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The first thing to do is to admit that I'm a Downton Abbey fan. In fact, I've watched every episode twice. But in my defense, I counterbalance my Downton viewings with at least one hour spent with my chainsaw for every hour tuned into Masterpiece Classic.
One of the first things one notices, if one is a regular viewer of BBC productions, is that Downton is unusually ideologically and religiously balanced. One of the other effects one notices when one watches a lot of BBC is that one starts referring to oneself in the third rather than the first person. But one digresses…
If the viewer is expecting vintage BBC, Downton is full of surprises. This is not PG Wodehouse, with Jeeves the butler easily thinking rings around his Lord. This is not Brideshead Revisted's take on the upper classes, packed with alcoholic elders and simmering, repressed homosexuality amongst their offspring. It is not Noel Coward's Easy Virtue with easy satiric shots at the hypocrisy which arises amongst the upper classes and their dysfunctional patter of religious and sexual…yes there it is again, repression.
The upper classes at Downton aren't repressed, they're restrained. They are not inbred, intellectually backward fools; they are intelligent and thoughtful. As a general rule they treat their servants well, care about their welfare and are generally respected by them in turn. They are, in a word, admirable. And for a period drama, that treatment is, in a word, surprising. And surprise is an essential element of compelling drama.
Films and series about Edwardian upper caste manners which portray the genteels uncharitably are boring, like the steady, unending (until one turns the switch off) hum of a fluorescent lamp. Downton Abbey is what George Gilder would call the entropic disruption to the background noise of revolt against the old world. To portray Lord and Lady Grantham as anything other than drunks, fools, hypocrites or either sexpots or sexual glaciers (or best of all, alternately both) is itself an act of cultural rebellion.
That's arguably why the left is bashing Downton Abbey. The New York Times Art Beat column has reported that British critics are 'torching' Downton Abbey. Apparently Downton Abbey is snobbish, culturally necrophiliac (and if you don't yet know what that word means, I suggest you leave it that way) and its popularity in the United States is due to the rise of the Tea Party movement and conservative opposition to the death tax. Even worse, creator Julian Fellowes is the holder of a Tory Peerage. Definitely not the right sort of people.
Now at first glance one might think that all of this goes a bit too far, dragging politics in where it has no proper place. But on second look, the left's reaction is understandable. Julian Fellowes and they are on the opposite side of something. But it's not that Fellowes is on the right, and they on the left. It is that Fellowes is in the middle and they on the far left. Downton Abbey is not an apologetic for the old order. It just gives them a fair shake.
Lord Grantham is admirable, yes, but wrong on many things. He makes a pass at one of the house maids. He flies off the handle at Bates unfairly. He foolishly squanders the family fortune on a bad investment. He expresses bigoted views towards Catholics (of which Fellowes, a practicing Catholic, must surely disapprove). Most tragically, he lets his upper class solidarity lead to a medical decision which may have led to the death of his daughter.
But, in general, Lord Grantham is a faithful, intelligent, decent and benevolent. The world has to change; he knows it, but he wants the world to change more slowly than it wants itself to change. His wife and children are not in general wiser than he (which marks the show as distinct from almost all TV advertisements set in families), but they are sometimes wiser than he…just like in life.
Fellowes seems to be saying that the old order had its day; it was good, though not perfect, during its time. It deserves a decent burial and a fond memory. And he also seems to be saying that change for change's own sake is just as destructive as preservation for preservation's own sake. Liberation of women, good. Growth of an all-encompassing set of regulatons, bad. My friend John Tamny (editor of this page) has given a good account of Fellowes' political philosophy as expressed in his novels .
But Downton Abbey is also a rejoinder to the current rage (in both senses) of class warfare. In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal:
"I think the—well, not even the subtext, the supertext—of 'Downton,' is that it is possible for us all to get on, that we don't have to be ranged in class warfare permanently—that for the general public, the fact that people are leading different lives with different economic realities and different expectations is perfectly cope-able with."
"If you can't deal with that," he continues, "then your life would be unlivable. And I think politicians try to encourage us to think in a hostile sense [of] people who have a different circumstance to our own. Which I find very unproductive and uncreative."
So Downton Abbey's message is an anti-class warfare one. The fact is that the spirit of the critics is hard left, and maybe that's why Downton Abbey makes them so angry, because the success of the series shows that this group does not speak for America.
It also shows something equally important to the future of our culture: that there is no inherent need for good TV to be left of center. Stories sympathetic to virtue, preservation of property and admiration of nobility and of wealth can be told beautifully and to wide audiences, and I suspect they will be more and more in the future.
More on Forbes:
1. They could use an honourable bloke with a sense of decency and honesty on Wall Street like Matthew Crawley.
2. I will take public TV and radio like the Beeb and DR over the crap that populates and pollutes American commercial television everyday. The license fee in both the UK and Denmark is money well spent.
3. Are there bigger and more clueless whingers than those on the right? PBS is quite decentralised. I would think the looney libertarians would get their groove thang off on that. How much "government" goes to PBS? One would think you right wing whingers would spend more time whinging about government wealthfare. But then government wealthfare, like subsidies to railroad companies during the nineteenth century, helped build the economy of this country didn't it? And what would South Dakota and Texas do without military money?
Hello Ronald
What would South Dakota and Texas do without having to pay the Federal taxes they do? I imagine they would spend the funds on better schools for their children, better homes to live in, and so much more.
Those on the right deplore the waste of government money whether expended on useless government programs that encourage all sorts of evils and ills, or handed to professed free market producers that are anything but.
I have no idea why the government gives out subsidies of any kind to business. And I have no idea why business people accept them. When government subsidizes, they give unfair advantage to one market player over another, harming those participating in that market and harming the one who actually put up the government's money, the taxpayer.
Hmm, they would, of course, have the money to spend because the federal government subsidised and stimulated their economies in the first place with public military spending.
