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Stanley TucciStanley Tucci is an American actor, writer, film producer and film director. He was nominated for several notable film awards, including an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for his performance in The Lovely Bones (2009). Tucci's other recent celebrated roles have been in The Devil Wears Prada and Julie & Julia. He has been nominated three times for Golden Globes, and won twice — for his title role in Winchell, and for his supporting role as Adolph Eichmann in Conspiracy, both from HBO films. He also received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Winchell. He was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Actor in a Play for his role as Johnny in the 2002 revival of Terrence McNally's Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune.
Stephanie CarawayStephanie, a Certified Sommelier, began her career in New York working at a number of notable establishments such as Balthazar and the Cub Room. Moving on to Arizona, Ms. Caraway studied in the cellar of Peter Kasperski, while managing the Wine Spectator Award winning wine programs of Cowboy Ciao, Kazimierz, and Sea Saw. Subsequently, while with of Fox Restaurant Concepts, she was the steward of a quarter million dollar wine program and was responsible for the education of the staff of not only one restaurant, but several different restaurant concepts. Stephanie was honored by Food and Wine Magazine which named her one of the Top Sommeliers of 2010. She currently holds a position with Southern Wine & Spirits.
Ray IsleRay Isle is Executive Wine Editor of FOOD & WINE, the modern, stylish, trend-spotting, talent-seeking epicurean brand. In addition to overseeing F&W's wine department, Isle writes the monthly column, Tasting Room, for the magazine, directs the title's spirits coverage, and is the author of foodandwine.com's wine blog, Tasting Room. Isle was promoted from wine editor in 2010, and has also served as deputy wine editor and senior editor. Prior to joining FOOD & WINE in 2005, Isle was managing editor of Wine & Spirits Magazine. He regularly conducts wine tasting seminars at epicurean events and appears as a wine and spirits expert on national television, including NBC's Today and CBS's The Early Show.
John LithgowAs a theatre actor, John Lithgow has appeared on Broadway more than 19 times, beginning with The Changing Room, for which he won a Tony. When he moved to film, he was soon nominated for Oscars in back-to-back years for The World According to Garp and Terms of Endearment. He has appeared in over 30 films and will be in the upcoming Caesar: Rise of the Apes. He has won 5 Emmys—3 of them for his role as the alien High Commander Dick Solomon on the hit NBC series 3rd Rock from the Sun. His latest Emmy was for his acclaimed work as a serial killer on Showtime's Dexter.
Jonathan WaxmanA successful chef, restaurateur and author, Jonathan Waxman has graced such prestigious kitchens as Chez Panisse in Berkeley and Michael's in LA. He went on to open his own restaurant in NYC, Jams, described by the NY Times as "a culinary comet," as well as the famed Washington Park. Today, he is the chef and owner of Barbuto in Manhattan's West Village. Twice a participant on Top Chef Masters on Bravo, he is also the author of 2 books: A Great American Cook and Italian My Way. He currently lives in Manhattan with his wife and 3 children.
Nora EphronNora Ephron is a journalist, novelist, playwright, screenwriter and director. Her credits include Heartburn, When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, You've Got Mail and Julie & Julia. She has received 3 Oscar nods for screenwriting. Her books include Crazy Salad; Scribble, Scribble; Heartburn and I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman. Her play Love, Loss and What I Wore, written with her sister Delia Ephron, is currently running Off-Broadway at the Westside Theater. Nora's latest book, I Remember Nothing, is in stores now.
S. Epatha MerkersonAn Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG and NAACP Award winner, S. Epatha Merkerson has won critical acclaim for her work in theatre, film and TV. She portrayed Lt. Anita Van Buren for 16 years on the hit NBC series, Law & Order, longer than any other cast member during the run of the series. In addition to her work in film and TV, Merkerson was last seen on Broadway in Come Back Little Sheba at the Biltmore Theatre, for which she received a Tony nomination.
The Napa Valley and Oakville
Napa Valley is one of those rare places where it would seem as though the land was perfectly adapted to growing wine. Napa Valley enjoys a unique geography; the valley floor is bounded by the Mayacamas Mountains to the west and the Vaca Mountains to the east. As one travels through the valley from south to north, the elevation increases along the way. This geography suits itself almost perfectly to various grapes at different points along the valley and contributes to another of Napa's most distinguishing characteristics – its propensity for diversity.
As one travels north through the valley, the temperature increases as the elevation does, too – a fact that is especially important to understanding who grows what and where. Generally, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay are grown in the southern end of the valley where they get cooled off by morning and evening fog while hot-blooded grapes like Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot dominate the upper valley.
Within the Napa Valley Appellation or AVA there are 16 smaller and distinct AVA's, each with a unique microclimate and soil profile that lends itself best to a particular grape and style. Oakville AVA is a great place to start when considering one of Napa's leading grapes, Cabernet Sauvignon, particularly because of its location smack-dab in the middle of the valley.
The Cabernet Sauvignon produced in Oakville has a tendency towards rich black fruit, full body, and a particular earthy and slightly herby quality that sets it apart from those produced elsewhere in the valley.
Another aspect of Oakville that sets the AVA apart is a famed strip of land on the valley floor called the Oakville Bench – a thin parcel of land that has long been known to produce some of the best wine in the valley. Cabernet Sauvignon from the Bench is plump, rich, full-bodied, and only better with age. Robert Mondavi's To Kalon vineyard, famous for a long history (it was planted first in 1868) of producing exceptional Cabernet Sauvignon resides on this Oakville Bench.
- For more information on wines from the Napa Valley, be sure to check out the Napa Vintners Association website at www.napavintners.org, or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/napavintners
- Perhaps the most famous Napa Valley wine event is the annual "Auction Napa Valley," a four-day charity event that raises funds to support health, youth and affordable housing non-profit programs in the Napa community. Some of the most famous and sought-after wines of the region, travel packages and exclusive experiences are auctioned during the event. For more information, visit http://www.napavintners.com/anv/index.aspx.
- The "Judgment of Paris" – Napa Valley wines burst onto the world scene as the result of a blind wine tasting in Paris 1976 that pitted California wines against French wines. All nine judges were French wine experts. To the shock of all, Napa's 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay and Napa's 1973 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon won top honors in the white and red categories, respectively.
- To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Judgment of Paris tasting, the Smithsonian Institute added bottles of the winning wines to their permanent collection and displayed them at the National Museum of American History in Washington D.C. for several weeks. The tasting was also discussed as part of a symposium on Wine in American History and Culture.
- The 2008 movie Bottle Shock, is based on the 1976 "Judgment of Paris" competition. Alan Rickman starred as Steven Spurrier, the organizer of the event. The film premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
- There have been vineyards in Napa Valley for more than 150 years. George Yount planted the first Napa Valley vineyards in 1838. Charles Krug established Napa's first commercial winery in 1861, and by 1889 there were more than 140 wineries in operation, including Schramsberg (founded in 1862), Beringer (1876) and Inglenook (1879).
- The Land Trust of Napa County is a local non-profit organization formed in 1976 charged with maintaining the rural character of Napa County by protecting the area's most important open space and agricultural lands for present and future generations. The trust has worked with private landowners and public conservation agencies to permanently protect over 33,000 acres in Napa County.
- Chef Jonathan Waxman, a pioneer of California Cuisine, and one of the guests on this episode, grew up near Napa (in Berkley) and went to camp in Napa when he was a kid!


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Your stripers and shad for my Rainbow Trout...not a bad trade. I don't know the story, but it was a long time ago. I think that they had to survive sailing around the horn. In a barrel? Amazing. Eddie
Great stuff Eddie, thanks!
I heard that the entire population of SF Bay stripers is the result of a single planting many years ago... is this true?
