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Two Tivos To Paradise 03.15.13: Veronica Mars, The Voice, The Walking Dead, The Bible, Justin Timberlake, More
Posted by
Al Norton
on 03.15.2013
News and thoughts on
Veronica Mars
heading to the big screen, Justin Timberlake's
, lineup changes on NBC, Ang Lee's TV project, and more!
Hello friends. What a difference a week makes; last Friday we got 15 inches of snow and after two days of 50+ degree weather early in the week there is very little snow to be found on the ground other than in parking lots and such. Hopefully, we are done with all the white stuff for the season and can get to concentrating on what really matters; the Red Sox (and baseball in general, of course). This weekend will be a special one for my twins as Mrs. Tivo and I are planning on taking them to Chuck E Cheese for the first time. Yes, we will cover them in Purell before we go in and after we leave, and perhaps reapply a few times while we are there, but I've actually never been inside one before (I was too old for such things by the time they came along) so I am looking forward to it as a parenthood rite of passage.
Louis C.K.'s newest HBO comedy special premieres next month…
Here's a look at
American Masters'
upcoming Mel Brooks episode…
It's pretty obvious that you've got a crush; that news in your pants, it's making me blush.
A Long Time Ago, We Used To Be Friends, But I Haven't Thought Of You Lately At All
In one of the more surprising revivals in recent memory,
Veronica Mars
creator Rob Thomas and series star Kristen Bell announced on Wednesday that they were launching a Kickstarter campaign for $2 million to fund production on a big screen movie version of the show, with Warner Brothers committing to provide additional funding and distribution if they could reach their goals. The deadline for the campaign was April 12th, with production on the movie beginning immediately following because of Bell's schedule, and by 8:45pm ET on Wednesday the project was fully funded, making a big screen version of
Veronica Mars
a reality.
I was a HUGE fan of
Veronica Mars'
three season run on UPN & The CW and thought it was done WAY too soon, so this back-from-the dead story brought a huge smile to my face, especially knowing essentially all the regulars would be back, and that they were excited about the script Thomas has written. Here's what excites me even more…Let's say the movie does reasonably well – expectations will be lower since it's not going to cost very much to make, plus I could totally see them doing a roll out that makes it available on demand at the same time it's in theaters – would a cable network step up to the plate to order a new season of the show? I mean, why wouldn't you want to pick up a show with a rabidly loyal fanbase?!?!? You don't think TNT, FX, A&E, and others wouldn't be interested, especially since they could buy the rerun rights to the first three seasons as well?
Bell and Thomas deserve major kudos for never letting this project die, and the
Veronica Mars
fans also get big props for not being shy about how much they love the show and then stepping up to the plate when given the opportunity to put their money where their mouth is. Power to the people, you dig?
I'd Quickly Give My Freedom To Be Held In Your Captivity
NBC announced some lineup shuffling this week, the biggest moves being shifting Smash to Saturday nights as of April 6th and giving the new Eva Longoria produced dating show
Ready for Love
the prime Tuesdays at 9pm (aka following elimination episodes of
The Voice
) slot for an April 9th launch.
The New Normal's
one hour season finale will air on April 2nd, and
Go On
is moving to Thursdays at 9:30pm for the first few weeks in April so it can enjoy the lead-in from several of the finale episodes of
The Office
was originally going to run on Sundays at 10pm following
All Star Celebrity Apprentice
but now they will extend the latter to two hours from mid-April through the season finale at the end of May.
The two headlines here are, "
banished to Saturdays to finish its 17 episode second season run and then disappear" and "network giving
Ready for Love
a HUGE opportunity." Smash may go down in TV history as one of the fastest flameouts of all time; the fantastic pilot got critical raves AND big ratings, but by the end of season one the ship had run aground. They changed showrunners and made some major casting moves but the show's Nielsen's have been essentially DOA since the season premiere. At this point there is really no chance for a season three.
Ready for Love
just got
The Voice
instead of The Donald as a lead-in, a move anyone not named Donald Trump would recognize as an upgrade of epic proportions. In fact, I am not sure there will be a single better lead-in this spring than
The Voice
, so it's a smart move by NBC to give a new show the chance to establish an audience for a couple of months, especially one that is trying to position itself as the thinking person's
The network also announced they were bringing
The Sing Off
back for a 4th season. No word yet on when it will run (if they are smart they'd do something in the August or December, when there's not as much competition and they can run it two nights a week for a month) or which - if any - of the judges will return, but Mark Burnett Productions will now be in charge.
Like A Coin In Your Mint, I Am Dented And I'm Spent With High Treason
For the past few months we've told you about new programming the big five networks have in development but now we've entered the next stage, with pilots being ordered for the 2013-2014 season…FYI - Any show listed below has been given said order…
has been on my list of pilots I am most interested in if only because it's from Kyle Killen, whose last two projects were
Lone Star
. The story follows two brothers, one a brilliant scientist in the field of human behavior who is not taking medication for his bi-polar disorder and the other a smooth/fast talking ex-con who is brilliant in his ability to manipulate people, and they work together running a business that helps people solve their problems. It was previously reported that Steve Zahn would play the scientist brother and now comes word that Christian Slater will play the other…Jason Jones is the male lead opposite TTTP fave Andrea Anders in
Divorce: A Love Story
, about a badly matched couple who can't stay away from each other after they split up TTTP Fave Adam Goldberg plays Jones' best friend…Jenny Slate (
SNL, House of Lies, Kroll Show
) has joined the cast of the comedy
just as Mandy Moore has left…Alan Thicke will play David Spade's Dad in the workplace comedy
Bad Management
Minka Kelly has joined the untitled action/drama from J.J. Abrams and J.H. Wyman about LAPD officers paired with very humanistic androids…Tom Berenger will star in the drama
Gang Related
, playing the leader of the SFPD gang division, which has been infiltrated by a gang member who is now feeling torn in his loyalties……
The network is looking at
Bad Judge
, a comedy from Gary Sanchez Productions (Will Ferrell & Adam McKay) and Anne Heche. We told you about the concept weeks ago - a strong willed, very sexually active woman who is in some trouble with the law on occasion, which makes her life as a criminal court judge difficult - and the script is written by Chad Kultgen, whose
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
opens in theaters on Friday. The big reason for NBC's interest in the project is that Kate Walsh (
Private Practice
) is thisclose to signing on to play the lead, a move that would likely trigger a pilot order… James Spader has been cast as the lead in the NBC drama pilot
The Blacklist
, playing one of the most wanted criminals in the world who turns himself in to the FBI with the understanding that he'll help catch everyone he worked with as long as he gets to work with one particular agent (Megan Boone;
Blue Bloods, Law & Order: LA
), someone he seemingly has no prior connection with. The pilot was written by Jon Bokenkamp (
Taking Lives, Perfect Stranger
) and counts John Eisendrath (
Alias, My Own Worst Enemy
) among its executive producers…Rand Ravich's (
) drama pilot about a secret service agent who finds himself in the middle of a huge kidnapping crisis on his first day on the job may not have a title yet but it does have a lead;
House of Payne
star Lance Gross has come on board. Also in the cast are Dermot Mulroney and Max Martini…Michiel Huisman (
Nashville, Treme
) plays the hired killer who ends protecting a little girl with a very (supernaturally) powerful weapon in
The Sixth Gun
…Alfred Molina will star in the comedy
Rene Balcer (
Law & Order
) is the showrunner for
The Ordained
…Skeet Ulrich is the lead in
Anatomy of Violence
, written and executive produced by Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa, and Alex Cary, all of whom work together on Showtime's
…Kathryn Morris (
Cold Case
) will star opposite Jason Isaacs in
Surgeon General
…Meghan Ory (
Once Upon a Time
) has joined the ensemble cast of
along with Josh Holloway and Marg Helgenberger…Michael Rapaport is now on board Greg Garcia's untitled comedy starring Will Arnett, Margo Martindale, Beau Bridges, and JB Smoove…Kristin Davis (
Sex and the City
) has joined the cast of
Bad Teacher
…Kristoffer Polaha (
Ringer, Life Unexpected
) is in the cast of the police procedural
along with Dennis Haysbert…
The CW
Isaiah Washington (
Grey's Anatomy
) may be making a return to series TV this fall; he just signed to star in the sci-fi pilot
The 100
, playing the leader of what remains of the human race (all of whom live on a large space station) who decides to send 100 problem teens back to Earth to see if re-populating the planet is an option…Stella Maeve (
Golden Boy
) has landed one of the leads on the naval base drama
Company Town
It's Time To Play The Music, It's Time To Light The Lights
The Muppet Show
video of the week…
But You Were Up To Your Old Tricks In Chapters Four Five And Six
Ratings Notes From The Last Seven Days…
was up 25% despite having a new episode of
The Big Bang Theory
(which won the night in totals and demos) as competition...For the first time since it's aired on Thursdays
Two and a Half Men
American Idol
in the demos in the half hour they went head-to-head...
was up a big 47% in the demos (aided somewhat by a two minute
Person of Interest
dropped to a season low despite not having a new
opposite it...
