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Q: I moving into a recently remodeled, rent-controlled apartment in the Mount Pleasant area. Unfortunately, the apartment company's awkward renovation leaves me absolutely no counter space. I asked the property manager if we could switch the stove and refrigerator to give me access to that counter but was told the stove placement was determined by the location of the gas line. Is there a creative way around this problem?
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Islands! We have a wonky old kitchen and and Ikea butcher block topped island gave us super storage, a food prep location and a place for everyone to congregate when we are mixing drinks/prepping dinner.
They are a bit of an investment, but ours changed the look of our otherwise dingy and small kitchen into a friendly place with a spot to lean :)
Good luck!
Is it possible to angle the refrigerator in towards the sink & move it back a bit. Still not a great solution but will provide a bit more access to the counter & an interesting layout.
Can you move the fridge? Without seeing more of your space, it is pretty much impossible to make suggestions. You need to include more photos.
that kitchen is screaming island!! I agree with whimsy SF. Ikea butcher blocks. They come in all shapes...sizes..with all types of storage solutions.
Instead of messing with the appliance placement and wires back there, just place the island right in the middle. it will make your kitchen into a really great inviting open space.
Hi everyone it's Victoria,
I guess to respect my privacy AT didn't include all of the photos I sent. You can check out my flickr for more photos and a layout. I can't fit an island in the kitchen by the way. Thanks, for your help.
Recently I have seen a great post here about kitchen islands, that would be my first choice.
Also moving the fridge (if possible), leaving space to add some furniture that could be used as counter space.
Add small shelves, hooks, spice racks, use the backsplash and walls so you can leave the counter space free to work.
A kitchen cart will provide additional storage as well as counter space. If your kitchen is too small for one, I suggest getting a a cover for your range.
I would get a piece of butcher block custom cut to size, that you could lay on top of the stove or sink, to give me more prep space when I wasn't using the stove or sink. (That looks like a gas stove, but surely it is pilot-less if it is a newer model.) And I definitely agree that if there is floor space, an island looks like a must-have for this poor kitchen!
I've got a similar problem and am considering switching to an electric stove so I can move it to another wall. But if your stove is in good condition, the landlord is probably not going to want to purhcase a new one.
This cart worked like as a tiny island in my rental kitchen:
you can roll it in when you are cooking and then out of the way when you are done
Thanks for the additional photos. Wow, tough layout.
Is your fridge an apartment-sized model? Some ideas... all less than ideal:
1) Put your fridge in the closet across from the bathroom. Remove the closet door if necessary/desired.
2) Get rid of current fridge. Buy 2 smaller models. Use one as a freezer and the other as a fridge. Install a counter-height work table where the fridge is currently located. This would be a rectangle, maybe 4 feet long or so. Yes, it is going to stick out a bit into your living area -- I'll come back to that. Install a panel / room divider behind the work table, so it creates a small entry area near your front door. You could even use pegboard -- kitchen storage on the kitchen side, and coats or art on the entry side. Put the 2 fridges under the work table.
Like I said, less than ideal. But might work if done well.
Hi Victoria: my first apartment had a kitchen almost as badly laid out and without space for a kitchen island inside the kitchen and no way to move any of the appliances. I know it's not the ideal solution, but since my roommate and I didn't want an island in the middle of our living/"dining" area, we ended up getting a sturdy table that could double as our main prep space as well as our eating space. You don't get the storage benefits of an island, but you don't feel quite as much like your kitchen exploded into your living area.
I also agree with ashtichick - see if you can find a cutting board that will go over the sink to give more space for prepping food.
Victoria... What an awkward kitchen! You're definitely going to have to get creative with this one! It looks like there is a small "blank" wall across from the stove perhaps you could build/purchase a sort of wall mounted drop leave table (like this one from IKEA http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/30062572). That way you could put it down when you need extra counter space but it will fold up to be completely out of the way when not needed! Good luck!
Wow, that's not a great layout at all. Maybe you could position a nice looking console table or sideboard directly outside the kitchen to have space to prep while you're cooking, and just keep a few cutting boards in it to pull out when you need it. The fold-down table is also a good idea.
Other than that, you might as well plunk a microwave or toaster and coffee maker in that awkward corner and forget about it.
Can your landlord replace the full-size fridge with an under-the-counter fridge? I did that in my former tiny kitchen, and it absolutely transformed the space.
You might try a fold-able kitchen cart.
It could be folded and shoved in a corner when not needed.
What I've had to do in two different apartments was move the fridge out of the kitchen and into a living room, once was into a closet and another time it was screened in so we weren't sitting with a huge fridge in the living room, all you might need is a heavy duty extension cord that is made for large appliances... good luck!
I had a similarly small kitchen for 5 years. When I cooked, I would put a wood cutting board on top of the stove to prep and then I would move it over the sink when I was ready to cook.
Needless to say, I was not hosting huge meals at that apt, but it did the trick.
I was going to suggest more or less what Lisa suggested - get a half-sized fridge, and get a block of wood cut to fit the top of it so you can use it as counter space.
I have almost the exact same layout! Whose idea is it to put all the counterspace in an unreachable corner? Crazy! I did what an above poster suggested and plopped the microwave back there.
I have a large cutting board that goes over the sink, and over the holidays, when I am visiting relatives with tools, I plan to cut one that will fit exactly. That's because having a cutting board over the sink can be dangerously wobbly if the fit isn't just right. I have gotten used to using the surface of the stove as a prep area (I use burner covers to keep any crumbs from getting under the burners). If I'm making something that involves more than one mixing bowl, I put a plate over them and stack them. And sometimes I just take my giant cutting board and giant mixing bowl out into another room to do prep. You learn to work around this sort of thing.
The most important thing, though, is not to let any dirty dishes take up your sink space or prep space. I have a large dishpan under the sink and keep all dirty dishes there until I wash them in the evening-- NOTHING is allowed to sit in the sink because it just makes it impossible to cook in there. My husband is still adjusting to that arrangement, but if there is another way, I don't know what it is.
From the floorplan in your Flickr file, it looks like you could put a small cart on the wall near the stove. It would have to narrow, but maybe that would work for you. Alternatively, maybe you could devise a folding shelf in the same space that could work as countertop space.
There's no reason a flexible gas line couldn't be run under the cabinets behind the toe kicks. It's just a flex line that connects the stove to the gas outlet anyways. All you need is a longer one. It's easy enough that it should fall under any competent gas fitter/plumber's minimum charge labor wise. Just a question of whether or not the manager would permit it.
I would get a cutting board large enough to cover the sink or the stove when not in use and make that your mobile counter top space. Also, since the sink has a short faucet that doesn't stick up too high I would add a shelf that sits on the counter top for soap and what not, like this http://www.improvementscatalog.com/product/over-sink-shelf.do#.
You can save some of the little counter space you do have by installing Ikea's Grundtal system to use as a drying rack for dishes (http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/70146749).
I have the longest shelf they offer bolted to the bottom of my kitchen cabinets with an L bracket, and then attached to the wall using the screws that come in the package, so it can hold more weight than the average shelf, and i have a cutlery basket, a small shelf and a large dish drainer hung from that- The wall shelf that holds all the pieces is about 3 inches beneath the cabinet and works great for storing pot lids. The system is shallow enough so that i dont feel as though it's interfering with my prep space,, but you can fold the dish drainer up against the wall if you need to.
