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Still sporting that old goatee, Ethan Hawke returns to Paris for the first time since "Before Sunset'' in this sluggish and murky sub-Polanski-esque psychodrama, playing a man stranded in the City of Light after an attempted reconciliation with his estranged wife fails and his luggage is stolen.
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17 Offbeat Holidays and Anniversaries to Celebrate in December
Halfway through last December, we gave you 11 unusual holidays to make the month even more festive. While we still highly endorse observing National Wear a Plunger on Your Head Day (December 18th) and National Cover Anything With Chocolate Day (December 16th), we found plenty of other reasons to keep your spirits bright all month.
1. December 1st: (A Proposed) Scrabble Day
Much to the chagrin of the Scrabulous inventors and the annoyance of Words with Friends, this granddaddy of word games is copyrighted. On this day in 1948, the U.S. Copyright Office made an honest board game out of Scrabble. In honor of this event, we propose all December 1sts be recognized as National Scrabble Day. (The holiday is currently held on April 13, the birthday of inventor Alfred Mosher Butts.)
2. December 3rd: 20th Anniversary of the First Text Message
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SMS was born on this date in 1992. The first message, sent to a Vodafone engineer, was "Merry Christmas." Celebrate every time you don't have to actually pick up the phone and call someone.
3. December 4th: National Cookie Day
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December isn't exactly lacking in opportunities to indulge in sweet treats, but today it's your offbeat-holiday-given right to mix, bake, and/or eat as many cookies as your glycemic index can handle.
4. December 5th: International Ninja Day
The official website of Ninja Day alleges this holiday not only honors all things stealth and nunchucks, but also combats the more nautical offbeat holiday, "Talk Like a Pirate Day," which takes place in September. Creep, sneak, or redirect all of your Urls to Ninja activity—as long as you forgo the "arrrr matey's" and eye patches for ominous silence and masks, you're correctly celebrating this international holiday.
5. December 8th: Blessing of the Water Day, Uruguay
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Sometimes called "Beach Day," this Uruguayan holiday involves a contest: Religious leaders send a cross into the ocean, and whoever gets to it first is guaranteed a year's worth of good fortune.
6. December 9th: Weary Willie Day
Professional clown Emmett Kelly created one of the more memorable clown characters of the 20th century: "Weary Willie." Unlike many of his clown predecessors, Weary Willie opted out of white face paint and broad slapstick for the "tramp" look popular among Depression-era derelicts. One of his signature routines involved attempting to sweep up after circus acts, and failing in spite of himself—to the delight and empathy of the audience.
7. December 10th: Nobel Prize Day
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Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel may have died on this day in 1896, but his namesake continues to be honored through the world's most prestigious award. In honor of his life, the Nobel Prize Ceremony is held every year on the day of his death.
8. December 12th: Festival of Unmentionable Thoughts
We would love to tell you about the origin of this fest or how one goes about celebrating it, but, well, common decency prevents us.
9. December 13th: National Cocoa Day
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The weather outside is starting to get frightful, but what better cure for the temperature blues than a nice cup of hot cocoa? A down coat or a wool hat simply can't compete in the taste department.
10. December 14th: Monkey Day
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According to the official Monkey Day website, Monkey Day is an "annual celebration of all things simian, a festival of primates, a chance to scream like a monkey and throw feces at whomever you choose." The origins of the holiday are unknown, though it has been observed since at least 2003. We mentioned it last year, but just really wanted to use that picture again.
11. December 15th: National Cat Herder's Day
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Another gem from last year's list. Cat herding is as difficult as it sounds. Founded by a California couple, National Cat Herder's Day isn't just for people who actually wrangle felines, but also those whose lives or jobs feel as if they are constantly herding around cats. If you're feeling overwhelmed, perhaps it will help to add the celebration of this obscure holiday to your Saturday schedule.
12. December 16th: The 15th Anniversary of That Bizarre Pokemon Incident
On this date in 1997, over 600 kids in Japan were rushed to hospitals after an especially intense Pokemon episode led to dizziness and vomiting. Maybe just turn the TV off today and celebrate outside.
13. December 16th: Beethoven's Birthday
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We wish he could have been born on the 5th, too. But that doesn't mean we can't still listen to his famed 5th Symphony to celebrate his birthday. But if we're playing the numbers game, he did happen to compose exactly 16 string quartets. Coincidence? (Yes.)
14. December 22nd: 100th Birthday of the Late Lady Bird Johnson
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We challenge you to find an American first lady with a more memorable nickname. While the legacy of her eponym is certainly enough, she proved herself to be a savvy political voice in Washington. After bankrolling the other LBJ's first Congressional campaign, this LBJ became a high-powered businesswoman (she made their first million) and champion of the aesthetic health of our nation's highways. Lady Bird also became the first First Lady to have her very own press secretary.
15. December 23rd: Festivus!
Then of course, there's always Festivus for the rest of us. Created by a Seinfeld writer's father and popularized by Frank Costanza, this secular holiday that involves gathering around an aluminum pole and airing your grievances has continued to gain a following since its introduction in 1997. If you haven't seen the episode, there's an entire website that spells out how to celebrate Festivus from start to finish. (Test your Festivus knowledge with this quiz.)
16. December 24th: The End of the War of 1812 (in 1814)
Just in time for Christmas, the Americans and the British got their stuff together to sign the Treaty of Ghent, thus ending the War of 1812. Contrary to what this conflict might lead you to believe, the war lasted far past its inaugural year, and despite the peace treaty signature in 1814, the war didn't even officially end until 1815. On this day, we could always celebrate freedom and democracy—but why not honor inaccurately named conflicts too?
17. December 28th: 280th Anniversary of Poor Richard's Almanac
Imagine a periodical where you could access your calendar, the weather forecasts, poetry, stories, astrological facts, and much more all in one place? Poor Richard's Almanac was kind of like the 18th-century iPhone. On this day in 1732, Benjamin Franklin released his famous pseudonym and annual publication to the American colonies. Fame, fortune, and a revolution would follow for Ben. Thanks to the legacy of this publication, we all know what an early bedtime and early rise can yield a man.


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We Chat With: Pastry Chef Laurie Jon Moran of Le Bernardin
" I really like just very simple, classic desserts done very well."
Laurie Jon Moran speaks subtly and with focus, but has a sharp sense of humor and is quick to laugh. The British-born pastry chef did a stint at Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons out of culinary school, followed by positions at Daniel, Picholine and Per Se before landing the executive gig at Le Bernardin, where that same sharpness and humor are applied to modernizing classic French pastries. For plates so polished and lush, his flavors sure do pack a very un-subtle punch.
There are a few traditions you've had to keep from chefs Laiskonis and Belanger before you, including the specialty birthday cake you have at the ready for celebrations. What other things did you inherit? One of the great things about the restaurant is the focus on evolution, so everything is constantly evolving here—I think in the kitchen they maybe have two items that don't really change. And so for us everything is open to evolution, to change. And the chocolate cake is actually one things that's changing. It's going to evolve into more modern cake for today.
So it's not turning into a foam with a candle in it? Definitely not a foam with a candle. I like foams but I don't think a foam replaces a cake. "My mother always used to make me a foam for my birthday..."
