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In a feature we published in advance of the Broad's grand opening last September, we gave voice to the unease surrounding the free modern art museum, a $140 million monument to a wealthy couple's priceless collection, like a Great Pyramid minus the mummies. But something about the museum has struck a chord with average Angelenos and visitors alike. Last month, the museum announced 820,000 visitors had entered its doors in its first year (triple pre-opening projections), 62 percent of whom identify as something other than Caucasian; nationally, only 23 percent of art museum patrons are non-Caucasian. In terms of programming, summer ushered in "Cindy Sherman: Imitation of Life," the museum's inaugural exhibition, which was equal parts thorough and accessible, as well as the Broad's Nonobject(ive): Summer Happenings, an incredibly well-curated series of nighttime parties with music, performance art and other surprises.
The Dodgers' Brandon McCarthy is a good pitcher. Not a great pitcher, a good pitcher. But he is a great tweeter. And by the standards of most athletes, he's Sandy Koufax. The 33-year-old journeyman's tweets are refreshingly oddball, the kind you'd usually find on a struggling comedian's timeline. "Life hack: treat airplanes like a prison yard. Fear = respect," he tweeted, and then, as an example, added: "Just opened my tuna sandwich and left it on the armrest when my seatmate moved his arm. A real power move." Or: "Curiosity is up on Mars alone right now doing science which is cool, but mostly sad 'cause of crushing loneliness. Yes, I have taken my ambie." Best of all, McCarthy, a right-hander who's played for six teams over the course of his 11-year career, tweets like a true left coast–ian. He dislikes Republicans and loathes Donald Trump. And he likes soccer!
@Overheardla, which its anonymous founder describes as "sort of like group therapy for the L.A. experience," is an Instagrammed anthology of the ridiculous things people have heard other people say in and around L.A. Say what you will about Angelenos (lookin' at you, NYC), but at least we know how to laugh at ourselves. The idea for @overheardla hit its creator while he was on a trip to trendy health food store Erewhon's West Hollywood location. He was eavesdropping on absurd conversations and thought it would be funny to post the conversations he overheard on his personal account. When that happened, he says, "I noticed I went from an average of about 12 likes [per post] to an average of about 30 likes." Then one day a Hollywood screenwriter friend suggested the page go public given that it's "soooo L.A." Populated by a steady stream of submissions from the account's followers, @overheardla has more than 250,000 followers and the number keeps climbing. Here's a recent favorite, overheard at Vicious Dogs in North Hollywood: "This city can be so Third World sometimes. The valets don't take credit cards and the restaurants don't even have phone chargers."
Busdriver is a cultural and intellectual treasure in Los Angeles. Since the early '90s, the Leimert Park native has expressed complex thoughts about the intersection of racism, history, economics, politics, technology and culture as a rapper affiliated with the Project Blowed experimental hip-hop collective. Busdriver (born Regan John Farquhar) is still putting out amazing music to this day, but he's recently expanded into podcasting with FR/BLCK/PR, aka Free Black Press Radio. Like Busdriver's rapping, FR/BLCK/PR can be fast, intriguing, long-winded and still compelling. The first episode starts with a soul jazz–type saxophonist blazing over a singing choir while Busdriver announces that the episode will be about the founding of the KKK. Over the next 18 minutes Busdriver takes the listener through a compelling analysis of the racist and classist history of this country's past, and its continuing hold on the present, occasionally punctuated by the return of the blaring saxophone and jazz band of the intro. It's kind of like reading Frantz Fanon in the middle of Hollywood Boulevard as the guy dressed as Superman pokes you in the side. This is Los Angeles.
In an age of casually informative, independent-minded, highly entertaining podcasts, it's great to hear such an edifying show on good ol' terrestrial radio. While L.A.'s 90.7 KPFK, part of the Pacifica Radio Network, is not generally known for humor or colorfully exuberant personalities, there are a few exceptions, and the Pocho Hour of Power is a notable one. Billing itself as "the nation's only English-language, Latino-themed political satire program," the show and its hosts — Patrick Perez, Lalo Alcaraz, Jeffrey Keller and Esteban Zul — along with music DJ Boxy Dee, maintain a sense of freewheeling fun, deftly weaving thoughtfully respectful discussions on art, politics and personal anecdotes with a vibe of controlled chaos bordering on merry pranksterism. Perez is a film producer-director-writer, Alcaraz the author of nationally syndicated comic strip "La Cucaracha," Zul a writer and former rap producer, and Keller a stand-up comedian. Together they're a kind of super team, fusing Latino consciousness with the broader landscape of L.A. and the world, bringing in acclaimed artists, writers, comedians and activists as guests for an hour that's poignant, funny and fast-paced.
