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Nine awesome 'no bake' pies you can make in no time at all
Want to impress everyone with your impeccable culinary skills? To spoil your loved ones with yummy treats? But don't want to spend hours in the kitchen?
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Strawberry Mascarpone Yogurt Pie
You will need:
30 cookies (about 1 1/2 cups)
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
2 tablespoons sugar (plus extra for berries)
12 strawberries
1/2 cup (4 oz) mascarpone cheese, at room temperature
1/2 cup (4 oz) Greek yogurt, at room temperature
1/4 cup (2 oz) powdered sugar
Crush the cookies in a food processor or by hand in a plastic bag. Drizzle the melted butter and 2 tablespoons of sugar over the crumbs, and stir until the mixture clumps together. Press the mixture firmly into a pie dish and place it in the freezer. After one hour, slice the strawberries into a bowl, and sprinkle them with a handful of sugar. Stir and let them macerate for at least 15 minutes. In another bowl, stir together the mascarpone, yogurt, and powdered sugar. Layer half of the mascarpone mixture into the crust, and top with half of the strawberries. Add the remaining mascarpone mixture, and layer the rest of the strawberries on top. Let pie set in the fridge for at least 4 hours.
Cranberry Pie
You will need:
1 1/2 cups cookie crumbs
1/4 cup (55 g) brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (1 stick or 100 g) unsalted butter, melted
1 1/2 cups (12 oz) heavy whipping cream
12 oz (340 g) cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup (50 g) sugar
14 oz (one 400 g can) whole berry cranberry sauce
1 teaspoon vanilla
zest of 1 medium orange
few frozen cranberries for garnish (rolled in sugar)
Mix cookie crumbs with melted butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, and salt. Press the crust mixture into the pie pan and place it in the freezer for an hour. Beat the heavy whipping cream with a mixer. In another bowl, beat together the sugar and cream cheese. Add orange zest and cranberry sauce. Mix with whipped cream. Layer this mixture into the crust and chill in the freezer for about 6 hours, until firm. Garnish with orange peel and sugared cranberries.
Ferrero Rocher Pie
You will need:
30 chocolate wafer cookies, crushed
3 1/2 tablespoons butter, melted
3/4 cup hazelnut chocolate spread
1 cup (8 oz) heavy whipping cream
1 cup (8 oz) cream cheese, room temperature
1/4 cup sugar
3 oz (90 g) dark chocolate, chopped very fine
10 Ferrero Rocher chocolates
Crush the cookies in a food processor or by hand in a plastic bag. Grate the chocolate, chop Ferrero Rochers. Melt butter and combine with cookie crumbs. Firmly press the mixture into the pie dish and place in the freezer for an hour. With a mixer, combine the cream cheese, grated dark chocolate, sugar, and hazelnut chocolate spread. In a separate bowl, combine whipped cream and 10 chopped Ferrero Rochers, mix well. Remove the crust from the freezer, layer it with the cream cheese mixture. Return to the freezer for 20 minutes. Remove from the freezer and layer with the mixture of whipped cream and chocolates. Decorate to your taste.
Peanut Butter Pie
You will need:
1 1/2 cups of cookie crumbs (about 30 chocolate cookies)
3/4 cups (150 g) of sugar
6 tablespoons of butter, melted
1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon (optional)
5 oz (140 g) of cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup (76 g) of peanut butter
1 cup (8 oz) of whipped cream
Crush the cookies in a food processor or by hand in a plastic bag. Combine the cookie crumbs, melted butter, cinnamon, and 1/2 cup of sugar. Pour the mixture into a pie pan and tightly press it into the bottom and the sides, place in the freezer for an hour. In a bowl, mix the peanut butter, 1/4 cup of sugar, cream cheese, and whipped cream. Remove the crust from the freezer and layer it with the mixture. Return to the freezer for another 2-3 hours. Decorate the pie with chopped chocolate or nuts.
White Chocolate Cheesecake Pie with Berries
You will need:
1 1/2 cups cookie crumbs
5 tablespoons butter, melted
dash of salt
1/4 cup macadamia nuts (or other), toasted
1 cup (8 oz) cream cheese, softened to room temperature
8 oz (200 g) white chocolate, melted
dash of bourbon
2 cups mixed berries
2 tablespoon honey, agave nectar or maple syrup
whipped cream to serve
Crush the cookies in a food processor or by hand in a plastic bag. Combine the crumbs, melted butter, salt and grated nuts. Transfer the crust mixture into a pie pan, firmly press it into the bottom and the sides, place in the freezer for an hour. In a bowl, beat the cream cheese with white chocolate until smooth. Add bourbon and powdered sugar to taste. Fold in the whipped cream until fully incorporated. Spoon filling into crust and put in the freezer for 3 hours or overnight. Serve with maple syrup or honey, garnish with berries and whipped cream.
Lime Pie
You will need:
100 g plain crackers
1/3 cup (75 g) sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick or 100 g) butter, melted
14 oz (395 g) can of condensed milk
1/2 cup lime juice
zest of 2 limes
1 cup (8 oz) whipped cream
Place the crackers into a bowl, and use your hands to crush them. Add the sugar and the melted butter, stir. Put the mixture into a pie pan, spread evenly, place in the freezer for an hour. For the filling, combine condensed milk with the lime juice and half the zest. Add whipped cream, stir until combined. Pour the filling into the crust, scatter over the remaining zest. Place the pie back in the freezer for at least 2 hours until chilled.
Fluffernutter Pie
You will need:
100 g crackers, crushed
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 cup (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
1/2 can (14 oz can) sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup (30 g) powdered sugar
1/2 cup marshmallows
1 cup (8 oz) whipped cream
1/4 cup peanut butter chips, melted (optional)
Crush the crackers, mix with the melted butter. Firmly press the mixture into the pie plate and place in the freezer for an hour. In a big bowl, mix cream cheese, condensed milk, peanut butter, and powdered sugar. Beat until the mixture is fully combined. Stir in the marshmallows and whipped cream into the pie mixture. Layer it on top of the cracker crust and put in the freezer for 3 hours or overnight. Before serving, drizzle the melted peanut butter chips on top and add few marshmallows.
