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By Stephen Lendman
He said it before Iran's June 14 election. He hasn't changed his mind. More on that below.
Netanyahu reflects Israeli fascism. He's hardline, unstable, unscrupulous and dangerous. He prioritizes conflict and instability.
He deplores peace and diplomacy. Big Lies substitute for truth. Repetition gets people to believe them. Propaganda works that way.
Fear-mongering and misinformation manipulate public sentiment. People are convinced to believe nonexistent threats. In the hands of unprincipled scoundrels, wars follow.
Netanyahu's one of the worst. During his first late 1990s prime ministerial term, he was Israel's most polarizing leader. He exceeded the worst of his predecessors.
He didn't mellow with age. In October, he'll be 64. He's more dangerous than ever. He's a world class thug. He threatens Israelis like others. Why they elected him, they'll have to explain.
He defies them. He gives chutzpah new meaning. He made Israel one of the world's most unequal developed countries. Social justice is targeted for elimination. Wealth and power alone matter.
Israel's a longstanding modern day Sparta. It can mobilize hundreds of thousands of combatants. It can do so in short order. It's equipped with nuclear, chemical, biological, and other state-of-the art weapons. Netanyahu threatens to use them recklessly.
In January, he accused Iran of planning another holocaust. It wants Israel destroyed, he said. He lied. He turned truth on its head. He hyped a nonexistent threat. Israel has none except ones it invents.
Netanyahu's at it again. He doesn't know when to quit. On June 13, he spoke defiantly. He did so at the opening of a new holocaust exhibition. It's called "Shoah." It's at Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum's Block 27.
Netanyahu spoke at Poland's government inauguration, saying:
"From here, the place that attest to the desire to destroy us, I, the prime minister of Israel, the state of the Jewish people, say to all the nations of the world: The state of Israel will do whatever is necessary to prevent another Holocaust."
"We must not be complacent in the face of threats of annihilation."
He left no doubt he meant Iran. He did so deceitfully. Iran threatens no one. It hasn't attacked another country in centuries. It risks attack by Israel and/or America. Netanyahu didn't explain.
"We must not bury our heads in the sand or allow others to do the work for us," he said. We will never be helpless again."
"The leaders of the Allies knew about the Holocaust in real time."
"They understood exactly what was happening in the death camps. They were asked to act, they could have acted, and they did not. To us Jews the lesson is clear."
"(E)ven today we hear threats of the destruction of the Jewish people, and the world behaves as usual."
"What has really changed? The hatred of Jews changes form, but it remains - if not (based on) racial superiority, than (on) religious superiority."
"And the world's apathy toward this hatred remains the same. The indecision of the enlightened countries regarding whether to act against extreme regimes that threaten us and the peace of the world is also something that has not changed."
All that's changed "is our ability and determination to act to defend ourselves and prevent another Holocaust."
No threat whatever exists. Netanyahu regurgitates the Big Lie. He does so for political advantage. He does it perhaps as prelude for planned war.
His visit to the site came on the final day of his two-day Poland trip. He and other cabinet ministers met with Polish counterparts. On June 14, he returned home.
He's unfit to serve. He should be impeached and removed. He deplores peace. He's an embarrassment to legitimate governance. Former Shin Bet head Yuval Diskin calls him "weak," "wavering," and "unreliable."
He's "possessed" by Iran, he said. His judgment is sorely lacking. He represents "a crisis in leadership here, a crisis of values and total contempt for the public."
He has messianic ambitions. He's-over-the-top and dangerous. He claims if Israel doesn't act, Iran will develop a nuclear bomb. He says it knowing Tehran's plans are peaceful.
Colleagues call him unhinged. They don't trust him. He claims Israel's the most threatened country on earth. It's by 100,000 missiles and rockets. If Syria or Hezbollah get them, Israel's land, sea and air will be threatened, he says.
He claims Syrian S-300 defensive missile systems make Ben-Gurion Airport traffic vulnerable. He's uncompromisingly hardline on Iran. He wants a regional rival eliminated.
On June 14, Iranians voted. Election results "will change nothing," he said. Iran will "be led by one man, one ruler (who) will continue (its) quest for nuclear weapons."
"We wont fool ourselves, (and) the international community shouldnt be tempted into wishful thinking and weaken the pressure on Iran regarding their nuclear program."
"The greater the pressure on Iran the greater the chances of stopping the Iranian nuclear program, which remains the greatest threat to world peace."
America and Israel represent the main threats to world peace. Both nations are nuclear armed and dangerous. Washington claims a unilateral first-strike nuclear policy. So does Israel without saying so.
Netanyahu's finger on Israel's nuclear trigger is worrisome. Colleagues aren't sure how he'll act. Instead of engaging Iran's new president, he's hostile and threatening. He's not alone.
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said Iran's election changes nothing. He's hardline like Netanyahu. "We are very worried by the advances in the Iranian nuclear project, and worried by what we don't know," he added.
He wants "tougher" world community action on Iran. He wants it diplomatically and politically. He wants clarity "that the military option is on the table."
Haaretz editors reacted to Netanyahu's belligerence. They did so responsibly. His "saber-rattling is not new," they said. It's "aimed at establishing the legitimacy of independent Israeli action in Iran."
"As usual, (his) demagoguery creates a dangerous, distorted equation. (He) ignores the danger that an Israeli attack on Iran would pose to Israel and the entire region."
His confrontational style is "obvious and infuriating. It's hard to demand logic from someone who zeroes in on a remote danger and ignores a clear and present danger."
"It's hard to demand logic from someone who scorns the Palestinian-Israeli peace process, and calls on the Palestinians to return to negotiations as if he were being forced to do so, while at the same time expanding the settlements, distancing himself from the joint declaration recognizing the Palestinians right to an independent state, and rejecting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as a partner."
"In the absence of any cabinet members capable of anchoring Netanyahu to the ground of political reality, his distorted rhetoric is becoming a policy that could push Israel into the abyss. That is the real threat."
A mass Israeli, American, and global awakening is needed. Netanyahu and Obama are major threats to world peace. Confronting them responsibly is urgently needed. Failure to do so means all bets are off.
On June 14, the House passed HR 1960: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014. It includes an amendment assuring "all necessary steps" to ensure Israel's able to "remove existential threats" at a time it has none.
