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I'm a huge fan of Harper's Index. The entries range from the ridiculous to the serious to the sublime and tell us, succinctly, ironically and often hilariously, about the way we live now. One of my personal favorites from years ago (I'm dating myself) is from 1988:
Geiger counters Christie Brinkley carried with her on her recent trip to the Soviet Union: 1. (Remember Cherynobyl radiation paranoia among those with the time, money, geography and ability to be paranoid? Remember when former top model was married to formerly hot pop star Billy Joel?)
I'm not much of a twitterer, but today, I found my inbox peppered with some index favorites, like this one from my colleague, Mike Rosenwald:
Number of Grateful Dead concerts attended by columnist Ann Coulter: 67.
Then there were these slices of life that Harper's itself was tweeting:
# of blind dates former Education Secretary William Bennett had with Janis Joplin: 1
# of temporary tattoos sported by Pat Boone while promoting his album, "In a Metal Mood:" 12
# of the 12 original members of Sha Na Na who hold advanced academic degrees: 8
And a new, telling, though hardly unexpected favorite entry:
Pairs of jeans that Frank Sinatra ever owned in his life: 0
When I googled Harper's (which I read in its print form) I discovered you have to subscribe to the Harper's site to see the full index, or, like me, buy the magazine (novel thought.)
But another index came up, that, though no doubt less heavy on the fact-checking is, I would venture, no less true. Dan Kennedy's My Father's Harper's Index, published in McSweeney's in 2007.
A sample:
800,000,000: Number of times the goddamn neighbors have let their dog run loose.
1,000: Number of times you've been told to do something.
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12 Days of Winter Veil Giveaway Day 1: Gigabyte GTX 460 graphics card {WoW}
Dec 22nd 2010 9:59AM Got to have........
The Queue: Minimums {WoW}
Nov 18th 2010 1:22PM Ok thanks, I must have heard that backwards then.
The Queue: Minimums {WoW}
Nov 18th 2010 1:14PM Here is a question that i have not really seen answered or explained.
With reading that the flight points and portals are going bye bye in cata, how exactly is moving around the world going to work for the new players or leveling alts?
I just do not get how the dynamics of both of those are going to play out..
The Lawbringer: Schwarzenegger v. EMA {WoW}
Nov 12th 2010 10:19AM Its simple, here in the states, parents want the blame for poorly raised children and poor parenting choices to fall not on themselves but on someone else.
Govt. SHOULD NEVER be involved in the parenting role. Period! It is up to the parents to regulate what their children learn. And that is what it boils down to. Learning and Teaching, we are talking about games and movies here, FICTION.
If parents would get off their hind quarters and take an active role in their children's lives, then we would not ever need this. If I feel its ok for my 10 year old to play GTAl, it is my choice, and I and ONLY I can or should be held responsible for the actions of that child based on the game, if any. BUT a properly raised and educated child or adult for that matter will understand the GAME point to it and not transfer it to the real world with real world actions and consequences.
America needs to get back to the basics in life and re-learn self-responsibility! Take ownership of their own homes and stop looking for the easy way out or the scape goat.
Govt needs to encourage this more and less just punish. Its akin to training a child not to touch things they are not allowed to, you do not MOVE the item away from the child you teach the child not to touch it!
Servers are coming up [updated x3] {WoW}
Oct 12th 2010 9:43PM Well got in, then remembered that I didnt update any addons, logged out, and updated them, now it just sits on the full bar on the loading screen,
Yah Fun fun! Guess its back to reinstalling the game and wasting another day of this. Man that sucks!
Breakfast Topic: What does your class choice say about you? {WoW}
Oct 10th 2010 10:47AM Well my main is a female human warrior, She is drop dead hot!, smoking bod' all around, in your face and takes nothing from anyone! Will lead anyone into battle, and stand her ground amongst giants and do it all with a smile on her face.
What does that say about me? The 39 year old male, wiccan. Hmm either I am a closet cross dresser with an attitude or I am so in touch with understanding that the female warrior in all is one to be feared, respected and followed, treated with gentleness and compassion all the while knowing she can kick your butt to tuesday! (there now the wife will be happy)
OR it could also mean, that since I had to look at the backside of the toon all the time while playing I wanted something hot to look at...
Blood Elf vs. Draenei diorama giveaway {WoW}
Feb 10th 2009 10:35PM Ok here is my comment, that is awesome!
WoW Intervention {WoW}
Feb 9th 2009 4:31PM I can so relate, that ALWAYS happens to me on raid night!
One of these days I am going to pick up the phone, I mean it! my night elf is great looking but I can resist!!!
Tatiyanna - SWC - Forgotten Warriors!
Will Warrior stance penalties finally go away? {WoW}
Feb 3rd 2009 6:38PM What would be the downside to leaving it as it is, and only remove the penalty (like stated)?
Having different abilities on different tress is fine, makes the warrior a little more of a thinkers toon. But the rage cost to switch is pointless.
I dont have a problem with the different abilities, when tanking in BC as a new tank, I rather enjoyed having to learn to stance dance and figure out what combos worked the best, but hated having to worry also about the rage cost in the rotation..
Crowd Control to return in future instances {WoW}
Jan 26th 2009 10:25PM I have to say as a Tank BC, (working up to 80 now) I loved CC, When every our guild would run a instance or Kara, it was a well thought out plan, each member had a JOB to do.
It felt more like a team effort. Each knew what to do. Also the motto was, you break the it you tank it! I will not go to you...
yes we wiped a few time from time to time, but really learned how to run the instance and use the toon.


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Ok, so I'm 6'4/180lbs...so tall and skinny. I normally buy XL jackets and I did in this instance. However, the team fit apparently makes a big difference and the XL was HUGE.
I exchanged for a Large and it fits amazingly well. Really nice long sleeves and overall length, but isn't baggy at all.
Lots of nice big pockets in easy to reach spots including some hidden ones inside.
My only warning is that this is a pretty light coat and will only work for really cold days with a nice thick sweatshirt underneath. Great for probably about 30+ degrees as a standalone.
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David M. Bishai, MD
Director Interdepartmental Health Economics Program
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Population, Family and Reproductive Health
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- Hopkins Population Center
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MD , University of California San Diego Medical School , 1987
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Dr. Bishai's major research interest is the mortality transitions of the 19th and 20th century and the role that public health practice plays in the prevention of death both historically and currently.
Dr. Bishai uses economics to study public health interventions, especially immunization and injury control. His current projects focus on the connection between the operations at state and local health departments and improved population health. He teaches Introduction to Health Economics, Poverty Economic Development and Health, and new workshops on Essential Public Health Functions for district health officers and Systems Thinking.
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Board Certification and Recertification: American Board of Pediatrics and American Board of Internal Medicine, 1991 Advising, Mentoring and Teaching Award (AMTRA), 2006
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Sherry, M. Mossallam, M. Mulligan, M. Hyder, A. Bishai, D (2013) Rates of intentionally caused and road crash deaths of US citizens abroad. Injury Prevention doi:10.1136/injuryprev-2013-040923
Bishai, D., A. LaFevre, et al. (2013). "The cost of service quality improvements: tracking the flow of funds in social franchise networks in Myanmar." Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 11(14).
Dorman E*, Bishai D. Demand for male contraception. Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res. 2012 Oct;12(5):605-13.
