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This project started out as a list of books in a text file.
When I think about a book, I think about its content, the people who talked about it and how it made me feel. Central to those thoughts is the visual representation of the book itself: its cover. A list in a text file was not the best way to think about books. Over time, I realized that it would be the kind of problem suited for a small web application.
I spent many hours working on this project. It used to be an excuse to play with Ruby on Rails. It used to be an excuse to play the limits of rich-client Javascript applications. It used to be an excuse to play with client and server-side optimizations, not by necessity but by a conscious effort to want to try things on a project I fully understand.
This is an application I designed for myself and that I use, for the lack of a better word, religiously. Hearing about books I want to read, buying a book, starting a new book, or finishing one, these are events that make me want to go to my profile and update it.
This application was initially meant to replace a text file. But the nature of a public display of books created new possibilities. When it comes to people I know, I want to know what they are reading so that we can talk about it the next time we meet.
"How was that book?"
Also, you can look at what people have read and discover what interests them. I have had a lot of interesting discussions after people browsed the books I have read.
Finally, this is also meant to be a portfolio piece. I can send people to the site to have a look at what I can do. The project is open-source and people can read the code and reach their own conclusions.
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"An Iconic Figure of Contemporary Arab Culture"
Marcel Khalifeh was once portrayed by the famous Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish as "an artist, a guardian of hope and human qualities, expresser of the spiritual energy of Man, and developer of an aesthetic taste bound with permanent peace, life and freedom". Edward Said described him as an "iconic figure of contemporary Arab culture".
The Lebanese Khalifeh is strongly present in the Arab mass media again: as the first Arab artist named "UNESCO Artist for Peace" by the renowned international organization in June 2005; as a harsh critic of what he calls "the new Arab cultural harlotry" promoted by Arab satellite television channels; and due to his new album (Muda'aba / Caress) and a new four-hour biographical DVD (Rahala / Voyageur).
Rational "Tarab"?
Khalifeh once said that he is "trying to make Tarab more rational, less instinctive". The Arab word Tarab may be described as a form of trance that the music stimulates in the listener. Rationality is re-called clearly by Khalifeh in the texts of the songs and his personal political stand rather than in his music. The texts of his most popular songs are to great extent poems by Mahmoud Darwish.
In the 70s and 80s, in the years of the civil war in Lebanon, of the resistance against the Israeli invasions and the occupation of South Lebanon, of the Palestinian struggle for civil rights in Israel and the first Palestinian uprising, the combination Khalifeh/Darwish filled a gap in the modern Arab music scene, where patriotic musical pieces were either propaganda or did not tackle current issues.
Politics and music
He is indeed one of the best representatives of the so called "musiciens engagé". The Lebanese composers Rahbani brothers and the singer Feiruz addressed the Palestinian issue in the late 60s in their legendary songs Sanarjiu' Yoman (We shall return someday) and al-Tiflu fil maghara (The child in the grotto), but they did not continue their involvement later by reflecting further political changes through music.
On the one hand, other Arab musiciens engagé (Samih Shuqair, Ahmad Qabour and Sheikh Imam) performed such music, albeit very much less innovative and sophisticated than Khalifah's. On the other hand, the choice of ultra-modern forms of musical expressions which are unknown to the broad Arab audiences by some musicians (such as modern jazz by Ziad Rahbani) highly limited their audience appeal.
Khalifah's interpretations of the local music traditions and the melodic innovations allowed him to successfully transmit the written word through music to a broad Arab audience. Songs of the 70s entitled Passport, Mother, Rita and Bridge, in which topics such as homeland, Palestine, Arab unity, national identity, yearning and sacrifice were addressed, are today classics of this genre. Furthermore, they are still the most requested by concert audiences today as well.
Arab music and Lebanese dialect
Khalifeh effectively used the Lebanese dialect in songs about the Lebanese civil war and the occupation of South Lebanon. Not only in his own songs like el-jaride (Newspaper), but especially in the solos by Umeyma Khalil / ya bolis el-ishara (Traffic Police), nami ya-zghireh (Sleep, little one), he managed to re-integrate the local dialect into a non-isolationist Arab patriotic musical discourse.
The Lebanese dialect was part of the confrontation between the pro-Arab groups and the Lebanese nationalists in the civil war. There were attempts to constitute a Lebanese language (as well as an alphabet) beyond the Arab language on the base of the local dialect.
The merger between the spoken Lebanese dialect and the Arab musical traditions has re-located the Lebanese "specialty" into an Arab cultural "generalization". In this context, Khalifeh belongs to the Rahbani musical school.
Music for leftist and liberal intellectuals?
With the rise of conservative and radical Islam in the 90s after the crises of the pan-Arab national ideology and the Marxist ideology, Khalifeh tried to re-define Arab music using Darwish's poems as in the operetta Ahmad al-Arabi (Ahmad, the Arab) or purely instrumentally as in Jadal (Moot).
Jadal is indeed one of the best concertos composed by Khalifeh in which the interpretations of the Oud music reach new sophisticated musical levels. The Islamist fundamentalists harassed Khalifeh for his song ana Yusuf ya abi (Ah Father, I am Yusuf). They accused him of heresy.
Although the lyrics were written by Darwish, they attacked only the singer. The stand taken by the fundamentalists resulted in an increase in the popularity of Khalifeh in the liberal circles of society that had earlier ignored him due to his communist past. The experiments with the Oud were followed later with and without lyrics in Concerto Al-Andalus and in his newest Album (Muda'aba / Caress).
New horizons for modern Arab music
Pieces like Granada and I Pass by your Name in Concerto Al-Andalus and Chaza in Caress open new horizons for modern Arab music. Nevertheless, this type of music is not popular among the youth and the broad masses. Khalifeh's concerts are attended by those who were teenagers, the youth of his golden years in the 70s and the 80s.
They want to hear songs and ballades of the resistance and the lyrics of Darwish. His musical innovations are admired by a limited circle of intellectuals. His latest critique of modern Arab pop trends promoted by private satellite TV channels that are owned and/or financially supported by Arab billionaires can be understood as a call for more support of serious, alternative and niche genres of music in the mass media.
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Survival equipment to the value of R2 million was handed over at a ceremony in Phalaborwa today, 31 October 2014. Major General (r) Johan Jooste, Commanding Officer, Special Projects for South African National Parks, and representatives of the Ranger Corps were on hand to receive the equipment. The donation was made possible by the Unite against Poaching Trust and the SANParks Honorary Rangers.
The equipment which was handed over comprises of basic as well as specialist equipment, which is needed by the men and woman of the Ranger Corps within the Kruger National Park. It includes survival tools such as tents, camp mattresses, torches, sleeping bags, knives, groundsheets, ponchos, water bottles, cooking equipment, headlamps, mosquito nets, medical equipment and GPS
Rangers spend extended periods of time in the bush in clandestine operations to fight the poachers. Specialised as well as basic survival equipment is needed to enable them to perform these duties effectively.
Volkswagen, in establishing the innovative "Unite against Poaching Trust" is committed to making a significant and sustainable difference in the war against rhino poaching within our national Parks. The Funding for the Unite against Poaching Trust is generated primarily from a Volkswagen corporate pledge. For every vehicle sold both new and pre-owned in the 10 participating dealership countrywide, funds are pledged to the Unite against Poaching Trust. Since its inception three years ago, the Unite against Poaching Trust has donated more than R 8 million towards anti-poaching projects within our National Parks. What makes this initiative so unique is that 100% of the funds pledged are utilised for anti-poaching support.
