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I am but a pen,
Not even a sword.
I have naught but words,
No skill may I afford.
Truly it is sad,
That it has come to this.
But if you are in need of writing,
Then let my words bring you bliss.
So tell me, what would you have me write tonight?
Lie to MeThere are those who stare into the water's edge.
Gleaming eyes fixed upon their reflections.
I am beautiful! they say to themselves,
And all of you must accept that as true!
To say otherwise would be a social suicide.
Their friends will defend them to the bitterest end.
In a circle of illusions cast by the group,
You are forced to accept this person as 'pretty'.
To me you are not beautiful, you are simply lazy.
You have done nothing for yourself,
And now you wish me to accept you?
But I must tell you the truth.
And though that truth may wound you,
I believe it is for the best:
Because girl, dayum! You just look so bad that my eyes are cryin' YOU a river.
- Chen Yuan Wen, 11th August 2013
Are We Not Free?Are We Not Free?:
Ye say that nothin' changes;
That all we're tryin' t' do is fer naught.
Ye say that nothing's wrong,
That we should be acceptin' of our fate.
But why should we simply accept things as they are?
Are we no' a free people?
Are we no' allowed t' speak our minds?
Every man, every woman in this land,
Has the freedom t' choose their own path.
If our ideals must beg us differ,
Then that too is a part of the change that grips us.
What exactly do ye have t' fear?
If yer stoic in ye ideal that nothin' will ever change.
Why not simply ignore us;
A passin' flight o' fancy that we are...
Yet still ye try, ye attempt t' change our minds.
Ye pacify us with the notion of acceptance,
Highlightin' the fact that the world is fine.
Ye say that this is the way that things should be!
That m'friend, is yer personal freedom;
I'll not impinge upon it, fer it be yours.
I only ask, if ye could kindly mind,
Not to treat us, like we're bleedin' blind...
-Chen Yuan Wen, 18th July 2013
What Are You To Me?What Are You To Me?:
I have walked in this world,
And they have told me of kings.
Of brave rulers who make the tough choices,
Men of example and outstanding character.
But it was then that they said,
What is a king to a God?
What is a mere mortal to a higher power,
One who holds our fate in his hands?
They said he was benevolent and kind,
Wrathful and jealous, magnanimous and selfish alike.
He was the perfect ideal, embodying all things
And we were made in his image...
It was then that I was laughed at,
By he who asked this question:
What is a God, to a non-believer?
One who lives by the truth he sees...
He is the man who acts as per his morals.
He lives through his eyes and is judged by his fellows.
He submits to no higher being, not a one does he fear;
Comfortable with his own conscience...
But all three, I beg; I ask ye this:
For what is a king to a God,
A God to a non-believer,
And all three of them in comparison,
To the madman who watches the world burn...
What's Left Behind...Some days I find myself staggering from this hovel;
To stand with shaking legs upon the window ledge.
I look down at the tiny world below, wind rushing before me;
And I wonder if I'll be able to fly tonight...
The caress of the wind, so gentle upon my skin.
One step, one leap and I'd dip myself into the eye of the storm.
But just before my courage sends me;
Just before I take the final plunge.
I find myself looking back, at the world I'd leave behind...
Stacks of paper and a pot of ink,
Reams of stories too precious to burn.
Ideas and fears both rolled into one;
And pages of poetry left undone...
It always leaves me smiling...
For these were the treasures so close to my heart.
They are the wealth of my mind; my soul, my art.
And I could never ever leave them be,
Where another might burn them, without thinking of me...
"Apologies father, I cannot join you yet:
For in this world, a treasure still exists.
A treasure tha
I Am The Mighty!I Am The Mighty:
I remember this tale, from a time of brutality; from whence I would have gladly murdered a soul. For the fragile seek to transcend their pain, but ever are they poisoned by it.
This man I remember had called himself 'Mighty' and I watched from the stands as he delivered his speech. "You are the fools!" he cried to the audience, "for even as you mock me, I am whole. Through tragedies I've suffered, through pain I persevered. I am a greater man and your words may never hurt me."
Fool, is what I thought, for he seemed to take pride in this display. The crowd cheered him on, patting him on the back, but to me he lacked conviction. For I saw through the sham in his boast and I knew that his demons would haunt him again. This time a little earlier than needed.
"Yes my friends, I am a damaged man. I have been broken before and my spirit shattered," he continued to ramble, as I drew close to him.
You've suffered enough...My dearest child, do not weep, for I am here to wipe your tears away. Come, let us be free of these blankets; let us walk from these dim halls.
There lies what once was your body, fevered and eaten by disease. Your lips are cracked and bleeding, your arms are both thin and sallow. Do not fear them now, for they are long passed.
Come away now, for we must say your final goodbyes. Here to the mother and father that came to your bedside each day. Here to the brother, who shall honour your name. Do not be jealous of them, my dearest child. For you are simply moving ahead; you have not fallen behind.
"But why, why does it hurt so much?"
Why? Because the memories are still carried within you. Your attachments are still strong in this world. That which you didn't achieve, that which you haven't done. All of it is carried as chains upon your body and they will stop you from
Dear Father I Loved You, But...Dear Father, I loved you,
But this truth I shall say.
That you were the demon,
that made me this way!
And though I am hiding,
It's hard when it's lurking beneath:
This anger and hatred,
It's all I believe.
So don't speak or I'll hurt you,
I'm sorry, I'm sorry,
But you are the ending,
Of this broken story.
So tell me, dear Father,
What can you say,
To boy whom you twisted;
When you pushed him away.
Love Beyond the WindowWhen I was young, I believed in fairy tales.
I believed that if your heart willed it,
That love could overcome anything.
That one day, two lovers could always be together.
But those were simple lies I think...
After all, how does one reach across a window;
Reach across a screen...
To hold someone on the other side,
Before they slip through your fingers.
Like a lonely dance between air and water,
I can only stand on the surface of the lake,
And see her smiling on the other side.
Sometimes, I would draw pictures on the surface;
These thin useless arms of mine scrawling tiny doodles,
And she would smile and reply to each one:
Including a heart, for 'I love you'...
