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May 29 2009
Day Three, Part One
I've been in New York City with Marlboro Man and the girls for 72 hours, and I haven't even come close to tiring of any of it. I love this city so much. I love the walking. I love the street carts. I love that every woman you see has a scarf around her neck.
I hate the cab rides, but I'm prone to motion sickness and that's my issue, not New York's.
We had originally planned to go to the Statue of Liberty Thursday morning, but we didn't make it to the Staten Island Ferry at 8:00 sharp and my husband, Clark Griswold, said there was no sense in going if we couldn't be the first ones there.
Truth be told, I think he's not crazy about crowds.
But you know what? I'm going to cut him some slack. He's lived in the country for 9/10 of his life.
Anyway, we wound up going to the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, an enormous aircraft carrier on Pier 86.
Our tour began on the submarine, which started small…and got smaller and smaller as we passed through it.
It was a claustrophobe's worst nightmare.
This is one of the toilets on the submarine.
I think I'd just have to hold it for the duration of the three-month journey. This is just way, way too small.
So here's the kind of thing I do. When the tour guide explains that three men would share one bunk (he pointed out the three lockers per bed), I look all aghast and say, "Seriously? Well…did they all, like, have to sleep on their sides so they could fit?"
Then Marlboro Man says, "Uh…no, honey. They…have…different…shifts." And his voice slows down to a crawl so that I can understand. And I suddenly feel all exposed and lost.
And really, I felt happy for the guys. Three at once would have been extremely uncomfortable.
The space gradually became smaller as we moved through.
This was the something-something-something room. I can't remember. Lots of buttons.
All I know is, submarines are tight!
But look! I made a new friend. He was the only other person in our group and his name is Zhao. I thought he said "John", and that's what I called him the whole time.
Zhao is a student from China, and he was just seeing the sights and enjoying life in general.
And he had a Nikon around his neck.
And this is the other something-something-something room.
I'm going to call it Steerage.
My gracious, but the submarine was tight.
How many of you are experiencing difficulty breathing right about now?
Be honest. I won't tell anyone.
This is another official-looking room. I'm going to call it control command HQ 10-4 ASAP.
Here's the main kitchen, and here's what I found out:
a) The stove was electric
b) They avoided cooking with grease…
c) I really want this big, honkin' mixer. Oh, what I could do with this mixer.
Check it out! This is the regular mess hall. Game tabletops! SO innovative for the fifties, when the ship was built.
Here's one of the regular bunk areas. My girls really had to fight the urge to hop into one of the bunks and take a five minute nap.
New York is exhausting! We've been tired ever since we arrived.
But it's a delicious kind of tired.
Zhao had me take a few photos with his camera…and I snapped a few with my own.
"Don't worry," I said. "I'll just put it on my own personal website. No one's gonna see it."
So Zhao, have you ever heard of a calf nut?
Never mind. Please don't consider me representative of this great nation. In fact, it might be best if you just forget you ever met me.
Zhao was pretty much a stud.
Of the across-the-ocean variety.
(I still think his name should be John, though.)
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Lorri Stacy On Friday, May 29 at 6:03 am
How Cool. What a blast! So was that a no to the calf nut question?
Keep on havin fun!
Renee On Friday, May 29 at 6:04 am
What a cool adventure you guys are on!
Stacey On Friday, May 29 at 6:05 am
I'm so glad you are enjoying your stay. I live about 1.5hrs north and still haven't seen everything our great city has to offer. Enjoy!
Deb. On Friday, May 29 at 6:06 am
oh how you crack me up!
I would have never ever ever gotten in that thingy. I'm with MM, but would love to experience NY once.
Missy On Friday, May 29 at 6:06 am
I've been to NYC only once and missed The Intrepid. Thanks for your photos!
Melissa On Friday, May 29 at 6:07 am
When will I ever be first!
Julie On Friday, May 29 at 6:08 am
I don't do small spaces!
But, I bet MM and the girls loved it!
Have you guys been to Ground Zero yet?
Stay safe and have fun!
Julie in OK
christy On Friday, May 29 at 6:10 am
I'm lovin' the mixer!!!
Traveldoc On Friday, May 29 at 6:10 am
When you asked him about the calf nuts, I'm pretty sure Zhao heard half nuts, as in half loony.
MelissaF On Friday, May 29 at 6:11 am
Yeah, I'm not too fond of small spaces myself. We took a short submarine ride when we were in Hawaii. If you think the spaces are tight now, imagine being underwater! Don't think I'll be doing that anytime again soon. I love seeing pictures of your adventures in the Big Apple. You all are doing a lot!!
Stacey On Friday, May 29 at 6:11 am
Just saw you ate at Del Frisco's! Best steak & lobster in the whole city! One of the nights we ate there, they had a lobster tail that had been flown in that day from New Zealand – the tail itself was something like 2lbs and cost a small fortune – but was sooooo worth it!
MrsKish On Friday, May 29 at 6:12 am
What a cute kid he is!
Rebecca On Friday, May 29 at 6:16 am
Oh, what fun!!! I want that mixer toooo!!! But I could NEVER spend much time in a place so small!! Yuck!
roxie broussard On Friday, May 29 at 6:16 am
Anyone have a brown paper bag. I can't breath.
