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It's official, some of Victoria's best dining is out of town. Dan Hunter's Brae in Birregurra has earned the coveted Restaurant of the Year title in The Age Good Food Guide and it's just one of many top spots on Victoria's regional culinary landscape.
Across the state, innovative chefs are using the freshest local produce to create an array of groundbreaking local and international dishes. Critics' awards and chefs hats can be found far and wide: from the Great Ocean Road (Gladioli, Chris's Beacon Point, Tulip) to Daylesford (Lake House, Kazuki's) and Dunkeld (Royal Mail Hotel), to the Yarra Valley (Healesville Hotel, Eleonore's), the Mornington Peninsula (Ten Minutes by Tractor) and Mildura (Jim McDougall in Stefano's Cellar).
Taste the best of regional Victoria's fresh, diverse and bountiful local produce at the fine dining establishments below. These restaurants will draw you to places you may never have thought to go to, and to places you may never want to leave.
They say you can't eat awards, but every bite of the east-meets-west cuisine at the increasingly acclaimed Beechworth restaurant is a prize in itself.
Do your best to nab a table at Inverleigh's Gladioli to try Matt Dempsey's sublime cooking, lauded by The Age Good Food Guide and Gourmet Traveller.
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Make time to indulge in the award-winning cuisine and fine wines at this celebrated winery restaurant, listed in the top 50 of the AGT Restaurant Awards.
The well-trod path to the Lake House is worth travelling for perennially innovative food in an inspiring space. Two hats in The Age Good Food Guide.
Dine on international foods in a very Victorian milieu at the justly celebrated Royal Mail Hotel, awarded two hats in The Age Good Food Guide.
You could dine weekly at Bella Vedere in the Yarra Valley and not have the same dish, as the menu is updated to reflect what's ready at local farms.
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Hatted again by The Age Good Food Guide for its high-end seasonal cuisine and low-down country charm, the Healesville continues to wow.
Explore Chateau Yering and adopt old world airs and graces for a luxurious dinner at Eleonore's, awarded a hat in The Age Good Food Guide.
Enjoy award-winning food and wine with magnificent valley views at this Red Hill winery and restaurant hatted by The Age Good Food Guide.
Catch the infectious love of all that's fine, with Montalto's art, design and wine flattering the food, awarded a hat in The Age Good Food Guide.
Located in the Flinders Hotel, Terminus is an award-winning formal dining experience and recipient of a hat from The Age Good Food Guide.
Treat all the senses at Port Phillip Estate, with terroir, design, wine and food in the spotlight, and a well-deserved hat from The Age Good Food Guide.
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Only food this sumptuous could rival the stunning ocean views from the dining room. Deserved winner of a hat in The Age Good Food Guide.
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Re: Please help test the GeForce 8 "nv" driver.
Hi arito,
I'm afraid a lot of the performance problems you're seeing are to be expected. The driver can't accelerate the RENDER extension at all, so all of that is rendered in software. Also, the driver cannot support XV so xine must also fall back to software. Just to be sure, those window trails are eventually repainted with the correct pixels and it's just slow, right? If the corruption stays there indefinitely then that's a bug.
The nv driver runs entirely in user space, so upgrading your kernel or kernel headers shouldn't affect it at all. If you upgrade X, though, you will need to recompile the driver if X fails with "ABI mismatch" errors.
Thanks to everyone for trying this out. Clearly I have a lot of stuff to put into the README.
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The Ramos Circus, which has been around nearly 100 years and has been passed down five generations. visits Bakersfield for about a week before touring California for the rest of the summer.
The circus will perform at the Golden State Mall parking lot off F Street through Sunday with performances Wednesday through Friday at 8 p.m. On Saturday there are shows at 5 and 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2, 5 and 7:30 p.m.
