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Serious Eats Neighborhood Guides: Michael Lomonaco's Upper East Side
Michael Lomonaco is a New York chef of the old-school breed, with the Upper East Side address to prove it. His resume is a veritable who's-who of Manhattan's most revered restaurants: Le Cirque, the 21 Club, and the late Windows on the World. After the 9/11 attacks destroyed his restaurant, he proved his resilience and commitment to the New American cuisine he's known for by opening Porter House practically in his own backyard.
Below, Michael pays homage to the classics as well as the brand spanking new, both the highbrow and the low, for a melting pot of choices that reflect a true New Yorker's palate.
Michael's Picks
Pizza by the slice: Italian Village, where Salvatore and his family from Sicily have been making classic NY Italian-American pizza by the slice for 40 years. The pizza alla nonna with fresh mozzarella and pomodoro sauce is my favorite.
Pizza by the pie: With a great old brick oven, John's has been my go-to for years. I like to stop off on the way home from work and grab a pie to go. Truth be told, the only close competition Johns had for my pizza love was Totonno's—but they're now long gone.
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Cheap burger: J.G. Melon makes a great quick and delicious bar burger with the perfect fat-lean ratio and some of New York's best freshly ground beef. It's the spot for a great value burger, cottage fries, and a beer or cocktail in one of the Upper East Side's most character-filled joints.
Fancy burger: Ever since Jones Wood Foundry opened last year, the UES dining scene hasn't been the same. British chef/owner Jason Hicks has brought the best of delicious and inventive pub food to new heights in this fun space. Hick's fancy burger is formed from delicious ground, aged beef and topped with Stilton and bacon. Wash it down with a Fuller's London Pride and you've got a perfect night.
Sandwich: When the yen for old-world delicatessen food strikes (usually after work), 2nd Ave Deli is a worthy successor to Abe's original. I go straight for the giant classic hot pastrami on rye, or the home-cured corned beef and tongue. Add a cream soda, and I'm all set.
Coffee: Oren's Daily Roast is a true home-grown coffee roaster. It's where I always go for the daily special brew.
Bagel: I grew up in Brooklyn when every other block had bagel stores where they made them in front of you—you learned the baking schedule to get them hot and fresh. Tal Bagels reminds me of those real New York hot water bagels.
Delivery food: I love the take-out at Pig Heaven. They serve some of the best Chinese BBQ pork dishes available. My favorite is the fresh suckling pig.
Breakfast: E.A.T. is Eli Zabar's long running hit. Sundays are my days off, and I love to get a cup of coffee with a pain au chocolat before I head to the Met when the doors open at 9:30.
Bar: Bemelmans Bar at the Carlyle is still the most dressed-up bar you could imagine wanting to go to. The bartenders take their time making great cocktails, still displaying the training Audrey Saunders of Pegu Club installed years ago. Gazing at Ludwig Bemelmans' art is worth the price of admission.
Ice cream/gelato: I go to Sant Ambroeus for my favorite nocciola gelato, and maybe a cornetto e café in the morning. It's like a quick trip to Milan: their gelato makes the day a little brighter.
Falafel: Melange Food Fair is takeout heaven for the lovers of all things Middle Eastern. Get the falafel platter with tabouleh and grape leaves, and a baklava or kataifi for dessert.
Late-night eats: Cascabel Taqueria has a busy bar scene, but don't be deceived—these are some serious tacos. I start with some gorditas con puerco, followed by tacos pescado (tuna belly tacos with hearts of palm), and an ice cold Negro Modelo on tap.
Date night: Crown is John DeLucie's very chill spot in the tony UES. Go through the sexy, low-lit bar to a cozy corner table in the back. A bottle of Champagne, a platter of crisp, fresh oysters, and Pennsylvania lamb or turbot is romance in grand style.
Can't-miss neighborhood spot: Sandro's is the home of the great Roman chef Sandro Fioriti, who has spent the last 25 years cooking and serving some of the most authentic Roman Trattoria food this side of the Tiber. My favorites include the seppioline fra diavolo, bucatini amatriciana, the roasted porchetta, and any of his great pasta dishes. It's like a trip to Trastevere for me.
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Jessica of Quilted Polka Dot, a mom of two and awesome Etsy shop owner, created this adorable mustache-themed baby shower for a client who wanted a mix of the fun mustache trend with a dash of vintage. By mixing in some hard edges (corrugated cardboard as a table runner, wooden crates) with the softness of ruffles, lace, fabric, and poms, Jessica created a truly unique event that could work equally well as a birthday party. You can pick up a lot of the whimsical mustache details at her shop, but first check out all the adorable party details.
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text: Los Angeles–based photographer John Divola is perhaps best known for this series of photographs documenting the gradual destruction of an abandoned and oft-vandalized beachfront property at Zuma Beach in Malibu. Without a studio of his own in the 1970s, the artist roamed Los Angeles in search of vacant properties that he could photograph. Using them as his canvas, he sometimes spray-painted his own designs onto their interiors, photographing them before the buildings were destroyed. Reflecting his painterly manipulation of the physical site, Divola's Zuma photographs skillfully frame spectacular sunset views within these dilapidated structures, making his visually compelling, color-saturated photographs more than just pure documentation. See Divola's work in Under The Big Black Sun currently on view at MOCA until February 13th, 2012.


