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Title: | An Insurrection of Thought: The Literature of Slave Rebellion in the Age of John Brown |
Author(s): | Mead, John L. |
Advisor(s): | Messenger, Christian |
Contributor(s): | McCarthy, Timothy; Whalen, Terence; Ayers, William; McBride, Dwight |
Department / Program: | English |
Graduate Major: | English |
Degree Granting Institution: | University of Illinois at Chicago |
Degree: | PhD, Doctor of Philosophy |
Genre: | Doctoral |
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Abstract: | This dissertation explores the culture of American radical abolitionism between the publication of David Walker's 1829 Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World and Thomas Wentworth Higginson's 1869 Army Life in a Black Regiment, particularly in relation to the career, ideas, and writing of John Brown, who led an incursion into slave territory at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, in 1859, and subsequently tried for treason and executed. The rhetoric of abolition is described as it relates to Brown's militancy and anti-racism, placing Brown in the context of a larger movement into which he was thoroughly and actively integrated. Fictional representations of slave rebellion are also surveyed for their descriptions of a nation poised on the verge of the cataclysmic violence that Brown predicted at his death, and for their treatments of the right of revolution, the relationship between the white and black races, and the vulnerability of the slave economy and its culture to external or internal attack or collapse. |
Issue Date: | 2012-12-07 |
Genre: | thesis |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10027/8841 |
Rights Information: | Copyright 2011 John Mead |
Date Available in INDIGO: | 2012-12-07 |
Date Deposited: | 2011-08 |
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KEARNS, UTAH (February 8, 2012) – On the 10th anniversary of the opening ceremonies of the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games, Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert joined other Utah officials and Olympians - including speedskating Olympians Dr. Eric Heiden, Catherine Raney-Norman, Derek Parra, Ann Driscoll Pearson and Katherine Reutter - to announce the formation of an exploratory committee to consider a bid for the 2022 or 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
"Ten years ago, Utah "Lit the Fire Within," and today that flame still burns bright," Governor Herbert said amid the backdrop of the Utah Olympic Oval, the 2002 venue for long track speedskating. "This talented committee will thoughtfully and carefully consider whether we should officially submit Salt Lake city to be considered to host future Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games."
"The Governor did a great job of saying that we know as a state that we are capable of hosting a Games," said Raney-Norman, a 4-time Olympian. " We've done it, we've been successful, but as a committee, we are going to sit down and look at the options and see if it's something we should do," she added.
"Imagine, the kids that you see here today at the Oval, and training up in Park City, being on the world stage competing in sport," added Parra
Co-chaired by Utah Lt. Governor Greg Bell, Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker, and Utah Sports Commission Chair Steven Price, the exploratory committee will examine specific criteria, including budget and financing, transportation, environment, venues, potential competitors, public support, and economic impact. The committee plans to take three to four months to complete its review.
Should the exploratory committee recommend pursuit of the 2022 Games, Salt Lake City has limited time to become the U.S. nominee. As soon as 2013, the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) may chose to officially submit a candidate city to the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The IOC will then select the host city for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in 2015.
"Utah's world class venues are heavily utilized today by athletes of all ages and skill levels, including elite athletes," said Heiden, a five-time Olympic gold medalist and world record holder in speedskating. "In fact, 40% of the U.S. Olympians that competed in Vancouver in the 2010 Olympic Winter Games train in Utah. These venues are a significant advantage in a potential bid."
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Irish Studies explores the history and culture of the Irish people from the different perspectives of literature, history, art, politics, and folklore, enabling students to understand the richness of Irish culture. It is a culture which traces itself back to the dawn of Western Civilization when the earliest Celts, who were known to the Greeks and challenged by the Romans, established an art that influenced the early Christians. In the ensuing centuries, Irish culture has continued to influence life in Europe and North America while exploring its own directions.
In our time, a renewed awareness of the historic and mythic past led to the Irish literary revival at the beginning of the twentieth century and contributed to those political upheavals in modern Irish life which continue to reverberate. The Irish Studies minor develops a program whereby students can discover the evolution of modern Ireland from its past.
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Namesake: | USS Hancock (1775), named for John Hancock, President of the Second Continental Congress |
Builder: | Fore River Shipyard |
Laid down: | 26 January 1943 |
Launched: | 24 January 1944 |
Commissioned: | 15 April 1944 |
Decommissioned: | 9 May 1947 |
Recommissioned: | 15 February 1954 |
Decommissioned: | 13 April 1956 |
Recommissioned: | 15 November 1956 |
Decommissioned: | 30 January 1976 |
Renamed: | PCU Ticonderoga to PCU Hancock, 1 May 1943 |
Reclassified: | CV to CVA 1 October 1952 CVA to CV 30 June 1975 |
Fate: | Sold for scrap, 1 September 1976 |
General characteristics | |
Class & type: | Essex-class aircraft carrier |
Displacement: | As built: 27,100 tons standard |
Length: | As built: 888 feet (271 m) overall |
Beam: | As built: 93 feet (28 m) waterline |
Draft: | As built: 28 feet 7 inches (8.71 m) light |
Propulsion: | As designed: 8 × boilers 4 × Westinghouse geared steam turbines 4 × shafts 150,000 shp (110 MW) |
Speed: | 33 knots (61 km/h) |
Complement: | 3448 officers and enlisted |
Armament: | As built: 4 × twin 5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber guns 4 × single 5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber guns 8 × quadruple Bofors 40 mm guns 46 × single Oerlikon 20 mm cannons |
Armor: | As built: 4 inch (100 mm) belt 2.5 inch (60 mm) hangar deck 1.5 inch (40 mm) protectice decks 1.5 inch (40 mm) conning tower |
Aircraft carried: | As built: 90–100 aircraft |
Career | |
Namesake: | USS Hancock (1775), named for John Hancock, President of the Second Continental Congress |
Builder: | Fore River Shipyard |
Laid down: | 26 January 1943 |
Launched: | 24 January 1944 |
Commissioned: | 15 April 1944 |
Decommissioned: | 9 May 1947 |
Recommissioned: | 15 February 1954 |
Decommissioned: | 13 April 1956 |
Recommissioned: | 15 November 1956 |
Decommissioned: | 30 January 1976 |
Renamed: | PCU Ticonderoga to PCU Hancock, 1 May 1943 |
Reclassified: | CV to CVA 1 October 1952 CVA to CV 30 June 1975 |
Fate: | Sold for scrap, 1 September 1976 |
General characteristics | |
Class & type: | Essex-class aircraft carrier |
Displacement: | As built: 27,100 tons standard |
Length: | As built: 888 feet (271 m) overall |
Beam: | As built: 93 feet (28 m) waterline |
Draft: | As built: 28 feet 7 inches (8.71 m) light |
Propulsion: | As designed: 8 × boilers 4 × Westinghouse geared steam turbines 4 × shafts 150,000 shp (110 MW) |
Speed: | 33 knots (61 km/h) |
Complement: | 3448 officers and enlisted |
Armament: | As built: 4 × twin 5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber guns 4 × single 5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber guns 8 × quadruple Bofors 40 mm guns 46 × single Oerlikon 20 mm cannons |
Armor: | As built: 4 inch (100 mm) belt 2.5 inch (60 mm) hangar deck 1.5 inch (40 mm) protectice decks 1.5 inch (40 mm) conning tower |
Aircraft carried: | As built: 90–100 aircraft |
USS Hancock (CV/CVA-19) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name, and was named for John Hancock, president of the Second Continental Congress and first governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.[1] Hancock was commissioned in April 1944, and served in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning four battle stars. Decommissioned shortly after the end of the war, she was modernized and recommissioned in the early 1950s as an attack carrier (CVA). In her second career she operated exclusively in the Pacific, playing a prominent role in the Vietnam War, for which she earned a Navy Unit Commendation. She was the first US Navy carrier to have steam catapults installed.
