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Meryl Streep was born on June 22nd, 1949 in Summit, New Jersey to parents Mary Wolf and Harry William Streep. Meryl had two brothers and her family raised her and her siblings in Bernsardsville, New Jersey. After graduating from Bernards High School she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Drama from Vassar College in 1971 and a Masters from Yale School of Drama.
Her first acting experiences were on stage during college in such productions as, "Midsummer Night's Dream". She then relocated to New York City and continued to gain experience as a stage actress being cast in the plays, "Henry V", "The Taming of the Shrew" and "Measure for Measure".
By the late 1970's she began working in the film industry with her first role in the film, "Julia" (1977) followed by a small role in, "The Deer Hunter" (1978). During this time she was married to her first husband, John Cazale who was fighting bone cancer and as she continued to work his illness worsened. After she traveled to Europe to film she returned back to him and nursed him until he passed away on March 12th, 1978.
Streep chose to continue working hoping she could get her mind off the loss of her husband. She worked on the television miniseries, "Holocaust" which earned her a great amount of praise and even a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress. She was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film, "The Deer Hunter" (1978).
Some of her other film roles were in, "Manhattan" (1979), "The Seduction of Joe Tynan" and "Kramer vs. Kramer". Meryl won an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for her role in "Kramer vs. Kramer".
Streep was now being cast as the lead in a variety of films such as, "The French Lieutenant's Woman" (1981), "Still of the Night" (1982) and "Sophie's Choice" (1982) winning another Academy Award for Best Actress.
Her roles continued in such films as, "Silkwood" (1983), "Falling in Love" (1984), "Out of Africa" (1985), "Heartburn" (1986), "Ironweed" (1987), "A Cry in the Dark" (1988) and "She Devil" (1989).
Streep won in total between 1984 and 1990 six people's Choice Awards for Favorite Motion Picture Actress and continued to take on new and challenging roles. She appeared with Clint Eastwood in, "The Bridges of Madison County" and "Marvin's Room" with Leonardo DeCaprio and Diane Keaton.
In the year 2000, Meryl Streep worked with director, Steven Spielberg in the film, "A.I. Artificial Intelligence" and then with Spike Jonze in, "Adaptation" (2002) for which she won her fourth Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress.
Meryl continued with amazing success never slowing down. She took on challenging film roles and television roles. Streep made an appearance in the mini series, "Angels in America" portraying four different roles and she once again was acknowledged by critics for her amazing acting talent and was awarded her second Emmy Award and a fifth Golden Globe.
With no momentum slow down in her career, Streep was seen on the big screen in such films as, "Prime" (2005), "A Praire Home Companion" (2006) and "The Devil Wears Prada" (2006) which again earned her a number of awards and another Oscar nomination. This film was one of the largest grossing films in her career earning more then 326.5 million. Her success again continued with roles in, "Dark Matter" (2007), "Rendition" (2007), "Evening" (2007), "Lions For Lambs" (2007) and "Mamma Mia!" (2008) which grossed 602.6 million and again, Streep was nominated for another Golden Globe for her performance.
As her career progressed into the late 2000's, Streep could be seen on the big screen in more amazing film roles such as, portraying the chef, Julia Child in the film, "Julie and Julia". She was also in the film, "It's Complicated" (2009) directed by Nancy Meyers and her co stars Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin. Some of her latest roles are in, "The Iron Lady" (2011) and "Great Hope Springs" which will debut in 2012.
Along with a highly successful film career, on occasion Meryl would return to her love of performing on the stage. She had an amazing talent for portraying different accents and throughout her career she was seen in such stage productions as, "A Memory of Two Mondays", "The Cherry Orchard", "The Seagull" and "The Mother Courage and Her Children". She also has a beautiful singing voice and was given the opportunity to share that with audiences when she recorded a rendition of the song, "Mamma Mia" which won an award for, "Favorite Song From A Soundtrack" in 2008 at the People's Choice Awards.
Meryl Streep has only been married twice, after losing her first husband she later married a sculptor, Don Gunner in 1978 and they remain married and have four children together. She holds the record for the most Academy Awards nominations reaching a total of sixteen and a total of twenty five nominations for a Golden Globe Award. She has also been awarded a Crystal Award in 1998, a Cesar Award in 2003 and a Stanislavsky Award in 2004. Then in 2010 Streep was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters and was also awarded with a Doctor of Arts Degree from Harvard University. Along with all her awards, she was also honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1998.
Meryl Streep was listed as one of twelve, "Promising New Actors of 1977" in John Willis' Screen World, was ranked #24 in Empire magazine's "Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" in 1997 and in 2007 was ranked #6 on Ew's the 50 Smartest People in Hollywood.
She currently resides in New York and Connecticut and as of 2011 she is still the most Oscar-nominated actress with 16 nominations.
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Last night, President Obama addressed a memorial service in Arizona, his comments broadcast through the nation. He called for civility in the national political discourse. While many have warned that an increasingly venomous and hateful political climate contributed to this attack, he distanced himself from the charge that thinly-veiled calls to violence made by far-right groups and echoed by their mainstream counterparts contributed to this attack.
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Kelly Rowland: I didn't think it could actually be better but it did. Sierra it's okay to cry, you guys deserve it.
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Man I hope people vote for them because Jeff is way ahead on dial idol. It's probably irrelevant but hey who knows?
@ArchieSue Typically Dial Idol can only be taken seriously these days when they absolutely outright predict who will win or go home (which usually doesn't even happen anymore). So I would take it for a grain of salt, but it would be wild for that to happen !


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Staff Photo by Angela Lewis/Chattanooga Times Free Press A frame from a new video that is aimed at keeping kids out of gangs features Timothy Evans, now serving a prison sentence, speak out against gangs.
Police, courts, clergy and students agree that Chattanooga has a gang problem.
Numbers back that up -- nine of the 19 killings in Chattanooga last year were gang-related, according to police.
Solving the problem of gangs and the violence that swirls around them means getting all levels of the community involved, said participants in the U.S. Attorney's Office Gang Summit, held Wednesday at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Chattanooga Deputy Police Chief Mark Rawlston said gangs have been a problem for years in the area but just weren't discussed openly.
"Within the last six or seven years, we've acknowledged the gang problem," he said.
Representatives from Hamilton County schools, law enforcement, some clergy and government officials met in separate sessions and later mingled in groups.
