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Paul Krugman:
Marco Rubio Has Learned Nothing — Because his party has learned nothing. — OK, back up: this morning the papers and the web are full of nuance-sniffing, as people try to find omens in the SOTU and the GOP response. I don't think I can add anything useful to all that.
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line: The GOP's epic gamble
Steve Benen / msnbc.com: Putting the rube in Rubio
Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog: READ: The Republican response to the State of the Union
Janet Shan / The Hinterland Gazette: Sen. Marco Rubio, Who Tried to Paint Himself as a Working Class …
Riverdaughter / The Confluence: SOTU {{facepalm}}
Andrew Rosenthal / Taking Note: Rubio's Rebuttal — Andy Borowitz's humor column on how Fox News aired …
Joan McCarter / Daily Kos: Rubio's big lie: Government created the housing crisis
Imani Gandy / Angry Black Lady Chronicles: Marco Rubio's State of the Union Response: A Dry Nothing Burger
Naked Politics: Politics, Poland Spring and Sen. Marco Rubio - reactions to speech from around the Web
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Marco Rubio's drinking problem — Twitter exploded during Sen. Marco Rubio's Republican response to the State of the Union, as the Florida senator appeared a little sweaty and dry-mouthed at mid-speech, taking an awkward swig from a bottle of water that had been placed off-camera.
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Rubio offers philosophical rebuttal
Hart Williams / his vorpal sword: Coverage Even Worse Than Rubio Speech
Ron Chusid / Liberal Values: Drinking Scandal And The State of the Union
David Edwards / The Raw Story: Rubio: The water-bottle moment was a message from God
Erik Loomis / Lawyers, Guns & Money: We Are All Maureen Dowd
Robert Stein / Connecting.the.Dots: American Split-Screen Night
Tim Elfrink / Riptide 2.0:
Marco Rubio, Who Bragged About Living In "Working Class" West Miami, Is Selling His $675,000 House — Marco Rubio — the Tea Party's wunderkind, GOP's great not-too-white hope, and water's most awkward chugger — had his moment in the national spotlight last night, delivering a rebuttal …
Discussion: AMERICAblog, nbcbayarea.com, NBC Latino, Daily Kos and TheBlaze.com
Emily Feldman / nbcbayarea.com: Marco Rubio's Water Grab Preserved in GIFs
Julio Ricardo Varela / NBC Latino: Opinion: Rubio's failed State of the Union response got lost in water break incident
Eddie Scarry / TheBlaze.com: Maybe that water break 'added to his aura'
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Everyone On Twitter Made The Exact Same Joke About Marco Rubio's Water Break — The fall of western civilization is complete.
Discussion: Red Alert Politics, The Fix and Crooks and Liars
Kelsey Osterman / Red Alert Politics: Marco Rubio liquifies negative #waterbottlegate press with classy, humorous response
Aaron Blake / The Fix: Marco Rubio: The anti-Romney
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
The Rap on Rubio — Not long ago, scrolling for a movie, I saw that "Notorious" was on. — How can you resist Cary Grant as an American spy in Rio recruiting Ingrid Bergman to seduce and betray a Nazi played by Claude Rains? — But it turned out to be a very different "Notorious," …
Discussion: msnbc.com
Morning Joe / msnbc.com: Must-Read Op-Eds for Feb. 13, 2013
Joel Siegel / NY Daily News:
Thirsty Sen. Marco Rubio makes waves with awkward grab for water
Thirsty Sen. Marco Rubio makes waves with awkward grab for water
Discussion: The Daily Currant
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Rubio's Home for Sale
Rubio's Home for Sale
Discussion: alan.com and A plain blog about politics
Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Marco Rubio: 'I needed water'
Marco Rubio: 'I needed water'
Lucy Madison / CBS News:
Marco Rubio's "water bottle-gate" moment
Marco Rubio's "water bottle-gate" moment
Discussion: ComPost, Food & Water Watch, The Daily Caller, CNN, Twitchy, The Atlantic Online and NewsHounds blog
Alexandra Petri / ComPost: Marco Rubio's drinking problem
Matt K. Lewis / The Daily Caller: The State of the Media is not strong
Sarah Desprat / Twitchy: Anti-racist dog whistler Chris Matthews calls Marco Rubio's SOTU response 'primitive'
Garance Franke-Ruta / The Atlantic Online: Marco Rubio Reaches for the Water Bottle; Parents of Slain Teen Sit Stoic
Catalina Camia / Associated Press:
Rubio's sip of water lights up Twitter
Rubio's sip of water lights up Twitter
Discussion: The Daily Caller, First Read, msnbc.com, Hot Air and Politico
Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller: I guess headlines like this are okay now: — "Marco Rubio's drinking problem"?