You do a lot of deconstruction on your plates, bringing elements together. What does that do for you? I think it allows you to take something which is familiar, that people recognize, but present it to them in a different way. It allows you to have other textures than you'd get in the traditional format.
Why is that more fun for you? I think it allows more creativity. It lets you to lighten the dessert, make it look completely different, give it different textures—but then when you eat it, it's still familiar with the flavor.
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Was there one dessert that took more work to get right? I was working on a dessert with apple, bourbon and smoked vanilla. I love apple and bourbon and caramel. But I worked different versions of it in different ways, and I was never quite happy enough. And then it came time not to have apples on the menu!
Apple season's coming up again now... I'm sure there will be a reworked version of it on the menu.
We've got great apples in this part of the country. What's your take on local ingredients? I like using as local products as I can. I use some chocolate from Mast Brothers—not only because it's local but because it's a very good product. We use butter from Ronnybrook, and a lot of the fruit we get is local or as local as we can. There isn't a banner outside advertising that, but it really is at the core and the heart of what we do.
You've credited one meal at Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons in Oxfordshire to opening your eyes to what you could do as a chef. What about that meal was so impressionable? I grew up in a very food-focused family. Both of my parents are really good cooks. My family spent a lot of time traveling, and my father lived in Paris for a short while, so there's definitely a lot of European food culture in my family. When I was growing up my mother would make fresh pasta, and if she made pizza she made fresh pizza dough. So I was very interested in food from a young age, and I think I knew I wanted to be a chef when I was 14.
Were you alongside them in the kitchen? Definitely. We were definitely roped into helping. I really loved it, so I decided to go to culinary school, and my parents took me to Le Manoir for my 18th birthday. I was very used to eating good food, but it was the first Michelin-starred dining experience I had ever had. And while I was aware that that existed, I had just never experienced it for myself. I had famous chef's cookbooks, and I tried cooking things out of them, but there's obviously a different level of execution. And that's when I knew that I realized I only wanted to work in that part of the industry.
What specifically about it? Why fine-dining versus something cultural and rustic? I think it's the artistic nature and just the surroundings and feeling—the atmosphere.
Did it meet those expectations when you returned as a chef a few years later? Le Manoir was the place I had to work in at some point in my career. I really coveted that job. And it was an amazing experience that I wouldn't trade for anything. It's a very serious kitchen, but Raymond Blanc is an incredibly passionate chef and you really feel that there.
What does a restaurant need to do now to inspire the younger generation? A lot of it's down to nurturing and mentoring. And trying to push the boundaries a little bit constantly, working new things, trying new techniques or new flavors. I think that people respond to that. And to being challenged.
A few short ones: If you could only have one sweet on the earth for the rest of your life—and you have to choose one—what gets you going? I really like just very simple, classic desserts done very well. I guess if I could have the absolute, perfect crème brûlée, then, yeah, it would probably be that for the rest of my life.
A plate by another chef you crave? Almost anything on the menu at Mission Chinese food. I think I've been there six times since they opened. [This interview occurred about two weeks after they opened.]
So other than Mission Chinese, what's your favorite part of the city? Is there anything else? New York is just such a special, amazing place. It has such an energy, and a vibe and a feeling that's just very unique. It's very difficult to pinpoint what it is. It's just New York.
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June 11, 2000
#23: The Coach Who Will Put You in The Zone
By GUY LAWSON
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A sprinter crouches in the starting blocks, body and mind quiet, thoughts focused: 100 meters of dash for an Olympic gold medal ahead. Two lanes away, legs twitching, eyes darting, vagrant notions race through the mind of another competitor: a sore ankle, potential fame, bad breakfast; relax, says his inner voice, growing desperate, come on, come on, come on. For an elite athlete, trying to concentrate in the moment of greatest stress, finding the focus and groove known as the zone can mean the difference between first place and fourth, a smiling face on a Wheaties box and abiding regret.
The United States Olympic Committee headquarters in Colorado Springs is populated by folks dedicated to finding any and all manner of perfecting performance. In an aerie set apart from the rest of the sports sciences department, Tim Conrad and Tom Westenburg, principal engineers, explained that the greatest challenge of the future is not so much improving the mechanics of sport as helping athletes understand and master their minds. Unlike the fit and trim jocks that abound on campus, both men are slope-shouldered and pasty-faced -- Conrad whippet-thin and talkative, Westenburg with a paunch and a gentle manner. They have spent nearly a decade daydreaming of ways of translating the mantra of sport -- higher, faster, stronger -- into technological breakthroughs. They have used tiny remote sensors to measure the force applied in vehicular sports like rowing and bobsled; they have constructed a pulley system able to drag a swimmer faster than she can swim -- a second or two faster than the world record, for example -- allowing her to adjust breathing and mechanics to match the pace and giving her the chance to feel what it takes to win.
These days, however, their thoughts tend toward the interior life of competitors. There isn't much physical difference between the best athletes, Conrad said, but there can be a good deal of difference in their states of mind. Measurement is the key to all advances in sport, Westenburg said, including measuring the intangibles like thought and feeling. So the future of athletic progress lies in trying to take the measure of the mind. The vital question is, Can the zone be quantified? Can an athlete be taught to get into the zone, and regain it if he gets distracted?
In a laboratory on the U.S.O.C. campus, Sean McCann, a sports psychologist, showed me the contraptions used over the years to try to teach athletes to create a concentrated mind for competition. The newest system, McCann said, was a device called the Peak Achievement Trainer (PAT) EEG, designed to trace electrical activity in the brain, especially the frontal lobes, and provide biofeedback. Asking if I'd like to try it out, he applied the EEG's sensors with conducting jelly, one to my forehead, the other two behind my ears, the wires transmitting signals to a computer screen sitting in front of me.
The screen showed the brain activity of commonplace distraction -- jagged valleys and peaks of synapses firing wildly in all directions. I tried to relax and then sat perfectly still, and suddenly, for a moment, there it was: a flat line, the zone, or at least as close as can yet be approximated. The PAT EEG is an adaptation of a device used to treat kids with attention deficit disorder, letting them watch, and learn to control, the fidget and wander of their thoughts. For Olympians, the hope is that by seeing neural biofeedback in the lab, they will be able to find methods -- focusing on one point, visualizing peaceful images -- to achieve a quiet and still mind when it is most required.
Dan Landers, an exercise-and-sports scientist at Arizona State University in Tempe, has set out to measure the thought processes right before performance. He has collected EEG data of athletes in the moments before a basketball free throw is tossed, an arrow let fly by an archer, a trigger pulled by a marksman. By analyzing this data, he has been able to determine the brain state most conducive to successful athletic achievement, and by training athletes to manipulate their EEG patterns, he can teach them to improve their performances.
Nonetheless, it is still primitive stuff, Landers acknowledged; the PAT and similar devices can measure only overall activity in the brain; they can't isolate particular areas, and only inferences can be drawn about the workings of the mind. It is probable that the zone involves several parts of the brain. The nether regions of the mind -- the basal ganglia, which contain the fight-or-flight instinct; the cerebellum, with our motor skills programs -- may also be where the zone resides. In order to measure those deeper parts of the brain, though, a time-consuming and expensive CAT scan or M.R.I. would be needed. More important, the CAT scan or M.R.I. requires almost complete immobility. Even the less sophisticated EEG requires that a person remain still for at least a few seconds.