Bishai, D. M., C. Champion, et al. (2011). "Product development partnerships hit their stride: lessons from developing a meningitis vaccine for Africa." Health Aff (Millwood) 30(6): 1058-1064. DOI 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0295
Bishai, D. Johns, B*, Nair, D*, Lefevre, A*, Simons, E*, Dabbagh A The Cost Effectiveness of Supplementary Immunization Activities for Measles: A Stochastic Model for Uganda. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2011. 203 p. S107-115.
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Sure, you could spend today immersed in the shopping frenzy of Black Friday, or you could spend it more peacefully, celebrating today's other holiday, the National Day of Listening. Sponsored by StoryCorps, a nonprofit dedicated to recording American oral histories, the Day of Listening (the first of what StoryCorps hopes to make an annual event) is a chance to sit with a friend or family member while they tell you a story from their lives. And what better way to do that than over a good cup of joe? Which brings us to today's Drink of the Week, a coffee that we were lucky enough to get a sneak peek taste of recently, and which will soon be available online through Barrington Coffee. Unlike many coffees imported into the U.S., which are wet-processed, Barrington's Sidamo is dry-processed, which means the coffee beans are dried while still inside the fruit. It's a method that results in a bright, lush coffee with notes of sweet strawberries and tangy cherries. This medium-roasted coffee is great alone in a press pot, but for a deeper concentration of strawberries and cream, sip it as a single-origin espresso or with a dollop of milk foam in a macchiato. It's perfect post-Turkey Day, whether you're looking to rouse droopy eyelids or hone your listening skills, so the minute you see this coffee for sale online, be sure you get your share before it's gone for another year.
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The palm-framed Grande Colonial hotel doesn't give much away about the boutique property or its signature restaurant. Jamaica-born chef Jason Knibb has spent the majority of his life cooking in Southern California, which influences Nine-Ten's "evolving California cuisine." Fresh produce arrives daily from farms like Chino to play into such dishes as seared duck breast with grilled figs and osso buco with mushrooms and pine nut orange relish. Other entrées hint at chef Knibb's Caribbean heritage—the Jamaican jerk pork belly, for example—and a five-course Mercy of the Chef tasting menu is available.
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We prefer Irish/Welsh names. I need a first name that will work with the middle name John.
We've thought about Connor, Devon, Kyle, Quinn, Aidan, Brendan....
I've been looking name websites but they're overwhelming and we don't want anything too different sounding....
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Thomas John..... I really like John Thomas!!
I have 3 boys and my 4th on the way and we had a really hard time finding a name too!!!!
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Here's an old thread with Irish boy names...
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Thanks for the suggestions! I have a longer list of possiblities now. This little one will be here very soon. I'm being induced Wednesday if I haven't gone into labor by then. We need to choose a name!
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Pakistan Cricketers Found Guilty of Fixing
November 3, 2011 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Parvez Fatteh, Founder of http://sportingummah.com, email@example.com
Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif were found guilty by a London jury of spot-fixing. They were found guilty, by a unanimous decision, on the charge of "conspiracy to cheat" and guilty by a 10-2 majority decision on the charge of "conspiracy to obtain and accept corrupt payments." The sentences will be pronounced by the judge, Justice Cooke, on Wednesday and Thursday; both players will remain on bail until then. The convictions, reached by the jury of the Southwark Crown Court in London after 16 hours and 56 minutes of deliberation, carry jail terms: a maximum prison sentence for the acceptance of corrupt payments is seven years in jail, while "conspiracy to cheat" carries a maximum two-year sentence.
This particular case focused on the Lord's Test match in August of 2010, when Butt and Asif conspired with teammates Majeed, Amir and other unknown bowlers to bowl pre-determined no-balls during England's innings. They were exposed by the now defunct British tabloid the News of the World in an undercover sting operation. Majeed was filmed revealing when no-balls would be delivered by the bowlers, video footage of which was played to the jury early in the trial.
The verdicts were handed down almost four weeks after the trial started, on October 4. Butt, wearing a velvet jacket and shirt without a tie, showed no emotion as the verdicts were read out and stared at the jury stony-faced. An hour earlier, in a bitter twist of fate, his wife Gul Hassan was understood to have given birth to a second son back in Pakistan. Asif, wearing a grey winter coat in the dock, was equally unmoved and neither player said a word or made any obvious facial expression.
The jury were unable to reach a verdict on the "accepting corrupt payments" charge against Asif, and Justice Cooke immediately retired them to deliberate some more in case they could reach a verdict on that fourth charge, which they did after more than three hours.
The unambiguous nature of the verdict was welcomed by the Metropolitan Police. "All I want to say that this is cheating pure and simple," said Detective Chief Superintendent Matt Horne. "They let down everyone that bought a ticket and they let down children when they were role models to those very children who are playing such a special game. I think we all look forward to this game being played in its truest spirit as we go forward from these types of issues. I also acknowledge the role that investigative journalism has played in this case."
Sally Walsh, Senior Lawyer in the Special Crime and Counter-Terrorism Division of the Crown Prosecution Service, said: "Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif deliberately and knowingly perverted the course of a cricket match for financial gain… This prosecution shows that match fixing is not just unsportsmanlike but is a serious criminal act.
"People who had paid good money to see a professional and exciting game of cricket on the famous ground at Lord's had no idea that what they were watching was not a true game but one where part of the game had been pre-determined for cash…the jury has decided after hearing all the evidence that what happened on the crease that day was criminal in the true sense of the word."
The players have already been punished by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after a disciplinary hearing in Doha, Qatar, earlier this year. Each was banned from the sport for at least five years. Butt received a further suspended five-year ban and Asif was handed a further two-year suspended sanction. Haroon Lorgat, the ICC chief executive, said after the London verdicts were announced that the jury's decisions, as well as Mohammad Amir's own guilty plea, will "have no impact" on the length of the suspensions its own tribunal handed out. All three players have filed appeals against their bans at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland.
There was further ignominy for the sport of cricket on this day as fellow Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Amir, the teenage Pakistani fast bowler, had pleaded guilty to the same two charges before the trial began. He is now scheduled for what is termed a "Newton Hearing" to decide the quantum of punishment. There is no jury officially present at this type of hearing, but a group of jurors is given permission to sit in and watch if they wish. In addition, it was revealed that there are plans to investigate further matches on Pakistan's 2010 tour of England.
Tariq Mehanna's Prosecution a Larger Community Issue
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By Karin Friedemann, TMO
Yet another "library terrorist" is being prosecuted in Boston, and as usual the typical Zionist lobbyists including the David Project aka "Citizens for Peace and Tolerance," are suspect in a conspiracy against the Constitutional rights of this individual.
The Feds zeroed in on Tariq Mehanna, pointing to English translations of ancient Arabic Islamic texts on his website, aimed at new Muslims. The authorities said the pharmacist had conspired to attack civilians at a shopping mall, American soldiers abroad and two members of the executive branch of the federal government. The conspiracy occurred from 2001 to 2008, the acting United States attorney, Michael K. Loucks, said.