It states:
"It is the Sense of the Congress that air refueling tankers and advanced bunker-buster munitions should immediately be transferred to Israel to ensure our democratic ally has an independent capability to remove any existential threat posed by the Iranian nuclear program and defend its vital national interests."
It triples funding (to nearly $300 million) for so-called joint US/Israeli missile defense programs intended mainly for offense. It requires Obama to submit reports to Congress confirming all necessary steps on behalf of Israel were taken.
The amendment is similar to a non-binding May Senate resolution. It urged Obama to provide Israel with "diplomatic, military and economic support" should it be "compelled" to strike Iran's nuclear facilities.
Interviewed by Russia Today, Vladimir Putin said he has no doubt Iran observes international nuclear non-proliferation commitments. No proof suggests otherwise, he added.
"According to the latest IAEA report, Iran has been abiding by the commitments it has taken up. True, there are some outstanding issues but with due patience and friendly attitudes, they can be resolved."
"I have a great respect to Iran and a great interest in it. This is a great country indeed. You don't often hear this attribute mentioned in relation to Iran but this is true."
"This is a country with a great culture, a great history and a great nation. They are very proud of their country, they have their own understanding of their place both in the region and in the world, and thats something you have to respect."
Israel maliciously claims Iran wants Israel wiped off the map. No such threat exists. Israel and America menace Iran, the region and world peace. Urgently addressing what can't be ignored matters most.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at email@example.com.
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Nominal type check failed for parameter '@a'; expected Positional but got GatherIterator instead issue. Errr, sort of. Here's my sum sub:
sub sum(@a) {
+@a ?? @a.reduce({ $^a + $^b }) !! 0;
Now it does get called properly if you say
sum(@costs.grep({$_ >= 1000})). But even though it appears to be a very simple function, it doesn't work when called this way! The problem, as far as I can tell, is that
@a may look like a Seq or an Array, it's still actually an iterator. That means the first time you use it for something like, say,
+@a, it is completely consumed! Then the next time you access it, there's nothing left. This is definitely not what is expected...
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A Week Without Private Equity: Can You Do It?
WSJ reporter Becky Pritchard spent a week avoiding all private equity-backed products. What did she miss most and what were the lessons learned?
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Buzzer Beaters: Umenyiora Signs With Falcons, Sweet 16 Games Tip Off and More
Today's top sports stories:
Longtime New York Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora has signed with the Atlanta Falcons for two years and $8.5 million. The two-time Super Bowl champ lives in Atlanta in the off-season, so this seems like a good spot for him. [N.Y. Daily News]
The NCAA Tournament returns Thursday night with the start of the Sweet 16. The matchups include: Miami vs. Marquette, Arizona vs. Ohio State, Indiana vs. Syracuse, and Wichita State vs. LaSalle. [USA Today]
Hall of Fame basketball coach Phil Jackson's life on Twitter got off to a rough start on Wednesday ... or so it seemed. Turns out, the joke was on us. [L.A. Times]
The St. Louis Cardinals and Adam Wainwright agreed to a five-year $97.5 million contract extension, which will keep the ace pitcher in red and white until 2018. Looks like a good deal for all involved. [Daily Statesman]
If you like to play dodgeball, then don't move to New Hampshire. One district in the "Live Free or Die" state just banned the game due to bullying concerns. [GuySpeed]


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Which translates as "we thought we could get away with a bit of sexism by dressing it up as irony hiding and behind a character who is thirty years out of date."
Interesting side issue: did M&S pay to use Glenister's "on-screen character" or just Glenister?


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Your child has short stature if he or she is at less than the 5th percentile on the growth chart. This means that:
- Your child is significantly shorter than children who are the same age and sex.
- In a class of 20 children, 19 of the children will be taller than your child with short stature.
Alternative Names
Idiopathic short stature; Non-growth hormone deficient short stature
Your health care provider checks how your child is growing at your child's regular check ups.
Your child's health care provider:
- Records your child's height and weight on a growth chart.
- Monitors your child's growth rate over time. Ask your health care provider what percentile your child is for height and for weight.
- Compares your child's height and weight to other children of the same age and sex.
- Can talk to you if you are worried that your child is shorter than most or all of the children around them. If your child has short stature, this does not necessarily mean that there is something wrong.
There are many reasons that your child has short stature.
Most of the time there is no medical cause for short stature. Here is what may be going on.
- Your child may be small for their age but they are growing okay. They will probably start puberty later than their friends. Your child will most likely continue to grow after most of their peers have stopped growing. Your child will most likely be as tall as the parents. Health providers call this Constitutional growth delay.
- If one or both parents is short, your child will mostly likely also be short. Expect that your child will be as tall as one of the parents.
Sometimes short stature may be a symptom of a medical conditions such as:
- Bone or skeletal disorders such as
ricketsor achondroplasia
- Chronic diseases such as
congenital heart disease, kidney diseases, asthma, sickle cell anemia, thalassemia, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, celiac disease, Cushings disease, hypothyroidism, and diabetes
- Genetic conditions such as Down syndrome,
Turner syndrome, Williams syndrome, Russell-Silver syndrome, and Noonan syndrome Growth hormone deficiency
- Infections of the developing baby before birth
- Poor growth of a baby while in the womb (
intrauterine growth restriction) or small for gestational age
This list does not include every possible cause of short stature.
When to Contact a Health Professional
If your child appears to be much shorter than most children his or her age or if they seem to have stopped growing, call your health care provider.
What to Expect at Your Office Visit
The health care provider will perform a physical examination. They will measure your childs height, weight, and arm and leg lengths.
To figure out possible causes for your child's short stature, the health care provider will ask about your child's history. They will ask:
- About your family history
- How tall are the parents and grandparents?
- How tall are the brothers or sisters?
- Are other relatives less-than-average height?
- Have any family members been diagnosed with a disorder that can cause short stature?
- At what age did the parents start puberty?
- About your childs history
- What was the childs birth like?
- How is the childs diet?
- Has the child begun to show signs of puberty?
- At what age did puberty signs begin?
- Has the child always been on the small side of the growth charts?
- Was the child growing normally and then the rate of growth began to slow?