The uncharted territory, Conrad and Westenburg explained, lies in mapping -- and recreating -- a different kind of zone, the zone of an athlete in motion. The sprinter on the starting block trains for and tries to summon a zone that ends with the blast of the starter's gun. From that moment the state of mind of a runner is a blur of action. Standing in the batter's box awaiting a pitch with steady thoughts, to use another example, is altogether different from the half-conscious act of swinging at a fastball. When the body engages in action, millions of neurons are fired in the brain, and right now we have no way of differentiating that neuron activity from the neuron activity of thought. In order to try to capture the zone of a person in motion, Conrad and Westenburg said, unobtrusive wireless sensors would have to be devised that could take in the vast brain information of a person competing in an activity. To get useful biofeedback, computer technology will have to advance so that a machine will be able to filter out the "noise" in the brain caused by muscle contraction. Computers have become so fast and so small so quickly, Conrad said, there was every reason to believe that such a machine would become a reality within a decade. Westenburg suggested that digital signal processing systems, superfast computers used to analyze the infinite impulses circulating in outer space, might someday be applied to decoding neural signals.
Until now, reaching and maintaining the zone has been an art -- part zen, part willpower, part mystery. In 10 years, though, Conrad said we will know whether or not the zone can be quantified and trained for; whether it is a matter of science, not spirit. One day, he said, we might all wear headbands attached to Walkman-size devices that are our own personal zone monitors. Or, it occurred to me, the next generation of EEG readouts will become another fixture on sports broadcasts, the wave patterns of the basal ganglia as familiar to TV viewers as any stats graphic. Landers told me that determining the workings of the mind could someday lead to drug therapy to improve performance -- introducing the prospect, in the dawning age of psychotropic medication, of pills taken not to build muscle mass but to create the dreamscape of the zone. Inevitably, fear, hope, fortitude and moments of transcendence will be rendered as data collected and digested by computers. The final frontier, then, reaches outward but also inward: athletes crossing the divide between the physical and metaphysical. Perfect machines.
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Obata Studio Designated a Landmark
The Berkeley Landmarks Preservation Commission voted 5-3 Thursday night to designate renowned artist Chiura Obata's former studio on Telegraph Avenue a landmark.
Though the commission didn't feel that the structure itself was worthy of notice, the building's cultural significance rendered it worthy of landmark status.
Chiura Obata immigrated to the United States from Japan in 1903 and eventually moved to Berkeley. From 1939 to 1941—the peak of his career—he worked at the 1907 Spanish Revival Style studio on Telegraph but was forced to abandon it when he and thousands of other Japanese-Americans were forced into internment camps in the wake of the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941.
Although city planning staff warned the commission that the building itself did not appear to be "a structure of high integrity," the majority of the commissioners supported the landmarking on the basis that the building evokes poignant memories of the time Obata spent there with his wife and children, serving as a reminder for succeeding generations about the Obatas' invaluable contribution to Berkeley's Japanese-American heritage.
"Maybe architecturally it's not the most interesting building in Berkeley, but the way it is connected to the Obatas is very important," said commissioner Bob Johnson, who lived in Japan for 13 years.
Commissioner Austene Hall remarked that landmarking the studio would keep the Obatas' "humble story alive."
"As most of us in California know, the need for uncovering Japanese-American history—the reason it is hidden in our communities—is that the U.S. government made a heinous error in the anxious time at the onset of World War II," said social historian Donna Graves, who nominated the Obata Studio for landmarking with help from local preservationists Anny Su, John English and Steven Finacom. "Federal policy dictated that people of Japanese descent, whether they were American citizens or not, were forced to leave their communities, homes and businesses in the spring of 1942 and incarcerated in remote concentration camps behind barbed wire and under armed guard. This act, which was not perpetrated on people of German or Italian descent, irreparably harmed communities that Japanese-Americans had built in cities like Berkeley and across California. This is a story we Americans must remember, and it is part of what inspired the landmark application."
Graves heads Preserving California's Japantowns, a statewide survey of pre-World War II Japanese-American historic resources. Funded by the California State Libraries, the project has identified hundreds of locations in nearly 50 cities from San Diego to Marysville, sites once occupied by Nikkei, first generation Japanese-Americans.
The Obata Studio is one of more than 60 Berkeley sites on the list that provide links to the city's Japanese-American community, which grew to 1,300 people in 1942.
The building's association with Berkeley's Japanese-American community started much earlier. Graves' landmark application states that when the University of California moved from Oakland to Berkeley in 1873, it spurred development south of the campus, including commercial and mixed-use buildings near Telegraph and Dwight Way.
The Berkeley Daily Gazette wrote in 1901 that "the heretofore quiet and unassuming neighborhood near Dwight Way and Telegraph has evolved into a busy and disquieting scene of commercial activity. The click of the hammer and the hum of the saw has given the old resident a dream of better days, and he fancies that the business center will be transferred from Berkeley Station to Dwight Way and Telegraph..."
The building that would later house the Obata studio was constructed in the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, which sparked a boom in Berkeley's population. Originally built as a two-story structure for the real estate firm W.G. Needham, the building was also used as Japanese barber shop, bathhouse and grocery store.
Obata moved his family to Berkeley in 1930, where he taught art at the university from 1932 to 1942 and from 1945 to 1954, "interrupted only by forced relocation during World War II," according to Graves.
In 1938, Time magazine called Obata "one of the most accomplished artists in the West." Known for defining the nihonga style of painting—a technique that blends Japanese traditional ink painting with Western methods—Obata influenced a generation of artists who were part of the California Watercolor Movement in the 1920s and '30s.
During their two years at the Telegraph Avenue studio, which was about three blocks from their home at 2609 Ellsworth St., the Obatas also organized art exhibitions and classes and sold imported Japanese art. Obata's wife Haruko taught ikebana, traditional Japanese flower arrangement. His son, unable to find work at the time despite holding a master's degree in art and design from UC Berkeley, managed the family business.
"The boldness of the sign that Mr. Obata put up is remarkable, especially during that time," said Landmarks Commission Chair Steve Winkle, referring to the name "Obata Art Studio," which adorned the storefront during a period of racial prejudice toward Japanese-Americans.
Obata's daughter, Yuri Kodani, 82, told the Daily Planet in an earlier interview that protesters fired shots through the window of the studio and trashed its steps in the darkness of night in the days following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066 forced the Obatas, and thousands of other Japanese-Americans to abandon their homes and relocate to interment camps. The Obatas sold their belongings and evacuated to Tanforan, a camp on the San Francisco Peninsula, and later Topaz, a Utah camp where Obata continued to paint.
With the help of Obata's students and Robert Gordon Sproul, the family was able to retrieve his paintings when they returned to Berkeley in 1945.
In 1954, Obata became an American citizen, a status previously denied to all Japanese immigrants.
"The poignancy, the tragedy, the history of the Obata story—there are so many reasons to designate this as a historic structure," said Dan Murphy, who has lived in one of the eight second-floor apartments of the Obata Studio since 1986.
Patrick Hayashi, former director of UC Berkeley's Asian American Studies Department, recounted how, as a child growing up in the internment camps of Topaz, he had heard stories about the "Death Man," who was shot to death by guards when his feet got trapped in barbed wire while walking his dog.
