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Quick & Healthy Recipe: Spiced Lentil & Quinoa Bowl with Avocado Dressing
I consider this a perfect year-round dish.
In the cold winter months, the warm lentils and quinoa, along with the spices, make for a comforting dish.
Once summer hits, I love this as a cold salad!
This is also one of those meals that keeps you full for a very long time, as it combines heart-healthy fats, soluble fiber, and protein.
Don't be let the long steps fool you; this is a very simple recipe. The lentils and dressing can both be prepared while the quinoa cooks.
By the way, if you don't have a food processor (or don't feel like taking it out, using it, and cleaning it), you can always replace the dressing with some fresh avocado slices. Even if you don't have avocados handy, the lentil and quinoa combination in itself is delicious!
YIELDS: 4 servings (1 cup quinoa + 1 cup lentils + 2 TBSP dressing)
INGREDIENTS (Quinoa):
2 cups quinoa
4 cups water
Pinch of salt
INGREDIENTS (Spiced Lentils):
2 TBSP olive oil
1 cup onions, chopped
1/2 cup carrots, shredded
1/2 cup red pepper, diced
1/4 cup green pepper, diced
1 cup mushrooms, chopped
2 T garlic, minced
1/2 t cumin
1/4 t cinnamon
1/2 t curry powder
1/3 t salt
1/4 t paprika
1/8 t black pepper
1 cup dried lentils, rinsed (any color; if you can find sprouted dried lentils, even better!)
3 cups water
1 Tablespoon lemon juice
INGREDIENTS (Avocado Dressing):
1 large avocado, pitted
2 t lime juice
1 garlic clove
2 t ginger
1/4 t salt
1/4 c water
INSTRUCTIONS (Quinoa):
In a small pot, combine quinoa, water, and a pinch of salt.
Bring to a boil, cover and reduce to simmer until all water evaporates.
Fluff quinoa with fork.
INSTRUCTIONS (Spiced Lentils):
In a large pot, heat olive oil. Once sufficiently hot, add onions, carrots, peppers, mushrooms, and garlic.
Stir frequently over the course of 2 minutes over medium-high heat.
Add spices. Stir frequently for 2 more minutes.
Add lentils and water, stir and bring to a boil.
Cover, reduce heat to low and cook for 15 minutes, stirring two or three times.
Turn off stovetop, uncover, add lemon juice, and stir one more time.
INSTRUCTIONS (Avocado dressing):
Combine all ingredients in food processor and process until evenly combined.
NUTRITION INFORMATION (per serving):
538 calories
2.5 grams saturated fat
450 milligrams sodium
15 grams fiber
18 grams protein
Excellent Source of: Folate, manganese, monounsaturated fats, niacin, potassium, riboflavin, thiamin, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin K
Good Source of: Iron, phosphorus, vitamin E, zinc


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On November 16th we reported on an anomaly in the Windows Phone Store that was telling users they had to re-purchase apps they had already bought. The issue came into play for mainly people migrating to a new handset but not everyone. The issue was baffling and frustrating if you were setting up a new device because it meant you could not download any apps that you previously purchased (unless you wanted a double charge).
We had contacted Microsoft on the problem but we simply told "We are actively investigating this issue and will provide additional information as it becomes available." That was only after Windows Phone Support was unable to help others or us with our predicament.
Suddenly tonight the problem was resolved as we have been finally able to re-download many all of our apps again without repayment. We can confirm that this was literally just fixed within the last few hours as earlier this afternoon we still had the hindrance. Reader of the site Mark Tepper tipped us that it had started to work again and we were able to confirm.
So what was the issue?
Although Microsoft would not share details with us, one of their tech support agents was a little more revealing with a frustrated customer (Mike B.). We cannot confirm if this information is accurate but it certainly makes sense:
"Ultimately with the migration to Windows Phone 8 for some customers (or even the update to 7.8 that's coming soon for Windows 7 users), some application updates or purchases with the history have exploited a bug in the system. Ultimately causing the devices to crash repeatedly and become unusable.
Temporarily, the purchase history is removed until they resolve that issue, then it will be reinstated in full to where you'll have your entire history. We appreciate your patience as it has been nearly a week and a half since the beginning of this outbreak so to speak, but they are working on a fix to get it resolved and reinstated as soon as possible.
We'd prefer a minor outage as oppose to a complete crash to the device based on the sources I've read. So rest assured, anything that is compatible/updated with WP8 will be reinstated based on the current statement from the dev team."
Whether or not that is completely accurate we cannot verify, Seeing as it was from Windows Phone Support staff whom had to have been briefed on the issue (as they were being inundated with complaints) we are leaning on its legitimacy.
Either way, the problem seems to have been resolved and we can finally enjoy our full catalog of Windows Phone applications—which for us, spans nearly 2K apps.

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Gov. Dannel Malloy's office issued the following press release about the snow storm expected to hit Connecticut tomorrow through Friday.
With a winter storm and bitter cold temperatures expected over the next few days, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is urging residents to take it slow and avoid travel during the height of the storm Thursday night and has directed the Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (DEMHS), the Department of Social Services (DSS) and the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) to coordinate with 2-1-1 and Connecticut's network of shelters to ensure that the state's most vulnerable people are protected from the severe cold weather.
"I am asking residents to use caution as they head out for their Thursday and Friday commutes and give yourself some extra time to get to your destination," said Malloy in the release. "I am also asking that you avoid travel during the height of the storm Thursday night. We are also taking steps to make sure that we can take care of those in need of shelter. I urge anyone in need of shelter to call 2-1-1 and encourage local communities to consider opening warming centers or other facilities to help people in need.
"State emergency management officials are preparing for the potential impacts of this severe weather and continue to provide me with regular updates."
The current forecast is calling for light snow to begin after midnight tonight and continue through the day on Thursday with heavy blowing and drifting snow overnight Thursday into early Friday morning. Wind chills are expected to range from -5 F to -20 F Thursday night and Friday. The National Weather Service has issued Winter Storm Warnings for most of the state through Friday morning.
Please stay alert for additional Watches and Warnings if they are issued.
Under the state's Severe Cold Weather Protocol, DEMHS activates its WebEOC communications network – an internet-based system that allows local, regional and state emergency management officials and first responders to share up-to-date information about a variety of situations and conditions. The system is used to monitor capacity at shelters across the state, enabling 2-1-1 to act as a clearinghouse to assist in finding shelter space for those who need it. Local officials, working through WebEOC, can alert 2-1-1 and the state when they open temporary shelters or warming centers.
DSS coordinates with 2-1-1 and the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness, as well as working with existing vendors to resolve transportation issues for people needing shelter during the period of severe cold.
DMHAS, meanwhile, has teams who specialize in working with homeless people to locate those who are at risk, spread the word about the 2-1-1 system, and encourage everyone to take advantage of the safety of shelters. The agency is also working with shelters to assess and meet the needs of individual clients during this cold snap.