And each time I would feel,
As though I could soar through any distance,
As though I could run a hundred miles.
If only so I could see you;
If only because I missed you...
But enough I say...
Enough of this life
DesperationI wonder how many days you've spent feeling lost.
Thinking that you're going somewhere.
Never actually getting anywhere.
You look at the same four walls over and over again.
You can paint them in different colours,
But you know they're still the same.
And you convince yourself that you're making progress,
Nothing's changed, but you're making progress.
Things are getting worse, but you're making progress.
And then you wake up and realise,
That shit has hit the fan...
Suddenly you're forced to do the things you couldn't,
The kind of things that you were never comfortable with.
And you find out you can do them.
You find out that the only reason you couldn't,
Was because you were afraid to try.
It's hard - trying to take that first step.
It's hard - trying to convince yourself to take that chance.
Living With A LieYou sit there shaking; emotionally frozen.
You check the time on your watch, despite knowing it already.
The ever-present numbness, the cold feeling which clutches at your soul;
That is what you feel upon the dawn of the lie.
To know its nature, to know its being;
To have it spill upon your awareness.
What words would surmise such a bitter feeling:
Betrayal, grief?
Perhaps the use of dejection, p
Song of RaineShe scatters the seeds with her tiny hands.
And pictures the sunset in a distant land.
She dreams of places, where she'd be free.
With clouds as far as the eyes could see.
And there she'd dance to the song of the rain,
While I would watch from my window pane.
With a smile befitting such a lovely girl;
The daughter I lost, to a cruel world...
Sweet SerenityI have searched the very depths of my being,
Seeking the essence of the void...
To understand its nature,
To become a part of nothing...
For where else can we be free of turmoil,
Where else can a beaten soul go to rest?
If not in the comforting embrace of eternal oblivion?
Such is what I seek, away from the noise that burns at my ears.
Away from the many voices that drill into my mind.
For these are not the whispers of psychosis,
Nor the delusions of a twisted psyche.
Instead they are the whispers that are heard all around us;
The whispers of the every-man.
He who desires the body of another.
He who desires the fat of his wallet.
He who cares only for self-satisfaction
And He who wishes to stand above all.
Voices, voices, noisy voices...
Eternally spitting their foul words into me.
Even in the realm of fantasy I can no longer escape!
For they are here, and I read their words scrawled across th
We Were SoldiersYou'll never hear me say that there's glory in war.
It is ugly, it is painful, it is frightening...
But I know, in my heart;
Deep within this soul born of freedom.
That what I do, at times, is a necessity.
It is nerve-wracking, most days,
Knowing that when you wake up you may not make it home.
But still I am proud,
Because of what I have managed to achieve.
And tonight; I hope that you're proud of me,
Because I'm sending a hundred of my boys home.
I just wish that I was joining them this time...
The Nature of LeadershipMy friends,
I come before you as a Captain, but one who has learned from the ways of the past. I address you now to speak both of myself and of the belief that I hold for the future. We are humans, creatures of free thought and free speech. We gather in groups, connecting with those who are like-minded. We form these bonds because it is impossible for us to live alone, but even then, we think and act as freely for that is the gift of our being.
Yet even such gifts can be abused at times. Often we do not realise that the weight that our tongue may be enough to sink another in grief. Each word that we speak must be chosen carefully, for the power of the speaker compounds the weight of his speech. Some, carrying their first spark of greatness, might take this too far and abuse their strength. I was one of those individual, if you had known me in my early days. I spoke carelessly, without concern for any other and I viewed this as my given right. Indeed, I was shown to be very wrong.
I the
Secrets Should be SilentSecrets Should be Silent:
What is in the nature of a secret?
It is not to be known, nor to be seen.
It is that which we bury beneath layers of deceit.
Why then, do we bury poetry?
why then, do we bury prose?
Why secret that which is meant to be seen,
And showcase that which is meant to be secret?
Are the words of our soul less important,
Than mere phrases designed to seek attention?
Are the words that we carve from experience,
Taken as less than a general phrase of emotion?
...No, I would hope not.
For I do as any other might,
And my skeletons are kept under lock and key.
For a secret displayed remains secret no longer;
Merely a gossip's fancy.
-Chen Yuan Wen, 6th July 2013
Under YouUnder You:
Beneath the surface of the water,
There is silence, peace and darkness.
Blessed silence.
To mute the mouths of men,
To drown the voice of the world.
Surrounded by ignorance,
I choose not to hear your whispers.
Blessed peace.
Without death or pain,
Without birth and life;
Surrounded by denial,
I reject this sense of self.
Blessed darkness.
Without colour or light,
Denying all that is around me;
Surrounded by emptiness,
I am blind within this cage.
Muted, ignorant and blind,
I sleep beneath the surface of the lake.
Eternally drenched, eternally drowned,
I am the you beneath the surface.
-Chen Yuan Wen, 8th July 2013
Into The Mental AbyssInto The Mental Abyss:
To the edge of the very abyss I have travelled.
With worn feet, gone bloodied and bare;
Dragged upon stones that stretch like sharpened spines,
Leaving tattered spoils of flesh in my wake...
Even so, I am incapable of halting;
Like a zombie, I remain numb and hypnotised.
Shambling ever onward, toward the glimmer of light.
Eager to be behold the 'she' that awaits me:
A wonderous wellspring of inspiration and knowledge;
Perfect, yet fragile, in both shape and form...
It is her majesty, her radiance,
That leaves me drained...
Alone in the depths, I am humbled and awed.
Yet the admiration that I feel soon turns corrupt,
It renders my thoughts both dark and cracked...
For if any other were to find her,
They would wield her as a weapon.
They would have no need for inspiration.
Creative thought would be an utter simplicity:
Leaving a perfect world, without opportunity...
Indeed I could never share such a thing.
Jealousy leaves me ugly, but still I c
Listening to Voices...Lazy to read this? Scroll straight to the description for the audio narration!
The moon tonight is brilliant, for it casts an eerie-looking shadow upon the moss and the stone. At times I find myself wondering, is that me that I see? Or is it merely another side of me, one that hides amongst the shade?
