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He was explaining to her what it felt like to be fat. Remembering that time just reminded him of how blessed he was to not be there anymore. A straight jacket of skin and loathing. He kept stopping mid-sentence. His face reflecting the memories. It's a prison, being fat. But it's not like a jail where you can see the outside. When you are in prison the outside is much closer. There's just the matter of a few bricks sitting between you and freedom. Like being on a date with a chaperone. Your basically together, you just can't touch each other. Fat is a prison of time. You can't stare out the window at your thin-ness. It doesn't exist in the current time. The only way to break free is with months of good behavior.
He sighed to indicate a conclusion. He figured he was being dramatic again so nestled his chin between his fingers and pretended to look at something. He didn't mind the silence but he was afraid she would feel obligated to say something. He looked at her forehead. It was his favorite spot to perch his gaze. It was long and curved like the smooth crest of a mountain. He'd like to be a raindrop landing on the surface. He imagined himself clinging to the slope and slowly rolling down into her eyes. He blinked slowly in reverence. It seemed she was lost in something. Even the pencil she fondled didn't seem to care. She was taking inventory of the people. He watched her eyes scanning the room. He was glad she wasn't listening. It was a stupid thing to say anyway. Around her, he felt stupid most of the time. He needed to leave this table. He was completely powerless. There was no place he'd rather be.
Outside their table two pigeons jousted over the remnants of a scone. He noticed a sense of equality between them. Neither was too invested in the other. They maintained a healthy gravity. Their bids for the next peck were forceful but unselfish. It was a choreography of the moment. Neither cared what the other would think. They seemed the best of friends. He concluded they were a couple. They met on Walnut Street Bridge in the Spring. The sun was setting, he cooed, she cooed. It was love at first sight. Here they were years later enjoying a meal in harmony. Lucky pigeons.
She had been listening. She had heard every word. She was wondering if she was pregnant. Her detachment from the idea was keeping her focus. At first she felt this must mean she wasn't pregnant. Surely if she was she would "know" she was pregnant. She imagined her teeth would broadcast the news to her throat. Her throat would hear the news loud and clear. Then she wondering if the news was just a spec as small as the tiny foreigner inside her. Something he said made her think about gaining weight. Would her pregnancy be a prison? Why wasn't she freaking out? She wanted to tell him. She needed to know for sure. She sat up straight, closed her sketch pad and inserted the pencil into the coiled metal cocoon. Her eyes met his face. He stopped talking conveniently. She said nothing as they packed up their things. She concluded this was none of his business.
She was highly intelligent and remarkably unwise. She considered herself global and open-minded. She saw most of the world through the holes in her nostrils. She paid respect to anyone more arrogant than herself as it was such a rare treat. She bought a cello for conversation. She professed a deep love for it which is why she never touched it. She wore brooding as a corset. He had never fallen so hard for anyone.
He was highly simple and remarkably ignorant. He could write a song by thumping a string. He was always reducing things to their lowest common denominator. He made coffee with a sock. He invented systems with velcro. He poked thumbholes in long sleeves and modified his wardrobe with special pockets. He never thought he was simple enough. She barely tolerated him. He was the perpetual devil's advocate. He didn't like being a minority, but he felt it was his duty. As if being a champion for the other side would someone protect him when he found himself alone among them. The other side. Where people spit, dogs pooping with unfettered abandon, drop their trash, and empty their ashtrays. You can do anything you want to the other side and still feel noble.
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Convicted it-girl Paris Hilton has urged fans to sign a petition asking that she be spared prison because of her services to the public.
The Hollywood socialite has pleaded that she be pardoned for violating her probation because she provides beauty and excitement to "(most of) our otherwise mundane lives".
Miss Hilton was given a 45-day prison sentence on Friday.
The 26-year-old endorsed the petition, which was written by a fan, on her MySpace website.
In her blog she writes: "My friend Joshua started this petition, please help and sihn (sic) it. i LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!"
The petition is addressed to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
It reads: "Paris Whitney Hilton is an American celebrity and socialite. She is an heiress to a share of the Hilton Hotel fortune, as well as to the real estate fortune of her father Richard Hilton.
"She provides hope for young people all over the U.S. and the world.
It adds: "We, the American public who support Paris, are shocked, dismayed and appalled by how Paris has been the person to be used as an example that Drunk Driving is wrong...
"I hope and expect that you will understand and please consider granting this unusual but important request in good faith."
Miss Hilton was sentenced for violating her probation for drink-driving after being caught speeding on Sunset Boulevard with her car headlights off in February.

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Recently I've written about the need for voters to tell those in Congress that they will be voted out of office if they continue to take money from lobbyists, while tacitly acknowledging the quid pro quo of the deal; that they are consequently beholden to their donor just as surely as they would be to an employer, benefactor or patron.
I've focused on the taking of campaign money, but it seems that encouraging gifts to one's favorite charities also qualifies for scrutiny.
Here is a classic example. I've appreciated Murtha's opposition to the war in Iraq, but other than that he's a Democratic Congressman for whom I have come to hold little regard.
The subject of the article linked to here is a clear example of Murtha putting himself in a position of holding markers which defense lobbyists will surely call in. It's well known that Murtha is held in the highest regard by influential Pentagon types.
Last week he opened his big mouth about western PA being a hotbed of racism. Stupid. Just plain stupid. He's supposedly an Obama supporter. Joe Biden, from western PA must have gone ballistic.
Is it any wonder that the public is fed up with Congress? The exception of course is one's own Congressman, who is pure as the driven snow and above reproach. How many music lovers in Johnstown, PA are put out with Murtha? How many of them could care less that he greases the skids for defense contractors to have their way with Congress?
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Ney, 56, told the National Journal in a phone interview that since September he has lived in a $10-a-day rented room in Dharamsala, the Dalai Lama's headquarters-in-exile for more than 50 years. The ex-congressman quit drinking, dropped 60 pounds and spends his days meditating with monks and learning the Tibetan language.
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During September 1960, electricity finally arrived in the village of Ystradfellte in the Brecon Beacons. However, as reporter John Mead discovered, not everybody in the village was keen on it's arrival.
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The writer of the TV show, "Radio Star" was criticized JYJ in public.