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They challenge established morals, they champion pleasure and they insist on living life on their own terms. A large number of them meet unhappy ends. But they are among the most famous and best loved of operatic characters. What is it about the 'bad girls' of opera that we find so appealing?
Violetta Valéry, La traviata
When we first meet Verdi's Violetta, she is a courtesan – a woman who earns her living giving pleasure to men. She is extremely good at her job. But Verdi also depicts her as a self-aware woman with an immense capacity for love. We are moved as we watch Violetta's progression from the light-hearted coquette of Act I, who declares in 'Sempre libera' that she wants to live entirely for pleasure, to the generous, self-sacrificing woman prepared to give up her love Alfredo for the good of his family. And Violetta's dignity and kindness in Act III as she prepares for death is extremely moving, as she prays to God to help her ('Addio del passato') and then consoles Alfredo and his father.
Carmen, Carmen
Carmen certainly has dubious morals: she's a smuggler, who enjoys having power over men. She persuades Don José to desert from the army for her, only to reject him a few months later. But Bizet also makes Carmen very compelling. She has a wonderful joie de vivre and sensuality, which we see and hear in her Act I Habanera and Seguidille, and in the exuberant Act II Danse Bohemienne. She never lies to Don José, or anyone else, about her feelings. She is brave, and stoically accepts her fate in her Act III aria En vain pour éviter when she reads her death in the cards. Even when Don José confronts her in Act IV and threatens to kill her she refuses to be intimidated, telling him that 'Carmen will never give in. Free she was born, and free she will die!'. And she does.
Manon, Manon
Massenet's Manon is a 'good time girl', who abandons her lover Des Grieux for the wealthy De Brétigny, gloats at her power over men, then lures Des Grieux away from his training as a priest and cajoles him into becoming a gambler. And yet, Massenet gives Manon such meltingly beautiful music that we can't judge her too harshly. Her Act I aria 'Je suis encore tout étourdie' and her exuberant Act III scene 1 Gavotte depict her as an innocent, largely unaware of the damage she is doing. Her nostalgic Act II aria 'Adieu, notre petite table' shows that she is genuinely torn between her love for Des Grieux and her love of riches. And in Act V, Manon finally realizes the depth of her feelings for Des Grieux. She begs him to forgive her, and, to exultant music, sings of her devotion to him. Manon may behave badly, but she is a woman with a great resource of love.
Anna Nicole, Anna Nicole
Blonde ex-stripper Anna Nicole sets out to manipulate the media and men. She marries an octogenarian billionaire for financial security, and embarks on a career of extensive self-publicity, determined to 'rape that goddamn American dream'. And yet at the same time Mark-Anthony Turnage and Richard Thomas portray Anna as something of a cheerful innocent, who falls prey to the media and to such unscrupulous men as the Lawyer Stern. They also movingly depict her tenderness for her aged husband, particularly in his death scene, and for her son. Anna mourns her son's death with the opera's most beautiful aria, and her loss ultimately destroys her.
La traviata runs 16 January–1 February 2017 and 14 June–4 July 2017. Tickets are still available.


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Metallica star Lars Ulrich credits the group's healthy diet and lifestyle for its longevity, insisting all his bandmates eat well and try to live balanced lives when they're not on the road.
The drummer tells Nylon magazine there are never any health-related dramas behind the scenes because he and his rocker pals are all "responsible" enough to look after themselves.
He says, "Fortunately, we're dealing with four people who are responsible enough to take care of what they need to do to be their best, especially physically.
"Nobody goes disappearing for five days or wakes up in gutters at eight in the morning. We stay healthy and in shape. We work out and eat carrots and other strange vegetables."


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Today, November 13, is the feast day of St. Frances Cabrini. I never really knew much about Mother Cabrini except that she was a nun, she has a college named after her in my area, and I once visited a shrine in Colorado that had a large statue of her. In reading a short biography on her feast day last year, I had to stop after I read that she "was the first American citizen to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church…" The genealogist in me paused…American citizen, eh? We'll see about that! So I set off to find the good sister's immigration record and naturalization papers. And, because some of our government records are as trusty as the good old Catholic school permanent record, I found it!
The first American-citizen saint was born Francesca Saverio Cabrini on July 15, 1850 in Italy. She was 27 years old when she became a nun and added the name Xavier in honor of St. Francis Xavier, a Jesuit priest. Sr. Frances Xavier Cabrini became a teacher, and she eventually founded an order of missionary sisters in 1880. Although her hope was to travel to the East as a missionary, the Pope asked her to instead travel West to minister to Italian immigrants in the United States. She immigrated herself in 1889 and petitioned for citizenship in 1909.
By the time of Mother Cabrini's death in 1917, she and her order had founded 67 schools, orphanages, and other institutions throughout the United States as well as in Europe and South America. She became a saint in 1946 and is the patron saint of immigrants.
So the next time you're researching passenger arrival or naturalization records, pay close attention to the names. Who knows, maybe your ancestor stood in line with a future saint to enter this country!