"Fifty years later I went to see an exhibit of art from the camps, and there he was, the Death Man—shot while he was being watched by his dog in a painting by Chiura Obata," Hayashi said. "I started to cry. At that moment I experienced all the sorrow and the rage the Japanese-American community experienced. Obata used art to bring all kinds of people from all kinds of communities together. His studio will remain as a reminder of that, perhaps now even more than before."
The Obata studio was later occupied by several artists and authors, including photographer Grant Oliver. It later housed Half Price Books and the Blue Nile Ethiopian restaurant.
It was scheduled to open as the Muse Art House and Cafe last year but, is currently sitting empty because owner Ali Aslami stopped renovation efforts midway.
Aslami, who otherwise agrees with the historical importance of the building, told the commission that after he started the remodeling, "many deficiencies caused by years of neglect" began to surface.
"When he opened up the wall, a nightmare befell him," Aslami's lawyer Rina Rickles said, explaining that in order for Aslami to get a bank loan to cover the extensive repairs to the roof, walls and foundation, he would have to expand the building.
The new design would add two more floors and reconfigure the existing apartments to create nine units, but Rickles said parts of the landmarking would limit the work Aslami would have to do to make the place habitable. She said her client was considering filing an appeal.
The alteration permit is scheduled to come before the landmarks commission at a future date.


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Anima Gardens by Andre Heller, Ourika Valley near Marrakesh, Morocco
Anima Gardens by Andre Heller, Ourika Valley, Marrakesh, Morocco, 2016–04-22.
A relatively new garden space designed by André Heller, receiving praise and attention for its imaginative and creative design.
Located amid the foothills of the High Atlas mountains, within the spectacular Ourika Valley (27km away from Marrakesh), the Anima Garden holds shady paths and pavilions with wild flowers, cacti, water features, palm trees and tall grass, with the suprising addition of unusual sculptures of magical characters hidden about the space.
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Hey guys it's Jake Burklin, Here is an image of one of my custom sword prototypes called "King's Sword". I am going to create a prototype using Sculpey and then make a mold of it using 'Amazing Mold Putty' and cast it in liquid plastic using the mold.
I am also opening a LEGO custom castle-themed weapons, armor and accessories store called "Royal Brick Customs" either late November or early December (i just have to finish creating the website and cast some of the prototypes in casting (plastic) resin.
Tell me what y'all think of it.
C&C greatly appreciated.
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Hello dear friends! Spring is such a beautiful time of year, isn't it? The cherry trees are blooming, the birds are singing and the sun is shining enough to make me forget how long and dreary this winter was. Spring is also a time when most of us do a little spring cleaning. With that in mind, I wanted to share with you some news: I am posting my final blog.
During the past year, I have felt the need to re-vamp the look and narrow down the direction of the posts. After taking time to lay out the new design and solidify a new direction, I truly felt like the spark was just gone. Trust me when I tell you that I still love crafting, re-purposing furniture, experimenting with beauty products and sharing shopping tips, as well as an occasional funny story. All of these things thrill my soul and allow me the most wonderful creative escape. I like sharing with you and I love hearing about the projects that you are trying on your own. This has been so much fun for me and I thank you for joining me on this journey.
I want to clear a little head-space in order to open myself up to new possibilities. I believe that exciting things are in store for me and I can't help but wonder what they are! Who knows, a year from now I may feel differently and move forward with a new blog? Until then, you can find me on evening walks with my husband, at the dog park with Mardi & Marlin, soaking up the sun at the beach, playing with my nieces & nephews, taking a class or two or three…
I want to leave you with some of my favorite blogs over the past several years. Taking a look back definitely put a smile on my face and I hope it will put one on yours as well. After all, that was my ultimate goal all along. May you always have the courage to know when to say yes and the wisdom to know when to say no, even when it seems that nobody understands. Peace and blessings to you!
Happy Halloween from Dumb and Dumber (Yes, I saved the best & highest rated blog for last. if you think this isn't a "project", please stop by next Halloween" :)


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Problem: Optical media like DVDs eventually die. Solution, according to Barry Lunt: Actually carve data into a disc composed of magic hard "persistent" materials with a laser.
His Millennial Disks (say that 3x fast) can be read in regular DVD drives, despite being made with a secret sauce of "persistent" materials—he drops words like gold and obsidian, which makes it sound expensive. Indeed, they cost $US30. For DVDs. That you can never rewrite. A Blu-ray version is in the works (will they cost $US100?).
And it might be a lie! The plastic—his discs' weak point, your discs' strong point—could die before the disc reaches a thousand years old: "That plastic may limit us to a few centuries or a thousand years for now." Is there a warranty? Plus, shouldn't it be Millennial Disc, not Disk?
Also, will the slot-loading disc drives in the bellies of the invading aliens be able to read Millenniata's Millennial discs in 1000 years? These are the kinds of compatibility questions we should be taking seriously today, before they become a problem tomorrow, like with magnetic tape today.
If only there was a way to copy data to lots of different places, so that if it died in one place, it would still exist in another place. That would be really super great. [Herald Extra via Slashdot]


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Mike Scruggs
The unsuccessful engagement at Cheat Mountain and the failure to block a Union advance in the Kanawha River Valley were disappointing, but they involved only three small Confederate brigades and few battle casualties. The disadvantages of terrible weather, muddy roads, and widespread sickness were formidable obstacles to success in western Virginia. Moreover, the lack of cooperation of generals Loring, Floyd, and Wise with Lee, and their petty rivalries, jealousies, and resentments among themselves, severely hampered any chance of overcoming an already difficult situation.
President Davis, though an experienced military leader himself, perhaps erred in not giving Lee direct rather than advisory authority over these generals. But knowing something of the egotism and political differences among the generals, Davis probably judged that advisory authority was the best way to revitalize their military effectiveness. Lee tolerated the situation for too long. He should have pressed Davis for more direct authority to suppress the brigade commanders' self-serving egotism and demanded their prompt execution of orders.
The Richmond and other Southern newspapers exaggerated the importance of Confederate failures in western Virginia and pounded Lee with much undeserved criticism. They said he was too old, too theoretical, and not aggressive enough. Some began to refer to him as "Granny Lee." Lee bore all this without succumbing to the temptation to start pointing the finger of blame to others. At 55, the gray-bearded general was a bit older than most active duty general officers (average age about 40), but he would be remembered in history as one of the most aggressive and innovative military commanders in the annals of warfare. He would be called "the Gray Fox."
Throughout the war, both the Union and Confederate armies suffered much loss of effectiveness because of an uncooperative spirit of self-centered pride and ambition among many general officers. There were notable exceptions, and Lee was one who placed duty far above any personal considerations.
"Duty…is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things….You cannot do more—you should never wish to do less."—Lee, in a personal letter to one of his sons.
"General Lee…showed a personal disinterestedness, and unselfish devotion to principles and country, rarely to be met in this world."—Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens.
"You must expect discomforts and annoyances all through life. No place or position is secure from them, and you must make up your mind to meet with them and bear them."—Lee, to his daughter, Agnes.
"I cannot see a single ray of pleasure during this war; but as long as I can perform any service to the country, I am content."—Lee, to his wife.