Abby Borovitz / msnbc.com: President Obama brings State of the Union message to voters
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
CNN Poll: 53% who watched speech give president thumbs up — Washington (CNN) - A majority of Americans who watched President Barack Obama's State of the Union address said they had a very positive reaction to his speech, according to a survey of people across the country who viewed Tuesday night's address.
Discussion: The Hill, Slate, USA Today, Guardian, Taylor Marsh and Taegan Goddard's …
Daniel Strauss / The Hill: Poll: 53 percent approve of Obama State of the Union speech
John Dickerson / Slate: Obama's Wish List
Susan Page / USA Today: Analysis: Obama is emboldened and ready for battle
Ted Widmer / New York Times:
From Obama, a Proudly Liberal Message
From Obama, a Proudly Liberal Message
Dana Milbank / Washington Post: Let the bleak times roll
Doyle McManus / Los Angeles Times: SOTU the morning after: Bold or modest?
Dan Kennedy / The Huffington Post: Media to President: You're a Liberal!
Gerald F. Seib / Wall Street Journal: Deficits Tie Hands of Activist President
Stephen Green / The PJ Tatler: BREAKING: Obama is Liberal
New York Times:
Obama's 2013 State of the Union Address
Obama's 2013 State of the Union Address
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Jordan Weissmann / The Atlantic Online: Who Might Get a Raise If Obama Boosts the Minimum Wage?
Richard Florida / Business Insider: Sorry Obama, There's No Way Manufacturing Can Save America
Kevin Gosztola / Firedoglake: Obama's Cybersecurity Executive Order Appears to Pose Little Risk to Citizens' Privacy—For Now
Martin Kettle / Guardian: Why the consensual Barack Obama is becoming confrontational | Martin Kettle
John Podhoretz / New York Post: Welcome to fantasy world of gov't as cure-all
Scott Wilson / Washington Post: Obama, in State of the Union, makes case that middle class is job one
Matt Compton / White House.gov Blog: President Obama's 2013 State of the Union
Yuval Levin / National Review: The State of the Democrats
Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS: Obama Proposals Include Universal Preschool, Higher Minimum Wage
Christopher Bedford / The Daily Caller: BEDFORD: The top 10 stupidest points in the State of the Union
Melissa McEwan / Shakesville: So the President Gave a Speech Last Night...
Paul Wells / Macleans.ca: Barack Obama in a place called hope
Rachel Weiner / The Fix: President Obama's 2013 State of the Union by the numbers
Joseph A. Palermo / The Huffington Post: Desiline Victor and Black History Month
Scott Johnson / Power Line: SOTU, Jeopardy style
John Wonderlich / Sunlight Foundation Blog: Transparency in the State of the Union 2013
National Review:
The Broke, Retreating State of Our Union
The Broke, Retreating State of Our Union
Discussion: The Huffington Post, The Daily Beast, The Week, Washington Wire and CNN, more at Mediagazer »
Kevin Bohn / CNN: 5 things we learned from the State of the Union
John Boehner's Senate-first strategy — The same House Republican majority that spent the entire past two years haranguing Senate Democrats for ignoring piles of legislation has a new strategy. — Let the Senate act first — on nearly everything. — Boehner is trying to shift …
Discussion: CNN, Washington Monthly and Daily Kos
Deirdre Walsh / CNN: Boehner says sequester bad policy but punts to Senate Democrats
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: About Those Frightened Senate Democrats
Jed Lewison / Daily Kos: Is doing nothing an agenda or a strategy?
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Rep. Jackson Lee warns against more spending cuts: 'We're at the bone almost'
Rep. Jackson Lee warns against more spending cuts: 'We're at the bone almost'
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The PJ Tatler
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Republicans predict sequester will happen
Republicans predict sequester will happen
Discussion: The Hill, The Week, Hot Air and The Maddow Blog
Jonathan Easley / The Hill: Rubio jokes: 'I needed water' while delivering Republican response
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Ryan: Yeah, the sequester's probably going to happen
Steve Benen / The Maddow Blog: When Congress gives up on the pretense of caring
Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
Top Republicans Oppose Obama's Call To Raise The Minimum Wage … During his State of the Union address last night, President Obama called for raising the minimum wage to $9 an hour, up from its current $7.25, and indexing it to inflation so that it rises as the economy grows.