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This trick was performed twice by David Copperfield on his television specials and is perhapson of the best close-up routines of all time. The effect is that you have a rubberband stretched between the thumb and index finger of each hand. One rubberband is then made topenetrate through the other. It seems impossible that one band could pass the other withoutbeing removed from the finger but that is exactly what happens. There are no gimmicks here.You get Michael Ammar 8 page manuscript with 21 illustrations.
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Monday, January 18, 2010
Ten Things That Make Me Happy
I was honored and flattered to receive this award from Elle of Feeding My Enthusiasms. She's such a sweetie and it makes me happy to know that she enjoys my blog. For this award we are supposed to list 10 things that make us happy and then give the award to ten bloggers who brighten our day.
Ten things that make me happy:
1- Trying a new recipe and having it turn out perfectly.
2- Getting a phone call from my sister (either one)
3- Finishing a project that I'm in love with. I look at it and just wiggle my toes with happiness.
4- Having someone love a gift that I picked out specially for them.
5- Massages (note the plural - one is never enough).
6- Snuggling with my honey by the fire with a bottle of wine.
7- The first snow of the year. Also the first flower of the year.
8- Getting a new book from a favorite author.
9- Having a friend call and invite me out to play.
10- Hugs and kisses from my kids.
Ten bloggers that make me happy (they might have already received this award because they probably make a lot of people happy)
1- Melinda of Melinda's Kitchen Diary. She is my almost sister on the other side of the world. Her thoughtful comments and often hilarious posts brighten my day. And no one knows how to send a care package like she does!
2- Ashley of Eat Me Delicious. Just up the road from me (OK, it's a different country, but I still feel like we're kind of close), she posts a wonderful array of tasty treats, always with an eye for keeping it healthy. Just what I need!
3- Peabody of Culinary Concoctions by Peabody. I know she already got this award, but I'm doubling it up because her posts never fail to make me smile, if not laugh out loud. Plus, her blog is a hit parade of amazing, drool-inducing goodies. I have dubbed her Queen Caramel. May she wear the caramel tiara proudly.
4- Tanna of My Kitchen In Half Cups. As above, I'm doubling her award. She is just flat out one of the nicest people I've ever met. Always kind, generous, and with a stealthy sense of humor.
5- Susan of Food Blogga. Beautiful and informative posts. I always feel like I learn something when I visit her site.
6- Grace of A Southern Grace. Her pictures make me drool and her posts make me laugh.
7- Abby of Confabulations in the Kitchen. A little bit of everything, but always keeping it happy.
8- Mama JJ of Mama's Minutia. I wish this woman was my neighbor. Visiting her blog is like stepping into a friend's kitchen for a cup of coffee.
9- A Duck In Her Pond. Every post is a happy whirlwind of food, fiction, and fun.
10- Aimée of Under The High Chair. A former food professional turned mommy blogger. Her posts are a beautiful blend of mouthwatering food and family life in Canada. And I can't resist her two adorable boys.
18 comments:
- Abby said...
THANKS! You're so sweet! And I love the pictures of you and the sisters AND the one of your kids. Precious.
It takes a lot less energy to be happy than it does to be angry, and that's what I try to live by. (Plus there's the whole side effect of happiness just makes you *feel* better!)
- January 21, 2010 at 9:32 AM
- MyKitchenInHalfCups said...
hehe, thank you Lynn! Now, you have one from me too at my place!
- January 21, 2010 at 9:50 AM
- Barbara said...
Congratulations on your award and I loved ready the about the things that make you happy! I pretty much share all the same things!
- January 21, 2010 at 9:51 AM
- Mama JJ said...
Thank you, m'dear! So sweet of you; I'm grinning all over.
Finally, a picture of your kids! They look like a hug-able couple of sweetie pies.
- January 21, 2010 at 10:30 AM
- Aimée said...
Lynn- you made my day, thanks for the award and the mention. It means a lot.
Lovely list of 10. Now I'm already cogitating on mine.
- January 21, 2010 at 11:40 AM
- Peabody said...
The queen of caramel thanks you. Now that you guys double teamed me I will have to do this. :)
- January 21, 2010 at 2:08 PM
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
Thank you so much, Lynn! You make me happy. I hope we can meet one day soon. :)
- January 21, 2010 at 7:18 PM
- Big Boys Oven said...
great to know what makes you happpy! thanks for sharing! :)
- January 21, 2010 at 8:45 PM
BTW, try GSM jammer to block all secret transmitters in your room or office.
- January 22, 2010 at 1:06 AM
- Melinda said...
Thank you Lynn! I love being your almost twin sister. Alas, I am not such a good blogger as you are. I am a lazy poster. But I accept your award anyway!
Mwaa, Mwaa XX
- January 22, 2010 at 1:39 AM
- Katie said...
All that would make me pretty happy, too.... sigh.... Nicely done!
- January 22, 2010 at 2:38 AM
- Dharm said...
Congrats on the award! Nice list of things that make you happy!
- January 22, 2010 at 7:39 AM
- grace said...
your kids are the epitome of cute, lynn.
and hey--thanks for the shout-out and kind words. one of the things that makes ME happy is to make other people laugh. :)
- January 22, 2010 at 7:45 AM
- The Blonde Duck said...
Aww! You're so sweet to include me. You're light years ahead of me in cooking, so I'm honored you even read my blog! I love your 10 things. :)
- January 22, 2010 at 6:12 PM
- Kitchen Butterfly said...
I can id with a few things on that list eg finishing a project....lovely summary!
- January 23, 2010 at 1:58 AM
- eatme_delicious said...
Aw wow thank you Lynn!!! =) I loved reading your list of 10 things that makes you happy. It's great to make lists like that and look back on them when we're not feeling so good.
- January 23, 2010 at 9:01 AM
- Elle said...
Wonderful list Lynn! The quilt is gorgeous!!
Perhaps the added bonus of giving an award is getting the recommendations from bloggers you love (like you) for new blogs to visit...plus tag teaming Peabody...LOL...she is indeed the Queen of Caramel!
- January 23, 2010 at 12:57 PM
nice post. thanks.
- January 30, 2010 at 1:59 AM


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Six Bulldogs Score at Least Nine Points in Strong Effort
CHICAGO — The Yale University women's basketball team gave DePaul all it could handle, but the Blue Demons had a powerful trio that shut down the Bulldogs' upset bid.
Anna Martin and Jasmine Penny each scored 22 points, while Katherine Harry recorded a double-double with 18 points and 13 rebounds to lead DePaul to a 95-80 win over Yale inside McGrath-Phillips Arena on DePaul's campus Monday night.
The loss drops Yale to 1-3, while DePaul improves its record to 3-1.
Sophomore guard Sarah Halejian had 16 points on 6-of-12 shooting with four assists, while freshman guard Nyasha Sarju also had 16 points on 7-of-12 shooting with four rebounds to lead the Bulldogs in the first of two games in the Windy City.
Yale returns to action on Wednesday at Northwestern.
Six Yale players scored at least nine points in the loss. Senior captain Allie Messimer scored a season-high 13 points, one shy of her career best set during her sophomore season against Delaware on Nov. 20, 2010.
Freshman forward Meredith Boardman, whose hometown of Oak Park, Ill., is just north of Chicago, recorded nine points and five rebounds. Senior guard Megan Vasquez tallied nine points and six rebounds, while junior guard Janna Graf added nine points and three assists.
Five DePaul players scored in double figures, including Chanise Jenkins, who had 11 points, nine assists and six rebounds.
Yale outrebounded DePaul 44-42, but the Bulldogs committed 25 turnovers, including 15 in the opening half, which resulted in 37 DePaul points.
DePaul jumped out to a 19-12 lead at the 12:10 mark, but Yale rallied with a 17-7 run to take a 29-26 lead. The Bulldogs were ahead 32-30 when DePaul responded and closed the first half with a 13-2 run to go into the locker room with a 43-34 halftime lead.
Halejian had 10 of her points in the opening half to help the Bulldogs stay within striking distance. But it was Harry who kept DePaul on top. She scored 15 of her 18 points in the first half.
Yale opened the second half with an 18-6 run to make it a one-possession game at 52-49, but DePaul responded with a 13-2 run that effectively put the game out of reach. Yale couldn't get any closer than eight points the rest of the way.
Penny did the most damage to the Bulldogs' chances in the second half, scoring 20 of her 22 points in the final 20 minutes to help DePaul maintain its cushion.
Sarju led the Bulldogs in the second half, scoring 12 of her 16 points in the period. Boardman scored all nine of her points in the second half.
Report filed by Jon Erickson Jr., Yale Sports Publicity


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From cellphones to laptops to electric vehicles, lithium makes up an increasingly important part of the technologies used in the daily lives of people around the world.
Certainly, lithium has an interesting history. In 1817, Johann Arfwedson discovered a soft, silver-white metal while working in a laboratory under his mentor in Sweden. The mentor, chemist Jöns Berzelius, named it after the Greek word for stone, "lithos." Today, that alkali metal is known as lithium.
By the 1940s, people began using lithium to treat what was at the time considered 'mania.' Over 70 years later, such symptoms are now traditionally labeled as bipolar disorder or manic depression, but lithium is still one of the most common elements used to treat these mood disorders. Researchers also believe it was used for medicinal purposes as many as 1,800 years ago.
Along with its role in the pharmaceutical industry, lithium is primarily used in batteries as well as heat-resistant glass and ceramics. The element's electrochemical potential makes it useful for battery nodes, and it has the ability to decrease the melting temperature of glass because of its high specific heat.
Overall, demand for lithium from the battery sector is expected to continue to rise in coming years.
Lithium can be found in igneous rocks and evaporated brines. Australia, Chile and China are currently the three largest producers of the metal in the world, though reports show Bolivia has the largest available reserve base, according to the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Investing in lithium
Currently, lithium is experiencing fairly high demand. Lithium batteries are more energy efficient than traditional nickel-metal hydride batteries, so they are extremely desirable throughout economic sectors such as the automobile and electronics industries.
Moreover, this high demand is met by a limited supply, meaning investments in lithium would have a large profit potential. Even though market watchers such as Chris Berry of House Mountain Partners and the Disruptive Discoveries Journal have stated that there's a slight overcapacity in the market right now, plans from Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) to build a lithium ion battery gigafactory have certainly taken the market by storm.
And with other megafactories on the horizon as well, plenty of analysts are calling for lithium prices to keep rising.
Unlike other commodities, it is not possible to invest in physical lithium. However, investors can buy stocks in lithium-production companies as well as exchange traded funds (ETFs).
The most popular lithium ETF is Global X Lithium (ARCA:LIT). It consists of a worldwide portfolio of companies in the lithium industry that are involved in everything from mining to battery production. This is a good way for investors to get exposure to the industry despite the fact that lithium is not traded on commodity exchanges.
Instead of investing in ETFs, investors can also buy shares in lithium companies at the junior, development or production stage. Here's a look at some of the major companies in the space.
Sociedad Química y Minera (NYSE:SQM)
Known in English as the Chemical and Mining Company of Chile, this is the largest single producer of lithium in the world. By the end of 2012, SQM controlled 31 percent of the lithium market and its annual production capacity was 48,000 metric tons. However, the company also works with other minerals such as iodine and potassium, so investors will not only be putting their money toward lithium. The miner got some bad press in 2015 regarding disputes with Chile's Corfo and allegations over tax evasion. However, SQM is still the lowest-cost producer in the market.
Also a major supplier of the world's lithium, FMC owns the Salar del Hombre Muerto in Argentina. In addition to its lithium business, FMC also has agricultural and health and nutrition focused operations.
Albemarle (NYSE:ALB)
In January 2015, Albemarle completed its acquisition of Rockwood Holdings, which owns the only producing lithium brine operation in the United States, the Silver Peak mine in Nevada. Albemarle now also owns Rockwood's Planta Salar in the Atacama region of Chile.