She was decommissioned in early 1976, and sold for scrap later that year.
The ship was laid down as Ticonderoga on 26 January 1943 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Mass. It was renamed Hancock 1 May 1943 in response to an offer from the John Hancock life insurance company to conduct a special bond drive to raise money for the ship if that name was used. (The shipyard is in the company's home state.) The company's bond drive raised enough money to both build the ship and operate it for the first year.[2] The ship was launched 24 January 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Theodore Douglas Robinson. Hancock was commissioned 15 April 1944, with Captain Fred C. Dickey in command.
After fitting out in the Boston Navy Yard and shake-down training off Trinidad and Venezuela, Hancock returned to Boston for alterations on 9 July 1944. She departed Boston on 31 July en route to Pearl Harbor via the Panama Canal and San Diego, and from there sailed on 24 September to join Admiral W. F. Halsey's 3rd Fleet at Ulithi on 5 October. She was assigned to Rear Admiral Gerald F. Bogan's Carrier Task Group 38.2 (TG 38.2).
Hancock got underway the following afternoon for a rendezvous point 375 nmi (690 km) west of the Marianas where units of Vice Admiral Mitscher's Fast Carrier Task Force 38 (TF 38) were assembling in preparation for the daring cruise to raid Japanese air and sea bases in the Ryūkyūs, Formosa, and the Philippines. Thus enemy air power was paralyzed during General MacArthur's invasion of Leyte. When the armada arrived off the Ryukyu Islands on 10 October 1944, Hancock's planes rose off her deck to wreak destruction upon Okinawan airfields and shipping. Her planes destroyed seven enemy aircraft on the ground and assisted in the destruction of a submarine tender, 12 torpedo boats, 2 midget submarines, four cargo ships, and a number of sampans. Next on the agenda were Formosan air bases where on 12 October Hancock's pilots downed six enemy planes and destroyed nine more on the ground. She also reported one cargo ship definitely sunk, three probably destroyed, and several others damaged.
As they repelled an enemy air raid that evening, Hancock's gunners accounted for a Japanese plane and drove off countless others during seven hours of uninterrupted general quarters. The following morning her planes resumed their assault, knocking out ammunition dumps, hangars, barracks, and industrial plants ashore and damaging an enemy transport. As Japanese planes again attacked the Americans during their second night off Formosa, Hancock's antiaircraft fire brought down another raider which crashed about 500 yd (460 m) off her flight deck. On the morning of the third day of operations against this enemy stronghold Hancock lashed out again at airfields and shipping before retiring to the southeast with her task force. As the American ships withdrew a heavy force of Japanese aircraft roared in for a parting crack. One dropped a bomb off Hancock's port bow a few seconds before being hit by the carrier's guns and crashing into the sea. Another bomb penetrated a gun platform but exploded harmlessly in the water. The surviving attackers then turned tail, and the task force was thereafter unmolested as they sailed toward the Philippines to support the landings at Leyte.
On 18 October, she launched planes against airfields and shipping at Laoag, Aparri, and Camiguin Island in Northern Luzon. Her planes struck the islands of Cebu, Panay, Negros, and Masbate, pounding enemy airfields and shipping. The next day, she retired toward Ulithi with Vice Admiral John S. McCain, Sr.'s TG 38.1.
She received orders on 23 October to turn back to the area off Samar to assist in the search for units of the Japanese fleet reportedly closing Leyte to challenge the American fleet, and to destroy amphibious forces which were struggling to take the island from Japan. Hancock did not reach Samar in time to assist the heroic escort carriers and destroyers of "Taffy 3" during the main action of the Battle off Samar, but her planes did manage to lash the fleeing Japanese Center Force as it passed through the San Bernardino Strait. Hancock then rejoined Rear Admiral Bogan's Task Group with which she struck airfields and shipping in the vicinity of Manila on 29 October 1944. During operations through 19 November, her planes gave direct support to advancing Army troops and attacked Japanese shipping over a 350 mi (560 km) area. She became flagship of the Fast Carrier Task Force (TF 38) on 17 November 1944 when Admiral McCain came on board.
Unfavorable weather prevented operations until 25 November, when a kamikaze roared toward Hancock, diving out of the sun. Antiaircraft fire exploded the plane some 300 ft (90 m) above the ship, but a section of its fuselage landed amid ships, and a part of the wing hit the flight deck and burst into flames. Prompt and skillful teamwork quickly extinguished the blaze and prevented serious damage.
Hancock returned to Ulithi on 27 November and departed from that island with her task group to maintain air patrol over enemy airfields on Luzon to prevent kamikazes from attacking amphibious vessels of the landing force in Mindoro. The first strikes were launched on 14 December against Clark and Angeles Airfields as well as enemy ground targets on Salvador Island. The next day her planes struck installations at Masinloc, San Fernando, and Cabanatuan, while fighter patrols kept the Japanese airmen down. Her planes also attacked shipping in Manila Bay.
Hancock encountered a severe typhoon on 17 December and rode out the storm in waves which broke over her flight deck, some 55 ft (20 m) above her waterline. She put into Ulithi 24 December and got underway six days later to attack airfields and shipping around the South China Sea. Her planes struck hard blows at Luzon airfields on 7–8 January 1945 and turned their attention back to Formosa on 9 January, hitting fiercely at airfields and the Toko Seaplane Station . An enemy convoy north of Camranh Bay, Indochina was the next victim, with two ships sunk and 11 damaged. That afternoon Hancock launched strikes against airfields at Saigon and shipping on the northeastern bulge of French Indochina. Strikes by the fast and mobile carrier force continued through 16 January, hitting Hainan Island in the Gulf of Tonkin, the Pescadores Islands, and shipping in the harbor of Hong Kong. Raids against Formosa were resumed on 20 January. The next afternoon one of her planes returning from a sortie made a normal landing, taxied to a point abreast of the island, and disintegrated in a blinding explosion which killed 50 men and injured 75 others. Again outstanding work quickly brought the fires under control in time to land other planes which were still aloft. She returned to formation and launched strikes against Okinawa the next morning.
