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One of my besties is from Jackson, Mississippi. I met her in college; and despite our immediate bond, when she invited me to her home in the "Deep South", I was entirely horrified. Me, with my New York City entree into the world and my still Northern, Pittsburgh upbringing, having viewed the film, "Mississippi Burning" in the not-so-distant past? Let's just say the invitation gave me pause.
However, I love to travel so, instead of saying "No, Thanks" to her Thanksgiving invitation, I just sunk lower and lower in the backseat of the car as we sped our way into the state that would forever change my life. I expected that we would be pulled over and slaughtered on the roadside, just like so many of the persons I had read about, not just Goodman, Schwerner and Chaney but that which the nameless, faceless of history, had experienced. I didn't verbalize these fears, as I thought it might be rude, not that my honesty would be met with any level of compassion. Indeed, the tighter I held onto my pillow and peeked over the dashboard onto the highway, the more uproariously my car mates (and so called friends) would point at me and laugh.
It's the state we all come to learn how to spell. It's also the state Nina Simone damned to hell.
But I've come to love Mississippi because, over time, I have learned more about its history and how African Americans organized and inspired more Americans to fight for human rights and, subsequently, changed the world. The WORLD. Now, although we have won some battles, the war is not over. Today, Mississippi has the most African Americans in elected office; but it's the poorest state in America.
We have only just begun to thoroughly (and critically) engage and understand the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements in America. It's amazing to think that, as recently as 1960, African Americans were still sharecropping and living in stunning poverty in the South---the worst of which was in Mississippi.
|"We didn't fight this hard for you to stay home and not vote in November!"
And imagine, that after having walked off of the only livelihood she knew, she became a community organizer, singing church songs such as "This Little Light of Mine" (her favorite) and not only inspiring more persons to take charge of their lives by voting and being engaged in the political process; but also becoming one of the leading spokespersons and representatives of her people?! Amazing.
|Lawd knows my feet hurt but I ain't no ways tired...gotta represent for the people!
|President Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama
I know that's right, Mrs. Hamer! Speak on it!
Notice that she didn't say she was trying to work behind her husband either, so get it right, Fellas! And get it right, feminists and Africana Womanists! You see, this is what an organization built upon participatory democracy can do. It is one that allows space for women and everyday citizenry to speak for themselves. According to Historian and Civil Rights expert, Dr. Tiyi Morris of Ohio State University:
Notice that she didn't say she was trying to work behind her husband either, so get it right, Fellas! And get it right, feminists and Africana Womanists! You see, this is what an organization built upon participatory democracy can do. It is one that allows space for women and everyday citizenry to speak for themselves. According to Historian and Civil Rights expert, Dr. Tiyi Morris of Ohio State University:
Brilliant, Dr. Morris, especially when I think about the manner in which these central tenets were combined with top-notch technology and social media to tilt the world on its axis. The election of Barack Obama was not the change, in and of itself, but (as he has said many, many times), "the opportunity to make a change." I believe that because my consistent mantra has been that Barack Obama is the Activist's President. You bring him the pain to his door and his administration will open it. Make him do what you want like Fannie Lou Hamer, SNCC, the MFDP and those young activists made LBJ sign the Civil Rights Act and change American and World History, forever.
SNCC offered the centrality of grassroots activism on behalf of regular citizens and stressed "letting the people decide"...this is the foundation upon which Barack Obama worked as a community organizer and the philosophical tenets of his campaign.
When Fannie Lou Hamer spoke truth to power in Atlantic City at the 1964 Democratic National Convention, she told harsh truths about being Black in America that were a far cry from a young Senator from Illinois being invited to take center stage in 2004. But one could not and does not exist without the other.
You see how this picture shows her all heroic and fierce and telling her oppressors off as she gives her testimony?
|Testifying before the Credentials Committee and televised before the world.
|(an "emergency broadcast" interrupted Mrs. Hamer's speech on television) Emergency, indeed...
I do not know her kind of pain---and I am so thankful. But since she fought for me, I figure I can fight for her, you know? Listen to her give her narrative and read the transcript and a bio here.
This is also why I support Melissa Harris-Lacewell (now Perry), in this interview with Democracy Now's Amy Goodman, as she insists that President Obama acknowledge and address the role of Black women's political activism---the legacy upon which he stands:
(as an aside, doesn't MHP look just like the woman on the old book cover of For Colored Girls...?)
Today, in Ruleville, Mississippi (where Fannie Lou Hamer broke the rules of oppression), sits a beautiful Memorial Garden created on the "Freedom Farm" Mrs. Hamer purchased to further assist poor, Black people in becoming self-sufficient and having a place to grow their food, despite leaving (or getting kicked off) the plantations upon which they were sharecropping---just as she had experienced.
When I first traveled to Ruleville with The Fannie Lou Hamer National Institute on Citizenship and Democracy at Jackson State University and sat at Fannie Lou Hamer's grave, I simply had not ever heard of "Freedom Farm" and found myself astonished, ashamed and angry about that which I did not know. Mind you, this was after college and after graduate school---and African American History is one of my specialties. #FAIL
|I'm feeling mighty unworthy and, yet, grateful...
