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Opening words (by Tess Baumberger)
Reader 1: There will be a brightness to this day Even if there be but cloud and rain outdoors.
Reader 2: The brightness of this day comes from within, From this gladly gathered company.
Reader 1: There will color and fragrance to this day, Even if there be but gray and chill outdoors.
Reader 2: The color and fragrance come from within, From the flowering of our spirits in this place.
Reader 1: There will be praise and laughter to this day, Even if there be but difficulty elsewhere in our world.
Reader 2: The praise and the laughter come from within, For our hearts leap within us as we gather together to worship.
Reader 1: Today let there be brightness
Reader 2: Today let there be color and fragrance
Reader 1: Today let there be praise and laughter
Reader 2: Spirit of the flowers blooming, be with us.
Reader 1: Flowers of the spirit blooming, be with us.
Opening Chant Sing and Rejoice
Reading "I Tell You" (excerpt) by Susan Glassmeyer
Meditation The Days of Many Flowers (by Tess Baumberger)
We all have those days of no flowers, just weeds. You know the kind I mean– The days when the damn sermon, report, or presentation will not manifest and we sit in despair at the keyboard, dramatically clutching our heads— if not wailing and gnashing our teeth. The days when the baby cries or the cell phone goes off just at the most carefully crafted part of our sermons, and we know we can't go back and repeat those dear words because that would seem just a little self-involved.
The days of too many meetings After nights of not enough sleep The days of failed canvasses or fundraising drives, Or devolving battles we stupidly stick ourselves into So we then must clumsily attempt to extract ourselves.
The days when the people we serve are snarky and we snark right back. The days when they behave badly and we dread pointing it out. The days of fearfully taking bold stances speaking our truth to those who have the power to fire us, our hearts beating wildly, while we attempt to appear calm.
The days when we behave badly and others rightfully act shocked. The days of our own mistakes that we cannot admit to ourselves And the days we can admit our own failings. The days of criticism we take too much to heart, Ignoring all previous and future praise.
The days when we simply cannot summon compassion For those who push our buttons, No matter how hard we try to do so. The days when our favorite congregants or clients (which we all hate to admit having) move away And we want to pack our bags and move with them Or at least wail and wave kerchiefs from the curb.
Worse yet are the days when those beloved people become ill, Or when we watch them die and have to hold ourselves up or together Enough to support their grieving family. We all know those days of no flowers in our ministries When the weeds rise up and seem to choke out the beauty.
(pause, breathe)
But then there are the days of more flowers than the vases can hold. You know those days– The days when the sermon or report or presentation flows swiftly from your fingertips And when you deliver it people cry or perhaps A thoughtful silence wraps you and them In a holy moment of connection. Better yet, the days when you think your efforts Produced nothing special or only dross but people thank you anyway and you know that somehow Grace has happened through your clumsy tappings.
The days of fun and productive meetings Where creativity is queen and much is accomplished In loving and thoughtful ways, Nights of long sleep and good dreams Of better canvasses or fundraisers yet to come with budget surpluses or at least lower-than-expected costs.
The days when people treat one another as gently and reverently As the husband in the poem, Even when someone is snarky, even if it is you. The days when someone else speaks your truth Before you can, so you do not have to do it and can merely nod. The days when you can take criticism with a grain of salt And praise and positive feedback with a thankful, open hand.
The days when exactly the right thought word or action Occurs to you at exactly the right moment, And you think it, or say it, or do it And you witness something opening up inside you Or in another person, or in the garden spaces between you So that compassion flows in and floundering relationships flourish.
The days when wonderful new members or clients come to you And you watch them and their lives unfolding, blooming Into treasures you can keep, and hold forever in your heart. The days when illness does not diminish those we love And death does not defeat those who loved them, When people take the lead of adversity and, In the alchemical places of their hearts, Transform them into the gold of wisdom, courage, kindness.
The days when colleagues come together and share The heartbreaking difficulty AND the heartbreaking joy of this work, When we watch as each other unfold and bloom into our ministries, Bringing treasures to congregants and clients as well as to our fellowship.
These are the days of too many flowers for any vase to hold. May this be a day of too many flowers for you, and in the coming weeks and months, may such days grow In number and frequency for each of us, In the hours of our working, and our resting, Of our going out and our coming in. May we rejoice in the abundance of our blessings. So may it be.
Chant I Know This Rose Will Open
Flower Communion
Have people come up who wish to join in blessing the flowers. Have them extend their hands over the flowers and call out gifts they have received at the retreat. Summarize with a prayer that all of these gifts be upon the flowers so that the people who will bear them away carry those gifts with them.
Invite those who are in transition to come forward to take flowers first, then others.
(Have the Flower Communion)
Closing Chant From You I Receive
Benediction—O Send Forth Us (by Tess Baumberger)
O, send forth us, spirit, forth to do well our work, work of our lives, our living.
May these our lives touch healingly, lovingly, those in need of love and healing.
May we bear witness to our faith, even when to do so seems too great a risk.
O, send forth us, spirit, yet leave us tap roots here to sustain us and to twine with roots of these our lovely, loving others, whose spirits have welled a while together.
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Hi - I have a small Troybuilt Press Washer bought last year at Lowes. Works OK. Has a Briggs vertical 175cc engine. The drain plug is underneath, a 3/8" square drive female fitting. That's OK, seen that already on my log splitter. Problem is the Pressure Washer engine is so darn low the to ground, AND it has a solvent tank underneath too, right near the drain plug. So I went to take the oil out, and it runs all over the solvent tank. What a mess. Tried to clean the dirty oil off, but can't reach it all. As mentioned I have seen this design on my log splitter, but that thing never comes in the garage. Stays in the tractor shed, on the dirt. Drip all you want out there. But this pressure washer can't stay outside in the winter (always holds some water), stays in the garage/basement. So now I have to watch that it doesn't drip dirty oil in the house. Question is, can I fit some kind of a stem with a flex hose on that will drain the oil cleanly. Or do the Briggs engineers have this terrible setup for a reason.