Hancock reached Ulithi on 25 January where Admiral McCain left the ship and relinquished command of the 5th Fleet. She sortied with the ships of her task group on 10 February and launched strikes against airfields in the vicinity of Tokyo on 16 February. On that day, her air group, Air Group 80, downed 71 enemy planes, and accounted for 12 more the next. Her planes hit the enemy naval bases at Chichi Jima and Haha Jima on 19 February. These raids were conducted to isolate Iwo Jima from air and sea support when Marines hit the beaches of that island to begin one of the most bloody and fierce campaigns of the war. Hancock took station off this island to provide tactical support through 22 February, hitting enemy airfields and strafing Japanese troops ashore.
Returning to waters off the enemy home islands, Hancock launched her planes against targets on northern Honshū, making a diversionary raid on the Nansei-shoto islands on 1 March before returning to Ulithi on 4 March.
Back in Japanese waters Hancock joined other carriers in strikes against Kyūshū airfields, southwestern Honshū and shipping in the Inland Sea of Japan on 18 March. Hancock was refueling destroyer USS Halsey Powell (DD-686) on 20 March when kamikazes attacked the task force. One plane dove for the two ships but was disintegrated by gunfire when about 700 ft (210 m) overhead. Fragments of the plane hit Hancock's deck while its engine and bomb crashed the fantail of the destroyer. Hancock's gunners shot down another plane as it neared the release point of its bombing run on the carrier.
Hancock was reassigned to Carrier TG 58.3 with which she struck the Nansei-shoto islands from 23–27 March and Minami Daito Island and Kyūshū at the end of the month.
When the 10th Army landed on the western coast of Okinawa on 1 April, Hancock was on hand to provide close air support. A kamikaze cartwheeled across her flight deck on 7 April and crashed into a group of planes while its bomb hit the port catapult to cause a tremendous explosion. Although 62 men were killed and 71 wounded, heroic efforts doused the fires within half an hour enabling her to be back in action before an hour had passed.
Hancock was detached from her task group on 9 April and steamed to Pearl Harbor for repairs. She sailed back into action 13 June and left lethal calling cards at Wake Island on 20 June en route to the Philippines. Hancock sailed from San Pedro Bay with the other carriers on 1 July and attacked Tokyo airfields on 10 July. She continued to operate in Japanese waters until she received confirmation of Japan's capitulation on 15 August 1945 when she recalled her planes from their deadly missions before they reached their targets. However planes of her photo division were attacked by seven enemy aircraft over Sagami Wan. Three were shot down and a fourth escaped in a trail of smoke. Later that afternoon planes of Hancock's air patrol shot down a Japanese torpedo plane as it dived on a British task force. Her planes flew missions over Japan in search of prison camps, dropping supplies and medicine, on 25 August. Information collected during these flights led to landings under command of Commodore R. W. Simpson which brought doctors and supplies to all Allied prisoner of war encampments.
When the formal surrender of the Japanese government was signed on board battleship Missouri, Hancock's planes flew overhead. The carrier entered Tokyo Bay on 10 September 1945 and sailed on 30 September embarking 1,500 passengers at Okinawa for transportation to San Pedro, California, where she arrived on 21 October. Hancock was fitted out for Operation Magic Carpet duty at San Pedro and sailed for Seeadler Harbor, Manus, Admiralty Islands on 2 November. On her return voyage she carried 4,000 passengers who were debarked at San Diego on 4 December. A week later Hancock departed for her second Magic Carpet voyage, embarking 3,773 passengers at Manila for return to Alameda, California on 20 January 1946. She embarked Air Group 7 at San Diego on 18 February for air operations off the coast of California. She sailed from San Diego on 11 March to embark men of two air groups and aircraft at Pearl Harbor for transportation to Saipan, arriving on 1 April. After receiving two other air groups on board at Saipan, she loaded a cargo of aircraft at Guam and steamed by way of Pearl Harbor to Alameda, arriving on 23 April. She then steamed to Seattle, Washington on 29 April to await inactivation. The proud ship decommissioned and entered the reserve fleet at Bremerton, Washington.
Hancock commenced the SCB-27C conversion and modernization to an attack aircraft carrier in Puget Sound 15 December 1951 and was reclassified CVA-19 on 1 October 1952. She recommissioned on 15 February 1954, Captain W. S. Butts in command. She was the first carrier of the United States Fleet with steam catapults capable of launching high performance jets.
She was off San Diego on 7 May 1954 for operations along the coast of California that included the 17 June launching of the first aircraft to take off a United States carrier by means of a steam catapult. After a year of operations along the Pacific coast that included testing of Sparrow I and Regulus missiles and Cutlass jet aircraft, she sailed on 10 August 1955 for 7th Fleet operations ranging from the shores of Japan to the Philippines and Okinawa. She returned to San Diego on 15 March 1956 and decommissioned on 13 April for her SCB-125 conversion that included the installation of an angled flight deck.
Hancock recommissioned on 15 November 1956 for training out of San Diego until 6 April 1957, when she again sailed for Hawaii and the Far East. She returned to San Francisco on 18 September 1957 and again departed for Japan on 15 February 1958. She was a unit of powerful carrier task groups taking station off Taiwan when the Nationalist Chinese islands of Quemoy and Matsu were threatened with Communist invasion in August 1959. The carrier returned to San Francisco on 2 October for overhaul in the San Francisco Naval Shipyard, followed by rigorous at sea training out of San Diego. On 1 August 1959, she sailed to reinforce the 7th Fleet as troubles in Laos demanded the watchful presence of powerful American forces in water off southeast Asia. She returned to San Francisco on 18 January 1960 and put to sea early in February to participate in a new demonstration of communications by reflecting ultra-high-frequency waves off the moon. She again departed in August to steam with the 7th Fleet in waters off Laos until lessening of tension in that area permitted operations ranging from Japan to the Philippines.
Hancock returned to San Francisco in March 1961, then entered the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for an overhaul that gave her new electronics gear and many other improvements. She again set sail for Far Eastern waters on 2 February 1962, patrolling in the South China Sea as crisis and strife mounted both in Laos and in South Vietnam. She again appeared off Quemoy and Matsu in June to stem a threatened Communist invasion there, then trained along the coast of Japan and in waters reaching to Okinawa. She returned to San Francisco on 7 October, made a brief cruise to the coast of Hawaii while qualifying pilots then again sailed on 7 June 1963 for the Far East.