Ugh, that horrid moaning! That evil rattling, rasping noise! It's driving itself into my skull again, like an annoying repetition that I can't seem to quiet. It screeches at times, like nails upon a chalkboard. It buries itself deep into the recesses of my mind and fills the hole with rot! A fetid fungus spitting serpentine venom from the eyes of a fox!
What? What are you saying? What do you mean! Tell me god damn it!
Ha...Ha...I can hear myself breathing; barely through the fog. The sound is far away, like the deeps of a bog. I can't believe that I'm rhyming, what the hell
Bones mend, but tell no lies.You have cataloged your scars
like your body is a library-
to be read through &
learned from.
You think of
all the little boys
whose greedy fingers
your pages.
You are angry-
cared for you
& breaking
your spine.
They left you
on a shelf
to gather dust.
& why
should you ever
forget that?
The Right Hand Curse ReversedEverything that my right hand has ever written
Comes from the heart and mind of a boy that is cursed
So from now on I'll learn to write with my left hand
In hope not expectation that this curse will be reversed
And then I shall sit in front of an open fire
Unflinching as each flame licks closer to my face
Not close enough though so it could swallow me whole
But just close enough so that it can have a taste
Of the beads of regret in my perspiration
That are forming and rolling down my furrowed brow
From a wildfire mind that is now out of control
Come thoughts that these damp morals fail to disallow
Everything that my right hand has ever written
Might as well have been scribed in invisible ink
With my thoughts being a vessel on a voyage of hope
And the weight of my memories causing it to sink
Right down to the depths of the deepest ocean floor
And left down there to rot beneath the sea bed
I thank the Lord that they'll remain out of reach
And that none of the words I've
In my head...In my head,
The birds that fly above me
Are the dragons of my kingdom.
In my head,
Cats and dogs are lions and wolves,
And my fish is a sea monster.
In my head,
My pen is a sword,
And I'm fighting witches and evil men
To find my prince charming.
In my head,
Butterflies spin through the air
And fly through my bedroom windows
To whisper things in a language
That only I understand.
In my head,
There is a world other than
These black and white dreams
And these faded grey skies.
In my head,
There is a universe.
Can't you see it, too?
One Like WaterWe speak.
We breathe.
We eat.
We pray.
We stand.
We sit.
We sing.
We dance.
We bleed.
We hurt.
We cry.
We laugh.
We smile
We write.
We read.
We colour.
We draw.
We love.
We grieve.
We fight.
We argue.
We play.
We work.
We all live.
We all die.
So tell me again.
How does
make us so different
from each other?
HomesickThey say home is where your heart is.
Right now I wonder
if that means I am away from home,
lost on the road
between here and there,
or that I am
Lost NovemberI am lost November,
with the breath of winter
at the hairline of its neck.
I am the blood orange that
sours a little too soon.
A thirty day intuition
to a season of good will.
A blip on the side of
the road that melts easily
out of sight, out of mind.
An unremembered instance
on a torn index page
of a forgotten, spineless book.
I am lost November.
Remember me the instance
when you feel unremembered too.
confessions of a misguided poetcertain things in my mind
would be better left unsaid,
such as:
i. how I stared at a bottle of pills
for an hour as if they would slide down
my throat on their own.
ii. when I stepped out of the shower
with bloody knees and didn't bother
to put a band aid over them.
iii. why I can't keep a smile long
enough for someone to take
my picture.
iv. who I wanted to be when I was
a little girl and who I am
right here and now.
v. where I tried to jump off a
bridge and landed in water
deep enough for me to swim in.
vi. what I wanted to scream at
you that day but I just stayed
silent and hoped you would forget.
no more pretty words and
ludicrous metaphors
today; just life,
the truth, and everything
that I never want to tell
anyone else.
Another Language called EnglishI took your adjectives for granted. There was something about the way you skipped over your 's'es and gleaned over your 'i's and 'e's, that never really made me want to kiss you. You'd sit there with your languid fingers clutching a book that was half finished, and read me words that were completely mispronounced. It would prickle me under my skin and I would grit my teeth, wondering when you would stop. I would never understand the english language you thought you spoke, and your confidence in your own words annoyed me.
It was comical when you spoke in front of our friends. Your mistaken pronunciation of the word 'pronunciation' in particular made them giggle. I would stand in a corner, clutching a glass of rum and coke and cringe, flushing in second hand embarrassment. You would smile at me from across the room, and continue with your tangled tongue as though nothing was wrong.
I felt sorry for you. But not sorry enough when you took your favourite writing pen from my d
A Little Bit of WonderlandHer name was Alyssa, and when she was nine, her mother built her Wonderland. After being raised on a healthy diet of Charles Dickens, Enid Blyton and J.M. Barrie, it seemed like the natural course of action. She created it out of paper, each scene indispensably, indisputably perfect in its imperfection.
And she did it because Alyssa was terrified of the idea of falling through a rabbit hole, into a place that allows magic only when you are confused. Mothers do the most impractical, exhausting things to show how much they love their children. It seemed a pity that it was this very effort that kept Alyssa up all night, staring at the paper people like they were coming to get her.
(If Alyssa's mother knew, she would have spent all her time trying to explain to the little girl that it wasn't just paper people she should be afraid of.)
God appeared to have a sense of humour when little Alice became Alyssa's best friend. She lives across the street, her hair always
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text: Comments on: J.P. Dumont on his way out? http://hockeytraderumors.com/j-p-dumont-on-his-way-out/ NHL - Hockey Trade Rumors, providing NHL Hockey Trade Rumors since 1996 Thu, 27 Nov 2014 00:35:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: BruMagnus http://hockeytraderumors.com/j-p-dumont-on-his-way-out/comment-page-1/#comment-260754 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:19:21 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress24/?p=16704#comment-260754 They'd have to give up a little more than just Eaves. Maybe a 2nd rounder as well. ]]> By: wayne2 http://hockeytraderumors.com/j-p-dumont-on-his-way-out/comment-page-1/#comment-260753 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:57:04 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress24/?p=16704#comment-260753 The sens want a top line forward and Dumont seem like a nice fit.Maybe Eaves for Dumont. ]]> By: habsoverserver http://hockeytraderumors.com/j-p-dumont-on-his-way-out/comment-page-1/#comment-260752 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:56:58 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress24/?p=16704#comment-260752 montreal has four wings who can score – kovalev, higgins and the kostitsyn brothers. dumont is an upgrade over the younger kostitsyn but montreal has a more pressing need at center. ]]> ructation


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SALT LAKE CITY — In the Broadway musical "Ragtime," the actor portraying Henry Ford sings the virtues of his most famous creation — the assembly line.