Not a good start for
Fashion Star
; not only was it down 50% from last year's premiere but it was down 43% from what
did in that same slot last week...
was up 7% from last year's mid-season premiere but down 6% from its last new episode in November...
Shark Tank
was up 5% and once again won the night in the demos...
Blue Bloods
was the most watched show of the night...
spiked 33% in the demos while
was down that same number in its first Friday night outing...
Golden Boy
was down 40% from the
season finale that ran in the 9pm slot two weeks ago...
tied a series demo low...
Saturday Night Live
rode Justin Timberlake to its highest rated episode in 14 months.
Family Guy
won the night in the demos...
was up double digits in totals and demos...
Once Upon a Time
matched last week's series low...
Red Widow
was down 20% from last week's already low premiere numbers...
The Mentalist
was the night's most watched show...
The Bible
was down 18% in week two but still posted an impressive 10.8 million viewers, topping all of the broadcast networks on Sunday from 8 – 10 in total viewers and the 25-54 demo…
was down 26% in week two but was tops on all of TV among men 25-54…
The Walking Dead
was the single most watched show on all of TV for the night and also put up the best demos of the night (and the week)… The 2013 World Baseball Classic is a hit for MLB Network; Sunday's Team USA win over Team Canada was the most watched non-postseason game in the network's history, beating the previous high for a Yankees-Red Sox game last October by 26%. Overall the coverage of the WBC helped the network enjoy its most watched weekend ever…
The season finale of
The Bachelor
was up 10% from last year's wrap up and won its two hours in totals and demos, with the
After the Rose
special that followed winning the night in both measures…
The Biggest Loser
was down to season lows in totals and demos…
The Following
was the most watched non-
show of the night…
Rules of Engagement
hit a season low…
For the first time this season
was up (+13%) from the previous week...
Hell's Kitchen
matched last season's premiere in total viewers but was down 8% in the demos, although it did win the night in that measure...The finale of
The Taste
dropped to a new series low while
Body of Proof
tied a series low...
Celebrity Wife Swap
was up 20% in total viewers...
Golden Boy
was up in a big way from its Friday outing and was the most watched show of the night...
American Idol
won the night in totals (up from last week) and demos (down a smidge from last week), although both measures were down dramatically from this week last year…
The Neighbors
, the only new show on ABC the entire night, dropped to a new series low…
All The Young Dudes, Carry The News
Industry News, Notes, and Hot Rumors…Three time Oscar winner Ang Lee has signed to direct the FX pilot
, from the creative team of Howard Gordon (
Homeland, Awake
), Gideon Raff (
), and Craig Wright (
Six Feet Under
). The show, which Lee is also an executive producer on, follows an American family living abroad that finds itself caught up in the inner workings of a volatile Middle Eastern country…John Malkovich has been cast as
in NBC's summer action/drama series
, written and executive produced by
creator Neil Cross. The period pirate series by-passed the pilot stage and got a 10 episode first season order late last year. This is Malkovich's first US series regular gig…Mark Hudis, who took over as showrunner on
True Blood
after Alan Ball left at the end of season five, has been replaced less than four episodes into production of season six. Brian Buckner, who has been with the HBO vampire drama since day one, is taking over. The official statement is that Hudis is leaving the show to focus on his development deal with HBO but in-season showrunner changes are extremely rare, especially for an established hit, so clearly something was not working. The new season of
True Blood
is expected to premiere this June…John Stamos has signed on for a season long guest stint on USA's
Necessary Roughness
this summer. He is also starring in the NBC pilot
I am Victor
, which is an early favorite to make the fall schedule, but since both networks are in the NBCUniversal family there should be no issues…Disney XD is launching two new Marvel Universe animated series this summer;
Marvel's Avengers Assemble
(Iron Man, Hulk, Falcon, Captain America, Black Widow, Thor, and Hawkeye) premieres Sunday July 7th with a one hour preview on Sunday May 26th while Marvel's
Hulk And The Agents S.M.A.S.H.
(Hulk, She Hulk, A-Bomb, Red Hulk, and Skaar all living together in the same house) debuts on Sunday August 11th…IFC will premiere the half hour comedy series
on May 3rd at 10pm, a scripted series based on the life and podcast of comedian Marc Maron, who stars along with Judd Hirsch and Andy Kindler. Guest stars over the course of the 10 episode first season include Adam Scott, Ken Jeong, Mark Duplass, Gina Gershon, Eric Stolz, Denis Leary, Dave Foley, Illeana Douglas, Aubrey Plaza, Jeff Garlin, Danny Trejo, and Bobcat Goldthwaite…CBS announced their spring season finale dates today; 4/28 -
The Good Wife
; 5/5 -
The Amazing Race
The Mentalist
; 5/9 -
Two and a Half Men
Person of Interest
; 5/10 -
Blue Bloods
; 5/12 -
; 5/13 -
How I Met Your Mother
2 Broke Girls
; 5/14 -
, &
Golden Boy
; 5/15 -
; 5/16 -
The Big Bang Theory
; 5/17 -
Undercover Boss
; 5/20 -
Rules of Engagement
Mike and Molly
, &
Hawaii 5-0
; 5/22 -
Criminal Minds
…NBC has ordered a 10 episode first season of
Renovation Nation
, a home makeover competition show hosted and executive produced by Nate Berkus…ABC Family released their summer season premieres...5/29 -
Melissa & Joey
Baby Daddy
; 6/10 -
Switched at Birth
; 6/11 -
Pretty Little Liars
. The summer will also feature the series premiers of two new dramas (
The Fosters
- 6/3,
- 6/11) and two new reality series (
Dancing Fools
- 5/29,
The Vineyard
- 7/24)…
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
has been renewed through the 2016-2017 season…Josh Lucas and Lynn Collins are starring the A&E pilot
, where Lucas plays an FBI agent returning to active duty after a leave of absence because he went a little crazy while trying to find his missing wife. Collins is his new partner as they work in an occult crimes task force…Martin Mull has joined Peter Riegert as the title characters in Fox's
, a comedy about two successful business guys in their 30's whose lives are turned upside down when their Dads move in with them. The show is executive produced by the trio who wrote
, including Seth MacFarlane…Oxygen announced plans for
Bad Girls All Star Battle
, which will feature 14 of the show's most popular alums living together under one roof, with one walking away with $100K and the title of "Baddest Bad Girl of All Time", and to be hosted by Ray J. The network also picked up an 11th season of
Bad Girls Club
, which will return the show to Miami and premiere this summer…
The Good Wife
was sold into syndication with a deal that will make the first three seasons of the show available to Amazon Prime customers as of now. Those episodes will hit Hulu Plus in September and then Hallmark Channel will begin airing reruns in January of 2014. Deadline.com is reporting the combined licensing fee as almost $2 million per episode. Despite low ratings its fully expected CBS will renew the show for the 2013-2014 season…Comedy Central has ordered a 10 episode first season of
Broad City
, an adaptation of the digital series of the same name that will count Amy Poehler among its executive producers…
Turns Out Not Where But Who You're With That Really Matters
The Best of What's Around AKA The Best Thing I've Watched In The Last Seven Days…
Is Justin Timberlake the best all around entertainer in the business right now? Sure, that sounds like hyperbole (a word in high school I thought was pronounced hyper-bowl) but seriously, if I submit as my evidence the movie Social Media and last week's episode of
Saturday Night Live
(including the musical performances), who would you say was better? Will Smith doesn't make music anymore so while he's a better actor than Timberlake, he's not on the list. Hell, I'm not sure there's even a list at this point; I think it's JT and then everyone else as a distant second.
monologue gave us another look at the legendary
Five Timers Club
And then we got two famed duos from
history making their return on
It's a Date
And if all those laughs weren't enough, Timberlake's second musical performance of the night was one of the best I've ever seen on the show…
The show had some weak moments –
Maine Justice
was decent the first time around but not this version, and Caligula was like watching something in half baked rehearsal form – but overall this was easily the best episode of the season and put JT in that upper echelon of Best
Hosts of All Time, joining Tom Hanks, Alec Baldwin, John Goodman, and Steve Martin.