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Jesus had gone to the synagogue for worship on the Sabbath. During the time of worship a man who was demon possessed cried out during the time that Jesus was teaching. Jesus healed the man and the crowd in the synagogue was amazed. Something new was happening that they had never seen before in their lives. They wondered about this new teaching and began to spread the word about the Lord Jesus.
Jesus left the synagogue and went to the house of Simon and Andrew. Simon's mother-in-law was sick and Jesus heals her. As the day comes to an end, the crowds have found their way to Simon's house to find Jesus. In one day, everything has changed. The crowds know about Jesus and come seeking his help. They will never leave him alone again.
What Jesus does next speaks volumes to the need of our lives. Mark records in the first chapter of his gospel these words, "And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed". (ESV)
He got up early and he left the crowds. We cannot always be with the crowds. In fact the strength of life is never found in the crowds. It is always found in the desolate place. It is in the desolate place that we can be still and know that He is God. It is in the desolate place that we can hear God speak and learn His ways. The desolate place is important. It's importance is best seen when we go back to the crowds. Our influence will be God's Word and not the influence of the crowds. It is during the quiet times that we can meditate upon the Word of God and know Him!
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I thought my 2013 Wedding Season concluded with Legrande and Kristy's wedding but I was mistaken when I received an email from Michele checking on my availability for her wedding. Thankfully I was free and this was a fun wedding to shoot.
This was the first Jewish wedding ceremony I ever filmed and one of the great things about being a wedding professional is the exposure you get from filming different types of wedding ceremonies and traditions. I enjoyed learning something new and being able to film this wedding was a great experience for me.
Michele and Ben were a great couple to work with and getting a chance to meet their family and friends made it better. Michele asked that I walk around and try to get well wishes from her family and friends at the reception and normally guests are shy to talk to the camera, but not Michele and Ben's guests. All were willing to grab the mic and step in front the camera and wish the newlyweds their best. It was wonderful and every interview spoke on how good Michele and Ben were as friends, as a brother and sister and just how good people they were.I enjoyed getting these soundbites and hearing them again during the edit process.
I can now say that my 2013 Wedding Season is now concluded with Michele and Ben and please enjoy their wedding montage above and can't wait for my 2014 Wedding Year to start
It always excites me when I get to have my full videography and photography krewe with me when we're shooting a wedding. It shows me that DVB is growing as a studio and my clients appreciate our work as both photographers and videographers. It's a great feeling and being able to give my clients this all in one package is wonderful. My latest bride and groom to get the full DVB experience was Legrande and Kristy.
I was referred to Kristy from a previous bride and the one thing she told me was she wanted to dance all night at her reception. She wanted her family and friends to come to her because she wasn't leaving the dance floor and she held true. If anyone wanted to say hello and congratulate Kristy on her wedding day, they had to jump in and dance. It was awesome. Before we even got to the reception, it had been a great day as I was able to split my team with someone at both Kristy's prep and LeGrande's prep. It worked out perfectly with film and photos for both the bride and groom.
While it was a tad bit cold, the ceremony was a beautiful thing as it was held outside on the steps of a chapel. The lights from the chapel gave us a perfect backdrop and at one point, I just stopped shooting and took in the moment. It was amazing and something I will never forget. Once we finished with all the formal photos, we headed to the reception and as I wrote earlier Kristy was a superstar. She never left the dance floor and had the time of her life. Looking back at all the photos and film we shot that day, Kristy is smiling and just living life knowing that she married her best friend and had everyone important to her celebrate with her. Knowing that I was able to document her day with both photo and video is very rewarding. It was the best and knowing that I ended my 2013 wedding year on a high note was something I'll never forget.
I've always believed that becoming friends with your clients is an added plus. This became true Sammy and Kristy. They were wonderful to work with during all their pre-wedding photos and video and great to hang out with when we had coffee or dinner together. They are fabulous people and they were at total ease during their wedding with my team and I. Both of them and their families treated us like we were family and just rolled with it for everything we shoot during prep and just enjoyed their wedding and reception. It was fantastic and great night. I'm proud to call both Sammy and Kristy my friends and glad that me and my DVB krewe could document the best day of their lives.
Every wedding I film or photo has meaning to me, but Traci's wedding to Nick meant a whole lot to me personally. I've known Traci for over 15 years and she was on my brother's first high school volleyball team. Getting a chance to film any of my former volleyball players is special and capturing these moments for Traci and Nick meant a lot to me.
When I first saw Traci getting ready during her bridal prep was a little weird for me. As an athlete, I've always seen Traci on the court with her hair pulled up and no makeup. She was a warrior and it was one the first time that I was blown away seeing how makeup transforms the bride.
Once I got my nerves settled, I got relaxed and started to do what I do best and that's film. This was an awesome wedding to film and shoot. Watching Traci and her dad walk down the aisle was a sight to see and reminded me of why I started in this business, not to make money, but to make lasting memories for all my brides and grooms. To do this for my friends is icing on the cake. Please enjoy Traci and Nick's Closing Montage and some of their photos from the wedding day
One of the best things in working Sarah and Kevin's Wedding in June was getting to know them throughout their whole wedding planning process. I've always made it a point to get to know my clients but this was easier said then done because both Sarah and Kevin are teachers at Ursuline Academy. Besides my brother working there and my niece in their toddler program, I also freelance for the Academy as both a videographer and photographer at their athletic events and school-wide functions. Everytime I was at school, I would see both Sarah and Kevin and the last thing we would chat about would be the wedding. It would be about school, life, and everything is. It was great and when we finally got to business, it was more about just hanging out with friends.
Sarah and Kevin's wedding was a great day. Both of them were as calm and easy going throughout the day. They didn't seem nervous and enjoyed every minute of their wedding and reception. It was a great day and I really enjoyed seeing two friends get married and starting their life together. Please enjoy their closing montage video above.
One of my joys in filming someone's wedding is getting to know the couple throughout their wedding planning process. I enjoy getting to know new people and I feel that the more invested you are to a couple, the better their wedding film will be. For Courtney and Alan, I didn't get that process but there is a reason for that. First off, Alan called me about two weeks before the wedding and I'm happy that I was free for his wedding. It was a blast to film their day and one of the lasting memories I will remember from their wedding was at their rehearsal mass.
Towards the end of mass, Alan walks over and introduces me to Courtney. She had no idea who I was and Alan then tells her that I'm the videographer and her reaction was priceless. She was stunned and thrilled to have her day filmed and their day was a blast. Their family and friends were great to hang out with and I couldn't complain about anything of their day. It was great. Please enjoy their closing montage above and many thanks for Courtney and Alan for having us on their wedding day.
Erin and Bryan got married on April 27, 2013 at St. Louis Cathedral and the Omni Hotel and it was a perfect day to film. Their wedding weekend got off to a great start with the rehearsal dinner and just flowed into their wedding day. I couldn't ask for a better day for Erin and Bryan and enjoyed everything I did for them. From their engagement session, their love story, and on their wedding, Erin and Bryan was such a treat to work with and their wedding and reception was a blast to film. Please enjoy their closing montage film above and thanks to Erin and Bryan for having my staff and I there to film their day.
The first time I met Erica and Sean I knew right away that they were good people. From that first day all the way till their wedding day in April, it was an absolute pleasure to work with them. I would describe them as easy going and fun. They were just a blast to hang out with and even better to film and photo their wedding day.
Sean told me at that very first meeting that their wedding was going to be a wild one and it was. I don't remember a slow moment during their day and all of Sean and Erica's friends were dance machine. They danced to everything played and it was a wonderful day with all their family and friends celebrating their wedding.
I couldn't ask for a better day for their wedding. Clear skies for their ceremony and just a rockin reception inside their Fleur de Lis Center in Mandeville. Please enjoy their closing montage video above and a handful of their wedding photos can be seen on our Facebook Fan Page. Thank you to Erica and Sean for being great clients and just so damn easy to film and photo.
Caroline and Rob were married on March 23 at St. Rosalie's Church on the Westbank and they held their reception at the Board of Trade in New Orleans. The was a great day and we started it off with their prep and both Caroline and Rob seemed calm and easygoing.
One of my favorite parts of the day was their first look and you can see at that time they were were ready to see each other. It was a beautiful moment to watch Caroline make that long walk and tap Rob on his shoulder for them to see each other for the first time in her wedding dress and his tux. It was a sight to see.
Once that was over and their nerves were settled, we had a beautiful wedding at St. Rosalie and a rocking reception. Caroline and Rob had the time of their lives on the dance floor and greeting all their family and guests throughout the night. I couldn't ask for a better couple to film and wish them a great start to their life together. Please enjoy their closing montage video above and some photos from their day.
When I tell potential and future brides that we film from start to finish and offer no time limits on their wedding day, most of them are shocked to hear that. I believe that when you hire DVB to film and document your wedding, you have me and my staff for the entire day. We have no place else to be and we just love what we do.
This theory became true a few weeks ago when I hung out with Charlene and Chris for their love story interview and Engagement Session . We started about two in the afternoon and didn't end until about 10 that night and I couldn't ask for a better day.
After finishing their love story interviews, we ventured out and roamed all over downtown New Orleans to take their Engagement Photos. We had a blast walking along the river and down Bourbon Street just taking photos everywhere. One of my favorite stops during our session was at Tropical Isle and getting a photo of Charlene and Chris with the Hand Grenade. It was awesome.
I had a great time with Charlene and Chris and can't wait to show off their love story video this Fall and film their wedding next year on February 15. To view more photos from their session, please visit our Facebook page.


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Hang onto your helmets, Boozers. Yep, it's time for that most hallowed of all American days: Super Bowl Sunday. Even as we write, tortilla chips are being crisped for homemade queso, pots of Mom's secret chili are bubbling, and charcuterie enthusiasts are eagerly stuffing sausage casings. Let the games begin.
We're pretty sure that you can't enjoy football without a beer — or two — and a nice cold one can be tasty when you're tucked up by the telly with a plate of nachos. But what if you're tailgating in Indianapolis with a portable barbecue brimming with bratwurst? Time for a Tailgater's Toddy.
If you've ever trekked through the frosty Eastern European countryside and stopped off at a roadside pub, then you'll have encountered what can only be described as mulled beer — basically a strong beer that has been simmered with spices and is served warm in a large mug. The flavor is smooth and dark and brimming over with bone-warming richness; with the explosion of craft breweries across the United States, it's easy to find a lovely local amber or brown ale or perhaps even a porter to serve as the base for this brew. We like to add just a tot of brandy, although a bit of bourbon would do just as nicely — it helps ease the pain, just in case your team doesn't grab that trophy. Touchdown!
Tailgater's Toddy
We like to use a beer that is somewhat malty but with a bite of hops to it — basically providing a balance of bitter and sweet that melds with the fruit and spices. Check out your local brewery and pick up a growler or two to bring home — brewers love to talk about flavor profiles and can suggest which of their beers will work best in this recipe.
4 cups beer (we like our local DC Brau, Port City, and Chocolate City)
1 cinnamon stick
1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1 slice of fresh ginger, about an inch in diameter
2 wedges of apple, such as Granny Smith
1 small orange, sliced in half
2 TB honey (an orange blossom honey is nice if you have it)
1/4 cup brandy or bourbon (we used Catoctin Creek's Pearousia Brandy for an extra kick of fruit)
Orange wedges for garnish (optional)
Put all ingredients except brandy into a 4-quart saucepan and simmer over very low heat, stirring occasionally, for 30 to 45 minutes. Remove from heat and add brandy just before serving in mugs or heat-proof glasses with a wedge of orange. Serves 2 – 4; okay, maybe just 1.


