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Originally Posted 27 March, 2008
Recently, the Indian Arts and Crafts Board has been under attack through Vermont newspapers for it's stand in requiring artisans protected under the Act to be members of a Federal or State recognized tribe - and not individuals who self-identify as Indians and who are not members of a recognized tribe. Who are these individuals and organizations that have made the attacks?
The decade of the 1970's started an amazing series of events that included thousands of individuals across the Eastern Coast and throughout the Southeast suddenly sticking their heads out from the underground and proclaiming to be American Indian. The whole show reminds me of little groundhogs who, instead of determining if winter will last longer, poke their heads up to see if they can be "Indian" or not.
It didn't take long for organizers to gather up complete strangers and form Indian "bands" that "existed from time immemorial". One such group, formed in Vermont during the mid-1970's, called itself the St. Francis /Sokoki Band of Abenakis. It didn't take long for the organization to add it's name to the clogging arteeries of the BIA Federal Recognition folks.
After extensive studies of the organization, it's claims, and it's individuals, the BIA declined to recognize the group as a "tribe" in 2007.Besides failing four out of the seven mandatory criteria for acknowledgment, it was found that only eight individuals out of the 1,171 members could demonstrate descent from a Missisquoi Abenaki Indian Ancestor. Non of the other members could document ancestors from the Abenaki, or any other Indian tribe. All eight descended from the same person, Simon Obomsawin (originally from Canada) . In addition, these eight did not become involved with the group until the 1990's.
As in other states and their "Cherokees", other Vermont "tribes" and "bands" also soon began forming, most claiming to be some type of Abenaki. None of these groups can be identified as existing before 1975.
Jumping forward to 2006, Vermont passed a law to recognize individuals as Indian in attempt to surpass the Indian Arts and Crafts Act. Since the IACA requires membership in a recognized tribe, the 2006 law fell far short of what was attempted. A more recent attempt, S.369, is trying to recognize three Vermont "Abenaki bands" (the St. Francis/Sokoki, Koasek and Nulhegan), again for the expressed purpose of selling arts and crafts.
The newly proposed Vermont Senate bill is receiving opposition from some of the "bands" who feel that they will be left out of the process. Even those group included in the bill don't like it. April Merrill, chief of the St. Francis/Sokoki Band, opposes the bill because it would require the revealing of member's geneaology. She says that "the information could be used to discriminate against Abenaki who have fought discrimination for generations". Perhaps the real reason might be that the BIA couldn't find any members with Indian ancestry other than the eight mentioned above?
I'm sure that Vermont will eventually have some state recognition process so their folks can participate in selling their wares. I'm not so sure that their process will have much actual validity. As a reminder, Vermont is also one of the states that is pushing for DNA as an Indian identifier.
Another Federal inconsistency in spending funds also enters into to the picture. I've commented on mismanagement and the misspending of Indian funds numerous times before, but this gives you another idea how extensive the whole problem is. Jesse Larocque, a member of the St. Francis Sokoki Band of Missisquoi Abenaki (the group that miserably failed it's federal recognition attempt), is using the receipt of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts as a "master Abenaki basket maker" for ammo against the IACA Board in that he claims this makes him recognized as an Indian artisan by the federal . When contacted by the Board to cease selling his items as "Indian", he replied: ''Perhaps you may want to level your guns in a different direction.'' In addition, the fact that the St. Francis Sokoki Web site is funded by the Department of Agriculture is also used to claim that the government recognizes the group. For those readers who are unaware, the DOA is one of the top four governmental agencies that squander funds designated for American Indians.
Larocque's claims remind me of similar past claims made by William Scott Anderson (alias Blue Otter, AKA Runningbull, AKA Strongeagle, AKA Prophecy Keeper), one of the founders of the "Amonsoquath Tribe of Cherokee". Anderson claimed that the group was "affirmed as a sovereign nation by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services" because of Indian monies grants. The "Amosoquath" have received hundreds of thousands of dollars in "Indian" funding over the years from federal agancies to buy everything from postage stamps and paying office help to the construction of buildings. These are also the folks who started their group off by claiming to be direct descendants of Pocahontas who moved to Missouri.
Such similarities are often found between many new "tribes", as are connections to one extent or another. In the case of the Abenaki, the group attempted to show that it existed in the early 1900's by submitting a pocket watch to the BIA that had the inscription "Presented to Arthur Stevens May 16 1918 from the Abenkai Tribe for Faithful Work". Whoa now, how can this be if the group claims that it was living a hidden existence and no one knew they were there? Quite a contradiction.