SarahW On Friday, May 29 at 6:16 am
"No one will ever see it!" ha ha! lol….
danita On Friday, May 29 at 6:17 am
Yes, those submarines are horrifying, and yes, I could barely breathe while looking at your pics of it…. I had a flashback! funny about the bunks, though! NYC is grand, but the country is GRANDEUR!
hana On Friday, May 29 at 6:17 am
Here in the City of Angels, I'm glad you survived the submarine in the Big Apple. Zhao looks like he is well prepared for New York with the straps of electronic equipment (there also seems to be a Olympus on his neck), but I suppose nothing can prepare you being asked by a redhead, "Do you know what a calfnut is?" LOL
Ellen in NY On Friday, May 29 at 6:17 am
I've toured a submarine in Connecticut. I didn't care for it much either. Looks like you are having a great time!!!
You gotta get to Serendipity for the frozen hot chocolate!!!!
slyeyes On Friday, May 29 at 6:17 am
I would have voted for the Statue of Liberty with crowds over a walk through a submarine. But Zhoa is cute.
Ellen On Friday, May 29 at 6:19 am
I was having a panic attack just reading this post.
Rebecca On Friday, May 29 at 6:21 am
I'm not going to do this. Nope. Too teeny.
Ling On Friday, May 29 at 6:21 am
How I wish I was Zhao !
Its not everyday to see Ree in real person
Patti On Friday, May 29 at 6:22 am
I suddenly need to go outside and breathe fresh air…
CJ On Friday, May 29 at 6:25 am
Bunk beds. Agh. I remember the days of wacking my noggin getting out of bed when sleeping in the lower bunk. Can't be too tall…nothing over three feet.
And I'm 5'8″.
Have fun in the city for the remainder of your stay. It's a fabulous city.
Kathleen On Friday, May 29 at 6:26 am
Climbing up the Statue of Liberty is no exercise in wide spaces either! Next time do the Statue and Ellis Island together. I promise you you guys will love it. The Statue is fine, Ellis Island is awesome
Becky from Canada On Friday, May 29 at 6:26 am
I would have had to sit that one out. Can't wait to see your post on Lady Liberty. So much fun Ree!
FLWendy On Friday, May 29 at 6:29 am
My husband was on Subs for the beginning of his Naval career. Being under the water in one of those things couldn't have been comfortable for my 6'2″ honey. Glad he's done with that.
Patra On Friday, May 29 at 6:30 am
WOW!!! Thanks Ree, I had a cousin who lived on a sub 15 months at a time. ( I think, I know it wasa REALLY long time )He was an honest god nuclear scientist!! Looks aweful for him!!! I had NOOOO idea how cramped it really is!!
Lisette On Friday, May 29 at 6:31 am
Thanks for the virtual tour…
Chris On Friday, May 29 at 6:31 am
These pictures aren't nearly as claustrophobic as yours.
Nor are they as neat.
To me…
because I'm a meteorologist. And I'm a nerd.
Weather Moose
Southern Gal On Friday, May 29 at 6:32 am
We're history nuts and love touring old battlegrounds, ships and subs near us. Lots of Civil War stuff in our great state. But yeah, claustrophobic doesn't even begin to describe it when I go through the sub at Patriot's Point in Charleston. IT'S SO tiny.
Love the tour!
Theresa in Alberta On Friday, May 29 at 6:33 am
Glad to meet ya Zhao! Thankyou Ree and family for taking us (me) along on your excellant adventure. I think I need to go outside now and be very THANKFULL for wide open spaces!!!!!!
Linda M. On Friday, May 29 at 6:34 am
Oh my goodness, Ree, I'm actually fighting to get my breath! How did you do that? I can't imagine……..I had to throw a little (??) fit of sorts in Disney World on the 20,000 (or whatever) under the sea………it was …well……way too small. I don't think I would fit down there now.I wonder if they'd tell me when I was in line ………OK, I'm going in a whole other direction………nevermind…….have a wonderful rest of trip!
Karen On Friday, May 29 at 6:36 am
Great pics- thanks for bringing all of us along- what great memories are being created for your girls!
Becky On Friday, May 29 at 6:36 am
How lovely. I hope you gave Zhao your website so he could share it with the folks back home… "This is the crazy cow lady I met while touring a submarine ship in NYC!"
Munchiedog On Friday, May 29 at 6:36 am
Ms. Griswold, you make me laugh. John seems so happy with his new found friend.
PatW On Friday, May 29 at 6:40 am
Fifties sub? Yes, tight– just two decades removed from Das Boot. Funny story– a German naval cadet toured an American sub in the 1930's. He did not see how anybody could live in such tight quarters. Then when he began training on a German boat, he realized that the American was a luxury liner by comparison.
I won't go into the toilet situation on a WWII German boat. You don't want to know.
Miss Lila in Atlanta On Friday, May 29 at 6:42 am
Zhao is pretty cute. Have you invited him to the Lodge yet? Does he cook?
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StephanieSays On Friday, May 29 at 6:42 am
Good job having great fun!
Not that I would ever doubt you all wouldn't be!
Your posts make me anxious for more vacation time with the kids
Marla On Friday, May 29 at 6:42 am
"And really, I was felt happy for the guys."
Is "felt happy" like a super fuzzy, furry, soft kind of happy?