Some girlfriends gossip about guys and clothes; other girlfriends gossip about the grisly ways in which people have ended other people's lives. L.A.-based comedian-friends Georgia Hardstark and Karen Kilgariff indulge their mutual desire to gab about horrifying crimes on their weekly podcast, My Favorite Murder. Over the course of 30-plus episodes, the duo has discussed everything from pageant queen JonBenét Ramsey's long-unsolved and gruesome murder to the mysterious death of Elisa Lam, whose nude body was discovered in a water tank atop a DTLA hotel (Lam's death was actually ruled an accidental drowning, but the internet's armchair detectives are dubious). Besides well-known true-crime cases, Hardstark and Kilgariff solicit stories from listeners (aka Murderinos) and friends about murders and horror stories from their hometowns. Their banter is extremely funny — it's a comedy podcast, ultimately — but you never get the sense that they're laughing at other people's tragedies. It's more like laughing at what a genuinely awful place the world can be.
Conan staff writer Laurie Kilmartin and The Dork Forest host Jackie Kashian are survivors of the '80s comedy boom who've seen, done and, most importantly, dealt with everything the stand-up industry can dish out. As tenets and tastes continue changing, so too do Kashian and Kilmartin's perspectives on what it means — and takes — to succeed. Since January, the duo has co-hosted The Jackie and Laurie Show; they've bitched, waxed poetic, named names, lauded an up-and-coming Female Comic of the Week and shared the bittersweet antics of Laurie's newly live-in mother every Monday on the Nerdist Podcast Network. Or as Kashian put it on the first episode, "As opposed to middle-aged white guys talking about comedy, it's middle-aged white ladies talking about comedy!" No guests or format gimmicks; just hysterical, invaluable insight on how the business really works and how it really feels to be a female in comedy. (Hint: At times frustrating, to say the least.)
Every Tuesday at 10 p.m. in the Improv Lab, '80s comic whirlwind turned genre-defying director Bobcat Goldthwait joins decades-younger San Francisco transplant Caitlin Gill (the Oddball, Bridgetown and Outside Lands festivals) to co-ringlead Crabapples, a variety circus of nontraditional locals and out-of-town pals who proudly rally around a certain freak-flag mentality. (Margaret Cho has been a frequent drop-in guest since the show's March debut.) Gill and Goldthwait were formerly assistant and boss, but now the pair are unlikely real-life roommates in a hectic house positively begging for the sitcom treatment. Crabapples' welcoming vibe and collective spirit embody the all-inclusive nature of the current stand-up boom, giving the audience a de facto living-room view of personal revelations, Goldthwait's outlandish stories from the past and the day-to-day travails of two transgenerational kindred spirits who'd pretty much be lost without the substitute-family support the comedy community provides for those most in need.
Midwest transplant Jeremiah Watkins began performing as a kid, won national awards in broadcasting throughout high school and landed a Kansas City radio station gig at age 19. Today the Second City and Groundlings veteran maintains supporting roles on Roast Battle and Goddamn Comedy Jam, both of which are beloved L.A. stand-up shows–turned–trendsetting Comedy Central properties. Watkins also hosts the monthly improvised show Stand-Up on the Spot, is half of musical-comedy duo Regan & Watkins and every Saturday night co-hosts and plays saxophone on late-night, party-heavy variety show Midnight Snack. Meaning — particularly for a local up-and-comer — he's got red-hot irons in an inordinate number of comedy fires, all the while exuding an easygoing, community-focused appreciation for the opportunities L.A.'s local scene offers. A handful of indie flicks and a Jimmy Kimmel Live! appearance round out an acting résumé aimed at landing the ultimate dream gig: Saturday Night Live cast member. We're rooting for him.
When Tiffany Haddish was a 9-year-old growing up in South-Central L.A., her childhood effectively ended when her mother was in a catastrophic car accident. The oldest of five children, Haddish, who's of Ethiopian Jewish descent, navigated her way through the foster-care system and homelessness, but eventually broke into the stand-up scene and made her way to Def Comedy Jam, Chelsea Lately and The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. She launched a successful acting career, too, landing roles on That's So Raven, My Name Is Earl and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, but her career hit its stride when she was cast as a regular on NBC sitcom The Carmichael Show. This year, Haddish also appeared in Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele's debut film, Keanu, and stole the show at Just for Laughs Montreal's annual (and infamous) The Nasty Show. Next summer she'll appear with Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett-Smith and Regina Hall in the feature Girl Trip; she'll also be expanding her Chuckles Not Knuckles anti-bullying program in area high schools. Her star is on the rise and doesn't appear to be slowing down.
For outdoor explorers who like their hikes with a helping of history and a frisson of dread, Santa Susana Pass is your kind of place. Several trails here wind through the ruggedly scenic Simi Hills, along with an unofficial trail that takes you through the former Spahn Ranch, onetime home of the Manson Family. This site is now part of Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park, and you'll want to explore the whole, Joshua Tree–like landscape with its Native American mortar holes, 19th-century artifacts and absurdly steep Old Stage Road. To access the park's north trailhead, locate the fire road south of the 118 freeway, just east of the Rocky Peak Park exit; continue east past this road and go up the second trail. A smaller trail branches off to the left, which you follow through a mile or so of chaparral to find the infamous "Manson Cave." You can double back to the fire road and travel south over the ridge into the rest of the park. Start early — footing is rough and there is zero shade. But with recent trail improvements, you can enjoy fantastic scenery and get a peek at one of our most notorious sites without feeling like you're about to get lost, or die.