The 'Writer A' wrote on his twitter, "I truely think JYJ should be ruined some day." and "You guys were not human beings. That is why you're saying that SM didn't treat you as human being.."
"Don't act like you're victims, sociopath" "I want to throw up whenever I think of JYJ. I feel terrible even when I see news about JYJ"
This writer picked 'Seong Gyun Gwan Scandal' as a worst drama. Also, JYJ fans are criticizing her after she revealed that she's a fan of YunHo and ChangMin.
When her tweets became the talk of the Netizens, she wrote "Yes~ I'm sorry. I didn't know there were many people reading my tweets. I am a loser. Just forgive me please. Tomorrow is a new year. Please accept my apology kindly and happy new year…
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Thursday, October 17, 2013
Frisch's Big Boy Statue
Depending on where you live in the country, you either see a Big Boy all the time (which will make what I say sound ridiculous), or you never see one. As a Tennessean, I'm in the latter category.
I thought about using this space to tell the Big Boy Franchisee story, but I decided it's way too convoluted. Instead, if you're really interested see the Wikipedia article.
Unlike McDonalds where every McDonalds is a McDonalds. There were different Big Boys depending on where you lived in the country. In Tennessee, there was Shoney's Big Boy up until I was 7. Then, the Big Boy statue was taken away, and the restaurant became just Shoney's. That was about three decades ago.
Each Big Boy locale has a Big Boy statue out front. Also, each Big Boy statue is holding a Big Boy hamburger, which is the flagship menu item. (As a point of reference the McDonald's Big Mac was created as direct competition.)
On the weekend I traveled to Lexington, KY, I made it a point to stop at a Big Boy since I hadn't eaten at one in nearly three decades. From the To Go menu, I wanted to order one of everything to make up for lost time. Since that was impractical, instead I went for the Big Boy burger and the Swiss Miss. (In retrospect, perhaps I should have gotten the Brawny Lad just because.)
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NEW BRITAIN — - The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain has awarded more than $230,000 in grants and scholarships to agencies and residents in New Britain, Plainville, Southington and Berlin.
The foundation, which issued the awards in April, May and June, selected organizations such as the Plainville Family Resource Center, which received $8,024, and the Friendship Service Center of New Britain, which received $2,500. The foundation also gave scholarships to 31 students whose names are posted at http://www.cfgnb.org.


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Residents in many Germiston suburbs are still in the dark as Eskom continues to try and restore power.
Eskom's estimated restoration time of 5pm has been delayed due to unforeseen circumstances, as they continue to locate their fault.
Turn around time is estimated now at 8.30pm.
The affected areas include:
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Some time ago, I mentioned that people really just want a very well prepared, traditional mooncake. All the exotic flavours and creations are great and pique the interest, but when it comes to actual enjoyment, the old fashioned baked skin, lotus paste is still my favourite….preferably without yolk.
Recently, I tried Hong Kong's Maxim's Mooncakes (or Mei-Xin) which apparently are the best selling mooncakes there for the last 11 years. Yes, it's from out of town, and I was skeptical at first. How could it compare to the locally made ones which didn't require long distance transportation? But you know, I was dead wrong. Though they came individually wrapped in plastic, they turned out among the best I have tried this season. Thin, moist baked skin, a smooth, fresh tasting paste that was not too sweet (as some can be), and best of all? The yolk was actually still very moist inside – not crumbly and dry like you often fine in many mooncakes. Absolutely gorgeous! And they weren't expensive either - $43-$49 per pack of four, on average. I couldn't stop eating them once I started.
A few new flavours – which didn't go overboard with 'innovation' – were lotus paste with pecan nuts, red bean past with pecan and black jujube paste with macadamia.
I also like their almond flake ($4.50 for 6) and walnut cookies ($3.90 for 6) with walnut, almond or cashew which are supremely crisp and light as air and very French all in all. Definitely worth buying – it's a good product that doesn't break the bank, too.
Available at Parkway Parade, Takashimaya, Change Alley and Plaza Singapura until 3 October. You can also get them directly from Frosts Foods (24 Tuas Ave 12, Tel: 6862 2166).


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Each of us has special memories of our growing up years – and as we plod through our lives now, we do remember those days, when life was so simple and uncomplicated. One of the most wonderful memories I have … Continue reading
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She is in a hurry, always in a hurry these days, with a hundred things to do and projects to finish. She looks into the shoe cupboard for her sandals; her patience wears thin, as she peers into the jumble … Continue reading
What's in a Nose?
Books talk about aquiline noses, Greek noses, up-turned noses, and 11 other types of noses, but have you heard of a rain-predictor nose? That's a first, I'm sure. This fact would have been a great surprise to me too, but … Continue reading
The Arranged Marriage – A short story
Hundreds of calls had flown between the two houses. What started off with horoscope matching, education, career and family-history gleaning, had finally culminated in this meeting of the boy and the girl. It was a rainy day, as each came … Continue reading
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UK government rules out help for pig farmers
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UK government rules out help for pig farmers
THE Government has ruled out any official assistance for pig farmers.
Jeff Rooker, junior agriculture minister, told the House of Commons agriculture committee, that the industrys problems were due to overproduction in the UK and elsewhere in Europe.
Agriculture got £120m of extra aid last month, but the pig industry was not included in the award.
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Suddenly the spambots have found us! Don't know what we are saying or doing to make it happen, but we've quadrupled our normal spam traffic. Could it be that they found us when we bought our domain name? If so, we are not happy.
While we're here, we should mention some recent events. It's all due to foundations poured over the past few months. For example, while in our garden this weekend, we harvested more tomatoes, more onions, and some rosemary and lavender. While in the garden, we noticed a few volunteer parsley plants. We dug them up and put them next to the cottage's eastside door. They were pretty bedraggled. This morning when we went out to look at them, they were upright and healthy looking!
We just got a ticket in the mail for free entrance to the piano dress rehearsal of the Portland Opera's production of The Marriage of Figaro. Is that cool, or what? Free is a great price.
This will be good preparation for the real performance the following Sunday, for the matinee. We have season tickets to the PO this year, so no more expenses except the price of gasoline for a year's worth of opera!
Also, we're looking forward to our second year of the Florence Melton classes, also in Portland, also pre-paid. Melton classes offer "a curriculum designed for adults by scholars and educators at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem." The first year was great, the second year should be even more interesting.