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|1 Pound
|Corn tortillas
|4 (8 Inch Size)
|Skim milk
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Blue cheese
|1 Ounce, crumbled
|Chopped fresh chives
|1 Tablespoon
|Coarsely ground black pepper
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
1. Scrub the potatoes, place them in a medium-size saucepan with cold water to cover and bring to a boil over medium heat. Cover the pan, reduce the heat to low and simmer 20 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender when pierced with a knife. Drain the potatoes and set aside to cool. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 500°
2. Dip each tortilla in a bowl of water, then cut it into 8 triangles. Place the triangles on a baking sheet and bake 3 to 4 minutes, or until crisp. If the tortillas begin to curl, lay another baking sheet on top of them. Reduce the oven temperature to 300°, Return the tortilla triangles to the oven and bake another 2 to 3 minutes, or until golden brown; set aside.
3. When the potatoes are cool enough to handle, peel and quarter them. Place them in a medium-size bowl and mash them, then gradually stir in the milk, cheese, chives and pepper. The mixture should be well blended but not completely smooth.


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not neccessarily - the softer ones surely have a different rebound angle which launches the ball eventually longer, which in turn is percieved as more powerful. i found out that one of the most important aspects is the speed at which the stringbed basically comes back upon impact. some stiff strings will be slow but some of the stiff ones which naturally will have a small deflection will also rebound very fast, thus being pretty powerfull in the sense of energy return - at least this is the way i interpret things and i do not say that the terms used by me are scientifically correct (i'm not a native speaker, so i eventually mess up some of these terms).
I think FGS is on the money with this. Ultimately, it comes down to your rhs. Stiffer strings, if deflected more will have a higher energy return but more acute launch angle. Softer strings, on the other hand, pocket more but have higher launch. Both can be perceived as power.
I've gone from playing a Prestige Mid with Kevlar/AluRough at 58lbs to playing with the 95D at 48lbs with Black 7. Is it powerful? Yes, comparatively, but I'd venture to say that I have more control with the 95D than I did with the Prestige Mid. Before you throw your hands up in the air and label me a heretic, let me qualify. Playing with a mid-range stiffness, lower tension poly allowed me to slow down my swing speed and work on HOW I was hitting the ball instead of how HARD. I no longer rely on bumping up the tension to provide me control.
Oh, and for the record, I hit with an APD strung with Lux Rough/Addiction in the high 50's the other day and was just as capable of putting the ball on court.
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PRLog - Dec. 20, 2011 - ELS/Fredericksburg
Bridge connects UMW with Eagle Landing
ELS/Fredericksburg opened November 7, 2011 on the campus of University of Mary Washington, a coeducational, public college that is ranked as a "Best Buy School" in the Fiske Guide to Colleges 2012.
Located in Fredericksburg, the University is within an hour's drive of both Washington, DC and Richmond, Virginia. This provides students with unique internships, research excursions and recreational opportunities. Students also can head west to see Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains, or east to visit the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean. In addition, the City of Fredericksburg offers an exciting mix of history, culture and recreational activities.
University of Mary Washington
ELS/Fredericksburg is joined by a pedestrian bridge to the campus of University of Mary Washington, a public institution of about 5,000 students. ELS students have full access to university facilities.
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• Forbes.com ranks UMW as the South's eighth best public college in its annual listing of "America's Best Colleges."
• U.S. News & World Report's "2010 America's Best Colleges" ranks UMW # 5 in public universities in the Universities –Master's (South) category, and 11th overall in the Universities – Master's (South) category.
• Plenty of on-campus sports opportunities:
• Incredible facilities: a brand-new ELS building located in Eagle Village, which also includes a secured transportation center, restaurants and retail shops.
• UMW offers a strong undergraduate program with a variety of majors and graduate degrees in Professional Studies, Business Administration, Education and Management Information Systems.
On campus housing and homestays are available.
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Must-click link: What happened to Joe Mauer's defense?
Aug 31, 2012, 12:01 PM EDT
Joe Mauer is doing his usual thing at the plate, hitting .312 with a league-leading .406 on-base percentage and limited power, but the Twins catcher has thrown out just 12 percent of stolen base attempts after coming into the season with a career rate of 35 percent.