Discussion: Little Green Footballs, Feministing, Mediaite and Daily Kos
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite: Sen. Marco Rubio Shockingly Tells CBS News This Morning: 'I Support People Making More Than $9′
Meteor Blades / Daily Kos: Obama's proposal to raise the minimum wage collides immediately with usual Republican malarkey
Annie Lowrey / New York Times:
Obama Pushes for Increase in Federal Minimum Wage
Obama Pushes for Increase in Federal Minimum Wage
Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Monthly: Enough with the Wretched Middle Class Already
Garance Franke-Ruta / The Atlantic Online: Obama's Minimum-Wage Gamble
Kate Nocera / Politico: Boehner: No minimum wage hike
Veronique de Rugy / National Review: Raising the Minimum Wage: A Tired, Bad Proposal
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute: Raising The Minumum Wage (And My Blood Pressure)
Steve Benen / The Maddow Blog: Obama charts bold course for second term
Joe Weisenthal / Business Insider: Obama Calls For $9 Minimum Wage
Bill Scher / Campaign for America's Future: Progressive Breakfast — MORNING MESSAGE: Obama's Liberal Vision ... And Its Limits
Dan Pfeiffer / Talking Points Memo:
Boehner Shoots Down Obama's Minimum Wage Hike
Boehner Shoots Down Obama's Minimum Wage Hike
Discussion: The Plum Line, Addicting Info and Prairie Weather
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line: Bring it on: Battle over minimum wage is underway
Nathaniel Downes / Addicting Info: Boehner Says No To Minimum Wage Increase
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Roy Blunt says Republicans have votes to delay Chuck Hagel nomination — Sen. Roy Blunt signaled Wednesday that there may be enough votes in the Senate to delay debate on the nomination of Chuck Hagel to lead the Pentagon. — Blunt (R-Mo.) said he believed there were 40 votes in the Senate that indicated …
Discussion: CNN, Power Line, Hot Air, Israel Matzav and Right Turn
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line: Reports: A filibuster of Hagel isn't out of the question
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Blunt: We have the votes to delay Hagel confirmation; Update: McCain won't commit to opposing filibuster?
Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn: McCain leaves open the door to a Hagel filibuster
Ginger Gibson / Politico:
John McCain might delay Chuck Hagel vote
John McCain might delay Chuck Hagel vote
Discussion: Right Turn, Advocate, Daily Kos, National Review and Israel Matzav
Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn: What about the Hagel vote? — Senior Senate Republican staffers …
Neal Broverman / Advocate: Tammy Baldwin Supports Chuck Hagel as Defense Secretary
Joan McCarter / Daily Kos: McCain flip-flops on filibustering Hagel
Robert Costa / National Review: The Inhofe Position — On Monday, Senator Jim Inhofe …
Jim Galloway / Ajc Blogs: &lsquo:
Paul Broun: 'I was the first to call Obama a socialist' — Since he jumped into the U.S. Senate race last week, Paul Broun has insisted on presenting a calm, cool and constructive demeanor. — After the State of the Union address last night, the on-message Republican congressman …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Washington Monthly, The Hill, alan.com, The Raw Story and Taegan Goddard's …
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: "Buckley Rule" In Action?