Hancock joined in combined defense exercises along the coast of South Korea, then deployed off the coast of South Vietnam after the coup which resulted in the death of President Diem. She entered the Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard on 16 January 1964 for modernization that included installation of a new ordnance system, hull repairs, and aluminum decking for her flight deck. She celebrated her 20th birthday on 2 June while visiting San Diego. The carrier made a training cruise to Hawaii, then departed Alameda on 21 October for another tour of duty with the 7th Fleet in the Far East.
Hancock reached Japan on 19 November and soon was on patrol at Yankee Station in the Gulf of Tonkin. She remained active in Vietnamese waters until heading for home early in the spring of 1965.
November found the carrier steaming back to the war zone. She was on patrol off Vietnam on 16 December; and, but for brief respites at Hong Kong, the Philippines, or Japan, Hancock remained on station launching her planes for strikes at enemy positions ashore until returning to Alameda on 1 August 1966. Her outstanding record during this combat tour won her the Navy Unit Commendation.
Following operations off the West Coast, Hancock returned to Vietnam early in 1967 and resumed her strikes against Communist positions. After fighting during most of the first half of 1967, she returned to Alameda on 22 July and promptly began preparations for returning to battle.
In the summer of 1969 she was back in Alameda preparing for yet another deployment to southeast Asia. In July, while in pre-deployment night landing exercises, an F-8 came in too low and crashed into the round-down splitting the aircraft into two pieces which hurtled down the deck and erupted in a massive fuel fed fire. While no lives were lost, damage to the flight deck was extensive, resulting in a frenetic 24 × 7 repair effort to be ready by the deployment date.
Aircraft from Hancock, along with those from Ranger and Oriskany, joined with other planes for air strikes against North Vietnamese missile and antiaircraft sites south of the 19th parallel in response to attacks on unarmed U.S. reconnaissance aircraft on 21–22 November 1970 (Operation Freedom Bait). Hancock alternated with Ranger and Kitty Hawk on Yankee Station until 10 May 1971, when she was relieved by Midway.
Hancock, along with Coral Sea, was back on Yankee Station by 30 March 1972 when North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam. In response to the invasion, Naval aircraft from Hancock and other carriers flew tactical sorties during Operation Freedom Train against military and logistics targets in the southern part of North Vietnam. By the end of April, the strikes covered more areas in North Vietnam throughout the area below 20°25′ N. From 25–30 April, aircraft from Hancock's VA-55, VA-164, and VA-212 struck enemy-held territory around Kontum and Pleiku.
On 17 March 1975 Hancock was ordered to offload its air wing and proceed to Pearl Harbor.[3] On 26 March, Marine Heavy Lift Helicopter Squadron HMH-463 comprising 25 CH-53, CH-46, AH-1J and UH-1E helicopters embarked on the Hancock and it proceeded to Subic Bay.[4] After taking on more helicopters at Subic Bay, Hancock was temporarily assigned to Amphibious Ready Group Bravo, standing by off Vung Tau, South Vietnam, but on 11 April she joined Amphibious Ready Group Alpha in the Gulf of Thailand.[5] Hancock then took part in Operation Eagle Pull, the evacuation of Phnom Penh on 12 April 1975 and Operation Frequent Wind, the evacuation of Saigon on 29–30 April 1975.[6] From 12–14 May, she was alerted, although not utilized, for the recovery of SS Mayagüez, a US merchantman with 39 crew, seized in international waters on 12 May by the Communist Khmer Rouge.
Hancock was decommissioned on 30 January 1976. She was stricken from the Navy list the following day,[7] and sold for scrap by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) on 1 September 1976.
Hancock was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation and received four battle stars for service in World War II.
On 3 April 1956, Elvis Presley appeared on The Milton Berle Show, shot onboard Hancock in San Diego, California.
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Zend_Controller_Action_Helper_ContentNegotiation is an action helper for facilitating content negotiation, which is useful for developing RESTful web services and web applications in general when requested resources may have multiple potential representations.Zend Framework: Zend_Controller_Action_Helper_ContentNegotiation - Matthew Turland Component Proposal
Proposed Component Name
Zend_Controller_Action_Helper_ContentNegotiation - Matthew Turland
Developer Notes
http://framework.zend.com/wiki/display/ZFDEV/Zend_Controller_Action_Helper_ContentNegotiation - Matthew Turland
Matthew Turland
Zend Liaison
1.0 - 17 September 2008: Initial Draft. (wiki revision: 3)
Table of Contents
1. Overview
2. References
3. Component Requirements, Constraints, and Acceptance Criteria
4. Dependencies on Other Framework Components
- Zend_Controller_Action_Helper_Abstract
- Zend_Controller_Action_Helper_ContextSwitch (optional)
- Zend_Locale (optional)
- Zend_View
5. Theory of Operation
User accesses the action helper normally through the helper broker within the action controller preDispatch hook method and explicitly provides any custom configuration settings. These include content types, languages, character sets, and content encoding. In the absence of custom configuration, optional integration with other components with other components is used to infer values. The action helper will then apply all necessary modifications to the response headers and view.
6. Milestones / Tasks
- Milestone 1: Design notes will be published here.
- Milestone 2: Working prototype checked into the incubator supporting use cases.
- Milestone 3: Unit tests exist, work, and are checked into SVN.
- Milestone 4: Initial documentation exists.
7. Class Index
- Zend_Controller_Action_Helper_ContentNegotiation
8. Use Cases
... (see good use cases book)
9. Class Skeletons
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Quick question: how does this differ from ContextSwitch? or would it build on it?

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The Utah Jazz introduced its three new draft picks to the media Friday. Trey Burke, Rudy Gobert and Raul Neto all join the young foundation the Jazz have built.
"I'm just thrilled for this opportunity," said Burke, the 9th overall selection who was acquired in a trade with Minnesota. "If you ask me, I feel like I can be an all-star in this league someday."
Burke's confidence stems from his outstanding career at Michigan, where he earned consensus national player of the year honors this past season. But is he ready to handle the pressure of being a starting point guard in the NBA?
"I think so," said Burke, who averated 18.6 points and 6.7 assists last season for the Wolverines. "I am definitely willing to come in and take that responsibility if the offer is there. I've always been a hard worker. They gave me the keys [to the franchise] at Michigan after I earned it, and I think I can make an impact here."
Burke may be handed the keys to the Jazz offense for the foreseeable future, because as of July 1st, the Jazz will not have any point guards under contract.
Rated as the top point guard in the draft, Burke is still only 20 years old. So how will he become a leader on a team of more experienced players?
"I think just by earning their respect," Burke said. "If I show them that I'm a hard worker, I'm a humble guy and I have a good heart, but at the same time I'm competitive and fierce out on the court, then I think they will allow me to eventually become a leader on this team."