Parker Hageman of Twins Daily broke down the video and the numbers to examine what's going on with the three-time Gold Glove winner:
- icanspeel - Aug 31, 2012 at 12:29 PM
Spent too much time on his hair.
- b7p19 - Aug 31, 2012 at 12:40 PM
Oh, cause he was in that commercial….
- ajcardsfan - Aug 31, 2012 at 1:36 PM
No because he took on Troy Polamalu in a hair modeling contest
- heyblueyoustink - Aug 31, 2012 at 12:57 PM
Did anyone check the wood chipper?
- Charles Gates - Aug 31, 2012 at 1:15 PM
He's still hitting well enough to still win the Gold Glove though.
- missthemexpos - Aug 31, 2012 at 2:00 PM
Speaking of hitting well enough, I think Derek Jeter has another Gold Glove sewn up.
- hansob - Aug 31, 2012 at 2:39 PM
How do we not have some sort of Glove-to-Glove stat yet for catchers trying to throw out runners? We've got stats we don't need, but we still don't have a stat that tells us the average time it takes from the ball hitting the catcher's glove for him to get it to the SS/2B glove. Throw in some accuracy measurement, and you have a metric. I know this means actually looking at film, but there aren't THAT many steal attempts per day (maybe 3-5 per game, 50-75 per day?)
Or is there something like that out there?
- b453841l - Aug 31, 2012 at 3:38 PM
I'd venture to say that one of the major reasons is that he no longer has Nick Punto scrapping it up as an everyday player on his team. His headfirst slides in his failed attempts to "steal" first are the sort of thing that make opponents think twice about running.
But seriously, might it be that none of the Twins starters from the beginning of the year are starters anymore? More than likely the young inexperienced pitchers are just worse at holding runners. I'd imagine it also more mentally taxing calling/catching an inexperienced staff with an ever-rotating cast; you just aren't as familiar with the various pitchers and their abilities.
Ultimately, it might just be that the team is so bad overall, he just doesn't care as much. Not as though he's consciously given up, but sort of subconsciously not engaging in the game on the level where he would if those around him were excelling.
- schrutebeetfarms - Sep 1, 2012 at 10:09 AM
Hard to throw out runners when you've become a light hitting first baseman.
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Manjira Wildlife Sanctuary
|Manjira Wildlife Sanctuary
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Migratory birds in the Manjira Wildlife Sanctuary
|Telangana State, India
|17°57′52″N 78°02′22″E / 17.96444°N 78.03944°ECoordinates: 17°57′52″N 78°02′22″E / 17.96444°N 78.03944°E[1]
|20 km2 (4,900 acres)
Manjira wildlife sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary and a reservoir located in Medak district of Telangana State, India.[2] Originally a crocodile sanctuary, today more than 70 species of birds are spotted here and is home for the vulnerable species mugger crocodile. The reservoir, located in the sanctuary, provides drinking water to Hyderabad and Secundarabad.[1][2]
Manjira Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Medak District of Telangana, India. It is located 50 km northwest of Hyderabad. The sanctuary follows the course of river Manjira for 36 km.[2]
This man-made reservoir provides drinking water to Hyderabad and Secundrabad. The reservoir has nine small islands Puttigadda, Bapangadda, Sangamadda, Karnamgadda. These islands contain extensive marshy fringes, which act as nesting sites for waterbirds. Additionally, thick cover of trees also provide nesting spots for birds.[1]
Dry Savannah type of vegetation is found in the sanctuary.The reservoir supports both submergent and emergent types of vegetation. The plant species of Typha, Ipomoea and Acacia cover the periphery of the waterline, while agricultural fields surround the reservoir and the river.[1]
Average temperature of the region is in the range of 15 °C to 42 °C.[1]
Average rainfall of the region is 915 mm.[1]
Flora and Fauna[edit]
The sanctuary is a freshwater ecosystem. The plant species of Typha, Ipomoea and Acacia cover the periphery of the waterline, while agricultural fields surround the reservoir and the river. Some of the major plant species found are Ipomea, Babool, Prosopis, Vallisneria, Eichhornia, Reeds.[1][2]
The sanctuary is a riverine habitat supporting mugger crocodile and fresh water turtles. The sanctuary is home to prawns, molluscs, and fishes like catla, rohu, murrel, eel, karugu and chidwa . Among reptiles, monitor lizard, mugger crocodile, turtles and cobra are present. The Indian hare, wild boar, mongoose and jackal are also present.[2][3]