I'd also recommend replacing the faucet in your sink with a model that curves up much higher and has a fairly long hose (because dishes DO pile up and make it impossible to cook) it's easy as pie to do and will make your current sink a lot more usable. Hell, if you have a hose on your sink you dont even need to bring pots over to fill them up- just reach over and fill them while they sit on the stove!
Otherwise- definitely install a fold-down table on the wall adjacent to the stove, you'll still be able to open the oven door, but you'll have and extra 2 feet of prep space!
Oh, also, have you considered using a very small cart up against the wall opposite of the stove? It looks like there would still be enough space to get the oven door open. If not, it looks like you could even back it up against the entry to the kitchen to make a "T" shaped counter that would still allow plenty of flow.
I used to live in a house where you had to open the oven door to load the dishwasher. This too shall pass.
My husband and I encountered the same issue when we moved into our current apartment, where the fridge was blocking 2 cabinets, the window, much counter space, and the drainage area of the sink. We moved it into the hallway and placed some baskets on top (it's short; about chest height) and now it's the perfect landing strip and equidistant between the kitchen and living room (great for beer stor...*ahem* entertaining).
Thanks for posting the extra pictures, esp the floorplan. I too lived with a tiny kitchen (I once melted my electric kettle because the only place I had to keep it was on the cookertop) and the lack of counterspace will drive you insane. However it can be done, you just have to measure all the options precisely, to the millimetre.
In fact I think you do have room for a small kitchen butcherblock or trolley, because you don't need that wide an access to your kitchen, you can definitely sacrifice some of that space.
If you put a trolley/butcherblock opposite the fridge, backing up against the narrow edge of the short wall opposite the cooker, and place it so that it's half in the kitchen and half in the main living space. It's hard to tell without precise measurements, but Ikea do have several that might be suitable.
Ask the landlord to put up a vented hood microwave above the range because their layout is unusable. If no is the answer get permission to do it yourself. The problem is going to be to keep everything off the counter so you can use the the tiny amount between the range and sink. Be very careful using cutting boards or anything that conducts heat on the range as it can be a safety issue. An island or work cart may be in the way of your traffic pattern. You can make this work well with a little trial and error.
Since you have said that the kitchen is too small for an island, I am guessing a cart might be too large as well... I would probably make the dining table a multiuse piece and go for function over form. Can you get away with using a large cart as a small dining table, using the drawers for storage, and the top as your prepping surface? It means you'd have to clean up all prep before eating on your table, but if that makes it work, maybe it's worth it. My parents did that in their kitchen for years until they could afford a large island.
I think the best ideas mentioned so far without risking breaking the lease by changing things too much are getting some butcher blocks cut in to fit over the sink and stove. More than likely you won't need both at once.
Years ago in my very first apartment I had a similarly arranged kitchen, and to the right of the refrigerator was an eating area...
...so I moved the fridge to the far end of the wall and bought some metal restaurant shelving and a butcherblock top to create my own 6' counter, and mounted some shelves on the wall above.
Ended up being one of the best kitchens I ever had.
What about replacing your big fridge with an under-bench model, and placing a wooden preparation space on the top? A separate small chest freezer might be squeezed in elsewhere. This is not ideal, I know, but it would give you some extra space and elbow room.
Hey everyone,
Thank you so much for your comments on this post. Sorry I'm just now getting back to you but I've been packing. I personally felt like I just cannot live with the situation as is, so I ask my property manager if I can rearrange the stove and refrigerator by getting a flexible gas line ran under the cabinets. She said yes. There is already a flexible gas line behind the stove anyway, so it just have to be extended. I'm just going to give the maintenance man a few bucks and a 12 pack to convince him. I'll update everyone. Thanks, Victoria
I have no counterspace as well in my apt! I went to IKEA and got the Expedit bookcases and put them horizontally. In the cubby holes, I put my glasses, dishes, and even got some of those fabric drawers to put my tupperware and dish rags in. I have photos of it posted on my blog: here's the link to that:
Hope this helps!!! Enjoy!


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HP's latest exercise in futility
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It seems to me that Hewlett-Packard is shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic, trying to get the new guy, Leo Apotheker, a more agreeable team to work with. Either that or there is yet another back story that this once-pristine paragon of corporate governance just isn't telling anyone.
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Hey everyone, welcome to the latest installment of Around The Gaming World. If this is your first time checking in I try to cover some of the major stories for each console in addition to news, which in my opinion, is the news of the week.
First let's start with the comments from last week.
You have never read a Deadpool comic in your life.
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I'm afraid you're wrong there. I have quite a few Deadpool books and a good chunk of the Cable and Deadpool run. Deadpool was very fun until Marvel started to milk every dollar out of him that they could.
And he can join the millions of others who haven't either and can't understand how a C list character gets in an x-men movie #1 AND get's his own video game #2.
What an absolute Joke when there are at least a dozen other, more interesting characters they could have done something with.
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Well to be fair I don't think of the Deadpool in X-Men Origins as the comic Deadpool. They bastardized that character and he was nothing like in the comics. That being said before Deadpool got oversaturated he was a lot of fun in the Marvel 'verse. The Cable and Deadpool series is one of my favorites as it was a lot of fun each month. However, the addition of Deadpool Corps to rip on Blackest Night was the beginning of the end for me. Deadpool was everywhere and oversaturated.
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EA Losing NCAA Football Exclusivity?
- The days of Electronic Arts' long-held football exclusivity could be numbered. According to attorneys representing consumers in a class-action antitrust lawsuit over EA's exclusive hold of multiple football league licenses, the publisher has agreed to a proposed settlement that would commit it to going at least five years without NCAA Football exclusivity, as well as paying out a potential $27 million to wronged customers.
Under the terms of the settlement, EA will let its current agreement with the NCAA lapse in 2014, and will not renew it for at least five years. It also stipulates that the publisher won't sign an exclusive deal with the Arena Football League for at least five years.
As for the payouts, consumers who purchased an EA football title for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, or Xbox could be entitled to up to $6.79 per game, while those who purchased a current-generation football game from the publisher could get up to $1.95 per game.
The proposed settlement was filed with the court last week, but must be approved before it can be made final.
I have long grumbled about EA's exclusivity on both NFL and NCAA Football. Its looks like the NCAA deal might be coming to an end now. Under the current deal being forged EA would let the exclusivity deal lapse in 2014 and wait 5 years before making any new football deals. First of all, this is good for consumers as it opens the market up for more developers.
A good example of this can be seen in 2005 when Take-Two Interactive released NFL2K5 for 20 dollars on launch day. This game sold over 2.9 million copies. I was one of the people who jumped on the 2K bandwagon. In response EA dropped Madden down to a price of 30 dollars that year. It was great for gamers, this competition lead to cheaper games for everyone and a race to see who could innovate the quickest. However, EA was quick to sign the NFL to an exclusive deal. With no competition Madden went on sale for $50.00 the next year and the price has just gone up. I'm excited to see if anyone else moves into the market and starts making football games. Maybe we'll get some competition in the future and in turn some cheaper games.
Final Fantasy XIV Is Back
- Don't call it Final Fantasy XIV-2. Square Enix's second Final Fantasy MMO, Final Fantasy XIV, is getting re-released after its tumultuous launch, and that means it's also getting a new name: "Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn."
Square Enix says the game is "rebuilt from the ground up," and features "a new world to explore and storyline to experience." A CGI-heavy trailer for the new content can be found above.
Version 2.0, now "A Realm Reborn," is heading to PlayStation 3 later this year. No date is given on the relaunch for PC.