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Mad about Mondongo? Wild about guarapita? Everything you ever wanted to know about Venezuelan food and drinks, including help understanding menus, easy-to-follow recipes and delicious cocktails to make at home. Eso si es Sabroso....
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Eating out - Arepera Glossary
Arepas are Venezuela's homegrown alternative to bread or rolls, cornmeal "cakes" about the size of a hockey puck that are crunchy on the outside but soft and fluffy on the inside.
Infinitely versatile, they can be eaten solo with butter or opened up and stuffed with a variety of fillings to make a delicious snack.
While most Venezuelans will eat arepas at home, if you want something more exotic - to quell your lunchtime hunger pangs or soak up the alcohol after a night on the tiles - then head to an arepera, Venezuela's very own fast-food joints.
First-timers will probably go for a simple option like ham or cheese, but if you want to try something more ambitious here is a brief glossary to help you negotiate the more head-scratching menu items at a typical arepera.
Arepa - Cooked cornmeal pocket stuffed with various ingredients.
Arepitas - Small fried arepas served as a starter to eat with nata (sour cream), or with soups and stews.
Arepa de Trigo - Large arepa from the Andes region made from wheat.
Aguacate - Avocado
Aguita 'e Sapo - Literally "Frog Water", but don't let the name put you off. This is just pernil (roast pork) in its juice, served with fried cheese. Found almost exclusively in Maracaibo.
Atun - Tuna salad with onions and a squeeze of lemon
Caraotas negras - Black beans
Carne mechada - Shredded beef
Chicharron - Pork crackling, also known in UK as pork scratchings
Chorizo - Spicy sausage
Diablitos - Devilled ham
Domino - Black beans and grated white cheese
Ensalada de Gallina - Chicken salad
Jamon - Ham
Montaña Rusa - Quail's eggs in mayonnaise (literally Russian Mountain, the term for a rollercoaster ride in Venezuela)
Morcilla - Black pudding
Orejas de Cochino - Snippets of pigs' ears in sauce
Pata-pata - Black beans, yellow cheese and avocado
Pelua - Shredded beef and grated yellow cheese
Perico - Scrambled eggs cooked with chopped tomato and onion
Pernil - Roast pork
Pollo guisado - Chicken cooked in a sauce
Popurri Criolla - Shredded beef, black beans and white cheese
Queso - Cheese
Queso de mano - Literally "hand cheese", a traditionally-made soft white country cheese
Queso Guayanes - Another soft white cheese
Reina Pepiada - Chicken, avocado, mayonnaise and peas
Guasacaca - Avocado sauce similiar to Mexican Guacamole but not as thick. Great for drizzling over arepas or empanadas. Every arepera has their own recipe.
Salsa picante - Hot sauce. Again, every place has its own recipe, so test to see if you can deal with the heat before drenching your food.
By Russell Maddicks
Recipe: How to Make Arepas
Buying Harina Pan in the UK
La Reina Pepiada: The Curvy Queen of Arepas
Arepa de Maiz Pelao: Making Arepas the Hard Way
Recipe: Caraotas Negras - Venezuelan Black Beans
Recipe: Carne Mechada - Venezuelan Shredded Beef
Pabellon Criollo - Venezuela's National Dish
6 comments:
- Rich said...
hey russell,
thanks for your comment. the arepa here looks great! it's from venezuela i presume? have you found any good arepas in the UK?
- August 19, 2008 at 8:16 AM
- a faceless savage said...
there is a great arepera in Camden Town market, where all the food kiosks are (by the bridge, behind Lock 17) and not only they do great arepas but also they have the best Guasacaca sauce I have ever tried. They are usually there on Saturday and Sundays...
- November 18, 2008 at 5:36 AM
- Premaswarupa said...
hahahaha Im from Venezuela :P
Im very glad to find this here :)
Arepas in the UK???
Really? :) nice
- December 23, 2008 at 10:34 AM
- Russell Maddicks said...
Hola Faceless Savage,
I went to Camden and the arepas were good, so were the pabellon criollo and the guasacaca.
But where else can you get these things in the UK?
Anywhere else?
I wrote a new blog about it...
Arepa and Co: The Only Venezuelan Food Outlet in the UK
- February 23, 2009 at 11:39 AM
hey Russell, love your site! I am an American who married a Venezolana and I love the food and cooking it! Do you have any recipes for arepitas fritas/dulces con anis?
I LOVE those and would like a guide on how much anise and sugar to add to the conventional arepa recipe.
thanks, keep up the awesome site!
- February 14, 2010 at 3:24 PM
I found your site because I was trying to make a traditional venezuelan dish. I was wondering if you know how to make nata or if it can be bought anywhere? I have tried just using sour cream but the consistency and flavor are different. I would love the help!
- March 11, 2010 at 4:04 PM


