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22 Dec 2012 | #1 |
PC boots up fine, slows down, becomes normal after a few minutes
So here's my dilemma and I know I've never heard of this happening before. I have 2 internal drives in my tower, those being C: (main drive, obviously) and F:. F: was being a bit skittish so I decided to run chkdsk which fixed a few minor errors then moved on to booting into windows. Once it got into Windows, it loaded up the few startup items I have like Kaspersky Anti Virus, Steam, default manager and USB 3.0 monitor. No more than 4 items. Everything seemed fine and apparently booted up correctly. When I attempted to open a program, it didn't open for quite a bit of time and I couldn't open anything for a few minutes. Once the program finally opened, the PC started acting normally. I've run a full scan with KAV 2013 and did sfc /scannow to check integrity of the files and even did a chkdsk on C: which showed zero errors. No program I used to check the drive showed anything out of the ordinary.
This just seems like the oddest thing to me. I've heard of PC's slowing down after operating normal (in fact, I had this problem last week when I would close out of Steam which has recently been updated). My Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1 is up to date and my Nvidia GeForce GT450 videocard is also up to date. It's not the most horrible of situations, having to wait 5 or so minutes to start using my PC after Windows boots up but this is more a matter of curiosity. If someone has any ideas how to alleviate this problem, I'd be most gratified. Here's my specs (via Speccy) Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1 CPU AMD Phenom II X6 1040T Thuban 45nm Technology RAM 8.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 729MHz (9-9-9-24) Motherboard FOXCONN 2AB1 (CPU 1) Graphics VX2739 SeriesÆ (1920x1080@60Hz) 1023MB GeForce GTS 450 (nVidia) Hard Drives 1397GB Western Digital WDC WD15 EARS-60MVWB0 SATA Disk Device (SATA) 1863GB Western Digital WDC WD20 01FASS-00W2B0 SATA Disk Device (SATA) Optical Drives hp DVD A DH16ABLH SATA CdRom Device Audio Realtek High Definition Audio Much thanks. |
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22 Dec 2012 | #2 |
Hello Anthony and welcome to Seven Forums.
I think I'd do a clean startup (AKA clean boot) because it sure sounds like something might be causing a conflict at startup (like perhaps an anti-virus scan, defrag, etc.) Troubleshoot Application Conflicts by Performing a Clean Startup And you could open Task Manager > Resource Monitor to see if there's something hogging your CPU. Resource Monitor And one of the Forum experts has this troubleshooting guide with more suggestion. Troubleshooting Steps for Windows 7 |
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22 Dec 2012 | #3 |
Establish a Clean boot before working through the other Troubleshooting steps linked above.
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24 Dec 2012 | #4 |
Ha! Been there, got the t-shirt on this one. It's very very likely a recent Kaspersky update. There's a crowd of us awaiting a fix for Kaspersky Internet Security 2013 with the 5 minute hang problem after a normal speed bootup. Temporary fix is to turn off System Watcher in the General Settings in KIS, I don't know where that is in KAV2013.
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24 Dec 2012 | #5 |
Replace KIS with Microsoft Security Essentials - Microsoft Windows
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Special Experimental Project No. 14 - FHWA/HUD Livability InitiativeSample WorkplanAnystate Department of Transportation A. IntroductionThe Anystate Department of Transportation(ADOT) submits this work plan for review and approval as a multi-agency funded project under the provisions of Special Experimental Project No. 14 (SEP 14) for the use of innovative contracting practices. The ADOT has traditionally provided Anystate Community Transportation Initiative (ACTI) funding to local municipalities to be used as a sole source of funding. This work plan proposes to utilize funding awarded to the City of Smalltown for their AS Route 56 & Main Street Reconnection Project from both FHWA and their U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) allocation(s). To accomplish this involves meeting HUD funding requirements in our bidding procedures. This ACTI project is located at the intersection of AS Route 56 and Small Street, City of Smalltown, Small County, Anystate. In its current alignment the said intersection has poor site angles that require sharp turning movements, mistimed lighting signals on a highly traveled intersection (approximately 18,000 trips per day), and non-existing safe travel routes by able-bodied or handicapped pedestrians between Smalltown's Central Business District, Point Stadium, and People Natural Gas Park to the Smalltown Inclined Plane or U.S. Army Corps boat launch ramp. The AS Route 56 & Main Street Reconnection Project will correct these conditions and create a safe environment providing an increasingly effective intersection for pedestrians and vehicular traffic. B. PurposeTypically and ideally, local municipalities pay for ACTI projects through a single source of funding. For example, the Anystate Department of Transportation would provide ACTI funding for a streetscape project, and the municipality would be able to complete the project with this funding alone. With the recent economic downturn, more local governments are turning towards dwindling transportation resources. As a result, local municipalities must be increasingly innovative in the creation of funding packages for infrastructure projects. The purpose of this request is to permit a local municipality, the City of Smalltown, Small County, Anystate to utilize two (2) sources of federal funding in the same transportation project – ACTI funding from FHWA and Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This request is in accordance the instructions in the Federal Register/Vol.75, No. 122/Friday, June 25, 2010/Notices 36471. Approval of this procedure would avoid splitting the project into two separate advertisements. HUD's Section 3 requires that preferential hiring be afforded to those individuals living in the project area. That preferential hiring is in direct conflict with FHWA requirements. Approval of this SEP-14 request will allow more of the available funding to be utilized for revitalization of the area while complying with training, employment, and contracting requirements of HUD's Section 3, to the greatest extent feasible. A cost savings is recognized by avoiding duplication of payment for Maintenance and Protection of Traffic, Mobilization, and Inspection, as well as avoiding any potential economic impacts to the area because of the construction duration of one project versus two. Specifically, two projects would require two different inspection contracts and would impact the traveling public for two separate contract durations. C. ScopeThe scope of work for this project will include the construction of a duel transportation and streetscape enhancement project at the intersection of AS Route 56 and Small Street in the City of Smalltown, Anystate. 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Through the provision of pedestrian infrastructure improvements, the City of Smalltown intends to establish and create safe and inviting transportation alternatives. The City of Smalltown is a dense, urban environment, and opportunities abound for people to move throughout the community in a more sustainable manner. It is the goal of the City of Smalltown to maintain vibrant and viable connections between the multiple recreational, cultural, and tourism destinations, commercial businesses and retail establishments within and adjacent to the Central Business District and Main Street. The goal and vision of the project is to increase the quality of life for residents, visitors, and businesses of the immediate project area and the City of Smalltown as a whole, enhance transportation options that reduce consumption of fossil fuels, and provide safe transportation routes for economically disadvantaged populations. This project, as identified within the City's 2009 Master Plan, fulfills one of the primary and implementable projects and assists in gaining additional strength for additional planning and implementation efforts to improve the recreational, cultural, economic, and tourism opportunities within the City of Smalltown and surrounding region.