Around 73 species of birds are present in the sanctuary. A large flock of common teal and cotton pygmy goose is found. Sometimes more than 1,500 ruddy shelduck are seen. Upstream of the Manjeera lake, a large number of cranes and barheaded geese. Fourteen species of birds breed in the sanctuary, some of them are: Darter, Asian openbill, painted stork, Eurasian coot and black-crowned night heron.[1]
In recent time the vulnerable species lesser adjutant and Indian skimmer have been spotted at the sanctuary. The near-threatened species darter, painted stork, Oriental white ibis are also present in the sanctuary.[1]
Some of the other birds found in the sanctuary are : little egret, cormorant, pochard, spoonbill, brahminy duck, pintail, kite, partridge, quail, peacock and Asian openbill.[3]
In 1974, the mugger crocodile had reached the threshold of extinction in Telangana. In Manjira, only four pairs of mugger crocodile were left. To conserve the mugger crocodile, Andhra Pradesh Government established a crocodile sanctuary at this present day site. In the mid-1980s, Manjira became a popular destination for bird watchers and an annual waterbird count was initiated. This led its conversion into a wildlife sanctuary. Today there are about 300 crocodiles in the sanctuary. A crocodile breeding program is also carried out here.[1]
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The sanctuary has an Environmental Education Centre which consists of a museum, a library, and an auditorium. Films about birds and animals are shown daily. Boats are in operation to take the visitors around the sanctuary for bird watching. Binoculars and books on identification of birds are available to visitors.[3][4]
The best season to visit the sanctuary is from November to March when major migrant birds nest and breed here. Accommodation for visitors is available in inspection bungalows at Sangareddy, Singur and Sadasivapet.[2][3]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Important Bird Areas in India - A.P." (PDF). Indian Bird Conservation Network. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f "Manjira Wildlife Sanctuary". Andhra Pradesh Forest Department. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Sanctuary Spotlight". The Hindu. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ "About Manjira Wildlife Sanctuary". http://www.wildlifeinindia.in/. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
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Recon: Advanced Warfighter
Score: 8.0 / 10
Games that market new hardware can sometimes lose focus of their true purpose of creating a great player experience. Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (GRAW) is, if I'm not mistaken, the first game to market to make use of the discreet PhYsX card from Ageia that processes the physics in a game discreetly from your graphics card. While this is a novel idea, it may take some time to catch on depending on the real world improvements that will be seen in games. With this in mind, I was quite surprised to find that there was no marketing flyer or advertisement in the game package. This may not have been a conscious decision by the publisher, however I thought it was good to see that the game wasn't being used as a marketing tool for new hardware.
The original Ghost Recon was my favorite tactical first person shooter. I played through it, and both of the expansion packs with great pleasure. So I was overjoyed to learn that Ghost Recon was finally coming back to the PC after the absence of Ghost Recon 2 for the PC. Advanced Warfighter puts you in the shoes of Scott Mitchell, the Captain of a four person elite unite of Recon soldiers. The storyline follows an insurrection where a Mexican militant is attempting to start a nuclear holocaust by hacking in to and taking control of the nuclear weapons systems of the United States. As Mitchell, you lead your team of "Ghosts" through a series of mission directives in Mexico as you attempt to thwart the Bad Guy's attempt to take over the world. Stock storyline aside, the delivery of the story is smooth enough in its delivery so that it doesn't feel forced. The entire mission takes place in one general location so in between missions, you are briefed on your next objectives in either a helicopter or an armored personnel carrier. These briefings are handled by the game engine so there aren't any cut scenes per se.