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In 1979 Christine and Dennis Canute purchased 40 acres of run-down vineyard in Vine Vale; white sand over red clay country in the heart of the Barossa. Grapes were not a precious commodity at the time, but the idea of a 'hobby farm', with room for the kids to run, seemed adventurous and was to become a serious labour of love. Dennis continued his profession as a teacher to provide the funds ... Read more
In 1979 Christine and Dennis Canute purchased 40 acres of run-down vineyard in Vine Vale; white sand over red clay country in the heart of the Barossa. Grapes were not a precious commodity at the time, but the idea of a 'hobby farm', with room for the kids to run, seemed adventurous and was to become a serious labour of love. Dennis continued his profession as a teacher to provide the funds for Chris(tine), a 5th generation Barossa grape grower, to slowly rejuvenate the old vineyard. As with many ventures, a few mistakes were made along the way including ripping out some very old Grenache, Mataro and Semillon bush vines (most of which were half buried in drift sand). Thankfully the old Shiraz and some old Grenache survived the tragic 'vine pull' of the early 80's. The Canute grapes were sold to local wineries. The 70's and 80's were tough times. The large companies used the Barossa as a blending ground for fruit from all over South Australia. Grape prices were laughable unless you were crying! Always believing in the quality of the fruit grown (and not being able to afford a decent bottle of red) Dennis, with friend Russell, decided to make a barrel of Cabernet Sauvignon for personal consumption and enjoyment. It was good enough to put a label on so the name RUSDEN (the shortened forms of Russell and Dennis) was born. That was 1992. In 1994 the home-made Shiraz was consumed with relish and the decision was made to carry out some serious 'research and development'. The attitude of the larger wineries to Barossa fruit (which was 'We'll grow the quality, you grow the quantity!') stiffened the resolve to prove that fruit grown on the Vine Vale sand could produce wine that had the capability of standing alone; not only as Barossa Valley wine, but as a single vineyard product. So in 1997, 5 second-hand barriques were purchased and experimentations with the varieties Shiraz, Grenache and Cabernet Sauvignon began. The pressings and free run from the Cabernet and Shiraz were kept separate to note the different maturation processes of each wine in different styles of oak. Chris and Dennis' son, Christian, who was working at Rockford wines at the time, became an essential part of the team during this vintage. While working at Torbreck in 1998, Christian encountered Dan Phillips of 'The Grateful Palate'. Dan was a wine writer in the U.S. and a soon to be legendary importer of Australian wine to the States. Barrel samples of the 1996 Cabernet and 1997 Grenache, sent to the U.S., led to the sale of 11 cases and a review by Robert Parker Jr., which started the phones ringing. This brought about the inspiration to get stuck into the vineyard; at that time fully mechanized. The tedious but incredibly rewarding process of bringing back vines from their 'machine-deathbed' began, starting with the 40 year old Shiraz. Slowly the old vines were pruned back, block by block. Gradually the quantity of wine produced increased, but more importantly, the improvement in the vineyard led to the improving quality of the wine itself. In 1998, 7.5 tonnes were crushed and a white wine was made for the first time out of lowly Chenin Blanc, picked ripe and barrel aged. This was released in mid '99 and named 'Christian' as it was his 'baby'. 1999 saw a crush of 10 tonnes, including Zinfandel (from 40 year old grafted vines) and Mouvedre (good old Barossa Mataro). Though around half of the Canute vineyard crop is still sold to a local winery, we intend to steadily increase the amount of fruit used for the RUSDEN label. The current crush is around 60 tonnes a year for the RUSDEN label. All fruit is sourced from our own vineyard and all wine made on-site. RUSDEN is a family owned and operated vineyard and winery, determined to grow slowly and to produce only top quality hand-made wines. RUSDEN sells direct to independent bottle shops and restaurants in Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Alice Springs and the Sunshine Coast (Australia) and also exports to 8 overseas destinations. Our mail order list is steadily growing and we value the opportunity to meet and get to know everyone interested in what goes on with the wine, and behind the scenes. Newsletters come out once a year to mail order customers. The present range of RUSDEN wines includes: Black Guts Shiraz, Christine's Vineyard Grenache, Boundaries Cabernet Sauvignon, Chookshed Zinfandel, Full Circle Mataro, Christian Chenin Blanc, Ripper Creek Cabernet / Shiraz blend and Driftsand Grenache / Mataro / Shiraz blend. All of these wines are released in September / October of each year. Read less
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Much of the US continues to dig out from record snows and shivers from unusually frigid temperatures. But at the top of the world, an unusually warm January has limited the return of Arctic sea ice, whose extent set a record low for the month, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colo.
Indeed, through January, the season's sea-ice return is closely tracking that of ice during the winter of 2006-2007, according to data the center released earlier this week. The below average return of sea ice then contributed to a record low summer-ice extent during the 2007 melt season.
Climate scientists keep close tabs on the Arctic Ocean's ice – particularly during the sun-drenched melt season – because the ice's ability to reflect sunlight back into space has a significant influence on climate worldwide, more so than Antarctica's sea ice, researchers say.
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Antarctica's sea ice builds quickly during its winter months and extends over large areas of the ocean surrounding the continent, even as the Arctic Ocean's ice retreats.
But Antarctic sea ice shrinks quickly during its melt season, covering only a tiny fraction of the area it spans during the Austral winter, when it's dark. Arctic Ocean sea ice, by contrast, typically extends over much of the Arctic Ocean, even through the melt season, reflecting sunlight and keeping the region cooler than it otherwise would be.
In January, Arctic sea ice covered 13.6 million square miles of ocean, nearly 20,000 square miles below the previous record low in January 2006 and some 490,000 square miles below the 1979-2000 average.
The drivers for January's record low extent, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, included a natural climate pattern known as the Arctic Oscillation, as well as residual heat from the Arctic Ocean, captured and retained during the previous melt season.
When the Arctic Oscillation is in a negative phase, wind patterns change in ways that can permit frigid Arctic air to plunge farther south than usual, accounting for below-normal winter temperatures in much of the US in January, including the South.
At the same time however, Arctic temperatures can run above normal during a negative phase. In January, much of the region experienced temperatures between 4 and 11 degrees Fahrenheit above normal, according to the NSIDC.
As February began the oscillation switched to a positive phase, which could speed ice growth for a period, according to the center.
But the prognosis for ice extent during the upcoming melt season isn't good, according to Mark Serreze, who heads the NSIDC.
Even if the ice were to reach a winter expanse nearer normal, "a lot of that ice is thin, first-year stuff, and it's going to tend to melt out easily" come spring, he says.
Indeed, he adds, the thickness of the ice heading into the melt season is a bigger factor than overall winter extent in determining how severe the spring melt-back is likely to be. Researchers over the past several years have documented a decline in older ice and an increase in thinner ice at the start of the melt season.
"We know right now, that we'll be continuing that pattern" heading into the 2011 melt season, he says.
Nor is he looking for help from the Arctic Oscillation. While the strong negative this winter has kept things relatively toasty during an Arctic winter, it historically has tended to set up conditions that kept ice in the Arctic Ocean basin during the melt season. Winds also would spread the ice out, allowing more ice to grow in the wide cracks between floes.
Until last year, that is.
In a paper published Jan. 29 in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, a team led by Julienne Stroeve, also with the NSIDC, found that last winter's strongly negative Arctic Oscillation had its own unusual circulation pattern, which ultimately provided no help in retaining ice during the 2010 melt season. Instead, last melt season registered the third lowest summer-ice extent on record.
"It appears we're entering a new regime where old rules don't apply anyone," he says.
Since satellites began tracking Arctic sea-ice extend continuously in 1979, the maximum and minimum sea-ice extents have been steadily shrinking, when stacked against their 1979 to 2000 averages.
Researchers attribute the long-term to a self-reinforcing trend, or feedback, associated with global warming. As ice cover shrinks during the melt season, more of the ocean, darker than the ice, is exposed to absorb sunlight and retain it as heat. As fall arrives, the ocean releases the heat, slowing the return of sea ice.
Indeed, researchers are exploring the possibility that increases in ice loss could be driving the Arctic Oscillation into a negative phase more often than not. The jury is still out, Serreze says.


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In the attack the headquarter events there were voices asking for changes. Some were exited, some were frustrated, some were content, some were dissatisfied. What could we make out of that? What comes next after the head quarter was attacked? What if there remains another headquarter with a new dress?
Did we just create something that further justifies our existence and our way of being? We, teaching staff and students, are all fulfilling the request of institutions, since we have been codified by a series of formats, phd seminars, reading groups, exams, panels. The way the programs are planned and carried out already determine our ways of being and codify our identities – both as individuals and as an institution.
We appreciate all the discussions during the 12 hours meeting, we are also impressed by most of the insightful critiques. The wishes for changes, transformations, and twists were, however, not common wishes. They did not have a goal, a direction, or a unified identity. What comes next is still a question?
This is where we can start. Instead of thinking of how to improve teaching and learning, we want to think from the perspective of community. Institution itself brings us into being, but there lies another concern of "being with", which has more to do with interaction, communication. This does not mean coming behind one cause, under one banner, but it means being together after we have come together. The task is not to define a common goal or to change the institution, because we are the goal and we are the institution.
We are writing to invite your participation to a project, which aims at a more radical way of rethinking the event. We have only one proposition to make: WE HAVE TO TAKE OVER THE CENTRE TOGETHER. The only way to attack the headquarter, is to abolish the headquarter. We, the students and those staff members who are willing to, should take over the planning and the building of the centre (not the money or the jobs) – for one year as an experiment. To "Take over" is not to replace the headquarter, or seize the power, but to conquest the headquarter with a new form of communication – through being together, and starting our thinking as well as our learning all over again each day. There is no power to be seized, there is only power to be or to do.
We look for a communication, which transforms the relations between educator and educatee from a subject-object relation into a process of active sharing of knowledge, experience and intuition. It means deconstructing the hierarchies and identities we have voluntarily taken as students and teachers, as experts and non-experts. We can start it as a project. We can call it minoritarian thinking. We can call it learning with each others, instead of from others.
What are the questions to be asked? Maybe we should not have any predetermined way to do things, we should not do anything if we do not want it. We can ask, who should plan the MA and PhD programs? Do we want a PhD seminar? If we do, who should plan it – the students or the staff, or both? Do we want to read in the seminars, or do we want to start our thinking from somewhere else? How can students take part in the research? How can we make students contribute, give, instead of taking or receiving? How could students run the centre together with the staff, or how can we abolish these identities altogether?
You can say that we have already asked these questions, that we already have more freedom than many others. But our task is to ask, whether this really is the case… Let's ask ourselves: why do we have readers waiting for us when we enrol; why does the staff know what the students are doing but the students do not know what the staff is doing.
As we all know, the main obstacle for changes in the academia has traditionally been the common reluctance to give up the structures of power and authorities. If we have any trust at all in the CCS, we must believe this cannot be the case here. In other words, this is not supposed to be a student revolt, but creating a coming community for all of us at the CCS.
We, the initiators, call for everyone to take over our thinking, as an opening but not as a ready-made program. We do not have any answers to your questions: the communication should start here: we want to here your responses and meet you next week at Laurie Grove. Meanwhile, all those interested, please, contact us or use the newborn wiki: ccsgold.pbwiki.com
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It's going to be a long, hot summer, with a chance of fire. Make that a long, hot, dry summer, with a high probability of devastating wildfires.
That weather report should come as a surprise to no one. Still, it's important enough that those who work to ensure public safety are underlining the facts in a bid to get hillside residents around Northern California to help out with fire-prevention efforts.
As California endures its third year of a drought, fire officials have had to drop the old model of beefing up their staffs and efforts for the late summer and early fall, when hillside forests and chaparral have dried out and Santa Ana winds start kicking in. Their new model is to consider it to be fire season all the time.
That was underscored by the fires burning this week in rural Napa County. Given the devastation we saw last year with the fire on Mt. Diablo, no on eshouold need reminding.
In fact, already this year firefighters have battled more than 2,300 wildfires, which burned more than 17,800 acres.
Our region has received far less normal rainfall in the past year, and the severe drought has turned most of California into a tinderbox. The National Weather Service announced June 19 that 33 percent of the state faces exceptional drought conditions.
"In the national forests and wildlands, conditions are exceptionally dry," said Bill Patzert, climatologist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Canada Flintridge.
"The situation is extremely serious — I'd say incendiary," he said.
The state budget that Gov. Jerry Brown signed includes an extra $90 million to battle wildfires, plus $13 million for fire fuel and plant management by the California Conservation Corps and $10 million in grants for local agencies.
But it's up to homeowners who live in or near the fire prone areas to do their parts as well, to protect their own property and that of their neighbors.
Officials urged residents to set up a "defensible home," which means brush cleared to at least 100 feet. Don't store woodpiles or even brooms — just about anything that can catch fire — within 100 feet of homes.
Rooftops and gutters should be cleared of leaves and pine needles that could catch fire from blowing embers.
Avoid using brush-clearing machinery on hot, dry afternoons.
And, of course, every household should set up an evacuation plan that includes getting children, seniors and pets out of harm's way.
Visitors to recreation areas need to be especially careful this summer and fall and personnel there must be especially vigilant as must we all. In these difficult times we must all do what we can to lessen fire danger as much as possible.


