead fish in the aquariums and we tell them and they just say "it was alive this morning i dont know what happen." And im like really this ppl that work there dont seem to care that much. Very pissed off im done with having fishes...
Petsmart should have healthier fish and take responsibility. The same thing happened to me.
Brought guppies home, and within 24 hours mostly all my fish were all dead from fin rot or something worse. After spending over $10 on medication (that didnt work) finally bought aquarium salt and managed to save one.
They would not take the fish back without the dead bodies. Even though I had a receipt.
AND THEN they admitted they they 'got a bad batch of fish' because they're 'getting a lot of returns'. Still would not apologize or replace the 5 guppies.
Also emailed Petsmart about this and they never returned my email.
Bad customer service. I shop at Petco now.
I have had my fish tank for more than 12 years. I had gone the past 6 years without having to buy fish, I knew how to take care of them.
Bought three new fish from Petsmart to add to my tank, and ALL of my fish are dead, the petsmart fish introduced Ick to my tank and killed my 6" catfish, 10" loach, and several black skirt tetras. I've discovered the necessity of a quarantine tank too late, I've given up on the aquarium, the loss of my fish was not something I'd like to repeat.


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Quotes on socialism?
/r/Anarchism has a quotes list in the sidebar which is pretty handy and accessible, so I thought we should probably look into that here as well. So, uh, submit them here I guess.
/r/Anarchism has a quotes list in the sidebar which is pretty handy and accessible, so I thought we should probably look into that here as well. So, uh, submit them here I guess.
"Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world." ― Richard Shaull, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
"Revolutionaries did not choose armed struggle as the best path, it's the path the oppressors imposed to the people" Fidel Castro
"This crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational system suffers from this evil. An exaggerated competitive attitude is inculcated into the student, who is trained to worship acquisitive success as a preparation for his future career." Albert Einstein - "Why Socialism?"
"The idea of freedom is inspiring. But what does it mean? If you are free in a political sense but have no food, what's that? The freedom to starve?"
-- Angela Davis
If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine.
"They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia, and Latin America?" - Fidel Castro
These on MLK are more on imperialism and violence, and it's really great hearing it come from him, the "pacifist" even the right-wing sees as a good (and timid) person.
"There is...a very obvious and almost facile connection between the war in Vietnam and the struggle I and others have been waging in America. A few years ago there was a shining moment in that struggle. It seemed that there was a real promise of hope for the poor, both black and white, through the Poverty Program. There were experiments, hopes, and new beginnings. Then came the build-up in Vietnam. And I watched the program broken as if it was some idle political plaything of a society gone mad on war. And I knew that America would never invest the necessary funds or energies in rehabilitation of its poor so long as adventures like Vietnam continued to draw men and skills and money, like some demonic, destructive suction tube. And you may not know it, my friends, but it is estimated that we spend $500,000 to kill each enemy soldier, while we spend only fifty-three dollars for each person classified as poor, and much of that fifty-three dollars goes for salaries to people that are not poor. So I was increasingly compelled to see the war as an enemy of the poor, and attack it as such." - MLK
"There is something strangely inconsistent about a nation and a press that would praise you when you say, "Be nonviolent toward Jim Clark," but will curse and damn you when you say, "Be nonviolent toward little brown Vietnamese children." There is something wrong with that press." - MLK
"As I have walked among the desperate, rejected, and angry young men, I have told them that Molotov cocktails and rifles would not solve their problems. I have tried to offer them my deepest compassion while maintaining my conviction that social change comes most meaningfully through non-violent action; for they ask and write me, "So what about Vietnam?" They ask if our nation wasn't using massive doses of violence to solve its problems to bring about the changes it wanted. Their questions hit home, and I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without first having spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today: my own government. For the sake of those boys, for the sake of this government, for the sake of the hundreds of thousands trembling under our violence I cannot be silent." -MLK
"Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. I said then and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free." - Eugene V Debs
We can do better than this! Some time from now and tomorrow im gonna post all my favorites
Well, we already do have the sidebar image, which changes each time you refresh the page. It's always a quote from some socialist and a picture of them.


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