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The 'news' has just reported that HRH Charlie is in "good spirits, up in Yorkshire still going about his Royal duties" Good Lord!!!
The big question is: how long can a labour last?
I cannot for the life of me see the point in them. They are nothing special, have never done anything special and I find the whole royal business quite embarrassing and cringe worthy to be honest.


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Explore the lives of some of Grand Haven's strangest and wickedest characters from the past. Tour their graves and hear their unique stories. Meet us outside the cemetery office and be prepared to walk the cemetery. Questions? Please call Jeanette in the Local History and Genealogy Dept.: 842-5560 ext. 225.Directions to Loutit District Library
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Recipe serves 8
PREP TIME 15 Minutes
COOK TIME 5 Minutes
FREEZE TIME 60 Minutes
- 3 cups toasted cinnamon cereal, coarsely crushed
- 4 cups Breyers® Natural Vanilla Ice Cream
- 1/2 cup Breyers™ Caramel Flavored Ice Cream Sauce, heated
- 1 cup fresh blueberries and/or sliced strawberries
Preheat oven to 350°.
Arrange cereal on aluminium-foil-lined baking sheet and bake 5 minutes or until crunchy; cool completely.
Shape Breyers® Natural Vanilla Ice Cream into 16 1/4-cup balls, then freeze 1 hour or until firm. Evenly coat Ice Cream with cereal, then freeze until ready to serve.
Arrange Ice Cream on serving plates. Drizzle with caramel ice cream topping, then sprinkle with berries. Garnish, if desired, with whipped cream.


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Bad judgment: On honoring Franklin Pierce
Winning the presidency certainly is a notable accomplishment. But it is what one does with that office that determines whether honors and glory are later justified.
Franklin Pierce started his political career promisingly enough. He developed an affection for John Locke and Andrew Jackson and was bold enough to volunteer for military service in the Mexican War (during which he twice fainted after being injured by his own horse).
Alas, Pierce was no Jackson or James K. Polk. Elected to the U.S. Senate, he resigned after the Whigs won a majority. Chosen as the Democratic nominee for President by party stalwarts in the proverbial "smoke-filled room," he won the White House on the popularity of the party Andrew Jackson had built. Once in office, he quickly unraveled Jackson's legacy.
Jackson was the most fervent of unionists. Though a Tennessean and a slave owner, he despised the hare-brained doctrines of secession and nullification and saved the Republic in the 1830s by making clear that he was willing to go to war to preserve it. Pierce fell in with the wrong factions in the Democratic Party and became both tool and spokesman for noxious "states' rights" arguments Jackson found appalling. His mishandling of the slavery question and national expansion reignited dormant embers, the flames of which later engulfed the nation.
Noting Pierce's role as a willing pawn of slavery interests, the House Executive Departments and Administration Committee has voted - unanimously - against HB 576, saying it "was unwilling to perpetually honor such a person." Those words might have been more biting had the authors encountered Pierce's criticism of Abraham Lincoln, made July 4, 1863, the day after Gettysburg: "How futile are all our efforts to maintain the Union by force of arms."
The man who would have dismantled the Union to avoid war has a statue and portrait at the State House and a highway named after him. Let the state give him no further honors.
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In the era of the app, it's all about content, and Intel knows this. That's why the second generation of the Core i3, i5 and i7 processors will have a specific media processing focus, Intel says.
Intel unveiled the next generation of Core processors today, a total of 29 new chips and adapters, saying that users can expect to see up to twice the performance in graphics processing compared to the original Core processors.
The boost in performance is due to Intel's new design that puts the graphics processor and the system processor on the same chip, allowing them to share the same cache memory. This improves graphics processing for everything from gaming to YouTube videos. It's not a new concept – other processors have done the same thing – but it is a first for the Core line.
Intel is also including some new features on the Core processors. Intel Quick Sync Video will make video transcoding much faster (17 times faster than other integrated graphics processors). Intel InTru 3D will make 3-D playback possible over an HDMI connection to a TV. And WiDi 2.0 will allow the Core processors to stream full HD (1080p) video.
This is all good news for media fanatics (who isn't at this point), but it still isn't as powerful as having a discrete graphics processor. Gamers especially will still want to have a separate graphics card to handle newer games.
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Bird Sense: What It's Like to Be a Bird
by Tim Birkhead
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What is going on inside the head of a nightingale as it sings, and how does its brain improvise? How do desert birds detect rain hundreds of kilometers away? How do birds navigate by using an innate magnetic compass? Tracing the history of how our knowledge about birds has grown, particularly through advances in technology over the past fifty years, Bird Sense tells captivating stories about how birds interact with one another and their environment.
Never before has there been a popular book about how intricately bird behavior is shaped by birds' senses. A lifetime spent studying birds has provided Tim Birkhead with a wealth of fieldwork experiences, insights, and a unique understanding of birds, all firmly grounded in science. No one who reads Bird Sense can fail to be dazzled by it.
Nothing on cockatiels. I skimmed the bits on parrots. I have no idea of the book's quality but without cockatiels it did not hold my interest.
I have been fascinated by birds all my life so I latched on to this book right away. Also, I took a year of animal behavior in college plus lab for a semester and also took a course in physiological psychology. Why am I telling you that? Because this book does use a lot of technical terms and refers to history of research behind each topic, I think that without an interest in birds, a reader might get discouraged or even bored but without a background in the technical terms, a reader may be lost or spend some time with the glossary in the back of the book.