Thus, when I visited again this year, I learned that the National Fannie Lou Hamer Statue Fund Committee (organized by Patricia Thompson of ROAR) had been collecting money to erect a statue of Ms. Hamer right there at the Memorial Gardens. They needed approximately $125,000 and, as usual, it was a small, committed group of veterans of the Civil Rights Movement and their friends who had done all of the leg work and had launched the campaign. When Patricia Thompson first encountered Fannie Lou Hamer's grave, the grass was up to her knees and she cried in the middle of the field, vowing to make things right. It reminded me of Alice Walker's search for Zora Neale Hurston's grave and what she found. So, Ms. Thompson and others got to work. They chopped down the grass, then they took Freedom Farm from this:
To this, the Fannie Lou Hamer Memorial Garden:
|The Fannie Lou Hamer Memorial Garden, Ruleville, MS
But I am 'sick and tired' of us not properly honoring the persons who sacrificed so much for us---as Black people, as Americans, as women, as Democrats, as elected officials, as human beings who stand up for our principles and each other's rights.... Fannie Lou Hamer was thrown in jail and beaten severely for her activism. Later, she would die (and way too early, she never made it to 60 years old) as a result of heart disease, diabetes, living a hard life on the plantation and, yes, the beatings she suffered in jail.
But she couldn't do a whole lot of crying in public. She had things to do and young people to continue to inspire, which is why this intergenerational picture means so much to me:
|Yes, that's Stokely Carmichael aka Kwame Ture in the back and Ella Baker on the far right.
But what about Rosa? What about Rosa? / What about Rosa, Ella Baker and Fannie Lou?
If I were any one of those women, / What would you say? What would you tell me to do?What about them, folks? Can we put our hands together and get this Fannie Lou Hamer Statue up?
Let a Sista know. . . Are YOU for Fannie Lou?
If so, please DONATE any amount that you can here or click below.
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And I thanks ya kindly in the Hamerly way!
We're also using Chip In to keep track of our progress and donations!:
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And I thanks ya kindly in the Hamerly way!
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|Euvester Simpson is pictured on the cover. Dr. Tiyi Morris is her daughter.
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By MIKE CHAIKEN
In August, all eyes of the international gymnastics community will be focused on Hartford, Conn. as the XL Center hosts the U.S. Gymnastics Champion ships.
The event is for men's and women's artistic gymnastics and will feature all-around and individual event competition. The winners will be the national champions.
To help promote the event, U.S. Olympics gymnastics great Shannon Miller barnstormed area gymnastics schools to talk about the competition and inspire young gymnasts.
Among the facilities visited by Miller last Friday was Plainville's Farmington Valley Gymnastics on Northwest Drive.
Miller, now retired, was a world class gymnast who knows all about the national championship coming to the Nutmeg State. She went to the Olympics in 1992 and 1996, winning gold, silver, and bronze medals and numerous world championships along the way. She also was one of the longest touring gymnasts ever lived, she said, participating in package tours of gymnasts that performed at arenas across the country from 1992 to 2008.
Now, Miller, who is four months pregnant with her second child, said her gymnastics days are pretty much limited to broadcasting events and making appearances, such as the one in Plainville. "My body said, 'No more," said Miller, "but I loved gymnastics (when I did it). It was a blast."
"I get my fix of gymnastics by talking to kids and parents," said Miller. "This is my opportunity to hear from you guys."
The upcoming national competition coming to Hartford, said Miller, "is really exciting" especially with the success the American team – and the Fierce 5 led by Jordyn Wieber and Gabby Douglas- had at the 2012 Summer Olympics
And many of the gymnasts who went to the Olympics are coming back for the nationals. The Hartford event is the first major competition for these athletes since the Olympics, said Miller. It is also an important competition since following the Hartford event, the gymnasts go on to the world competition in September.
"It's amazing to see (gymnastics competitions) in person… (with athletes) 10 to 20 feet away," said Miller. "You get to see the height of their tumbling, the crack of the bars, and the floor squeaking (during the floor exercises)… This is a rare opportunity to see in your own backyard."
Miller told the young gymnasts at Farmington Valley Gymnastics how special and privileged they were to train in the sport. "There's not a lot of people who get to do gymnastics," said Miller, "It's really amazing what you get to do every day… Enjoy the fact you get to do such a sport."
Her first born son does gymnastics, said Miller, who started her own gymnastics journey at the age of 5. She said the sport has been beneficial for the youngster's strength and balance.
As for whether her son or her next child will follow in her footsteps, when asked, Miller said it's up to them. All she wants to do is let them find an activity they are passionate about, just as long as they keep active.
During a question and answer session with the students at FVG, Miller was asked what tricks could she still do, before she was pregnant. "I can do something that looks really cool that isn't too difficult," said Miller. But she said gymnastics is a sport that is really hard to do without consistent training. It's not something like basketball or baseball that you can just pick up and play. "You have to prepare your body," said Miller.
The youths also asked Miller when did she know she wanted to go to the Olympics as a gymnast. Miller said her ambitions when she was younger weren't that grand as shooting for the Olympics. When she first started the sport, all she wanted to do was be able to manage a somersault. Her Olympian aspirations weren't stoked until she competed in the nationals and made the national team. Suddenly, the Olympics were on her radar.
And that's what makes the competition in Hartford so exciting, said Miller. "This is where dreams are made."
Asked by a gymnast if she was nervous at the Olympics, Miller said the first time she competed, she was nervous. "I didn't know what to expect." But those nerves faded away when she focused on the task at hand.
Asked if she ever considered coaching gymnastics, Miller said when she retired that thought did cross her mind. And she did teach a few clinics. But she said coaching is not really her strength. She is more of a technician and can help tweak a gymnast's moves but not really coach them.
As for her favorite gymnasts, Miller told the students at FVG that she loved U.S Olympian great Marylou Retton. But Miller said she wasn't built like Retton and couldn't do what Retton did as a gymnast. She said the gymnast that had the greatest influence on her was Svetlana Boginskaya. Boginskaya's style of gymnastics had more of a ballet-style than an athletic approach, said Miller. And Miller said that style fit more with her own skills as a gymnast.