People Say I'm Crazy Doing What I'm Doing. Well, They Give Me All Kinds Of Warnings To Save Me From Ruin
What's flashed before my eyes the last seven days…
This wasn't the best Stefan we've ever seen but the Donald Duck Vietnam nightmare was well worth the price of admission…Putting aside how he recovered awfully fast from a gunshot wound and the loss of a lot of blood, angry/vengeful Jack makes for a MUCH more interesting character than the one we've seen on the previous season and a half of
. On the other hand, he still has a way to go on the smarts curve; Amanda hides the laptop and in a random, untraceable locker and he thinks it'll be fine sitting out on his bed?!?!?... A few
Once Upon a Time
thoughts from this week; a) who knew spinning straw could be so hot? B) Rose McGowan may be the most perfectly cast guest star on all of TV for the 2012-2013 season and c) the last time a phone conversation had that sort of emotional impact on me was when Desmond called Penny... The last time I enjoyed a new food show as much I did Travel's
Feed the Beast
would likely be
, and anyone who knows how much I loved
knows just how high praise that is.
is a fast moving half hour that looks at the best after-midnight food a city has to offer, and host Mikey Roe is as genuine a guy as you'll find on TV; he already ranks at-or-near the top of the "guy you'd want to have a beer/meal with" list…The first two weeks of
have been solid (episode two was VERY funny) but I'm not happy with the trend of the short version of the theme song AND no Psych-outs at the end…Thoughts while watching this week's episode of
The Following
- Does no one ever call for backup?!?!?. What's the World Record for shooting at cars/vans/helicopters that are driving away without managing to stop them?. Speaking of that van, I know it was big but there were the five guys Hardy shot, the three that made it back to the compound, plus Mike who was being held hostage - did the steal the car from Ringling Brothers?!?!. Has there been a more disturbing/uncomfortable scene this season than when Charlie offered himself up aka How Joe Carroll Got His Groove Back?...This week's
House of Lies
was far and away the best of the season for a host of reasons, including giving Don Cheadle his best material since the pilot; a wounded, questioning himself Marty is a more interesting one than the cocksure guy we see most of the time and Cheadle took the ball and ran with it. Also great was the scene at the sex top shop followed by the montage at the factory. Also in the mix was one of the better flirtations of the entire TV season involving Jeannie and Nate. We also got some good scenes with Marty's Dad and son (ahh, the circle of life)…I rave about Showtime's
Inside Comedy
every week but it really is the only show I watch where I think, "man, I wish this were longer." The Jim Carrey/Keenan Ivory Wayans episode this week was another prime example. They could have just talked about
In Living Color
for half an hour each and it would have been entertaining, let alone discussing other aspects of their long and storied careers…
TV Pick Of The Week
I was not of the mindset that the world was in dire need of a prequel to the Alfred Hitchcock classic
, so when I initially heard about
Bates Motel
I was more than a bit skeptical, a feeling that quickly dissipated when I learned the creative team behind the show was headed up by Carlton Cuse (
) and Kerry Ehrin (
Parenthood, Friday Night Lights, Boston Legal
), whose resumes guaranteed I would watch a show they did even if it were about paint drying. Or the Kardashians.
I am thrilled to tell you the show is really quite good, one with a real feel and texture to it. Yes, it does move a little slowly, especially the first two episodes (or the first one and most of the second, to be more accurate) but it does so to introduce you to the characters that will populate the series. One of my most repeated phrases in regards to TV pacing is that I'd rather watch interesting people do nothing (i.e. go about their regular, day-to-day activities) than watch people I have no interest in navigate all sorts of plot twists, and that somewhat applies here; it's not that nothing happens, but much like the movie that serves as the inspiration for this series, the set up takes its time. In fact, here are the first six minutes…
Don't miss the series premiere of
Bates Motel
, Monday at 10pm on A&E.
Hope You Need My Love, Babe, Just Like I Need You
Here as some other noteworthy viewing options from the next seven days…
*All the tweens in your house will be watching Disney Channel tonight for the premiere of
The Wizards of Waverly Place
reunion movie,
The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex
*Cinemax's surprisingly good
brings its first season to a close tonight at 10pm. Don't worry - it's already been renewed!
*There is really no way I could do justice to the madness of March that begins this weekend with wall-to-wall division 1 NCAA college basketball championships, followed Sunday at 6pm on CBS by the official announcements of the brackets, followed at 7pm by two hour breakdowns on both ESPN and CBS Sports Network. After that you've got play-in games on TruTV on both Tuesday and Wednesday, followed by all day coverage of the real opening round on Thursday, with games on CBS, TruTV, TBS, and TNT.
(HBO) wraps up season two this Sunday at 10pm.
*ABC Family's first real original series breakout hit
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
begins its finale run this Monday at 8pm.
Dancing with the Stars
is back for another spin around the floor this Monday at 8pm.
The Biggest Loser
(NBC) crowns a new winner Monday at 8pm.
*The final hour of
- not just the season but odds are the series - airs Monday at 10 pm on NBC.
Pretty Little Liars
(ABC Family) and
The Real Husbands of Hollywood
(BET) - two shows rarely mentioned in the same breath - bring their current seasons to a close this Tuesday night.
*If you were thinking your TV viewing habits needed some more celebrity diving, don't miss the series premiere of
this Tuesday at 8pm on ABC.
*This Tuesday's
introduces the audience to some new characters that CBS hopes to be giving their own hour this fall. Check out the backdoor pilot at 9pm.
*TTTP fave Dean Winters returns to
Law & Order: SVU
this Wednesday night...Why won't someone give this guy his own show?!?!
Two Tivos To Paradise
3 Days to Open with Bobby Flay, 24 Hour Restaurant Battle, After the Catch, American Idol, Antiques Roadshow, Archer, Arrow, Around the World in 80 Plates, Auction Hunters, Baby Daddy, The Big C, Boardwalk Empire, Being Human, Betty White's Off Their Rockers, Bones, Breaking Bad, Bunheads, Burn Notice, Cake Boss, Cake Boss: Next Great Baker, Chicago Fire, Chopped, Comic Book Men, Community, Cougar Town, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Deadliest Catch, Deception, Destination Truth, Fact or Faked, Falling Skies, Family Guy, Flipping Out, Food Network Challenge, Food Network Star, The Franchise, Ghost Hunters, Ghost Hunters International, Ghost Lab, Glee, Great Food Truck Race, Grey's Anatomy, Happy Endings, Haunted Highways, Haunted Treasure, Hawaii 5-0, Hollywood Treasure, House of Lies, How I Met Your Mother, Inside Comedy with David Steinberg, Interior Therapy with Jeff Lewis, Iron Chef America, The Jeselnik Offensive, Justified, Key & Peele, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Law And Order: Special Victims Unit, The League, Longmire, Lost Girl, Louie, Mad Men, Major Crimes, Men at Work, The Middle, Mike and Molly, The Mindy Project, Modern Family, Monster Man, Nashville, Necessary Roughness, New Girl, The New Normal, Next Iron Chef, The Office, Outside the Lines, Parks & Recreation, Project Accessory, Project Runway, PSYCH, Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook Off, Raising Hope, Real Time With Bill Maher, Restaurant Impossible, Revenge, Revolution, Royal Pains, Rules Of Engagement, Saturday Night Live, Shark Wranglers, So You Think You Can Dance?, Sons of Anarchy, The Soup, Suits, Suburgatory, Supernatural, Top Chef, Top Chef Just Desserts, Top Chef: Masters, Top Design, Tosh.0, The Vampire Diaries, The Voice, The Walking Dead, Warehouse 13, Worst Cooks In America,
People Love You When They Know You're Leaving Soon
Here ends another
Two Tivos To Paradise
We'll be back next week with all the headlines from the last seven days!
