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Grilled tortas with avocado and turkey
Updated On: Feb 21 2014 05:12:02 AM CST
Makes 4 servings
Sandwiches are called "tortas" in Mexico, and Americans are discovering what Mexicans have known all along – one of the best sandwich ingredients is avocados. Here's some inspiration from south of the border.
1 can (16 ounces) refried beans
4 sandwich rolls (such as Italian or Kaiser), split
3 tablespoons jarred pickled jalapeños, finely chopped
8 ounces shredded turkey
1/3 cup very thinly sliced onion
2 ripened Mexican Hass avocados, pitted, peeled, and sliced
1 large tomato, thinly sliced
4 ounces thinly sliced mozzarella cheese
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
Spread beans on the bottom halves of the rolls; sprinkle with pickled jalapeños.
Layer turkey, onion, avocado, tomato, and cheese on top. Cover with the remaining roll halves.
Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the sandwiches; place another skillet, bottom down, over the sandwiches. Toast for 4 minutes per side or until the bread is golden brown and the cheese is melted.
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With the Illinois/Ohio State game approaching this Saturday, we wanted to get the opinion of an Illinois fan and blogger on what to expect. We caught up with Dan O'Brien of Illinoisloyalty.com, and this is what he had to say...
1) After a Rose Bowl trip last season, the Illini are 5-5 (3-3) this season. What do you feel has caused the step back?
"Inexperience at safety and linebacker (besides Miller), plus not-so-great play from the offensive line has not helped matters on the field when Illinois is consistently getting opponents' A-game this season.
That plus the 2008 Illini are not morning people. Illinois is 1-3 on 11:00 am kickoffs, the lone win coming at home against Louisiana Lafayette 20-17."
2) Who has impressed you the most on the Illinois team so far this season?
"Brit Miller has had a fantastic year, filling in for J Lehmen at the mike. Brit leads the conference in tackles per game (11.0), and is about the only guy on the D who has consistently shown up each game"
3) The Illini have played the Buckeyes tough under Zook, do you feel there is a reason for this?
"For some reason, the Buckeyes always get the Illini's best game in the recent history of the series (the Buckeyes hold a slight 12-11 advantage since 1983). The 3 games in Champaign this decade have all gone down to the final minute or gone to OT. I attribute this closeness to the historical interconnectedness of the two rivals, each being #2 on their list of most games played versus a team."
4) After the loss last weekend to Western Michigan, what do expect from the Illini on Saturday?
"A loss. See 11:00 am kickoff."
5) Who or what do you think the Buckeyes need to watch out for this weekend?
"I don't see Illinois running on the Buckeyes, so cover the receivers starting with Arrelious Benn, AJ Jenkins, Jeff Cumberland, and the big TE we call 'Uh Oh' because his full name is too tough to spell or pronounce. That, and blitz Juice."
6) Any other thoughts:
" Final Score: Ohio State 31 Illinois 24."


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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Authorities say two people were shot and killed and a teen wounded in the parking lot of an eastern Kentucky community college.
A police dispatcher told The Associated Press the shooting happened Tuesday afternoon at Hazard Community & Technical college in Hazard, Ky. The dispatcher spoke on condition of anonymity because the coroner on site was the only official allowed to be quoted by name.
The dispatcher said the injured teen was being taken to the University of Kentucky hospital.
Conor Duff is the college's evening coordinator. Duff said the shootings happened about 4:30 p.m. at the campus 90 miles southeast of Lexington. Duff said police then went through the school's two buildings to ensure no one else was at risk.
Duff said the school was on lockdown.
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I wonder how many rusty nails and glass shards had been hiding in those mud roads.
Like the Moonlight Towers, the Statesman is still Austin's daily newspaper, now known as the Austin American-Statesman.
Being a barefoot newsie, even in South Texas, had to be tough. Hope he ended up having a good life.
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I think the reason T6 geared guilds are having issues with the timed event is because gear isn't a massive factor in ZA especially regarding the timed event. It's about pace and playing nearly perfect. It doesn't matter how strong your gear is if you don't know how to pull the trash mobs quickly.
It's still early. It's like the 45 min strat run. Some pick up it quickly others it takes a while to learn. Sure it certainly helps to have better than full Kara gear in doing it, but it's more about knowing how to execute the pulls than being able to do Infinite + 1 dps.


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Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O'Connell have no intention of becoming the next Brangelina.
The two have already decided that their 8-month-old twins, Dolly and Charlie, are enough kids for them.
"I'm pretty sure that this is it," Romijn told me yesterday. "We feel like the world was made for pairs. Four feels like the perfect number."
"Also, we're not interested in overpopulating this world," she added. "So we feel like we don't want to leave more than we are when we leave this planet."
Romijn is hard at work on Eastwick, her new ABC drama-fantasy series based on the John Updike novel The Witches of Eastwick. Romijn, Lindsay Price and Jaime Ray Newman star as three small-town women with witchy powers.
Romijn didn't actually plan on working after giving birth. "I had put it out there that I just wanted to be a mom for six months and not even think about work at all. I told the powers that be if anything came across their desks that I'd be devastated if I missed out on it, to make sure that I knew about it. And [Eastwick] is the only thing I read."
She was still nursing when they shot the pilot. O'Connell now brings the little ones to set to visit mom at work.
"Mother's guilt is no joke," Romijn admits. "I feel like any stretch of time I spend away from them, I'm worried that I'm missing out on just these little miracles. Like you watch them stare at their hand for an hour and they go take a three-hour nap and they wake up and they can do something that they didn't do before—like wave!"
Baby worries aside, Romijn says she couldn't be happier about her decision to sign on to Eastwick. "Getting to work with Jaime and Lindsay is just the best," she gushes. "I defy anyone to come up with any diva bitch stories from our set. It'll never happen."