Easy, the watch was shown to have been a presentation piece from the Improved Order of Red Men. The IORM is a fraternal organization that date's it's origin back to the Boston Tea Party and was originally known as the Sons of Liberty. Native Americans were not allowed membership until 1974. The IORM had chapters all across the U.S. that were named after tribes and other Indian sounding names - including "Abenaki" chapters in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York. Another group that has misused the IORM to show Indian history in an area is the "Manataka American Indian Council" of Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Larocque's claims remind me of similar past claims made by William Scott Anderson (alias Blue Otter, AKA Runningbull, AKA Strongeagle, AKA Prophecy Keeper), one of the founders of the "Amonsoquath Tribe of Cherokee". Anderson claimed that the group was "affirmed as a sovereign nation by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services" because of Indian monies grants. The "Amosoquath" have received hundreds of thousands of dollars in "Indian" funding over the years from federal agancies to buy everything from postage stamps and paying office help to the construction of buildings. These are also the folks who started their group off by claiming to be direct descendants of Pocahontas who moved to Missouri.
Now we can go from a similarity to a direct connection.Manataka is not a Native American organization, but one of the worst exploitive organizations of American Indian history and traditions. Based on "New Age" concepts of the American Indian, MAIC claims that aliens blasting crystal caves into the mountains around Hot Springs and that the Mayan goddess IxChel sleeps under one of the mountains. The Abenaki used a set of essays provided on the Manataka web site to bolster their claims. These essays, attributed to "Little Mother" and "Blue Panther, Keeper of Stories", had absolutely no documentation as to their validity.
Indian artisans and crafts persons of Federally Recognized Tribes can start tightening up their belts some more. Vermont will eventually get it's state recognition under way. You face more competition in the Indian arts market by individuals belong to state "tribes" without historical existence.
Last comments on this subject. The National Endowment for the Arts mission is given as "to enrich our Nation and its diverse cultural heritage by supporting works of artistic excellence, advancing learning in the arts, and strengthening the arts in communities throughout the country." When dealing with Indian "cultural heritage", they really don't care if their grants and promotions go to real Indians, or not. The same is found with many different state "Arts" agencies. Perhaps the worst offender that I am aware of is the Arkansas Arts Council. Arts Councils in other states that have promoted non-Indians as Indians include Oklahoma, Missouri, and Utah.
Friday, April 11, 2008
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Clifton James was an actor I hadn't thought about in some while, but when he passed away this last Saturday, April 15, at age 96, the memories suddenly came flooding back.
The Hollywood Reporter notes that, although he hailed originally from Spokane, Washington, and lived during most of his career in New York, James "often played a convincing Southerner … One of his first significant roles playing a Southerner was as a cigar-chomping, prison floor-walker in the 1967 classic Cool Hand Luke." Still more memorably, perhaps, the portly James appeared as "a redneck sheriff in two 007 films …," recalls The Spy Command. "James embodied a 1970s shift in James Bond films to a lighter, more comedic tone. He played Sheriff J.W. Pepper, a Louisiana lawman who was comic relief in 1973's Live and Let Die and 1974's The Man with the Golden Gun." Wikipedia adds that James was seen as "a very similar character in both Silver Streak (1976)
and Superman II (1980), and had a more serious role in The Reivers (1969). In that last movie, opposite Steve McQueen, James played a mean,corrupt, bungling country sheriff."
All of this reminds of the first time I really noticed James on screen, in the short-lived 1976 NBC-TV drama City of Angels. That show featured ex-M*A*S*H co-star Wayne Rogers as not-too-tough and poorly recompensed 1930s Los Angeles private eye Jake Axminster. James held a recurring role as Murray Quint, a thoroughly repellent, again cigar-chomping, police lieutenant who thrived on graft and greed, and found particular delight in making Axminster's life hell, whenever their paths crossed. Clifton James' résumé is long and quite impressive, with parts played in TV shows from Naked City and Mannix to Gunsmoke, Hart to Hart, Quincy, M.E., The Fall Guy, and The A-Team. But it's as Quint that he's likely to stick in my memory. Below is a scene from "The November Plan," the three-part introductory episode of City of Angels, in which Quint sends some of his cops out to roust Axminster from bed for a late-night grilling.
Monday, April 17, 2017
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Romeo & Juliet
R&J: Two Star-Crossed Lovers. One Fiery-Footed Hour. You all know the story – "Two star-crossed lovers…," their feuding families, and (SPOILER ALERT), they both die at the end. But, this isn't your school textbook Verona. Shakespeare's words are kept but applied to the 21st Century. Originally conceived for student audiences, ETC is excited to share R&J with the entire community. Which family will you choose? Join us before the show for an educational event* that will help get you in a Shakespearean mood! With your ticket to ETC's Romeo & Juliet, you will have the chance to make a production design sketch, puzzle out the plot of R&J, and tackle the language of Shakespeare. Upon completion of this crash (or refresher) course, you will receive one half-off ticket for Comedy of Errors (Feb-Mar 2014)! Designed for grades 3 and older. A post-show discussion will follow each performance. Because we are all continuing to learn and educators/students at heart, we will extend our discount to everyone! A different cast of 8 actors every night!
Directed by Thomas Cardwell
Adapted by Catherine Cardwell, Thomas Cardwell, and Maria Souza
Stage Manager: Katie Kaupke/ Catherine Cardwell
Fight Choreographer: Scott Russell


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Mowing lawns
went to peoples houses and mowed their lawn.
went to peoples houses and mowed their lawn.
I had to take care of the goats and do basically anything that they asked me to do.