First off, I am not a big MMO fan and from what I've heard the Final Fantasy MMOs have generally been less than stellar. However, it certainly looks as though Square is putting a lot of effort into breathing life into FF XIV. My hope is that it turns out well, I would love to see a modern Final Fantasy game that I like to play. There aren't a lot of details right now, but I'll make sure to share them as they pop up.
Investigating The Overheating Vita
- A Japanese government agency is taking a closer look at Sony's PlayStation Vita after dozens of cases of systems burning out during recharging, according to an Andriasang report.
The National Institute of Technology and Evaluation is investigating 31 cases of overheating regarding the portable, 23 of which happened in Japan. No injuries have been reported in those cases, but in each one the overheating damaged the PS Vita power cable connection slot.
Sony Computer Entertainment Japan reportedly blamed the incidents on liquids or other objects in the port while the systems were charging. Because the company doesn't believe the hardware is faulty, it will not be issuing a recall, and those with damaged systems will need to pay for their own repairs.
A Sony representative confirmed the damaged system reports, saying, "The cases were caused by partial short-circuit on the multi-use port of PS Vita and USB cable due to small particles or liquid attached to it. We believe this is not [a] product oriented issue. The short-circuit damaged the Multi-use port, resulting in being unable to boot the system."
The Vita has had some issues in the short time it's been on the market. The system was criticized for its high price point and weak launch day games. Consumers have adjusted to the price and a healthy crop of good games has been released. It's only a little troubling to see there is an issue with some consoles overheating. Now, I have been criticized for being overly harsh on the PS Vita and that is not my intent here. Only 31 cases of overheating have occurred so far. For that small a number I don't think there is a problem at large for the console.
Sony thinks the issues come from moisture in the charging outlet. Were I a PS Vita owner I would make sure that I keep my Vita and charging cords away from any water and that the cords plugged into the Vita stay dry. I realize this is all common sense, but if your Vita overheats the repair/replacement bill is on you as Sony isn't covering this under warranty.
Crysis 3 for the Wii-U?
- In a wide-ranging interview published today, producer Mike Read told CVG the studio's gorgeous FPS sequel could yet appear on Nintendo's upcoming console, despite recent comments strongly suggesting otherwise.
"I wouldn't say there's no chance," he said. "I wouldn't say no chance. I mean the Wii U still doesn't have any kind of release [date] attached to it at this point. Who knows what the future will bring with it. I can definitely say that we are working with Nintendo, and that's about all I can say on that front.
"I wouldn't rule it out, but there has really been no official releases associated with the Wii U yet, and given that we're releasing Crysis in an eight month time period in February of 2013, we can't play off of what their schedules are. I wouldn't rule it out, but you know, it is a possibility."
Asked in May whether a Wii U version of Crysis 3 was a possibility, Crytek's director of creative development Rasmus Hojengaard told CVG: "We're not really talking about that now."
I am a big fan of the Crysis games. The gameplay is fun and the visuals are stunning. This is quite the coup for Nintendo if they can bring the game to the Wii-U. Crysis 3 is going to be one of those killer third party games that gamers will want. If it can be obtained on the Wii-U, which at that time will be the most modern console, I think you'll see a lot of sales. However, don't look for Crysis 3 to drive Wii-U sales. I don't see anyone buying a Wii-U just to play Crysis.
Nintendo's Financial Woes Continue
- The venerable game maker announced today that it generated 84.8 billion yen (about $1.08 billion) in revenue during the three-month period ended June 30, representing a 9.7 percent decline from the 93.9 billion yen it secured in sales during the same period last year. The company was forced to incur a net loss of 17.2 billion yen ($220 million), which, while disconcerting, was actually better than the 25.5 billion yen figure from last year.
Nintendo's financial position becomes even more concerning when one considers its past performance. During the same period in 2008, Nintendo posted net sales of 423.4 billion yen and a profit of 107.3 billion yen. Now, it's losing boatloads of cash and its sales are about one-fifth of what they were just four years ago.
The company's troubles can be directly tied to declining hardware sales. During the three-month period, Nintendo sold only 710,000 Wii units worldwide, including 60,000 in Japan and 210,000 in the Americas. Last year, its sales hit 1.6 million.
Nintendo's 3DS sales weren't all that impressive, either. According to the company, it sold 920,000 3DS units in Japan during the quarter and 420,000 in the Americas.
I knew that Wii sales were declining, I just had no idea how much they had declined. The drop in sales between years is pretty big. But, to be fair a lot of that drop can probably be attributed to the rise of the Wii-U. Most people who have been thinking about a Wii will wait to buy the Wii-U when in releases soon. The problem is that no one knows how much the new console will cost. There are estimates, but it would be great to get an actual number from Nintendo.
These sales numbers prove that the Wii-U and its success are going to determine the success of Nintendo as a company at large. The handheld gaming market is rapidly shrinking and if the Wii-U is slow out the gate the results could be catastrophic for Nintendo.
Zynga Takes a Beating!
- Despite experiencing stronger revenues in Q2 2012 than in Q2 2011, Zynga reported a $22.8 million net loss for the quarter and lowered its outlook for the rest of the year to adjust for "delays in launching new games, a faster decline in existing web games due in part to a more challenging environment on the Facebook web platform, and reduced expectations for Draw Something."
The social megalith reported revenue income of $332.4 million for the period, up 16 percent over the same period last year, which sounds good until you get to the company's net loss of $22.8 million -- compare that with the $1.3 million in profit reported in Q2 2011.
Addressing investors, Zynga CEO and founder Mark Pincus lauded his company's successful launch of Bubble Safari, as well as The Ville's increasing popularity. "We also faced new short-term challenges which led to a sequential decline in bookings," Pincus said. "Despite this, we're optimistic about the long-term growth prospects on mobile where we have a window of opportunity to drive the same kind of social gaming revolution that we enabled on the web."
Zynga's stock fell during trading as a result of its lowered outlook for the rest of 2012, hitting a low of $4.88 per share before closing the day up at $5.08 a share.
Zynga is in a precarious situation. Social gaming had been big bucks profit for quite a while but things seem to be tapering down. Zynga has long been reliant on casual gamers playing via Facebook but it seems less people are playing Facebook games. Or at least I'm seeing a lot less Farmville invites. I've never been a big fan of Facebook casual gaming and it seems more people are joining that crowd.
Casual gaming is not dead but I don't think it's the cash cow it used to be. I'm curious to see how companies like Zynga will adapt in the future.
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"Marlboro 100's every single day for 36 years," she says. "If I got in the car, answered the phone, got upset, or opened a soda, I lit a cigarette."
Even though she knew smoking wasn't cool, and she knew it was killing her, she couldn't quit on her own.
"Two months ago, I had a heart attack, and was forced to make the decision to either quit smoking or die an early death," Hurley says. "I choose to live."
"I tried going cold turkey, but even as serious as I am about quitting it just didn't work for me. So, I joined a free online smoking cessation program for Georgia residents. They send me patches in the mail and counsel me when I need someone to talk to. The patches help a lot with cutting down on the number of cigarettes I smoke each day. Another thing that I have found very helpful is changing my daily routines. Small things can make a big difference -- like not smoking as soon as I get out of bed each morning and drinking a cup of coffee without a cigarette every day."
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By Robert Isenberg Special to MSN TV
Get ready: "Buckwild" premieres Thursday, Jan. 3, at 10 p.m.
ET/PT, and it's going to be nuts. The MTV series follows a bunch of
reckless youths in West Virginia who crash dirt bikes, get into brawls and shoot
at squirrels. Some folks are already furious, like Sen. Joe Manchin, who doesn't care for "Buckwild"
and its representation of the Mountain State. Other people (read: Honey Boo Boo fans) can't wait.
