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The same thing as Wood-Grain. It is the wood grip that adorns the steering wheels of many expensive cars.
"I'm grippin' oak. Music loud and I'm tippin' slow."--Chamillionaire
by Trey Fitzgerald May 21, 2006
A random guy in a lab coat who captures animals and gives them to people he barely knows for free while teaching them the means used to capture more.
Man is that guy giving out free puppies at the supermarket.
Yea, he's such an Oak.
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stupid, fail, opposite of swag. started on facebook by a kid named sean. there is no remembrance of why or how, but it is used frequently as an insult among the teenagers in a town in south jersey, where it originated.
guy one- "look at this new snapback i got!"
guy two- "that's a fitted."
guy one- "i'm gonna wear it anyway."
guy two- "you're so oaks."
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guy one- "i'm gonna wear it anyway."
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MapleStory Forums : General MapleStory : General MS questions and answers
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I had a horrible zak run... nearly killed it, but need to zak again,
since i didnt get magic mastery again
(last zak run some random girl took magic mastery and she was not even Evan.... )
also i almost ran out of Elixir that i had collected from daily event
i havent did all lhc quest so i can not enter where really ani is
so im wondering where or which monster i can loot from to get 100% or 50% Elixir
info will be really nice to me
thank u maplers~!
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Pink elixir and power elixir stopped dropping from monster and bosses a while ago, so they're no longer obtainable except from boxes and events.
May 21 12
Elixirs and Power elixirs are dropped by papulatus as far as I know. I used to go in daily and now it's like, impossible for me to run out of pots. Bad thing that I can't go into pap anymore for some reason.
May 21 12MapleStory Screen: One experience MapleStory Video: Tot Turns 200
arianagrande: Well, theres the guild ones you get, also you can just buy the nlc ones that heal 40% of mp and hp or 75% of hp or mp.
Pretty much my answer.
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Aliens at NLC drop Power elixers at a really low rate (untradable).
Master Death teddies drop them as well (untradable).
You can get normal tradable elixers at a really low rate at CDs in Kerning Square.
Mushroom kingdom monsters drop normal elixers (tradable) as well, low rate.
Those places won't get you 50 elixers in an hour though.
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Just get Ginger Ales
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Go to NLC and buy Ginger Ales, they heal 75% HP and MP and they only cost 3.8k each.
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In Zipangu when you kill the final form of the Body Guard boss, loot his etc drop. It looks like a lantern but is called a flashlight. ANyways, when you exit the hideout you lose the etc drop and gain 100 50% elixirs.
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You need to buy Ginger Ales. As stated above, they are available for purchase in NLC.
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I got power exlixirs from Gallopias(something like that) in front of the entrance
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- onceadaylily May 18, 2010 05:35 PM
So, I decided to season my cast iron skillet tomorrow, despite the fact that it is huge, and I have a pea-sized center of gravity, and a kitchen-loving cat, and very old oven mits. But this isn't about the skillet. It's about the wok.
Eight years ago I fell in love with a boy who came with his own wok. I know, right? Lucky girl!Unfortunately, he was a college student, and it was late, and he tried to season it with vegetable oil on an electric range. It . . . did not . . .turn out . . . well. The bottom is blackened, and the rest is, mainly, left unseasoned (there are some specks of amber haunting the surface). This valuable addition to our kitchen has lived its sad life in the back of whatever cupboard was designated for the unweildy or rarely used (hello, skillet).
I want to rescue it. I can pick off flakes of the (now) decade-old vegetable oil with my fingernail, if I work carefully at the edges. So, my questions are: what is the best method for cleaning this without harming the surface, and how to best season it properly, once I triumph.
Cleaning and seasoning. Help?
Easy to do:
Hot water, lots of soap, copper or steel wool, rubber gloves, and lots of elbow grease. Rinse and dry thoroughly. Then season like a cast iron skillet: many threads on this, like this one:
This is some funny writings.
You can season a wok on an electric stovetop. I have done it. I am not sure if you are trying to season a skillet or a wok or maybe both.
It is very normal that the first coating seasoning surface being brown and amber instead of pure black. It will take awhile before the entire wok goes black. I really have little idea of your current wok. I don't know if it does not have much seasoning or too much burned carbonized materials stick to it. Afterall, you said you can pick the flakes off, so it sounds like you have a thick layer of carbonized materials. To remove these flakes, you can use steel wool, scurb the heck out of it. If there are only a few pieces, then you can use a hard plastic (like old credit card) to do the job instead. After this, you can reseasoning the wok. As for seasoning, there are tons of variation, but all involves a heated wok and oil. Make sure you open the window or your fire alarm may go off.
I believe a picture worths a thousand words, so this video may help. It is one of the better ones on youtube.
re: Chemicalkinetics
Come to think of it. The treatment you two have given the wok is boarderline cruelty.
re: Chemicalkinetics
Most of the advice I found online seemed to be against the use of any abrasive implements, like steel wool (which I have). Two websites advocated the use of a sponge, which gave me a nice laugh, but was not very helpful.
The electric range would not have been a problem, save that it was a very weak one. I don't think it heated the wok enough for proper seasong. I asked my boyfriend if he tilted the pan, to better heat the sides, and he just squinted off into the distance (where his youth mockingly sits) and confessed that he couldn't remember. See, Chemicalkinetics, I had to ask, because I wasn't there. I am *innocent* in this matter.
The oil did not adhere to the sides of the pan at all. The bottom is a blackened pool. I feel better now that I have chow 'permission' to use the steel wool.
Or, even, a power tool! Oooh . . . a kitchen task that involves a trip to the hardware store is my kind of Saturday.
Thanks for the links and advice, guys.
re: onceadaylily
I think it really depends on what stage is your wok at, which I am not sure. You certainly do not want to use very hard abrasive when the seasoning surface has been built or that it is been built. However, if you have have a thick layer of carbonized materials (like built foods) built on your wok, then you need to remove it. So it really depends what stage you are at.