As to the general issue of government wealthfare, an entirely different and normative or polemical issue, I to some extent agree with you. But, and this is a big but, since big economic bureaucracies and their minions, we call them corporations, control the government, government wealthfare, which is primarilly handed out to the wealthy these days, is not going to disappear until you detach economic elites (like the Koch's) from control of the government. In fact, the Tea Party with their historical amnesia and their failure to see that bureaucracies are universal in the West, the very product of modernity, and that it is economic bureaucracies more than political bureaucracies, which the big centralised economic bureaucracies control, which threaten personal freedom, are making things worse.
Hello Ronald,
Oh, that's how it works. The government rips the money from others and stimulates the local economy with it. Because all those nuclear weapons in silos put all those wonderful products on the shelves of stores. Taking money from people who produce and giving it to people that do little or nothing is a great way to stimulate the economy.
There is no such thing as government waste like consecutive bail outs of UAW pension funds. There are no Solyndras. There are no electric auto failures. There are no oppressive energy regulations or regulations of any kind. Its all money so wisely spent to stimulate the local economy. And that 's why we have a Washington, DC. Because its all about helping the poor.
And that's why the Soviet Union was such a great success, and subsequently Europe, and Argentina, Venezuela, Cuba, Zimbabwe, North Korea. Its all about the prosperity flowing from government stimulus. And the more government stimulus there is, the wealthier we shall all be. That is why the N Koreans have really flourished. They make their Southern counterparts appear like rustic fools.
The socialist fairy tale. Still believe in fairy tales, don't you Ronald? The little juvenile drinks from the socialist milk fount with such glee.
Whenever I have seen big government, despotism usually is not far away.
So the big economic bureaucracies control the government. That's why the US has the highest corporate tax rate in the world. I see, more of those socialist fairy tales from fantasy land.
Hey Ronald, those corporations exist because they put out products that people wish to buy. If they didn't, they would no longer exist, unless of course they could tap public money in order to keep putting out the wrong product like those unionized car companies. That's how it works. These corporate bureaucracies cannot force anyone to buy their products. The only organizations that can do that are the products of socialism: big government and big unions. They can plunder the people all they wish and offer little or nothing in return. Rotten schools, rotten roads, rotten representation, rotten policies, limiting freedoms, etc.
Government can just take the money of others and spend it good or ill, mostly ill, with impunity.
Stick that in your rotten socialist pipe and blow it out your you know what, which is generally your habit as we can all plainly see.
Oh and by the way, here is something all of you, ideological blinders perhaps, seem to have missed. The business message of DA at this points seems to be that if you take humane socialism, represented by Tom, add it to humane capitalism, represented by Mathew, and add it to humane conservatism, real conservatism not the laissez faire liberalism masquerading as conservatism today, represented by Robert, you have salvation for Downton Abbey. Perhaps your Forbes Fellowes literary critic should put that in his pipe and smoke it.
once again, the patented right wing ad hominem response. Pretty pathetic and honestly this tendency makes one wonder about intellectual capabilities. But you know the old cliche, sticks and stones. As in Nashville it don't worry me because some people are quite able and willing to recognise such rot for what it is.
Humane socialism? What the hell is humane socialism? Is that the reason Europe has found itself in a position not unlike that of Turkey and the Ottomans at the beginning of the 20th century? And what is humane capitalism? Keeping people on when they serve no purpose, like the post office?
Why not give us a little more than meaningless or empty concepts.
What's frustrating about Downton Abbey is this politeness of society that really does not (and never did exist), this fantasy-image of the classes being a peace and everyone accepting their place. There is little to nothing realistic about the Grantham's – they are Fellowe's fairytale upper class family, benevolent and beloved. It is the fairytale image that follows the current Queen and many of her predecessors. Do we think the royals are lovely folk who would treat the rest of us (non-royals) as equals? Doubt it.
Trouble is, in the social order of things, the poorest are usually the most (and painfully) aware of the pecking order and when you have been stepped on, held down, 'kept in your place' there is little to look up to in the upper classes. Their job is, of course, to make sure they remain in the upper classes and that only those of 'their kind' make up that class.
We live in a time that has marginalized the poor, robbed them of many of their rights and ensured corporations of every stripe receive all the protections of government while the people have little to none. When the economic collapse happened, who was punished? The people.
Watching shows like DA might appeal to some as a vision of an earlier, simpler time where people showed better manners (eh), just like so many right-wing types believe the 50s was a better time, based on Leave it to Beaver – type nostalgia. Just fairy tales that fit their sensibilities. It insults the present (and the past) by pretending to be something that never was.
I'm reminded of the novel/film Kiss of the Spider Woman – in the film William Hurt plays a flamboyantly gay prisoner in a S. American prison, delighting in the memory of an old 'romantic' film he once saw – only it was a Nazi propaganda film, something he didn't realize. The interesting part is – he uses this memory to comfort a fellow prisoner – a leftist rebel he is also spying on.
There's something twisted about it all – entertaining, maybe, but ultimately, twisted.


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Great al pastor found! Los Barrilitos
Ever since being introduced to taco trucks in Oakland, I've been a big fan of al pastor tacos. After living in LA, and finding some of the best al pastor this side of the border (Tacos Leos taco truck), I've been a fanatic. Since moving from LA, I make it a goal to seek out the best al pastor in the area and since coming to Chicago 2 months ago we've been disappointed. After doing a lot of research I was expecting to be wowed by Tierra Caliente, but we were actually repulsed (apparently we went at a bad time, and I still intend to give them another shot around 11:30am). The best we had found was at L'Patron, which was ok, but not from a spit and lacked the true flavor and depth of spit roasted al pastor.