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But after "Jersey
Shore" gave the Garden State a bad name (well, a worse name) and "Russian
Dolls" infuriated the good people of Brighton Beach, we wondered: Where
could the genre go next? What unsuspecting corner of the U.S. could get its own
reality drama replete with substance abuse, cultural stereotypes and nonsensical
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Here are some ideas:
"Big Easy" Location: New Orleans Cast: Jean
Thibadaux, Bubba X, Raizin Kane, O. Miss, Ragin' Cajun Summary: Five
aspiring musicians move into an old mansion in the French Quarter. (They don't
actually play any instruments). They chug hurricanes every night and stagger all
over Bourbon Street. They get in trouble for barging
into a séance and heckling a voodoo statue, and Raizin Kane spends most of the
season trying to get a hex lifted. One episode involving 'gators and dynamite
never airs. They finish the season with Mardi Gras, where they are booed off an
open mic stage. It is soon discovered they are all actually from New York.
"Wicked Awesome" Location: Gloucester, Mass. Cast:
J. Smith, "Southie" O'Brien, Cape Grrl, Jennie "One L" Summary: After
earning academic probation from Boston University, the gang moves into a saltbox
cottage on the Gloucester shore (pronounced "glah-stah sho'a"), where they get
hammered with sailors in dark little pubs and recycle jokes from "Jaws." They argue
incessantly about the Yankees vs. Red Sox rivalry, and every single episode ends
in a drunken fistfight. The season concludes with St. Peter's Fiesta, when all
the guys try to "walk the greasy pole." They all end up in the hospital with
serious bone fractures.
"You Betcha" Location: Duluth, Minn. Cast: Leif
Bjorn, Jon Tierson, Erik Erikson, Esther Klein, Heidi DeutschSummary: Five
incredibly blond youths move into a 1950s ranch-style house in suburban Duluth.
Upon arrival, they immediately start volunteering for local soup kitchens. Most
episodes take place in real time at the Lutheran Church. A local ne'er-do-well
tricks Esther into visiting a bingo parlor. She flees in tears because "gambling
is a sin." Heidi starts a bowling league, The Shining Light. Leif undergoes
muscular therapy for his mouth, due to the stress of so much smiling. The season
ends with a raging house party, featuring "root beer keg stands."
"Yippeekayay"Location: HoustonCast: Brick, Big Dawg,
Dwayne Zane, Dixie, Mary-SueSummary: Dubbing themselves The Lone Stars,
these five Texans hole up in a McMansion on the edge of Houston, where they
drink beer from cans and then shoot the cans off fence posts with .22 rifles.
Each episode involves (a) a tailgating party for the Houston Texans, (b) at
least one pickup truck flying through the desert, and (c) a mechanical bull. In
the finale, Mary-Sue joins a roller-derby team and starts her own spin-off, "The
Pink Punisher."
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zero-percent body fat hang out in a tiny cabin on the Maui beach. They wake each
morning and surf. Their eyes are always bloodshot, and they constantly plan to
"forage for grub," but the plan never comes together, so they continue surfing
instead. At the local tiki lounge, they get into a passive-aggressive argument
with some surfers from California, but then they buy one another mai
tais and decide to go drunken cliff-diving. They return to their cabin to find
it engulfed in flames, because no one turned off the stove. "Dude," Big Slice
moans, "my dad's gonna kill me."
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Cast: Quentin Smith III, Beatrix Paine, Wayne Cash, Gloria
ScarletSummary: A bunch of wealthy retirees raise hell at the local golf
club. They drink gallons of mint juleps and drive their golf carts like
all-terrain vehicles, chasing "the help" and cackling madly. Quentin refuses to
wear sunblock, insisting that he's "no wilting flower," and he ends up in the
hospital with sun poisoning. In the season finale, Gloria Scarlet pursues
Beatrix Paine's grandson, and the two women argue and scratch at each other's
faces in the parlor. Wayne stumbles into the room, but he doesn't break up the
fight. Instead he sips an old-fashioned and murmurs, "Well, I'll be."
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"Knuckles," "Lucky" Dodgeson, Danielle "21" McQueen, Johnny ShootzSummary:
With their snakeskin jackets and thirst for free cocktails, the cast of "Little
Big City" hit the casinos any hour of the day or night. "Lucky" is kicked out of
Harrah's for dancing on a craps table, Chippendales-style. Danielle and Johnny wake up in
a waterbed to realize they married each other the previous night.
Mickey punches a dealer and spends most of the season in jail. Their desert
trailer is finally raided, thanks to a "COPS"
crossover episode.
"Quebec-Wha'?" Location: Quebec City, QuebecCast:
Jean-Claude, Le Monsieur, Zoë-Z, Madeleine Punque, Chef DawgSummary:
Canada's answer to reality dramas stars five sexy ... abstract painters.
They wear zippered turtlenecks and sip wine, discussing Rothko as jazz records
play on the turntable. Fueled by inspiration, they attack their canvases with
oil paint and brushes, trying to capture "the spirit of our hearts." All
conversations are held in English and French in the comfort of their vintage
loft. Everyone ends up making out with everyone else, thanks of their "polyamory
pact." In the final episode, someone turns on a hockey game and the cast starts
fighting and hurling Molson cans.
"Key Party" Location: Key West, Fla. Cast: Vince
Vincent, Carrie "Beachcomber" Quint, Stardust, Walt "Driftwood" McCune, Carl
NailzSummary: Filmed over the course of spring break, "Key Party" is
absolute chaos: The castmates get plastered on Duval Street, they pick fights
with motorcycle gangs, they drunkenly ride rented bicycles off piers, and
they wake up on beaches with no clothes or memory of how they got there. They
all live in an old B&B, except for Carl Nailz, a retired helicopter pilot
who is twice as old as the rest of the cast. The season ends with Carl streaking
down the street and tattoo artist Vince Vincent mumbling, "That's it, I'm going
back to engineering school."
"Los Locos" Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico Cast:
Felix Jacuzzi, Vinnie Sands, T-Bone, Teddy Shark, Gwyneth St.
BartholomewSummary: Filmed in a colonial condo in the Old City, "Los Locos"
doesn't feature a single authentic citizen of Puerto Rico. The all-Beverly Hills
cast proceeds to drink mojitos, drive pink muscle cars with powerful hydraulics,
and speak garbled Spanglish. After "the dune buggy incident," Puerto Rico shuts
down production. The studio creates a spin-off in Guam, titled "Brats."
"Buckwild" premieres Thursday, Jan. 3, at 10 p.m. ET/PT on MTV.
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The First Lady of Ghana to lead country's drive to stop new HIV infections in children
18 April 2013
The First Lady of Ghana, Lordina Mahama, has agreed to become UNAIDS premiere ambassador for the implementation of the Global Plan towards the elimination of new HIV infections among children by 2015 and keeping their mothers alive.
First Lady Mahama has committed to lead Ghana's push towards reaching an AIDS-free generation. In her new role, she will encourage political dialogue in the country ensuring that AIDS remains high on the political agenda. She will work towards empowering women and girls, challenging stigma, and helping national and community leaders understand that the AIDS response cannot be separated from the work to improve the health of mothers and children.
I commit to ensuring that no child is born HIV positive, no child dies from the disease and no child is orphaned because of HIV. I would like to continue expressing the need to encourage men to take the prevention of HIV seriously and support women so that together we can stop new HIV infections.