We finally got our garage built! It's not perfect, but is adequate. Now we are able to protect our 2000 Nissan Altima, which has nearly reached antique status. And there is room for our garden tools.
We are still making tomato sauce. We've frozen two batches of plain sauce already and another, more flavorful sauce is on top of the stove right now. We have developed an easy recipe, too. Wash, quarter, put in large pot. Simmer until tomatoes are soft. Put through a food mill, return to smaller pot. Simmer until the mixture reaches sauce texture. Refrigerate, then put in small containers. When cold, move containers to freezer.
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I have not posted a healthy Mondays post for a bit-so while I am watching Food Network-this popped into my head-lol
I have celiac so I have been baking and cooking gluten free for many years now-probably around 15 years or so. It has been a process, as I learn more about ingredients available to me, and there is sooo much more information available now then way back when I learned I needed to bake different.
I have been making my own mix now for flour for baking and also bread making, which I really love. My baking mix is: one part sorghum flour, brown rice flour, almond meal flour, tapioca starch, and cornstarch. I leave out the xanthia gum and add per recipe. Recently I have leaned about grain free diets-wow that would be more difficult, I would miss my corn and brown rice, and protein rich sorghum. I have learned that what is being developed for these diets is using blanched almond flour
Blanched almond flour is just the nut ground into flour with the brown skins removed. It makes more of fine flour opposed to a fine meal.Almonds are so rich in nutrition-high protein, calcium and more.
I found Elana's Pantry blog here, she has lots of information and has written books as well.
her white chocolate chip cookies here the ingredients are amazing to me
lemon lavender cookies are here I love the simplicity in her recipes.
more recipes here the common almond meal/flour will not work in her recipes,
the blanched almond flour is what is needed.
More information on the almond flour here
I hope this information helps you to think "out of the box" and create healthier sweet treats. Even if you do not need to eliminate gluten flours, these recipes will give you something a little different and healthier too. I found this site for "pimping" a recipe-changing your favorite recipe to healthier here
I have been doing this for quite awhile now, going thru a recipe and changing to healthier oils, better sugars for a diabetic, and gluten free--go ahead and bake something a little different and upgrade your recipe to healthier and more nutritious.


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Dar es Salaam — Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition (THRDC) national coordinator Onesmo Olengurumwa has once again been interrogated by officers from the Immigration department over his citizenship.
The interrogation took place on Wednesday 20 September at THRDC's offices at Kijitonyama in Kinondoni Municipality in the city.
This is the second time for him to be questioned. The first time was on July 24, this year.
"I was questioned by the same immigration officers who came the first time," he said.
Mr Olengurumwa added that, In the course of the interrogation, he was required to fill in a form concerning his history and citizenship of which, he did.


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Observatory allows students to 'scope' out stars
A new high-powered telescope will be presented during the opening of the observatory in the McNulty Science and Technology building, dedicated by the College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Physics Center, on Monday Nov. 23 at 7 p.m.
The event will take place in the Helen Lerner Amphitheatre and will begin with a lecture from Theodore B. Williams, "Small Telescopes, Large Telescopes and Scientific Theory."
Williams is a professor from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Rutgers University. After the lecture, there will be tours of the observatory and a reception in the Patrick M. and Mary Ann P. Murray Atrium.
The faculty and students from the Physics Department installed the telescope over the summer.
The telescope will be managed and primarily used by the Physics Department. Students enrolled in astronomy classes will be given assignments that involve the telescope instead of a lecture course with little or no observation which has existed in the past.
"This will give an observational component to the class which will be really interesting, I guess, to the students taking it," Alper Sahiner, associate professor and chair of the Physics Department, said.
"We will give assignments of galactic observation or solar observation and assign questions." Sahiner said. "They will go up, and report what they see."
The telescope is not exclusive to students in astronomy classes.
"It will be open to the public. We will advertize events on the physics page when anyone, even outside of Seton Hall, can come and observe," Sahiner said. "Anyone who is interested can come on an observation night."
Open observation nights will begin in the Spring 2010 semester.
The telescope is an Advanced Coma Free Meade with a 16 inch lens that can increase in magnification.
"Advanced Coma Free means that it has not only one mirror but a system of mirrors that control and reduce the excess light so your picture will be much clearer," Sahiner said.
The telescope is on a motorized pier that can elevate the telescope to different angles. Around the telescope, there is a motorized dome that helps to shade light from surrounding cities.
The telescope also comes with software that allows viewers to insert the location of a specific galaxy and it will locate it automatically.
The new telescope has led Seton Hall to become a member of the New Jersey Space Grant Consortium.
This is a NASA funded program and will provide two undergraduate students with $2,000 fellowships per semester, and will also give the university the opportunity to receive grants with which further aerospace research can be conducted.
"It is one of the best scientific instruments that we recently gathered and we are very excited to put it into use for the students and faculty," Sahiner said.
The new telescope and pier are gifts of Carmine and Georgeann Oliva and Jeanne and Robert Austrian.
Alyana Alfaro can be reached at email@example.com.


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Tom Bombadil might actually just be a superhero. That might explain everything.
Frodo is scrambling for something else to do to help him escape, and remembers the song Tom taught them if they were ever in trouble. Singing the tune, Frodo hears a response. Suddenly, Tom literally busts through a hole in the wall, all Kool-Aid Man style.
Light streams into the barrow, and Sam, Merry, and Pippin, though still unconscious, recover a healthy color in their faces. Tom comes in, sings some more, and the inner chamber where the Barrow-wight is collapses.
Seriously guys. Tom Bombadil is a superhero. Facts:
-He senses when Frodo sings the song signaling he's in trouble.
-He knows exactly where to find Frodo and is there in a matter of moments.
-He busts down a stone wall.
-By singing, he collapses a part of the barrow.
If nothing else, behold this description: "there was Tom's head (hat, feather, and all) framed against the light of the sun rising red behind him." Like a boss.
Tolkien Songs In Real Life:
Actually, this page is, in large part, made up of songs. There are three total! The first is the song Tom taught to the hobbits to sing to him should they find themselves in trouble. I won't post it again, as it's exactly the same, but you can find it on Page 134 if you want to have a listen again!