On the other hand, I also recently purchased a Generac generator (a twin cylinder, I think about 950cc). The engine oil drain has a flex hose about a foot long with a valve on it, . Just point the rubber hose at your oil drain pan, then open the valve. No muss, no fuss. So what is it with these guys at Briggs? Is this as good as it gets with their stuff? |
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Please post a link or picture showing the location where you would like an extended oil drain plug or valve. I know the feeling! IMO, pipe or copper tubing would be safer. |
your pressure washer pump probably similar to mine. It also has oil in it? (check you owners manual for servicing requirements). I would also check the oil level and the condition of the pump oil also. If I make mess I just use the pressure washer to clean it off after pre-ventive maintenance and let it sun dry or blow dry it with my blower. If it's got screw in pipe threaded drain plug you can extend it out by buying fittings at your local hardware store to plumb it out for easy access and draining. Or add the nipple and hose. Briggs makes SGE's to fit several applications. the manufacture of the pressure pumps picks engine in there price range and profit margins. There engineers are the ones to blame not briggs or other engine manufactures that make engines for several applications. It probably added 50 cents to the cost and they figured most don't change the oil anyway. |
A valve with a nipple for a drain hose sounds like the way to go if you have room to adapt the "appropriate valve". |
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It's an exciting season in the Museum Park. While the beautiful spring weather is a sufficient reason for a walk on the trails, we've also got other reasons to celebrate: the grand opening of our new Blue Loop trail and new art as part of our exhibition 0 to 60: The Experience of Time through Contemporary Art.
Two new installations may be spotted by sharp-eyed trekkers. First are three images by Maryland-based artist Dan Bailey for our popular Park Pictures series. As you may remember, our Pictures are three "billboards" installed along the paved walking trails, commissioned by the Museum and changing regularly, to encourage visitors to explore the art in the Park. For his images, as well as for his indoor mural in 0 to 60, Bailey chronicled the human activity on the NCMA campus over several months. He rigged a low-altitude weather balloon with a camera set to take a photograph of the grounds below every few seconds. The artist visited multiple times in the past year, capturing shadows, seasonal differences, and other time shifts. The final product is a digital collage combined with satellite photographs of the Museum grounds. It is a fascinating compression of a particular place at various points in time, joined into one single image.
A second installation is Tom Shields's Forest for the Chairs, in which the artist literally brings his materials—found and discarded furniture, particularly wooden chairs—back to their source. By attaching the chairs to trees in the Park, he accepts that time and weather will affect their appearance and eventual stability. The bio-degradation of the chairs, part of Shields's plan, is the final step in the lives of these chairs. Once functional and decorative, these seats are now simply memories, or imitations, of their former selves. Time rules here: its passage will determine the length of the art's life.
0 to 60: The Experience of Time through Contemporary Art remains on view through August 11. Bailey's billboards are on view through the fall, and Shields's installation will be with us for the foreseeable future.
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Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself. Khalil Gibran When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home. Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep. Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either. The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more. George Harrison I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping I don't know why nobody told you I look at the world and I notice it's turning Well… I don't know how you were diverted I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping Oh, oh Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah |
Here is a link that might be useful: George Harrison - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
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I was trying to pick out a favorite - can't do it, from Gibran to George Harrison they are all so good and revelant, thank you, Don |
- Posted by west_gardener (My Page) on Tue, Aug 27, 13 at 18:41
Thanks Don. I really like this one: "The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more." Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Some mornings in my garden are so perfect that I could weep with joy. |
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After the fluorescent-fueled frenzy of the '80s, Bobbi Brown provided a refreshing approach to beauty when she started her company in 1991. Her easy-does-it approach and versatile products appealed to women who wanted to look like themselves—only better.
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BB: I was so excited to get that job. It was my first cover shoot and such a legendary one for Vogue with Naomi on the cover. I was so nervous and did makeup on Naomi that was out of her comfort zone, but in the end, everything went really well. I could never have predicted at that time that I'd eventually have my own line. I was just living in the moment.
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BB: The perception of beauty has changed over the years. When I first started my company, people were excited about natural-looking makeup because we were coming out of the '80s—a time of fluorescent greens and hot pinks, and lots of electric colors and unnatural formulas. Now, while natural looking makeup is still very prominent, there is this increasing desire for women to look younger through injections, fillers and plastic surgery. In many cases, I think women can do without it. I love lines on a woman's face, because I think they are beautiful and show character. Ultimately, I think women just want to look prettier and feel more confident, and that is something that hasn't changed in the past 20 years, and probably never will.
BNY: What is the best beauty advice you ever received?
BB: The most important beauty advice I ever received was from my mother, who taught me that confidence is the most compelling aspect of real beauty. The best beauty advice that I can give to others is to be who you are, and "put in, put on." With the right tools and makeup, anyone can look and feel pretty and more confident.
BNY: There are some great cameos in your video–Alec Baldwin (sounding a bit Demarchelier like), Iris Apfel, Cornelia Guest. How did they get involved?
BB: We had a great group of people involved in this shoot. A lot of them are old friends of Bruce or people we've worked with over the years. I first met Alec when I worked on a cover shoot featuring him and Tea Leoni. Bruce and I ran into him randomly at Nick & Tony's and asked him to stop by the shoot. He ended up spending the day with us. Iris is someone I have always admired for her incredible sense of style, and she is also Bruce's old friend. I asked Talisa Soto to make a cameo, as she is one of my favorite faces, along with Anne Marie Kortright-Shilstat. I once did Cornelia's mother's makeup for a shoot for British Vogue, and was looking forward to working with Cornelia one day. Basically, Bruce and I asked a lot of our favorite people who we believe are pretty powerful.
BNY: You're dubbed "The Wise-Cracking Beauty Queen" in the video. Care to elaborate?
BB: I have actually never been called that before. That was all Bruce. But I try not to take myself too seriously. I love to laugh and believe in having a good sense of humor. I think I'm funny, although my boys may disagree, but I rely on my wit since I am constantly surrounded by men.
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Dennis Erickson has hit the trifecta in coaching honors in the Pac-10. The first-year leader of the Arizona State program on Monday was named the conference's coach of the year, an honor he received at Washington State (1988) and Oregon State (2000).
Erickson's third award came for leading the Sun Devils to a 10-2 record and a share of the Pac-10 championship. No. 12 ASU plays 17th-ranked Texas in the Holiday Bowl in San Diego on Dec. 27.
"One thing that they've shown, week in and week out all through the season and since I got here was great heart, determination and resiliency," Erickson said after the Sun Devils defeated Arizona on Saturday. "You don't win 10 games without it.
"Are we the most talented team in the world? No. Are they the most resilient team I've ever been around? Without question. We have been able to find a way to win, however it may be."
Erickson, whose record in 19 college seasons is 158-67-1, is on a week-long recruiting trip and was unavailable for comment on Monday.
Last December, ASU gave the 60-year-old a five-year contract worth a guaranteed $5.6 million, hopeful that he could lead the team to the rarified air he experienced at Miami (Fla.), where he won national titles in 1989 and '91.
The Sun Devils were in heavy contention for a Bowl Championship Series berth but had to settle for the Holiday, the Pac-10's top non-BCS bowl.
"People haven't mentioned BCS sentences with Arizona State included (in the past)," athletic director Lisa Love said. "That in itself shows the direction we want to go."
