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Natholi Oru Cheriya Meenalla [2013] DVD Rip [350MB] (Size: 324.02 MB)
Preman (Fahad Fazil) who works as a caretaker of a plush residential flat, is treated like crap by the rest of the world. His self esteem drops down to point zero, and when he feels that he could take it no longer, he takes up the pen to wreak revenge on those who have been hell bent on making his life miserable. Etching out a self-assured character named Narendran (Fahad again), Preman starts living life anew through the tip of his pen
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Wolves Women impressed in a 5-1 friendly win away at Leicester City Women on a wet and windy Sunday afternoon.
New manager Trevor Mullings was trying out several youngsters, as well as putting into practice some of the set pieces they'd been working on in training.
Leicester were first on the score sheet, despatching a penalty in the eighth minute. Just seven minutes later though, Dani Selmes, pictured, equalised, side-footing into the net after a pass from Becky Hall.
Reserve team graduate Lauren Williams was next on the score sheet in the 38th minute, with an impressive side foot volley from a corner, putting Wolves 2-1 up.
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Friday, January 29, 2010
Moroccan-Spiced Chicken
Chicken in the most favourite meat in my family and I'm always looking for new ways of preparing or just spicying it. So I was very intrigued after finding this recipe in Martha Stewart website. Actually, I've never used cinnamon with chicken and it really made a nice combo with other spices.
What we need:
1½kg chicken, quartered, skin on ( I used just full breast)
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground coriander
½ teaspoon ground turmeric
1/4 teaspoon ground cardamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
salt and freshly ground pepper
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 lemon, quartered
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2. Preheat oven to 200C. Carefully arrange chicken in a single layer on hot sheet, and arrange lemon wedges around chicken. Place in the oven and roast for 40-50 min. When it's done, take out of the oven and let it rest for 10 min and serve.
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This looks wonderful but did the cinnamon make it a little too sweet? Was there enough other spices to keep it from being sweet? I recently made a casserole with cinnamon and ginger and it was too much??ReplyDelete
No, the spices went really well together. I just used a bit less cumin as I don't like its smell too much. Though while in the oven, all the kitchen had the smell of cinnamon, but I think the salt killed all its sweetness. Maybe next time I will add some chilli to please my chilli-addiction.ReplyDelete
You can also get a nice pan sauce by deglazing the pan with water (or white wine) after you have removed the chicken and lemons. To take it one step further add some heavy cream and reduce.ReplyDelete
Thanks for a great idea, but my family is not a big fan of gravies or any sauces, that's why I almost never make them.ReplyDelete