The 2013 U.S. Gymnastics Championships will be held Aug. 15 to 18 at the XL Center in Hartford. Tickets range in price from $125 to $395. Tickets are available at 1-800-745-3000 or at Ticketmaster.com
For more information about the nationals, go to USAGym.org
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Sweet Sorrow
I'm sad to be leaving Calgary. Yesterday, we had our last class at the Moose and a final performance of Micetro. The Italians brought the house down, especially Tania's "Dear Diary" scene. Afterwards, we went to Shawn's place for a party where we drank, signed each others' pictures and promised to visit. I'm hoping to visit as many of the people I met on this course as possible. This would take us to Italy, Germany, Norway, New Zealand, England, Hong Kong and the US.
I'm flying to Toronto in a few hours. Toronto still feels like home even though we will be couch surfing for the next 3 weeks.
I'm leaving Calgary exactly where I wanted to be. The world looks different now. Every interaction feels like the start of an exciting game. Ordering breakfast was fun because everything was moving fast except for one person who ordered very slowly. So the game was to do everything quickly and then pretend not to be impatient. This makes the slower person (who was in on the game) even more stressed and slower. Eventually, someone else ordered extra food and shared. For extra spice add vegetarianism and another language. Done with a good natured attitude, this is a game everyone can enjoy.
A game that several Calgarians seemed to be playing was "how many things can I hang from my belt". Waiting for the bus one morning there was a guy strutting up and down the sidewalk with a flashlight and a radio on his belt. Soon he was joined by another person with even more things on his belt. Immediately, the first guy stopped strutting and watched the newcomer take over as top rooster. This was hilarious to watch particularly because the participants didn't consciously know that they were playing. Given enough time it would have been fun to approach them with even more belt trophies. I wonder if they would back off or fight for their position even with their clearly inferior belts.


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Who is to say what can transform the ordinary into the extraordinary? Certainly vision helps, and when three visionary entities join forces it is bound to cause a commotion. When the source of the marvel is a common everyday object, it makes for an even greater spectacle.
Such was the phenomenon of "Infinite Variety: Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts," from the collection of Joanna S. Rose, on view last week at New York's Park Avenue Armory.
Ms. Rose, an East Hampton resident, is known for her philanthropy as well as an ability to cause a stir. In this case, she created a sensation.
"I always think the whole is greater than the sum of its parts," she said on March 29, after more than 12,000 people from all over the world had seen the exhibit, which was up only from March 25 through 30. "I was the only person not surprised at the overwhelming response."
Part of the exhibit's punch came from the sheer volume of "turkey red" quilts — 650 according to the brochure, but 651 in actuality. (The red color was derived from madder root and was colorfast, which made it popular, she said.) Also striking were the "infinite variety," referenced in the exhibit's title, and the installation itself.
The winning design, by a firm called Thinc Design, a sort of reflection on the theme of a quilting circle, featured rounded helixes and circular patterns, allowing viewers to get close to the quilts, while also seeing them as a collection.
It was Ms. Rose's 80th birthday wish to see all of these quilts together for the first time and to provide that opportunity to the people of New York City. Her husband, Daniel Rose, who is part of a New York City real estate dynasty, had the means to provide that wish. His donation to the Armory allowed the show to be open to the public for free.
The American Folk Art Museum, which is slated to receive 50 of the quilts as another gift from the family, had the scholarly interest and resources to put the show together. It will also result in a book on the collection, written and researched by the show's guest curator, Elizabeth V. Warren.
Ms. Rose and the museum's curators wanted the show to be perceived as a whole, but they also wanted to provide visitors with intimate encounters with its separate pieces.
Ms. Rose emphasized that she is not a scholar, or a collector, even though in conversation she does reveal a lot of background information she has gleaned over the years. "My interest is in patterns and social history." She called her trove of objects an accumulation and said she sees herself as a treasure hunter who found most of the quilts in and around East Hampton at antiques shops and flea markets.
"I didn't keep records," she said. "What I liked were the variation in patterns and how the women could use their imagination" in creating them. The quilters drew on nature, the kitchen, even battle plans in history books.
While Ms. Rose bought many of the quilts on the East End, she said many had New England or Mid-Atlantic themes. "I usually can't tell where it's from." She had initially estimated her quilts would total only a couple of hundred, not the 650 red and white, as well as the rest in other colors that bring her total collection to more than 1,000 quilts.
Ms. Rose was given her first quilt when her first child was born. It was a double wedding ring pattern. Her interest was piqued, though, once she began buying furniture for her East Hampton house. She found that the stores would wrap larger pieces in old quilts to protect them during delivery, and she became fascinated by the patterns.
She doubted that she would have started collecting had she not had a house on the South Fork. "It's a wonderful treasure hunting place." And she is still "out there finding things." At the time she started buying the quilts, they could be had for as little as $5 or $10. When they were at that price, "you could say yes or no very quickly. Now, I have to think before I buy."
Over the years, she has placed her quilts on beds or used them as table coverings for parties. She said her favorite quilt was also a gift, one made by her sister-in-law and niece from squares collected from all of her friends and relatives and given to the couple on their 50th wedding anniversary. "It's my husband's favorite object of all."
She was thrilled with the response to the show. "It was a happy thing. Everyone was smiling." And although for years interest in antique objects has been said to be on the wane, she said it seemed to her that there were as many young people as older people walking through the Armory. One of her grandchildren even excitedly pointed out a quilt that had been on a bed he slept in when he visited her.
"It's fun and it's a good time to do a show like this. The world is in such turmoil. It makes people feel good."
The show was also used as part of a private benefit on March 29 to raise money for the American Red Cross to help aid Japanese earthquake and tsunami victims.


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Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Oh, if Nolan wants it, then...
Ryan was in favor of the Astros becoming the fifth team in the AL West. He doesn't like it that the Rangers are the lone Central Time Zone team in the division, which leads to late games for fans to watch and late-night travel arrangements for the team.