Next is Tom's response to Frodo singing. The first two lines should be familiar:
"Old Tom Bombadil is a merry fellow,
Bright blue his jacket is, and his boots are yellow.
None has ever caught him yet, for Tom, he is the master,
His songs are stronger songs, and his feet are faster."
With the addition, I present:
No Sleep till Mordor (Extended Cut)
(No Sleep till Brooklyn – The Beastie Boys)
I felt like I had to go with the same tune again, seeing as half the song was a repeat of what was done previously. I think of it as Tom's typical response to being called, and he was probably practicing it when the hobbits heard him singing it outside back at his home. Yes?
Secondly, after Tom breaks into the barrow, he sings this song, which seems to have the magical power to collapse the barrow around the Barrow-wight:
"Get out, you old Wight! Vanish in the sunlight!
Shrivel like the cold mist, like the winds go wailing,
Out into the barren lands far beyond the mountains!
Come never here again! Leave your barrow empty!
Lost and forgotten be, darker than the darkness,
Where gates stand for ever shut, till the world is mended."
Working overtime, I present:
Wights Wights Baby
(Ice Ice Baby – Vanilla Ice)
I certainly haven't had a better parodied title yet. My rapping as Vanilla Ice? Not so great. Oh well. It has enough of an edge to it that I could see Tom using it as an offensive weapon. (If, in any way, you could consider a song a weapon.)
Yeah, there was a lot for me to do today! I feel like this post needs another image…
See you tomorrow, kids.
"Then there was a long trailing shriek, fading away into an unguessable distance; and after that silence."


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Stop by Expecting Parents to see a gorgeous little girl, Megan!
So, I've decided to start a NEW BLOG and hopefully you'll bookmark it. It's going to be on everything health related that I'm interested in or have experienced first hand. Most of you may not know this, but I have literally transformed my life in the last few years and I am healthier and more energetic now at 38(I know that's old) than I was at 20! (Maybe it's the partying that I was doing then). It's not that I was "sick" or "overweight" it's just that I felt like my body wasn't getting younger, and I didn't like what I was seeing. It seemed that my hormones were out of balance, that my metabolism was really slowing down and I was seeing signs of aging that seemed to be creeping up on me very quickly that weren't there the day before! I knew it was time to change a few things and that If I didn't do it immediately, I would begin to feel worse and worse. Knowing that nothing "serious" was wrong with me yet, and having less and less faith in our traditional medical care as a form of treatment or prevention, I knew that I needed to step up to the plate. So I started changing the way I, we, ate, which was never that bad, but It got much, much better. On the new blog, I will give a run down of exactly what I have done over the last 2 years to change my health, so I won't go into all of the details now.
I have become rather obsessed with nutrition and health to the point where hours a day are devoted to reading, researching, writing and collecting information on health and nutrition. All of which I use to apply to my own life and my family's and friends. For the last few years, those who know me will attest to the fact that when having a conversation with me, it usually turns to something "health, nutrition, prevention" related. I'm always the first to pass on what I have just read or researched. Those closest to me are usually extremely understanding even in their most bored states, but inevitably politely excuse themselves from the conversation as soon as they can. Sometimes I can't believe not everyone is as fascinated with the latest research on Alzheimer's as I am! Or why they wouldn't want to hear about the best way to balance your hormones naturally or what the best source of Omega 3 oils, etc! I've also had many people within the last few years strongly suggest I start teaching nutrition or at least teach some classes at my daughter's school. I even get e-mails from people asking about past "posts" where I had recommended a certain product or food and they ask where they could find it.
With all this being said, I have known for quite some time that this was the direction my life was heading in, yet not quite sure how I was going to utilize my skills and talents in the "prevention/health/nutrition" field without becoming an outright "healer, naturopath, acupuncturist, nutritionist" etc. I have tremendous respect for all of these fields, however this isn't what I see myself doing exactly. I'm more of the reporter, researcher, advocate, social, communicator type as oppose to being the Dr, healer or treater. So, I have decided to start my third blog, and I have decided to call it Your Healthiest Life! This is going to be the best venue for one of my biggest passions, health, nutrition, prevention and living your life to your fullest potential.
This blog will be devoted to passing on accurate, helpful, healthy information that will help you stay up on all of the latest research and preventative information. I will be writing about organic foods and where the best place to find them is, how to navigate your own grocery store even if you don't live near a health food store, how to read through false and misleading ingredients on labels, how to stay away from unnecessary supplements and avoid "over supplementing", how to easily lose 5 to 10 pounds immediately by cutting just one thing out of your diet, which products that I personally use which will help you get healthier and stay healthy and on and on! These are just a few of the topics that I will be focusing my energy on! I will be writing on this blog Monday thru Friday and will be posting effective, helpful, unbiased, truthful information that stays away from the trends that proliferate the "Natural Healthcare" world. I hope you can tune in! It is going to be exciting, informative and helpful!


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04 August 2013
Since "X2: X-Men United" in 2003 when Jean Grey disappeared, a few other X-Men movies were made with Wolverine gaining more onscreen presence. "The Wolverine" made a decade later, is sort of a spin-off movie due to Hugh Jackman's excellent portrayal of the character.
After what appeared to be Jean's death, Wolverine went into hiding out of guilt. His recurring nightmares of Jean beside him, night after night, turned him into a recluse. That was when he was brought to Japan and met Mariko, his love-interest in the comics. I didn't quite like the storyline though, with the Yakuzas and ninjas and the Viper.
For me, the best part of the movie was the easter egg segment, where Magneto and Prof Xavier appeared, and hinted of a huge storm brewing ahead of them, thus uniting both forces together to fight what was coming up.
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guest saidI must say first that I find it amazing that I read posts which I considered to fit into the rules as stated on this website have been deleted but yet the first reply on this thread is just down right unhelpful and disrespectful. Maybe some deleting needs to be done by a moderator !!
The original post, with the very obvious tirade of anti male hatred, purportedly founded on a single experience, but obviously actually not, deserves to have been deleted as it clearly fits into contravening the rules. However it has been moved to a more appropriate forum and leeway has been given, perhaps too much, but my call is to allow it anyway, as it has the potential for ensuing constructive use (not that other moderators may see otherwise, so it could well end up being deleted). I personally consider that guests comments are a concise reflection of guest's view and according to the request "I would love to hear some thoughts". Guest has provided exactly that and to be honest Finding_it_hard, in trying to Make_it_hard very likely understood exactly what they were doing and purposefully wanted to stir things in order to put forward anti-male material.