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When Terry Grier came in as the new superintendent of Houston ISD in September 2009, many critics of the alternative schools operated by Community Education Partners were encouraged when he started questioning why the district was farming out some of its kids. At board workshops, Grier made it clea ... More >>
Previous statements are inoperativeFriends of Hair Balls have been besieging us in the last couple of days, insisting that Houston ISD Superintendent Terry Grier misspoke when he testified before a Senate Committee on Education that the district has never used general funds to finance Apollo ... More >>
Terry Grier is calling for a less expensive CEP contract Updated: With comments from board agenda meeting at end of story. Community Education Partners will shutter its Ferndale campus as a result of an amended contract calling for it to receive $1.8 million less a year from the Houston IS ... More >>
Settled but confidentialWe'll never know if Community Education Partners would have been able to prove its contention in court that its chief critic, civic activist Robert Kimball, really was responsible for damaging its business in the Houston ISD and elsewhere in the state. That's because ... More >>
CEP ups the legal ante against a criticCivic activist and former Sharpstown High vice principal Robert Kimball is responsible for Houston ISD reducing the amount it pays Community Education Partners, the private company that operates two alternative schools in Houston, and therefore should be ... More >>
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ApprovedHouston school board trustees voted 6-1Thursday to renew HISD's contract with Community Education Partners. The roughly $14 million contract with the Nashville-based alternative schooling program for at-risk students had received harsh criticism from the League of United Latin ... More >>
Big vote tonightThe Houston Independent School District's board is expected to vote later today to renew its contract with a controversial company that handles students with disciplinary problems. The ACLU of Texas isn't too happy about that.The ACLU wrote a letter to HISD superintendent Terry Gr ... More >>
You get what you pay for?Houston's League of United Latin Americans chapter is slamming a glowing evaluation of the two Community Education Partners schools conducted by two A&M professors.The professors' report, which according to an HISD spokesperson was financed by CEP, found tha ... More >>
To CEP, with loveDr. Roger D. Goddard of Texas A&M has completed his much-delayed investigation of Community Education Partners, the controversial private firm that operates two alternative schools packed with Houston ISD kids, and given it a glowing endorsement.The report, obtained by ... More >>
Photo by Margaret DowningCEP survives another day, even under GrierThere will be trims. There will be millions of dollars in savings. There will be new initiatives and new monitoring, but the bottom line is: Community Education Partners will continue to operate its two alternative schools in Hou ... More >>
Houston ISD board member Manuel Rodriguez has sent out "an open letter to the Taxpayers of HISD" in which he defends the private firm Community Education Partners' operation of its two alternative schools in Houston.HISD Superintendent Terry Grier has proposed ending the contract with CEP, saying ... More >>
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Photo by Margaret DowningHouston ISD Superintendent Terry Grier is pitching extending the school year to his principals, waiting to see who is going to sign up for the cause. Because the one thing he wants to stress to everyone, he said (taking the pre-emptive action approach) is that it will not ... More >>
The new HISD credit recovery program matches students with a software program and a coach to get them fast-tracked to graduation.
Houston ISD Superintendent Terry Grier told Hair Balls today that he has a verbal agreement from the leaders of Community Education Partners that they will extend their contract renewal deadline until March 1, 2010.Grier wants a more thorough review of CEP, the private firm that operates two ... More >>
Photos by Margaret DowningMary Almendarez, first vice president for LULAC Council 402, leads off the press conference Monday, in support of terminating the Houston ISD's contract with Community Education Partners.It was one of those great, if little noticed moments in Houston history, as separate ... More >>
New Houston ISD Superintendent Terry Grier is reportedly ready to cancel the school district's contract with CEP (Community Education Partners), the private company that operates two controversial alternative schools in Houston.And on Monday, a local chapter of LULAC will hold a pre ... More >>
Robert Kimball, the former Houston ISD educator, who has spoken long, loudly -- and not positively -- about the two alternative schools operated in Houston by the for-profit Community Education Partners (where HISD parks its kids it deems bad), had every hope that Tuesday would see an end t ... More >>
Last week when Hair Balls reported that LULAC (the League of United Latin American Citizens) had sent letters to the Texas Education Agency and the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts saying it should investigate Houston ISD for the amount of money it spends on two private alternative schools, we w ... More >>
Last night the Austin school board squelched, at least for now, any consideration of a partnership with Community Education Partners, the Nashville-based, for-profit operator of alternative schools that has two facilities in Houston. CEP would have operated an alternative center for students in the ... More >>
It looks like Austin ISD is ready to take the Houston ISD route and dump some of its troubled kids into the hands of Community Education Partners, the for-profit operator of alternative schools throughout the country. CEP operates two facilities here in Houston and as we've noted before, seems to be ... More >>
Robert Kimball, whose criticism of the privately run school where HISD sends its troubled students was so stinging (or effective) that the school is suing to shut him up, won a round in court today.Community Education Partners is suing Kimball because he's been making clear he believes CEP is a "dro ... More >>
The Houston Independent School District Administration is recommending to the board that the district sign an almost $19.3 million contract with Community Education Partners, the private company that operates two alternative schools here.Despite years of criticism of the operations at the Ferndale a ... More >>
Next week's Houston Independent School District Board meeting coincides with its self-imposed January 15 deadline for whether it will continue to fork over $17 million a year to the private Community Education Partners for its two alternative schools here. CEP and HISD agreed to a contract extension ... More >>
And all this time we thought HISD Abe Saavedra's outreach to dropouts was just in the kids' best interest. Turns out, it can be a money maker as well – or at least that's the pitch made in a July 31, 2008 letter to the superintendent from a local attorney speaking on behalf of the private al ... More >>
HISD faced a tough decision on whether to renew its $18 million annual contract with Community Education Partners, the outfit some critics have accused of warehousing troubled students instead of helping them. The school district had a deadline of August 15 to notify CEP whether they planned to ren ... More >>
The Houston Press has dedicated a lot of time and space to looking at Community Education Partners. Recently, the American Civil Liberties Union's Racial Justice Program in New York City went into Atlanta, decided the CEP there was pretty much worthless and filed suit charging it with not educatin ... More >>
HISD continues to send students to CEP. Whether they go there, stay there or return successfully to their home school is anyone's guess.
A donation stirs things up at LULAC
Is Yvette Lacobie really a terrorist? Did legislators really mean to kick kids out for a butter knife? Is zero tolerance really stupid? (No, maybe and yes.)
A lawsuit accuses HISD's former chief and a trustee of influence-peddling
The district will follow Dallas in preparing to end contract alternative education
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Some CEP students have been locked in for years
By falling behind in reports on educating kids, Harris County may lose hundreds of thousands in state grants. Or more.
HISD cuts $2 million from CEP's lucrative deal and adds more controls.
Rod Paige searches for the perfect image, and CEP wiggles in even closer to the power source -- wherever it can find it
HISD settles with parents over CEP punishments
HISD and a paid trustee get entangled in the spreading empire of a private firm touting safe alternative schools for troubled kids. So why are some students and parents so scared?
Davy and Mike, ExCEPtion to the Rule, Heat's On
Investigate CEP, Santa Fe's Shame, Politics Makes Strange...
Ungraded exams. Suspect scores. Departing teachers and lawsuits. Is this alternative school really passing the test on its highly touted educational claims?
Children get burned by HISD over a gun-shaped lighter
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St. Thomas More Catholic School presents its 11th annual holiday craft show in the elegant Friends and Family Hall of St. Thomas More Catholic Church, 940 Carmichael Street, Chapel Hill, N.C. on Saturday, December 6, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Enjoy one-stop shopping with 65 talented artisans and crafters from throughout N.C. and find the perfect gift for everyone on your holiday shopping list! A vast array of unique, handmade gifts and specialty items for sale will include pottery, knit...