- What other symptoms are present?
- Is the childs short stature affecting their self-esteem or causing any problems at school or with friends?
If your child's short stature seems related to a medical condition, your child will need some lab tests and x-rays.
- A bone age x-ray. X-rays are usually taken of the left wrist or hand.
- Your health care provider looks at the x-ray to see if the size and shape of your child's bones have grown normally.
- If the bones have not grown as expected for your childs age, your health care provider will talk more about why your child may not be growing normally.
- Girls with short stature may have a genetic test done to check for certain diseases such as Turner syndrome.
Your child may have other tests done as well. Some of these tests may be:
- Complete blood count
- Growth hormone stimulation
- Insulin growth factor-1 (IGF-1) levels
- Blood tests to look for liver, kidney, thyroid, and other medical problems
Your health care provider keeps records of your child's height and weight. Keep your own records as well. Bring these records to your health care providers attention if the growth seems slow or your child seems small.
Your childs short stature may affect their self-esteem.
- Check in with your child to check if classmates and friends tease them.
- Give your child emotional support.
- Help family, friends, and teachers emphasize your childs skills and strengths.
If your child has no or low levels of growth hormone, your health care provider will talk about treatment with growth hormone injections. See:
Growth hormone injections are also used to treat children with Turner syndrome,
Most children who have normal growth hormone levels will not need growth hormone injections. Your health care provider may talk about growth hormone injections when:
- The growth curve shows that the child will be a very short adult. Using growth hormone will usually increase the childs final height by 2 - 3 inches.
- The child was born small for gestational age
If your child is a boy with short stature and delayed puberty, your health care provider may talk about using testosterone injections to jump start growth.
Cohen P, Rogol AD, Deal CL, et al. Wit JM: 2007 ISS Consensus Workshop participants. Consensus statement on the diagnosis and treatment of children with idiopathic short stature: a summary of the Growth Hormone Research Society, the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society, and the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology Workshop. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008;93:4210-4217.
van Gool SA, Kamp GA, Odink RJ, et al. High-dose GH treatment limited to the prepubertal period in young children with idiopathic short stature does not increase adult height. Eur J Endocrinol. 2010 Apr;162(4):653-60. Epub 2010 Jan 28.
Collett-Solberg PF, Misra M. Drug and Therapeutics Committee of the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society. The role of recombinant human insulin-like growth factor-1 in treating children with short stature. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008;93:10-18.
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Perhaps this will make some people aware of the extent of the DMCA. It would be nice, if this would lead to the downfall of the infamous Act.
In yet another example of how the Digital Millennium Copyright Act could trample on the First Amendment, Reuters may have violated the U.S. law by describing in a story this week how Sony's "copy-proof" protection for CDs can be defeated with a magic marker.
Of course, that would mean dozens of publications such as Yahoo.com and CNN.com, which carried the
wire service's report, also violated the DMCA, and this very NewsForge article violated the DMCA by linking to the story.
What's this quaint notion about freedom of the press in the United States? Well, under the still enforced DMCA's anti-circumvention section, it's illegal to market information to the public on how to break copy protections, and the Reuters article did just that.
Under the 1998 law's sections 1201.2(a) and (c), it's illegal to "manufacture, import, offer to the public, provide, or otherwise traffic in any technology, product, service, device, component, or part thereof" that is primarily designed to circumvent a copy protection. That's in part (a), and Reuters and its customers might be able to argue that the story wasn't "primarily" designed for that purpose.
But Reuters would have a lot of trouble getting around 1201.2(c). It outlaws the manufacture, etc., etc., of any "marketed" product or service that allows users to circumvent copy protections.
There's no question that Reuters marketed the story. Selling stories to its customers is the way it makes money, and several copyright lawyers suggest the "bad intent" language of those sections can easily apply to news stories. Reuters would have to be massively naïve to believe that hundreds of music-sharing fans around the wouldn't test the magic marker technique on Sony CDs as soon as they read the story.
Read the Reuters description: "Monday, Reuters obtained an ordinary copy of Celine Dion's newest release 'A New Day Has Come,' which comes embedded with Sony's Key2Audio' technology. After an initial attempt to play the disc on a PC resulted in failure, the edge of the shiny side of the disc was blackened out with a felt tip marker. The second attempt with the marked-up CD played and copied to the hard drive without a hitch."
As pointed out on the Free Software law email list, here's how the penalties section of the DMCA reads:
"Any person who violates section 1201 or 1202 willfully and for purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain ... shall be fined not more than $500,000 or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both, for the first offense ..."
How can you argue that Reuters didn't receive financial gain from this story?
This potential violation of the DMCA was first pointed out on the Free Software law list today, and one Reuters employee on the list contended that it's a stretch to say Reuters marketed the story as a way to circumvent the Sony copy protection. Here's the headline from Yahoo.com, you decide if that's marketing or not: "'Copy-Proof' CDs Cracked with 99-Cent Marker Pen."
In addition, 2600 Magazine has been prohibited from linking to DeCSS, the program that allows people to decode DVDs and play them on their Linux machines. If 2600.com can't even link to DeCSS in a news story, how can Reuters publish the instructions on how to defeat Sony's copy protections?
We first pointed out how the DMCA conflicts with the First Amendment back in August 2001, practically daring the DMCA cops to come after us in an article called, "Does this article violate the DMCA?" We pointed out then that the DMCA, in the 2600 case and others, was pretty much pummeling the First Amendment.
Of course, only a few people care about a niche Open Source news site and 2600.com. Our objections so far have raised few mainstream eyebrows. But Reuters can't have made Sony happy by publishing its article, and this may be the chance to get some heavyweight lawyers involved in a First Amendment vs. DMCA cat fight.
You have to wonder if a fight is what Reuters was looking for by publishing the article. It's hard to believe that Reuters was totally ignorant of the DMCA, although the anti- circumvention sections are much more well known in Free Software and Electronic Frontier Foundation circles than in the mainstream press. Another scenario is that Reuters knows about the DMCA rules and is deciding to take its chances.
Here's hoping this DMCA "violation" doesn't slip by. I'm asking Sony and law authorities, please, please, please, don't let Reuters get off when 2600 Magazine has been dragged through court for an alleged violation that was seen by tiny number of readers compared to the Reuters report. Please, Sony, Reuters has shown millions of people how to crack your copy protection, and you must take action.