This book is divided into different topics: Seeing, Hearing, Touch, Taste, Smell, Magnetic Sense and Emotions. Besides the glossary in the back, there is a section on notes with references, a bibliography, and index and a postscript.
My favorite chapter in this book is the one on Seeing. I had read recently in an article on the Internet that birds see more colors than we do. Humans have three different kinds of photoreceptors or commonly called cones. Ours are red, green and blue so all the colors that we perceive from those kinds of cones. But birds have the same cones but ultraviolent in addition. Because I don't know enough about UV light this fact makes me feel like I am fishing in the dark. I have cockatiels as pets. When I come home from my UVB treatment (as prescribed by a dermatologist) can they actually see a difference in me? Reading the information from the research prompted many interesting questions.
Here are just some of the questions that this book answers:
Can birds fly and sleep at the same time?
How can raptors see in very dim light?
What part of bird ears can grow back?
What career would John James Audubon have followed if he had obeyed his father's wishes?
What could prompt a bird to murder another bird?
I recommend this book to all bird lovers and people who really want to know how birds perceive the world.
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Amazon Best Books of the Month, April 2012: How do birds experience being alive? Bird behaviorist and scientific historian Tim Birkhead demystifies the world of experience of birds of all feathers from the inside out, showing how their unique physiology gives them sensory powers beyond our own—including the ability to see UV light, echolocate, and migrate by feeling magnetic forces. With the wit and wonder of David Attenborough, he relates how scientists have discovered what it means to be a bird, over centuries and as new technologies have opened a golden age of sensory knowledge. Undaunted by the breathtaking scope of avian diversity, Birkhead explores their varied realities—from "an emperor penguin diving in the inky blackness of the Antarctic seas" to "a flamingo, sensing invisible rain falling hundreds of kilometers away" to a robin, hearing an earthworm's "tiny bristles rustling against the sides" of his burrow, and dozens more marvelous avians.
Though his subject will appeal most deeply to bird lovers (and those who've wondered what it is like to be an ornithologist), Bird Sense will pique the curiosity of anyone interested in how any creature's experience of the world is shaped by the body it inhabits. –Mari Malcolm
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Looks at the adaptive significance of bird behavior. A lifetime spent in ornithological research and old-fashioned bird-watching has convinced the author that "we have consistently underestimated what goes on in a bird's head." He describes how using the latest available tools, neurobiologists have uncovered new aspects of bird perception--e.g., the fact that female birds that see in the ultraviolet range chose mates on the basis of characteristics we can't directly perceive such as plumage markings. Even more fascinating, Birkhead explains that some birds "tend to use their right eye for close-up activities like feeding and the left eye for more distant activities such as scanning for predators." Another unexpected discovery which he hopes may prove relevant to the treatment of neuro-degenerative brain disease in humans is the plasticity of the brains of birds that live in temperate regions.… (more)
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Attach your Freestyle HD to your board with the Surf Mounting Pad Secure 4"" x 6"" (100mm x 150mm) 3M VHB pad attaches to your board and a secondary fail safe pad with leash to prevent losing your Freestyle HD Ideal for all board sports including surfing, wakeboa...
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Camella \c(a)-mella, cam(el)-la\ as a girl's name has the meaning "helper to the priest" and is a variant of Camellia (Latin): the meaning of this old Roman surname, which probably originated in pre-Roman Italy, is not certain. Also a variant of Camilla (Latin): feminine of the old Roman family name Camillus, of obscure origin.
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Reawaken is a Horde guild on the US PvE server Staghelm, in Central time. We're a small, tight-knit guild geared around endgame PvE progression 4/6 SWP. Our members are composed entirely of exceptionally competent, serious raiders, and we have the results to prove it. Our raid DPS is consistently ranked in the top 40 worldwide (via WWS parses), and all our members have a strong belief in consistently raising the bar for our guild accomplishments.
Which is why we're looking for a specific type of player to join us. We're looking for highly motivated, dedicated players to add to our roster. We're not looking for players who are simply good at their class, we want raiders who are outstanding, who understand every aspect of their class, and constantly work to improve their game even further. We intend to be among the first guilds progressing into Sunwell, and we want like-minded players willing to help us in that goal. If any of this sounds like the type of thing you're interested in, here's the details:
Our general raid times are Sunday -> Thursday, 7pm – 11pm (CST). At present, we are only doing full 25man raids five days a week. We clear ZA most every reset, along with alt runs of SSC, TK, and Karazhan. We typically raid in a relaxed atmosphere, but with a firm emphasis on sustained efficiency. We expect our members to come prepared to our raids, meaning you are responsible for your own consumables.
Our loot system is (as far as we know) unique to Reawaken, and we believe it is one of the strengths of the guild. We run a hybridized loot council system, where you create "lists" of the items you are most interested in. New members are not placed in a situation where they'll be constantly passed over for loot, and the net result is fairly equitable distribution of loot to all members. We do maintain an 80% attendance as a part of our loot system. It's a different approach, entirely homegrown by Reawaken, and we like it quite a bit.
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Check out this years fantastic prizes from Compass Expeditions, Progressive Suspension and Global Rescue!
Other Winners (Free calendar plus HU Gold Membership, and share in the 2015 calendar profits)
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2013 Contest Prizes
Grand Prize is a South America Tour with Compass Expeditions!