Since Kliph Nesteroff's The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy (Grove Press) was released last November, fans including Bob Odenkirk and Steve Martin have raved about it on social media and bought multiple copies apiece to share with like-minded peers. The Canadian transplant has appeared on panels with Lewis Black, Gilbert Gottfried and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog; scored gigs with TBS, CNN and Viceland; landed his own forthcoming Earwolf podcast, Classic Showbiz; and is the curator at the National Comedy Center, where among other current projects he's working on a George Carlin exhibit with George's daughter, Kelly Carlin, an L.A. resident and author in her own right. The Comedians, which is right up there with I'm Dying Up Here, Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live and Drunk, Stoned, Brilliant, Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon, in terms of thoroughness, engagement and lasting significance, is available in paperback on Nov. 8, while Audible.com promises an audiobook version soon as well.


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FOREST GROVE – Simon Fraser's special teams came up big against Pacific Thursday night, with their plays leading directly to five touchdowns as the Clan rolled past the Boxers 51-14 in both team's 2012 football opener at Lincoln Park Stadium.
The Clan's ledger included a punt return for a touchdown, a 58-yard kickoff return that set up a score, two blocked punts and a forced missed field goal. The special team's success helped create a momentum swing that took steam out of a promising opening drive by the Boxers that finished with a failed scoring opportunity.
Special teams hurt a decent offensive night for the Boxers (0-1), finishing with 385 yards of total offense with 345 of those in the air. Jordan Fukumoto (Jr., Mililani, Hawaii) finished with five catches for 130 yards and a touchdown while Darin Kamealoha (So., Waipahu, Hawaii) had five catches for 64 yards in his first game since September 2010. Caleb Roher (So., Gresham, Ore.) finished with 106 all-purpose yards, 100 of which came on five kickoff returns.
T.C. Campbell (Jr., Kaimuki, Hawaii) completed 12 of 20 passes for 237 yards and touchdown and was intercepted once. P.J. Minaya (Jr., Wahiawa, Hawaii) completed 10 of 17 for 108 yards and a touchdown.
Pacific was also hurt by penalties as the Boxers were flagged nine times for 76 yards. Three of those penalties came on third down plays, creating Simon Fraser scoring opportunities.
"The biggest tonight is that we hurt ourselves," Pacific Head Coach Keith Buckley said. "We gave up early possessions. We weren't physical enough on special teams. We had them stopped on third downs and gave up penalties that gave them first downs and resulted in points. As we take the next steps, those are things that will have to be rectified."
Pacific had a chance to start the game with positive momentum when a 13-yard kickoff return by Roher was followed by a 62-yard reception from Campbell to Fukumoto that landed the Boxers at their own 7-yard line. A successful red zone stand by the Clan forced a 24-yard field goal attempt by Moses Villareal-Gomez (So., Stockton, Calif.) that went wide left.
Simon Fraser, who became the first Canadian school admitted for NCAA Division II membership earlier this month, marched methodically the other way, going 80 yards over the next five minutes. Bo Palmer completed the drive with a 2-yard run that gave the Clan a 7-0 lead with 7:49 left in the quarter. A blocked punt in Pacific territory allowed the Clan to quickly score again as Trey Wheeler completed a 32-yard drive with a 2-yard touchdown pass to Lamar Durant. That gave SFU the 14-0 lead with two minutes to go in the opening period.
Following a three-and-out for the Boxers, Simon Fraser struck back with the first of their three second quarter touchdowns with Wheeler connecting Durant on a seven-yard scoring pass at the 13:02 mark. Bobby Pospischil provided the biggest special team play of the night off of Pacific's next series, returning a punt 84 yards to make it a 28-0 game. After forcing another Pacific three-and-out, Palmer finished off a seven-play, 34-yard drive with another two-yard scoring run to make it a 34-0 game with 5:24 left.
Pacific finally caught some positive mojo late in the half as Campbell found Fukumoto for a 38-yard touchdown strike. That put the Boxers on the board going into the halftime locker room, 34-7.
Simon Fraser wasted little time scoring the first of their two third quarter touchdowns. Earl Anderson returned the opening kickoff the second half 58 yards, and Kenyan Parker needed just four plays and 93 seconds to rush 34 yards for the score. The Clan defense then thwarted the Boxers in the red zone when Janne Lehtinen intercepted Campbell in the Boxers' end zone. The offense responded with a 10-play, 80-yard drive that culminated on a 13-yard scoring run by Tarrance Crawford for a 48-7 lead.