It's time for a true First Amendment vs. DMCA slug-fest. It's time to get all kinds of Armani-suited lawyers involved in a two-out-three falls cage match in some New York courtroom.
It's time for the DMCA to get the butt-whooping it deserves from the First Amendment. It's time for the DMCA to die, in a way that's as slow and as expensive to the entertainment industry it protects as only a prolonged court fight could be.


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I'm not a member of the NRA, or a gun owner, hell I haven't even touched a gun since I got out of the service over 33 years ago, but REALLY?
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10 session session program. Once the 10 session package is purchased, the student may use their sessions however they choose. Most people attend once per week, others 4 times a week. This flexible schedule is designed to meet the needs of busy professionals. The course is ongoing, so each session has participants at all levels. We use a workbook which each student works through at their own pace.
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Overcome public speaking fear with gradual exposure, in a supportive environment. They have been helping professionals, with moderate to severe public speaking issues, become dynamic, confident communicators in virtually any speaking environment.
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Session One - Get comfortable hearing your voice in public by responding to very simple questions while seated. The questions (i.e., name, occupation, where you live, etc.) require little thought or content.
Session Two - Learning to stand confidently before a group. You will stand, with several others and respond to simple questions. As your confidence increases, one by one, each person standing will sit, until you are standing alone. You will continue until this begins to feel comfortable.
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See a photo album from some of the week's activities here.
The program was founded at Smith College and is funded by the Salisbury Foundation.
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Unfortunately, most of us software developers are pretty bad at estimation. Is it because we're incompetent? Of course not. It's because coding is creative work, and creative work is unpredictable. Writing software is not like working on an assembly line in a factory. Workers on an assembly line put together a product based on meticulous specifications and instructions. When it comes to software, that's the compiler's job. A team of programmers on a software project is analogous to the team of engineers that designed the product being put together on the assembly line. We might use a familiar set of tools and idioms, and carry over techniques and design elements from project to project (just like an engineering team does) but make no mistake: every project is different, and we are inventing/designing/specifying a new product each time.
Luckily, despite the unpredictable nature of the work, there are a few techniques we can use to make our estimates more accurate and more useful, and to prevent scheduling disasters.
Today, I'm going to talk about a very common cause of poor estimates: the difference between ideal days and real days.
Problem: Ideal Days vs. Real Days
Early in my programming career, I often found myself surprised, annoyed, or defensive when I estimated some task or feature as "two to three days of work" and someone showed up at my desk asking about it two days later. Eventually I realized the reason for my reaction. When I said "two to three days of work", that's not what I actually mean. What I actually meant was "this task will take 16 to 24 hours of my uninterrupted time, based on my understanding of the task right now." The difference between those two phrases caused me, and my managers, many more headaches than were necessary.
There are a lot of differences between the days we're thinking about when we give estimates, and the days that sneak by us so quickly in the run of a work week. When we're thinking about how long a task will take, we consider the details involved in executing that task, but not all the day-to-day distractions that eat up our time but have nothing (or little) to do with that task:
- Meetings.
- Customer support calls.
- Checking email, answering phone calls, and chatting with folks who drop by your desk.
- Helping the new guy set up his development environment.
- Participating in whiteboard design sessions, design reviews, or code reviews.
- Troubleshooting that strange intermittent network or VM issue.
- Helping a junior developer track down an elusive bug.
- Answering questions or pairing with a developer who needs your expertise about that part of the system you know better than anyone else.
- Did I mention checking email?
Solution: Empirical Estimation
Hofstaedter's Law implies that we are bad at estimation, even when we keep in mind that we are bad at estimation, because we are bad at estimating how bad we are at estimation! Fortunately, there's a trick for getting around this sticky problem: basing our estimates on historical data (a.k.a. empirical estimation).
The first step in the process is gathering that data. When assigned a task, record your initial estimate. Then, keep track of the elapsed time you spend on the task, including all the time sinks mentioned above. After a few weeks, you'll have a pretty good data set. Compare your initial estimates with the elapsed times for various tasks. You will probably be surprised by the difference between the two. Ratios of 1:2 and 1:3 are not uncommon.
You'll be tempted to dismiss the results because they make it look like you're a lot less productive than you really are. After all, those elapsed times include time spent on that "emergency" bug fix, the two-hour architecture meeting, and the morning you had to take an hour off to go to the dentist.
Whatever you do, don't give into this temptation to discount the data. All the factors that caused your estimate to differ from the elapsed time for those tasks are likely to crop up again in future tasks. The value in this exercise is forcing yourself to face the facts. All those things contribute to the difference between estimated delivery dates and real delivery dates. In the future, keep this ratio of on-task time to elapsed time in mind, and estimate accordingly.
If you're nervous that these new estimates will make your manager think you're just padding your estimate so you can slack off, explain your thought process. Let him know the task will take 6 hours of intensive work, but empirical measurement shows you that 6 hours of on-task work usually comes with 6 more hours of meetings, assisting other team members, and the like. It may help to record a sample of the types of time sinks you encounter while recording your historical data.
Stay tuned for Part II later this week.


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With the leagues in full swing there have been goals galore this week, up near the top of the pyramid Fleetwood were beat by Barrow in the week, finally conceding their first goals of the season.
They didn't quite last as long as Gloucester City, who managed a further ten minutes before Eastwood Town's Jason Bradley becomes the first player to score against them this season.
That said, AFC Totton lasted longer than both – they didn't concede a goal until yesterday afternoon when they lost 2-1 to Leamington.
Elsewhere in the Isthmian Division One South Folkestone Invicta fought back from a goal down to beat Whyteleafe, with Stewart King netting both goals. The winner was scored from the spot – with one fan in the crowd getting that all important 'keeper's eye' view.
In Evo-stick Division One Central Slough Town move up to fourth after comprehensive victory over Fleet. It was all about the late goals,with Danny Burnell putting Slough ahead in the first half and efforts from Adam Logie and Sean Sonner confirming the win.
And finally a derby and a half from the Evo-stick Southern Premier League; Swindon Supermarine v Cirencester Town.