Dec 2014 to Jan 2015 - This wonderful 9 day tour by Compass Expeditions explores the scenic wonderland of the famous Chilean Lakes District, the frontier lands of Chiloe Island and the epic riding experienced as you cross the Andes and ride into Argentina. As with all Compass Expeditions rides the lucky winner will be aboard a BMW F650GS Twin. Approximate Value at time of writing: $3990. You are responsible for your transport to the start point of the Tour. Airfares and transport are NOT included.
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GIBSON — Like many small towns struggling in tough economic times, routine infrastructure problems can become expensive budget-breakers that often require innovation and imagination to solve in an affordable way.
LAURINBURG — A Bennettsville man has been charged with attempting to murder his Laurinburg girlfriend, according to Laurinburg police.
LAURINBURG — Hours after incumbent Sheriff Shep Jones submitted to the North Carolina Board of Elections allegations that successful challenger Ralph Kersey and his supporters paid black residents in exchange for votes, Kersey was introduced at...
LAURINBURG — A series of light showers cast a cloud over Sunday's Christmas on Main event, thinning the crowd considerably from the thousands expected to turn out.
LAUREL HILL — A national company has brought a federal complaint against a Scotland County man's online retail business, saying the products sold there violate its patents.
PEMBROKE — The Board of Trustees of The University of North Carolina at Pembroke voted unanimously on Friday to name a 19-member Chancellor Search Committee to find a replacement for Chancellor Kyle R. Carter, who announced his retirement on...
It is the busiest time of the year for the airlines and the most traveled time of the year by automobile. Family members all across America rush to reconnect, reunite, and feast on what may well be their best and largest meal of the year.
LAURINBURG — Scotland County Sheriff Shep Jones on Friday appealed to the local Board of Elections its decision to dismiss his protest of the Nov. 4 sheriff's race.
LAURINBURG — After uncovering surveillance video from the remains of the Super Dollar variety store downtown, authorities have pinpointed a child as the cause of the Nov. 2 fire that destroyed the building.
An old Quaker came to the end of his days as a farmer; no longer did he have the strength to work the soil. So, he placed a sign on his land that read, "This farm will be given to anyone who is truly satisfied."
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A Christmas tree seven feet tall decorated by Ray McDaniel of Brady's Florist and Gifts and a doll house made by Frank Jute, a parishioner, are two reasons you might want to visit the Christmas Bazaar in the fellowship hall at St. Mary Catholic...
LAURINBURG — In case you missed it, Thursday was the Great American Smokeout, a nationwide promotion by the American Cancer Society aimed at encouraging people to quit using tobacco products.
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PEMBROKE — Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina voters Tuesday ousted two incumbents in the three contested races for Tribal Council and brought back a former councilman.
LAURINBURG — As if the contested sheriff's election is not enough to keep them busy, elections staff and members of the Scotland County Board of Elections had to come in the morning after Tuesday night's special meeting and perform a...
MAXTON — The Maxton Board of Commissioners decided on Tuesday to begin closing down one of the CSX railroad crossings in town — and use the money that will save to upgrade other crossings.
LAURINBURG — A divided elections board on Tuesday night voted to dismiss an elections protest filed Monday by incumbent Sheriff Shep Jones, saying he could not present enough evidence to prove alleged misconduct by successful opponent...
LAURINBURG – Scotland County has moved a step closer to being able to offer a limited number of free preventive tests for cervical and breast cancers for women unable to afford the potentially life-saving screenings.
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina's Medicaid office predicted Tuesday it would have a small surplus for this fiscal year despite a spike in prescription drug spending and continued enrollment growth for the health insurance program that serves...
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LAURINBURG — Scotland County Sheriff Shep Jones has filed a protest with the Scotland County Board of Elections, according to county elections director Dell Parker.
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Hillary Clinton Called Overweight, Tired By Authorby Free Britney at . Comments
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton continues to make news, and not just for the nearly impeccable job she's doing as America's top diplomat.
When she visited Bangladesh in early May, their human rights record wasn't the top news, nor was her speech on tensions within the country.
Instead, it was Hillary Clinton without makeup, as she went out in public sporting black framed glasses and red lipstick with her hair down.
Misguided as it was, most of that coverage was positive. Now, though, amidst rumors that she'll run for President in 2016, the knives are coming out.
The latest attack on Clinton came from Ed Klein, an author who has penned a number of controversial books, including The Truth About Hillary.
"At this very moment that we're speaking right now, Brian, [the Clintons] are already thinking seriously about running in 2016," Klein told Fox News.
"She'll be 69 years old. And I don't want to sound anti-feminist here, but she's not looking good ... She's looking overweight, and she's looking very tired."
Klein, whose new book on the current President, The Amateur, contains an Obama divorce story and his old girlfriend's, continued to comment on Clinton."I think she's going to take time off, get back into shape. And if her health holds out - that's a big if, of course - if her health holds out, there's no question in my mind she and Bill - two for the price of one - will run in 2016."
Despite widespread respect for Clinton, society as a whole is seemingly comfortable judging female politicians on issues beyond their policies.
Clinton, 64, will be the unquestioned Democratic frontrunner in 2016 regardless of whether President Obama wins a second term in 2012.
That alone tells you the respect she commands despite criticisms of her weight and appearance, but is it still unfair to judge her in such ways?
Is this blatant sexism, or just a harmless side effect of a society heavily conditioned to celebrity gossip and airbrushed photos? You tell us.
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she looks awesome even without a make up and i love and enjoy her books @ClintonHillaryR
Hillary is a true blessing to all of us. Hillary has been a terrific model for us all and maybe one day she will finally be our President. Go Hillary!