BTW - when you're in Beantown or the Cape please drop me a line
I have to tell you that I do most of my striper fishing in the East, but since I live in Frisco, I thought I should chime in. It's like this...Fishing for stripers in the Bay is to fishing on the Cape as skiing at Sunday River is to Sqaw Valley. Now that I have lost my job at the local Board of Commerce I'll see if I can help you out.
The striped bass winter in the delta and work their way into the bay in the spring. The fishing in the bay can be good out of a boat(usually starting in June) and Capt.Bud Wilson( ask for Josh at Fly Fishing Outfitters 415 781 3474) could get you into fish, but if you want to fish from shore here are some spots.
Along the shore of Cressy Feild to the Jetty in the Marina would be a spot to try.
Ocean Beach is also a place to hit. There might be bass, but an even better bet would be to fish for surf perch.
In Mill Valley(the town across the bridge) there are some tidal pools that you could hit on the top of the out going tide. I like this place. 101 north. Take Mill Valley exit. On your right you drive into a Holliday Inn(or motel of that ilk) and drive around back. There is a bike path on the shore of Richardson Bay And if you walk away from the Highway overpass, you will cross a foot bridge. This is the out flow that you will fish. Call Dave at World Waters for the scoop(415 331 4034).
Dan Blanton's site is very good. The fine people at Orvis are also helpful(415 623 1600)
I hope this will be a good start, Eddie
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The race tracker is showing that the multi hull Crosswinds is heading into Marathon. More info as I get it.
Crosswinds had a small hole in their hull and had to retire. They radioed the CG and at least two racing boats stood by. They are all safe and the boat is now on the travel lift in Marathon Key.


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The Princeton Shakespeare Company will hold a festival featuring three plays performed in the manner of the Elizabethan period -- without rehearsals -- Thursday through Saturday, Sept. 20-22. Performances will be at 5:30 p.m. in Dod Courtyard.
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One fears at times that those attending Mass see it as a social gathering, a duty imposed upon them, a chore, a pure act of obedience to Church authorities, totally failing to realize that it is the greatest gift that a loving God could possibly grant to His sinful creatures.
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Burger Pancakes/ Pancakes Freezing in Snow- Sponge Pancake Giveaway
Well, this time i made this is for the submission to the Sponge Pancake Giveaway created by Wendy for Table for 2 ..or more, simply because to join in for another fun and to support wendy. Of course, if i can receive the gift, that would be an additional delight for me but we have to abide by a few rules set by the queen. Wendy wants "creativity", i'm not a creative person, try to be creative in this but sorry wendy, cannot be more creative than this. Using your basic recipe, i doubled it , using a 4 inch nonstick pan and i got 6 pieces of small pancakes. 2 pieces for the ' burger pancake', 1 piece for 'pancake freezing in snow' , 1 plain one go to my stomach and the remaining 2 pieces which were badly burnt and murdered by me into the trash!
2 eggs ( egg whites separated)
2 tablespoon of sugar
2 tbsp of all purpose flour
butter for frying
Burger Pancakes
some pork floss or chicken floss
some shredded cucumber
Method for Burger Pancake
1.Beat egg whites until frothy and add in sugar and beat till medium stiff peaks
2. Put in egg yolks and mix.
3.Sift in flour and fold into the egg mixture
4.Heat up a 4 inch nonstick pan, put in some butter, pour in some batter and swirl around it and cook
till both sides turn slightly brown.
5.On one piece of pancake, put some shredded cucumber followed by another alyer of pork floss and then another layer of shredded cucumber. Top it with another piece of pancake. For garnishing , put some shredded cucumber and some pork floss on top.
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Some creamy sweet corn from the can ( i used the ones left from my sweet corn chiffon)
Some fresh young grated coconut
1. Spread some fresh young grated coconut and some creamy sweet corn on a piece of pancake, roll it up and cut into 2.
2. Sprinkle some grated coconut and some corn kernels for topping.
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You call ur self not creative?
That's a big lie!!!!
Thanks for the support.
The pancakes look pretty good to me.
Lena....who say you are not creative !!! I hope you will win a prize from Wendy :) That pancake is good and what a nice name you have given to your pancake....not creative ? * wink winkReplyDelete
WOW, you are very creative ler, yours look better than mine, I have no hope to win this contest liao, hahaha..ReplyDelete
ahha i agree with Wendy. this is creative! Oh my, I also did a burger with the pancake, just haven't posted it up yet.. *bummer*ReplyDelete
Those are mouth-watering pancakes! Good luck to you!
Love both, especially the the burger one! Kudos for cooking the pancakes so nicely.ReplyDelete
Both looks great! Simply delicious ...ReplyDelete
WOW! These look great, I bet it must be very delicious ;)ReplyDelete
hi everyone, i'm actually quite reluctant to admit that i'm creative but anyway, thanks so much for the compliments ..that's very encouraging!ReplyDelete
wow!!! how tempting! are those for sale?ReplyDelete
Love the idea of having pork floss in the sponge pancake! I'm a big fan of pork floss!ReplyDelete
Great idea on the pork floss Lena! Love it and it looks yummy too!ReplyDelete
oh boy, they sure look yummy. how did you manage to come up with the ideas and names for your food? they are great! i'll try it one of these days...since no baking is required..hehheheheReplyDelete
claire..you really know how to joke!ReplyDelete
but i kind of agree with some of you that the pork floss and the cucumber goes well with the pancake.
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Hey Clark, is there a website you can go to to see when and where the competitions are? Thanks
Hey Bryan,
I see that Mike has already given you a link. The other site is the NWTF home page,http://www.nwtf.organd then just click on your state and shooting events. The map site is much quicker however.
There's a shoot in Park City, KY in a couple of weeks and one it Medina, OH and Abbeville, SC next weekend. Then there are a couple in South Carolina & North Carolina a little later. That's about as far ahead as I've looked.
Some of these shoots are combined with sporting clays shoots and the new JAKES shoots. The sporting clays shoots always draw a crowd and hopefully this new shooting program for JAKES will do the same thing.
These shoots have allowed Doris and me to meet a lot of folks in different parts of the country that we might not otherwise have ever known and it's just fun to get out and shoot.
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This photograph of 12th-century stained glass windows in England's Canterbury Cathedral is part of the Index of Christian Art, a vast archive of medieval art housed at Princeton. A new collection of stained glass images taken in Europe before World War II will be unveiled on the index's Web site later this week. (image courtesy of Colum Hourihane)
At left: Also cataloged by the Index of Christian Art is "Noah Leaving the Ark," an image from "Chronique Universelle," a manuscript owned by the Morgan Library. The manuscript, possibly Flemish or French, is from the late 15th century. (image courtesy of Morgan Library)
Below left: This fragment of a sarcophagus is part of a collection at the Musée de l'Arles Antique in France and part of the index's archive. Dating to the fourth century, the piece portrays several Biblical stories, including, from left, the arrest of Peter, the Good Shepherd and an unknown woman praying. (image courtesy of Colum Hourihane)
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The Index of Christian Art, which makes
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• Housed in McCormick Hall, the index was founded by Professor Charles Rufus Morey in 1917. It records works of art produced without geographical limitations from early apostolic times up to A.D. 1400. Special projects involving Princeton's Firestone Library and the Morgan Library in New York extend the holdings to A.D. 1550.
• A total of 17 different media are represented in the archive, including manuscripts, metalwork, sculpture, painting and glass.
• The computerization program of the index was established in 1991. The Internet database now contains more than 50,000 works of art records that are accompanied by more than 120,000 images in color and black and white.
