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Chorizo Tacos
Recipe courtesy of Emeril Lagasse
Recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse, 2001
- Emeril Live
- Total Time:
- 20 min
- Prep:
- 10 min
- Cook:
- 10 min
- Yield:
- 4 servings
- 1 pound chorizo, removed from the casings and crumbled
- 1/2 cup chopped yellow onions
- 1 teaspoon garlic
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- 8 corn tortillas
- Optional additional fillings/accompaniments:
- Pico de Gallo
- Guacamole
- Roasted corn kernels
- Grated peppered Monterey Jack or Mexican queso blanco
Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and cook until brown and the fat is rendered, about 5 minutes. Add the onions and cook until soft, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic and cook 30 seconds. Remove from the heat and stir in the cilantro.
Over a hot grill or in a clean skillet over high heat, heat the tortillas until warmed through and pliable. Divide the sausage filling among the warm tortillas and serve with desired accompaniments.
Cooking Tips
More Recipes and Ideas:
Chorizo-Potato Tacos, Shrimp and Chorizo in Garlic Sauce, Chorizo and Shrimp Quesadillas with Smoky Guacamole, Taco, Chorizo

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Everyone, whether they have children in school or not, has a stake in the ongoing budget struggle occurring in districts around Port Jefferson right now.
It's a back and forth discussion complicated this year by the New York State law capping the tax levy at 2 percent, designed to help homeowners who have been slammed by the financial crisis and economic recession by limiting property tax increases.
As the debate heats up over school budgets heading toward a vote on May 15, the tax cap is a big concern to some residents while others find cause to celebrate the limit.
It's a definite game changer with districts needing 60 percent of the voters to approve a budget that pierces the cap. A budget that is under the cap must pass with more than 50 percent of the vote, as is usual. The cap adds an extra hurdle for schools that need the additional funds or face hard choices in where to save money.
Villages have had an easier time of it than school districts. Recently, . The current tax rate for the village is $22.14 per thousand, so a 10 percent total increase to the levy translates to an additional $2.14.
That's a big difference from the school district tax rates.
estimated that in their original school budget proposed with the cost to residents would be $9.96 per $100 of assessed valuation. They estimated that the average cost to a homeowner in the district would be $299.
Last year, residents in the , representing an 8.93 percent increase in the tax rate for homeowners. According to Mark Flower, the district's former assistant superintendent for business, the increase resulted in a rate of $131.55 per $1000 of assessed value. For a home with a market value of $632,000, the annual increase translated to about $543 for the year.
This year, . At a recent school board meeting, Superintendent Kenneth Bossert stressed that the Governor of New York sent a "strong message to voters that there is a 2 percent tax cap." To get there, the district proposes decreasing the number of class periods in the high school, realigning the elementary school and adjusting transportation as major factors in helping the stick to the 2 percent tax cap imposed by New York State last year, according to current Assistant Superintendent for Business Sean Leister.
of its residents and found that there was not enough support for the proposed budget piercing the tax cap. On Wednesday, Superintendent Joseph Rella announced that he will switch back to a budget that stayed within the tax levy cap of 2.6 percent, when accounting for the original 2 percent plus allowable expenses like increases to pension contributions.
Many people are happy that the state has imposed this cap, citing the years of increases that have made their property taxes increasingly unaffordable.
On a Comsewogue community Facebook page a poster said that he said that "enough is enough" and proposed a negative tax levy instead of an increase.
"For the past several years we have seen levies in excess of 3 and 7 percent all while inflation according to CPI is near zero," he wrote. "The taxpayers have paid their fair share. There is no more money. We are broke. Our grandparents are broke. Our community is broke."
His full comment set off a stream of 125 comments and counting.
Others say that even 2.6 percent is not enough and districts need to pierce the cap in order to provide a decent education to the children.
What do you think? Is the tax cap helping to frame the debate by putting a number limit on how high school districts can raise taxes for their budgets this year? Essentially reigning in out of control spending and costs?
Or does the cap unfairly prevent schools from proposing a budget they need to provide a decent education for the children? Does the cap add an extra hurdle for districts to overcome in the budget process?


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When the Timber Creek High School football team went undefeated season on its way to the 2011 South Jersey Group 3 championship, it was largely due to the contributions of senior quarterback Calvin Lowe.
Chargers head coach Rob Hinson often labeled Lowe as the most undervalued player on his team, because even though there were a host of players signed to play Division I football, it was Lowe who made everything flow in harmony. He led on the field and off of it, coming up with some of the best games of his career during the Chargers' playoff run.
With Lowe graduating in June, it should not have been all that surprising that, even with one of the most talented rosters in South Jersey, Timber Creek experienced a few hiccups in the first month of the 2012 season.
Replacing a player as valuable as Lowe was not going to happen overnight, after all. Jagger Green and Miles Nash started the season rotating as the team's quarterback, with junior Dan Williams also factoring in the mix from time to time.
All three showed flashes, but things weren't quite right for a good portion of the year as the Chargers opened a disappointing 2-2.
Williams started getting more reps as the season progressed. Eventually, Williams—who entered the preseason No. 3 on the depth chart—grabbed a firm hold on the quarterback position at the tail end of the regular season, giving the team a clear signal caller for its postseason run.
All Williams did with the opportunity was throw for 10 touchdowns and run for another during Timber Creek's three-game run through the Group 4 playoffs. His shining performance came in Saturday's championship win when he threw for 256 yards and five touchdowns.
"It's just a dream come true," said Williams.
"We just started clicking (when Dan took over)," running back Zaire Williams said. "He made sure we took extra reps at practice even when everyone would think it's time to go home. He was making sure everyone was out here working hard. Even though we wanted to go home, he was out here pushing and pushing, and we started clicking."
Hinson described Dan Williams' effort as nothing short of amazing. He said he saw the talent in the junior throughout the season and that his maturation was the biggest reason the Chargers were able to repeat as champions.
"He really kind of stabilized us," Hinson said. "Having a guy who can pull the trigger with the poise that he demonstrated and the smarts that he has, he really stabilized everything and the kids started to believe in him. If they didn't get the ball or did get the ball, it didn't matter to them because they knew Danny was scanning the field and that eventually they were going to get that turn. That's the kind of quarterback he is."
The junior quarterback remains humble about his emergence on the South Jersey football scene. He constantly heaps credit on the talented players surrounding him.
"My guys were finding open holes," Dan Williams said after the 57-27 championship win over Kingsway Saturday night. "Guys would sit in open windows and run past their man, I just had to get it to them."
Dan Williams also credited Green and Nash for helping him stay confident about his play early in the season. Rather than rip them apart, the competition between the three players brought them together, he said.
"The guys always kept pushing me, even Jagger and Miles," Dan Williams said. "Even when we all weren't doing well, we kept pushing each other and wanted each other to succeed. The goal always from the team was to win the championship. That was our goal; no matter who was playing, we just wanted to win."


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War Drums Internal LeagueThe Bigger They Are ...by Stephen Schubert
I'm here to report that I just completed my part in our War Drums internal league -- tragically, as it turns out.