The score finished 4-4, with brothers Max and Tom Etheridge scoring a goal each for the opposing sides, add into that three red cards and numerous bookings and the repeat tie in the FA Cup Preliminary round in a couple of weeks looks set to be pretty tasty too. Cirencester have had a torrid start to the season, conceding ten goals in the past week alone, Supermarine have not fared much better.


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Websites Deemed 'Place Of Public Accommodation' Under The ADA; Expects Lots Of Sites To Get Sued
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If websites must comply with the ADA, all hell will break loose. Could YouTube be obligated to close-caption videos on the site? (This case seems to leave that door open.) Could every website using Flash have to redesign their sites for browsers that read the screen? I'm not creative enough to think of all the implications, but I can assure you that ADA plaintiffs' lawyers will have a long checklist of items worth suing over. Big companies may be able to afford the compliance and litigation costs, but the entry costs for new market participants could easily reach prohibitive levels.The key issue is whether or not a website is a place of public accommodation, which this court ruled it was, despite plenty of other rulings that went the other way:
Of course, some have pointed out in response that this isn't that big of a deal, because of the ADA's "undue hardship" clause, which lets companies avoid accommodating the ADA if it presents an "undue hardship." While that may limit the most egregious cases, it still creates a ton of problems. The "undue hardship" clause is only a defense, and it's judged on a case-by-case basis, where the standards are incredibly vague and it has been described as a high bar to meet. Plus, the entire burden is put on the company (in this case, website), so there will likely be tons of lawsuits against websites until the actual standard for what counts as "undue hardship" is cleared up.
The most crucial ruling is where the court says that a website qualifies as a "place of public accommodation." The court deviated from--and, incredibly, didn't cite to--a nearly unbroken line of precedent rejecting that conclusion. I don't have a complete roster of cases in this area, but cases that came to mind include Noah v. AOL (a Title II case), Access Now v. Southwest Airlines (an 11th Circuit case), Stern v. Sony, Young v. Facebook and Ouellette v. Viacom. The only plaintiff win in this area is the offbeat National Federation of the Blind v. Target case (which this court did cite), where the court held that Target's obligations to comply with the ADA in its offline retail stores extended to its website. Because of its fact-specific nature, the Target ruling really hasn't had much of an impact on Internet litigation over the past 6 years.
Bypassing all of this precedent, the judge instead relies almost exclusively on the heavily-criticized First Circuit Carparts decision from 1994. The NAD made a crafty venue move suing in a court bound by Carparts. Even so, I wonder how this ruling would fare on appeal to the First Circuit (if Netflix goes that route), and I wonder if judges in other circuits will be persuaded by this judge's ruling.
Even more insane in all of this is the one issue that Goldman only briefly alluded to in his piece: the requirement for closed captioning presents a massive potential copyright issue. We've seen people get in trouble for providing subtitles already. So suddenly this creates a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation: provide closed captioning and get sued for copyright infringement, or don't and get sued for ADA violations. Is copyright infringement (and a possible lawsuit?) an "undue hardship?" Who knows.
Of course, the paragraph above points out another issue with this ruling: that this is really an issue for the movie studios, not Netflix. Blaming Netflix is blaming the wrong party. Of course, the judge didn't seem to care about that. When Netflix raised that issue, the judge said that "this argument lacks traction" because the judge has already decided that Netflix is a place of public accommodation, and that's all that matters.
Hopefully Netflix successfully appeals this ruling. Otherwise, we're about to be in for a whole bunch of ADA claims against websites until the "boundaries" are worked out. For lots of small websites, such lawsuits could be extremely expensive and damaging.


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Olympic swimmer and Towson native Michael Phelps took batting practice with the Orioles Thursday afternoon before the intrasquad game at Ed Smith Stadium. Phelps was in Sarasota filming 'The Haney Project,' a show on the Golf Channel with Tiger Woods' former swing coach Hank Haney. Phelps was wearing number 18, the total number of Olympic gold medals he has won. Spring training at the team's spring training facility in Sarasota, Fla.
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EDIT: Well, I uploaded it as my web browser. It looks cool and has some interesting features, but there are a few websites that have loaded strangely with it (specifically amazon and netflix), or maybe it's just my computer. I'd log on and everything would be great, but the sign in bars appear INCREDIBLY undersized. And there is this one problem where I click the Page or Tools button on the right hand side of the screen and none of the options appear, so I have to guess what I'm clicking on. Like I said, this could all be my computer (still running with XP) reacting with it. But aside from these minor hiccups, I'm enjoying it.


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Cholangiocarcinoma is a cancerous (malignant) growth in one of the ducts that carries bile from the liver to the small intestine.
Cancerous tumors of the bile ducts are usually slow-growing and do not spread (metastasize) quickly. However, many of these tumors are already quite advanced by the time they are found. A cholangiocarcinoma may start anywhere along the bile ducts. These tumors block off the bile ducts. Both men and women are affected. Most patients are older than 65.
Risks of this condition include:
- Bile duct (choledochal) cysts
- Chronic biliary and liver inflammation
- History of infection with the parasitic worm, liver flukes
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Ulcerative colitis
- Cholangiocarcinoma is rare. It occurs in approximately 2 out of 100,000 people.
Symptoms may include any of the following:
- Chills
- Clay-colored stools
- Fever
- Itching
- Loss of appetite
- Pain in the upper right abdomen that may radiate to the back
- Weight loss
- Yellowing of the skin (jaundice)
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Your health care provider will perform a physical exam. Tests will be done to check for a tumor or blockage in the bile duct. These may include:
- Abdominal CT scan
- Abdominal ultrasound
- CT scan-directed biopsy
- Cytology of samples from the bile duct
- Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
- Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP)
- Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram (PTCA)
Blood tests that may be done include:
Liver function tests (especially alkaline phosphatase or bilirubin levels)
The goal is to treat the cancer and the blockage it causes. When possible, surgery to remove the tumor is the treatment of choice and may result in a cure. If the tumor is large, the entire liver may need to be removed and a liver transplant will be needed. Often the cancer has already spread locally or to another area of the body by the time it is diagnosed. As a result, surgery to cure the cancer is not possible.