While many sites may advocate a gentle touch, from what you have explained your wok fits more in line with what you would do to restore a piece of cast iron. Restoration has to occur if there is significant rust or crud(hardened food stuffs from long ago or in your case oil from long ago that never hit the point of seasoning). The objective being to get the piece as close to new as possible. Then you can give it a good washing, rinsing and drying and begin with the seasoning. With normal use and cleaning you shouldn't have to do this again.
Some of that baked on crud can laugh at steel wool and make you think you are never going to get it clean hence my drill and brush recommendation. Keep at it and the hard work will pay off.
re: Paulustrious
Alas, a rental flat in chicago comes with a stove that likely sulk at boiling water, let alone 'cleaning' it while you read a book.
I agree with Paul. If the built on curd is minor, then you can just use credit card or steel wool to get rid of them. I assume this is the case because you said you barely used the wok. However, if significant amount of curd is built, then one of the easiest way is to bake it off. Either do it the self-cleaning cycle of an oven, or do it on stovetop by heating the pan at high heat. It will be faster to do it on stovetop, but probably safer and easier to do in it an oven.
The wok isn't even seldom used, it was just once badly seasoned and then resigned to whatever cupboard would fit its bulk. I have toted this thing through three states, in four separate moves, without evening cooking a chive in it.
The first, and only, time it met with a stove, the oil did not adhere to the sides of the pan, but pooled at the bottom (in too thick a blackened layer for me to think this is a good base to build upon). I now think that using abrasives to remove this, and *carefully*, and *with great dedication*, a re-seasoning process will give me the wok dangled in front of me so many years ago.
re: onceadaylily
This sounds like going to be a story of redemption.
re: onceadaylily
You will tell us, won't you, how that poor, abused wok turns out?
In my vocation, I have seasoned any number of woks and cast iron skillets. I can tell you that no matter how bad your initial seasoning may have been, after you cook with it a few times, you will have the perfect seasoning in spite of your skill or lack thereof.
However: in my first apt, I had a low-power electric stove and had to season a wok. I did it successfully, and here is how I did it:
1) scrub it hard when you get home from the store, until you get down to bare, shiny metal
2) thoroughly rinse and dry
3) heat up the elecric coils on the electric stove till red-hot
4) put a couple of tablespoons of veg oil in a small bowl, did the edge of a paper towel into the oil, and rub it all over the inside of the wok; it should only be a sheen on the metal, not a pool of liquid on the bottom
5) stick it bravely onto the red coils, and watch until smoke comes up
6) immediately take off the wok, turn off the coils, and let the wok cool to room temp
7) repeat 4-6 for two or three more times.
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I would strongly advise you to season the pan in the oven, not on the cooktop. If you do it on the cooktop a second time, it will come out just as bad as it did the first time (because the same process yields the same results.) The reason why the bottom got black and the sides were left unseasoned is simply because the bottom got hotter than the sides. This is mainly due to the shape of the wok with sloping sides, obviously the sides aren't going to get that hot on a typical US range. If you want your wok to be seasoned evenly, you need to use very even heat, like a hot oven, at 450 degrees or more. It will smoke, so have your fans running.
I'd use steel wool, and just strip as much of the first mistake off as possible. The oil may be rancid by now anyway, so you may as well get rid of it.
re: pweller
I really was wondering if I was setting out to repeat history. My stove is gas, but weak enough so that a pot of water, covered, takes well over ten minutes to come to a boil.
(My last stove was a very old stove that seemed to think it was a dragon. It was called The Waste King. I'm not making that up. That's what it said on the stove.)
The wok has two wood handles. Is this not oven-safe?
re: onceadaylily
Not really oven safe because the wood handle will dried up to say the least if not charred. One way around this is to wrap wet towel around the wood handle and bake the wok and hope the wet towel will provide enough water to protect the wok.
If it's going to take half an afternoon of your valuable time to pick crud off the old wok, I'd forget it. You know what? Woks are cheap, even nice ones. Get thee to Chinatown and pick up a nice new one for between $10 - $20. Need not be fancy, but carbon steel. That's what I'd do.
re: comestible
I was waiting for someone to suggest that, but I *like* to rescue things, to restore them. It's gratifying in a way that shopping can never be.
re: onceadaylily
Yes. Who doesn't like to rescue a cookware to bring it back to life. I am guessing your problem is not crud because you have not used the wok much. You can take a picture and post it here if you like.
re: comestible
I like this wok, a lot... if you decide a new one is in order:
I like it because it's a thicker carbon steel than most cheap woks and, well, it cooks really well in my experience. It also addresses your need to do hard work - you will have to remove the lacquer that comes on it (although it's food safe) and then season it correctly.
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Chuck & Jon's Top 10 of 2006
Chuck & Jon's Top 10 goes back about 16 or 17 years now, when Jon and I worked at our college's student newspaper. Back then, we bonded over albums by the Ramones, Fields of the Nephilim, Alice In Chains and Nine Inch Nails. It was an exciting time to be reviewing and listening to music. Firstly, we were the prime age for listening to new stuff(in our early 20s), secondly, we had both played in bands, so we had "the ear," thirdly, grunge was erupting all over the place, and new stuff was coming out — and getting a LOT of attention. Everything was changing in popular music. And in El Paso, where our alma mater is, Jon and I were well ahead of the pack in listening to new material (El Paso is a little slow to adapt — hair metal was still clinging on in 1990).