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Forget going out with a bang. At this year's jamboree, a new event has come in with one.
Camp Thunder, sponsored by the National Rifle Association and National Shooting Sports Foundation, gives boys the chance to shoot clay targets and teaches them about responsible gun safety and techniques.
When we visited today, Camp Thunder was wrapping up a day in which a whopping 750 boys went through. At 10 shots per boy, that's a lot of Federal shotgun shells for the boys to take home as souvenirs of their experience. And it makes for a lot of stories to tell friends and troopmates later that day.
It's the message of Camp Thunder that makes it different from most shotgun ranges. At Camp Thunder, boys are given the opportunity to succeed at shooting successfully. Organizers shortened the distance that the clays travel. They're on hand to help show the boys the proper way to position their bodies and their Beretta 3901 shotguns while shooting.
And there's strategy instruction, too. Follow the clay and shoot just a bit in front of it. Don't wait for the clay to come into your sight because it's much tougher to hit it that way.
The boys are catching on. Rarely does a boy leave without hitting a single clay. In fact, a few have even impressed the range volunteers by connecting on seven or eight of their 10 shots.
Camp Thunder holds worthwhile lessons for any shooting sport, whether it's at summer camp or a unit outing. Encouraging the Scouts and working within their level of skill can produce worthwhile results.


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The residency is open to all active Docomomo International members (registered since 2005) from any country with no age limitations.
This two-month summer grant (July-August) will offer the opportunity to one of our international members to conduct research on the modern movement and to spend two months in France in one of the studios of the Couvent des Récollets, a seventeenth-century convent located in the heart of the city, which houses the French Order of Architects (library and exhibition spaces) as well as a residence for artists and architects.
Candidacies: All candidates who wish to submit applications should send:
(1) a three-page statement on their research project, explaining the need to spend two months in Paris and the results they intend to achieve during their stay;
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(3) a short résumé;
(4) a short statement explaining their activities and commitment toward Docomomo.
Although there is no stipend associated with the grant, the candidate will also benefit from a work space with all facilities (fax, internet, telephone) at Docomomo International Secretariat in the Palais de Chaillot/Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine.
The application deadline is May 15, 2007.
All Docomomo international members (architects, conservationists,
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Vang Cki is a concept artist based in Paris, who has worked for clients like Guerilla Games (Killzone).
His robot, exosuit and weapon stuff is great, but I love how he's also included "blueprint" shots of his designs as well.
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Step 1: Find a friend! I found Kimberley, she's my go-to crafting buddy. If you have a friend named Kimberley, use her too. Go to your local thrift shop and find cake molds, bowls, or anything circular that is oven safe over 300 Degrees Fahrenheit. Our bowls were only $1.99. This object will be used to mold your record bowl.
Step 2: Continue shopping at your local Goodwill, or thrift shop to find inexpensive records. Ours were $0.99 each, however many places sell classical albums for $0.25 a pop. Be warned! Sometimes the most AWESOME covers actually have the least attractive records inside. Don't judge a book (or record) by it's cover. The inside is what counts (in life, and in record shopping), so open the package and the sleeve and see what the record inside has to offer. This is what will be on display in the end product.
Step 3: Preheat your oven to 250-300 Degrees Fahrenheit. Wipe down your record so it does not have extraneous dust – this will melt into the bowl. Make sure the record is dry. Place your record centered on an oven proof bowl. Place in the oven for no more than five minutes (it starts to let off toxic gas if left in too long) at a time. Open a window and ventilate. At five minutes (but sometimes sooner, use oven light to check if corners are dropping, melting, and bending) take out of the oven using oven mitts! Safety first! Remain calm! Don't fret!
Step 4: As soon as you take the record out of the oven (it will be hot) work quickly (less than 20-30 seconds) to shape the object. You can use the bowl as a mold, and press the record inside. You can also roll the record as you would when making a megaphone out of paper (lower left hand corner). If you are sculpturally inspired, you can even freehand mold the record into different shapes, or stamp the melted vinyl with pattern. If an object is not folding or forming to your liking, place it in the oven to soften it again for another minute or so. The vinyl cools and dries EXTREMELY quickly – usually in under a minute.
Step 5: Place and show off your object. Here I am planning on using the bowl to hold candy near my bar! Kimberley is using her rolled record (in the previous image) as a sconce or a plant holder mounted to the wall. These bowls can be used as planters because of the hole in the middle makes automatic drainage! Since the item is so inexpensive to make, and takes such a short amount of time to form (some would say RECORD TIME, har har), I would recommend making a ton of them and giving them away to people you love as "just because" presents! What a unique and retro way to decorate.
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Heidi Montag has dismissed reports she receives $100,000 an episode to star on "The Hills."
On Monday, The Daily Beast reported that several of the stars of the MTV docu-soap earn $100,000 an episode. Spencer, the Web site reported, receives $65,000 an episode. But Heidi said the information is wrong.
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"We have never made that and we are not making that," the blonde told Access Hollywood's Billy Bush for Access and "The Billy Bush Show." "I wish that were true!"
Heidi would not disclose the amount she actually earns.
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"[It's] top secret, but it is not what you would think at all," she told Billy.
"I do 'The Hills' for the love of it. I don't do it for the money," she added.
The report claimed Audrina Patridge, Lauren "Lo" Bosworth and Heidi were each taking home $100,000 per episode; Kristin Cavallari earns $90,000; Spencer earns $65,000 and Brody Jenner earns $45,000. But Heidi told Billy the salary report was not correct.
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"Those figures are definitely say are wrong. We all do it because we love it, not because it's a job," she told Billy.
When Billy asked if it was fair to say that Heidi makes more than Spencer on the show, Heidi said, "No and those figures are not correct. No one is making those figures."
Heidi continued, "We have never made that and we are not making that. I wish that were true!"
Heidi also said she does not know what new "Hills" star Kristin Cavallari earns.
"I don't know what anyone makes to be honest," she said.
The new season of "The Hills" premieres tonight at 10:00pm ET/PT on MTV.
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Round tower churches East Anglia.
After a recent visit to Norfolk I happened upon a most delightful church which had a round tower entirely constructed out of flint bound in mortar. Intrigued I made sketches and took photographs and after further research returned to Norfolk the following year. Having researched and mapped over 30 similar churches I was able to sketch and photograph 29 of these over three days with a view to making a series of watercolour studies.
Many of these "round towers" are Saxon in origin and are only found in East Anglia – mainly in Norfolk. The primary reason for this is due to the lack of indigenous stone suitable for building apart from flint. To build square towers a stronger stone is needed for the corners and so the towers were built round.
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Pete Jarvis quietly gets on with creating beauty out of the more or less accidental beauties of Southampton's architectural heritage. King John's palace is a masterpiece of quietly stated craftsmanship which calls for meditative concentration. Detail and overall design are finely balanced to produce the most satisfying work of art.
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They have a reputation for being environmentally minded do-gooders. But an academic analysis of surveys spanning more than 40 years has found that young Americans are less interested in the environment and in conserving resources — and often less civic-minded overall — than their elders were when they were young.
The findings go against the widespread belief that environmental issues have hit home with today's young adults, known as Millennials, who have grown up amid climate change discussion and the mantra "reduce, reuse, recycle." The environment is often listed among top concerns of young voters.
"I was shocked," said Jean Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego State University who is one of the study's authors. "We have the perception that we're getting through to people. But at least compared to previous eras, we're not."
Twenge, author of the book "Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled — and More Miserable Than Ever Before," has spent much of her career publishing work that challenges or attempts to explain commonly held beliefs about young people.
This study, published online this month in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, looked at the life goals, concern for others and civic orientation of three young generations — baby boomers, Gen Xers and Millennials.
Based on two longstanding national surveys of high school seniors and college freshmen, Twenge and her colleagues found a decline, over the last four decades, in young people's trust in others, their interest in government and the time they said they spent thinking about social problems.
Steepest of all was a steady decline in concern about the environment, and taking personal action to save it.
Researchers found that, when surveyed decades ago, about a third of young baby boomers said it was important to become personally involved in programs to clean up the environment. In comparison, only about a quarter of young Gen Xers — and 21 percent of Millennials — said the same.
Meanwhile, 15 percent of Millennials said they had made no effort to help the environment, compared with 8 percent of young Gen Xers and 5 percent of young baby boomers.
Millennials also were the least likely to say they'd made an effort to conserve electricity and fuel used to heat their homes.
In the case of heating fuel, 78 percent of young baby boomers and 71 percent of young Gen Xers said they cut back, compared with 56 percent of Millennials.
It is important to note that most of the survey data available for Millennials was collected before the country's most recent recession hit.
Even so, those working in the environmental field — including some Millennials themselves — aren't that surprised by the findings.
Emily Stokes, a 20-year-old geography student at Western Washington University, grew up in the Pacific Northwest. She thinks people there are more likely to take environmental issues more seriously because of the natural beauty that surrounds them.
"But I still find myself pretty frustrated a lot of the time," said Stokes, who wants to go into marine resource management. "I just think our generation seems fairly narcissistic — and we seem to have the shortest attention span."
Kelly Benoit, a 20-year-old political science student at Northeastern University in Massachusetts, went as far as calling her peers "lazy."
"I think it can be due to our upbringing. We want what we want when we want it," said Benoit, who has worked with lawmakers in her state to try to ban the use of plastic bags in stores.
She thinks members of her generation, like a lot of people, simply don't want to give up conveniences.
Or are they just overwhelmed?
Mark Potosnak, an environmental science professor at DePaul University in Chicago, has noticed an increase in skepticism — or confusion — about climate change among his students as the national debate has heightened. That leads to fatigue, he said.