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1 (16 ounce) package
farfalle (bow tie) pasta
1 tablespoon
vegetable oil
skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
2 tablespoons
2 small
onions, chopped
1 (4 ounce) can
mushroom pieces and stems, drained
1/4 cup
1/4 cup
all-purpose flour
2 1/2 cups
1 1/2 teaspoons
crushed garlic
salt and ground black pepper to taste
I followed this recipe to a "T" for the sauce portion. I personally found it kind of bland, I would experiment with other spices. However, my husband LOVED it as it was. I would make this again.
This was the best ever! I used spaghetti noodles instead. I also sprinkled bread crumbs on top and baked at 350 for 15 minutes. Yummy!
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I seasoned my chicken with salt free poultry rub. Omitted mushrooms and re-used some pans but otherwise followed everything to the letter. Very decent dish...could do with a dash of sherry and a deglazing of wine in the pan after frying the chicken.
Sauce could use an additional herb or something but overall, not too shabby.
Good simple recipe. I made turkey meatballs and used Pennine instead of farfalle . Added fresh basil.
I like to use chicken tenderloins (2 pkgs). I also add peas and scallions for color. My kids love it!
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COMANCHE CO., Okla_ One man died in
a single-car rollover wreck today on Highway 62 just north of Cache.
The Oklahoma Highway
Patrol said it happened when his wife swerved off the road to avoid a piece of
metal, and then lost control of their SUV when she got back on the road. It rolled
three times.
The driver and
another passenger were taken to Comanche
County Memorial
Hospital with minor
injuries. OHP Trooper John Hoover said it's hard to find fault in this
accident, because the driver was forced to make a quick decision.
"It's a
tragic loss," Hoover
said. "People didn't take the time to think the consequences of their actions
from swerving and missing. I know it happens. You don't even think about it. Your
first reaction is to maybe swerve and miss something instead of hit it in the
Trooper Hoover said it's best to
fight that reaction and brace yourself for impact.
"It may do
some damage to your vehicle," Hoover said, "But it's a whole lot better to hit
it and maybe do some damage to a tire and under carriage or the front spoiler
or something like that than the alternative that we have here.
He said too often
in his career, he's witnessed scenes like this when he's called to single-car
"A lot of
our one-car rollovers out here are attributed to maybe some driver inattention,"
Hoover said. "Sometimes
they depart the roadway to the right and have the tendency to panic; they overcorrect
to the left."
Authorities diverted traffic of both eastbound lanes of Highway 62 to a
slow crawl in the median, but lanes reportedly reopened a little after 4:00 PM.
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FRCC Campus in Fort Collins Reschedules Multimedia Concert
The Jazz of Art/The Art of Jazz is the theme of a concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, at Front Range Community College.
The concert, featuring Ron Holleman and the JJQ (Just Jazz Quintet), will take place in Room 140 of the Redcloud Peak Building at Front Range Community College, 4616 S. Shields St., Fort Collins. This concert was previously scheduled in October but postponed because of weather.
Admission is free. Seating is limited.
The concert is a partnership between FRCC and the Fort Collins Museum of Art (FCMOA). As the musicians perform, images from FCMOA's latest exhibition, "Creating the New Century," will be projected on a screen, as will some well known images from the Modern Art era and the Renaissance.
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FRCC is a member of the Colorado Community College System, the state's largest system of higher education serving more than 151,000 students annually. CCCS oversees career and academic programs in the 13 community colleges in Colorado and career and technical programs in more than 160 school districts and seven other post-secondary institutions.
About the Fort Collins Museum of Art
The mission of the Fort Collins Museum of Art is to engage our community in cultural experiences that promote an awareness and appreciation of the visual arts.
To offer our audiences the highest-quality art experiences, the Fort Collins Museum of Art presents a diverse series of exhibitions, community events, publications and educational programs for children and adults.
The Fort Collins Museum of Art seeks to enrich the cultural life of the region and advance community understanding of the power of the visual arts to foster life-long learning, social interaction and personal inquiry.
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Last night was a blast on the Al Gore, with talk of Nathan Horton, Milan Lucic and various other Bruins in exchange for Hemsky, Paajarvi, Whitney, picks and prizes. There is 'something in the air' about these Edmonton Oilers. I think there's a sense of urgency, a need to improve the areas that are costing victories.
I think the problem is this: not everyone is going to agree on what is needed, the order of importance for the items on the list, and the amount required to pay for the help. If we're talking Lucic, the haul would be a mountain of assets and could fairly gut the rebuild–moving Edmonton from building a foundation to pressing for the top in a heartbeat.
No. Acquiring Nathan Horton and his contract is one thing, paying in full to get him here? Oilers aren't there yet. Still, fun.
Here's (once again) my list of possible assets out at the deadline:
- Ladislav Smid (UFA)
- Ryan Whitney (UFA)
- Mark Fistric (UFA)
- Ryan Jones (UFA)
- Nikolai Khabibulin (UFA)
- Ales Hemsky (UFA 2014)
- Ben Eager (UFA 2014)
- Eric Belanger (UFA 2014)
- Sam Gagner (RFA 2013)
- Theo Peckham (RFA 2013)
I don't think the Oilers should be trading picks. Not yet, certainly not the first round selection in 2013.
Steve Tambellini arrived late summer of 2008, and about three years later would make the move that defined his time in the GM's chair: humbling Sheldon Souray and buying out his contract. It happened on the day Tambellini made 7 transactions–putting his stamp on the team.
- February 28, 2011: Oilers trade L Dustin Penner to Los Angeles for D Colten Teubert, 2011 1st rd pick (Oscar Klefbom) and 2012 3rd rd pick (Daniil Zharkov). This trade–at the 2011 deadline–signaled the rebuild would continue for another season. The Oilers dealt a solid top 6 winger in exchange for three assets who are outside the NHL as we speak today, 2 years later. That's going to make progress difficult. One note: the return for Jarome Iginla last night looks inferior compared to what Edmonton got for Penner. I remain convinced the return on the deal was fine, but giving up/not trying to compete for many seasons in a row was completely unfair to the fanbase.
- June 15, 2011: Oilers sign F Lennart Petrell to a 1-year contract. We didn't know him then, but Petrell has carved out an NHL career in the same way expansion clubs acquire Euro free agents not under contract as roster options until a better player arrives through trade or the system. He's still here.
- June 26, 2011: Oilers trade C Colin Fraser and Edmonton's 2012 7th rd pick (Dmitri Sinitsyn) to Los Angeles for Ryan Smyth. I still think this is a high water mark for the Tambellini regime. Smyth's return had enormous actual and emotional value, despite the current season's results.
- June 27, 2011: Oilers do not tender qualifying offers to forwards Zack Stortini and J-F Jacques. The finishing touches on the transactions that flushed the minor league system, from Schremp to Stortini Tambellini did it in record time.
- July 1, 2011: Oilers buy out Sheldon Souray. The story is now infamous and has been re-told so many times I won't bother here; suffice to say it derailed Souray's career for a time and robbed the Oilers of an NHL defenseman in a year they probably didn't want one. A cynic might view this as 'perfect timing' or 'buying the lottery' but I'm not convinced the Oilers were thinking that far ahead during this period. Their stated concern involved protecting the kids from Souray's clearly negative view of the organization.
- July 1, 2011: Oilers sign L Ben Eager to a 3-year, $3.3M contract. Eager was the upgrade on Jacques, his resume included being a 1st rd pick and a Stanley cup ring. He was most certainly expected to play in the top 9, but concussions and ineffective play made him waiver worthy halfway through the contract.