D. ScheduleThe PS&E has been delivered to the District 9-0 Contract Management Unit. Upon approval of the SEP-14 workplan, Contract Management will include the necessary HUD requirement in the contract documents and advertise the project as ECMS 92442. The anticipated dates are as follows: Advertisement: December 27, 2012 E. MeasuresThis project was recently bid with just ACTI funds and all bids were rejected as the available ACTI funds were insufficient. The previous bids received for the project will be compared to the bids received with the HUD requirements. The previous low bid total was $1,358,419.23. The scope will be reduced by eliminating the tree removal item to accommodate available ACTI and HUD funding. The amount of HUD funding to be included in this project is $144,000 which is 12% of the overall construction estimate of $1,233,449.40.
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Countryside-based Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant said Tuesday it has added five corporate executive team members to accommodate the company's aggressive growth strategies.
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Ron Dee has joined the company as senior vice president of development, while Robert Hartley has been named director of culinary operations.
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AFOLCON news... 3 months to go!
Posted by Huw,News hot off the press from the LEGO SHOW and AFOLCON office:
"We're very pleased to announce that the team behind the amazing Christmas tree in St Pancras station will be coming to the show. Both Duncan Titmarsh and Ed Diment from Bright Bricks will be at AFOLCON to talk about how you put together a 3 tonne LEGO tree.
"They'll also be showcasing some of their smaller works too - as big as our venue is, the tree just won't fit! For those attending the LEGO Show, Ed and Duncan will also be running special workshops where you can learn how to build like a pro.
"We're also soon be announcing the LEGO Designers that will be present at the show. AFOLCON attendees will again have a unique chance to listen and talk to LEGO Designers about how the products are developed. Last year, Mark Stafford brought never-seen-before prototype models of the Alien Conquest line. Who knows what's in store for 2012?
"Finally, if you live in the North of England, you're about to hear a lot about The LEGO Show - keep an eye out in the local press for us…. And if you'd like your 15 minutes of fame, then make sure you're registered for AFOLCON and we know what you're working on. We might just make you famous… for a while ;-)"
AFOLCON runs on the 3rd and 4th May 2012 and is open to anyone over the age of 16 (16-18yr olds must be accompanied). Tickets cost £60 and include all session, an out-of-hours visit to the LEGOLand Discovery Centre and a goodie bag which includes 1Kg of LEGO. For more details, go to www.afolcon.com.
The LEGO Show is open to the public on the 5th, 6th and 7th May. Tickets cost just £29 for a family of four when booked online, saving you the queue and 20%. For more details, go to www.thelegoshow.com.
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Very excited about Afolcon - I'll have to start a "Number of Sleeps" countdown calendar :P
Especially looking forward to "learning how to build like a pro" with Duncan and Ed :)
Thanks huw I completely forgot abot AFOLCON, the only other Lego Convention I have been to was the GWLS 2011, which was a really good time out. Shame I won't be able to go to the AFOLCON due to College, but I should be able to attend the Lego Show on the weekend :)
?? 3 months !! Hoping to attend again .Had a fantastic time last year !!
^ Haha, you're right!! Even less time to go than I thought! :)
This year it's just before the end of the Uni semester-2 lecture programme, and with deadlines and impending exams aplenty; I can't afford to go. :-(
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Writer's Spaces, Places, and Advice About Writing
Posted: January 23, 2013 | Author: jwheeler1967 | Filed under: Authors and Poets, Quotes, Top 10, Writing | Tags: advice on writing, dylan thomas, edith wharton, Ernest Hemingway, hemingway's home in key west, ian fleming, john steinbeck, neil gaiman, norman mailer, polydactyl cats, roald dahl, rudyard kipling, stephen king, virginia woolf, writer's desks, writer's homes, writer's houses, writer's spaces, writing advice, writing practices | Comments Off"It starts with this: put your desk in the corner, and every time you sit down there to write, remind yourself why it isn't in the middle of the room. Life isn't a support system for art. It's the other way around." ~ Stephen King, On Writing
Pictured above is Stephen King's own attic writing space at his home in Bangor, Maine. In contrast to his statement above, his desk does appear to be in the middle of his room, but surely he means "corner" to be taken metaphorically; that is, any place that is quiet, that is yours; the place where you sit to write your work. While there are some writers who purportedly can write in the midst of chaos, most of us require a place of retreat. I believe it was J.K. Rowling who said that she cleared out a walk-in closet, put a desk and a lamp in there, and sealed herself off from the rest of the family while she was composing her first Harry Potter novel.
Here are ten intriguing places where writer's write, along with some advice for all who write:
1. Neil Gaiman's Gazebo/Cabin
- Write.
- Put one word after another. Find the right word, put it down.
- Finish what you're writing. Whatever you have to do to finish it, finish it.
- Put it aside. Read it pretending you've never read it before. Show it to friends whose opinion you respect and who like the kind of thing that this is.
- Remember: when people tell you somethings wrong or doesn't work for them, they are almost always right. When they tell you exactly what they think is wrong and how to fix it, they are almost always wrong.
- Fix it. Remember that, sooner or later, before it ever reaches perfection, you will have to let it go and move on and start to write the next thing. Perfection is like chasing the horizon. Keep moving.
- Laugh at your own jokes.
- The main rule of writing is that if you do it with enough assurance and confidence, you're allowed to do whatever you like. (That may be a rule for life as well as for writing. But its definitely true for writing.) So write your story as it needs to be written. Write it honestly, and tell it as best you can. I'm not sure that there are any other rules. Not ones that matter.
2. Edith Wharton's view from "The Mount" in Lennox, Massachusetts
"Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive."
3. Dylan Thomas's Boathouse at Laugharne, Wales
"Go on thinking that you don't need to be read and you'll find that it may become quite true: no one will feel the need to read it because it is written for yourself alone; and the public won't feel any impulse to gate crash such a private party."
4. Ernest Hemingway's Home in Key West, Florida
"Writing is something that you can never do as well as it can be done. It is a perpetual challenge and it is more difficult than anything else that I have ever done."
"There's no rule on how it is to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly. Sometimes it is like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges."
"Ordinarily I never read anything before I write in the morning to try and bite on the old nail with no help, no influence and no one giving you a wonderful example or sitting looking over your shoulder."
5. Rudyard Kipling: Dummerston, Vermont
"I am, by calling, a dealer in words; and words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind."
"I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn't explain away afterwards."
"If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten."