The game begins by slowly introducing you to the control scheme, which in my opinion for almost all Ubisoft games, is near perfect. Conceptually, Advanced Warfighter takes place a few years in the future, so technologically, the Ghosts have an interesting mix of toys. As Mitchell, you'll be able to see what your squad mates see in real time via their helmet mounted cameras. In some missions, you will also
have access to a drone that also has a camera that hovers a hundred yards above the battlefield. There is also the satellite imagery that you can access as well. From this combination of tactical data you can issue orders to your squad via the satellite map, or directly in the game. Like the previous Ghost Recon games, issuing orders to your squad is quick, easy and intuitive. This is great because you will need your squad's help to complete the at times difficult, single player campaign.
The weapons in Advanced Warfighter are supposed to be a few years from now, so they aren't the standard weapons that gun buffs will be familiar with. The selection of the weapons is a little bit limited however you are able to customize your own and your squad's weapons and loadouts. The loadout that each squad member can equip is based on weight, however is restricted to include a primary weapon, a secondary weapon, and an auxiliary item. I would have preferred to not have any restrictions on what did and did not have to be equipped. Alternatively, it would have been nice to have the ability to swap loadouts during a mission. There were times in the game where it didn't seem prudent to trust the squad AI to complete some of the more specific tasks that I ordered, such as sniping a specific target, or taking out a tank with a rocket. In those cases, I wish that I could have equipped the sniper rifle or the rocket launcher to execute the kill myself. However, with the weight and loadout restriction, this wasn't possible, or at least not prudent as selecting the rocket launcher and the sniper rifle as your loadout at the beginning of the mission would exclude the possibility to equip any assault rifles or submachine guns; weapons far more versatile on the battlefield.
Warfigher for the PC is different from the Xbox 360 in that there is no
pulled back 3rd person view; the only available viewpoint is the
standard first person view. While more natural, it would have been nice
to be able to step outside your characters view to get a better look
at the excellent visuals. And make no mistake, the visuals are excellent
to behold as is the complementary auditory presentation. The entire
presentation really pulls you in, giving you a rush of adrenaline in a
firefight. Pulling you further into the game, you are able to perform
cool moves like running and diving into a prone position behind cover or
running and sliding into a crouching position.
The actual gameplay for GRAW is like most tactical shooters. If you don't take your time and execute your strategy perfectly, you'll spend a lot of time loading up your save games. In many other games, I find this frustrating, however with GRAW, although the game is very unforgiving should you decide to run and gun, the satisfaction of executing a perfect assault and recon strategy is very satisfying. The AI of your squad is also very good which helps. They will fire when they see enemies, cover each other's movements, and secure positions of strength, all without you having to babysit them through the process. The enemy AI is also fairly devious as they will pin you under suppressing fire and attempt to flank your position. This makes for some fabulously intense chess match like firefights as you attempt to outflank your enemy.
One thing that detracts a little from the single player experience is how the game is scripted with its spawn points. Enemies always spawn in a certain spot when you reach a given area. As such, if you die, you can easily load again, and watch for that one enemy that killed you to advance to the next area. Although handy in a game, this somewhat undermines the point of creating a tactical game. If you are aware of where your enemies will be ahead of time, the challenge of trying to plan for the unknown or unexpected becomes nonexistent.
Although fairly short, I found that the single player campaign was challenging enough to last quite a few hours of entertainment. After that, there is of course the multiplayer component of the game which will likely be the primary draw for many. Unfortunately, this part of the game seems a little bit weak in terms of options as there is only a domination mode and a co-operative mode where you play single player missions with other players. While I don't mind games that focus on delivering a great single player experience first, from a value standpoint, GRAW may not offer as much replay value as it could have.