Mehanna comes from Sudbury, Massachussetts, an affluent suburb. He became acquainted with Daniel Maldonado, a Muslim convert who was arrested in Somalia, through his local mosque. According to the details from the Boston Globe, Tariq Mehanna was arrested for allegedly lying to the FBI in December 2006 regarding the whereabouts and activities of Daniel Maldonado. Mehanna is said to have spoken on the phone to Maldonado back in 2006 and then lied about doing so to the FBI which was investigating Maldonado for the "crime" of going to Somalia and receiving "terrorist training".
Maldonado is said to have traveled to Africa where he joined up with the popular Islamic Courts Union and received military training and planned to fight with them against US backed warlords. He never even got a chance to fight as he contracted malaria. During this time his wife also contracted malaria, and by the grace of God some strangers brought his children back to Massachusetts in a tragic drama of epic proportions. Maldonado's terrified children watched their mother die in a vehicle attempting to flee the war-torn country. Meanwhile, they await the release of their father from a CMU prison.
Mehanna was accused of many alarming things, but his only confirmed action was to travel to Yemen for religious study, and some other travel on the African continent. The FBI asked Mehanna to become an informant. When he refused, his troubles began. He accepted a job in Saudi Arabia as a pharmacist, and was arrested while trying to board the airplane. Agents from the NYPD traveled to Boston in an attempt to entrap him but Mehanna refused to partake in the "terrorist act" he was presented with. He has not been charged with any act of terrorism.
Tariq is described by those who know him well as humble, reserved, warm, compassionate, intelligent, charismatic, well-read, and dedicated. He has spent time delivering Friday sermons and directing youth study circles, speaking out against injustice and advocating for Muslim prisoners, teaching grade school students and helping those in need. Tarek is described as a man who is always giving.
"I have known him to be one of the most gracious, kind, caring, thoughtful, and respectable people I have ever known. For the two years that I knew him in Boston, I have seen him go above and beyond what most others would do to help others in need," writes Ahmad AlFarsi in Tariq's defense.
"Tariq was very involved in the Muslim community, masha'Allah; I remember many times that he would be giving halaqaat (Islamic lectures) in the local masjid on an Islamic text he was studying. And he helped many many other Muslims in the community come to the straight path."
Mehanna has since been detained in pre-trial solitary confinement at Plymouth County Correction Facility in 23-hour isolation and denied bail twice. He now awaits trial, facing charges of "false statements," "conspiracy" and "material support for terrorism" and a life sentence if wrongfully convicted. The trial has been set to begin next week. Supporters plan a protest march to the courthouse on Thursday.
Mehanna wrote in a letter to his supporters: "I cannot speak in detail about the charges and accusations against me, but suffice to say that nobody who truly knows me would for a second believe the utter lies and sensationalist garbage that has been peddled around in the media since my arrest. I am not the first person the government has played this game with, and I certainly won't be the last. Regardless, that's OK because, 'Indeed, Allah defends those who believe…' [Surat al-Hajj; v. 38]. And the Prophets themselves were targets of slander and lies by their opponents. So, who am I to be spared?"
While in prison, Mehanna has done his best to keep a positive attitude and to support fellow prisoners, while keeping his prayers. "No matter how bad things may be going for a given person, there is always someone worse off. There is always that one person you meet who gives you a reality check that reminds you that even though you are in prison going through hardship, etc., there are still things that you can take for granted." He was referring to the unconditional support of his mother and family.
Pro-Israel lobbyists are connecting Mehanna to the Roxbury Mosque, which was not his regular prayer venue, in an attempt to connect their efforts to smear the Roxbury Mosque with this man's plight. It would be wise for those defending Mehanna to uncover the conspiracy between extremist Jewish groups and the FBI in targeting this individual. If the David Project is not stopped, unlawful prosecutions will continue.
In a letter to supporters, Mehanna wrote about something a fellow prisoner said:
"'When I was free, I saw your story on TV. However, it meant nothing to me, because I never thought it could happen to me. So, I did nothing for you. Now that I am in prison and it has happened to me, there are people who heard about my story and will think nothing of it, thinking it will never happen to them. Once it happens to them, others will think nothing of it and do nothing, etc…' So, if you feel that you can just sit back and read about all these cases and do nothing to repel this injustice and that it can never happen to you, think again."
Karin Friedemann is a Boston-based freelance writer.
Delusion in Detroit
July 21, 2011 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Adil James, TMO
Seated, left to right: Steve Downs, Abayomi Azikiwe, Dawud Walid. Behind podium: Moderator Debbie Johnson |
Detroit–July 17–There are several problems facing the Muslim community in the United States. One problem is that Muslims are sometimes targeted by the FBI and other law enforcement bureaus, framed for plots they are not even intelligent enough to hatch themselves, and then arrested and prosecuted for conspiracy to commit crimes they never understood–sometimes they are goaded by troublemakers, wolves in sheeps' clothing, paid by the FBI in proportion to the crimes they are able to get Muslims to commit.
Another, much worse problem, is that inside the Muslim community we give excuses and podiums to the apologists for Muslim terrorists and troublemakers–who are inherently dangerous to the Muslim community by virtue of their commitment to goals antithetical to the teachings of Islam.
And so this past weekend in Detroit about 100 people gathered at The Shrine of the Black Madonna to complain about government "preemptive prosecution." However, there was the problem that the meeting supported some Muslims who had suffered prosecution for very real offenses.
Not least among those is Tarek Mehanna, a pharmacy graduate who apparently travelled around the world (to Yemen) to seek training to fight against Americans, and who planned to kill numerous innocent civilians at a local mall, and went so far as to conspire to commit this attack. You may say "innocent until proven guilty" but first read the complaint, 32 pages of damning evidence, with countless detailed samples of Mehanna's assiduous efforts to commit terrorism, complete with evidence from two of his coconspirators who backed out of his plot and turned states' evidence, and also audio-taped conversations in which Mehanna planned terrorist acts.
Tarek's brother Tamer spoke in support of him this weekend in Detroit, however Tamer's speech almost amounted to further evidence against his brother, as he spoke for about 15 minutes, railing against the existence in the Muslim community of "snitches." The use of the term "snitch" already implies that his brother is guilty–as usually a snitch is someone who reveals what was intended to be a secret. The implication is that Tarek had committed conspiracy, wanted to keep it secret, and Tamer is angry because the "snitches" revealed the secret.
But thank God they did. Better for Tarek to rot in jail, frustrated in his intention to blot out the lives of innocent civilians.
If all Tamer Mehanna can say for 15 minutes is that snitches are bad, he begs the question whether his brother is fully guilty, and also whether he himself is supportive of his brother's alleged crimes.
But most of the people discussed at the meeting Saturday appeared far more innocent than Tarek Mehanna. Behind the speakers was a board on which were posted the names of about 100 people termed victims of preemptive prosecution.
Present at the meeting were many activists on behalf of many of those "preemptively prosecuted," and the most effective presentation was a video about Sami Al-Arian, which advocated his innocence, and expressed the capricious nature of the US prosecution of his case–where when Al-Arian was acquitted of all charges they rearrested him and continued to detain him.
This event was slightly misguided in the ways mentioned above, but the point still stands that the US government has overplayed its hand in the war on terror, by brutally pursuing many who are in fact innocent, and by deliberately detaining them beyond the point at which it becomes obvious that they are innocent.
Conspiracy Theory
June 23, 2011 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Paul Craig Roberts
While we were not watching, conspiracy theory has undergone Orwellian redefinition.