6. Ian Fleming's home, GoldenEye, in Jamaica
"All the greatest men are maniacs. They are possessed by a mania which drives them forward towards their goal. The great scientists, the philosophers, the religious leaders – all maniacs. What else but a blind singleness of purpose could have given focus to their genius, would have kept them in the groove of purpose. Mania … is as priceless as genius."
7. Norman Mailer's Fourth Floor Apartment, Brooklyn Heights, New York
"I've written at times about the spooky element in writing. You go in each morning, and there's a blank page. Maybe it takes five minutes, maybe it takes an hour. Sooner or later you start writing, and then the words begin to flow. Where does that come from? You can't pinpoint it. You always wonder, "Will it all stop tomorrow?" In that sense it's spooky. In other words, you're relying on a phenomenon that's not necessarily dependable. " ("Norman Mailer Interview," The Academy of Achievement, June 12, 2004)
"Over the years, I've found one rule. It is the only one I give on those occasions when I talk about writing. A simple rule. If you tell yourself you are going to be at your desk tomorrow, you are by that declaration asking your unconscious to prepare the material. You are, in effect, contracting to pick up such valuables at a given time. Count on me, you are saying to a few forces below: I will be there to write."
8. Virginia Woolf's Writing Desk at "Monk's House," Sussex, England
"Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to puncture gas bags and discover the seeds of truth."
"To write weekly, to write daily, to write shortly, to write for busy people catching trains in the morning or for tired people coming home in the evening, is a heartbreaking task for men who know good writing from bad. They do it, but instinctively draw out of harm's way anything precious that might be damaged by contact with the public, or anything sharp that might irritate its skin."
"Arrange whatever pieces come your way."
9. John Steinbeck's Summer Home in Sag Harbor, Maine
"The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true. "
"Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen. "
"The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty."
"In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable. "
10. Roald Dahl's "The Gipsy House," Buckinghamshire, England
1. You should have a lively imagination
2. You should be able to write well. By that I mean you should be able to make a scene come alive in the reader's mind. Not everybody has this ability. It is a gift, and you either have it or you don't.
3. You must have stamina. In other words, you must be able to stick to what you are doing and never give up, for hour after hour, day after day, week after week, and month after month.
4. You must be a perfectionist. That means you must never be satisfied with what you have written until you have rewritten it again and again, making it as good as you possibly can.
5. You must have strong self-discipline. You are working alone. No one is employing you. No one is around to fire you if you don't turn up for work, or to tick you off is you start slacking.
6. It helps a lot if you have a keen sense of humor. This is not essential when writing for grown-ups, but for children, it's vital.
7. You must have a degree of humility. The writer who thinks that his work is marvelous is heading for trouble.
A Writer's Best Friend: Ten Authors and Their Pets
Posted: November 30, 2012 | Author: jhgardner | Filed under: Authors and Poets, Books, Top 10 | Tags: animals, dogs, edith wharton, Ernest Hemingway, flannery o'connor, john steinbeck, kurt vonnegut, literature, maurice sendak, pets, robert penn warren, tennessee williams, virginia woolf | Comments OffFor many of us, pets offer companionship, love, and a patient ear to listen to the wild thoughts we cannot share with fellow members of our species. It's no wonder, then, that so many artists crave the company of furry (or feathered) friends, so often held in high regard as either the inspiration behind or the initiator of the creative process. Just take a look at the special relationships between the following writers and their pets for example. Either as a retreat from humankind, a reminder to take a pensive walk outside, or the means by which scraps of paper find their way into the bin, these pets are so essential to their writers, it's hard to imagine that they did not choose their artistic owners themselves.
Read on to see for yourself, then tell us what role you feel pets can play in stirring creativity in a comment below.
Hemingway had multiple cats, for which he held massive respect, remarking, "A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not."
with her dog Pinka.
"This you'll call sentimental — perhaps — but then a dog somehow represents — no I can't think of the word — the private side of life — the play side."
Woolf's dog biography, inspired by Elizabeth Barrett Browning's dog Flush, is surprisingly her bestselling work to date.
The larger than life author with his tiny friend, Pumpkin.
Williams named his black cat Sabbath. He also named his best-known play after a feline in a precarious position:
"What is the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof? — I wish I knew… Just staying on it, I guess, as long as she can…"
Throughout her life, Wharton was often photographed with her dogs, of which she had many. She so loved canines, she actually helped to found the SPCA in the United States. Wharton even included her pups in her writing process, working in bed alongside them–what a picture! She also wrote a beautiful little poem in dedication to them:
My little old dog:
A heart-beat
At my feet.
O'Connor's stories are full of surprises, as was her taste in pets. This writer had quite the collection of peacocks.
"When the peacock has presented his back, the spectator will usually begin to walk around him to get a front view; but the peacock will continue to turn so that no front view is possible. The thing to do then is to stand still and wait until it pleases him to turn. When it suits him, the peacock will face you. Then you will see in a green-bronze arch around him a galaxy of gazing haloed suns. This is the moment when most people are silent."
Warren's love for his cocker spaniel Frodo (named after Tolkien's character) was commemorated in his poem "Rumor Verified":
English cocker: old and blind
But if your hand
Merely touches his head,
Old faithe comes flooding back—and …
The paw descends, His trust is infinite
In you …
…and his French poodle Charley, with whom he traveled the country, detailed in his book Travels with Charley.
"I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts."
Burroughs remarked of his beloved cat Ginger, "Like all pure creatures, cats are practical."
And lastly, the lovable curmudgeon and creator of Where the Wild Things Are succinctly summarizes his love for his companion Herman (after Melville) with a simple phrase:
"I hate people."