Fast forward to today, when I had planned a trip to La Chaparrita, which was next on my list of taquerias to try, and wanted to add another taqeuria nearby to try out. I did some quick searching on LTHforums and came across (taqueria) Los Barrilitos, which had al pastor on a spit (at least according to some pics). It was pretty close to La Chaparrita too. Perfect. We went to La Chaparrita first, and thought it was good all across the board (tacos de: longaniza, al pastor, asada and cabeza). The asada was not chopped up, but surprisingly good, the al pastor did not come from a spit, but had small chunks of pineapple, and for non-spit al pastor was good. The longaniza was good too, though I have to give the nod to L'Patron's chorizo. The tortillas were good here as well, and service was excellent.
A quick trip down to Los Barrilitos and I knew we were in for a good experience when I saw the beautifully layered pork on the spit. We ordered al pastor and asada tacos and these were more substantial than La Chaparrita and cheaper. The al pastor came in thin, marinated strips and were excellent. The real deal. They came without a slice of pineapple, which I expect was because they were out (I didn't see a pineapple on the spit or anywhere else in the kitchen), and that is my only complaint. A slice of pineapple would have elevated these to sublime. The asada was very good as well, and their salsas were excellent, and they provided an onion/habenero escabeche to add some heat. This place is easily the best taqueria in my very limited time in Chicago, but I expect it will be hard to find a better one.
Chowhounders, do yourself a favor and give this taqueria your patronage. Next time you find yourself at La Chaparrita, only order 3 tacos and drive down to Los Barrilitos afterwards for 3 more to compare for yourself.
Thanks for the heads-up. Glad someone else here is a big taco fan.
Since you seem to enjoy authentic Mexican street food, try the carne en su jugo at Los Gallos #2 if you get the chance.
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No tripas at La Chaparrita? I urge you to try their tripas doradas next time you go. As for Los Barralitos, yes, very decent al pastor. Their pastor is the more mild-ish version in terms of what can be found around town. I hope you give Tierra Caliente another chance. I don't care for much of the al pastor I've had around here, but Tierra Caliente's really floats my boat, and Los Barralitos is a distant second. Not that theirs is bad at all - in fact, I really like theirs too. But when T. C.is on, it's just excellent, imo. Theirs is a milder style as well. I hope you keep posting about your taco trials. For carne asada, Las Asadas is tops in my book. Flame grilled skirt steak goodness.
re: gordeaux
I've given tripas a shot a few times before, but just don't like it.
"mild-sh version"? Can you explain? I definitely plan on giving TC another shot, and Las Asadas is high on my list too.
Oh, I forgot to mention... La Chaparrita gave us a plate of cebollitas (grilled green onions) with our tacos, which a lot of places don't do, but I wish they would. They are absolutely delicious.
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I really suggest you ask Cesar for one taco de tripas doradas at La Chaparrita. Just one. Only one. Just one. Just try one. One. You might be incredibly surprised at how clean and crispy. Cesar's tripas might be the best taco in the Chi. And I'm a carne asada FREAK. Try one. Just one.
As for the "mild-ish" tag:
In Chicago, there are a few styles of al pastor that I've come across:
1. Soupy, dark red marinade slathered pork, with a very strong, aggressively salty / achiote paste flavor. These spots usually have no trompo going, and griddle their al pastor, OR, they have a trompo going only at certain times, but the rest of the time, the meat is pre-cut, slathered in marinade, and then griddled before serving
2. Mildly spiced, lighter flavored. These spots usually have a trompo going. Two examples are Tierra Caliente, and Los Barrilitos. I haven't come across another place in Chicago that serves like Los Barrilitos with the thin, curly, slices like that. But, imo, their milder spicing (compared to the red soupy stuff in other spots) compares to the spicing at Tierra Caliente.
Here's a tripas taco from La Chap, and also - oh yeah, you need to get to Big Star for panza and their al pastor too! I can talk tacos all day. I have some nice pics of them across town. Probably more than any person should have. The 2nd pik is a pastor from Tierra Caliente. Third is the carne asada from Las Asadas.
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re: mdpilam
When you as for a taco de tripas, they are giong to ask if you want it dorada (crispy,) or suave (soft.) I like both, but if you have not previously been a fand of tripas, I would HIGHLY suggest crispy.
Enjoy your "cow bacon" taco.
If Big Star is not on your list for pastor, I think it should be. You also want to try their panza, which is pork belly with the same-ish flavor profile as pastor. They are pricier than others in town (I tihnk around 3 bucks each,) but the ppl I know who really like pastor really enjoy their version as well.
Another highly regarded joint for al pastor is Taqueria Atotonilco. I'm just not a major fan of pastor, so I don't seek out and try all of the joints around town that supposedly specialize in it, but Atotonilco is one of those joints that a lot of ppl claim is the best in the city.I've not been there yet.
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Finally tried Big Star yesterday, and really liked the al pastor. I'd say it was right at the top behind Los Barrilitos for me (so far). Really liked their salsa roja as well. We also got the pollo taco, which had a texture problem - it seemed "slimy". The chicken itself was very good though. Also had the salad, which I thought was "meh, it's a salad", but gf kind of liked it and the Sonoran dog, which was pretty good, but impossible to eat unless you can unhinge your jaw. Also I thought the mustard completely dominated and distracted the flavors. The dog itself was delicious.
While eating the tacos, we sensed that something was just not right, the tortillas seemed off. I thought they were maybe not cooked long enough (they seemed a bit mushy inside). But we found out that it's because they use rice flour. WTF?! Why? Corn tortillas are much better. Is it to try to be cool and hip, so the hipsters will like it?


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By Phil Dzikiy
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An often-overlooked silent film star will get the spotlight to himself this weekend at the Riviera Theatre in North Tonawanda.
The Harold Lloyd Comedy Film Festival kicks off at 8 p.m. Friday and runs through Sunday. The bespectacled Lloyd can be seen in 10 classic films throughout the weekend, appearing on brand new 35mm film.
Riviera artistic director David Bondrow became enamored with Lloyd's films years ago at Film Forum, a New York City movie theater.
"I was just shocked," he said. "The audience was filled with a younger generation. When I saw (Lloyd), I instantly became a fan."
Bondrow immediately became interested in hosting a Lloyd festival at the Riv.