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Once in a generation a woman comes along who changes everything. Tina Fey is not that woman, but she met that woman once and acted weird around her.
Before 30 Rock, Mean Girls, and 'Sarah Palin', Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had a dream that one day she would be a comedian on TV. She has seen both these dreams come true.
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Tina Fey reveals all, and proves what we've all suspected: you're no one until someone calls you bossy.
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A very funny book probably enhanced by Tina's narration. The only thing that disappointed was that it wasn't longer, and that the frequently referred to PDF doesn't seem to appear with this version - I see that there's an identical version not available to Australians which reviewers say the PDF appears in "My Library" as a link underneath the table, but no such luck with this version - why do we miss out??
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Unfortunately Tina refers to a PDF several times throughout the book and it does not seem that this has been provided by Audible or whomever. But do not let that stop you from purchasing this audiobook!!!!
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I started reading Bossy Pants in an actual book.. but decided to pick it up in Audio Book as I though her voice would really make a difference.. it did! Her narration was fantastic, it really have her story an extra layer of awesome. The additional bits you got from having it read to you also were fantastic, including the recording from some of her stand up. Very very good!
I laughed out loud to this, and had a sudden urge to watch 30 Rock!
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Pants wetting funny!
Tina is unabashedly truthful and that is why this audio book is so funny.
This audio book had me in stitches. I frequently got strange looks from people on the train when I either laughed out loud or was crying in an attempt to keep the laughter in.
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As a big 30 Rock fan (I don't have cable so my SNL knowledge is limited) I had high hopes for this book and it was terrific. Easily the funniest book I've listened to. I'm sure the print version is funny, but having Tina Fey narrate it as well took it to that next level. You get to hear the book the way it appeared in her head as she wrote it and I laughed from beginning to end. I can't wait for her to write another book. So worth the credit!
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Tina Fey's delivery is perfect, she even includes audiobooks 'insider' jokes. She writes in a series of mini-essays on different topics and covers everything from children to what it's REALLY like on photo shoots to her days on Saturday Night Live. It is lively, entertaining and very funny.
Tina Fey.
Too hard to pick a favourite. Her overall performance was just brilliant.
It made me laugh out loud on many, many occasions. Particularly, the essay about her child that began with 'First Lord, no tattoos...'
If you need an audio book that's easy to slot in and out of without losing any kind of 'plot', this is perfect. If you need something that's wonderfully written, well observed and laugh out loud funny in places, this is perfect. If you like Tina Fey, this is perfect. Even if you don't, I kind of think she will grow on you. I love this audio.
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Even though I wasn't overly familiar with Tina Fey when I chose this book, I still loved every second of it. She is funny, witty and insightful!
She brings character to the book when she reads it too you and it feels more in depth.
I would of if I could of! I listened to it mainly on buses and trains. Just try not to laugh out loud in public!
"Amazing and fantastic"
Of course! It's like everything Tina Fey has done combined into one
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Her voice is amazing and the impressions she does is fantastic
I would if I could
This is a must read book. Any fan of Tina would absolutely love this
Interior Architect, homewares designer, Japan obsessed and lover of a good story
"Laugh out loud in inappropriate places"
Funny, awkward, entertaining
Shes as fun in voice as she is on screen if your a fan you will love it
"Very entertaining book."
Yes. I'm only selectively read biographies, and Tina Fey's book was a very entertaining story from start to finish. Her reading of the book was a big bonus for me, and really made her stories all the more memorable.
Tina Fey of course! :-)
"I loved it!"
This book is hilarious and I'd recommend it highly, the text is enhanced enormously by being read by Tina Fey herself (although I did laugh out loud a few times whilst walking along the road with my MP3 earphones on, which made me look a little insane, but never mind!).
Have a listen and I doubt you'll be disappointed.
"Great Fun"
I loved this audiobook. Hearing Tina Fey read her words aloud is a real pleasure. The audiobook is enhanced by sound effects and accents that you wouldn't be able to experience from reading the hard copy of the book. It even contains the Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton sketch (featuring Fey and Amy Poehler) from SNL, which is hilariously funny. 'Bossypants' is entertaining from beginning to end and made me laugh so much that I cried. I would highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys Fey's work and sense of humour.
"Do you know Tina Fey?"
I certainly didn't before listening to this, aside from the classic Palin sketches. But having recently finished, I'm certainly going to go listen/watch her work. A brilliantly narrated story that had me laughing out loud on many occasions whilst cycling to work and in Sainsburys.
I love the fact she's not just reading from her printed book but has taken the time and thought to make this a unique performance, with brilliant comic timing and acting out of stories, interspersed with clips from her work and references to pictures of her outfits.
Really hope we get more from Tina Fey on Audible soon!
"Finally, an audiobook that knows it's an audiobook"
Yes it's funny, very, very funny but if you're a 30 Rock or SNL fan then this is no less than you would expect from Tina Fey. But one of the most amazing things about the audio version is that Tina Fey knows that she is reading an audiobook and uses this to comic effect. I can't think of another book that does this and by acknowledging the medium it really elevates the title to another level. Also, did I mention it's funny, very, very funny.
"Loved it!"
Tina Fey is under rated in the UK!
I love her self deprecating and sarcastic humour - she's bright, witty and utterly charming.
Really enjoyed this audio book. It was very fun to lisen to, as Tina fey narrated it. I enjoyed the Autio version more than reading it myself because of Tina Fey's narration.
"An enjoyable read for Tiny Fey fans"
I found this to be an interesting read, particularly when Tina describes her move into the male-dominated world of comedy. Her writing throughout is strong and witty, just as her TV sketches would lead you to expect.
"Why Tina Fey lost a star"
Firstly the books brilliant, read brilliantly by the author and dispite the giant man hands, she looks very nice on the cover.
However, all the hard work is slightly let down by audible.this is simply because every time she says "check the acompanying pdf" im left with a growing anoyance that i didnt get one with the download.
Come on audible your supossed to be better than this, maybe a bit of organisation and it would have been the TEN out of five stars audiobook that you and maths have prevented it from being!!
"Entertaining listen"
Tina Fey is undoubtably a very talented comedian and there are some genuine laugh out loud moments in this book. I did however find some of her humour a little 'forced" at times. By this I mean that some of the stories seem to be exaggerated to maximise their comedic effect. Maybe it's just me but I prefer my comedy to be a bit more believable.
"Funniest autobiography"
I loved it! her childhood has got to be the funniest i've ever read. The audiobook gives it an even funnier edge.
I'm gonna go seetinassnl and 30 rock
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34730354514827751672014-12-07T22:39:03.758-05:00Ear TrumpetEar firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473035451482775167.post-74488624906907872272014-12-07T22:30:00.000-05:002014-12-07T22:39:03.776-05:00

7 Ladycroft, Wellington, Surrey
Sunday 10 March 1946

Philip Larkin to J.B. Sutton:

 " ... I have been feeling cheerful today on account of the weather. Really it has been a delightful early spring day. The sun has been shining in the cold sky since dawn and even now at 20 to 6 I can see the last flush of it on the red brick house opposite. There has never been a single cloud in the sky, north, south, east, or west. I walked in the morning and in the afternoon too, first round the wooded foot of some local hills, along paths that were very muddy because the sun was bringing out the frost, and then round the villages this afternoon, looking at the graveyards and the different houses all quiet on Sunday afternoon. You can remember, I expect, days like this when every thing far or near at hand seems specially graced by the light. Sheep, railway engines, yards, lanes, distant hills, iron gates, drinking pumps.

 "I was not in a mood when I wanted to make anything out of it: I was quite happy to let it alone. After weeks and months of small, feeble, intermittent harmonies from my own character, this sudden enormous flood was as wonderful as hearing Earl Hines after a YMCA piano-basher. It makes me glad to be alive and sets my head humming with all sorts of schemes, that will live as long as gnats. Certainly the privilege of being able to walk about on a day like this makes nonsense temporarily of all one's hopes and fears. All that matters is that we've only got fifty years, at the outside, to look around. So let us be as eager and meticulous as a Boston Vice Squad on a mixed bathing-beach, and if we should produce art, so much the better, but the only quality that makes art durable & famous is the quality of generating delight in the state of living. It is the peculiar function of art to do this. A book concerning the most vital social and political problems may be quite dead except for a description of a man eating a steak pudding ... "

 -- from "Selected Letters of Philip Larkin
 1940-1985." ed. Anthony Thwaite.Ear email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473035451482775167.post-43826711456707703552013-10-16T18:00:00.000-04:002013-10-16T18:22:26.647-04:00

Many magazine and newspaper articles make simultaneous appearance in print and online. What distinguishes the latter form is not only its intangibility but the subsequent publication of anonymous "comments" appended to the article like a piece of dirt attached to a shoe.