Jonathan Easley / The Hill: Rep. Broun boasts he's the first to call Obama a 'socialist'
David Edwards / The Raw Story: Broun fundraising plea brags that he called Obama a 'socialist' first
Neal B. Freeman / National Review:
Buckley Rule — According to Bill, not Karl — The Buckley Rule has been much invoked in recent weeks, in this space and elsewhere, and on almost every occasion it has been both misquoted and misapplied. As one who was present at the formulation, I feel obliged to record the "originalist" intention.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Riehl World News
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: The "Buckley Rule" and Its Implications
Time Warner in talks to part ways with Time Inc. — Exclusive: Meredith is in talks with media giant Time Warner to buy most of its Time Inc. publishing business. — Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes — FORTUNE — Media giant Time Warner has begun discussions to separate itself from Time Inc. …
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Lauren Indvik / Mashable!: Report: Time Warner in Talks to Sell Magazine Unit
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter: Reports: Meredith in talks to buy most Time Warner magazines
State of the Union 2013: Bill Shuster apologizes for saying Obama lied — House Transportation Chairman Bill Shuster apologized Wednesday for calling President Barack Obama a liar after the State of the Union speech. — Shuster (R-Pa.), speaking to POLITICO from Statuary Hall minutes after the speech …
Discussion: Post Politics
Rachel Weiner / Post Politics: Shuster apologizes for calling Obama a liar
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Sen. Paul threatens hold on Brennan over armed drone strikes — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Wednesday threatened to hold John Brennan's nomination for CIA director unless he receives more answers on the administration's drone program. — "I have asked Mr. Brennan if he believed that the President …
Kevin Liptak / CNN: Rand Paul to place hold on Brennan nomination
Manu Raju / Politico: Rand Paul says he'll block CIA nominee
The Atlantic Wire:
Pentagon to Start Awarding Medals for Drone Strikes and Cyberattacks — The Defense Department is reportedly inventing a new medal designed to reward soliders who fight battles from the safety of their computer consoles. The Associated Press says the Pentagon is creating a new ribbon …
Discussion: Associated Press and Outside the Beltway
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press: Pentagon creates new medal for cyber, drone wars
James Joyner / Outside the Beltway: Distinguished Warfare Medal for Armchair Warriors
New York Times:
Challenged for His Seat at 89, a Senator Does Not Go Gentle — WASHINGTON — As he approached his 89th birthday this year, Senator Frank R. Lautenberg of New Jersey was finally considering retirement, an option he had tried a decade earlier and hated so much that he jumped at the chance to return to political life.
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Ann Althouse / Althouse: Chuck Schumer tells Cory Booker: "Frank deserves the time and respect to make his own decisions."
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box: Lautenberg: Booker 'won me a lot of friends'
Abby Livingston / Roll Call: Shop Talk: Booker Aide Says Finance Director Leaving Campaign, Politics
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Landrieu leads potential foes for reelection — When PPP last polled Louisiana in 2010, Bobby Jindal was one of the most popular Governors in the country. 58% of voters approved of the job he was doing to just 34% who disapproved. Over the last two and a half years though there's …
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Kevin Robillard / Politico: Louisiana poll: Bobby Jindal approval sinks
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: Race to the Bottom
Lisa Crivelli / msnbc.com: Fall from grace? Jindal slipping in Louisiana polls
PR Newswire:
Ron Paul Makes National Radio Debut With Courtside — Courtside Entertainment Group announced today that former Congressman and Presidential Candidate Ron Paul will make his national radio and podcast debut March 18, 2013. Ron Paul 's America will feature one of America's …
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Children are defined as never married "own children" under age 18 living at home. "Own children" are biological children, step children, or adopted children of the household head. Income categories are defined as "poor" (income below $30,000 in 1999), "affluent" (income more than $60,000 in1999), and "middle income" (those falling in between). Excludes metro areas with less than 5,000 population of the specified racial/ethnic group.
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On January 26th, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ended the puzzling status of interstate retailing in Texas created by the lower court's decision in Siesta Village Market. The district court had ruled that out-of-state retailers had a Commerce Clause right to sell wine to Texas consumers, but only wine that had been purchased from a Texas-licensed wholesaler.
The decision is another example of uncertainties resulting from the principal unresolved Granholm question: How does one reconcile the location-neutrality principle with the infamous North Dakota dictum to the effect that states may discriminate against out-of-state wholesalers? The Fifth Circuit's answer, like that of the Second Circuit, is that Granholm extended Commerce Clause protection to wineries, but not to wholesalers or retailers, because national markets in the lower tiers would make it impossible for a state to protect the "traditional three-tier system." As the Court of Appeals judge said about setting aside fundamental economic policy embodied in the dormant Commerce Clause to follow a judicial aside that was not part of the Granholm holding, "That language may be dicta. If so, it is compelling dicta."
Post-Granholm litigation shows clearly enough that judges, though not bound to follow dicta, will elevate it to persuasive precedent when it coincides with their value systems. The values question is whether states' asserted 21st Amendment right to maintain a privileged middle tier trumps the Commerce Clause policy against differential treatment of in-state and out-of-state economic interests. All one can say at this point is, "to be continued."
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What makes a good cocktail? Attention to detail.
The fine folks at Anvil have attention to detail down. We went behind the scenes with Kevin, one of the co-owners, to capture those details, in the art and the chemistry that goes into making Anvil's signature Ginger Beer, which they'll be sharing with visitors at Big Bite Nite on April 29! (Tickets are going fast – get yours here.)