The All-Pac-10 teams, selected by the coaches, were announced on Monday, and ASU had four first-team selections: offensive lineman Mike Pollak, linebacker Robert James, kicker Thomas Weber and punt returner Kyle Williams. Defensive end Dexter Davis, cornerback Justin Tryon and safety Troy Nolan were second-teamers.
Southern California had a conference-best eight players on the first team. Oregon was next with five, and Arizona and ASU had four each.
Oregon quarterback Dennis Dixon is offensive player of the year, USC nose tackle Sedrick Ellis the top defensive player and Washington quarterback Jake Locker the most outstanding freshman.
Also on Monday, Weber, a finalist for the Lou Groza Award, was chosen the Pac-10's special teams player of the week for the third time this season. Weber had two field goals against the Wildcats to bring his season total to 22 (out of 23 attempts).
First Team Offense
QB Dennis Dixon, Sr., Oregon
RB Jonathan Stewart, Jr., Oregon
RB Justin Forsett, Sr., California
WR Mike Thomas, Jr., Arizona
WR Brandon Gibson, Jr., Washington State TE Fred Davis, Sr., USC OL Alex Mack, Jr., California OL Max Unger, Jr., Oregon OL Chilo Rachel, Jr., USC OL Roy Schuening, Sr., Oregon State OL Sam Baker, Sr., USC OL Mike Pollak, Sr., Arizona State
Second Team Offense
QB Alex Brink, Sr., Washington State
RB Yvenson Bernard, Sr., Oregon State
RB Louis Rankin, Sr., Washington
WR DeSean Jackson, Jr., California
WR Lavelle Hawkins, Sr., California
TE Jed Collins, Sr., Washington State
OL Geoff Schwartz, Sr., Oregon
OL Juan Garcia, Sr., Washington
OL Andy Levitre, Jr., Oregon State
OL Eben Britton, So., Arizona
OL Alex Fletcher, Jr., Stanford
OL Fenuki Tupou, Jr., Oregon
First Team Defense
DL Sedrick Ellis, Sr., USC
DL Lawrence Jackson, Sr., USC
DL Nick Reed, Jr., Oregon
DL Dorain Smith, Sr., Oregon State
LB Spencer Larsen, Sr., Arizona
LB Keith Rivers, Sr., USC
LB Robert James, Sr., Arizona State
LB Rey Maualuga, Jr., USC
DB Antoine Cason, Sr., Arizona
DB Patrick Chung, Jr., Oregon
DB Kevin Ellison, Jr., USC
DB Chris Horton, Sr., UCLA
Second Team Defense
DL Bruce Davis, Sr., UCLA
DL Dexter Davis, So., Arizona State
DL Lionel Dotson, Sr., Arizona
DL Jeff Van Orsow, Sr., Oregon State
LB Joey LaRocque, Sr., Oregon State
LB Alan Darlin, Sr., Oregon State
LB Derrick Doggett, Sr., Oregon State
LB Zack Follett, Jr., California
DB Terrell Thomas, Sr., USC
DB Justin Tryon, Sr., Arizona State
DB Brandon Hughes, Jr., Oregon State
DB Troy Nolan, Jr., Arizona State
First Team Specialists
PK Thomas Weber, Fr., Arizona State
P Keenyn Crier, Fr., Arizona
KOR Matthew Slater, Sr., UCLA
PR Kyle Williams, So., Arizona State
ST Jahvid Best, Fr., California
Second Team Specialists
PK Alexis Serna, Sr., Oregon State
P Jay Ottovegio, Sr., Stanford
KOR Jonathan Stewart, Jr., Oregon
PR DeSean Jackson, Jr., California
ST Wopamo Osaisai, Jr., Stanford
Offensive Player of the Year: Dennis Dixon, QB, Sr., Oregon
Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year: Sedrick Ellis, NT, Sr., USC
Freshman of the Year: Jake Locker, QB, Washington
Coach of the Year: Dennis Erickson, Arizona State
Honorable Mention
ARIZONA: PK Jason Bondzio, Jr.; OT Peter Graniello, Sr.; TE Bob Gronkowski, Fr.; DE Jason Parker, Sr.; QB Willie Tuitama, Jr.
ARIZONA STATE: WR/KR Rudy Burgess, Sr.; QB Rudy Carpenter, Jr.; OG Paul Fanaika, Jr.; WR Michael Jones, Jr.; DT Michael Marquardt, Sr.; WR Chris McGaha, So.; OT Brandon Rodd, Sr.; DE Luis Vasquez, Jr.
CALIFORNIA: FS Thomas DeCoud, Sr.; OG Brian De La Puente, Sr.; OLB Anthony Felder, Jr.; OG Mike Gibson, Sr.; WR Robert Jordan, Sr.; TE Craig Stevens, Sr.
OREGON: OLB Jerome Boyd, Jr.; CB Jairus Byrd, So.; P Josh Syria, Jr.; CB Walter Thurmond III, So.; DE Will Tukuafu, So.; WR Jaison Williams, Jr.
OREGON STATE: FS Al Afalava, Jr.; DT Curtis Coker, Sr.; C Kyle DeVan, Sr.; SS Daniel Drayton, SS; CB Gerard Lawson, Sr.; DT Gerard Lee, Sr.
STANFORD: WR Mark Bradford, Sr.; DE Pannel Egboh, Jr.; OT Chris Marinelli, So.; FB Owen Marecic, Fr.; FS Bo McNally, So.; OLB Clinton Snyder, So.
UCLA: DT Kevin Brown, Sr.; CB Trey Brown, Sr.; PK Kai Forbath, Fr.; FS Dennis Keyes, Sr.; P Aaron Perez, Jr.; CB Alterraun Verner, So.
USC: OLB Brian Cushing, Jr.; DE Everson Griffen, Fr.; CB Cary Harris, Jr.; FS Taylor Mays, So.; TB/PR Joe McKnight, Fr.; OT Drew Radovich, Sr.; C Matt Spanos, Sr.; TB Chauncey Washington, Sr.; LB Thomas Williams, Sr. WASHINGTON: QB Jake Locker, Fr.; DT Jordan Reffett, Sr.; WR Anthony Russo, Sr.
WASHINGTON STATE: FS Husain Abdullah, Sr.; WR Michael Bumpus, Sr.; OLB Andy Mattingly, So.; MLB Greg Trent, Jr.


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Bruce Handy: A Mash Note To Paul Simon
It's "Let's Hear It for Well-Meaning Flop Musicals Week" in New York City. On Monday night, Town Hall hosted "The White House Cantata," an abridged, concert version of Leonard Bernstein's and Alan Jay Lerner's 1976 musical, "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue"—by all accounts was a well-meaning, condescending dud that closed on Broadway after seven performances.