Kevin Gillmer Divisional Chief Executive of Volkswagen is determined to ensure that the funds which are pledged to the Unite against Poaching Trust are used effectively and efficiently in support of those men and woman who are on the ground, putting their lives on the line and fighting to ensure the rhinos are safeguarded for future generations.
The SANParks Honorary Rangers is the official volunteer organisation of SANParks. Through their close working relationship with the SANParks counter poaching unit they know where the priority needs are. Because the Honorary Rangers are unpaid volunteers no funds are used for administration and every sent donated towards counter poaching is utilised solely for this purpose. They therefore have the unique ability to best utilise the resources available to make a real difference in the poaching war on the ground.
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T-Mobile customers who expect to get better prices from the proposed AT&T merger should think again, according to a new Yankee Group report.
While the report does acknowledge that T-Mobile customers will benefit from improved coverage from gaining access to AT&T spectrum, it says that these benefits will be outweighed by a wireless market that will be increasingly concentrated with reduced consumer choice and less pressure to keep down prices.
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Yankee Group's analysis doesn't simply rely on projections of future overall market share after AT&T and T-Mobile merge but also breaks down future market share projections based on market. From this perspective, an AT&T-T-Mobile merger would give AT&T a majority market share in some major U.S. markets including Miami (53 percent projected post-merger market share), San Francisco (52 percent), and Dallas (54 percent). What's more, Yankee Group says that the combined market shares of Verizon and a merged AT&T-T-Mobile will result in the majority of major U.S. cities having "highly concentrated" wireless markets. Today, in contrast, Yankee Group only classifies San Francisco as a highly-concentrated wireless market.
"In these more concentrated markets, consumers, and businesses will have fewer choices for wireless carriers," Yankee Group writes in its report. "This in turn reduces price competition among wireless carriers, which over time leaves every consumer in these markets with higher prices. This basic dynamic is present in other markets, such as the airlines, where cities served by multiple national carriers offer lower fares than cities served by a single national carrier."
The Yankee Group also warns T-Mobile customers to not expect that they'll get to keep their lower rates for very long after the merger, as the firm says that "it can reasonably be assumed that pricing for T-Mobile's 33.6 million subscribers will approach the higher rates by AT&T's existing 97.5 million customers over time." The firm estimates that the percent of T-Mobile customers paying lower pre-merger rates will decline to under 50 percent by the end of 2014 and says that users in major markets such as Boston, Dallas, Houston, New York and Seattle will see increases in their monthly wireless bills after the merger is approved.
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In its conclusion, Yankee Group further warns that AT&T's T-Mobile acquisition could lead to Verizon attempting to purchase Sprint in order to keep up with AT&T's newly enhanced market share. The result, says the firm, will be a highly concentrated duopoly with increased prices for all wireless users and more regulations for the wireless industry as the government tries to counter the power of a duopolistic wireless market.
"It's only a matter of time before Verizon purchases Sprint and adds Sprint's 51 million subscribers to its 95 million, thereby creating a national duopoly," the group writes. "Yankee Group believes reducing competition in the most heavily populated markets will extend duopoly-style pricing to the national level, resulting in less choice for consumers and limiting competition."
In releasing its report on the proposed wireless merger, the Yankee Group has added its voice to those of the many critics who have contended that AT&T's T-Mobile acquisition would lead to the emergence of a duopolistic wireless telecom market controlled largely by Verizon and AT&T. Opposition to the proposed merger has united both consumer advocacy groups such as the Consumers Union and rival wireless carriers such as Sprint. Sprint CEO Dan Hesse argued that the newly merged wireless company would have "tremendous" power over the wireless market and would be bad for consumers.
Provided it passes regulatory muster, AT&T's T-Mobile acquisition will be the fourth major wireless carrier merger in eight years, following AT&T-Cingular in 2004, Sprint-Nextel in 2005, and Verizon-Alltel in 2008. AT&T would become by far the largest wireless carrier in the United States with more than 130 million subscribers.
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Beijing [China], May 16 (ANI): China on Wednesday called on the United States to "carefully weigh its gains and losses, grasp the situation and get back on the right track as soon as possible," in the wake of escalating trade tensions between the two nations, according to the Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang.
He added that China has the "confidence and capacity to fend off any external risks and shocks," as the US increased tariffs on Chinese imports amounting roughly to USD 200 million.
Efforts were on between the US and China to put an end to the trade dispute which is ongoing since last year. The two sides had held more than 10 rounds of negotiations towards this before US President Donald Trump accused China of backing out of the deal.
Following this, the United States hiked tariffs on 200 billion dollars worth of Chinese goods, inviting retaliatory measures by China. Beijing, in return, announced its intent to raise tariffs on USD 60 billion worth of US goods from June 1. The tariffs would range from 5 percent to 25 percent.
Speaking at a presser, the Chinese spokesman added that while the latest tariffs by the US may affect the Chinese economy "to a certain extent," China can overcome it, according to Xinhua.
Geng also dismissed Washington's statements regarding the Chinese economy, labeling them as "groundless." US President Donald Trump has previously alleged that the latest tariff increase by the US is "not good" for China.
"It is worth mentioning that domestic demand has become the major engine driving China's growth, with consumption accounting for 76.2 percent of the economic growth last year," he said. Geng also stated that China's economy maintained steady growth this year with a 6.4 percent economic growth in 2019's first quarter.
Speaking on the widespread worries regarding the repercussions of the trade spat, the Chinese official outlined that escalating trade tensions "serve no one's interests," warning that it will "tie down the world economy as well." (ANI)


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(NEW YORK) As first reported by Forbes' Jeff Bercovici, IMG Fashion announced today the sale of The Daily Group to Daily Front Row Inc., a company controlled by The Daily's founder and editor-in-chief Brandusa Niro. As part of the sale, The Daily will retain its status as Magazine of Choice for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week; financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Since its launch in 2003, The Daily has become the fashion insiders' preferred read, first at fashion week in New York, and then all year round through its irresistibly newsy website, DailyFrontRow.com. Combining intelligent reporting with trendsetting visuals, the magazine's groundbreaking style and original voice have inspired and enchanted the fashion world. "The Daily is so compelling, you cannot help but want to pick it up or log on every day!" said CFDA president Diane von Furstenberg on the occasion of The Daily's 5th anniversary in 2008. "It always amuses me to see the audience deliberate on their reading preferences as they take their seats at any given show: Blackberry or The Daily?" echoed Vogue legend Anna Wintour. "What do I love the most about Fashion Week? Reading The Daily," declared Vanity Fair's one and only Graydon Carter shortly after The Daily's launch.
"This is a great moment for The Daily and our group of incredibly talented editors and executives who have worked so successfully by my side to build the fashion world's most beloved insider publications and websites," said Niro in a statement. "We are very grateful to IMG for giving us new wings as we fly into the consumer space with The Daily Chic Report, our glossy fashion insert in amNew York which brings The Daily's inimitable coverage to 160,000 New Yorkers every other week; as we take DailyFrontRow.com to a far greater audience of fashion lovers worldwide; as we launch The Daily at Milan's Fashion Week this September; and as we continue our amazing ride as the magazine of choice of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week and of fashion insiders everywhere. This February inside the Tents at Lincoln Center, prepare for your most riveting Dailies ever!"