- July 1, 2011: Oilers sign D Cam Barker to a 1-year, $2.25M contract. The advanced stats screamed what the boxcars suggested: this player couldn't help the Oilers team in the role projected. Arriving the same day Edmonton bought out Sheldon Souray, it framed Steve Tambellini's team building perfectly: he was going the wrong way–and this time, while apparently trying to improve the team.
- July 1, 2011: Oilers sign L Darcy Hordichuk to a 1-year, $825,000 contract. Enforcer signing was a clear upgrade over Zack Stortini, the club signed him for a second season but he did not survive the year, hitting the waiver wire early in the year.
- July 1, 2011: Oilers sign C Eric Belanger to a 3-year, $5.25M contract. What looked like a solid, veteran signing to address C was not successful. Of all the moves Tambellini made, I think it's fair to say that very few thought it would be this wretched in fact. I'm inclined to file this one under 'signings that didn't work out' as opposed to 'mistakes in procurement.'
- July 1, 2011: Oilers trade D Kurtis Foster to Anaheim for D Andy Sutton. A good hockey trade, with Sutton playing well enough to earn another contract (and that deal did not work out due to injury). I'd place this deal in the plus column.
- July 1, 2011: Oilers sign D Corey Potter to a 1-year, 2-way contract. The best signing on Steve Tambellini's big day was an item right at the end of the day, as the club used Tom Renney's local knowledge of an old Ranger farmhand. Turned out quite well.
- July 12, 2011: Oilers trade Andrew Cogliano to Anaheim for 2013 2nd rd pick. The Oilers ended the summer of 2011 by sending away another player who learned in the capital and then moved on to flourish in a new town. Recalling Kyle Brodziak, Jarret Stoll, Raffi Torres and others, Cogliano has emerged as a useful player.
In 2011, the Oilers sent away Dustin Penner, Sheldon Souray, Colin Fraser, Kurtis Foster and Andrew Cogliano. They acquired Oscar Klefbom, Lennart Petrell, Ryan Smyth, Ben Eager, Cam Barker, Darcy Hordichuk, Eric Belanger, Andy Sutton, Corey Potter. Of the group acquired, Petrell, Smyth, Barker, Belanger and Potter are currently in the NHL. Oscar Klefbom and the ANA 2nd are on their way.
The big day–July 1, 2011–fizzled long ago. Souray has recovered his career, Eager, Hordichuk, Barker are barely hanging on, Sutton lost his career to injury and Belanger looks finished. Only Corey Power Potterplay remains, although the contracts of Belanger and Eager are hanging around beyond this summer.
Up next: the biggest free agent signing in many years, and his unique arrival.
Back to the Bruins story. I'm always cynical on a trade story until smoke appears, in this case smoke represented by one or more media outlets with some credibility confirming elements of a deal.
Haggerty works for Comcast Sports Network, that satisfies (for me) the required threshold. So, with that as the backdrop, can we figure out the trade? I don't think the players in the Iginla deal would be a fit for the Oilers, but the Bruins do have some things the management group would find interesting:
- G Anton Khudobin, a soon to be UFA goaltender (age 26) with a .916SP. Oilers might find him useful as a backup to DD.
- R Nathan Horton, a soon to be UFA who has under-performed and had injury woes during his time in Boston. Oilers might want to acquire him and make an effort to get the big man under contract. At 27, he should have many miles left–but the injuries are a concern. Concussions are the big concern, but he's had leg, ankle, knee injuries in the past. I think he's a guy Boston might consider moving now, owing to his impending free agency and current struggles.
- L Milan Lucic, soon to be extremely well paid (I don't know how he'll cover a $6M bet with his skill set). I can't see any reasonable way for the Oilers to acquire him before summer, as the Bruins are committed to winning the Stanley this spring. If you're all in–and Lucic is a unique player, despite the offensive falloff–then this player doesn't leave the organization.
Haggerty mentions Hemsky (Horton?), Whitney and Paajarvi, but I can't figure out a way to get Paajarvi onto the roster with value coming back in return. Can you?
We should hear in the next 48 hours about Dan DeKeyser, I think that's probably the beginning of the tumbler clicks for Edmonton. Sign DeKeyser and then trade Whitney? Smid? Peckham? Hell, maybe they go get Bouwmeester from Feaster, lord knows he could use an overpay.
Anyway, I've felt for some time the Oilers would be active this time, the organization usually does at least one thing at the deadline. This time? I'll say two, as Tambellini claws back the 2010 selloff with additions.
- Last deadline: Gilbert for Schultz the elder
- 2011 deadline: Penner deal.
- 2010 deadline: Grebeshkov to Nashville, Jones waiver claim, Lubo for Whitney, Staios to the Flames.
Hold on. I think this is going to be a wild ride.


text: Sarah Cheikh is wearing a heathered purple vest over a white button-down blouse. Oh, and she's also wearing a really big snake. I might have to agree with Juan Williams on this one - I would be scared of her Muslim garb if she were sitting next to me on a plane!


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One of them will be at punter, where three players are coming in to punt. Former Steelers draft pick Daniel Sepulveda, a Ray Guy Award winner at Baylor, will work out, along with T.J. Conley and Chas Henry, who was released by the Eagles who signed Mat McBriar earlier this season.
Sepulveda has been injured over the course of his career, mainly with knee injuries. Henry has a 48.5 yard average with the Eagles this season. Conley spent some time with the Patriots in 2011.
The Cowboys are hopeful
The Cowboys could have as many as 10 to 15 players Friday for the workout. One of the other positions players expected to work out is Robert T. Griffin, an offensive lineman from Baylor who was drafted by the Jets in the sixth round.


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Planes, Trains, and ...Germs?
Travel Health Risks You Can -- and Can't - Avoid
By Daniel J. DeNoon
Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD
Wherever you go, however you get there, you always have traveling companions -- germs.
Will these fellow travelers make you sick? That depends partly on luck, experts say. But you can do a lot to protect yourself.
The modes of transportation most often blamed for spreading disease are airplanes, cruise ships, and subway trains. Are they just scapegoats? Or are these popular conveyances really making us ill? WebMD asked experts who've studied transportation health.
Up in the Air, Germs Are There
The Ides of March, 2003, was unlucky indeed for the 120 travelers who that day boarded Air China flight 112. The Boeing 737-300 completed its three-hour flight from Hong Kong to Beijing without apparent incident. But coughing in seat 14E -- a middle seat near the center of the plane -- was a person carrying the deadly SARS virus.
Within eight days, 20 passengers and two flight attendants would come down with SARS. Some of those who became infected were sitting as far as seven rows away from the man carrying the SARS virus. Five would die.
It's not just SARS - and it's not just China. In 1979 a commercial airliner sat on the tarmac for three hours with its ventilation system shut down. Someone on board had the flu -- and, within three days, so did nearly three-fourths of the plane's passengers.
SARS and influenza, of course, are only two of the multitude of bugs lurking out there. But the case of Flight 112 suggests that the current understanding of the spread of airborne disease aboard aircraft, which is based on tuberculosis investigations, may be outdated. Emergency medicine specialist Mark A. Gendreau, MD, senior staff physician at Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, Mass., recently reviewed what is and isn't known about infectious disease spread during air travel.
"The CDC and World Health Organization say you risk getting an infection only if you are sitting within two rows of someone who has something - and only if you are sitting there for more than eight hours," Gendreau tells WebMD. "But Flight 112 was only three hours long, and people sitting as far as seven rows back were affected. So that says, 'Wait a minute folks.' That old advice may have worked for tuberculosis, but what about SARS and other infectious diseases? More study into that is needed."