Officials focused the summit on preventing gangs, starting with issues for younger students, then working with communities on recreation center programs, adult and youth mentorship, parenting classes and city building code enforcement in blighted communities.
Hamilton County District Attorney General Bill Cox pointed to the forum as a way people can connect across different areas.
"That's one of the best things that you're seeing happening here today, you're seeing the commitment of people to address a problem that affects all of us," he said.
"It's a tragic problem for those who get involved in the gang culture, who end up dead or end up in jail, basically throwing their lives away," Mr. Cox said.
He said only a small percentage of local youth is involved in gangs, but they commit a large number of crimes.
Participants watched a video featuring interviews with convicted gang members serving prison terms of 25 years and life who shared their mistakes and asked others not to follow. The footage also included high-school age students who had been in gangs but gotten out.
U.S. Attorney Russ Dedrick and others lauded the video as a tool to reach students and communities about the consequences of gang involvement.
But some students said the video had to be accompanied with consistent support, mentorship and alternatives to gangs .
Community response to gangs
* Solicit help from the elderly as mentors in community programs.
* Offer affordable activities and improve recreation center offerings.
* Develop education and guidance programs for youth and adults in affected areas.
* Engage families in more responsible behaviors and involvement with their children.
* Let youth know that police and other officials are available for help, not just criticism.
* Build community support around schools at all events -- sports, arts and others.
Source: U.S. Attorney's Office gangs summit
"You're not going to watch a 20-minute video and it change your life," said 15-year-old Ooltewah High School sophomore Morgan Davis. "It's got to be a constant nagging to get you to stop it."
Dustin Lindberg, an 18-year-old senior at Ooltewah, said harsh promises by police and adults must come with real consequences. He knows students who use or deal drugs who don't get caught during school drug searches.
"They're saying, 'If you do these things, you'll go to jail,' then we see the cops come and they don't go to jail," Mr. Lindberg said.
The students were quick to point out that there isn't a real gang problem at their school, although so-called "wannabes" emulate gang behavior but don't commit serious offenses such as gun violence.
Some schools see more gang problems than others. Hamilton County Deputy Jeremy Wright, school resource officer at the Howard School of Academics and Technology, said he sees new students already affiliated with a gang coming into high school.
He said officers talk with and watch the students identified as gang members closely.
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Todd South covers courts, poverty, technology, military and veterans for the Times Free Press. He has worked at the paper since 2008 and previously covered crime and safety in Southeast Tennessee and North Georgia. Todd's hometown is Dodge City, Kan. He served five years in the U.S. Marine Corps and deployed to Iraq before returning to school for his journalism degree from the University of Georgia. Todd previously worked at the Anniston (Ala.) Star. Contact ...
This is rich...there's been a gang problem for a long time which Chattanooga officers and agents from other state/federal agencies have been aware of. The troops in the trenches know the score but the armchair generals don't want to admit it because they want to keep their "Little Bo Peep" image of Chattanooga squeaky clean.
Get with the program people! Did it take several shootings in the past few weeks to figure this out?


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Am not sure, but I don't think anyone can legally take you on without going through the entire interview process with other candidates etc. so you are probably best looking at the jobs advertised as opposed to advertising yourself.
Hi All,
I am a young enthusiastic lad who would like to get into an ICT job, I have no qualifications as such ( I have 2 GCSEs in ICT ) but I am very experienced in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 & Microsoft Windows Server 2000 Domain environments. I am also apart of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 BETA testing program. I have been administering them for a few years now and i have picked up some experience. I know about many factors including:
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Although as you can see i have no qualifications as yet i am an experienced user and i know to job well :!: I can provide proof of this by references or some sort of test. I would like to get a job administering Microsoft Windows Server Domains. Some companies provide training I am more than willing to do this and I am prepared to learn.
I live in the Rochdale, so preferably I would like a job here or in the surrounding towns.
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Am not sure, but I don't think anyone can legally take you on without going through the entire interview process with other candidates etc. so you are probably best looking at the jobs advertised as opposed to advertising yourself.
Yes I am doing that as well but nobody seems to be willing to take someone like me on.
Where did you gain all your experience if you have ot worked in IT FN
The only way i found to get into IT without qualifications was to do an NVQ apprentiship, but i was still lucky to get the job at the end of that.
My advice would be to look for "junior tech" positions and then do a CCNA, MCSA, Network/A+ etc at a college on a night class, or even just studying on your own.
TBH though if you are as good as you *sound* id just go straight in and enter myself for a MCSA and/or Network+ exam. If you pass then you will be one step closer to getting a good job, if not just go on the course.
i agree with _Bat_
Im not sure either if any one can legally take you on without going through the entire interview process
my advise is take your time and ask around and look at the jobs advertised
and etc..
good luck anyway
I got all my experience mainly from reading MCSE books and setting up my own domain
If you are currently unemployed, you could ask round your local schools to see if anyone would be willing to take on a volunteer for a few hours a week - they'd need to get a CRB check done and may ask you to pay for that, but you'd be getting valuable experience which would look good on your CV when the right job does come up.
Good idea thanks my friend, I have just left school i got on quite well with the people in the ICT department i will ask them. Thank you
Good luck!
Send your CV to SpecialAgent.
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The Committee on Standards and Privileges has agreed to carry out a review of the Assembly's Code of Conduct and Guide to the Rules relating to the Conduct of Members ("the Code of Conduct")
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Both the Committee and the Commissioner are aware that a number of aspects of the current Code of Conduct could either be clarified and rewritten. This has become apparent through a number of avenues, including through matters arising from the consideration of complaints.
The Committee is aware of the publication of two reports in light of which the Committee should reconsider aspects of the Code of Conduct. Firstly, the Council of Europe's group of states against corruption (GRECO) has published its fourth round evaluation report on the United Kingdom. This report focuses on the prevention of corruption of elected members of legislatures, judges and prosecutors. A number of its recommendations apply to the Northern Ireland Assembly (as well as to the other legislatures in the UK). Secondly, the Committee on Standards in Public Life has published "Standards Matter", a review of best practice in promoting good behaviour in public life.
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The L Word Recaps: Episode 4.5 "Lez Girls"
How the other half of Phyllis lives — At Phyllis' fund-raising shindig, Helena chats with Phyllis' husband, Leonard, who's eating all the hors d'ouevres. "[Phyllis] certainly manages to squeeze a lot in," notes Helena. Har hrrr.