• Each year several thousand scholars use the index, either visiting it in person or online. While access to most of the collection is through subscription, some images are available to the public online. These open-access records include the Mills-Kronborg Collection of Danish Church Wall Paintings and four bibliographies for the study of medieval art. Later this week, the Gertrude and Robert Metcalf Collection of Images of Stained Glass will be available online. The Metcalfs traveled throughout Europe before World War II, photographing stained glass before it was secured for safekeeping or destroyed in the war. The collection includes 11,000 slides of their work.
• For most of its history, the index has focused on the art of the Western world. Over the last five years, however, there has been an increasing interest in medieval art of the Near East. This past April, the index sponsored a conference on campus titled "Artistic Interchange Between the Eastern and Western Worlds in the Medieval Period." Future conferences are planned on Spanish art in April 2006 and on the Romanesque in November 2006.


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Eric Johnson On His Most Revealing Album: 'Up Close'
Originally published in Guitar World, February 2011
He's famous for his perfectionism, but Eric Johnson presents the most spontaneous and revealing music of his career on his latest album, Up Close. The Austin powerhouse talks about loosening up, discovering his signature tone and performing on the latest Experience Hendrix tour.
Contrary to popular belief, Eric Johnson does watch the clock. The venerated guitarist, known for his leisurely pace in the studio, is sitting in the conference room of the Guitar World offices, digging into a bowl of soup and wolfing down a sandwich. In just under 90 minutes he's expected uptown at New York City's Beacon Theatre, where he's appearing with other six-string notables in the latest edition of the Experience Hendrix tour. Time is tight, but Johnson nonetheless provides thoughtful and unhurried explanations on a variety of topics. Chief among them is his reputation as a perfectionist. The guitarist is acutely aware of the issue, and in a soft, easygoing Texas drawl says, "The truth is, it kind of bothers me. I mean, let's be honest, the term 'perfectionist' is usually said with this negative connotation. Part of me understands why people attach that word to me. But on the other hand, I listen to some of my favorite artists, people like Stevie Wonder and Hendrix and so many others, and I'd be willing to bet—no, I'm sure—that they all aimed pretty high when they did their best work. Not that I'm putting myself on their level, but I do set the bar high with what I do. If you want to shoot for the moon, you shoot for the moon. The end justifies the means."
He thinks for a second, swallows a mouthful of soup, and adds, "Well, I guess you can take things a little too far, and I could plead guilty to that. But I'm getting better. This new album didn't take nearly as long as my others ones."
True and not true. Although Johnson claims to have "gone more with the flow and allowed things to happen naturally" while recording his new CD, Up Close, it comes a full five years after his last disc, 2005's Bloom, which is pretty much par for the course where his recordings are concerned. In all, he has issued only five studio albums since he debuted 32 years ago with 1978's Seven Worlds, not counting 2002's Souvenir, a collection of cuts recorded over the preceding 25 years.
Universally praised by peers and fans as one of the few musicians to achieve that rarity in music—a signature sound and style—Johnson has won a boatload of "greatest guitarist" and other such awards, including a Grammy for the jubilant, radio-friendly "Cliffs of Dover" (from 1990's Platinum-plus Ah Via Musicom). That famed "Eric Johnson sound"—a unique combination of clean and dirty tones coupled with a piercing yet joyous violin-like finger vibrato—is very much in evidence on Up Close's 15 mesmerizing tracks. It was recorded in Johnson's hometown of Austin with his longtime engineer and co-producer, Richard Mullen, along with the tight core of musicians he's worked with over the years (C. Roscoe Beck on bass, drummers Tommy Taylor and Barry "Frosty" Smith, and keyboardist Red Young). The album is almost an even split of vocal songs (Johnson sings three of them) and instrumentals, and it features appearances by guitar masters Sonny Landreth and fellow Austinite Jimmie Vaughan, along with vocals by Jonny Lang, Malford Milligan and the Joker himself, Steve Miller.
Johnson, Miller and Vaughan tear it up in true Lone Star fashion on a raucous cover of the Electric Flag song "Texas." But the heart and soul of Up Close can be heard in Johnson's original compositions. They are among his most deeply personal to date, inspired by self-reflection, epiphanies and affection for friends and family members. There's the brisk yet moody pop rocker "Brilliant Room," on which Austin blues veteran Milligan turns in a sparkling, soulful performance. Then there's the shimmering, twinkling "Gem," an ameliorating ride into the subconscious which is bound to join the ranks of Johnson's pantheon of instrumental masterpieces. On the gutsy, blues rock stomper "Austin," the guitarist fills the verses with glassy, jazzy chords before letting loose with a jaw dropper of a solo in which notes seemingly summersault over one another.
"I really love that song," Johnson says. "I'm a born-and-bred Texan, and I wanted to write something about the town I remember as a kid. Austin's still a great place to live, but it's changed in some ways environmentally that I'm not pleased about."
And for sheer cosmic guitar wizardry, there's a trio of daring musical soundscapes—"Awaken," "Traverse" and "The Sea and the Mountain"—originally cut as one continuous number but later sectioned into three separate pieces. "Even with something like those musical interludes, the idea was to expose myself as an artist more than I ever have before," Johnson says. "See, in the past, I would've labored over that piece—well, they're pieces now—but this time I just went for it. It was a lot of fun, especially when I went nuts with the feedback at the end. It kind of brought me back to that feeling of why I fell in love with playing the guitar in the first place. When I can get to that mental place with my instrument, I feel at home."
With Up Close, Johnson has returned home in another way by signing once again with EMI after issuing a handful of releases on Steve Vai's Favored Nations label. Although the guitarist admits that Capitol/EMI dropped him when 1996's Venus Isle failed to match the sales of Ah Via Musicom, he's happy to have the backing once again of the global powerhouse for Up Close, which is labeled an EMI/Vortexan release. "Vortexan is the part of the label I set up so that I can retain control over my music," he explains. "I tried doing things a different way, the more indie route, and that was fine. But I think it's important to have as much machinery behind you as you can, distribution-wise and promotion-wise—especially these days, when you're up against so much in trying to get your music out there."


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CHICAGO - Third baseman Ian Stewart says he is re-signing with the Chicago Cubs.
Stewart confirmed the move Thursday on Twitter, posting that he is "glad to be healthy and back with the Cubs."
A person familiar with the agreement says it's for one year at $2 million if Stewart makes the opening-day roster, and he can earn an additional $500,000 in bonuses. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal had not been announced. Several media outlets had reported the terms.
Stewart batted .201 with five homers and 17 RBIs in 55 games this year -- his first in Chicago -- before having season-ending left wrist surgery. He had a $2,237,500 salary and became a free agent when the Cubs declined to tender him a 2013 contract before last Friday's deadline.


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Anthony Lake, who served as national security adviser to President Clinton, will present "A View of the Middle East" at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 14, in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
Lake, who earned his master's in public affairs and Ph.D. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, is the Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service.
Lake served as Clinton's national security adviser from 1993 to 1997, capping a public service career that began when he joined the Department of State in 1962. He served as director of policy planning for President Carter from 1977 to 1981.
Lake is the author of several books, including "Six Nightmares: The Real Threats to American Security," "Somoza Falling: A Case Study of Washington at Work" and "Our Own Worst Enemy: The Unmasking of American Foreign Policy" (with I.M. Destler and Leslie Gelb). He also edited "After the Wars" and was a contributing editor to "Legacy of Vietnam: The War, American Society and the Future of U.S. Foreign Policy."
Lake recently served as honorary co-chair -- with former U.S. Secretary of State and Princeton alumnus George Shultz -- of the Princeton Project on National Security, a bipartisan initiative led by the Wilson School to craft a long-term strategy for dealing with critical issues facing the United States.
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Jeff NathanJeffrey Nathan is the host of Jewish Television Network's New Jewish Cuisine and is the head chef and co-owner of the critically acclaimed Abigael's on Broadway, now the largest gourmet kosher restaurant in the country. Nathan's first cookbook, Adventures in Jewish Cooking, published by Clarkson Potter, will be available in September 2002 and is a companion to the public television series.