Sources for this week's column include
Daily Variety
Entertainment Weekly
TV Guide
, and
Hollywood Reporter
(plus the web sites for those publications) as well as Aintit.cool.com, TVline.com & Deadline.com.
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MADISON (WKOW) --- Madison Police have arrested 46-year-old Reginald B. Kellum and tentatively charged with two counts of disorderly conduct.
Police arrested him Friday in connection to a girl being grabbed at the Hy-Vee on East Washington Ave. on May, 6.
The 10-year-old girl from Pardeeville was shopping with her mom when she felt someone touch her on the back.
The girl felt the fingers of the man on her and then felt a tug.
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NEW YORK — Daniel Carcillo and Benoit Pouliot scored second-period goals, and the Rangers advanced to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 2-1 victory over the Flyers in Game 7 on Wednesday night.
The Rangers shook off a 5-2 thrashing in Philadelphia on Tuesday and knocked out the Flyers about 24 hours later, improving to 6-0 in Game 7s at Madison Square Garden. New York will face another Metropolitan Division rival, the Penguins, in the next round starting Friday.
Henrik Lundqvist made 26 saves, allowing only a third-period goal to Jason Akeson 3:32 into the final frame. He protected the one-goal lead at 7:25 when he made an awkward save against Flyers captain Claude Giroux.
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Mason, who didn't start until Game 4 because of injury, was sharp in stopping 31 shots, but he couldn't will his club to a complete comeback after the Flyers fell into a 3-2 series hole. The Flyers dropped to 9-7 in Game 7 after winning their previous three.
No team won consecutive games in the series. The Rangers, who finished two points ahead of Philadelphia during the regular season, made the most of their home-ice advantage by taking three of the four games in the Garden.
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Life without bacon
If you are into paleo, chances are pretty good the answer is "yes!" Paleo people love their bacon. And why wouldn't they? Bacon is delicious. At least that is how I remember it ... I actually haven't tasted in bacon in almost eight years. Or is it nine? I can't even remember.
Earlier this week I posted a list of the foods my paleo toddler eats, and I happened to mention that we are pork- and shellfish-free household. That sparked the question "why no pork or shellfish?" I've been contemplating writing this post for two whole years, because life without bacon is a very important part of our family's journey. I suppose it is time to finally share this information.
The story is long so I may or may not break it up into two parts. I'll just have to see where it takes me. Also, please keep in mind that this is what works for us. I am in no way suggesting that everyone give up bacon or that bacon is not paleo. Like I said yesterday, use your common sense and decide what works for you. What works for us is no bacon. Or shellfish.
So anyway, here is the story ...
My husband Carl has had some extremely significant and very scary health issues throughout his life, including ulcerative colitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis. I think we had been married less than two years when he hit a really, really bad point with the UC. Tons of weight loss, medical leave from work, hospital stays, etc. It was stressful and we often felt desperate, trying to figure out what to do. Nothing helped. At times he would sort of bounce back, but it was always lingering.
If you've had serious health issues, you'll probably relate to what I am about to say. People always want to help, so it seems like every time you turn around someone has some advice for you. Read this book, take this supplement, see this doctor. After a while, it gets tiring. Especially when you feel like you've tried everything already. We reached this point not longer after we tried the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (which failed to help him). We just didn't want any more advice. We were done trying everything under the sun.
That's when a friend walked up to us at church and handed us a book called The Maker's Diet. Like so many other books of this nature, it claimed to have the secret to health, longevity and relief from disease/pain. Except the diet this book recommend was supposedly the one God himself designed for us. Um, OK.
We just smiled, thanked her and took the book home. I tucked it away on a shelf to collect dust, with no intention of reading it. Ever. Except that a couple of weeks later I was bored. I saw the book on the shelf, picked it up and started reading. At first, it seemed ridiculous.
But then, I got to a section of the book that discussed clean and unclean animals. The author quoted God's dietary laws (in the book of Leviticus) and explained how He gave us a very specific list of foods we should eat and foods we should not eat. The part that explained why we aren't supposed to eat these foods. I was intrigued, and it started to make sense. Over the course of a few days, I read the entire book and told Carl about what I was learning. We believe that the Bible is God's word and true to the core, so how could we overlook this stuff? We couldn't, so we decided to eliminate pork and shellfish from our diets. Just as an experiment. Some of the other things the book recommended still seemed like a joke to me, so we tossed them aside (ironically, I know better now) but the bacon in our fridge and the shrimp in our freezer immediately went into the trash can.
Well, guess what happened? Two weeks later, Carl's UC symptoms were gone. GONE. Not even just better. Totally gone. He had a colonoscopy a few months later, and his doctor said it looked like he had never even had UC. And all of these years later, he's still doing great. He'll always have some ups and downs ... that is just the nature of a colon that has experienced years of torture. But in terms of flare-ups, they seem to be thing of the past. This one little change helped him more than anything else he has ever tried. We'll never go back to eating bacon again.
So, did we eat a ton of bacon before? Was he just suffering from bacon overload? No, not all all! We liked Hawaiian pizza, and we liked to eat crab dipped in butter. We ate bacon when we went out to breakfast and I had a thing for shrimp salad, but it was not an all-the-time thing for us. That is part of the reason it was so amazing to me ... it seems like the small amount of pork and shellfish he was consuming at the time just wrecked havoc on his system. Of course, for many years I questioned whether it was the elimination of these foods that healed him or something different altogether ... like an act of faith/obedience to God (I know this isn't going to resonate with all of you, and that is cool -- just please respect my right to state my beliefs)? Now, I know it is a bit of both.
And with that, I think I'll conclude this post. This really just scratches the surfaces of the whole bacon thing, to be honest. It started out as a way to heal Carl's health but has turned into so much more. So, I might write more about it later on. Or maybe not. Meanwhile, please let me know if you have any specific questions on the topic. I'm also curious as to whether anyone out there has had a similar experience. Anyone??!
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I've been following your blog for about 10 months. Since that time, I have been working on eating Paleo. It is truly not easy and some what depressing when one fails. But, my whole life I have been following the Biblical diet outlined in Leviticus. My father, when he was a young pastor in training, came to the conclusion the the Old Testament laws were not done away with. He came to this conclusion based off of many verses but the one that comes to mind is Rom. 3:31. So, I was very encouraged to read this post. My husband has only recently started eating Biblical foods and he noticed that a lot of his fatigue and anxiety went away when he stopped eating Pork especially. God really knew what he was talking about!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you for your comment. I so agree, God knows what he's talking about. So far the pork and shellfish are the only dietary restrictions we have purposely chosen to follow for Biblical reasons, but we have been starting to look into it even further. I agree with your dad about the laws. :-)Delete
This post is so interesting to me; as you know, I was raised Jewish, with all of the accompanying dietary restrictions. Yet in adulthood, one of the parts of my religion that I felt wasn't meaningful to me was following the laws of kashruth. I came to the conclusion that the laws were outdated and irrelevant; written for a time when hygiene and food storage was different, and people were mainly illiterate (so the rules had to be very broad and easy for everyone to follow). But perhaps there is still value to these ideas. I would be super curious to read more about Carl's and your experiences. Also, have you come across anything in the scientific/nutrition literature about specific problems with pork or shellfish, as they relate to the human body?ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Carli! I will definitely expand on this further at some point. I do believe Carl came across some scientific/nutrition literature early on, but I cannot remember exactly what it was. If he remembers I will let you know. Maybe if I have time I will sleuth it out.Delete
I love reading other paleo- Christians. For some reason, we are the minority out there! I haven't looked much into the pork/shellfish thing, but I've never enjoyed pork. I did eat a bit of real bacon when we first went paleo (because for the first time ever I could stomach it) and my kids enjoy it here and there, but it's never been a biggie for us. Shrimp will be hard for me to part with. . . I've looked at the Makers Diet many times but have yet to pick it up. . . guess it's my next read. It's amazing to hear about your husbands healing and I don't doubt that faith and following God had a part in his healing!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you! There is definitely some stuff in the Maker's Diet that doesn't work for me and honestly does not seem all the biblical. And now, the author has a line of raw vegan supplements and all sorts of other products, so it is totally a proceed with caution thing. I am so glad we found this information though. And yes, it does seem like it is pretty rare to find paleo Christians ... although as paleo gets to be more mainstream this is changing. Unfortunately, I think poor eating habits are a real problem in many church circles.Delete


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Leah Daughtry is preparing to pray.