Ghost Recon has been my favorite series for tactical shooters since the first series of the game was released. It's not impossible to play if you aren't a perfect infantry tactician, while still placing a heavy emphasis on proper strategy on the battlefield. The presentation of the game adds to the level in which you are drawn in to the game, and fans of tactical shooters should love it. If you aren't a fan of tactical shooters, Advanced Warfighter may or may not change your mind. However, because it keeps the heart of the gameplay like the original game in the series, it may just turn you into a fan of the genre as the original turned me into a fan of the genre.
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Deftly illuminates the 'possibilities in our past' while addressing the complex struggles of women and citizens in more recent times.
Radio "shock jocks," Super Bowl entertainment, music videos, and internet spam—all of these topics inspire passionate disagreements about whether and how to regulate sexually explicit material. But even in the midst of heated debate, most people agree that children should be shielded from exposure to pornographic images. Why are children the focal point of debates over sexually explicit material? And how did a culture rooted in Puritanism and Victorianism become saturated with sex?
In Against Obscenity, Leigh Ann Wheeler offers new answers to these questions through a study of women's anti-obscenity activism from 1873 to 1935. This period saw the emergence of an increasingly sexualized popular culture comprised of burlesque shows, risqué vaudeville acts, and indecent motion pictures. It also witnessed the enfranchisement of women. These momentous cultural and political developments come together in a story about middle- and upper-class women who mobilized against lewd public amusements and, simultaneously, challenged the men whose work as activists, jurors, and even law enforcement officials, had defined and regulated obscenity for several decades.
By the 1920s, women who led the anti-obscenity movement enjoyed the support of millions of American women and the attention of presidents, congressmen, and Hollywood moguls. Today we live in a world profoundly shaped by their work but largely ignorant of their influence. Using primary sources as intimate as private correspondence and as formal as meeting minutes, Against Obscenity tells the story of these all but forgotten women, exploring their passionate disagreements over whether to ban a touring stage show, close a local burlesque theater, disseminate explicit sex education pamphlets, or create a federal agency to regulate Hollywood films. It shows that the rise and fall of women's anti-obscenity leadership shaped American attitudes toward and regulation of sexually explicit material even as it charted a new era in women's politics. In the end, the book argues that essentialist identity politics divided and ultimately disarmed women's anti-obscenity reform, helping us understand the curiously muted impact of woman suffrage. It also cautions against framing debates over sexual material narrowly in terms of harm to children while highlighting the dangers of surrendering discourse about sexuality to the commercial realm.
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Deftly illuminates the 'possibilities in our past' while addressing the complex struggles of women and citizens in more recent times.
The study gives a very good sense of the anti-obscenity reform activity and concern in the period under study.
This is a very good book about an important topic.
Wheeler's impressively researched study is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of anti-obscenity reform and women's activism in general.
What constitutes obscenity is a contentious issue, and Wheeler makes it clear that historically, it has been dangerous ground for feminists... Her analysis is convincing.
What constitutes obscenity is a contentious issue, and Wheeler makes it clear that historically, it has been dangerous ground for feminists... Her analysis is convincing.
Wheeler's account of the anti-obscenity campaign illuminates the importance of gender to that history; she seamlessly explores the movement as it shifted from the local to the national level; and she meticulously recounts the day-to-day struggles women faced. Along the way, she draws on an impressive list of archival sources to reconstruct women's involvement in the campaign, provides a detailed account of the victories and hardships women experienced as they attempted to shape the... anti-obscenity movement, and offers a thoughtful and well-argued addition to a growing number of studies about women activists and how their concerns for mothers and children shaped public policy.
A welcome addition to the growing historiography of obscenity and censorship. In its solid research, Wheeler's book is [also] an important addition to the historiography of grassroots struggles over free speech and other rights in twentieth-century America.
— Lisa K. Boehm
— Cynthia Eagle Russett
— Hiroshi Kitamura
— Encarna Trinidad
— Rebecca J. Mead
— Christine Erickson
Tells the complicated and compelling story of women's meteoric rise to prominence in competing branches of the anti-obscenity movement prior to and immediately following passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, and their arguably more rapid exit from the scene during the late 1920s and early 1930s... A superbly written book.