The Clan added a field goal on their next drive as Tiernan Docherty connected on a 27-yard field goal with three minutes gone in the fourth quarter.
Minaya led Pacific down field on the next series for the game's last touchdown. The nine-play, 75-yard drive culminated on a 22-yard touchdown pass to Deven McKinney (So., Spanaway, Wash.) with 7:54 to go.
Simon Fraser (1-0) finished with 378 yards of total offense, with 250 of those coming from their strong running game. Ryan Blum led the way with 67 yards on seven carries, while Palmer finished with 71 yards and two touchdowns on 13 carries. Wheeler completed 17 of 21 passes for 128 yards and two touchdowns.
Josh Brinkworth (So., Elk Grove, Calif.) led the Pacific defense with 11 tackles, including one for loss. Gabe Flory (Jr., Davis, Calif.) registered seven tackles, including 1.5 for loss. Kyle Miller finished with eight tackles to lead the Clan.
Pacific makes their first and longest trip of the season next weekend, traveling to Los Angeles to face Occidental on Saturday. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. The game can be heard live in the Portland area on 1360 AM KUIK and worldwide at goboxers.com. Simon Fraser plays their home opener next Saturday, hosting conference rival Central Washington.
BOXER BYTES: Pacific hosted Simon Fraser for their second straight home opener. It is fourth time in the Boxers' last six seasons (1989, 1990, 2011, 2012) that the Boxers and Clan have opened against each other…Pacific was one of five NCAA Division III teams to play on the official first day of the 2012 season. The other three games saw Wheaton (Ill.) beat Benedictine 48-7 and Trine beat Macalester 24-14…A moment of silence was held prior to the game to honor the memory of Eva Krebs. The former Pacific vice president of student life passed away in late July after a prolonged fight with breast cancer.
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Not a day goes by that I don't think about dropping my strip. Not a day goes by that I don't think about how much work I need to do. Not a day goes by that I don't think about every single thing that's wrong with my life.
But I think I found the problem. I think too much.
Perhaps it would be better to say that I spend more time thinking about problems than I do fixing them, or at least working on them. Way more time.
It is a good thing that every single day I come to this conclusion too. But then I just draw my comic and go to bed. I need to come to this conclusion earlier in the day, so I actually get work done, leaving me less to think about tomorrow, and all the subsequent days thereafter.
I think I got the ball rolling one way, now I just have to stop the ball from rolling that way, and push it the other way instead.
But then will I accuse myself of thinking too little? Perhaps. Can't know till I've tried, I guess. But then again, I know smoking is bad for me, and I haven't tried it either. Back and forth I go again...
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They mean, 'did you have a dental examination?'
What do these mean?
1. Did you get a tooth check-up?
2. Did you get a teeth check-up?
They mean, 'did you have a dental examination?'
What does it mean when I use 'teeth' instead of 'tooth' and vice versa?
I agree with MM. Use "dental".Originally Posted by jack
By the way, adjectives do not carry inflectional endings. Plural -s and other plural variants (i.e., vowel mutation: foot, feet, tooth, teeth) are inflectional.
"tooth" functions as an adjective, "teeth" does not:
I have a toothache.
I have a *teethache.
I have a football.
I have a *feetball.
I have a tooth appointment. (specifically one tooth)
I have a teeth appointment. (more than one tooth)
Meaning, I have an appointment for my tooth/teeth.
"I have a dental check-up" (one tooth or more)
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The Domestic Alternative Fuels Act of 2013 (HR 1959) was introduced in the House of Representatives this week proposing to allow energy and fuel industries to use alternative feedstocks (such as ethanol derived from natural gas) to satisfy their obligations under the federal Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS). The legislation was introduced by Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX) and Rep, Jim Costa (D-CA).
The RFS currently limits the feedstocks eligible to produce conventional ethanol to renewable sources like corn. The Domestic Fuel Solutions Group (DFSG), a coalition of business, transportation, agricultural, food industry, dairy, livestock and state legislative interests, supports the bill. DFSG contends that increasing mandates for corn ethanol plus the recent drought "have put enormous pressure on corn supplies and prices, severely impacting the fuel, agriculture, livestock, transportation and food service industries and creating hardship for consumers who depend on affordable corn and fuel prices."
"With efforts to secure waivers to the RFS or repeal it altogether unable to gain traction in Washington, D.C., Congress is now taking a more moderate approach in the hopes that reasonable modification of the RFS will see strong bipartisan support, the DFSG reports.
"Modifying the RFS to add ethanol from sources like natural gas would not only benefit our producers, but as one of the largest natural gas-producing states in the country, it would also strengthen our state's economy," said Adam McClung, executive vice president, Arkansas Cattlemen's Association, a coalition member.