If guest had said that the submitter was in fact those things then it would likely have been deleted; as it is it is an opinion and thus, I believe, not wrong. I note, considering your knowledge of other posts being deleted, that you are well aware of Larissap's fusillade of veiled implications of my state of mind (i.e. the clear implications that I'm not of sound mind and am simply an entity that is to be laughed at and used for Larrissap's own enjoyment), yet you don't consider deriding those posts by saying they should be deleted. As such it is quite clear that bias determines your motive for the quoted paragraph. Furthermore, for you to include the paragraph (now removed) in that topic, makes you a hypocrite, as that paragraph serves no help to the topic. I'd suggest that you get a copy of "The Water Babies" by Charles Kingsley, in reading it you'll hear about two ladies who's names are worth considering.
Considering the original post and this book the following may be something that you and others may wish to consider as an aside:
There again perhaps it's just because I'm a nutter that I included that.
Charles Kingsley in The Water Babies saidHow do you know that? Have you been there to see? And if you had been there to see, and had seen none, that would not prove that there were none … And no one has a right to say that no water babies exist till they have seen no water babies existing, which is quite a different thing, mind, from not seeing water babies.
Now, there is the possibility that guest is in fact being helpful, perhaps the submitter or Finding_it_hard (I assume the former but guest doesn't actually make it clear) are in fact fake or a nutter and that guest's comment makes them aware of their issues and they take action. Guest, can you say with qualification that such an event could not happen? Accordingly, perhaps you could show that you're not a hypocrite and put forward and plausible reason as to how your gripe about deletions could help?
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2. Garlic (4-5 cloves)
3. Green chillies (2 no)
4. Dry red chilli (1 no)
5. Cumin seeds
6. Salt to taste
7. Sugar (3-4 tspn)
8. Jaggery (optional)
- Preparation:
2. In the mixer pot, put the mango pieces, red chilli, green chillies,cumin seeds
garlic, salt and sugar.
3. Add some water for grinding and hence the chutney is ready.
4. Eat this chutney with chips,papads,parathas or with lunch meals.
- Serves: Two
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This book has been sitting on my TBR pile for a while. I was recommended to me for slightly different ghost story. As a new author (to me), I had no expectations and was I on for a treat.
We first meet Sadie Novak, former teacher, now in the grizzly business of cleaning crime scenes. Normally in mystery stories, you have the detectives at the scenes and they solve the crimes and that's it. I never considered what happens to the scene when the body's gone. Who cleans the apartment or house where the murder or suicide happened? The family? What a gruesome though! It is where Sadie Novak comes in, armed with disposable clothing, gloves, masks, and chemicals in her handy truck to removes the evidence of a gory death from your home. Her trusty sidekick is the man whore with awesome butt Zack, ex-cop with a bruised ego but good heart. The main characters are very complex, they grow on you too. The graphic depiction of the cleaning process is an interesting touch seldom seen.
In addition to her crazy cleaning skillz, Sadie has developed the gift of speaking to lately departed ghosts. She has taken unto herself to help those ghost resolve their last dilemmas so that they can move on. In a sense it is her own therapy for an event that happened 5 years ago in her life.
The mystery revolves around an apparent murder-suicide that Sadie is contracted to clean. Many events leads Sadie to doubt this conclusion but little evidence to prove it. Some of the clues could have been presented with more finesse but still red herding were readily provided. It gave the chance to add some colorful characters that I hope to see more of in the next books.
All in all, a decent mystery, easy and pleasant read worth checking out.
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March 13, 2015
Greg Sankey
Nick Zeppos
HERB VINCENT: Good morning. Welcome to the press conference today. We appreciate you coming here on relatively short notice.
I would like to introduce Chancellor Zeppos.
NICK ZEPPOS: Thank you for coming. It's a pleasure to be here. I think without a doubt the Southeastern Conference has been fortunate to have outstanding leadership. And I think of Roy Kramer coming and leading and I think of the extraordinary Mike Slive, who has led us. And Mike, it's great to see you. We wish the best for you and we know you'll be with us working for college sports and the SEC for a very, very long time.
But we have been fortunate to have great leadership. When we learned that Mike was going to retire we said, We believe we need an extraordinary leader. We need to undertake a national search.
And as President of the SEC Presidents and Chancellors group, I did the first thing, which is my privilege, which is I appointed a great search committee, Dave Gearhart from the university of Arkansas chaired that committee.
We did a thorough national search. In the world of the SEC and college athletics I would say we did an international search, because that's our aspiration and that's our reach.
And after this search, we came down and we selected Greg Sankey and we couldn't be more enthusiastic and proud about our selection.
Many of you know Greg. I've worked with him for over a decade. When you think of Greg, you think of integrity. You think of high intelligence. You think of a passion for the SEC and the student‑athlete.
We believe that we are positioned for the future to thrive and succeed and meet the many challenges we have because we have Greg leading us. Greg, let me turn it over to you. Congratulations.
COMMISSIONER‑SELECT SANKEY: Good morning. And I want to thank Chancellor Zeppos for that kind introduction. There's a lot of thank you's for me this morning. It's one of those moments that don't come along often in life. So I'm going to ask your indulgence as I say thank you to a few folks.
I want to first, as was mentioned, thank the Presidents and Chancellors Search Committee, chaired by ChancellorGearhart. Also thank his wife for her contribution of his time to our effort.
I appreciate the diligence of the process, the opportunity to visit yesterday with all of our presidents and chancellors, and the opportunity to stand before you today, having been named as the next commissioner of the Southeastern Conference.
I just had one of the most enjoyable walks of my life from the hotel to the arena. I was joined by a number of our presidents and chancellors and athletics directors who are here today. I want to say thank you for your confidence in me. Thank you for your trust. I look forward to our future together.
I also want to say thanks to our athletics directors as a group, our faculty athletics representatives, senior women administrators and the many coaches who through this process have been a source of encouragement for me.
One of the great rewards throughout the process has been to know how many people were cheering for me, literally cheering for me, I think. The kind words, notes, e‑mails and texts have of encouragement are much appreciated. I now have over 300 unreturned e‑mails and about 250 unreturned text messages. I want to commit to getting back to people as quickly as I can, but I might be awhile.