And, starting Tuesday and running through Sunday as part of its month-long Paul Simon "residency," BAM is hosting a concert version of "The Capeman," the well-meaning and only intermittently condescending musical which Simon wrote (with Derek Walcott co-authoring the book and lyrics) and which closed after a relatively sturdy 68 performances, though not before burning through a reported $11 million investment.In its original incarnation, which I happened to see, "The Capeman"'s biggest sin was being dramatically inert. Its story, about a 1959 teenage gang slaying and the long rehabilitation of the young Puerto Rican killer, wobbles between sentimentality and political correctness and is told in declarative lyrics, more in the style of an oratorio than "My Fair Lady." Think "West Side Story" as retold by Bach and with a long extra act devoted to railing at the racial inequities of the American prison system.
But the music was gorgeous—never less than engaging and with multiple moments of beauty and true transcendence—and it's the music that's being celebrated and revived at BAM, with the Spanish Harlem Orchestra and a collection of 18 amazing singers. (Simon himself sits in for one song and an encore of "Late in the Evening.") For the score, Simon blended doo-wop and 50s rock and roll with Latin forms such as aguinaldo and guajira. (I'm not actually all that literate about Latin music; in fact, I know shit about Latin music; I'm just copying what Bill Ratliff wrote in the Times.) But the result, both on Broadway and at BAM, was pure Simon: passionate and cerebral, wordy and rhythmically knotty, with its various influences perhaps more digested than on "Graceland" or "Rhythm of the Saints" (not to knock either of those wonderful records).
And throughout, in the way that everyone in a Woody Allen movie sometimes seems to be "doing" Woody Allen, you can hear Simon's voice (or, during a couple of ethereal ballads for women singers, Art Garfunkel's). This was probably not helpful on Broadway—and it's annoying in Allen's movies—but here it makes for a cohesive and fascinating concert: with plot and character mostly sidelined, the piece is in good measure about Simon. The ostensible story may not be particularly moving, but Simon's palpable love for the New York of his youth, and its music, is. And so too is his ambition in having tried to land this glorious white whale of a show.
Tickets seem to be available for the remaining shows. The 1997 album "Songs from the Capeman," with Simon doing most of this singing, is still in print, and the original cast album, with Marc Anthony and Ruben Blades, is available exclusively on iTunes.


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In what may be a first, a Hinds alumnus is a central character in a six-time Oscar-nominated 2011 film.
Chad Bradford (1995), a former Eagles standout baseball player and member of the Hinds Sports Hall of Fame class of 2007, is portrayed in the movie "Moneyball." The movie is based on the best-selling book by Michael Lewis about the Oakland As' success using unconventional ways of finding and drafting players in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Chad, who was recently hired as the pitching coach for the Hinds baseball program, now lives in Raymond and is a member of the Hinds Community College Foundation Board. He is featured in the book and movie for his unique submarine-style pitching delivery, which propelled him from playing for the Hinds Eagles through a successful pro career. Chad is played by actor Casey Bond in the movie, himself a former minor league baseball player turned actor.
Despite being a future major leaguer, the 17-year-old Bradford was barely recruited coming out of high school. Only one scout, Warren Hughes of the Chicago White Sox, ever saw potential for his being a professional pitcher while watching the sidearmer.
"Hinds Community College was the step I needed at that time and I can honestly say that without Hinds I would not have made it to the big leagues. I was able to get a great education, thanks to my scholarship," Chad said.
He was a key contributor in helping lead the Eagles to two consecutive National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) World Series appearances in 1994 and 1995 under then-head coach Rick Clarke.
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Tim Wiechmann has flown below the radar for years at Huron Village's excellent T.W. Food, but he's ready to step into the limelight with Bronwyn. His long-awaited, moderately priced endeavor ("my artistic baby," he says) will open in Union Square on May 15 as the area's first modern German restaurant. Wiechmann won't release the full menu until opening night, but he talked with Grub Street about his favorite dishes and the power of pretzels.
"This whole restaurant was based around me getting in touch with my family and my history, and I was like, 'Great, put two and two together: Let's conquer the pretzels!'" says the German chef. "Pretzels have been underrepresented in this city."
These aren't the doughy twists you'd find at Red Sox games, though. Expect oversized pretzels served with dark beer and roasted apple mustards. They'll be made every hour or so, says Wiechmann, measuring up to twelve inches.
Carbs are a focus here: He's also proud of Bronwyn's specialty bread basket featuring whole grain, Old world ("not old!") bread. "Our bakery is a big deal," says Wiechmann. "I want people to feel like you can just drop in, have a specialty Aventinus, and a basket of bread."
Haxe, also known as braised pork knuckles, is another menu mainstay. It's slow-braised in dark German beer and served with potatoes; Bavarian half chicken marinated in pineapple is another signature. "It's a staple dish of Munich," he says.
Beers are German (no Belgian beers here); there are also some American craft beers brewed in the German style. The bar area is "huge" he says, and the beer list is "long but focused." About that bar: Wiechmann fashioned the furniture himself in the garage of his Carlisle home, building the bar and long wooden tables by hand throughout the winter. "I spent outside the bounds of what is 'normal' for opening a restaurant on this," he laughs.
Crucially, the price point is lower than at special-occasion T.W. Food. "It's like night and day," he says. "It's not subdued or subtle or quiet. It looks like an old, loud German tavern from the Middle Ages. The menu is longer, and the plates aren't composed. This isn't a luxury dining experience. We want people coming back again and again."
He'll continue to be a strong presence at T.W. Food alongside his wife, Bronwyn (for whom the restaurant is named). Jonathan Post, previously at Ming Tsai's Blue Ginger, will handle sous chef duties.
Bronwyn begins taking reservations on May 11. Also: Doesn't hurt that Anthony Bourdain is a fan.
Earlier: Tim Wiechmann Prowls for a Sous Chef
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Following news that Hasselblad H4D medium format cameras will ship with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom from March 12, an update announcement reveals the software will be Adobe's latest version, Lightroom 4. Read more and comment » Hasselblad Cameras to Ship with Lightroom 4STEVE'S DIGICAMS
If you're planning to pick up a Hassleblad H4D - we're very jealous, by the way - you may want to consider holding off for another week or two. Starting on March 12th, that H4D will be coming with a free copy of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. It's not a giant savings considering the cost of the camera, but it's definitely a nice pack-in bonus.PHOTOGRAPHY BLOG
Hasselblad and Adobe have signed an agreement to the effect that, beginning on the 12th March 2012, all newly purchased medium-format Hasselblad H4D cameras will include a fully functional copy of Lightroom at no extra charge. Read more and comment » Hasselblad Cameras Ship with Adobe Photoshop Lightroomphoto infos
Hasselblad and Adobe announce an agreement to make medium format photography easier and more accessible to the world's photographers.dig. journ. of photog.