The Top 8 players from regular league play held a two-pod draft (two groups of four players, each group drafting from eight boosters). From that point on, it was single elimination until the champion was the last one standing. I've done fairly well in the past few leagues, finishing first overall for both Angelfire and Underdark and in the Top 4 for Deathknell before that.
My luck had to run out eventually.
I chalk it up to a combination of trying to be too cute with my warband and poor initiative control -- while at the same time facing Steve Montano, who played a nearly flawless game given the matchup.
We had an interesting mix of miniatures in the eight boosters we used for the draft. I had an early shot at getting an Arcane Ballista, one of my favorite pieces to play, and started drafting primarily Lawful creatures, getting an Inspired Lieutenant and a Warforged Bodyguard early (in draft play, you construct a warband from one of the four 'sides': Law, Chaos, Good, or Evil). But then a funny thing happened. A Mephling Pyromancer came out of a booster, and lacking any other decent Lawful option, I picked it up to prevent the next drafter from adding it to his increasing Chaotic horde. A thought immediately entered my mind: Flying Ballista! A Warforged Barbarian showed up, and I added him, as well.
My problem at that point was having no commander to play in a Good themed warband. A Lion of Talisid came out in the last pair of boosters, and I made a half-joking comment that he's really only good if you can put three or four Hunting Cougars in, because of the boost he gives them (making them 9 point creatures with 40 hp that attack at +7 for 15 damage). I had two cougars already, so with my second and third picks of the last pair of boosters, I grabbed the Lion and another Cougar.
Because we drafted warbands, I had a pretty good idea what I might be facing. Montano had a pair of Fiendish Girallons and a Warbound Impaler as his big beef, along with King Obould.
I coupled my excitement about the Flying Ballista with the idea of the Lion plus three Hunting Cougars, and that quickly consumed a lot of points. A Warforged Scout could grab early assault points, and a Combat Medic would provide another crew for the Ballista. It was a nicely rounded, 200-point warband with eight activations. I felt pretty good about its chances. I selected the Teleport Temple map to give the Ballista even greater threat range.
What I didn't do, however, was include the Warforged Barbarian. I didn't have the points to do so if I wanted both a Flying Ballista and an army of kittens. Ultimately, I think a better choice for me would have been to swap out either the Lion or the Mephling (plus a Cougar or two) for the Warforged Barbarian. I didn't need three guys to fire the Ballista, and I left myself vulnerable if the Ballista were based because I wouldn't have a reliable melee threat. Factor in that the Warforged Barbarian is immune to paralysis, which would allow it tie up and eliminate Montano's Warbound Impaler pretty quickly, and it also has the hit points to stand up to a Girallon, especially if the Combat Medic is supplementing.
When we finally sat down for our match, I confirmed my suspicions of his warband: two Fiendish Girallons, King Obould, Warbound Impaler, and a Troglodyte Thug. His map was Hellspike (we call it "The Smoke Map"), which was probably the worst one possible for my Ballista band, and he had specifically brought it to counter the ranged threat.
We started the match with Montano winning map initiative -- the first of many init rolls he would win. I won setup init, and made exactly the wrong choice, choosing the more enclosed setup area. I had a reason -- I thought that I could more easily block creatures trying to base my Ballista from that position -- but in retrospect, the other side's start area would have had clear lines of fire to both of my opponent's Victory Areas. Adding insult to injury, that waste of initiative was the last time I would win it until close to the end of the game.
Early positioning was key. My Warforged Scout sat on the magic circle around the Hellspike, hoping to draw one of Steve's Girallons out of the battle for a round or two. That part of the ploy worked. On the first round, Steve sent over a four-armed ape to deal with the diminutive Scout. The part that didn't work was that I had carelessly positioned the Scout so that the Girallon could reach him after a double move. When Steve won initiative on Round 2, the Girallon rent my scout into tiny bits.
Meanwhile, I had a screen of Cougars in front of my Ballista to keep his large creatures from basing it. This nearly worked, except Steve made an aggressive move that I didn't expect. He used a double move to slip King Obould around the line of cougars and base the Ballista before it had a chance to fire. He also based two of the Cougars with his Impaler, preventing me from swarming Obould with cats. His other Girallon then based both my Mephling and the Lion, ensuring some damage would happen on the following round.
The next few rounds felt like a losing struggle for me. My cats didn't hit at all (curse that Obould for Immune Flanking!). I pulled out the Ballista after it had been based, hoping to win initiative on the following round so that it could fire. But I lost initiative -- which also meant that I lost the Lion when the Girallon hit it twice and finished it off with a Rend and a flourish. Without the Lion, my Cougars lost most of their potency, dropping to an unexciting +5 for 5 damage.
I was able to use the Mephling's fireball spell, but it didn't do much damage, especially since it failed to beat the Girallon's Spell Resistance. While the Impaler and Obould cleaned up my remaining Cougars and the Combat Medic, the Ballista flew to the last bastion of hope: the difficult terrain-filled Victory Area. It got there with enough distance between it and the nearest Girallon that, even when Steve won the next initiative, he couldn't base the Ballista. He brought up the uninjured Girallon with the rest of his force in tow, but I finally got off a shot. The Girallon soaked up 35 damage, failed its morale save (hooray!) … and routed to the exact edge of the board.
The next round, Steve moved Obould up to the Mephling. His other Girallon was barely unable to base the Ballista, thanks to difficult terrain. Obould had 60 hit points left, so I let fly with a Flaming Bolt, knowing that one hit would force a morale check. If Obould routed, the Girallon was as good as gone, too. For a brief moment, luck was in my favor, because the Ballista's attack roll came up natural 20. With the Flaming Bolt, that was exactly 60 points of damage. Obould hit the floor, the Girallon was out the door, and the remaining Girallon was lined up for more (damage from the Ballista, that is).
The game hung on the final initiative roll, with no commander bonus on either side. If I won it, I had a +20 attack for 45 damage ready to nail the Girallon to a wall. Even if Steve destroyed the Mephling, I'd occupied the victory area for a couple of turns, which put me ahead on points. With 30 hp left on the flying, fearless Ballista, I could swoop it away from the slower Impaler, land on the other Victory Area, and win on points in two rounds. If I lost initiative, the Girallon would kill my Mephling, the based Ballista would be unable to fire, and Steve's tally would jump up by 15 or so points. Then his Trog could picnic on a victory point area, and he would win on points four rounds later.
Holding our breath, we rolled the final initiative -- and both dice came up 7. More anticipation, more bated breath, more dice clattering on the table, and … Steve's showed two digits, mine showed one. The Mephling's dying croak signaled the effective end of the game.
I was frustrated over winning so few initiative rolls because that allowed Steve to repeatedly base my Ballista and prevent it from attacking. At the same time, I'd made some small but important positioning mistakes by exposing my Warforged Scout and Lion of Talisid too early. In hindsight, I also suffered from trying to build one too many tricks into the warband. I might have dominated the board with the Warforged Barbarian to keep away the riff-raff, but I wanted to try my wacky ideas. It's all spilled milk under the bridge, of course, and my regrets don't detract from Steve's win. He played a solid game and came out on top in a game that went right down to the wire.