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Spanish Schools In Cuernavaca, Mexico
The Cuernavaca Spanish School Option #1 was founded in the mid 1970's and is located in a quiet and quaint neighborhood about 10 minutes (walking) north of the zocalo in Cuernavaca. Over the years this Spanish language school has earned an excellent reputation by offering quality, leading edge Spanish instruction to all of its students. The Spanish school facilities are modern and comfortable, and the administration and teachers take a genuine interest in the progress off each student. If you are looking for a smaller Spanish school in Cuenavaca with an emphasis on personal attention, this Spanish language school is an excellent choice.
The Cuernavaca Spanish School offers all of the comforts and services you'll need such as a cafeteria, auditorium, telephone, fax (including long distance), postal service, e-mail, library, gardens where you can study or relax, a ping-pong table, and a multimedia room where you can watch films in Spanish or Mexican TV programs.
As a standard option, the Cuernavaca Spanish School offers a 5 hour per day small group class Spanish program. If you require something unique or specialized, the Spanish school in Cuernavaca can customize a Spanish program for you. In addition to classes, the Spanish school offers a variety of interesting cultural activities and excursions which allow individuals the opportunity to learn more about the history and culture of Mexico.
If you are looking for a unique place to learn Spanish then you should strongly consider the Cuernavaca Spanish School Option #1.
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's Orangi Town area, while two suspected hit mans were arrested from different areas of Bloody Karachi, DawnNews reported on Tuesday.
A man suspected to be an important member of the banned thug group Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) was arrested in the Data Nagar area of Orangi Town during a raid conducted by intelligence agencies and the area police.
According to security sources, he had been traced through the closed circuit television footage of the attack on Rangers headquarters in North Nazimabad. The footage showed the suspect walking in front of the truck that was used in the attack. The suspect had also been seen surveying the surrounding area on two consecutive days prior to the attack.
Weapons and a cycle of violence were recovered from the suspect who was later transferred to an unknown location for further investigation.
In a separate search incident, a suspected hit man was arrested in the SITE area. According to police sources, the suspect was involved in more than 50 incidents of murder.
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1960s: the Story of Lapponia Jewelry begins
The story of Lapponia Jewelry begins with two courageous men – entrepreneur and visionary Pekka Anttila and gifted jewelry designer / artist Björn Weckström. Together these men pushed the boundaries of jewelry design in the 1960s gaining global attention.
Lapponia Jewelry was founded by silversmith Pekka Anttila (1931 – 1985) in 1960. During the early days the company manufactured very traditional jewelry, mainly bracelets and various chains. The Quality of the jewelry was excellent and the company steadily gained new customers . However, the competition in the jewelry business was fierce. Mr. Anttila soon realised the future was not in the traditional style gold jewelry and getting any exposure in the international markets would require more personal approach. He wanted to step away from the traditional designs and to create something new and authentic. He had been following the work of Björn Weckström since the days of the Finnish Glodsmith School and was inspired by his unique touch in design. The two started to work together in 1963.
In 1965 Lapponia Jewelry took part in their first international fair when Anttila convinced Weckström to participate in the International Jewelry Contest in Rio de Janeiro. Weckström's golden necklace "Flowering wall" won the Grand Prix. With the distinguished design the company received international recognition and started exports in 1966. Gradually also the domestic market opened up for these bold and unique designs.
Lapponia Jewelry´s operations grew, and in 1971 Danish blacksmith and jewelry designer Poul Havgaard joined the company. Painter Juhani Linnovaara created his first white gold jewelry collection for Lapponia in 1972 and three years later sculptor Zoltan Popovits designed his first piece for Lapponia Jewelry - a silver chess set.
Björn Weckström was the first to combine silver and acrylic in jewelry designs. At first this combination was considered strange, but that soon changed when in 1975 John Lennon appeared in the Dick Cavett show with Yoko Ono who was wearing Weckström's Petrified lake acrylic ring. TV camera was taking several close-up shots of the ring in Yoko Ono's finger and soon everyone was interested in acrylic jewelry.
The Lapponia Jewelry story is full of surprises and lucky incidents. In 1977, one of the Lapponia Jewelry silver necklaces was worn by Princess Leia in the movie Star Wars. Planetoid valleys fast became the all-time most well-known piece in the Lapponia collection.
1980s and beyond
In 1989 French artist Christophe Burger joined Lapponia Jewelry. His first collection was made of patinated white gold. Designer Pekka Hirvonen began his work with Lapponia in 2002 with yellow gold collection. Master goldsmith Chao-Hsien Kuo began her work with Lapponia in 2006 combining feminine elements to the recognizable Lapponia forms. Mari Isopahkala started as a Lapponia designer in 2013 after winning the Next Episode jewelry design contest.
Lapponia Jewelry was acquired by Kalevala Jewelry from the Anttila family in 2005. In april 2013 the company was merged as a part of Kalevala Jewelry where Lapponia Jewelry remains as its own brand.
Inspired by the northern nature, the revolutionary Lapponia Jewelry products have brought joy to the world already for over 50 years.
Björn Weckström's 50th anniversary as a Lapponia designer in 2012 was celebrated by launching the Bones and Cones Gala necklaces.
Lapponia's 50th anniversary in 2010 was celebrated by a special exhibition held in the SnowCastle in Kemi - the world's largest snow castle.
Lapponia held the Next Episode jewelry design contest in 2009. The winner was Mari Isopahkala with her stunning design work "Drop".
Lapponia's selection of watches expanded in the early 2000s. In this picture: Secret Time by Björn Weckström.
A picture of Björn Weckström's Sun Cage necklace from a Japanese Lapponia brochure (1997).
Lapponia's brochure from 1996 featuring Christophe Burger's designs.
A 1992 Lapponia ad in the Swedish Elle magazine with Björn Weckström's gold jewelry.
Lapponia's brochure from the early '90s with "Timeless" watch and "Recovery" earrings by Poul Havgaard.
Lilia collection by Zoltan Popovits highlighted in a Lapponia ad in a Dutch magazine (1987).
Lapponia's ad in a German magazine in 1986. The ring is Nereia by Björn Weckström.
Lapponia Jewelry's stand at the Basel fair in 1983.
Planetoid valleys necklace worn by Princess Leia in the movie Star Wars (1977)
Petrified Lake acrylic ring was seen on Yoko Ono's finger in the 1975 Dick Cavett show.
Zoltan Popovits - Chess set (1975)
Lapponia's production and office facilities were located on Mäkelänkatu, Helsinki, from the beginning of the 70s to 2005.
A picture of a necklace from a Lapponia product catalogue in the 1960s.
A sculpture-like bracelet "Ode to Henry Moore" from the 1960s.
Lapponia production facilities in the 1960s.
Björn Wecktröm in his studio in the Lapponia Jewelry premises in the 1960s.
Björn Weckström - Flowering wall
Ambassador V.P.Gatti presenting Björn Weckström the Rio de Janeiro design competition prizes in 1965. Pekka Anttila in the middle.


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Last weekend I attended – pardon, co-hosted – a baby shower to celebrate the upcoming arrival of a dear friend's first child. With just those details alone, you can probably envision the event with surprising accuracy: the cupcakes, the pastel-wrapped gifts, the punch bowl (non-alcoholic, of course) and the summery, yet modest, dresses.