Elsewhere, Phyllis is leaving a voice mail for Alice, in which she says (1) she wishes Alice were coming to the party; (2) she misses her; and (3) she loves her. Phyllis seems unable to believe that those last words came out of her mouth: She stares at the phone as if it's just shocked her. The never-ending mirrors framing Phyllis are a nice touch: Who will she be today? The executive vice chancellor, or the explorer of the whole of lesbian sex?
Truth is just as badass as fiction — Alice is at Shane's place, to pick her up for a night out at Here. Shane asks Jenny if she wants to go; Jenny replies affirmatively, again with her mouth full. And then the smackdown begins (try to read this really quickly because this is a zingy, fast-paced scene):
Alice: If she's going, I'm not going.
Shane: What? What are you talking about?
Alice: Jenny, you know what I'm talking about.
Jenny: [masticating] What are you talking about, Alice?
Alice: No, just call me Elyse, the bisexual fashion victim. I'm sorry, is my hat too much?
Jenny: A little. What?
Shane: What are you talking about?
Alice: Jenny wrote a story. It was published in The New Yorker — we're all very, very excited for you, Jenny —
Shane: No, no, no, I heard about it —
Alice: But we're in it.
Shane: [staring blankly at Alice]
Alice: We're in it.
Shane: [looking at Jenny] Oh.
Jenny: Thank you, Alice, for being so gracious about my accomplishment of being published in The New Yorker. But, Alice, if you actually read beyond the cover —
Alice: Oh, I read it.
Jenny: You did?
Alice: Yeah.
Jenny: — it's in the New Yorker fiction issue, therefore you'd see that it was actually a work of fiction.
Alice: Oh, that's bulls—. [to Shane] I take it you haven't read this [air quotes] story?
Shane: Clearly not, no.
Jenny: [to Max, the innocent bystander] You read it. Tell her.
Max: Yeah, I read it. [to Alice] She claims that it's not you.
Jenny: It's not. I draw from my own life, and I use my friends and my own experiences as inspiration, but at the end of the day, it's fiction.
Alice: Right. Right. [to Shane] Yeah, there's this character named Shaun, Shane, and, um [to Jenny] she's a make-up artist? Right? Correct?
Jenny: [innocently] Mmm hmmm.
Alice: Yeah, and she sleeps with a lot of girls.
Shane: [shrugging] That's not bad.
Jenny: Hey, Alice, you know, there's this crazy, weird thing that happens when you write. As a writer —
Alice: Wait, is this a lesson?
Jenny: Yeah!
Alice: In writing?!
Jenny: Yeah!
Alice: From Jenny Schecter?!
Jenny: Yeah!
Alice: Oh, fahhkk, let me grab a pen!
Jenny: Get a pad too! So this thing that happens when you write is you draw from your own life, and then in turn, you take those experiences and you use something called imagination, Alice —
Alice: Oh, imagination! God, so that's the thing you were lacking when you could barely change our names, huh?
Jenny: Just a second. You guys … [cupping her ear] do you … do you hear that?
Alice and Shane: [staring, waiting]
Jenny: Oh, my God, it's Monet. Monet has come back from the dead and he wants me to give you a message. He says, "I am so sorry for sitting in front of my pond in France and sketching those water lilies and using the water lilies as actual inspiration. Sorry to offend, Alice."
Alice: Right, right. Oh, wait, he's talking to me! So weird. Huh? [listening] What? OK, I'll tell her. He said don't ever f—ing compare yourself to him.
I loved that so much, I watched it three times. And then like 30 more.
Hmmm, so last week, Jodi was talking about how revolutionary the Impressionists were in their day, and now Jenny's talking about Monet. Can I get a shout out to Cassatt next?


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A Lancaster man reported to police Thursday that he was held up at gunpoint inside the post office.
The man, 39, walked in to buy a stamp and was about to place an envelope in the box when another man entered, according to a Lancaster Police Department incident report.
From 1969 to 1974, nobody did pop music better than Three Dog Night and they have the hits to prove it.American music icons, the group's name allegedly came from the practice of indigenous Australians sleeping in holes dug in the ground with dingos to stay warm (if the night was especially cold, it was a "three dog night").But some say that story is up for debate.What is not up for debate is the numbers that the group put up in the early 1970s with their smooth, polished vocals.Inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2
I recall reading somewhere that fishing is now a sport. That's not necessarily the case.It can't be very sporting for the fish unless he is as big as Jaws.As boys, we didn't have to worry about size, too much and we sure didn't have to worry about the limit. To me, this fishing was never the fun part. Getting ready to go, was.I didn't have to worry about running down to the nearby bait shop, either.
Buried in the Sept. 5 advertising section is the Lancaster County Election Notice which includes, among other voter choices, the issue of a 1 percent increase in sales taxes. Many folks have been hearing about the $33 million cost of a new courthouse. Well, the sales tax question relates to an amount not to exceed $42,400,000.
Do you have weeds growing in your pond?Would you like to know how to get rid of the weeds?Then the Clemson Extension Office in your county can help.If you have a pond, you understand the severity in which pond weeds can rapidly establish in still water.Each year throughout the Southeast, local, state and federal government agencies spend millions of dollars controlling aquatic weeds in public waterways.
Why has the price of oil nearly doubled to a record high of $140 a barrel in the last 12 months, while the average cost at the wellhead averages only $6 a barrel?
Simply because OPEC – led by Saudi Arabia and Iran, and followed by the Russians and Chinese – want it that way. Unlike most cost increases, it has nothing to do with the cost of production.
If all's fair in love and war, then football ranks right up there with both.
Romance involving football rivals may make a place-kicking situation in tonight's Buford-Lancaster county clash an interesting scenario.
And extra points – usually regarded as routine plays – may not be so routine when the Jackets and Bruins tangle at BHS tonight.
That's because Lancaster High School senior place-kicker Anna Funderburk will be battling against her boyfriend, Buford High senior captain Joe Wright, a two-way starter at offensive guard and linebacker.
You may have been surprised when you learned that some members of the Catawba Indian Nation would be on hand tonight to formally bless the new Indian Land High School football stadium.
Indian dancers and drummers are also scheduled to perform as the Indian Land Warriors' stadium, which is nicknamed "The Reservation," is given a traditional Indian blessing as it is dedicated.