In this important book, Leigh Ann Wheeler examines a little-discussed corner of popular culture, women's campaigns to regulate 'obscenity' in the late 1800[s] and early 1900s. Those interested in issues of obscenity and the development of the concept of free speech in the United States will find Wheeler's work compelling.
Wheeler has uncovered a fascinating chapter in the story of women's perennial attempts to protect children and vulnerable young women from the dangers of commercial vice. Her study considers several of these dangers, such as prostitution and burlesque shows, but focuses above all on the new medium of film.
|Preface and Acknowledgments
|Introduction. Crossing the Great Divide: Women, Politics, and Anti-obscenity Reform
|"Protect the Innocent!": Men, Women, and Anti-obscenity Reform, 1873-1911
|Dressing Elsie: Women's Theater Reform, 1912-1919
|"Censorship Does Not Protect": Women's Motion Picture Reform, 1919-1922
|"Woman vs. Woman": The Leading Ladies of Motion Picture Reform, 1923-1930
|"We Don't Want Our Boys and Girls in a Place of That Kind": Women's Burlesque Reform, 1925-1934
|"Thinking as a Woman and of Women": Sex Eduction, Obscenity's Antidote, 1925-1934
|"Sinful Girls Lead": Crises in Women's Motion Picture Reform, 1932-1934
|"'Catholic Action' Is Blazing a Spectacular Trail!": The Collapse of Women's Anti-obscenity Leadership, 1934-1935
|Conclusion. Anti-obscenity Reform and Women's History
|List of Abbreviations
|Note on Sources


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Agree with the salt issue: I didn't read all the comments first so didn't realize the problem--will cut that in half next time. I added 2 tablespoons of good quality maple syrup and 1 and half teaspoon of real vanilla extract to the agave. Would be helpful for the recipe to note that granola comes out of the oven a bit wet but that it dries/crisps up immediately as it cools--will help people know not to add time and overcook.
Quite good, simple, granola recipe. I used honey & sliced almonds, but no dried fruit due to kid issues. Next time might add orange zest or up the cinnamon a bit. Watch the oven - mine browned quite a bit by 25mins... but it might be my whole oats. For those of you commenting about salt, know that kosher salt and table salt are not subbed 1:1. Try it with 1 tsp. http://www.mortonsalt.com/for-your-home/culinary-salts/salt-conversion-chart
Great granola! This is a light, crisp granola though it did not "clump" as I usually prefer, it was perfect in milk or on top of yogurt. Used maple instead of agave and decreased salt as suggested by reviews.
added a bit more coconut, and omitted the fruit--YUM!!!
I made this recipe just as directed and it is great!! It was the first granola I made and am so happy. I was concerned it would not crisp up but it did like a champ.
This is a great recipe. I added 1/2 cup more seeds: a mix of pumpkin and flax, more nuts (a total of 2 cups) and cut the salt in half. The crunch added by the egg white is very nice. I also prefer almonds due to the crunch factor.
Super yummy and easy to make!!! Instead of syrup I used honey and it came out delicious. By far the best granola I've ever made! =)
Excellent granola! Very easy to make. I triple the batch as my kids and husband eat it very fast. I add is a little extra cinnamon. Usually use honey for sweetener. Sometimes I use maple syrup. Use whatever nuts i have on hand.
One of the best granolas I've ever made, and I've made a lot. Thanks to the reviews, I did reduce salt to 1tsp. Even then, it seemed salty before baking it, but once it crisped up it was fine. It does seem like a recipe you could easily tweak for your preferences. I really liked the agave in it, but I know I also love maple in granola. The egg white adds unusual crunch. All around good!
Totally delicious ... i haven't changed granola recipes since some time in the 1970s when we all "discovered" the Harvard (or Cornell?) recipe! This one is super -- Agave is too silly for me, so I used brown sugar and maple syrup and love those flavors. But... the headline on this makes a big deal of using an egg white to keep down the calories, and then there's no mention of a calorie count? I supposed I can figure it out myself, but wouldn't it make sense to include it in the recipe as written?