Nathan's career started more than 25 years ago, when he washed dishes for a neighborhood Italian restaurant in Queens. After serving a tour of duty in the Navy, he enrolled in the premiere cooking school in the United States, The Culinary Institute of America. Chef Nathan's career blossomed in New York at Luchow's, The Company and the renowned New Deal Restaurant & Garden. During his tenure at New Deal, Nathan became known for his innovative preparation of exotic meats and the restaurant's Annual Wild Game Festival.
Inspired by his connection to Judaism, Nathan became determined to set a new standard for kosher cuisine and established Abigael's in 1995. With a creative menu that stresses light sauces, vinaigrettes and food that ranges from Tex-Mex and Cajun to French and Italian, Nathan's cooking emphasizes the flavors of modern American fare with global nuances.
Abigael's features several specials throughout the year, including an annual Argentinean Festival. To celebrate the change of seasons, the restaurant also boasts of a unique Duck Festival from February through May.
Nathan has won a James Beard Award and has been profiled in articles in Time, Saveur, Chef's and Food Arts. Abigael's has received rave reviews in New York's Daily News, The Forward, The Jewish Press, and the New York Jewish Herald. Before becoming the host and chef for New Jewish Cuisine, Chef Nathan appeared on several television programs as a guest chef including a number of appearances on Live with Regis and Kathie Lee and Conan O'Brien.
Nathan lives for cooking and met his wife while working in the kitchen of New Deal. Together with their children, they live in Livingston, New Jersey.
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Obama begs Senate: We must pass my disastrous health care bill ASAP
posted at 9:06 pm on July 16, 2009 by Allahpundit
I don't blame him. The longer this drags out, the more time they'll have to actually read the bill. Witness the fierce urgency of fiscal catastrophe:
After another intense day of closed-door negotiations, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and other senators emerged from a meeting Thursday to admit they had not reached the finish line.
"We're ready when we're ready but we're not going to be ready today," Baucus told reporters. "We're very close to reaching agreement. By close, I mean it's a matter of couple, three or four days, maybe."
That may not be close enough for Obama, who has repeatedly said he wants both the House and Senate to approve their respective versions of healthcare reform before Congress departs for its August recess…
Following the White House gathering, the urgency of Baucus's work appeared to intensify. But in announcing the senators had not made a deal, Baucus also said they would not meet again until next week…
"It takes time and that's what I expressed to the president today, that I hope we can have flexibility on the timeframe so that we can make the best decisions possible on this monumental challenge," [Olympia] Snowe said. "Well, I don't know that he necessarily agreed."
In fact, Snowe said, the Senate should wait until after the August recess to give senators time to review the combined Finance and HELP committee package and get feedback from constituents.
Everyone's a bit jaded about The One's modus operandi by now but it's worth stepping back to drink this in. We're talking here about his signature policy issue, the most significant domestic legislation that Congress has considered in decades, and rather than take his time and be meticulous about it, Obama's trying to ram it through as quickly as he can for reasons of either ego or pure political expediency. That "pass something, anything!" approach could be understood (if not forgiven) in the case of the
stimulus recovery "stabilization" bill, since the whole point was to start pushing money out the door as quickly as possible — which didn't happen, natch. But what's the excuse this time? What pressing policy consideration demands that this turd be pinched off before August instead of letting Congress take its time? Any lefties want to help me out?
So confident is The One in the success of his program that he's desperately seeking another "bipartisan" fig leaf a la the Snowe/Specter/Collins votes for the stimulus to share blame when everything goes wrong. Exit question via Ace: How long will it be before Obama starts insisting that he never said universal health care would save money in the long run?
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The Gettel Family of Dealerships today will host a reception honoring local teachers.
An appreciation awards ceremony will be held at 4:30 p.m. today, at Toyota of Lakewood, 5959 E. State Road 64, Bradenton. This event marks the third quarter 2012-2013 ceremony hosted by Gettel.
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Palin, Palin, Palin!!!
Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. ~ Ronald Reagan
When someone is held up in high esteem who cheated on not one, but two wives, while she was dying of cancer, then preaches "family values" to me or condemns those of others, I call a hypocrite when I see it. I don't give a hoot if they are republican, democrat, independent, or from Mars.
I am very consevative on many issues, but I've noticed that when I post anything other than straight-Limbaugh teaching, I'm called names, ridiculed, and even labeled and told I must love certain people.
You can do and say what you want, I fought for your right to do so, and I just ignore the name-calling. But I think this behavior of exclusion and ridicule demonstrates why only 21% of Americans are willing to admit they're republican. I don't anymore, because I think for myself. Even if I get ridiculed and called names. The way I see it, I served my country in uniform and pay more taxes than most, so that (and the Constitution) give the the right to think and speak independently.
God Bless PFC Jamie Harkness. The US Army's newest PFC, but still our neighbor's little girl!
But I did not & will not call you names.
I won't ridicule you.
I have been through a lot in my life, 1 being watching my best friend (wife) of 33 years lose a valient battle against cancer.
So when you criticize Newt (not my fav) for cheating when his wife was ill, I wonder your feelings toward Edwards who ran a campaign & cheated when his wife was diagnosed and he had small children.
If I have offended you in mentioning this, I apologize.
In regard to my "just sayin' " thing, it's sort of a tag line.
have a good one, veterans regards'
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At the begining of this post I said that I'm not sure who I'd support between Newt and Palin. I respect your oppinion so I'm interested to know what you think of Palin.
Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. ~ Ronald Reagan
Didn't mean to say YOU did those things. My apologies. There are some here that do.
I try to mind my own business and not pass judgement, because we often don't know all the facts surrounding issues (esp ones we see/hear on tv!)
I don't like to see anyone hurt, so whether it's Newt or Edwards, its a bad situation. Like I said, I don't like to judge, but from where I can see, both men acted dishonorably. As for seeking forgiveness, that's great. That's between them, their families, and their God. You, me, or the media should give them room. However, I don't think proclaiming you're forgiven makes everything ok, and gives one the right to start judging and preaching values to others. That is hypocrisy, and I can't stand it! Newt, after self-proclaiming forgiveness, resumed attacking others' values. Edwards has kind of sulked around with his head hung low, like a scoundrel should. (there I go judging, sorry)
I like much of what Palin says and stands for. But again, her famiy's business isn't any of mine, until they MAKE it mine by trying to preach THEIR values on ME. Yes, I'm sure the Palins are all forgiven for their transgressions as well, and I'm truly happy for them if they've found their peace...but again, please keep their problems as well as their "do as I say, not as I do" preachings to themselves. If THEY hadn't paraded the family and their abstinence values all over national media, we wouldn't even KNOW of their issues. Most families children are relatively left alone, unless they parade in public, or do 'stupid' things making them targets.
I think she will be a legitimate candidate, but only after several years of coaching and mentoring on the national political scene. Politics at that level are much like music virtuosities. Bush (both of them), Clinton, Obama, Biden....these guys have been groomed since nearly childhood for presidential politics. Sarah just picked up the fiddle, and although she can play to a crowd in Wasilla, she needs more practice before Lincoln Center. I think even her staunchest supporters will admit she made some rookie mistakes. Sure, she was a victim of "gotcha politics", but that's what separates the wheat from the chaff. She's come a long way...look how she handled Letterman. That's what 21st century politics is about. So was 20th century, and although none of us were around, I'll bet 19th, 18th, and all the other political centuries depending more on "looking good" to the masses, rather than actually being good.
God Bless PFC Jamie Harkness. The US Army's newest PFC, but still our neighbor's little girl!
Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. ~ Ronald Reagan
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If the GOP runs Palin in 2012, it will give Obama a landslide victory.
Her appeal is too small. Same for Newt.
Until the Republicans put forth a candidate that appears to have a better chance of WINNING the White House, I'll stick with Romney.
"All those things bother me: The populism, the lying and the scapegoating and the xenophobia bother me, but then theres a layer of incompetence here. I suppose, in a way, we should be thankful: If he had a coherent ideology, hed probably be more dangerous." P J O'Rourke
You know Franco, I wasn't really a Romney fan during the primaries, but what I wouldn't give to have him in the driver's seat right now! I suspect there are a lot of other folks out there who feel the same way. When the economy is in the toilet, I'd sure like to have a guy who has successfully run a business and been the Governor of a state making the decisions. But hey, what does he know about hope and change?
As far as the personal lives of candidates, I believe that how someone manages their family relationships and the decisions they have made in the past reveals much about their character and should be considered, but we usually go way too far and make too big of a deal about whether or not someone smoked pot in college or had an affair 30 years ago.
I behave and believe very differently today than I did in my teens and twenties. Does that make me a hypocrite? If I drank excessively and experimented with drugs in college, am I forever disqualified to hold office? What if I believe strongly in family values (whatever that means) but I have a kid that has a child out of wedlock, or has a drug addiction, or is in prison?
My point is that I want to know where a candidate stands on the issues that are important to me and that I feel affect this country the most. Everything else may be relevant, but is secondary. One man's opinion.
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LETTER XXVII.HILO. June 1.
MR. and Mrs. Severance and I have just retured from a three-days' expedition to Puna in the south of Hawaii, and I preferred their agreeable company even to solitude! My sociable Kahélé was also pleased, and consequently behaved very well. We were compelled to ride for twenty-three miles in single file, owing to the extreme narrowness of the lava track, which has been literally hammered down in some places to make it passable even for shod horses. We were a party of four, and a very fat policeman on a very fat horse brought up the rear.
At some distance from Hilo there is a glorious burst of tropical forest, and then the track passes into green grass dotted over with clumps of the pandanus and the beautiful eugenia. In that hot dry district the fruit was already ripe, and we quenched our thirst with it. The "native apple," as it is called, is of such a brilliant crimson colour as to be hardly less beautiful than the flowers. The rind is very thin, and the inside is white, juicy, and very slightly acidulated. We were always near the sea, and the surf kept bursting up behind the trees in great snowy drifts, and every opening gave us a glimpse of deep blue water. The coast the whole way is composed of great blocks of very hard black lava, more or less elevated, upon which the surges break in perpetual thunder.page: 361
Suddenly the verdure ceased, and we emerged upon a hideous scene, one of the many lava flows from Kilauea, an irregular branching stream, about a mile broad. It is suggestive of fearful work on the part of nature, for here the volcano has not created but destroyed. The black tumbled sea mocked the bright sunshine, all tossed, jagged, spiked, twirled, thrown heap on heap, broken, rifted, upheaved in great masses, burrowing in ravines of its own making, full of broken bubble caves, and torn by a-a streams. Close to the track crystals of olivine lie in great profusion, and in a few of the crevices there are young plants of a fern which everywhere has the audacity to act as the herald of vegetation.
Beyond this desert the country is different in its features from the rest of the island, a green smiling land of Beulah, varied by lines of craters covered within and without with vegetation. For thirty miles the track passes under the deep shade of coco palms, of which Puna is the true home; and from under their feathery shadow, and from amidst the dark leafage of the breadfruit, gleamed the rose-crimson apples of the eugenia, and the golden balls of the guava. I have not before seen this exquisite palm to advantage, for those which fringe the coast have, as compared with these, a look of tattered, sombre, harassed antiquity. Here they stood in thousands, young as well as old, their fronds gigantic, their stems curving every way, and the golden light, which is peculiar to them, toned into a golden green. They were loaded with fruit in all stages, indeed it is produced in such abundance that thousands of nuts he unheeded on page: 362 the ground. Animals, including dogs and cats, revel in the meat, and in the scarcity of good water the milk is a useful substitute.
Late in the afternoon we reached our destination, a comfortable frame house, on one of those fine natural lawns in which Hawaii abounds. A shower at seven each morning keeps Puna always green. Our kind host, a German, married to a native woman, served our meals in a house made of grass and bamboo; but the wife and children, as is usual in these cases, never appeared at table, and contented themselves with contemplating us at a great distance.
The next afternoon we rode to one of the natural curiosities of Puna, which gave me intense pleasure. It lies at the base of a cone crowned with a heiau and a clump of coco palms. Passing among bread-fruit and guavas into a palm grove of exquisite beauty, we came suddenly upon a lofty wooded cliff of hard basaltic rock, with ferns growing out of every crevice in its ragged but perpendicular sides. At its feet is a cleft about 60 feet long, 16 wide, and 18 deep, full of water at a temperature of 90°. This has an absolute transparency of a singular kind, and perpetrates wonderful optical illusions. Every thing put into it is transformed. The rocks, broken timber, and old cocoa nuts which lie below it, are a frosted blue; the dusky skins of natives are changed to alabaster; and as my companion, in a light print holuku, swam to and fro, her feet and hands became like polished marble tinged with blue, and her dress floated through the water as if woven of blue light. Everything page: 363 about this spring is far more striking and beautiful than the colour in the blue grotto of Capri. It is heaven in the water, a jewelled floor of marvels, "a sea of glass," "like unto sapphire," a type, perhaps, of that on which the blessed stand before the throne of God. Above, the feathery palms rose into the crystalline blue, and made an amber light below, and all fair and lovely things were mirrored in the wonderful waters. The specific gravity must be much greater than that of ordinary water, for it did not seem possible to sink, or even be thoroughly immersed in it. The mercury in the air was 79°, but on coming out of the water we felt quite chilly.
I like Puna. It is like nothing else, but something about it made us feel as if we were dwelling in a castle of indolence. I developed a capacity for doing nothing, which horrified me, and except when we energised ourselves to go to the hot spring, my companions and I were content to dream in the verandah, and watch the lengthening shadows, and drink cocoa-nut milk, till the abrupt exit of the sun startled us, and we saw the young moon carrying the old one tenderly, and a fitful glare 60 miles away, where the solemn fires of Manna Loa are burning at a height of nearly 14,000 feet.HILO.
There are many "littles," but few "mickles" here. It is among the last that two foreign gentlemen have successfully accomplished the ascent of Mauna Loa, and the mystery of its fires is solved. I write "successfully," as they went up and down in safety, but they were involved page: 364 in a series of pilikias: girths, stirrup-leathers, and cruppers slipping and breaking, and their sufferings on the summit from cold and mountain sickness appear to have been nearly incapacitating. Although much excited, they are collected enough to pronounce it "the most sublime sight ever seen." They, as well as several natives who have passed by Kilauea, report it as in full activity which bears against the assertion that the flank crater becomes quiet when the summit crater is active.
Another and sadder "mickle" has been the departure of ten lepers for Molokai. The Kilauea, with the Marshal, and Mr. Wilder who embodies the Board of Health, has just left the bay, taking away forty lepers on this cruise; and the relations of those who have been taken from Hilo are still howling on the beach. When one hears the wailing, and sees the temporary agony of the separated relatives, one longs for "the days of the Son of Man," and that his healing touch, as of old in Galilee, might cleanse these unfortunates. Nine of the lepers were sent on board from the temporary pest-house, but their case, though deeply commiserated, has been overshadowed by that of the talented half-white, "Bill Ragsdale," whom I mentioned in one of my earlier letters, and who is certainly the most "notorious" man in Hilo. He has a remarkable gift of eloquence, both in English and Hawaiian: a combination of pathos, invective, and salcasm; and his manner, though theatrical, is considered perfect by his native admirers. His moral character, however, has been very low, which makes the outburst of feeling at his fate the more remarkable.page: 365
Yesterday, he wrote a letter to Sheriff Severance, giving himself up as a leper to be dealt with by the law, expressing himself as ready to be expatriated to-day, but requesting that he might not be put into the leper-house, and that he might go on board the steamer alone. The fact of his giving himself up excited much sympathy, as, in his case, the signs of the malady are hardly apparent, and he might have escaped suspicion for some time.
