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Hampton Court Guest House
The Hampton Court Guest House is situated in the heart of the city centre. The guest house has been awarded 2 stars by the Scottish Tourist Board. It is a family run business which has the comfort of home, and had been recently upgraded to a higher standard. It is a traditional town house building, just a stones throw away from many of the main attractions of Glasgow. The guest house is close to all the main amenities, attractions, theatres, cinemas, pubs, clubs and various major shopping centres. Furthermore, a great number of restaurants offering a variety of cuisines are only a short stroll away. The excellent location of the guest house ensures that there are reliable and frequent transport links to and from the Glasgow and Prestwick Airport. In addition, the Buchanan Bus Station, Queen Street Station and Central Station are all less than a mile, making this guest house an excellent choice for those on business and likewise, those visiting Glasgow in order to soak in the ambience of the city. We offer excellent, competitive prices all year round as well as a comfortable stay with friendly staff available at all times should you require any assistance.
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Park Hyatt Tokyo Celebrates 20 Years With Cocktails and Killer Views
Ready to feel a little old? Sofia Coppola�s movie Lost in Translation, starring Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, and the Park Hyatt Tokyo, was released over a decade ago � in 2003, to be exact.
Even more surprising perhaps? By the time the film crews zoomed up to the 41st floor lobby and 52nd floor New York Bar & Grill, the Park Hyatt had already been around for nearly a decade too, which means this month the hotel is celebrating its 20th anniversary. To mark the occasion, you can sample the �Timeless Passion� cocktail (above) while taking in the consistently awesome views from the hotel. There are a number of events over the next few months at the various restaurants and bars, and while nothing is confirmed yet, we think there might be some more news on a refresh of the rooms in the works.
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Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong Celebrates 50 Years With 50 Ways to Pamper You
Here's the latest happening in the luxury hotel world as told by JustLuxe.com. Got a question about luxury hotels, the travel biz, and where to stay? Send it in and we'll have JustLuxe answer it.
The Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong sent us a sweet summer reminder that it�s celebrating its 50th birthday all year long � and everyone�s invited, as long as your �splurge travel� budget can handle it. With special spa treatments and commemorative cognac, dining promotions in all 10 F&B venues and champagne flowing from every direction, the hotel is wooing travelers on every front.
The list of �50 Fantastic Years� promotions goes on and on, so here�s the Cliff Notes verision of the MO, HK Glorious Excess.
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New York Hilton Midtown Will Restore Your Faith In Humanity...Or, At Least, Hotels
We recently mentioned an Atlantic City casino hotel that was celebrating its 10th birthday with cash giveaways and a big ol' concert. Well, that's one way to do it.
Over in Manhattan, New York Hilton Midtown is celebrating the big 5-0 by launching a new website that fills people in on the hotel's colorful history (did you know this was the first hotel to replace keys with keycards? Yeah, neither did we!).
But there's more happening here than just reminiscing over old black-and-white photos (see above).
Another component of the birthday celebrations are what the hotel is calling 50 Random Acts of Hospitality, which calls for New York Hilton Midtown employees to "engage in random acts of hospitality". In case you're wondering just what that means, the acts will include: offering complimentary room upgrades, handing out umbrellas on rainy days and helping guests score tickets to local attractions and events.
In other words, everything a hotel is supposed to do anyway.
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Go Borgata, It's Your Birthday! They're Doling Out Deals Like It's Your Birthday
As we all know, Atlantic City has never had trouble finding a reason to throw a party (last year, it was the opening of Revel, which was celebrated over multiple weekends).
Now, it's The Borgata's turn to crank up the volume, as the casino hotel's big 10th anniversary is fast approaching, and you can bet (heh) they're going out of their way to let you know about it.
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Plaza Ath�n�e Paris Kicks Off Its Second Century With a Bang
Tomorrow, April 20, is a big day for Plaza Ath�n�e Paris, when it will be one hundred years ago it first opened its doors on that same day in 1913. A major party is set to take place in the hotel�s courtyard, with over 600 guests expected, who among other things will be able to snack on a 10-meter anniversary cake.
Don�t be disappointed though if your invite got lost in the mail, as there are various ways throughout the year to join in on the fun, including a dedicated celebratory cocktail �Harcourt Baccarat�. Naturally, we had to venture over to the hotel and try this baby out.
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InterContinental Le Grand Reminds Us That Paris Is Still A City of Culture
InterContinental Le Grand is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, so happy birthday to it! As with any major milestone, certain festivities have been planned to mark the occasion. But if you're expecting cake and streamers, think again.
This is Paris, after all, and when has Paris ever missed an opportunity to get all highbrow and cultured on everyone?
No. Rather than blowing its special anniversary on one fleeting night of drunken debauchery, the century-and-a-half-old hotel is dragging out its birthday by dedicating a month to each of the seven arts (architecture, music, literature, film...and those other three ones). Starting with this month's theme: literature.
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The Beverly Hills Hotel is Kicking Off Its Centennial Celebrations with Some Renovations
The Pink Palace aka The Beverly Hills Hotel is turning 100 this year and as promised, the hotel is starting on a "thoughtful refurbishment" that will leave the hotel's signature banana leaf wallpaper, green and white stripes and the pink exterior untouched, but will upgrade practically everything else.
We spoke with the hotel's general manager Edward Mady back in October and he told us then that the hotel would do a soft goods upgrade of the guestrooms, put in some new technology and switch up the carpeting in the ballroom and the lobby. But the renovations will also extend to the hotel's Polo Lounge restaurant and its pool scene.
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No Retirement But a Facelift For A Trieste Grand Dame's Centenary
There�s nuffink like a grande dame hotel, especially when it�s in as spectacular a setting as this one. The Savoia Excelsior Palace in Trieste, Italy, has just turned 100. Happy birthday SEP!
Sadly, that�s as far as the festivities go � there are no special offers marking the centenary, but it did remind us of what a gorgeous hotel it is � standing on the seafront, just off the side of Trieste�s extraordinary Piazza dell� Unit�, which is three sides Austro-Hungarian magnificence, one part Adriatic sea.
Luckily the rooms aren�t 100 years old: in 2009 it completed a two year restoration, and rooms look classic but modern (see here, which is more than we can say for a lot of old Italian hotels. Props to the SEP.
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Who Knew? This Month is 'Rock the Robe' Month at Kimpton Hotels
Kimpton robes spotted in the wild...aka a guest room.