"I always had it in the back of my mind that the Riv would be the perfect place," he said.
Bondrow got in touch with Suzanne Lloyd, Harold Lloyd's granddaughter and president of the Harold Lloyd Trust. Suzanne Lloyd hosts her grandfather's film festivals all over the world.
Other silent film stars such as Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton may be more well-known than Harold Lloyd, but that was partly by design, Suzanne Lloyd said.
"(Harold) was always the one who was underexposed," she said. "Harold retained the rights to his films. He didn't like his films on TV."
Recent DVD releases of Lloyd's films have gone a long way in boosting his popularity, she said.
Some of Lloyd's best known films will be featured at the festival, including "The Freshman," "The Kid Brother" and "Safety Last," which features Lloyd's most famous scene, when he dangles from the hands of a clock tower.
Though the most recent film on the festival's schedule was made 79 years ago, Suzanne Lloyd has found that lots of children become taken with Lloyd due to the quick pace of his films and his everyman qualities.
"Children can't relate to Chaplin or Keaton," she said. "Harold, he looks like somebody you would know."
All of the films shown at the festival will feature the live accompaniment of the Wurlitzer organ. The event will kick off with silent film composer Robert Israel playing the organ Friday night.
Though Suzanne Lloyd has put on numerous festivals in her grandfather's honor and will continue to do so, she never gets tired of introducing Harold Lloyd's films to a first-time audience.
"When you see people coming out of the theater laughing and happy, it's a wonderful gift to give to people," she said. "It's very heart-felt."
Contact Phil Dzikiyat 693-1000, ext. 308.
• WHAT: The Harold Lloyd Comedy Film Festival
• WHEN: Various times Friday through Sunday
• WHERE: Riviera Theatre, 67 Webster St., North Tonawanda
• MORE INFORMATION: Call 692-2413 or visit rivieratheatre.org


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Did pairs do figures? Or did they only ever do the freeskate?
Did pairs do figures? Or did they only ever do the freeskate?
Pairs competitions were just one program until the mid-1960s, at which time a compulsory program (short program) was added for that discipline because at the time it was the only discipline with only one phase. (The singles short program introduced in the 1970s was modeled on the pairs short.)
Most pair skaters also started out training as singles skaters, and some kept up with singles training all the way up to senior level and may or may not have competed in both disciplines.
So individual pair skaters may well have trained school figures to a similar level as their pair skating. But they were not required to do so, and they did not compete figures as a pair.
I didn't THINK they did (would they both just do them indidiually, would one follow the other on the circle, would they be side by side off-set?) because it didn't seem like figures could work for a pair.
But since figures used to be more than half of the score, it seemed weird an entire discipline wouldn't skate them (though I have no doubt they trained and tested them).
Singles and ice dance had some kind of compulsories to show some level of either skating or something else but pairs never did it was just a free skate? So if it was two skaters skating together why not have compulsories? Or like dance had stages as well so pairs was just jumping or spins and lifts? So t was not seen to have a base other than two people skating together and that's it?!
I only discovered recently that things like choctaws were never part of figures. They were only dance moves until really IJS came in and skaters need to do them as part of their step sequences for the levels.
When you are up to your arse in alligators it is difficult to remember you were only meant to be draining the swamp.
We used to have a coach at our rink who was an international level Russian pair skater. She came to skating relatively late, having started in gymnastics, and one of the reasons they made her a pair girl was because she wouldn't have to do figures. They thought it would be too difficult for her to catch up enough to be competitive as a singles skater.
I wish I could remember - does anyone? - I feel like there might have been a USFSA figure test requirement before you could take pairs tests back in the day, just like you had to pass the figure level before taking a given level of freestyle test for individual - just like today, you need to pass a prerequisite moves level before taking a pairs test. So, figures wouldn't have been evaluated in competition, but the skaters would need to attain a certain level of proficiency in figures anyway.
I think I might have just thrown out an old USFSA rulebook from the '70's during a recent purge in the house.
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My old CFSA (Skate Canada) rulebooks are gone too. There used to be a CFSA instructional videotape for dance patch, I remember watching it.
I think that for a while in the late 80s and 90s when figures were being phased out of competition, you still had to have passed your fourth figure test to be 'qualified' to be a competitive skater, no matter if it was singles or pairs. Dance teams had to pass compulsories and the dance patch tests. Boy things have changed!
I have a book about a US pair, and I'm blanking on the name of the pair. They skated out of the eastern US, and the girl of the pair and her sister were discussed in Joan Ryan's book, Little Girls in Pretty Boxes. If someone can fill in the blanks, please do!
Anyway, I remember from this book about the pair that the girl didn't pass a figure test that would have let her continue competing as a singles skater, but she had passed a high enough figure test that she could be a pairs skater. So if this is correct there must have been a figures requirement for US pairs. I believe that some US pairs coaches also made their pairs do figures just to improve their skills, even if the skaters weren't going to be competing figures.
I have a CFSA rulebook that has the figure tests in it (which is why I kept it) - I will look and see if what googooeyes remembers is true, I think it is.
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I guess I should have specified in my original question that I am wondering about competition. And it appears they did not.
The pairs -skaters- did figures (for tests) but the -pairs- did not do them. Though the information about dance figures is extremely interesting.


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JeanTZ said 227 weeks agoCool Design but this one is not for me.
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DangerKat said 227 weeks agoawww we can't see the models' faces. i love trees!
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malix said 227 weeks agothe brown shirt was a nice touch for this design :)
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Cheltenham Town 2 (Duffy 31, Lowe 45) Oxford United 4 (Craddock 35, Worley 67, Constable 71, Leven pen 80) (From Banbury Cake)
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Cheltenham Town 2 (Duffy 31, Lowe 45) Oxford United 4 (Craddock 35, Worley 67, Constable 71, Leven pen 80)
10:11pm Tuesday 9th October 2012 in Sport By David Pritchard, Chief Sports Reporter covering Oxford United. Follow us on twitter: @oxfordmailoufc. Call me on 01865 425458
OXFORD United twice came from behind to beat Cheltenham Town and progress in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy.