In November 1861, Davis placed Lee in command of the coastal forces in South Carolina to defend against threatening action by a large fleet of Union Navy ships assembling near Charleston. As an experienced engineering officer, Lee built an array of coastal defenses formidable enough to discourage any reasonable Union consideration of a major attack on Charleston by sea.
On March 2, 1862, Davis recalled Lee to Richmond and gave him command of all military operations of the Confederate armies. Davis, however, made most of the operational decisions and left implementation to Lee. About that time, the 35-year-old Union Commanding General, George B. McClellan, responded to Lincoln's pressure to take Richmond with a bold strategy to use Union Naval superiority to make an amphibious landing at Fort Monroe at the southern end of the Virginia Peninsula and then move north to besiege Richmond.
The Peninsula Campaign was harder going than McClellan anticipated, and the Union Navy lost many ships to the ironclad CSS Virginia. Nevertheless, on May 31, a Union army of 105,000 men was positioned on the northeast outskirts of Richmond straddling the Chickahominy River. Joe Johnston, commanding the 60,000 troops of the Army of Northern Virginia protecting the city, knew that he could not survive a siege, so he attempted to overwhelm the two Union corps of 34,000 men isolated on the south side of the Chickahominy with 22 of his 29 infantry brigades (51,000 men). It took some time for Union forces to stabilize after this assault, essentially stalling any immediate Union chance of capturing Richmond. The fiercest fighting took place at a crossroads called Seven Pines. Near dusk, Johnston was seriously wounded when struck by a bullet in his right shoulder and almost simultaneously hit in the chest by Union artillery shrapnel, knocking him from his horse and breaking his right shoulder and two ribs. Johnston was evacuated to Richmond, and Major General G. W. Smith, who had been plagued with ill health, assumed temporary command, but acted indecisively. Lee and Davis arrived on horseback and were both disappointed with Smith's indecisive actions.
The fighting ended about 11:30 am on June 1, when the Confederates withdrew to their defensive positions in Richmond. McClellan was in bed with typhoid fever and was only able to ride to the action at Fair Oaks Station near the end of the battle, which was inconclusive. However, the Union had suffered over 5,000 casualties with 790 dead. The Confederates suffered over 6,000 casualties with 980 dead. McClellan resolved to bring up his big siege guns to finish off the Confederacy. But unfavorable weather (rain, flooding, and mud), Confederate cavalry, mobile railroad artillery, and fear of the elusive and quick-striking Stonewall Jackson would make moving heavy siege guns slow and difficult.
Toward evening, President Davis made Lee the Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, a decision that would dramatically change the course of the war. After building extensive defensive earthworks around Richmond, Lee launched the "Seven Days" offensive on June 25. By July 1, he had driven McClellan's huge army back to the James River and saved the Confederate capital. Within three months the Union Army had been driven off the Virginia Peninsula.


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Makes about 26 biscuits
125g butter, softened
110g caster sugar, plus 1 dessertspoon extra, for rolling
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 tsp vanilla extract
250g plain flour
½ tsp freshly grated nutmeg
¾ tsp baking powder
Pinch of salt
1 dessertspoon ground cinnamon
Preheat the oven to 180oC/350oF/Gas mark 4.
Cream the butter in a large bowl or in an electric food mixer until soft. Add the 110g caster sugar and beat until the mixture is light and fluffy. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract until combined.
Sift in the flour, nutmeg, baking powder and salt and gently mix together to form a dough.
Mix the dessertspoon of sugar and the cinnamon together in a medium-sized bowl. Using your hands, roll the dough into walnut-sized balls then roll in the sugar and cinnamon mixture and place on two baking trays (no need to grease or line), each ball spaced about 3cm/1 ¼ in apart. Flatten them down with the palm of your hands.
Bake in the oven for about 15 minutes, or until they feel firm around the edges.
Allow to stand for 2 minutes on the baking trays, then carefully transfer to a wire rack to cool.


text: It's World War II -- Do you know where your heroes are? Golden Age Champions takes you back to simpler times, when heroes were heroes, and villains were Nazis. So fire up your patriotism, salute the flag, and go forth to make the world safe for Truth, Justice and an American Victory with Golden Age Champions! (-Gold Rush Games) Please click on the following link for more info... http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/...ocracy/:plane: Our crews also play a couple ancient Asian martial arts Hero System games and a Palladium Nightbane game. Holla!


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Rats Occupy Health Department Building in Oregon
The next time health inspectors try to tell you what to do, ask them if they've gotten their own building cleaned up first!
It seems that not all of the occupants of the Barbara Roberts Human Services Building are dedicated to maintaining Oregon's health code.
A breeding colony of rats has invested the Salem, Oregon health building. As of Wednesday, 39 rats of second and third generations have been caught. State health inspectors are aware of the problem.


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Child protection
All paid and unpaid staff working with children at the Gallery are cleared through the Working with Children Check (Prohibited Employment Declaration and Working with Children Check Employment Screening Consent), as outlined by the NSW Commission for Children and Young People.
In accordance with these responsibilities, the Gallery has developed a child protection policy and procedures to provide for the safety, welfare and wellbeing of young people while visiting the Gallery.
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This is the feedback thread for the Game Mechanics chapter, updated on May 29th.
It can be downloaded as part of the EP2 Open Playtest at: http://bit.ly/ep2playtest
We are getting down to the wire for this playtest. This is likely to be the final update to the Eclipse Phase Second Edition playtest. At this point, core mechanics and major features are locked down. Things to look for:
• Numbers and terms that are inconsistent or seem off-base with each other
(IE: a number/rule/term was updated in one chapter but not in another, or a number in text that contradicts a table).
• Unclear wording or explanations, typographical mistakes.
• Rules that are easily exploitable that lead to un-fun game situations, characters mechanically hogging the spotlight, etc.
• Places that should have cross-references ("p. XX" references) to other sections but do not OR vice-versa — places that seem to have excessive cross-refs.
Please exercise restraint in back-and-forth posting in this thread.


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Columns on closed Del. I-495 bridge rebound farther
WILMINGTON, Del. — Tilting bridge support columns along I-495 continue to inch back to vertical alignment since the removal of soil piles blamed for the roadway's closing at the Christina River, state officials reported Thursday.
Crews closed the 90,000-vehicle-a-day stretch of highway on June 2 after four sets of columns along the bridge's southern approach tipped as much as 4 degrees, causing travel lanes to tip as well. Sensors show the columns have moved 0.26 degrees back toward vertical, or about 6.5 percent.
The Delaware Department of Transportation has tentatively blamed the dangerous movement of the bridge on a contractor's stockpiling of as much as 55,000 tons of soil on land adjacent to the span. Some of the pile crossed onto the state's right of way.
State and city officials have released little about the origins of the material or why the mass managed to go unnoticed, despite a string of Freedom of Information Act requests to agencies that apparently failed to catch the threat, or violations that would have flagged it.
Late Thursday, in response to a series of questions, the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control reported that "neither the City of Wilmington nor DNREC's Sediment and Stormwater Program was aware" of soil stockpiles beneath the span.
"It is astounding that no one saw that, or, clearly, people saw it but no one acted on it," said Senate Minority Whip Gregory F. Lavelle, R-Sharpley. "It's a colossal failure."
"I understand that some of the other bridges have stuff under them, vehicles, things like that, because of people taking advantage or getting lazy. But this is like not seeing Godzilla," Lavelle said. He added that the bridge shutdown and traffic snarls are "all you hear about" from constituents.