UPDATED: Hasselblad has been working with Adobe to offer RAW file compatibility with Lightroom (and one must assume ACR). Beginning 12th March you can buy a new Hasselblad H4D, the company says, and receive Lightroom for free. Hasselblad will continue to offer the proprietary Phocus Raw file converter, software updates will be offered for the foreseeable future.
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Buyers of new Hasselblad H4D's can get their hands on a fully functional copy of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom software at no extra charge it has been revealed.
From 12 March 2012 all newly purchased medium format Hasselblad H4D cameras will include a copy of the editing software for free following Hasselblad's agreement with Adobe Systems Incorporated.
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June 15, 2012, Saitama, Japan - Tamron Co., Ltd (President & CEO: Morio Ono / Headquarters: Saitama City), a leading manufacturer of optical equipment, announced today the addition of the SP 24-70mm F/2.8 Di VC USD (Model A007) for Canon lenses to the lens profile offered with aberration correction functionality for the digital image editing software Adobe ® Photoshop ® CS6, Photoshop's raw image plug-in Camera Raw, and the photo management software Photoshop Lightroom ® 4, all developed and offered ... Tamron adds the SP 24-70mm F/2.8 Di VC USD (Model A007) for Canon high-speed standard zoom lenses for full-size image sensor cameras to the line-up of lenses with the new aberration correction function for digital image editing software Adobe ® Photoshop ® CS6, Camera Raw (a Photoshop ® plug-in), and photo management software Photoshop Lightroom ® 4iheartfaces.com
This week we invited Arden Prucha, a natural light photographer from Ft. Worth, to share her photo editing workflow with you in our "Before & After" tutorial series. Follow along step-by-step as she demonstrates how to edit a photo in Lightroom and Photoshop.
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To begin, import into Lightroom 4. I use LR4 to create a very clean and crisp edit. My favorite things ...
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One of the questions I've been getting asked a TON lately is about the new MacBook Pros with Retina display and how they work for Photoshop, Lightroom and for photographers in general. Well, I've been kicking the tires on one for about a week now, so I thought I'd give you my initial thoughts.
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In this sample chapter from Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 Book for Digital Photographers, Scott Kelby shows you how to customize Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4, including how to choose what you see in Loupe View and Grid View, how to work with Panels faster and easier, use two monitors, choose what the Filmstrip displays, and add your studio's name or logo for a custom look. (Want to try Lightroom 4 or PS CS6? Or borth? You can now download a free 30-day trial of Photoshop CS6 or Lightroom 4 directly ... Scott Kelby Shows You How to Set Things Up Your Way in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 - Sample Chapter


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"Say Cheese!": The Magic of My Toddler's Smile
With Lola's big sister, every couple of months her nana and I found ourselves at the photo studio of a local baby store. Each time, I left with several photos featuring my sweet girl in multiple poses. I also remember countless attempts at getting her smile. Holding toys up in front of her, squealing and talking in the sing-song voice us mamas do — even tickles. Most of the time, we got that coveted smile (and a few times we got tears). But as she grew, getting her to smile became as easy as uttering two magic words — "say cheese."
I'm not sure when it happens; when our littles figure out our request for "cheese" is a request for a smile. But when it does happen, it's pure magic. Every time.
And despite loving the "natural" and candid shots that capture childhood, there is something special about a photo of your toddler giving you "all they've got" with their toothy grin.
Her smile brings me back — it reins me in and helps me put things into perspective. It is a reminder to choose joy. To choose to smile even in the midst of a trying season or a tough day. Because there's also magic in the creases that adorn our faces when we smile — and when your face smiles, most often the heart follows.
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I think winter is over.
It's April 14 as I type and there was show last night in Monticello. It's not going to last and the Vintage Karting season is almost here.
The Brodhead Historics are July 10, 11 & 12 , 2014 this year with pretty much the same format and off track activities as last year. The one exception is the Historic Karts. They have been under represented in the past and we think that's a shame. So we will feature these karts and their owners with on track introductions and information about the karts and their history. The on track time will be normal practice and the three "heats" will be non-scored, non-competitive sessions to let the owners enjoy running their karts.
Thursday is reg. and practice, Friday is reg. practice, qualifying, kart show, beer & wine tasting and the steak fry Friday evening. Saturday will have a short morning practice, finals, awards presentation and head home.
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Sounders GM vote just part of staying connected with fans
Sounders fans can vote to retain or remove general manager Adrian Hanauer, who is also a part-owner of the team.
Seattle Times staff reporter
Three reasons to keep Hanauer
Instant success: Four straight MLS playoff berths. Three U.S. Open Cups. Back-to-back CCL quarterfinal berths.Off-the-field sensation: Record crowds continue. TV ratings, merchandise sales and relevance in the local market are phenomenal.
Stability: A significant change in the front office could be a disruption.
Three reasons to remove Hanauer
Playoff disappointment: Three years. Three first-round exits.DP inconsistency: The exits of Ljungberg, Nkufo and Fernandez were rather unceremonious. No big-money, A-list star as a DP signing since Year 1.
Adding help: If not retained, Hanauer would still maintain a key role and be able to help hire another quality member to the front office.
More information at SoundersFCvote.com
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Let the fans do the dirty work.
That was Drew Carey's pitch to Sounders FC majority owner Joe Roth four years ago, when the infant MLS franchise was still months away from its first game.
The concept: democracy in sports.
The centerpiece: a vote to retain or remove the team's general manager after every fourth season, an unprecedented idea in American sports inspired by models at world powers FC Barcelona and Real Madrid.
Well, it's time.
"This is it. This is the fourth year," Roth said. "You've got to put your money where your mouth is, right?"
Starting Sunday, Sounders FC season-ticket holders can vote — as promised — for or against keeping general manager Adrian Hanauer, who is part-owner of the team with Roth, Carey and Paul Allen. More than 10,000 ballots must be cast, either in person or online, for the vote to be valid, and Hanauer needs a simple majority to keep his job.
Voting ends Dec. 7, and the result, as authenticated by a local third-party accounting firm, will be announced at a business meeting Dec. 13. Non-season-ticket holders are also eligible to vote by paying a $125 fee to join the members association.
"I got calls from owners in other sports telling me I was out of my mind," Roth said.
The idea was made public four years ago, but is just starting to receive attention across the country. The upcoming vote has been covered this week by The New York Times, ESPN radio and Deadspin, among others.
More is expected throughout the two-month-long process, but this isn't just for publicity.
It's part of the franchise's commitment to treating fans like partners, not customers.