Go to school everyday, learn basic things.
go hammer, ride er die
I can use grammar correctly to relay a verbal message.
I can use math in a tactful manner to figure out mathematical equations
I can find a problem and utilize my past knowledge to overcome and fix the issue.


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This is my new blog about comics. I used to have one, simply entitled "A Blog About Comics", back in 2008 and so. I recently re-read it and deleted all but one entry, which I will probably repost here sometime.
I decided that blog didn't have enough of my own voice. Also, it was kind of pointless, mostly carping about the most popular webcomics. I want to do something different this time. You could say I'm on a quest to find out what makes a webcomic good. This may be because I'm trying to launch my own - it's here, as it is right now, yes in a blog with this same template, and it's very simple images so far. As you can tell, I have a lot to learn.
The links in the side are not necessarily recommendations. I'll say this now, because I will probably complain about some of these in the future. They are webcomics I've read, for one reason or another, more than once. In other words, they've caught my interest, and I assume they'd be interesting for other people too. I'll be adding new links as I find new comics that pique my interest.
I'm not 100 % sure what I will do here. If a webcomic really disappoints me, I might write a rant. If I really like one, I might write a rave review. But I'm more likely to discuss and analyze certain aspects of the comics, while criticizing some other aspects. I did some "eee I love this comic" gushing, as well as some "ugh, this comic sucks" hating, in the previous blog, and I don't really think that's very interesting to read in retrospect. I mean, I loved or hated it, but so what?
Brief rundown of my taste: I enjoy comics with random everyday life observations; well-written characters and character-based humor; deep thought and analysis; and/or beautiful visuals. I do not enjoy comics that are primarily about gaming, because I don't game. Comics about drinking/dating/sex tend to bore me. Many webcomics are about the web and nerd stuff, which is very on and off for me as I'm more of a semi-nerd. (My girlfriend's a total nerd, so she's managed to convert me somewhat.) I very much enjoy black humor.


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Special Machines
Assembly unit for key production
As well as automatic sort and feed technology, the fully automatic production of transponder keys also includes a monitored dispensing of adhesive and transpondern programming. The finished products are also checked for the required quality attributes and sorted accordingly.
Machines for "precision machining" of steel parts
This circular unit is used for precision machining of steel parts with a 64 Rockwell hardness used for the VW pump nozzle injection moulding system.
At the individual stations the transitions between drilled holes, edges and end faces receive a defined fillet radius tolerated to microns. Four parts are machined simultaneously at each brush position. The wear on each brush is monitored and readjusted automatically. The steel parts are machined using oil cooling. The oil is siphoned off completely before the parts are removed.
Laser inscription units
Laser technology is being increasingly used in product identification. Our laser inscription units cover the whole spectrum such as marking the car key with the remote authorisation ID or button actuating symbols, inscribing data matrix codes and individual company logos on components.


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How many diggers made good on the goldfields? The typical digger, as we have seen, nursed no foolish fancy of finding enough gold to fund a life of idle wealth, but hoped more wisely to grubstake himself into a farm or shop or workshop. He spoke of four classes of ground. Tucker ground kept the digger fed without earning anything more. Wages ground paid the digger something like a labouring wage. Riser ground earned well, allowing the digger to build up savings. A piler or homeward bounder was so rich that the digger after a few weeks or months could sling his hook.
Golden Bay gave many men risers of £20 weekly. A farm labourer lucky enough to work six days a week for all four seasons in Britain, meanwhile, could only hope to earn about £30 yearly. Francis Flowers won £250 above costs in seven weeks, while 'considerably more' was won by others of his party. Another party washed gold worth about £300 in only three hours of work. Wages and tucker claims were widespread too. A weekly wage of about £5 was reckoned as average on the field by a writer looking back over the first four years of Golden Bay.
'Of course, like other gold fields,' he added, 'ours have partaken in some degree of the character of a lottery'.
A digger who won good gold from a riser or homeward bounder headed away to the settled districts or his homeland, few staying in Golden Bay. Heinrich Wilhelm Roske bought a farm on the golden banks of the Wangapeka. John William Bain, who had landed in the colony as a labourer and said proudly with his broad Scots accent that he was on 'the fust of the diggings', was one of the few who bought land in the bay. Lively, joking, a violinist, he owned about sixty hectares by his middle years. George Pickett Graham, a former bricklayer, won enough gold to buy nearly as much land which he planted with hops and hedged with barberry. A thriving family was founded by each of the two former diggers. Graham was well-to-do enough late in life to be able to travel by ocean liner and visit his kin back home in England.
- Stevan Eldred-Grigg, Diggers, Hatters & Whores, Auckland, 2008, p.471
See also:
History: The inimitable Thatcher, 22 March 2014
History: Gold has been all-in-all to us, 4 October 2011
History: 'Austrians' on the gumfields, 14 July 2011


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Falling Back in Time
Bella disappeared 68 years ago without a trace. She always hoped for the Cullens to come and rescue her because she can't escape on her own. Where is she? How could she have left without a trace? The Cullens eventually gave up 52 years after she disappeared. Why would they give up? Edward is about to give up on everything and wants to die, like before. Will Bella be there to save him again? Will she be too late?