@Hatfield and McCoy Well, I can't argue with your reasoning on this subject. It's true. Hillary made a dumb move hangin' with the 'Bama Man, but suppose she thought the public exposure of a cabinet office, plus the experience gained as Sec. of State which translates to strengthening her Foreign Policy abilities was a draw for her. Still, she may pull off a possible later run. You hit on the money when you said that women in politics are seen as a threat! Sad, but true.
@Eyes. You ask why? Because Women in Politics are a threat. They tend to stay on course. Democrats would have been so much better off had they stayed their course in 08 and made her the selection. She would have won a 2nd term. Now they have this " Cluster F*ck" of a President who not only will lose but will lose big. If anything- her mistake was being tied to Obama- the present Administration. When people looked at Gerald Ford they saw Nixon- McCain- they saw Bush. The worst thing that can happen for a " H Clinton 2016" bid- its for Obama to win in 2012! Bill & his Bride- they both know it's true.
Who is this guy and why do we care what he says? She is good at her work and that is what we pay her for. He sound like a sexist to me
Why is it women in politics have to always be attacked regarding their looks...or comments are made about their morality??? The woman's did a lot in her life so far and it's only gonna show on ya eventually!
She has done an impeccable job as Sec of State. She hasn't had the luxury of resting on her laurels like our President. Boy, do I ever regret not voting for her in the last election. Leave it to this idiot, Ed Klein, to disregard her hard work and remarkable accomplishments and choose instead to comment on her weight. What a real dick this guy is.
Well, she's always been overweight, but look at ALL the presidents(and presidential wannabe's)...they all look tired(including Obama, who is much younger than Clinton!). It think its politics...must be an exhausting job. While she really doesn't look that good, most people that age look tired and overweight. She's still breathing, she could look a lot worse, give her a break.


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The Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) was an Australasian scientific team that explored part of Antarctica between 1911 and 1914. It was led by the Australian geologist Douglas Mawson, who was knighted for his achievements in leading the expedition. In 1910 he began to plan an expedition to chart the 2000-mile long coastline of Antarctica to the south of Australia. The Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science approved of his plans and contributed substantial funds for the expedition. The remaining funds were raised by public subscription and additional donations.
Accomplishments were made in geology, glaciology and terrestrial biology, unlike both of Ernest Shackleton's following expeditions which produced very little science.[1] In a celebration of the achievements of Mawson and his men, a centenary scientific voyage, retracing the route of the original expedition, departed from Australasia in late 2013 and became stuck on 24 December 2013.[2]
The team selected for the expedition came primarily from universities in Australia and New Zealand. Of the men who would occupy bases on the Antarctic continent, twenty-two were Australian residents. Four were New Zealanders, three British and one Swiss. Three of the leaders (Mawson, Wild and Davis) were veterans of other Antarctic voyages.
They would sail on the Newfoundland sealing vessel Aurora, a steam-powered sailing vessel with a length of 165 feet and a displacement of 600 tons. The ship underwent modifications for the trip, including adding three large tanks for storing fresh water. The Aurora captain was John King Davis.
The vessel departed for Macquarie Island on 2 December 1911,[3] arriving on 11 December after surviving stormy weather during the crossing. A second vessel, the Toroa, followed with supplies and passengers. Departing Macquarie Island on 23 December, the Aurora began exploring the coastal areas, during which the vessel and its men discovered and named King George V Land and Queen Mary Land.
Key members of the expedition included Frank Hurley as official photographer, Frank Wild as leader of the western base, Charles Hoadley as geologist, and Cecil Madigan as meteorologist.
The expedition built their main base, or winter quarters, at Cape Denison in Commonwealth Bay, where eighteen men spent the winter of 1912 and seven spent the winter of 1913. (Their huts still stand – two intact and two as ruins: Mawson's Huts, now managed as an historic site by the Australian Antarctic Division). They also built two auxiliary bases, a support base and wireless relay station on Macquarie Island initially headed by George Ainsworth, and a western base on the Shackleton Ice Shelf, but these two auxiliary bases no longer survive.
The teams at all three bases conducted routine scientific and meteorological observations, which were recorded in great detail in the voluminous reports of the expedition (not published until 1922-1942). They also overcame months of failures with equipment and masts by eventually establishing the first Antarctic wireless radio connection (linked to Hobart via a radio relay station established at Wireless Hill on Macquarie Island).[4]
Coastal and inland sledging journeys enabled the teams to explore previously unknown lands. In the second half of 1912, there were five major journeys from the main base and two from the western base.
Mawson himself was part of a three-man sledging team, the Far Eastern Party, with Xavier Mertz, and Lieutenant B. E. S. Ninnis who headed east on 10 November 1912 to survey King George V Land. On 14 December 1912,[5] after three weeks of excellent progress, the party was crossing the Ninnis Glacier, when Ninnis fell through a snow-covered crevasse. Mertz had skied over the crevasse lid, Mawson had been on his sled with his weight disbursed but Ninnis was jogging beside the second sled and his body weight is likely to have breached the lid. Six dogs, most of the party's rations, their tent and other essential supplies disappeared into a massive crevasse 480 km east of the main base. Mertz and Mawson spotted one dead and one injured dog on a ledge 46m down but Ninnis was never seen again.[6]
Mawson and Xavier Mertz turned back immediately. Their scanty provisions forced them to eat their remaining sled dogs, unwittingly causing a quick deterioration in the men's physical condition. The liver of one dog contains enough vitamin A to produce the condition called Hypervitaminosis A. Mertz became incapacitated and incoherent; in an attempt to nurse him back to health, Mawson fed him most of the dog livers, which he considered more nourishing than the tough muscle tissue. After Mertz died, Mawson continued alone for 30 days.[7] He cut his sled in half with a pen knife and dragged the sled with geological specimens but minimal food 160 km back to the base at Cape Denison. During the return trip to the Main Base, he fell through the lid of a crevasse and was saved only by his sledge wedging itself into the ice above him. When Mawson finally made it back to Cape Denison on 8 February 1913 the words of his first rescuer upon finding Mawson were, "My God, which one are you?"[8] However it was just hours after Davis's recovery party had left on the Aurora. The ship was recalled by wireless communication, only to have bad weather thwart the rescue effort. Mawson, and six men who had remained behind to look for him, wintered a second unplanned year until December 1913.