Despite its more familiar, sweet incarnations in ginger bread or gingerbread men – ginger itself is actually quite spicy. And the process of getting juice from a ginger root was both strange (when was the last time you juiced a root?) and fascinating.
Kevin kicked it up a notch by adding habanero peppers (which, you might remember from an earlier video, can just about burn your lips off if you're not careful) just before final splash (or fizz) of CO2.
Even just a quarter of one habanero pepper was enough to make this quite a spicy spirit. It was a tad too much for me – but that's just me. You can test your tastebuds on April 29, when Anvil samples it's Ginger Beer-based cocktail at Big Bite Nite!
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Papyrus Capital
An illustration of a papyrus decorated capital. In several traditions of architecture including Classical architecture, the capital (from the Latin caput, 'head') forms the crowning member of a column or a pilaster. The capital projects on each side as it rises, in order to support the abacus and unite the form of the latter (normally square) with the circular shaft of the column.
Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed., vol. 5) (New York, NY: The Encyclopaedia Britannica Company, 1910)


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Chocolate Cherry Truffles
Total TimePrep: 1-1/2 hours + standing
Makes4 dozen
- 1 cup finely chopped dried cherries
- 1/4 cup cherry brandy
- 11 ounces 53% cacao dark baking chocolate, chopped
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon cherry extract
- 4 ounces milk chocolate, chopped
- 4 ounces dark chocolate, chopped
- Melted dark, milk and white chocolate and pearl dust
- In a small bowl, combine cherries and brandy; cover and let soak for 1 hour or until cherries are softened.
- Place dark chocolate in a small bowl. In a small saucepan, bring cream just to a boil. Pour over chocolate; whisk until smooth. Stir in extract and soaked cherries with liquid. Cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until firm.
- Shape into 1-in. balls. Place on baking sheets; cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
- In a microwave, melt milk chocolate; stir until smooth. Dip half of the balls into milk chocolate, allowing excess to drip off. Place on waxed paper; let stand until set.
- Melt dark chocolate; stir until smooth. Dip remaining balls into dark chocolate, allowing excess to drip off. Place on waxed paper; let stand until set. Drizzle with melted chocolate and decorate with pearl dust as desired. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Editor's NotePearl dust is available from Wilton Industries. Call 800-794-5866 or visit wilton.com.
Nutrition Facts1 truffle: 80 calories, 5g fat (3g saturated fat), 3mg cholesterol, 1mg sodium, 10g carbohydrate (8g sugars, 1g fiber), 1g protein.
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Nov 26, 2014
I made these delicious truffles for the first time. I did not want to buy a whole bottle of Kirschwasser only to use a quarter cup so I used Asbach Uralt (German brandy) to soak the cherries. I also could not find cherry extract so I used vanilla. I left the mixture too long in the refrigerator and it got very hard. I used the microwave at 30 sec. interval and got it to soften up to make the balls. Worked great. And...are they good. They will make a nice gift
Jan 31, 2014
Very tasty and rich. I stored them in the refrigerator and they became my decadent treat with coffee in the evening after dinner. I admit to not sharing their location with the rest of my family...
Dec 16, 2013
never made HomeMade ChocolAtes Before...WayWayWay ToO Rich And Sweet For Me!! Bbbllleeeccchhh
Dec 10, 2013
Are these sweet enough? Shouldn't there be powdered sugar in the truffle part? Does the dark baking chocolate have any sugar?
Dec 10, 2013
For those wanting to make these alcohol-free, simply soak the cherries in warm water for about 10 minutes and drain. Likewise, if you can find cherry juice in your local grocery, soak the cherries in the amount/time called for in the recipe and drain.
Dec 10, 2013
What could I use in place of the brandy so the kids can have them?
Dec 10, 2013
scrumptious!!!!! easy and did i say scrumptious!


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South Wharf Rotherhithe.
In 1883, despite considerable public objection due to the hostility and fear roused by smallpox, MAB (Metropolitan Asylums Board) purchased Acorn Wharf in Trinity Street, Rotherhithe, for £13,000. The 2-acre site had been chosen as a receiving station for the River Ambulance Service (RAS)
In 1885 Acorn Wharf was renamed South Wharf. In 1901, just as another smallpox epidemic began, the Wharf was further expanded.
With the decline of smallpox, the river service was reorganised in 1913, with the South Wharf dealing with general fever cases while the North Wharf continued to receive smallpox cases.