1. Chapter 1: Damn Aro
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"Bella, wake up," came the musical voice. I woke up and smiled at the perfect angel sitting next to me while I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes.
"What time is it?" I yawned. Edward smiled.
"Just about noon. Didn't sleep much," he acknowledged. I shook my head. "Why?"
"Nightmares. Not too horrible, though," I said. I got up and went to Edward's couch. My bag filled with clothes was sitting there like it was last night and I picked out jeans and Edward's favorite blue shirt. Edward watched me until I started to trip so he was happy to save me. Again. I smiled, blushing, and Edward's smile lit the room. "Thanks."
"I'm always here to save you, Bella," he murmured in my ear. My face was probably a bright crimson now.
Ah, the happy memories of then. I flipped my hair to get the sleepy look out of it and peered out into the Volterran corridor. Everyone usually kept well away from my door seeing as I mostly screamed the night away. I saw Alec running to me, his dark hair bouncing and catching what little light there was. It was amazing how his dark hair could catch every molecule of light there was.
"Bella? Aro wants an audience with you. I think he's going to decide what to do with you," he informed me. I nodded to him, the most I usually did. Alec smiled, glad to get a response.
"I swear, Aro is on my nerves," I breathed under my breath. Alec looked at me, surprised. "I'm dead serious, Alec. If he lets me go, I'll take you with me. I promise." I knew of Alec's dream; he wants to be free even if it was for a day. I always listened to him talk like I did with everyone else; I listened to every word and I used them to my advantage.
"Um... Okay, Bella," Alec replied, uncertain about how to respond to my sudden talk.
"Alec, you were the only one who was nice to me and kept me company when everyone just about gave up. I owe you something," I said, trying to get him back to normal. I never spoke to anyone; well, not for long.
"Bella, what's going to happen?" he whispered. I knew he prized our friendship. I knew he was proud to be my friend and be the one who I was closest to. I stopped and settled my hand on his shoulder. His eyes widened as soon my skin made contact; I never touched anyone or showed any emotions. I was known as "Blank Bella" or "Insane Isabella." I shook my head.
"Whatever happens, Alec, you're my friend and only friend. I thank you for that," I whispered before walking again. Alec nodded to me. "Whatever you do, don't let anyone know I was like this; for all you know, I was as blank as usual." Alec nodded again and started a conversation again.
"What did you drink recently? I think you're in need of more blood. Should I ask Aro..." he trailed off as another conversation was ruined. I patted him.
"It's alright, we don't have to talk," I sighed. Alec threw me a grateful glance. We were outside the door to the chamber which hid the vampires who kidnapped me 68 years ago. I was ready to take this and I knew I was probably going to be killed.
Damn Aro. I hope he burns and feels pain like I do. He will pay for this, I thought before striding into the room with the dignity I mustered. I nodded to the vampires gathered and Alec joined them.
"Bella, I think I'm going to let you go," Aro started.
What did he say?! Am I really going crazy?!Must not, seeing everyone else's faces.... Everyone stared at Aro as if he just sprouted horns or turned into a werewolf.
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Colin McKenzie was born Urray Ross and Comarty 1845 His father was Alexander McKenzie born1803 both died in NZ is this information correct please? talofa
The information I have is: John McKENZIE m Mary McDONALD 17 Nov 1726. Roderick McKENZIE b 1763 d 1862 m Isabella McDONALD (all in Scotland) Alexander McKENZIE b 1803 Scotland d 1876 NZ m Mary GOLLAN. Colin McKENZIE b 1845 Scotland d 1889 NZ m Helen YULE 30 March 1870 "Sunnyside" Taratahi NZ.
Could someone please check to see if this information and Family Tree is correct. Colin and Helens son Robert McKENZIE is my Grandfather...
Thank you for your time, talofa
hi talofa,
I think Helen may have actually been Ellen, but yes, the Yule family farmed at 'Sunnyside', East Taratahi
... Alexander Yule, the son of Robert Yule, brought his family to New Zealand from Hamilton, Scotland on the Bengal Merchant, arriving in Port Nicholson (Wellington) 20 Feb 1840.