Chemotherapy or radiation may be given after surgery to decrease the risk of the cancer returning. But the benefit of this treatment is not certain.
Endoscopic therapy with stent placement can temporarily relieve blockages in the biliary ducts and relieve jaundice in patients when the tumor cannot be removed. Laser therapy combined with light-activated chemotherapy medications is another treatment option for those with blockages of the bile duct.
If the tumor cannot be completely removed, a cure is generally not possible. With treatment, about half of these patients live a year, and about half live longer, but rarely beyond 5 years.
Possible Complications
- Infection
- Liver failure
- Spread (metastasis) of tumor to other organs


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New Mexico's new $7 million, 86,100-square-foot indoor practice facility is the talk of Albuquerque, but for all the wrong reasons.
The behemoth, which sprung up this summer, is blocking the view of several homeowners. One woman planned to sell her home earlier this year. She had an offer, then word got out about the project and the offer was revoked. Now she is stuck with a home she can't sell.
The 76-foot tall structure is all she can see from her backyard. On the other side of her fence are a bunch of tractor tires left over from construction.
New Mexico associate athletic director Greg Remington said the university was able to erect the building where it pleased because the practice field is state property.
"People have said things about the practice facility blocking their view," Remington said. "But there's nothing we can do about it."


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HARVARD – It is estimated that more than 80 million Americans collect coins. Many people have old coins and don't know what they're worth. An event at Harvard Savings Bank will help solve the mystery.
Coin appraisals will be offered from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 14 at Harvard Savings Bank, 58 N. Ayer St., Harvard. People are invited to bring in old coins, paper money and gold jewelry for a private consultation with an expert, who may offer to purchase items.
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Courtesy of Brandeis University Sports Information
WALTHAM, Mass. – In a marathon match that took nearly five hours to play and spanned two venues, the Brandeis men's tennis team fell to 26th-ranked MIT today, 5-4. The Judges fall to 8-8 as they head to Pittsburgh for the University Athletic Association championships at Carnegie Mellon, while the Engineers improve to 11-1 on the campaign.
Brandeis started the match quickly, winning two of three doubles matches. Juniors Simon Miller and Nick White were 8-5 winners at No. 1 singles for the Judges, while rookie Fred Rozenshteyn and sophomore Mike Tatarsky needed a tie-breaker at No. 3, winning 9-8 (7-5) to give Brandeis a 2-1 lead headed into singles action. MITs lone doubles point came from brothers Larry and Kevin Pang, who took an 8-3 win at No. 2.
In singles action, Rozenshteyn gave Brandeis an early edge with a 6-4, 6-4 win at No. 5, while rookie Tymor Hamamsy got the Engineers on the board with a 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 6.
Miller pushed Brandeis to the edge of victory with a 6-2, 6-3, triumph at second singles, but Larry Pang and rookie Brian Oldfield won at No. 3 and 4 – 7-6, 6-1 for Pang and 6-1, 6-4 for Oldfield, to set up the decisive match at the top of the line-up.
Kevin Pang took the first set from White, 6-4, but the Brandeis player answered with a 6-2 win in the second. In the third set, the two were on serve for the first four games before Pang broke to go ahead, 3-2. White broke right back to even the match once again, but Pang responded with his second break of the set to take a 4-3 lead. The eighth game of the set proved to be the decisive one. Pang had six opportunities to win the match on his advantage, but each time, White was able to force the game back to deuce.
White had to use a medical timeout at the third deuce during the game, returning to the court with a broken racket string, but still battled back to force two more deuces after returning to the proper racket. On his seventh attempt, Pang was finally able to consolidate the break at 5-3. By then, the court was too dark to continue, so the teams adjourned to the Waltham Athletic Club to finish, and Pang broke White at 30-40 to win the match.
The Engineers return home Wednesday, April 21, for their final home competition of the season, taking on the Cougars of Clark University in their NEWMAC regular-season finale beginning at 3 p.m.
#26 MIT 5, Brandeis University 4
Apr 20, 2010 at Waltham, Mass.
Singles competition
1. Kevin Pang (MIT) def. Nick White (BR) 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
2. Simon Miller (BR) def. Ken Van Tilburg (MIT) 6-2, 6-3
3. Larry Pang (MIT) def. Steven Milo (BR) 7-6, 6-1
4. Brian Oldfield (MIT) def. Dave Yovanoff (BR) 6-1, 6-4
5. Fred Rozenshteyn (BR) def. Matt Skalak (MIT) 6-4, 6-4
6. Tymor Hamamsy (MIT) def. Seth Rogers (BR) 6-3, 6-3
Doubles competition
1. Simon Miller/Nick White (BR) def. Matt Skalak/Ken Van Tilburg (MIT) 8-5
2. Kevin Pang/Larry Pang (MIT) def. Steven Milo/Dave Yovanoff (BR) 8-3
3. Fred Rozenshteyn/Michael Tatarsky (BR) def. Andy Cooper/Brian Oldfield (MIT) 9-8 (7-5)
Match Notes
MIT 11-1; National ranking #26
Brandeis University 8-8


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Residents celebrate reopening of landmark Monterey General Store
The simple pleasure of walking downtown to pick up a paper, a coffee and a sandwich has eluded the people of Monterey for the better part of two years.
Today, residents rejoice as the 225-year-old Monterey General Store once again opens it doors, promising everything from simple sundries to gourmet baked goods -- seven days a week and just around the corner.
"We're going to be waiting on the steps of the store for the moment it opens," Franny Hoberman, who works next door in the town library, said Tuesday.
Indeed, word that the market -- long delayed by permitting issues -- would finally open spread fast, and on the shop's Facebook page anticipation had been building to a breaking point.
"Our long national nightmare will soon be over!" wrote one fan.
"Yahoo," "hooray," and a string of other exclamations typed out in all capital letters followed an official announcement.
While residents fantasized about not having to drive 15 minutes into Great Barrington to pick up a forgotten stick of butter, the shop's new proprietor, Scott Cole, spent Tuesday darting around his
remodeled store receiving final shipments, fielding phone calls, and, in between, making
pecan tarts.