Catawba Indian Nation proud of 'The Reservation'
The Catawba Indian Nation is proud to support the Indian Land community in naming the Indian Land High School Stadium "The Reservation." This brings honor and respect to the Catawba people who were the first inhabitants of Indian Land.
Indian Land gets its name because the Catawba used to live and hunt there. As a matter of fact, the Indian Land community was once part of the reservation. After several treaties, the land was taken by the state and divided among settlers who had befriended the Catawba.
Leadership. Vision. Judgment. These are the three essential ingredients of effective governance.
In lieu of responding to all of the musings, individually, relative to increasing the sales tax, property tax increases, new courthouse, county government building security, etc., etc., that have recently appeared in The Lancaster News, let's stop for a moment to examine our County Council's record.
Effective public leaders:
n Have the foresight and responsibility to secure the government's assets. This includes both human and physical assets.
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Hi. I'm Amma. Welcome to The Dedicated Amateur.
The title of this site comes from, if you can believe it, an episode of King of the Hill. One of the characters sets up a Christmas village in his front yard as a way to make connections with his neighbors during the holiday season. Pleased by the attention, he decides to go bigger, with professional help.
His friends and neighbors, watching the spectacle unfold on his lawn, make a remark about the work ethic of those helping him:
Even in a moment of silliness, I connected deeply to that phrase. By trade, I am a professional in the field of higher education. But I am by no means an expert in anything. I'm not sure I ever want to be. In all endeavors, I embrace the mentality of the amateur because it keeps me in a mindset of learning. I'm dedicated to constantly putting in the work to be better, and my wish is for all who meet and interact with me can feel that desire for excellence and dedication to continuous learning.


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Can we talk?
The other day I heard one of those money-saving segments on the news and was advised to save my change each day in a coin bank. I realized I have the perfect bank, a Mary Engelbreit piece I received as a gift years ago but have never actually used as a bank! This gift is super special to me because it was a gift from a friend's *father* who was a Walmart trucker at the time he bought it. Retired now, Bob was a bearded, gray-haired gruff sort when I first met him, but it didn't take me long to figure out he was a teddy bear. Still, though, I was amazed when this bank arrived in the mail one day with a note from his wife. "Bob saw this at an auction and said 'Do you think Angela would like that?'" she said. She told him that yes, she thought I would, so he got it and that's how I acquired this bank. The sentiment means more to me than the bank does!
Although it is a cute piece, isn't it? Around the base it says "Pour yourself a cup of kindness," which is a great sentiment -- and one I can certainly bank on doing!
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Remembering A Cup of Kindness
Posted by Angela McRae at 7:00 AM
9 comments:
- Denise said...
Darling story,man and bank.Kind of reminds me of my husband.
- January 18, 2011 at 8:52 AM
- Linda J. said...
Love it! What a special gift!
- January 18, 2011 at 11:53 AM
- Marilyn said...
I love it, but more than anything I love the sentiment behind it. What a precious treasure of a man.
- January 18, 2011 at 12:55 PM
- parTea lady said...
What a thoughtful gift and a really cute place to stash your change.
- January 18, 2011 at 3:36 PM
- Frivolitea said...
What a thoughtful and charming gift and story to go with it!
- January 18, 2011 at 4:58 PM
- Steph said...
What a treasure for your treasures!
- January 18, 2011 at 5:25 PM
What a nice story! Sometimes a gift's background 'story' makes it all the more special. Enjoy your bank & thanks for sharing, Joanie
- January 19, 2011 at 6:29 AM
- Jacob said...
What a cute money bank!!
this can be a perfect gift ;P
- January 19, 2011 at 8:37 PM
- Ginger said...
What lovely gift and a lovely story.
- January 19, 2011 at 9:59 PM
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Justin Blackmon off to slow start
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Justin Blackmon would catch four passes in a single series at Oklahoma State.
So having four receptions through three games with the Jacksonville Jaguars must make the rookie feel like more of a well-paid decoy than a go-to guy.
"It's not that bad," Blackmon said Wednesday. "When it happens, it'll happen. I don't control it. All I can do is get out there and play."
I guess they're all concerned. I have nothing to be concerned about." -- Justin Blackmon
Blackmon has 31 yards receiving heading into Sunday's game against Cincinnati. It's hardly the production the Jaguars (1-2) expected when they traded up to select him with the fifth overall pick in April's draft.
Coach Mike Mularkey believes Blackmon is pressing to make plays. Blackmon, meanwhile, has no idea what all the fuss is about.
"I guess they're all concerned," he said. "I have nothing to be concerned about."
Blackmon has been targeted 15 times by quarterback Blaine Gabbert. Most of the missed connections have been off-target throws, including what should have been an easy touchdown in the season opener at Minnesota, but Blackmon did drop a perfectly placed short pass Sunday at Indianapolis.
"I just told him to be patient, 'It's coming. We'll get you the ball. There's going to be a time that you'll understand what we're doing,' " Mularkey said. "I think he's handling it very well. He's doing everything we ask him to do. This would be a nice game to be a breakout game for him. But he's just got to be patient. It will come in due time when everything else starts to fall in place."
The Jaguars have been forced to tweak things the last two weeks because of injuries. Guard Eben Britton (ankle) and right tackle Cam Bradfield (ankle) were hurt in the season opener and missed the last two games.
Those injuries forced rookie guard Mike Brewster and backup offensive tackle Guy Whimper onto the field -- with mixed results. Jacksonville was so concerned about how the line, especially Whimper, would hold up against Robert Mathis and the Colts that offensive coordinator Bob Bratkowski's game plan centered around running back Maurice Jones-Drew.
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Jones-Drew ran 28 times for 177 yards and a touchdown as the Jaguars often used fullback Greg Jones and tight end Marcedes Lewis as extra blockers.
The scheme also meant fewer opportunities for Blackmon, who caught one pass for 7 yards.
Blackmon insisted he hasn't received any extra attention from opposing defenses. But teammates said otherwise.
"He's doing a great job," Gabbert said. "Things just haven't really gone our way. They're rolling coverage in, they're double covering him, so we have to work to beat that. We will. Just got to keep going."
Jones-Drew said teams have put their best defensive back on Blackmon.
"That's kind of tough as a rookie to come in and go against some of the top corners in the league," Jones-Drew said. "I think he's done a great job. ... Obviously he wants to get the ball more; we all want to touch the ball. He'll be perfectly fine though. I don't have any worries about him."