Orange & Cream Pie
You will need:
1 1/2 cup (100 g) crushed crackers
1 1/4 cup (250 g) sugar
dash of cinnamon
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons butter, melted
3 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup (250 ml) sour cream
1 tablespoon orange zest
1/2 cup (125 ml) fresh squeezed orange juice
3 egg yolks
1 cup (250 ml) milk
1 cup whipped cream (for decoration)
Crush the crackers, combine with melted butter, cinnamon, and 1/4 cup sugar. Press into a pie pan, put in the freezer for an hour. Stirring gently, mix remaining 1 cup of sugar, cornstarch, orange juice, zest, yolks and milk in a pan over medium heat. Cool the mixture, then add the sour cream. Pour the mixture into the cracker crust and chill in a freezer for 3 hours. Serve topped with whipped cream.
Mint and Almond Pie
You will need:
1 1/4 cup (156 g) almond flour
5 tablespoon cocoa powder
5 1/2 tablespoon sugar
3 1/2 tablespoon butter, melted
2 1/2 cups (625 ml) cream, divided
1/2 cup fresh mint leaves, chopped
3 tablespoon water
2 teaspoon gelatin
1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
4 large egg yolks
food coloring, optional
Whisk together almond flour, cocoa powder, 5 tablespoons of sugar, melted butter. Press into the bottom and up the sides of a pie pan, put in a freezer for an hour. Mix 1 1/2 cups of cream with chopped mint, bring over medium heat to a simmer. Remove from heat, cover with a lid and let it cool for 30 minutes. Strain through a mesh sieve to remove mint leaves.
In a pan, whisk together water and gelatin. Leave for 1 minute to gel, then add a mixture of cream, mint, and peppermint extract. Return to medium heat and whisk until gelatin is dissolved. In a separate bowl, whip the yolks with sugar. Slowly whisk in 1 cup of the hot cream mixture, then slowly whisk egg yolks back into hot cream. Keep whisking until the mixture thickens. Add food coloring, if any. Let it cool for half an hour in a fridge, whisking every 10 minutes. Beat the remaining cream, combine with the cooled mixture. Pour into the crust, put in the freezer for 3 hours.
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In the eye of the beholder 08 - peripheral vision
Hand sculpted and carved sterling silver brooch, adorned with organic, slightly rough textures and genuine Baltic amber (also cut and polished by me) backed with blue plastic (to get surprising colour and effect of depth). It's real one of a kind. Every detail was created separately without using any moulds etc.
It's a story about perception in a broad sense, what is happening/seems to be happening where it can't fully reach and about everchanging elusiveness of those "peripheries".
The brooch is 6.5 cm (2.55 in) long and 1.5 cm (0.59 in) wide in the widest place.
Oxidized and mostly matt finished. Signed at the back.
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Material: Silver
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Gemstones: Amber
Collection: In the eye of the beholder
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Have you ever had a friend gush to you about a new guy--"He's 35, a software developer, and he's really into biking"-- and you're like, "Wait, that sounds exactly like the guy I just went out with" and it's super awkward because it is the same guy? Yeah, yikes. That's a thing that happens.
I've talked before about some differences in the New York dating scene versus the Midwestern scene, and now I've got a new one. I'm living in Columbus, Ohio now, and although it's far from my small hometown, it's not exactly comparable to the 8 million-plus people in New York. In addition to less people in general, it also seems to me that it's not quite as common for people to online date as it is in NYC (that's not an official statistic, just an observation. I could be wrong.) This makes for a smaller pool of fish. Um, fish for dating. Whatever, you know what I mean.
Last night I had a few drinks with a friend of mine who is trying to get out on the dating scene like me. We both favor OKCupid, and it occurred to us that we should probably make sure we weren't dating the same people. We did a quick comparison on our phones and sure enough, we had several overlaps in our lists of potential suitors. It's not unexpected: we are about the same age, we live in the same area, and we even look vaguely alike, although she is totally cuter. (For the record, we also determined that while we are a 72% match for dating, we're only a 55% match as friends. Wait, what?) We cracked up as we scrolled through our lists of matches, but it is kind of strange to deal with!
A few lighthearted rules if you're in a similar situation:
Keep communication open. I'm not saying you have to keep a spreadsheet or anything creepy, but keep each other updated on your latest dates (which, don't you want to do that anyway?). You don't want to have a surprise "The Boy Is Mine" situation after you've both been seeing him for six weeks.
__Don't write off guys because of it.__Remember, they don't know that you two are friends, and it's normal to send messages to several people when you're just getting to know each other. You can't blame a man for thinking you're both awesome.
Do feel free to write off the guys that send you the exact same message. I've been clear on my feelings about generic messages before.
Remember that one woman's trash is another's treasure. (Just an expression, not actually calling men trash. Unless he's the worst.) If one of you has already gone out with a guy, he's not necessarily off limits. Just make sure you talk about it, that they didn't go out more than once or twice, or that she didn't have feelings for him, and that it won't make her uncomfortable. In my opinion, no date is worth messing up a friendship.
Give warnings (be be fair.) If you go out with a guy who was seemingly nice online, but turned out to be rude or offensive in a way you would never recommend to a friend, tell her his username so she doesn't make the same mistake. On the other hand, if you just didn't hit it off because you couldn't get past his obsessive love of sci-fi, don't be a jerk. She might be really into that type.
Laugh about it. I mean really, you can't take this too seriously or get weirdly competitive. She's your friend, and dating is supposed to be fun.
Have you ever had this situation with a friend? How do you handle it? Any other tips I missed?
More situations with friends on the dating scene:
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Welcome to the Wooooorld of Tomorrow
I only got to spend a day or two in Seattle last time I was here, where I said the place was businesslike and getting-on-with-it, and my opinion hasn't changed drastically. There are nutty people here, but they're not nutty in the parrot-on-shoulder bay area way (before you ask, I did actually see a guy with a parrot on his shoulder walking along in Mountain View once), or the I'm-walkin'-heah NYC kind of way. It's an unpretentious kind of nuttiness I can admire.
I don't know if it's an artificially-enhanced thing, but there's definitely a massive gigs scene still here. I wasn't particularly bothered this time round, since 14-hour days were the order last week, but I can see some gigs in my future (I'm going to be back every 3 months or so for the foreseeable).