A "conspiracy theory" no longer means an event explained by a conspiracy. Instead, it now means any explanation, or even a fact, that is out of step with the government's explanation and that of its media pimps.
For example, online news broadcasts of RT have been equated with conspiracy theories by the New York Times simply because RT reports news and opinions that the New York Times does not report and the US government does not endorse.
In other words, as truth becomes uncomfortable for government and its Ministry of Propaganda, truth is redefined as conspiracy theory, by which is meant an absurd and laughable explanation that we should ignore.
When piles of carefully researched books, released government documents, and testimony of eye witnesses made it clear that Oswald was not President John F. Kennedy's assassin, the voluminous research, government documents, and verified testimony was dismissed as "conspiracy theory."
In other words, the truth of the event was unacceptable to the authorities and to the Ministry of Propaganda that represents the interests of authorities.
The purest example of how Americans are shielded from truth is the media's (including many Internet sites') response to the large number of professionals who find the official explanation of September 11, 2001, inconsistent with everything they, as experts, know about physics, chemistry, structural engineering, architecture, fires, structural damage, the piloting of airplanes, the security procedures of the United States, NORAD's capabilities, air traffic control, airport security, and other matters. These experts, numbering in the thousands, have been shouted down by know-nothings in the media who brand the experts as "conspiracy theorists."
This despite the fact that the official explanation endorsed by the official media is the most extravagant conspiracy theory in human history.
Let's take a minute to re-acquaint ourselves with the official explanation, which is not regarded as a conspiracy theory despite the fact that it comprises an amazing conspiracy. The official truth is that a handful of young Muslim Arabs who could not fly airplanes, mainly Saudi Arabians who came neither from Iraq nor from Afghanistan, outwitted not only the CIA and the FBI, but also all 16 US intelligence agencies and all intelligence agencies of US allies including Israel's Mossad, which is believed to have penetrated every terrorist organization and which carries out assassinations of those whom Mossad marks as terrorists.
In addition to outwitting every intelligence agency of the United States and its allies, the handful of young Saudi Arabians outwitted the National Security Council, the State Department, NORAD, airport security four times in the same hour on the same morning, air traffic control, caused the US Air Force to be unable to launch interceptor aircraft, and caused three well-built steel-structured buildings, including one not hit by an airplane, to fail suddenly in a few seconds as a result of limited structural damage and small, short-lived, low-temperature fires that burned on a few floors.
The Saudi terrorists were even able to confound the laws of physics and cause WTC building seven to collapse at free fall speed for several seconds, a physical impossibility in the absence of explosives used in controlled demolition.
The story that the government and the media have told us amounts to a gigantic conspiracy, really a script for a James Bond film. Yet, anyone who doubts this improbable conspiracy theory is defined into irrelevance by the obedient media.
Anyone who believes an architect, structural engineer, or demolition expert who says that the videos show that the buildings are blowing up, not falling down, anyone who believes a Ph.D. physicist who says that the official explanation is inconsistent with known laws of physics, anyone who believes expert pilots who testify that non-pilots or poorly-qualified pilots cannot fly airplanes in such maneuvers, anyone who believes the 100 or more first responders who testify that they not only heard explosions in the towers but personally experienced explosions, anyone who believes University of Copenhagen nano-chemist Niels Harrit who reports finding unreacted nano-thermite in dust samples from the WTC towers, anyone who is convinced by experts instead of by propaganda is dismissed as a kook.
In America today, and increasingly throughout the Western world, actual facts and true explanations have been relegated to the realm of kookiness. Only people who believe lies are socially approved and accepted as patriotic citizens.
Indeed, a writer or newscaster is not even permitted to report the findings of 9/11 skeptics. In other words, simply to report Professor Harrit's findings now means that you endorse them or agree with them.
Everyone in the US print and TV media knows that he/she will be instantly fired if they report Harrit's findings, even with a laugh.
Thus, although Harrit has reported his findings on European television and has lectured widely on his findings in Canadian universities, the fact that he and the international scientific research team that he led found unreacted nano-thermite in the WTC dust and have offered samples to other scientists to examine has to my knowledge never been reported in the American media.
Even Internet sites on which I am among the readers' favorites will not allow me to report on Harrit's findings.
As I reported earlier, I myself had experience with a Huffington Post reporter who was keen to interview a Reagan presidential appointee who was in disagreement with the Republican wars in the Middle East. After he published the interview that I provided at his request, he was terrified to learn that I had reported findings of 9/11 investigators.
To protect his career, he quickly inserted on the online interview that my views on the Iraq and Afghanistan invasions could be dismissed as I had reported unacceptable findings about 9/11.
The unwillingness or inability to entertain any view of 9/11 different from the official view dooms to impotence many Internet sites that are opposed to the wars and to the rise of the domestic US police state.
These sites, for whatever the reasons, accept the government's explanation of 9/11; yet, they try to oppose the "war on terror" and the police state which are the consequences of accepting the government's explanation. Trying to oppose the consequences of an event whose explanation you accept is an impossible task.
If you believe that America was attacked by Muslim terrorists and is susceptible to future attacks, then a "war on terror" and a domestic police state to root out terrorists become necessary to make Americans safe. The idea that a domestic police state and open-ended war might be more dangerous threats to Americans than terrorists is an impermissible thought.
A country whose population has been trained to accept the government's word and to shun those who question it is a country without liberty in its future.
Foreign Policy Journal
Paul Craig Roberts served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration.
Islamic Burial at Sea?
May 5, 2011 by TMO · Leave a Comment
Criticism about bin Laden's sea burial comes for various reasons: failure to comply with Islamic law, a lack of closure, and the proliferation of conspiracy theories.
By Ariel Zirulnick
File: the USS Carl Vinson, from which Osama Bin Laden is reported to have been buried at sea. |
A growing number of disparate parties, from Islamic clerics to the families of 9/11 victims, are criticizing the US decision to bury Osama bin Laden at sea.
The Obama administration said that the US chose to bury bin Laden at sea to prevent his burial site from becoming a shrine and because an unnamed country that the US asked to take his body refused. Because Islamic law mandates burial within 24 hours of death, there was no time for the US to ask other countries, counterterrorism adviser John Brennan said, according to the New York Times.
At a press conference Monday, Mr. Brennan assured reporters that his burial had been conducted "in accordance with the Islamic requirements."
But in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, the country's highest Islamic body condemned the burial at sea, Agence France-Presse reports.
"A Muslim, whatever his profession, even a criminal, their rites must be respected. There must be a prayer and the body should be wrapped in white cloth before being buried in the earth, not at sea," [Indonesia Ulema Council] chief Amidhan said. "Many others have condemned it, especially as it was done with extreme hatred against him."
Ahmad al-Tayeb, the top cleric of Egypt's prominent Al Azhar University, also slammed the decision, saying in a statement that it "runs contrary to the principles of Islamic laws, religious values, and humanitarian customs," according to Iran's PressTV. Any of the dead deserve full respect, he said, and a corpse will only be respected if it is buried in the ground.
The US defended its procedures, saying that bin Laden's body was washed and wrapped in a white cloth and "eased" it into the sea.
Meanwhile, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) of South Carolina criticized the burial on entirely different grounds. To him, rushing to bury bin Laden in order to be in accordance with Islamic law, "may have been sensitivity taken too far," Fox News reported.