General manager Gene Smith had no concerns when he traded up to draft Blackmon, but the receiver's first few months have been far from smooth.
He pleaded guilty to drunken driving in Stillwater, Okla., in July and avoided jail time. Then he missed the first 12 days of training camp while his agent and the Jaguars worked out contract details.
The preseason alleviated most second guesses, as Blackmon caught 10 passes for 136 yards and a touchdown in three exhibition games.
But Blackmon's slow start has some -- not him -- wondering how his rookie season will unfold.
"It's not tough," he said. "I'm a patient person. Like I said, if the ball comes, it comes. If it doesn't, I'm happy. I can't control that. I want to be able to help the team out. Right now, I'm just doing what I can to do that."
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Litchfield Beach & Golf Resort
Litchfield Beach & Golf Resort in Pawleys Island
Litchfield Beach & Golf Resort
Hotel Guest Rating: 7.8/10
14276 Ocean Highway
Pawleys Island, SC 29585
Litchfield Beach & Golf Resort
This resort boasts a full-service spa and a lazy river. Huntington Beach State Park is 3.3 miles away. Guests will enjoy discounts a 4 nearby golf courses.Charmingly decorated rooms at Litchfield Beach & Golf Resort include a microwave, refrigerator and coffee facilities. Free Wi-Fi is available in every room. Most rooms are located within walking distance from the beach.On-site dining at the resort includes Websters Low Country Grill open for breakfast and dinner with a breakfast buffet. Websters Tavern offers pizza and light fare. Starbucks coffee is located in the lobby.Litchfield Beach Resort's full-service health club boasts an indoor pool, steam room and well-equipped fitness centre. Guests can also play ping pong and racquetball.Brookgreen Gardens is 2 miles from Litchfield Beach Resort. Deep Sea Fishing and Water Sports are less than 1 mile away. ...read more
- Internet services
- Fitness centre
- Business centre
- Restaurant
- Free parking
Litchfield Beach & Golf Resort Amenities
- 24-hour front desk
- Air conditioning
- Bar
- Barber/beauty shop
- Bicycle rental
- Business centre
- Family rooms
- Fitness centre
- Free parking
- Free WiFi
- Golf course (within 3 km)
- Heating
- Hot tub
- Indoor pool (all year)
- Internet services
- Lift
- Meeting/banquet facilities
- Non-smoking rooms
- Non-smoking throughout
- On-site parking
- Outdoor pool (seasonal)
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- Restaurant (à la carte)
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- Spa and wellness centre
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Hotel Information
Upon check-in photo identification and credit card is required. All special requests are subject to availability upon check-in. Special requests cannot be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.Please note that Litchfield Beach & Golf Resort has several locations. Travel distance to beach may vary.Please note that motorcycles, trailers, and motorhomes cannot be accommodated at this hotel. Guests are required to show a photo identification and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.
Hotel Guest Reviews of the Litchfield Beach & Golf ResortOur hotel ratings and reviews are from real hotel guests. Priceline.com ensures that its reviews are guests-only by proactively sending hotel surveys to customers after they've completed their hotel stays. In the post-stay surveys, priceline.com hotel customers are asked a number of questions about their stay and the hotel. On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best, the survey asks guests to rate their overall experience and specifically rate the hotel's cleanliness, staff and location. Priceline.com does not allow site visitors to post unsolicited hotel reviews.
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Family Traveling with Young Children
My experience was great! Hotel was very clean and up To date! Pool at out location was good..it was nice to be able to use the waterpark at the other building which was within walking distance from Ours! Very nice view.. Even from my 1st floor.. Of the beach!
May 27, 2014
I look forward to going back in the near future,
March 20, 2014
Family Traveling with Teens
excellent for a family stay.
March 12, 2014
Family Traveling with Teens
Beautiful ground lots to do and see in the area. Great value!
February 20, 2014
Family Traveling with Young Children
They did offer 10% off our bill.
February 11, 2014
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January 2, 2014
The place was very nice. Checkin was easy, Starbucks coffee the next morning was great. I would stay at this hotel again.
December 9, 2013
We live close to the area and went to a local attraction for the night. It had never occurred to me to stay there as it is such a beautiful resort from the outside. The price was right so I decided to try it. This was a Priceline Express deal. Our reservation indicated that the room would be poolside. Instead we were located at the very back of the resort in the lockout part of a time share. That would have been fine if the room had not been so worn. The furniture was chipped and sad looking. The mattresses were the worst I have ever experienced. There was no blowdryer and it took housekeeping 40 minutes to get one to me by which time my hair was almost dry. While the resort is lovely and the price was beautiful I would not go back unless the room has been refurbished with at least new mattresses.Also recommend taking room location off reservation if that is not being honored. ...
August 26, 2013
I wish every thing was in one hotel like the pool ect . I felt like I was at a low budget motel . I can 12 hours to come to a room with little space in the bed room the two beds took up the whole room there where bugs and spider webs everywhere I didn't feel safe it looked like an old apartment complex I felt really bad for my soon to be husband because it was his birthday and I wanted to show him a good time and wanted the best for him I have used priceline alot of time and they have never let me down with hotels but this time they let me down big time wow to drive so far away from home and open the door to the room I wanted to turn around and go home but we had already paid for everything ...
June 12, 2013
property was beautiful and very clean. It was easy to get to from the main highway.
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XHTML versus HTML
From the start of my "awakening" to the knowledge of web standards, accessibility, and the like, I've been coding in XHTML. I started with XHTML 1.0 Transitional, and then as I got more into web standards, XHTML 1.0 Strict. I treat this issue of web standards, accessibility, and validity more and more importantly as time goes by. But the question is, is XHTML is correct choice, or was HTML the right document type definition I should have been using all along?
Gasp! I can hear it now. I've been an avid XHTML supporter for quite some time, making sure my scripts chug out valid XHTML markup. A lot of my online friends feel the same about XHTML. But I've been hearing more and more about the arguments for and against XHTML, that I've decided to sit down and really think about it.
Here are my reasons for choosing XHTML waaaay back when, and what makes these reasons invalid:
False: HTML is parsed as tag soup, but since XHTML should be valid when parsed, it should be parsed faster and better, not in "quirks mode".