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My main research interest is the relationships between literary and legal discourses in nineteenth-century Britain. My teaching, while focused on nineteenth-century British literature, extends into the more general areas of literature and politics, and all types of lifewriting. My main publications are to do with the theory and philosophy of law in relation to literature in the Victorian period, but my interest in legal discourse has also taken me to Norman Mailer's The Executioner's Song, and to the western film, on both of which I have written. From a more personal perspective I have also written on Elvis Presley.
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- Further work on the legal culture of Victorian England and its relationship to the literature of the period.
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- "Norman Mailer, Gary Gilmore, and the untold stories of the Law", Heat 3 (Jan): 142-160. 1997.
- "Law, Equity, and Conscience in Victorian England", Victorian Literature and Culture 25: 123-139. 1997.
- "Equity and Natural Law in The Ring and the Book", Victorian Poetry 35: 105-111. 1997.
- "The King and I", Heat 7 (Feb): 142-160. 1997.
- "Walks of Life: Legal", in Herbert F. Tucker, ed., Blackwell Companion to Victorian Literature and Culture. Oxford: Blackwell. Pp. 155-169. 1999.
- "The Sovereign Self: Identity and Responsibility in Victorian England, Freeman and Lewis, eds., Current Legal Issues 2. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. 397-415. 1999.
- 'Robert Audley's Profession' (2000) Studies in the Novel 32/1: 1-13
- 'The Law, the Western, and Wyatt Earp' (2001), HEAT 2 (new series): 93-107.
- 'The Business of the Barrister in A Tale of Two Cities' (2002), Criticism 44/1: 37-60.
- 'Trampling out the Vintage: Revenge and Resentment in High Noon.' Sydney Studies in English 29 (2003), 57-68.
- [with Roslyn Jolly] 'Law and Politics in Unforgiven.' Arizona Quarterly 60:1 (Spring 2004), 125-145.
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Candid | Reviewer: kymm | 3/25/11
I think people should focus on how THEY raised their children and stop being judges about other's parenting, including Cher's. Cher is an amazing woman who persevered through trials only she and those closest to her truly understand. I have been mesmerized by Cher for 4 decades and hope that continues. Whether or not she made mistakes along the way has nothing to do with her amazing and soulful talent. God bless you, Cher. I will always praise you!
Cher's Last Hoorah!!! | Reviewer: Greg | 1/22/11
I saw Cher perform for the first time at Caesars about 10 days ago. She is still amazing with voice, looks and energy. It is sad she will soon retire. Thank you Cher for the incredible performance. Best of luck with future endeavors.
My Hero! | Reviewer: Joyce Burnett | 12/15/10
I just recently saw Burlesque. I wanted more of Cher in the movie and more singing. The song at the end blew me away. She is a very versatile actress, singer and I've admired her for the last 45 years. She is a woman of strength and courage and no matter how many people put her down, she bounces back even better. She does her own thing despite the men in this world that try to discount that. Hurray for you! I will always admire you for who you are.
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LOVE YOU CHER! | Reviewer: RAINEYGURL | 11/25/10
I have watched you for forever! I love your honesty, your ability to persevere and your genuine personality! No person has been a perfect parent, so I wish these other people would realize that they are throwing stones and living in glass houses. We all do the best we can with what we know at the time. You are an awesome singer, actress, and human being. Thanks for all the memories! I have always said to people: If Cher can do it, I can do it! And I have!
Family Reveiw | Reviewer: don L. | 11/12/10
Cher, an Icon is a good example of what determination and belief in yourself can do!! kudos to her for that. However, she is a very poor role model on how to raise a family. No wonder as a democrat I feel sometimes like I can not be called a Christian! thanks for the memories!!!
I LUV CHER! | Reviewer: Beth Devereaux | 11/10/10
Being born in the 1990's has great advantages, including listening to Cher on the radio as a young girl. I've always loved Cher, she's such an inspiring woman who has change the life of so many people in music. To "Strong Enough", to "Believe", Cher has a true talent in acting and singing that I've fallen in love with and always will. Keep up the awseome work Cher. I'm looking forward to seeing your new movie!
I am a fan of Chers, have been for 45 years | Reviewer: Dolly | 9/12/10
I remember when Sonny & Cher recorded under the names of Cleo & Cleopatra. I saw them on the Jerry Blavat tv show and knew they were going to be Superstars. Loved then both. But it always bothered me when Cher would deny her heritage, I guess because her Armenian father was NOT a part of her life. And the story of her being an American Indian was born. The Kardashians boast about being Armenian and they are beautiful too. I think Cher was wrong to deny her Armenian heritage and it was an insult to other Armenians. I hope she can forgive her father (now deceased) when she realizes that she probably wasnt a perfect parent to Chastity and Elijah.
Cher is a Survivor! | Reviewer: Gloria | 6/24/10
Cher allow your natural beauty to return as plastic surgery will only mar you. To age gracefully is to allow your inner self to be revealed on your exterior. I am 57 soon, no plastic surgery, and have been mistaken for a 32 year old. Find peace within.
A legend for all times, ...that's CHER'' ! | Reviewer: Colleen | 6/17/10
What can i say about ''CHER'',that anyone else hasn't said. well, first of all, i've been a hugh fan of herssince ''THE SONNY & CHER SHOW DAYS''.i've followed her career over the years,and i think she is truly an amazing artist. i love her music ,[and her sense of style]. and soo does my teenage daughter. SO, i just wanted to say, ''Thank You CHER'', for the most amazing ,and unforgetable journey you've taken us all [your fans] on w/ you.you truely are a legend in it's self.take care and god blee.
Cher | Reviewer: Anonymous | 12/22/09
Is amazing. Im 10 about 11 and I see what she dresses like but I love her music, she always says things that i'll need to learn about l8er in life through her music. It's inspiring, it's fun and it awesome. I dont CARE if anyone says shes bad, cuz shes not
to the woman who gives me meaning | Reviewer: laudia | 8/23/09
to the most beautiful woman in the world!!! you will always be my idol!!!! there is not enough time to say what you mean to me. but...you give my dreams meaning and i hope that if i work hard enough that i will meet you before time passes by. with love...LAUIDA
Help me | Reviewer: caprice | 9/4/08
I desperately need a job. Getting a divorce & no college education. Very nurturing & attentive & loyal. I have always wanted to be a personal assistant to someone. If you know of anyone I am willing to relocate.
God Bless!
Cher is the best! | Reviewer: Anoush | 8/12/08
She is an icon, has a great voice, she has beautiful eyes and face, a fashion legend, television actress and a great movie star! I love her, besides she happends to be after my own nationality. She is a good human being and resilient like most Armenians!!! Great gal!!! I hope she lives a very very long life!!!