"Even people who ain't too clever can learn to tighten a nut forever. Attach one pedal, or pull one lever — for Henry Ford."
Through most of the 20th century, willing workers could land jobs that yielded middle-class security with no more training than a high school diploma, and often without one. In the 21st century, though, post-high school training is needed for most middle-class jobs, whether you're clever or not.
Many of those jobs don't require a four-year college degree, though. A new report from the Georgetown University Public Policy Institute calls them "middle jobs."
The report punctures the widespread belief that a four-year college degree is essential to earning a middle-class income. "Five Ways that Pay on the Way to the B.A." highlights a handful of pathways to middle jobs — those that require more training than a high school diploma but less than a bachelor's degree, and pay a middle-class income of $35,000 per year or more.
Mighty middle
One in every five U.S. jobs — and nearly half of all jobs that pay at least middle-class wages — are middle jobs. More than 11 million of those middle jobs pay $50,000 or more annually. Another four million middle jobs pay $75,000 or more, the report said.
The nation's 29 million middle jobs look even better when compared with the jobs high school graduates without additional training can get. In the past decade, recent high school graduates' wages fell by 12 percent to just $19,400 annually in 2011. That's below the poverty line for a family of four.
For recent graduates with no other training, it gets worse. One in four young high school graduates was unemployed in the past year, and more than half were underemployed.
Computer revolution
"Manufacturing is still the biggest industry in America, but it requires fewer than half the workers it used to," said report co-author Anthony Carnevale, who is director of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce.
Since the early 1980s, computerization has reframed the workplace, eliminating repetitive jobs and creating a need for workers with a variety of skills and problem-solving abilities, Carnevale said.
The changed job market increases the need for post-secondary education. In 1970, 75 percent of middle-class workers held only a high school diploma, or less. By 2007, just 40 percent of middle-class workers held a high school diploma or less.
"People used to get trained on the job," Carnevale said. "You could start on the loading dock, and end up as the CEO. Now you have to have higher skills on the first day. High school used to be enough, but it isn't anymore."
Moving up
Obtaining the right technical education to land a middle job can be a gateway to life in the U.S. middle class, the report said. And, a middle job can be a springboard toward a four-year college degree. Having that bachelor's degree will make a $1 million difference over a lifetime compared to wages of someone with a high school diploma alone, the report said.
To implement a middle job's springboard effect, a student might earn a registered nurse certificate at a two-year community college, then work in a hospital while earning a bachelor's degree in nursing.
Or, he or she might earn a Microsoft certificate in information technology, then work with computers while earning a bachelor's degree in computer science. Another student might serve an apprenticeship as a carpenter, then work in the building trade while completing a degree in construction management.
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Artist: Smokey Robotic
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Smokey Robotic has a song called Unlike Anyone? What's next, Jay-Z drops I'm Richer Than You? Rick Ross drops I've Got Giant Man Boobs? I'm sorry, that last one was uncalled for. Back to the matter at hand, the latest from the always eclectic crew features an uptempo beat from resident producers !llmind & Konrad that's unabashedly pop and bouncing. It's an unlikely backing for vocalists Seer and Father Dude to dive into loving someone through even the hardest times, but Smokey Robotic is the epitome of unlikely. Speaking of which, while this is a loose single, for more impossible to define music from Robotic be sure to cop their The Shark & The Helicopter album, available right here on The DJBooth.
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September 25, 2013 - Industry News
Mack Trucks Inc. announced that Stephen Roy has been named president of North American Sales & Marketing, effective Jan. 1, 2014. Roy has led the company's aftermarket business since 2008, and will succeed Kevin Flaherty, who is retiring after more than 40 years with the company.
Tags: Leadership, Mack Trucks
September 24, 2013 - Industry News
Paul Kokalis has been named president of Fontaine Modification. With more than 25 years at Fontaine Modification, he most recently served as vice president of operations for the company, which is part of the Marmon Highway Technologies Commercial Truck group.
Tags: Leadership, Fontaine Modification
September 23, 2013 - Industry News
The parent of several trucking operations, YRC Worldwide, has announced CEO James Welch has assumed the responsibilities as president of the company's national less-than-truckload service provider YRC Freight. He succeeds Jeff Rogers, who left the company for undisclosed reasons.
Tags: YRC Worldwide, YRC Freight, Leadership, Fleets
September 22, 2013 - Industry News
Randy Perry, fleet safety manager with Frito-Lay Corp., has been elected to the Trucker Buddy Board of Directors.
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EcoDual Inc., a provider of dual fuel systems for heavy-duty Class 8 trucks, announced the appointment of Mike Donoughe as president and CEO of the company.
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The new wave of EU sanctions against Russia for its involvement in the Ukraine crisis, has caused a rift in the Czech ruling coalition. Attending the EU talks in Brussels, the Czech prime minister made it clear that he did not believe sanctions would prove effective and said his country reserved the right to reject tightened sanctions if they were to cause disproportionately high economic losses. He promptly came under fire from the leader of the coalition Christian Democrats who compared this stand to the Munich Agreement of 1938. The prime minister has now received backing from Andrej Babiš, the leader of the second strongest party in the ruling coalition, who said he too could see little point in enforcing new sanctions against Russia when the last ones had failed to have any effect. He said the way forward appeared to be through political negotiations and noted that the Czech Republic could show its solidarity with Ukraine by more practical means such as sending aid or dispatching a field hospital there. The cabinet is to debate the issue at its session on Wednesday.