If you've ever lusted after one of Kimpton Hotels's signature animal print bathrobes, this month might be the month to get one.
The hotel brand is commemorating the 10th anniversary of their robe all month long at their hotels by doing several giveaways.
The first way to win a Kimpton bathrobe is to simply attend the hotel's nightly wine hour, which has actually been renamed Wild Wine Hour this month and will be two hours long instead of the usual hour. (Sorry, this is for guests only!)Guests are invited to to strut around in their animal print robes while employees (also rocking the robes) will raffle off robes for guests to take home. Please be mindful of fellow attendees if you decide to "freeball" it.
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This is The Only Time You Can Get a $10 Room at a Ritz-Carlton
Party time! The Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne turns 10 this summer, and to celebrate, they've got a slew of promotions priced at just ten bucks--yes, even guest rooms. It's also offering an Insane Hotel Package for $60,310, but let's cover the cheap stuff first, eh?
The $10 rooms are clearly the prize present in this lineup, and they will be available July 5-7, 10-13, 18, 25, 26. There are only 10 rooms at this rate--naturally--so you'll have to be fast when the reservations line opens on June 10. (The number to call is 305-365-4582.)
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The Peninsula Chicago Gives Away $10 Rooms for the Second Night of Your Stay
The Peninsula Chicago is marking its 10th anniversary, and what a decade it's been. Especially recently, when the hotel shot to fame for being the spot where Charlie Sheen's porn star sent off her drunken tweets for help. To celebrate, the hotel is giving away a buy-one-night, get-the-second-for-only-$10 deal.
The hotel is also getting festive with a 10th Anniversary Royal-Tea, which upgrades the regular tea service with caviar with blinis, lobster souffl� and a trio of seasonal macaroons along with a gift of 10-truffle pieces to take home. A glass of Laurent Perrier, Cuvee Grand Siecle Brut champagne is included. It costs $110.
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The Eldorado Santa Fe Wants You To Get In On Its Birthday
Yay, another hotel anniversary that gives us gimmicky discounts! Today it�s the turn of the Eldorado Hotel & Spa in Santa Fe which is celebrating its 25th birthday next month.
To celebrate � here�s the really gimmicky one � they�re offering anyone who stayed at the hotel during its first ever month (April 1986) to return for a night at the original rate they paid � which ends up at around $30 per night (it�s called the Turn Back The Clocks deal). Sadly, there�s no cheating the system � the onus is on you to provide proof, such as a photo of you there, �dated receipt� (uhh, surely nobody is that anal as to keep a receipt for 25 years?) or �other proof�. And, if you�re thinking that that�s unlikely, think again � the offer has already received several takers (we guess the days of scrapbooking your every photo, food bag and receipt from your holidays has to come in handy at some point).
But never fear, because the hotel also has something up its sleeve for those of us who didn�t have the fortune to stay back in those heady days of 1996: a straightforward 25 percent off rates throughout April, bringing rates down to $169. Tempted? They�re throwing in a free box of chocolates with every room. Now you are, right?

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US: Michigan state representative quits GOP over party's opposition to gay rights 3
2:18 PM — A former state Representative in Michigan has quit the Republican party, in protest at its opposition to gay rights.
22nd April 2014
US: NOM seeks to defend Oregon marriage ban in court, after state refuses to 7
9:04 PM — The National Organisation for Marriage is seeking permission to defend Oregon's same-sex marriage ban in court, after the state declined to defend the law.
19th April 2014
Arkansas judge: I will rule on same-sex marriage ban within fortnight 1
3:22 PM — An Arkansas judge has said he will issue a ruling on a same-sex marriage case within the next two weeks.
14th August 2013
Utah Governor denies that marriage inequality discriminates against same-sex couples 20
7:18 PM — Utah Governor, Gary Herbert has responded to a law suit challenging the state's ban on same-sex marriage claiming that the current legal situation does not discriminate against same-sex couples.
9th May 2013
US: Equal marriage supporters and opponents descend on Minnesota ahead of House vote 6
5:16 PM — Groups of supporters and opponents of equal marriage began to head for the House in Minnesota, as it gears up for today's vote on a measure to legalise it.
28th March 2013
US: Kentucky overrules veto on bill protecting actions motivated by religious belief 13
6:04 PM — The Senate and House of Kentucky have voted to override the Governor's veto on a religious freedom law, which opponents worry may protect those who discriminate against LGBT people.
4th February 2013
Tory MP Caroline Dinenage: Banning gay couples from marrying 'takes nothing away from their relationship' 39
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27th December 2012
Piers Morgan: The Bible needs to be amended so it supports same-sex marriage 44
10:15 AM — During an interview on his chat show with the Californian anti-gay pastor Rick Warren, Piers Morgan urged for an "amendment to the Bible" to allow for equal marriage.
3rd August 2012
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10:47 AM — A poll released by marriage equality advocates in Maryland suggests voters may keep the state's new laws in a ballot later this year, allowing them to come into effect in 2013.
27th July 2012
Amazon founders give $2.5m to equal marriage in Washington 42
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12th June 2012
Colorado: Lawmaker 'disappointed' after campaign email outs son 42
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16th January 2012
Israeli trans man gives birth 16
4:28 PM — A transgender man in Israel has reportedly become the first in the state's history to give birth. Yuval Topper, 24 had his child at the Sheba Medical Center on Thursday of last week.
10th January 2012
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12:40 PM — If the New Jersey Governor vetoes marriage equality legislation this year, Tabatha Coffey says she is prepared to step in and take over in her trademark style.
9th January 2012
Lesbians lose out at Miss California pageant 13
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6th January 2012
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1:09 PM — A Zimbabwe mayor has insisted his city council will use the twenty pink dustbins donated by a pro-gay rights group as soon as he can find prominent spaces for them.
4th January 2012
Governor of Washington state "to support marriage equality" today 11
3:54 PM — The Governor of the state of Washington, Christine Gregoire, is set to announce her support today for legislation which would introduce marriage equality for gay couples in the state, according to reports.
3rd January 2012
Ricky Martin "has no set plans to marry" despite reports 14
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Gay rights activist and charity founder receive MBEs in New Year Honours 10
12:44 PM — The gay rights activist whose legal challenge led to the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Northern Ireland and the founder of the Allsorts LGBT youth project will both receive MBEs in the New Year Honours.