In Love | Reviewer: angel | 7/10/08
I am a gay man that has been in love with Cher all my life. I can't explain it. She rocked my life from the beginning. I've dreamed of meeting her, even if only for a minute. It's a silly thought though - cause what could I possibly say that wouldn't sound contrived? Just wanted the world to know how I feel.
Cher, the Queen | Reviewer: amadeo R. | 1/14/08
She is the best star I ever liked.Her eyes are so tremendosly magnificant that her staring is heart strikig.She has all the qualities of all the queens ever existed.She is a gift to me and my people.May you live longer. Cher.
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–Dwight Howard is, to his credit, saying he has not even thought about the summer of 2012. He is focused on winning this year.
–Oklahoma City needed a strong second half, especially from Kevin Durant, to get the franchise's first win in Houston since 2005. It was Oklahoma City's third win in a row. And this one was a long time coming in Houston.
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* Wyatt Cenac @ Littlefield
* John Hodgman @ The Creek & Cave
* Blood Orange @ Sony Style
* Tony Scherr @ Living Room
* Jim Campilongo @ Living Room
* Ask Me Another @ The Bell House
* Ali Shaheed Muhammad @ Le Bain
* Linfinity, Free Blood, Waking Lights @ Mercury Lounge (cancelled)
* Rita Ora, Iggy Azalea, Havana Brown @ Highland Ballroom
* Lydia Lunch, Thurston Moore, John Moloney @ The Bowery Electric
* Belle Mare, Elephant Wrecking Ball, Four Visions, Wilsen @ Cameo
* Juggernut, Ken South Rock, Filthy Savage, Jah Jah of Ninasonik (DJ set) @ Pyramid Club
* Chairlift, Twin Sister, Empress Of, Slowdance, Jason McMahon, Ice Choir DJ set @ Glasslands
* Ben Taylor, Menahan Street Band, Ki:Theory, Sinkane DJ set, In Transit DJ set @ The Bowery Hotel
* Caribbean Music Festival w/ Machel Montano, Alison Hinds, Mr. Vegas, Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh @ Barclays Center
ZZZs were supposed to play Pyramid Club tonight but had to drop off the show. However, you can catch them tomorrow at Death by Audio (12/18) with Dead Til Tuesday, Negfi, and Human Crush.
The Caribbean Fever Music Festival, which was supposed to take place on November 2 but was postponed due to Hurricane Sandy, goes down at the Barclays Center tonight with Machel Montano, Alison Hinds, Mr. Vegas, Slick Rick, and Doug E. Fresh. Tickets are still available.
For more old school hip hop in NYC tonight, you can also head to The Standard at Le Bain to catch Ali Shaheed Muhammad (of A Tribe Called Quest) DJing.
T.I., who plays a sold out show at Best Buy Theater with A$AP Rocky on Tuesday, has landed in NYC ahead of that show. He'll be taping a performance in midtown this afternoon and will head to Fuse Studios after that for a performance at 9 PM, which will stream live at the Fuse YouTube channel. His new album, Trouble Man: Heavy Is The Head, drops tomorrow and since we last spoke, he revealed two more songs: "Hello" feat. Cee Lo Green and "Wildside" feat. A$AP Rocky. You can stream them both below.
And for even more hip hop, don't forget that the Duck Down Music and Javotti Media holiday party, which BrooklynVegan is co-sponsoring, is tomorrow (12/18) at Music Hall of Williamsburg with Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch, Buckshot, Sean Price, Smif-N-Wessun, Flatbush Zombies, Skyzoo, and Dyme-A-Duzin. Tickets for that show are still available.
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It's about that time of the year when the Christmas songs start piling. We just heard Ex Cops take on Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime", and now The xx have revealed a cover of Wham's "Last Christmas" on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge this morning. Check it out below.
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Blue Hawaii releasing 'Untogether' (MP3s), played CMJ w/ ZZZ's (pics), play two more shows this weekend (dates)
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Blue Hawaii @ Bowery Electric for Sam Mickens CMJ - 10/18/2012
Braids side project Blue Hawaii, who played the 2011 BrooklynVegan CMJ showcase with Braids, have come up a lot on this site since right before CMJ 2012 (which Braids also played). But we haven't yet mentioned "Untogether", their new full length due 1/22/2013 on Arbutus Records. Gorilla Vs. Bear premiered two MP3s off it which you can download above.
Electronic duo (as Jon Pareles referred to them) Blue Hawaii played at least 5 CMJ shows this year, one of which was the official Sam Mickens showcase at Bowery Electric with ZZZ's. We have some pictures of both bands from that show in this post.
Blue Hawaii are still in NYC and play two more shows this weekend. We've mentioned both. Tonight/Friday (10/26) you can find them at Cameo with ARMS and Opossom, and Saturday they open for Grimes at Bowery Ballroom. Those seem to be their only upcoming dates at the moment.
More pictures from Bowery Electric and some streams below...
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Braids playing CMJ (1 show w/ Wild Nothing); Blue Hawaii too (who are on an Arbutus Records mix) (dates, streams)
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Montreal's Braids were just in NYC for ATP and while they were in the area, the closest club date they played was at Hoboken's Maxwell's a few days before ATP. Now they'll be returning to NYC during CMJ for a free, and far more intimate than ATP, show at Pianos on October 17 for the Tell All Your Friends day party. The show starts at noon and Braids are on at 6 PM. Other bands playing including Maus Haus, Blackbird Blackbird, Team Spirit, Solid Gold, Filligar, Triple Hex, Zulu Pearls, and still more. You can see the full list of artists and more details in the flier below.
This show is the only announced date for Braids at the moment.
UPDATE: Braids also play a larger CMJ show at Bowery Ballroom on October 20 with Wild Nothing (more of their dates HERE and HERE), Weekend, and Forma. Tickets to that show go on sale Wednesday (10/10) at noon.
In related news, Raphaelle of Braids' other band, Blue Hawaii will be playing some CMJ shows too, including the Sam Mickens CMJ party at Bowery Electric on October 18 with Jack Ladder & the Dreamlanders, TOPS, and ZZZ's. It doesn't look like Sam Mickens is actually playing the show (he's been doing some booking for the venue lately), but you'll have a few chances to catch him playing in NYC this month and next.
After that show, Blue Hawaii will play the M for Montreal showcase at Arlene's Grocery on October 19 with Doldrums, Mozart's Sister, Absolutely Free, Royal Canoe, Plaster, Ariane Mofatt, and TOPS, and the POP Montreal day party at Cameo on October 20 with Goose Hut, Mozart's Sister, Solar Year, Valleys, C T Z N S H P.