I got to head to a couple of places this weekend : Pike Place Market and Seattle Center.
Pike place market is reasonably nice. It's a mostly inside/underground marketplace, with everyone from flowers, fish, meat, wood products, art, and obligatory hippie stuff. It goes a couple of levels below ground, but I found the lower you went, the more empty it got. I guess times ain't what they used to be. It's pretty well set up, though, with good parking and most of the stands took cards.
Seattle Center is also decent to walk around. It was the site of the World's Far in 1962, and is a great example of Googie Architecture (or Populuxe, or "Raygun Gothic" if you listen to/read William Gibson). The arches in the picture above don't really conform (unless you look inside and see more shaped concrete than you can shake a stick at), but the Space Needle certainly does. Even the logo for the area is a tip of the hat to the style. I love how architecture of a certain time can directly reflect hope in this way -- this was a future that never happened, and preserving and using it like this is great.
Seattle, on the whole, is decent. It's got weather similar to Dublin (although less changeable and with more extremes), and it's walkable if you like walking (I walked back to Pike Place today from the hotel, on a route I drove yesterday). I didn't get to see a lot of it this time, but I suspect that'll change in the next year or so.
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are our frequently asked questions that
we receive here at Fix-a-Crack from
student's .We have comprised the most
important questions and answers to help
you in understanding the field of
windshield repairs and our training
Is Fix-a-Crack a franchise?
No, Fix-a-Crack is
not a franchise. We do not believe in
the high cost of franchise ownership for
windshield repair technicians that do
the same work after they are trained
saving them high costs of franchising
and royalties one must pay. Fix-a-Crack
trains and uses the same methodology as
franchise operators do in the glass
repair business thus saving the students
substantial costs.
Does your school certify Windshield
Repair Technicians once I complete the
Yes we are the only
school in Canada given recognition to
certify windshield repair technicians.
After course completion students are
encouraged to join the National
Windshield Repair Association (NWRA)
which governs our industry with set
standards and by-laws.
Q. What makes your course
different than Franchises or online
First off the cost
and time. Our course is affordable for
students. We are Canada's only school
with in class hands on training as well
as ongoing support and mentorship. We
are not a costly franchise but we train
and support our students like a
franchise does minus the tens of
thousands in costs and royalties that
franchises charge for the same. Online
or home study training does not
work we have studied and proven.
One cannot learn
hands on techniques by watching videos
or reading text. They must be shown via
hands on training to master this skill.
What associations/affiliations are you
recognized with?
As one of Canada's
largest schools specializing only in the
windshield repair business Fix-a-Crack
has chosen to be affiliated with the
National Windshield Repair Association (NWRA)
and the National Glass Association (NGA)
conducting repairs under the (ROLAGS)
glass repair standards which intern
generates higher certification and skill
levelsfor our students. We have aligned
ourselves and received course approvals,
recognition and accreditations within
these standards
How long is your course?
Our in-class and
hands on is a total of 20 hrs and
approx. 20 hrs of at home practice.
Where does one find work in this
industry once I am ready to inspect?
The abundance of work
is never ending. You may set up shop,
run a tent location. Offer mobile
service and go to your client's
location. There are also fleets,
trucking companies etc. We will even
teach you how to become a preferred
glass repair company for insurance
What education or background is needed
to enter the field of Windshield
There is no
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Fix-a-Crack has trained successful
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Income revenue can be
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FROM: Dr. Melik Peter Khoury
DATE: April 12, 2017
SUBJECT: Leadership in Abundance: Welcome Chief Academic Officer Latty
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Unity College Colleagues,
In light of recent news, and the plethora of work we are undertaking, I am writing to announce that Dr. Erika Latty has agreed to take on a new role in the Leadership in Abundance team. Effective April 17th, Dr. Latty will serve Unity College as Chief Academic Officer, she agreed to finish the year with a little double duty, completing her year-end Dean responsibilities, and working to hire her replacement.
Chief Academic Officer (CAO) at Unity College serves as first among equals in academic and curricular matters overseeing faculty, curriculum, academic policy, and delivery of academic programs.
Dr. Erika Latty, Professor of Botany, is a forest ecologist who specializes in the effects of introduced tree disease on forest structure. She holds a Phd in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Cornell University and a B.A. in Biology from Harvard University. Erika has served in her current role as Dean of the School of Environmental Citizenship since July of 2016. Prior to serving as Dean, Erika was a Unity College center director and faculty leader.
Before coming to Unity College in 2007, Dr. Latty was Chair of the Environmental Studies Program and Assistant Professor in the Biology Department at Hollins University in Roanoke, VA. Prior to that she was a Research Associate at University Wisconsin-Madison.
Dr. Erika Latty personifies grounded leadership, understands the mission of a truly transdisciplinary environmental education, and has earned the trust and respect of colleagues and students alike.
One of her first priorities as our new Chief Academic Officer will be to identify her replacement as Dean of the School of Environmental Citizenship.
As we congratulate Dr. Latty, I also want to take a moment to recognize the service of Dr. Robert Scott to Unity College. As you probably know, Rob graciously joined the Unity College team as Interim Associate Chief Academic Officer in October of 2015 and transitioned to Interim Chief Academic Officer and Professor of Criminology on January 3rd, 2016.
Dr. Scott stepped into a leadership role at a time of real institutional need and provided necessary stability and grounding experience longer than anyone could have reasonably expected. It is only now that I have reluctantly agreed to accept Rob's resignation from the role of Interim Chief Academic Officer.
Please join me in thanking Rob for his years of service to Unity College and welcoming Erika into her new role as Chief Academic Officer.
In Unity,
Dr. Melik Peter Khoury
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London to create airport of the future with 'Internet of Things'
By Daisy Carrington, for CNN • Published 3rd May 2013
London City Airport wants to eradicate the many nuisances associated with flying.
Should they succeed, missing luggage, delayed flights and long security lines will be irritations of another era. Even wading through a sea of taxi drivers to find the cardboard placard that bears your name will be a thing of the past.
This streamlined experience is being delivered with the help of a technology known as the Internet of Things (IoT). Essentially, it is an overarching platform that allows a variety of devices or machines to communicate with each other.