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10:56 AM — Elton John has said a film telling the story of his life is "very much in the works", and Justin Timberlake would be his top choice for leading man. The singer told the LA Times he would co-produce a "surreal look at my life [...] in the manner of a Moulin Rouge".
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List of 167 available hotels in Ooty. All Ooty hotels can be booked online (click links below to sort hotels).
140 acre luxury Organic Plantation only 40 min from Ooty
This stay is a unique combination of eco friendly luxury accommodation, organic produce and wild life experiences located on a 140 acre organic estate. This plantation stay has 3 bungalows on
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Get the ultimate �home away from home� experience! Escape from your busy routine and rediscover yourself, come,stay with us!! Ooty is known for three things- its weather, its scenic beauty and
Accord Highland
Map: Doddabetta Junction
Accord Highland spread across 10 acre hill slope is an ideal example of excellent hospitality. Picturesque location with comfortable accommodation makes it a perfect abode for leisure, honeymooners & corporate
Al Woodlands Residency
Near Ooty Club
Al Woodlands Residency, Ooty is a splendid offering located in lush green milieu. Reflecting the beauty of the hill station are the interiors and rooms of the hotel. With a
Anmol's Cottage
Map: Elk Hill
Anmols Cottage, Ooty is a perfect abode for the travelers who are looking forward for an ultimate place that offers some inner peace and relaxation. Facilities and amenities offered in
Apna Sapna Villa
Imagine looking out from your balcony and seeing the magnificence of the Kalhatty Waterfalls. Or strolling up to look down on the rich green foliage of Bandipur. or watching a
Astoria Residency
Map: Charring Cross
Astoria Residency Ooty is a real home away from home providing a comfortable stay. It is ideal for family, holiday makers and business cum leisure trip. The serene and peaceful
Ayyas Best Cottage
Charring Cross
Ayyas Best Cottage, Ooty is a centrally located hotel very close to the bus station. Guests can enjoy leisurely walk in the hills and various recreational activities nearby. It is
Berry Hills Resort
Map: Doddabetta Junction
Berry Hills Resort, Ooty is a 3 star resort in close proximity to many tourist attractions. This luxury resort is a retreat for those who want to spend time away
BKR Ooty Gate
Map: Coonoor Road
BKR Ooty Gate, Ooty, embraces its guests with warmth and pleasure to serve them and provide a relaxing break from the regular schedule. Centrally located in the city, this hotel
Blue Hills International
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Blue Hills International, Ooty, brings its guests closer to nature in the serene surroundings amidst the plush greenery of the Nilgiri Mountain range. The tastefully designed rooms with vibrant interiors
Blue Mountain
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Blue Mountain has all the ingredients for the perfect getaway. Take in the crisp mountain air. Walk through the plantations. Pop into the nearby villages and spend a day with
The Bouganvilla Resort
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The Bouganvilla Resort, Ooty is an ideal getaway to experience tranquility. This resort is reminiscent of the British era in the Nilgiris and houses modern amenities for its guests. Its
British Cliff Club Resort
Map: Near Ooty Club
Situated on Mount Peasant Road in Ooty, the British Cliff Club Resort is engulfed by the captivating ambience of gorgeous hills and valleys of the hill station. British Cliff has
British style Cottage in Ooty
Our cottage, is located in Ooty main town and its a 3 star cottage bungalow, twenty years old built in British style having 10 rooms. It is located as we reach
Bungalow with 6Bedrooms, Ooty-Conoor
Bungalow with all facilities good road ample parking facilities nice scenery can cook own food
Close to the popular tourist spots in Ooty
Located within the city and is very close to all the popular tourist spots. All the rooms are of standard executive class and provide basic amenities that are expected of
Club Mahindra Danish Villa
Map: Charring Cross
Club Mahindra Danish Villa, Ooty is a contemporary style hotel and a great getaway offered by Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Ltd. Surrounded by the glorious beauty of the Nilgiri
Club Mahindra Derby Green
Map: Near Ooty Club
Old World Charm in the heart of Ooty. Spread across five and a half acres of beautifully landscaped gardens, Derby Green is an exquisite combination of modern amenities and old world
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Famous Celebrities Arrested for Theft
Famous Celebrities Arrested for Theft-Lindsay Lohan,Winona Ryder ,Megan Fox ,Tennis diva Jenifer Capriati,Chinese actress Bai Ling,Singer Courtney Love,Popstar Britney Spears.
Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan received into trouble for stealing a $2,500 gold necklace from an LA store. She strenuously denied that she deliberately walked out of the store sporting a necklace with out paying. Her lawyer argued that she was distracted and absent-minded when she left with the merchandise round her neck.
Lindsay Lohan (25) had been sentenced to 360 hours neighborhood help before this 12 months as facet of her punishment for stealing a gold necklace from a jewellery store. However she has broken her probation time and appears to be in excellent boueux. The amusing matter is the Los angeles Sheriff's Division said her intercourse as douleur by an opportunity and that she weighed 116lbs.
A tearful Lindsay Lohan was led removed from court docket in handcuffs and taken into custody these days after a decide blasted her for violating probation.The troubled actress, twenty 5, had her probation revoked pending a November two listening to right after Judge Stephanie Sautner slammed her for failing to finish time for the Downtown Ladies's Center.
Winona Ryder
Winona Ryder was caught attempting to make it out of Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills with greater than $5,000 value of merchandise. Ryder claimed she was beneath medicine then which left her in a state of "confusion", and she wasn't aware of what actually happened.
Winona Ryder is an American actress. She made her movie debut within the 1986 film Lucas. Ryder's first significant position came in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice (1988) as a goth teenager, which won her crucial and industrial recognition. After numerous appearances in movie and TV, Ryder continued her career with the cult movie Heathers (1989), a controversial satire of teenage suicide and highschool life, which drew Ryder additional important and industrial attention.
Megan Fox
Megan Fox was quite a rebel throughout her teens. The star as quickly as admitted of stealing a $7 tube of lip-gloss from the division store. Her act was caught in the surveillance camera.(Famous Celebrities Arrested for Theft)
Megan Denise Fox (born Could sixteen, 1986) is an American actress and model. She started her performing profession in 2001 with several minor TV and film roles, and played a daily function on Hope & Faith. In 2004, she launched her film career with a task in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen.
In 2007, she was solid as Mikaela Banes, the love interest of Shia LaBeouf's character, in the blockbuster film Transformers, which became her breakout role. Fox repriced her function in the 2009 sequel, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Later in 2009, she starred as the titular lead character in the movie Jennifer's Body.