Unlike shoe-dirt, the comments are there for evermore. A large number of online articles, including the literary sort, are subject to the equivalent of village-hall heckling, the difference being that hecklers are obliged to show their faces, whereas most commentators go under pseudonyms.

Recently, some newspapers have allowed letter-writers in sections of the printed paper to appear under their online names. Editors permit correspondents to shelter behind "Name and address supplied" when it is felt that identification would place them in a delicate situation (a police officer, let's say, writing about events in his local station). But people writing impolite comments online are rarely in delicate situations; they are merely thrilling to their own indelicacy . . .

Can anyone provide a justification of what seems a regressive practice?

 -- J.C., in the column "NB," The Times Literary Supplement, 20 July 2012, p.32.Ear email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473035451482775167.post-44402349495742422112013-04-01T00:30:00.000-04:002013-05-30T12:34:44.187-04:00
Crossing a bare common, in snow puddles, at twilight, under a clouded sky, without having in my thoughts any occurrence of special good fortune, I have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration. I am glad to the brink of fear.

-- Emerson, "Nature."Ear firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473035451482775167.post-30392540417525625182013-03-30T20:17:00.000-04:002013-04-02T14:00:30.946-04:00
* * * THE READING ROOM * * *

A certain kind of European overrates the comparative importance, in the present age of the world, of a good deal of his cultural tradition, and often of his own interest in it. For myself, as an American, I have not the least doubt that I have derived a good deal more benefit of the civilizing as well as of the inspirational kind from the admirable American bathroom than I have from the cathedrals of Europe. I do not, of course, deny the impressiveness or the many varied beauties of these monuments, nor their usefulness to the people in their time; I have enjoyed their delightful coolness and their shade from the glare of the sun on broiling days in France and Italy -- though in cold weather they are likely to be unbearable. But I have had a good many more uplifting thoughts, creative and expansive visions -- while soaking in comfortable baths or drying myself after bracing showers -- in well-equipped American bathrooms than I have ever had in any cathedral. Here the body purges itself, and along with the body, the spirit. Here the mind becomes free to ruminate, to plan ambitious projects. The cathedrals, with their distant domes, their long aisles and their high groinings, do add stature to human strivings; their chapels do give privacy for prayer. But the bathroom, too, shelters the spirit, it tranquillizes and reassures, in surroundings of a celestial whiteness, where the pipes and the faucets gleam and the mirror makes another liquid surface, which will render you, shaved, rubbed and brushed, a nobler and more winning appearance. Here, too, you may sing, recite, refresh yourself with brief readings, just as you do in church; and the fact that you do it without a priest and not as a member of a congregation is, from my point of view, an advantage. It encourages self-dependence and prepares one to face the world, fortified, firm on one's feet, serene and with a mind like a diamond.

-- Edmund Wilson, in "Europe," from "A Piece of My Mind" (1956).Ear email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473035451482775167.post-7666265923449886092013-03-01T00:00:00.000-05:002013-10-23T01:09:55.543-04:00

Ear Trumpet is compiled by Richard Buell, who also operates The Air This Week, Ear Trumpet Music Log, and Euthymia. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473035451482775167.post-10587143875930517122012-02-25T20:16:00.000-05:002012-05-05T18:45:28.810-04:00*********************************************************************

I. LISTS OF NOTE ...... II. LETTERS OF NOTE

*********************************************************************Ear email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473035451482775167.post-31580817246490344832012-02-25T00:53:00.007-05:002013-08-20T00:31:04.115-04:00 "A dangerously liquid world" -- John Sutherland discusses drinking and its sequelae: here here and here.

"We're addicted to rehab. It doesn't even work" -- here.Ear email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473035451482775167.post-29781242707677438792012-02-25T00:05:00.000-05:002013-08-20T00:32:46.470-04:00

Raymond Chandler married a woman he thought was ten years older than he was, only she was 20 years older but confident enough to do the housework in the nude. The ageing process must have been especially confusing for this curious couple, but then the booze made him look ten years older and she took to wearing clothes 30 years young for her, so for a fraction of time, like trains passing, they must have looked the same age.

-- Byron Rogers in The Spectator (London), 17 May 1997.Ear email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473035451482775167.post-18167854822872881882012-02-20T01:02:00.000-05:002012-02-26T13:42:10.454-05:00

Look who's blogging -- hereEar email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473035451482775167.post-65264021774147744832011-11-11T13:11:00.000-05:002012-02-25T21:51:18.936-05:00

Talking about books. On the radio.

How it should be done -- here

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* * * THE READING ROOM * * *

... Oblivion, thought Miranda, her mind feeling among her memories of words she had been taught to describe the unseen, the unknowable, is a whirlpool of gray water turning upon itself for all eternity ... eternity is perhaps more than the distance to the farthest star. She lay on a narrow ledge over a pit that she knew to be bottomless, though she could not comprehend it; the ledge was her childhood dream of danger, and she strained back against a reassuring wall of granite at her shoulders, staring into the pit, thinking, There it is, there it is at last, it is very simple; and soft carefully shaped words like oblivion or eternity are curtains hung before nothing at all. I shall not know when it happens, I shall not feel or remember, why can't I consent now, I am lost, there is no hope for me. Look, she told herself, there it is, that is death and there is nothing to fear. But she could not consent, still shrinking stiffly against the granite wall that was her childhood dream of safety, breathing slowly for fear of squandering breath, saying desperately, Look, don't be afraid, it is nothing, it is only eternity.