So I'm out, and I must wait for the War of the Dragon Queen league to reclaim my top honor and exact revenge on Steve Montano!
About the Author
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Resume Buzzwords Overview: Certain commonly used buzzwords in resumes and personal profiles actually are hackneyed cliches that can be an immediate turn-off to the reader. According to an analysis by career networking site LinkedIn, here are the 10 most overused buzzwords and cliched phrases appearing in LinkedIn profiles, listed in order., which should be avoided:
- Extensive experience
- Innovative
- Motivated
- Results-oriented
- Dynamic
- Proven track record
- Team player
- Fast-paced
- Problem solver
- Entrepreneurial
In aphabetical order, here are the top 40 overused buzzwords and phrases in LinkedIn profiles. These buzzwords and phrases, through overuse, have lost their impact and ability to communicate properly. They also tend to be unduly vague. Using these can brand you as a less than satisfactory job candidare, one who does not think or communicate clearly in plain English, or whose accomplishments will not stand up to close scrutiny:
- Best-in-Breed
- Best-in-Class
- Bottom-Line Oriented
- Client Focused
- Creative Thinker
- Cutting Edge
- Detail Oriented
- Driven Professional
- Dynamic
- Entrepreneurial
- Evangelist
- Extensive Experience
- Fast Paced
- Go-To Person
- Goal Oriented
- Guru
- Highly Skilled
- Innovative
- Motivated
- Multi-Tasker
- Out-of-the-Box
- Perfectionist
- Proactive
- Problem Solver
- Proven Track Record
- Quality Driven
- Quick Learner
- Results-Oriented
- Road Warrior
- Seasoned Professional
- Self-Starter
- Skill Set
- Strategic Thinker
- Strong Work Ethic
- Team Player
- Tiger Team
- Trustworthy
- Value Add (Added)
- Works Well Under Pressure
- Works Well With Others
Buzzwords in Interviews: In addition to keeping buzzwords and phrases such as these out of your resumes and personal profiles, be careful to avoid them in the course of interviewing, where they can have the same negative impact on your image and prospects.
Replacing Buzzwords: Career coaches and counselors advise that you strive to be specific in resumes and personal profiles. For example, instead of saying that you have "extensive experience," state the exact number of years you have spent in a given function or field. Also, you might name specific projects on which you have worked, and indicate precisely what your contributions and achievements were.
Furthermore, successfully marketing yourself through a resume or a personal profile requires demonstrating precisely what you can do for a potential employer.
Source: "Buzz Words to Avoid in Your LinkedIn Profile and on Your Resume," by Julie Steinberg, The Wall Street Journal FINS online career news, 12/14/2010.


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Declan Gray and Daniel Fowler both won their matches and were able to help Chaminade pin down its first state wrestling title since 2008 at the NYCHSAA State Wrestling Championships in Buffalo Saturday night.
"It feels great," Gray said. "We've never won since I've gotten to this school and I know the year before I got here was Farrell."
The Flyers had sent six wrestlers into the finals, but only Gray and Fowler stood victorious, winning the championship by 6.5 points over arch-rival St. Anthony's and 7 points over Msgr. Farrell.
"A great day for the Flyers," Chaminade head coach George Dlugolonski said.
"We had a good lead going to the finals too," Gray said. "We were kinda worried because we had so many finalists that we might lose it but the fact that we kept it and we got some big matches throughout the whole tournament that kept us in there was great."
Chaminade had won the 2013 season league competition title but yielded the league tournament crown to St Anthony's earlier this month.
Farrell sent 19 wrestlers to Buffalo while St Anthony's also qualified 19 wrestlers for the state championship last Sunday at the Chaminade AAC, but Chaminade qualified 21 wrestlers whose combined performance brought home the crown in Buffalo.
Leading the slate of Chamiande finalists were Gray (43-4, 152lbs), the team captain, and 195-pounder Dan Fowler (28-2). Joining them in the finals were Christian Briody (113), Danny Jones (138) and Chris Delgatto (160). Gray and Fowler combined for 10 pins in their 12 post-season matches.
Gray (152 lbs.) had only faced his finals opponent once before, at the Catholic duels at Chaminade in January and going to overtime.
"I knew it wasn't going to be an easy match," Gray said. "I kinda figured this whole year I would have a somewhat easy match in the finals of Catholics."
Trying to tire his opponent out in first period, Gray ended up locked in a cradle on his back for 25 seconds before pulling a reverse to score 2 points, but still down 5-2 at the end of the first period.
"It kinda freaked me out because I've never been in that position before in a match like that," he said.
The Chaminade senior had back points scored on him in the second frame before landing another reverse, but was still trailing 7-4.
"I was really freaking out and getting nervous," Gray said. "I had to try to ride him. I was just trying to turn him and score points and get the lead back."
Gray ended up letting his opponent up before a duck-under for the take-down to be down by 1 and letting him up again before shooting under him and lifted before holding a cradle for the last 30 seconds to win the match 11-9.
"We have been dominated by St Anthony's for the past three years, losing in all duals and all the league and state titles," Gray said. "It's so great to go out this season sweeping them in the head-to- head dual and the state title… when you're on the mat, winning is just a bit sweeter when it is St Anthony's."
Meanwhile Fowler dominated every one of his matches the entire day.
"There was never a point in the match where he was in trouble," Grey said. "He was great the whole day."
The tournament had been cancelled the previous weekend due to the blizzard and leaves little time for Fowler and Gray to prepare for the NYPHSAA Federation state tournament on Friday.
"It was kind of more annoying because if we had them when we were supposed to, we would have like two weeks to get ready for public schools and now we don't," Gray said. "We have a week."Team Totals Chaminade 226 St Anthony's 219.5 Msgr. Farrell 219
Individual Champions Name Weight Class School Baugher 99 St Joe's Collegiate, Buffalo Twomey 106 St Anthony's Lamantia 113 St. Anthony's Russ 120 St. Anthony's Dunau 126 St. Anthony's Melikian 132 Fordham Prep Berube 138 St Joe's Collegiate, Buffalo Alessandrini 145 St. Anthony's Gray 152 Chaminade Psomas 160 Msgr. Farrell Vrasidas 170 St. Anthony's Roberts 180 Msgr. Farrell Fowler 195 Chaminade Sisti 220 Msgr. Farrell Alianakian 285 Kellenberg
Michael Gray contributed to this report.


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Editor's Note: These clinics are not free, as Patch originally reported. The cost for each clinic is $59. We apologize for the discrepancy; the cost of the clinics was not communicated to Patch when our editors were sent information about this event.
San Mateo will get its own small brush with celebrity early this week when two members of the famous Harlem Globetrotters exhibition basketball team will arrive in San Mateo to teach Summer Skills Classes for local kids.