We've done our own personal top 10s for nearly all those years, and this time, it finally gets to go in a blog. Unfortunately, Jon and I haven't seen each other in a few years now, and we're actually creeping up at doubling our age from when we first met. Yup, we were music snobs then, and we're music snobs now (back then, at 22 years old, it was cool; now that we're 38 — an age most people are well-established in their music listening — it can be a little offsetting (to some). Jon's my kindred musical brother (a bit of trivia: we're separated by only four days in age and our moms both have the same name!) and we've had strikingly similar lists for some years. These days, Jon's about 2000 miles away in Arlington, Virginia, and I'm still here in El Paso. If I get the chance, I'll try to find some of our old Top 10's from our 'zine The Nook & Cranny. (Remember 'zines? They've disappeared off the face of the Earth. Blogs have taken their place). Those ones are about twelve years old!
Enough, already... here's our take on 2006.
Chuck's Top 10 Albums for 2006
First, I should note that 2006 marked the year I purchased the fewest CDs in more than 15 years. But, I was exposed to more vintage recordings than ever before. Thanks to several of the blogs mentioned on this site that are sharing long out-of-print and unavailable recordings. My ears were never bored.
10. The Walkmen – A Hundred Miles Off
While not as strong as Bows + Arrows, AHMO is the perfect album for aging hipsters to share with the hip, young things half their age. Or is it the other way around? Think Dylan meets R.E.M. in the mid 1980s. Good stuff.
9. T-Bone Burnett – The True False Identity
Amazing return for legendary producer. Low-fi and organic, this one's roots are deep in the blues and the bizarre. Tom Waits and Los Lobos fans should check out The True False Identity.
8. Bob Dylan – Modern Times
The original troubador does it again. I think we can finally forgive him for the 1980s.
7. M. Ward – Post-War
Understated instrumentation and powerful lyric writing. M. Ward is one of the best songwriters out there.
6. Flaming Lips – At War With the Mystics
Constantly pushing the envelope in the sensory listening and viewing experience, the Lips celebrate 25 years of freaking out and tuning in.
5. Thom Yorke – The Eraser
Yorke takes a 'head break and makes an album that seems to bubble up from nowhere, disappear, resurface, and meander along. While not a companion piece to recent Radiohead albums, it's a definite progression of the band's recent work. Here's hoping that Radiohead returns in 2007 with something that is less experimental and a little more guitar-oriented (The Bends anyone?)
4. The Gothic Archies - The Tragic Treasury: Songs from a Series of Unfortunate Events
Indeed, if you could mix the 1960s bubblegum group the Archies with goth legends the Sisters of Mercy, it would be Steven Merritt's (The Magnetic Fields/Future Bible Heroes) latest project. The songs that appear on this album were written as themes for each of the 13 Lemony Snicket books. The Gothic Archies are to music as Tim Burton is to film. Check it out.
3. Los Lobos – The Town and the City
35 years into their career, and Los Lobos still create more challenging albums than artists half their age. The Town and the City is, in every sense, the story of the journey of life, its promise, challenges and rewards, all in a subtle, understated voice.
2. Dirty Pretty Things – Waterloo to Anywhere
While not quite up to the caliber of the two fantastic albums by the Libertines, Pete Doherty's departure doesn't slow things down too much. In fact, Waterloo to Anywhere is a loose carousing affair in the tradition of the Jam and the Clash. This one made my iPod happy more than any other album in '06.
1. Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
Despite about 50 percent of the tracks on Orphans being odds-and-sods, more than 20 of them here are new. Waits continues to find fantastic ways to make a glorious racket.
Other albums I enjoyed:
The Drive-By Truckers – A Blessing and a Curse
Another solid album by one of my favorite bands of the past five years.
Johnny Cash – One Hundred Highways
Goodbye, again, Johnny. An amazing farewell that was never intended to be. Technically, this didn't reach my top 10, as the recordings were done about three years ago. Still, this was on my player throughout the year.
Wolfmother – Wolfmother
Solid debut by Sabbath-meets-Zeppelin-meets-Mars Volta trio. Probably will be seen as a novelty in a few years. For now, it's kewl.
Peeping Tom - Peeping Tom
Everything that former Faith No More frontman Mike Patton touches is gold in my book. Fantomas, General Patton and the Xecutioners, Maldoror, etc... a fine one here.
Wayne Hancock – Tulsa
Nothing groundbreaking here, and that's good. Hancock continues to do great laid-back honky tonk a la Hank Williams.
Fields of the Nephilim – Mourning Sun
A shockingly good comeback from these goth grandfathers.
Beck – The Information
Those that know me would be surprised to know that Beck didn't make my Top 10. Not that The Information is a bad album. It's just really boring. Still, seeing Beck perform a free surprise gig here in El Paso was a definite plus.
Jon's Top 10 Albums for 2006
I thought this was a pretty terrific year for new music. I haven't enjoyed buying CDs this much in quite some time. It's like 2006 was an apology to me for 2004, the worst year in music until 2005. I had to leave out a number of good releases to whittle my list down to 10. There was quality stuff that didn't make it from Thom Yorke, the Twilight Singers, Melvins, the Gourds, Mastodon, Isis, Placebo and more (and I don't care what anyone sez, I like the Liars).
10. The Proposition Original Soundtrack
The first time I listened to this soundtrack by Nick Cave and Bad Seed sideman Warren Ellis, I thought, Hey, this'd be great accompaniment to a Cormac McCarthy novel. So I laughed when I read Roger Egg-bert's review of the movie comparing it to "Blood Meridian." We all must be reading the same books. Cave pares his usual poetics down to a handful of ascetic phrases that repeat over a framework of music as stark and unforgiving as the film's Outback setting.
9. Bob Dylan - Modern Times
This was a little too similar to Dylan's previous "Love and Theft," or it would have moved a lot higher on my list. "Love and Theft" came out on Sept. 11, 2001, and was one of the first records I heard once I felt I could listen to music again, so "Modern Times" pales perhaps inevitably. But it's still Bob Dylan and it's still genius, and if you count live ablums and hits comps, "Modern Times" is a milestone: Dylan's 50th ablum. Celebrate. Buy it. Love it.
8. Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways
This posthumous ablum is all about death. Somber, meditative, yet never depressing. Here is a man using his final words to express his love for God, wife and music. The voice is weak, but the message is powerful and lingers long after the flesh is gone.
7. Peeping Tom - Peeping Tom
2006 was yet another busy year for musical mad scientist Mike Patton. Peeping Tom is one of his slightly more accessible projects: still demented but not likely to send anyone screaming out of the room. Patton indulged his inner wingnut more on a couple of ablums with John Zorn and some of his Bungle bandmates, and he put out some terrific work from the Melvins and Isis on his Ipecac label.
6. Tom Waits - Orphans
What riches! Three discs of previously uncollected Waits, and all but two songs were new to me. I can't say it any better, so I'll just rip off the Onion's review: "Waits may call them orphans, but another artist would call this a career."
5. Arab Strap - The Last Romance
The last ablum, too, if the breakup announcement is true. Arab Strap expanded its sound with a full backup band, and expanded its themes with songs that were actually relatively optimistic. Still, the opening line "Burn these sheets that we've just fucked in" suggests that true love hasn't quite been achieved, and there's plenty of the band's bleak Scottish dourness that remains. I got to see Arab Strap live at my neighborhood dive in 2006, and they put on an excellent show. Before they went on, I got to talk to singer(?) Aidan Moffat for a bit. No idea what he was saying. Ah well, that's what lyric sheets are for.
4. The Flaming Lips - At War with the Mystics
Some critics slammed this ablum for not being weird enough. I donno, it was plenty weird for me. I never know what the Lips are on about, but it sounds like fun. "Mystics" features the most insidiously catchy opening track of 2006. I went around all year, singing, "Yeah yeah yeah yeah no no no no yeah yeah yeah yeah no no no no."
3. The Mars Volta - Amputechture
I gotta love a band this seemingly unconcerned with audience and critical expectations. They're off in their own little world, crafting 20-minute spazzouts, and if you wanna visit, fine, clap the headphones on; and if you don't, well, they're probly not gonna notice anyway.
2. Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist
Is this heavy metal? It's loud and guitar-based, but only two songs really rock out with their cock out. The rest of the ablum drifts dreamily on waves of eerie melody, electronic oddness and weirdo vocal FX. Chino Moreno's experimentations with side project Team Sleep seeped into this ablum like a creeping fog. Whatever you call it, it sounds terrific. It's also educational. Now I know why British people have bad teeth. I always wondered...
1. Tool - 10,000 Days
Maynard and his monolithic Tool (huh huh) put on a dizzying display of meticulous musicianship. Tool wisely avoids the naïve, overtly political statements that made the last Perfect Circle disc kind of a strident drag. Perhaps Maynard realized that the best way for a rock star to sound intelligent is to shut up and sing. Instead of proselytizing, Tool focuses on the tightly controlled widescreen soundscapes that make it one of the greatest of heavy bands. Again, can you call this metal? The music is heavily muscled, but the knuckles never drag on the ground. It's got a great beat and you can think to it! "10,000 Days" also wins the top prize for most spectacular package. It comes with a stereoscopic viewer and pages of headache-inducing 3-D art and photography that should keep the potheads staring vacantly for days. This makes Beck and his crapass stickers look especially lame.
And the CDs that made me feel like it was still 2004-2005:
The Streets - The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living
I was so looking forward to this. The first two Streets' records were brilliant -- tender and angry and hilarious and heartbreaking tales of loser life. Then Mike Skinner gets mad successful in the UK and goes from eloquent loser straight to blistering asshole. He spends the entire record whining about how difficult and trying it is to drive sportscars, screw celebrities, stay high on all the best drugs and have every whim catered to. Oh, wretched, wretched life. If this is a joke, it's not a very funny one. And if it's serious, far from inspiring pity, this ablum just makes me want to punch Skinner in his stoopid effing face.
Beck - The Information
And I thought Guero was uninspired! Every time I play this (which isn't very often), the only song I can remember immediately afterward is the one Beck blatantly ripped off from "Exile"-era Rolling Stones. It's like some evil galactic overlord came down from space and stole Beck's soul and tossed it screaming into a volcano and then it came back as a kind of ghost to haunt listeners with lame music and fake religions based on crappy sci-fi.
Revolting Cocks - Cocked and Loaded
It's not bad enough that Al Jourgensen has to go wheezing off into middle-aged irrelevance by himself, he's gotta drag Jello Biafra and Gibby Haynes with him??! The once-mighty Jourgensen continues his annoying and inexplicable habit of starting and ending an ablum with the same song! I know the music's forgettable, but come on! I didn't even bother with the new Ministry. I applied the adjective "pitiful" to Ministry's last record, so it wouldn't be very creative to use it again, but really, the music's not worth my effort to think up a better word.
Audioslave - Revelations
After a horrible debut, Audioslave came back with a pretty respectable follow-up. They were starting to sound like a real, cohesive band instead of a marketing stunt. That didn't last long, and they tumbled back to crappy on their third outing. Chris Cornell, once the proud possessor of one of rock's strongest voices, now sounds like he's slowly drowning in phlegm. Not very pleasant to hear. I'm not pining for a Rage Against the Machine reunion, and if Cornell sounds this awful, the return of Soundgarden would be a travesty. I just want them all to go away.
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Long live Chuck and Jon's list! You'd be surprised, though, at what ab-lum I'm completely burned out on. Or mebbe not.
- Thursday, January 18, 2007 9:27:00 PM
- Mondo Loco said...
Hi Loweeb! Long time no hear from!!! What's the ablum? How are you doing? Send me an email!
- Friday, January 19, 2007 8:34:00 AM
- Jay said...
Thank you, both of you, for no TV on the Radio. Now I can take these lists seriously.