Harry Worley, James Constable and Peter Leven scored in the space of 13 second half minutes as the U's overturned a 2-1 deficit to reach round three.
Earlier Tom Craddock had cancelled out Darryl Duffy's opener, only for Keith Lowe to give Town a half time lead after United were penalised for a back pass.
United made six changes to their starting line-up.
Daniel Boateng, Worley and Tony Capaldi came into the back four, in midfield Leven made his first start of the season, while up front Constable partnered Craddock.
Cheltenham made five changes to their XI, but neither side looked particularly disjointed in a lively first half.
A mistake from Worley allowed Duffy the first clear chance on 11 minutes, but the striker's shot from 18 yards did not trouble Ryan Clarke.
The defender quickly made amends, superbly clearing Steve Elliott's powerful header off the line.
United carried a threat as well, thanks partly to the intelligent partnership of Leven and Adam Chapman in central midfield.
Cheltenham opened the scoring on 31 minutes, when Russell Penn played in Duffy to bend a shot into the far corner.
But within four minutes United were level, when Clarke's goal kick bounced over the Town defence for Craddock to prod in.
Cheltenham edged ahead in bizarre circumstances on the stroke of half time.
Clarke dropped a high cross, which Boateng instinctively played back to the goalkeeper, who gathered. It was debatable whether it was deliberate, but referee Stuart Attwell adjudged it as a back pass, awarding an indirect free-kick eight yards out which saw Shaun Harrad teed up for Lowe to volley in.
Andy Whing made his first appearance of the campaign on the hour, before United turned the game on its head.
Worley equalised midway through the second half, heading in Leven's corner.
United went ahead for the first time on the night when Constable poued on indecision in the Town defence to volley in left-footed from an acute angle. It was the striker's first goal since February.
With ten minutes remaining , the visitors made the game safe.
Simon Heslop was fouled in the box by Elliott and Leven coolly dispatched the spot kick.
Cheltenham piled on the pressure in the closing stages, but United held firm to seal victory.
Oxford (4-4-2): Clarke, Boateng, Worley, Capaldi, O'Brien, Heslop, Chapman, Leven, Forster-Caskey, Constable, Craddock
Subs used: Whing (Boateng 61), Rigg (Forster-Caskey 81), Marsh (Craddock 90)
Unused subs: Crocombe, Potter Booked: Chapman, Heslop, Worley
Cheltenham (4-3-3): Brown, Lowe, Hooman (Jombati 75), Elliott, Jones, Pack, Deering (Carter 80), Penn, Duffy, Harrad (Mohamed 80), Goulding
Unused subs: Roberts, Graham
Booked: Duffy
Referee: Stuart Attwell
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Here's an unexpected feud. Near the end of Monday night's episode of the NBC talent show "The Voice," Maroon 5 vocalist Adam Levine took a moment to slam the West Hollywood club the Roxy.
Why? Apparently the club didn't give the band a dressing room.
The jab came while Levine and his coaching peers were giving comments to contestant Cassadee Pope, the former lead singer of Florida rock band Hey Monday. Pope had just completed a rendition of Michelle Branch's "Are You Happy Now?" and the song appeared to trigger an unhappy memory for Levine.


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lmost a year ago, I talked about demons and devils. Part of that discussion was the succubus, which is in the unfortunate position of having "switched sides" in their 4th Edition incarnation, becoming devils. When I asked in a poll whether you preferred them as devils, demons, or playing both sides, the results were nearly evenly split among the three answers.
So we revisited the conversation last week, putting it in the broader context of fiends as a whole and their half-fiend offspring. With thanks to Chris Perkins for writing some of this up, here's where we got to.
The succubus and its male counterpart, the incubus, are fiends of the lower planes that use deception, temptation, and sex to ruin mortals, undoing their works and unraveling their lives. In benevolent guises, they corrupt mortals and lure them into performing lewd, wicked, and self-destructive acts. The souls they corrupt become larvae, forever damned to the lower planes.
Succubi and incubi are neither demons nor devils. Like such creatures as night hags, they operate freely throughout the lower planes and can often be found in the service of powerful devils, demons, night hags, rakshasas, and yugoloths. They are as common in the Nine Hells as they are in the Abyss. Asmodeus, Lord of the Nine Hells, uses them to tempt mortals to perform evil acts, while the demon lord Grazzt keeps succubi and incubi as concubines and advisors. (Note: We have some pretty important stories that feature succubi in the Nine Hells—namely, Erin M. Evans's Brimstone Angels books and The Adversary, her novel of the Sundering.)
Mortals rarely see a succubus or incubus in its true form, because the creature can polymorph into a Medium or Small humanoid of the same gender at will and hold this form for as long as it likes while it works its evil. Unlike a doppelganger, however, it cannot assume the form of a specific individual.
In its natural form, a succubus or incubus appears as a tall, attractive human with leathery wings, small horns, and a forked tail. The fiend uses its disguises, its sexuality, and its charisma to influence those around it. It can also beguile a humanoid creature, with effects similar to the charm person spell; the effect is so powerful that the saving throw to resist it is made with disadvantage. A succubus or incubus can charm only one creature at a time, and once the effect ends, the target remembers being charmed, so the fiend typically uses this power only in self-defense.
A succubus or incubus travels to the Prime Material Plane in search of mortals to sway and corrupt. Humans are ideal prey, since they are easily corruptible by nature. After the succubus or incubus insinuates itself into the life of its prey, it tricks or goads the hapless fool into committing escalating acts of violence and depravity. It might take days, weeks, or months for the fiend to achieve its goal. The more virtuous its prey, the greater the time commitment, but the more rewarding the downfall. After destroying the lives and relationships of those around it, the succubus or incubus kills its prey, whose corrupted soul then descends into the lower planes to become a larva.