With his was his wife Elizabeth & children:
Grace aged 10
Robert aged 7
Mary aged 1
A son, Alexander, was born at Petone one month after arrival and their daughter Mary was drowned in a flood in the Hutt River soon after. The family first settled at Lower Hutt where another daughter, Elizabeth, was born and they were to have seven other children. Alexander Yule was a foundation member of the Knox Church in Masterton. He died on 25 April 1890, aged 84 years and is buried in the Masterton Early Settler's Cemetery with his wife Elizabeth who died on 3 June 1903, aged 92 years
a daughter, Ellen Yule, was born in 1848 and married Colin McKenzie in 1870 & had 7 children
Colin was born in 1845, 1 of 8 children of Alexander McKENZIE (1804-1876) who was born in Urray, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland and died in 1876 in Masterton, Wairarapa & of Mary GOLLAN who was born in 1810 in Urray, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland and died 1890 in Kuripuni, Masterton
Thank you once again ngairedith, you have provided me with heaps of information so far. Patons of Ashhurst, McKenzies and some of the Yules--did you know that there is 110 ways of spelling YULE.Alexander YULE's father Robert is spelt YEWLL. I have an Uncle in Ashhurst Alfred (boy ) YUILE.The "Bengal Merchant" also took William Montgomerie to Van Diemans Land in 1828 as a Convict. He was tried in the court of Ayr of forgery, found guilty and deported for 14 years He was a farmer. His brother Peter Montgomerie was found guilty in the court in Glasgow and was deported for 14 years to Sydney. He was a Doctor! Their brother Robert Montgomerie son of John Montgomerie and Jean KING m 30 Dec 1788 in Kilbirnie Scotland is an ancestor of mine.Do you have the names of the eight children of Alexander McKENZIE and Mary GOLLAN? talofa
see the 8 children here
One question:? :-) Colin McKENZIE married Ellen YULE in 1870 and had seven children.
Have you their names and date of birth or year of birth please? I know that Robert was one of them and that he married Mahalia McGregor PATON. They had three children.
Ian, Isabel and Donald. I think that Alexander a brother of Roberts was Best Man at Mahalia and Roberts wedding.
The amount involved in the robbery was 5,000 pounds and the Bank of Scotland was in High St PAISLEY SCOTLAND. Passing of forged notes (3 of them)
you just have to click the link above your query to see the children
In one of your replies you said that Colin McKENZIE was born in 1845, 1 of 8 children of Alexander and Mary GOLLAN, these are the names I would like please.
PLUS when you are trying to follow your ancestors do you follow a certain path or all of the Family? Should I just concentrate on the McKENZIES down a certain path or check each person of a family? Had to decide which.
Well I'm blown away with all this information. Thank you very much. I MUST BE RELATED TO ALL THE McKENZIES IN THE WAIRARAPA I guess. I will fill in a form with this information and share with my desendants as well. This maybe me for the time being. I am very very glad that I joined FamilyTreeCircles.com and met people like you and others. I may start looking at the McGREGORS now.
once again many many thanks for you time and patience with me and my ?s..talofa


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Criminal Justice
Criminal justice from a biblically restorative perspective.
The criminal justice program aims to honor biblical and social bases of law and the need for a justly ordered society. The program provides the criminal justice system with competent and compassionate professionals who afford not only punishment but restoration of people who break laws and even greater restitution for the general society and the victims of crimes.
You will be prepared to work within existing systems and also to present alternatives that lead to remediation, rehabilitation, and the restoration of justice and peace.
Prof. Dennis Connelly, Ed.D., on teaching
"As an educator helping to shape the minds of those entering the field of justice, I do not take lightly my responsibility to stress the Christian philosophies on justice."
For information on how to complete a bachelor's degree in this major in three years, contact the Admissions Office at 1.866.TRIN.4.ME or e-mail email@example.com.


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Today my friend Ish - he of the many blogs - is here to present the latest in our ongoing series of rhodes compilations, a fantastic collection he's curated from MPS albums featured at his blog Magic Purple Sunshine. Take it away Ish ...
'Mindwill' excerpt
Ish says :
When I created Magic Purple Sunshine just a few months ago, I had a vague idea of what the MPS sound was. I had shared a couple MPS albums on my blog Ile Oxumare, and owned a few more. I thought wouldn't it be cool to try and create a blog where the combined forces of Blogland could share and collect the music of this exceptional European jazz label. It would be based on the idea behind my Strata-East Fan Club blog, but bigger. Much bigger! The idea would be that the whole discography would be listed as a kind of skeleton, and then I'd go out and try to find links.
'Shelda' excerpt
And so it began. Now listing close to the entire MPS discography of well over 500 albums, thanks to this universe of blog owners and visitors, it actually has downloadable links--both blog links and direct shares--for hundreds and hundreds of these albums. It's a completely collective work that owes its content to its very generous readers.
'North Beach' excerpt
It turns out the MPS Sound is bigger than I thought! There's all kinds of jazz represented, and lots of cousins from the worlds of Brazilian music, Now Sound/Easy Listening, and others. I haven't been able to download and listen to all the albums posted there, but I've listened to a lot, and WOW.
Some are not to my taste. There's music there certainly more suited to a 1960s TV game show or perhaps the next Austin Powers flick. Some would even put your grandma to sleep. But some are INCREDIBLE. MPS excelled and innovated in progressive, electrified jazz: and not just outright fusion but a unique sound that could be loud and free, groovy and funk-tinged, or mellow and melancholic. And guess what? Key to that sound was the Fender Rhodes electric piano. So here I am at Simon's blog: the perfect place to tease Blogland with an introduction to some sides that might not be so well-known.