Famous Celebrities Arrested for Theft
Tennis diva Jenifer Capriati
Tennis diva Jenifer Capriati also has a darkish historical past of stealing a silver ring from a mall in Florida in 1993.Jennifer Marie Capriati (born March 29, 1976) is a former world number one ranked skilled tennis participant, and the winner of three women's singles championships in Grand Slam tournaments.
Capriati made her professional debut in 1990 on the age of 14 when she reached the finals of the onerous courtroom match in Boca Raton, Florida, dropping there to Gabriela Sabatini.Famous Celebrities Arrested for Theft
Chinese actress Bai Ling
Chinese language-born actress Bai Ling was as soon as arrested for shoplifting at Los Angeles International Airport after a present store worker accused her of stealing magazines and batteries.
Bai Ling (born October 10, 1966)[1] is a Chinese language actress known for her work in films equivalent to The Crow, Red Corner and Wild Wild West, and in TV sequence reminiscent of Entourage and Lost. In 2011 she appeared within the fifth season of the VH1 reality television collection Superstar Rehab with Dr. Drew, which documented her restoration from alcohol addiction.
Singer Courtney Love
Singer Courtney Love was arrested for shoplifting in her teens. Not like others, she was caught for stealing a t-shirt and he or she was solely thirteen then.Famous Celebrities Arrested for Theft
Courtney Michelle Love (born Courtney Michelle Harrison; July 9, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and actress. Love rose to fame as the lead vocalist, lyricist, and rhythm guitarist for alternative rock band Hole, which she fashioned in 1989 with guitarist Eric Erlandson; the band went via varied line-ups throughout its career.
Pop-Star Britney Spears
Troubled popstar Britney Spears additionally has a shoplifting historical past, although trivial in comparability with others. She was accused of stealing wigs, coats and once, even a lighter from a gas station!Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American recording artist and entertainer.(Famous Celebrities Arrested for Theft)
Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album …Baby One More Time in 1999.


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Court hearing set for couple in teacher killingThe Associated Press | March 21,2013ST. JOHNSBURY — Nearly a year after the murder of a popular Vermont teacher, a court hearing will be held for the Waterford couple charged with her killing.
Lawyers for Patricia and Allen Prue are due in court Thursday afternoon for a status conference.
The couple is charged with luring Melissa Jenkins from her Danville home on March 25, 2012, beating and strangling her and dumping her body in the Connecticut River.
Thirty-one-year-old Allen Prue has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder. Thirty-four-year-old Patricia Prue pleaded not guilty to a charge of aggravated murder, accusing her of killing Jenkins during a sexual assault or attempted sexual assault.
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Mushrooms in Red Wine over Polenta (with a poached egg)
Today was the first day I cooked in about 2 weeks.
For me, that's unheard of. Literally the last thing I made was these Mocha Protein Cupcakes. No a single thing has been made other than microwaving soup from a box and veggie patties.
I've been busy, but let's not concentrate on that. Today, I knew I needed to cook. I needed comfort food. Usually for me, comfort food is a cookie, but lately, all I've wanted is lamb stew. Umm… random? Yes.
Lamb is a little out of my price range right now, so I went to the store and bought some beef. I started making beef stew with a bottle of cabernet a friend gave me not too long ago.
With half a bottle of wine and my stew on the first of many hours of stewing, I had a bright idea.
I enjoyed this with a glass of wine while listening to Boleros. Boleros is a genre of Spanish music, popular with people my grandmother's age. I have the musical taste of an 80 year old hispanic woman. If we're being honest, it's probably my most listened to Pandora station. It makes me think of my grandmother, who loves to wake up and put on music to listen to with breakfast.
So tonight, with my boyfriend across the country, I listened to sad music, think of my grandma, drank wine and ate a tasty comfort meal.
I'll stop sounding so melodramatic, because despite the obvious missing of the boyfriend, it was a pretty relaxing meal for me (which was much needed because I've felt like I've been on the go for the past three weeks).
In terms of benefits to you: This is a super easy meal. It'll be ready in roughly 15 minutes and it's pretty healthy and the egg is totally optional, meaning this can be totally vegan.
Mushrooms in Red Wine over Polenta
1/2 cup corn meal
2 cups chicken/vegetable broth
1 tbsp olive oil
1/2 an onion, sliced
8 oz baby bella mushrooms, sliced
1-2 tbsp fresh herbs (I used Rosemary and Sage)
1 garlic clove, minced
salt and pepper to taste
2 eggs (optional)
In a saucepan, mix together cornmeal and broth. Put on medium heat. While it comes to a boil, heat 1 tbsp of olive oil over medium heat and add onions cook a few minutes. Add mushrooms and cook another few minutes (about 5), stirring occasionally.
If you're not good at multi-tasking, you can do each one at a time, but I'm a fan of multi-tasking so while the mushrooms and onions cooked, I stirred the cornmeal/polenta. Once the polenta is thick and starts to come off the side of the pan when you stir, divide onto two plates, like so:
By now the mushrooms should be about ready. Add garlic, herbs, salt and pepper and cook for a minute. Add wine and stir. It'll bubble, steam and reduce. Once the majority of the liquid is gone, turn the heat off. Try a mushroom to make sure you added enough salt, adjust accordingly. Then divide the mushroom mixture over the polenta. You can serve it just as it…
Or you can be a rockstar and add a poached egg, for extra protein and deliciousness. If you don't know how to poach an egg… google it?
Just kidding. Check out this blog post from Smitten Kitchen.
Place your poached eggs on top of your mushroom-polenta creation. Sprinkle with paprika, cheese, pepper, whatever else you like and enjoy!
This recipe is perfect for two people, but it's easy to make for one (which is what I did and just had leftover mushrooms for tomorrow).
This might be my new comfort dish of choice, because 1. easy, 2. delicious, 3. warm and 4. wine.
What's your comfort food of choice?
For me, Ice cream is probably my ultimate comfort food, but if we're talking about meals: thick fatty soups (think creamy tomato) with grilled cheese sandwiches.
10 responses to "Mushrooms in Red Wine over Polenta (with a poached egg)"
allie@sweetpotatobites says :
This looks delicious! If it wasn't for my stupid corn allergy I'd totally make this.
comfort foods- grilled cheese, mac n' cheese, and chocolate chip cookies! Oh, and wine.