Unfortunately, almost all usage today of XHTML is as HTML, and not as XML. This means that they are parsed as "tag soup":
"XHTML is an XML format; this means that strictly speaking it should be sent with an XML-related media type (application/xhtml+xml, application/xml, or text/xml). However XHTML 1.0 was carefully designed so that with care it would also work on legacy HTML user agents as well. If you follow some simple guidelines, you can get many XHTML 1.0 documents to work in legacy browsers. However, legacy browsers only understand the media type text/html, so you have to use that media type if you send XHTML 1.0 documents to them. But be well aware, sending XHTML documents to browsers as text/html means that those browsers see the documents as HTML documents, not XHTML documents." XHTML Frequently Asked Questions
If you want your XHTML to be parsed as XML (and take advantage of the marginally-faster parser… and when they say "marginally", apparently it is "marginally"!), you have to send it as XML. Unfortunately IE doesn't support that — you will get a document tree instead of your website layout, unless you give it extra instructions to do so. (See here.) And since IE is still the dominating browser around (yes, I know you're annoyed), one just can't ignore it.
If XHTML is parsed the way it should be parsed (as XML), once your document is found to be not well-formed, the browser is supposed to choke and stop parsing. Period.
"To minimize the occurrence of nasty surprises when parsing the document, XML user agents are told to not be flexible with error handling: if a user agent comes upon a problem in the XML document, it will simply give up trying to read it. Instead, the user will be presented with a simple parse error message instead of the webpage. This eliminates the compatibility issues with incorrectly-written markup and browser-specific error handling methods by requiring documents to be "well-formed", while giving webpage authors immediate indication of the problem. This does, however, mean that a single minor issue like an unescaped ampersand (&) in a URL would cause the entire page to fail, and so most of today's public web applications can't safely be incorporated in a true XHTML page." Beware of XHTML
False: HTML is so old-school, it's getting deprecated.
Apparently not. I've heard of HTML 5 for a while now, but only fully realized recently what this means. The W3C renewed the HTML working group, and apparently, web browsers have leaned more towards HTML5 than XHTML2.
Even more shocking, XHTML2 is not backwards-compatible!
"XHTML 1.x is not "future-compatible". XHTML 2, currently in the drafting stages, is not backwards-compatible with XHTML 1.x. XHTML 2 will have lots of major changes to the way documents are written and structured, and even if you already have your site written in XHTML 1.1, a complete site rewrite will usually be necessary in order to convert it to proper XHTML 2. A simple XSL transformation will not be sufficient in most cases, because some semantics won't translate properly.
"HTML 4.01 is actually more future-compatible. An HTML 4.01 document written to modern support levels will be valid HTML 5, and HTML 5 is where the majority of attention is from browser developers and the W3C."
These are the most important arguments, arguments that I can't ignore as a web developer. Obviously, the Beware of XHTML document is a good read, gives both the myths and benefits of using XHTML. What's even more important is that the way XHTML is used, it's just like "the new HTML", when it shouldn't be that way. XHTML is XML, and should be treated as XML. The extension shouldn't be
.html. Browsers should "give up" when there's an error, and not try to repair the document — after all, that's what browsers do with ill-formed XML documents, right?
What doctype declaration do you use? And why?
I use XHTML 1.1.
I prefer XHTML over HTML because I'm used to XML, and it's much easier to conform to a single coding standard than two.
I prefer Strict over Transitional doctypes because the tags and attributes that are allowed under transitional doctypes are ones I don't use anyway (http://24ways.org/2005/transitional-vs-strict-markup).
XHTML 1.1 does not provide much in the way of semantics over 1.0 strict (http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/changes.html), but it is designed to support namespaces, which appears to be one of the paths XHTML is going down.
Hello Alex, sorry for the delay in replying, I was out of town :)
If XHTML2 is not backwards compatible with anything, then XHTML1.x will be forward compatible only up to a point. If XHTML1.x is not usable at the moment, why should I use it if I will need to recode anyway in order to use the benefits of XHTML2, if I do need it in the hazy future, other than using converters?
I'm interested in what you say about XHTML rendering faster than HTML in browsers — do you have any links for these studies?
Hi Angela,
XHTML2 is not backwards compatible with anything. That does not mean XHTML1.0 is not forwards compatible. XHTML1.0 is compatible with XHTML1.1, for a start, which is supposed to be served as application/xml+xhtml and benefits from faster rendering etc. Of course it isn't usable at the moment.
By maintenance I suspect we're talking about different things. Converters can be more easily written for XHTML (XML based) to other XML based documents than from HTML ( SGML based) document to an XML document format. Furthermore XHTML can use XQuery, XPath and other such emerging technologies that will sooner or later be very useful tools.
As I said above, XHTML1.0 can be served as application/xml+xhtml so if IE9 turns out to be capable of rendering XML applications you will be able to immediately take advantage of that. Or not. It's all about maximising compatibility and choice. That's why I chose to use XHTML1.0
Hi Alex,
Thanks! However, the issue seems to be that XHTML 1.0 is not forward-compatible, and there will be significant changes to the specifications once XHTML 2.0 rolls around. In Beware of XHTML this is included:
XHTML 1.x is not "future-compatible". XHTML 2, currently in the drafting stages, is not backwards-compatible with XHTML 1.x. XHTML 2 will have lots of major changes to the way documents are written and structured, and even if you already have your site written in XHTML 1.1, a complete site rewrite will usually be necessary in order to convert it to proper XHTML 2. A simple XSL transformation will not be sufficient in most cases, because some semantics won't translate properly.
This is a big issue, and I don't see the reason to work with XHTML 1.0 now when I will have to rework everything over again for XHTML 2.
Your argument regarding "what do you want from your documents? do you want ease of maintenance?" seems to imply that coding in XHTML1 makes for easier maintenance, when I haven't observed any better gains from when I was coding HTML and XHTML, when I sit down and think about it. That argument doesn't make sense.
Ultimately you must ask yourself what you want from your documents. Do you want ease of maintenance?
Do you want to be able to convert effortlessly between their current format and future XML formats (OpenDocument Format for example)?
When XHTML finally comes of age and IE finally gets support, do you want to be able to simply alter one line in one file to take advantages of faster rendering?
The argument that XHTML is not yet useful so we should continue to use HTML doesn't really make sense. XHTML1.0 can be rendered as HTML. HTML4, however, cannot be rendered as XHTML.