Just a guess: you likely were picturing the shower guests all being of one particular gender, right?
Baby and wedding showers have a well-established tradition of women-only guest lists. In a time when people rarely get together for formally-scheduled events – much less with snail mail invites, RSVPs and trays of finger foods – showers are some of the rare opportunities to resurrect the social propriety of years past. Like tea parties, for grown ups.
And that's exactly what these traditional showers feel like – grown-up women playing some kind of unspoken pretend dress-up game. The on-command "oooh"-ing and "aaah"ing at the opening of gifts containing diapers and onesies or blenders and coffee pots. The feigned interest in discussions about baby care and cake batter mixing. The mutually-understood dress code of skirts and cardigans.
The baffling part about it all is that many women don't particularly enjoy these events, and the traditional showers do not do justice to what the real goal should be: celebrating a couple's upcoming wedding or the impending birth of a new baby. To the best of my understanding, it takes two people (a couple, as you may) to get married and, typically, to produce a child. Why then are we still treating marriage and babies as milestones for women and not men?
The bridal shower is said to have originated in the late 1800s and was largely influenced by dowry practices. The event came about as a way to supply a poor would-be bride with gifts and items in order to secure the likeliness of the marriage moving forward. The justification was that men who married were taking on the financial burden of a wife, so the bride's family was expected to bring some kind of incentive (in addition to love, companionship, child care, cooking and housekeeping, of course) to the marriage partnership.
However, in the last one hundred-plus years, a few things have changed. At present, women comprise 46 percent of the U.S. labor force. In terms of higher education, 57 percent of all bachelor's degrees and 60 percent of master's degrees are being earned by women. Only 14 percent of mothers (as well as 6 percent of dads) are stay-at-home parents.
No longer is a woman's place in the home, unless you're enjoying a TV Land marathon of "Leave It to Beaver." The antiquated practice of throwing ladies-only showers to celebrate weddings and babies is not just impractical and illogical, it's moderately insulting to every woman who spends just as much time working outside the home as her male counterparts.
Some may argue that despite women's advances in the professional realm, domesticity is still a woman's area more so than a man's. And they would be right. Because although women account for nearly half of the U.S. workforce, they still overwhelmingly perform the majority of household and child care tasks at home. Among couples in which both partners work outside the home, women are still largely contributing significantly more time to family and household chores like shopping, cooking, cleaning and child care. This well-studied and documented phenomenon is called "the second shift," which refers to the second job many women perform at home after spending a full day at the workplace.
This is just another reason to consciously put an end to the archaic practice of women-only baby and wedding showers. It's no longer 1950, so if a couple jointly decides they'd like a set of high-end steak knives or an electric juicer for their new marital kitchen, it should be a gift for both, presented to both, at a party for both, by family and friends of both genders.
A male blogger recently tackled this very subject, writing about his surprise at the growing trend of co-ed baby showers, pondering the reasons a male would attend such an event and waxing philosophically about the possible lure of human eye-candy. He details his enjoyment of a co-ed shower, even saying the food was excellent and that everyone had a great time. Yet, he then concludes that showers are no place for men. Huh?
This persisting societal trend of wedding and baby showers being female-only events normalizes the notion that marriage, the home, and babies are things for women and not men. This not only serves to keep the "second shift" a reality for many working women, but it also excludes men from celebrating two monumental life events that have just as much to do with them as the other half of the population.
At my friend's shower, I couldn't help but feel that something was amiss. It would have been nice to have her father, brother, husband and their male friends celebrating along with everyone else. And a co-ed affair with a little more focus on celebration and a little less on diaper talk probably would have been more enjoyable for everyone involved.


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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Take eggs for example. I can't imagine what was going through the dudes head that ate the first one, but I bet the conversation went something like this.
"Hey Frank! See that thing that just fell out of your chicken's arse. What do you think the goo inside that would taste like?"
"Beats the hell outta me Joe."
"Well, I think I'll break one of them open and find out."
And while I know enough about animals to understand the benefits a rancher gains by castrating his cattle I will never understand the working behind the cowboy who first thought ... Man that bucket full of severed balls sure looks tasty.
Oysters? Come on no one in their sober mind would say that snot-like gel inside that shell has to be good to eat. After all they they filter fish crap from the bottom of the sea. How could they not be scrum-dili-umptious?
Speaking of sober, think about the dude who discovered booze. He had to be thirsty when he said, "Look those grapes have rotted and turned into mush. Let's slurp some up." Of course after he did it's no wonder he decided to start letting corn, hops and barley ferment as well.
Nope, this post doesn't have a real point. Carry on with your day, but before you go drop me a comment and point out some food item that makes you scratch your head.
For the record, I'm fine with eating deep fried calf testicles and washing them down with a beer or other adult beverage but you can keep the ocean filters and chicken droppings for yourself.
44 comments:
- jjdebenedictis said...
I mean, think about it. Eurgh.
- November 18, 2009 at 4:30 PM
- jjdebenedictis said...
And cheese is even worse.
- November 18, 2009 at 4:30 PM
- Laura K. Curtis said...
Asian fish sauce. I mean, seriously..."let's let this fish rot, then press it out so all the solids are gone and we'll use the rotten liquid to cook with."
Or various things that have to be cooked or else they might be poisonous.
- November 18, 2009 at 4:39 PM
- Debra Lynn Lazar said...
Sorry I didn't get back to you about the agent story. I was waiting to see how it played out. Please check out my blog so you'll know.
BTW: This post makes me glad I'm a vegetarian who doesn't drink. ;-)
- November 18, 2009 at 4:48 PM
- Debbie Barr said...
Or smoking? "Let's take this plant, roll it up into a tube, and LIGHT IT ON FIRE AND STICK IT IN OUR MOUTHS."
Sounds pretty stupid to me.
- November 18, 2009 at 4:52 PM
- G. B. Miller said...
Ewww....(the fried testicles that is).
I mean think about it.
As for milk, while I may not like the taste of it, if you don't think about the fact that it's made out of green grass and what not, it really isn't all that bad.
- November 18, 2009 at 4:54 PM
- PurestGreen said...
I once watched my grandmother eat stir fried moose brains. Yummy. Now I live in Scotland, home of haggis. Which actually is quite yummy - you just have to steel yourself against the IDEA of haggis.
- November 18, 2009 at 5:01 PM
- erica m. chapman said...
Funny. I've never really thought about it that way, but yeah, it is pretty gross! LOL
- November 18, 2009 at 5:09 PM
- Lana Gramlich said...
We made yogurt in biology class in high school. I haven't eaten yogurt since.
- November 18, 2009 at 5:51 PM
- Dancing With Fey said...
And here I was, enjoying a nice cup of hot chocolate, and then I read this post! lol
Haggis is pretty weird. I only came across it after becoming vegetarian, though, so I haven't tried it.
What I really love are the t-shirts saying "Haggis Hurling Champ".
- November 18, 2009 at 6:54 PM
- Melanie Hooyenga said...
Ha, I never thought about eggs that way. I know most things are eaten out of necessity and availability, but tripe is something I just cannot understand. WHY would you eat the gunk from inside an animal's intestines? Why?
- November 18, 2009 at 6:56 PM
- Dancing With Fey said...