He was riding about all this morning, taking leave of people, and of the pleasant Hilo lanes, which he will never see again, and just as the steamer was weighing anchor, walked down to the shore as carefully dressed as usual, decorated with leis of ohia and gardenia, and escorted by nearly the whole native population. On my first landing here, the glee club, singing and flower-clad, went out to meet him;—now tears and sobs accompanied him, and his countrymen and women clung to him, kissing him, to the last moment, whilst all the foreigners shook hands as they offered him their good wishes. He made a short speech in native, urging quiet submission to the stringent measures which government is taking in order to stamp out leprosy, and then said a few words in English. His last words, as he stepped into the boat, were to all: "Aloha, may God bless you, my brothers," and then the whale boat took him the first stage towards his living grave. He took a horse, a Bible, and some legal books with him; and, doubtless, in consideration of the promillent positions he has filled, specially that of interpreter to the Legislature, unusual indulgence will be granted to him.page: 366
At the weekly prayer meeting held this evening in the foreign church, the medical officer gave a very pathetic account of his interview with him this morning, in which he had feelingly requested the prayers of the church. It was with unusual fervour afterwards that prayer was offered, not for him only, but for "all those who, living, have this day been consigned to the oblivion of the grave, and for the five hundred of our fellow-subjects now suffering on Molokai." A noble instance of devotion has just been given by Father Damiens, a Belgian priest, who has gone to spend his life amidst the hideous scenes, and the sickness and death of the ghastly valley of Kalawao.
IN 1865, the Hawaiian Legislature, recognizing the disastrous fact that leprosy is at once contagious and incurable, passed an act to prevent its spread, and eventually the Board of Health established a leper settlement on the island of Molokai for the isolation of lepers. In carrying out the painful task of weeding out and exiling the sufferers, the officials employed met with unusual difficulties; and the general foreign community was not itself aware of the importance of making an attempt to "stamp out" the disease, until the beginning of Lunalilo's reign, when the apparently rapid spread of leprosy, and sundry rumours that others than natives were affected by it, excited general alarm, and not unreasonably, for page: 367 medical science, after protracted investigation, knows less of leprosy than of cholera. Nor are medical men wholly agreed as to the manner in which infection is communicated; and, as the white residents on the islands associate very freely and intimately with the natives, eating poi out of their calabashes, and sleeping in their houses and on their mats, there was just cause for uneasiness.
The natives themselves have been, and still are, perfectly reckless about the risk of contagion, and although the family instinct among them is singularly weak, the gregarious or social instinct is singularly strong, and it has been found impossible to induce them to give up smoking the pipes, wearing the clothes, and sleeping on the mats of lepers, which three things are universally regarded by medical men as undoubted sources of infection. At the beginning of 1873, it was estimated that nearly 400 lepers were scattered up and down the islands, living among their families and friends, and the healthy associated with them in complete apathy or fatalism. However bloated the face and glazed the eyes, or however swollen or decayed the limbs were, the persons so afflicted appeared neither to scare nor disgust their friends, and, therefore, Hawaii has absolutely needed the coercive segregation of these living foci of disease. When the search for lepers was made, the natives hid their friends away under mats, and in forests and caves, till the peril of separation was over, and if they sought medical advice, they rejected foreign educated aid in favour of the highly paid services of Chinese and native quacks, who professed to work a cure by means of loathsome ointments and page: 368 decoctions, and abominable broths worthy of the witches' cauldron.
However, as the year passed on, lepers were "informed against," and it became the painful duty of the sheriffs of the islands, on the statement of a doctor that any individual was truly a leper, to commit him for life to Molokai. Some, whose swollen faces and glassy goggle eyes left no room for hope of escape, gave themselves up; and a few, who, like Mr. Ragsdale, might have remained among their fellows almost without suspicion, surrendered themselves in a way which reflects much credit upon them. Mr. Park, the Marshal, and Mr. Wilder, of the Board of Health, went round the islands repeatedly in the Kilauea, and performed the painful duty of collecting the victims, with true sympathy and kindness. The woe of those who were taken, the dismal wailings of those who were left, and the agonised partings, when friends and relatives clung to the swollen limbs and kissed the glistering bloated faces of those who were exiled from them for ever, I shall never forget.
There were no individual distinctions made among the sufferers. Queen Emma's cousin, a man of property, and Mr. Ragsdale, the most influential lawyer among the half-whites, shared the same doom as poor Upa, the volcano guide, and stricken Chinamen and labourers from the plantations. Before the search slackened, between three and four hundred men, women, and children were gathered out from among their families, and placed on Molokai.
Between 1866 and April 1874, eleven hundred and forty- page: 369 five lepers, five hundred and sixty of whom were sent from Kahili in the spring of 1872, have arrived on Molokai, of which number four hundred and forty-two have died, the majority of the deaths having occurred since the beginning of Lunalilo's reign, when the work of segregation was undertaken in earnest. At the present time the number on the island is 703, including 22 children. These unfortunates are necessarily pauperised, and the small Hawaiian kingdom finds itself much burdened by their support. The strain on the national resources is very great, and it is not surprising that officials called upon to meet such a sad emergency should be assailed in all quarters of the globe by sentimental criticism and misstatements regarding the provision made for the lepers on Molokai. Most of these are unfounded, and the members of the Board of Health deserve great credit both for their humanity and for their prompt and careful attention to the complaints made by the sufferers.
At present the two obvious blots on the system are, the insufficient house accommodation, involving a herding together which is repulsive to foreign, though not to native, ideas; and the absence of a resident physician to prescribe for the ailments from which leprosy is no exemption. Molokai, the island of exile, is Molokai aina pali, "the land of precipices," in the old native mélés, and its walls of rock rise perpendicularly from the sea to a height varying from 1000 to 2500 feet, in extreme grandeur and picturesqueness, and are slashed, as on IHawaii, by gulches opening out on natural lawns on the sea level. The place chosen for the centralization and page: 370 segregation of leprosy is a most singular plain of about 20,000 acres, hemmed in between the sea and a precipice 2000 feet high, passable only where a zigzag bridle track swings over its face, so narrow and difficult that it has been found impossible to get cattle down over it, so that the leper settlement below has depended for its supplies of fresh meat upon vessels. The settlement is accessible also by a very difficult landing at Kalaupapa on the windward side of Molokai.
Three miles inland from Kalaupapa is the leper village of Kalawao, which may safely be pronounced one of the most horrible spots on all the earth; a home of hideous disease and slow coming death, with which science in despair has ceased to grapple; a community of doomed beings, socially dead, "whose only business is to perish;" wifeless husbands, husbandless wives, children without parents, and parents without children; men and women who have "no more a portion for ever in anything that is clone under the sun," condemned to watch the repulsive steps by which each of their doomed fellows passes down to a loathsome death, knowing that by the same they too must pass.
A small stone church near the landing, and another at Kalawao, tell of the extraordinary devotion of a Catholic priest, who, with every prospect of advancement in his Church, and with youth, culture, and refinement to hold him back from the sacrifice, is in this hideous valley, a self exiled man, for Christ's sake. It was singular to hear the burst of spontaneous admiration which his act elicited. No unworthy motives were suggested, all page: 371 envious speech was hushed; it was almost forgotten by the most rigid Protestants that Father Damiens, who has literally followed the example of Christ by "laying down his life for the brethren," is a Romish priest, and an intuition, higher than all reasoning, hastened to number him with "the noble army of martyrs."