They reminded me that I missed the Flaming Lips album. I need to go back and get that one now. After reading your lists, I went and played the old one, remembering how great those dudes are.
Chuck, thanks for reminding me it's been too long since I bought a Los Lobos album. I'll go check that one out.
Jon and Chuck, thanks for reminding me that I still haven't forgiven Jon for convincing me that I'd love Tom Waits' The Black Rider. Man, that dude is even worse than TV on the Radio.
- Saturday, January 20, 2007 8:33:00 AM
- Mondo Loco said...
Aw, Man! The Black Rider is fantastic! Definitely not Waits' best, but true, he's and acquired taste!
- Monday, January 22, 2007 9:31:00 AM
Even my Ma digs Tom Waits. Get with it, Jay. Chuck, don't our mothers share the same name also? You left that out of our weird similarities in yer intro.
- Monday, January 22, 2007 1:17:00 PM
- Mondo Loco said...
I had forgotten about that! I think they spell it differently, but Arleen/Arlene is not that common a name!
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The Mississippi Select fall baseball league opened with a five game slate on Sunday and plenty of county faces this season.
Hunter McQuary led the Black Prairie Mudcats in their 8-3 win over the North MS Jets. The West Union senior had two hits and three RBI.
McQuary brought in two runs in the Mudcats' five run third inning, giving Black Prairie the 6-0 lead.
Austin Goode had the win on the mound for the Mudcats, while Ethan Blount earned the save.
The homestanding Tallahatchie Rascals opened with a 12-1 loss to the Mississippi RedWasps.
The Rascals managed five hits against Jacob Shempert on the mound, and scored their lone run in the third inning.
Mason Maxey and Easton Hall had back-to-back singles with one out, and a double by Tyler Dowdy brought in Tallahatchie's run.
Dowdy had the loss on the mound, while Maxey went in for relief in the third inning.
Andrew Soper and Easton Smith also had hits for the Rascals in the loss.
For the RedWasps, New Albany's Tyler Beaty was one of two players with two hits, as Beaty brought in two runs in the third off his second hit.
New Albany teammate Drew Wray also had a hit for the RedWasps.
Other games included the Hill Country Generals falling to the Northwest MS Dealers, 9-1, the Taccopola Swamp Monsters falling to the Tenn-Tom Thunder, 8-7 and the Tippah County Tribe defeating the Desoto Xplorers, 4-0.
Fall league games will be played every Saturday there is no home football game for Mississippi State or Ole Miss and each Sunday at the New Albany Sportsplex.
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The Mississippi Select fall baseball league opened with a five game slate on Sunday and plenty of county faces this season.
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It is absolutely the right direction to take. Microsoft and Sony STILL can't crack family gaming. This is the gap in the market Nintendo can exceed in.
Not only that, but if kids stop playing video games today, what kind of future would the industry have??
That said Nintendo aren't going about this goal as well as they could.
1. If you want to aim at kids, you don't make your console £300+
2. Kids from about 7+ aren't interested in games like Yarn Yoshi or Kirby because they look like a story book for babies. (They'll probably be a amazing, but most kids won't even bother)
3. Nintendo's 'brand power' only applies to older fans from when these games were new. They need new IPs, cool IPs that kids want to follow. Splatoon is a step in the right direction, but they need much more.
Nintendo know how to make great family friendly games, but that doesn't necessarily mean kids will want to play them. They need to look at how toys are marketed, because that's what they're selling at the end of the day.
During the NES, SNES, and N64 era, their products and commercials told us it was cool to own a NIntendo system. Nowadays it just seems 'safe' to own one. Kids don't want safe, they want edgy. You can have edgy without the violence.


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The Filson Bourbon Academy is quickly becoming a powerhouse in the bourbon world, both locally and nationally. If you've taken a look at their lineup lately, you know they are going to be out of town more than they are going to be in town this summer. This is great because they are spreading the love and knowledge of bourbon across the land. But it's also sad because the chances to catch this group in Louisville are becoming fewer and farther between.
I had the good fortune of attending the first of their new series, Filson's Bourbon Salon at Oxmoor Farm: Part 1 – Bourbon History and Travel. Driving up to the historic home on Oxmoor Farm is, in itself, a breathtaking experience. Several people commented throughout the evening they had lived here all their lives and had never known this beautiful home was there.
The event was held in the library of the Oxmoor estate, which is the third largest public library in the United States. The panel consisted of four local bourbon writers- Fred Minnick, Susan Reigler, Mike Veach, and Chet Zoeller. Each writer picked a special bourbon to share with the group, and stories about that bourbon and how it relates to the bigger picture were related to the audience.
It was a very casual environment with lots of time for questions. One of the great things about events like this is they draw a wide variety of bourbon lovers- everyone from those just starting on their bourbon journey to the seasoned bourbon professionals. Bourbon is a very friendly community- people who work in the industry are accessible and always happy to talk.
The next Filson Bourbon Salon will be held in July at the same location, and even though the date hasn't been announced it is already close to full. If you want in on this special event, call the Filson right now. This is guaranteed to be a fun and informative evening.
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Ahead on the 11/20/14 Maddow show
Tonight, we will have full coverage of President Obama's address to the nation on immigration at 7:45 ET hosted by Rachel and Chris Hayes, followed by TRMS.