The piles are clearly visible in aerial photos from 2013, under and alongside the bridge off busy Christiana Avenue. DNREC inspectors have been active in the same area for years attempting to enforce environmental laws at a troubled industrial-scale composting plant nearby.
Keogh Contracting Co. was required to secure a sediment and erosion control permit from the city for a stockpile even a fraction of that size, under authority delegated by DNREC and reviewed by the state every three years. DNREC officials said only that the case is now considered a "potential 'no plan' violation" to be investigated by DNREC.
DelDOT has retained a geotechnical engineering consultant to independently investigate the bridge damage and report on the cause. Officials believe that pressure from the soil pile compressed and distorted soft soils and silt under the area, sending pressure in all directions and bending the deeply driven steel piles supporting the bridge.
Federal Highway Administration officials have approved $2 million in emergency aidfor work to repair the bridge and restore traffic.
DelDOT Secretary Shailen Bhatt announced a $20 million contract for around-the-clock repair on Tuesday designed to restore traffic to southbound lanes by Labor Day. The temporary repair plan is expected to allow the reopening of northbound lanes two to four weeks later, with permanent repairs to follow.
Bhatt has said that his agency is conducting an internal review to determine how officials handled citizen warnings about the threat days and weeks before the shutdown. The adequacy of DelDOT's right-of-way inspection practices also are under review.
The agency last week inspected 29 bridges more than 500 feet long with the potential for stockpiling or storage of materials underneath the spans, within the state's rights-of-way, or close enough to potentially affect the structure's stability.
Materials were found in several cases, but nothing to the extent of the dirt mountain stored along I-495. Under two bridge, inspectors found fill and/or construction equipment stored under the bridge.
"In those two cases, we sent out another team to inspect the substructure units that were near the materials to make sure they were still plumb, and everything was safe there," said Calvin Weber, bridge maintenance engineer for DelDOT. "There was no cause for safety concerns."
Vehicles are regularly parked under some of the bridges, but those won't be relocated, officials said.
"Not only in Delaware but in other places, it's not unusal to park vehicles under bridge decks," Sundstrom said. "The weight of a vehicle, while heavy, is not remotely comparable to the weight of the pile beneath the I-495 bridge."
Crews this week began checking the next set of state-maintained bridges – those between 200 and 500 feet in length – again with the potential for stockpiling or storage of materials underneath them, Weber said.
The state has also asked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to conduct similar checks of their bridges in Delaware, including the Reedy Point Bridge (Del. 9) and Summit Bridge (Del. 896).
DelDOT has said this data will be recorded as part of periodical bridge inspections from now on. The agency is also considering the use of automated monitoring technologies in the future, so that DelDOT engineers would be notified when something is amiss.
Crews at the bridge site continue to work to install ties between the pairs of damaged bridge supports. Materials for the repairs are beginning to arrive, including 4-foot-wide steel casings that will be used to create concrete shafts for the new bridge foundation.


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In the corner of our living room there are stacks and stacks of December issues of Martha Stewart Living.
There is the December '05 issue with a wreath studded with red glittering birds that hangs on a door painted the color of mint ice cream. December '01- the cover is marked with an interior shot with everything inside brilliantly gold. Oh and a personal favorite of mine – December '97 – a parade of Gingerbread animals covered in colored sugars walking through a fresh patch of white sugar snow. I'm pretty sure they are all on their way to a Holiday party.
My butter and chocolate loving 3 year old came downstairs the other morning thrilled to find the colorful magazines that littered our floor. He immediately began flipping through the pages of the special Holiday issue ('07). He saw all the cookies and candies and decided he wanted to make something for Christmas.
"I want to make these!" He proclaimed pointing to a picture of wax paper wrapped caramels. Before I had a chance to protest – which I wouldn't because who doesn't love caramels? – he was moving his baking stool up to the counter.
I measured and he dumped. He tasted the sugar to make sure it was okay. Once it passed inspection it joined the pot and soon we had a bubbling pan of sugar slowly transforming into a vanilla and spice scented caramel.
While we waited for our caramel to cool we munched on the peppermint sticks we made the day before.
An agonizing 8 hours later we were finally able to sample our candies.
We were not disappointed.
Biting into our soft and chewy candies we were greeted with a rich sweetness and a soft saltiness. Our mouths were warmed with the spice and comforted with vanilla.
While licking our sticky fingers we congratulated each other on a job well done. Then we had another piece.
Let's just hope some of these treats actually does end up in the hands of our friends and family.
Now you see it.
Now you don't.
Peppermint Sticks
Spiced Caramels
2 cups sugar
1 cup corn syrup
2 cups heavy cream
3 oz butter
1/2 vanilla bean
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ginger
Prepare a 9″ inch square baking pan with pan spray. On the bottom cover with parchment then another fine covering of pan spray.
Combine the sugar, corn syrup, cream, butter and vanilla bean in a large pot. Over high heat, bring to a boil. Watch closely so that the mixture doesn't boil over. Continue to cook over medium-high heat, stirring often until you reach hard-ball stage (250*). This should take about 15-20 minutes.
Remove from heat and stir in salt, cinnamon and ginger.
Pour caramel into the prepared pan. Let cool and stand until completely set. About 8 hours – this concept may be difficult for a 3 year old to understand – speaking from experience.
Invert the caramels onto a parchment covered cutting board then cut them out into desired size. Individually wrap the candies in cellophane or wax paper – or if the recipient of these treats is really lucky you can dip them in tempered chocolate.
Store in an airtight container at room temperature up to 2 weeks.


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looking to replace all my exhaust valves and intake valves with a fresh set. My localGM dealer informed me that part numbers 3849814 (intake) and 3849818 (exhaust) as well aspart numbers 12363753(intake) and 12363754(exhaust) are no loner available.Does gm offer intake and exhaust valves for the 1969 z28 302 engine?Any information would be greatly appreciated.Thanks


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The Downhill Thrill and the Uphill Bill
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On a family vacation, we had some time to do some extra biking. There was a lake nearby, and it was fun to go around the lake... well, sort of fun. See, there were these long, downhill stretches, "Oh man, just flying down that hill! And it was terrific! Then guess what came right after that. Yeah, the uphill climb, and that was grueling, and sometimes pretty painful. And guess which lasted longer...the downhill thrill or the pain of going uphill?
It was my son who reminded me as we collapsed at the top of a particularly grueling hill that we had just biked. He said, "Dad, you know, this is a lot like sin." Okay. You know, he's right. He said, "We had a great time sailing down the hill, but the great feeling didn't last long. It felt like it took most of the afternoon to get up those hills."
Well, King David is going to be called right now as a witness in the case of the Downhill Thrill and the Uphill Bill. Oh, he spent his adulterous night with Bathsheba, and it was probably pleasurable. The Bible talks about the pleasures of sin, except it tacks on three words. It says, "...for a season." That's the downhill thrill. Then comes the uphill bill that you pay for that short-lived thrill.
In our word for today from the Word of God in Psalm 51:3, King David steps forth after that sin and he says, "I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me." Now, the pleasure wasn't always before him. But his sin, his guilt, the consequences, oh they never went away: memories, consequences, and hurting relationships. You might say, "Was it worth it, David - the downhill thrill?" And he'd say, "No way. There's way too much pain for that short-lived pleasure. You pay a lot longer than you play."