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In the July 1974 issue of Commentary magazine, before Richard Nixon resigned from office, Edward Jay Epstein asked in a memorable essay: "Did the press uncover Watergate?" Epstein asked more specifically "who was 'Deep Throat' and what was his motivation for leaking information to Woodward and Bernstein?" He inferred that Deep Throat was likely a high-ranking officer of the FBI. (My vague recollection is that he actually named Mark Felt, but if so it is in a part of the essay not available on Epstein's site). Epstein wrote:
Whether Deep Throat is real or fictive, it is clear that the arduous and time-consuming investigation by Woodward and Bernstein of Segretti was heavily based on FBI "302" reports, which must ultimately have been made available by someone in the FBI. The prosecutors suggest that there was a veritable revolt against the directorship of L. Patrick Gray, because he was "too liberal." Specifically, he was allowing agents to wear colored shirts, grow their hair long, and was even recruiting women. More important, he had publicly reprimanded an FBI executive. According to this theory, certain FBI executives released the "302" files, not to expose the Watergate conspiracy or drive President Nixon from office, but simply to demonstrate to the President that Gray could not control the FBI, and therefore would prove a severe embarrassment to his administration. In other words, the intention was to get rid of Gray.
Such a theory would be perfectly consistent with the information-disclosing activities of the source that led Bernstein and Woodward astray. Ironically, even on the wrong trail, the stalwart Bernstein and Woodward generated enough damaging publicity about "Watergate" to cause the White House to vilify them and the Washington Post, and thus elevate them to the status of journalistic martyr-heroes. If instead of chastising the press, President Nixon and his staff had correctly identified the "signals" from the FBI, and had replaced Gray with an FBI executive, things might have turned out differently. (But Gray, as it happened, had acquired damaging files from Hunt's safe, and could engage in his own information-releasing game, if threatened.)
Epstein subsequently concluded that Deep Throat was fictive rather than real. See Timothy Noah's excellent 2002 Slate column: "Yes, Virginia, there is a Deep Throat." Noah too speculated that Felt was Deep Throat, but Epstein's 1974 essay is a model of the kind of sophisticated analysis that has been sorely lacking in reflection on the press use of anonymous sources since Watergate. In retrospect, Epstein's 1974 analysis seems prescient.
The conclusion of Epstein's essay is of continuing relevance to the mythical role imputed to the press in uncovering Watergate. The journalistic sense of self-importance that flowed from the myth has become a dynamo of destruction. Epstein wrote in his 1974 essay:
Perhaps the most perplexing mystery in Bernstein and Woodward's book [All the President's Men] is why they fail to understand the role of the institutions and investigators who were supplying them and other reporters with leaks. This blind spot, endemic to journalists, proceeds from an unwillingness to see the complexity of bureaucratic in-fighting and of politics within the government itself. If the government is considered monolithic, journalists can report its activities, in simply comprehended and coherent terms, as an adversary out of touch with popular sentiments. On the other hand, if governmental activity is viewed as the product of diverse and competing agencies, all with different bases of power and interests, journalism becomes a much more difficult affair.
In any event, the fact remains that it was not the press, which exposed Watergate; it was agencies of government itself. So long as journalists maintain their blind spot toward the inner conflicts and workings of the institution, of government, they will no doubt continue to speak of Watergate in terms of the David and Goliath myth, with Bernstein and Woodward as David and the government as Goliath.
UPDATE: Edward Jay Epstein writes:
You are correct in your memory. I mentioned Mark Felt in my book Between Fact & Fiction in adding to my Commentary article. The entire issue is simply another attempt to pretend journalism is some deep mystery. Mark Felt had it right when [he] said DT was a composite. And you are entirely right in your interpretation.
David Maizenberg writes:
I think Ed Epstein, in that original Commentary piece, was following the model of analysis set by Graham T. Allison in the seminal Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis. The "third take" in that book explains how an analysis of bureaucratic in-fighting is often the best lens through which to view political events.
I have always thought that the truly savvy political players are disdainful of journalists not because they have vulgar and transparent biases and are often sloppy (all that was obvious long before Power Line made so much hay of pointing it out), but because they are so egotistical and easily manipulated. The best journalists understand most acutely that they are being played; most journalists, however, think that they are players.
UPDATE 2: See Timothy Noah's Slate column of this evening: "Deep Throat, antihero." Also of interest are the Washington Post's backgrounder, "The motives that drove Felt to talk," and the Telegraph column by Nixon biographer Jonathan Aitken, "Deep Throat: The plot thickens."


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Quick No: No Bs
Fund: Bessemer Venture Partners
Posted by showmethemoney on 2008-02-18
We pitched Byron and Philippe for our Series A. We came in, gave a pitch, they asked good questions, and at the end of the meeting, they passed. I give Byron high marks for saying no, there and then, and not dragging out the murky no. It seems they only back early stage if a) they know you and b) you already have vertical traction. Despite it feeling a little clubby and insular, I appreciate the way they handled themselves for being direct. I would definitely pitch Byron again.


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Joe Guard CD-i video review and then try it yourself (!)
>> Sunday, August 21, 2011
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It's been a while since Seb (Halfblindgamer) made a CD-i video but today he finished his video review of Joe Guard. You can learn more about Joe Guard here. Watch the video review here and find out how you can download and try the game yourself too!