Oh yes -- sausage.
Wait, is that the same thing as tripe...?
- November 18, 2009 at 6:57 PM
- J.C. Montgomery said...
I lived where they grew brussel sprouts and artichokes.
Now brussel sprouts I can kind of understand. They look like little cabbages and well, taste worse. But to each his own. I really can't throw stones, I love cole slaw.
But for the life of me, I cannot figure out how someone thought a thistle plant on steroids would make good eats.
Which it does. Especially with a garlic aioli.
As for all the other stuff, I must be part goat because the only items I've ever turned down are: brains, eyes, and sea urchin.
As for everything else, even insects (locust are quite tasty really), is fine with me.
You know that guy on the food channel that travels the world eating God knows what? I love him. He makes me feel almost normal.
- November 18, 2009 at 7:12 PM
- Being Beth said...
WEll, bugs of any kind -- I'd have to be starving before I'd put one in my mouth. The one thing I can't stand to eat is catfish. It lives at the bottom of lakes, eating the sludge on the bottom, eats blood bate off hooks...you are what you eat, ya know? Yuck!!!
- November 18, 2009 at 8:22 PM
- Lyn said...
Everything everyone has listed, plus one more:
And one more, more: Okra.
Honey is disgusting: bee poop?
Okra is just yucky, yucky, yucky.
- November 18, 2009 at 8:25 PM
- GG said...
I often wondered how monkeys know how to peel a banana. If I were a wild animal, I'd just eat the whole thing with the peel.
- November 18, 2009 at 8:43 PM
- David Cranmer said...
Yeah, that was a very sad cowboy with that first thought.
- November 18, 2009 at 9:07 PM
- debra said...
years ago, my brother-in-law had a job that required his traveling to factories around the country. He used to go to a factory in the south and became friendly with some of the guys there. One guy invited him to dinner, promising they would have them some rooster dainties. they are just what you think they are...
- November 18, 2009 at 9:33 PM
- Cloudia said...
Come to Honolulu, Trav.
We got stuff in the Chinatown markets that I don't WANNA figure out, LOL!
Aloha, Friend!
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- November 18, 2009 at 9:37 PM
- Jon said...
I often wonder about those gourds... who the hell thought such an ugly looking thing would taste so good with butter and pepper?
- November 18, 2009 at 10:04 PM
- Patti said...
calf fries and cold beer. check and check. maybe it's a texas thang...
- November 18, 2009 at 10:32 PM
- Debra She Who Seeks said...
And to the list I add . . . snails (escargot if you're feeling fancy) and frogs' legs. How hungry was the first French guy to try those?
- November 18, 2009 at 10:48 PM
- Dancing With Fey said...
Oh yeah -- and what about fish eggs?
- November 19, 2009 at 1:37 AM
- the walking man said...
- November 19, 2009 at 6:41 AM
- Charles Gramlich said...
I often find my mind wandering in these same directions. I can only guess that desparate hunger forced humans to many of these choices.
- November 19, 2009 at 8:24 AM
- Melissa Amateis said...
Never thought about the egg thing before, but you're right. Who thought of it?
My ex used to drink pickle juice all the time. *gag* And come to think of it, who thought that putting cucumbers in brine was a good idea?
- November 19, 2009 at 11:00 AM
- Angie said...
Cheese, definitely. "Hey, the milk spoiled." "Well, let's let it spoil more and then eat it!"
Acorns -- you have to soak them for like a month to get all the tannic acid out before they're even vaguely edible. Who tried that?
Lyn -- technically, honey is bee barf, not poop. Not that barf is that much better than poop, but, you know, just to be accurate. :D
- November 19, 2009 at 11:38 AM
- Colleen said...
I think, if I remember correctly, that fermented beverages were served because our forebears shat where they drank and got sick so they had to create something to drink that wouldn't kill them.
Another thing to add to the list: kidneys... yucky urine filters. And if they aren't boiled before they are fried it smells just exactly like what you'd think they'd smell like. So gross.
Oh, and beef tongue. And blood pudding.
(Yes, I'm from a farm.)
- November 19, 2009 at 4:37 PM
- Dancing With Fey said...
How about pig ears.
When I was young my mom bought some that were in a bag, and cooked up so that they were like chips. I thought it was weird then, and I still think so now.
- November 19, 2009 at 4:43 PM
- Elizabeth Bradley said...
Sea urchin. Disgusting, my husband eats it raw. I'm gagging...
- November 19, 2009 at 10:02 PM
- DrillerAA09 said...
I still have NO use for oysters...mountain or sea!!! Just sayin'
- November 20, 2009 at 6:48 AM
I live in the south of France where no frogs are safe from becoming amputees and snails keep their whereabouts discreet.
- November 20, 2009 at 10:56 AM
How about Kiwi who decided something that looks like a hairy testicle should be cut open and eaten!!!!
- November 20, 2009 at 2:03 PM
- mielikki said...
Snails. I want to know who in their RIGHT mind decided that those things would be something good.
Oh yeah.
The French.
never mind...
- November 20, 2009 at 3:37 PM
- Mary Witzl said...
Shiokara. Which is salted, fermented fish guts. Tastes great, but you really have to wonder at the person who discovered it. A total hero in my book, but obviously crazy for risks.
I loooove oysters! They look like hell, but they are just so delicious.
- November 21, 2009 at 10:07 AM
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- November 21, 2009 at 1:51 PM
- G. B. Miller said...
I just thought of another gross food product that I actually like.
Real pork skins.
Not the psuedo stuff you find in the supermarket, but the honest-to-goodness stuff straight from teh meat factory.
We got a place locally that makes the best natural meat products (including pork skins) around.
Unfortunately, it also makes scrapple.
- November 21, 2009 at 5:00 PM
- Barrie said...
Liver. Kidney. Double yuck.
- November 23, 2009 at 1:21 AM
- Bernita said...
Pigs feet.
I mean, I've seen stys.
- November 23, 2009 at 5:55 AM
- angel, jr. said...
I am with you..I wonder how some food items got discovered. I still wonder why people think caviar is tasty.
- November 23, 2009 at 1:51 PM
- colbymarshall said...
Personally, I like to think of myself as being on an all-pasta diet. I think I'd mainline the stuff if I could.
But yes, I wonder who first thought of the idea to eat caviar. Erm...no?
- November 23, 2009 at 11:07 PM
- Danette Haworth said...
But look at this:
- November 24, 2009 at 2:44 PM
- Shauna Roberts said...
Chicken feet in China.
Sausage in general and scrapple in particular.
- November 24, 2009 at 3:07 PM
- Junosmom said...
My daughter says "octopus" which she had in Japan.
I will NOT eat any filter of any kind, but I can actually think of something worse - "chitlins" - or chitterlings. Made from the intestines of pigs, I assumed they were fried. My mom says anything, even shoe leather, would be good fried, though I've not tried it and it doesn't speak well for my mom's cooking. However, I recently saw an old woman who said she was going to cook up a pot of chitlins for her visiting relatives. Fried, I asked? No, borrled. (boiled). Imagine, a big pot of limp, boiled pig intestines. Yummy.
I suppose that yucky foods are a result of culture, what was available to that culture and a result of being either too poor or too rich (hummingbird tongues). And I also suppose that in this time, we are exposed to much less yucky foods than in times past.