It could be right now that you're experiencing the downhill thrill of sin. Oh, feels good; seems like nothing's wrong. Maybe it's a sexual sin, or maybe it's a short-lived satisfaction of getting even with someone, or maybe you've got a good situation that you've come through with a little dishonesty. Maybe you're violating God's boundaries with your body, or you're partying with some friends.
Let me warn you, the uphill grind is coming. In fact the Bible guarantees that "whatever you sow, you will reap." And the harvest will last a whole lot longer than the sowing ever did. You can't stop this! It's a law of the universe: if you sow to your evil nature, the Bible says, you will reap destruction. It is inevitable; it happens every time.
Oh, you have the good feeling right now that sin gives, maybe you don't have the consequences yet, and it's easy just to go with what you can see now. But the thrill is not worth the price tag. This moment won't last. The loss, oh it will last. The pain, the consequences? Just ask King David. They last a lifetime.
There's some good news, though. Because for all of us who have violated God's laws and lived outside of His boundaries in one way or another, we have found that there is a Savior who will forgive and erase every one of those from God's Book and begin to heal the hurt and the damage that sin has done. Only Jesus can do that, because only He paid the price to do it. I mean a price of blood shed on a cross for all of us sinners...for you. And it may be that today, knowing very well what dirty feels like inside, you can feel clean for the first time in your life. All the consequences, all the pain of our sin is a reminder that there is an awful punishment for sin coming, and God doesn't want you to pay that price; His Son already did.
Today, tell Him, "Jesus, I'm Yours. You're my rescuer!" Go to our website; get more information about this. YoursForLife.Net.
You can take it from an old tired biker, that uphill grind will cancel out any downhill thrill.
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Sen. Maria Sachs, D-Delray Beach, will be minority pro-tempore and Sen. Darren Soto, D-Orlando, will be deputy whip in the Florida Senate, Senate Minority Leader Chris Smith, D-Fort Lauderdale, confirmed Thursday.
"Sachs will do a good job," Smith said. "I think she did a great job during this campaign season and proved herself to be a hard fighter and person of integrity. Even though she was attacked viciously during the campaign I think she held her head up and fought hard."
The minority pro-tempore, who stands in when the minority leader is absent, is largely viewed as having a symbolic position.
But Sachs said "that won't be the case" with her.
"I'm a doer. I think that's the mother...the woman in me," she said. "I like to get things done."
Smith also praised Soto for his work in Central Florida and for breaking barriers as the first Puerto Rican in the Florida Senate.
"We're all proud of him, we look forward to him being a leader," Smith said.
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The Right Honourable William Pitt the Younger (28 May 1759 – 23 January 1806) was a British politician during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He served as Prime Minister from 1783 to 1801, and again from 1804 until his death. He is known as William Pitt the Younger to distinguish him from his father, William Pitt the Elder, who also served as Prime Minister of Great Britain.
- Most accursed, wicked, barbarous, cruel, unnatural, unjust and diabolical.
- Speech in Parliament on the American Revolutionary War (February 26, 1781), reported in Hansard (Vol. 22), p. 487, Debate on Mr. Fox's Motion for a Committee.
- What I have now offered is meant merely for the sake of my country, for the simple question is: will you change your Ministers and keep the Empire, or keep your Ministers and lose the Kingdom?
- William Cobbett, "Parliamentary History".
- Speech in the House of Commons, supporting a motion of censure on the government of Lord North, 15 March 1782.
- I feel, Sir, at this instant, how much I had been animated in my childhood by a recital of England's victories:—I was taught, Sir, by one whose memory I shall ever revere, that at the close of a war, far different indeed from this, she had dictated the terms of peace to submissive nations. This, in which I place something more than a common interest, was the memorable aera of England's glory. But that aera is past...the visions of her power and pre-eminence are passed away...Let us examine what is left, with a manly and determined courage...Let us feel our calamities—let us bear them too, like men.
- Speech in the House of Commons (21 February 1783), reprinted in W. S. Hathaway (ed.), The Speeches of William Pitt in the House of Commons. Volume I (London: 1817), pp. 31-32.
- I will repeat then, Sir, that it is not this treaty, it is the Earl of Shelburne alone whom the movers of this question are desirous to wound. This is the object which has raised this storm of faction; this is the aim of the unnatural coalition to which I have alluded. If, however, the baneful alliance is not already formed, if this ill-omened marriage is not already solemnized, I know a just and lawful impediment, and, in the name of the public safety, I here forbid the banns.
- John Almon and John Debrett, "Register of Parliament".
- Speech in the House of Commons, 21 February 1783. Referring to the Fox-North Coalition which was already agreed in outline.
- You may take from me, Sir, the privileges and emoluments of place, but you cannot, and you shall not, take from me those habitual and warm regards for the prosperity of Great Britain which constitute the honour, the happiness, the pride of my life, and which, I trust, death alone can extinguish.
- "The War Speeches of William Pitt", Oxford University Press, 1915, p. 7
- Speech in the House of Commons, 21 February 1783, on the peace treaty with the United States. Pitt, who was Chancellor of the Exchequer, knew the government would lose the vote and he would have to resign.
- Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.
- Speech in the House of Commons (18 November, 1783). Compare: "And with necessity, / The tyrant's plea, / excus'd his devilish deeds", John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book iv, line 393.
- I came up no backstairs...Little did I think to be ever charged in this House with being the tool and abettor of secret influence. The novelty of the imputation only renders it so much the more contemptible. This is the only answer I shall ever deign to make on the subject, and I wish the House to bear it in their mind, and judge of my future conduct by my present declaration: the integrity of my own heart, and the probity of all my public, as well as my private principles, shall always be my sources of action.
- Speech in the House of Commons (12 January 1784), quoted in Boyd Hilton, A Mad, Bad, and Dangerous People? England. 1783-1846 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2008), p. 54.
- Pitt: Never fear, Mr. Burke: depend on it we shall go on as we are, until the day of judgment.
Edmund Burke: Very likely, Sir. It is the day of no judgment that I am afraid of.
- Conversation at a dinner in 10 Downing Street (24 September 1791), quoted in George Pellew, The Life and Correspondence of the Right Hon. Henry Addington, First Viscount Sidmouth, Volume I (London: John Murray, 1847), p. 72.
- We must not count with certainty on a continuance of our present prosperity during such an interval [15 years]; but unquestionably there never was a time in the history of this country when, from the situation of Europe, we might more reasonably expect fifteen years of peace, than we may at the present moment.
- "The War Speeches of William Pitt", Oxford University Press, 1915, p. 16
- Speech in the House of Commons, 17 February 1792, introducing the Budget. His prediction was a vain hope.
- ...we have become rich in a variety of acquirements, favoured above measure in the gifts of Providence, unrivalled in commerce, pre-eminent in arts, foremost in the pursuits of philosophy and science, and established in all the blessings of civil society; we are in the possession of peace, of happiness, and of liberty; we are under the guidance of a mild and beneficent religion; and we are protected by impartial laws, and the purest administration of justice: we are living under a system of government which our own happy experience leads us to pronounce the best and wisest which has ever yet been framed; a system which has become the admiration of the world.