There's a lot we don't know, agrees Roy L. DeHart, MD, MPH, senior consultant in occupational and aviation medicine at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. And if anyone understands the various health risks of flying, it's DeHart. He capped his 23-year Air Force career as commander of the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine. Former director of occupational and environmental Medicine at the University of Oklahoma, he's an FAA-certified senior aviation medical examiner.
"We don't know what that passenger next to you is contributing to the air stream as he is inhaling and exhaling," DeHart tells WebMD. "With flights coming out of developing countries where prevention programs are not as strong as they might be, it is not unusual that a person may have a problem like tuberculosis. It spreads. Usually just to two or three people, but if a patient is found on board, health authorities have a tough job trying to track those people down. It can be a horrendous problem. There can be hundreds of patients spreading whatever, wherever. Major spread is possible. So, yes, there can be problems."
Which Is Healthier: High-Flying Planes or High-Rise Offices?
Air passengers often complain about aircraft ventilation. But Gendreau notes that a normal airplane cabin changes its air 15 to 20 times an hour. A typical office building changes its air 12 times an hour.
High efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters scrub the air on some planes. The filters may be able to trap airborne viruses because they catch the droplets that carry the viruses. But 15% of U.S. commercial airliners carrying more than 100 passengers lack HEPA filters.
"Federal regulatory agencies need to tighten the rules in terms of ventilation and in terms of the HEPA filters that are used," Gendreau says. "Now, in the U.S. and Europe, there are no requirements for how much ventilation an aircraft should have. They don't specify what kind of HEPA filters to use - or even require them."


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Political Activism as Terrorism0
You, Terrorist
Need a reason to worry about the NSA spying scandal? Try this: you legally protest an oil company in your town, are arrested, and wind up in court facing federal terrorism charges and a personal eternity behind bars. The evidence presented against you was gathered by NSA monitoring of your telephone usage and social media communications, all at the behest of said oil company, which owns every Senator who sits on the Intelligence Committee in Washington DC.
Think it can't happen?
It is already happening.
Yesterday, @ Truth-out.org.
Surveillance and the Chilling Effect0
When students ask me why they should care about government surveillance, one of my go to answers has always been the concept of the "chilling effect." The basic idea is that, when people feel their conversations are being monitored by unseen others, they refrain from talking about ideas that may be controversial or otherwise at the margins of acceptability. This results in a narrowing of social and political discourse and a decrease in the social systems' available resources for solving problems. This is an important argument, because it offers a counterpoint to the suggestion that intensified surveillance is necessary for our security. Even if dragnet monitoring of US communication did reduce the likelihood of terrorism (and I don't believe it does), its negative impact on our society's adaptability in this period of wide-ranging social, political, and technological change will outweigh the benefits.
While I strongly believe this to be true, it's important to recognize that being silent as a result of this chilling effect is still a choice. The more I learned about US government surveillance over the past several years, the less I have written about it. In part, it felt like all I was doing was chronicling the end of privacy in America. As someone whose research interests often push the margins, I've become a textbook example of this chilling effect (as the paucity of posts to this blog attest).
Unfortunately, I don't think the surveillance story is going to get any better. At least not for a while. But I do have hope for the future. Time to practice some reverse psychology and use the current state of transparency as impetus to say more, not less. Let's see how it goes.
Three Interesting Takes on Change and Revolution in the Chinese Language0
Three very interesting looks at the evolving state of the Chinese language today:
First, How Technology is Changing Chinese, One Pun at a Time, subject of a PRI story last week, which showed how the mobile Chinese typing interface actually creates more opportunity for Chinese to discover and spread puns:
Wang types the English letters "jintian" on his phone. As he types the first three letters, "jin" a list of Chinese characters pops up on the screen. Each different character sounds just like the word for today, "jin" but means something completely different. Wang points to each possible character and explains its different meaning: gold, clothes, only, and finally 今, the character for "today."
Everyday, people are typing in a word like "today" and seeing all of the potential homophones for that word. This says David Moser has fueled wordplay like never before.
Second, the radio story on NPR discussing the newest official additions to the (mainland) Chinese dictionary. Words and meanings that got added to the dictionary this year (and those that were left out) give an interesting snapshot of contemporary China. If you speak Chinese, or just want to know what the actual new words are, you'll need to listen to the audio. The transcript just lists each of them as "foreign words."
Finally, a review of the (English language) book China in Ten Words by Yu Hua, a collection of lyric essays devoted to each word: People (renmin 人民), Leader (lingshou 领袖), Reading (yuedu 阅读), Writing (xie zuo 写作), Lu Xun (an author 鲁迅), Revolution (geming 革命), Disparity (chaju 差距), Grassroots (caogen 草根), Copycat (shanzhai 山寨), and Bamboozle (huyou 忽悠). The word shanzhai (copycat), once meaning a rebel or bandit stronghold outside of government control, is now used to refer not just to "copycats," but to fake or pirated, or simply homemade or unbranded products (see here for some humorous examples). Shanzhai has become an important economic phenomenon in China, as many of the fastest growing companies provide technologies like cell phones or other consumer products with the same or better functionality than name brands, at cheaper cost. Booz & Company have an interesting analysis (published in 2009). Rather than simple copycats, they see shanzhai companies as "fearless experimenters" responsible for much of China's business innovation. Stan Abrams offers a counter point, suggesting that innovation from shanzhai business models is more the exception than the rule.
Does Twitter = Democracy?0
A study released in September by the project on Information Technology and Political Islam at the University of Washington argues that social media including Facebook, Twitter and Youtube played a "central role" in the Arab Spring. They find that a spike in the volume of Tweets in Egypt, for example, anticipated the high volume of physical presence in Tahrir Square just prior to Mubarak's resignation. There is some very interesting data and analysis here. It is clear that the autocrats in Tunisia and Egypt did not have the technological resources to combat Twitter's obvious value as a tool for the political opposition. And Twitter's de-centralized implementation makes it particularly difficult for governments to censor. We must be careful, however, not to read too much into these findings.
There were complaints early this fall among members of the Occupy Wall Street movement that Twitter has been censoring the #occupywallstreet hashtag, not allowing the term to reach the highly visible trending topics section. While Twitter has dismissed these claims, it is important to remember that it's a private company whose interests do not necessarily resonate with those of the OWS movement. J.P. Morgan reportedly has a 10% stake in Twitter (also, see this and this), though indirectly via the Chris Sacca managed Digital Growth Fund. There is no law preventing Twitter from interfering with Tweet traffic.
Jonathan Albright at the University of Auckland has poked holes in Twitter's argument that people simply do not understand how their proprietary algorithm works. And there has been enough suspicion on the ground to prompt adoption of Twitter-alternative Vibe. Unlike Twitter, Vibe "tweets" disappear after a fixed time and can be limited to a specific physical radius. Trust doesn't (and shouldn't) always scale.
Privacy Tip #23378 (on public terminals, logging out is not enough)0
Ever use a computer in a public space or friend's house to check an account? Although making sure you log out and close the browser window is important, it is often not enough. Make sure that the browser options have not been set to remember passwords for sites. If the option is checked, a subsequent user of the browser could easily gain access to your account even if you have logged out and closed the browser. On Firefox, find Options-Security in the browser menu. Make sure it is unchecked and then choose OK.