His vision for the space is twofold: A place for year-round residents to congregate and pick up staples like milk, eggs, bread and meat. At the same time, he hopes to cater to the town's many summer residents by offering high-end, gourmet food products like imported cheese.
"The product lines are really going to run the gamut," Cole said.
"People very much relied on this place as a resource and destination, but the second-home owners were underserved by it." Cole bought the downtown property in February for $275,000. The store closed in April 2011 after sales slowed and the former owner could no longer afford to make his mortgage payments.
One of several county general stores to fall on hard times during the recession, the Monterey General Store had been known as one of the longest, continuously running in the country.
Cole said that, though general stores have become increasingly rare, he believes he can make the enterprise work by offering the right mix of products alongside a gourmet cafe.
He comes into the project with experience. For years, Cole ran the successful Caffe Pomo d'Oro in West Stockbridge, a restaurant he closed when he decided to buy the Monterey store.
Cole has made extensive renovations to the space, installing a modern kitchen. He'd initially planned to open by June, but ran into permitting problems as he worked to bring the historic structure up to code.
"I'm very relieved to have that behind me," he said. "It was not a pleasant process and it was not a quick process, obviously."
Monterey residents, who described the Main Road store's closure as leaving a major void in the heart of the town, said they expect the finished product to be worth the wait.
"I think everybody is thrilled -- it adds to the sense of community, having a busy store downtown," said Mon terey resident Cara Carroll.
"And having to drive into Great Barrington because you ran out of something -- it's a real drag."
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Oct. 22, 2000
Santa Barbara, Calif. -
UC Santa Barbara's men's soccer team ended a three match losing streak on Sunday evening with their 1-1 tie with San Diego State. The Gauchos improve to 6-9-1 overall and post a 1-3-1 mark in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play.
The Gauchos took control of the match early when senior forward Thiago Martins launched a penalty kick past Aztec goalkeeper Brian Barnes to give UCSB the 1-0 lead. Through out the first half of action, the Gauchos out shot the Aztecs 6-2. Freshman goalkeeper Erik Stolhandske posted two of his five saves in the period.
UCSB kept San Diego State off the scoreboard through out 74 minutes of play. Aztec midfielder Enrique Tovar found the back of the net off a pass from Ronnie Silva to tie the match 1-1. In the final minutes of regulation, UCSB had a few great opportunites to take the lead. Oncewhen midfielder Darren Doi's shot skimmed the top of the net in the 84th minute and when junior forward Joe Hubay-Dies sent his shot wide right with 1:30 remaining.
Despite being unable to capitalize on their offensive chances, the Gauchos played tough defense through out the overtime periods to earn the victory. UCSB kept another of Tovar's team-leading nine shots from finding the net in the 101st minute. The Aztecs did not have another shot in the contest. Martins did, however, have one more shot for the win when his shot in the final minute was deflected out of the net by SDSU's Tovar.
The match marks the final home match for UCSB this season. Seniors A.J. Albertalli, Robert Drescher, Lucas Dalgleish and Martins played in Harder Stadium for the final time as a Gaucho.
UCSB returns to action on Thursday, October 26th for a non-conference match-up at Fresno State. The Gauchos will return to MPSF play on Sunday, October 29th for a 2:00 p.m. with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.


text: Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums :: View topic - sometimes i hate eating Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in sometimes i hate eating Goto page Previous 1, 2 Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Food View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message ad-miralJoined: 01 Sep 2006Posts: 1488 Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 3:20 pm Post subject: hi VANE, it's good that we share a similar hobby. You know I'm doing kickboxing and I also had fights like you. I think we always feel a little fear before the fight and it's very normal. (That's why I always go to toilet before fightings) Karate seems to be a popular sport among girls, so it's good for you. But I have heared that people do a lot of throwdowns in Karate... Don't you feel embarassed when the trainer grabs you and throws you down? lol I rather prefer kickboxing. Back to top VANEJoined: 01 Feb 2007Posts: 19Location: Costa Rica Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:02 am Post subject: Jajaja It sounds very funny the topic about the toilet, but I have to admit, that I do too. When I felt down, I don't feel like embarassed is more like upset with myself because you are suppose not to let the other person to throw you. What I practice is Kenpo Karate and we use punches and kicks in all the body, but for example, the tournament I had on Sunday was of Tae-kwon-do so you have to fight with their rules, that's why you just can kick the stomach and face ( no legs nor back ) and give punches only at the level of the stomach. It was very difficult because I'm usual to knock everywhere and to use my knee to defend, but there you can't. And what about you and your Kickboxing???? Back to top [email protected]@Joined: 10 Jan 2007Posts: 49Location: Germany Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:48 am Post subject: Quote: I always get a shock, if I weight lesser mmm yes of course, thats right... usually im not shocked, if i weight a little bit lesser (because it goes up and down all the time), but at the moment it was a little bit more and it was a little bit weird to loose so much weight.. But everyone's saying that's just because of love and i don't need to worry Back to top [email protected]@Joined: 10 Jan 2007Posts: 49Location: Germany Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:13 am Post subject: oh that's great!! Really cool that you won!! So my wishes really worked ! But i think you can be proud of yourself - although i don't know anything about karate, i think (i don't know anything at all about it, please tell me if i'm wrong) that if you won against someone who is - as you said - physically stronger, it shows how good you are okay enough of telling you how good you are well, this weekend i was together with my friends. We were at "my" house, they slept here, too. And we drank a little bit alcohol.. and my friends say that i would have been drunken, but i wasn't! I could have done everything i wanted to do; i could have walked a straight line if they hadn't made me laugh... We played singstar - it's a karoke-game - and talked a lot... and we sang a little bit But that was outside of the house, too... We have a long weekend, which means that we have no school till Wednesday - and that's great.. So that was the reason for our little ... i can't call it party because it wasn't, but.. it's just been a little meeting of us all.. Back to top ad-miralJoined: 01 Sep 2006Posts: 1488 Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:42 