Just kidding. Enjoy NY!
missy On Friday, May 29 at 6:44 am
Makes me appreciate the men who lived on those subs.
Stacey On Friday, May 29 at 6:44 am
I love your captions to your photos-it's exactly how I would think!
Lorrie On Friday, May 29 at 6:44 am
You crack me up. It's going to be nice for the weekend!
Sandy On Friday, May 29 at 6:47 am
LOL, girl you are hilarious. And just between you and me, I was thinking the same thing that you asked, 3 shared a bunk! Good think MM was there to explain it to us!! ha,
OK, when my Dad first went in to the Military during WWII, he went in the Navy, bless his heart, he was on a submarine, one of the ones that is now in Mobile, I think. He spent 4 yrs there. When his time was up and he decided to make the military his career, he went the other way and joined the AF so he wouldn't be in such confined quarters. Wow, interesting epiphany I just had.
StuffMomsWant On Friday, May 29 at 6:48 am
You had more fun hanging with Zhao that you did on that boring ol' submarine didn't you? As for the sub, no way you could get me to hang out in that tin can for months on end. No. Way.
Jodi Anderson On Friday, May 29 at 6:49 am
How fun!!!
My hubby was on submarines early in his Navy Career. Being 6'3″ he always came home with a bump on bruise on his forehead. There was one stairwell, that if he turned the corner too quickly he would crash his head into a pipe hanging down. You would think he would learn after a few hits! )
Did they tell you that the Officer's Mess is also the operating table in case of emergencies? I was over 9 months pregnant(and in labor) and we took my parents on a tour of my hubbies sub – one of the cooks, said, "you know you could make the news today – if you just stay here and have the baby here on the table!"
Oh, yea- 15 minutes of fame is really not that important to me.
Have a great time! I miss the city too!
Heather On Friday, May 29 at 6:49 am
 I always THOUGHT i wouldn't like to be on a submarine; now I KNOW.
Way too tight.
Kathy W. On Friday, May 29 at 6:49 am
Too funny, I have been really enjoying looking at your NYC pics! I grew up an hour out of the city (yes, people around here DO call it The City rather than New York…) and now live about 2 hours north of it. It amazes me that I still have not seen all it has to offer! I think I need to get down there for a day soon, I'm in withdrawal! Thanks for sharing! Enjoy the rest of your trip!
Megan On Friday, May 29 at 6:49 am
Ree – Just to let you know (as a native Islander) – the Staten Island Ferry goes to Staten Island, is free, big n' orange, and runs all day (and night), every half hour until midnight. Go to the second level, right hand side of the boat, and sit outside and get a free view of Ellis and Liberty Islands. When you get to SI, get off the boat, go through the terminal, and get on the boat going back (though I'm from there, nothing to really see…) My personal recommendation would be to go at dusk, it's really pretty to see the city all lit up on the way back. The Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Ferry is in the park to the right of the SI Ferry terminal. You can book tickets online in advance, so you don't have to queue with everyone else! Hope that helps, and that you're enjoying your trip!
Jan C. On Friday, May 29 at 6:50 am
I honed right in on the mixer, too. Who cares about the rest of the sub? I want to see that thing's "planetary motion" in motion!
Robin On Friday, May 29 at 6:51 am
Rhee, visit a Hobart site for the mixer. Something makes me want to say Hobart was the original maker of Kitchen Aids but I am not sure why I want to say that is true… Our church has one of those mixers for our pierogie making every week. It's been going strong for the 30 years I've been married…and before. Really, they're not much more pricey than a good camera but a lot less portable and they last forever. While you are there, check out one of their slicers too. I want me one of THOSE!
As to submarines. They feed those boys on subs GOOD FOOD because they don't have anything else for them to do when they are underwater for 3 months at a time and don't see light, fun etc. All they have is good eats. And they get them. My DH went to nuclear power school in the Navy to man nuclear subs…never was stationed for a long period on a sub though. He's 6'5″ tall and about 240. Too big for subs. But while on one he said the food was pretty legendary for Navy food.
Chris B. On Friday, May 29 at 6:53 am
I don't know how you are doing all of this site seeing AND all of this blogging… Are you sleeping!!?? Take a break Ree, it is a vacation! haha.. but i do love seeing it all.
sheila On Friday, May 29 at 6:53 am
// Then Marlboro Man says, "Uh…no, honey. They…have…different…shifts." And his voice slows down to a crawl so that I can understand. And I suddenly feel all exposed and lost. //
This made me laugh out loud!!!
Rachel D. from the MN On Friday, May 29 at 6:53 am
Just the Craziness
flutterby On Friday, May 29 at 6:55 am
Can we assume, Ree, that you did NOT tour the sub in 4-inch heels?
BTW, I hate taxis too and always either take the subway or walk to my destination. Subways are so interesting – there was the time I rode with Tibetan monks – the Dalai Lama was in town.
Leigh On Friday, May 29 at 6:55 am
Thanks for sharing the sub tour. How convenient for us to be able to go on such a tour and never leave our home!
Have fun in NYC!!
Melissa On Friday, May 29 at 6:56 am
Isn't New York the best??? There is such an energy there that you can't describe it, you have to feel it. Thanks for the pictures. I can't wait to go back!
Sandy On Friday, May 29 at 6:57 am
Oh and Hello "John".