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Elite police units from the regions of Karlovy Vary, Ústí, and Central Bohemia, as well as in neighboring Germany, succeeded after a several-month-long operation in uncovering a gang of car thieves who caused at least five million crowns in damages. Three men in their 40s have been arrested. Searches of the suspects' premises uncovered parts from at least 40 vehicles.
Cooler temperatures expected only shortly before Christmas
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Police track down priceless 16th and 17th century statues
Czech police have revealed and returned to the original owners two priceless wooden statues dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries. The statues, of two saints, Jan Nepomuk and Vojtěch, were stolen around 20 years ago, from a church and a historic monuments depository. The discovery was made in April in neighboring Austria.
Transport train cars derail near Ostrava
Two cars of a Polish transport trained derailed on track near Ostrava late Friday and were dragged 1.5 kilometres along the side of the route before the vehicle stopped, broken into three pieces. No one was hurt on the incident. Damage to the railways, including utility poles which were struck down, has been tabulated at 5.6 million crowns. Use of the route will be limited for the next few weeks as repairs are conducted.
PM against 14 percent wage increase for politicians
The Social Democrat leadership has come out against a proposed monthly wage increase for members of the legislature and the executive branch proposed by the budget committee of the lower house. If passed, MPs would see their monthly salary jump by more than 8000 crowns to 64 thousand. Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka wants to meet with party MPs to discuss the matter. He is reportedly in favour of an increase of 3.5 percent, the same as for state employees.
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What is Canadian Cuisine?
- cloudshoveller Jul 9, 2010 02:00 PM
My Sister-in-Law is Taiwanese and moved to Canada (AB) when she married my Brother two years ago. In that time she went from not knowing how to boil water to being a pretty decent cook.
Her family is now coming to visit Canada and she (with my help) would like to make them a dinner consisting of a "Canadian" menu.
She does not want any Asian dishes as in "these are the Asian dishes Canadians eat" as her family already cooks and eats Asian. She wants true Canadian food.
Having been born in Canada this leaves me puzzling the question "what is Canadian food"? We would love some input of fellow foodies. My sister-in-law's kitchen skills are not up to suggestions such as "pemmican" but certainly she could handle creatively prepared salmon etc...
We have until the fall to get a menu together so feel free to discuss...I wasn't sure quite what to tell her when she asked me "What Are the Quintessential Canadian Foods?"
This is a fun topic - may I suggest you repost it on Home Cooking so people in other parts of Canada and expats like me could weigh in?
re: ipsedixit
never been to canada have you,there is a western part as well that have never seen seal meat,jowls? poutines not bad .alberta beef is king(ya im biased)not many canadians eat seal(maritimes thing)
re: ipsedixit
forgot the lol.my post was supposed to be lite hearted .cheers
I would think it would be heavy on fish, game and beef. Because it is cold and in North America, I would think dairy would be a big influence. As far as fish, lots of Salmon and Halibut. I'm sure there are more especially from the Nova Scotia area.
They have a large french population so french cuisine would have a big influence. There would be a lot of great pastries. Whatever cuisine the native americans (a large population) contribute. I understand bison is popular.
It tends to be cold in Canada. It has been my experience that cold climates like high calorie dishes because the cold makes them burn those calories quickly. Like wise because of the cold, they are gonna like braising so pot roasts and short ribs will be popular.
Canada probably isn't big on heavily spiced foods like the in Louisiana or Mexican spices.
Ok, Ok so it is total speculation.... but I bet I'm right. :-)
Alberta has a lot of folks of Ukrainian descent. Pyrogis are a pretty common food served there (also called wereneke, by Albertan Mennonites http://indirectheat.blogspot.com/2009... ). Taber corn is lovely in Alberta in August. While people think of poutine as Canadian, it is primarily Quebecois (indeed, I don't think you can get cheese curds easily in Alberta, or you couldn't the last time I lived there). Alberta beef is probably the best beef I've ever had (much more flavourful than the corn-finished stuff you get in the U.S.). Might serve steaks.
re: Indirect Heat
You can get cheese curds in Alberta these days - Our Sobey's carries Bothwell brand and the Walmart Supercentre carries St. Albert curds.
re: mrbigshotno.1
Excuse me?? That'd be a Timbit! Doughnuts are average.
If you're talking the Maritimes it's seafood including great mussels and oysters. Also Arcadian foods that are a blend of French and North American like Maple Pie and Tourtiere. Quebec, likewise, the French influence and, more recently, MIddle Eastern, while Ontario would be heavily influenced by British and Scottish foods. Think Shepherd's Pie.
The Plains provinces, including Alberta, would be grains and beef. The influences are Eastern European, as someone else has already suggested, and Scandinavian. I"d suggest if you start with a hearty whole wheat or whole grain bread and a root vegetable soup, then the rest could be the kind of meat and potatoes thing that would be popular in the American Midwest. Pyrogys would be familiar too.
BC is a wonderful poiyglot: Indian, German, British and Scotch. Always salmon.
I would do a little research at Canadian Living magazine which has put out some awesome cookbooks and has great recipes on a monthly basis.
Since your sister-inlaw is living in Alberta I totally second the beef suggestion. Man, I miss Canadian beef.
Butter Tarts are very Canadian but at that time of year I would serve Saskatoon Berry pie. Also I would serve some of the great wines that are coming out of the Okanagan like Hillside Estates or Blasted Church or Burrowing Owl.
I hope that her family enjoys there stay in Canada it will be beautiful at that time of year.
re: dessert diva
Oh, too stupid that I forgot! Dessert diva, you win! Of course, butter tarts and saskatoon pie! Saskatoons are not available anywhere besides Canada, and butter tarts are an adaptation of pecan pie (sans pecans) only available in Canada. And serve Iniskillin icewine! And rhubarb! Rhubarb pie! *sigh*
I've been gone 13 years. I miss all of those things...
re: Indirect Heat
Saskatoon berries are also called service berries, and you can find them in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota- and I would think any of the other northern States.