This "machine to machine" communication (M2M) remains in its early stages, but its application is being tested in a number of areas. It is the foundation for "smart cars", vehicles which are tuned in to avoid collision, and "smart lights", which detect when you've woken up and then turn on.
London City Airport is the first airport in the world to test it in the field of commercial aviation.
Technology company Living PlanIt and retail developer Milligan will lead the project backed by the UK's Technology Strategy Board. Over the next year, the airport will integrate different technologies to provide a taster of what's possible.
Just what is the Internet of Things? Our interactive explains all
Many of the more advanced features involve tracking passengers through a mix of face recognition and crowd-sourcing software that already exists in airports, plus the GPS that is already available in smart devices. For instance, a traveler who pre-orders food online or though their smartphone will be able to have it delivered to them as they arrive at the departure lounge.
"When someone arrives, sensors will detect that person's frame, and will notify the F&B outlet to get everything ready," explains Robin Daniels, Living PlanIt's executive vice president of sales and marketing.
Similar technology can insure that a passenger who booked a taxi in advance can exit the airport and step immediately into a waiting car.
"There's no reason you can't have an app on your phone tell you the route and the correct exit (to find your vehicle)," says Daniels.
Other features will simply be about streamlining what's already there. For instance, though luggage can be monitored to a degree, there's no system in place to track it in real-time. What this means is that passengers and their luggage can be tracked at the same time. If a flyer checks his back but misses his plane, his luggage won't be boarded.
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"If you're a passenger, there will be no more sitting on a plane waiting for a bag to be found because whoever owns the bag missed their plane and now it has to be unloaded. Everything that's uncomfortable, inconvenient or just a pain in the neck about traveling, we're trying to turn into a more pleasurable experience," says Daniels.
On the retail side, stores in the airport will use a combination of cameras and sensors to monitor buyer behavior and to get a better sense of what types of displays work. They will also be able to offer shoppers customized offers based on previous purchases.
"A lot of what they're doing is putting data together and creating information to give a better customer experience," says Joe Dignan, a chief analyst for public sector technology at Ovum. "You may get to the point where you walk past a Zara, and it says, 'we noticed you bout a blouse last week, we have a sale on a skirt that will go with it.'"
Dignan says that some shopping malls have started embedding sensors in the floor to track where people walk, and on hangers to register which items get picked up the most.
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However some are concerned about safety and privacy issues of the new technology.
"I believe that as we increase our dependency on Internet of Things, and because it is not a fully stable technology per se, the probability of having problems increases," says Evangeis Ouzounis, the head of the secure infrastructure and services unit at the European Network and Information Security Agency.
"I'm not saying it will happen, but we need to take measures now before the technology becomes commercially available."
Ouzounis points out the potential for hackers to interfere with sensitive travel information and the smooth running of airport systems.
"They might jam a smart device to make systems not available in the airport, or play with the bar code of flight tickets, so that you can have access to a space you shouldn't have access to," he says, while admitting that these scenarios are extreme.
For Daniels privacy isn't really an issue, as passengers can chose whether or not they "opt in". Furthermore, the technology will actually allow airports to have a more sophisticated security system in place.
"If there's suddenly a security issue, and someone is suddenly somewhere they shouldn't be, the authorities can access the day-to-day information more easily," he says.
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With the death of Johnny Lazia in July 1934, less than a year after the repeal of Prohibition, gambling became the lucrative activity of the Kansas City underworld. A wide-open town, there were tremendous profits to be earned. Lazia's political leadership in the North End was assumed by Charles Binaggio. Although Binaggio was looked upon as taking over Lazia's political influence there were several gambling bosses who also wielded strength in the Kansas City underworld.
This group of men came to be known as the Five Iron Men. Where this term came from and when it came into existence is not certain. In "Tom's Town," one of the most informative books about the early years of organized crime and political corruption in Kansas City written by William Ridding in 1947, the term is not used. In Ed Reid's "Mafia," published in 1952, he uses the term "iron men" in quotation marks but doesn't indicate from where he is quoting. He states that the "iron men" were James Balestrere, Peter and Joseph DiGiovanni, Joseph DeLuca, and Anthony Gizzo. Except for Gizzo, the other men were known for being part of the Mafia faction in the city.
During the days following the murder of Binaggio in April 1950, there were several St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper articles that mentioned the "big five." The articles refer to "the principal gang figures immediately below Binaggio in rank." They identify those figures as Charley "Mad Dog" Gargotta (murdered with Binaggio), Charles Carollo, James Balestrere, Gaetano Lococo, and Anthony Gizzo.
Finally in Senator Estes Kefauver's, "Crime In America," his own synopsis of the fourteen city crime investigation tour, he states that Max H. Goldschein, a Special Assistant United States Attorney, testified in 1950 that, "the Five Iron Men" were Binaggio, Balestrere, Gargotta, Gizzo, and Lococo.
While Binaggio has already been discussed in an earlier column and Balestrere will be talked about in a column with the DiGiovannis later, I want to focus on Carollo, Lococo, Gargotta and Gizzo here.
Charles Vincenzo "Charley the Wop" Carollo was born in Santa Ristino, Italy and never became a naturalized American citizen. He may have been considered first among equals in the gambling business after Lazia's murder. Carollo had been the closest to Lazia, his loyalty extending back to the 1920s when he "took the rap" for Lazia after he was indicted in a liquor conspiracy.
Carollo kept a low profile until the fall of 1933 when a crusading judge, Allen C. Southern, began a grand jury investigation. The probe not only targeted the gambling rackets, but also the monopoly the gangs enjoyed in the beer and beverage distribution business. When the grand jury went to work looking for slot machines, they disappeared with "phantomlike" speed into storage for the duration of the investigation. In addition to Carollo and Lazia being called before the grand jury, a pending tax evasion case against Lazia, which machine boss Thomas J. Pendergast had worked hard to suppress, was reopened.
In June 1934, two minor hoodlums from Los Angeles received permission to open a gambling den that they named the Fortune Club. Carollo met with the two men six months later to let them know he was now a half-owner in the club. He figured the protection he provided for the pair was at least worth that much. In March 1938, he notified his "partners" that he was buying them out for $5,000 each. By then the club was making, by conservative estimates, $60,000 a month. When the authorities launched a cleanup campaign in January 1939 they were surprised to find that Carollo was the secret owner of the club.