Hands clasped, elbows on the table, the Pentecostal minister leans toward the conference phone and speaks. "We've confirmed all the readings except the Buddhist person," she says.
Daughtry is planning the interfaith celebration of song and prayer that will kick off the Democratic National Convention. Still needed are a Muslim, a Jew, a Catholic and a white evangelical to close. Then another wrinkle: Staffers say the Buddhist may have to yield to a congresswoman angling for a spot onstage. "More women is never a bad thing," Daughtry allows, quickly moving on.
As a fifth-generation minister and veteran political planner, Daughtry seems perfectly suited for the administrative and ecumenical task posed by the gathering and its Noah's Ark of speakers. But her work goes far beyond that one event and even her duties as chief executive of the Denver convention, which opens Sunday.
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"There are millions of Americans across this country for whom faith is important," says Daughtry, who leads an unprecedented party effort targeting the devout. "And whether they vote on the basis of their faith, or whether they vote about issues that are somehow connected to their faith, we should be reaching out to them."
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1. Phil wrote:
One person who's not invited, though (according to Julia Duin of The Washington Times), is Denver Catholic Archbishop Charles Chaput. We can guess why: he is firm on issues of morality. Those kind of religious people, Leah Daughtry can do without.August 19, 5:39 pm | [comment link]
2. Br. Michael wrote:
As long as it is a syncristic faith that supports the secular culture.August 19, 5:43 pm | [comment link]
3. DonGander wrote:
What is the difference between a Democrat political operative and a (this) pastor?
Can't think of any…
"Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions."
Please forgive my atrocious spelling.August 19, 5:49 pm | [comment link]
4. Christopher Johnson wrote:
Want to reach out, lady? You can start by losing this interfaith garbage and inviting the Roman Catholic Bishop of Denver. Until you're ready to do that, keep moving.August 19, 6:22 pm | [comment link]
5. Jeffersonian wrote:
When your Church is the State, separating the two becomes problematic.
TEC delenda est!August 19, 6:32 pm | [comment link]
6. sophy0075 wrote:
'"There are millions of Americans across this country for whom faith is important," says Daughtry'
True. And for those people, the idea that different faiths are equally correct is a non-starter.August 19, 7:32 pm | [comment link]
7. deaconmark wrote:
And here i thought only the pope was infallible. I guess that extends to some of his followers as well?August 19, 7:50 pm | [comment link]
8. TridentineVirginian wrote:
The whole thing "evangelical - check, buddhist - check, muslim - check" reeks of so much obvious tokenism it just shows how insincere the whole stupid enterprise is. Back to the drawing board, Democrats.
Here's a hint for your next go: try dealing with religious issues of substance, say, abortion? People might take you seriously then. Archbishop Chaput could help you there.August 19, 8:16 pm | [comment link]
9. Sick & Tired of Nuance wrote:
What…no Druids or Wiccans? I thought this was an interfaith thing! Get with the program. While you're at it, why not get that mark on your forehead or the back of your right hand.
Democrats like this one in the article make nauseous.August 19, 9:53 pm | [comment link]
10. Words Matter wrote:
"The top issues are no longer just abortion and gay marriage,"
This is a constant theme coming from pro-Dem sources, and there is a lot of discussion as to how true it is. In our media culture, it's really hard to tell what's really going on, since 1 loud mouth fills the TV screen while 100 other people, holding an opposite opinon, never get heard. This works in both ideological directions, of course, but the bias in our media tends to move things in one direction. The difficulty for the media types is that advertising drives their business and plays to economically strong demographic groups, while a conservative farmer in Texas has the same voting strength as a trendy Upper West Side of Manhattan liberal.
However, what Ms. Daughtry fails to realize while alternating between prayer and political action is that the "god gap" is not about "people of faith", but rather about people who don't believe that same-sex marriage is a legitimate social structure, or that abortion is anything but murder. Some of those people are Christians, some Jews, some Muslims, some other religions or no religion at all. In fact, the outreach the Dems are making demonstrates, to me at least, that they have no clue what's been driving religious people away from their party for about 35-40 years now.
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Reasonable people always fear nascent fascism.August 20, 12:13 am | [comment link]
11. Words Matter wrote:
Actually, Abp. Chaput says what I mean better than I could every say it.
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Reasonable people always fear nascent fascism.August 20, 1:11 am | [comment link]
12. azusa wrote:
#11: thanks! From the Chaput piece:
"Words are important. Actions are more important. The religious choreography of a campaign doesn't matter. The content of its ideas does. The religious vocabulary of a candidate doesn't matter. The content of his record, plans, and promises does."
Kendall: this piece is worth posting in toto.August 20, 3:12 am | [comment link]
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Neural Models of Caregorical Perception (2000)
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Studies of the categorical perception (CP) of sensory continua have a long and rich history in psychophysics. In 1977, Macmillan et al. introduced the use of signal detection theory to CP studies. Anderson et al. simultaneously proposed the first neural model for CP, yet this line of research has been less well explored. In this paper, we assess the ability of neural-network models of CP to predict the psychophysical performance of real observers with speech sounds and artificial/novel stimuli. We show that a variety of neural mechanisms is capable of generating the characteristics of categorical perception. Hence, CP may not be a special mode of perception but an emergent property of any sufficiently powerful general learning system. Neural Models of CP 3 Neural Network Models of Categorical Perception Studies of the categorical perception (CP) of sensory continua have a long and rich history. For a comprehensive review up until a decade ago, see the volume edited by Harnad (1987). ...


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The tap room at Dick's Brewing is part of the brewery itself. The history of the brewery can be seen on the walls through the various posters and memoribilia of the different beers that have been produced through the years that it has been in operation.
A selection of 12 of their beers are on tap and a flight of all 12 beers is available for $12. The day we were there the selection featured styles such as a Golden Ale, IPA, Raspberry Trippel and a Cream Stout. The selection is given to you on a tray with freshly printed sheet of the different beers so there is no confusion over what are you drinking.
If you ask the bartenders there is also a brewery tour available and the tour is fantastic. One of the brewers will walk you through the brewing process and at the same time tell you the story of how's Dick's Brewing came to be. It's great to see a true craft brewery still making beer with a passion and dedication to the craft.
06-01-2013 04:09:03 | More by magnusdave
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Nice place - wish it was a bit closer to Olympia, but well worth the drive whenever I'm in town.
I love the sheer number of styles that Dick's makes, and usually has available here, and they do most everything well - I can't think of any bad experiences with Dick's beers. I was sad when I was told they don't put their cream stout on cask anymore - something about demand; most Dick's cask beer I have had has been the flagship Danger Ale.
I'll echo the comment that most of their beers are better on tap. Really nice Best Bitter, Double Diamond Winter, Barleywine, and tasty cream stout, porter, and of course a typically northwest hoppy IPA.
I've had some really good sandwiches here, and while their pepperoni is good and there are several varieties (I prefer the spicier stuff) I'd have to say that their beef jerky is the best (food) thing they make.
Service is extremely friendly, courteous, and does the little things - several times I've had someone behind the register wave off that I had several high ABV beers in a mix-a-sixpack, preferring to avoid the hassle and just charge me the standard price (the barleywine, tripel, and one other bottle are supposed to cost a bit extra)
08-09-2007 01:32:39 | More by udubdawg
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Dicks is a small yet prolific brewery offering as many as twenty-one varieties of beer at any given time, virtually all of which are available in bottles. But the quality is notably improved when consumed on tap, and Dicks Northwest Sausage and Deli is the ideal location to enjoy them. Dick Young began his career making sausages and cured meats. In 1994 he opened a 15 bbl brewery adjacent to the sausage kitchen. The Deli now showcases about a dozen beers in addition to meats and cheeses.