MD Researchers on Time Travel, Big Bang0
Recently published at PhysOrg.com, suggesting that the widely accepted Big Bang origin theory precludes time travel.
Science, concepts and the cognitive toolkit0
From the world question center at edge.org: "What scientific concept would improve everybody's cognitive toolkit?" Interesting contributions from Howard Gardner, George Lakoff and others. Below is from experimental psychologist Bruce Hood:
Understanding the concept of haecceity would improve everybody's cognitive toolkit because it succinctly captures most people's intuitions about authenticity that are increasingly threatened by the development of new technologies. Cloning, genetic modification and even digital reproduction are some examples of new innovations that alarm many members of the public because they appear to violate a belief in the integrity of objects
Haecceity is originally a metaphysical concept that is both totally obscure and yet very familiar to all of us. It is the psychological attribution of an unobservable property to an object that makes it unique among identical copies. All objects may be categorized into groups on the basis of some shared property but an object within a category is unique by virtual of its haecceity. It is haecceity that makes your wedding ring authentic and your spouse irreplaceable, even though such things could be copied exactly in a futuristic science fiction world where matter duplication had been solved.
Online Collectivism, Individualism and Anonymity in East Asia0
This is the abstract of a presentation I'll be giving this spring at a cyber-surveillance workshop at the University of Toronto.
Entering the second decade of the 21st century, anonymity, appears to be under siege. While targeted behavioral advertising continues to expand and personal information becomes increasingly commoditized, government officials around the globe warn us that true anonymity is in conflict with national security goals. Indeed, there appear to be growing questions about its continued viability within the digital environment in the age of terrorism.Will anonymity turn out to be a relic of the 20th century or does it have a future?
As Gary Marx has noted, different contexts and value conflicts make it difficult to take an absolute position for or against anonymity. And while the basic idea is clear, a formal definition of anonymity remains elusive. There are a wide range of approaches to anonymity across the world; some are parts of cultural tradition, while others seem more emergent, less bound by established norms.
This paper, a meta‐analysis drawing data from related academic studies, trade press and mass media, will examine recent variations in the salience, use, and comparative value of anonymity, and its tripartite relationship with individuality and collectivism, across three specific cultural contexts: China, South Korea, and Japan. Anonymity is framed in this investigation as a critical form of "context relative informational norms" within Nissenbaum's (2010) "contextual integrity" model of social information flows. While data gathering is likely to continue until the end of 2010, some of the intermediate findings are discussed below.
Although the primary subcultures of East Asia share a broad range of social values including Confucian collectivism, they have unique stories to tell about the role and importance of anonymity in their lives.
China, perhaps, is the most surprising, where anonymity, and its affordance of experimentation with alternate online identities, is prized more highly among Chinese youth than their American counterparts. Chinese netizens have continued to push back successfully against PRC government policies to require real name registration for bloggers.
In South Korea, public sentiment is more wary of anonymity, as it is seen to have facilitated extreme and inappropriate crowd behaviors leading to public shaming and a number of suicides. Disparate, nameless crowds combine bits and pieces of knowledge about a target to identify it, a curious case (known in China as the "Human Flesh Search Engine") in which anonymity in one place can be used to extinguish anonymity in another.
The Japanese seem to value anonymity for different reasons and are less social than the Koreans and Chinese. Their anonymous "2chan" web site was the inspiration for the West's 4chan. Confucian collectivism expresses itself most as the desire to blend nameless into the crowd.
It is through increased understanding of global cultural contexts that we can better understand the critical role anonymity plays in social systems. Even within a region where collectivism rules over individuality, anonymity plays a surprisingly key role. We must be especially wary about assuming social systems might be better off, more secure, without it.
Ground broken for massive cybersecurity data center0
The federal government has just broken ground on a massive new cybersecurity center in Utah, the "Community Comprehensive National Cyber-security Initiative Data Center ." From the Deseret News story "Utah's $1.5 billion cyber-security center underway":
Officially named the Utah Data Center, the facility's role in aggregating and verifying dizzying volumes of data for the intelligence community has already earned it the nickname "Spy Center." Its really long moniker is the Community Comprehensive National Cyber-security Initiative Data Center — the first in the nation's intelligence community.
A White House document identifies the Comprehensive National Cyber-security Initiative as addressing "one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation, but one that we as a government or as a country are not adequately prepared to counter."
The most complete open source information I've found to date on the data center can be found at the public intelligence web site.
Washington Post Story on Monitoring America0
A in-depth report today in the Washington Post describes the expanding apparatus of US domestic intelligence since the September 11th Terrorist Attacks, including fusion centers, the new Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative and the FBI's Guardian Database. One of the many eye opening findings in this report:
The vast majority of fusion centers across the country have transformed themselves into analytical hubs for all crimes and are using federal grants, handed out in the name of homeland security, to combat everyday offenses.
This article is well worth reading, but it is missing a bit of legal context that is important to an understanding the government policy that is driving the change. US domestic intelligence is being expanded under the authority of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (IRTPA) of 2004. This was the first and most comprehensive legal response to the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission. It outlined a wholesale rewiring of the domestic intelligence apparatus and the establishment of an Information Sharing Environment (ISE). The nationwide suspicious activity reporting initiative (NSI), which journalists Dana Priest and William M Arkin mention briefly, is the primary focus of the ISE today. It includes its own federal data standard. The "See something say something" campaign which has been getting so much press recently is simply one facet of the NSI, the focus of which up until recently has been training local and state police to be intelligence agents. For a wide range of public documents that provide coverage of the NSI and ISE, see my isesar.us web site, developed with the support of NYU's Department of Media, Culture and Communication and a grant from the Department of Defense.


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|Canto 3: The Status Quo
|Chapter 1: Questions by Vidura
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.1.29
kaccit sukhaḿ sātvata-vṛṣṇi-bhoja-
dāśārhakāṇām adhipaḥ sa āste
yam abhyaṣiñcac chata-patra-netro
nṛpāsanāśāḿ parihṛtya dūrāt
kaccit — whether; sukham — is all well; sātvata — the Sātvata race; vṛṣṇi — the Vṛṣṇi dynasty; bhoja — the Bhoja dynasty; dāśārhakāṇām — the Dāśārha race; adhipaḥ — King Ugrasena; saḥ — he; āste — does exist; yam — whom; abhyaṣiñcat — installed; śata-patra-netraḥ — Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa; nṛpa-āsana-āśām — hope of the royal throne; parihṛtya — giving up; dūrāt — at a distant place.
O my friend, [tell me] whether Ugrasena, the King of the Sātvatas, Vṛṣṇis, Bhojas and Dāśārhas, is now doing well. He went far away from his kingdom, leaving aside all hopes of his royal throne, but Lord Kṛṣṇa again installed him.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness


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IBM and Novell team up for chunk of open source market
Computer giant IBM has linked up with Novell to take a bite out of the open source application server market. The deal, which was announced at yesterday's opening of LinuxWorld in San Francisco, will see Novell deliver and support WebSphere Application Server Community Edition as part of Suse Linux Enterprise Server. IBM said …
Run that one past me again!!
*IBM* wants to offer business customers an alternative option to avoid them falling into high costs by relying on a single vendor such as Microsoft???
Running it past you again
Come on. IBM has been changing their act over the past couple of decades. They know where their strengths lie. And as long as you are not running their Z-servers they know you can switch any which way you want.
Re: Running it past you again
And it only took the loss of lots of customers when they tried to force people off OfficeVision/VM to Lotus Notes to make them realise that. Sigh.
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