Emily Dingmann (@nutritionisteat) says :
Oh. Em. Gee. You are speaking my language….I've been having this odd polenta craving lately (odd only because I've really only had it a few times). This sounds perfect.
Lisa Eirene (@LisaEirene) says :
I REALLY wish I liked mushrooms because this looks absolutely amazing! I love polenta and the idea of a fried egg on top. Maybe I'll try this with chicken instead of mushrooms……


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Paul Yeager: So, here are a few of the questions we'lltalk about tonight. What will ultimatelydrive how voters of the second district cast their ballots? Are there issues under the radar that mightalter the outcome in November? And whatis the outlook for the political races in the district? To help us address these questions we havewith us a couple of observers of the district. James Lynch is with the Cedar Rapids Gazette. And Matt Milner is with the OttumwaCourier. Gentlemen, welcome to theprogram. Anything to add, Matt, to thatpiece of other things in the district?
Matt Milner: I think it hit the main points verywell. Three weeks ago I would havethought that the floods would have been the primary issue but the way thingsare going economically that has shot right to the top, it's on everyone's mindsright now, it's all over the papers, all over TV and right now that really doeshave the potential to swing a lot of voters from the top of the ticket to thebottom.
Paul Yeager: James, same question.
James Lynch: If anything it reinforces how we've seenthis campaign season change from the war in Iraqbeing the number one issue pretty much anywhere you went to high gas prices tothe flood and now the economy as Matt said. It's really changed and it's a challenge for the campaigns and thecandidates to keep up with that and re-tool their campaigns to address thosetop of mind issues as they change.
Paul Yeager: Because more times than not you're usuallygoing to have a good idea, okay, we don't have many issues that are standingout. You've got three huge ones to pickfrom and things are changing. So, how doyou know in Cedar Rapids that the flood is beingtrumped by the economy and it's not just a flood related closing of a businessand not returning of a business? Howdoes anybody try to make heads or tails of that?
James Lynch: Well, I think what has happened is we'veseen a couple of things. One, themortgage crisis has risen to the top and as it affected we saw Lehman Brothersand Merrill Lynch and these names that people thought were going to be thereforever and all of a sudden they're not. At the same time Congress finally did take action on flood relief andthat $23 billion package has been approved and signed so I think that hasrelieved some of that pressure about the flood, at least folks know that thereis an aid package, a recovery assistance package that has been approved andabout the time that happened, boom, they were hit with a shock in the economyin their economic news.
Paul Yeager: We'll talk about flooding a little bitmore. But, Matt, with your companies in Ottumwa, John Deere, Cargill are two of the big employersif not the biggest in town, those two don't seem to be having any effects ofthe economy or do they?
Matt Milner: We haven't seen anything large scale yet butthere are a couple of factors that could play into it as we move forward. One of those is immigration. Cargill has brought in or has attractedrather a large Hispanic workforce and that has caused some, I don't want to sayconcerns, but some tensions occasionally. Any time you have demographic shifts that happens. And so immigration was a major issue goingback to the caucuses when you had Tom Tancredo and some of these people really hammeringon it. That has died down, it couldabsolutely come back and that has got to be an issue for one of the majoremployers in town.
Paul Yeager: The Columbus Junction Mayor had made acomment about they see immigration on a national scale and it's painted with awide brush but when you get to know the families it changes. Do you think that's true in Ottumwaas well?
Matt Milner: I think it is to some degree. When people know folks who have moved to Ottumwa, moved to Iowa fromother countries, other parts of the country even there does tend to be perhapsa moderation of what used to be a harder stance. Is that in every case, absolutely not. But there does seem to be that effectsometimes. We did a series aboutimmigration and the new immigrants to the area about a year ago and we got somevery positive feedback, we got some very negative feedback as well becausepeople are uncomfortable with changes, people don't tend to like change ingeneral. And I think that goes whereveryou are. If you're comfortable you wantto stay comfortable and that's why the economy is a concern right now, that'swhy gas prices were a concern, that's definitely why the flood was a big issuebecause these things provoke change and these things make people uncomfortable.
Paul Yeager: Go back to about May 15th, James, that'sbefore the tornadoes, before the floods, before the economy dropped. What would have been the top issue in Cedar Rapids at that point? Would it have been immigration or would ithave been something else?
James Lynch: No, there was some concern about the economythen mostly because of high fuel prices, that's where it was hitting us mostobviously but not the sense that we're on the brink of some sort of a collapsethat we feel today. Still the war in Iraq was still an issue but I think economic issues werestarting to percolate to the top. Andthen, like you say, we had a tornado, we had the floods and those thingsweren't completely forgotten but they were replaced by the flood and all thoserelated issues and it all ties together too. We have a lot of businesses in Cedar Rapidswho need credit right now to rebuild, to replace inventory and if they can'tget credit it's going to really delay that recovery and that's why the federalaid package is so important to Cedar Rapids andother communities that were affected by the flood.
Paul Yeager: There are three large employers that come tomind when I think of Cedar Rapids and that wouldbe the Quaker Oats, Aegon has a large presence and Rockwell Collins. Any of those three, maybe Aegon specifically,that concerns what their industry is and the economic situation?
James Lynch: Well, as was pointed out in the report thatthe insurance industry, or I guess David mentioned it, the insurance industryis tied to Wall Street so yeah there is concern there. At the same time Quaker took a hit from theflood, it suffered a lot of damage and it is getting back online. Rockwell seems to keep chugging right alongand doing quite well. But everybody istied in one way or another to credit so it affects all of us and it affectsthose large employers as well as the mom and pop businesses who rely on that tomeet weekly payrolls and those sorts of things.
Paul Yeager: Matt, we talked about the large companies intown. What about some of the smallerones? Are they seeing any impact on Ottumwa Main Street or in the surrounding area?
Matt Milner: It's hard to say right now. We've seen some smaller businesses growing inrecent years, a few smaller ones come to town, we've also seen a few smallerones leave town so it's hard to say that it's a huge expansion, it's also hardto say that it's a huge loss right now. Going back to what you said a minute ago, though, with credit I do thinkthat's going to impact people not necessarily for business issues but becausein Ottumwa, in southeast Iowa when we had the floods that hit people's homesmuch more so you look at recovery not from the business perspective so much butfrom simply putting your home back together.