The fiend's most deadly attack is its kiss. A succubus or incubus can use this attack against a willing creature, a creature it has charmed, or a creature too helpless to resist. It has no effective attacks other than its kiss. If forced into melee, it typically wields a dagger, but it would rather flee into the Ethereal Plane to escape attackers.
Succubi and incubi have sexual organs appropriate for their genders. When a succubus has a child with an incubus, the offspring is either a succubus or an incubus. That said, both succubi and incubi like to mate with humans on occasion, and the offspring (whether born of a human mother or a succubus) is always a cambion.
I talked about cambions just a month ago, and I received pretty decent support for my idea of treating them as generic half-fiends, reconciling the demonic cambion of earlier editions with the 4th Edition half-devil. But last week we came up with another idea.
A cambion is specifically the offspring of a mortal human with a succubus or an incubus. It looks like a human with a distinctly fiendish cast, including horns, leathery wings, and a tail. They're much like half-orcs, in that they blend the best of both worlds, so to speak. Combining infernal power with human ambition, they often rise to leadership in both societies, though they have to work their way into influential positions in the infernal bureaucracy.
Most everything else I wrote about cambions last month holds true. Other half-fiends, such as the draegloth, are not cambions, and we'll treat them as unique cases. The draegloth, for example, is the product of a specific ritual sanctioned by Lolth. The durzagon likely is the result of an infernal bargain made by a group of duergar. And so on.
So how do you like this new take on these creatures? It's a pretty subtle shift, but I think an important one.


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MADISON COUNTY — A Richmond man was charged Sunday morning with five counts of first-degree wanton endangerment after sheriff's deputies report he hit his girlfriend and threatened others with a knife.
Chad A. Parks, 38, of Whitlock Road, also was charged with fourth-degree assault and second-degree criminal mischief, both of which are misdemeanors.
If convicted of all felony wanton-endangerment charges, Parks could face a maximum of 20 years in prison.
Deputies were sent at 2:44 a.m. to Parks' home in the 100 block of Whitlock Road after receiving a call about a disturbance, according to an MSO news release.
Parks' girlfriend, Candida F. Canada, told the deputies Parks had hit her, resulting in marks on her arm, face and back.
During the altercation, Parks cut a tire on a truck and also waved a kitchen knife at other people at the home, according to the report.
Parks was arrested and taken to the Madison County Detention Center where he remained Monday afternoon.


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By Michael Kinney
The Moore American
MOORE — Moore's Tanner Campbell was selected out of all OKC metro little league teams to participate for Team Oklahoma on the 6th grade team for the Football University.
The FBU tournament kicked off Dec. 1 at various locations. Campbell traveled to Wichita, KS. The winner will advance to single elimination tournament that features 64 state based teams. The first four rounds will take place at regional sites and the semifinals and finals are going to be held in San Antonio Jan. 5-6. The Final Four teams will earn an all-expense paid trip to San Antonio for a chance to play in the National Championship final following the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.
Campbell, an offensive lineman, attended several tryouts to be chosen for the team.
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Money on the markets
A maturing market amid the mayhem
Realty stocks weak in firm mkt
Realty stocks had a weak trading day on Wednesday with the sectoral index slipping 1 percent, even as the Sensex gained over 200 points tracking positive global cues.
Indiabulls Real Estate slipped 3.3 percent and was the top sectoral loser, while DLF and Unitech lost 1.3 percent and 0.7 percent respectively.
Shares in Anant Raj Industries gained 2.8 percent, making it the top gainer in the realty index.
A recent newspaper report quoting CLSA said the time was ripe to build exposure to real estate stocks, post the Reserve Bank of India's step to take away money from banks and a lesser-than-expected rush to raise money from the primary market.
Sensex gains on strong economic data
The BSE Sensex ended 2.6 percent up on Thursday on good corporate results and robust economic data.
Data released on Thursday showed infrastructure output grew 6.5 percent in June while the Wholesale Price Index fell 1.17 percent in the 12 months to July 11.
TCS leads Sensex over 15,000
The BSE Sensex extended gains on Monday to cross the 15,000 mark as hopes of recovery in corporate earnings boosted confidence worldwide.
The 30-share sensitive index swung from an intra-day low of 14,854 to an intra-day high of 15,209 and closed 446 points higher at 15,191. The fifty-share Nifty ended 2.91 percent higher at 4502.
Sensex tanks on global economic worries
Selling pressure pulled the BSE Sensex below 14,000 on Wednesday as concerns over global economic recovery spooked financial markets all around.
Trade was volatile and the 30-share sensitive index touched an intra-day low of 13,701 before closing 401 points lower at 13,769. The fifty-share Nifty ended 2.93 percent down at 4,078.
Sensex slips on profit-booking
The BSE Sensex came under heavy selling pressure as investors booked profits in a market that has risen 80 percent since early March.
The 30-share sensitive index swung from an intra-day high of 14,668 to an intra-day low of 14,269 and closed 195 points lower at 14,326. The fifty-share Nifty ended 1.8 percent down at 4,235.
Sensex snaps 14 weekly run of gains
The BSE Sensex advanced on Friday tracking world markets after positive U.S. economic data boosted investor sentiment and cemented hopes of a global economic recovery. The benchmark, however, snapped a run of 14 weekly gains.
The 30-share sensitive index swung from an intra-day low of 14,179 to an intra-day high of 14,559, and closed 256 points higher at 14,521. The fifty-share Nifty ended 1.4 percent up at 4313.
The rise in the benchmark was led by L&T, Infosys, ITC and HDFC Bank.
On the sectoral front, the BSE Capital Goods Index advanced 4.5 percent, followed by the Realty Index which ended 3.1 percent higher. All other BSE Indices closed the day in the green.
Sensex slips 1.7 pct; WPI slips to 30-year low
The BSE Sensex traded weak on Thursday as investors continued to book profits after it surged nearly 80 percent since early March.