As the expedition commander Douglas Mawson was himself a geologist, the examination of the accessible (i.e., not covered by ice) rock formations of Wilkes Land was a key feature of the expedition.
The expedition is noted for having achieved the first discovery of a meteorite, a chondrite, 30 km west of Cape Denison.[9] Over the following century a trove of meteorites have been discovered in this region of Antarctica.
The location chosen by Mawson for the main base camp, at Cape Denison, proved to be one of the places on Earth with the strongest wind forces, with local morphology – the abrupt gradient between the East Antarctic ice plateau and the Antarctic Ocean - creating conditions ripe for the generation of near-continuous katabatic wind conditions.[10]
The Aurora carried a Marconi wireless set and another was set up at Cape Denison, but due to the competitive nature of Antarctic exploration at the time transmissions were kept to an absolute minimum. Atmospheric conditions associated with the Aurora Australis interfered with radio transmissions on many occasions, but the expedition parties were generally able to receive news from the outside world reasonably regularly.[11]
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A Day at the 2007 Vendy Awards: A thorough report with photos
- vvvindaloo Sep 29, 2007 06:53 PM
Let me start by stating that I love street food, and have never met a street food vendor that I didn't like. They are, for the most part, friendly, hard-working, honest, enterprising individuals (usually immigrants) who work long hours to provide NYers with some of the most tasty and interesting chow around. So I am happy to support them any way that I can, and I am so glad that I shelled out $60 (!) in advance for a ticket to this event. The Street Vendor Project is a campaign conceived and organized by the Urban Justice Center, an advocacy group serving low-income and marginalized NYers. Their annual event, the Vendy awards, is worth every penny (and includes free wine, beer, soda, and bottled water!).
This year's 5 contestants (in no particular order):
1) Veronica Julien from Veronica's Kitchen: purveyor of Trinidadian/Jamaican jerk chicken, curried goat, and oxtail stew downtown at Front Street and Pine;
2) Thiru "Dosa Man" Kumar from NY Dosas: purveyor of Sri Lankan -style (vegan) dosas and samosas at Washington Square South;
3) Muhammed Rahman from Kwik Meal: purveyor of Bengali-style Middle Eastern specialities such as Felafel, Marinated Lamb and Chicken pitas, and shrimp with rice at 46th Street and Sixth Avenue;
4) The Super Taco Crew, aka "Sobre Ruedas": purveyor of tacos, tortas, tamales, quesadillas, and more at 96th St. and B'way;
5) Farez (Freddy) Zeideia, the King of Falafel and Shawarma: purveyor of Middle-eastern style street food (falafel, shawarma, and chicken) at 30th Street and Broadway, Astoria;
I started out with Thiru's dosa. I know Thiru, his cart is located two blocks from my home 5 days a week (lucky me!), and he is a sweetheart. His food is also damn good. I was treated to a cup of vegetable soup while I waited in line- deliciously spicy, with big chunks of pepper, squash, onion and potato. next came the steamed lentil (sponge) patty with savory coconut chutney. Very different from anything I ever had- I would like to try it again, possibly with his other sauces. I was also handed a monster-sized, beautifully-golden, flaky samosa with potato and pea filling. Oh, was it good, and suprisingly light- I really wish they had offered some tamarind sauce with it. Finally, my dosa: a large, thin, crisp lentil/rice crepe filled with tangy potato, pepper, lettuce, and tomato- aka the "pondicherry dosa". Accompanied by the best green sauce I have ever tasted in any restaurant/kiosk representing food of the sub-continental region. A great success, in my book, although my one criticism would be that my particular dosa was a bit thin.
Next up: Super Taco. I am a big fan of Tacos, and a frequent whiner when it comes to the dearth of Cali-style Mexican taco carts (until I discovered Roosevelt Ave., of course, but that's another story). So I was Super Excited to try Super Taco- and I was not let down. Past experience has taught me to skip carne asada when it comes to tacos, so I stuck with the kind of taco I know best: pork. I ordered a pastor and a carnitas. Both came with some diced tomato, onion, and cilantro, and there were red and green salsas and lime wedges available, as well. The carnitas had the perfect texture of juiciness with crispy edges, but were slightly lacking in flavor. The pastor, on the other hand, with its sweet addition of pineapple and tangy spice marinade, was one of the best tacos I have ever tasted anywhere. A show-stopper. The tortillas themselves were good and fresh, but nothing particularly special.
Third: My Man Muhammad's lamb pita. I enjoyed Muhammad's food on many late-night breaks from work, during my days at a nearby midtown law firm, and while his food can be inconsistent, he never disappoints. His lamb is tender, moist, and tasty, and his white sauce must have magic fairy dust in it, because no one else's comes close. I also happen to think that he has the best pita bread around- warm and chewy, with a rich yellow color and crispy grill marks. His falafel is particular, too- tiny, moist balls of subtly-spiced chickpea. I wasn't too thrilled with the chicken pita, but the lamb was yummy as always.