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Adam Craig
Height: 5'11"/1.8m
Weight: 165 lbs./75 kg./11.8 st.
Place of Birth: Bangor, Maine
Hometown: Corinth, Maine
Residence: Bend, Oregon
Teams: Giant Bicycles
Website: www.adamcraig.net
Olympic Experience/UCI World Championships Results
- 2008 Olympic Games — Beijing, China (cross-country)
- 34th place — 2011 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships, Champery, Switzerland, Cross-Country
National Championship Results
- Eighteen-time USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Champion, junior cross-country (1999); U23 cross-country (2001-03); Super D (2004-08, 2011); short track (2004, 2009); cross-country (2007-08); marathon (2011); all mountain (2011)
- 3rd place — 2011 USA Cycling Mountain Bike Cross-Country National Championships, Sun Valley, Idaho, Cross-Country
- 3rd place — 2010 2010 USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships, Granby, Colorado, Short Track Cross-Country
- 3rd place — 2009 USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships, Granby, Colorado, Cross-Country
- 3rd place — 2005 USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships, Mammoth Lakes, California, Cross-Country
- 2nd place — 2004 USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships, Mammoth Lakes, California, Cross-Country
- Two-time USA Cycling U23 Cyclo-cross National Champion, 2001-02
Career Highlights
- 3rd place — 2011 Fontana City National, Fontana, California, Super D
- 1st place — 2010 Subaru Cup, short track, Wautoma, Wisconsin
- 1st place — 2009 Ashland 12-mile Super D, Ashland, Oregon
- 1st place — 2009 Downieville Classic, cross-country and Super D (record setter for both), Downieville, California
- 1st place — 2007 Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- 1st place — 2005 Tapatio Springs National, Boerne, Texas
- 2nd place — 2010 Downieville Classic, All Mountain, Downieville, California
- 2nd place — 2010 Test of Endurance 50, Blodgett, Oregon
- 2nd place — 2008 Copa Catalan, Banyoles, Spain
- 2nd place — 2008 National Mountain Bike Series #1, cross-country, Super D, Fontana, California
- 2nd place — 2008 National Mountain Bike Series #2, cross-country, Phoenix, Arizona
- 2nd place — 2008 National Mountain Bike Series #5, cross-country and Super D, Windham, New York
- 3rd place — 2010 TransRockies TR3, Panorama, East Kootenay F, BC, Canada
- 3rd place — 2008 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Bromont, Quebec, Canada
- 3rd place — 2008 National Mountain Bike Series #5, short track, Windham, New York
Points of Interest
- In 2007, Adam won the Single Speed Mountain Bike World Championships in Aviemore, Scotland. The event isn't recognized by the international federation, so instead of a rainbow jersey and a gold medal, Adam received the customary winner's prize, a commemorative tattoo.
- Adam and fellow mountain bike pro, Carl Decker, won the 2007 overall two-wheel drive Northwest Region Championship in rally car racing. Since then they have consistently placed in the top ten - if not the top five - at nearly every race they've entered. While Adam's sponsor obligations conflicted with car racing, Carl qualified for the X Games in 2010.
A 18-time national champion in various disciplines of competitive cycling and a prolific and lively finish line interview, Adam Craig is one of the more recognizable names on the off-road cycling circuit. Born in Bangor, Maine, the adventure-seeking mountain biker now calls Bend, Ore., his home and is an outdoor and adventure sports enthusiast. After graduating from Dexter Regional High School in 1999 where he competed in track and field, alpine and Nordic skiing and soccer, Adam became serious about mountain biking after riding his bike in the woods near his home.
Off the bike, Adam spends his free time participating in various extreme sporting activities, including whitewater kayaking, backcountry and Nordic skiing and rally car racing. As a rally car racer, Adam serves as the co-driver of a two-man team, flipping through a manual, deciphering instructions that explain what's around each blind corner and relaying them to the driver. According to Adam, he's on his bike seven days a week unless he's off on an epic kayaking or ski trip.
Despite his appetite for adrenalin and all the thrills and peril that come with it, in the winter of 2010 Adam tore his anterior cruciate ligament when he slipped while benignly walking across an icy parking lot near his home in Oregon. He underwent surgery on Feb. 9, 2010, to repair the torn ligament with a tendon harvested from a cadaver. After four months of successful rehabilitation and training, Adam returned to racing at the end of May 2010.
As a mountain biker, Adam has steadily progressed through the Olympic style cross country ranks. After winning three consecutive U23 national titles (2001-03), he visited the podium at the elite national championships three times before finally winning a Stars-and-Stripes jersey at Mount Snow, Vt., in 2007 — a performance he equates to earning a podium at a World Cup race. On the national circuit, Adam also competes in the Super D (super-downhill), in which he holds four national titles, single-speed categories of mountain biking, and cyclo-cross, where he twice earned the national title as a U23 racer.


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My name is Amy Crow and I'm a genealogist in central Ohio. I recently graduated from The Ohio State University with a degree in history. I am currently pursing my Masters in Library and Information Science at Kent State.
On this blog, I will be sharing things about genealogy and history. I've been a genealogist for more years than I'll admit to. This is a very exciting time to be involved in genealogy; there are so many innovations that greatly assist us in our research, making it easier to find data than ever before.
I will also share observations about my latest hobby — Waymarking. Waymarking is a game/project/obsession which uses GPS coordinates to mark locations of interest and share them with others. Some of the largest Waymarking categories are historical in nature, such as the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Some of my favorite categories include Worldwide Cemeteries and Ohio Historic Markers. Waymarking is a good fit for a genealogist/historian/photographer/techie person like me.


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Ruthanne Lum McCunn
McCunn returned to California at the age of 16 to attend college. After graduating, she worked as a librarian and school teacher in Santa Barbara. In 1988, she published Thousand Pieces of Gold. The book won wide acclaim and was made into a film. McCunn has balanced her teaching and writing careers ever since.
McCunn has consistently drawn on her Scottish-Chinese heritage in both her fiction and nonfiction writing, and her well-received books -- including Pie-Biter, Wooden Fish Songs, Sole Survivor, and The Moon Pearl -- have all dealt with Chinese American themes. McCunn is as well known for her meticulous historical research as she is for her graceful writing; through her studies, she has uncovered stories that have helped to detail what we know about nineteenth century Chinese and Chinese American lives.
McCunn's fiction focuses as much on the issues of women as it does on the experiences of Chinese and Chinese Americans. Wooden Fish Songs, for example, tells the story of Lue Gim Gong, a nineteenth century Chinese immigrant to America, from the perspective of three powerful women, one Chinese, one white, and one African American. The Moon Pearl, too, tackles gender issues by exploring the lives of the first women to work in the silk industry. McCunn has remarked that independent women, like the heroines of The Moon Pearl, are her inspiration: "I always remembered admiring [unmarried working women]," she says. "They walked tall. It always struck me that even though they were servants, they had more freedom than the wives they were working for."
McCunn has won numerous awards for her work, including the 1997 J.F. McDonnell Award for Best Fiction for Wooden Fish Songs, the Choice Outstanding Academic Book Award in 1990 for her nonfiction work Chinese American Portraits, and the 1984 American Book Award for her children's book Pie-Biter. She has also been an artist-in-residence at the Basement Workshop in New York and has taught at Cornell, the University of San Francisco, and the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Works by the Author
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I have read great posts from this forum for quite a while, and now I'm posting for first time, so thank you already from great ideas.
I have been thinking of making my first simple plywood board and I hope that I would get some tips before I start making it. My most concerns are typical: size, flex, rocker and weight. Luckily I have one plywood board already which I got as a bargain when I bought one of my kites. At the moment that is my lightwind board and I love that when my factory made boards are not enough I can still go with my plyboard.
I want to replace my plywood board with two new ones. I want one board for me to do jumps and later one for even lower wind (plydoor).
So my first consernes are:
What I have understood, people usually uses 4-6mm of ply. Is there a reason why not to use even thinner plywood, I'm thinking of 2-3mm of ply. I think it would be easier to do rocker with more layers.
How to finish the plyboards, I want to go with the easiest way because these are my first boards that I'm gonna make.
The size, I know there is no right answer to this but I found this post from other forum and I would like some comments for this. I would like the idea of kind of short and wide board:
(Post by user Gorgo at https://www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Kit ... -tip-board)Dunno about those boards. I had a custom made by Cardboards some years ago and it rips in light winds and is ok in stronger winds (but a little bit skatey when the wind gets up).
135x48cm. Moderately stiff. Minimal rocker. Straps on the centre line, minimal fins.
You want planing area under your feet where it counts.
Avoid rocker. Rocker is slow and sucks power.
Avoid length and flex. A long board flexes and that makes rocker and rocker is slow.
Avoid too much finnage. Fins create drag and drag is slow....
Avoid offsetting the straps to the heel side. That edges too much. Creates drag and imbalance. Slow...