I chose XHTML 1.0 for the exact reasons you chose, Angela, actually. After reading your post, I will take a serious look at which is the correct doctype to use. Interesting.
@Ilona: Yes, that's another reason why I code in XHTML as well; seems like pretty much everyone in the fanlistings community codes in XHTML! Which presents a problem when it comes to Enth 4.0… about which to use. :P
@Roberto: I've seen the Hixie advocacy text, but not the one in Coding Paradise! Thanks for sharing — those are important points and as you get deeper into web development, you end up needing to make these decisions.
I stay away from XHTML because of these reasons:
Most of my fanlistings are coded in XHTML 1.0 Transitional. I don't know why, exactly, I chose to code in that doctype. I guess because I thought it was cleaner and looks tidier. Maybe because everyone was switching to XHTML that I followed the trends.


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Carmen Montejo (born María Teresa Sánchez González on May 26, 1925 in Pinar del Río, Cuba), the Mexican actress of telenovelas, stage and the golden age of the Cinema of Mexico
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webinar with Karen Donde
Weaving recipes are great learning tools. But when you're ready to break free and design on your own, you'll need to work through decisions about fiber, yarn size, sett, color, pattern and structure to design handwoven textiles that look, feel and function the way you intend.
Weaver Karen Donde designs handwoven textiles for sale, commission and exhibit. In this web seminar she will present her step-by-step Project Planning Workbook (included with this webinar), leading participants through the technical and aesthetic decisions that can make designing handwoven textiles challenging.
And because inspiration can come from any step in the design process, whether it's a particular yarn, weave structure or technique, she'll show you how to start in the middle of the workbook, making decisions backward and forward to get to your desired result.
This weaving webinar is for all skill levels of weavers. Who should attend this webinar?
Karen Donde weaves limited-edition, one-of-a-kind and custom garments, fashion accessories and home textiles for sale and teaches beginning-advanced weaving classes and assorted workshops. She currently is resident weaving instructor and marketing/promotions manager at Sutherland Handweaving Studio in Asheville, N.C.'s River Arts District.
Donde began weaving in 1998 and has been teaching since 2004. In October 2008, she earned a Certificate of Excellence in Handweaving-Level I from the Handweavers Guild of America. She is a recent graduate of the Haywood Community College Professional Crafts-Fiber program.
An experienced and award-winning writer with a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri, Donde now writes for and about weavers. She is a contributor to Handwoven magazine and its Weaving Today email newsletter, and serves on the magazine's Editorial Advisory Board.
Donde is a juried member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. She also belongs to several weaving guilds, including the Western North Carolina Fibers/Handweavers Guild. She served four years on the board of directors for the Mid-Atlantic Fiber Association.
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This was "OK" for beginners - there was no content for more advanced weavers. I was expecting inspiration for design, not how to record my weaving notes.
(Posted on 2/21/2014)
(Posted on 2/21/2014)
DISAPPOINTMENT!! My first Webinar and not encouraging. Claimed to be 60-90 minutes and barely made 60 with questions. Content does NOT meet advertised description. Handout was nothing new to anyone who has woven already, yet it seems to be the entire focus. At best this was the equivalent of a general ordinary guild program, not worth the money and not what I expected from Interweave! This was designed for a beginner--description was misleading for those of us advanced enough to really want information worth paying for. Karen is engaging, but there was little material here. I think Interweave should offer all of us a freebie to her second part to see if there is something to be learned when all is said and done!
(Posted on 2/17/2014)
(Posted on 2/17/2014)
This was very clear and would be very informative for beginners, but it was hardly 'spicing up' your weaving. Nothing beyond the basics. I have ordered but not yet watched the second part, which I expect to have more inspiration for innovation. Karen Donde is a great weaving teacher, but this was mis-represented in the advertising.
(Posted on 2/4/2014)
(Posted on 2/4/2014)
I was drawn to this because of several of the bullet-points in the description but after watching the first ten minutes realized that two hours could not possibly do justice to the many points this webinar promised to cover. For a beginning weaver this will be very helpful in learning good record-keeping and hearing about one teacher's method for feeding her creativity. It will also be helpful for the weaver who needs a nudge toward using more initiative in his/her design choices. I'm afraid I took nothing from it and wished I had listened to my inner voice when I read the list of what she intended to cover. Ambitious. No, over ambitious.
It was more for beginners and I expected more.
(Posted on 2/1/2014)
(Posted on 2/1/2014)
honestly, I could not believe that over an hour was wasted on 8 pages of really unneeded paperwork in order to weave a project. Terribly OCD and no actual guide for weaving design! I thought I'd be learning about designing weaving...not a repetitive checklist! I will not be joining any classes again soon.
(Posted on 1/26/2014)
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James Wilson has been named the Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year for 2014.
The Staffordshire-born forward, who has scored goals at four different levels this year – Under-18, Under-19, Under-21 and first-team – picked up the award on a memorable week for the young starlet who netted a brace on his debut for the club against Hull City on Tuesday.
The Reds' no. 47 was considered for the award despite only playing eight games, and scoring seven goals, in the Barclays Under-18 Premier League. Nonetheless, he was a key figure in the FA Youth Cup and UEFA Youth League campaigns for Paul McGuinness and Nicky Butt's teams.
"It was straightforward really," McGuinness told ManUtd.com. "Wilson is, by far, the outstanding player. He didn't play a lot of time in the Under-18s as he moved up to the Reserves but we don't always take it that they have to play for the Academy team and he had the Under-19s as well.
"He has been a little disrupted by injury and illness but he's an outstanding prospect and is getting stronger and fitter. It's really helped him working up with Warren Joyce in that respect and, as he develops, so is his concentration. He needs to be in the game more and get into clever positions, whether he's attacking or defending, to win the ball back. He needs to play off the shoulder and stay onside and all these things but he's a great lad and I'm sure he'll keep working hard.


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Ivan Eland on Ranking US Presidents
Recorded: Sunday, October 26, 2014
Ivan Eland, Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, appears on Fox & Friends to discuss his updated version of "Recarving Rushmore."
To order copies of "Recarving Rushmore: Ranking the Presidents on Peace, Prosperity, and Liberty," click here.