Fourth: Freddy Zedeia, Mr. Personality. I love Freddy, and even if his food sucked, I bet he'd be successful at anything he did, as long as he flashed his famous smile. Luckily for him, his food is top-notch. I was treated to a fresh, hot falafel ball while I waited in line. Freddy's famous falafel is famous for a reason- toasty-brown in color, and slighty elongated in shape, they stick out from your usual round, pale falafel fare. These are simultaneously crunchy and smooth, the dark, cumbly exterior enveloping the multi-textured moist interior, apparently made up of a ground chickpea combination of smooth and chunky. Very cool. And now for the main dish- chicken over rice with cabbage, tomato, pickles, tahine and hot sauce. Wow, did this one go "pop" in my mouth. The chicken was nicely coated with a tangy marinade, and perfectly cooked, without being dried out from over-griddling. And the rice in a slightly red sauce was delicious in its own right, not merely a background for the rest. I loved the thick tahine and (very) hot sauce combo, too- I even dipped my extra falafel in it, for a fun side dish.
Finally: Veronica from Trinidad. Unfortunately, by the time I got to the front of the line (on which I waited the longest, for about 30 minutes), they had run out of all meat, as well as their famous mac cheese...I was bummed (even though I was painfully stuffed by then), but got a plate of steamed vegetables and spiced rice with both "jerk chicken gravy" and "curry chicken gravy", in order to get an idea of how these meats would have tasted. The vegetables (cabbage, pepper, carrot) were soft, wet, and sweet. The zesty rice, which was mixed with a few black beans, was well-cooked and quite flavorful. But the gravies were very very good, and totally made the rice taste like a meal. In fact, I plan to mosey on down to Front St. one of these days just to try some of the curried goat (which I had seen others eating earlier, and was really looking forward to) and chicken, as I cannot stop thinking about how good that gravy was.
Judges included Sara Moulton of Gourmet Magazine, Mo Rocca of Iron Chef, Michael Musto of The Village Voice, Ed Levine of NY Eats, Ron Kuby ("the people's attorney" of the City of NY ), and Manhattan Borough President, Scott Stringer. Before I tell you who the winner was, I'll upload some photos from each cart, four at a time, as that is the limit per post:
re: vvvindaloo
so did we just have bad luck in getting a duff batch of tacos? what we got was really kind of lousy.
re: wleatherette
I am sorry to hear that... mine tasted just like they look in the photos, if that helps you to judge.
re: vvvindaloo
they do look much, much better than what we were served. oh well.
re: wleatherette
It happens.... hey- I stood in line for 30 minutes at Veronica's Kitchen and all I got was rice! :) It wasn't even 6:30 yet!
re: vvvindaloo
i'm so glad that we ate early! if you ever find yourself way downtown, veronica's is worth a stop for that mac & cheese.
re: wleatherette
Probably not a fluke. Super Tacos is generally not that good. It's just good enough, but there are tons of better tacos in NYC. It makes me wonder how these vendors get nominated. Sammy's cart, the winner from last year, is the most inconsistent cart I've encountered. Good one time, really bad another, just OK another time, and every time I've been, it's always tasted different (spicing, sauce, etc.). That's a sign of poor or nonexistent management. Too bad.
re: vvvindaloo
Go Dosa Man, go!
Awesome. Thanks for the report. Oh, and I think you mean Ed Levine of Serious Eats, right?
re: kathryn
Actually, I should have written that he is the author of the famous book, New York Eats. Yes, he's the same guy who now does the Serious Eats website.
we had such a good time, and almost everything we had was fantastic. vvvindaloo's comments are so exhaustive that i'll just second most of them - dosas, chicken rice, and lamb pita were all terrific. the white sauce from kwik meal is truly impressive, and i agree that his pita is a cut above. from veronica julien's truck, we had nicely spiced jerk chicken, oxtail, and fabulous baked mac and cheese. the jerk wasn't as good as mckenzie's, but then what is? it's great food, and i'd say it's worth the trip to the financial district to try it.
the only disappointment was the taco truck. we had one of each taco on offer, and none were very good. the meats were dry, tough, and lacking in flavor, and the tortillas were really rubbery.
What a great day. I'm proud to say that I got my law firm to sponsor the event. What a great cause. The mayors of NY should be ashamed the way these folks are hassled. VVVindaloo got it covered pretty much but I'll add my 2 cents. Like Anthony Bourdain, I am pretty anti-vegan but the Dosa Man made me wonder what I've been missing. His samosa was outta sight too. And as a previous bridesmaid every year, he finally got to be the bride. I spoke to Levine, Moulton and also the bloggers' own Andrea "Strong Buzz "Strong who also judged. Ate everything, also Brooklyn Lager and Gus' sodas provided the beverages. My personal vote went to Veronica-the mac and cheese, jerk chicken and oxtail were phenomenal. Maybe next year. Thanks for the photos triple V but how come no shots of the belly dancers?
re: guttergourmet
we loved the gus soda, by the way - especially their "real" cola. it's definitely going on the shopping list.
re: wleatherette
I second that. That was the best pop I ever had.
re: guttergourmet
i considered posting the photo I have, but decided it wasn't really food-related. loved that purple outfit!
re: guttergourmet
Darn it, I can't believe I missed out on that mac and cheese.... props to you for getting your firm to sponsor- we need more events like this in NY.
re: guttergourmet
Also I met Saveur Food Editor Todd Coleman who offered up an eating tour in Queens as a raffle prize. Support those vendors!