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See my earlier thread for background: http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/appl/msg101923329543.html?21
The distributor was very, very helpful and after receiving their first call about my problem on Thursday sent an actual VAH rep this morning. Yesterday was a holiday here. I know there are quite a few of you with similar issues of the internal dampers not opening fully. Turns out that when the unit settles into place the box shifts a bit, meaning that the little plastic dampers were catching on the lip of the duct opening. I scored about 1/4" off the side of each damper with a utility knife and that was that. They now open fully (i.e. swing 6" all the way up until they are vertically pinned in their housing) on both low and high. I love easy solutions and I love good customer service. Everyone who owns a VAH should get out a flashlight and look up at your dampers when the fan's on. If they're not opening all the way they're not performing optimally. Now if I could only get my Wolf sorted out. |
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Thank for the work and hard earned solution, Detective keitel. Where is my utility knife? You done venting now? (Sorry, couldn't pass that one up.) Seriously, you've helped quite a few here with your findings |
keitel: Thank you for the info on the vent-a-hood damper. After I read your post, DH checked and our damper only opened about an inch. He took everything apart, and then I heard strange sounds coming from the kitchen (I was afraid to check). He cut a little off the 'metal flange' and re-bent the flaps further so the plastic dampers can open all the way. |
Yeah, I suppose adjusting the metal flange would affect the same change. We decided to cut the dampers just because the rep and I decided that they seemed easier to replace if something went wrong. Glad it helped, and I agree, it makes it much quieter given that the air has free flow now. |
- Posted by bayareanative (My Page) on Thu, Jan 17, 08 at 17:30
I'm so glad you posted this. Our VAH (1200 cfm) was installed last Sept. and the blowers on the left side only had one speed. I showed this to DH last night, he checked and, yep, that was the problem. He bent a couple of tabs and the unit is working better, and MUCH quieter. He did mention that the clearances are very close, so not unexpected that this could be an issue. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!! |
I'm glad to hear that the information helped you. Ah, the beauty of Garden Web. |
The flaps on my VAH are aluminum, and I have the opposite problem, the flaps don't fall down. I noticed it the last time I cleaned it. They are not hung up on the sides, I think where they bent the metal, to for a hinge is too tight, or it's filled up with grease, and gunk. I sprayed WD40, but it didn't help, finally gave up, and put it back together. |
- Posted by engineer54 (My Page) on Mon, May 20, 13 at 13:11
bob411, if there's a grease accumulation, I've found that WD40 is usually not the solution. WD40 is a light lubricant mixed with a penetrating solvent and it will temporarily free up binding mechanisms with old grease on them, but after a while much of the solvent evaporates and the old grease thickens again, causing the original problem to reappear. The proper solution is to wash ALL the old grease out with a solvent and then apply the correct type of fresh lubricant, if any. Exhaust vent louvers and flaps should work with no lubricant at all. Paint thinner works well for removing petroleum grease from most metals; you may need to use a small natural fiber brush, such as a disposable acid brush, to accelerate the action of the solvent. Accumulated rancid cooking grease can be removed with liberal application of Simple Green and/or household ammonia, full strength, followed by a water rinse. |
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Internet movie giant Netflix will make major changes to accommodate those with disabilities rather than continue a legal battle over its responsibilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
In a settlement reached this week, Netflix said it will provide closed captioning on all television shows and movie content it streams by 2014.
The agreement is a win for advocates for the deaf and hard of hearing. The National Association of the Deaf along with the Western Massachusetts Association of the Deaf and Hearing-Impaired and Lee Nettles, a Massachusetts resident who is deaf, sued in 2010 to force the company to caption all of its content.
Netflix initially fought the legal action arguing that the company's offerings were exempt from the ADA.
Already, 90 percent of what's watched on Netflix includes captioning, the company said. While the streaming service works to bring that number to 100 percent over the next two years, Netflix also pledged to identify more clearly for subscribers which content is and is not captioned.
"We are pleased to have reached this agreement and hope it serves as a benchmark for other providers of streaming video entertainment," Neil Hunt, chief product officer at Netflix, said in a statement.
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Glad to see that Netflix is doing the right thing, though it's irritating that it took them so long. Closed-captioning, subtitles, and other such assistive features are important in all media.
-KA101, hearing-privileged autistic who routinely uses subtitles, and appreciates closed-captioning in public areas (where it's not always possible for hearing folks to hear the news/weather). Accessibility FTW.
Actually it is 82% of all "streamed hours" of content has captions available. This is far different than the number of catalog titles (which may be less popular and streamed less often). Currently about 65% of their entire catalog currently has subtitles.


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On Supper Clubbing
August 30, 2012
I love Sunday supper – meals that are long-cooked, and long-lingered over at the table. I think that early dinners with lots of courses, good wine, laughter, and family are the absolute best way to send off the weekend.
I couldn't have been any more chuffed when two of my favorite ladies from school invited me to the second installment of their monthly supper club, KatesInTheKitchen, an Italian themed meal in Katie's most adorable Brooklyn home last Sunday.
I love the Kates! They are truly fantastic women. Katie Hards is a New Yorker by way of California, giving up the West Coast life 2 years ago to pursue a Masters degree in Food Studies at NYU. She's a self taught cook, working the lines at sandwich shops and a taco truck, but Katie, like myself, is most comfortable in the kitchen at home with a cocktail in hand. She's my favorite person to go to a music festival with, and one time she catered a party for one of Michael Jackson's exes. She is currently my favorite red-head.
Kate Sann is a native New Yorker, and also a Food Studies grad student along with us. She has cooked professionally, grown wine in New Zealand, and butchered pigs in France. She does this fantastic little hat tip motion when she drinks. Working with the Westchester Land Trust, she helps new farmers get access to land. She works for and takes care of a fantastic old Upper East Sider, Bunny Grossinger, and we revel at her fantastic Bunny stories. You can see Kate and Bunny discussing Madmen, here.
Supper clubs have varied histories, depending on where you're from. Midwestern supper clubs of the early 20th century were convivial destinations for rural folk to eat and imbibe in, that quickly became notorious as illegal watering-holes as Prohibition loomed. In Cuba, supper clubs, or paladares sprung from the need to obfuscate government limitations on businesses, and to cook real Cuban food for real Cuban people at a reasonable cost. Supper clubs in urban areas in the US are an increasingly popular way to challenge the home cook and their eaters to try new things – not just food, but where we eat (for instance, at a stranger's house). They challenge what it means to be a "home cook" and the conflation between "restaurant quality food" and "home cooking".
Sunday's supper was really sublime. Two of my chosen-family donned our Sunday best and met in Park Slope around 4 for dinner. From the moment I climbed the stairs, and smelled Katie's homemade bread and garlic in the air, I felt completely at home. The negroni topped with sparking prosecco I was handed only cemented the feeling. The dining room was warm with the kitchen's heat, and we settled into our bench at the perfectly dressed table.
We started with delicate stuffed squash blossoms, spritzed with lemon, and these herbaceous, fantastic crostini with patty-pan squash and taleggio. I knew one of the other couples at the table from a recent Rockaway Beach visit, and we took turns introducing ourselves to the other strangers at the table.
Now, I don't know if it was the second round of negronis, or the warmth of the room, or how fantastic the food was, but I was starting to love these strangers. They were all women in their thirties, fantastic, hilarious, witty women. We talked astrology, and sex-strology. We talked about the food. We talked about living alone. No one talked about their job. The Kate's tell me that they measure the success of a supper club by the volume of laughter between courses – by all counts this was a success. The best thing about meeting good strangers at a good party? They invite you to their good parties. And then you get to meet more good strangers.