"We're not looking to take corn out of ethanol or replace the advanced biofuels program," said Seth Jacobson, executive director, DFSG. "We're all for having a full diversity of sustainable, low cost and environmentally friendly resources available to make alternative fuel. Allowing natural gas into the RFS is a reasonable solution that aligns perfectly with the 'all of the above' approach while reducing our dependence on foreign oil. That's why we're supporting HR 1959."
But, Michael Frohlich, spokesman for Growth Energy, contends, "Natural gas is a finite resource and has no place under the RFS. The RFS is for renewable fuels, not fossil fuels. To suggest that ethanol derived from natural gas would somehow alleviate a problem that does not exist shows the true motive behind this legislation, which is to undermine the true goal of producing greater amounts of sustainable biofuels made from renewable sources."
Brian Jennings, executive vice president, American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE), agrees, "This is less about getting natural gas into the RFS than about repealing it." Jennings points out that this has been about the sixth legislative bill in a month seeking to modify or repeal the RFS, and opponents are only going to get "more clever" if they fail in their efforts.
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Bob Dinneen, president and CEO, Renewable Fuels Association, added, "Last time I checked, natural gas was not renewable."
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Well, here is the first part of my attempt to be back here on a regular basis. I have been really missing the blog, and although I've been cooking regularly, I've been so busy that most of the food I've made has been weird, thrown together meals that I like but would be embarrassed to post. I mean, who wants a recipe for a couple of eggs thrown on a trader joe's tortilla with some mashed up black beans and pesto? Besides that, I moved to a new apartment in August and to tell the truth, the light in the kitchen is downright crappy and I just can't get that enthusiastic about trying to take pictures of my food with almost no natural light. Well. Enough of the complaints. I have a plan for getting better light (a supersize mirror to redirect the sunlight down my alley and in my kitchen window, perhaps?) and will hopefully be back here more regularly from now on. Wish me luck. For now, here's this ragu.
I don't kid when I say that this is the real stuff. I won't say it's the best, because in my mind, there are a lot of wonderful ways to dress a pasta, and it would be a shame to pick just one favorite. I mean, I wouldn't want to insult all the other sauces that make me stop dead in my tracks, fork in mouth, and let out a little whimper. But here's the deal. This is the sauce to warm up a winter night. It doesn't take more than half an hour of active prep, but it tastes like you've been slaving over it all day. And it just gets better after a day in the fridge.
Do yourself a favor and use the ragu sparingly with good pasta. It's the Italian way to barely coat the pasta with sauce, and if the ragu seems too thick as you're stirring it into your pasta, toss in a spoonful or two of the pasta water to thin it out just a bit. The starch from the pasta water will help the ragu cling to your pasta.
Ragu Bolognese
Adapted from Mario Batali
Makes about 5 cups
¼ C extra virgin olive oil
2 medium onions, finely chopped
4 ribs celery, finely chopped
2 carrots, finely chopped
5 cloves garlic, sliced
1 pound ground veal
1 pound ground pork
(you can get the veal and pork ground together at the butcher)
4 ounces pancetta or slab bacon, run through the medium holes of the butcher's grinder (or chopped fine in the food processor)
One 6-ounce can of tomato paste
1 C whole milk
1 C white wine
1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
salt and freshly ground black pepper
Get the meat ready- if you haven't had the pancetta ground at the butcher, chop it and then give it a few rounds in the food processor until it's finely chopped.
Place a 6-8 quart heavy bottomed pot over high heat. When the pan is hot, throw in half the meat (veal, pork, and pancetta combined) and let it brown, lowering the temperature as necessary to avoid burning the meat. This will take about ten to fifteen minutes, you need to get all the water out of the meat before it will brown. Resist the urge to move it around too much!
When the first batch of meat has browned remove it to a bowl and drain off any of the extra fat, if there is any. Throw in the second half of the meat and brown that too.
While the meat is browning, chop the vegetables.
After the second batch of meat is brown and you've moved it to the bowl, add the olive oil to the pan and then the vegetables, scraping the browned bits up off the bottom of the pan. This should be pretty easy, as the water from the vegetables cooking will help the brown bits release from the bottom of the pan.
Saute the vegetables until translucent and slightly soft, but not brown, about five minutes.
Add the meat back into the pot and then add the tomato paste, milk, wine, and thyme and bring just to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium low and simmer for 1 to 1 ½ hours. When it is done, it will look like this. Don't expect it to be too liquidy, a proper ragu has just enough liquid to moisten the meat.
Season the ragu with salt and pepper, remove from the heat and let cool. The ragu can be refrigerated for up to two days (I think it's better on the second day, for sure) and can be frozen for up to one month.
Serve over pasta (fresh is best, but I also love this with a good rigatoni like DeCecco) and garnish with freshly grated parmesan, salt and pepper.
A little tip: If you want to freeze some of the ragu, freeze it in an ice cube tray and once frozen, dump the cubes into a Ziploc freezer bag. That way, you can defrost only as much as you need.