Great post -- thanks for the pix and the descriptions. I want those tacos even tho they only took 5th.
Drooling in Boston.
re: SweetPea914
I think a Vendy chow crawl sounds like a great idea, and if you do get around to it, I may have some suggestions for you to try.... or maybe you have some for me! Do you have any favorites that you'd like to share?
re: vvvindaloo
One of the reasons I want to do a crawl is that I rarely eat from the food carts, but always hear how good some are. My husband had Bratworst the other day that is supposed to be great in the east 50's on 5th I think?? He knows more about them than I do. I'll post an itinerary in a few days and you'll have to let me know what I'm missing!
re: SweetPea914
That's Rolf from Hallo Berlin, past winner, 54th and 5th
re: guttergourmet
Yes, that was the name of the vendor!
I had a grand time. The weather was perfect, the lines werent that long, and folks were friendly in the lines..
The food was really tasty. Vvvindaloo got that down pat.
My favorite dish was the curried goat, it was not tough or gamey and fell off the bone. And it was flavorful without being filled with red pepper.
I would not wanted to be a judge in this event, but to have my picture taken with. Sara Moulton really made my day.
And it didnt hurt that the Mets finally left their losing streak!
re: scharffenberger
Wasn't it great how friendly people were? It was a true food love fest. So, Scharffenberger- you and I had a nice chat on the line for Freddy's shawarma... I mentioned that I thought I had seen you somewhere before. Looks like I was (sort of) right! Love the photo with Sara, by the way.
re: vvvindaloo
Hi, everyone, it was a beautiful afternoon at the Vendys! I ended up going with non-Chow friends from out of town, otherwise I would have hung with you.
Here's my two cents:
My personal ranking would have been The King of Falafel and Shwarma, Dosa Man, Mohammed, Veronica and Super Taco. I definitely don't disagree with the award to Dosa Man because what he offered was more unique that the usual street food. The presentation also was very professional and I loved the fact that it was vegetarian.
I liked The King because I don't like falafel as a rule, and this was better than any falafel I've ever eaten. The King's stand was well organized, the King and his men (Princes of Falafel) were ace marketers, and passed out falafels to people waiting in line for Super Taco. Plus they brought belly dancers!
Since Mohamed is in my office neighborhood, I was rooting for him sentimentally but I thought he could have stepped it up just a little. But he gets bonus points for generosity. There was plenty for seconds and thirds.
Veronica was fine, but it wouldn't have been my first choice for cusine. I'm not a goat eater so I missed out on what you all enjoyed, and the chicken was more like what I've had elsewhere.
I would take points off from Super Taco for being disorganized, plus they really didn't showcase the best of what they make. Everyone kept asking for tamales and they didn't bring any, plus they really surprised everybody by taking off early. We applauded them anyway.
I would have loved to have seen a sweet table, not just right at the end, but during the main event. How lovely it would have been to have had some Italian ice or gelato to cool down the palate -- and coffee, too. (We went across the street for espresso and came back for the judging,)
Let's do it again next year!
re: brendastarlet
I had a conversation with one person who basically felt the same way- she was very into the idea of having a couple of coffee/dessert carts (like the AM ones with the donuts). It might actually be a good idea to include them and encourage the morning vendors to kick their offerings up a notch! Or maybe I will open up my own espresso/cornetto cart... I bet I'd make more $ that way! Incidentally, seats at the tables were hard to come by towards the end of the event, and I had just landed myself one when they announced the "dessert table". There was no way I was giving up my spot to get in line again at that point, and I was so full anyway, so I never saw the dessert. Was it biscotti?
re: vvvindaloo
Dessert was a bag of biscotti (a choice of cranberry lemon or chocolate chip) and brownie squares. By then we'd already had espresso so we just took it home.
Definitely think little cups of gelato or sorbet would be a nice ending, and the vendor could pack them in dry ice to keep them cold.
re: brendastarlet
re: vvvindaloo
Yes you were correct in kind of knowing me. It was nice to meet you in person. Sorry I didnt get to sample the pastor pork for the tacos.
I think Kwik Meal was the MVP. The bread was thicker than a pita but not as thick or as tough as a baguette. Unlike most street food which is messy and not really mobile, Kwik Meal was a tightly wrapped food sensation. Dosa was ok, but he does have alot of personality. Also he was due to win because he's been a finalist for a few years. See some pictures below:
re: kingfalafel
The event was held at Tompkins Sq. Park.


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Though it's been a frustrating season for Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers, they showed signs of life in a rare win last week.
On the verge of matching the longest losing streak in team history, the NFL-worst Kansas City Chiefs can't seem to find a spark.
In a matchup of last-place teams, the visiting Panthers try to build on their latest result and hand the Chiefs a ninth consecutive loss Sunday.
Carolina (3-8) is all but certain to end up with a losing record for the third straight year despite optimistic preseason predictions to the contrary, though it did manage to knock off Philadelphia 30-22 on Monday. Newton, who has struggled in 2012 after an outstanding rookie season, threw for 306 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for 52 yards and two scores.
"Winning is huge. It cures all," coach Ron Rivera told the team's official website. "We've got to continue now. We have to take this momentum we have on a short week into Kansas City."