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I am doing my PhD in algebraic graph theory, for not much more reason than that was what was available. However, I love deep structure and theory in mathematics, and I do not particularly want to be a graph theorist for the rest of my life.
I have heard of mathematicians changing from more theoretical subjects to broad ones like combinatorics, but not the other way round, and am concerned that this is because the time it takes to learn the requisite theory for deeper subjects is hard to come by after grad school.
Has anyone done this, or known of someone who has? Is it at all likely or possible I will be able to get a post-doc position in a subject only marginally connected to my thesis? I have been using small amounts of algebraic number theory, and would ideally like to go on and specialise in something similar.
Any advice much appreciated!
EDIT (June '12) - I came across this old question of mine, and now feel rather silly for having asked it at all. For the record, and for anyone who might be having similar doubts to me: a year or so on I have realised that, as was mentioned below, I should not pigeonhole myself, and that the most interesting problems are often those that lead to other seemingly disparate subfields. Perhaps more to the point, I actually can't now think of a subject I'd rather do than algebraic graph theory! If you find yourself in the position I was in, I advise you to just look for those problems you find most interesting in your "chosen" field - they are bound to lead to other areas. And anyway, surely all that matters is that you are interested and inspired?! In my own research I have used number theory, galois theory, group theory, and even a bit of probability. I might even opine that graph theory is one of the subjects most likely to appear in intra-disciplinary work, which seems to be forming an ever higher proportion of mathematical research.


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CHESTER, Pa. – Back in November, while working out in Bradenton, Fla., Philadelphia Union forward Freddy Adu placed a call to Eddie Johnson.
At the time, Johnson didn't have a team, was contemplating quitting soccer and, Adu recalled, not in very good spirits. But that didn't stop Adu from trying to convince his good friend to train with him.
"I called him because he was in Orlando and said, 'Why don't you come down to Bradenton and work out with me?'" Adu told MLSsoccer.com following the Union's training session Wednesday. "He said, 'Eh, I don't know.' I was just like, 'Do it, man. It will be good to see you.'"
READ: Old friends EJ, Deuce rekindle chemistry
Johnson agreed and ended up staying in Bradenton, where he met up with the Seattle Sounders during their preseason camp.
The rest of the story – Johnson signing with Seattle, enjoying a breakout MLS season, and this week emerging as one of the key players in the United States' World Cup qualifying campaign – has Adu beaming with pride.
"I'm so proud of him right now," Adu said. "People don't understand there's a lot of pressure on us. When you're going through what he went through – seven or eight months without a team – that's hard. Sometimes you just sit there and think, 'Man, what am I doing wrong?' And you go through it alone because you don't want anyone else to know you're going through hard times."
Adu is certainly more familiar than most with Johnson's redemption tale. Like Johnson, he was out of the national team picture for a couple of years before a surprise call-up. And while Adu played well after that call-up, helping the Americans to the 2011 Gold Cup finals, he's once again on the outside looking in, thanks in part to an inconsistent season in MLS.
But all he has to do is look to Johnson to know he can make it back to the national team.
"I've experienced it and I know it's possible," Adu said. "Whenever I hear people say, 'This guy is done' and 'This guy is never going anywhere,' I always just kind of smile because it's like, 'No.' I've been there. I've been through it. You can never write anyone off. And Eddie has proven everybody wrong because I know a lot of people had written him off."
With three games left in the 2012 season, Adu will be thinking a lot about Johnson. Even though the Union are out of playoff contention, the Union forward knows people like US national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann could be watching. He also knows that he still has to show the Philly coaches that he can be a quality 90-minute player for the Union next year, especially after missing the team's last three games with a quad strain.
And make no mistake: even though it hasn't always been smooth sailing in Philly, this is where he wants to be in 2013.
"Of course I want to be here next year," Adu said. "I love my teammates. I love my coaching staff. And I love the organization here. They've been great to me in bringing me here and with everything they've given me.
"Obviously you never know what's going to happen. Some things might come along the way. But, as far as I'm concerned, I want to be here and I want to be a part of this team next year."
Dave Zeitlin covers the Union for MLSsoccer.com. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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When you create a forum profile here, there's a required choice of Native Language from a drop-down menu. You can choose only one and you cannot qualify it.
Usually when people ask me "What is your native language?" I pause and then go with an option that seems least problematic in the situation or with whatever I feel like that day. I don't have just one native language -- my "first" language was acquired simultaneously with another. These languages were used equally around me.
And my native language is different depending on how you define what makes the language "native". Is it the first language you acquired? Is it the language that is dominant for me? Is it the language in which you have native fluency? Is it the language that defines my sociolinguistic identity (internal and external)? If I go with some of these definitions, my native language is English.
Sometimes when I think about what is "my native language" I feel a bit of cognitive dissonance, part of which is the feeling of liminality and also of loss. I'm sure this is a common migrant experience.
I'm curious if anyone else has had any similar experiences and if they'd like to share.
I didn´t know that you had opened this thread prior to my last contribution to my thread "no staff for the has-beens", otherwise I would have dropped it here. As you ask for someone with a similar experience, I have to refer you to a lady quoted there. - I promise you striking similarities!
I think it would be a good idea to bring the problem to Red5's attention on the support forum.
I feel there is too much crypticness here. Please, let's be nice to one another. Hucky, if there's something on your mind, why not say it openly? It would cause less tension.
Sorry if nothing like that is going on and I'm meddling unnecessarily.
Dear birdeen´s call,
Just in brief, you are not meddling, whatsoever, if you are trying to help in good intent. The object of your appeal should be a matter of course, but it is worth calling it to mind again. At the time when you wrote these lines the matter must have seemed cryptic to you. Meanwhile, you will have got the necessary background information by reading the pertinent passages, thus connecting the dots.
Please note that I never said I didn't understand what you'd been saying. I just didn't like the way you'd said that. I think that a simple
Hey, freezeframe, I noticed that the "native language" entry in your profile had changed. How is this possible?
would be more polite. I think it's better to say things explicitly, when it comes to personal matters. This way we have a better chance of avoiding conficts.