While local investigators believed that Carollo became the leader of the Kansas City mob after Lazia's murder, federal authorities considered him to be only a front for an "even bigger man, another Italian" who they did not name, although speculation was that it was Charles Binaggio.
Carollo was indicted on income tax evasion charges after the revelation of his ownership of the Fortune Club. District Attorney Maurice M. Milligan prosecuted the case. While Carollo's actual position in the underworld was always in question, his trial revealed that his chief function was as a collector of the "lug." The "lug" was the tax charged to the gambling houses in Kansas City to remain in operation. The investigation revealed that from nineteen gambling houses targeted the "lug" had gone from $53,000 annually in 1935, to almost double, $103,000 by 1938. Carollo admitted during testimony that he, "collected the lug for Pendergast, among others, making direct payments to the Boss and his secretary."
At Carollo's sentencing, Milligan made the following statement:
"The investigation into the background of this defendant reveals the fact that after the death of Lazia this defendant took over the authority exercised by Lazia in his lifetime, relative to gambling and rackets carried on in Kansas City, Missouri; that he grew in power even greater than his predecessor; that he had a full entrée into the offices of the high officials in the city administration. According to the testimony, he was seen going into and out of the private office of the former city manager; that he had full entrée into the police headquarters, and almost daily was a visitor at the office of the director of police."
Carollo was sent to prison at Leavenworth. His sentence consisted of one year for mail fraud; three years for income tax evasion; and four years for perjury. Prison life didn't exactly put Carollo on the straight and narrow. Shortly after he arrived he got involved in a smuggling operation bringing contraband articles into the prison. For these offenses he was transferred to Alcatraz. After his release from prison, Carollo was deported on January 7, 1954.
Author Ed Reid wrote that no matter who was running the Kansas City rackets -
Lazia, Carollo or Binaggio – the enforcement end of the gang fell to Gizzo, Gargotta, and Lococo, with "Lococo serving as the engineer or quarterback." While working for the bosses these men were said to be in constant communication with James Balestrere who, if not in name, functioned very similar to a family consigliere.
Gaetano Lococo, also known as Thomas or Tano, claimed to have been born in America prior to the turn of the 20th century. Ed Reid described Lococo as follows:
"Known as a Mafia enforcer in Kansas City, he was one of the key group of young Italian storm troopers who fronted for John Lazia in the early days. With Tony Gizzo and the late Charley Gargotta he served on the mob enforcement squad."
Senator Kefauver had another description of Lococo:
"Lococo was a mousy, insignificant, bespectacled little man whose appearance belied his reputation as another of Binaggio's 'enforcers.'"
Reid claimed Lococo's police record was removed from the files of the Kansas City Police Department because "he was virtually in control of the police department in the 1930s." Reid states that Lococo "wriggled out of the clutches of the law" in 1933 in connection with one gang killing.
In 1946, Lococo was one of four gang members under Binaggio who muscled in on the race wire service in Kansas City. In 1948, he traveled to Nogales, Arizona where he posed as a retired businessman. Hiring the local mayor as his attorney, he purchased a hotel for $50,000. When he approached the county sheriff with a proposal to start a gambling operation there, he was rebuffed. He quickly sold the hotel and left town.
Reid claims that a meeting took place in Tia Juana, Mexico to plan the murder of Binaggio and that Lococo may have "helped arrange things." Lococo had a family tie to the boss. He was the uncle of Binaggio's wife.
In addition to his involvement in gambling, Lococo owned several drug stores in the Kansas City area. He and his wife spent large blocks of time in Arizona and Mexico due to Lococo's bouts with arthritis.
When Lococo was called to testify before the Kefauver Committee, Senator Charles W. Tobey asked him about his "ugly reputation," which, according to Reid, was that he was "probably the most skillful and experienced killer in the city."
Lococo replied, "You can't give me a single man in Kansas City who could ever say that I threatened him or said anything wrong to him or anywhere else."
During the time the Kefauver hearings were in session, Lococo was also on trial for income tax evasion. He was convicted and sentenced to two years in Leavenworth.
According to Senator Estes Kefauver, "If ever a human being deserved the title of 'Mad Dog' it was Gargotta."
Born in Kansas City, Gargotta was arrested more than forty times over a thirty-year period. Those charges included murder, gambling, liquor law violations, carrying a concealed weapon, robbery, auto theft, extortion, attempted burglary and vagrancy. Incredibly, all of the charges were dismissed with the exception of an assault to kill charge for the attempted murder of a local sheriff.
While attempting to flee after the killing of Lazia adversary, Ferris Anthon and the attempted murder of Sheriff Tom Bash in 1934, Gargotta was charged with murder, attempted murder, and the theft of two revolvers from the Army, which were used during the crimes. When he was tried on the stolen revolvers charge, Leonard L. Claiborne, a Kansas City detective, switched tags on a gun found on Gargotta and another recovered near the murder scene. He then lied on the witness stand having been promised a promotion. Instead Claiborne was sentenced to four years in prison.
The prosecutor selected to handle the murder trial, W. W. Graves, asked for and received twenty-seven continuances over a five-year period before he dismissed the charges against Gargotta all together. Graves was later removed from office by the Missouri Supreme Court for "neglect of duty" in his handling of the case.
Gargotta was eventually re-indicted for the attempted murder of Sheriff Bash as part of Governor Lloyd Stark's cleanup drive. Gargotta pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years in prison. However, the Missouri Pardon Board recommended his parole after just nineteen months and he was released in January 1941.
Gargotta became Binaggio's bodyguard and would be murdered with him in April 1950 at his Democratic headquarters.
Anthony Robert "Fat Tony" Gizzo seemed to be associated with everyone in the Kansas City underworld. In the early 1920s, when he was arrested on a narcotics charge, he offered a federal officer $10,000 to let it go. He was convicted and in 1924 served two years in prison.
Gizzo was involved in gambling operations with Lazia, Carollo, and Binaggio. He was also rumored to be Balestrere's "personal representation" in Wichita, Kansas where he was considered the Mafia boss.