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Omega Psi Phi celebrates its Centennial through mentorship. Fraternity leaders created a mentor program called "Project Aspiration" to help guide a new generation of black men who are coming of age. ....read on
Andrew Corley Jr. was both proud and awed by the sight of legions of men, wearing the purple and gold colors of his fraternity, coursing through the halls of the Washington Convention Center on Friday....read on
Part of the work of this weekend will be organizing a capital fundraising campaign so that the organization can expand on its philanthropic activities. "I hope to lead us into the second 100 years where we are focused more on service to our community," (Grand Basileus Dr. Andrew A.) Ray said....read on
The world witnessed thousands of Omega Men assembling in Washington, DC to pay tribute to our Founders and the men who have contributed to their legacy. The Cardinal Principles were on full display, as we presented the several venues, wherein Omega Men were recognized for work in their respective professions and their Uplift to humanity. Dr. Andrew A. Ray, Grand Basileus


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This is a sample registry
Alison & Jeff
Alison Weir and Jeff Speckels' Honeymoon Registry
|This is a sample registry
"Well Wishes" From Our Family & Friends
|"Congratulations to both of you! Your weddng pictures are beautiful. Have a lovely, romantic and memorable honeymoon. It sounds wonderful, amazing, fabulous, etc!"
- Leslie and Mark Arno
- From Nina Bushnell
|"I love you both and congrats on getting hitched. You're the best!"
- Eric Shawn
|"Wishing you a happy life together!! Love you!"
- Julie
|"Congratulations! We are so happy for you. Have a great time on your honeymoon and take lots of pictures!!"
- Erica and Larry
|"Have a rocking honeymoon! Wishing you the best. Sorry we couldn't be there. Baby will likely be born c-section on Thursday!"
- Love, Aaron and Melanie
|"Relax and enjoy.... we're so happy for the both of you."
- Mr. and Mrs. James Briano
|"Wishing you wonderful memories on your honeymoon and your life together!
Love always,"
- Al, Cher, Christie and Nick
|"We couldn't be happier for you two and know you will have a fantastically fun and adventurous trip (not to mention life). We are both big fans of good photos and good food, so find some of both for us! Much love and best wishes!"
- Dan and Katie
|"Happy travels &lots of Love!"
- Rebekah &Neil
|"All the best to you and my most sincere congratulations on your new life together. Enjoy Thailand!"
- Cory Christian
- Joe &Claudia Speckels
|"Congratulations! Enjoy your honeymoon! Sounds like fun."
- Greg Ebert
|"Have the coolest time ever! Can't wait to hear all about this the next time we hang out, whenever that shall be."
- Christina &Ryan
|"Have a great time on your honeymoon! Have a few drinks on us! We want lots of cool stories when you get back.
Lots of Love"
- Shazzy, Michael, Cyrus
|"ขà¸à¹à¸ªà¸"งความยินดี (congratulations in thai),
เรารัà¸à¸"ุณ (and....we love you)
Can't be too sure though--don't go tattooing any of this on your bodies on your honeymoon:)"
- Beth&teve
|"Hope you enjoy your Honeymoon!! I wish Jeff and I had gone on one... We can't wait to see your pictures--especially of the elephant ride! We getting very excited--7 more sleeps until we get there to watch you celebrate!!"
- The Jackson Five-Catherine
|"Wishing you a most memorable wedding and honeymoon! We hope to see you in September and hear all your stories. With much love...."
- Mary and Steve Malinsky
|"Wishing you a wonderful harmonious happy life together and a fun filled honeymoon. Come and visit us in Gibsons soon too!!"
- the Gibsons Gang
|"Congratulations! Trains, Bitches!"
- -Ray and Sarah
|"Congratulations on getting married! Wishing you safe travels on your honeymoon!"
- Dennis and Carolyn
|"This is for a different kind of happy ending!"
- Kay Speckels
|"Good memories to you--a stay in a tree house to remember on many future anniversaries! My best wishes for a happy life together.
- Sue Frame
|"Enjoy the honeymoon, and more importantly- each other for ever more!"
- Jeff Frame
|"I hope you have a great honeymoon. I'm sure you'll love Thailand. Katie and I wish you a long and happy life together."
- Kristina Dressel
|"May you have a long and happy life together"
- Carole and Richard Greeley
Thank You for visiting our honeymoon bridal registry and wedding website. We decided to use this honeymoon bridal registry to allow us to pre plan all the wonderful things we want to do on our dream honeymoon. If you have any questions about how our honeymoon bridal registry works, please contact a honeymoon registry specialist at 858-433-1506 and they can help with our wedding registry list. Again, Thank You so much for using our honeymoon bridal registry and wedding website. Most of all, thank you for being part of our wedding and helping us have the romantic honeymoon and wedding we've always imagined.
This is a sample registry
Items cannot be purchased from a sample registry.
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We're back with my guest, that talented young erotic author, Emerald. This is Part 2 our chat in this podcast series called The Erotic Mind. As you know, we've been chatting with erotic artists of every stripe in the hope of uncovering something of the creative process involved with this specialized art form.
If you somehow missed Part 1 of this insightful and charming discussion look for last week's podcast, #106 on my PODCAST PAGE. Look for the tab at the top of this page. Or use the search function; just type in podcast #106. Don't forget to include the # sign.
For more of Emerald, be sure to visit her site HERE!
Emerald and I discuss:
- The connection between the erotic and the spiritual.
- Writing for a female and/or male audience.
- The difference between erotica and pornography.
- The empowering and enriching nature of erotica.
- Erotica as aphrodisiac.
- Her inspirations and sexual heroes.
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The Good Place Season 3
A woman struggles to define what it means to be good.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Actor: Cat Deeley, Vanessa Hudgens, Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Taylor Sieve
Director: Will Sharpe
Country: USA