As the main course rolled out, we didn't feel like strangers any more. I am a pretty serious misanthrope, but after being so well fed and plied, I felt like I had made three new friends. The mains were spectacular – salt crust baked porgy with lemon and herbs, earthy bitter greens and porcini mushrooms with breadcrumb topping, the freshest most toothsome farro salad with fresh beans and heirloom tomatoes, and heaping bowls of sweet eggplant caponata and peperonata (the perfect topping for Katie's homemade bread.)
Everything was just, so, for lack of a better word, lovely. The food was there in plenty, but it was light, and refreshing, and perfectly seasoned. There was no unbuttoning of pants that I could see. We joked as we picked the tiny bones from between our lips in between story-telling. We shared the wine we had brought. It was like grandmas's cooking – if your grandma was from the Mediterranean and knew her way around a farmer's market. (Mine was Scottish, and fantastic as she was, she couldn't cook to save her life.)
So, I am not that crazy about dessert, as a rule. However, this glistening olive oil cake with roasted stone fruit and homemade gelato was so INSANELY GOOD that I forgot to take a photo until it was almost too late. It was summer in sweet form. GOD DAMN.
A good friend of mine, and noted cynic remarked to me before the meal, "$40 to eat in someone's house? Yeah, ok." On our walk to the subway after our KatesInTheKitchen meal, as he ate his entire goodie bag of biscotti, there was a marked change in his outlook. These girls are legit. They are fantastic cooks and hostesses, with huge hearts, whose love for food and feeding people is evidenced in every dish they serve.
I implore you to go to their next meal, scheduled for September 30th. It is a theme near and dear to my heart: TOMATOES! Menu linked below. You can friend TheKates on Facebook, e-mail them, or check their event page for more info. Be sure to tell them I sent you, so that I can cash in on mad leftovers!!
On Tumblin.
August 30, 2012
I like Tumblr because I can do it at work, and with little serious thought.
I've been doing this serious called, "Things I Eat When I Eat My Feelings", partly because I think it's funny, and partly because I think people are constantly talking about "eating one's feelings" in a negative way. But let's be honest – every person feels a certain way when they're eating – whether they felt that way, and then decided to eat, or the food made them feel that way.
Follow along, won't you. I promise there will be over-sharing!
On Being Back (back) in a New York Groove
August 15, 2012
Last weekend was my second spent in the city all summer. This is probably not the most believable time to admit that i'm increasingly pleased to be back in New York. It's just that it's been so hot, and the lure of the sea, and the lakes, and the waterfalls, and the sweating glasses of rose on patios have been forcing me onto buses and trains and behind the wheel every Friday evening. There are three whole other seasons for me to be lovingly all up in this town, significantly less sticky ones. But truly, most days, I feel really glad to be back. Here's why:
1. Entertaining. I feel like I am the best version of myself when I am a hostess. I have my own space now, one big enough for plenty of good-looking people to come over and drink with me, and eat good snacks. A few weeks ago I did little Italian snacks – roasted cherry tomatoes, anchovy mousse, arugula pesto, olives, fresh ricotta with plums, black pepper and honey, some good cured pork, and bread. My favorite part was little cups of affogato (grown up root beer floats.) I have kind of shifted the way I entertain – from sit down food to snacks – in part because I don't have enough seats, but in part because I am a grazer, and I like trying a little bit of everything.
2. Wandering. I find myself taking a different way home from work almost every evening. I get on or off at a different bus or subway stop each time in an effort to figure out my neighborhood. I've found two good french bakeries, an incredible fish monger, countless buildings that I love, and a few fantastic second hand stores. Still on the list to find: perfect brunch, bar I can go to alone after work, perhaps with a book, and my favorite nook in Central Park.
3. Living alone. I've never lived alone. I've always lived with family, or roommates, or fellow farm-workers. I was nervous about living a lone – I like coming home to someone I like, and I like cooking for someone other than myself. But being on my own is great. I never have to wear pants. I can watch trashy TV sans-judgement. Eating intuitively – exactly what and when I want- is easier when i'm not considering the tastes/preferences of others. You get to know yourself differently when you spend your evenings alone, with some wine and a good meal. I'm looking forward to nesting here, and to making my apartment a better representation of me.
4. Being out. New Yorkers accept living in closets because they are never home. I am probably slightly more of a home-body than the average, but there is something to be said for the ability to be out at any time of day or night, and having the ability to be out somewhere that is awesome. You can choose a bar or restaurant for any mood, any size gathering, any type of food. Friday evening I had a magnificent lady-date with some really fantastic women in the garden at Maison Premiere in Williamsburg. It just couldn't have been more perfect – elegant and private, teeming with greens and wrought iron tables. There were mint juleps in big silver tumblers overflowing with crushed ice, oysters and lobster on three-tiered trays. We got a little rowdy – and likely ruined a few dates, but can you imagine a more perfect place for a gathering of ladies you love than this?
On Good Summer Eating
July 16, 2012
This was a fantastic week of eating – punctuated with long warm walks, windy roads, water slides, back of knee sweat, good wine, waterfalled swimming holes, and laughs.
It's summer, and I have time to breathe and eat what I love rather than whatever is convenient (sometimes these are the same thing i.e – tostadas). I had this wine professor that told us that the only way to really get good at picking up all of the smells and tastes of wine was to smell everything – at the farmer's market, in the garden, in clothing stores, just smell everything – be a medium. t's the same thing with food, right? Just taste everything and your palate develops, and it becomes easier to figure out what you love.
I feel like I've been really good at just being wide open to things this week, and letting the city, and the farmer's market, and the lure of the grill decide what's for dinner.
On Monday I saw this post from Dinner 365, and thought, "I can't go another minute without a hot dog and creamy potato salad." I made vegetarian dogs with cornichons, and curry potato salad (boil 2 potatoes, toss with a few tablespoons of yogurt, curry powder, salt, pepper, and a squeeze of lemon) and ate with huge salted tomato wedges. I ate this wish a Sixpoint Crisp.
On Tuesday I was walking up First Avenue, and I saw this man with a fantastic ponytail eating a huge bowl of linguine with clams and red sauce outside at a little bistro. I zeroed in. I picked up a dozen little necks (the flirtatious fish monger threw in a few extra) and steamed then up in some spicy arrabiatta (fire roasted tomatoes, red pepper flakes, garlic, lemon, splash of wine) and served them with some zucchini spears and the better part of a baguette. This was perfect. I could not have been more satisfied. So satisfied, in fact that I started some research for my thesis project after dining.
Wednesday? Serendipitous Homemade moon shine in the studio of a bluegrass bassist, and Budweiser bottles with a music writer while a bad Beatles cover band played.