I'm so glad ya'll got to go to NYC!
Emme On Friday, May 29 at 6:59 am
the last time i was in new york and went to the statue and ellis island it was raining and the wind was HORRIBLE! made the ferry ride very interesting….watch out for the motion sickness. it almost got me!
ann elise On Friday, May 29 at 7:00 am
Wow, you are an amzing storyteller! I felt like I was right there with you, feeling a bit cramped and very unwilling to sit in that potty.
Thena On Friday, May 29 at 7:01 am
Reminds me of the mixer we used when I worked in a Pizza place. We used it to mix big batches of dough and had to have room for the yeast to rise. And someone else said Hobart, yes that's the brand of commercial mixers.
Michelle On Friday, May 29 at 7:01 am
You crack me up. 'They have different shifts'….still laughing
Liz On Friday, May 29 at 7:02 am
LOL. I have to admit I was thinking the same thing as you when I read that three guys had to share a bunk. And I was also relieved to find out the truth.
My brother went into the Navy in order to work on submarines…until he was actually in one. Way too claustrophobic for him. Now I see why.
Love the pics and the stories!
Aila D. On Friday, May 29 at 7:03 am
Sounds like you guys are having a great time!!
mango On Friday, May 29 at 7:04 am
I love the daily updates of NYC, thank you! I thought I'd share my handy Google Map for my favourite spots, too – esp. in the Village because I noticed you haven't hit up any cupcake places!
Keep having fun and posting lots of pictures!
Ashley On Friday, May 29 at 7:04 am
Awesome! Looks like it was fun and quite interesting!
Sewfordough On Friday, May 29 at 7:05 am
Wow, I can't imagine living in those tight quarters for more than a minute or two. I don't think I'll ever complain about a small house again. We've got it made. I loved the mixer too. Bet you could whip up an incredible batch of cookie dough and it would feed an army. Who needs to bake it?
Melody On Friday, May 29 at 7:05 am
I love your trip… I wanna come with ya!
sophie On Friday, May 29 at 7:07 am
ok-so I'm crazy jealous of this trip you're on….or I should say pretty crazy jealous – claustrophobe is my middle name..and yes, my breathing changed following your pictures and I'm not kidding!
my sister lived for a long time in NYC so I had the luxury of many visits-not so much these days..enjoy!!
Sigga On Friday, May 29 at 7:08 am
Yikes! Small spaces! Lot's of buttons! Nightmare… Have fun in NY :o)
Chris Wei On Friday, May 29 at 7:10 am
MM was right bout being the early birds in the queue. My friend and I almost didn't make it on the last ferry and when we got to Staten Island, the gates to the observation deck were closed!
Marla Vendret On Friday, May 29 at 7:10 am
I think you'd enjoy Cleveland, OH. There's the Rock n Roll Museum, Botanical Gardens, Natural History Garden, Museum of Art, tours on a submarine and huge cargo ship, etc. all in one centralized location off Euclid Avenue. Add to it, Lake Erie's beaches and you'd have a great time.
I've been to NY many times and I'm thrilled that your family is getting a similiar opportunity.
Carla On Friday, May 29 at 7:10 am
We've been on a couple of submarine tours. The Hubby can't seem to get enough of them, battleships too.
NY can be exhausting, walking-wise. We were there in October and my feet were killing me.
Diane On Friday, May 29 at 7:12 am
Don't miss Lady Liberty! Who knows how long they will keep the crown open. As someone has said, it gets narrower and closer and tighter as you go up, and the viewing platform in the crown is impossibly tiny, but it's fun. How exactly they got the double helix stairways in there, I don't know, but it works well!
Patricia On Friday, May 29 at 7:14 am
You make friends where ever you go !!
Jenni in KS On Friday, May 29 at 7:15 am
I'm claustrophobic, enochlophobic, and agoraphobic. I used to get freaked out by sleeping in a pup tent, I avoid the Wichita River Festival though I love people in much smaller groups, and I have serious control issues. Your posts about NYC are really stressing me out. I'm glad y'all are enjoying it though. And really, I don't allow my issues to develop into full blown phobias. I would take a trip to NYC (on a plane even) just to exert a little control over my fears–and see some new and interesting things. (Um, control issues again.) I do love experiencing new things.
(ACK! I think I just swallowed a bug with my morning coffee! Not the type of new experience I enjoy! Gag, sputter, yack!)
There was something else I wanted to say about this post. Oh yes! HOBART mixer! http://www.hobartcorp.com/products/food-preparation/mixers
Yeah, baby! That's what I'm talkin' about! (Insert Tim Taylor chortle here.)
Hallie On Friday, May 29 at 7:16 am
My John would DIE a quick death in that submarine. He gets claustraphobic if someone stands too close to him.
jazzi On Friday, May 29 at 7:17 am
I'm pretty sure I would have been breaking into a cold sweat about halfway through that. And I would have asked the same question about the three guys sleeping in the bunks, too…
Gayle On Friday, May 29 at 7:18 am
Oh, Ree, that looks so fun! We haven't been to the Intrepid in years. My hubby doesn't like crowds either.