While butter tarts are somewhat similar to pecan pie, I wouldn't consider them an adaptation of pecan pie, since the butter tart evolved independently from the pecan pie. Different crust (and the flaky crust is an important part of a good butter tart, whereas pecan pie usually seems to be more about the pecans & filling), different texture to the sugar/butter filling, different ratio of crust to filling. Different animal, if you ask me. Sugar Pie/ Tarte au Sucre is also closely related, as is Shoofly Pie and Chess Pie. I would even go so far to say Momofuku's Crack Pie is very distantly related, although once again, completely different texture and ratios.
While I would consider the butter tart to be very Ontarian, I was surprised when I brought some butter tarts to a friend's house recently, and she and her sister told me they had never tried butter tarts before. They are 2 Toronto born-and-raised 30somethings who are very food-focused and open-minded foodwise when it comes to cooking or dining out. Regardless of how "Canadian" a specific food is, there will be at least some very "Canadian" people who don't eat it or haven't tried it.
While I don't believe there is one Canadian cuisine that would be common to most or all Canadians, especially as Canada becomes more and more multicultural, I would suggest there are several distinct regional cuisines in Canada, as well as particular foods that are popular in certain regions. Most Canadian cookbooks break Canadian cuisine into West Coast, Prairies, Ontario, Quebec and Maritimes sections. It's also possible to buy regional cookbooks, focusing on Prairie cooking, or Quebecoise cooking, etc. If the OP's sister-in-law is interested in seeing what many born-and-bred Albertans eat at home, she could look into buying a community cookbook, often put out by churches, schools or service clubs, where people have submitted their favourite recipes, which are often regional favourites. I have several community cookbooks from Saskatchewan (they actually sell them at the gift shop in the Regina airport), and different parts of rural Ontario.
When I lived in Western Canada, certain pastries like butterhorns and chocolate puffed wheat squares were common, but I have never seen them in Ontario or Quebec. .
Kraft Dinner (similar to Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, but the Cdn version tastes different) has a special place in many Canadian hearts. The Bloody Caesar is a very Canadian drink and invention. While not distinctly Cdn, chip wagons (selling fresh cut fries out of trailers) are a very Cdn summertime treat, and dousing them white or malt vinegar makes them even more Canadian. Same goes with cowboy beans. While they taste a lot like baked beans in bbq sauce, they show up on pretty much every plate of food in AB around Stampede season.
Other Cdn foods:
re: souschef
Mmm Nanaimo bars! A must have Canadian treat. My mom used to make them every Christmas when we lived in Vancouver.
True Canadian food? I can't really think of much...
But there will be some great ingredients in the fall... apples, pears, fish, beef, squash, maple syrup, I'd definitely do something with maple syrup. To me the best thing would be getting some great local products and preparing them simply as opposed to some obscure dish us Canadians don't actually eat.
re: AndrewK512
"the best thing would be getting some great local products and preparing them simply as opposed to some obscure dish us Canadians don't actually eat."
Excellent viewpoint. I think that whenever you read about any country's iconic dishes they are rarely ones regularly eaten at home on day-to-day basis
re: AndrewK512
I have a wonderful recipe for Cedar Planked Salmon with Maple Syrup - which gives you both the salmon and mayple syrup (and I got it while in Canada from a Canadian Catering Chef). I don't usually eat much fish, but this was wonderful. Let me know if you want the recipe.
re: boyzoma
I would love the recipe boyzoma. I've got a freezer full of salmon and a husband who doesn't love fish.
re: just_M
Certainly. Here you go. FYI - I don't have a cedar plank, so I have left that part off when I cook it. But it is still fantastic.
1 cup pure maple syrup
1 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
3 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons finely grated peeled fresh ginger root
2 1/2 lb. center cut salmon fillet with skin
greens from 1 bunch scallions
1. Simmer above ingredients in a small heavy saucepan for about 30 minutes, or until reduced to about 1 cup.
2. Preheat oven to 350 F - if using a cedar plank, lightly oil and heat in middle of oven for 15 minutes or lightly oil shallow baking pan large enough to hold salmon.
3. Arrange scallion greens in one layer on plank or baking pan. Place salmon skin side down on scallion greens and brush with half of glaze. Season with salt and pepper and roast in middle of oven just until cooked through-approx. 20 minutes if using baking pan and 35 minutes for the plank. Heat remaining glaze in a small saucepan over low heat just until warm. Stir in 1 tablespoon lemon juice and serve over salmon as a sauce.
re: boyzoma
Thanks so much - I can't wait to try this!
In Quebec I have seen people go wild for Poutine (a messy gravy over cheese curds and fried potatoes dish) but I could never get up enough courage to try it myself.
And in Vancouver, after seeing many restaurants advertising Chinese-Canadian food, I couldn't help but wonder if critics pooh-poohed them there as they do our Chinese-American cuisine?
re: DonShirer
Oh, you must try it! The poutine that is.
Peameal bacon and Habitant brand soup :)
More seriously, locally made things like Oka cheese. Wild rice. Fiddleheads. Game. Wild mushrooms.
Many Quebecois dishes have been mentioned - there's also very distinctive East Coast dishes such as hard bread, salt cod dishes, etc. You could do a Jiggs dinner or another east coast themed meal.
Overall though, I would look to how specific cultures have adapted their cuisine for this country and what makes the Canadian variants Canadian
e.g. in parts of Ontario and the Prairies, with Mennonite cuisine, you notice the differences between Mennonites who've lived in Canada for 100 years vs. their relatives who live in Mexico.
The Canadian variations are certainly blander, more beef than pig-focused, and more wheat-based, for sure.
re: MerBot
I grew up on Habitant pea soup. Gross.
I think that what you're going to discover during your preparation and research is that Canadian cuisine is 1) regional and 2) multi-cultural. That does mean that Asian cuisines (including Taiwanese dishes are fair game, and you've got a lot of culinary influences to work with. Rainey's suggestion of Canadian Living is a good one, as is a trip to the local public library.
You can do the stereotypical stuff if you want, but I think that showcasing the ingredients from each of the ingredients might be a better way to go. That shouldn't be hard as you've already indicated that you're in Alberta, so unless you're in say, Ft. Vermillion or Hinton, you should have pretty good access to great ingredients as well.