Blue Hawaii also play the Arbutus Records Showcase at Death by Audio on October 20 with Doldrums, TOPS, Majical Cloudz, and Eola. As you may know, Arbutus is the label that Grimes was on before signing to 4AD. All the bands playing that DbA show are featured on a mix Arbutus made for CMJ which we're premiering in this post. Check it out, along with its tracklist, below.
As mentioned, Blue Hawaii will open for her in NYC at Bowery Ballroom on October 27 with Myths. Majical Cloudz, who are also on the Arbutus showcase and featured on Grimes' album, will open her show at Music Hall of Williamsburg (10/28) with Elite Gymnastics. All of Grimes' upcoming NYC shows are sold out.
The Braids flier, Arbutus CMJ mix, a song stream, and a list of all Blue Hawaii dates are below.
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Japanese-born/Brooklyn-residing post-punk trio ZZZ's were formed this past March with Youkaku (guitar/vox), Yukary (bass/vox), and Lyn (drums), all of whom were members of Hystoic Vein, who broke up in October 2011. They've got three bleak studio recordings online at the moment -- the piercing, Yeah Yeah Yeahs-sounding "Suicide," and two drearier, yet equally dissonant cuts, "Dystopia" and "Cut it Out" -- all of which you can stream below. You can also check out a few live videos of other songs from their Fontana's show this past April, the chugging "Busy Bee," and the no-wavey "Hour Glass."
The girls will be playing a handful of local shows during and before CMJ. First they'll play Glasslands on Sunday (10/14) with Pony Bones and Electric Set (tickets). Then for CMJ, they'll play Cake Shop on October 17 with Hussle Club, I.R.O.K., Punks on Mars, Ghost Wave, Pyschobuildings, Half Undressed, Communist Daughter, and Blessed Feathers; the Sam Mickens-presented show at Bowery Electric on 10/18 (4 PM) with Blue Hawaii, TOPS, and Jack Ladder & the Dreamlanders; Grand Victory on 10/18 (9 PM) with The Netherlands, DON'T, Gentlemen, and Cinema, Cinema; and FreeCandy on 10/20 (905 Atlantic Ave, 2nd Floor) with The Suzan, Trabajo, 1200 Trees, and Unkle Yva Punkfaggot.
Those local dates are the only ones the band has scheduled at the moment. You can read them in list form, listen to those song streams, and watch those live videos below.
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CMJ announces second round of artists; Merchandise is here, catch them three times this week (tonight at WIERD)
Merchandise at Mousetrap in Chicago, April 2012 (more by Jimmy Farabi)
You may have noticed the announcements of CMJ artists trickling out as of late (like Sub Pop's lineup), but now comes the official word from the fest on another batch of bands. Highilights include AraabMUZIK, UK acts Savages and Everything Eveything, Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire, Cities Aviv, Ken Mode (playing with Pig Destroyer), Daughn Gibson (playing with Pissed Jeans), Local H, Slug Guts, Dune Rats, Royal Canoe, and Sleepies among many many others. A full listing of the second round of CMJ artists is below.
One of said surprises is Merchandise, who plays NYC tonight at WIERD (9/12). The show is first of THREE NYC dates for the band, who will also play 538 Johnson tomorrow (9/13) before hitting Saint Vitus on Friday (9/14, tickets).
A list of the second round of CMJ artists is below, along with updated Merchandise dates and a recent video.
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Austin Price and Samuel Hirsch both face one count of felony murder and aggravated robbery in the death of Roger David Hawkins.
Rogersville Police Chief, Doug Nelson says the two men are accused of attacking Hawkins with a hunting knife and hammer in his apartment.
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*After 4 games, the Celtics are averaging 17.8 fastbreak points per game, which ranks 3rd in the NBA. In the New Big Three Era, the Celtics have never finished in the top 10 in fastbreak points. In addition, the Celtics impressively lead the league in fastbreak efficiency with 2.367 points per fastbreak possession.
*Rondo has registered more than 10 assists in 26 straight games, which is 1 game shy of the longest streak in NBA history by John Stockton in 1990-91 (Via ESPN Stats & Info). However, since most assist records have only been recorded well since 1985-86, so we are not sure that Stockton's is the best streak of this kind.
*The Celtics began the New Big Three Era with 12 wins in their first 14 games against the 76ers. However, the 76ers have won 3 of the last 5 regular season meetings.
*After leading the league in Team Assists per FGM in 2011-12, the Celtics already find themselves near the top of the league in the statistic again in 5th place at .676 … 1st place: Bulls (.691).
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Yes... Unfortunately warts can grow back and even if they couldn't they are contagious and therefore, like with common colds, can develop again with contact of the virus that causes them. That virus is human papillomavirus (HPV). HPV viruses come in different forms. More than sixty different strains exist. The HPV viruses that affect the skin cause skin cells to grow rapidly about the hands, fingers fingernails, feet, legs and face. Some types of HPV even grow in genitalia.
As noted, HPV is contagious. Catching the virus merely requires touching someone with the germ or handling an object an infected person touched or otherwise came in contact with at the viral site.
There are a few different methods for ridding warts including home treatments.
* Warts should be cleaned and soaked in warm soapy water. The purpose of soaking warts is to clean them as much as possible for the treatment process. After soaking use a clean towel to blot them dry.
* Warts are rather sturdy thus even after soaking; parts of them will remain firm. The firm parts may be removed with a clean emery board or a clean nail file. If using an emery board, discard it after using it. You may not be able to clean the porous surface. Nail files made of metal may easily be washed.
* Now apply a wart dissolving medicine to the remaining growth. Available medicines include Occusol, Viranol, Compound W and Wart-Off. Follow the instructions on the containers and be certain to avoid getting the medication on parts of the skin that do not have warts. If you accidentally get medication in the wrong place clean it off right away.
* After applying medication the wart must be covered with an adhesive bandage to keep the medication in place. This process should be repeated once a day and may take as many as three months to completely dissolve the wart.
When warts are present on the skin it is imperative not to scratch them. Don't touch them. Don't shave over them. Leave them alone as much as possible. Contacting warts on your skin and touching an area of your skin that has no wart can cause one to grow there. The HPV virus is very strong and not very selective as to where it implants itself.
If a doctor's treatment is preferred or if the wart simply will not go away you can consider treatments such freezing, using a substance called Cantharidin that make blisters warts in order to remove them, an injection such as Bleomycin which is placed directly into the wart. Warts can even be removed with surgery including laser surgery.
So if you or your child has a wart, getting rid of it may be accomplished, just remember they sometimes do grow back and because warts are viruses you can catch another one.


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Vidalia menu recommendations
I'll be heading to Vidalia in a few weeks with friends, and would love your recommendations on the following menu:
1. Oyster Pan Roast
2. Vidalia's Crab Cake
Or should I get their five-onion soup or seasonal soup?