And, once the Astros become competitive again, there would be a natural Texas rivalry between the teams.
"It'd be good for baseball in Texas to have two teams in the same state vying for the division lead," Ryan said.
Funny how it's a natural rivalry for the team who might win the pennant. For the other team, it's death by designated hitter.
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Yeah screw Nolan. He's dead to me now.
"Good for baseball"? That's just an outright lie. It's not good for baseball, it's not good for baseball in Texas, & it's death to the Astros.
Oh sure it helps the rangers but, in case no one noticed, they don't need any help.
F Selig! F Nolan! F the rangers! F McClane! F Crane! You're cool. F it, I'm out!
- October 12, 2011 at 1:38 PM
- Andrew said...
If its good for baseball to have 2 teams in close geographical proximity in the same league then why are the Marlins & Rays in separate leagues? How about the Royals & Cardinals? Mets & Yankees? Cubs & White Sox?
- October 12, 2011 at 2:11 PM
Good point. It is just a lame justification that falls flat when one thinks about it.
- October 12, 2011 at 2:28 PM
- Reuben said...
Andrew, I agree completely. The only two teams as close as Dallas and Houston that play in the same division are Dodgers and Padres, and you see how that works out: The Padres operate at a significant economic disadvantage, despite their history of relative success.
- October 12, 2011 at 3:04 PM
People are missing the point the reason for the move is not to have an inter state rivarly that is just the added incentive to move,it is to get 5 teams in the AL west and 5 teams in the NL central,moving the Astros as opposed to any other team would have the biggest upside,it would cause the least amount of upheival for instance if the D-Backs were to move, either way the Astros would still have to move as well this way one team moves(Astros) and the league and the fans will get the most bang for their buck .The D-Backs are a competitive team right now and that would be more difficult to move them because the Rangers and Angels, i am sure would not be to keen on having them move it is more easy to move a bad team as to ease a team in as not to offset the current balance of power.
- October 12, 2011 at 11:44 PM
Nolan Ryan....once a sellout, always a sellout. He continue to find ways stick it to the Astros.
First going to the Rangers as a player then a decade later part of the staff that I don't mind.
Then swapping Round Rock Express affiliation to Rangers this year. What turned me off when I went to Express game everything about their past wiped clean like it never existed. It's all about the Rangers on banners, billboards, and the programs.
That just turned me off on Nolan Ryan and felt he sold Astros fans down the creek.
- October 13, 2011 at 4:44 AM
Nice to see Selig posts here.
Blah blah blah, Astros are the most convenient team to move, blah blah blah.
Is MLB's comfort suppose to ease the pain from screwing over a fanbase?
Thank god this type of arrogant thinking is countered by the rule requiring the owner to agree to move their team. While Selig is a low life extortionist, he needs the consent of a fool to ultimately pull it off. Let's hope neither McLane nor Crane is interested in being Bud's fool.
- October 13, 2011 at 8:13 AM
All this "most logical" stuff is bullsh!t propaganda. Why is up to rangers fans & other non-astros fans to decide what's best for our franchise & our fanbase? F'ing BS!
- October 13, 2011 at 8:33 AM
- John Royal said...
To the anonymous who called Ryan a sellout, how about a few facts.
1. Ryan didn't want to leave the Astros as a pitcher. The Astros didn't want him. What was he supposed to do, retire? That comment's as stupid as those about Lance Berkman being a traitor because he signed with the Cardinals after Ed Wade told him to take a hike.
2. Ryan had a personal services contract with the Astros. Drayton used him as a Jimmy Wynn-type PR prop. The Rangers offered Ryan the chance to be the team president and to, in effect, run the team. Even then, Ryan tried to work a deal and stay with the Astros. Drayton chose to keep Tal Smith -- the same Tal Smith who never wanted to sign Ryan as a pitcher in the first place. What would you do if you were Ryan?
3. As owner of the Express, Ryan has a bit of a duty to the people of Austin to put the best possible team on the field -- something Astros fans wouldn't know about because Drayton hasn't operated under that plan. The contract with the Astros ended. And we all know how crappy the Astros farm system has been, and it was pretty well known that the Rangers had a good farm system. Once again, what was Ryan supposed to do? Stick with crap because that's what Astros fan wanted, or get a better affiliation for the people who actually attend his games?
4. Reuben: the Padres operate at a significant ecomonic disadvantage partly because of the John Moores divorce and partly because the ownership group that bought the team from Moores did so by going into debt, much like Crane's doing. And the Dodgers are currently in about the worst financial shape of any team in baseball, thanks to the McCourt divorvce and, once again, because McCourt leveraged himself to the hilt to buy the team, much like Crane is doing.
5. Bitch about Selig all that you want, but even if Drayton was keeping the team the franchise would move because a) Drayton is Selig's bitch, b) Drayton's been the biggest pusher of this non-existent rivalry with the Rangers, and c) Drayton saw what the crowds were like because all of you idiots sold the place out for the games with the Yankees and Red Sox, and money is all that Drayton cares about, d) Drayton could have stopped all of this long ago by just by invoking the MLB constitution and refusing to move, something which he's refused to do, e) Crane could do the same thing, but all we've heard from Crane is that he's waiting for the right financial incentive to make the move.
6. Re the proximinty argument: some people really need some geogrpahy lessons because while they're in different states, the Phillies and Mets are only about 100 miles from each other, and the Cubs and Brewers are at about that same distance apart.
7. As one of the other anonymous's said -- really, can people start posting phony names or something so it's easier to tell people apart -- the Astros are moving to a Western Division even if it's the D-Backs who shift leagues.