- Speech in the House of Commons (2 April 1792), reprinted in reprinted in W. S. Hathaway (ed.), The Speeches of William Pitt in the House of Commons. Volume I (London: 1817), p. 394.
- We learn with concern, that not only a spirit of tumult and disorder has shown itself in acts of insurrection, which required the interposition of a military force in support of the civil magistrate, but that the industry employed to excite discontent has appeared to proceed from a design to attempt, in concert with persons in foreign countries, the destruction of our happy constitution, and the subversion of all order of government.
- Address in Reply, 13 December 1792. Parl Hist xxx, 6.
- "The Great Melody", biography of Burke by Conor Cruise O'Brien, p. 493.
- We owe our present happiness and prosperity, which has never been equalled in the annals of mankind, to a mixture of monarchical government.
- "The War Speeches of William Pitt", Oxford University Press, 1915, p. 29
- Speech in the House of Commons, 1 February 1793.
- The amount of our danger, therefore, it would be impolitic to conceal from the people. It was the first duty of ministers to make it known, and after doing so, it should have been their study to provide against it, and to point out the means to the country by which it might be averted.
- "The War Speeches of William Pitt", Oxford University Press, 1915, p. 314
- Speech in the House of Commons, 18 July 1803, opposing a vote of censure on his successor Henry Addington.
- I return you many thanks for the honour you have done me; but Europe is not to be saved by any single man. England has saved herself by her exertions, and will, as I trust, save Europe by her example.
- "The War Speeches of William Pitt", Oxford University Press, 1915, p. 351
- Speech at the Guildhall, City of London, 9 November 1805. This was Pitt's last speech in public.
- Prostrate the beauteous ruin lies; and all
That shared its shelter perish in its fall.
- The Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin, No. xxxvi, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
- Oh my country! How I love my country!
- Last words.
- Lord Stanhope, Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt
- Lord Rosebery reports it as "my country! how I leave my country!" in Pitt (London: Macmillan, 1891), and attributes "O my country! How I love my country!" to Benjamin Disraeli.
- See also Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, pg 456.
- I think I could eat one of Bellamy's mutton pies.
- Also "I think I could eat one of Bellamy's meat pies." Both in Rosebery, Pitt. Rosebery wrote that this story was related to him by Disraeli, who heard it as a young member of Parliament by a "grim old waiter of prehistoric reputation, who was supposed to possess a secret treasure of political tradition." According to Rosebery, "Disraeli mentioned the meat -- veal or pork I think, but I have forgotten." Reported in Rosebery, Pitt.
- Roll up that map; it will not be wanted these ten years.
- Upon seeing a map of Europe in January 1806 after hearing of the Battle of Austerlitz. Quoted in Stanhope, Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt. See also the Yale Book of Quotations.
- Not merely a chip of the old 'block', but the old block itself.
- Nathaniel Wraxall, "Historical Memoirs of My Own Time", part 2.
- Edmund Burke's reaction to Pitt's maiden speech in Parliament. The 'old block' was William Pitt the Elder.


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The hope of a new farm bill requires the support of more than just farmers and ranchers according to National Cotton Council Chairman Jimmy Dodson; it will need broad support from American consumers who will actually benefit from comprehensive agricultural legislation.
"The reason you have a farm bill is not just to help the agricultural community and rural Americans; it is really about maintaining capacity and agricultural production that will keep food and fiber prices affordable," Dodson told cotton producers in Corpus Christi during a National Cotton Foundation producer exchange program last week. "Every time the safety net works it keeps another producer in business and adds production capacity for the commodities he produces, and it drives prices down for every American."
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Dodson made a surprise visit and addressed a group of West Coast cotton producers on a tour stop of the exchange event, a program that encourages cotton producers to share information and technology with growers in other regions across the country.
Last month a group of cotton producers from the Southeast and Mid-South traveled across states to exchange information and ideas as part of the program. While western producers came to Texas this year for the annual exchange program, Southwest cotton producers visited farms and businesses in California.
The nine producers from California and Arizona traveled to Lubbock and Corpus Christi as part of the last leg of the exchange program and were touring a cotton co-op warehouse, Gulf Compress, at the Port of Corpus Christi when Dodson made the unscheduled appearance. Dodson, in addition to be being the newly elected chairman of NCC, lives and farms just southwest of Corpus Christi.
"The people who benefit the most [from a comprehensive Farm Bill] are the folks who have fixed or limited incomes, but everybody across the scale benefits because it helps to keep food prices low—lower in this country than they have been throughout the history of the world, and our fiber prices are low as well," he said.
Safety net benefits consumers too
Dodson says the safety net provided by a farm bill is what keeps production numbers high—the "offset for that extra production" –and what producers need to create an abundance of product that provides stability in prices. He says most Americans take it for granted without realizing the farm bill is what makes low prices possible and provides a good variety of food and fiber products as well.
"When Americans go to the store they expect a wide variety of healthy food products at affordable prices, and the same can be said about fiber products, like a new cotton shirt, dresses and bed sheets. We have a great system going here and we don't want to neglect the system by ignoring helpful legislation that makes it possible," Dodson added.
He says Americans should call their Congressmen and voice support for a new farm bill and stay engaged throughout the process to prevent the loss of farm legislation and a resulting jump in food and fiber prices.
"What many Americans do not realize is that the actual financial portion of the farm bill that goes to producers and into research is actually less than one quarter of one percent of the bill," Dodson said, suggesting that if every federal program were to provide the same level of benefit to consumers, the cost of living would be lower for every American across the board.
"We're not trying to break the bank; in fact, agriculture has cut the baseline for expenditures by about 50 percent, and if everybody else would do that, our national budget could be balanced almost immediately."
Dodson says the National Cotton Council has worked with many legislators in Washington to help drive the farm bill forward and he remains hopeful those efforts will eventually pay off.
Little middle ground left
"I guess some of you are probably wondering what is going on with the farm bill at this stage," he said. "If you are in that place, that's exactly where I am. We are working very hard to get this done and have a lot of friends in Congress. But one of the problems we are having is that for generations politicians from both parties have worked together to pass a farm bill, but we are not seeing that kind of cooperation now."
He says recent elections have pushed Republicans farther right and Democrats farther left and there are not as many elected officials who are nearer the middle of the aisle where he says traditional farm bill support has come from and where it is generally the strongest.
"The disconcerting thing is this trend may continue, and some members of Congress who are not necessarily our friends say maybe this will be the last multi-year farm bill we will have—if we get it passed at all. I hope this is not true."
Dodson says a highway bill passes through Congress each year, which is an appropriations type bill. He says he has heard that there are a few lawmakers who are suggesting this is the type of legislation that should be enacted to support agriculture. But such a bill would mean no continuity and farmers would never know from year-to-year what level of support they may or may not receive.
For high investment operations like farming and ranching, a bill of that nature would be devastating because there would be no way to plan, which is an important requirement for agriculture.
"You should also be aware that we are facing a challenge this year in addition to the politics of the farm bill. Because we lost to Brazil in a World Trade Organization (WTO) case, that forced us to tailor our safety net to be WTO compliant, you're seeing a little different proposal from cotton this year than you have ever seen before."
But he assured producers that while those changes may look different, they are designed to provide about the same level of funding in the farm bill as before, but in such a way as to conform to trade requirements.