There's some very special people to me sitting to my left in the front row. My wife Cathy, our two daughters and my parents are all here this morning.
My parents thought they were traveling to Nashville to attend one of the great events, the SEC Men's Basketball Tournament. I had not let them know that I would be part of an interview process or potentially selected as the commissioner. They had no idea I would be standing in front of a group in a press conference accepting this opportunity.
My father is one of the hardest working people I know. He can fix anything. I can't fix much around the house. That's why he needs to visit frequently. My mother is one of the most energetic people I know. They provided me and my brother with a solid foundation for life, the confidence to take a chance, and the freedom to pursue our dreams.
I think parents can take a lesson from that, to give their children the opportunities in life that we seek to provide through athletics.
Cathy has shared the entire journey with me. 26 years of marriage, we have lived our entire adult life in the States of Louisiana, Texas and Alabama. Our two daughters were born in Texas and they have lived their entire lives in the SEC's geographic footprint. At the time they were born, Texas didn't realize it was SEC country, but we have made great progress on that particular task in the last few years.
I think Roy Kramer was on his way here and if he's not here, he'll be here shortly. It's an honor for him to make the effort to be here.
I also want to thank our staff, many of who are gathered in the back. They have been colleagues and I look forward to working for them in a different way.
There's a person here who has been mentioned, who is accompanied by his great wife, Mike and Liz Slive. Mike was a friend and Liz was a friend before Mike became my boss. In August of 2002, I picked up the phone to ask Mike a question. At the end that phone call Mike asked me a question, Would you ever think about coming to work for the Southeastern Conference?
Fast forward a few months in November of 2002, I walked into the SEC offices on my first day. And I've benefited, as all of us have, in this conference from his wisdom, his integrity, his leadership, his work ethic, his vision. I've had to adjust my morning hours to get up very early for coffee meetings that I never thought would occur at that time of day for me.
Mike's leaving an incredible legacy. We enjoyed great success and support as a conference. We made great progress in overcoming many of the compliance challenges that we faced 12 years ago. The diversity among our coaches has changed for the better.
We have established an initiative called SECU, which is an academic collaboration among our 14 great universities. We have added two great universities to the conference membership and you may have heard that we have successfully launched a national television network. Mike Slive's legacy will shape the SEC long into the future.
Yet we're not done. We're not close to being done. The SEC is poised to make a difference in the lives of student‑athletes for generations. And we must ensure the lessons that they learn, both in the classroom and through competition, translate into success in their lives.
Throughout this conference's existence, it has influenced our region. The influence has grown continuously over the past 80 years through times of challenge and times of great achievement. The unique passion associated with the SEC, the chants that you hear at the end of bowl games and NCAA basketball tournament victories. Combined with the success of our athletics teams and the academic achievement occurring all across our university campuses provide the conference with an important leadership platform.
We must use this platform the one that's been established through our athletics endeavors, to effectively convey who we are, not just as teams, as students, and coaches, but as universities, as educators, as leaders, as engines for economic development, contributors to our community, and influencers of our society.
The Southeastern Conference is no longer limited by our nation's borders. Our rosters are populated with young people from North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia.
The same reality is present across our campuses, which provides us with the opportunity to extend global influence from Athens, Auburn, from Baton Rouge, from Columbia, Missouri, and Columbia, South Carolina, and from College Station. We impacts the world from Fayetteville, Gainesville, Nashville, Knoxville, and Starkville, and from Lexington, Oxford, and Tuscaloosa.
The position of leadership enjoyed by our great universities shows no signs of slowing. In fact, our leadership is now more prominent and more important than ever. And this leadership opportunity will be magnified as we continue through a refined commitment to integrity, to support our athletic programs with great pride.
We'll work to engage and empower our student‑athletes as campus, community, and national leader. We'll share our academic success, our athletic achievements, our service commitments and our leadership opportunities as we tell our stories.
We're going to insure we continue to work together in the great spirit of family that I have seen personally over the last few days, week, and months.
We're going to continue to strategically prepare for our future, which includes a focus on supporting the collegiate model, which provides a great array of opportunities in sports, many of which our teams win national championships through and our student‑athletes learn great life lessons through their participation.
We're going to provide the financial strength to support both our universities and their athletics programs. We're going to continue to fulfill the expectation of success on the field. We're going to fulfill the expectation of excellence through the Southeastern Conference office.
Through leadership that is both thoughtful and strategic, our athletic achievements are going to be student‑athlete focused and academically centered.
As we move forward it's clear that our region benefits greatly from our educational, economic, cultural and competitive opportunities. And we have not only the opportunity to impact the region, but also our nation. And as we do that, with our universities educating students from around our country, and from six of the globe's seven continents, we will research solutions to international challenges and thereby influence the world.
As the SEC's commissioner, it is my responsibility to both serve and to lead so that we might magnify our collective influence through the unique combination, the very unique combination of higher education and competitive athletics. I look forward to the journey because I am absolutely convinced that our best days are ahead.
Thank you. I am excited. The smile may not leave my face for weeks or months.
And I saw Roy Kramer slip in. So I wanted to acknowledge him while he's here, because he's been a friend and an example to me.
They tell me it's time for questions and answers. I've been at this long enough that I know there will be questions. We'll see if there are answers.
HERB VINCENT:Â Please raise your hand if you have a question.
Q. Social media, I know you're not all that active on it, but are you going to be more active on it? And as a high profile commissioner, what are the pitfalls or benefits of doing that?
COMMISSIONER‑SELECT SANKEY:Â I became more active at about noon yesterday, it appears.
That was a fun endeavor, represented by my tractor‑tire flipping picture that occurred the same week that I started a Twitter platform to actually follow the news media. So congratulations for dragging me in.
That's a conversation that Herb and I have had initially. It can be positive. I think my admonition last night was let's keep it positive. It becomes a forum that can devolve quickly, so we'll try to use it, if we do, for positive means. It's been fun so far.
Q. The previous two commissioners, when they took over they had certain ideas how to improve the league, whether it was expanding or adding a championship game or chasing TV contracts or cleaning up a league when it had NCAA problems when Mike first came in. Do you have agenda, the first thing you feel like you have to get to?