Dizzy Grant and Jacob "Hops" Tucker - the reigning 2011 College Slam Dunk Champion - will be at the at 93 Bovet Road in San Mateo on Monday and Tuesday to teach classes for boys and girls, age 6-14. No basketball experience is required for children to participate.
Children will play scrimmages and practice drills while building confidence and learning social and teamwork skills, organizers say.
Additional perks will be given to families who participate, as well - the family of each child will receive a complimentary ticket voucher to see the Harlem Globetrotters live on their next tour, along with free three-day passes to the 24-Hour Fitness gym, and getting to have their pictures taken with the Harlem Globetrotters, which the team members will autograph.
The San Mateo clinics will take place on Monday, June 25 and Tuesday, June 26. Two sessions will be offered each day - 8:30-11:30 a.m. and 2-5 p.m. The cost for each clinic is $59.
Space is limited in order to ensure each child gets sufficient time with the Globetrotters players. To register your child for one of the San Mateo clinics, visit the Harlem Globetrotters' Summer Skills Clinic website.
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MILLEDGEVILLE — The Lady Trojans sailed to victory through some outstanding defensive play Tuesday night on the road against the Westminster Wildcats.
Forcing many turnovers kept the Wildcats from scoring and gave the Trojans the opportunities they needed. Sophomore point guard Kelsey Chambers had a fantastic night, leading the team with 17 points and eight steals. Mollie Ritchie, senior, was all over the boards and came away with another double-double — 10 points and 10 rebounds. Ritchie has achieved a double-double in every game since Christmas, except two.
Sophomore Hannah Miller had a hot hand from deep and scored seven points for the team, while senior Kristin McCoy and junior Sydney NeSmith each had two points. Junior Kate Giddens managed to put one point in the books, but, according to Coach Natasha Gainous, she "played an excellent game defensively."
Gainous said the team's defensive play was very important.
"Defense was key for us tonight," she said. "Anytime you can hold a team to only 12 points you have a pretty good chance of winning the game."
Gainous also said next week's game will be a big one.
"It's our last regular season home game. We have Augusta Prep, who are right behind us in region rankings, so we need to get in here and contain their point guard, and if we can do that I think we'll come out with another win."
The JMA varsity boys team played hard and played well against a highly-ranked Westminster team. JMA was leading at the half and expecting perhaps another easy win. But that's when the Wildcats decided to unsheathe the claws and put up a fight.
The entire second half Westminster was nipping at JMA's heels. With one minute to go in the game, JMA had a chance to win but couldn't capitalize on the opportunity. In overtime, one or two costly JMA turnovers gave the Wildcats the chance they needed. Westminster scored twice in overtime, but the Trojans were unable to find the net.
Final score was Westminster 39, JMA 35.
Coach Thomas Craig said he was happy with the way his guys played.
"I thought we played pretty good for four quarters," he said. "That's twice this year overtimes have been our Achilles heel. We haven't scored in overtimes twice this season. But we gave ourselves a chance going into the fourth quarter, and gave ourselves a chance late in the game. Hats off to Westminster. They hit shots when they had to down the stretch. Good solid game by both teams. If that's the number one team in our region, then we don't have too far of a gap to close. [My] guys battled for five quarters, so, that's all you can ask from them."
For the boys varsity, senior guard Brantley Attaway scored 15 points, eight rebounds, and a key block late in the game. Right behind him was sophomore Chase Register with 10 points, five rebounds and two steals. Junior Brandon Panfil had a good night with three steals and two assists, as did junior Vince McPherson who had four points. Senior Jesse Deariso had five rebounds, two points and a blocked shot. Senior Michael Lewis and junior Charlie Staton also had two points each.
Craig said next week's game at home, hosting Augusta Prep, looks to be big.
"Friday night's shaping up to be a huge game for us. Hopefully we can keep playing as well as we are. We just got to keep battling. That's all we can do."


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Harry Styles was clearly swept up in Royal Baby mania but was left feeling bemused by the US coverage he was watching of Prince William and Kate Middleton emerging from the hospital.
The 19-year-old singer took to Twitter to air his annoyance over a gaffe made by an American journalist.
He tweeted: "An American reporter just said on tv, "They just look like a normal happy family, Kate, the baby and Charles." Have a word. (sic)"
Perhaps the reporter was simply overwhelmed by yesterday's royal unveiling.
Harry previously sent his congratulations to William (not Charles) and Kate when it was announced that she had given birth to their first son.
He wrote: "Congratulations to Will and Kate on the birth of their baby. A king is born."
On leaving the hospital last night, the couple, both 31, revealed that they are yet to decide on a name for the future King.
William told the press: "He's got a good pair of lungs on him that's for sure.
He's a big boy, he's quite heavy.
"We're still working on a name so we'll have that as soon as we can, but it's the first time we've seen him really so we're having a proper chance to catch up."
The royal baby was born on July 22 at 4.24 pm weighing in at 8lbs 6oz.
[Kate and Wills introduce the world to the Royal baby]
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Seeking to do justice to these different facets of nationalism, the second edition of this popular and respected overview has been revised and updated with contemporary developments and the latest scholarly work. It aims to provide a concise and accessible introduction to the core concepts and varieties of nationalist ideology; a clear analysis of the major competing paradigms and theories of nations and nationalism; a critical account of the often opposed histories and periodization of the nation and nationalism; and an assessment of the prospects of nationalism and its continued global power and persistence.
Broad and comparative in scope, the book is strongly interdisciplinary, drawing on ideas and insights from history, political science, sociology and anthropology. The focus is theoretical, but it also includes a fresh examination of some of the main historical and contemporary empirical contributions to the literature on the subject. It will continue to be an invaluable resource for students of nationalism across the social sciences.
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Concepts
- The Meanings of Nationalism
- Definitions
- 2 Ideologies
- Fundamental Ideals
- Core Concepts
- Nationalism as Culture and Religion
- Voluntarism and Organicism
- 'Ethnic' and 'Civic' Nationalisms
- 3 Paradigms
- Modernism
- Perennialism
- Primordialism
- Ethno-symbolism
- Conclusion
- 4 Theories
- Ideology and Industrialism
- Reason and Emotion
- Politics and Culture
- Elites and Everyday Nationalism
- Construction and Reinterpretation
- Conclusion
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Perrie Edwards has spoken about her 'wedding' to Zayn Malik. Copyright [Little Mix]So the fact that Little Mix's Perrie Edwards has even uttered the word 'wedding' has got us racing through this article so we can go and buy a hat, even though Zayn Malik hasn't exactly proposed yet.
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Anna and Froga: I Dunno...What Do You Want To Do?!
Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story!
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
More store pics (store blog coming soon!!)
Have I introduced you to our store employees yet? This is Matt. Possesses a gentle disposition.
Have I introduced you to our new piece of store furniture? This is our 800 lb. oak poster rack. Possesses Brian Ralph silkscreens, Adrian Tomine posters, and various historical documents from D+Q's past.