"It would be in our national interests to make a case, [a] documented case, that this was Osama bin Laden. He is dead. I think that would be a smart thing to do, and have it rolled out in a sensitive way, but prove it beyond a reasonable doubt, and some people still won't believe it." … "This idea of disposing the body within 24 hours because of tradition bothers me a bit because we will be under attack as to whether or not it really was him," Graham said. "And I'm not so sure that was a wise move. I'd like to hear more about that."
There are concerns that a burial at sea will spur on conspiracy theories that bin Laden isn't actually dead, and that's why the US has no body to show the public. Some of those theories have already begun to surface, particularly in the Arab world. Meanwhile, DNA testing has reportedly provided "99.9 percent certainty" that the person US forces killed was bin Laden, says the government. The US is still debating whether to release the photographs it took of bin Laden before his burial.
Rosaleen Tallon, the sister of a New York firefighter who died in the 9/11 attacks, said that the burial at sea "denied people like her the guarantee of seeing a body and knowing without a shadow of a doubt that Bin Laden was dead," the Los Angeles Times reports.
But despite vocal criticism, there are likely many people who, while curious about the decision to bury bin Laden at sea, are not critical of it – including in the US Muslim community.
Khalid Latif, New York University chaplain and executive director of the university's Islamic Center, said in a column for CNN that sharia law also takes into consideration what is best for society – and when held up to that standard, bin Laden's burial at sea does follow Islamic law.
Humanity on a whole has a right that needs to be considered in regard to bin Laden's burial. Who would want this man buried next to their loved one? Is it appropriate, especially after he has caused such pain to so many, to put anyone in a situation where they might have to be buried near or next to him?
It also protects his body, Mr. Latif wrote. If bin Laden was buried on land and the location of his body was discovered, there would be the risk not only of the burial site offering an "opportunity for glorification of bin Laden" but also of it being targeted by people still angry over his actions in life.
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Library Geeks 010 - King Day 2.0
By dchud on 15 Jan 2007A break from form to participate more actively and more publicly in the U.S. holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., if only just by reading aloud some of his words.
To learn more about the life of Dr. King, see his biography from The King Center or nobelprize.org.
To read the full text of the speeches I read from:
- His Influence Speaks To World Conscience, written on the 10th anniversary of the assassination of Gandhi, January 30, 1958
- Speech at the Great March on Detroit, June 23, 1963
- Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence, April 4, 1968
For many other resources of note, see "A Collection of Web Resources For Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2007," from ResourceShelf.
For firsthand accounts of the day of his assassination, including video clips from the "I've Been to the MountainTop" speech he gave to support a sanitation workers' strike on the eve of his assassination, see today's episode of Democracy Now. It is beyond eerie to hear how clearly he perceived the threats against his life.
To learn more about principled nonviolence, see the UC-Berkeley course lecture podcast for PACS 164A - Introduction to Nonviolence.
Audio files are available through the feeds linked at left.
What are you doing to celebrate or serve today, at home or in your library? Leave comments or links below so we can share ideas.
A happy and peaceful King Day to all!


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A mixed choir with a membership of 50-60 singers, the SHSU Concert Choir is a wonderful place for music majors and non-majors alike to make music. Ensemble membership is open to music majors, especially freshman men and sophomore women, and non-music majors of all ages. The ensemble is directed by Dr. Eric Esparza, who also teaches studio voice. Non-music majors with considerable high school choral or instrumental experience are encouraged to audition.
Concert Choir gives at least one individual concert each semester. Members will also combine with other choirs to form the larger SHSU Symphonic Choir for a holiday concert in December and a masterworks concert in May.
Dr. Eric P. Esparza is Adjunct Professor of Voice at Sam Houston State University and enjoys a career comprised of conducting, singing, and teaching. As a conductor, Dr. Esparza has studied with Dr. Ann Howard Jones, Tom Jaber, and David Hoose and he has worked with many ensembles and organizations such as the Boston University Coro da Camera, BU Opera Institute, King's Chapel (Boston), The Berkshire Choral Festival, Oregon Bach Festival, Rice Chorale, Shepherd Singers, Shepherd School Opera, and the Florida State University Opera. As a singer, Dr. Esparza is in constant demand and has sung in the USA and abroad with Boston Secession, Cut Circle, ECSchirmer, Houston Grand Opera, The Opera Theatre and Music Festival of Lucca, and the Shepherd School Opera. His teachers include Dr. Joyce Farwell, Dr. David Jones, and Benita Valente. Dr. Esparza holds degrees from Rice University, Florida State University, and Boston University, and is Director of Music Ministries at St. Mark's United Methodist Church, Houston.
Conductor: Eric Esparza
Accompanist: Debbie Hood
Rehearsals: MWF 2:00 – 3:30
MUEN 1111 - 02 (83492) Freshman & Sophomore Section
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METHUEN — Two years ago, Jennifer Kannan earned over 5,000 votes and another term on the City Council. She not only topped the ticket among 14 council candidates, but also outpaced both mayoral candidates.
Kannan, 48, a realtor, is hoping for a similar outcome Nov. 5 when voters elect their next mayor.
"People seem to like the work I'm doing," said Kannan from her Broadway campaign headquarters. "I know that this is my path. Personally, professionally and politically, this is my time to give back to the city in a higher capacity."
Kannan is incumbent Mayor Stephen Zanni's only challenger this fall. Kannan earned 5,033 votes in 2011 while Zanni required a recount in the mayor's race to edge Al DiNuccio, 4,450 votes to 4,416.
Kannan was a political rookie when she first ran for councilor-at-large in 2007. She is now in her sixth and final year on the council, due to term limits, having served as vice-chairwoman in 2009 and chairwoman in 2012.
Touting that experience as she campaigns, Kannan said voters are telling her she is more approachable than Zanni.
"We're running on positive energy — we feel good," said Kannan. "We're getting the support of the community. The main thing is they want to be heard. They want to have someone they can have faith in and they can speak to."
Kannan said the biggest difference between herself and Zanni is her ability to communicate and build consensus.
"I think that's a key element for a mayor in any community," said Kannan. "(Voters) want to be able to approach their leader and have a conversation with their leader. I think communication plays a big role in being mayor."
If elected, Kannan said she will beautify Methuen by cleaning up graffiti and roadside weeds. She said she will provide firm leadership, keep an open door to residents and business owners alike, and conduct reviews of each city department.
Like voters, Kannan said city employees want an accessible leader. She said department heads will respond to her.
"They want to work with someone they can talk to," said Kannan. "I'm a motivator."
From her perspective on the council, Kannan said Zanni "can't separate personal versus professional." As a result, Kannan said the mayor has stunted progress in situations where councilors disagree with him.
"He thought he was the teacher and we were the students," said Kannan, describing Zanni's first two-year term in the mayor's office. "He shouldn't be speaking at us. He should be speaking to us."
Among the issues Kannan and Zanni haven't seen eye-to-eye on are the mayor's failed bids to privatize the municipal Information Technology department and the council's decision to drastically cut funding for the Health Division.
Kannan said she does not support IT privatization. In general, she has taken a more cautious approach to outsourcing than the mayor. Regarding the health issue, which left the city without a health director and prompted the state to pull back $214,000 in regional grant money, Kannan said she stands by her vote to cut the Health Division budget.