 Granite walls, whirlpools, stars are things. None of them is death, nor the image of it. Death is death, said Miranda, and for the dead it has no attributes. Silenced she sank easily though deeps under deeps of darkness until she lay like a stone at the farthest bottom of life, knowing herself to be blind, deaf, speechless, no longer aware of the members of her own body, entirely withdrawn from all concerns, yet alive with a peculiar lucidity and coherence; all notions of the mind, the reasonable inquiries of doubt, all ties of blood and the desires of the heart, dissolved and fell away from her, and there remained of her only a minute fiercely burning particle of being that knew itself alone, that relied upon nothing beyond itself for its strength; not susceptible to any appeal or inducement, being itself composed of one single motive, the stubborn will to live. This fiery motionless particle set itself to resist destruction, to survive and to be in its own madness of being, motionless and planless beyond that one essential end. Trust me, the hard unwinking angry point of life said. Trust me. I stay.

-- Katherine Anne Porter, Pale Horse, Pale Rider (1938).Ear firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473035451482775167.post-1226003348156702762011-11-11T12:50:00.000-05:002011-11-12T13:22:00.980-05:00"Is happiness worth losing your memory?" -- here.

Jonathan Cott and ECT: here

Ear email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473035451482775167.post-61728461927360469532011-10-12T11:59:00.001-04:002011-11-12T18:32:34.985-05:00. . . Error is Created. Truth is Eternal. Error, or Creation, will be Burned up, & then, & not till then, Truth & Eternity will appear. It is Burnt Up the Moment Men cease to behold it. I assert for My Self that I do not behold the outward Creation & that to me it is hindrance & not action; it is as dirt upon my feet, No part of Me.

"What," it will be Question'd, "When the Sun rises, do you not see a round disk of fire somewhat like a Guinea?"

O no, no, I see an Innumerable company of the Heavenly host crying, "Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty."

I question not my Corporeal or Vegetative Eye any more than I would Question a Window concerning a Sight. I look thro' it & not with it.

-- William Blake, A Vision of the Last Judgment.

I have very little of Mr. Blake's company; he is always in Paradise.

-- Kate Blake, his wife, attrib.Ear firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473035451482775167.post-41943076373121200692011-10-09T17:41:00.003-04:002011-11-12T10:34:09.887-05:00* * * THE READING ROOM * * *

That direct stare which passes between the young and the old is high up among the classic confrontations. It prefaces one of the great dialogues of opposites, and contains a frank admission of helplessness on either side, for nothing can be done to blot out the detail of what has been, or block in the detail of what is to come.

On the one side is the clean sheet and on the other the crammed page, although the aged man knows only too well that youth isn't pristine, and that some of the ugliest marks to be found on the record were made then. As young and old survey each other, there is no envy and very little envy respectively. The young do not want to be old, nor do they entirely believe that they ever could be, and the old, generally speaking, do not wish to be young. Once through the gamut of time is enough for most people. What usually occurs is that an aged man still finds life surprisingly sweet and desires more agedness, but not a repeat full trip.

The young and the old are also sympathetically linked by their common awareness of the burdensome nature of life, because being strong and facing the prospect before us can be as daunting as being weak and facing the end of the road. In one respect, however, the old have the advantage, for with agedness comes an amazing recall of the talk and actions of youth -- exquisite, painful, shaming, triumphant or whatever.

The busy decades of work, parenthood and adult drives of all kinds promised to have obliterated these immaturities, and one of the shocks and sensations of old age is the completeness of their recovery. If the young could understand the intensity of this recall, it would be enough to make them deliberately do things worth the recalling, a kind of burying of spring's trophies to be dug up for nourishment in the winter. So the main difference in the confrontation is that the young do not realise that they are accumulating the memories which alone, in old age, will often make them interesting and tolerable to youth. For it is a bitterness which no amount of common sense can lessen, that memories are about the only thing that youth will want from age.

-- Ronald Blythe, The View in Winter: Reflections on Old Age (New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979)

Ear email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473035451482775167.post-17737345110907856762010-07-21T14:26:00.003-04:002010-09-09T20:04:11.857-04:00July 24, 1876. A monologue that runs unchecked, without bounds and intentions, may preserve one from annihilation but it is weakening nonetheless. It leads by repetition to inertia as, by vain discharges, it leads to exhaustion. It is a dripping away of the sap, a fistula that wastes one's forces, it is an open drain ...

 -- The Private Journal of Henri Frederic Amiel, tr. Van Wyck Brooks (New York: Macmillan, 1935)

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Ear firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473035451482775167.post-10544412759935923642010-07-15T14:10:00.008-04:002014-10-24T13:23:19.444-04:00Anthony Thwaite, in the New Statesman, on Philip Larkin -- hereEar email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473035451482775167.post-48859720303834480822009-10-08T02:47:00.012-04:002011-01-27T21:11:53.738-05:00* * THE READING ROOM * *

Boston, 1850 ... Early in the day chambermaids are seen hanging the bedclothes out of the upper windows; at the window of a basement of the same house, I see a woman ironing. Were I a solitary prisoner, I should not doubt to find occupation of deep interest for my whole day in watching only one of the houses. One house seems to be quite shut up; all the blinds in the three windows of each of the four stories being closed, although in the roof-windows of the attic story the curtains are hung carelessly upward, instead of being drawn. I think the house is empty, perhaps for the summer.

The visible side of the whole row of houses is now in the shade, -- they looking towards, I should say, the southwest. Later in the day, they are wholly covered with sunshine, and continue so through the afternoon; and at evening the sunshine slowly
withdraws upward, gleams aslant the
windows, perches on the chimneys, and so disappears. The upper part of the spire and the weathercock of the Park Street Church appear over one of the houses, looking as if it were close behind. It shows the wind to be east now.