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Recycling is the established step for our further ecological development. Even more important though is the philosophy of reusing because while recycling employs energy, time, transportation and fuel, reusing saves all these.
Reusing is not only the act of finding second use for products but also redistributing to people who need them. In contrast to recycling, which recovers materials for processing, reusing recovers the original product. From old metal cans, plastic bags to furniture, books and appliances, there are many ways to find a second life for simple items around your home by reusing them.
The major motivation for reusing though, can be explained with the lack of financial welfare. The level of reusing in the developing world is higher than you can imagine. Rising wages and consumer demand for the convenience of disposable products has made the reuse of low value items such as packaging uneconomic in richer countries, leading to the demise of many reuse programs. Every year hundreds of thousands of tons of useful items in perfect condition are thrown away around the world at an unbelievable cost to taxpayers and businesses.
Thankfully, the growing environmental awareness is slowly but surely changing attitudes and regulations, and yet there is so much to be achieved!
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What I see as wrong in the philosophy of reusing is the opinion of the voices behind the green movement. After having read interviews and point of views for months I see compliance with the masses instead of true ethical vision, I see the same consumerist approach directed to another field of interest. I am starting to feel greenwashed by those who should be my collaborators.
Pick a green activist, read their blog, read an opinion piece, read an interview - the major appeal that will resonate will inevitably be something along the lines of:
The Earth is our only home.
We don't have a spare planet.
Now let me ask you:
- What if we had a spare planet?
- Would then dumping this one be easier?
- Would you carelessly ruin your home because you have a second one?
If your answer is yes, then you are the same old mainstream consumerist, as far as I am concerned. Stop fooling yourself and put your disposable plastic dishes back to use.
The said approach is plain transferring of the disposable culture's ideas into a philosophy as ethical as keeping the Earth clean. This will lead us only to the point we have already reached and no further.
The point of reusing lies inside, it should be part of your everyday, an approach to life and can be seen in every conscious or subconscious action. But if there are people who try to convince me that you get tired of living a green life, or that it is important to reuse because we don't have a second planet, then the only thing I understand is that if it depends on us, we are going to lose this planet.
Gluttony, vanity, disregard and disrespect are of prime importance to humanity. If we don't deal with them we will never get to honest reducing, reusing or recycling.
And while we're at it, I dare you to sign the Simple Living Pledge. The challenge starts on February 1st.
And while we're at it, I dare you to sign the Simple Living Pledge. The challenge starts on February 1st.


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Where: 500 E Central Blvd., Orlando, FL 32801 Contact: 407-481-9100 The lowdown: Eola Wine Company, a cute little vino vendor that's part bar and part wine shop. The wine list changes every 10 to 14 days, but there are always interesting sips to sample with a good mix of wines from various countries. If you like to taste a variety of wines, consider trying one of the "flights." That's where you get three or four smaller pours of complementing wines. There is also a selection of beers from around the world. Munchies are minimal here, but there is a selection of noshes from the kitchen.
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Toni Braxton life story book deal
Grammy Award winner Toni Braxton has a song in her heart and some stories on her mind.
The singer, musician and actress has a deal with an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers for an autobiography, Unbreak My Heart.
Imprint It Books said it will be out on May 20.
Braxton, 46, will write about everything from her many hit records to raising an autistic child to her struggles with lupus.
She is known for such songs as Unbreak My Heart, Breathe Again and You're Makin' Me High.
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- The original map has an awful lot of rubble and tumble-down walls. Now it's true that humans are lazy alcoholics, but it's been 110 years since the Bloodspears rumbled through! Don't you think someone might've organized a clean-up in the intervening decades? I do, so I patched the walls and cannibalized the rubble for more buildings.
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The Uptown Fire Table, 42-Inch Burner by The Outdoor GreatRoom Company provides a high quality fire feature with a unique tiered table design. The outdoor rated stucco base provides durable support for the two-tiered table top that features a porcelain tiled lower tier and a heavy duty supercast upper tier for a one of a kind modern look. The 12" x 42" linear Crystal Fire burner features a complete 304 stainless steel construction and is rated for a generous 100,500 BTU to provide a satisfying flame presence.
The stainless steel burner is UL listed to ensure the highest safety standards while the push button spark ignition system provides simple and convenient controls when lighting the unit along with the manual control valve that allows a variable flame height. This unit includes the standard diamond fire beads, a regulator and necessary fittings to connect to a standard 20 pound propane tank and also includes the natural gas conversion for natural gas applications.