"Fat Tony" could be called somewhat of a character. During his testimony before the Kefauver Committee it was revealed that Gizzo was an acquaintance of numerous top mobsters throughout the country. Kefauver described Gizzo as, "a boastful, noisy, beer barrel of a man" and, in apparently an opinion Kefauver developed from interrogating an abundance of underworld figures, "was the only one whose performance was a reasonable facsimile of how a gangster is supposed to act."
When Senator Alexander Wiley asked him about his rumored habit of carrying large sums of money, Gizzo replied, "Do you want to see it?" From his pocket the overweight gangster pulled out a roll and counted off twenty-five $100 bills.
Gizzo had one of the more interesting exchanges with the committee when he was asked, "Do you belong to the Mafia?"
"What is the Mafia?" he responded. "I don't even know what the Mafia is."
Apparently Gizzo forgot this exchange and was later asked if he knew James Balestrere.
"Yes, sir," Gizzo replied.
"He is rather widely known as a prominent man in the Mafia, isn't he?" asked the committee.
"That's what you hear," said Gizzo.
"What did you hear?" questioned the committee.
"The same thing that you just said there," answered Gizzo.
Reminded of this conversation during public hearings held later, Gizzo cried out, "I wish to hell I knew what the Mafia is!"
After the murders of Binaggio and Gargotta, and the imprisonment of Lococo, Gizzo would assume the leadership of the Kansas City underworld. His rule would be short lived, but it wouldn't be a violent ending. On April 1, 1953, Gizzo died of a massive heart attack in a hotel room in Dallas. The 52-year-old Gizzo and his wife had gone to Texas to visit their son who was serving time for a narcotics offense.
Editor's Note: This work could not have been completed without the valuable research assistance provided by Jude A. Knudson.
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The fall webworm (Hyphantrea cunea) feeds on leaves of almost all shade, fruit, and ornamental trees and shrubs, except for conifers, throughout most of the U.S. and southern Canada. They typically form nests of loose webbing over the tips of tree branches.
"Trees typically recover from feeding damage on their own, but defoliation for more than two or three years in a row could make trees more susceptible to diseases and other problems," he says.
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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has been singing the praises of Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas following his side's 2-1 victory over the Premier League champions at Stamford Bridge on Saturday evening, report the Metro.
Guardiola signed Fabregas for Barcelona during the summer transfer window of 2011, but the Spaniard never really replicated the performances he put in during his time with Arsenal after returning to the Camp Nou. However, despite that fact, Guardiola still recognises Fabregas' supreme ability – particularly in possession.
The Man City boss is quoted by the Metro revealing that his side felt it was of high importance to nullify the threat posed by Fabregas during Saturday's game in order to lesser Chelsea's chances of building in the final third of the field:
"We knew that when Cesc has the ball, in one second he is the most special player in the world for that ball in behind. Chelsea want to play through the middle and attack with a lot of people. But we keep the ball as well as possible and regain possession as quickly as possible."
They did so successfully, and Fabregas was virtually invisible throughout. He has the ability to grab a game by the scruff of it's neck and turn it in Chelsea's favour, but a tactical masterclass from Guardiola prevented him from doing so. Credit where credit's due.


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Returning this year is Scots Weekly, a weekly publication that highlights the past week's Covenant athletic events with news, notes and more.
Cross Country
Men 7 of 10; Women 6 of 14 at UNG Invitational
Men's Soccer (1-1)
L, 2-3 vs. Averett
W, 1-0 vs. William Peace
Women's Soccer (3-0)
W, 1-0 at Birmingham Southern
W, 2-1 vs. Piedmont
W, 1-0 vs. Salem
Men's Tennis (1-0)
W, 7-2 vs. Milligan
Women's Tennis (1-0)
W, 7-2 vs. Milligan
Volleyball (1-3)
W, 3-1 vs. Transylvania
L, 1-3 vs. Mary Washington
L, 1-3 vs. Wellesley
Two Straight: Smith Earns Runner of the Week for Second Time
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- For a second straight week, Covenant women's cross country runner Lilly Smith has been named the USA South Runner of the Week, announced the league on Monday, Sept. 12... FULL STORY
- The women's soccer team completed a 3-0 week, with two critical USA South victories. The Lady Scots posted two shutouts on the week with 1-0 wins over Birmingham Southern and Salem. The defense was also on display in a 2-1 win over Piedmont as the Lady Scots' back line of Andrea Hunt Roylston, Kaitlyn Winking, Natalie Smith and Callie Bader along wth keeper Rachel Lemay limited the opportunities for reigning USA South Player of the Year Cassidy Reich. Lizzy Hightower was a major factor offensively with both goals in the Piedmont match and an assist in the win at Birmingham Southern. Abby Gienapp had the game-winner at Birmingham Southern and Summer Bader scored the lone goal in the win over Salem.
- Carl Simakoff scored two goals on the week for the men's soccer team, including the game-winner against William Peace on Saturday. Simakoff has already surpassed his goal output from his freshman year. Josh Brower collected his first career goal in the Scots' 3-2 loss to Averett on Friday.
- The volleyball team picked up a big non-conference win over Transylvania on Friday at the Emory Invitational. Four players had at least seven kills in the match led by Allie Jakes' eight (Hannah Harris, Morgan Opgenorth and Jessica Seehorn all had seven apiece). The Lady Scots open USA South play this weekend on the road.
For a complete list of events and links to live stats and video, if available, click here for the composite calendar
- Men's Golf: The Scots open the season on Monday and Tuesday at the Piedmont Fall Invitational in Clarkesville, Ga., at The Orchard Golf & Country Club.
- Men's Soccer: Covenant travels to Rocky Mount, N.C., on Friday to take on N.C. Wesleyan at 2 p.m. The Scots then go south to Fayetteville, N.C., on Saturday to face Methodist at 2 p.m.
- Women's Soccer: The Lady Scots will also be on the road this week facing Huntingdon on Friday at 8 p.m. EDT followed by a match with LaGrange on Saturday at 6:30 p.m.
- Women's Tennis: Covenant will host Snead State on Tuesday at 6 p.m. Several players will compete individually in the ITA Regional tournament in Atlanta, Ga., on the campus of Emory University on Friday and Saturday.