Jazz fans already have high expectations for Burke, but head coach Tyrone Corbin is preaching patience.
"There's going to be an extremely high amount of pressure on young guys to come in and develop," Corbin said. "But we have to give him time to get comfortable. We have to see how he picks things up. We're expecting him to pick them up fast after watching his career. We think he's a quick learner, but the competition is different."
With Burke, the Jazz now have a young, talented player at every position. The Jazz could put out a starting five of Burke, Alec Burks, Gordon Hayward, Derrick Favors and Enes Kanter, all of whom are 23 years old or younger. This lineup appears to be the building block of the future.
"I think we have the beginnings of a foundation," said general manger Dennis Lindsey. "But as Ty alluded to, we can't skip any steps. We'll add some veteran leadership, but we're certainly excited about the guys we have under contract."
"We have all the right pieces," Burke said. "I think by adding me, we definitely can make a run and we can definitely win a lot of games this upcoming season."
As for Gobert, a 7-foot-2 French center, the Jazz hope he can add an immediate defensive presence.
"He has so much athletic ability," said Corbin. "He has a 9-foot 7-inch standing reach. He can run the floor, and he gets a joy out of blocking shots. That's one of the areas we talked about getting better at from last year."
Gobert was selected to play in the French Pro A All-Star game this past season, and led his league in blocked shots. Gobert really impressed the Jazz at his workout with the team earlier this month.
"It was a good workout for me," recalled Gobert, who was acquired in a trade with Denver after being selected with the 27th overall pick. "I just show what I do, defense, blocking shots, rebounding. I showed, too, that I was getting better on my shot and my post game. I'm just progressing and getting better."
There are no plans to keep Gobert, 21, in Europe. He plans on playing for the Jazz this season.
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Neto, the 47th overall pick, was acquired in a trade with Atlanta. As a 6-foot-2 point guard, he may not join the Jazz right away.
"We will see," Neto said. "A lot has to do with my agent and the team."
Neto played in the 2012 Olympics for Brazil, and was named MVP of Eurocamp 2013. Neto has played at the highest levels of European basketball, despite being just 20 years old. He learned about the Jazz through his father.
"My dad likes Utah Jazz," Neto said. "Because John Stockton, he likes how he played. So, he told me, 'I want you to get drafted by Utah Jazz.' So, I'm realizing his dream and my dream too. I'm so happy."
All in all, the Jazz are thrilled with the way the draft unfolded. Lindsey gave a lot of credit to Kevin O'Connor, the vice president of basketball operations, for information regarding trades to be made.
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A little treat for the yachtspotters. The yacht shown here is the Lionheart. It's the new toy for Philip Green, the free-spending British retail king. Lionheart is 206-foot Benetti and it recently showed up in Monaco where it was caught by the lens of the Monaco Eye, a website that has beautiful pictures of many of the world's most stunning yachts as they coast into the harbor. . The boat cost around £20 million ($37.5 million) and replaces Green's smaller Lionheart.


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Melman said that when it became clear that the enemy aircraft was about to attack, he aimed his rifle at it, but forgot to release the safety switch, preventing him from firing. "I jumped off the platform car, and that's the last thing I remember about that day," he said.
Struck with shrapnel down his right side, Melman was taken to a hospital operated by the French. He credits the Red Cross with giving him the blood needed to save his life, and for providing his first visitors after being hospitalized. He was eventually transferred to a hospital in England, where he remained for six months before returning to duty.
"I donated blood to the Red Cross until I was in my late 70s, and I donated cash after that," he said. "But this year, I stopped giving to everyone. I figure at my age, I've given them plenty."
Melman said that a major goal in his life is to reach the age of 115, which would probably assure him status as the last surviving wounded-in-action World War II veteran.
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He predicted that his 95th birthday trip down the New River would not be his last.
"I'm coming back here for my 100th birthday," he said. "If my health is still good and my doctor says it's OK, I'll go down the river again, and set the age record for good."
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William Roger "Bill" Wotczak, 68, Las Vegas Nev. and Prior Lake Minn., passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Feb. 8, 2013 after a gallant 11 month fight with cancer.
William Roger "Bill" Wotczak, 68, Las Vegas Nev., and Prior Lake Minn., passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Feb. 8, 2013 after a gallant 11 month fight with cancer.
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Bill attended St James Catholic School, Denfeld High School, UMD and numerous USPS schools. He was a U.S. Army (Vietnam Conflict) Veteran. Bill retired in 2000 from the USPS with 34 years of dedicated service. His career began in Duluth as a clerk and retired in an executive position as District Manager. He served in many positions in seven states including Postmaster of Duluth.
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Bill is survived by his wife, Yvonne; children, Michele (Mark) Lyons, Ted (Khanh), Steven (Mellissa); step-children; Kelly (Rob) Tirpack, Alan (Kelly McBride) Saliin and Stephanie Saliin; grandchildren, Cory, Joey, Brandon, Devon, Katherine, Victoria, Micheal, Cameron, Cody, Maya, Zoe, Lucie, Charlotte, Logan, Ava, and Hudson; brothers and sisters, Dick (Mickey), Eileen (Don) Bergman, Ken (Joanne), Mary (Ron Cuperus) Patton, Jean (Jim Charbonneau; brother and sister-in-law, Don (Sandy) Watkins, Kathy (MikeCulhane) Boone and many loving nieces and nephews.
VISITATION: 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, in Cremation Society, 7110 France Ave S, Edina, Minn. Funeral mass will be Monday, Feb. 18 in St James Catholic Church, 721 N 57th Ave W. Duluth, with visitation at 1 p.m. and Mass at 2 p.m. Interment will be at Fort Snelling at a later date. Memorials preferred in lieu of flowers.
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January 3, 2007
Would They Rank?
A couple of days ago, I asked
people to think of possible articles for the website, things that you would
like to see or read. A few people have e-mailed me some great ideas, but I really
liked one in particular. The following e-mail came from a reader named Ben and
it involves a couple of things that I enjoy writing about, trade rumors (even
though I'm a bit tired of it too now) and minor leaguers. Here is the question
read quite a bit about the players being offered for Santana (that horse is
almost dead), but it's hard to put them into context. It would be nice to
see them compared with Twins players - maybe give an example of a comparable
player in the Twins system, or say where they would rank in the Twins list of
prospects. Maybe a guess at how they would score on the Twins evaluation
Like I said, I
thought this was a great question and it made me do some thinking. I'm not
going to rehash my entire Top 50 Twins prospect list in great detail, but I
would like to think about any names that have been involved in Johan Santana
rumors and plot out where I think they would rank within the Twins system. So,
first, I will review most of the names mentioned in potential Johan Santana
trade rumors. Some of these names were barely mentioned. Some may not actually
have been on the table.