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A new study says women are getting tested for HPV too often. You'd be forgiven for being confused.
The study drew on doctor-reported information about how often they were testing patients. Reuters summarizes the study in Obstetrics and Gynecology as follows: "Not only is it a waste of money, it also means that women who test positive may be getting extra treatment they don't necessarily need and that comes with a risk of complications and side effects." That's partly because, according to Mona Saraiya of the CDC, HPV is so prevalent among women in their twenties that testing positive won't even tell you much about whether they're going to get cancer.
Earlier this year, a study concluded that most women didn't actually need annual pap smears. You can read more about the medical basis for that here.
Too Many Women Get HPV Tests: Study [Reuters]
See You Later, Speculum [Slate]
Earlier: The Possibility Of Relief From Your Annual Pap Smear Hell


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Ri-Ri and Ci-Ci went tit-for-tat on Twitter Saturday, outdoing each other with snide comments and a lot of attitude.
The pop goddesses—both ex-girlfriends of rapper Chris Brown—showed their "mean girl" sides, after Ciara talked smack on Rihanna on E!'s Fashion Police.
"I ran into her recently at a party. She wasn't the nicest," Ciara, 25, said on TV. "It's crazy, because I've always loved and respected what she's done in fashion. It wasn't the most pleasant run-in."
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A true twenty-first century diva, Rihanna, 22, tweeted her response.
"My bad Ci, did I forget to tip you? How rude of me....You gangsta huh? Ha," the "S&M" singer wrote.
Ciara shot back: "Trust me Rihanna you don't want to see me on or off the stage."
To which Rihanna, the more popular of the two stars both on and off Twitter, sniped: "Good luck with bookin that stage you speak of."
And so it went. Eventually Rihanna took the high road with what amounted to a virtual hug.
"Ciara baby, I love u girl! U hurt my feelings real bad on TV! I'm heartbroken! That's y I retaliated this way! So sorry! #letsmakeup," she wrote.
Ciara accepted via tweet, though some people on Twitter speculated that Rihanna's apology was meant to be sarcastic.
Selected Reading: E!, US Weekly, Access Hollywood


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Songs Of The Summer: How To Win The Season
Songs Of The Summer: How To Win The Season
This week on The Record, we're looking at some of the songs that captured our attention (or held us hostage) this summer, and asking what they tell us about our standards, our anxieties and the places we want our music to take us when it's hot out. We made a Spotify playlist for as many of the songs we've been talking about as we could. Listen here.
Ann Powers spoke with David Greene on NPR's Morning Edition about summer songs — those tracks that, as she wrote last week, hit the perfect balance of fun cliches and light-hearted rhythm. They also often hit the top of the charts. But what do those summer songs do to draw us in?
On The Record we've written about three routes to summer song victory. There's writing an unavoidable pop hook, as LMFAO did with "Party Rock Anthem," and building the song as one would a flashy, souped-up convertible. Make the song unashamedly recognizable (Jacob calls it "dumb fun" that works when we have so much free time we're willing to fill it by playing a song with little redeeming value) and you'll have a hit any summer in the past decade.
There's another type of song that can take over playlists in the summer — one that's unexpectedly relevant. The unsettled tension of Foster The People's "Pumped Up Kicks" has matched with the confusing mood of the past few months — and it's not the first time. As Ann wrote last week, there's a surprising tradition of hit songs about murderous psychpaths, from Bruce Springsteen's "Nebraska" to Sufjan Stevens' "John Wayne Gacy, Jr."
And then there's the sound of the summer: humid. Miguel's "Sure Thing" is all over urban radio, which makes sense, since it's the perfect song to catch without even trying on a sun-heated roof at the end of a long day. The track is layered up with harmonies and sonic embellishments (some sound like like crickets, others like voices through open windows) but Miguel's voicing is stretched out and sleepy. "Sure Thing" is of a piece with other minor key, slightly off-kilter slow jams from R&B singers like The Weeknd and Frank Ocean that dropped this spring and summer, but the saturated production pairs better with recent weather than those songs.
Still and all, a summer song is personal. It matters where you spent the past few months, with whom and what kind of memories got made. For the rest of the week we'll be posting the summer songs of musicians and music writers around the country and outside.
What have you been hearing this summer?


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A recent JAMA Viewpoint article recaps research indicating that knowledge-based information sources and the services of a medical librarian have a positive impact on clinical decision-making and patient care. The article by Julia Sollenberger MLS, and Robert Holloway MD, MPH of the University of Rochester, identifies library and librarian roles and the value they provide in provision of care and education [1]. A library's provision of information sources including databases and journal articles and the technology to access them resulted in more informed clinical decisions and changed treatment plans in several studies. Librarian literature searches to answer care questions in clinical settings yielded better results than physician searches in less time. In one controlled study of matched cases, a librarian literature search for evidence on patients presented at morning report was associated with shorter hospital length of stay. Librarian evidence searching on rounds with medical students and residents impacted not only treatment plans but also the trainees own knowledge and skills in finding evidence. Other roles cited include participation in evidence based practice curricula and support of biomedical research.
Librarians and staff at Dana Medical are engaged in many of the activities described in the article. We are evolving as health care, education, and technology change. October is National Medical Librarians month. The theme this year is "Saving you time so you can save lives." Let us know how we are doing.
Marianne Burke MLS AHIP
Director, Dana Medical Library
1. Sollenberger, JF, Holloway, RG Evolving Role and Value of Libraries and Librarians in Health Care, JAMA September 25, 2013.


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|My very treasured chest from Grandpa John
This beautiful little hand-carved box was a gift from my Grandpa John Bartram (the bull rider from this post) to his mom, Alice Veale Bartram. Grandpa procured the box while he was on his trip to Australia to compete in the rodeo events at the World Games in 1936. At one point during their travels, the ship docked in Tahiti, and Grandpa did a little shopping while he was there.
Grandpa lived with us while I was growing up, and after he passed away in 1987, my mom ended up with the box. A few years ago, she gave it to me. It now holds some of my own treasures, including some vintage buttons, photos of my 1969 VW Beetle and a bunch of old security passes from when I worked at The Fillmore in San Francisco.
Here's another picture of Grandpa and a bunch of his rodeo friends at the World Games in Australia.
|John Bartram is on the left


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At first glance, ATI's tiring flagship board looks like a spent force. Not only does it take a vicious, vaguely embarrassing shoeing from NVIDIA's new killer, the GeForce 8800GTX, but it also loses out to the green team's previous flagship graphics card, the 7950GX2.
But on closer inspection, there's still a little life in this old DX9 bugger. It's certainly the most advanced Shader Model 3 card on the market. That makes it a better long-term bet than any GeForce 7 card.
It also stands up better to really nasty rendering loads. It closes the gap to the 7950 in both Half-Life 2 and F.E.A.R. at the monstrous 2,560x1,600 resolution. And it's significantly cheaper than its arch rival, making it the best value board at this rarefied end of the market.