At one of the windows of the third story sits a woman in a colored dress, diligently sewing on something white. She sews, not like a lady, but with an occupational air. Her dress, I observe, on closer observation, is a kind of loose morning sack, with, I think, a silky gloss on it; and she seems to have a silver comb in her hair, -- no, this latter item is a mistake. Sheltered as the space is between the two rows of houses, a puff of the eastwind finds its way in, and shakes off some of the withering blossoms from the cherry-trees.

Quiet as the prospect is, there is a continual and near thunder of wheels proceeding from Washington Street. In a building not far off, there is a hall for exhibitions; and sometimes, in the evenings, loud music is heard from it; or, if a diorama be shown (that of Bunker Hill, for instance, or the burning of Moscow), an immense racket of imitative cannon and musketry.

-- Nathaniel Hawthorne, The American Notebooks.Ear email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473035451482775167.post-31944725081179751672009-10-08T02:24:00.007-04:002011-01-27T20:45:51.644-05:00A world: what belongs to us, our habitat, mental or physical; what's out there, beyond the mind and the self, the profusion of things we haven't dreamed or invented; other people; an order, a coherence, a realm, or a shape drawn on the face of chaos. It's also ... what we talk about when we are getting above ourselves. A world: most of us are lucky if we have a street or a block or a patch of garden where we know our way around; if we know where our house is situated.

-- Michael Wood, in the New York Review of Books, 14 July 1994.

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Justin Cartwright lowering himself to shtick? Parodist John Crace takes aim -- here.
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. . . . . GENESIS 1:1 AND ALL THAT

"The most rewarding journalistic year of my life" comes to an end.

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The man who makes personal contacts with his fellows runs the risk of being laughed at if he is ridiculous; of being contradicted if what he says happens to be untrue or to displease his hearers; of being knocked down if he is offensive; and of being simply disregarded, ignored, and disbelieved if he happens to lack the impressive personality which commands attention and inspires respect.

The writer, on the contrary, runs no such risks. He is promoted from mere humanity and has attained the apotheosis of the printed word, which still preserves something of the talismanic and supernatural quality which letters and symbols, hieroglyphs and formulas have possessed from the remotest beginnings of civilization.

Concealing his merely human physique and personality, the author presents himself to the world disguised in the magic and pontifical robes of pure verbiage. To the eyes of the multitude he offers not his own insignificant form but a vast and majestic dummy of paper ...

-- Aldous Huxley, Vanity Fair (1928) [abridged here by ET], from "Complete Essays, Vol. II: 1926-1929," ed. Robert S. Baker and James Sexton (Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2000).Ear firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473035451482775167.post-53904773825508763872009-08-06T14:23:00.009-04:002009-08-29T00:06:23.468-04:00
"Hallucinations are never loud" -- Oliver Sacks.

No, hallucinations are loud --  here.

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* * THE READING ROOM * *

William James introduces Benjamin Paul Blood (1832-1919), author of "The Anesthetic Revelation" -- here.Ear email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473035451482775167.post-47912211303833892532009-04-11T04:50:00.000-04:002009-05-30T05:22:06.778-04:00

In hourglasses the grains of sand increasingly rub one another smooth until finally they flow almost without friction from one bulb into the other, polishing the neck wider all the time. The older an hourglass the more quickly it runs. Unnoticed, the hourglass measures out ever shorter hours.

-- Ernst Juenger

There are ... two kinds of spleen; one mocking, active, passionate, malignant; the other morose and wholly passive, when one's only wish is for silence and solitude and the oblivion of sleep. For anyone possessed by this latter kind, nothing has meaning, the destruction of the world would hardly move him. At such times I could wish the earth were a shell filled with gunpowder, which I would put a match to for my diversion.

-- Hector Berlioz, Memoirs, translated by David Cairns.