Have I mentioned that we have workshops at the store (located at 211 Bernard West)? Well, we do. Right now we have "drawing for kids" and "making comics for adults" workshops once a week. Here's Billy Mavreas coaxing brilliance from the pencil of a young lady named Leela. We've got workshops planned in the new year including silkscreening, woodcuts, papier-mache, drawing, more drawing, comics-ing, more comics-ing, bookbinding, writing and likely more that I've forgotten. We'll even have gift certificates for these workshops at the store soon.
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Jimbo doll falls to #2 spot
Yeah, yeah, it's not a competition but look at this thing!!
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007
My Favorite Day of the Week
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Monday, November 26, 2007
Speaking of Miriam
She'll be at
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"Think visionary, think Nilsen."
According to this Q+A on the
Book By Its Cover
blog, Anders has a
. This is where I swiped the image above from an installation Anders did of buttons using images from an old World Book.
I really like what the
Contra Costa Times
had to say recently about Anders:
The Existentialist: Anders Nilsen
Why him? Less means more when it's in the hands of this New Hampshire-born cartoonist. Nilsen's sketchy art and episodic storytelling sinks into our psyches. A wry commentator on the absurdity of modern life ("Monologues For the Coming Plague"), he is equally adept at conveying the purgatory of an isolated neo-future ("Dogs & Water"). Think visionary, think Nilsen.
Must-reads: "Dogs & Water." A nameless Everyman roams a post-apocalyptic world filled with danger. Haunting on the first read, humbling on the second.
Also, Tom just pointed out to me that he blogged Anders' blog months ago. Apologies, apologies.
Posted by Peggy Burns at 9:35 AM
Friday, November 23, 2007
Eh, I'll take it.
Posted by Tom Devlin at 3:54 PM
Quill and Quire
just made a list of their top books of the year, and included in the list are Pascal Blanchet's
White Rapids
and Joe Matt's
. Congratulations!
Posted by Jessica Campbell at 3:34 PM
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Expozine et cetera
This is just a little reminder to you Montrealers (and travelers!) that we'll be at Expozine this weekend, Nov. 24 & 25, 12:00 - 6:00 PM, 5035 Saint-Dominique. You can click the Expozine logo above to go to their website.
For you internet savvy book-lovers who are unable to come to Montreal this weekend, be sure to check out our page on
. If you do not yet have a profile, don't worry. After a simple sign up process, you'll be on your way to recommending your favorite books. The only difficult part is thinking up a catchy fake screen name. Will you be bookgrrl or bananaloafer? Faerieangel or hamlips52? Only you and Shelfari can know for sure.
Posted by Jessica Campbell at 4:52 PM
New Books in the office
We just received copies of
Milk Teeth
Optic Nerve # 8
It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken
. They can all be ordered from our website, which, if you're reading this, you're already on.
Posted by Jessica Campbell at 4:21 PM
Happy (American) Thanksgiving
Congratulations to Adrian, on
being one of the
100 Notable Books of the Year
selected by
The New York Times Book Review
Posted by Peggy Burns at 11:51 AM
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
My Favorite Day of the Week
Posted by Peggy Burns at 8:29 AM
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Ron Rege, Jr. has a blog...
and among other things, he has posted his
"Spider-man" strip
Coober Skeber 2
. The top of the blog is
Posted by Tom Devlin at 3:18 PM
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Introducing our newest Petits Livres...
D+Q started its Petits Livres imprint about 3 years ago and the series has featured innovative work by artists including Marc Bell, Charles Burns, Nicolas Robel, and Julie Doucet. A new batch of Petits Livres will be in stores within the next month. One of my favorites is
Milk Teeth,
by Vancouver artist
Julie Morstad.
My colleagues Peggy and Tom first spotted her work in a magazine about a year ago, and shortly after that we started seeing her
Neko Case
poster all around town.
Milk Teeth
collects her drawings and prints from the last couple of years and I think it will be an amazing introduction to many people who are not yet familiar with her work. Her artwork is both haunting and gorgeous, and I've found myself compulsively staring at it over and over again.
During the holidays you should see
Fire Away!
in stores, by an artist with possibly the best sounding name ever,
Chris von Szombathy.
Fire Away!
, which sports one of the best book covers in recent memory, also collects drawing, prints, and photographs of sculptures by this prodigious artist and, like Julie Morstad, we'll be sure to see more by him in years to come.
Guy Delisle is best known for his books
but before then he created two pantomime comic "albums" for French publisher
D+Q published the first of these,
Aline and The Others,
last year, and now its companion volume,
Albert and The Others,
will be out soon.
The 26 short vignettes presented here are both funny and clever, and they also open a window on the early career of a great cartoonist.
And speaking of Guy Delisle, you'll be hearing a lot more about him next year when D+Q publishes his next book,
The Burma Chronicles,
in September. Watch this space for more details.
Posted by Chris Oliveros at 11:00 AM
Friday, November 16, 2007
Michel Rabagliati
graces the cover of the Montreal weekly
today. Rabagliati is the special Guest of Honor at this year's
Salon Du Livre
festival in Montreal (North America's largest French-language book fair). It's the first time in the festival's history that any cartoonist has received this distinction, so congratulations to Michel.
Early next year D+Q will be publishing the translation of Rabagliati's latest book,
Paul Goes Fishing.
In fact, just last night we received the final hand-lettered text for the book from our good friend Dirk Rehm (who is in town from Germany, also to attend the Salon du Livre). Watch this space in the coming months for more news about the book.
Posted by Chris Oliveros at 2:55 PM
Thursday, November 15, 2007
White Rapids is making waves...
...in Canada's
National Post
(which ran as a gorgeous two-page spread with full color artwork spanning both pages) stating, "Blanchet appears to have the soul of the archivist. From subject to style, it's about rendering the ephemeral." And in
Walrus Magazine
, which declares that, "the elegance of its aesthetic is sure to propel him to the forefront of cartooning culture."
Posted by Jamie Q at 5:45 PM
Tonight in Berkeley
Tonight is the last stop on Adrian's book tour, well, at least until his art opening at
on December 8th. At
in Berkeley at 7 PM, Julia Cosgrove of
asks the questions. I would imagine that some of the questions will focus on the East Bay settings in the book, the
Oakland Tribune
picks up yesterday's
San Jose Mercury
story in anticipation. Also on the West Coast, Adrian makes the cover of the
LA City Beat
's Books issue and up in Calgary, the
Fast Forward Weekly
also has an interview.
Posted by Peggy Burns at 8:47 AM
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Very Short List features R. Sikoryak
Today's VSL pick
features a comic published in
The D+Q Anthology, Volume 3
. VSL points out that this story is also available to read online (in a questionable case of copyright infringement. Speaking of crime and punishment, heh heh, remember to ask permission bloggers!!) Luckily R. Sikoryak isn't too upset by this one, so in that case, this is also a great opportunity to mention the collection of his work D+Q has planned for Spring 2009. It will include his D+Q anthology stories and more!