Tonight's guests:
- Lawrence O'Donnell, host of MSNBC's "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell"
- Steve Kornacki, host of MSNBC's "Up with Steve Kornacki"
- Maria Hinojosa, co-anchor, PBS Need to Know and NPR's Latino USA
- Maria Teresa Kumar, President & CEO, Voto Latino, MSNBC Contributor
- Chris Jansing, NBC News senior White House correspondent
- Rev. Al Sharpton, host of MSNBC's PoliticsNation
- Rep. Luis Gutierrez, (D) Illinois
- Janet Murguía, President and CEO, National Council of La Raza
- Steve Schmidt, Republican strategist and MSNBC contributor
- Cristina Jimenez, co-founder and Managing Director of United We Dream
- Doug Heye, former deputy chief of staff to former House Majority Leader, Eric Cantor
- Sen. Mazie Hirono, (D) Hawaii
- José Díaz-Balart, host of MSNBC's "The Rundown" and Telemundo anchor
- Robert Gibbs, former White House press secretary and MSNBC political analyst
- Nicolle Wallace, former Bush administration communications director
Check back soon for a preview of everything we have planned tonight.
Thursday's Mini-Report, 11.20.14
Today's edition of quick hits:
* Gun violence: The man identified as the shooter who opened fire in the Florida State University library was a former prosecutor who descended into paranoia and recently posted on Facebook about being 'encouraged by your handler to kill.' ... Police say the 31-year-old was 'in a state of crisis' and believed he was being targeted by the government."
* Incredible: "A student at Florida State University said he is lucky to be alive after his backpack full of books stopped a bullet from hitting him during Thursday's shooting. Jason Derfuss said he only realized hours later the gunman had tried to shoot him when he found a bullet among the now-shredded books he had checked out of the library."
* Iran: "Far from the flashing cameras and microphones in Vienna, where Secretary of State John Kerry is going to join Iranian and United States diplomats in a final push to reach a compromise on Tehran's nuclear program, another political drama unfolded this week in a prominent auditorium in the Iranian capital."
* It was a dumb, careless, and unnecessary mistake. But given the larger context, it's hard to get too worked up about this: "The Obama administration included as many as 400,000 dental plans in a number it reported for enrollments under the Affordable Care Act, an unpublicized detail that helped surpass a goal for 7 million sign-ups."
* Nigeria: "The leader of a vigilante fighter group in Nigeria says Boko Haram militants have killed about 45 people in an attack on a village."
* South Carolina: "The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday denied a request to block gay marriage from proceeding in South Carolina, clearing the way for it to become the 35th U.S. state where same-sex marriage is legal."
* Meet the new Senate GOP? "A week into the lame-duck session, Senate Republicans are finding all kinds of ways to block President Barack Obama's judicial nominees -- even if that means obstructing their own nominees in the process."
Obama's GOP critics run into an 'impossible' hurdle
For weeks, congressional Republicans opposed to President Obama's immigration policy have weighed their options, with many looking at the upcoming federal spending bill as the vehicle of choice. It's created the possibility of another GOP government shutdown.
But the Republican-led House Appropriations Committee today offered some bad news for the GOP lawmakers clamoring for a showdown: their plan may be "impossible" as a practical matter.
In a statement released by Committee Chairman Hal Rogers's (R-Ky.) office hours before Obama's scheduled national address, the committee said the primary agency responsible for implementing Obama's actions is funded entirely by user fees.As a result, the committee said the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) agency would be able to continue to collect fees and carry out its operations even if the government shut down.
As The Hill reported, the House Appropriations Committee issued a written statement, saying, "This [CIS] agency is entirely self-funded through the fees it collects on various immigration applications. Congress does not appropriate funds for any of its operations, including the issuance of immigration status or work permits, with the exception of the 'E-Verify' program. Therefore, the appropriations process cannot be used to 'defund' the agency."
Rogers' spokesperson went on to tell reporters, "We cannot, literally cannot, defund that agency in an appropriations bill because we don't appropriate that agency. That agency is entirely fee-funded."
It's obviously an important detail: Congress can't deny funds to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services if Congress already provides no funding to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Right-wing lawmakers weren't satisfied with the answer -- Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) told reporters, "I don't believe that" -- but let's not forget that this is an instance in which Republicans are telling other Republicans what the party doesn't want to hear. Rogers, who strongly opposes the White House policy, has no incentive to lie to his party's anti-immigration wing.
So, if "defunding" won't work, "recession" won't work, impeachment won't work, and a shutdown isn't realistic, are Republicans out of options? Not just yet.
Bachmann sees Obama helping 'illiterate' immigrants
Rep. Michele Bachmann's (R-Minn.) deeply strange, eight-year congressional career will come to an end in January, but before she departs Capitol Hill, the right-wing Minnesotan has some more people to offend. Robert Costa reported yesterday:
In a sign of the difficulties GOP leaders face in keeping their unruly caucus on-message, retiring tea party firebrand Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) said Wednesday that the immigrants given new protections by the president could become "illiterate" Democratic voters."The social cost will be profound on the U.S. taxpayer -- millions of unskilled, illiterate, foreign nationals coming into the United States who can't speak the English language," Bachmann told reporters at the Capitol. "Even though the president says they won't be able to vote, we all know that many, in all likelihood, will vote."
Bachmann went on to suggest non-citizens vote all the time -- she has no proof, but she added it's something "we all know" about -- which presumably is part of some dastardly plan from President Obama.
When Costa asked why she thinks undocumented immigrants are "illiterate," Bachmann said she was told as much during a trip to the U.S./Mexico border. "That's what they told me," the congresswoman said. "Those are not Michele Bachmann's words, those words came from Hispanics who live on the border."
Bachmann added that she may have referred to undocumented immigrants as "illiterate," but that's not "a pejorative term against people who are non-American citizens."
How reassuring.
As it turns out, she'll be able to learn even more fascinating insights "from Hispanics who live on the border" tomorrow.
Meet Nevada's new Assembly Speaker
Republicans had a great year in elections nearly everywhere, but they had an especially impressive cycle in Nevada. The incumbent GOP governor won in a landslide; Republicans took down a Democratic congressman who was not thought to be vulnerable; and the party took control of Nevada's state legislature.