Julie On Friday, May 29 at 7:19 am
My husband says that when three men share a bed (not simultaneously, obviously is called hot racking. He says he never had to do that. He had the luxury of having his own bed when he was in the navy. He also said that his sub did not have checker boards on the tables. The sub he was on was build in the 60's, so maybe they decided that they didn't need fun and games by the time they built the one he was on.
Loving your New York trip!
jill On Friday, May 29 at 7:19 am
yeah, I would have thought the same thing about the 3 guys in one bunk too….
Traci Best On Friday, May 29 at 7:20 am
I'm glad you took lots of pictures so I could see this…because I would NEVER go on this tour myself! Well, first of all I couldn't…I wouldn't fit down there! BUT even if I did miraculously lose weight…I still wouldn't go! I couldn't handle it!
Karen On Friday, May 29 at 7:20 am
submarines are cool aren't they – I wouldn't want to serve time on them but my DH was a submariner for 3 1/2 years – 3 months on duty, 3 1/2 months off duty so he lived for about 18 months or so total under water! I have been on a tour but sure wouldn't have wanted to live on it!!
How come the boys didn't go to NYC?
Cindy On Friday, May 29 at 7:23 am
What a cute boy! And yes, I could hardly breathe looking at the photos…….gasp, gasp. You really make me laugh first thing in the morning!!!! Love it!!!
Gwen Brown On Friday, May 29 at 7:23 am
Ree…the sub is tight, but those windows in the top of Lady Liberty's crown? They're the size of chicklets. Seriously. And you're stuck in a tiny spiraling staircase with hundreds of other claustrophibic lemmings for like 2 hours just to get up to look out the chicklet sized windows. And then you get to go back DOWN the tiny spiralaling staircase.
Not worth it!!! Lady Liberty is lovely from the ferries.
Amanda Lucero On Friday, May 29 at 7:24 am
I couldn't imagine staying in that thing for months on end. I'm getting sweaty just thinking about it! LOVE the calf nut question. And I love how you blog!!!
Cici On Friday, May 29 at 7:24 am
I've also toured a submarine and felt claustrophobic with the TIGHT quarters!! Cannot imagine living 3 month stints aboard ship. Love the open country in Oklahoma!! And, I am with MM about the crowds!!
Kim K On Friday, May 29 at 7:25 am
So glad to find you've posted again!
I'm loving your vacation!
Pam On Friday, May 29 at 7:25 am
Sounds like you're having an awesome time. I'd love to tour the Intrepid. My grandfather served on the Intrepid during WWII. I just wish he was still around to go on the tour with me.
Carin C On Friday, May 29 at 7:25 am
I took my kids to visit the USS Alabama (it's a battleship from WWII) on Memorial Day and there was a submarine there, too. (Also from WWII) Very cramped! And it smelled like diesel in there. I didn't like it very much. Couldn't stop thinking about how easily it could become a watery tomb for the men that work on subs.
Abigayl On Friday, May 29 at 7:25 am
These pics are great- I'll have to check out the Intrepid soon!
Bill On Friday, May 29 at 7:26 am
WOW! makes me homesick. I rode submarines for 10 yrs (the world goes away for months at a time – great stress reducing vacation) Lets go to crews mess and play a game of acey-duecy.
Laurie On Friday, May 29 at 7:27 am
The sub was neat and I'm enjoying seeing your New York experiences. What I really want to know is….where else have you eaten?? My recommendations were Carmine's for Italian food and Max Brenner's for anything chocolate!
rere On Friday, May 29 at 7:29 am
thanks for the tour!
aeschine On Friday, May 29 at 7:29 am
Okay…I would SO do that!
I am married to a IT techie, history buff and while I can hold my own with the best Civil War historians, anything else leaves me slack-jawed. Andrew has done the same thing to me when we have been on certain tours or talks.
But I have to admit it is nice having an "expert" around to help me out!
I am really enjoying reading your NYC trip notes….sounds like SO much fun!
BTW: Have you ever heard of letterboxing? I wonder if there are any in NYC? hmmmm…..
corrie On Friday, May 29 at 7:30 am
I hope Zhao googles you and finds this post!
Then he'll see about your personal little website…
He is definitely welcome to join the ranks of good-lookin' cowboys on this site~ totally worthy!
We visit the submarines and battleships at 'Battleship Cove' in Rhode Island. I don't ever know how anyone could stand it…never mind being under fire.
Michelle On Friday, May 29 at 7:31 am
Wow! we want more!
Titus2 On Friday, May 29 at 7:31 am
I was just in NYC this past weekend…LOVE IT. Fleet Week was nice(hoo hah!), being trapped in a submarine…no way no how. I was getting creeped out just looking at the pictures. And…add another to the list of those who thought 3 men had to sleep in one bunk TOGETHER.
I can't believe you skipped the Stardust Diner!! I love that…but have never met a Bway musical I didn't love.
Sarah S On Friday, May 29 at 7:31 am
Pretty Cool! I think I would have had a big problem with the closeness of the tour! I would have had to bag it half way through!
Jill On Friday, May 29 at 7:33 am
Total Claustrophobia!!! My dad used to be on a sub, so I really enjoyed all your pics.Thanks.


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P 1968 D. H. EILERTSON ET AL DRAIN STOPPER Filed Feb. 21, 1966 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.