"I think the department has been running effectively since," said Kannan. "I've seen no change."
Throughout the campaign, Zanni and others have called to attention Kannan's family ties to the city payroll and questioned whether, as mayor, she will be able to negotiate union contracts without violating conflict-of-interest and ethics laws.
Kannan's brother, Richard Aziz Jr., is a lieutenant with the Methuen Fire Department. Her son, Billy Kannan Jr., joined the police department as a full-time patrolman in 2012 after serving for several years as a reserve officer. Kannan's daughter, Brittney Kannan, is a teacher's aide at Marsh Grammar School. Kannan's sister-in-law, Maria Becotte, works as a teacher at the Marsh. Her father is also a retired Methuen fire lieutenant.
If elected, Kannan has said she will abide by all ethics and conflict-of-interest guidelines and use a negotiating team much like the ones Zanni used to negotiate union contracts during his first term in office.
When asked about her relatives on the city payroll at a recent debate, Kannan called out to them in the audience by name.
"I'm proud of it," said Kannan. "I want to give back to my community as my family did."


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For years I have read all the postings about the insipid flavor of the ubiquitous, "Brown Turkey" figs, so I just need to ask this question:
Are there any cultural recommendations that will improve the taste of this bland-flavored variety, or, is it just a proven dud, and not worthy of the time and effort? Does anyone on this forum grow this fig variety well? What's the secret? The north-east garden centers are always loaded with this fig tree, Celeste, Kadota, and virused-Mission. Frank |
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Frank, a friend of mine has a large California B.T.in my opinion a large very good tasting fig,got a rooted cutting from him last year and this fig is a keeper one of the best for my area.Ciao, Giuseppe |
Just ask Jon's opinion about them BT figs ... most likely any silk purse will be over filled (with bad stuff)! As for me; I am still not sure what a true BT is... |
Glad you reminded me about this "identity-crisis" with the "Brown Turkey"....there seems to be no consensus as to which plant is the real McCoy. Back in 2007, when I first started shopping for a fig variety to grow, I quickly realized that the fig-world was really screwed-up because anyone can name any fig whatever they want. There is no recognized registry, there are no hybridizing programs that select and release identifiable new varieties, no variety standards...nothing....zip, zero, nada. It's a real mess. So you give me a rooted cutting of your brownish fig and I decide to name it: "Gorgi's Brown Turkey", but in reality it's some no-name, brown fig your neighbor gave you. So, what is it? This naming nonsense is really annoying, and the same fig can have 3-4 names. Forget about the same figs in other countries with all their names. I see nothing but confusion, and no real way to straighten out this revolting development. So...if I wanted to buy a real, authentic, "Brown Turkey" where would I find this variety? Miller's, Willis, J. Robin's? Thanks for the information. Frank |
>>> and the same fig can have 3-4 names. Want some more fig confusion; how about 3-4 different figs having the same name... |
gorgi: There is no happy ending with this fig, name-game. We are all the victims...so maybe I will order from Ty-Ty and just ask them for a "brown fig", and be happy if it IS brown. :) Frank |
- Posted by stepandfetch (My Page) on Sun, Mar 25, 12 at 20:06
I've never met anyone that found the Southern Brown Turkey insipid... they are quite the opposite, and often carry more flavor than other well known figs. |
Are the Southern BTs small, or large? I got a BT from JF&E and it had small figs on it. They had thins skins and, other than being more round, looked like Celestes. The same for the TX E I got from another source. They were exactly the same as each other, but neither were as tasty as the Celeste. I got rid of them both. My head goes round in circles when I listen to people about the BT. People here have been so great trying to help me zero in on BTs like the ones my grandparents had, but none of the pictures look like those back when. Those trees were planted in the 40s, so it's unlikely I'll find the same kind of trees. noss |
Make that--My mind goes round in circles. LOL! I am NOT possessed, except by figs..... noss |
I was trying to call attention to this EXACT problem! Where are, and who has, a real "Brown Turkey"? Giuseppe loves his figs, ...Jon hates his...Noss, is disappointed, and thinks his trees might be some other variety, and is still searching for tress that are as good as the fig trees his grandparents once grew....and, on, and on, and on. This thread is about BT, but you can substitute an awful lot of other fig varieties in its place...e.g. "Celeste"...who has the real "Celeste"? Herman, Jon, you, me..? Who knows? Define the characteristics of the real "B-T" variety. You cannot. Leaves change shape from tree to tree, often on the same branch. Fruit varies from season to season. Cuttings from the same trees grow, and look differently than your neighbor two houses away. There is no such thing as standards when it comes to fig variety names. Imagine ordering "Red-Delicious" apples from Stark Bros. and from Miller's and getting two different kinds of apples? It doesn't happen, but with figs...it's a crap-shoot as to what you will get. If you really think about it we are screwed! The best we could hope for is that our trees give us fruit that comes close to what we think we bought. Just venting. Frank |
I have just ordered a southern brown turkey fig from Rolling River in CA. Does anyone know if this is a large fruited fig? And also I have read in at least 2 books that southern brown turkey is the same as texas everbearing. |
I grew up in the South, where many old homes have a brown turkey in the back yard. Most are excellent figs. I have been interested in the variations, and have a collection of five separate cultivars, all from "heritage" figs growing for decades in this area. All are of moderate size, brown in color, and all look the same! The quality of a fig is always in the head of the person sampling the fig, but in my judgement, all of my collection are very good. The quality varies from year to year, and with level of ripeness. The latter is the most important, in my opinion. I am aware that there is a west coast fig that is called West Coast or California Brown Turkey. I have no experience with this fig, but the pictures I have seen are a larger size, and with a purple color appearing as streaks from stem to eye in the days before becoming full ripe. All of my Southern heritage BTs weigh about 20 to 40 grams, and have a uniform brown color as they ripen. My guess is that the west coast BT is a different fig! The only way to be sure about any fig is to KNOW the parent tree! Varietal labels are very useful, but as you can see from this forum, lots of trees from nurseries and web sites turn out to be something else!! |
- Posted by budbackeast FLORIDA (My Page) on Thu, Sep 13, 12 at 12:38
Brown Turkey is the most common fig in the southern states. I've had them in Louisiana, South Carolina and here in Florida. About medium size in my opinion, and usually taste good IF you let them ripen fully. Too many people pick them at the first hint of color (way too soon) or at the fist sign of softening (barely too soon). Raised on BT's, I let them go all mushy, and then they are delicious. And the ones which I miss and fall to the grass below... they are the best of all IMHO. |
I had the pleasure of tasting a CA Brown Turkey a while back and it was very good. Nice and ripe and it had a great figgy flavor, was nice and sweet and sticky. I really liked it a lot and wished for more, but there were none. No accounting for taste, eh? :D noss |
Frank Just a casual observation on the discussions on the Brown Turkey,it would appear that the majority of those that are not pleased with the fig are those located somewhere other than the Southeast. I also think that the "Legacy/Heirloom" trees in the Southeast are known for producing a good fig. Of course, some of us think all figs are good and we may not have the sophisticated palate as some do. There will always be the elitist that looks at the label as opposed to the merits of the fig. BTW, one of the best trees for figs that I know, for great sweetness and flavor, is a BT. It is 5 generations old. Is it a "real Brown Turkey?, who knows, or cares, it tastes good, produces loads of large figs, survives the winter, what is the criteria? Rgrds |