Thursday was maybe a little indulgent, oyster sliders, and brisket sandwiches at The Penrose. The sandwich was really supremely good, especially with a McClure's pickle martini.
Friday was a BBQ at the old homestead in NJ. Sweet and spicy BBQ chicken legs, arugula salad with peaches, ricotta with honey, israeli cous cous with lemon and basil. Family. Perfect Provencal table cloth. Loire Valley Sauvignon Blanc.
On Saturday we drove upstate to pick up a friend's car. We checked out future B &B locations and drank local cider in a river near a waterfall. We ate insanely good vegetarian burritos made by incredibly handsome fellas, overlooking a field of flowers for cutting.IDYLLIC.
We bought the most gorgeous produce, nested perfectly into quarts and pints. My haul included hericots verts, eggplant, first baby squash, and enough stone fruit and blueberries to induce a stomach ache.
Upon returning from our mini-road trip, I went to my favorite restaurant maybe in the world, The Belmont Tavern. The service is awful, the wine is awful, the tablecloths are plastic, and there is a screen door. We purposely gave my cousin a wine glass with lipstick on it, to see if he'd test the waitress for a new one. He did, and she groaned, "Jesus Christ" and brought him a new one. But the food? The hand-rolled cavatelli and homemade pot cheese dotted with red sauce? The vinegary, herbaceous, fall of the goddamned bone chicken savoy? It's like from another era. Everything is so fresh and amazing and constant.
On Sunday we went down water slides and had a diving contest. We prepped for an upcoming camping trip (me making 31 Cajun burgers, and marinating serious steaks). And I made a big Sunday meal for everyone, because I love them – ravioli with baby squash, roasted tomatoes, and fresh basil. My aunt walked into a set table, and told me how much she missed me. I miss having people to cook for who really appreciate it. But it's a good reminder to myself to appreciate the meals I make for myself.
July 16, 2012
Hot, Dog.
Long Time, No See
July 10, 2012
It's been a while, I know.
But, i'm back.
It was a long winter, aye? I am just starting to feel able to cook and talk about food again, after an intense semester of full time food-school and work.
Things I did while on hiatus:
- spent a lot of time on commuter trains and buses, which lead to
- moved back to New York City, into a neighborhood that's super new to me
- realized it's probably for the best that I didn't go to business school
- spent a few days working on a farm in Staten Island
- saw a fair amount of shows. Some great (Tune-Yards, Quadron, Holy Ghost, Destroyer) some not so great (SBTRKT, Washed Out)
- committed to growing my hair back, started wearing red lipstick in a meaningful way
1. celebratory promotion dinner at The Dutch (oysters, rabbit pot pie, french fries, champagne)
2. excellent friend dinner at La Silhouette (Fluke carpaccio with salmon roe and dashi, sweet breads, lamb)
3. first meal of official summer at Bahr's (lobster roll, corn on the cob, root beer)
- covered a The Great Googa Mooga for Food is the New Rock at which I ate and drank and danced and met my maybe my favorite living musician, James Murphy,
and felt incredibly drunk-portant. (You should listen to the new Food is the New Rock podcast.)
- spent almost every Sunday from December til May hungover in a library study room
- started drinking beer again
- rode bikes around Key West and went to a drag show with my dad
- upped my dinner party game
- started reading novels and poetry again
- stopped buying so much shit
- fell in love with the East River Ferry, watermelon cocktails, religious plates, red jeans, and Downton Abbey
- decided what I want to be when I grow up (now to figure out where)
- started referring to my late twenties as The Briney Years
That's it in a nutshell. For the summer? Stay tuned for me working away, swimming, liberating shirts of their sleeves and pants of their legs, eating so many peaches, camp cooking, freckling, etc.
On MCA
May 15, 2012
To say that The Beastie Boys are important to me would be a gross understatement.
My favorite, older and wiser cousin who made me mix tapes of The Violent Femmes and Luscious Jackson drove me to Philadelphia the summer before 7th grade to see The Beastie Boys on their Hello Nasty tour. It was hot and I got my first buzz, from my first stadium beer, foamy water in a plastic cup. I yelled, and danced. I fell in love. We drove back through the pine barrens, ate onion rings at Olga's, and as the clocked ticked into the morning, we told Jersey Devil stories.It was the first of many concerts, of many un-girly girls nights with Lyndsey, and the first of many (many) beers.
They were my first favorite band, my devotion evidenced by my middle school wardrobe of Beastie Boys tees and cargo shorts. They were funny, smart, and irreverent – which is how I saw, and how I continue, to see myself. It's funny to me how the boys have stuck with me over the years, and how deeply saddened I was by MCA's passing this weekend. MCA was the impetus for the creation of The Beastie Boys, and was responsible for so many of the things that helped my love for the band become more than a passing phase – from their philanthropic involvement, to their love of this city, to their brilliant music videos.
I think, that from the general public, there was this was this kind of eye-roll when The Beasties' publicly apologized for the errant misogyny in their earlier work. But for a budding feminist, who had been introduced to the band by a strong, smart woman, it felt important. License to Ill came out the year after I was born, and while I loved those songs, they always felt like jokes to me – maybe I just want to believe this, but even as they were rapping about girls doing dishes, they were apologizing to annoyed Brooklyn mothers for doing so.
The older (and punker) I got, I dipped backwards into the Beastie Boys catalog, loving Pollywog Stew and Some Old Bullshit (and Kate Schellenbach – forever and ever). I loved Paul's Boutique, and when the critics panned it, they, in true Beastie fashion went out on their own. I remember where I was exactly the first time I heard At The Drive, all because of Grand Royal Records. The acts on Grand Royal Records, like Cibbo Matto, Bran Van 3000, and Liquid Liquid (god damn, they had a good line-up) opened me up to electronic-driven music that continues to inform how I value music now. MCA's dedication to Freeing Tibet always felt genuine to me, and as I got older and more political, with an ever-bleeding heart, I respected him more and more. There was this sentiment that they didn't give a fuck – until it mattered.
I was meant to see the Beastie Boys at All Points West in 2009, just as Adam Yauch was diagnosed with cancer. Jay-Z filled in for them when they were unable to perform, with one of the best live hip-hop sets I have ever seen. His cover of No Sleep Til' Brooklyn was raw, and loud, and perfect after a soaking wet day of shows. Only after moving to New York could I really see how important this city was to The Boys, and how it informed their music, their videos, their personas. I spent a lot of time in Brooklyn this weekend, maybe on purpose. Friday night outside in a backyard bar, Check Your Head played on vinyl. Bar and restaurant sidewalk clapboards mourned the loss of one of Brooklyn's boys. It felt good to know we were all together in feeling bad about this.