01. 'Statement' - George Duke
- from 'Feel' (1974)
02. 'Soft Hands Had the Rain' - Bora Rokovic - from 'Ultra Native' (1971)
03. 'Shelda' - Smoke
- from 'Everything' (1976)
04. 'Something Wrong' - Jasper Van't Hof's Pork Pie
- from 'Transitory' (1974)
05. 'Lift!' - Volker Kriegel- from 'Lift!' (1973)
06. 'Isus Mirror' - Hans Koller Free Sound
- from 'Heidelberger Jazztage '72' (1972)
07. 'Autumn in March' - Association PC
- from 'Rock Around the Cock' (1973)
08. 'North Beach' - George Duke - from 'Faces In Reflection' (1974)
09. 'Mindwill' - Volker Kriegel & Spectrum - from 'Mild Maniac' (1974)
10. 'Waitaminute' - Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass - from 'Waitaminute' (1973)
11. 'Keep on Driving' - Don Sugarcane Harris - from 'Keep on Driving' (1970)
12. 'Miriam' - Michael Naura Quartet - from 'Heidelberger Jazztage '72' (1972)
13. 'Poobli' - Alphonse Mouzon - from 'Virtue' (1977)
A note about quality: I tried to glue this together in iTunes, and hopefully the ID3 tags will sequence everything correctly. The tracks are of varying quality, mostly high kbps mp3s : I couldn't begin to tell you where the originals came from; most are from shared albums, and ALL the full original albums are linked at Magic Purple Sunshine. The whole thing is timed to fit on a single CD.
So now that you've been touched by MPS-Love, come on over and get a full dose. New album links are posted almost every day. And don't forget to leave a comment for the gracious sharers of this incredible music.


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Chicken Caesar Pitas Recipe
You can stuff pita pockets with all sorts of different ingredients but stuffing them with Caesar salad is certainly among the best. There is really not much to this recipe but a few simple steps. The only part that takes a little work is seasoning and grilling the chicken, as well as cooking the bacon. You can use bottled Caesar dressing or even make your own. If you're feeling adventurous, give the dressing from my Chicken Caesar Salad Recipe a try. The original recipe calls for croutons but I chose to leave them out. It is totally up to you if you wish to add them or not. This can also work with leftover chicken if you don't care about the seasonings. Enjoy.
1lb boneless skinless chicken breasts
2 teaspoons garlic powder
2 teaspoons dried thyme
2 teaspoon dried rosemary
1/2lb bacon
1 large head romaine lettuce leaves (torn into bite sized pieces)
1 (8 ounce) bottle Caesar salad dressing
Grated parmesan cheese (to taste)
salt and pepper (to taste)
1 (10 ounce) package pocket pita bread (halved)
Croutons (optional)
Cooking Spray
Cooking Instructions:
Step 1: Grease an indoor grill pan or an outdoor grill and heat to medium high heat. In a small bowl combine garlic powder, thyme and rosemary. Season chicken breasts with the garlic powder mixture on both sides. Place chicken on the grill and cook chicken until it is fully cooked and the internal temperature has reached 165 degrees. Remove from the grill and allow to cool.
Step 2: While chicken is grilling place bacon strips in a large skillet. Cook over medium high heat until browned and crispy. Drain on paper towels. Once bacon has cooled crumble it into small pieces. Once the chicken has cooled slice the chicken breasts into thin strips.
Step 3: In a large bowl combine chicken, bacon, lettuce, and croutons (if using). Toss with Caesar salad dressing and parmesan cheese. Season with salt and pepper. Spoon the Caesar salad mixture into pita bread halves.
(Makes 4 Servings)
4 Responses to "Chicken Caesar Pitas Recipe"
Oh my goodness I am SO making this soon!
This is what I like, a simple and delicious recipe. And most of all, very flexible to ones varying tastes. Thank you for sharing.
My mouth is wattterrring!
Great blog; happy I found you!
Mary xo
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I make Caesar roll-ups sometimes, but after seeing these, I am going to pick up some of those 60 calorie pitas next time 🙂


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The MegaCorps of SpaceflightBy StevePestana on September 2, 2014Like the monolithic and infallible Weyland-Yutani of the Alien and Predator film/media franchise, modern day spaceflight is reserved for the political superpowers of Earth and the associated mega-corporations that dominate the technologies and capabilities of spaceflight. Low-cost, democratized spaceflight accessible to all citizens of Earth has long been a dream of space pioneers since even before the days of Wernher […]Read more
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|View from the Flod, with the ghosts of beer past and present.
I can mind, ****ing years ago, when I was a barman at the Flodigarry Hotel in Skye, the night one of their guys turned up with a vanload of Fraoch Heather Ale. It was a new thing, kind of, and I think the Williams boy was just touring the islands, punting it to hotels and bars as he went on his wonderful west coast odyssey.
We only took three cases, for starters. Or maybe that's the most we could take. Anyway, they were gone a few hours later, mostly cause my friend Gus MacQueen, a ****ing wild Skye man, took a dangerous liking to the ****ing heather ale.
In the almost 20 years since, Williams have ballooned and Heather Ale sells globally, but I've not seen any of my friends the MacQueen brothers for a decade or so. Time, the auld enemy. Doesn't stand still for no ****.