The 30-share sensitive index swung from an intra-day high of 14,631 to an intra-day low of 14,188, and closed 257 points lower at 14,266. The fifty-share Nifty ended 2.4 percent down at 4251.
Sensex at 9-mth high; investors cheer econ data
The BSE Sensex traded firm on Monday as investors cheered improved manufacturing data at home and signs of recovery in the global economy.
The benchmark stayed mostly in positive territory, touching an intra-day high of 14,906 and finally closing 215 points higher at 14,840 – its highest close in almost nine months. The fifty-share Nifty ended 1.8 percent higher at 4529.
Sensex gains in choppy trade
The Sensex fell more than 3 percent early on Tuesday paring yesterday's gains, but got right back into action on strong domestic buying and closed 0.1 percent up with support from positive global cues.
The benchmark swung from 13,840 in early trade to an intra-day high of 14,930 and then closed at 14,302 on profit taking. The index had gained more than 17 percent on Monday. The Nifty declined to 4,318.45, down 4.7 points.
Sensex gains in choppy trade; stress test results eyed
The BSE Sensex closed 1.37 percent higher on Thursday, tracking a rally in global markets on ebbing concerns about the health of the financial sector and the global economy.
Trade was volatile and the benchmark closed 164.19 points higher at 12,116.94, while the Nifty ended 1.62 percent higher at 3,683.90.


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The 2014 Show was yet another great success. To see the full list of winners: Saturday Winners | Sunday Winners
Congratulations to Robert may and Dick Leonard, the trophy recipients for Best of Show
The $1000 scholarship winners for 2013 were James Marshall and Jonathan Lopez, both of Norwich.
Club President Sewain Conklin Presenting:
Saturday's Best of Show trophy to Robert May
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July 31, 2014
If prostate cancer has ever touched you or your family, we want you to join "Sam's Prostate Cancer Free Running Team." On March 31st at Keeneland, hundreds of people will take part in RunTheBluegrass Half-Marathon. Don't let that scare you off. You can be part of a relay, and fast walk or jog about 3 miles. But here's the important part. For each person who registers at http://www.runthebluegrass.org/2012-sponsors-and-partners/sams-prostate-cancer-free-running-team and joins my team, $10 will go to local prostate cancer awareness and education. You will also receive a special race team shirt plus a RunTheBluegrass race shirt (2 race shirts!). And you'll get an autographed copy of our guest expo speaker's book, "Natural Running." You'll have the satisfaction of being part of a group effort to beat this cancer, and make more people aware of it.
This not just for the guys out there. Women are effected by prostate cancer when it hits their grandfathers, fathers, brothers, and sons. I hope the ladies will be a big part of our running team.
I have a personal interest in this. A year ago December, I underwent surgery to have my prostate removed, and all the cancer with it. Since then I've had two PSA tests come back "undetectable." Translated-the doctors think all my cancer is gone. I owe that to annual visits to my Lexington urologist starting in my late 40's because of a family history of the cancer. I hope you'll join me March 31st for a special day of fitness, fellowship, and fun.A big thanks to UK Healthcare and the Markey Cancer Center for sponsoring our race team.


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The Portland Trailblazers travel to Minnesota to take on the Timberwolves on Monday night. Portland is 24-23 SU overall this year and Minnesota is 18-26 SU overall on the season. Minnesota is 8-29 SU vs division opponents the past 3 years. Minnesota is 13-39 SU last 3 years after scoring 105 points or more. Portland has won 7 of the last 9 meetings overall in this series. Portland is 5-1-1 ATS last 7 games against the NBA Northwest. Minnesota is 3-7 ATS last 10 home games. Minnesota is 2-8 ATS last 10 games against the Western Conference. Minnesota is 0-4-1 ATS last 5 games after an ATS win. Portland is 21-6 ATS last 27 meetings overall in this series and 16-5 ATS last 21 meetings in Minnesota. We'll recommend a small play on Portland tonight! Thanks and good luck, Rocky
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Anti-Semitism is rampant today in certain segments of the Muslim communities in the Middle East and Europe. Where does it come from? Is it endemic in the Islamic religion, going back to the Qur'an, as many believe, or is it something new?
Mark R. Cohen, professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University, will explore "Modern Myths of Muslim Anti-Semitism" at the Gerson D. Cohen Memorial Lecture at The Jewish Theological Seminary. The event will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, November 24 at JTS, 3080 Broadway (at 122nd Street), New York City.
Dr. Cohen has lectured widely in the US, Europe, Russia, Japan, Qatar, Egypt, and Israel, before both scholarly and general audiences.
His publications include nearly 100 articles and reviews and several books, including: Jewish Self-Government in Medieval Egypt, which won the National Jewish Book Award for Jewish history; Al-mujtama` al-yahudi fi Misr al-islamiyya fi al-`usur al-wusta ("Jewish Life in Medieval Egypt 641-1382"), a survey, translated into Arabic, for readers in the Arab world; and Under Crescent and Cross: The Jews in the Middle Ages, which has been translated into Hebrew, Turkish, German, and Arabic. Since 1986 he has been the director of the Princeton Geniza Project, an on-line database of transcriptions of documents from the Cairo Geniza. He received his PhD and rabbinic ordination at JTS.
Dr. Cohen has been a Lady Davis Visiting Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a guest lecturer in the Department of Hebrew Language and Culture at Ain Shams University in Cairo. He has held a Guggenheim Fellowship and Fellowships at the Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin and from National Endowment for the Humanities, and has been a Visiting Scholar at the National Humanities Center.
The annual Gerson D. Cohen Memorial Lecture was established in 1993 by The Honorable Howard M. Holtzmann, honorary chairman of the JTS Board of Trustees, as a tribute to the late Gerson D. Cohen, who served as chancellor of JTS from 1972 to 1986.
Admission is free but reservations are required. Attendees are asked to arrive at least fifteen minutes prior to the program and to have valid photo identification available. For more information and to register, please call the JTS Department of Public Events at (212) 280-6093.