In Kalawao are placed not only the greater number of the lepers, but the hospital buildings. Most of the victims are of the poorer classes and live in brown huts; but two of rank, Mrs. Napela and the Hon. P.Y. Kaeo, Queen Emma's cousin, have neat wooden cottages on the way from the landing, with every comfort which their means can provide for them. The hospital buildings are about twelve in number, well and airily situated on a height; they are built of wood thoroughly whitewashed, and are enclosed by a fence. Although it is hoped that a leper hospital is not to be a permanent institution of the kingdom, the soft green grass of the enclosure has been liberally planted with algaroba trees, which in a year or two will form a goodly shade, and water has been brought in from a distance at considerable expense, so that an abundant supply is always at hand. The lepers are dying fast, and the number of advanced cases in the hospital averages forty. In the centre of the hospital square there are the office buildings, including the dispensary, which is well supplied with medicines, so that in the absence of a doctor, common ailments may be treated by an intelligent English leper. The superintendent's office, where the accounts and statistics of the settlement are kept, and where the leper governor holds his leper court, and the page: 372 post-office, are also within the enclosure; but the true governor and law-giver is Death.
When Mr. Ragsdale left Hilo as a leper, the course he was likely to take on Molokai could not be accurately forecasted; and it was felt that the presence in the leper community of a man of his gift of eloquence and influence might either be an invaluable assistance to the government, or else a serious embarrassment. In every position he had hitherto occupied, he had acquired and retained a remarkable notoriety; and no stranger could visit the islands without hearing of poor "Bill Ragsdale's" gifts, and the grievous failings by which they were accompanied.
Hitherto the hopes of his well wishers have been fulfilled, and the government has found in him a most energetic as well as prudent agent. "It is better to be first in Britain than second in Rome;" and probably this unfortunate man, superintendent of the leper settlement, and popularly known as "Governor Ragsdale," has found a nobler scope for his ambition among his doomed brethren than in any previous position. His remarkable power of influencing his countrymen is at present used for their well being; and though his authority is practically almost absolute, owing to the isolation of the community, and its position almost outside the operation of law, he has hitherto used it with good faith and moderation. He is nominally assisted in his duties by a committee of twenty chosen from among the lepers themselves; but from his superior education page: 373 and native mental ascendancy, all immediate matters in the settlement are decided by his judgment alone.
The rations of food are ample and of good quality, and notwithstanding the increase in the number of lepers, and the difficulty of communication, there has not been any authenticated case of want. Each leper receives weekly 21 lbs. of paiai, and from 5 to 6 of beef, and when these fail to be landed, 9 lbs. of rice, 1 lb. of sugar, and 4 lbs. of salmon. Soap and clothing are also supplied; but, for all beyond these necessaries, the lepers are dependent on their own industry, if they are able to exercise it, and the kindness of their friends. Coffee, tobacco, pipes, extra clothing, knives, toys, books, pictures, working implements and materials, have all been possessed by them in happier days; and though packages of such things have been sent by the charitable for distribution by Father Damiens, it is not possible for island benevolence fully to meet an emergency and needs so disproportionate to the population and resources of the kingdom. Besides the two Catholic churches, there are a Protestant chapel, with a pastor, himself a leper, who is a regularly ordained minister of the Hawaiian Board, and two school-houses, where the twenty-two children of the settlement receive instruction in Hawaiian from a leper teacher. There is a store, too, where those who are assisted by their friends can purchase small luxuries, which are sold at just such an advance on cost as is sufficient to clear the expense of freight. The taste for ornament has not died out in either sex, and women are to be seen in Kalawao, hideous and bloated page: 374 beyond description, decorated with leis of flowers, and looking for admiration out of their glazed and goggle eyes.
King Kalakaua and Queen Kapiolani have paid a visit to the settlement, and were received with hearty alohas, and the music of a leper band. The king made a short address to the lepers, the substance of which was "that his heart was grieved with the necessity which had separated these, his subjects, from their homes and families, a necessity which they themselves recognised and acquiesced in, and it should be the earnest desire of himself and his government to render their condition in exile as comfortable as possible." While he spoke, though it is supposed that a merciful apathy attends upon leprosy, his hideous audience showed signs of deep feeling, and many shed tears at his thoughtfulness in coming to visit those, who, to use their own touching expression, were "already in the grave."
The account which follows is from the pen of a gentleman who accompanied the king, and visited the hospital on the same occasion, in company with two members of the Board of Health.
"As our party stepped on shore, we found the lepers assembled to the number of two or three hundred—there are 697 all told in the settlement—for they had heard in advance of our coming, and our ears were greeted with the sound of lively music. This proceeded from the 'band,' consisting of a drum, a fife, and two flutes, rather skilfully played upon by four young lads, whose visages were horribly marked and disfigured with leprosy. The page: 375 sprightly airs with which these poor creatures welcomed the arrival of the party, sounded strangely incongruous and out of place, and grated harshly upon our feelings. And then as we proceeded up the beach, and the crowd gathered about us, eager and anxious for a recognition or a kind word of greeting-oh, the repulsive and sickening libels and distorted caricatures of the human face divine upon which we looked! And as they evidently read the ill-concealed aversion in our countenances, they withdrew the half-proffered hand, and slunk back with hanging heads. They felt again that they were lepers, the outcasts of society, and must not contaminate us with their touch. A few cheerful words of inquiry from the physician, Dr. Trousseau, addressed to individuals as to their particular cases, broke the embarrassment of this first meeting, and soon the crowd were chatting and laughing just like any other crowd of thoughtless Hawaiians, and with but few exceptions, these unfortunate exiles showed no signs of the settled melancholy that would naturally be looked for from people so hopelessly situated. Very happy were they when spoken to, and quite ready to answer any questions. We saw numbers whom we had known in years past, and who, having disappeared, we had thought dead. One we had knlown as a Representative, and a very intelligent one, too, in the Legislature of 1868. On greeting him as an old-time acquaintance, he observed, 'Yes, we meet again—in this living grave!' He is a man of no little. consideration among the people, being entrusted by the Board of Health with the care of the store which is kept page: 376 here for the sale of such goods as the people require. All do not appear to be lepers who are leprous. We saw numbers who might pass along our streets any day without being suspected of the taint. They had it, however, in one way or another. Sometimes on the extremities only, eating away the flesh and rotting the bones of the hands or feet; and sometimes only appearing in black and indurated spots on the skin, noticed only on a somewhat close examination. This last sort is said to be the worst, as being most surely fatal and easiest transmitted. We saw women who had the disease in this stage, walking about, whom it was difficult to believe were lepers.
"If our sensibilities were shocked at the sight of the crowd of lepers we had met at the beach, walking about in physical strength and activity, how shall we describe our sensations in looking upon these loathsome creatures in the hospital, in whom it was indeed hard to recognise anything human? The rooms were cleanly kept and well ventilated, but the atmosphere within was pervaded with the sickening odour of the grave. At each end, squatted or lying prone on their respective mats or mattresses, were the yet breathing corpses of lepers in the last stages of various forms of the disease, who glanced inquisitively at us for a moment out of their ghoul-like eyes—those who were not already beyond seeing—and then withdrew within their dreadful selves. Was there ever a more pitiful sight?
"In one room we saw a sight that will ever remain fixed indelibly on the tablets of memory. A little blue-eyed, flaxen haired child, apparently three or four years page: 377 old, a half-caste, that looked up at us with an expression of timorous longing to be caressed and loved; but alas, in its glassy eyes and transparent cheeks were the unmistakable signs of the curse—the sin of the parents visited upon the child!