- Volleyball: Conference play opens up this weekend for Covenant with matches against Methodist (Friday at 3 p.m.), William Peace (Friday at 5 p.m.), Averett (Saturday at 3 p.m.) and Greensboro (Saturday at 5 p.m.). All four matches will be at Salem College in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Each week, Covenant will honor a female and male student-athlete with the Thrive Covenant Athlete of the Week. This week's honorees are Lizzy Hightower and Carl Simakoff. Click on the names below for full highlights of the recipients' week.
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- Make: Willys
- Model: cj2a,cj3a,cj3b
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- Year: 1947
- Mileage: 56,000
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1947 CJ2A mostly complete-ready for restoration to begin.
1949 CJ3A restoration started-pictured in garage-engine is stuck as is one front brake drum.
1946 CJ2A frame/body has the indents in side for shovel/axe.
1946 CJ2A frame cut in half-many parts on this yet-hitch, gauges etc.
1953/54 CJ3B frame /front end/front/rear axles
1940's Willys CJ rusted tub -good firewall etc.1940's air comp trailer had willys engine on it.
a total of five L134 engines -2 have all parts-1missing head-2 blocks with misc. engine parts crank, cam etc..One engine is a ww2 1945- 638632 casting (chain drive) all engines are currently(stuck).
There are many parts -Harrison heaters -3 or 4,fenders, hood, seat, windshield glass etc.. There is a lot of willys stuff here.I could sell the parts individually for a nice sum but instead I've decided to sell as one lot.I have no title as these items all came from a farm and where used as equipment. I can help load these items with forklift/tractor. The CJ3A &CJ2A with engines in them will have to be rolled onto a tilt bed/trailer as I cannot lift these Though. I would like to keep these items-they are hard to find but time has come for me to let go of them.I have these items for sale locally at $3800.00and I reserve the right to sell to first buyer.Thanks for looking.


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Apple, Google, Facebook, and Switch have scored the highest marks in Greenpeace's annual renewable-energy ranking, while Baidu, Oracle, Samsung, and Tencent have received among the lowest.
The Greenpeace Clicking Clean: Who is Winning the Race to Build a Green Internet report, released Tuesday, ranks companies on their efficiencies to build a green Internet.
Apple's rating earned the company a clean energy index score of 83%, followed by Facebook at 67% and Google at 56%.
Specific to search, company scorecards show that Google received a final grade of A, followed by Bing and Yahoo with a B rating. Daum.net received a C rating, followed by Naver with a C rating and Baidu, Nate, and Zum with a rating of F.
To earn an A rating, Google received an A in renewable energy committing and siting policy, energy efficiency and mitigation, renewable procurement, and advocacy. The company earned a B rating in energy transparency.
The report also shows that data center provider Switch, which is new to the Clicking Clean report this year, scored among the highest -- 100% -- for any class of company and is the definitive leader among colocation operators for its efforts to rapidly transition its data centers to renewables through a combination of renewable energy procurement and aggressive advocacy.
And the report also calls out cloud computing and video streaming as two technologies that are driving demand for resources.
YouTube was the only video streaming company to receive an A rating -- following in the footsteps of its parent company Google with an A rating for everything except transparency in which it received a B rating. Amazon Prime received a C rating, followed by HBO, Netflix, and Vimeo, which all received a D rating. Afreeca.com, Hulu, Pooq.co.kr, and Vevo took a beating with an F rating.
Greenpeace gave iTunes an A rating, but it also gave Spotify a D, and NPR, Pandora, SoundCloud and Podbbang an F rating.
In the report, Greenpeace also calls out Amazon for the lack of transparency around Amazon Web Services, "the world's biggest cloud computer company remains almost completely non-transparent about the energy footprint of its massive operations."
The study goes on to report that among the global cloud providers, only "AWS refuses to make public basic details on the energy performance and environmental impact associated with its operations."


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REVIEW: 'Devolution' #2 by Rick Remender, Jonathan Wayshak, and Jordan Boyd
★★★★☆ (4/5)
Gil reasserts his authority, making it clear that he has no desire to help Raja find a cure that will essentially undercut his power. He imprisons Raja in his sex dungeon and all seems lost. Remender knows how to up the tension and raise the stakes as things go crazy. A castration, a surprise ally, an exciting escape, and a fire fight ramp up the action in a blockbuster issue number two.
Jonathan Wayshak does a great job of creating a stark and desperate atmosphere within the camp. There are hints of a Mad Max aesthetic but where Wayshak excels is in designing Gil. He's already the over-the-top villain, a harsh and cruel demented dictator, but Wayshak delivers a larger-than-life beast. He fills every panel he's featured in both menacing and overpowering. Jordan Boyd's dirty colors appropriately reflect the ugliness in the world. Boyd filters his subdued palette through a cement mixer creating a hazy and gritty vision.
'Devolution' #2 sets off a powder keg of action that thrusts the story forward in a big way. Remender, Wayshak, and Boyd have crafted enough twists in this post-apocalyptic tale that makes it fresh, bombastic, and ultra-violent. Everything you could want and a fearless heroine to boot.


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MBA Students and Proper Online Business Etiquette
Two of my recent articles, "MBA Students Do You See Yourself as Your MBA Peers See You" and "MBA Program No Asshole Rule" addressed MBA student behavior while enrolled in an MBA program. A behavior related area that appears to be gaining interest is online business etiquette, a topic that is certainly something MBA students need to keep in mind as they use multiple forms of social media to advance their careers and interact with their MBA classmates, faculty, staff, and other professionals. One online misstep can have an adverse impact on one's career advancement. Click on the title to read the complete article.
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Stanford University professor Robert I. Sutton starts his New York Times bestseller book, The No Asshole Rule saying, "When I encounter a mean-spirited person, the first thing I think is: 'Wow, what an asshole!'"
My version of his statement, "When I encounter a mean-spirited and obnoxious MBA student, the first thing I think is: Wow, what an asshole!" Most of the time I did not share this thought with anyone. However, during MBA class periods when a particularly obnoxious MBA student acted like a jerk, you could see by the expressions on faculty members' and students' faces there was a consensus that this student was indeed an MBA asshole.
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Known as the Business E-fficiency Solutions program, the Cisco-led initiative will be kick-started by a nationwide roadshow in July where the companies and their partners will visit 16 cities and towns across the country to showcase their products and solutions.