pm Post subject: hi Vane, so you don't mind a boy grabbing you and touching you and so on, while throwing you? I would be very embarassed if a girl who is not my girlfriend touches me etc. I had tournament in Duisburg last saturday. I've never been in such a big tournament yet. Such a big hall, with music, restaurant, and a big ring for the fights. Our team exists of 5 guys. Only one of us lost (but I have to admit his opponent was maybe a bit unfair) Kickboxing rules are- Don't box your opponent with "Innenhände" Don't use elbow or knee, don't box or kick the other one if he is on the ground. (And maybe don't throw) Normally I also try to knock my knee on the opponent's shinbone, as a defense if he does lowkicks. You know although they are not allowed you can use them sometimes, because you only get negative scores for fouls. If you achieve that the opponent is K.O., then you can forget about scores. Do you use any shinbone protection at tournaments? Well we didn't use, and it hurts a lot, especially after the fight, because you don't notice it during the fight... Hmm, enough! Jana alcohol is not good, when I was at your age, I never drank any alcohol. Back to top [email protected]@Joined: 10 Jan 2007Posts: 49Location: Germany Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:28 am Post subject: Quote: Jana alcohol is not good, when I was at your age, I never drank any alcohol. I don't drink that much. I think i wasn't even drunken till yet - the first time i drank something was New Year and it wasn't that much. (Well, i didn't need much) On top of that, the last weekend was just my second time to be nearly drunken.. There are many friends of mine who have to drink so much to be drunken because they are used to it - i think i never want to be used to it, besides it's cheaper.. Okay, not funny, i've never been funny.. One of my best friends was the first time drunken in the age of only 13 - in this age i just tasted V+ (it's kind of beer), and it didn't taste me. So i never drank anything more, and i never missed something. But i just wanted to try something new, experience something i have never done before. I think it wasn't such a big crime. I'm not dead, my body has no average taken by this and i'm not addicted. Where's the problem? Back to top VANEJoined: 01 Feb 2007Posts: 19Location: Costa Rica Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 2:48 pm Post subject: ad-miral wrote: hi Vane, so you don't mind a boy grabbing you and touching you and so on, while throwing you? Do you use any shinbone protection at tournaments? Hi ad-miral. Sorry for answer you so late. I love the pictures you had put! And well, I don't know if I missunderstood you, but I really don't like to be touching by the guys as you imagine!!!!! Don't think that about me!!!!!! By the way, I think I'm really lucky of having karatemates that respect me a lot. And it depends of the way they throw me down if I get embarrassed And for answering your question, yes we do. We use shinbone, teeth and head protection. And you use chest protection depending of your age (just kids). This in Kenpo Karate but all of this changes when you are going to figth in a tournament of a different style. By the way, I've something to tell you that is important for me; on April 28th I have a Kenpo tournament in Venezuela. It sounds very exciting, because I'm not going to faith only, I'll participate in forms and a kind of personal defence demostration and that's why right now I'm trainning almost all week (5 days). I hope to do it well!!! But tell me: Why did you choose to practice this sport and not other more common? And What do you think that a girl practice this kind of sport? 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Taylor Mac (Queer Up North)
Manchester's Queer Up North Festival gets off to an impressive start with the UK premiere of this solo show by American actor and performer Taylor Mac.
The Young Ladies Of … is inspired by Taylor's father, who, while stationed in Vietnam, placed a lonely hearts ad in an Australian newspaper. Hundreds of women replied, and Mac Senior kept up a regular correspondence with many of them. The letters gathered dust for years until Taylor's mother passed them to her son; captivated by the stories behind the letters, he decided to use them as the starting point for this show.
Imagine Blake Morrison's And When Did You Last See Your Father with lip gloss and sequins. On second thoughts, don't. Taylor was only a few years old when his father died and coming from a line of Texan rednecks (the family initiation into manhood was via sex with a prostitute), it's unlikely the pair would have seen eye to eye. It's startling to hear that Mac Senior is buried next to John Wayne.
Yet this image of right wing masculinity is never entirely consistent. Mac Senior was a fan of Rodger and Hammerstein, and songs from the film Carousel are used here as an ironic counterpoint (performed in a manic, ukulele led style). The letters arrive on stage in a dizzying set piece of collapsing boxes. Several of the replies are openly heartfelt: Mac Senior seemingly possessed some sensitivity, enough to encourage his correspondents to reveal their true selves. Who was he, really?
Mac himself is a charming, engaging performer, and when he utters the dreaded phrase 'audience participation', no-one flinches. Towards the end, he asks the audience to sing the phrase 'What's the use of wondering?' - even though he can't help doing just that.
There are plenty of camp asides but Mac is at his best during the more emotional moments (one woman's letter details the grief she experienced after the death of her fiancé). He rails against his father and America, a country he professes to no longer understand (one which has never understood him), but then has a change of heart. Mac may not have known his father but still misses him. It's a surprisingly moving revelation.
As Philip Larkin once wrote: 'What will survive us is love.'
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CrockPot Rice with Dried Mushrooms, Herbs, and Parmesan
|Delicious Rice with Dried Mushrooms, Parmesan, and Herbs made in the slow cooker!
CrockPot Rice with Dried Mushrooms, Herbs, and Parmesan
(Makes about 6 servings; recipe inspired by a very old cookbook which Kalyn has reluctantly decided not to name.)
(I used a 3.5 quart CrockPot for this recipe, but it could have been a little smaller.)
1 oz. dried mushrooms, broken apart (about 2 cups before breaking apart but could use less)
1/4 cup very finely chopped onion (it must be finely chopped to cook in that much time)
1 1/2 cups Uncle Ben's Converted Rice
1 tsp. dried thyme
2 tsp. dried parsley
1 tsp. Spike Seasoning (optional, but good)
2 cans low-sodium chicken stock (14.5 oz. can, about 3 3/4 cups total)
4-6 T finely grated fresh Parmesan
chopped fresh parsley for garnish (optional)
Stir in Parmesan cheese and serve hot, with chopped fresh parsley for garnish if desired.
South Beach Suggestions:
More Tasty Rice Side Dishes You Might Like:
(Recipes from other blogs not always South Beach Diet friendly; check ingredients.)
Easy Recipe for Pesto Lemon Rice from Kalyn's Kitchen
Lake Powell Spicy Rice from Kalyn's Kitchen
Crockpot Beans and Rice from A Year of Slow Cooking
Paella Rice Salad from Eclectic Recipes
Golden Festival Rice from The Perfect Pantry
(Want even more recipes? I find these recipes from other blogs using Food Blog Search.)