New York Yankees – Philip
Hughes, Melky Cabrera, Ian Kennedy, Jeff Marquez,
Alberto Gonzalez, Edwar Ramirez, Jose Tabata, Austin Jackson
Boston Red Sox – Clay
Buchholz, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jon Lester, Jed Lowrie, Justin Masterson, Michael Bowden, Ryan Kalish
New York Mets – Carlos Gomez,
Mike Pelfrey, Philip Humber, Kevin Mulvey, Fernando Martinez, Deolis
Seattle Mariners – Adam
Jones, Brandon Morrow, Jeff Clement
What I will do
next is plot out my Top 50 as it was in September when I wrote it. Then I will
plot in where I would put the guys from the other teams. Please note that this
is just my opinion. Like any prospect ranking, it is subject to debate and
discussion. Also, many of these guys will appear ahead of my #1 Twins prospect,
Tyler Robertson. That is not a knock on Robertson or any of the other Twins
prospects at all. What it shows is the type of talent that teams will be
required to give up for Johan Santana. So, with that, let's see the list. It
will include the name, the current team of a rumored player and a ceiling
Clay Buchholz – Boston Red Sox – Dwight Gooden (the good years)
Philip Hughes – New York Yankees – Roger Clemens
Adam Jones – Seattle Mariners – Andruw Jones
Fernando Martinez – New York Mets – Ken Griffey Jr
Carlos Gomez – New York Mets – Carlos Beltran
Jacoby Ellsbury – Boston Red Sox – Johnny Damon
Deolis Guerra – New York Mets – Pedro Martinez
Jose Tabata – New York Yankees – Andre Dawson
1.) Tyler Robertson
2.) Anthony Swarzak
Jeff Clement – Seattle Mariners – Paul Konerko (at his best)
Jon Lester – Boston Red Sox – Andy Pettitte
Jed Lowrie – Boston Red Sox – Dustin Pedroia with more pop
Ian Kennedy – New York Yankees – Kevin Slowey
3.) Trevor Plouffe
Kevin Mulvey – New York Mets – Jon Garland
Jeff Marquez – New York Yankees – Freddy Garcia
4.) Brian Duensing
5.) Jeff Manship
Michael Bowden – Boston Red Sox – Jake Peavy
6.) Chris Parmelee
7.) Danny Valencia
8.) Alex Burnett
9.) Joe Benson
Brandon Morrow – Seattle Mariners – Curt Schilling
Ryan Kalish – Boston Red Sox – Austin Kearns (the good year)
Austin Jackson – New York Yankees – Jason Bay (at best)
10.) Erik Lis
11.) Eduardo Morlan – traded to Tampa
12.) Oswaldo Sosa
13.) Ben Revere
Justin Masterson – Boston Red Sox – Carlos Silva
14.) David Winfree
15.) Ryan Mullins
16.) Juan Portes
17.) Kyle Waldrop
18.) Brock Peterson
19.) Jay Rainville
20.) Brian Dinkelman
21.) David Bromberg
22.) Garrett Guzman – Rule V pick to Washington
Edwar Ramirez – New York Yankees – Trevor Hoffman
23.) Yohan Pino
24.) Deibinson Romero
25.) Dustin Martin
26.) Rene Tosoni
27.) Nick Blackburn
28.) Danny Rams
29.) Rene Leveret
30.) Denard Span
31.) Wilson Ramos
32.) Angel Morales
Alberto Gonzalez – New York Yankees – Adam Everett
33.) Ozzie Lewis
34.) Matt Tolbert
35.) Jose Mijares
36.) Mike McCardell
37.) Steven Tolleson
38.) Zach Ward
39.) Brandon Roberts
40.) Matt Moses
41.) Brian Buscher
42.) Cole DeVries
43.) Jose Morales
44.) Brian Kirwan
45.) Dan Berlind
46.) Greg Yersich
47.) Brad Tippett
48.) Trent Oeltjen – signed with Arizona
49.) Matt Macri
50.) Tim Lahey/Armando Gabino- Lahey was #1 pick in Rule V draft, trade to Cubs
Now, you will
notice a couple of names missing. Mike Pelfrey is not listed. He is over the rookie innings limit so not a 'prospect'. That said,
he was the #9 pick in 2005 out of college. Matt
Garza was the 26th pick in the first round in 2005 out of
college. Both can hit 97 and have secondary pitches that are in the works. So,
I think there is a fair comparison between those two. Melky Cabrera is also well beyond the prospect limits. I see him as a
guy to hit about .280-.300 with 15-20 homers a year. Probably a #1, #2 or #8
type of hitter in the Twins lineup, I'm not sure who a good comparison might
be. Maybe a step lesser than Johnny Damon in his prime. I don't think he is 'just a 4th
outfielder' as many seem to think he is.
Now, I don't
know what the Twins evaluation scale is, or how that is determined. Maybe
someone reading can help us out. This isn't the cleanest posting you'll ever see,
but I hope it makes sense and is something to start some discussion. Please
comment if you have any thoughts on the list. Not so much on where the Twins
rank (because I would probably make several changes myself already), but on how
I rank those names. And, maybe based on that, determine which offer that is out
there is most worth consideration.
And of course,
keep the ideas coming!


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Depression and Fatigue in MS Patients Treated With Betaferon. (FADO)
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This study aims to evaluate the occurence and severity of fatigue and depression in multiple sclerosis patients and the impact of Betaferon treatment on symptoms alterations.
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Pharmacologic treatments of MS-fatigue and depression will also be recorded.