It! I I 46 45 ,1 I 1| Z6, 4/ Z; 27 30 //Z Z6 E DONALD EILERTSON RICHARD A. MASON 2/ INVENTOR.
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DRAIN STQPPER Filed Feb. 21, 1966 i 2 Sheets-Sheet g 3 1 3 22 g?) i2 2 Z6 Z/ DONALD EILERTSON RICHARD A. MASON I N VEN TOR.
United States Patent 3,380,081 DRAIN STOPPER Donald H. Eilertson, Huntington, and Richard A. Mason,
Orange, Conn., assignors to National Distillers &
Chemical Corporation, New York, N.Y., a corporation of Virginia Filed Feb. 21, 1966. Ser. No. 528,948 Claims. (Cl. 4-295) This invention relates to a novel drain stopper, and more specifically relates to a drain stopper which may take the place of a rubber stopper, or the like, and is further provided with an inexpensive and simply constructed valve which is easily movable between an open and closed position, and allows free passage of drain water in its open position.
Drain stoppers are well known to the art, and generally fall into one of two categories. The first is a simple stopper which is inserted in a drain when it is wished to prevent passage of drain water from a tub, sink, or lavatory or any similar type of emptyable container.
The second type is a valve arrangement built into the drain and has an operating handle which moves a valve between an open and closed position.
The present invention is for a novel and simply constructed drain stopper which is of the type which can be inserted into a presently existing drain in the manner of the normal rubber stopper, but which further has a novel valve arrangement which is operable between an open and closed position obviat ng the need for removing the drain stopper. Moreover, the arrangement avoids the need for building a valve into the drain and permits the easy connection of the drain stopper to the drain.
In the preferred embodiment of the invention, an operating handle is provided for the drain stopper which is a pivotally mounted member which can be pivoted by the hand or foot and drives a cam surface which engages a normally open valve. When it is desired to close the drain, it is only necessary to pivot the operating handle, whereby the cam surface of the operating member moves the valve downwardly against the force of a spring bias.
The entire drain stopper is a portable device having a loosely held O-ring seal about the outer periphery thereof for permitting the simple insertion of the complete assembly into a suitable waste strainer with the loosely held O-ring permitting the connection of the drain stopper to various waste strainers even though these may have relatively large tolerance variations from a standard diameter.
The assemblage is then made in an inexpensive manner through the use of a suitable plastic material for the body of the device with a metal cover over the upper surfaces of the device to provide an attractive appearance.
Accordingly, a primary object of this invention is to provide a novel drain stopper which combines the functions of a normal plug stopper and a built-in valve arrangement.
Yet another object of this invention is to provide a novel drain stopper which is connectable to a pre-existing drain.
A further object of this invention is to provide a novel drain stopper which is attractive in appearance and inexpensive to manufacture.
Yet another object of this invention is to provide a novel drain stopper having a simple operating mechanism for insuring reliable operation of the valve mechanism.
A further object of this invention is to provide a novel strain stopper which need not be removed from the drain to empty a container connected to the drain.
These and other objects of this invention will become apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the drawings, in which:
FIGURE 1 is a cross-sectional view through the drain stopper of the present invention when connected in position with respect to a bathtub drain with the valve in the open position.
FIGURE 2 is similar to FIGURE 1, and shows the drain stopper valve in the closed position.
FIGURE 3 is a top view of the plastic body of the drain stopper of FIGURES l and 2.
FIGURE 4 is a cross-sectional view of FIGURE 3 taken across the line 44 in FIGURE 3.
FIGURE 5 is a top view of the operating handle support of FIGURES l and 2.
FIGURE 6 is a side plan view of FIGURE 5.
FIGURE 7 is a cross-sectional view of FIGURE 6 taken across the line 7-7 in FIGURE 6.
FIGURE 8 is a side plan view of the operating handle of FIGURES l and 2.
FIGURE 9 is a front view of FIGURE 8 as seen from the right-hand side of FIGURE 8.
Referring now to the figures and particularly to FIG- URES 1 and 2, I have illustrated therein a portion of a tub or sink or the like, hereinafter referred to as tub 10 for purposes of illustration which has a waste elbow 11 secured to an opening in the tub 10 which is, in turn, secured to a waste tube 12 in the usual manner.
In most tubes of this sort, a waste strainer 13 will be secured to the opening in waste elbow 11 with a suitable washer 14 forming a seal between tub 10, waste strainer 13 and waste elbow 11. Note that the waste strainer 13 may be threaded into the waste elbow 11 as shown.
In the past, the drainage of water from tub 10 and out of the tub has been controlled either by a simple rubber stopper which can be inserted into waste strainer 13; or a complex valve mechanism, which is operable from a suitable operating handle, is built into the waste strainer 13 or waste elbow 11.
In accordance with the present invention, a novel removable drain stopper 20 can be inserted directly into waste strainer 13 in the manner of the normal simple rubber stopper where, however, the novel drain stopper incorporates a novel operable valve mechanism which can be moved between an open and a closed position.
The novel drain stopper 20 is comprised of a main body 21 which is of a suitable plastic material, and is shown in detail in FIGURES 3 and 4. The body 21 may be formed of any suitable plastic such as an acetal plastic, and good results have been had with the acetal plastic known by the trade name Celcon which is molded to the shape shown in FIGURES 3 and 4. However, all parts can be made of any desired material.