As a result of the Republican gains in Nevada, the state Assembly will have a new Speaker when lawmakers return to work next year. The new GOP majority was initially expected to elevate the current Assembly Republican leader, but instead the party chose Speaker-designate Ira Hansen (R).
And as it turns out, Hansen carries a lengthy paper trail behind him. The News Review reports today:
No Nevada official has ever given the public a more detailed blueprint to his thinking than Hansen. For many years, starting on May 11, 1994, he wrote a column for the Sparks Tribune. The Tribune did not go online until relatively recently, so access to and knowledge of most of the Hansen columns has not been easy. We reviewed every column on microfilm for this piece, covering a period of 13 years, plus a few that did make it onto the Trib website. In these columns, his viewpoint evolved very little. In fact, some columns ran unchanged time and again as the years passed.
Hansen, a Republican who opposed both Bob Dole's and Mitt Romney's presidential campaigns for being "too liberal," has a record that's so over the top, it wouldn't be too surprising if the findings cause Nevada lawmakers to reconsider their decision.
The easiest immigration solution is also the best
Once President Obama formally unveils his executive actions on immigration policy, congressional Republicans will have a menu of options to choose from. The list includes everything from a government shutdown to impeachment to literally nothing, with plenty of narrower choices in between.
But the one option that never seems to come up in the public conversation also happens to be the easiest, most effective, and most straightforward solution. As Sahil Kapur reported, a Republican senator touched on this yesterday.
Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona said Wednesday that Congress should not risk a government shutdown to stop President Barack Obama's executive actions, and should instead respond by passing immigration reform."I hope we respond with legislation," he told a few reporters just off the Senate floor. "I hope we pass legislation."Immigration reform legislation? "Yes. That's what we should have done before," said Flake, who co-wrote and voted for the Senate-passed immigration reform bill in 2013, which was nixed by House Republicans.
I think that's right, though I'd add one additional detail: it's actually not too late. It's been over 500 days since the Senate approved a bipartisan, comprehensive immigration reform plan, and if the GOP-led House brought it to the floor this afternoon, it'd probably pass. The White House would have to cancel the president's speech -- it'd no longer be necessary.
It's a reminder to those who see Obama governing on immigration as some kind of crisis: Republicans really have no one to blame but themselves.
Thursday's Campaign Round-Up, 11.20.14
Today's installment of campaign-related news items that won't necessarily generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers:
* It appears the 2016 presidential campaign is, for better or for worse, officially underway. Former Sen. Jim Webb (D) of Virginia has launched a presidential exploratory committee and a campaign website.
* There are still some unresolved U.S. House races, though some of these races are finally being called. Last night, for example, the Associated Press declared Rep. Jim Costa (D-Calif.) the winner in his re-election bid, prevailing by just 1,319 votes.
* On a related note, Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif.) also appears to have prevailed, narrowly defeating former Rep. Doug Ose (R-Calif.). Though several California Dems were targeted in 2014, none of them lost.
* Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) hasn't announced the details of his 2016 plans, which will get complicated because of Kentucky's election laws. He told Salon yesterday, "Well, we're definitely running for reelection for the U.S. Senate and we'll actually have an announcement on that probably next week, but we will run for reelection. On the other, there are various possibilities that have been discussed in the media on how to do it."
* It's not yet clear who'll succeed New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) as the chair of the Republican Governors Association, but Tennessee's Bill Haslam (R) has emerged as an unlikely frontrunner for the post.
* In Kansas, Sen. Jerry Moran (R) is up for re-election in 2016 and there's already chatter about a potential primary. Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R), a constant thorn in House Speaker John Boehner's side, was asked yesterday about his Senate ambitions. "We haven't decided what we're doing yet, so that's a good question," he replied.
* Speaking of possible Republican Senate primaries, Sen. John McCain (R) appears likely to run for a sixth term, though Rep. David Schweikert (R) didn't deny yesterday that he may take on the longtime incumbent.
GOP eyes the courts to push back against Obama
Republicans at least say they see President Obama's executive actions as unconstitutional, prompting chatter about shutdown, impeachment, dysfunction, and perhaps even politically motivated violence.
But as a rule, it's not up to lawmakers and governors to decide which actions are permissible under the Constitution. We have a whole separate branch of government established for just this purpose. Perhaps Republicans can avail themselves of the judiciary?
Well, maybe. Here's Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) yesterday:
Republican governors on Wednesday tore into President Barack Obama's plan to issue an executive order extending new legal protections to millions of undocumented immigrants, with Texas Gov. Rick Perry saying there's "probably a very real possibility" that the state of Texas will sue the federal government over it.
And Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R), yesterday:
Several governors threatened legal action to block the measure. "I would go to the courts," said Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin. "This is illegal."
And Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), yesterday:
"We should take him to court," Paul told reporters on Capitol Hill. "Truman was taken to court in Youngstown Steel, and I think we should take him to court."
And House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), last week:
House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) is considering expanding a proposed federal lawsuit over President Obama's executive orders to include action on immigration. Filing a separate lawsuit over the president's authority to protect millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation is another option that gained traction Thursday during talks among party leaders.
And what's wrong with this? Actually, nothing.
Irony weeps: Cruz urges Obama to compromise
There are certain high-profile figures in American public life who, by virtue of their reputations, should avoid giving paradoxical advice. Kim Kardashian, for example, should not offer tips on maintaining a low public profile. Dick Cheney should not provide guidance on how to shape an effective foreign policy. Lance Armstrong should not discuss the importance of avoiding performance-enhancing drugs.
And Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) should not highlight the virtues of political compromise.
But here he is, in a new Politico op-ed, doing just that.
Undeterred, President Obama appears to be going forward. It is lawless. It is unconstitutional. He is defiant and angry at the American people. If he acts by executive diktat, President Obama will not be acting as a president, he will be acting as a monarch.Thankfully, the framers of our Constitution, wary of the dangers of monarchy, gave the Congress tools to rein in abuses of power. They believed if the president wants to change the law, he cannot act alone; he must work with Congress.He may not get everything he wants, but the Constitution requires compromise between the branches. A monarch, however, does not compromise....