According to executives from the headlining companies, the program is not designed to generate new customers for the organisation, but is an educational program to help more SMBs get online.
"We are not trying to beat people around the ears (about the internet) . . . we are trying to be a bit responsible and educate them. Whether they choose to adopt our solutions is up to them," Terry Walsh, managing director of Cisco Australia, said.
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Discussion in 'Belief and Spirituality' started by Gatekeeper, Oct 14, 2019.
Ok. Let me try: Peace of mind?
Where ever you go there you are. An ideal state of being is where you are in life. It's not a particular state of being but what we must accomplish in that state.
Is anybody keeping track of our level of spirituality. Does it matter to anyone besides ourselves.
Explain what is peace of mind. Does it vary from person to person
Ok. So that means the equanimity of knowing that, whatever is happening, that God is here and knows and understands and that all is as it should be? Not only that however, but experiencing 'peace of mind' in actual fact? No matter what happens?
That's true for everyone. It's like when I'm looking for this, I find this but not where I expected, and when I find what I find unsatisfactory, the entire structure and world around me changes, and then there's times when I'm satisfied, but then comes the discontent, leading me further up and further into more changes.
I guess if I always viewed life as an adventure, as if its more of a game or quest to get to where I truly belong, Id come to know where my heart is, my treasure will be also, so in that sense, I'm a treasure hunter, on a rainbow venture to find my "pot of gold".
The fires are raging, refining and reaping, dividing and keeping the best of what's to be. As for me and my personal soul search and self discovery, I'm learning to not settle for the metal to be divided from what's saved after its all been completed. That's my personal self refinement, not another's refinement of which I want no control. The question I guess isn't a question at all, but rather a realization of what will make me happy both during and after it all ...
It increases either way … Umm, the way the world changes around me anyway.
Sensitivity and heart … Sometimes I wish I could apply that "understanding" to life and others more. It can be difficult sometimes never knowing where another is coming from, or why, or how they even got to be that way.
Is this hugely profound? Doesn't a snail on the ground know this?
Great question! Yet another for me to "chew on" as I go. What IS the ideal state of being? I guess that depends on where I want to be. What will it take to get me there, and in the moment enjoy the journey? Geesh … You all are making me think like I like to think, and I don't just think it I know it.
#107 "Sing it with me, sing for the years, sing for the laughter, sing for the tears"
… Isn't that all we truly have? Moments in time to treasure or not?
Is it possible to be satisfied, having no further want or desre?
Health and happiness, moments to treasure, a journey of where we are - to embrace and treasure the moments we have - to make the most of each moment or not. I've always heard that life is what we make it, and if it increases either way, then there's much to think about even more to understand and know, then onward we go which ever way we go to increase what we know or wish to further know, ya know?
I don't know ...
In previous years I embraced the search as if my life depended on answers to questions, nowadays I'm happy to be alive.
Sometimes we gotta increase the heat, to find the best part of where we are, wherever we go ...to refine our soul no matter where we go.
That IS profound:
"Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern."
Ecclesuiastes 12:6
I love the insight and the way you present it. That's life right? Happiness … is that the truth? This Just in … Feel more pleasure … Feels a lot like family to me.
Thinking to myself what kind of person do I want to be and you know what my inventory is lacking.
Something you lack that you need to be the kind of person you want to be? If you think you need then you need something but is that something always what you think you need? Yes and no. Depends on what you think you need to be the "kind" of person you want to be. Life is definitely a journey... No matter where you go, there you are
Then my body will return to the ground from where it came and my spirit back to God who gave it
"Which way should I go" she asked. "Depends on where you want to be" He said. "It doesn't really matter" she replied. "Then it doesn't matter which way you go" he said.
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The military commanders of U.N. peacekeepers in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast are getting together to coordinate their efforts in West Africa.
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In his interviews with Claire Parnet, Deleuze says that "every great philosopher is a great writer". Just on an anecdotal level, I think this is true of philosophers that have meant something to me. The 'prolix intensity' of Heidegger's prose - incantatory, circling, before diverted into some neologism; the long pauses that punctuate the prose of Walter Benjamin, the brief insights marooned in silence; the conversational clarity, the 'user-friendly' sentences of the latter Wittgenstein (the terse austerity of the earlier); the stickiness of description in Sartre, closing the reassuring gap between subject and object. But this may be simply a question of taste. And there are too many philosophers with whom I'm wholly unfamiliar. And many would define a 'great writer' more in terms of clarity, transparency (and therefore exclude the likes of Heidegger and Sartre from the off).
Some concepts call for archaisms, and others for neologisms, shot through with almost crazy etymological exercises: etymology is like a specifically philosophical athleticism. In each case there must be a strange necessity for these words and for their choice, like an element of style. The concept's baptism calls for a specifically philosophical taste that proceeds with violence or by insinuation and constitutes a philosophical language within language - not just a vocabulary but a syntax that attains the sublime or a great beauty.
It is clearer from this why a great philosopher, for Deleuze must also be a great writer. The new concept cannot breathe inside the old language. The old language must be disturbed. The new style banishes and keeps at bay received ideas. Not only does style 'express' content (the new concept), it guards the space in which content comes to expression.
It would seem that for Deleuze concepts are not easily extractable from their language-envelope. And he does not think that a great stylist is someone who expresses themselves 'clearly', the proverbial windowpane of prose through which we see, unadorned, the 'content'. For this would imply that content is simply delivered by a language which then dutifully disappears. We cannot from these stylistic innovators, these 'great writers,' simply skim off paraphrasable content over and above stylistic traits and changes in syntax.
Everything that Deleuze says, in the above quote and elsewhere, about style in philosophy, is of course very close to what he says about style in literature. Literature too sets up a foreign language within language, which makes the received language stutter, stall, twist and sing. Philosophy and literature in this sense both have this necessary element of style. Both of them mobilise and disturb language. What differentiates philosophy and literature is not so much their creatively antagonistic relation to language but their direction. That is, philosophy's innovations are directed towards the creation of concepts, whereas literary innovation points towards the creation of affects [I'll perhaps return to this in another post]. Similarly with conceptual persona. They are fictions internal to philosophy but they might also appear and function within a story. What differentiates them is the direction they are heading in. Again, facilitating concepts and creating affects respectively.


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