The Panthers - scoring 19.5 points per game to rank 25th in the NFL after averaging 25.4 last year - posted their second-highest point total of the season. Newton could be in for another big day against a Chiefs defense that's surrendered 22 passing touchdowns.
Newton threw five TDs and eight interceptions during Carolina's 1-6 start but has recorded six and two as the Panthers have split their last four games.
"People are throwing different things at him now," Rivera said of Newton, whose 20 rushing TDs since the start of last season are second most in the league. "They're trying to throw things that have worked against him at him, and he's learning those things and understanding them."
Kansas City (1-10) has struggled offensively and defensively during its skid, averaging 10.4 points in the past seven contests and giving up at least 26 points five times over the eight-game slide.
The Chiefs, who dropped nine in a row in 1987 and 2007, rank last in the league with 32 giveaways and 94 red-zone points. They fell to 0-6 at home with a 17-9 loss to Denver on Sunday, managing just 264 yards.
Jamaal Charles ran for 107 but Brady Quinn went 13 of 25 for 126 yards and an interception. The Chiefs have gone more than 173 minutes without a touchdown.
"This is a result-driven business we're in and ... when you don't get results, you don't feel good about it," coach Romeo Crennel told the team's official website.
"Everybody is frustrated about losing – players, coaches, fans, owners, everybody. What we want or what we need is, we need to try to win a game to make us feel better, give us a little confidence and then if you win one, then maybe we can win another one."
The Chiefs, giving up 126.1 rushing yards per contest, could catch a break with Panthers running back Jonathan Stewart uncertain to play after suffering a high ankle sprain Monday. Carolina, which also lost defensive tackle Ron Edwards to a season-ending dislocated left elbow in that game, is expected to give DeAngelo Williams his first start since Week 5 if Stewart can't go.
The Panthers, seeking a third straight win in this series, took the last matchup 34-0 on Oct. 5, 2008, behind 123 rushing yards and two scores from Williams.


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Archive for the 'Old People Jokes' Category
In a Jewish retirement home lived Murray and Hilda. They got to know each other over time and spent long hours getting to know each other. Eventually, they became a couple, sitting together in the sun
every afternoon, holding hands…
One day Murray says to Hilda, "I know we're to old to "do it" but another thing I really miss is having the woman in my life just holding my penis in her hands. Makes me feel wanted and loved."
Hilda say, "Sure, I would love to do that."
So, time goes on and every afternoon the two of them sit out by the pool on a chaise lounge with Hilda tenderly holding Murray's pecker in her hands…. Every day, every afternoon.
One day, going to meet for their afternoon session, Hilda can't find Murray anywhere. She looks everywhere and asks everyone if they've seen him… No one's seen him.
So, Hilda goes back by the pool area and decides to look in the poolside cabanas in the off chance he fell asleep…. She looks inside a few of them and lo and behold, she finds Murray inside with Sarah, sitting
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Well, Hilda is outraged. She starts screaming at the both of them, so much so that Sarah runs away… She then confronts Murray, wanting to
know why he betrayed her this was. Murray had nothing to say, just took the verbal abuse….
Finally, Hilda summoned up all her nerve and screamed, "What's Sarah go that I haven't got?"
Murray composed himself, and finally said:
When I bought my Blackberry, I thought about the 30-year business I ran with 1800 employees, all without a cell phone that plays music, takes videos, pictures and communicates with Facebook and Twitter. I signed up under duress for Twitter and Facebook, so my seven kids, their spouses, my 13 grand kids and 2 great grand kids could communicate with me in the modern way. I figured I could handle something as simple as Twitter with only 140 characters of space.
My phone was beeping every three minutes with the details of everything except the bowel movements of the entire next generation. I am not ready to live like this. I keep my cell phone in the garage in my golf bag.
The kids bought me a GPS for my last birthday because they say I get lost every now and then going over to the grocery store or library. I keep that in a box under my tool bench with the Blue tooth [it's red] phone I am supposed to use when I drive. I wore it once and was standing in line at Barnes and Noble talking to my wife and everyone in the nearest 50 yards was glaring at me. I had to take my hearing aid out to use it, and I got a little loud.
I mean the GPS looked pretty smart on my dash board, but the lady inside that gadget was the most annoying, rudest person I had run into in a long time. Every 10 minutes, she would sarcastically say, "Re-calc-u-lating." You would think that she could be nicer. It was like she could barely tolerate me. She would let go with a deep sigh and then tell me to make a U-turn at the next light. Then if I made a right turn instead. Well, it was not a good relationship…
When I get really lost now, I call my wife and tell her the name of the cross streets and while she is starting to develop the same tone as Gypsy, the GPS lady, at least she loves me.
To be perfectly frank, I am still trying to learn how to use the cordless phones in our house. We have had them for 4 years, but I still haven't figured out how I lose three phones all at once and have to run around digging under chair cushions, checking bathrooms, and the dirty laundry baskets when the phone rings.
The world is just getting too complex for me. They even mess me up every time I go to the grocery store. You would think they could settle on something themselves but this sudden "Paper or Plastic?" every time I check out just knocks me for a loop. I bought some of those cloth reusable bags to avoid looking confused, but I never remember to take them with me.
Now I toss it back to them. When they ask me, "Paper or plastic?" I just say, "Doesn't matter to me. I am bi-sacksual." Then it's their turn to stare at me with a blank look. I was recently asked if I tweet. I answered, "No, but I do fart a lot."
Senior citizens don't need any more gadgets. The TV remote and the garage door remote are about all we can handle.