I'll miss you, MCA. You were too young, and too good.
"Dear New York I hope you're doing well
I know a lot's happen and you've been through hell
So, we give thanks for providing a home"
On Bourbon
November 23, 2011
Bourbon is pretty much always on my mind (and breath).
But even more so lately. I saw Joan Didion at the New York Public Library this week, and in fur lined snow boots she spoke about the way that a glass of bourbon "loosens her up" enough to edit, to really "mark up a day's page or writing". Similarly, one glass of bourbon while cooking helps me loosen up enough to not take myself too seriously, to edit (read:ignore) recipes. 4 bourbons loosen me up enough to dance and send (unedited) drunk texts.
My good friend Matt and I had a great ongoing conversation about bourbon this week.
He shares my affinity for brown liquor, Spring Lounge, and Faces.
He blogs about jams at Every Day, Another Song, and was awesome enough to make me a BOURBON DRINKING PLAYLIST.
So because I am thankful for all of you, I am sharing it, along with the recipe for a Maple Pumpkin Old Fashioned, which I will be drinking so hard on Turkey Day.
Get on these!
To make the pumpkin infused bourbon:
1 bottle of bourbon
1/2 cup of pumpkin puree
1 tsp each of : Ceylon cinnamon, ground ginger, and nutmeg
Infuse in a mason jar for 48 hours. Filter through a coffee filter for a clear finished product.
Maple Pumpkin Old Fashioned
2 oz pumpkin infused bourbon
2 dashes of bitters (I am using Fee Brothers Cranberry Bitters)
1 oz maple syrup
splash of water
Shake it! Serve over ice with brandied cherries and a peel of orange .
On Fall Food
November 13, 2011
I am a summer person. I like tee-shirts liberated of their sleeves, the beach, tomato sandwiches, Kohr's soft serve, sweaty bike rides, beach hair, tubing down the creek with a case of cold beer, camping, and general heliotropic behavior.
But that's all over now, we're halfway through the fall and we've already been through Snowtober. That means the oven is back on in full swing – roasted vegetables and slow cooked roasts. It's nice.
Here are some fall food (and drink, of course) jams I am especially fond of, including the cutest hours d'oeuvres ever.
Halve some acorn squash, sprinkle with salt, pepper, and chipotle. Place a pad of butter in each half, drizzile with maple syrup and roast at 400 degrees for 40 minutes.
Apple, Chard, and Onion Chutney
This is so great on some roast pork.
Carmelize a large thinly sliced onion. Add 2 peeled and diced apples, a head of finely chopped swiss chard, a few table spoons of cider vinegar, and some red wine. Reduce over medium heat.
Apple Grey Bourbon Hot Toddys
Yo, ferreal, these are brilliant. Look how pretty that looks! It makes your whole kitchen smell like the dream cabin you imagine for your grown up self. I am not a big scotch fan, so I go bourbon.
Bring six cups of water to an almost boil. Steep with six tea bags to make a good strong tea base. Add 1/2 cup of honey (more if you are down with the sweetness), some super thinly sliced lemons and apples, and bourbon to taste (I used about 3/4 of a bottle because I am a lush).
Pumpkin Prosciutto Blinis
These are so cute and so delicious. I had all of this Trader Joe's Pumpkin Pancake mix, and as we all know I don't care for carby sweets for breakfast. So I decided I would make some savory little snacks. They are salty and a little sweet, with a touch of richness. I love them. Everyone loved them.
Make a some pumpkin pancake batter. (Add a little extra salt, maybe use a little less sugar.) Make tiny little baby buttery blinis, about the size of a silver dollar. Top with creme fraiche, a ribbon of proscuitto, some chopped basil, and a tiny bit of reduced balsamic.
October 30, 2011
That I get to write about booze for school is a testament to the fact that I am totally in the right place.
Here's my most recent piece for my food writing class, a list of my favorite places to drink in NYC this fall.
Not that any true New Yorker needs an excuse for a stiff drink, but there is something about the first crisp days of fall that make us want to curl up with a strong cocktail in a cozy bar. Don't mourn the loss of summer, fellow lushes! Shorter days mean longer evenings to spend sipping the good stuff! From warming cocktails with seasonal spice, to the ultimate hearty bar snacks, to the perfect toasty lounges, here's the perfect guide to autumn imbibing.
- Loreley – 7 Rivington Street – Manhattan – The first Oktoberfest celebrated an Autumn horse race with beer. No one remembers who won, but the important tradition remained: the booze. This Lower East Side beer garden is the best place to enjoy a German Beer and a Brat without the serious crowds of the ever expanding outer-borough gardens. Get there early on a Sunday afternoon to snag a seat at one of the communal picnic tables on the patio. Between the space heaters, the spicy curry wurst, huge wrist-straining mugs of BEERS TK, and the body warmth from the inevitably good-looking strangers who will join your table, you will be toasty and toasted. In light of a long-standing feud between local neighbors, and noisy patrons below, it's best to use one's inside voice, or be prepared for anything the elevated neighbors may (literally) throw at you. Liter beers $14-16 dollars. Currywurst with perfect shoestring fries, $10.
- Forty Four – 44 44th Street – Manhattan – This is a grown up bar. Forty Four, on the ground floor of HOTEL TK with it's long dark wood bars, cozy banquettes against a two-sided fireplace, and strong perfectly crafted cocktails based on famous hotel cocktails the world over makes this a great place for a drink post work, if you can convince your date to navigate Times Square. My favorite? The inside warming Vieux Carre with serious rye whiskey, a few dashes of bitters, and just the aroma of absinthe, that comes with the world's most perfect oversized ice cube. It tastes like a million bucks, and at $18, it kind of is.
- Beecher's Handmade Cheese – 900 Broadway – Manhattan – I can't think of anything better on an Autumn night than a grilled cheese and a steamy bowl of tomato soup. Oh wait, yes I can! Grilled cheese, tomato soup, and VODKA. The buzz on the cocktail from the fromage-o-philes at Beecher's is serious, and pretty warranted. They steep a bunch of grilled cheese sandwiches in good vodka overnight, and then wring the boozey goodness from them. By adding a dollop of tomato, and a Serrano ham rim, they make drinking your dinner seem totally acceptable. $16 for the cheesey boozey goodness.
- Black Mountain Winehouse – 415 Union Street – Brooklyn – For all of us lacking a country house for foliage gazing, there is Black Mountain Wine House, a farmy casual wine bar with a huge stack of firewood outside. The light in this place is perfect, like a golden October sunset, and their fireplace roars on chilly evenings. Their mulled wine is fall in a mug, spiced perfectly with cloves and cardamon. Pair it with a bubbly pot of swiss-style fondue and you've got yourself a perfect evening.