You can almost hear irony itself, feeling overwhelmed, weeping quietly in a corner.
To be sure, there's ample room for spirited debate about the Republican Texan's substantive claims. Cruz is certain -- or at least he pretends to be for political purposes -- that executive actions on immigration policy are lawless, unconstitutional, and monarchical. There's ample evidence to the contrary, and even conservative lawyers seem to think arguments like Cruz's are mistaken.
Indeed, how does the senator reconcile his condemnations with the fact that other modern presidents have taken steps extremely similar to Obama's? Oddly enough, Cruz sidesteps the issue of precedent by pretending it doesn't exist.
But in a case like this, we can put these details aside and instead marvel at Cruz -- Ted Cruz! -- stressing the importance of "compromise."
Republicans take aim at imaginary target: 'secret science'
Most of the attention on Capitol Hill this week has been focused on Keystone, the NSA, and the coordinated freak-out over immigration policy, but House Republicans devoted time yesterday to an entirely different concern. They call it "secret science."
The House on Wednesday passed legislation to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing new regulations unless it provides the scientific data to justify them.Passage of the measure, H.R. 4012, fell largely along party lines with a vote of 237-190.The bill is part of the House GOP's package of legislation on the floor this week to limit the EPA's regulatory powers.
House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas), a fierce EPA opponent, argued, "Costly environmental regulations should only be based on data that is available to independent scientists and the public." Rep. David Schweikert (R-Ariz.), the chief sponsor of the legislation, added, "If you're going to make public policy, do it by public data."
At first blush, it sounds pretty reasonable, doesn't it? Indeed, the name of the bill itself, the "Secret Science Reform Act," hardly comes across as some radical, anti-EPA proposal. The text itself simply requires the EPA to issue rules based on evidence available "in a manner that is sufficient for independent analysis and substantial reproduction of research results."
If you didn't know better, the proposal may even sound dull. That is, until one takes a closer look and understands what Republicans are up to.
GOP senator warns of 'anarchy' and 'violence'
Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele appeared on msnbc yesterday, and when host Alex Wagner asked what kind of advice he'd give his party's leaders in Congress, Steele offered some sound advice. "The first would be, 'Get a grip,'" he said.
Steele's comments came to mind after reading this report published last night by USA Today.
Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn warns there could be not only a political firestorm but acts of civil disobedience and even violence in reaction to President Obama's executive order on immigration Thursday."The country's going to go nuts, because they're going to see it as a move outside the authority of the president, and it's going to be a very serious situation," Coburn said on Capital Download. "You're going to see -- hopefully not -- but you could see instances of anarchy. ... You could see violence."
The far-right senator went on to say, "Here's how people think: Well, if the law doesn't apply to the president ... then why should it apply to me?"
It's hard to know what to make of such an odd perspective. If Coburn is correct, why weren't there similar outbursts of anarchy and violence when Presidents Reagan and Bush took very similar executive actions? If the masses are so deeply concerned about separation of powers and the often-ambiguous lines surrounding executive authority, wouldn't we have seen instances of pandemonium before?
As a practical matter, I'm not even sure how this would work. The Obama administration has limited resources, so it appears likely to prioritize deportations for criminals who entered the country illegally. So, in Coburn's vision, anti-immigrant activists will become violent, perhaps literally rioting in the street, until more unobtrusive families are broken up?
Jobless claims level off, remain below threshold
The good news is, initial unemployment claims improved a little in the newly released figures. The bad news is, they were supposed to improve more than this.
The number of people who applied for new unemployment benefits totaled fewer than 300,000 for the 10th straight week, reflecting the low level of layoffs in the U.S. economy as growth gradually picks up. Initial jobless claims fell by 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted 291,000 in the week ended Nov. 15, the Labor Department said Thursday. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch had expected claims to total around 280,000. [...]Over the past month, meanwhile, the average of new claims rose by 1,750 to 287,500. The four-week average reduces seasonal volatility in the weekly data and is seen as a more accurate barometer of labor-market trends.
To reiterate the point I make every Thursday morning, it's worth remembering that week-to-week results can vary widely, and it's best not to read too much significance into any one report.
In terms of metrics, when jobless claims fall below the 400,000 threshold, it's considered evidence of an improving jobs landscape, and when the number drops below 370,000, it suggests jobs are being created rather quickly. At this point, we've been 300,000 in each of the last 10 weeks -- the first time we've seen that in the United States since the Clinton era.
NBC poll: Public attitudes clear as mud
The new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll offers the first national snapshot of Americans' attitudes in the wake of the 2014 midterms, and those hoping to gain clarity from the data are likely to be disappointed.
There's no shortage of interesting results, but for me, the most striking figures were on the public's top policy priorities. From Mark Murray's report:
The NBC/WSJ poll also lists several actions the next Congress might take beginning in 2015. From most popular to least popular:* 82 percent support Congress providing access to lower the costs of student loans;* 75 percent support increasing spending on infrastructure, roads and highways;* 65 percent support Congress raising the minimum wage;* 60 percent support approving emergency funding to deal with Ebola in West Africa;* 59 percent support addressing climate change by limiting carbon emissions
So, the top five most popular policy ideas in the nation are Democratic proposals. To find a popular Republican priority, we have to go the sixth item on the list -- 54% support the Keystone XL pipeline -- which is far behind center-left priorities.
And that's where the confusion kicks in. The American mainstream strongly backs the same policy agenda Democrats want, but that same mainstream just elected a Congress that will make it impossible for Americans to get what they say they support.
Indeed, the closer one looks at the results, the less rational they appear. As Rachel noted on the show last night, public attitudes on immigration are even more puzzling.