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With more than 17 years under its belt, this Intracoastal Waterway spot should be considered the grandfather of the upscale waterfront seafood restaurant. In order to stay in business that long, you have to be constantly striving to be at the top of your game. Since its inception, the restaurant has brought home numerous New Times awards, including Best Outdoor Dining, Best Seafood Restaurant, and Best Waterfront Dining. That doesn't mean that's all it deserves. With a $48.95-per-person all-inclusive brunch that includes a massive raw bar, budget-friendly happy hour, frequent wine dinners, and occasional cooking courses specializing in -- you guessed it -- fish and other sea creatures, it's no wonder it keeps racking up all the awards.
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Here is some news from Ron Zinck, who posts to the NSRoots mailing list quite often -
"I spent part of my Friday the Archives of Ontario working my way through
the collection of Rev. Ewen MacDonald. He worked for decades on Scottish
history and the McDonald family history. I have a number of scans that may
be of interest to researchers and I suspect I will have allot more after
every visit. This batch includes letters and a few charts that discusses
Antigonish, Cape Breton, and different septs in Scotland.
I hope that some of the MacDonald researchers will be able to help decipher, interpret and place these scans in context."
I uploaded them onto Google drive at this link
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Stone Family Gathering 2012
The descendants of George Stone & Mary Doody will meet for a family reunion July 19th to the July 22, 2012 at Bras D'or Lakes Inn, Cape Breton in Nova Scotia.
They have a full days planned with a Ceilidh on Thursday, a "Meet and Greet" on Friday evening, a full day of activities on Saturday, including a church service at 11:00 AM at the Ecumenical Church Service at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Barra Head, and they will have a Family Gathering Meal at St Peter's Lions' Hall on Sunday
It is believed that George & Mary Stone and their one year old son Jonas arrived at Sydney CB, aboard a vessel from Trepassey NL, named "the Elizabeth" on the 21st of July, 1800
If you can't go to the Gathering, they have various articles on their website, with photos, and a Guest Book on their website at http://stonefamilygathering2012.webs.com/weekendschedule.htm
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God has power and authority over the earth, so why does He allow all the destructive storms, plagues, and disasters? The answer to why we have natural disasters is found in the first few chapters of Genesis. God created everything perfect and beautiful. When Adam and Eve sinned He placed a curse on the earth and everything became broken and degraded. Although, the curse brought conflict, disease, and death, much of the original beauty can still be seen in God's creation. It continues to show His power, wisdom and design ability.
But why do Christians suffer? We are children of a loving, caring Father who sent his Son to die for us, so why do we have to suffer? Could not God protect us from the powers of evil? The answer is YES, He could. He protected the nation of Israel in Egypt from most of the plagues and he could still do the same today. Whenever trouble falls on us we must ask the question, WHY? Following are some reasons why He allows us to go through times of suffering.
To Make Us Realize that We Are
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To Make Us Realize that We Need Each Other:
To Remind Us That Life Is Short:
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Our Father wants what is best for us. We do not know the future. God does and will shape events to bring true the promise; "All things work together for good to them who love God." Knowing that our Father will work out for us the best deal in town we do not need to worry when bad times come.
Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don't give up. Galatians 6:9
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Aulani Planning
Does anyone know if dining reservations are needed/recommended for resturants at Aulani?
Also, are there day trips or activities that can be planned through Aulani/Disney?
Not sure if this is the right place to post questions about Aulani. Mods, please move it if need be.
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Because Aulani is a DVC resort the DVC board is the place to get answers to your questions.
I am moving this there.
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I can only share our experience although I don't know if it was unique or not. We walked up for a prime time lunch and also a late dinner at Ama Ama. We did the same for the buffet and DH did that for breakfast at Ama Ama. We did reserve one dinner at Ama Ama making the reservation a few hours in advance but I doubt we had to have one. This was in early Dec and was a slower time at the resort.
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We did not eat at AMA AMA but we did do the dinner buffet at Makahiki. We made reservations that morning for the evening. We ate a little early though, I think 5:45? When we left there were many people waiting to be seated and the restaurant had been full. I would think making reservations when you get there would be ok.
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You don't have to make reservations at Ama Ama or Makahiki, but I would recommend it.
Without a reservation, you're at the mercy of any crowd that happens to be at the resort on any given day. The restaurants at the resort are expensive, even by Hawaii standards (a nice dinner for two at Ama Ama can set you back $160 without alcohol. Basic breakfast for four will run $100.).
You can plan activities once you're at the resort, but remember that you will be paying for the "Disney Experience". That isn't a bad thing, but you'll pay more for the outstanding service.
You didn't say if you were renting a car or if you were staying in a villa with a kitchen.
Renting a car:
DVC Members aren't charged for parking, so if you rent a car and want to see the island (I would kill for a slice of chocolate haupia pie from Ted's right now), you don't have to have the car back by 5:00 to avoid the overnight parking fee. If you have a GPS, bring it (or Avis has them for rent). In Hawaii, it is illegal to operate your phone while driving, so getting directions from your phone while driving will get you in trouble with the law.
If you have a car and want to go to Pearl Harbor, Ala Moana, Waikiki (yuck), or any one of a million another gorgeous places, remember that Honolulu traffic is busy. Rush hour starts at 5:30 or 6:00 and lasts until 9:00 and then starts up again at 3:00 to 3:30 until 6:00. Traffic is busy every day of the week so plan extra time to get around and to find a parking place.
If you're in a villa and you want to prepare your own meals, the closest market is the ABC Store across the street from the resort. It's certainly not a mega-market, but they have some of the basics and they're expensive. We found it better to rent a car and drive to Target and Foodland.
What I miss most is sitting by the pool listening to the everything around me; children laughing, background music, and the water. Floating down the lazy river was one of my favorite passtimes; my son and I had a blast on the water slides.
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I went ahead and make tentative reservations for Ama Ama and Makahiki for our upcoming May trip. I have read enough trip reports where people weren't able to get in at a reasonable hour. To make reservations you can. Go to this site:
To see the excursions offered by the resort check here:
The excursion site is having a technical hiccup right now. But that is the correct URL.
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I would highly recommend renting a car. Like someone said parking is free for DVC and allows you to purchase grocery items at Target or Safeway. or even Walmart, all located about 5 minutes away. There are many excursions and activites you can book through Disney, but you can save a lot of money doing them on your own. By doing them on your own you can also take your own time and if you see something else you can stop. We love to just get in the car and tour. We always have our bathing suits and snorkles in the car, food and drinks. We have found some pretty amazing spots. Talk to locals when you get there as well. They are great at directing you to pretty cool spots. I highly reccomend the Hawaiian Firefighters for surfing! Amazing!
Drive up to the North Shore and visit Haleiwa and enjoy shaved Ice at Matsumotos (sp?). Keep going alittle further, there is a beach with a tonne of turtlles. Just past there, Shark's Cove, don't let the name scare you, the snorkling is awesome. GO early in the day before it gets busy. Keep driving around the island the scenery is breathtaking as you come around and go back towards Honolulu. You will encounter Hunama Bay (sp?). We are Magnum PI fans of long ago and thanks to DVD's so are our kids now. It was our mission to find the Robins Nest last time, which we did! It was on that side of the island! Near Aulani one of the ships from Pirates of the Carribean is being stored. Kids loved driving over to see that. The Dole Pineapple Plantation is fun and of course a Dole Whip is always a great treat! The resort is amazing and by far my favorite Disney resort! There is so much to do there that you may not want to leave!
Don't forget to take in a luau. The Paradise Cove one is nice for the activities before hand, by the Fia Fia down the beach at the Marriott has been the best luau we have ever been to. Food was good, show was awesome and very atheuthic, and atmosphere was great!
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But what about Mickey Bars?
Love this info! We are planning for Dec/Jan 2014. But hubby posed a great questions - do they have Mickey Bars?? You know - those amazing chocolate covered ice cream bars? My family is sadly addicted to these treats and I am embarassed to admit that one our first cruise we ate approx 30 of these- the second cruise, they didn't have them and we were devestated.
I cannot find on here any info about that - and hubs said "ASK DIS!"
Do they have them???
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They also sold them at the Lava Shack down by the pool
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John Law and the Mississippi Bubble: The Madness of CrowdsFilms
When most people think about Richard Condie's films, his classic Oscar-nominated short The Big Snit (1985) immediately springs to mind. While I agree that it is brilliant, I prefer his earlier film John Law and the Mississippi Bubble, released in 1979. I love the way it combines Condie's zany animation with an incredible history lesson. more »