Experts: Ivan ElandType: TelevisionIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Culture/ Society, Defense and Foreign Policy, Democracy, Diplomacy and Foreign Aid, Fiscal Policy/Debt, Freedom, Government Power, Government Secrecy, Government Waste/Pork, History (U.S), Nationalism, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Politics, Regulation and Deregulation, Terrorism and National Crises, Trade
The War on Everything
Recorded: Monday, April 14, 2014
Research Fellow Anthony Gregory, author of "The Power of Habeas Corpus in America,"
discusses how politicians love to declare war on social and economic issues, and how these "wars" only manage to increase government power while reducing liberty.
Experts: Anthony GregoryType: Independent Institute TVIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Justice/ Prisons, Free Speech, Freedom, Government Power, Government Secrecy, History (U.S), Immigration, Law Enforcement, Regulation and Deregulation, Terrorism and National Crises
Ivan Eland on Arise TV
Recorded: Thursday, March 20, 2014
Ivan Eland, Director of the Independent Institute Center on Peace and Liberty, discusses new US sanctions on Russia in response to the ongoing Crimea situation.
Experts: Ivan ElandType: TelevisionIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Democracy, Diplomacy and Foreign Aid, Government Power, Political Ideology and Philosophy
Robert Higgs - Crisis, Leviathan, and the National Security State
Recorded: Thursday, February 27, 2014
"Crisis, Leviathan, and the National Security State" by Robert Higgs was a speech sponsored by The Future of Freedom Foundation February 15, 2014 at the 2014 International Students for Liberty Conference in Washington D.C.
Experts: Robert HiggsType: TelevisionIssues: Constitutional Law, Defense and Foreign Policy, Economic Policy, Free Speech, Freedom, Government Power, History (U.S), Nationalism, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Politics, Privacy, Terrorism and National Crises
The Roots of Government Failure: An Interview
Recorded: Wednesday, November 30, 2011
William Shughart interviews Economist Randy T. Simmons, author of Beyond Politics: The Roots of Government Failure.
Experts: William F. Shughart II, Randy T. SimmonsType: Independent Institute TVIssues: Democracy, Economic History and Development (U.S.), Public Choice Theory
Ivan Eland on Anita Dunns Resignation
Recorded: Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Originally aired 11/11/09 on Russia Today. Ivan Eland, Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, discusses the resignation of President Obamas Communications Director, Anita Dunn.
Experts: Ivan ElandType: TelevisionIssues: Free Speech, Politics
Ivan Eland on Election Fraud in Afghanistan
Recorded: Friday, October 2, 2009
Originally aired on 10/2/09. Ivan Eland discusses Peter Galbraiths accusation of fraud benefiting incumbent Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, in an interview on Russia Today.
Experts: Ivan ElandType: TelevisionIssues: Democracy, Economic History and Development (International)
Ivan Eland on Afghanistans Presidental Election
Recorded: Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Originally aired on 8/26/09 on Russia Today. Ivan Eland discusses Afghanistans presidential election.
Type: TelevisionIssues: Democracy


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Stewed chicken from Chicken broth: favorite uses?
- Tom P Nov 19, 2011 05:25 PM
I don't often use the chicken meat from making chicken broth. I've just made a vat of broth for Thanksgiving (2 vats, actually: veggie and chicken) and shredded the meat... how do you like to use it?
I personally think it has little flavor and my cats agree. But the two feral cats around the corner, they love it. (If I want decent meat from the stock pot, I put in the whole chicken and then remove the breasts when they're done--perfectly poached. And then leave in the rest to give all its goodness to the stock.)
Chicken from broth is perfect for an enchilada-bake.
Mix with queso blanco or monterrey jack/enchilado sauce, roll in corn tortillas (you need to soften them first) , cover with sauce and more cheese: you have a great dinner. You can also add sauteed mushrooms or sausage to the mix for extra flavor.
Same thing I do with left over rotisserie chicken. Put on top of rice. Shred cheese over that. If I feel like it, add chopped olives or anything similar that happens to be in my fridge.
Nothing fancy. I usually just nuke that mix in the microwave. It seems like a waste to not eat it.
Chicken fried rice with a generous amount of soy sauce, whatever vegetables are convenient, and perhaps some chinese sausage is another option.
Are you using whole chickens? I often cut up whole chickens and save the backs/carcasses (anything that was not a breast, wing, thigh or drumstick) and freeze them specifically for making soup and stock. Two of these remains are about the same as a whole chicken in terms of imparting flavor, and they each have a lot of flavor and a surprising amount of while meat from the back, plus the oysters. This is enough chicken to shred into a minestrone or other similar soup. The best part? I don't waste the best pieces -- I roast those in a separate meal.
If it is cooked to rags, then I don't know if using for chicken salad (my typical use) would be good. I make my broth in two stages, pulling the meat off the bones before the second stage, and returning the bones to the broth to pressure cook awhile longer. That way I get the chicken meat before it is completely used up. I also add bits of the chicken back into the broth I when I make soup.
re: sueatmo
The use of a pressure cooker changes everything. I was assuming that the OP was making "vats" -- which I interpreted to mean using stockpots.
If it still has flavour (this is not a surefire thing, weirdly), tacos! Or use some of that rich fresh stock to make chicken and dumplings, pretty perfect fall comfort food.
How timely! I'm just about to poach a whole chicken to make one of family's Czech favorites today - "Varnichka" (spelled phonetically), which is basically "Chicken in Dill Sour Cream Sauce". I'll be poaching the chicken, then removing & tossing skin & taking off the meat in whatever size pieces they come off in. You can then reduce the broth/stock until concentrated, or just heat up some commercial broth (I like Progresso or Swanson's) - only enough to cover the chicken meat. Season broth to taste, add chicken meat back in, along with regular sour cream (NOT low or non-fat), & chopped fresh dill leaves to taste. Serve with Czech bread dumplings or over egg noodles.


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Thirty years ago this country's nuclear program came to a halt after the disasterous accident and meltdown at the Three Mile Island nuclear facility in Pennsylvania. Since then we are still debating how to safely store in perpetuity countless tons of high level radioactive waste that is the legacy of this program that once promised "energy too cheap to meter," but resulted in massive cost-overuns and environmental hazards. So why has the nuclear option returned to the table as we look for alternatives to carbon emitting climate changing fossil fuels? What forgotten lessons of the 1970s do we need to remember? Locus Focus host Barbara Bernstein is joined by Arjun Makhijani, president of the Institute for Energy & Environmental Research, for a discussion about why nuclear power is no better an idea now than it was thirty years. We also talk about who is promoting nuclear power and why.
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