More particularly, FIGURES 3 and 4 show that the body 21 has an upper head portion 22 which has an opening 23 therein. The lower portion of body 21 and below the sealing ring notch 24 is comprised of a spider 25 which provides a relatively large unrestricted area for the passage of drain water, and communicates with opening 23.
Spider 25 further contains an upwardly projecting pedestal 26 which serves as a support and a guide for the valve 27, shown in FIGURES 1 and 2. The valve 27 is preferably of a resilient plastic material such as polyethylene which aids in its sealing operation. Valve 27 has an annular bead 28 which, as shown in FIGURE 2, seats upon the shoulder 29 within body 21 to seal off the spider opening structure 25 when the valve is closed, as shown in FIGURE 2.
Valve 27 is biased to a normally open position by a suitable biasing spring 30, shown in FIGURES 1 and 2. In order to operate valve 27 between its open and closed J positions of FIGURES 1 and 2, respectively, an operating handle 40 is provided which may also be of the same plastic material as is the body 21.
The operating handle 40, best shown in FIGURES 8 and 9, is provided with an operating cam section 41 and a threaded section 42 which can receive a circular metal knob or ball 43 having a tapped opening therein, as shown in FIGURES 1 and 2. The operating handle 40 is then captured in the drain stopper assembly by means of a cap insert 45 (FIGURES 5, 6 and 7) which, in turn, is captured in a central square opening in the drain cap 46.
Cap insert 45 is best shown in FIGURES 5, 6 and 7, and is of the same plastic material as the operating handle 40 and body 21. Note that by selecting a plastic of the acetal type there is provided sufficient mechanical rigidity as well as self-lubrication to achieve highly efficient operation. Clearly, however, these various parts could also have been made of metal or any other suitable material.
The cap insert then has a notch 50 in the opposing walls thereof which latch into the rectangular opening of drain cap 46 (FIGURE 7). The threaded end 42 of the operating handle 40 is then inserted through the elongated opening 51 of the cap insert 45 with the side surfaces of the operating handle extending beyond the diameter of screw 42 nesting into the arcuate shoulder 52 which extends from the interior of opening 51. The arcuate shoulder 52 will then have a radius equal to the radius of curvature of the captured portion of the operating handle 40 so that the operating handle can pivot from the position of FIGURE 1 to the position of FIGURE 2, as shown.
The threaded ball 43 is then threaded onto threads 42 of operating handle 40, and the drain cap 46 is then suitably connected over the upper head 22 of the main support assembly 21.
The cam surface 41 of operating handle 40 will then bear directly against the upper surface of valve 27, whereupon pivoting of operating handle 41) by the hand or foot will cause the cam surface 41 to cam the valve 27 downwardly and against the force of biasing spring when it is desired to close the valve 27. Once the valve is fully closed as in the position of FIGURE 2, the point of engagement at the end of cam surface 41 and the top of valve 27 act as an overcenter toggle so that the actuating lever will not be snapped back to the position of FIGURE 2 by the biasing force of spring 30.
In order to open the drain stopper, it is only necessary to pivot the operating handle slightly in a counterclockwise direction to break the toggle, whereupon the biasing force of spring 30 will move the valve 27 upwardly to the open position of FIGURE 1 against the cam surface 41.
In order to connect the assembled drain stopper to the waste strainer 13, the groove 24 receives a loosely held O-ring 60, as shown in FIGURES 1 and 2, whereupon this O-ring will complete a seal between the drain stopper assembly and the interior of the waste strainer. Since the O-ring is relatively loosely held, sufficient tolerance will be provided so that the drain stopper can be connected into waste strainers which may have slightly varying diameters.
Although this invention has been described with respect to its preferred embodiments, it should be understood that many variations and modifications will now be obvious to those skilled in the art, and it is preferred, therefore, that the scope of the invention be limited not by the specific disclosure herein, but only by the appended claims.
The embodiments of the invention in which an exclu sive privilege or property is claimed are defined as follows:
1. A drain stopper for removable connection to a drain comprising a drain core having a lower body portion having first passages therethrough, an upper head portion, a valve seat portion disposed between said lower body portion and said upper head portion, second passages extending through said drain core above said valve seat, a valve guide pedestal extending upwardly from said lower body portion, and sealing ring means extending around the outer periphery of said lower body portion for removably sealing said drain stopper in a drain with said first passages below said sealing ring and said second passages above said sealing ring; a valve member fitted over said pedestal and guided by said pedestal for translatory movement into and out of sealing engagement with said valve seat thereby to open and close communication between said first and second passages; a drain cap con nected to and extending across the top of said upper head portion; and a rotatable operating handle pivotally connected to said upper head portion; said rotatable operating handle having an external portion extending beyond said drain cap to be accessible for manual opera tion and an internal portion connected to said valve member for moving said valve member betwee n its said open and closed positions responsive to rotation of said operating handle.
2. The device as set forth in claim 1 which further includes a spring biasing means connected between said pedestal and said valve member for biasing said valve member upwardly and toward a disengaged position.
3. The device as set forth in claim 2 wherein said internal portion of said operating handle includes a camshaped surface in engagement with the upper surface of said valve member; rotation of said operating handle in one direction moving said cam surface along said upper surface of said valve member to cam said valve member downwardly against the force of said spring biasing means; said operating handle being moved to an overcenter toggle position at the end of its rotation in said one direction to latch said valve member in its said closed position.