"In another room was one—a mass of rotting flesh, with but little semblance of humanity remaining—who was dying, and whose breath came hurried and obstructed. A few hours at most, and his troubles would be over, and his happy release arrive. There had been fourteen deaths in the settlement during the previous fortnight. On the day of our visit there were fifty-eight inmates of the hospital."
Though the lifting of the veil of mystery which hangs over the death valley of Molokai discloses some of the most woeful features of the curse, it is a relief to know the worst, and that the poor leprous outcasts in their "living grave" are not outside the pale of humanity and a judicious philanthropy. All that can be done for them is to encourage their remaining capacities for industry, and to smooth, as far as is possible, the journey of death. The Hawaiian Government is doing its best to "stamp out" the disease, and to provide for the comfort of those who are isolated; and, with the limited means at its disposal, has acted with an efficiency and humanity worthy of the foremost of civilised countries.


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By J. Lynn West/New Albany News-Exchange
Editor's note: This is the last in a 16-part series about Northeast Mississippi courthouses.
By J. Lynn West
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NEW ALBANY – The Union County courthouse is quite possibly unique in Mississippi in that it may be the only such building not constructed on a court square.
That's because New Albany was founded and incorporated in 1850, two decades before Union County existed, and before the town was designated the county seat.
The town naturally grew up from the area around the Tallahatchie River, moving up the hill to fill in the area between the river and what later was Col. Faulkner's railroad, and between the Frisco rail tracks and the so-called Jockey Yard a couple of blocks south where livestock and all manner of other trading went on along with socializing as well. A gorge was just east of the railroad (it still is, if one looks) traversed by a wooden bridge. There simply was no good place to add a square without remaking the entire town.
Union County was established July 7, 1870, still during the reconstruction era, and was named, according to some accounts, because of the union of parts of Pontotoc and Tippah counties. Records from one of the men responsible, Nimrod Wilkins, suggested the name came from Union District, S.C., from which many of the residents came in 1840. In 1874, part of Lee County was annexed as well.
According to a county history, "A large frame building was constructed at the west end of Cotton Street (now Bankhead Street), and this served as a courthouse until 1872 when a new two-story brick courthouse was built on the present courthouse block."
History compiled by the late Edgar Stephens, former attorney, state representative and historian, reveals the courthouse housed not only the county offices, "but also the law office of Young and Dalton as well as the New Albany Democrat Newspaper office."
This likely makes Union County unique as well with commercial businesses housed in the courthouse. This frame structure was destroyed by fire on Oct. 28, 1881, and it is believed the fire was set by someone who wanted to destroy criminal records. Lost in the fire were all of the county records, and until a new courthouse could be constructed, business was done by county officials' temporarily setting up offices in the home of Dr. Mumford Wilson.
The usual county offices were included, and the courts apparently saw a good deal of business because New Albany got somewhat rowdy. Street and saloon fights were fairly common, and one of the town's physicians seems to have been a repeat participant.
A completion date was not recorded for the second courthouse other than 1882, but it was in service for less than 20 years before being demolished to make way for the building there today.
The cornerstone for the new building with its distinctive copper roof and marble wainscoting was laid Sept. 5, 1908, and the building was accepted on June 2, 1909.
It is not clear why the relatively young courthouse was replaced, but speculation attributes it to the rapid growth the community experienced thanks to the influence of millionaire Paul Rainey. Rainey, when not big-game hunting in Africa or off on other adventures, constructed the large Rainey Hotel, a bank, a pants factory, furniture factory and his activities provided jobs.
The current courthouse contained all county offices until 1985 when the then-recently-constructed Union County Library on the site of the former old jail was concerted in the Chancery Court Building. A new library was built on King Street, where it is now, and the chancery and justice court offices, along with county supervisors, moved into it.


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Description Spider Antelope-horns is a clump-forming, 1-2 ft. perennial with an upright or sprawling habit. Its pale, greenish-yellow flowers, tinged maroon, are crowded in round, terminal clusters. The long, thick, narrow leaves are often folded lengthwise. As the green seed pods grow in length and begin to curve, they resemble antelope horns.
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Habitat Dry plains and pastures; limestone hills; open pine woods.
Range C. Kansas to Texas and Mexico, west to s. Idaho and se. California.
Discussion Milkweeds are the primary food source for Monarch caterpillars.
Exposure Preference Sun.
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02-25-2013, 02:31 PM #1Junior Member Guppy
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I need help identifying these please... :)
Hi guys, just starting to get interested in aquariums and fishes.. So far i have 2 Blood parrots, 2 Pearl gouramis, 2 Pleco(albino maybe), 3 angelfishes, 2 Weird looking catfish..... The thing is, i just assume that it's a catfish because of the whiskers .. but the guy at the shop says its an eel... so i thought may be its an eel catfish maybe?? so i got some pictures and a video of them... To briefly describe them, they dwells at the bottom of the aquarium, and sometimes swims up fast for air (i guess).. they usually hides between plants.. if they didn't, their heads starts floating... some say that it's a loach, after i Google for a bit, it looks somewhat like a dojo loach.. is it a baby loach?? okay, anyhow, i very much appreciate that you guys help me identify these lovely creatures... its weird looking, and some people finds it gross (like a naked molerat..) but nonetheless i love them as much as i love the other fishes... here are some of the pictures and a video to assist you guys.. Thanks in advance..
here's the pics
Weird catfish 1.jpgWeird catfish 2.jpgWeird catfish 3.jpgWeird Catfish and A couple of Blood Parrot.jpg
a video of its behavior..
as you may see at the end, its head floats.. weird huh?
That's an explosive mix you got there. Parrots and angels... Good chance that will explode and the gouramis get caught in the crossfire.
As to these, I think they're an albino form of Clarias batrachus (http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog...?species_id=90) which is good news since this is one of the smaller species of clarias. (there's also Clarias gariepinus which can grow to over 4 ft) You can expect a maximum length of about 15 inches and they will make a serious attempt to eat whatever they can fit into their mouths. That 15 inches may well be reached before thanksgiving.
The behaviour you see is farily typical for what you can expect in a badly setup tank. These guys would do better with sand. At the very least supply some pipe for them to hide in.
Now, while you're at it, might want to Id your "pleco" as well.
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Diid a bit more research. Would expect this to be an escape artist so make sure the tank has a tight fitting lid. It's also an invasive species in some parts of the world so whatever you do don't release it in the wild! It has stingers behind several fins so careful handling. Oh, and it's illegal to posses in at least the state of Florida.
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Looks an awful lot like a variety of bristlenose. 5 inch max, almost excluse vegetarian. Looks a bit skinny too, are you feeding algae wafer and/or fresh veg?
If your walking catfish grow bigger they may eventually try to eat it. Would be a bad idea for them.
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thanks again.. yes, i do feed it often.. its skinny when i bought it from the store.. maybe they didn't feed it enough.. don't worry, i'll move the catfish once they're a threat to my other fishes... and how often do i need to feed my fishes? for the time being, i feed them 3 times a day, morning,mid day, and night.. do you have suggestions? I'm still new in these matters, so if i'm wrong, feel free to correct me.. the pet store here doesn't give much info, they just sells them.. so internet is the most reliable place to find more about them.. sorry for bothering too much.. thanks.. :)


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Ann, your cards are always beautiful - I'm happy to hear that you've continued to make your wonderful ATCs - I didn't participate this time because November is such a busy month or I'd send you one! Missing you, dear friend!
Life, with all it's surprises didn't allow me to participate in this swap, but I've made some cards anyway. PM me if you would like to have one.
I agree with Sara - we're missing you friend... I've just PM'd you - sorry you couldn't participate & I'd be glad to have one