1. Shrimp and Grits
2. Roasted Halibut
1. Georgia Pecan Tart
2. Seasonal Fruit Tart
This is my first time at Vidalia, so if you have menu recommendations other than the ones above please let me know.
If they still have the lemon chess pie I highly recommend it. The pecan tart isn't bad, but with how easy it is to find or make good pecan pie I wouldn't go for that option, but of course to each their own I am sure it is more chocolatey and sweet if you are into that.
I thought the shrimp and grits were ok, but as a southerner they were not what I was expecting and I was a little disappointed, if you are not from the south I don't know that you would have that reaction though, and it is considered one of their signature dishes.
I haven't had either of those apps so I can't comment on them.
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I'm not from the South but my boyfriend and I were a little disappointed with their shrimp and grits when we went for lunch awhile back. I haven't tried to halibut though.
Last spring, my husband and I visited Charleston, SC during which time we ate shrimp and grits three times during our three-day visit. (Hominy Grille, Magnolia's and S.N.O.B.) A couple of months after that trip, I ate Vidalia's version. Their rendition was shockingly mediocre. I'm at a loss to explain the reputation this dish enjoys in the DC area.
The items you mention are on their special events menu. Are you going with a group?
If not the latest menu is posted @ vidaliadc.com. As will they change the tasting menu daily and the a la carte menu bi weekly
The menu changes with the season and the availability of ingredients. Everything is good; I've nevr had a bad dish there. Ask the server for any signature dishes or any dishes that seem very well received. I never ask a server what they like because their taste may be very different. Although, admittedly, when servers volunteer the information, their taste is like mine more often than not. PS: Do get the lemon chess pie for desseert if it is available.
Make sure you get the Blenheim's Spicy Gingerale ... wonderful stuff, and very difficult to find!
I would go for the Halibut and the Pecan Tart. The tart is like my mother's (and Im from the South). I would stay away from the soup...my dad had it and wasnt completely crazily impressed but the crab cake is amazing! Enjoy! Im jealous!!!


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* Place salad greens in a 2 1/2- to 3-quart clear straight-sided bowl or souffle dish. Peel carrot. Using vegetable peeler carefully cut carrots into long, paper-thin ribbons. Set aside. Layer atop salad greens in the following order: mushrooms, 1/4 cup of the cheese, olives, cucumbers, carrot ribbons, and green onions.
* For dressing, in small bowl combine the mayonnaise or salad dressing, yogurt, orange peel, crushed red pepper, and ground black pepper. Spread dressing over top of salad, sealing to edge of bowl. Sprinkle with the remaining 1/4 cup cheese.
* Cover salad tightly with plastic wrap. Chill for 2 to 24 hours. Garnish with orange slices, walnuts, and orange peel strips. Just before serving toss to coat vegetables. 6-8 SVG.
* Make Ahead: Assemble this salad up to 24 hours before serving. Garnish and toss just before serving.
- 5 cup torn mixed salad greens
- 1 med carrot
- 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
- 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese (2 oz.)
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped pitted
- kalamata olives
- 1 med cucumber
- halved
- seeded
- and sliced 1/4 inch thick
- (1 3/4 cups)
- 1/4 cup sliced green onions
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise or salad dressing
- 1/4 cup plain low-fat yogurt
- 1 tsp finely shredded orange peel
- 1/2 x to 3/4 tsp. crushed red pepper
- 1/8 x to 1/4 tsp. ground black pepper
- 1 med orange
- peeled and sliced
- 1/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
- Orange peel strips (optional)
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Surprising Changes in Behaviour of Tiny Wires at the Nanoscale
Researchers surprised to see twin-induced brittle-like fractures in gold nanowires
Thin gold wires often used in high-end electronic applications are wonderfully flexible as well as conductive. But those qualities don't necessarily apply to the same wires at the nanoscale.
A new study from Rice University finds gold wires less than 20 nanometers wide can become "brittle-like" under stress. It appears in the journal Advanced Functional Materials.
The paper by Rice materials scientist Jun Lou and his lab shows in microscopic detail what happens to nanowires under the kinds of strain they would reasonably undergo in, for instance, flexible electronics.
Their technique provides a way for industry to see just how nanowires made of gold, silver, tellurium, palladium and platinum are likely to hold up in next-generation nanoelectronic devices.
Lou and his team had already established that metal wires have unique properties on the nanoscale. They knew such wires undergo extensive plastic deformation and then fracture on both the micro- and nanoscale. In that process, materials under stress exhibit "necking"; that is, they deform in a specific region and then stretch down to a point before they eventually break.
"Gold is extremely ductile," said Lou, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering and materials science. "That means you can stretch it, and it can withstand very large displacement.
"But in this work, we discovered that gold is not necessarily very ductile at the nanoscale. When we stress it in a slightly different way, we can form a defect called a twin."
The term "twinning" comes from the mirrorlike atomic structure of the defect, which is unique to crystals. "At the boundary, the atoms on the left and right sides exactly mirror each other," Lou said. Twins in nanowires show up as dark lines across the wire under an electron microscope.
"The material is not exactly brittle, like glass or ceramic, which fracture with no, or very little, ductility," he said. "In this case, we call it brittle-like, which means it has significantly reduced ductility. There's still some, but the fracture behavior is different from regular necking."
Their experiments on 22 gold wires of less than 20 nanometers involved the delicate operation of clamping them to a transmission electron microscope/atomic force microscope sample holder and then pulling them at constant loading speeds. Twins appeared under the shear component of the stress, which forced atoms to shift at the location of surface defects and led to a kind of nanoscale tectonic fault across the wire.
"Once you have those kinds of damage-initiation sites formed in the nanowire, you will have a lot less ductility. The metal will fracture prematurely," Lou said. "We didn't expect such twin-boundary formations would have such profound effects."
With current technology, it's nearly impossible to align the grip points on either side of the wire, so shear force on the nanowires was inevitable. "But this kind of loading mode will inevitably be encountered in the real world," he said. "We cannot imagine all the nanowires in an application will be stressed in a perfectly uniaxial way."
Lou said the results are important to manufacturers thinking of using gold as a nanomechanical element. "Realistically, you could have some off-axis angle of stress, and if these twins form, you would have less ductility than you would expect. Then the design criteria would have to change.
"That's basically the central message of this paper: Don't be fooled by the traditional definition of 'ductile,'" he said. "At the nanoscale, things can happen differently."
Lous team included former Rice graduate student and the paper's first author, Yang Lu, now a postdoctoral researcher at MIT. Jun Song, an assistant professor at McGill University, and Jian Yu Huang, a scientist at Sandia National Laboratories, are co-authors of the paper.
The Air Force Office of Sponsored Research, National Science Foundation and Department of Energy supported the research.