The Deli is just that a delicatessen. Food and beer are served, but theres no bar to speak of and they close most days at 5PM (Fridays at 9). The location is fairly remote but every time I visit I note a steady steam of locals stopping in for sandwiches, stocking up on cured meats, or filling up a growler. In addition to fresh, flavorful beers on tap, my favorite part of the Deli is the small, fenced-in beer garden with its piped-in country music, giant monkey tree, and collection of heart-shaped stones.
For years now Ive enjoyed Dicks as a relaxing place to drop in on when I need to pull off the freeway and grab a bite and a pint. Service is down-home friendly, the sandwiches are satisfying, and the variety of cured meats could tempt any healthy carnivore. As they say: you cant beat Dicks meats. I would strongly emphasize that Dicks beers are much better on draught, but you can get nearly all of them in bottles at the Deli. The barleywine is a choice standout among bottled offerings and variety packs are available. Dicks also produces root beer and cola.
Look for more Dicks beers soon, as they plan on expanding to a second 30 bbl system in the near future.
07-18-2006 02:56:46 | More by RedDiamond
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Stopped by NW Sausage & Deli during lunchtime. The parking lot was completely full so I had to park out on the road. So it is a pretty popular place. The place is pretty small and a little dark towards the back where the tables are. No bar steating as all the taps are behind a deli counter so you've got to take a table.
I was a bit hesitant going into a place called Dick's, considering the possibility it was a gay bar. Then I went inside and noticed that the place was only men and almost left. But I looked again and noticed that there was a chick behind the counter and all the dudes were in flannels and baseball hats. Considering this place makes custom sausage out of your own elk or deer, I understand the heavy male presence.
This place has 10 different beers on tap. I tried quite a few types of dick's beer. You can drink your fill and have a different microbrew off the tap with each glass. Plus they have pretty much every kind to take home in the bottle, so I had to stock up.
Service was good, I would have rated it higher but they overcharged me by about 20 bucks. Apparantly they added another guys tab to mine accidently. They were cheerful about fixing it but slow and stupid about it so I had to knock their score down for this.
I didn't have any food just beer but they had sandwiches, pepperoni, jerkey, sausage and lunch type stuff.
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The Chicago Humanities Festival (CHF) hosts award-winning author Karen Russell tonight, February 13, at 6 p.m. at First United Methodist Church at The Chicago Temple (77 W Washington St). The author of St. Lucy's Home for Girls and the Pulitzer Prize Award finalist Swamplandia!, Russell comes to Chicago to discuss her latest work, Vampires in the Lemon Grove, with Time Out Chicago's Laura Pearson. Tickets are on sale now for $10-15 and can be purchased online at chicagohumanities.org or at 312-494-9509.
A 2013 MacArthur Award recipient and one of New Yorker Magazine's "20 under 40" best fiction writers, Karen Russell is described by The New York Times as "...a tough, enveloping, exhilarating voice that cannot be equaled." Russell's latest work, Vampires in the Lemon Grove,was released this January in paperback and is a collection of eight short stories, ranging from young girls leading a revolution inside a silk factory, to the ironic tale of vampires living in a sunny lemon grove. Vampires in the Lemon Grove was named a Best Book of the Year by The Boston Globe, O, The Oprah Magazine, The Huffington Post, and The A.V. Club. Russell received a Bachelor of Arts from Northwestern University and graduated from the MFA program at Columbia University.
Joining Russell is Time Out Chicago's arts and culture editor Laura Pearson. Pearson has contributed articles and criticism to the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Reader, Gapers Block and many other publications. Active in many aspects of the city's literary scene, she helped plan the first Chicago Book Expo; edited Chicago Artists Resource, launching the website's literary section in 2010; and worked to grow the publishing arm of local record label, Drag City.
"Karen Russell is a writer of prodigious talents--one of the most exciting and inventive storytellers working today," said Pearson. "Her believable characters and fantastical, richly imagined worlds render the familiar strange and make the strange affectingly familiar."
For more information about the Karen Russell program, visit chicagohumanities.org. Tickets are on sale now online or through the CHF Box Office at 312-494-9509, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tickets range from $10-15, with a limited number of reduced-price tickets available for students and teachers (with valid ID). A $6 per order processing fee is applied to all pre-event sales. Tickets are $5 more per ticket at the door.
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Birds Of Cobb's Island, Virginia
( Originally Published Ealry 1900's )
EXTENDING along the coast of Virginia is a series of flat grassy islands, many of them so low as to be covered with water at high tide. Among those high enough to be safe from ordinary overflow is Cobb's Island, a long sand bank which at flood tide is only a few feet above water. In the Autumn of 1896 this island was partially washed away during a storm. Previous to this it was seven miles in length, while in width it exceeded scarcely an eighth of a mile. On its eastern side the ocean broke continuously along the entire length. Stretching along the western shore for perhaps half the distance was a marsh.
Among the matted clusters of marsh grass on this island the beautiful laughing gulls found a summer home. In the spring of the year they came over the sea from the South, many scores in number, and here built their bulky nests. In order to reach them I once put on high rubber boots and waded out into the marsh. There was no difficulty in finding the large piles of grass which served as nests, situated only a foot or two above the water. In each of those examined either two or three large spotted eggs were found. On my first approach to the breeding grounds several of the birds were observed flying along the beach just outside the surf, but only one or two were hovering over the marsh. However, annoyed by my presence they soon came flying about overhead, filling the air with their cries of distress and uneasiness.
This summer gull is a pretty creature. Its head and the quills of its wings are black, the neck and under parts snowy white, and the feathers of its back are pearl gray. It has feet webbed suitable for swimming, and can ride at will upon the waves like a cork.
From the beach an observer might regard the gulls as the only inhabitants of the marsh. But let him once start through it and he will change his mind. Clapper rails, sometimes termed " marsh hens," called constantly to each other from their hidden retreats in the grass. At times some of them must have been within a few yards of where I stood, but so carefully were they concealed in their covered runways beneath the grass, and so closely did the markings of their feathers resemble their surroundings, that, although a dozen of the birds would often be calling near at one time, I was unable to catch sight of a single one. A few of their nests were found. Some of these held as many as twelve spotted eggs, although the most of those examined had been deserted by the young.
The clapper rail is about fifteen inches in length, including its short excuse for a tail. Its body is very slender, which makes it admirably adapted for threading its way through the labyrinthian pathways of its marshy haunts. Its legs are slim and the bird is a good runner. It can also swim with ease. It is a poor flyer and as a result seldom takes to wing. Hunters sometimes set the marsh on fire to start the birds from cover. Then when they rise and fly slowly along in their awkward manner they present a target not easily missed even by an amateur sportsman.
Members of the rail family are found in many parts of the world, and everywhere they are the same excellent runners and poor flyers. On the Mascarene Islands there once lived a rail which stood seven feet high. Its feathers had brilliant hues and were much sought by sailors who chanced now and then to land on the islands. So the natives hunted the birds far and wide to get the feathers for barter. Such a war was waged that in the end they were entirely exterminated. The last one is supposed to have perished over two hundred years ago.
Cobb's Island, at the time of my visit in June, was the home of many birds of the sea. On a strip of sandy beach well up from the reach of the waves the beautiful long winged sea swallows, or terns, had their homes. With them were also associated the black skimmers. These are birds which, with long knife-like bills, skim their food from the waves as they wander along the seacoast. From the habit of coming close to shore during bad weather they are often called by the fishermen " storm-gulls." " Shear-water " is also a popular name in some localities.
One of the prettiest sights of the coast is a tern; in fact, no ocean view is complete without one. Beautifully balancing on wings of pearl he comes floating down the wind as lightly as a fragment of cloud might drift before the breeze. In flight he has the perfection of movement and the embodiment of grace. What human eye can mark his course and not feel the esthetic thrill that ever stirs the mind when in the presence of one of. Nature's master-pieces? His bright eye catches the sunlight glint on the scales of a fish among the tossing waves and swift as an arrow he strikes headlong into the deep. The downward plunge is as sudden as it is swift and seldom does the bird miss his mark.