[I will get to the ****ing beer review, just show a bit of ****ing respect, for ****'s sake. Or, if you've really no patience, just click here.]
Flodigarry in Staffin was where I learnt to drink whisky, where I learnt how blindingly ****ing stupid it is to try to match Skye folk pint for pint, nip for nip, and where charging 15p for dashes of coke or lemonade is morally ****ing wrong, and it makes you a ****.
Anyway, that time when the Heather Ale hit, the MacQueens and me - a post-work half-bottle in - took a midnight stomp up the Quiraing to catch the sunrise. We climbed up through the low cloud and watched the sun rise through this sea of coloured cloud; the velvet peaks of the Trotternish ridge rising through the red and yellow, orange and purple. We scree-ran down from this magnificence and back to their croft for a ****ing awesome breakfast.
Sadly, the Flod isn't what it used to be. Last time I was there, the worn, wooden benches and tatty cushions had been replaced by metal garden chairs. Gone was the wild, wilderness pub I once loved, turned into a ****ing soulless bistro. Haven't been back since.
But I'd like to think the ****wit owner's seen the light or ****ed off, that the bar is once again a proper bar, that this proper bar still remembers its auld links to Williams Bros, and that my friends the MacQueens Bros are in there, dropping whisky bombs into pints of draught Double Joker IPA or necking bottles of the ****ing magical Profanity Stout.
I like pretty much all of Williams Bros beer, but for me, the darker and stronger the better. And they don't come much darker or stronger than Profanity Stout.
With the cap off, the smell of sweet hops and coffee rolled off the roasted malt aroma, and it poured like black coffee. On the taste, you get coffee and plums, a velvety bitterness that's balanced finely with the sweet malts.
A splendid, splendid drink. Gets four stars. Would hoppily have again.


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Bradley Whitford Joins Fox Spy Drama from 'Locke & Key' Creator
The "West Wing" actor will play a station chief opposite Ali Larter's CIA field operative character in "The Asset."
Fox's spy drama The Asset is adding The West Wing's Bradley Whitford.
The Emmy-winning actor, who more recently starred in Fox's short-lived drama The Good Guys, signed on to the Josh Friedman drama. The project, which hails from 20th Century Fox, revolves around a female agent set in the New York office of the CIA.
Whitford, who recently guested on such shows as Law & Order: Los Angeles, The Mentalist and USA's In Plain Sight, will play the New York CIA station chief opposite Ali Larter's CIA field operative character.
For his part, Friedman (Locke & Key, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) inked a three-year deal with 20th TV last summer. The pact entailed working on his own projects as well as joining The Finder as a consulting producer.
The drama pilot joins Kevin Williamson's untitled serial killer drama and Greg Berlanti's legal drama Guilty, both ordered to pilot at the News Corp-owned network.
Whitford, whose other small screen credits include Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, is repped by WME, Greenlight Management and Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz.


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The squeaking sounds of the stairs rings…
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I'm on the platform, also touching the tent the encloses my thoughts
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This isn't what I pictured
Where is my audience, my crowd filled with encouragement and amazement
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Where do I go from here? Is it time to play it safe?
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) - As bad as it's been, it could likely get worse as corporations battle ebbing profits.
A report from Chuck Hill of First Call/Thomson Financial said that earnings warnings from S&P 500 SPX, +0.64% companies in the third quarter may well top the record set in first quarter.
"It seems inevitable that warnings for the third quarter, if not a new record, will be close to one," he said.
"The estimates for the fourth quarter also continue in free fall," he added, and pointed out that would mean each quarter of 2001 would show a year-to-year earnings decline.
As the second-quarter earnings season begins wrapping up in the next few days, Hill is estimating that S&P 500 earnings will be down 17 percent, worse than the 6.3 percent decline that had been expected.
Sifting through the rash of corporate earnings predictions for coming quarters, Hill concluded that the earliest he expects "meaningful improvement" is in the first quarter of next year.
"September should be fish or cut bait time for establishing for establishing the validity of the expectations of a first quarter '02 earnings recovery," he said.
The earnings jitters cast doubt on hopes of an economic recovery.
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VIDEO=> Sick Hillary Tries to Get Out of Van, Nearly Falls, Looks Whipped
Poor Hillary.
She looks whipped.
Video was posted on imgur today showing Hillary Clinton trying to get out of van.
She nearly falls on the way out.
And look who is there to help her… The mysterious handler.
Sick Hillary Clinton struggles to get out of a van, nearly falls again
Via Mike Cernovich:
Sick Hillary Clinton struggles to get out of a van, nearly falls again https://t.co/HiR5aGJLta
— Mike Cernovich (@Cernovich) August 30, 2016
Then there's this…
Yesterday after a no-pressure dinner among friends.#SickHillary pic.twitter.com/6kYuS44uFU
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Advanced Conservation Systems, Inc. was founded in 1983, and is based in Lancaster, California. ACS specializes in the installation of conservation and solar energy systems. ACS serves the high desert north of Los Angeles.[2]
ACS supplies customers with products for solar pool heating, solar domestic hot water heating, and solar electricity. They also will help fit homes with 'LowE' windows that are more efficient, reducing home energy costs.[2]


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Quirky shows off cool Trek Support backpack for charging gadgets
If you aren't familiar with the company called Quirky it is an interesting firm. Quirky takes product ideas from users and then they build some of those products and share the money with the people that came up with the idea and those that help to design the product as the process goes along. One of the latest products to come from Quirky is a cool one called the Trek Support backpack.