"It's in the back of our mind with every decision that we make about the team: the idea that the fans come first," said Carey. "What do the fans think? Let's see what the fans like.
"It's really important to us that we get fan feedback ... but it doesn't mean we're going to do everything the fans want all the time."
A strong case
By all accounts, Hanauer has nothing to fear. The team has abstained from an official endorsement, but supporters groups — notably the Emerald City Supporters, with more than 4,400 members — have come out in support of Hanauer.
"It's pretty simple: We believe he's done a good job as general manager," said Greg Mockos, ECS co-president. "It's just that. It's not a matter of loyalty or anything else."
"He's going to win, no doubt about it," said Carey, who joked that a more malfeasant Hanauer would have been better for the vote's widespread publicity.
On the field, the Sounders were an instant success when they joined MLS, and they've sustained it. The team has qualified for the league playoffs all four seasons — including this year — won three U.S. Open Cups and twice advanced to the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals.
Off the field, Seattle continually breaks league attendance records and boasts the league's highest TV ratings and merchandise sales.
Hanauer's track record isn't flawless — disappointment in the playoffs and inconsistency in retaining designated players are a few negatives — but overall the complaints haven't been overwhelming.
"I guess my campaign speech will be very simply, 'We've done what no other expansion team has done,' " coach Sigi Schmid said. "We made the playoffs four years in a row, and continue to play among the top three, four teams in MLS.."
Even if Hanauer, who doesn't take a salary for his general manager duties, is voted out, he would still retain his 32.5-percent ownership stake.
"He would obviously be a part of the decision-making about a (new) GM," said Roth, who hasn't bothered to think of replacement candidates.
And while there might not be a lot of drama going into the vote, there's still a bit of fun.
"I've got six votes. I'm going to ask (Hanauer) how much I can get for my six votes," joked assistant coach Brian Schmetzer.
More than just a vote
How important was democracy in sports to Carey?
Well, he wasn't interested in joining any ownership group of a sports franchise without it.
Disaster nearly struck, however, the day Carey was supposed to introduce the idea to Roth over lunch. During a rehearsal for "The Price is Right," Carey, the show's host, had his arm catch in a rotating platform.
Carey thought his arm was broken, and the paramedics told him to go straight to the hospital. But he couldn't. He had a lunch meeting.
"So I showed up like 15 minutes late with a big ice pack on, throbbing in pain," Carey said. "I got some aspirins from the EMTs and I was in really bad shape, but I didn't miss the lunch because I wanted to talk him into doing this thing. This was my big chance.
"The lunch was like an hour and a half. At the end of it, I talked him into it ... and I went straight from there and drove myself to the hospital. That's how important this was to me."
Roth has never had second thoughts, and the relationship with the fans has been about more than just a vote every four years.
An elected fan council meets with the team every three months. That partnership has decided the name of the team, the name of the team band ("Sound Wave"), the name of the members association ("Alliance"), seating sections at CenturyLink Field (from family friendly to more boisterous) and more.
Season-ticket holders and Alliance members can petition for a GM vote in any year with a 20 percent approval.
"I have a lot of faith in the fan base," Roth said.
A model to follow?
Carey, who's also known for supporting Cleveland sports teams, would love to see the maligned Browns of the NFL adopt democracy, though it might be a while before other professional franchises follow suit.
And while healthy, the relationship between the Sounders and fans also will need time to mature.
"I think it's a great start," Mockos said. "I understand the vision and I like the vision, but you have to also understand that we're not going to have what Barcelona has (right away)."
One of the newer collaborations has been including the fans in the design of next year's season-ticket holder's scarf.
"I think it's a really interesting story to take something that's clearly a capitalistic venture and turn over essentially all of the nonfinancial decision-making to the fans," Roth said. "To me, it'll be an interesting experiment."
For Carey, the ultimate goal is keeping fans connected with the club. Losing often leads to a disconnect, leaving limited options for fans to express frustrations — letters to newspapers and websites, calling sports-talk radio, refusing to buy tickets, etc. A vote, on the other hand, encourages more involvement.
And while the team is just approaching its most obvious landmark in sports democracy, Carey's vision is longterm: "25, 50 years, or 100 years down the road."
"It's going to take a while to catch on," said Carey, adding with a smile, "like all great ideas."
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What other movie features a boy who grew up to be a huge music star, despite the fact that he cut his brother in half with a machete. (That, and with no sense of smell) If you like Airplane, Step Brothers, and Walk the Line…You'll like the Dew Cox Story, that was a really, really good movie.
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1 Therefore when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left behind at Athens alone, | 1 So when we could stand it no longer, we thought it best to be left by ourselves in Athens. |
2 and we sent Timothy, our brother and God's servant in the gospel of Christ, to establish you in your faith and to exhort you, | 2 We sent Timothy, who is our brother and God's fellow worker in spreading the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith, |
3 that no one be moved by these afflictions. You yourselves know that this is to be our lot. | 3 so that no one would be unsettled by these trials. You know quite well that we were destined for them. |
4 For when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction; just as it has come to pass, and as you know. | 4 In fact, when we were with you, we kept telling you that we would be persecuted. And it turned out that way, as you well know. |
5 For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent that I might know your faith, for fear that somehow the tempter had tempted you and that our labor would be in vain. | 5 For this reason, when I could stand it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith. I was afraid that in some way the tempter might have tempted you and our efforts might have been useless. |
6 But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of your faith and love and reported that you always remember us kindly and long to see us, as we long to see you-- | 6 But Timothy has just now come to us from you and has brought good news about your faith and love. He has told us that you always have pleasant memories of us and that you long to see us, just as we also long to see you. |
7 for this reason, brethren, in all our distress and affliction we have been comforted about you through your faith; | 7 Therefore, brothers, in all our distress and persecution we were encouraged about you because of your faith. |
8 for now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord. | 8 For now we really live, since you are standing firm in the Lord. |
9 For what thanksgiving can we render to God for you, for all the joy which we feel for your sake before our God, | 9 How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy we have in the presence of our God because of you? |
10 praying earnestly night and day that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith? | 10 Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you again and supply what is lacking in your faith. |
11 Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you; | 11 Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus clear the way for us to come to you. |
12 and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all men, as we do to you, | 12 May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you. |
13 so that he may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints. | 13 May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones. |
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Machinarium is finally ready and released also for iPhone. It's called Machinarium Pocket Edition and it's currently on sale for $1.99 (normal price is $2.99). It's well playable with pinch-to-zoom feature, improved graphics, achievements and other improvements.
If you already own Machinarium for iPad, you don't need to buy it again for your iPhone because the game is now Universal App. The new version includes:
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! Please note that your old saves from 1.X version will not work, but you can use the "Lost Save" functionality within the game to partially recover your position (there are 6 pre-saved positions from various parts of the game).