8. I don't like the move, but it's hard to understand the screwing over the fanbase argument. The Astros played in the NL West for a majority of their history, which means they had a ton of seasons with late night West Coast starts. I grew up on that, so I don't see why that's such a big deal. Even if the D-Backs move, the Astros are still going to the West. Yeah, the Rangers are a much better team than the Astros, but instead of bitching about that competitive disadvantage, perhaps you should be bitching about Drayton screwing up the team and hope that Crane hires someone who knows what he's doing and the team improves and beats everybody in the division.
- October 13, 2011 at 10:14 AM
- Kathy Amen said...
Who *wouldn't* want the astros and the 6-10 sure-fire wins they'd bring to everyone in it? 8-(
- October 13, 2011 at 10:46 AM
You guys picked a fine time to start complaining about all of this. Everyone here was cheering for Crane in May, even after the sleazy press reports and the fact no one in DFW wanted him anywhere near the Rangers. You guys waited until your house was 95% burned down before calling 911.
If people made more noise about Crane's sleazy background, sleazy business practices, huge amount of debt ($350,000,000!!), and the possible move to the A.L., maybe we wouldn't be having this discussion now.
- October 13, 2011 at 4:16 PM


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Author Notes: Roast chicken is one of the easiest and most often cooked dinner entrée's in our household and over the years I have simplified and tested so many different methods to try to get that perfectly roasted chicken. The idea is to get the skin as crispy and salty as you can while keeping the center meat tender and juicy. I start with a very hot oven (425 degrees), turn it down for a while and do not open the oven! I wait until halfway through the cooking cycle to add my fresh herbs and sometimes freshly chopped garlic. Before roasting brush the entire chicken with soy sauce to get a nice even caramelized color. —Chef Tom Minchella
Serves: 4
pounds Chicken
tablespoons Sea Salt
tablespoon Gound Black Peppercorns
tablespoons Fresh lavender, chopped
cup Olive Oil
pound Yukon Gold Potaotes
- Preheat your oven to 425 degrees. Place the potatoes in a bowl and drizzle with the olive oil and season with salt and pepper, set aside. Brush the entire outside of the chicken with the soy sauce and then season inside and out with the kosher salt and black pepper. Don't be afraid to "over salt" just a little. The salt will help draw out some of that moisture making the skin crispy. Place the chicken in a oven proof glass or metal roasting pan and then spread the potatoes around the chicken. Place the chicken in the oven and set the timer for 20 minutes. Do not open the oven and after 20 minutes turn the oven to 275 degrees and set the timer for 45 minutes . After 45 minutes open the door and remove the chicken. Sprinkle the lavender over the chicken and then place back in the oven for another 45 minutes. Remove the chicken and pull the leg bone away from the body and look into the meat to see if it is clear and not bloody. If it is return to the oven for another 15-20 minutes until done. When completely cooked let the chicken rest for 15 minutes before carving.
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BPM Success at EnterpriseBy Bob Violino | Posted 2009-03-13 Print
Enterprise Rent-A-Car improves internal service with Business Process Management software.
Enterprise Rent-A-Car's Request Services Department, part of the company's global IT operation, is responsible for enabling the fulfillment of requests for a variety of technology products and services from thousands of employees worldwide.
The multiple systems the department had been using for years were mostly manual and prone to errors, and couldn't keep up with growth in demand as the business expanded -- the number of IT requests nearly doubled in 18 months.
Enterprise implemented business process management (BPM) software to create a new request services platform, and has seen benefits such as increased automation and scalability, more effective fulfillment of requests, and the consolidation of multiple request systems into one platform.
Enterprise, based in St. Louis, is one of the largest car rental companies in the world, with more than 900,000 rental and fleet services vehicles, some 7,000 locations and more than 65,000 employees.
Before the company implemented BPM technology, its online request services systems could handle requests for hardware, software, network equipment, system access, and other products and services. But these systems relied heavily on manual processes and weren't scalable, says Ron Puno, senior manager of IT at Request Services. The systems also weren't capable of supporting a move toward automation, so Request Services wasn't able to improve the request fulfillment process.
The department wanted to revamp the process so that it had fewer manual steps and would accommodate future growth. It also wanted the new request platform to include and enforce business rules to provide appropriate restrictions and oversee the fulfillment of services.
The need for change wasn't driven so much by competitive pressures as it was by the department's goal to better meet the fast-changing needs of the people who were making, approving and fulfilling IT requests, Puno says. Managers at the department determined that BPM software could help improve the request processes without requiring a lot of outside expertise.
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Sean Penn's Nazi-hunting film lands a distributor
Sean Penn had two movies at this year's Cannes Film Festival. The first, of course, was "The Tree of Life," which was released to media fanfare in May.
Now his second film, "This Must Be the Place," will find a home in the U.S. too.
The Weinstein Company announced Wednesday it had acquired the film, an international co-production shot in English.
Directed by Italian auteur Palo Sorrentino ("Il Divo"), the drama casts Penn as a wealthy retired rocker who decides to seek out the Nazi war criminal who tormented his father. TWC co-chairman Harvey Weinstein noted that the film "proves once again that [Penn] is one of the finest actors of our time." Penn is next set to play period mobster Mickey Cohen in "The Gangster Squad."
No official release date has been set for "Place." But TWC's slate is already crowded this fall, which will see the release of silent-film "The Artist," football documentary "The Undefeated," Madonna's sophomore directing effort "W.E." and Michelle Williams' Marilyn Monroe turn in "My Week With Marilyn," among other potential releases.
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Joe Montana Speaks in Wichita Falls + Nighthawks Remain Undefeated [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO, PICTURES]
NFL hall of famer and four-time super bowl champ, Joe Montana was in Wichita Falls Sunday (Mar 24) thanks to your Wichita Falls Nighthawks.