Condition | Intervention |
Multiple Sclerosis |
Biological: Interferon beta-1b (Betaferon, BAY86-5046) |
Study Type: | Observational |
Study Design: | Observational Model: Cohort Time Perspective: Prospective |
Official Title: | The Short-term Effect of Immunomodulatory Treatment With Interferon Beta-1b (Betaferon) on Fatigue and Depression in First-time Treated Patients With Relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclerosis. |
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Changes of fatigue score over time [ Time Frame: short-term, mid-term and long-term changes will be assessed: 3 months vs. baseline, 6 months vs. baseline and 12 months vs. baseline ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Changes of depression score over time [ Time Frame: short-term, mid-term and long-term changes will be assessed: 3 months vs. baseline, 6 months vs. baseline and 12 months vs. baseline ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Treatment adherence [ Time Frame: 12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Clinical course of the disease [ Time Frame: 12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Overall treatment tolerability as measured by rate of adverse events [ Time Frame: 12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
Enrollment: | 252 |
Study Start Date: | May 2010 |
Study Completion Date: | May 2012 |
Groups/Cohorts | Assigned Interventions |
Group 1 |
Biological: Interferon beta-1b (Betaferon, BAY86-5046)
Patients treated with regular dose of Betaferon injections (250 micrograms subcutaneously every other day) under routine practice setting.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Sampling Method: | Probability Sample |
Study Population
Adult patients with relapsing form of multiple sclerosis treated with Betaferon under routine practice setting.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis
- Age 18+
- Patients initiating Betaferon treatment
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients previously treated with any immunomodulatory drug
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Responsible Party: | Medical Director, Bayer Sp. z o.o. A. Jerozolimskie 158, Warsaw 02-326, Poland |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01354665 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: | 15307, BF1012PL |
Study First Received: | May 16, 2011 |
Last Updated: | October 11, 2012 |
Health Authority: | Poland: Office for Registration of Medicinal Products, Medical Devices and Biocidal Products |
Keywords provided by Bayer:
Multiple sclerosis Interferon beta-1b Fatigue Depression |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Depression Depressive Disorder Fatigue Multiple Sclerosis Sclerosis Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting Behavioral Symptoms Mood Disorders Mental Disorders Signs and Symptoms Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System Nervous System Diseases Demyelinating Diseases |
Autoimmune Diseases Immune System Diseases Pathologic Processes Interferon-beta Interferons Interferon beta-1b Antiviral Agents Anti-Infective Agents Therapeutic Uses Pharmacologic Actions Immunologic Factors Physiological Effects of Drugs Antineoplastic Agents Adjuvants, Immunologic |
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I've seen the BIGFOOT Challenge three times now, and everytime I hear Patti LaBelle say, "IT'S BIGFOOT" I LMAO! I love you Hugh! As for Heather, hopefully she will eat bigfoot and hide.
The chefs have eaten through the sweet potato fence of the last episode and here we are still in Dallas.
Beverly is bringing in the karma police to do battle with her arch nemesis Heather. A life-sized voodoo doll is in the works. While furiously making egg rolls in the future "Asian" battle, Heather will suddenly get stabbing pains in her side. Beverly will laugh in a maniacal way.
Onward to Austin. Paul will be at home but is "sweatin' balls" right now. These are his words, not mine. We learn, and this is unexpected to me, that Paul was a pot dealer with a messy apartment full of dog turds. Now he is the chef of Uchiko, one of the leading Japanese restaurants in the nation. Youth of today, take note: there is life beyond the dog-pooped apartment you live in.
Toyota Sienna wagon train time. Hopefully they don't go via the Donner Pass… these chefs would eat each other faster than any other expedition in history. Heather is looking for a man, a tall man with wavy hair, and would gladly make etouffee with John Besh, as long as he left the Asian fusion out of it. This in lieu of $5000. I love Besh, but I'd take the greenbacks. Matchmaking is the chatter in both vans. Malibu is exposed. It's been a while since Crary has been to the YMCA to sport his spandex chef jacket.
I think they have no idea what's about to occur. Hell, I have no idea what to expect.
I've seen the BIGFOOT Challenge three times now, and everytime I hear Patti LaBelle say, "IT'S BIGFOOT" I LMAO! I love you Hugh! As for Heather, hopefully she will eat bigfoot and hide.
The major flaw in your argument is that Heather and Beverly are equals in the competition. Bev is not Heather's underling, even though Heather treated Bev as if she were. And now, with Heather's departure from the competition coming before Beverly's, we see that Beverly is actually superior to Heather. Heather never had the stature as a chef to dictate to Beverly what she should do, or how she should do anything. The two chef-testants entered the competition as equals, but one of them found a weakness in the other and, perhaps reflexively, pounced upon that weakness. Heather acted as a bully and will be seen as such, even if her actions weren't intended to bully Beverly.
So here is the problem with labeling Heather a bully. It's assuming that she is wrong in her assessment of Beverly. I'm reading Ruhlman's "The Making of a Chef" and what Heather was doing is directing Beverly to be more organized. It's what executive chefs do. Heather is used to running a kitchen, and Beverly is a hot mess when comes to organizational skills. It's the thing that Ruhlman talked a lot about in his book: Mis en place.
Let's add on to that tonight's episode with the Bourbon flaming 2 feet in the air. Beverly is clumsy and that kind of thoughtlessness could result in disaster. She strikes me as someone who is unsafe in the kitchen.
I love the comic spin Chef Acheson puts on everything. Very witty bogs and am enjoying them immensely.
On a serious note, Ms.Bully Heather Terhune, has denied to TV Guide that she is a Bully....it is not a surprise that Heather Terhune has no concept of self awareness. I am a firm believer in that food should be prepared with love and care as it is the fuel for everyone's body and soul. (yes sounds corny but I believe it makes a difference when food is prepared with love) Eating food made by a BULLY and a Culturally Biased Ignorant Chef does not seem appetizing to me and rather poisonous. Kimpton (very highly respected boutique hotel company) and Sable should seriously consider not exposing their clients to such food. Heather Terhune's unprofessional, racial, immature, insecure, and in-denial behavior should be brought to light on a larger scale since Bullying in this country is a major problem. I wish Bravo can address this further...may be during the Reunion Show....and let the world know that Bullying is not tolerated in any industry.
"white people food"? I think I laughed for several minutes after reading that. Great blog; will look for Hugh's book. Now I'm off to Yelp to go read reviews for a certain Chicago restaurant. : ). As a Fort Worth native I never considered the town to be a honky-Tonk sort of town, but the Stockyards area, where Tim Love's restaurant is rustic. Fort Worth will never be as cool or weird as Austin. Sigh.
Your blog has become my must read and is almost trumping the show for me this season. Love,love, love your wit! You've even made my overly cynical-snarky son smile and tolerate my TC obsession a little better this season. Bravo Chef Hugh!
Being next door to Kentucky (across the river in Missouri) I also have to say GO TEAM ED!
Your blog is hilarious! Even my 19-yr-old sarcastic college student son is getting into it. Love that you can call Padma hot without sounding like a creeper. She IS hot! Love how you poke fun at all the personalities, both cheftestant and hosts. I laugh out loud reading this thing each week.
This is a funny blog! I couldn't believe how rude Heather was, this blog made me laugh about it though. ha ha
Hugh!!! I love, Love, LOVE your blog!! Look forward to reading it! Thanks for keeping it upbeat & REAL!! And by the way, LOVED the mention of our Texas Favorite: Whataburger!! :) As far as Heather/Beverly drama: Shame on Heather for her behaviour--and on national TV to boot! I, along with MILLIONS of other viewers shouted "YES!!!!!" when she was told to "pack her knives and GOOOOOOO"! What a GREAT win for TEAM BEV--top tier AND Heather gets packin'!! Classic!
wow your blog is the perfect combo of wit, sarcasm and substance. You touch on everything that I was thinking about while watching this episode. Can't wait to hear what heather has to say on the reunion. No doubt she'll be uber apologetic. Keep blogging Chef Hugh it's the only one I've ever read!