Posted by Jamie Q at 5:19 PM
Three favorites
One of my favorites cartoonists,
Joe Sacco
, was in one of my favorite cities,
, at one of my favorite museums,
The Walker
provides an insightful interview where Joe explains that he is, in fact, not an objective reporter. The
Minneapolis Star Tribune
interviews Joe and starts with Superman and ends with Spiderman. Geez Louise, I am not joking. The questions in between are good, thankfully.
Posted by Peggy Burns at 2:25 PM
Bay Area Welcomes Home Adrian!
Adrian winds up his ten-city tour with an event tonight at 7 PM in San Francisco at
with Glen David Gold (
Carter Beats the Devil
) and tomorrow night at 7 PM in Berkeley at
with Julia Cosgrove (of
). Last week, the
San Francisco Chronicle
featured a review of
, the San Francisco Bay Guardian
the book and
the event, and today the
San Jose Mercury News
features an interview with Adrian with an emphasis on the
East Bay locations
in the book. Don't miss these events!
Posted by Peggy Burns at 1:25 PM
My Favorite Day of the Week
Posted by Peggy Burns at 8:32 AM
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Tonight in Vancouver
Adrian Tomine visits
Sophia Books
tonight, 7:00 PM, 450 West Hastings Street. Don't miss the Q+A with Kevin Chong (author of Baroque-a-Nova, Neil Young Nation).
Speaking of Adrian and Vancouver, he recently appeared on the great Van-based comics radio show, Inkstuds, which normally you can listen to
, but the site seems to be having some technical things going on.. so in the meantime
try this
Posted by Jamie Q at 10:43 AM
Tonight in Minneapolis
Rain Taxi sponsors a reading series as a further demonstration of its commitment to literary culture.
Tuesday, November 13, 7:00 pm
$10 ($8 for Walker Members and Rain Taxi subscribers)
Walker Art Center
1750 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis
Join us as celebrated cartoonist JOE SACCO visits Minneapolis for a special presentation co-hosted by Rain Taxi Review of Books and the Walker Art Center. Appearing in conjunction with the Walker exhibition Brave New Worlds, Sacco will offer a visual tour of his acclaimed approach to comics journalism, in which he combines the techniques of eyewitness reportage with the medium of graphic storytelling to explore complex, emotionally weighted situations in some of the most conflicted and war-torn regions of the globe.
Posted by Jamie Q at 10:41 AM
Thursday in Hanover, NH
James Sturm, co-founder of The Center for Cartoon Studies, will be
lecturing at Dartmouth College
James Sturm's America: God, Gold, and Golems
with a reception and signing to follow. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by Jewish Studies.
Darmouth Campus
Rockefeller Center III
Posted by Jamie Q at 10:40 AM
French radio
Last night our fantastic "controller" Jamie Salomon was on CHOQ.FM talking about all things D+Q, on the show "Dans ta Bulle" (which I believe translates sort of as "in your speech bubble" - yes, it's a show about comics).
Listen here
Posted by Jamie Q at 10:36 AM
Monday, November 12, 2007
Amazon Shows Adrian More Love...
"On the first Monday of every month we reveal The Significant Seven: the new titles chosen by our editors as the must-read books of the season."
Posted by Peggy Burns at 7:21 PM
Attn Seattle Fans!
It's your one and only opportunity to see Adrian's slide show he put together for the
book tour, followed with a Q+A by Eric Reynolds of the "competition"--it all goes down tonight at the
University Bookstore
has a Q+A with Adrian in advance of the event.
Here are two photos from last week's Philadelphia event at the Free Library that reader Jamie Png sent in!
Posted by Peggy Burns at 2:37 PM
Announces Best of 2007
Publishers Weekly
announced their
Best of 2007
lists last week, and we're ecstatic that THREE D+Q titles made their comics list. Congrats to Adrian Tomine (
), Rutu Modan (
Exit Wounds
), and Marguerite Abouet and Clement Oubrerie (
Posted by Peggy Burns at 10:10 AM
Sunday, November 11, 2007
in the
New York Times Book Review
"[Tomine] is an expert at hooking the reader without tricks or obvious effort, and you'll be tempted to buzz through
in an hour. But you'll want to slow down to take in the detailed black-and-white panels that casually document the way we live now...Tomine isn't given to flights of surrealism, rude jests or grotesque images. He is a mild observer, an invisible reporter, a scientist of the heart. His drawing style is plain and exact. The dialogue appearing inside his cartoon balloons is pitch-perfect and succinct. He's daring in his restraint."
-Jim Windolf,
The New York Times Book Review
Posted by Peggy Burns at 6:58 AM
Friday, November 09, 2007
Adrian in the Pacific NW: Portland, Seattle and Vancouver
reports haven't stopped rolling in from Chicago yet, and they're already pouring in from the NW. Check out the
Chicago New City
and the
Chicago Reader
as they both picked last night's event at
as not to miss. Here's a slew of interviews for Adrian's upcoming appearances:
The Willamette Weekly
interviews Adrian in advance of his
event sponsored by
on Saturday, the
Seattle Times
picks up comics chronicler
Chris Mautner
's Q+A off the wire to prep for Adrian's event at
University Books
in Seattle on Monday and the
Georgia Straight
catches a few minutes with Adrian for his Tuesday event in Vancouver at
Sophia Books
. Also, the
Seattle Weekly
in its Fall preview a few weeks ago. And heck while I am at it, and since I am the publicist, let's just point out this
Daily Michigan
interview that ran before Adrian's SRO event at
Shaman Drum
in Ann Arbor on Wednesday and this write up in the
Philadelphia Weekly
Note: Adrian will be presenting his slide show in Portland and yes, now, due to popular demand in Seattle! Though our pal Eric Reynolds will still be asking the tough questions on Monday, as Kevin Chong (author of
Neil Young Nation
) undoubtedly will in Vancouver on Tuesday.
Posted by Peggy Burns at 9:34 AM
Tonight in DC: Lynda Barry & Chris Ware
Anyone within a 100-mile radius of DC should not miss this awesome event: Lynda Barry, Alison Bechdel
Chris Ware
astute comics reporter Dan Raeburn asking the questions. It's at the
Cecile Goldman Theater
of the Washington, DC Jewish Community Center.
Posted by Peggy Burns at 9:23 AM
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Makes Amazon's Best of 2007
Amazon has released their
Best of 2007
lists, and
comes in at #5 on their
comics and graphic novel list
! They have the book on sale for a great price too...
Posted by Peggy Burns at 3:15 PM
Fan Photos
Thanks to Chris Anthony Diaz for sending in these pictures from James Sturm's talk & signing at the JCC San Francisco on Sunday.