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Vancouver hockey riot is a symptom of a larger problem
We've heard a lot of reasons (excuses?) batted around as to why last night's post-Cup riot happened. A very outraged man on the radio this morning blamed the whole thing on faulty parenting. Others look at the idiocy of city politicians for inviting 100,000 people into the downtown core, TransLink for ramping up service to a peninsula with limited escape routes, and the provincial order to close downtown liquor stores at 4 p.m., ensuring that those in attendance would be drunk before they even arrived. You can also look to the mainstream media for hyping up this series to unheard-of proportions and constantly reminding the populace of the infamous 1994 Stanley Cup riots.
But maybe what we have is just a sick fucking culture. Maybe as a society, we've simply become borderline psychotic. You only need to ride a bus to see what an angry group of people we've become. We're rude, we're snotty, we don't talk or engage with each other. We've created the stupidest generation: a barely literate group of narcissists who don't know how to take care of themselves, but are like military-trained experts when it comes to tagging themselves in Facebook photos.
From all reports, there was a small group of young hooligans determined to riot and smash 'n' grab no matter what the outcome of the game was. Several sites have been set up to post pictures, Facebook screencaps, and video of morons proudly declaring their involvement in the violence. Should we be surprised? And doesn't it seem a little obvious that there was never going to be a good outcome, regardless of who won? At 4:30 p.m. the streets of the downtown core were already simmering with the dangerous and hair-trigger emotions of the mob, and all that emotion—good or bad—was going to be purged, somewhere, somehow. In the weeks leading up to the final, the magnitude of our bizarre, tribal attachment to a hockey team became more and more clear. And it exceeds far beyond a natural and healthy spirit of competitiveness or an appreciation of the beauty of the game itself. It's pathological. It's monstrously unhealthy. And it speaks to a monumental emptiness at the heart of our culture.
So, why are there so many hungry souls out there, ready and willing to bring chaos down on the so-called most livable city on the planet? In reality, matters have only gotten much worse politically and economically since 1994, and Generation Y has been delivered into a beyond-callous world facing a perfect storm of crises. They know it. What does the future look like for the average 20 year old? It's a depressing, empty place where they can't get decent-paying (let alone secure) jobs or ever have a hope of owning property. Can you imagine how much more fearful and angry they would be if they fully comprehended the seriousness of peak oil?
And yet despite the terminal condition of a socio-economic superstructure hurtling towards the edge of a cliff while wondering if it even has enough gas to get there, the market rolls on, plundering the public coffers and starving the arts and education, producing a society that is spiritually malnourished but not sensitive enough to ask why. Meanwhile, we have dissonant messages relentlessly beamed into our heads: wealth is good, the poor have nobody but themselves to blame, personal devices make you happy, war is peace, "Save money, live better", Don Cherry deserves your attention and respect, and have some pride in your Canucks. Because what the fuck else have you got going for you?
The market practices institutional violence on every single one of us, every day, just by virtue of existing. It's not the game of hockey that's the problem; it's the capitalistic appropriation of our national pastime. It's the myriad of advertisers trotting out the "I am Canadian!" sentiments in order to sell products. It's the message we are force-fed that if we don't pay attention to the spectacle, we are somehow disenfranching ourselves. That's the way advertising has always worked: make people insecure about a fictional problem, and then sell them the fix.
This isn't to excuse the rioters, and we should remember and praise those who were there, and who resisted, and who did the right thing. There's a powerful clip on YouTube right now of two men—one in a Canucks jersey, one not—trying to prevent assholes from smashing out the windows of the Bay downtown. They have some initial success, but then the non-jerseyed man pushes a rioter back and gets beaten for his efforts.
But we can't just blame a few "bad apples." This riot didn't happen on its own. Society as a whole ensured that it was the only outcome, starting with the assumption that our over-amped if not war-like passion for something as inconsequential as a hockey game is appropriate to begin with, let alone officially sanctioned. But hey, it's a fucking goldmine for advertisers and a hell of a vacuum to suck in a growing population of bored, distracted, disassociated, and quietly despairing Lower Mainlanders marinated in the hegemony of cheap sensation, and governed by institutions hostile to art, truth, and beauty. It's a problem that, as always, starts at the very top.
The wrong questions will inevitably get asked in the wake of all this, and the wrong solutions applied. Expect "tougher policing", and a ramped up culture of intolerance in a city that already turns a blind-eye to a tsunami of social ills. The VPD—which was quick to blame the violence on "criminals, anarchists, and thugs"—is encouraging anyone with high-resolution pictures to email them to the department, but is that really what we want to become? Yes, last night's violence was inexcusable and the offenders should be prosecuted, but the slope towards becoming a Big Brother-like society where we tattle on our neighbours is already slippery enough. Wouldn't it be preferable to live in a society in which we actually knew our neighbours to begin with? To know and trust the people around us to act like responsible individuals? To enjoy a culture of mutual respect rather than suspicion, hyper-competition, and meaningless interaction mediated through our phones and iPads? All we're doing right now is gawking at city-sanctioned spectacles—or plugging in our headphones so we can ignore each other.
There was a beautiful outpouring of love and support for our fair city this morning as hundreds of volunteers took to the streets to help clean up the terrible mess from last night. We do have the capacity to be kind, gentle, thoughtful individuals, and, hopefully, we can begin to repair the damage to our tarnished reputation. Unfortunately, there's no simple band-aid solution that will fix a sick society. The symptoms are clearly manifesting but, without facing up to the fact that there is an overarching problem, there is absolutely no chance for us to heal. But perhaps the first step towards solving this systemic problem is to acknowledge the fact that there is actually something wrong with us.
You can follow Miranda Nelson on Twitter at @charenton_. Adrian Mack is too cool for Twitter but you can read his extensive archive of articles here.
Though it's tempting to buy into the idea that we're some lost generation, surely you realize that every generation before us has had similar sentiments at similar times and around similar dark moments.
My father always said he hated hip hop and it 'wasn't music'. And 'kids didn't appreciate music anymore'. I love it and I get it and yet I find myself looking at kids today listening to Lil' Wayne and shaking my head and saying, "this isn't hip hop", "kids don't appreciate hip hop anymore." etc.
My point being, we're no more sick than we have ever been. As a matter of fact, I'd argue that we're less sick than we've ever been before. We're also the generation that invented TED Talks, Social Media, and most recently brought down entire regimes through organized dissent.
"we don't talk or engage with each other"
That's laughable. We talk and engage more than we ever have before - it just looks a lot different.