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Walmart Greeters Will No Longer Greet At The Door
After 30 years, "People Greeters" will no longer welcome Walmart customers with a "cart and a smile." Four months after Walmart got rid of its night-shift "People Greeters," the big-box retailer is moving its day-shift greeters inside the store. Walmart claims it's all in the name of better customer service, but the announcement has left some greeters uncertain about the future of their jobs.
'Welcome to Walmart. How are you doing?'
Jerome Allen has greeted morning shoppers at Walmart for five years, the last two at a supercenter in Fort Worth, Texas. He heard through the grapevine that the store was reassigning its night-shift greeters, but was surprised when the store manager called him into his office on Thursday, and told him that there would be no more door greeters at all.
Allen's new position, which begins Feb. 6, will be to stand in "high traffic" areas of the store, ask customers if they need any assistance, and direct the flow of traffic. Allen doesn't think his new position will be particularly useful. The store, he said, already has a full roster of employees manning the floor, who are required to ask nearby customers if they need any help, as dictated by the "10-foot Rule."
David Tovar, a Walmart spokesman, claims store greeters have no cause for concern. "They're not going anywhere," he told AOL Jobs in an interview.
But Allen isn't convinced. "I don't think they're going to let me stand around doing nothing," he said. "I don't know what my career is going to be here at Walmart. They're moving me to a position that isn't going to be here very long."
Allen fears that many greeters, once they're in their new positions, will be found redundant, and let go. Allen's hours are already reduced for next week, to 16 hours from 20. He would love to work more; with an hourly wage of $10.45, Allen is struggling to support his two children.
Aggressive Hospitality
After Walmart got rid of night-shift greeters in September, Tovar told Bloomberg that the decision was a way to to rein in costs and prices. Walmart's sales have thinned in recent years, as many customers flocked to dollar stores instead, which offered even lower prices. Same-store sales at Walmart dropped for nine straight quarters, but picked up by 1.3 percent in the quarter that ended in October. In contrast, between 2007 and 2010, Family Dollar and Dollar General grew by 15 percent and 37 percent, respectively, according to a December report from Colliers International.
Most of the night-shift greeters were assigned to other roles, "and a very small percentage ended up leaving the company," said Tovar. But that's not what's happening here, he emphasized. Walmart had given greeters extra responsibilities over the years, he explained, like helping customers return products, and cleaning and prepping carts. The change frees greeters from these other duties, so that they can "really focus on customer service," he said, and interact more with customers while they're in the store.
Analysts doubt the move will have any real impact on sales, but say it does raise questions about the future of Walmart's smiley-faced image. "The Walmart greeter put a friendly face on the big box, self-service store," said Wendy Liebmann, CEO and chief shopper of consulting firm WSL Strategic Retail. "More than ever, shoppers are looking for an engaging experience at retail. Especially in this new digital world. It's not only about the lowest price. Hopefully Walmart understands this, and will find a new way to deliver it."
The "People Greeter" was an idea dreamed up by Sam Walton himself, first introduced in 1980, and quickly imitated by retailers everywhere. The "People Greeter" has become such a cultural staple that he even had his own cameo on "Family Guy." Walton believed "aggressive hospitality" would set Walmart apart from other retailers, and Tovar insists that this new development is simply a continuation of that legacy. Even so, "Welcome to Walmart" isn't quite the same, when said in a "high traffic" area.
-- Barbara Thau contributed reporting to this article.
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Study photos of early racing events and you'll see that many NASCAR drivers raced in slacks and T-shirts. Some didn't even wear helmets. Seat belts weren't required, either, and tracks seldom had much in the way of safety rails to keep an errant car in bounds. These hard-boiled competitors often put their lives on the line for less than $100 per race.
Many early racing stars honed their driving skills running moonshine on back-country roads. Transporting illegal liquor was a hazardous occupation -- particularly if you got caught. So drivers learned all sorts of tricks to escape the "Revenuers," and those talents transferred well to the dirt tracks that predominated in stock car racing at the time.
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But many drivers who excelled on dirt didn't fare as well on pavement, where speeds were higher and drifting through corners wasn't necessarily the fastest (or safest) way around a track. This wasn't much of an obstacle at first, as for years there were only a few paved tracks on the schedule. That had changed by the early 1960s, when drivers such as Junior Johnson, Lee Petty, Fireball Roberts, Joe Weatherly, and Rex White stood out by showing the skill to compete successfully on any surface.
Local dirt tracks were the training ground for many drivers who came of age during the 1960s and '70s, though NASCAR races were being increasingly run on pavement -- and only on pavement beginning in 1971. In recent years, karting has often been the entry point for young drivers, many of whom -- such as Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart -- started in the sport about the same time they started school.
Partly as a result, top drivers these days not only seem younger than ever before, but also seem to find success earlier in their careers. In 2005, for instance, 21-year-old Kyle Busch won two races in his very first NASCAR NEXTEL Cup series season, becoming the youngest driver to ever win a race and a pole.
Current-day fans will notice that most of the drivers profiled in these articles have long since retired from racing. These are the men who helped elevate the sport from its humble beginnings to the popularity it enjoys today, some becoming household names in the process and setting records that still stand. It is important to the history of the sport that their memory and sacrifices be honored.
Whether young or old, each of the drivers on the following pages share something in common: they have helped NASCAR racing evolve from a high-speed curiosity to the most popular motorsport of all time. These are the legends of NASCAR, with driver bios, stats, and photos.
For more information on all things NASCAR, see:
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Head Coach Danielle Altman enters her fifth season at the helm of the UC Santa Barbara women's water polo team in 2007. Under her tutelage, the 2006 Gauchos finished the season with an overall record of 18-17 and were ranked 14th in the Collegiate Water Polo Association National Coaches Poll after placing 10th in the ultra-competitive Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. The 2006 season was the second consecutive winning season for Altman at UCSB marking the first pair of back-to-back winning seasons for the Gauchos in recent program history (1996 or later). In 2005, the Gauchos went 17-12 overall and 5-7 in the MPSF, ending the season ranked ninth in the CWPA Poll and marking the first winning season for UCSB since 1997 when the team posted a 20-15 record. The 2005 season also marked a milestone for Altman: her first season over .500 at the Division I level. In Altman's tenure with UCSB, she has placed four players on the All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Team, including current senior Aimee Stachowski, a two-time conference honoree. Altman joined UCSB in 2003 when she helped lead the Gauchos to a 16-16 record, which she duplicated the following season. Overall the Grass Valley, Calif. native has steered the Gauchos to a 131-119 four-year record. Prior to joining the Gaucho family, Altman served as the head women's water polo coach at California State University, San Bernardino for four seasons. With the Coyotes, she compiled a four-year record of 64-58 and in 2002, she guided San Bernardino to a 26-8 mark, the best in program history. In her final two seasons with the Coyotes, Altman's teams posted a combined record of 41-18. In addition to her coaching duties, Altman was a professor of kinesiology at both Cal State San Bernardino and Cal State Fullerton. She began her coaching career as the head water polo coach and swimming coach at Bear River High School in Grass Valley. A 1997 graduate of the University of Redlands, Altman received Bachelor of Arts degrees in International Relations and French. She was a First Team All-American water polo player in 1996 and 1997, and a First Team All-Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference selection for her final three seasons. Altman, a member of Phi Beta Kappa, was also an Academic All-American in cross country in 1995 and was all-conference in swimming for four years. She received her master's degree in education (kinesiology option) from Cal State San Bernardino in 2000.