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When I initially set out to drop cable and rely on the Internet for television, I wanted to try it without buying any additional hardware. That didn't last long – in June, I broke down and bought an Apple TV, but not after a period of debate over whether to use that streaming box or a Roku 3.
I picked Apple TV mainly because our household is heavily invested in Apple's ecosystem – my wife and I both have Macs, iPhones and iPads. We've been pretty happy with the choice, but still, I remained intrigued by the Roku 3.
A few months ago, I decided to give one a try. After using it side-by-side with the Apple TV, I have to say that I'm glad I didn't try it back in June, because it would have made the decision that much more difficult. In many ways, the Roku 3 is superior to the Apple TV. If I'd bought it originally, I wouldn't have regretted the decision.
Like the Apple TV, the Roku 3 has a list price of $99, but you can find it discounted by about $10 at some online sites. Like the Apple TV, it only works with televisions with an HDMI connection. Owners of older TVs will want to use either the Roku LT, Roku 1 or Roku 2.
The Roku 3 device itself looks a little like the Apple TV – both are small, black pucks, but the Roku 3 has rounded edges for a softer look. It comes with a power adapter, a remote and a pair of purple earbuds. You'll need to supply your own HDMI cable.
The back of the device has connections for power, Ethernet and HDMI. There's also a slot for a microSD memory card, which you can use for additional storage space for games and Roku channels. On one side is a USB port, into which you can insert a thumb drive containing music, video or photos.
Setup is easy. Plug in the power adapter, connect the Roku 3 to your HDTV and walk through the process onscreen of activating the device. You'll need to sign on to the Roku website, so have a computer, smartphone or tablet at the ready. (And if you've got the latter two, you'll want to download the Roku app for iOS or Android, too).
If your router isn't close enough to your HDTV to connect the Roku 3 via Ethernet, you can use Wi-Fi. It supports 802.11n (and a/b/g, too) on both the 2.4- and 5-GHz bands. If you can, use the latter – it's more robust and less prone to interference from wireless phones, microwaves, garage door openers and many other things that use the 2.4-GHz band.
My previous Roku experience was with the very first model, and I remember its carousel-style interface as being slow and clunky. But with the Roku 3, the software has been overhauled and it's much easier to use. The home screen has 3 columns – a selections menu on the left, a center well with installed channel icons, and a right column that provides information about your selection. It's not quite as elegant as that found on the Apple TV, but it's simple and gets the job done.
One of the software's best features is a universal search. Enter the name of a movie or TV show into the search box and you'll get a list of the apps you've installed that can show it, including how much it will cost to watch. For example, if you search for "Cutie and the Boxer," an endearing documentary about Japanese artists living in New York, you'll see that it's $3.99 on Amazon and Blockbuster On Demand, but free on Netflix.
(A tip: Using the remote to enter search terms is a serious pain. Instead, install the iOS or Android app and use the keyboard on your smartphone or tablet. While you can't pair a Bluetooth keyboard with the Roku 3 as you can with an Apple TV, using a mobile device is a good alternative.)
Navigating the Roku 3 is also very fast. There's almost no waiting as you move between selections and channels. As a result, it's a pleasure to use.
In terms of sheer number of channels, the Roku 3 kicks the Apple TV to the curb, but quantity doesn't necessarily equate to quality. Roku now says there are more than 1,000 channels, but the selection is a great example of Sturgeon's Law, which says that "90 percent of everything is crap." Of the supposed 1,000+ channels, I've only managed to find 30 that I want to keep in the My Channels list. And even then, I probably only watch a handful.
Many of the channels are amazingly niche. How niche? Consider TV FHC, which has this description:
Learn how burning wood can be a clean and renewable, not to mention inexpensive, way to heat your home. Also, we get to play with chainsaws.
The Roku does have most of the mainstream channels you'll want, including Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, HBO Go, Hulu Plus, Vudu, Redbox Instant, PBS,Pandora and more. YouTube, which had been MIA for a while, is now available as well. There's also a channel for Aereo, which lets you watch local broadcast TV over the Internet. You won't find it in the Roku Channel Store, though – Aereo subscribers can see how to add it here.
As is the case with many channels with popular broadcast or cable TV offerings, you'll find you need to have a cable subscription to use them, which makes them less valuable to cord cutters. But some of these subscription-required channels, can be more convenient than the on-demand offerings from cable companies. For example, the TWC Channel gives you access to a slew of other channels' content. And HBO Go has a better selection than the network's own on-demand service.
While the main interface for Roku is much improved, many of the channels still rely on the old carousel-style layout – Amazon Instant Video, for example. Others, such as Netflix and Hulu Plus, have a more modern design.
The Roku 3 also lets you install and play games, some of which take advantage of a motion sensor built into the device's remote control. I tried out Angry Birds, which comes preinstalled, and found it to be imprecise. It was more frustrating than fun.
But this remote has a lot to like. It talks to the Roku 3 via Wi-Fi, which means you don't have to actually point the remote at the device when pressing its buttons. It also means you can put the Roku 3 box out of sight if you like, but don't put it inside something that might block a Wi-Fi signal.
The remote is more functional than the Spartan Apple TV remote. It has 9 buttons and a four-way directional rocker switch for switching onscreen objects. It also has a headphone jack – plug in the included earbuds and it will mute the TV. The quality of the earbuds isn't great; use your own for better sound.
Until recently, one of the benefits of the Apple TV over Roku was AirPlay, a feature that lets you stream from an iOS device or a newer Mac computer to an Apple TV. But Roku recently updated its iOS and Android apps to mimic AirPlay with a feature called Play on Roku. You can now stream photos, videos and music stored on your portable device to the Roku 3. While it doesn't yet allow device mirroring – in which the smartphone or tablet's entire screen is shown on the TV – it's a big step in the right direction.
While the Roku 3 doesn't include the ability to stream content from your local home network, you can add a free channel called Plex. This is part of a cross-platform media serving program that's available for Macs, PCs and mobile devices. Install the free Plex software on a computer and stream music, pictures and video stored there or on other drives on your network.
One very important way in which the Apple TV beats the Roku 3 is in video quality. Consistently, streamed movies and TV shows look better on the former than the latter. For example, iTunes movies are cleaner and crisper than those streamed on the Roku 3′s Amazon Instant Video. That's also true of HBO Go and Netflix, channels available on both platforms – Apple TV almost always trumps the Roku device in video quality. When I have a choice of watching a channel available on both devices, I always choose Apple TV.
Still, if I was in the process of choosing one of these two devices now, and if I wasn't so locked in to Apple's ecosystem, I'd likely pick the Roku. As a cord cutter, the channel variety and the ability to search across all your installed channels for the content you want are powerful lures. Add the more useful remote, and for non-Apple users who aren't paying for cable, the Roku 3 becomes the more compelling choice.
Related: Roku unveils Roku TV.