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This past weekend, there was the usual number of birthday celebrations held in Massapequa for youngsters and adults alike. But only one of them was for someone who turned 100 years old.
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The Democrats ended the 1988 election demoralized. Late in October, Michael Dukakis, facing almost certain defeat, stood at rail-side in Bakersfield, California and made his confession. He was a liberal after all: a liberal in the tradition of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman and John F. Kennedy, one who "knows you have to pay your bills." He did not elaborate. He did not articulate any set of principles, offered no special perspective, and invoked no deeply resonant historical experience. The public was left, by default, with Lee Atwater's savage caricature: a Democratic Party short on patriotism, weak on defense, soft on criminals and minorities, indifferent to work, values, and family, and, inexplicably, infatuated with taxes.
Among major demographic groups, the Democratic coalition could now depend reliably on only Jewish, African-American, and Hispanic voters. In 1988 both Catholic and union households split their votes evenly between the parties; in both 1984 and 1988 native Southern whites gave two-thirds of their votes to the Republicans. The Democratic advantage in party identification, which hovered at 17 to 18 points for nearly the entire period from 1952 to 1980, sank to 7 or 8 points in the late Reagan years (1984 to 1988) and has perhaps disappeared entirely, according to some surveys.
Looking back at Democratic losses, conservative Democratic analysts conclude, reasonably, that Democratic nominees have proved "unacceptably liberal." The public has lost confidence in Democratic nominees who adhere to a "liberal fundamentalism" and have "lost touch with the American people." The answer proposed by the Democratic Leadership Council, which includes Senators Sam Nunn and Charles Robb, is greater credibility on military and foreign policy, closer alignment with mainstream values of responsibility and hard work, a "progressive" economic message of "upward mobility and individual effort," and a recasting of themes and programs to "bring support from a sustainable majority."'
The Enigma of Public Opinion
Alongside the liberal Democrats' demoralization and the conservative Democrats' critique, however, are a lot of contradictory "facts" that have no place to go. The public favors increased government spending in many areas -- anti-drug programs, Medicare, cancer and AIDS research, day care programs, and Social Security -- and wants new spending priorities focused, above all, on domestic investment. Populist impulses remain very strong. Voters want tougher regulation of corporate polluters and insurance companies and higher taxes for wealthy individuals and corporations. Public anxiety centers increasingly on lagging purchasing power, growing inequality, threats to the family and children, rising health care costs, corporate excesses, and America's declining economic position in the world.
Those "facts" remain unexplained and without context because the historic models that could give them meaning -- the New Deal and Great Society -- have fallen into disrepute. The values and ideas associated with the New Deal and the Great Society still float about in the public discourse, but they are no longer embedded in a common historic experience or a convincing story. Only when new models and ideas gain currency will Democrats be able to take advantage of popular impulses that favor equity, populism, and national effort.
The Democrats do still benefit from a residual, positive image as the party of ordinary people. Voters today distinguish roughly between a party of the people and a party of the rich and powerful. Despite the alienated affection of recent years, they side instinctively with the Democrats on such issues as the environment, insurance rates, tax fairness, energy, and utilities, which pit ordinary citizens against concentrated private power. Lee Atwater seems to understand the divide, even if Democrats are confused about it. As Atwater told William Greider: "Simply put there is constantly a war going on between the two parties for the populist vote. The populist vote is always the swing vote .... The Democrats have always got to nail the Republicans as the party of the fat cats, the party of the upper class and privilege. And the Democrats will maintain that they're the party of the common man. The Republicans, of course, argue that the Democrats are the party of the liberal elites who're not in touch with the mainstream of the country."
The Shrinking Coalition
The New Deal once told a story that gave political meaning to the facts. Against the backdrop of the Great Depression and in the face of a hostile world, that story energized public and collective effort. It honored working people and stood with them against corporate power. It provided social insurance against the prospect of adversity. It championed a Keynesian economic model that united rising public expenditure and rising personal incomes, and it sought a secure future by promoting American leadership in the world.
Keynesian assumptions conveniently served the particular interests of Democrats' electoral base as well as the national interest in stable economic growth. The Democrats could serve simultaneously as a party of the people and a party of the nation. But the high inflation, slow growth, and rising tax rates of the 1970s, followed by the high budget deficits of the 1980s, broke voter confidence in the model and its assumptions. Stimulating demand through government spending now looked profligate, more of a special favor to beneficiaries than an effort to meet the needs of society as a whole. Middle-class voters doubted that the model served their interests.
The New Deal model also crashed on the rocks of America's challenged international position, evident in the defeat in Vietnam and the emergence of competing economic powers, particularly Japan. The assurance of economic security for American workers was linked to an expansive view of American power. That view seemed confirmed by World War II and the world that emerged from it. John F. Kennedy, the last Democratic President to articulate that vision, conveyed an image of America as a leader among nations, rich but generous and respected. However, after the humiliations in Vietnam and Iran, the Democratic Party lost its ability to project that image and thereby lost some of its hold on the loyalty of America's working and middle classes.
Great Society liberalism was forged in a decade of historic upheavals. Innovative and optimistic, it advanced new concepts of justice and altruism that associated the Democrats with advancing civil rights and fighting poverty. But liberalism emerged from this period with a narrowed image of its constituencies. The beneficiaries of liberal initiative no longer appeared to be the broad working population, but rather the poor. And, for many, that meant blacks. Public spending, once conceived as furthering the broad economic interests of the working population, now seemed like a narrow response to special needs and special claims against the coalition.
A Closer Look at Public Opinion
The defeat of national Democratic candidates and the decomposition of Democratic models coexist with public attitudes that contradict the supposed new realities. The voters favor new national priorities; they are restive about the excesses of private power and are open to a broader governmental role in society. A 1989 ABC/Washington Post survey, for example, found that voters want to increase spending on drug programs (76 percent of those polled), Medicare (72 percent), and Medicaid (61 percent), cancer research (68 percent) and AIDS research (66 percent), day care programs (61 percent), and Social Security (58 percent). On the other hand, there is little interest in increased military spending (18 percent). Warren Miller, a political analyst, points out the paradox: "The shift toward the Republicans occurred in the face of generally increasing support for liberal policies."
Those vague voter preferences, however, lack intellectual or political grounding. Few political leaders try to integrate them into a coherent framework because of the widespread and poorly examined belief that the public's mood is conservative. In the absence of intellectual or political leadership, these "facts" lose significance for voters, social critics, and politicians alike. Voters lose confidence in their own preferences, giving into their worries about taxes and their skepticism about governmental performance. Nonetheless, their concerns about the future persist, as do their inclinations to use public means to effect solutions.