By 1921 the South Wharf had expanded its land facilities and had 24 beds in various 'shelters' where patients could be kept overnight if necessary.
In 1933, the LCC sent the steamers, having been disinfected and certified as such by the Port Sanitary Authority, to Erith for mooring prior to disposal. In the last six months of their working lives, from January to July 1930, the steamers had transported over 2,500 patients to Long Reach.
In 1940, during WW2, the South Wharf Receiving Station, still being used as a collecting point for smallpox cases, was destroyed by firebombs. The South Wharf site is now the site of the Surrey Docks Farm.
Surrey Docks, Canals and Wharfs
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South Wharf, Rotherhithe, River Ambulance Service staff and crew on the Geneva Cross, c. 1902.
The man at the far right of the top row is Frederick Showell, and the man in the centre of the bottom row is thought to be Captain George Livett.
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The Thames was also one of our playgrounds, these children are playing on the barges with Pococks of Rotherhithe Street in the background.
Re: ROTHERHITHE,WHARFS & DOCKS.
Thames Tunnel Mills, Rotherhithe Street, facing onto the river on one side and overlooking St Mary's Church on the other, were built in the 1860s and consisted of warehouses and flour mills. Latterly the mills produced flaked rice and tapioca made by White, Tomkins and Courage until they closed the mills in 1972. It was one of the first warehouses to be converted into residential use in the early 1980s by the London and Quadrant Housing Association.
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How was your weekend? How were your fantasy footballs? Fantastical? Some people say Americans are anti-intellectual, but I'd say that a people who elects to impose math and statistics as a superstructure to a game that's basically beefy dudes kicking the crap out of each other over an animal carcass is very much the opposite. I don't "play" fantasy football, but I might play Fantasia football but only if I'm the same team as all of those brooms. As you might guess, we would frequently run the sweep. I think, though, that the Sorcerer's Apprentice might lend itself more to basketball, primarily because the brooms would do a terrible job in pass protection and secondly, because they could be coached by the Wizard of Westwood. "But enough about all that," generic reader complains impatiently. " I want to read about your bike commute!" generic reader says and he/she stomps his/her foot. Very well then, generic reader.
I think one of the reasons why some drivers tend to get impatient/terrible is because they think that they're in private space (the confines of their car) when they're actually in public space (on the streets). We act different in private than we do in public (or should at least) and while a man's home is his castle, a phrase meaning that you can shoot crossbow bolts at invaders from therein (or something like that), the streets belong to us all and suggest a certain level of mutual accommodation. I think I'm less inclined to forget that I'm in public because I have neither roof nor radio to make me think otherwise, but it'd be easy to see how someone in a rolling easy chair might easily forget that he is outside the comforts of his own home. This is why I advocate making car seats less comfortable and requiring that all cars be convertible and roofs must be down unless it's raining. I'm sure that this will do the trick.
Ladies be Cat-6-ing.
I inflated my tires today and there's a noticeable squeak. [FOURTH WALL ALERT: After I wrote that sentence and before I could write the next one, which would be something like "This squeak is an unsolvable mystery and I'll never be able to get to the bottom of it because I'm helpless and the only thing I can think to do is to complain about it to the 9 of you, furthering highlighting my helplessness and haplessness," I decided that I would attempt to solve this problem myself. And I might have! I knew that it wasn't the brake pad rubbing again the sidewall because this makes an entirely different kind of noise (of which I am also well-acquainted), so I decided to sit on the floor (for some reason) and spin the rear tire and use my massive powers of "looking at it" to see that the outside of the sidewall of the tire was rubbing ever so slightly against the non-drive side fender stay, (Fender stay is also what you say when you don't want your guitar to run off). So I bent the fender stay ever so slightly, spun the tire once more and now the squeaking is gone. So, huzzah for all that]
For some of my ride, I was behind a guy wearing a Drunk'n Dragons cycling jersey. Don't let your dragon drink and ride. Or paddle, as the shirt might suggest.
I took 15th and then made a left on R Street, taking that the rest of the way. My legs felt heavy and slow, maybe because I overdid it on a leisure ride yesterday. I didn't mind it at the time, but I certainly felt like I had less juice this morning and not only because I didn't even have juice for breakfast (I had waffles, thanks for asking). This made riding up the Massachusetts Avenue hill laborious and I'm fairly certain that the time elapsed from bottom to top could have been measured in hours rather than minutes. If it were measured in minuets, it'd be a lot as well. If it were measured in minarets (which is a unit of distance and not time), it would depend on how tall the minaret is.