COMMISSIONER‑SELECT SANKEY: I had an opportunity to go back and look at what was said and they certainly had some specific and tangible goals. Some of what's happened evolves because of the great leadership they provided. So I would observe the first role is to be an effective leader.
We're in a time where our student‑athlete focus needs not just be the words a commissioner says behind the microphone, but that we continue to live. There are wonderful things done on our campus, and I indicated we needed to be effective at telling those stories and we will. Wonderful things every day.
If you were to ask me right now, as I said last night, if in 15 or 20 years, my time is done in this role, and there were decades of student‑athletes who said we were led effectively and our lives enriched because he was the commissioner, that would be a great reward for me personally.
Q. Two questions, first, whereas lots of the commissioners of some of the other conferences have expressed some openness to freshmen ineligibility in basketball and potentially other sports. Commissioner Slive has not necessarily agreed with that. Is that your position as well?
COMMISSIONER‑SELECT SANKEY: Well, I think it's a broader conversation. I actually think Commissioner Slive's comments really reference that. So we do have freshmen ineligibility. It's really targeted freshmen ineligibility. So there's a band of individuals who don't meet certain standards and who won't be able to compete starting in 2016. The observation is let's see what that does.
Now part of that freshmen ineligibility conversation is probably related to other things, but it's acknowledged it's there. I was a part of crafting through a committee the standards that are in place and I'm comfortable with those currently.
But it will be part of the dialog as we move forward, but I think we need to be careful before we jump down a road too quickly.
Q. Second, you spoke about extending global influence in the SEC. SEC I was wondering if anyone's yet translated Roll Tide into Mandarin?
COMMISSIONER‑SELECT SANKEY:Â Probably not the expert on that and I think the right way to ask that is if all 14 slogans have been translated into Mandarin.
Q. You have kind of a 30,000‑foot job. What are some ways that you plan to appeal directly to, like, the individual student‑athlete as much as you can, and the individual student on the different SEC campuses?
COMMISSIONER‑SELECT SANKEY: One of the benefits of the search process is a lot of time to think about what's next. The reality of it's actually 'next' is starting to sink in. And we have had advisory committees, we have involved our student‑athletes in governance. I think there are greater opportunities to do that.
We could probably be more targeted with how we involve our student‑athletes in conversations about conference policy issues and national policy issues through advisory committees that maybe focused on highly recruited student‑athletes in particular to seek their input.
I'm absolutely comfortable walking into a room with no conference table and no agenda and saying to our young people, Tell me what you think. Tell me how we can help. Tell me what we need to know.
Now I hope the they will ask me the same questions.
I think that mutual learning experience is not simply part of their college education or part of our input, but part of preparing for life.
Q. Is potential expansion anywhere on your radar and given how many times you and Chancellor Zeppos used the words 'international' and 'global,' how soon before you take the SEC beyond these borders?
COMMISSIONER‑SELECT SANKEY: Well, in some ways we're beyond the borders when you look at those rosters that I referenced. One of the great stats that Mike has used is that we would be fourth or fifth in Olympic gold medals. If you then dig down further and see who wins those medals, it's both UnitedStates representatives, which we cheer for and is great, but then they go back home.
And those are wonderful students. They have won our McWhorter Award repeatedly, and when you look at their aspirations, it's powerful.
Expansion is not something that's on my top shelf. Excellence is, though. And excellence is a good thing.
Q. How different is this new role compared to your current role?
COMMISSIONER‑SELECT SANKEY:Â You got a hold of the interview list that the presidents and Chancellors used for questions.
It's different. I was, 12 years ago, a conference commissioner in a much different dynamic. You learn quickly that you move to the end of the hallway and the ability to simply be an advisor is now being a decision‑maker. I've been and am grateful for Mike to have been shoulder to shoulder with him in many ways. So that's provided me a unique opportunity to prepare.
It's different. When I was told, there was probably two or three hours of it settling in, and then the grin and smile has developed over the privilege of serving in this way. But quickly it will transition into the focus on the leadership opportunity ahead.
Q. You mentioned Roy Kramer is a friend and, of course, you worked with Mike and also a friend. What do you take from both of them, the best from them that you have taken to kind of help you in this job?
COMMISSIONER‑SELECT SANKEY: If Roy was making that speech this morning, he wouldn't have needed notes. I aspire to not need notes. I've heard him speak repeatedly and he's incredibly clear and effective and strong. And that's a strength that is admirable.
Roy was bold. Mike was bold. You start to intersect. If you want to know about speaking habits, Mike taught me, A speech is not a speech until it's spoken. That was one of his early lessons. I think I captured that correctly.
I've obviously worked with Mike. I was a conference commissioner when Roy was the commissioner of the Southeastern Conference. His ability to do what I just did, which is to think before you speak, is remarkable. His ability to build relationships and to effectively deploy those relationships in a positive way. Not simply for the SEC, but for all of intercollegiate athletics. That's something that's a skill that doesn't just come. Some are born with it and some learn it over time.
And it's been a joy to watch that in his life and I think I've acquired a little bit more of that than I might have when I walked in the door in 2002.
Q. What were your initial thoughts of the first football season with the college football playoff? There was a lot of talk about how many SEC teams would get into the college football playoff. Do you think four is enough? Maybe expand to eight or so for now as the commissioner?
COMMISSIONER‑SELECT SANKEY: I'm the commissioner‑select right now, just so we're clear. I think four is a good number. I was a commissioner when 1AA football playoffs had 16.  I don't think people that advocate for that have really thought through the toll that's taken, not simply on the players, but the people participating in the games, but in the overall infrastructure.
I think what happened last year was great. I think it would have been even greater had an SEC team won that National Championship. And that will be our focus in the future.
Q. You and Mike both have a background in compliance. When infractions are committed on so much of the micro level, how much of an affect can a commissioner have on keeping the schools out of NCAA trouble?
COMMISSIONER‑SELECT SANKEY: Well, I think there's a proactive piece that is not inherent in that question. And I think a commissioner and the vision, with the presidents and chancellors and their athletics directors, which was acknowledged years ago, can provide that type of proactive approach.
There's always going to be slips. I think the expectation is we not have those. Then from the top down the commissioner and our presidents and chancellors leadership, that when we have those problems, we deal with those issues with the utmost of integrity. I do think over the last decade that's certainly been the case.