Montana made an appearance at a special luncheon held at the Wellington Banquet Center where the cost of a plate was $99. This Joe Montana luncheon is the third installment of a big Nighthawks season that started off with a visit from Tim Tebow followed by the $40k custom Dodge Challenger giveaway, and now NFL great, Joe Montana. And to top it off, each of these great half time promotions have been coupled with big Nighthawk performances and wins.
After a nice BBQ lunch, Joe Montana took the podium to talk about football, life and some of his greatest memories of his career. Joe took some questions from the audience, joked around about other players and shared some great stories. It was an honor sharing the room with an NFL legend and role model, and we are proud to be able to share part of the experience with you with the video below.
Watch Joe Montana speak in Wichita Falls for the Nighthawks Luncheon:
After his speech, Joe Montana went on to Memorial Stadium to watch the Wichita Falls Nighthawks deliver an impressive 64-0 win over the Dallas Trojans and remain undefeated with a record of 5-0.
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AccessHollywood LOS ANGELES, CALIF. -- Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart are just weeks away from the debut of the final installment of "The Twilight Saga," but first they're getting the MAD Magazine treatment – and AccessHollywood.com has your exclusive sneak peek!
The on and newly-rekindled-off-screen duo – along with the magazine's Alfred E. Neuman appearing as their onscreen vampire daughter Renesmee – has landed on the December 2012 cover of the humor mag.
MAD Magazine Editor in Chief John Ficarra said the "Breaking Dawn" stars were "unavailable" to pose for the cover for variety of reasons.
"We tried to get celebrity help with this cover, but of the three, the werewolf was the only one that was approachable," he joked in a statement to Access Hollywood. "We really wanted to get Robert Pattinson involved, but didn't have the budget for an eyebrow wrangler."
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Javier Bardem made his Hollywood Walk of Fame induction a celebration of all things James Bond – his "Skyfall" director Sam Mendes and co-stars Berenice Marlohe and Naomie Harris joined him for the ceremony on Thursday.
The actor landed the 2,484th star a day before the 23rd 007 movie hit U.S. theaters – and Bardem, the latest Bond villain, celebrated with his movie friends.
Accepting the honor outside the El Capitan Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard, the 43 year old poked fun at his crooked nose, which he once broke in a bar fight.
He joked, "Javier Bardem Day. That's so cool. And what's that like? Does everyone have to walk with a broken nose around Hollywood Boulevard?"
Mendes paid tribute to the actor and told the assembled audience that Bardem was "so embarrassed" to be receiving the honor, which his wife Penelope Cruz landed last year.


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NEW YORK – Major League Soccer came down firmly on Colorado Rapids midfielder Brian Mullan on Thursday, issuing an additional nine-game suspension for the rash tackle last week that broke the right leg of Seattle Sounders midfielder Steve Zakuani.
The league's Disciplinary Committee made the announcement following days of deliberation and review on the incident, which left Zakuani in a Denver hospital and the veteran Mullan absent from workouts and, according to Rapids head coach Gary Smith, "visibly shaken."
Mullan faces an automatic one-game suspension for the red card he received following the tackle, bringing the total games missed to 10. It is the largest suspension handed down for an on-the-ball tackle in league history.
He also faces a $5,000 fine, as well as a $250 fine for receiving a red card.
"The Committee felt the egregious nature of the foul and the severity of the injury warranted the discipline issued," executive vice president of competition and game operations Nelson Rodriguez said in a statement. "The Committee believes the challenge showed an utter disregard for Zakuani's safety.
"In making this decision, the Committee took several factors into account: the timing of the challenge, the location on the field, the moments immediately before the challenge where it is clear that Mullan is frustrated and the severity of Zakuani's injury"
Mullan will not appeal the decision, according to a Rapids spokesperson.
The suspension is the largest handed out by the league since former Houston Dynamo midfielder Ricardo Clark was suspended a total of nine games and fined $10,000 after he kicked former FC Dallas and current Philadelphia Union striker Carlos Ruiz during a match in 2007.
The Zakuani incident occurred in the early moments of Seattle's 1-0 win over the Rapids last Friday night at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo. Mullan, appearing to be upset about a non-call against the Sounders' Tyson Wahl just seconds earlier, came in hard with a right-footed tackle on Zakuani as the Seattle midfielder moved upfield with the ball just in front of the Colorado bench.
Zakuani buckled to the turf and quickly pointed to his right leg while some surrounding Sounders players – and Rapids players on the nearby bench – steered their eyes away from what was clearly a serious injury.
"Before this season, MLS worked with all its players, coaches, referees and the two federations to develop, illustrate and discuss several key points of emphasis," Rodriguez said. "One of those points of emphasis is to protect the safety of the player on the ball and reduce or eliminate reckless and violent tackles. Mullan's tackle is the type of play we need to eliminate from our game and the level of discipline is consistent with our efforts to do so."
Mullan is eligible to return to MLS play on June 26, when the Rapids travel to meet the Columbus Crew.
"I'm sorry for Steve," Mullan told the Rapids' web site after the game. "It was never my intention to injure him in the least. It was a tackle that I've done hundreds of times, and I'd probably do it again.
[inline_node:334664]"I had no intention of hurting him," Mullan added. "It was a freak thing. I apologize and wish him a speedy recovery."
Mullan also released an official apology through the sports management firm James Grant Sports Ltd. on Wednesday.
"It is with regret that my tackle resulted in the injury of Steve and I am deeply sorry to Steve and all those impacted by his injury," Mullan said in the statement.
Mullan did not report to Rapids practice on Tuesday, and Smith told reporters that Mullan was "distraught" in the aftermath of the incident. Smith also said that Mullan has inquired about receiving psychological counseling to deal with the incident.