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One sobering aspect of the heated debate on TV, radio, the Internet, Twitter, YouTube and elsewhere over Brad Paisley's song "Accidental Racist" from his new "Wheelhouse" album is that in 2013 it's still controversial to address a social issue in a pop (or, in this case, country) song.
Anyone remember a little number called "The Times They Are A-Changin'"? Apparently not.


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Labor Day is celebrated in the United States on the first Monday in September. Though often commemorated with picnics, barbecues and parties, the holiday is meant to pay tribute to the country's workforce.
How much do you know about Labor Day? Here are some facts about the holiday that may surprise you:
- Labor Day actually started in Canada. Its origins can be traced back to April 15, 1872, when the Toronto Trades Assembly organized Canada's first significant demonstration for worker's rights. Canadians also celebrate the holiday on the first Monday of September, but to them it's "Labour Day."
- Americans first celebrated Labor Day Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City. A parade with 10,000 workers marched from City Hall to Union Square.
- On June 28, 1894, Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year Labor Day.
- The Adamson Act, enacted in 1916, was the first United States federal legislation regulating the hours of workers in private companies. It established an eight-hour workday, with additional pay for overtime work, for railroad workers.
- Passed in 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act protects workers by setting standards for minimum wage, overtime pay, record keeping and youth labor. At the time, it set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents and the maximum workweek at 44 hours.
- Today, the standard American workweek is 40 hours—eight hours a day, five days a week.
- In the U.S., 85.8 percent of males and 66.5 percent of females work more than 40 hours per week.
- According to the International Labour Organization, Americans work 137 more hours a year than Japanese workers, 260 more hours a year than British workers and 499 more hours a year than French workers.
- The idea that you can't wear white after Labor Day may be because wearing white in the summer was, for many centuries, a way to stay cool and avoid attracting the sun's warm rays. Many students heading back to class after Labor Day, a holiday marking the end of summer, begin wearing heavier and darker fall clothing.
Do you know any interesting Labor Day-related facts? Please share them in the comments section below.
Have a fun and safe Labor Day!
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Apple laptops tend to dominate many college campuses. But if Apple's premium prices keep you from your dream machine, fear not, for this week's best laptop deals include two Editors' Choice 2014 MacBook Air deals that trump Apple's own back-to-school sale. We've also got deals on Lenovo's updated Flex 2 hybrid and a do-it-all desktop replacement from HP.
Apple MacBook Air Haswell Core i5 1.4GHz 11.6" Laptop bundled with Titanium Internet Security 3-User 6-Month for Mac
Store: Best Buy
Price: $849.99 via this link with free shipping
Lowest By: $249
Is It Worth It?: Back-to-school shoppers who insist on a Mac, your deal has arrived. Best Buy offers the 2014 MacBook Air complete with a 256GB SSD (which is double the default storage capacity) for $850. To get this deal you'll need a valid .edu address, which you can input at this link for a unique coupon code that will slash $100 off this machine. PC Mag calls this machine a "great companion for the ultra-mobile user." Updated in 2014, this refresh features a faster processor — Intel's 1.4GHz Core i5-4260U CPU, rather than the older 1.3GHz Core i5-4250U — and better energy efficiency. Apple's back-to-school price for this configuration is $1,049 with a $100 Apple gift card (valid for students only), so you can save $200 with this deal. The 2.4-lb. machine features an 11.6" 1366x768 LED-backlit display, 4GB RAM, 256GB SSD, and 802.11ac wireless.
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Is It Worth It?: Prefer the 13" MacBook Air over the 11" model? Like the aforementioned deal, this price is only valid for students with an active .edu e-mail address. Input your address here and you'll get a coupon code that takes $150 off Best Buy's price. Compare that to Apple's back-to-school price for this machine ($949 bundled with a $100 Apple gift card) and you'll save more money at Best Buy. The 2.9-lb. machine features an Intel Core i5 1.4GHz dual-core processor, 13.3" 1440x900 LED-backlit LCD, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD, and 802.11ac wireless.
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ASUS Celeron 2.16GHz 15.6" LED-Backlit Laptop
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Is It Worth It?: Don't require a laptop with all the bells and whistles? Powered by a Celeron N2830 2.16GHz dual-core processor, the ASUS X551MAV-RCLN06 is a 4.7-lb. laptop for the casual computer user on a shoestring budget. This bargain bin machine is $20 cheaper than last week's mention and features a 15.6" 1366x768 LED-Backlit LCD, 4GB RAM, and a 500GB hard drive.


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Mr. Michael Lee Mock, 33, of Dalton, departed this life Thursday evening, June 27, 2013, at Murray Medical Center in Chatsworth.
Michael was born Sept. 30, 1979, in Dalton.
He was preceded in death by his daughter, Kaitlin Leigh Mock on June 9, 2005, and a grandmother, Margie "Tad Pole" Overby, June 21, 2013.
He is survived by his wife, Tabitha Mock; children, Kadie Ann Mock, Emma Jaden Mock, Krista Mock and Jordan Mock; mother, Patricia Ann Rainey; father, Mike Mock; stepmothers, Neise Cornette and Louise Cox; brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Debbie Mock; stepsisters, Brenda Williamson, Sandra Lang and Jennifer Lemay; grandmother, Beth Pratt; sister-in-law, April Chadwick; several nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins.
Services to celebrate the life of Mr. Michael Lee Mock will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Ponders Melrose Chapel. He will be laid to rest with his beloved Little Kaitlin at the Colonial Hills Memorial Park Cemetery with Brandon Moore, Josh Mull, Joseph Shutley, James Krincek, Jason Meeks and Derreck Bias serving as pallbearers.
The family will receive friends at Ponders Melrose Chapel from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday and after 11 a.m. Tuesday until the service hour.
Arrangements are by Ponders Melrose Chapel, 138 Melrose Drive, Dalton; (706) 226-4002.