Posted by Jamie Q at 11:15 AM
Monday, November 05, 2007
This Week: Adrian Tomine in Philadelphia, Ann Arbor, Chicago and Portland
Shortcomings tour
is officially in full swing. On Tuesday at the
Free Library in Philadelphia
, Wednesday at
Shaman Drum in Ann Arbor
, and Saturday at
Wordstock in Portland
, Adrian will present a slide show, which I have been privy to, and I swear (not as his publicist!) don't miss it! On Thursday at
Quimby's in Chicago
, Adrian will be interviewed by Irma Nunez of the
Chicago Reader
, who we met in Summer 2007 in L.A., when she interviewed
Yoshihiro Tatsumi for the Japan Times
. Next week, Adrian hits Seattle, Vancouver, San Francisco and Berkeley, all information can be found
This is Adrian's first time in Philadelphia and Ann Arbor, and people are talking, check out what they are saying in the
Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia City Paper
, the
Ann Arbor News
as well as two reviews in
Time Out Chicago
and the
Portland Mercury
Posted by Peggy Burns at 10:45 AM
New Lynda Barry Strip
This is definitely going to be the highlight of my week from now on.
Posted by Peggy Burns at 10:44 AM
Attn L.A.:
Originals in Giant Robot Biennale
Congratulations to one of our favorite magazines,
Giant Robot
, for making it to Issue #50! In celebration of this anniversary, Eric Nakamura has curated a show up at the
Japanese American National Museum
in Los Angeles. If you are lucky enough to get over there, you'll see over 10 pages of original
art, as well as the cover by Adrian Tomine to the
New Yorker
. Eric Nakamura has posted some photos from the show on
, which I have swiped above.
Also, if you live in NYC, Adrian will be having an art show at
opening on December 8th. Mark your calendar.
Posted by Peggy Burns at 10:20 AM
Sunday, November 04, 2007
Sunday: James Sturm in San Francisco
The 2007 SF Jewish BookFest Presents:
Gain insights into the creative process, politics and vision of James Sturm, an Eisner Award winner and the founder of the Center for Cartoon Studies.
James Sturm's America
draws a portrait of the people and their dreams that make up this country: pioneers searching for a place to call home, ghost towns gutted by greed and racism, and the distractions and fantasies of popular entertainment.
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Book signing follows, 5:00-5:15 PM
JCCSF, 3200 California Street at Presidio, San Francisco
For more info
click here
Posted by Jamie Q at 9:36 AM
Saturday, November 03, 2007
Adrian Tomine in L.A. this Saturday
Don't miss Adrian in Los Angeles as one of our favorite retailers,
Skylight Books
celebrates their 11th Anniversary party.
Bill Smith
, formerly of the LA Weekly, will be asking the questions.
Q+A and Signing
Saturday, November 3rd 2007 5:00 PM
SKYLIGHT BOOKS (1818 N. Vermont Ave LA, CA 90027)
Also, we are asking all readers who attend the
various stops
on the tour to send in your blog reports and photos, we'll link to and post the most memorable. Email firstname.lastname@example.com!
Posted by Peggy Burns at 1:58 PM
Friday, November 02, 2007
Chris Ware's
The Savages
A Chris Ware poster for a movie that has two of my favorite actors in it!? Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney in
The Savages
!! Can't think of anything better.
Posted by Peggy Burns at 3:10 PM
Can't Make Adrian's Tour?
Don't live in
L.A., Philly, Ann Arbor, Chicago, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, San Francisco, Berkeley or NYC
? Don't worry, the continent's best all-comics radio show
Adrian Tomine
yesterday and have posted the podcast. Before the interview they asked Adrian for a playlist and he requested: "I'm Satisfied" by Mississippi John Hurt, "Backlash Blues" by Nina Simone, "Baby Stones" by Robert Forster, and "My 1st Song" by Jay-Z.
Posted by Peggy Burns at 10:47 AM
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The case of the Afghani morisco Abdul Rahman is being misinterpreted by many as suggesting the hopelessness of attempting to build civil societies in the Muslim world. If Afghanistan, generally seen as the policy's success story (as opposed to Iraq), is still going to execute a man like Rahman after we've kicked out the bad guys, the argument goes, what is the point of it all?It's a serious argument, and a serious point. But we need to get past it, because, oddly enough, the Rahman case in fact represents progress. It has caused an uproar in the West. It has focused attention on the problem with the radical Islamic law code, shari'a. It has embarrassed moderate Muslims, and widened the gap between them and the radicals in their midst. It makes it more difficult for the moderates to do nothing about the problem.In the end, Rahman himself will probably get off on some sort of technicality, such as finding him not guilty by reason of insanity. Critics will be outraged at such a verdict, but both their outrage and the verdict itself will be constructive.What the case allows the West, and the moderates, to do is to give a name to the enemy, and the name is shari'a. Many Muslim nations have civil societies that are not run on the basis of shari'a, and historically, many others have been absolute models of tolerance - the Ummayad dynasty in Spain, for example, and the Abassids who founded the city of Baghdad. Both, in their day, were centers of learning that drew, and welcomed, scholars from Christendom as well as Islamia. And both, by the way, were overthrown by more radical Islamic movements - not by Christians.The question thus becomes, which way is the current trend trending? In many ways, it seems the moderate Islamic states are on the defensive against the radicals. The Rahman case, by publicizing the most odious side of shari'a, will ultimately help move the trend in the right direction. Either the man will be martyred, or the authorities will have to back down. And if they back down, it will be clear that they, and the forces of radicalism and repression, have suffered a defeat.
His trial has fired passions in this conservative Muslim nation and highlighted a conflict of values between Afghanistan and its Western backers."Rejecting Islam is insulting God. We will not allow God to be humiliated. This man must die," said cleric Abdul Raoulf, who is considered a moderate and was jailed three times for opposing the Taliban before the hard-line regime was ousted in 2001.
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A Palmetto man and a Statesboro woman were taken into custody on May 10 after allegedly breaking into a vacant Dacula home.
Police were called to the Roland Manor Drive home after a neighbor reported seeing two people attempting to force open the front door of the home. After the pair walked to the rear of the home, the neighbor -- an off-duty police officer – retrieved his police identification and personal firearm and walked over to the house to investigate.
According to the Gwinnett County Police incident report, the neighbor discovered the back door had been forced open and the two individuals were inside the house. The neighbor identified himself and asked the pair to wait outside until police arrived.
The female, identified as Heather Farmer, 30, said she and her boyfriend, Paul Hornsby, 41, worked for a bank and a property preservation company. Farmer said she and Hornsby had a work order to be at the location in order to bid on replacing a stolen refrigerator.
Neither Farmer nor Hornsby could produce any documentation authorizing their presence on the property or inside the home. When reached by phone, a man identifying himself as Hornsby's employer insisted the pair was supposed to be at the house. However, the listed owner of the property said he was not familiar with any work order for the property and did not know either of the suspects. The property owner advised the officer he wanted to press charges.
Hornsby and Farmer were placed under arrest. Due to the fact Hornsby could not have anyone retrieve his vehicle in a timely manner, the officer impounded it. While doing an inventory of the vehicle, the officer located a small bag of green, leafy material, a glass pipe of the type commonly used to smoke marijuana and a clear empty baggie in the center console of the truck. The officer also located a pink Coach purse containing two clear baggies of a clear, crystal material that later field-tested positive for methamphetamine.
When questioned, Hornsby admitted the marijuana was his. Farmer said the purse and all of its contents were hers, but denied ownership of the methamphetamine.