The red card and suspension are a rarity for Mullan, a league veteran and the only five-time MLS Cup winner currently playing in the league. Prior to the incident last week, he had not received a red card since his days with the Houston Dynamo in 2006, and he has been sent off four times in 263 career regular-season games.
Zakuani, meanwhile, is still recovering at the Rose Medical Center in Denver after undergoing surgery late last Friday night. Although the timeline for his recovery has not been officially released, Zakuani is expected to miss the duration of the season.
He issued a letter to fans in the days following the incident, saying that he "can't thank my family, friends and fans enough for their love towards me."
"After 24 hours, I had received about 400 e-mails, a couple hundred Facebook messages, hundreds of Facebook wall posts, 62 text messages and several phone calls from all over the world," Zakuani said in the letter. "Thank you for your love, thoughts and prayers toward me."


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This is the 2nd Annual National Food Bloggers Bake Sale, brought to you by Share Our Strength. This year, in San Francisco, it was held at two locations, at 18 Reasons in The Mission, and at Kiehl's on Fillmore. There were a lot of bloggers that contributed. I wanted to be a part of it again this year, but was busy with work. I did stop by and meet some of the bloggers including Irvin from Eat The Love and Heather from Souffle Days. I also bought some tasty treats, including the Peanut Butter Whoopie Pie (anyone know who made those?) and Oatmeal Carmelitas from Black Heart Baker. Yum! I wish I could try a bit of everything-it all looked delicious! I like the idea of the bake sale, helping out people from all over the world, and hope it happens more often! Not only does it help to bring a local community of bakers/bloggers together, the money raised all goes to a good cause. Thank you to everyone that helped contribute to this bake sale!
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Robert le diable is one of the earliest examples of French grand opera. It is constructed on a massive scale, with dances and extended choruses contrasting with introspective arias and intense duets.
The opera tells the story of Robert the dissolute duke of Normandy who wishes to reform and marry Isabelle, Princess of Sicily. However, Robert falls under the influence of the mysterious Bertram. When Robert's half-sister Alice discovers that Bertram has supernatural powers, a struggle between good and evil begins.
Giacomo Meyerbeer, the opera's composer, was born to a wealthy German Jewish family in 1791. He studied in Darmstadt and Vienna, and worked for six years in Italy. He arrived in Paris in 1826, and after the world premiere of Robert le diable in 1831 became one of the foremost opera composers in Europe. Although little-known in the 20th century, in his day Meyerbeer influenced composers including Verdi, Liszt, Berlioz and Wagner.
The librettist for the opera was Eugène Scribe, a playwright and one of the most prominent French librettists of the 19th century. Scribe based his story very loosely on a medieval legend, adapting it to cater for Parisian audiences' enthusiasm for the supernatural and for romance. The relationship between Robert and Bertram may have been inspired by the relationship between Max and the demonic Caspar in Weber's Der Freischütz (1821).
Robert le diable received its premiere at the Paris Opéra on 21 November 1831. It was a great success, and was performed 100 times at the Paris Opéra in three years. By 1835 Robert le diable had been seen in 77 houses in ten countries. However, since the start of the 20th century it had become a comparative rarity, and hasn't been seen at the Royal Opera House since 1890. Laurent Pelly's production provides audiences with the opportunity to see this neglected classic at Covent Garden for the first time in 122 years.
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THE MASTER, Paul Thomas Anderson's stomach-punching, fingernails-down-a-chalkboard psychological thriller loosely based on the founding of Scientology, might be more deeply understood as a tale of two egos. We witness a titanic battle for self-control by a man who knows nothing of it (Joaquin Phoenix's Freddie Quell), while another struggles to distinguish imagination from delusion, his simmering rage emanating perhaps from the terror that the truth he has found may not be enough (Philip Seymour Hoffman's L. Ron Hubbard surrogate, Lancaster Dodd). Neither of them knows how to love; both are desperate to be loved. They find in each other a conversation partner, a patient, an unrequited lover. They are two of the most human characters the movies have brought us in a long time; their power trips are terrifying, because they may remind us of our own.
There are many key moments: The first meeting between the war veteran and new religious leader, the dictator bonding with his subject over mutual substance abuse; the master holding court in New York society, first offering tender words of potential healing to a grand dame, then exploding at a guest who dares question the source of his "knowledge"; the protégé being experimented with, commanded to walk up and down between a wall and a window until he is both capable of imagining unbridled freedom and driven nearly mad in the process; a science-fictionesque digging for buried treasure on Arizona flatlands that could pass for Mars.


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New Jersey Nets Team Report – November 8
=== New Jersey Nets Team Report – November 8 ===
(Sports Network) – Jason Kidd collected 19 points, 10 rebounds and seven
assists to lead the New Jersey Nets past the Boston Celtics, 94-87, Friday
at the FleetCenter.
Jason Collins contributed a career-high 19 points and also pulled down 13
boards for New Jersey, which halted a two-game skid. Kerry Kittles had 13
points and Aaron Williams added 11 for the Nets.
New Jersey has won the last four regular-season meetings between the two
teams. The Nets also posted a four-game sweep of the Celtics in a second-
round playoff series last year.
New Jersey placed forward Rodney Rogers on the injured list and activated
guard Tamar Slay. Rogers has an injured thumb, while Slay had been sidelined
with a shin injury. Slay played 13 minutes Friday and scored nine points.