I wore normal people clothes today and that made the transition from the bicycling to the sitting at my desk marginally easier. Always important to nail that.
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- Crickey7September 17, 2012 2:58 PM
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@crickey7- I feel it's important to respond, even though I don't have much in the way of a response.ReplyDelete
I would love to live in a universe where time was measured in minuets. I think we'd all do a lot more dancing.ReplyDelete
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1 Charles Fischman, Message in a Bottle, http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/117/features-message-in-a-bottle.html?page=0%2C0 (July 2007).
2 Cockeyed.com, The Price of a Gallon, http://www.cockeyed.com/science/gallon/liquid.html.


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Improve teacher and principal quality.
- Reduce barriers to teaching for highly qualified individuals.
- Improve the quality of teacher preparation programs.
Leverage the contributions of community- and faith-based organizations to increase the effectiveness of Department programs.
- Provide technical assistance and outreach.
- Remove regulatory barriers to the full participation of faith-based organizations.
- Implement novice applicant procedures.
- Eliminate statutory barriers to full participation of faith-based organizations.


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Christopher Walken Gossip
Christopher Walken gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Will Ferrell and the Cow Bell
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Will Ferrell is hosting Saturday Night Live this weekend with musical guest King Princess. I can't figure out what he's promoting, if he's promoting anything, or maybe he's just cruising by for a visit for old times, to do Lorne a favour. Is it Succession? For some reason when his name comes up during the opening credits, along with Adam McKay, it always surprises me. Full Story
Hell Lives Inside Me: I Saw Nine Lives
The ordeal began with a trip to the ticket window. The movie in question, Nine Lives, had not screened for critics, so I had to pay actual money to see the movie in which Kevin Spacey gets turned into a cat. Full Story
The Jungle Book is true magic
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Disney has already had one family hit this year, with Zootopia, and they've got another one on their hands with Jon Favreau's update of The Jungle Book. Full Story
Forget Revenant Bear, now we have Bill Murray Bear
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And isn't that the best of all fake computer movie bears? A new trailer for Jon Favreau's update of The Jungle Book was released as part of the Super Bowl Trailer Apocalypse, and goddamn this movie looks gorgeous. Watch the new trailer and keep in mind two things: 1) The animals are not real, not even one, and 2) none of the locations are real, either. Full Story
Peter Pan, starring Captain Hook
I feel like there should be a rating system on Twitter for how long you stayed with Peter Pan last night. I had on-the-laptop errands to do so I thought I'd be in for the long haul, but I definitely found myself blinking awake during one of the various pirate dances post-child-kidnapping. Okay, so…? Well, it's no Sound Of Music. Full Story
Nicole is Annie, not Camille
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Nicole Kidman acquired the rights to Kevin Wilson's The Family Fang almost 3 years ago. Click here for my coverage of the story and my thoughts on the book. Briefly, The Family Fang is about Caleb and Camille Fang, renowned performance artists, who use their children in controversial public stunts (one of them involved the father prostituting his kids in a mall), secretly videotaping the public's reaction, and then screening the footage at museums and galleries like it's creative genius. Full Story
Whatever is happening here...
I'm into it. Even though I worry that Pacino's work, lately, has been super sh-t. Like Robert DeNiro. Is DeNiro broke or something? Anyway, this movie, with Christopher Walken, is called Stand Up Guys. A group of aging thugs get together for one last scam. So like George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and their Oceans crew in 15 years. Full Story
What SNL needs
Written by Jacek Christopher Walken was photographed in NY the other day looking…old (attached). I love Chris Walken. An amazing career. Wicked comedic timing. And he's managed to stay relevant over a long period of time in an industry that quickly forgets and leaves people behind. Full Story
Honouring The Continental
Well, not really, but he totally deserves an award for that too. Christopher Walken was honoured at the Marrakesh film festival this weekend, a tribute to his work. Next up for Walken: Broadway. He'll be headlining Full Story
At the beginning…
There was Guiding Light. For many of them… Including Oscar winners Christopher Walken and Mira Sorvino, nominee Ruby Dee, Calista Flockhart, Hayden Panettiere, and also Kevin Bacon in a rather hot kinda homoerotic scene, all of them at the beginning of their careers made appearances on Guiding Light. Full Story