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BTC – Next week members of the House and the Senate will be hearing from broad based coalitions about the effort to stop the continuance of national ID card programs.
The Real ID law is still in place. E-Verify has been adopted in whole or in part by some states. The TWIC card is considered a success with the regulated transport industry by some lawmakers. The American public has been asked to support a milder version of a Real ID in the PASS ID legislation; which also did not pass the 4th Amendment test. Sides for and against it are in a stalemate due to State laws passed against the Real ID Act, privacy and national security concerns. And finally we are now asked to give up our privacy and produce yet another form of national identity mandated in Comprehensive Immigration Reform: a biometric worker card.
There have been many strong attempts to repeal Real ID and ban national identity. There is the perennial HR 220 – a comprehensive ban on all forms of national ID introduced every session since 2003, authored by Representative Ron Paul. In 2009 Rep. Cohen introduced HR 3471, which would effectively repeal the Real ID Act and replace it with a negotiated rulemaking process.
The passage of SB 1070 in Arizona opened a pandora's box of problems associated with racial profiling, nativist identity and forsaking common sense American Constitutional values for "Your Papers Please!" It snapped the knob off at high volume for border security concerns and anti-Mexican frustrations began to boil over. The law burns gun owners and other American citizens now risk running into escalated problems with law enforcement. The law also muddles lines positioning local police to enforce federal immigration laws, leaving the police departments vulnerable to financial bankruptcy from successive lawsuits based on enforcing immigration law.
Constituents living in States who passed laws or resolutions opposing national ID card programs are considered "the silent majority" by friendly lawmakers. This is why it is important to speak up now and make yourself heard.
Don't fail America's future by staying silent now. Please take time now to find your congressional leaders @ Congress.org . Unless you speak up, you will live with some version of "Your Papers Please!"
To follow is a variety of different action alerts produced and supported by a broad coaltion effort.
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Coming to you today from Hot-Lanta and in the words of Jermaine Dupri
Welcome to Atlanta where the playas play
And we ride on them things like every day
Big beats, hit streets, see gangstas roamin'
And parties dont stop til' eight in the mornin
Those are his words not mine. The days of partying "til eight in the mornin" are over for me due to my age, a 3 year old, a 10 week old, and a beautiful wife who's a lot younger than I am.
Trayvon Martin Case Spotlights Florida Town's History Of 'Sloppy' Police Work
You know what makes Detectives good at what it is that they do? There are obvious qualities that one must possess, and maybe I'll go over them in a little bit more detail in a future post. But if I were able to chose a detective to investigate my own homicide, I would pick one that's been around the block a few times. And not one from a department who handles only one or two homicides a year. The number one factor that has the greatest effect on the quality and success of a homicide investigation is the combined experience of those doing the investigating. Having a prosecutor who doesn't long to be a detective also helps. The bottom line is that if you're constantly around people who have been murdered, you will become good at discovering what happened and who did the murdering.
'War on drugs' has failed, say Latin American leaders
In the words of Gomer Pyle, "Surprise, surprise, surprise!" Latin American leaders have known for a long time what the US needs to finally admit to: that what we are currently doing in the 'war on drugs', and the amount of money we are spending doing it, is not working.
Gun Sales Booming: Doomsday, Obama or Zombies?
Maybe what some people are really afraid of is that secretly President Obama is a Zombie. Not just any Zombie, but a socialist Zombie. He not only wants to eat you, but he wants to share you with his 'herd' of flesh eating socialist Zombies. Maybe we can submit a script to a few socialist Hollywood producers. Any suggestions for a title? How about "Obama the Muslim Christian Eater"?
Mayor Bloomberg: Washington needs to stop cowering before the gun lobby
I'm not a fan of Mayor Bloomberg, but I do admire the fact that he takes on Washington and the gun lobby. I know that this is his last term and some may say that he has nothing to lose by taking on the NRA. In all fairness, he has always been an advocate for gun control and has never been afraid to challenge those who are directly responsible for the proliferation of illegal guns on the streets of our cities. Why aren't more politicians as outspoken as he is on issues of gun control? Is it because he's a billionaire and does not have to be beholden to the NRA for votes and campaign contributions? Here's a novel idea. Let's elevate the salaries of our elected officials in Washington to billionaire status. This way they wouldn't have to sell their souls, asses, and votes to the lobbyists.
NYPD cops should be treated like heroes, not perps
My brothers in the blue on NYPD were really lucky this past Sunday. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that it was Easter Sunday and the good Lord decided they were not going to lose their lives on this 'watch'. I don't agree totally with what Denis Hamill wrote in his piece. But if we are going to publicly condemn and crucify cops when they do wrong, then we need to publicly acknowledge and praise them when they come so close to losing their lives doing good.


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The music portion of Saturday's X Games Austin provided a fitting soundtrack to action sports with appropriately selected heavyweights in hip-hop, punk and indie rock to represent the lifestyle. Music, skateboarding, BMX and motocross go hand in hand, and the organizers of this year's event in Austin perfectly resurrected the feeling many had when playing the old Tony Hawk video games with the musical guests booked for Saturday.
Headliner Kanye West didn't disappoint with a crowd-pleasing performance that concentrated more on the rawness and his high-energy performance than the theatrics that usually accompany a Kanye West show. West frantically rocked the stage, sometimes in a chainmail mask atop the mountain-shaped stage props, to an endless crowd that had viewers from the stands, side concessions and atop ramps. West worked in all the hits along with a heavy dose of tracks from the eccentric "Yeezus." West pulled out some surprises with "Can't Tell Me Nothing" and "POWER" relatively early in the set. "Good Life" and "Bound" closed the night.
On the flip side , Mac Miller , who opened for West, put on one of the low lights of the night with his lowest-common denominator brand of hip-hop.The capacity crowd who was there for Miller, were mostly just trying to get a good spot for West, who went on a mere eight minutes after scheduled.
No act could be as fitting on the X Games as Bad Religion. The legendary punk band helped build the bridge between the skate boarding and punk rock scenes in the 1980s. Bad Religion played a lengthy, career-spanning set with "I Want To Conquer The World," "No Control," You," "True North" and "Do What You Want" as highlights.
You could say Wavves could be considered a new wave skateboard music. The band's buzzy, post-garage rock was a fitting way to start the day. "Bug" and "Idiot" were nice representations of Wavves' sound.


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The Newhouse family is moving to chop the frequency of its Syracuse Post-Standard daily to three days a week, and insiders say it is now inevitable that the same move will eventually befall its other Northeast newspapers, including the Star-Ledger in Newark.
Asked point-blank if a similar move is afoot at the Star-Ledger as well as at the Trenton Times, the Jersey Journal and the Staten Island Advance, Steven Newhouse, the exec who is overseeing the newspaper conversions, would only say, "We have no plans at the moment."
But tensions are running high at the Star-Ledger that such a move is already being quietly orchestrated and that resources are already being funneled to NJ.com.
Union contracts with pressmen and truckers unions are roadblocks to immediate change. An insider said that the company will eventually renegotiate them and convert the Star-Ledger and other papers to three times a week.
In May, the family said it was converting New Orleans' Times-Picayune from a daily to a thrice-weekly schedule come this fall as it reorganizes its digital and print into a new company, NOLA Media.