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First Up -
Skeletor appears much the same as he always has, albiet with a slightly new, cooler, outfit with spikey shoulder pads:-
Promotional artwork also shows him with a whiter skull face, similar in tone to his 87 Movie version. He has a new magic staff, with a black crystal on top. He is even more bitter than ever since his 10 year exile in the ice caverns, and reclaims his headquarters in Snake Mountain.
Panthor is still around, and loyal to his master. In this version he is described with completely black fur, which may be due to his aging.
No mention is made of where Evil-Lyn has been during the 10 years Skeletor was imprisoned in his ice-prison, but she still appears to be the same as ever. Plotting behind Skeletors back, and determined to become the Empress Of Eternia, with or without Skeletor. Young Dare seems to have a hard time figuring out Evil-Lyn, as she lies more convincingly than telling the truth. Evil-Lyn has a new, more revealing, outfit!
Beast-Man seems to bethe same as always. The only additional point, is that Evil-Lyn occasionaly tries to turn Beast-Man against Skeletor for her own decietful purposes.
Same as always, although seems to have a more slender look to his face and body.
Same as always, though seems to have a new Jaw with spikey teeth, and no longer wears a helmet. A few other upgrades to his body too.
A character is mentioned that is exactly the same as Stinkor. Based on the fact that Stinkor's real name is Odiphus, it doesn't take that big of a leap to suggest Odar is just a shortened version of Odiphus. Therefore, most likely same character!
Presumambly the ex-SnakeMan warrior, now joined forces with Skeletor. The only promotional image of him, doesn't appear to resemble the vintage Tung-Lashor too much, but when compared side by side with the 200X Tung-Lashor, they could easily be the same character, they even have the same blotches, fangs, and similar shaped hunched over head.
Skeletor has 5 New Evil Warriors to help in his quest for world domination-
Appears to be a robot-tank like character, fully armed with deadly weapons, bombs and missiles. He is described as being very accident prone, and occasionally blows him self up by tripping over his own feet.
Half-Man, Half-Plant and very paranoid. Seems to have a need for sunlight, to photosynthesise his food. Has deadly vines that he uses to capture his foes. Very similar to Evil-Seed, but clearly a different character altogether.
He is described as a pest, who can control insects and creepy-crawlies the same way Beast-Man controls beasts.
Appears to have a short temper. Is part man, part pig, and has a set of sharp slashing tusks.
The only new villain with no promotional image as far as I am aware. He is described as having a mouth full of sharp teeth serrated like a saw blade. Appaently he always eats, and will eat anything, including gems, gold and magic items.
The Evil Warriors have some new vehicles, that are mechanical beasts with robot brains and simple personalities. They have artificial intelligence, and can talk to their pilots.
This is Skeletor's personal all-terrain vehicle, shaped like a monster-truck, with giant jaws of steel, and flame throwing eyes. (No image exists)
A shark-like vehicle that can cruise through the ocean, and also travel on land. Appears to be described as a portable Headquarters of sorts.
Adam is now king, older and wiser and married to Queen Teela, and they have an adopted son, Prince Dare, who now wields the power sword. Adam occasionally misses the ability to turn into He-Man after passing the torch, but is still able too, once in a while, when Dare gets himself into trouble and can't use the power sword.
Adam's relationship with his new adopted son, is sometimes fatherly, and sometimes brotherly. He vows to help Dare find out about the mystery surrounding his real parents.
27 year old Teela is still very much independent, even as Queen, and she rules Eternia as a tough and demanding leader, much like she ruled the Royal Guard in the past. She is fully able to make decsions regarding the ruling of Eternia when King Adam is not available, but she also watches out for her adopted son, Dare, and gives him love and advice when he needs it.
(No image exists of Queen Teela)
Older, Grizzled and "semi-retred", Duncan now serves King Adam, as he once served King Randor,now under the title of Chief Tactical Advisor to the King. He is one of the few who is fully aware of Dare's dual identity as He-Ro.
He misses the "good old days" but realises he's not the tireless adventurer he once was. He still builds many new weapons, with the help of Dare, who he tries to teach the way of royalty and honor.
Spiritual voice and oracle to He-Ro who radiates the power of good. He-Ro is the vessel in which her energy now flows.
Exactly the same as he once was. Has found a new friend in Dare, and the two of them occasionally get up to mischief and misadventure. He still has his girlfriend, Dree-Elle, and a possibly new uncle, named Dorko.


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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Coping with "gender devaluation" in the academy
The authors present job and salary statistics to reveal gender differentials: Only 29 percent of lawyers are women; tenured professors are four times more likely to be male; the average salary of female faculty is 80 percent of male faculty's average salary (216-17). Then they turn to their key source: in-depth interviews with 80 women faculty who taught at the University of California at Irvine between 2002 and 2006 (which they term "the largest systematic set of interview data on this topic", 230).
They conclude that women faculty members see a "subtle process by which women's work is devalued or minimized, so that work or positions once deemed powerful and conferring high status frequently become devalued as women increasingly take on these roles" (230). Women's response to this "gender devaluation" is not legal (women who tried that route "found it produced very little", 231), but informal collective action and indirect challenges, both of which are less likely to provoke the reprisals often triggered by overt action. The authors recommendations include redefining "the concept of professional success" so that "it allows for alternative models" that permit less linear progress (to allow men and women to meet family needs) and improving policies with respect to family leave, longer tracks to tenure, partner-hiring, and mentoring (231).
I was especially struck by one interviewee's insight:
"Q: Does the system need a change in terms of its rewarding structure, valuing service and other administrative, managerial work as much as research, for example?
Janina: But how do you build that into a review file? How do you say Faculty X did a great job keeping the faculty from being at each other's throats after a difficult personnel decision? No, what she did was, she went into the hall. She talked to everybody. She made them feel good. That's an invaluable contribution and yet we don't value it. There is no question that the system values research and publication over service. I think there are three ways to talk about this. Where are the moments in which we reveal our values?
(1) When we hire people. We never hire people who are good citizens; we hire those who have published, and published in the right places and published frequently enough. Then we look at their research and teaching. I can tell you, nobody is being hired in the University of California system for being a good teacher or being a good citizen.
(2) We can look at how people get promoted. . . . Imagine if teaching really mattered, what would our promotion cases look like? We would write that section as vigorously and in the same detail as the research section. . . .
(3) Service? Even less decisive than the teaching. I was actually called a chump for becoming a department chair. Why? It is a waste of time that could be spent on research and publication. It is not rewarded . . . " (229).
1 comment:
- Mary L. Dudziak said...
Thanks for this post. I started teaching a long time ago, and at that time there was a gender dynamic within the category of service. It seemed that the Admissions Committee (in spite of its importance) was a "pink collar" job that women were always asked to serve on, but it was not a high status position.
I was interested to see how the authors of the article took time in teaching into account. Here's more from the article:
"Some evidence suggests a Generational effect. Professors holding Ph.D.s for less than ten Years match the gender distribution in employment (60Percent male), while those with Ph.D.s for more than 10 years are by and large male (78 percent). But this generational split is itself gendered across rank. Among those with over ten years in their field, full professors are overwhelmingly male (85 percent), while the difference is negligible—or even slightly biased towards women—for assistant professors and instructors. Further, since the Department of Labor reported similar splits according to gender almost a generation ago, in a series of reports on employment trends from 1980–87, this differential effect cannot be attributed solely to a passing age cohort." ...
"[T]he average salary for female faculty is roughly 80 percent of their male counterparts'. This division correlates with rank; salary rates for instructors and lecturers are roughly equal by gender, whereas clear differences between genders are evident at higher ranks, regardless of the type of institution or contract."
- July 29, 2008 at 2:45:00 PM EDT


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Jessica Alba in a Bikini With Cash Warren Shirtless Pictures
Jessica Alba Gets in Bikini Cuddles With Cash Warren in St. Barts
Jessica Alba Gets in Bikini Cuddles With Cash Warren in St. Barts
Jessica Alba and Cash Warren had a bit of bikini beach fun while on vacation in St. Barts earlier this week. Jessica put her fit frame on display in a purple string bikini during a cannonball contest with her husband and friends. Later, Jessica changed into a black two-piece to go snorkeling and to teach a girl how to do her own ocean splash. She managed to squeeze in some time for some salty water cuddles with Cash, who floated in the crystal-blue waters with his wife.
Jessica is spending time in St. Barts to celebrate her friends Kelly Sawyer and movie producer Jamie Patricof's 10-year wedding anniversary. The group also includes Nicole Richie, who donned a bikini while chatting with Jessica over drinks. Jessica wore a blue and orange bikini earlier this week when she went for a swim with Cash. She managed to get in work duties during her vacation on Friday when she announced that her eco-baby products line, The Honest Company, was named one of Hollywood's favorite start-ups by Fast Company.