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Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (1968)
|Full name
|Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization
|Date dissolved
|United States
The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization or PATCO was a United States trade union that operated from 1968 until its decertification in 1981 following an illegal strike that was broken by the Reagan Administration. According to labor historian Joseph A. McCartin, the 1981 strike and defeat of PATCO was "one of the most important events in late twentieth century U.S. labor history".[1]
|Presidents of PATCO
|James E. Hayes
|John F. Leyden
|Robert E. Poli
|Gary W. Eads
PATCO was founded in 1968 with the assistance of attorney and pilot F. Lee Bailey. On July 3, 1968, PATCO announced "Operation Air Safety" in which all members were ordered to adhere strictly to the established separation standards for aircraft. The resultant large delay of air traffic was the first of many official and unofficial "slowdowns" that PATCO would initiate.
In 1969, the U.S. Civil Service Commission ruled that PATCO was no longer a professional association but in fact a trade union.[2] On June 18–20, 1969, 477 controllers conducted a three-day sick-out.[3]
On March 25, 1970, the newly designated union orchestrated a controller "sickout" to protest many of the FAA actions that they felt were unfair; over 2,000 controllers around the country did not report to work as scheduled and informed management that they were ill.[4] Controllers called in sick to circumvent the federal law against strikes by government unions. Management personnel attempted to assume many of the duties of the missing controllers but major traffic delays around the country occurred. On April 16, the federal courts intervened and most controllers went back to work by order of the court, but the government was forced to the bargaining table. The sickout led officials to recognize that the ATC system was operating nearly at capacity. To alleviate some of this, Congress accelerated the installation of automated systems, reopened the air traffic controller training academy in Oklahoma City, began hiring air traffic controllers at an increasing rate, and raised salaries to help attract and retain controllers.[2]
In the 1980 presidential election, PATCO (along with the Teamsters and the Air Line Pilots Association) refused to back President Jimmy Carter, instead endorsing Republican Party candidate Ronald Reagan. PATCO's refusal to endorse the Democratic Party stemmed in large part from poor labor relations with the FAA (the employer of PATCO members) under the Carter administration and Ronald Reagan's endorsement of the union and its struggle for better conditions during the 1980 election campaign.[5][6]
August 1981 strike[edit]
At 7 a.m. on August 3, 1981, the union declared a strike, seeking better working conditions, better pay (PATCO sought a total raise of $600 million over three years, compared to FAA's offer of $50 million)[7] and a 32-hour workweek (a four-day week and an eight-hour day combined). In addition, PATCO wanted to be excluded from the civil service clauses that it had long disliked. In striking, the union violated 5 U.S.C. (Supp. III 1956) 118p (now 5 U.S.C. § 7311), which prohibits strikes by federal government employees. After supporting PATCO's effort in his 1980 campaign, Ronald Reagan declared the PATCO strike a "peril to national safety" and ordered them back to work under the terms of the Taft–Hartley Act. Only 1,300 of the nearly 13,000 controllers returned to work.[5] At 10:55 a.m., Reagan included the following in a statement: "Let me read the solemn oath taken by each of these employees, a sworn affidavit, when they accepted their jobs: 'I am not participating in any strike against the Government of the United States or any agency thereof, and I will not so participate while an employee of the Government of the United States or any agency thereof.'"[8] He then demanded those remaining on strike return to work within 48 hours or officially forfeit their positions. At the same time, Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis organized for replacements and started contingency plans. By prioritizing and cutting flights severely, and even adopting methods of air traffic management that PATCO had previously lobbied for, the government was initially able to have 50% of flights available.[5]
On August 5, following the PATCO workers' refusal to return to work, Reagan fired the 11,345 striking air traffic controllers who had ignored the order,[9][10] and banned them from federal service for life. In the wake of the strike and mass firings, the FAA was faced with the task of hiring and training enough controllers to replace those that had been fired, a hard problem to fix as, at the time, it took three years in normal conditions to train a new controller.[2] They were replaced initially with non-participating controllers, supervisors, staff personnel, some non-rated personnel, and in some cases by controllers transferred temporarily from other facilities. Some military controllers were also used until replacements could be trained. The FAA had initially claimed that staffing levels would be restored within two years; however, it took closer to ten years before the overall staffing levels returned to normal.[2] PATCO was decertified by the Federal Labor Relations Authority on October 22, 1981. The decision was appealed.[11][further explanation needed]
Some former striking controllers were allowed to reapply after 1986 and were rehired; they and their replacements are now represented by the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, which was organized in 1987 and had no connection with PATCO. The civil service ban on the remaining strike participants was lifted by President Bill Clinton in 1993.[12]
In 2003, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, speaking on the legacy of Ronald Reagan,[13] noted:
Perhaps the most important, and then highly controversial, domestic initiative was the firing of the air traffic controllers in August 1981. The President invoked the law that striking government employees forfeit their jobs, an action that unsettled those who cynically believed no President would ever uphold that law. President Reagan prevailed, as you know, but far more importantly his action gave weight to the legal right of private employers, previously not fully exercised, to use their own discretion to both hire and discharge workers.
Reagan's director of the United States Office of Personnel Management at the time, Donald J. Devine, argued:
- "When the president said no, American business leaders were given a lesson in managerial leadership that they could not and did not ignore. Many private sector executives have told me that they were able to cut the fat from their organizations and adopt more competitive work practices because of what the government did in those days. I would not be surprised if these unseen effects of this private sector shakeout under the inspiration of the president were as profound in influencing the recovery that occurred as the formal economic and fiscal programs."[14]
In a review of Joseph McCartin's 2011 book, Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, The Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike that Changed America in Review 31, Richard Sharpe stated that Reagan was "laying down a marker" for his presidency: "The strikers were often working-class men and women who had achieved suburban middle class lives as air traffic controllers without having gone to college. Many were veterans of the US armed forces where they had learned their skills; their union had backed Reagan in his election campaign. Nevertheless, Reagan refused to back down. Several strikers were jailed; the union was fined and eventually made bankrupt. Only about 800 got their jobs back when Clinton lifted the ban on rehiring those who went on strike. Many of the strikers were forced into poverty as a result of being blacklisted for [U.S. government] employment."[15]
Trade unions representing air traffic controllers[edit]
In addition to the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, two organizations now claim the name and part or all of the jurisdiction of the original PATCO: Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (AFSCME) and Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization.
- ^ McCartin, Joseph A. (2006), "Professional Air Traffic Controllers Strike (1981)", in Eric Arnesen (ed.), Encyclopedia of U.S. Labor and Working-class History, CRC Press, pp. 1123–1126, ISBN 0-415-96826-7
- ^ a b c d Nolan, Michael S. (1999). Fundamentals of air traffic control (3rd ed.). Pacific Grove, California: Brooks/Cole. ISBN 978-0-534-56795-8.
- ^ Nick Komos (August 1989). Air Progress: 81. Missing or empty
- ^ "One Man's Slow-Motion Aerial Act". Time. 1970-04-06. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
- ^ a b c Beik, Mildred A. (2005). Labor Relations. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 249–257. ISBN 0-313-31864-6.
- ^ Fantasia, Rick; Kim Voss (2004). Hard Work: Remaking the American Labor Movement. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 67. ISBN 0-520-24090-1.
- ^ "Lewis said the government offer rejected earlier in the..." UPI. 3 August 1981. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ https://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1981/80381a.htm
- ^ Early, Steve (2006-07-31). "An old lesson still holds for unions". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
- ^ "Unhappy Again". Time. 1986-10-06. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
- ^ "Patco Decertification Vote Is Switched From 2–1 to 3–0". The New York Times. 1981-11-05.
- ^ Van Horn, Carl E.; Schaffner, Herbert A. (2003), "Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization Strike", Work in America: an encyclopedia of history, policy, and society, Volume 2, ABC-CLIO, pp. 444–446, ISBN 1-57607-676-8
- ^ The Reagan Legacy: Remarks by Chairman Alan Greenspan Ronald Reagan Library, Simi Valley, California, April 9, 2003
- ^ Donald J. Devine (1991). Reagan's Terrible Swift Sword. Ottawa, IL.: Jameson Books. p. 84. ISBN 9780898031638.
- ^ "Laying Down A Marker", Richard Sharpe. Review 31
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- Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Reporters on the Air Traffic Controllers Strike, Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation
- Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization v FLRA, 685 F.2d 547 (U.S. Court of Appeals DC Circuit 1982)
- Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization Records, 1968–1985, Southern Labor Archives, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library
- The Consequences of Reagan Breaking the 1981 Air Traffic Controllers Strike, Part 1 (2014-08-05), Part 2 (2014-08-06). Prof. Joseph McCartin and former PATCO spokesperson Elliot Simons discuss the anniversary of the firing of the air traffic controllers and why it matters today to workers in the private and public sectors, The Real News
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