Paul Yeager: There's a lot of homes trying to be put backtogether throughout the district, the second district when we drew thesestories up but it just looked like it was flood, flood, flood and that's stilla big concern to hundreds in Cedar Rapids. What on the congressional side, the federal side is going to be thebiggest thing to come out of the floods?
James Lynch: Well, I think there are some concerns thatit took Congress so long to react and whether or not Dr. Miller-Meeks can pinthat on Representative Loebsack and say that he should have done more to getthat aid moving faster, which she's certainly trying to do, I don't know ifthat will stick or not. So, there isthat concern. And then even though theaid package has been approved we haven't seen the money yet. And so that's a good question, you know, howfast will the money get there and how fast can people rebuild their homes orhow fast will there be a buyout so they can move on, how fast can they rebuildtheir businesses. It's still a hugeconcern and it's one that people are dealing with every day, three and a halfmonths later it's still an every day topic.
Paul Yeager: And I've read several articles in your paperabout citizen frustration with just the in town government let alone thefederal government. How is thatimpacting the working relationship between a congressional office and thegovernor's office and the city council?
James Lynch: Well, they are working very closely togetheras you might imagine. At thecongressional level they recognize that this is topic one for theirconstituents in Cedar Rapids, in Iowa City and in much of the district so theyare working very closely with city hall and with the county and government onputting together assistance and trying to say what do we need to change, whatdo we need to do more of. It'sconsuming, I would guess, most of their time at this point. Every time you turn around there's anotherproject, another building, another family that needs help.
Paul Yeager: In fact, there was an article in your papertoday talking about the flood protection plan closer to a reality. It's years before the study is going to bedone let alone any Earth is moved. Doyou think people are going to take it out on anyone at the ballot this year?
James Lynch: I don't sense that happening yet and I thinkthere will probably be some effort by challengers to make that argument. Right now it's much easier to take yourfrustration out on city council members and the mayor and the local government,they're right there in front of you, you can go to their meetings and you canstand up and vent so it's much easier to do that. There might be some of that at the ballot boxthat people may say, you know, I don't see any help from the state legislatureor Congress and so I'm going to vote the rascals out. I don't sense it yet.
Paul Yeager: And you don't see Dr. Miller-Meeks usingthat on campaign speeches?
Matt Milner: Well, I think she will and actually when oneof Dave Loebsack's visits was the day after Congress adjourned without havingpassed the flood bill and he had to face some questions about that the dayafter. Will it really hold on? I don't know. That is one of the key questions I think she's going to go after him onthat. Will the voters buy it? It's hard to say.
James Lynch: He's a freshman congressman.
Matt Milner: Right, exactly, he's a freshman congressman,it's kind of unlikely that he would tell the speaker to stay in session. So you have to make the argument that heshould have made more noise, that he should have I don't know what but it's ahard argument I think to make stick when you're dealing with a freshmanlegislator.
Paul Yeager: When you're one of four hundred plus it'shard to make noise no matter how hard you try. What are some of the things that it's going to take for Dr. Miller-Meeksto pull off a win here?
Matt Milner: Well, two years ago the Washington Postcalled Dave Loebsack's win the biggest upset of the year. He unseated a 30-year incumbent. Dr. Miller-Meeks has to do some of the samethings that he did two years ago, argue that she can organize within her caucusbetter than he's doing. She has to arguethat we need new voice in Washington. Granted that has less weight when you'retalking about somebody who has only been there two years as opposed to thirtyyears but she needs to take some pages from two years ago. What Dave Loebsack did very well, MariannetteMiller-Meeks needs to look at his campaign and I think there are someopenings. One of the things that sheexploited beautifully during a very contentious primary was the second districtis not just Cedar Rapids and she did very well outside of that area.
Paul Yeager: Do you agree with those statements?
James Lynch: I think so, yeah. I think one of the advantages that she mayhave is being able to appeal to those people outside of Linn and Johnsoncounties. If you look at her she mightappeal to rural voters a little bit more with her background in rural Iowa, with her background in the military, that may appealto some of those folks. I think she maytry to appeal to people who are concerned about gun rights and that's an issuethat doesn't get a lot of attention but when you go out into rural Iowa it's a concern, it's an issue people will askcandidates about. So, she has to do someof those things, it's tough -- there is this huge vote disparity or voterregistration disparity, 59,000 votes difference between Democrats andRepublicans, so I think she's really challenged to hold the Republican vote andthen attract a lot of those independents and even some Democrats who voted forJim Leach in the past up until two years ago. But it's a big gap she has to close but two years ago nobody thought DaveLoebsack was going to beat Jim Leach so it's not out of the question that shecan't beat a freshman legislator or congressman.
Paul Yeager: As you look at the five congressional racesdo you see this as the one that is the possible that could change in the statethis cycle?
Matt Milner: It's hard to say if it will, if itwon't. I don't think a whole lot ofvoters have made up their minds on that one right now. It is a Democratic leaning district, there'sno question. Voter registration you lookat Wapello County it's one of the heaviest concentrations of Democrats and thatI think is why you've seen Miller-Meeks make some comments about concerns forunion jobs even which is very rare to hear out of a Republican and she istrying to portray herself as a moderate Republican very much in the mold of JimLeach.
Paul Yeager: Can she pull off this win?
James Lynch: Possible, but the same thing I would havesaid two years ago, possible but not probable.
Paul Yeager: Very good, I appreciate it. That's James Lynch, Cedar Rapids Gazetteand Matt Milner of the Ottumwa Courier. Gentlemen, thank you so much for coming in.
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The Moroccan education ministry and the kingdom's main corruption watchdog body are working together on plans to integrate ethics into school curricula.
The Central Authority for the Prevention of Corruption (ICPC) and the education ministry signed an agreement on July 11th that establishes a framework for co-operation to drive home the issue through education.
Authorities also plan a national competition to encourage students to participate in anti-corruption measures.
The aim of the partnership with the ICPC is to instil positive values in pupils at the heart of Moroccan society, using new strategies and improved educational programmes, Education Minister Ahmed Akhchichine said. There was a general conviction that negative behaviour could not be changed without some kind of educational plan, he said.
Akhchichine said there would be a new contract between schools and society, adding that educational institutions have a key role to play in the fight against corruption by engaging in debate and dialogue with the upcoming generation.
Education encourages the emergence of a generation that is capable of fighting corruption and restoring the principles of integrity and accountability, ICPC chairman Abdesselam Aboudrar said. He explained that his organisation would offer citizenship education based on the values of transparency, responsibility and ethics.