- The Hurricane Club – 360 Park Ave South – Manhattan – Let's face it. Fall weather in New York isn't all sweaters and sunshine. Sometimes it's downright rainy and miserable. The best thing to do? Counter the dreary with a cocktail in an old-school Tiki inspired bar. And the best cocktail to have? The spicy Dark and Stormy made with syrupy delicious Gosling's rum and tangy Barritt's ginger beer. The good folks at The Hurricane Club will even spice up your drink with some extra fresh ginger if you're nice. Pair it with the Peking Duck Tea Sandwiches. $14 for the dark and stormy, and $15 for the delightful peking duck sliders.
- Employees Only – 510 Hudson Street – It's crowded, and it's warm, but that works much better in the fall. Once you get past the pretention of the mixologist, and his bright white chef's coat dramatically working the shakers, to the actual cocktails, all the show seems worth it. The Mata Hari, with it's chai infused vermouth, balanced cognac, and fresh pomegranate juice is as pretty as it is delicious. Tea and booze are great partners! It's like a sexy librarian! If you want to warm up even more, try their Lazy Lover, an exotic combination of jalepeno infused chartreuse, sweet Cachaca, deep Benedictine, and tart lime. It's like alchemy in a glass. Cocktails $18.


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Drive or boat up to this restaurant in the Marina District of the Detroit River. The two-story building with many windows has 36 boat wells available for restaurant guests. Sindbad's ample menu includes Sunday brunch, "man-sized" sandwiches like Sindbad's Special (12-ounce CAB™ New York strip open-face sandwich), and Treasures of the Land and Sea like The Sohar (eight-ounce filet mignon with Sindbad's Zip Sauce) and The Mariner (deep-fried shrimp, scallops, frog legs, and perch). Enjoy a view of the river and Belle Isle from the spacious dining room. Shuttle service is available to downtown events like Tigers games and concerts.
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When do we go to Heaven?
yes yes ! we need to respect her always as we see any others in the Bible.
Mary is not the mother of God: she is the mother of Jesus who is the Son of God----Luke 1:39-45 Amplified Bible (AMP) 39 And at that time Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country to a town of Judah, 40 And she went to the house of Zachariah and, entering it, saluted Elizabeth. 41 And it occurred that when Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with and controlled by the Holy Spirit. 42 And she cried out with a loud cry, and then exclaimed, Blessed (favored of God) above all other women are you! And blessed (favored of God) is the Fruit of your womb! 43 And how [have I deserved that this honor should] be granted to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 For behold, the instant the sound of your salutation reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. 45 And blessed (happy, to be envied) is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of the things that were spoken to her from the Lord.----------Note: John was lifeless in Elizabeth's womb until A Mary who was carrying the Light of the World who is also Mary's Lord came to face to face with an Elizabeth so that the Mary's Lord could breath life into John---and when Jesus spoke to His mother at Calvary: He did not say "mother;" He said "Woman!" ---- John 19:25-28 English Standard Version (ESV) 25 but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold, your son!" 27 Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. The Death of Jesus 28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said ( to fulfill the Scripture), "I thirst." WHEN JESUS SAID "WOMAN" HE WAS TALKING TO MARY AS HER LORD AND HER GOD......


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1 How doth the city sit solitary [that] was full of people! She that was great among the nations is become as a widow; the princess among the provinces is become tributary! | 1 How deserted lies the city, once so full of people! How like a widow is she, who once was great among the nations! She who was queen among the provinces has now become a slave. |
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CBNNews.com - Rep. Maxine Waters deflected criticism Friday for helping a minority-owned bank with financial ties to her husband, receive taxpayer money.
The California Democrat is under sharp scrutiny for possibly using her political influence to help the bank where her husband is a stockholder.
The bank later received $12 million in bailout funds after Waters arranged a meeting between OneUnited Bank representatives and U.S. Treasury officials. Her husband, Sidney Williams, is a board member and stockholder at the troubled bank.
On Friday, Waters dismissed the notion that she could have swayed the Bush administration's decision to give a piece of the bailout pie to the troubled Boston-based bank.
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Waters said the minority-owned bank requested the meeting on behalf of its members.
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WASHINGTON, DC -- The Department of Homeland Security today announced a "supplemental proposed rule" concerning the actions required of employers who receive "no-match" letters from the Social Security Administration. Rather than making changes in the substance of the previous rule, which was enjoined by a Federal District Court, DHS reiterates its same old arguments. The rule's bottom line remains unchanged: employers may believe they have no choice but to fire any employee who cannot resolve within 90 days a social security records discrepancy.
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Keeping your knives sharp not only makes your job as master chef in the kitchen easier and quicker, but much safer too. If your knife is blunt, there's a danger it could slip from the food you're cutting and slice through your fingers.
Refining the already-sharp edge of your knife on a honing steel is a handy interim measure but eventually, depending on how often you use your knives, honing will no longer be enough to keep the blade sharp as the edge degrades with use. One of the safest ways to test whether your knife is sharp enough is to cut through a soft tomato. If it's sharp, it will slice through easily. If it requires pressure to cut, then it's time to run your knife through a sharpener. Eventually your knives may need professional sharpening though, which can be done at most good cookware shops.
To determine which knife sharpeners currently on the market are the best at sharpening and the safest to operate, we put three electric and 13 manual models to the test and found some to be safer than others.
Please note: this information was current as of May 2009 but is still a useful guide to today's market.
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The following models scored the best results in our test.
Full results for all models are shown in the table below.
Scores The overall score is made up of:
Features See What to Look For.
Price Recommended retail, as of April 2009.
Out tester uses a new Victorinox Fibrox 20cm chef knife for each sharpener. Each knife is tested for sharpness on arrival from the manufacturer and is then put through a blunting process. Our tester sharpens each knife according to manufacturers' instructions, however if the desired sharpness is not achieved, it's continued until the edge is found to be sharp.
Performance After sharpening, each blade is assessed by slicing an A4 sheet of paper from the edge (the knife should slice through without tearing), and cutting the skin of a tomato (it should slide through cleanly and smoothly mostly under the weight of the knife).
Ease of use This is a combination of ease of sharpening the knife, ease of reading and following the instructions, and how safe the sharpener is to use.
Price $199
Price $80
Price $115
Price $60
Price $50
Price $32
The remaining models - not included in the What to buy list - are profiled below in rank order.
Price $43
Price $36
Price $30
Price $39
Price $4
Price $40
Price $35
A knife sharpener with one-handed operation is safest, according to our CHOICE tester, as it can't potentially slip and injure the operator. He also discovered safety concerns with some of the models on test.


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