The Trek Support backpack looks like a normal backpack, but it is designed to help you keep your gadgets charged up. The bag has an internal, removable battery that is rechargeable and gets power from an AC outlet. The bag is able to charge up to three gadgets at one time. The bag also has a laptop sleeve that is detachable and works with security scans at the airport so you don't have to take the notebook out of the bag.
The laptop sleeve will fit most 15-inch machines and uses Velcro to connect to the main compartment of the bag. The gadget dock can only charge three devices at once, but has pockets for four devices. The Trek Support bag is up for pre-sale right now and will cost $130. Quirky wants to build 1200 of the things and 35 of them have been ordered already.


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A new study on Spoof writers has thrown up some interesting conclusions.
Researchers say that spoof-writing is a "refuge for people with low self-esteem; no personal relationships or social life leading them to becoming narcissists".
"These people are basically failures. They have no life or relationships. They are social misfits steeped in insecurity. They will never make it as writers in the real world so its easy for them to sit in their dark and dreary bedsits and pretend they have a following of fans out there", said R. Sole, who headed the study conducted by the Society for Reaching Ridiculous Conclusions previously knows as the Society for Researching Absolutely Nothing.
Chastising Spoof writers for being 'basically uneducated, delusional, little people with big egos' R. Sole and co-researcher Ima Loosa said psychological examinations given to some selected Spoof writers showed that there was a major link between the level of narcissism and the number of times a day these Spoof writers checked their ratings.
Those with poor self-esteem never logged out of their Spoof sites and were obsessive compulsive in terms of monitoring their activity versus that of other Spoof rivals.
"These psychologically-disturbed deviants have become legends in their own mind & would benefit from getting out of their caves into the real world", said the team of R. Sole & Ima Loosa - fresh from their rehab spell at a well-known drug & sex addition clinic.
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International companies remain blasé about the threat of cyberattacks, despite a number of high-profile and costly breaches, according to a major survey out on Wednesday.
Several well-known companies have reported cyberbreaches in recent months, including eBay, retailers Target and Neiman Marcus, and credit information provider Experian.
However, nearly half of top executives still view cybercrime as a low risk, an annual survey by professional services firm EY found. This was based on phone interviews with 2,700 managers across 59 countries in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
"It may be that the nature of the threat is misunderstood, with 48 percent of respondents being most concerned with the risks posed by hackers, compared with significantly lower proportions concerned by potentially more damaging threats such as organized crime or 'advanced persistent threats,'" said David Stulb, head of fraud investigation and dispute services, in EY's 13th global fraud report.
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THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minnesota, USA - January 15, 2009
Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry broadest product selection available for immediate delivery, and LEDdynamics, Inc. announced today that the companies have entered into a worldwide distribution agreement.
LEDdynamics is a custom engineering company specializing in the design and integration of LED technology for end-user and OEM applications.
Slated to be featured in future print catalogs, LEDdynamics LUXdrive line of products stocked by Digi-Key are now available for purchase on its website.
"We are very pleased to add LEDdynamics to our line card," said Mark Larson, Digi-Key president and COO. "We are certain that its products will be of significant interest to customers seeking the benefits of leading edge LED technology."
"Working with Digi-Key has been a real pleasure," said William McGrath, LEDdynamics president and CTO. "This distribution partnership combines the superior quality and versatility of LuxDrive power management solutions, lighting controllers, and light-engines, designed and manufactured by LEDdynamics, with world class customer service and consistent product availability."
Digi-Key Corporation focuses on providing customers with superior service, which includes product selection and availability, on-time delivery, and responsiveness. Using leading-edge processes and state-of-the-art technologies, Digi-Key serves a global customer base from its single 600,000 square foot facility in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, USA.
About LEDdynamics
A custom engineering company specializing in the design and integration of LED technology, LEDdynamics is committed to creating enabling technologies that bring LEDs from the laboratory into end user products. Its staff of engineers consolidates knowledge of driver electronics, optics, thermal management, manufacturability, and the latest technology to bring this knowledge to the marketplace. For more information, visit www.leddynamics.com.
About Digi-Key Corporation
Digi-Key Corporation, based in Thief River Falls, Minn., is a global, full-service provider of both prototype/design and production quantities of electronic components, offering more than three million products from over 650 quality name-brand manufacturers. With over one million products in stock and an impressive selection of online resources, Digi-Key is committed to stocking the broadest range of electronic components in the industry and providing the best service possible to its customers. Additional information and access to Digi-Key's broad product offering is available on the Digi-Key website.
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