"We've created the stupidest generation:"
Granted, there's some monumental idiots out there jumping on cars... but damn, there's also those who stayed home last night and didn't shop up to the game because they were working on their thesis. Don't write them off too.
Seriously man... try optimism - it's intoxicating.
I love sports (I'm still snowboarding in June), and have played team sports, but I don't tend to follow teams or watch much tv (I work in animation so I 'd rather not spend my spare time in front of a screen). When I say I don't really follow hockey, a common response is 'f*ck you'. No dialogue, straight to open hostility.
What if I gave that response to people who didn't like art, or literature, or good music? Well, actually"¦ to the people who didn't show up for Grant Hart (Husker Du) last night"¦ ;)
Yes, we do. We want to be a society where people take some responsibility, where we don't turn a blind eye to rampant vandalism and violence, where we don't pretend we didn't see anything.
So what are we all to do then? Should we not try and find the people that initiated or participated in this riot?
I find this article to be laughable and completely impractical.
Let's face it. The vast number of human beings are dumb and always have been.
Larry Campbell: Incompetent and sleazy
Sam Sullivan: Delusional and lazy
Gregor: Just Another Pretty Face.
Society has produced a class of people who are disengaged from the mainstream and have no hope of joining it. They will never enjoy the life style their grandparents had. The rage builds and this is the result. This riot was their entertainment. Their moment of fame as they posed for the telephone/cameras of their friends/the world. They may not ever be able to aquire a well paying job, a home of their own, a nice vacation, be known for doing something well, but this gave them their "moment".
The difference between the Olympics and this was the Olympics had massive security, not only police officers but armed forces.
The police did the best they could to minimize harm. Destruction of buildings is never good but there were no deaths and given what was happening the police are to be commended for their work. To have fully engaged the rioters would have caused more mayhem, destruction, and injury/death.
If society does not want to see more of these types of riots they need to decide what type of society we want to live in and what it values. What erupted last night started years before, when a lot of these people were still in school and budgets were being cut, their parents working several jobs, the lack of affordable and available education, etc.
You reap what you sow.
And thanks to Adrian and Miranda for their excellent work.
They live in a society that no longer encourages or appreciates hard work. They've been brought up to think life should always be easy and that one should not have to work towards their goals, because mom and dad "worked too hard" for too little.
Kids and teens don't go outside, don't do anything athletic, and don't have any creative output anymore. They live dull lives that in five years they'll realize they threw away when they never took the time to have worthwhile hobbies, goals, or skills. They aren't angry, they aren't suppressed or oppressed, they're just bored and boring and get off on the thrill of it all. They'll sit and watch their city burn with little regard for themselves or others. All so they can post some grainy pictures on facebook because outside of that blue and white realm they have no purpose or worthwhile interaction with other people or life.
There were thousands of 'kids' out there last night. What did one or two guys trying to protect the windows mean to them? Nothing. If they wanted in, they could have easily walked by. But that wasn't it. They wanted conflict, they wanted the violence, they wanted to beat the shit out of someone that could have very easily been the father of someone standing next to them.
I'm 23, have a university degree and work two jobs for essentially minimum wage. I have more to complain about than their idle, adolescent minds could ever wrap around. I'm not some old dude that has lost touch with my youth in saying what I have. I like a good party, I like a good time, but my idea of a good time doesn't comprise property damage, arson, or assault. I fear a Big Brother state, but I hope each and every one of these people is dragged in. This was unacceptable. Riot for your rights, not for the sake of rioting.


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An Italian news show's exposé of a woman's image in a surveillance video would cast doubt on the alibi of Amanda Knox on the night of her roommate's murder. If she is lying, then why?
Italian news show Quarto Grado recently aired surveillance footage shown here from a parking garage near the apartment where English exchange student Meredith Kercher was brutally killed on November 1, 2007. The video shows a woman leaving a parking garage near the students' apartment minutes before confessed killer Rudy Guede enters it. The unidentified woman looks strikingly like Meredith's roommate Amanda Knox, and even seems to be wearing her clothes. But, at that time Knox is on record saying that she was already at her boyfriend's house for the night.
The report points out that despite the testimony of several people that Knox was with new flame Raffaele Sollecito all night, a text received on her phone at 8:18 p.m. places her on her way to work, nowhere near Sollecito's house. The text was from Patrick Lumumba, her boss at the time, giving Knox the night off.
The report continues saying that according to police, the time stamp on motion-sensor camera #7 of the Saint Anthony Parking Garage shows 8:53 p.m., but is reportedly off by give or take 10 minutes, meaning that the unidentified woman left the parking garage sometime between 8:40 and 9:05 that night. Meredith arrived at 9:15 p.m.
This would seem to present a gap of at least 30 minutes in Knox's alibi, and would seem to dovetail nicely with Sollecito's November 5 statement to police that he was out that night until 9 p.m. In the report, Sollecito tells police that at 9 p.m. on November 1 he and Amanda parted ways and went home alone. Amanda reportedly told him she was going to meet friends at the pub Le Chic. When Sollecito got home, the report continues, "I got on the computer and I smoked a joint." Sollecito said he stayed at the computer until Amanda arrived at around 1 a.m.
Sollecito later changed his story to agree with Amanda's account that she was with him the whole night at his house. While the video does not place Knox at the murder scene, it does seem to catch her in another lie. The known lie Knox paid for with prison time. She implicated Lumumba in the murder, and later admitted to having slandered him.
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The theme for the dedication of the new Sabra Dipping Company plant last week was sharing: Sharing a conversation, sharing friendships, sharing the environment and sharing a fresh meal. Sabra, which is jointly owned by Strauss Ltd., of Israel, and PepsiCo, spent the last 13 months building a state-of-the-art facility in the Walthall Industrial Park that now produces a variety of dips, primarily hummus.
The plant is expected to create approximately 260 jobs in the community.
On Wednesday, Sabra threw an opening celebration the company should have sold tickets to. About 400 people, including Gov. Bob McDonnell, attended and were treated to tastings of multiple varieties of dips with fresh vegetables, breads and crackers to dip, and dip they did. The festivities also included speeches from local dignitaries, as well as a contingent from Sabra, including the founder of Strauss, the CEO of Sabra and the CEO of PepsiCo.
"We are thrilled to celebrate this incredible milestone in Sabra's history with our partners and our new neighbors," said Ronen Zohar, chief executive officer of Sabra. "Americans are moving towards broadening culinary horizons and increasing experiences with a variety of foods and we are as a green factory."
The company is seeking Silver certification under the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification program.
According to Will Davis, director of Chesterfield's economic development department, the county is finding a niche in the food industry. With Fiorucci Foods and the expansion of the
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"The food industry is one of our targets," Davis said. "You could say the flavor of Chesterfield is changing."


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