Off the top of my head, I'd try to showcase at least the following:
- Alberta beef (great stuff; I miss it myself)
- East and West Coast seafood (esp salmon and lobsters)
- Saskatoon berries, cloudberries, wild blueberries
- Quebec raw-milk cheeses (stick with the milder ones; Taiwan isn't that fond of the more exotic cheeses)
- Quebec foie gras
- BC and Ontario wines, Quebec cider
Someone will also ask for syrup.
re: wattacetti
Add Nova Scotia Salmon; Yukon char; Quebec, creton, ployes and boudan.
Serve Molson beer, don flannel shirts, stand and sing "Oh Canada".
re: Passadumkeg
And then congregate around the electric hearth to watch Red Green. ;-)
re: buttertart
I actually was thinking of recommending a Possum Lodge Pot Luck.
re: Passadumkeg
He has a distinctly eastern Canada vibe to me, maybe Muskoka or Peterborough area, or Ottawa Valley. Not Alberta. But I could swear Dalton used to run the store in Port Franks and some of the guys used to hang with my dad.
re: buttertart
I thought the Calabogie Lakes area or Black Donald Mines. If only I had access to a scanner. but Red is too low class for Renfrew.
re: Passadumkeg
Yeah, the accent is pretty much Ottawa area.
re: buttertart
Great Northern Pike fillets fried in bacon grease, w/ steamed new potatoes w/ butter & fresh dill.
Moose burgers.
An Orange Squash?
re: Passadumkeg
I haven't had a piece of pike since I was little...potatoes with mint...roast moose sirloin...wild mushrooms. Peach pie with my mom's crust for dessert.
re: buttertart
A Maritime Provences theme? Fish cakes and beans for brekkie, a pot of steamers an PEI mussels w/ baguette & Moosehead beer for lunch, and fin haddie or salt fish and potatoes w/ pork scraps for summer w/ Canadien Royal or other rye whiskey for cocktails. Cod tongues and cheeks for starters.
For music play Ian & Sylvia's Nova Scotia Farwell & Nancy Whiskey;
"Farewell to Nova Scotia the Sea bound coast,
May your mountains dark and dreary be...
From past experience of visiting friends/family ... they want to eat what your sister in law would eat. Let's face it, her family is probably wondering how she is adjusting to Canadian life. So show them!
I was born in Hong Kong, but raised in Toronto...I have a very hard time telling you what is stereotypical Canadian cuisine..I can tell you what OTHER people stereotype as Canadian (poutine, butter tarts), but can't say I grew up eating the stuff (though I did grow up eating doughnuts). When I think about Canadian food, and what I really miss...Jamaican beef patties!!!
My mom is a great cook, so she made amazing (yes Chinese!) meals, but highlighting the ingredients of better quality then what the visitors could get back "home". Salmon, crab, lobster, corn, broccoli, apples (of the non Red Delicious variety), cherries ...all went over very well. We also lived in a mostly Greek area...my mom makes a great Spanakopita. We roasted turkey (with a chinese style marinade) and made turkey congee with the bones afterwards. Lasagna, pasta... all things we ate at home in Canada.
re: gnomatic
I second the community cookbooks phoenikia some of my favourite recipes have come out of the ones I got in school. Most are very simple and very telling of what the community food was like at the time of publishing. Many a jellied salad.
Wattacetti I really like what you say about Canadian food being multi-cultural. The dishes that I miss most from home would be perogis, dry ribs, and fantastic Greek food. Most of my friends had assumed that Canadians' eat poutine and maple syrup. However I'm more likely to make butter chicken for supper than poutine.
re: dessert diva
Could you elaborate on the dry ribs? I think I've had them at a Greek restaurant in Terrace BC. What I recall is pork ribs roasted with Greek style spicing.
re: paulj
Dry ribs are cubes of pork that are lightly coated in flour and spices then deep fried when they come out of the fryer they are tossed in lemon juice and more spice mixture. The places that I know you can get these keep the recipe pretty close to their chest but next time I'm home I'll try to deconstruct them better.
I usually tell people that we don't have our own cuisine because we imported everyone else's.
For Taiwanese visiting Alberta I'd go with a good steak - do a dry rub, and toss it on the barbecue. Roast baby new potatoes in foil with butter and herbs along side it, and for veggies go with a simple garden salad, and whatever is fresh and local (winter squash if it's later, corn on the cob if it's earlier). Serve with ice cold bottles of local beer.
BTW, my brother lives in AB and I live in Taiwan. Beef in Taiwan is pretty much all imported, from the US or Australia, and is significantly more expensive that the locally produced pork and chicken. Garden salads are not part of traditional Taiwanese cooking (or any raw vegetable for that matter). I don' think I've ever seen the new little potatoes in the stores. And the local beer (called Taiwan Beer) is a very standard basic lager, so a nice Big Rock Pale Ale or Wheat Beer would be a different type of beer. For non-alcoholic drinks, try Canada Dry ginger-ale, as ginger ale is not common here, although you can find it in cans tucked away in the alcohol section. For dessert - maybe a fruit pie with ice cream.
(And if you don't want to serve beer, you can always mail it to me)
re: tastesgoodwhatisit
Rhubarb pie! That's classic Canadian dessert. And sadly, the further south you head, the harder rhubarb is to find (in Texas, I've paid as much as $7 a pound for good rhubarb)...
re: tastesgoodwhatisit
Being from London, Ont., and having lived in Taipei, this sounds like the best solution given that the OP is in AB, as long as the relatives eat beef (I knew a lady who was a devout Buddhist and would not eat it, although she ate other meats). Not too rare on those steaks. And a nice local fruit pie for dessert - peaches would be great - (or Nanaimo bars and butter tarts - although bts are more Ontario I believe and nbs of course BC). I posted my mom's recipe for butter tarts in honour of her on Canada Day.
You haven't lived until you've had Newfoundland Screech Cake! It's the classic French Savarin, but with Screech (Newfie rum) used in the soaking syrup. Available only at Le Café at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. Going for some next Saturday after a Celtic Woman concert.