1988: The Contradictions
George Bush's "kinder, gentler" rhetoric reflected a calculated reading of the public mood. Even as voters scorned Michael Dukakis -- many because he was "too liberal" -- a large majority still wanted the next President to pursue a liberal agenda and a populist course. My own election-eve survey found that 65 percent of respondents gave top priority to making sure the "wealthy and the big corporations pay their fair share of taxes." Sixty percent supported "imposing stricter environmental regulations on corporations" that "produce toxic wastes." Voters wanted a President who would expand the provision of broad-based social welfare services: helping the poor and homeless (49 percent top priority), protecting American jobs from foreign competition by tougher trade laws (47 percent), and providing long-term health care and health insurance for everyone (44 percent).
The conservative dominance rests on a benign and simple economic vision -- rosy economic indicators, strong job growth, slow inflation, incentives for new investment, and above all, low taxes. But in America today, the ordinary voter sees a middle class that carries a disproportionate load for society and that faces increasing economic obstacles. The burden and inequity is immediately evident in the realm of taxes: "rich people and corporations not carrying their share of the tax burden" (72 percent see this as an extremely or very serious problem) as well as the "amount of taxes paid by the average person" (64 percent). But the middle class faces a broad range of economic pressures: "middle-class families having a harder and harder time making ends meet" (71 percent) and "young families unable to keep up with the rising cost of housing and other needs" (62 percent).
The voters believe that a rising foreign economic presence is a growing threat to the country. Nearly three-quarters identify, as very or extremely serious, "foreign investors buying up American companies and land." About two-thirds express similar concerns about "foreign competition for American industry and jobs," "the loss of America's lead in technology," and "America's trade imbalance with foreign countries."
The uncertainty about the future is reflected in the public's view of the external world, where virtually all historic assumptions have been turned on their head. As a result of the shift in relations with the Soviet Union, just 4 percent cite Soviet aggression as a top threat. New threats now loom larger, particularly drug trafficking (identified by 37 percent of those polled), terrorism (10 percent), nuclear proliferation (12 percent), the economic power of foreign countries (9 percent) and destructive environmental practices (5 percent).
In the new world order, few voters see America as the leading nation: it now shares leadership in such critical areas as economic strength and high technology. Concerned that America's problems are going unaddressed, many voters seem ready to respond to national leadership that calls for increased spending for domestic investment and much tougher environmental regulation (68 percent). Seventy-six percent favor increased taxes on upper-income households and corporations "to help finance new initiatives.
Voters seem eager for a mobilization and unity of energies. There is nearly universal support (88 percent) for a proposal to "call together business and civic leaders from all over the country to identify emerging problems and set national goals." Voters like the idea of a "national economic plan that helps direct private sector investment to areas important to America's economic position in the world" (79 percent). They want government to play a larger role "developing and capturing new technologies for American industry" (79 percent). Americans, it seems, are looking for stronger national leadership that would seem to give the country more active control over its own economic future.
The public's receptiveness to new national priorities and activist leadership remains, for popular commentary, a perplexing set of facts largely ignored for want of an explanation. The conservative Democratic discourse is silent on these currents, preferring to save the party by moving to the right. Even the dominant forces in the Democratic Party, while supporting a liberal policy agenda, have lost confidence in the Democrats' economic message and general principles and thus are uncertain what to do. They know that they are standing uneasily on the shoulders of political coalitions and historical models that cannot support them any longer. Many are tempted to draw the lesson that the American people reject a "class warfare political argument" and want instead "leadership that argues for economic growth strategies," as an article in The New York Times concluded after the Democrats lost the 1989 vote on a capital gains cut in the House of Representatives.
In the absence of a convincing Democratic story that makes sense of the facts, voters have turned increasingly to the Republicans in one vital area after another. Voters now express greater confidence in the Republicans to promote growth and prosperity (43 to 33 percent) and control inflation (55 to 27 percent). Since World War II, Democrats have not won the Presidency unless they have enjoyed an advantage of at least 15 points in public opinion on the issue of keeping the country prosperous. Recently, Democrats have watched their advantage on that key issue decline from parity in late 1987 to a 21 -point deficit in the summer of 1989.
The absence of any Democratic advantage concerning trade is particularly troubling. America's declining economic position in the world is an issue made to order for the Democrats. Yet the Republicans enjoy a small advantage on dealing with foreign imports (40 to 34 percent), despite the Democratic initiatives in the Congress and the absence of any discernible Republican policy. The Democrats, in fact, offer divided counsel on the trade question, finding unity only on tactical responses like 60-day notification of plant closings, rather than on serious economic principles. It is hardly surprising that the public does not know where to place trade on the partisan and ideological spectrum.
These facts are a signal to Democrats: begin building new intellectual and political models that will explain and legitimate the public's still inchoate affinity for greater equity, broad social welfare, checks on concentrated power, and an affirmative role for government. Of course, creating a new model and building a new coalition is no simple act of will. Our historic models were forged by specific presidents at distinct historic moments: Franklin Roosevelt in response to the Great Depression and Lyndon Johnson in response to the civil rights upheaval. But absent a moment beyond anyone's making, Democrats can embark on thematic projects that stake broad claims to the middle class, offer a distinctive understanding of the economy and expansive views of America's world position, and rebuild public confidence in the public sphere.
Democrats are positioned to take up the cause of domestic investment and American economic strength; they can address the declining or stagnant living standards of the majority and the forces menacing the modem family; they can acknowledge the values and burdens of the middle class and the excesses of the corporations in particular. Democrats can elevate these subjects into a revitalized statement about the party's purpose and identity.
Within this broadened discourse, intrinsic Democratic principles need no longer be submerged or appear disfigured. Principles such as equity and opportunity, a populist skepticism of private power, and a government able to respond to people in need and to lead the nation, take on new life and meaning and create distinctions that make voting worthwhile.
The Middle-Class Project
The Democrats need to reassert their claim to represent the majority of working Americans. The working middle class needs to figure at least as centrally in the party's identity as the traditional blue-collar imagery of the New Deal coalition because in our time the working middle class constitutes the broad majority.
To reach the middle class today, Democrats need to accommodate "middle-class consciousness," containing three primary and interconnected principles: work, reward for work, and restraint. Most Americans, including both those who formed the New Deal coalition and those who constitute the potentially expanded base, believe that work is a central value. Working people contribute to society, create the wealth, and carry the burden of taxes. They have learned and accepted the rules that govern social behavior, and they expect, in turn, to get a fair reward for their work. As the primaries were coming to a close in June 1988 voters thought Michael Dukakis' references to "good jobs at good wages" signaled a respect for work, and they inferred that he was "a middle-class kind of guy" That was all obscured by August; the lesson should help guide the future.
The middle class today perceives itself as "squeezed" between the rich and the poor, neither of whom play by the rules, but seek their reward through shortcuts or special claims -- tax breaks, windfalls, and welfare. Middleclass consciousness deplores the lack of
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