Sociologist Yousra Jemali lauded the initiative, saying Morocco's corruption problem was firmly embedded in people's thinking and attitudes. The idea, she said, will be to work with schools to correct a number of misguided attitudes, such as the readiness to accept blackmailing by state officials in order to receive administrative documents.
"Moroccans tend to camouflage corruption by using other words, such as 'gift' or 'tadouira'. Schools are being asked to change that notion," Jemali said.
The culture of blackmailing must be stamped out from an early age and children must be steeped in positive values based on integrity and honesty, teacher Souhaila Bouchtoui said. She added that adults must give a concrete demonstration of corruption's negative repercussions on the country's development.
Results from the 2010 Global Corruption Barometer showed that the problem was widespread in Morocco, extending from institutions to the public at large. A third of the heads of households surveyed admitted to handing over bribes when using public services.
In the most recent report from Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index, Morocco was in 85th position out of 178 countries. The judicial system and civil service were the most corrupt institutions, followed by the police service, according to the organisation.
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We know that there is corruption in the courts, the police and so on. The problem is that all of these people have impunity either thanks to their powerful friends or thanks to the laws that their powerful friends put into force. Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! The institutions are corruption and its mechanisms.
If these officials want to stop corruption, it is not the people and their children who need to be educated, but the officials themselves. The people are fully aware that demanding bribes to do your job, embezzling money that was intended for the public good and so on are wrong. But asking the people to stop paying these bribes is stupid if there is no way to report these criminals and to ensure that the perpetrators of these crimes are judged and sentenced. The people have no choice but to pay these bribes if they want to live. How does a café owner refuse to pay an official who can shut down his café? Is the café owner supposed to wait without an income for a trial that will never happen? Or what about someone who wants to buy an apartment, what should he do when, after he has paid the deposit for the apartment, the agent says he should pay another 50,000 dirhams? We know that there is corruption in the courts, the police and so on. The problem is that all of these people have impunity either thanks to their powerful friends or thanks to the laws their powerful friends put into effect.
hahhaha funny stuff...even childern don't need to be told that they should not give money to strangers just like that....its the hands of the criminal official mobs that need to be choped. We need to be educated in sciences and English that is what we need!!!
I would like to thank Anonymous and to say that the school directors need to be subjected to brainwashing first and foremost. This is because every day I see how the school directors steal all the aid that could be going to the students. I witnessed these things with my own eyes. They are all corrupt, from the smallest police officer all the way to our king Momo. So, what do you want to denounce and to whom will you denounce it? Thank you again, Anonymous. This is completely true. I think the same thing. It is time for Moroccans to wake up. –Thank you
It is very important to address the issue of reform for our own good. Thank you very much. But I think that education makes up a small part of this social reform project, representing only 10% of it. You still have a lot of people to integrate in order to make all of the public aware, starting with our leaders at the highest levels and adopting laws that equally penalise everyone and do not deprive some to the detriment of others.
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Corruption is deeply-rooted amongst humanity since the beginning of creation. Adam transgressed and ate the apple. The descent of prophets didn't change anything in the souls of humans. Everything that was said in divine books including corruption won't disappear no matter how you study and protest. Qur'an mentioned forms of corruption, adultery, usury, cheating in the balance, taking money of people by fraud, killing, wasting rights of orphans, the poor and other forms of corruption. By the way, Qur'an was inspired, if corruption disappears, what will be the situation of the Holy Qur'an? Arms, security, inspectors, gendarmerie, customs, servants in the public and private sector cannot eliminate corruption. What reduces corruption is the mercy of God, fear, weak audacity. As for the rest, it is absolute freedom of corruption. However, the most important thing in the development of society is global and wide economy in which humans act following their nature and technology which erases violations. Develop the country and its mechanics! Let corruption for those who want it or reject it! we shouldn't forget that poverty is borne by nature with its catastrophes in birth and public life??
It seems a priority to shut down the kindergartens and schools as part of the campaign against traffic accidents through prevention and education in order avoid something sinister that would be a tragedy for hundreds of families instead of introducing corruption into pedagogical programmes reserved for young minds to make them aware of this evil, which affects other areas far from their principal concern, which is to learn to read and write first instead of helping them to change their outlook on society in general or their families in particular. These young people are also solicited to test vaccines, medicines and so on without permission for their parents. This dangerous abuse makes me wonder if they are students or laboratory objects.
I will not dispute Transparency International's conclusion. In Morocco, the judicial system and the civil services are perceived as the most corrupt institutions, followed by the police. I would only add that the corruption comes from the head of state, which set up the most recent masquerade in this bogus referendum. Deceit with such impudence by proposing illiterate people a text from experts and then forcing them like sheep to the ballot to harvest their "yes" votes is the height of corruption. In order to fight against corruption with education, you have to first educate the corrupt people who had this idea. In fact, they are flipping the situation on its head by claiming the corruption comes from the people. This is too easy. Of course, corrupt has spread throughout the body of Moroccan society, but who injected the virus of corruption in this body if not the state itself?


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First Let's Get their Labels Right
Last week, speaking to reporters, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales kept referring to the detainees at Guantanamo Bay as "killers." But the vast majority of them, by the military's own account, are not. Here is a report done by two attorneys, one of whom is a Seton Hall University law professor and both of whom represent detainees at Gitmo. The men reviewed the U.S. military's "Combatant Status Review Board Letters" (initiated by our government to determine which of the detainees deserved "enemy combatant" status) and discovered, among other things, that 55 percent of the detainees had never committed a hostile act against the United States or its Coalition allies.
I have written a full-length column about all this here. Any honest debate over what legal procedures the prisoners ought to receive must start with an honest assessment of what they are alleged to have done, how dangerous (or not) they may be, and whether there is any reason to think they are or were terrorists. Clearly, based upon the remarks last Thursday by our nation's top law enforcement official, that is not happening.
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the current administration and complicit congress doesn't want public trials for GITMO people...
it's called "HOUSE OF CARDS,"
3. I demand to know how many prisoners are being held at GITMO and other places that are either BRIDAS EMPLOYEES or are persons that know all about Bridas Corporation and what your administration did to get control of that Trans-Afghanistan pipeline.