- Chat Height Base - 24" tall base features an outdoor rated stucco construction for long lasting durability
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- Diamond Glass Fire Gems - Comes standard with 16 lbs. of beautiful Diamond colored fire glass
- Propane or Natural Gas - Comes propane ready, also contains natural gas conversion kit; propane tank can be stored within the base
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- Weight - 445 lbs
- Output Capability - 100,500 BTU
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About the Manufacturer:Located in Burnsville, MN, just south of Minneapolis, The Outdoor GreatRoom Company seeks to help you define your outdoor experience by offering trendy, safe, reliable products with an added focus on innovative design and user-friendliness. With a wide variety of gas fire pit products, The Outdoor Greatroom has been turning backyard patios into personal paradises since their founding in 1975. The Outdoor Greatroom's fire pit products offer warmth and simplicity to any outdoor space.
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Slamas and partners is a young, but experienced architectural practice, led by architect Skirmantas Slamas. We began working on landmark multi-story residential, commercial and industry buildings nearly five years ago, but have recently expanded into international, competition winning practice, working on multi-functional mega projects, such as a 4,000,000 sq. ft. residential, leisure, and commercial development in Montenegro. We are also working on some remarkable projects in Russia, Kazakhstan, Italy and residential development in Israel.
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Smallholding as a concept is not limited to small-scale farming, and anyone can bring parts of it to their everyday lifestyle, whether it's a window box to grow produce, a garden to keep chickens or a field or two for other livestock.
Providing a comprehensive overview of smallholding for the beginner, Smallholding by Georgina Starmer is a practical guide to growing food and farming livestock. It helps the reader learn how to incorporate some self-sufficiency into their lifestyle, to become knowledgeable enough to keep livestock, and to enjoy working and being productive with the land they have.
The book also provides information about making a profit from the fruits of labour, such as selling surplus home grown produce at the farm gate or farmers' markets.
Contents include an A-Z growing guide for fruits and vegetables, topics such as buying or renting land, soil health, composting, fruit trees, pasture management, stock fencing; and detailed livestock information about keeping bees, caring for poultry, goats, llamas and alpacas, pigs, sheep and cattle, and the legal requirements that come with it.


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Writing in Seed, NCSE's Joshua Rosenau explains what the new Texas state science standards mean for science education nationwide.
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Rest and unrest derive from illusion;
with enlightenment there is no liking and disliking.
All dualities come from ignorant inference.
They are like dreams or flowers in air:
foolish to try to grasp them.
Gain and loss, right and wrong:
such thoughts must finally be abolished at once.
If the eye never sleeps,
all dreams will naturally cease.
If the mind makes no discriminations,
the ten thousand things
are as they are, of single essence.
To understand the mystery of this one-essence
is to be released from all entanglements.
When all things are seen equally,
the timeless self-essence is reached.
No comparisons or analogies are possible
in this causeless, relationless state.
Mind has only one capacity and that is to dream. And this dreaming continues even while you are awake. That's the reason Sosan or Jesus won't believe that you are ever awake, because dreaming has one quality: that it can happen only in sleep.
These two things have to be understood first: mind is the source of all dreaming, but dreaming can happen only in sleep. And if you are dreaming twenty-four hours a day, one thing is absolutely certain: that you are fast asleep. Close the eyes any moment and the dream is there; it continues as an undercurrent. Even while you are engaged, for all outward purposes you seem to be awake but deep down a current of dreaming goes on and on and on.
Any moment, close the eyes and it is there. It is not interrupted by your occupations. You walk on the street, you drive the car, you work in a factory, in the office - it continues. You go to sleep, then you can feel it more because, unoccupied, the whole attention comes to the mind.
It is just like the stars. In the day you cannot see stars in the sky. They are there, because where can they go? But because of the light of the sun you cannot see them. If you go in a deep well, two hundred feet down, from there you can see stars in the sky even in the day. They are there, but because of so much light you cannot see them. Darkness is needed for them to be revealed.
The same happens with dreaming: dreams are there in the day also, but darkness is needed so that you can see them. It is just like when you go to a theater: if the doors are open the film may continue, but you cannot see it. Close the doors, make the room dark, and you can see it.
Dreaming is your continuity, and unless this continuity is broken you cannot know what truth is. The question is not whether truth is very far away or near, the question is whether the mind is in a dream or not.
So the basic problem is not how to seek the truth; you cannot seek with a dreaming mind, because whatsoever will come before you, your dreams will be imposed on it. Your dreams will be projected on it, you will interpret it. You will not be able to see as it is. You will see according to your dreams, you will falsify it. Truth is there, because only truth can be. Untruth cannot be.


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Try your luck fishing at our stocked catfish pond. Come down daily when we feed the fish for some entainment.
Presidio La Bahia is located one mile south of Goliad, Texas, on U.S. Highway 183. It was established at this location in 1749, with Mission Espiritu Santo. It has been owned by the Catholic Church since 1853.
The Texas Zoo connects people with wildlife from Texas and the rest of the world; inspires caring for nature; and advances conservation through education, recreation, science and action. The Texas Zoo showcases more than 200 native Texas and exotic animals of over 90 species. Come and explore all that the Zoo has to offer! Stare into the eyes of a Bengal Tiger. Watch alligators attack their lunch. Get up close and personal with a white ibis. Learn fun facts on a Zoo Tour or touch a ball python in one of the Education Programs.