The Nets are off until Sunday when they travel to Detroit for a rematch of
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6 New Boutique Hostels
Back in the day, I stayed in hostels in London, Edinburgh, and New Orleans to name a few. While some experiences were better than others (I'll spare the details), a new trend is hosteling rests on making them more beautiful, useful and appealing. As Budget Travel writes, "these six new spots come with designer credits, private and shared rooms, restaurants, and some of the coolest furniture on the planet". You be the judge:
- AMSTERDAM: citizenM (Concrete)
- PARIS: Mama Shelter (Philippe Starck)
- ASCHAU IM CHIEMGAU, GERMANY: Berge (Nils Holger Moormann)
- LOS ANGELES: Stay (Catherine Coan)
- BANGKOK: Lub d (P49 Deesign)
- [bottom 3 images] LISBON: Lisbon Lounge Hostel (owned and operated by four design-minded friends: a painter, an architect, and two photographers)
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Ever since the introduction of Google's latest version of Android Marshmallow 6.0, they have been rolling out some nice features which will make you like the Android Marshmallow. Marshmallow is an Android that will do a lot more for you. Its been followed by a list of improvements, that all add up to an important update.
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Google now is one of the standout features of Marshmallow. It lets you crawl through your apps to get extra information on basically anything, almost instantly.
If you press and hold any app, Google Now, will then read the screen, and search for anything interesting – like the name of an event or a location – and then returns information on what it sees.
Google has built-in dedicated assistance for sensors of a fingerprint into Android, you don't have to code it all yourself. That means you will make use of fingerprint sensor to unlock your phone, make payments, and log into apps. This feature is going to bring a huge convenience for people making use of Android phones, and the developers.
This is another interesting feature of Google's Marshmallow. Doze monitors your device and adjusts the app's activities. When you are not making use of your device, Marshmallow will simply pause the apps in your device so they don't drain your battery life. Not a bad trade-off.
One thing everybody hates most is buying new cables, but this time around, it's worth it. USB C (also called the USB Type-C) is a small reversible USB format, that's sweeping the tech industry. Very soon, this USB type will be used for charging most devices like– laptops, tablets, and phones, and for transferring data's between devices.
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These agencies are willing and able to wield tremendous influence in a manner that serves the political ambitions of the few at the expense of the many. This raises a number of questions about the nature and extent of federally owned land, questions we need to address here in Congress. —Sen. Mike Lee
SALT LAKE CITY — Gov. Gary Herbert called on the president Tuesday to allow Utah to run national parks and monuments in the state that sit closed due to the government shutdown.
"The unwarranted shutdown of the national parks and other federal facilities is devastating individuals and businesses that rely on these areas for their livelihood," Herbert wrote in a letter to President Barack Obama.
"These closures must end immediately."
Herbert wrote that the executive branch has the power to reopen Utah's five national parks and several national monuments, historic sites and recreation areas. He asks the president to authorize Utah — absent federal funds — to use state, local and private money to reopen and manage the parks.
"We have a solution in place. We just need, literally, the keys to the gates," the governor said.
Meantime, the U.S. Forest Service is closing all concrete boat ramps, outhouses and campgrounds, including those at popular Flaming Gorge, Strawberry and Pineview reservoirs. Roads through the forests will stay open, and anglers should be able to fish from the shore and small boats launched by hand, according to the Utah Department of Wildlife Resources.
Congress has shown no signs of ending the shutdown, which on Wednesday will reach its ninth day.
Former Utah Republican Sen. Bob Bennett said the Senate has become much more ideological than practical, and some senators are more interested in making a point than getting things done, he said.
"They've backed themselves into a corner, and now the country is being hurt," Bennett said. "It's ironic that these people who got elected because they were complaining that the government wasn't doing anything and wasn't responsive have made the government far less responsive than even before they came here."
Bennett acknowledged his successor, Sen. Mike Lee, as a central figure in the budget impasse. Tea party Republicans ousted Bennett at the 2010 state convention.
"It's not something I would have done if I were still in the Senate," Bennett said, adding that he would vote to reopen the government.
Herbert said the shutdown is decimating communities that depend on tourism and recreation, noting that several counties have declared local emergencies.
"All businesses are unfairly suffering the consequences of inaction and lack of leadership in Washington," he wrote.
The Sierra Club's Tim Wagner said he's "amazed at the hypocrisy" shown by the governor on public lands issues.
"Why should the president take serious such an offer from the state to open up these areas?" he said.
If Herbert really wants improve the situation, he should write to members of his own party who the public knows are really responsible for the shutdown, including Lee, rather than pile on more political theater, Wagner said.
"It's OK to continually blame the federal government for all of our state ills with rhetoric about 'federal control,'" he said. "It's that federal control that came from the people of Utah and every state that resulted in those federally owned parks, monuments and wilderness areas that have benefited generations of Utahns."
Herbert's letter comes in the midst of Utah's prolonged fight with the federal government over management of public lands.
In 2012, the Legislature passed and Herbert signed a bill demanding the federal government relinquish more than 30 million acres, excluding national parks and monuments and designated wilderness areas, by 2014. The federal government controls about 66 percent of the land in Utah.
Lee, R-Utah, a leader in the fight that led to the budget impasse in Congress, accused federal agencies of using public lands to make a political point during the shutdown.
"These agencies are willing and able to wield tremendous influence in a manner that serves the political ambitions of the few at the expense of the many," he said in a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee meeting Tuesday. "This raises a number of questions about the nature and extent of federally owned land, questions we need to address here in Congress."
Lee added that "public land becomes very unlike public land when it is closed by people who arbitrarily say, 'Because of a shutdown, we're going to exclude you.'"
Noting that the National Park Service reopened the National Mall in Washington, D.C., for a rally Tuesday, Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, called on the Senate to pass a bill reopening national parks nationwide. The House passed the bill last week.
"If they make exceptions for a few, they should make exceptions for all," he said.
A poll of 500 Utahns by the conservative Libertas Institute found 68 percent support the state funding operation of national parks during the shutdown. It also found 48 percent support "civil disobedience" such as removing traffic barriers and cones to enter national parks.
Contributing: Andrew Wittenberg
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