Danny, What is the color of that fig and what is the eye like? See you soon, noss |
- Posted by foolishpleasure 7B (My Page) on Sun, Sep 23, 12 at 5:00
I have 4 brown turkey trees, abundant production and best tasting figs in the world. although small but sweet and delicious This season from 4 trees we got over 400 figs and all ripened in August. Beats the other varieties I have celesta, lsu and Chicago hardy very little production and the taste so so. I air layered 6 branches of the 4 brown turkey and nest season I will have 10 producing brown turkey. Yes the air layered branches are about 3 feet each they are almost trees. VIVA BROWN TURKEY |
I had a brown turkey and didn't like it, gave it away. The other figs in my yard, 6 varieties, I love them all. I bought the tree from a local nursery. At the same nursery, they told me their American Persimmon seedlings were self pollinating (they are not) and that there are no variety names for persimmons or paw paws because they are also seedling grown (not true). They also sold Kiwi, claiming them to be productive, but no male varieties were being sold. So who knows the origin of that Brown Turkey. Most of my other fig trees were grown from cuttings someone sent to me, from their trees that bore figs they liked. I think that's a great way to know that at least someone, somewhere, really liked the fig that you are growing. Even so, the same fig grown in another climate, another soil, another sun exposure, might taste and bear very different. Just my 2 cents on this issue. I would still grow Brown Turkey if it was the only one around. I would also try it again, if the source was reliable and they really liked their fruit, especially if local, so grown in conditions similar to mine. |
- Posted by john_in_sc z7, upstate SC (My Page) on Wed, Mar 6, 13 at 17:31
I agree with what several folks here mention... that it seems like certain figs vary a WHOLE lot with climate.... I would say that in South Carolina - your typical Bland Brown Turkey issue is from Breba crops and culture - not enough sun, too much fertilizer, Not ripe enough or all 3...... It sounds like farther north and out west - they can really be duds... but along those same lines - I see posts from folks who LOVE the LSU purple... and to me - it's a worthless, grassy tasting, not sweet fig.... The only reason it's still in my yard now is that it produces figs in the "Donut hole" of the mid-summer season when everything else is bare.... The interesting thing around here is that when you ask people - they tell you "A brown turkey is a selection from Celeste".... and most of the Brown Turkeys around here are pretty darned similar to a Celeste..... but then you read - and people other places say it's NOT a selection from Celeste... And.. There you go... Probably - a brown fig around here is a "Brown Turkey".... whether it is or not... Thanks |
Just about a year ago, I asked the original question(s) about the common "Brown Turkey" figs, and how it should be grown to produce maximum flavor. A few posters mentioned that the fig is usually picked to soon, over watered, over fertilized, and just not grown well, thus...insipid flavors that disappoint the taster. I still think that if you are growing some selected strains, or, local heirloom "BT", that you probably have a wonderful fig, that worth the time and effort. Too many just dismiss this poor variety. Anyway, since I started this subject, a very generous Forum Member, from down South, contacted me and sent me a nice rooted cutting from his grandfather's Brown Turkey tree...a tree that has been in, and grown by his family for years. I am so thankful that I have a piece of this special, heirloom fig. He told me that this special, Brown Turkey makes a very sweet, large, fig. I can't wait until my little tree starts to produce. Interesting answers....and if grown correctly, I gather, this variety IS worth growing. Frank |
In my neighborhood here in Raleigh, NC there is an old, very large fig tree that people claim is a Brown Turkey. The fruit is medium large and has the coloration and a large open eye usually associated with this variety. The problem is that with our typical high humidity in August, many of the fruit will start to sour and rot before they are fully ripe, and the bees and wasps have a field day with them. Last summer we had several days of rainy weather just as the fruit was peaking and most of the crop rotted before it ripened. If you want an idea of the number of different claimed Brown Turkey variations. take a look a the listings on the Fig4fun.com website. |
- Posted by john_in_sc z7, upstate SC (My Page) on Thu, Mar 7, 13 at 8:09
I think the answer is.... It *Might* be worth growing if you like the flavor of Brown Turkey... My inlaws have several MATURE trees... My Wife, kids, and all the inlaws practically gorge on the things... Personally, I really don't.... I don't "Hate" them.. but I like MANY other figs so much better that it's not worth me planting one... Frequently, the flavor is too "Grassy" or "Vegetal" for me and can be a bit too watery..... If you like a Brown Turkey - it's probably worth looking into an LSU purple - as it has a closed eye... so it doesn't pick up quite as many bugs... Thanks |
I have a large fig tree in my yard. I have no idea how old it is but the house was built in 37. I don't do anything to the tree other than cut a few limbs everyonce in awhile and it stays loaded with figs that are really sweet. I think a lot of people try too hard with them and over water and fertilize them. |
My Brown Turkey produces outstanding figs. Maybe it is the aforementioned Southeat location. |
A common theme throughout many of the postings is: ...old trees, growing IN GROUND for decades....taste watery, grassy, not that sweet....etc. I will bet that if some of the better "Brown Turkey" fig trees were grown in large containers, and/or were watered carefully as the figs started to ripen, then the poor, "Brown Turkey" would probably rate a little higher on the likability scale. Too much water at the roots, whether grown in ground, or, container grown, will kill the concentrated flavors and dilute sugars in the figs. No figs can stand up to soaking rains, or just too much garden hose. Cut way back on the water as figs ripen, and flavor will vastly improve. For in ground trees....spread a cheap, plastic tarp over the roots. Control the water as best as you can. It's temporary, your figs will have better flavor, and you may save them from splitting and souring. Good luck. Frank |
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During a private meeting two weeks ago, Mayor Mark Peterson, committee chairs Frank Pomeroy and Eric Sorensen, and University of Minnesota (U of M) designers discussed amending the designers' soon-to-expire contract and agreed on the new schedule, which cuts the timeline for design development in half. Past plans called for multiple draft designs to be vetted at public committee meetings; under the new plan, the public will see specific design ideas for the first time after the final design is completed on January 30. The committee was not asked to approve the new plan, but was invited to comment on it.
The committee intends to host a forum in mid-February to introduce the plan to the public and give citizens a chance to weigh in on the final conceptual plan. Designers will be available to make any final revisions to the plan afterward, according to city staff.
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Public input and buy-in will be crucial to the project's success, said committee member and Winona County Planning and Environmental Services Director Jason Gilman. "You want the public to take ownership because they're going to have to support public funding," he said, noting that private funding may be part of the project, too. "Part of public engagement is also strategizing about funding and building advocacy and ownership," he continued.
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Over the course of its ten-month existence, the committee has not hashed out what, specifically, to do with the riverfront park. Constructing a FWS center next to the Boathouse Restaurant in the park, building docks for visiting boaters at Latsch Island or Frog Slough, and other specific ideas were discussed at a September meeting held without public notice, but apart from that the committee has spent little time debating concrete details. The bulk of the committee's discussions have focused on broad concepts like improving access to the park and creating a river-based identity for Winona.