Q. You grew up outside of the SEC region, spent a lot of time obviously in the footprint since. I think Mike had a lot of success, because when SEC fans would accuse him of bias, he hadn't gone to an SEC school. You also have that benefit. How much does that help you in terms of being able to reach all 14 schools?
COMMISSIONER‑SELECT SANKEY: Well, we have got folks that work in our office that can do that despite the degree on their wall. When I first met Steve Spurrier, he and I had 20 minutes together. And his first question was, Tell me where you went to school.
I won't do my impression of Steve at this moment.
I told him I have an undergraduate from State University at Cortland and a Masters from Syracuse. And he said, That's good. I'll let his evaluation rest.
Q. What are some ways you hope or, under your leadership, the conference will hope to empower student‑athletes after they graduate?
COMMISSIONER‑SELECT SANKEY: That's a good question. Not that all of them haven't been good questions.
We have talked as we worked together as five conferences about how do we foster career transition among student‑athletes. It's a placeholder for the future. We haven't said, Here's five, six points of that agenda.
There's an acknowledgment that we could be more proactive, more intentional about how we foster transition of young people who are student‑athletes into their careers. And as I referenced earlier, our goal is that what happens through their experience as a student‑athlete would provide lifelong benefits.
So that's fundamentally going to foster their career transition. And I think that the acknowledgment of that is one that we'll continue to pursue.
Q. Understand that in this process of choosing a commissioner that the candidates were basically kept in the dark about this. We didn't know the time frame, didn't know when they were going to be selected. What was the past few months like for you, because I understand that, I mean, really everybody was kind of not‑‑ it was a very private process.
COMMISSIONER‑SELECT SANKEY: It was. I credit our leadership for that process. One of the things when you work in the Southeastern Conference is you can learn a lot from our coaches. And you hear coaches talk about focus and blocking out the distractions. Every so often late at night the distractions would come, Who is in the pool? When is this going to happen? What's it going to mean for me?
I had to become more and more intentional about simply blocking that out because for my purpose, this was about me. My wife may be the better person to ask that question of. But, yeah, there were those moments.
Yesterday I woke up and I did not know I would be standing here. I woke up early. I was completely alert. I had a wonderful meeting led by Chancellor Zeppos about, Katherine in our office has told me, it was about 11:40 p.m. It is a memorable meeting. I just don't remember the perspectives beyond, Congratulations.
Q. Mike, what views do you?
COMMISSIONER‑SELECT SANKEY:Â Greg.
Q. I'm sorry. Greg.
COMMISSIONER‑SELECT SANKEY:Â That's okay.
Q. That's Mike over there. Yes, okay. What views‑‑
COMMISSIONER‑SELECT SANKEY:Â I used to not correct people that quickly, but it's a privilege of the position.
Q. What views do you have on balancing the time athletes spend on their sport trying to improve with time away from their sports and the college experience as a whole?
COMMISSIONER‑SELECT SANKEY: We talked about that actually yesterday in my visit with the presidents and chancellors. There's an interesting balance. That is a focus issue right now.
You've seen that reported nationally. We have young people who are incredibly motivated. They're competitive individuals. That's good. That's wonderful. They have aspirations that may be around the field, but those are small in number as far as making that next step into professional sports.
Part of the leadership in which we engage is making sure that they continue to focus on their academic expectations and their achievements. Again, we're doing that better and better all the time with our young people. Both our graduation rates and our APR scores have shown that. So those are good things.
And we reference continuing to provide educational opportunities beyond just the period of eligibility. Maybe some of those pressures haven't resulted in the achievement of graduation. We'll see what some of those answers might be I think over the next six months or at least ideas, maybe not answers.
There's a great viewing of SEC storied clips, which I've seen. I'm interesting, but those are phenomenal.
Q. How sticky an issue do you think cost of attendance finances are and do you want every SEC school to be issuing the same amount?
COMMISSIONER‑SELECT SANKEY: Well, we're going to follow the expectations of legal outcomes first. This conference comes together to work on issues and it will. It will do it appropriately. I expect cost of attendance to be the same. We're supportive of our student‑athletes and this is a new way to do that.
Q. There's a movement in different corners of the Internet to crowd‑fund student‑athlete pay. Do you think cost of attendance is kind of the end of this wave of NCAA legislation to fund student‑athletes or give student‑athletes money or do you think things like crowd‑funding will be more prevalent in the future?
COMMISSIONER‑SELECT SANKEY:Â I've been clear that cost of attendance is centered on the student‑athlete's education, which is at the center of what we do and is really the appropriate boundary for the provision of the type of financial aid support through athletic scholarships.
HERB VINCENT: All right. Thank you.
COMMISSIONER‑SELECT SANKEY:Â Thank you.
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I must correct myself from the last piece I wrote. It turns out that Jack Frost, which we reviewed last time, was in fact the last Rankin-Bass special sold to NBC. The Stingiest Man in Town, which is our next subject, came before Frost by exactly one year.
Stingiest is a remake of an Alcoa Theatre live-action production from 1956, and both versions are loosely based on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, which has been adapted so often, the rights may as well be in the public domain. Seriously. Tom Bosley (Happy Days) is the narrator, as B. A. H. Humbug, so named for Ebenezer Scrooge's pet phrase. Stingiest contains more songs than the average Rankin-Bass production, which might explain why it was replaced by Jack Frost the next year----it wasn't a ratings hit.
Walter Matthau, in a rare television performance, is Ebenezer Scrooge. Robert Morse & Paul Frees, who'd work together again the following year on Frost, are also in the cast for this one. Unfortunately, the complete special isn't available on YouTube, so we can only offer this opening sample.
The fact that this aired on a Saturday night might also contibute to the lack of ratings and subsequent cable airings. Rating: C.


text: On March 14, 2004, MILTON RIFKIN; beloved husband Irmgard Rifkin; devoted brother of Gilbert Cohen and the late Harry, Shirley, Irvin and Julius Cohen, and Jean Kellman. Also survived by nieces and nephews. Services were held at SOL LEVINSON & BROS, INC., 8900 Reisterstown Road, at Mt. Wilson Lane on Monday, March 15 at 2 P.M. Interment Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery, Berrymans Lane. Please omit flowers.


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