In Syracuse, a similar move is being implemented as a new company, Syracuse Media Group, will now oversee the print version that will appear Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday beginning Jan. 1 as well as the Syracuse.com site.
The Newhouse family does not appear interested in selling its battered papers. When Tom Benson — owner of the NFL's New Orleans Saints and NBA Hornets — and others pressed the family to sell the New Orleans paper, Newhouse insisted, "The Times-Picayune is not for sale."
The paper is still profitable, but advertising revenue has been eroding.
In Syracuse, Editor and Publisher Stephen A. Rogers told staffers, "The economic model that has supported the Post-Standard and newspapers around the country is no longer sustainable."
The job cuts surrounding the moves are among the steepest in the history of newspapers. New Orleans will see about 20 percent of its staff chopped, and other Newhouse newspapers in the South where daily publication is being scrapped have faced the same level of cutbacks.
So long, Singer
Sally Singer is out as editor-in-chief of the New York Times fashion supplement, T, after less than two years on the job.
The news, first reported by Women's Wear Daily's website. was confirmed in a memo from Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson.
Singer left a top job as news and features editor under Anna Wintour at Vogue to take the job. She had been pushing to broaden the Times insert beyond pure fashion, even putting Mick Jagger on the cover.
But she found that fashion photographers and stylists still preferred the glossy fashion magazines over the slick newsprint of T. Abramson was also said to be disappointed with some coverage.
In her memo, Abramson said, "Sally's contributions are clear to anyone who's read the magazine during her tenure. Gorgeous visuals, interesting stories and enterprising features — both in print and online — have been hallmarks of her stewardship."
The search is on for a replacement. Singer could not be reached for comment.
A reporter in the Washington bureau of the New York Times leaked a column by Maureen Dowd to the CIA in advance of its publication in the paper.
Dowd, writing about the movie on the killing of Osama bin Laden, "Zero Dark Thirty," criticized the White House for "outsourcing the job of manning up the president to Hollywood."
Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group, obtained the back-and-forth between the CIA and Times reporter Mark Mazzetti under a Freedom of Information Act request.
In the e-mail accompanying the article, Mazzetti wrote, "This didn't come from me . . . and please delete after you read. See, nothing to worry about," according to Politico.
While sending out advance copies of stories is considered verboten, Mazzetti, whose voicemail said he is out on "book leave," doesn't seem to be in too much trouble.
Managing Editor Dean Baquet said, "I know the circumstances, and if you knew everything that's going on, you'd know it is much ado about nothing." Dowd did not return a call.
Mazzetti via e-mail referred calls to a Times spokeswoman, who said, "Maureen Dowd asked Mark Mazzetti to help check a fact for her column. In the course of doing so, he sent the entire column to a CIA spokesperson shortly before deadline. He did this without the knowledge of Ms. Dowd. The action was a mistake that is not consistent with New York Times standards."


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Quiet leader Heath Miller putting together career year
Steelers (3-3) host Redskins (3-4) at Heinz Field on Sunday
Ben Roethlisberger stopped by Heath Miller's locker and decided it was time to throw his tight end's hat into the political ring.
"Forget Pro Bowl, I'm going to make him president of the United States," the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback said with a laugh.
When asked what Miller's platform would be, Roethlisberger - who installed himself as Miller's campaign manager - kept it simple.
"You should be tough, be tough like Heath," he said.
Forgive Roethlisberger for his exuberance, and never mind that at age 30 Miller is still too young to run for the White House. Considering the way Miller has quietly and responsibly carried himself through his steady eight-year career, it's no wonder Roethlisberger wouldn't mind having his good friend running the country.
Not that Miller would consider it. Running for president would require bringing attention to himself, something Miller has avoided with the same kind of agility that's made him one of the league's most consistent tight ends for the better part of a decade.
Even now, in the midst of perhaps his finest season, Miller seems just happy to do his part for a 3-3 team still searching for a rhythm heading into Sunday's game against Washington (3-4).
Listen to Miller talk and you wouldn't think he's second on the team in receptions (31) and tied with New England's Rob Gronkowski for the NFL lead for touchdown catches by a tight end with five. On paper - and on the field - it looks like Miller is in the midst of a career year. Not that he's paying attention or anything.
"You can look at the stats and make determinations based on that but I feel I'm the same player I've always been," Miller said.
One that may finally be stepping into the spotlight whether he likes it or not.
Roethlisberger has always considered Miller a "security blanket" since the day the Steelers selected him in the first round of the 2005 NFL Draft. The bond between the two appears stronger than ever, particularly around the goal line.
Miller's touchdowns this season have all been nine yards or less, a tribute to the way Miller can get his 6-foot-5 frame to work within confined spaces. In last week's 24-17 win over Cincinnati, Miller cut across the middle, hauled in a fastball from Roethlisberger then absorbed a couple of shots before coming down with the ball to help the Steelers tie the game late in the first half.
"He catches it with his hands, he gets hit by a bunch of guys, holds on," Roethlisberger. "You've got to enjoy throwing to a guy like that."
And while Miller often doesn't show it, he enjoys playing like that. His post-touchdown celebrations are often muted affairs. He's only too happy to leave the turf-thundering spikes to Gronkowski.
Every once in awhile - particularly if he thinks the Steelers need a lift - Miller will provide a glimpse of what's going on underneath the helmet.
On the road with the season at a critical point against a division rival turned out to be one of those times.
Standing in the end zone in hostile territory, Miller looked up into the crowd and flexed just before getting mobbed by his teammates. The uncharacteristic outburst didn't go unnoticed, even if Miller sheepishly and sincerely insists it wasn't planned.
"It's cool to see him show emotion because he's such a reserved guy," rookie tight end David Paulson said. "When he makes plays he gets the whole team going ... he does everything right."
The Steelers are relying on that leadership more than ever. When injuries to the offensive line forced Pittsburgh to start rookie Mike Adams at right tackle last week against Cincinnati's aggressive front seven, the team lined Miller up to Adams' right early in the game to take some of the pressure off until Adams could settle in.
Perhaps it's no coincidence most of Pittsburgh's season-high 167 yards rushing came right behind Miller.
It's that dedication to being all facets of his position that led Roethlisberger to call Miller "maybe the best teammate I've played with at any level."
That selflessness, however, has rarely led to personal accolades. Miller went to the Pro Bowl in 2009 but has spent the majority of his career in the shadows of players who have put up gaudier numbers.
Miller would appreciate a trip to Hawaii but hopes he doesn't get to go if selected. He'd rather be getting ready for the Super Bowl the last weekend in January if given the choice.
It's typical Miller, who is making a case that he's the best tight end in franchise history. His next touchdown catch will tie Elbie Nickel's team record for scoring grabs by a tight end (37). He's already third on Pittsburgh's all-time reception list (368) and should move into second at some point if he continues to stay healthy.
Miller shrugs off his ascension up the ladder, calling it merely a byproduct of longevity.
"If you stick around long enough, I guess those things come," he said. "I've been here awhile and fortunately I've been with a good quarterback for all those years so I think that counts for a lot."
So does working with a metronome-like consistency that sometimes gets taken for granted, just not by his quarterback, who believes Miller the best player at his position in the NFL.
"Absolutely," Roethlisberger said. "People are going to argue with numbers, but all around tight end, no doubt about it."