Sea birds are possessed of great curiosity regarding any strange object they may chance upon in their wanderings. I have seen gulls hover and scream for half an hour over an old basket awash in the surf. Half way along the ocean side of Cobb's Island lay a broken fishing boat where it had been carried and left by some high tide. The long brown roll of dried sea weed extending along the beach and marking the high water line crossed the spot where the boat lay and partially filled it.
I climbed into this boat one afternoon and lay down on my back to see what the birds would have to say when they saw me. Within five minutes I heard a dry high-pitched squeak and, moving my hat slightly, saw a tern thirty or forty feet above looking down at me. How his little yellow eyes did glisten with curiosity ! In another moment he fell off before the wind, but soon came back, slowly balancing along against the breeze. Again and again his squeaky cry was uttered. Then another tern appeared, and soon a gull joined them. Within fifteen minutes a dozen gulls and more than one hundred terns were flying about, all making a great outcry at the strange figure in the boat. - Any movement on my part was a signal for a louder outburst of sounds as the birds rose higher or hurried away only to return a minute later to hover and stare and scream as before. Not until I arose and walked away were they satisfied to leave the spot where had lain the strange creature which had excited them so much.
Many observers agree that twenty years ago countless thousands of tern annually gathered at Cobb's Island to lay and hatch their eggs. Fishermen told me that bushels of eggs could then be gathered in a few hours' search, and that it was almost impossible to walk along the beach without crushing them. People frequently visited the island to gather eggs to eat. While thus en-gaged the birds would flock about the heads of the intruders with deafening cries, trying to drive them from the beach.
If one of the birds was shot and disabled, dozens of others would gather about the unfortunate comrade with loud notes of distress. Nor would they be frightened away by the repeated discharges of the guns, but would continue to fly excitedly about while one by one they fell bleeding to the ground.
So easily may terns be killed during the nesting sea-son, and so pretty are the silver-gray feathers of their wings, that milliners learned that here was a profitable field for investment. Accordingly hunters were employed to go to the nesting places and shoot the birds. The skins were shipped to the great cities and there made into trimmings for ladies' hats. Ten thousand skins were gathered at Cobb's Island in a single season. All along the coast from Maine to Florida and around the shores of the Gulf of Mexico as far as Texas the hunting was carried on.
Expeditions were fitted out each summer for collecting the birds. Hunters would take a sailing vessel, provide food and ammunition in sufficient quantity to last them for several weeks, and setting sail would cruise from island to island in search of the birds. Upon reaching a beach inhabited by terns the vessel would be brought to anchor, and here the crew would stay shooting and skinning as long as the occupation continued profitable, which was usually until the birds were all dead or driven away.
By 1890 the numbers of the terns along the Atlantic coast of the Southern States had become so depleted that many of the annual expeditions of the feather gatherers were discontinued. Individual hunters here and there still seek out the few remaining breeding places of the sea swallows and keep up the work of extermination.
One day I stood upon the deck of a two-masted sharpie lying at anchor in Bogue Sound on the North Carolina coast. I was talking to an old man whose long thin hair fell in waves on his shoulders. He was a professional bird hunter and in the captain's cabin near which we stood had, with a companion, skinned many thousands of sea birds. " I have hunted the terns in their nesting places," he said, " from New England southward to the West Indies, and I do not believe there is a rookery in all this line of coast that I have not repeatedly visited." He had shipped, he told me, more than one hundred thou-sand skins.
One of the most attractive of the tern family is the small variety known as the least tern. Once they lived by thousands along our coast, but now the birds are rarely seen. I asked the old feather hunter where these might be found nesting, and he replied, " I doubt if there will be a least tern's egg laid this summer within two hundred miles of here."
Before me stood an old man whose eyes had become dim through a life spent in contending with waves, and wandering over the blistering sands of summer beaches. He had never been taught to love and protect the birds, and by killing them he had seen a chance to win his bread. Is he the one to blame for the death of the terns?
The destruction of so many sea birds at length drew public attention, and several States, now when it was al-most too late, passed laws for their protection. On some of the islands along the New England coast inhabited by terns, wardens are stationed whose business it is to keep off intruders. Thus protected the birds in a few places are once more increasing in numbers. Societies for the protection of birds have been formed in many parts of the country and their efforts to arouse interest in bird study and prevent the wearing of bird feathers have met with much success.
But these movements came too late to save the terns of Cobb's Island. Almost as if by magic the vast rookery was destroyed, and as though Nature wished to forget the scene of such bloodshed and suffering, the storm king roared down upon its beaches one autumn, and now nothing is left but a mere strip of sand barely half a mile in length.


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In this article, you'll learn interesting facts about jellyfish and find out about their unique characteristics, their life cycle and their evolutionary history.
Jellyfish get a lot of negative press for the threats they can pose to swimmers and holiday makers visiting beaches around the world. But there's more to jellyfish than a nasty sting. In this article we'll take a closer look at these unique creatures.
FACT: Jellyfishes are made up of more than 95% water.
Their bodies are soft and lack a skeletal structure or outer shell. They are delicate and easily damanged. Jellyfishes require water to help support their body and if removed from their aquatic surroundings, they collapse and die.
FACT: Jellyfish are radially symmetrical.
Jellyfish are symmetrical about a central axis that runs through the length of their body, from the top of their bell to the ends of their tentacles. They have a top and a bottom but they lack a left and right side and as a result differ from many other types of animals (such as mammals, reptiles, fish, birds, and arthropods) which exhibit bilateral symmetry.
FACT: A jellyfish has a simple digestives system with only one opening.
A jellyfish takes food in through its mouth which is located on the underside if its bell. Food is digested in a sac-like structure called a coelenteron or gastrovascular cavity. Waste material is passed out through the mouth.
FACT: A common analogy used to describe the delicate way jellyfish pounce through the water likens the jellys' movements to 'a simple form of jet propulsion'.
To move forward, jellyfishes take water into their muscular bell and then squirt it out behind them, creating a jet of water that propels the jelly forward. In addition to this form of movement, jellies also drift on water currents to move.
FACT: Jellyfishes have no brain, no blood, and no nervous system.
Their senses are primitive and consist of a neural net, eye spots that can sense light from dark, and chemosensory pits that help them identify potential prey.
FACT: A jellyfishes' body consists of three layers.
The outer layer is called the epidermis, the inner layer which lines the gastrovascular cavity is called the gastrodermis, and the middle layer consists of a thick substance called the mesoglea.
FACT: Thousands of nematocytes are located on the tentacles, feeding arms, and mouth of a jellyfish.
Nenatocysts consist of a capsule that holds a hollow barbed coil, a vemon sac, and chemo-sensitive trigger hairs that detect when something edible brushes against them. When potential prey brushes against the trigger hairs, the nematocytes expel the coiled barb and inject venom into the victim through the hollow thread. The venom immobilizes the prey and the jellyfish uses its oral arms to move the prey into its mouth where it is passed through to the coelenteron for digestion.
FACT: Jellyfish belong to the Phylum Cnidaria.
This group of animals, all radially symmetrical, includes corals, sea anemones, hydras, and jellyfish.
FACT: There are about 200 species of True Jellyfishes.
True Jellyfish are species belonging to the Class Scyphozoa. Examples of True Jellyfish include Moon Jellies, Mediterranean Jellyfish, Sea Nettles, Lion's Mane Jellyfish, Blue Jellies, and many other lesser known species. The Class Cubozoa includes about 20 species not considered to be True Jellyfish. The Class Cubozoa is also referred to as box jellyfish. The most imfamous of the Cubozoa is the Sea Wasp, a creature with a deadly sting that inhabits the waters off the coast of Australia.
FACT: The species Craspedacusta sowerbii is sometimes referred to as the only species of freshwater jellyfish, although it is not a true jellyfish.
Craspedacusta sowerbii belongs to the Class Hydrozoa (the group of animals that includes the hydra), not the Class Scyphozoa.


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12:00pm Wednesday 31st October 2012 in Education By Fran Bardsley
CHILDREN of all ages gathered spellbound at Oxford Central Library for a six-hour readathon.