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Peterson sat in on last week's meeting, only the second full committee meeting he has attended since the group began work, the other being a public forum. The committee is leading the project, he explained, while his role was primarily to form the committee.
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I have a compact fridge/freezer from magic chef that just died. Water all over the floor and no cooling. It's about 2 years old and the fridge has never really worked very well, so I just kept flour and chocolate in there. The freezer worked fine. here is a link to it but mine is white http://www.homedepot.com/p/Magic-Chef-4-cu-ft-Mini-Refrigerator-in-Stainless-Look-MCBR415S/100245583#.UaT1ZGR4bzk is this something I can repair myself or do I have to call a repair man out? |
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DH and I have assembled most of the Ikea cabinets for our soon-to-be kitchen, but needed three custom ones in depths that Ikea didn't support. We ordered them from Sherr's and the box arrived last week. We spent today putting them together and are happy with how they look so far.
The cabinet boxes we ordered are MDF with walnut edge bands, drawers are solid maple with dovetail joints, slides are Blum Tandembox with Blumotion soft close (slightly nicer than the Ikea Blum slides), and the drawer fronts are grain-matched walnut veneer. The smaller 4-drawer cabinet is going in the hall niche outside the kitchen and its drawer fronts have a vertical grain. The other two cabinets are going to be our island and have a horizontal grain to match the rest of the custom walnut drawer fronts in the kitchen. Here are a couple of pictures of the process. They came well-wrapped in cardboard on a pallet. We'd started taking the cardboard off at this point: Laying out the first cabinet: Screwing in the drawer slides first, a trick we learned when assembling the Ikea drawers: The first cabinet mostly finished, some minor adjustments needed. We're using finger pulls from Mockett (to be added). The other two will make up the island. We didn't install the drawers yet as there's dust and chaos everywhere and we don't want to risk them getting dirty or damaged. A wider view of our living room, with range on the right and Ikea cabinet doors for the upper cabinets (Abstrakt high gloss white) still in boxes. The kitchen was just insulated yesterday, sheetrock to go in next week. The niche where the first cabinet will be is visible in the hallway on the right of the picture. We're not living in the house, thank goodness! |
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Pretty cool! It's such instant progress, isn't it? That walnut grain is beautiful. I can't wait to see the finished pics! |
Congratulations. We've put together IKEA cabinets before. They offer great products, very well made. I still think fondly of our IKEA cabinets. |
Wow. Those are gorgeous! Did you specify the vertical grain or is that how they come OR is it the grain matching that makes it look like that? Mackeral! I love how that drawer base looks like a single slab of wood. Cannot wait to see the rest of your pictures! That's enough for me to rethink quarter sawn oak. Beautiful. Please post more pics as you can! |
Wow, those drawer fronts are stunning! We're going to be DIY'ing, ourselves, probably using cabinets from Barker, Scherr's, or maybe Ikea, so I really appreciate the photos of the process. |
- Posted by annkathryn (My Page) on Sun, Sep 9, 12 at 17:00
Hi deedles, you were asking about the grain. Yes, we specified the grain matching and indicated vertical for the first cabinet. There was an upcharge for this. We loved the look of the matching grain with these slab cabinets. For the rest of the Ikea cabinets, we ordered doors from Semihandmade. The grain matching is horizontal. Anything can be done with what's basically a 4'x8' slab of walnut veneer. Here are Semihandmade cabinet doors for one of our Ikea cabinets. We haven't screwed these into the cabinets yet - did I mention that there's a lot of dust? Sheet of walnut: |
Here is a link that might be useful: SemiHandMade Doors
Love the process photos! Thanks. |
May I ask why you are ordering doors/drawer fronts from different places? And then you will have horizontal grain on all but the one drawer base? I'm gonna be watching for more pics for sure. |
- Posted by annkathryn (My Page) on Sun, Sep 9, 12 at 19:48
It sounds complicated because we couldn't do 100% Ikea cabinets. Here's what we've got: - all perimeter cabinets are Ikea. Base cabinets on the sink/stove walls will have doors from SemiHandMade in horizontal walnut. Upper cabinets on the sink/stove walls will have Ikea doors (Abstrakt high gloss white or glass) with side panels in walnut, also from SemiHandMade. All cabinets on the fridge wall are Atbtrakt high gloss white. We're thinking of a walnut butcher block counter under the microwave. - the island cabinets are only 18" deep. We could have cut down 24" deep Ikea cabinets and used them, but then we couldn't have drawers. So we decided to order those two 30"x18" base cabinets from Sherr's, including the drawer fronts. It seemed safer to do that rather than coordinate SemiHandMade drawer fronts with Sherr's drawer sizes. These two island cabinets also have a horizontal grain. The variation in walnut sheets isn't that great, so we were willing to live with slight differences, if any. We haven't unpacked those drawer fronts yet (dust, chaos, etc) - they're for the 2nd & 3rd cabinets in my original post. - the vertical grain cabinet in the picture in my first post is for a niche that's just outside the kitchen in the hallway from the garage. It's through the doorway in the plan below. Here's the plan: |
It does seem complicated... but I get what you're going for now. Can't wait to see it progress! |
AnnaKathryn-I'm looking at your pics trying to decide in which direction we should go. Curious why you chose Semi Handmade over Scherrs walnut doors? You obviously utilized both companies, so just curious as to your thought process. |
- Posted by annkathryn (My Page) on Sat, Dec 22, 12 at 17:28
Hi drybean, We could have gone 100% Sherr's for all doors (great company!) but we visited SemiHandMade last spring and really liked the quality of the doors we saw there. The main reason we went with SHM for the rest of the doors was that they were slightly less expensive and their lead time was about a month less than Sherr's. As it turned out we had everything assembled and ready to go long before our contractor could install anything, so the lead time wouldn't have mattered. We also weren't concerned about any variation in the walnut because the cabinets weren't going to be right next to each other. As it turned out, the wood tone was very close and no one can tell that the doors came from different suppliers. Here's a picture of the niche cabinet (Sherr's) with the SemiHandMade doors in the kitchen.
Hope that helps. |
Thanks so much for your reply. Your kitchen is just gorgeous, and I love the the mirror in the niche-I don't think that was there in the last photo I saw. I'm happy to hear you are just as happy wit SHM as Scherrs. I've not yet seen a real love sample of either yet, but I live close to SHM so hopefully can get one quickly. Imsorry to pester you, but I see that you have the walnut end panel on upper. That is SHM too correct? I like that idea. |
Thanks so much for your reply. Your kitchen is just gorgeous, and I love the the mirror in the niche-I don't think that was there in the last photo I saw. I'm happy to hear you are just as happy wit SHM as Scherrs. I've not yet seen a real love sample of either yet, but I live close to SHM so hopefully can get one quickly. Imsorry to pester you, but I see that you have the walnut end panel on upper. That is SHM too correct? I like that look very much. |
- Posted by annkathryn (My Page) on Sun, Dec 23, 12 at 18:41
Hi drybean, yes, the upper end panels are SemiHandMade. We thought the white might be too stark on those 2 walls and so wanted to bring in some of the walnut above the counters. This is how it ended up, which we like a lot:
Something else we considered was running the walnut across the window and/or above the hood. If we'd had a better finish carpenter available we might had done more with the walnut, but our general contractor didn't have one. Here are a couple of inspiration pictures. |
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