Easy to make btw.
re: souschef
Holy cow! My dad used to get that off his Newfie pal. Pretty darn strong.
re: buttertart
It is so diluted with the soaking syrup that you taste it without getting a buzz. Served with whipped cream on the side.
BTW Pierre Hermé has a good savarin recipe in his chocolate desserts book. I have made it a couple of times, and it works really well, apart from needing more syrup than he specifies.
re: souschef
That's something I have to do, make yeasted desserts. Haven't done it in ages.
re: buttertart
These are all great suggestions! I am taking notes as I look over the replies and thinking of what will be in season as well as weighing my SIL's skill and the philosophy behind the exercise. Thanks for the specific recipes also. My SIL will use all your replies as inspiration to add to her daily cooking for her meals for her and my Brother so this is great!
Ooh this is interesting. If it were up to me, here's what I would do:
I would open with a butternut squash soup, particularly if it's falltime and the local winter squashes are available.
I would probably do a nice big hunk of alberta beef for a main course. Serve it with potatos (baked or mashed) and some sauteed chanterelle mushrooms on the side. These should be available locally in the falltime.
Try canadian wines or why not canadian beers with dinner? Maybe a bit too filling...
For dessert I'd serve apple pie/crumble/tart from a local farm. It would even be fun to go apple picking with the family if it's the right time of year. I'd also serve an ice cider at the end of the meal.
Other ideas include bison, venison, moose. Maybe a platter of canadian cheeses with a couple of interesting Canadian wines. Umm, nanaimo bars, maple syrup, canada goose, local rabbit...
If it's going to be close to Canadian Thanksgiving, consider an early turkey dinner with all the fixings. I love fall-themed menus including butternut squash, sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie...etc. You could use the turkey carcass for chicken-noodle soup the next day, or for some turkey congee.
You could also look up Jean Pare's Company's Coming cookbooks for some retro Canadian food.
I also agree with other replies regarding the diversity of Canadian food. Until I lived in other parts of Canada, I never realized how common pyrogies, cabbage rolls, puffed wheat squares and rhubarb were in Alberta!
re: mobirose
What's a puffed wheat square? Recipe please?
re: buttertart
Puffed wheat squares are similar to Rice Krispie squares except made with puffed wheat cereal and cocoa. I grew up in ON/PQ. I only came across puffed wheat squares when I moved to Calgary.
re: maplesugar
They sound quite good. I grew up in SW ON and never heard of them.
re: buttertart
Puffed Wheat squares were a staple in my house as a kid. Super simple too.
puffed wheat, corn syrup, coca, butter, and brown sugar. different ratios can be found all over but those are the basic ingredients. I personally like my squares very thick, 2-3 inches, and a little gooy so I tend to go for a higher butter content.
re: dessert diva
They look good, I always liked puffed wheat as a cereal. Somehow I see the fine hand of the Alberta Grain Board or equivalent promulgating this recipe!
re: buttertart
I'm SW ON born and bred and we had puffed wheat squares all the time. My mom still makes them sometimes. She had family on the prairies, though; that may be where it came from.
re: buttertart
I haven't made these in probably 10 years! I originally got this from a childhood friend:
1/3 cup butter
1/2 cup corn syrup
1 cup brown sugar
2 tbsp cocoa
1 tsp vanilla
8 cups puffed wheat
Combine butter, corn syrup, sugar and cocoa powder in a heavy saucepan. Briing to a boil. Remove from heat and add vanilla. Pour over puffed wheat. Mix well and press into a greased pan.
Wow lots of really great suggestions. I love the suggestion to just get a Canadian Living magazine and go from there. - they have some great recipes. Here are my two bits:
- a must: BBQ steaks (BBQing is a great Canadian pass time) with baked potato and Caesar salad
- cedar planked salmon
- fruit pie
- rice krispie squares
- nanaimo bars
- macaroni and cheese
- weenies and beanies (not kidding!)
- rice pudding
- halibut with mango (or other fruit) salsa
- make a thanksgiving dinner - turkey, stuffing, yams, mashed potato, broccoli and cheese sauce
- clam chowder
- Omelet
- pancakes
- chocolate chip cookies
- beef stew with biscuits
- chili
- salmon burgers
- and of course Timbits!
re: julesincoq
I'm with you except for the hotdogs in the baked beans - Mom only did that for my sister who wouldn't eat baked beans without them. :)
I was considering the label of "Canadian Food" just the other day. It's a tough one. I grew up in New England and moved to Ontario, and the food culture is very similar between the two. (Though New England also has a few items that are more regionally Maritimes than Ontario.) Aside from a few key dishes that I know wouldn't be found outside of New England, I'd have a hard time listing off items of "American Cuisine".
There are a lot of great ideas already in this thread, and I can really get behind the idea of a Thanksgiving dinner. Even if you do a truncated version with a whole roast chicken or turkey breast instead of the whole turkey, it should be enjoyable for all. Sunday roast (beef or pork) dinner would be a decent idea as well.
I think really anything you grew up eating is the right answer.


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Oregon Scientific TM Ssmart Blood Pressure Monitor (BPU321OS), youve made the first step toward monitoring of your blood pressure level. We hope it...iOS Version 1.0.4 ... Added: 11/04/14Total Downloads1Last Week1
AGE are the world's leading home health equipment Manufacture. with most products sphygmomanometer, blood glucose testing products and other high...Android Version 1.0 ... Added: 11/06/12Total Downloads5Last Week1
Blood Pressure Monitor HD Finally an easy and accurate method to monitor your heart pressure. Main Features Add/Edit/Delete unlimited records...iOS Version 1.0 ... Added: 08/27/10Total Downloads1Last Week1
AT Blood Pressure Monitor, product of Afanche Technologies, Inc. is a handy tool to keep track of your blood pressure. Just tell the App your...iOS Version 1.0 ... Added: 03/17/10Total Downloads0Last Week0
Simple and easy to use application for quick registering of measurement results of the blood pressure. It is the stuff but not the fluff no pseudo...iOS Version 1.2.1 ... Added: 04/20/14Total Downloads0Last Week0
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