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Assemblymember (D-88th A.D.) legislation will expedite temporary permits for businesses to participate in the WIC program. The WIC program supplies supplemental nutrition to women, infants and children through federal funds which are administered after state and local approvals. The legislation will allow retailers who have already been approved to participate in WIC at another location to be issued a temporary permit within fourteen days of submitting a completed application.
"This bill seeks to simplify an overly cumbersome and bureaucratic process to allow local supermarkets and grocery stores to help those in need – poor women, infants and children – to get necessary groceries," declared Assemblymember Paulin. "By allowing temporary permits to be granted to previously approved vendors, this bill benefits everyone – the vulnerable families as well as the businesses that seek to help them."
"It's ironic that most NY retailers are able to get a temporary liquor license in about 48 hours," stated Mitch Klein, Vice President of Government Relations for Krasdale Foods. "However, even if a retailer is already a NY WIC vendor, when they open a new store they must reapply and will usually have to wait 90+ days to become a WIC vendor to sell staples such as milk, juice, formula and eggs. Finally there is a bill that addresses the needs of the WIC recipient!"
Michael Rosen, Senior Vice President of Government Relations and General Counsel of the Food Industry Alliance of NYS said "We applaud Assemblymember Paulin for taking the leadership role on this issue and steering this bill forward. This legislation will make a difference in needy communities and will bring federal dollars into New York State."
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The boy in the book is much younger than Harry Treadaway who plays him in the film. Can you describe the casting process as far as the two kids at the heart of City of Ember?
"It was an interesting process. First, I spent the longest time of my casting life finding a lead and 'Doon' for this film. And it took me from coast to coast and in the States, to London and Ireland and every English-speaking country on this planet. The process started by trying to find kind of the perfect characters. At first we started meeting characters that were exactly the age in the book. Then I quickly saw that there was something more important to get... I started to get a better sense of who this character was, and in doing these actions, in his voice, in his predicament and his place in society, he became an older character. He became someone who's at the higher range of the graduating class than at the younger age.
Harry came along and knocked my socks off. Once I met him, he became Doon and the age issue just became irrelevant. So you ask the ways we divert from the story, I have to be able to kind of be honest to the film and say I'd much rather have a Doon that works in this story than one that is faithful to an age in the novel. And certain other things kind of presented themselves, too. The relationship of two twelve-year-olds has been kind of beaten into the ground in family adventure films, but the dynamic of that kind of teen years age gap between them in the film is, really, it's fascinating. It creates a completely different dynamic between the two of them. I really enjoyed kind of watching that develop and nurturing it. So that's the answer there.
And then, of course, I won the lottery with Saoirse Ronan. She's about to take over the world. She's amazing. I don't know if any of you have seen Atonement yet, but she's like mind-blowing. She fills the screen with light, which is exactly what Lina needs to do in every frame."
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Cutting & Welding
Hot Work, Welding, or Cutting Regulations
The University of Cincinnati must protect against fire created by construction or open flame work i.e., welding, and follow the State of Ohio Fire Code 1301:-7-22, Chapter 22: Welding or Cutting, Calcium Carbide and Acetylene Generators (Appendix A) and that OSHA further enforces this regulation under 29 CFR 1926.353.
All Supervisors and Project Managers of projects which will include hot work etc. shall be trained and knowledgeable in 29 CFR 1910.119 (2) Employer Responsibilities I, II, III, IV, V, and VI. www.osha.gov/comp-links.html
The Department of Public Safety, Fire Prevention Unit is to be notified whenever any cutting or welding is to be performed outside of an established shop. An Inspector will inspect the work site before starting the operation to determine that:
All necessary precautions are taken.
A properly instructed fire watch equipped with fire extinguishers of the proper type is provided.
The proposed operation does not constitute a hazard to life and property.
If the operation is deemed safe, a written permit, signed by the unit supervisor, will be given to the operator and/or supervisor, if any. A copy of such "HOT WORK PERMIT" (Appendix B) will be kept on file by Fire Prevention. a working copy shall be kept in the project file as defined by OSHA.
All welding, cutting, or burning operations will be under the supervision and control of a competent supervisor, i.e., contractor, or Operations & Maintenance, or Facilities Management personnel who will ensure compliance with regulations pertaining to such operations and who has the commensurate authority and expertise.
Each separate operation and work site will require an inspection and issuance of a permit. No person at any time will conduct any cutting or welding operation outside an established, properly authorized shop without a "HOT WORK PERMIT". Existing buildings, which have been released to a contractor, are included where permit requirements are concerned.
A permit for welding or cutting operations shall not be issued unless the individuals in charge of performing such operations are capable of doing such work in a safe manner.
Companies, corporations, co-partnership and owner-operators required to have a permit shall maintain a record of all locations where welding or cutting operations are performed and have it available for inspection upon request.
In the performance of welding or cutting operations only equipment approved by the Unit Supervisor
Sprinkler protection shall not be shut off while welding or cutting work is being performed. When welding or cutting is done close to automatic sprinkler heads, damp cloth guards may be used to shield the individual heads, but shall be removed when the work is complete.
Fuel gas cylinders stored inside of building, except those in actual use or attached ready for use, shall be limited to a total capacity of 2,000 cubic feet of gas or 300 pounds of liquefied petroleum gas. Storage exceeding 2,000 cubic feet total gas capacity of cylinders or 300 pounds liquefied petroleum gas shall be in a separate room, outside, or in a separate building. Cylinders permitted inside of buildings shall be stored at least 20 feet from highly combustible materials and where they will not be exposed to excessive rise in temperature, physical damage or tampering by unauthorized persons.
Whenever an operator using electric welding equipment has occasion to leave their work or stop work for an appreciable time, they will open the power supply switch to the equipment and disconnect the equipment from the source of power.
The acetylene and oxygen valves shall be closed at the cylinder whenever the equipment is left unattended, or when work is stopped for more that fifteen (15) minutes.
A FIRE WATCH will be provided by individuals performing hot work during and for sixty (60) minutes after work, including any coffee or lunch breaks.
When welding or cutting is to be performed in any confined space other than in an authorized welding shop, the gas cylinders must be left outside unless specifically approved by Fire Prevention.
Oxygen and fuel gas systems shall be inspected frequently by individuals performing work for evidence of leaks in hoses, couplings, valve stems, fittings, and other points in the system.
Oxygen cylinders shall be kept away from oil and grease at all times. A high-pressure leak from an oxygen cylinder may cause sufficiently rapid oxidation to ignite gasoline, oil, grease, alcohol, or organic material, and may result in a fire or explosion.
Welders shall handle oxygen, acetylene, and other fuel gases carefully and secure cylinders by lashing, strapping, chaining, or clamping in an upright position.
Fire Prevention shall provide oversight and quality control training. Facilities Management and Operations & Maintenance personnel shall be trained in elements and implementation of the standard.
Construction Management project teams shall ensure that all contractors providing services shall have a documented program in place prior to the start of work.