Hours of Operation
Open Daily from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Last guest admission at 4:30pm
Closed: Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve Day, Christmas Day, New Year's Day.
The Texas Zoo
110 Memorial Drive
Victoria, TX 77901
Riverside Park consists of 562 picturesque acres along the Guadalupe River. Situated within the park is a 27-hole public golf course, an exercise trail, the Texas Zoo, the duck Pond and numerous picnic and playground facilities.
Softball and baseball fields abound in the northern part of the park. As you head south along the river road you'll see the Rose Garden on your left. Containing over 1000 roses it is one of only 7 accredited public rose gardens in Texas.
Across from the Rose Garden the road winds down the hill to the public boat ramp. Farther down the road, with the golf course on one side and the Guadalupe on the other, you'll pass many picnic areas and a playground for the kids.
The Duck Pond with it's beautiful Gazebo is abundant with friendly ducks waiting for a handout of bread. Past the Proshop at the golf course and farther down the road is Riverside Stadium, right across from the Horseman's Club.
Riverside Stadium is the home to many high school baseball games and tournaments.
Riverside Park and Rose Garden
East Red River Street
Victoria, TX 77901


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Jimmy Fallon Won't Be Hosting the Oscars, He Says
There's been a ton of rumors spreading around about the possibility of late-night talk show host Jimmy Fallon taking on the most prestigious awards show in the nation: the Oscars. But the rumors are now put to rest as Jimmy Fallon speaks up about the hosting job.
Unfortunately for those folks who were hoping that the comedian would take the stage for next year's Oscars are in for a disappointment. Not only was Jimmy Fallon offered the honor of hosting the 2013 Academy Awards, but he turned it down. The most intriguing part of Fallon's confession, taking place during an interview on the 'Today' show, was his reasoning for declining the job.
"No, I'm not going to do the Oscars. It's an honor to be asked by the Academy, but it's not my year." That has to be one of the most humble and honest reasons that he could have ever given out. Granted, we think that Fallon could have done a good job hosting this next year, but if he believes that he'll be better prepared to take on hosting duties a couple of years down the road then who are we to deny him of that? We'll be eagerly awaiting to see what Fallon can do as our Oscar host whenever he finally accepts the job down the road.
What do you think? Do you believe that Jimmy Fallon should have been the host for next year's Oscars? Let us know in the comments and check out his full interview on 'Today' below.


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The Power Of Ambient Awareness
from the getting-to-know-you dept
However, Clive Thompson has done an excellent job with his latest piece for the NY Times Magazine, explaining the concept of "ambient awareness" that describes Twitter and things like Facebook's news feed. It's not so much about telling everyone everything you're doing, or knowing everything that everyone is doing, but it does give you an amazing ambient view into what's going on in the lives of whoever you follow, and in an odd way makes you feel much more connected to them than you might otherwise. I know that I've become much closer friends with some folks entirely due to Twitter just because I'm more aware of what they're up to on a regular basis, rather than only talking to them infrequently.
I think the problem is that many people, myself included, originally think of Twitter in similar terms to email or instant messaging, where you're really expected to provide your undivided attention and to respond to what is sent to you. But Twitter doesn't work that way. It really is an "ambient" flow of information about what's happening with lots of different people, which makes you feel much more connected with them. It's great to see Thompson do such a good job explaining why, because despite experiencing it, I couldn't have put the concept into words like he did.


text: Shadows was John Cassavetes' first directorial effort. Like his later critically acclaimed films Faces and Husbands, Cassavetes fills the screen with probing, unflattering closeups. Unlike his other films, however, Shadows zips along at 87 minutes, avoiding the pitfall of putting the director's nonfans to sleep. The film is a straightforward account of a biracial romance (a far less common film subject in 1960 than today). Light-skinned African-American Lelia Goldoni falls in love with a white man Anthony Ray, who spurns her when he meets the rest of her family. Far from subtle, Shadows benefits from the undisciplined energy of its direction and the excellence of its individual performances. Costing a scant $40,000 (less than the average half hour TV episode of the era), Shadows won the Critic's Award at the Cannes Film Festival and led to more expensive studio assignments for John Cassavetes.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide


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The newest British Columbia Historical Federation Newsletter is on-line. This issue (#40, December 2012, .pdf format, free) includes news of historical and heritage activities and awards from around BC, including the Vernon Museum's restoration of Vernon's 1912 post office clock and the opening of the Fraser Valley Heritage Railway Society's new car barn in Cloverdale.
The latest Federation of Family History Societies Ezine (#36, Christmas 2012, .pdf format, free) offers Christmas history, along with links to a selection of favourite websites of FFHS officers and other genealogy news – the National Burial Index, Edition 3 (NBI3) can now be run on Apple Mac computers, for example.