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10 Lessons Learned From 60s-Era Gay Skin Mags
By Andrew Belonsky
Above you see a small part of a questionnaire 60s-era readers would fill out and send to a company called "Computer Compatibles." That company would then run your answers through a then-high-tech IBM Computer and send you back the results. It's worth noting this advert references "men and women," so wasn't specifically catering toward the gays, but definitely knew it should speak to them, anyway.
8. THE PLIGHT OF THE 'SINGLE MALE NUDIST:' Publications like Mr. Sun, M.A.N., Male Athletic Nudist, and Sun Trek, all mid-late 60s magazines put out by LA-based publisher Wyngate & Bevins, led the "male nudist magazines" in which penises put forth as a symbol of protest over unjust discrimination against single male nudists. They were protesting ostracization from the nudist community, they said:
"One of the more disturbing attitudes that plague the nudist scene is the 'problem' of male singles. For a long time, too long and in some places even now, the male single was about as welcome in a nudist group as a patch of poison ivy. No one ever gave a very clear reason for this prejudice." One magazine then went on to debate the pros and cons of creating a men-only nudist camp. The pros won.
These magazines were meant to be read as liberation texts, not gay rags. But like magazines that peddled eroticized images of sailors or bikers, this too was a masquerade. "[It's] a masquerade of non-homoerotic intent: they are steadfastly about nudism and naturalism, and the philosophies and lifestyles that are part of those subcultures," writes Jeremiah Smith at the cultural criticism magazine Reconstruction.
Despite Mr. Sun's protests of heterosexuality, the rambling essays that accompany artsy shots of men in athletic poses are brimming with gay imagery. One essay, called "Nude for Sensory Understanding," proclaimed, "Stepping out of our clothing is more than just getting naked; it can be a new revelation about ourselves." Getting naked with other men unleashes "a new insight into the unused senses."
Of course, even today we can't really show pictures of penises without risking corporate backlash.
(An image from Mr. Sun, which we ironically had to censor due to penis-phobic corporate overlords.)
9. GOD, CENSORSHIP AND THE PENIS: These magazines were published in a swirl of censorship and battles for the freedom of speech. It was around this time that Ralph Ginzburg, publisher of the gay magazine Eros, was convicted of violating federal "obscene mail laws."
References to this and similar cases pepper most of the gay skin mags of this era, and in some scenarios, such as Drum's, led to their demise. Two magazines I found, Hombre and Tiger, waded into the debate by writing complete proclamation on the topic. Or was it a self-defense a la Mr. Sun? Either way, their words are enough to bring a tear to the most anti-gay of conservative patriots.
"[The publishers] hold that all of us, every citizen, have a common ground to defend… Those concerned with freedom have a responsibility of seeing to it that [all publications are] given the freedom of expression granted to it by the First Amendment of the Constitution…" You get the idea.
But even before this creed, both magazines include a message like the one pictured above. In it, they describe their publications as "naturalist" magazines -- we know what that means -- and defend their nude stance as a celebration of "God's handiwork." Again, one wonders what the modern right-winger would say to this: "It is our belief that the ability of man to be at one with himself, to have a high opinion of the portions of his body so long rejected and degraded, will make him strong, not weaker; more moral instead of less moral."
Penises for morality!
10. WE OWE THANKS TO CLARK POLAK: In case you don't know, Clark Polak, maligned in a hateful troll letter above, ran the Philadelphia-based Janus Society, an early homophile movement, and edited its magazine, the oft-referenced Drum, which took its name from the Henry David Thoreau quote, "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears the beat of a different drummer." It also declared, unabashedly, "Drum is published by male homosexuals for the information and entertainment of other male homosexuals."
Founded in 1964, Drum was one of the few pre-Stonewall magazines to blend both sex and politics. News notices on blackmail trials or police raids were accompanied by romantic poems, pictorials lampooning "gay moments in sports" and the magazine even published the first gay comic strip, "Harry Chess: The Man from A.U.N.T.I.E"
Drum charted the changing times, chronicling activist wins and working with medical professionals to help declassify homosexuality as a mental illness.
Drum and its contemporaries "were a way of getting [movement activity] information to people who wouldn't bother to read it otherwise," said Barbara Gittings, editor of the early lesbian and then gay magazine the Ladder.
But Drum was also the first gay magazine to publish a full frontal picture of a naked man, in December of 1965, a decision that led to Polak being charged with 18 counts of distributing obscene materials. He eventually escaped imprisonment by agreeing to shutdown the magazine, which he did in 1967.
Three years later, in 1970, Polak left his hometown of Philadelphia and headed to Los Angeles, where he dabbled in real estate and art collecting and continued his activism. In addition to helping found the Stonewall Democratic Club, he created a gay chapter for the local ACLU. Unfortunately, Polak took his own life in 1980. His impact on gay culture, and American democracy, remains unparalleled and woefully under appreciated.
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Tom Brady and Wes Welker will look to exploit a Jets secondary playing without injured All-Pro cornerback Darrelle Revis. (Photo: REUTERS)