The event was organised by the charity Assisted Reading for Children, a Bicester-based charity which supports more than 200 volunteers across Oxfordshire who read with youngsters in school.
The aim of the event was to raise the profile of reading and to recruit more volunteers to join the charity.
Among those settling themselves in a comfy chair with a good book was Oxford West and Abingdon MP Nicola Blackwood.
After reading several books, including works by Jill Murphy and classic lift-the-flap book Dear Zoo, Miss Blackwood told the Oxford Mail: "This is probably the most fun I will have all week."
She also expressed her enthusiasm for the Oxfordshire Reading Campaign, part of which will involve volunteers reading with children in schools.
Henley MP John Howell, Oxfordshire County Council chief executive Joanna Simons and council leader Ian Hudspeth all took a turn.
The charity's patron, Shen Roddie, and performance poet John Foster were also involved in the event last week. There were also a number of existing volunteers taking part.
They included East Oxford resident Ron Heapy, 77, who has been volunteering with the charity at East Oxford Primary School for the last 12 years.
Mr Heapy said: "It was good, some of the kids were quite lively."
Mr Heapy, who is now retired, used to work in publishing working on children's books at Oxford University Press.
He said: "It's nice to see kids reading and enjoying it. There were a lot of us taking part and the kids seemed to like it."
The event was organised by mum and ARCh volunteer Vikki Evans.
She said: "The children were just entranced by the authors, some of them were just as animated and brilliant to listen to.
"We had one little boy who was there all day and just didn't want to go home."
At least one person has come forward and said they want to join as a volunteer as a result of taking part, and a number of others expressed an interest.
The charity works with more than 700 children in around 100 county primary schools, and has a number of schools on its waiting list seeking more volunteers.
Winnie the Witch illustrator Korky Paul has created a sketch of his character reading an ARCh book, which is being auctioned for the charity.
It can be viewed at the offices in Market Square, Bicester, from Monday, November 5.
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Football Outsiders publishes an annual recap of the mainstream expert draft grades for each team, compiling an average post-draft evaluation for each year and then ranking each team from #1 highest average grade all the way down to the worst at #32. The experts used this year were:• Rob Rang, NFLDraftScout.com (AFC East, North*, South, West, NFC East, North, South, West) • Pete Prisco, CBS Sports • Vinnie Iyer, Sporting News • Evan Silva, Rotoworld (NFC, AFC) • Chris Burke, Sports Illustrated • Jason Cole, Yahoo! Sports (NFC, AFC) • Nate Davis, USA Today • Mel Kiper, ESPN Insider
Led by Kiper's C-, the Bills finished this year with a consolidated draft grade that put them in 29th place out of the 32 NFL teams. Most of the analysts did not agree with the 1st round selection of Manuel, and there was various levels of criticism over the selection of Alonso in round 2, Goodwin in round 3, and Meeks in round 5.
So should we care, and are the "experts" usually correct?
Football Outsiders has archived these grades since 2005- in the last 9 years (including this year's draft), the Bills have received an average draft grade in the bottom 4 of the league 5 times, an average grade in the middle of the league (14th-20th place) 4 times, and received a top 10 grade only once.
In other words, criticizing the Bills' draft performance is the norm, not the exception. Here are the recaps and grades from 2005-2012, in order from worst to best.
2010, 31st place. The experts hated Buddy Nix's first draft, especially the selection of CJ Spiller with Lynch and Jackson already on the roster. While the Spiller pick was eventually validated, the Bills have gotten almost no return from the next four players selected: Troup, Carrington, Easley and Wang. Expert Accuracy: Spiller alone elevates the draft above 31st place, but not much more.
2005, 30th place. The last of the Donahoe drafts before he was finally fired. The Bills did not have a 1st round pick this year, having unfortunately traded it the previous year to move up and select JP Losman. Yes, Kevin Everett was tragically injured, but when the most productive players taken are Roscoe Parrish, Duke Preston and Eric King, you know it's a bad year. Expert Accuracy: 100% accurate.
2006, 28th place. The first of the Marv Levy drafts was panned at the time for the reach selections of Whitner and McCargo in the 1st. Add in Ashton Youboty and Ko Simpson, and it becomes abundantly clear why the Bills playoff drought has lasted as long as it has. Kyle Williams in the 5th was a great pick, and Brad Butler and Keith Ellison were solid late picks, but Levy blew this one. Expert accuracy: unfortunately, right on.
2009, 20th place. The last of the Brandon-Jauron drafts. If you can put aside the selection of Aaron Maybin with the 11th pick in the draft, the next three selections of Wood, Byrd and Levitre were outstanding. The Bills got nothing out of the mid and late rounds in the draft. Expert accuracy: fairly close, although the case can be made that the draft merited a higher grade, if you can ignore Maybin.
2012, 17th place. We'll have to revisit this one again after the 2013 season. Once again, Nix got no value from the late rounds, but there is a lot of hope in the group of Gilmore, Glenn, Graham, Bradham, Brooks and Sanders. Expert accuracy: we will know in 7 months.
2011, 16th place. See comments above, shake, rinse and repeat. If Dareus, Williams, Searcy, Hairston improve, then give the advantage to the Bills. If they don't, then the experts probably pegged this one pretty closely. Sheppard is gone now, but the Bills have gotten decent value in the 6th and 7th round from White and Rogers, which is a rarity in the Nix drafts. Expert accuracy: Very close.
2008, 14th place. Another Brandon/Jauron draft- this one the experts liked, but the reality has been something much less than desired. Stevie Johnson has been an outstanding pick at #7, and McKelvin has his value, just not 1R draft pick value. Hardy, Ellis, Corner, Fine, Bowen- we hardly knew you. Expert's accuracy: poor, as this draft was significantly overrated.
2007, 6th place. The only draft in the last nine years where the Bills were universally praised for having one of the best drafts in the NFL. In retrospect, it wasn't that good. Marshawn Lynch has been a 3-time Pro Bowler, putting aside his character concerns, and Poz is a solid if unspectacular MLB. But Trent Edwards, despite the glowing recommendation from Bill Walsh, was a bust, and the Bills got nothing of value from the rest of the draft. Expert's accuracy: poor, as they overvalued the draft.
I am actually bullish on this year's draft picks, but recognize it is very much a high risk, high reward group. As much as I hate the Kipers of the world and their slavish attachment to their draft boards, I have to admit they've been right about the Bills far more than they've been wrong. Here's hoping this is one of those "got it wrong" years.


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Pork and Onion Kabobs Recipe
A sweet and savory marinade brings out the best in pork, as these grilled kabobs prove. They're a super summer supper, easy to prepare and fun to serve to company. The pork is so tasty grilled with onion wedges. -Mary Lou Wayman, Salt Lake City, Utah
- 1/2 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 1/4 cup chili sauce
- 1/4 cup honey
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped onion
- 2 teaspoons curry powder
- 2 pounds boneless pork, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 3 medium onions, cut into 1-inch wedges
- In a small bowl, combine the first six ingredients. Remove half for basting; cover and refrigerate. Pour remaining marinade into a large resealable plastic bag. Add the pork; seal bag and turn to coat. Cover and refrigerate for 3 hours or overnight.
- Drain and discard marinade. On six metal or soaked wooden skewers,
- alternately thread pork and onions.
- Grill, uncovered, over medium heat for 5 minutes; turn. Baste with reserved marinade. Continue turning and basting for 10-15 minutes or until meat is tender. Yield: 6 servings.
Originally published as Pork and Onion Kabobs in Taste of Home June/July 2000, p29
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Reviewed Jul. 13, 2014
Wonderful! We added green and red pepper to the kabobs.....the marinade is so good. We marinated the pork overnight, then forgot about basting until the kabobs were almost done. Wish we had basted the whole time, but these were still sooooooo good! A keeper for sure!
Reviewed May. 9, 2010
This is going to become a favorite in our house!! We used low sodium soy sauce in the marinade, pork tenderloin for the pork and yellow sweet onions. The recipe is easy and so delicious!
Reviewed Jan. 17, 2010
Absolutely wonderful and I don't even like curry.
Reviewed Jun. 16, 2009 Edited Aug. 30, 2009
These kabobs are so wonderful and easy. I never cared for curry but I love it in this recipe.
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