No, I'm not gonna kiss your grits. My mother got a subscription to Gourmet when I was 19 and graduated from Campbell's cream of celery or mushroom soup to cheese souffle and salad, after which my father said "that was good, where's dinner?" That was a divorce in the making, sadly it took another 15 years. So for my tribute meal I'd make sassy individual cheese souffles, a riff on Chasen's beet and endive salad we had the week they closed after being the only Buffalo Bills fans at a Raiders' game in South LA. Perhaps add a popover, as Mom loved to cook Prime Rib, roasted potatoes and then make Yorkshire pudding. I'd add some chives to the batter. That's my riff.
Hugh I totally love your toungh & cheek writing & rapier WIT!!! You should pen a book. I would buy it, don't know why you're compared to Tony Bourdain. Can he even cook anymore? Your style of writing is wry, full of wit & not filthy words.
Flippin fantastic post.
While watching the episode, the tune going through my mind was "Ding dong, the witch is dead," but "Karma Police" takes me back to the 90s, high school drama queens and appropriately suits the departure of our top bully.
I wonder if yelp reviews of Heather's restaurant now include comments on the need to spice up her cuisine with some Asian favors? Like bacon, sriracha goes with (almost) anything too. ;)
Hugh, your blog is great and very funny. But, even better than that is the fact that you are SO HOT!!
Ding, Dong the witch is dead...so long Heather, don't let the door hit you on the way out you bully. Hugh, I am pleasantly surprised at your witty and very entertaining blog. Keep up the good work.
dear mr. acheson
please please please write book of personal musings...deeply appreciating the inane and senseless humor with vigor!
Bravo should've had "Karma Police" playing as the soundtrack to Heather's departure. That would've been awesome.
Thank goodness for your blog this season! Today is a cold, rainy day in Kentucky, but you managed to make me laugh. Bravo should have you blog on any food related show they have. Maybe even non-food related shows. I'd love to see what you would have to say about the Housewives! But, you'd actually have to watch them, which could actually be a reality show in itself. 'Chef Hugh Watches...'. I'm getting on the phone to Andy Cohen right away! Also, go Ed. Love to see a Kentuckian on Top Chef.
Bravo(no pun intended) on another great blog! Funny,spot on, and keeps the reader wanting more! And we Kentuckians love Ed too!
I absolutely adore Hugh Acheson. And I keep cringing as I keep reading how Acheson is almost Bourdain. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Hugh is fresh, genuine, and an unmitigated delight, whereas Anthony Bourdain couldn't give a rat's behind if he were thought of as a delight, and would probably prefer not to be, actually.
Don't get me wrong. I really like -- and have always liked -- Bourdain, but at times he can be ornery and harsh just for his image's sake. Bourdain can be wordy and redundant and even factually incorrect; I have been known to yell at him on TV in my more irritable moments, when I find his his rough edges and cliche biases a bit too much to handle in his over-reaching moments. That said, his attitude is GOLD. That's where it's at with Anthony. With me.
Acheson's wit, on the other hand, is RAPIER sharp, and he delivers it with the economy worthy of a poet. He is Hart Crane to Bourdain's Edgar Lee Masters. In a short, simple sentence (and sometimes not even that, just a fragment) Hugh Acheson can allude to 5 different things with some depth to them. Anthony's audience is a petulant teen boy on a dirt bike. Hugh's audience is a polymath adult who grew up to be an armchair chef, who doesn't suffer fools nor silly prejudices. This is where's it's at for me, I just realized, with my darling Hugh. HE DOES NOT DUMB STUFF DOWN. OMG I totally respect him right back!!! Oh, and he can cook circles around Bourdain.
Please ... no mistake here. This isn't a jab at Anthony Bourdain. This is a CRY OF THE HEART to everyone to please stop that thing with Acheson / Bourdain that is dropping all over the net. It is simply unfair to BOTH of them. And it's extremely irritating to ME. That is a matter of great concern. In my world. Y'all.
This is the best blog ever! I have not stopped laughing! The white people food comment made me squirt soda everywhere!
Please, Hugh... You need to pen a children's book. I think it would be bigger than Harry Potter! They could even make a culinary theme park too. Love, Love, Love this season of Top Chef, and especially this Blog!!!
Hugh, it's official. I love reading your witty blogs more than I love watching the show (and I love the show)! Bravo and keep 'em coming!! (no pun intended...)
In response to "juliaxxx" waiting to see what and how Heather responds I am guessing 2 scenarios:
A) She stays stubborn and defends her stand AND I personally feel that is what she really feels
B) Tones down and maybe even apologizes BUT is that real? Or has this experience hurt her where it really hurts? I mean, has her customers, colleagues, boss, etc. giving her back and she realizes she is hurting professionally and therefore apologizes BUT in reality she is not.
Hugh, you are not only a genius with the knife, but pen...er keyboard as well! I love your hilarious blog and truthful observations.
Tom's comment to Heather about Bev's use of the pressure cooker was well played.
Also, it was Tom who said he would go to dinner at Patti's house "with bells on," not Emeril.
I know, I was waiting to hear what Sarah won too. Glad I wasn't the only one who noticed it wasn't mentioned. And I'm sorry, but Nyesha is pretty bad too. Looks down her knows at everyone.
The best thing about this season, other than the inclusion of our Kentucky Chef Ed Lee, is your blog. It's hilarious. Thanks.
There is no doubt you are a wonderful chef. However, you are also a marvelous writer. Your style demonstrates humor filled with informative narrative. Love love love watching you on the show and reading your blog. Bourdain has a chef hot on his trail in cooking and writing department.
So what was the prize for elimination challenge? I thought elimination challenge winner always won something pretty big. Did not see any award for Sarah for winning this episode.
I'm glad Ed, Beverly and Sara were on top they are all kind and nice people who also create really great dishes. I'm looking forward to the reunion and see if Heather recognizes how harsh she was towards Beverly and the other chefs in general.
Hugh, your blogs bring me such joy! Your ability to articulate is far beyond what an author's agent could believe. I have MS and I so want to eat at you and Tom's restaurants. This is not a plea, I can do it and I shall. Happy Holidays to you and your loverly family! Blessings
I love your blog today. I was laughing so much. Thanks for the relief especially at the end of a very tiring day. This episode was a perfect example of Karma!!!
I just love you, Hugh! I look forward to your blog only a teensy weensy bit less than I look forward to the actual show!
You are a pleasure to read! Your observations are spot on! Love The karma--what goes around comes around--so long Heather!
i am living for your blogs this season, hugh. you really spice up some otherwise bland personalities. my boyfriend is getting tired of me from reading your blog to him. i'm pretty sure he's jealous. keep on keeping on! can't wait for next week :) but what will we do without any boring white people food to relate to on the show?
KARMA! Heather got her wish - she went home because SHE & SHE ALONE screwed up. Once again, well stated Hugh!