The New York Jets and New England Patriots face off Sunday afternoon in the latest chapter of the AFC East rivalry. The game will be broadcast live on CBS at 4:25 p.m. ET, and you can also watch a live TV stream online for free here.
The Jets last week rebounded from two straight losses to defeat the Indianapolis Colts, 35-9. The previously dormant ground game came to life against the porous Colts defense, as Shonn Greene ran for a career-high 161 yards and three touchdowns.
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Greene may have to shoulder more of the load this week, as his two backups, Joe McKnight and Bilal Powell, each left the Colts contest with injuries. Powell has already been ruled out of Sunday's showdown, but McKnight remains a game-time decision with his high-ankle sprain.
With Powell out and McKnight hobbled, Jets coach Rex Ryan has hinted the team may use backup quarterback/wildcat specialist Tim Tebow in a running back role.
Defensively, the main challenge for the Jets will be slowing down the Patriots' no-huddle attack. The quick tempo limits defensive substitutions and has allowed New England to take advantage of on-field matchups.
According to ESPN New York's Rich Cimini, the Patriots are averaging 4.8 yards per carry on the ground against nickel and dime defenses, two yards more than they average against base fronts. As a result, the team usually known for its passing prowess also ranks in the top five in the league in rushing offense.
But the Patriots defense has continued to be a weak point for the team this season. While the squad added promising rookies like Chandler Jones and Dont'a Hightower in the draft, the Patriots are still 28th in the league in passing yards allowed per game.
That secondary hurt the Patriots last week in their upset loss to the Seattle Seahawks. The Patriots led by 13 midway through the fourth quarter before allowing two touchdown passes in the final seven minutes.
The final blow came on a 46-yard touchdown pass from Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson to Sidney Rice. The score gave the Seahawks a one-point lead with 1:18 left, and the Seattle defense stopped Tom Brady and company on the final drive to preserve the win.
The Patriots lead the all-time series with their New York rivals, 53-52-1. Last season New England swept the Jets, starting with a 30-21 victory in October 2011. In that game, the Jets limited Brady to just 321 yards in the air but were hurt by New England's run game and defense. The Patriots allowed just 255 total yards, while running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis rushed for 136 yards and two touchdowns.
A few weeks later, the Patriots won again, 37-16. This time the Jets were down just seven early in the fourth quarter before an 84-yard touchdown drive and a pick-six from New England linebacker Rob Ninkovich sealed the Patriots' win.
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An adjective is a word or phrase that describes a noun. Adjectives usually answer questions such as: "What kind is it?", "How many are there?", or "Which one is it?" Today's sites explore adjectives with articles, lessons and worksheets for grades K-12.
Busy Teacher: 528 Free Adjectives Worksheets5 stars
These worksheets (created and submitted by teachers) are available free to those who sign up for a free Busy Teacher membership. The worksheets are ranked by popularity, rating, number of comments, or submission date. For more specific searching, use the search box in the upper right-hand corner. Each entry has a short list of similar worksheets in the right-hand column, so navigating within the topic is quite easy. To submit your own worksheets, look for the Submit link at the bottom of any page.
Enchanted Learning: Grammar: Adjectives4 stars
"A comparative adjective is used to compare two things. A superlative adjective is used when you compare three or more things. For example, looking at apples you can compare their size, determining which is big, which is bigger, and which is biggest." Enchanted Learning starts with a short lesson, then come the related activities and worksheets. Some of the printable worksheets are only available to paying members, but there is still plenty here for looky loos.
Guide to Grammar & Writing: Adjectives5 stars
This Guide to Grammar article for high-school students and grownups, explores adjectives in more depth. "Unlike adverbs, which often seem capable of popping up almost anywhere in a sentence, adjectives nearly always appear immediately before the noun or noun phrase that they modify. Sometimes they appear in a string of adjectives, and when they do, they appear in a set order according to category." For more on the order of adjectives, scroll down to the Royal Order of Adjectives table.
SchoolExpress: Language Arts Worksheets: Adjectives4 stars
School Express brings us twenty-three printable, fill-in-the-blank, adjective worksheets. "The drums made a loud sound. ________ is the adjective. It describes the _________." Each worksheet has six sentences, with a example sentenced completed at the top of the page. For more grammar worksheets, follow the breadcumb nav link to Language Arts Worksheets.
teAchnology: Adjective Worksheets5 stars
These basic and intermediate worksheets are quite varied. Some require underlining the adjectives, others invite you to write sentences using adjectives, and some ask you to determine whether the adjectives tell which one, how many or what kind. Each worksheet includes a short description, an estimate of how long the activity will take, and a list of standards met. The majority of these worksheets are free, but a few are reserved for paying members only.
EReadingWorksheets: Adverbs and Adjectives
Have Fun Teaching: Adjective Worksheets
K12Reader: Adjective Worksheets
U Ottawa: Writing Centre: What is an Adjective?
Feldman, Barbara. "Adjectives." Surfnetkids. Feldman Publishing. 19 Feb. 2013. Web. 4 Dec. 2014. <http://www.surfnetkids.com/resources/adjectives/ >.
By Barbara J. Feldman. Originally published February 19, 2013. Last modified March 9, 2014.
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