BRIDAS is an Argentinian company that has alliances within the Taliban that lost $13 Trillion when the United States Military intervened on behalf of the UnitedStatesSaudiUAEEgyptIsraeliBrits monied...
and _your_ citizens started gettting killed as a result
that is from an email posted to a newsgroup that I was reading....
perhaps they're being imprisoned for being able to talk about using the MILITARY for domestic purposes....
are you paying for the president to get rich on your _dime_
it shure looks thet wayh...
and Tom Delay, htere's a pposter child for geerd eh?
Posted by: _THIS_ IS_THE_REASON_ | July 17, 2006 02:06 PM
really the United States Attorney General,
or is he simply the Bush family coverup agent as is Negroponte...
if you even have to pause to answer you're foolish beyond belief...
what is galling is the cowardice and avarice that keep the level of complicity going on...
someone should have been arrested when Katrina landed...
Arabian Hooris society no pun intended...
why should citizens pay to make a few people reich?
and who's buying gold? where'd they get the information?
can you say......INSIDER TRADING......WHITE HOUSE LEAKS.....can you say FELONY?
Posted by: So is Alberto Gonzales... | July 17, 2006 02:11 PM
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Makes 4 servings
- 1 roasted chicken
- 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1/2 cup imported black olives
- 2 tablespoons drained tiny capers
- 8 grape tomatoes (yellow and red), halved lengthwise
- 1/4 pound thin green beans, cooked
- Romaine lettuce leaves, for serving
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
1. Remove the skin from the chicken and tear the meat into large pieces. Place in a bowl. Combine with the oil, oregano, and lemon juice. Let stand for 1 hour.
2. Toss the chicken with the olives, capers, tomatoes, and beans. Season with salt and pepper. Arrange the salad on romaine leaves on a decorative platter, sprinkle with parsley, and serve.
Nutrional analysis per serving: 580 calories, 6 g carbs, 47 g protein, 40 g fat, 100 mg cholesterol
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Yeasayer isn't worried about the apocalypse. In fact, it has a song about it called "Final Pass." Its advice is simple: When the end comes, dance.
"There's some article," reports Yeasayer guitarist Anand Wilder, "about how some ridiculous number of congressmen believe it's their duty to bring about the end of the world, to chop down all the trees, pollute the world because it doesn't matter – because they're going to be saved. We were kind of interested in that, kind of our take on that, so we wrote about a dance party."
Fair enough. Still, how does Wilder account for Yeasayer's overall sound, which itself seems to effectively conjure impending doom with its heavy reverb, eerie ambience and frequent use of cryptically apocalyptic themes? Many, if not most, of the songs on All Hour Cymbals, the act's debut album, can be interpreted as referring to the end times in one way or another – the song "2080" naming an expiration date for the human race, or "Germs" positing a possible method for our extermination. Wilder suggests this is more in the eye of the beholder than by intent, particularly in the case of the former track.
"For me," he explains, "it's more of a personal song about mortality, saying, 'Okay, in 2080 I'm going to be dead, so don't look ahead, kind of 'live in the moment' kind of thing. Then you have songs like 'Germs,' that a lot of people have said is about biological warfare or fear of mass extinction from super-diseases, but maybe that's just about me being a hypochondriac, being sick all the time the first few years of living in New York. We try to make our songs' lyrical content kind of open-ended so it can be either a very personal song or something that's more grandiose that can be interpreted as something about our band's worldview."
Not that the band has a worldview, necessarily. Apart from a shared interest in making music, Yeasayer isn't trying to espouse any particular credo or grand theory of how the world will end, Wilder claims, despite whatever message listeners might derive from its songs.
"On a personal level, I don't really buy into any of that," he admits. "I think it's all sort of new-agey garbage. But it's fun to toy with it and see what kind of songs you can make out of it. That's the same thing with the gospel side of it: People talk about how we're very spiritual, we must be a religious band. But it's like, no, we're just interested in the release of joyous, spiritual music. But are any of us religious? I don't believe so."
Wilder and Yeasayer frontman Chris Keating have been friends since first grade and came together after college to form the group. Wilder was working on a musical about coal miners at the time, which gave the act some unusual material to draw from. "Really, the band kind of started as a live venue for the songs I'd already written, mostly because we lacked material," Wilder explains. "And then once we had enough of our own new material, new pop material, it didn't seem to make much sense anymore to be singing about Darwin Appleby the Third, the head of the mines. So we ended those."
As the coal mining songs were slowly phased out, the lineup solidified with the addition of bassist Ira Wolf Tuton and drummer Luke Fasano, and the group settled into its current form. Although each member has a specific band role, all are multi-instrumentalists and contribute to singing and songwriting. Wilder believes that Yeasayer's all-for-one attitude and collaborative spirit are key components of its success.
"Even when I'm writing a song," he reveals, "I'm not just sitting in my room making it for myself. Because then I just come out with the most wimpy crap out there. I'm thinking, 'Oh, God, what's Chris going to think about it? What's Ira going to think about it? Are they going to make fun of me? Are they going to like this? I have to make it better.' Even when you're working on a song by yourself, you're still being influenced by these huge critics and these guys that you really respect their opinions about music."
The results of that collaboration are songs that are dense, dark and exotic. Their most striking feature is the emphasis on vocals – not just singing, but chanting, wailing and calling out from every corner of the music. And those voices are surrounded by a variety of sounds appropriated from seemingly every culture on the planet — all mixed and matched and pasted into a crazy quilt, flawlessly stitched together with top-notch songcraft that nods to the world-music explorations of art-rockers such as Peter Gabriel and David Byrne while also incorporating influences from Afrobeat and Bollywood.
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I want to add a dwarf lime tree to my Improved Meyer lemon and Orange trees. Lime trees look a little finicky and thorny, and we do get occasional frosts. I have seen that there are other possibilities such as Rangpur lime and limequats which are easier to grow. Has anyone grown both and have a recommendation as to which is better?
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You might find these links useful: Rangpur Lime: http://users.kymp.net/citruspages/limes.html#rangpur Limequat: http://users.kymp.net/citruspages/kumquats.html#limequat (note that there a number of varieties and this link starts at the first). I have not had either so I can't give you a first hand taste test. P. |
- Posted by carino2010 9 (My Page) on Tue, Mar 15, 11 at 10:01
I now have a limequat that is 4 years old and is doing very well. I have more limequats that I know what to do with them. It just keeps producing and producing. I have it in a large plastic pot I got from Costco. During this winter, I moved the pot to a covered porch and just lost a few flowers and now I see a bunch of new growth and tiny blooms. I am certain you will enjoy these wonderful trees. |
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