4. The device as set forth in claim 1 wherein said drain core, said valve member, and said operating handle are of plastic material; said drain cap being of metallic material.
5. The device as set forth in claim g wherein said drain core, said valve member, and said cam surface are of plastic material; said drain cap being comprised of metallic material.
References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,041,237 10/1912 Budlong 137454.2 1,596,894 8/1926 Schifter 4287 HAROLD I. GROSS, Primary Examiner.
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A MAN captured on CCTV, is being hunted by police after an incident where a smoke bomb was thrown onto the pitch at a Tamworth FC game, hospitalising a female steward.
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As a Junior (2010-11): Went 5-5 at 125 pounds...won his season-opening match 3-1 over Liberty's Jonathan Childress...earned win by forfeit in final match of the year against George Mason on Senior Day.
As a Sophomore (2009-10): Went 11-8 in open competition and as the part-time starter at 125 pounds ... runner-up at the Wilkes Open on Dec. 27 ... went 4-4 in dual meets ... recorded two pin-falls.
As a Redshirt Freshman (2008-09): Went 8-2 at 125 pounds ... won six decisions, one major decision and a fall ...won final seven matches of the season, claiming open championships at the Messiah Open and Simonson Construction Open.
As a Freshman (2007-08): Went 3-2 at Southern Scuffle ... redshirt Season.
Before Maryland: 2007 New Jersey State runner-up as well as a three-time New Jersey state placer ... three-time N.J. district and regional champion ... NHSCA Senior High School National All-American at 119 pounds ... ranked 10th-best recruit by Intermat among all seniors at 119 pounds ... served as team captain as a junior and a senior.
Personal: Patrick A. Strizki ... son of Michele and Brian Strizki ... one of three children with sisters Diana and Kristin ... enrolled in the College of Letters and Sciences.


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La Taquizza Vaughan
Cuisine Type: Mexican
Remwaldo Recommends!
La Taquizza Vaughan, located just north of Vaughan Mills shopping mall serves up the best selection of Mexican dishes in town. La Taquizza serves up just about everything that you can think of that entails Mexican food. Starting with breakfast dishes (note: they open at 11:30) you can get Huevos(eggs) in various different forms. You can get them con carne or con corzio, that is, with steak or Mexican sausage respectively, and the most famous dish is the Huevos Rancheros, which is two sunny side up eggs covered in red salsa. For appetizers you can get lots of different dishes, including your basic nachos with some dips on the side, and much more. They also have soups and salads available. The main dishes are almost endless. There are so many choices that all sound delicious. They have enchiladas, burritos, flautas, huraches, tacos, fajitas and more. They also have some simple dishes for the kids, so everyone can enjoy! And of course, they have a nice selection of Mexican cocktails, including four choices of Mexican Beer, many margarita's and of course 16 choices of tequila, including silver, gold, reposado and anejo. So come in and enjoy a Mexican feast fit for all, including vegetarians! ¡Buen provecho!


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Minnesota Refugee Health Provider Guide
Mental Health
On this page:
Provider guide: chapter ten
Provider guide: chapter ten
- Refugee Mental
Health (PDF: 275KB/10 pages)
Although the Minnesota Initial Refugee Health Assessment form does not have a mental health component, it is critical that mental health issues be addressed in the screening process.
- Mental Health Screening Recommendations for Newly Arrived Refugees in Minnesota - Final Report (PDF:183 KB/19 pages) New
This report outlines screening recommendations for newly arrived refugees as determined by a working group of health care professionals convened by the MDH Refugee Health Program between September 2012 and September 2013. Posted April 2014.
- Mental Health Screening Recommendations for Newly Arrived Refugees in Minnesota - Final Report (PDF:183 KB/19 pages) New
- General Findings on
the Effects that War, Violence, and Trauma have on Children (PDF:
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This document includes conclusions from worldwide studies and looks at the effects of trauma on children by age. Article from the Center for Victims of Torture.
- Center for Victims of Torture
Works locally, nationally, and internationally to heal the wounds of torture on individuals, their families and communities and to stop torture worldwide. Attention: Non-MDH link
- Healing Resources for Refugees
A collection of services, programs, activities, and places that can help refugees with emotional, psychological or spiritual healing needs. A Service of Minnesota Council of Churches Refugee Services. Attention: Non-MDH link
- Wilder
Foundation's Southeast Asian Program
Wilder offers a variety of services for immigrants who are adjusting to life in this country, currently including the large Southeast Asian population in Saint Paul. Attention: Non-MDH link
- Community-University Health
Care Center
CUHCC has specialized programs for Somali and Southeast Asian refugees that includes psychiatry, day treatment, case management, and women's advocacy services. Bilingual staff speak Somali, Spanish, Hmong, Lao, Cambodian, and Vietnamese. Attention: Non-MDH link
- Center for International Health Clinic
Providers at the HealthPartners Center for International Health are trained in tropical and travel medicine and cross cultural health. The clinic also offers behavioral health services for adults: anxiety disorders, post traumatic stress disorder, serious and persistent mental illness, torture victims services, and women's mental health services. Bilingual behavioral health staff speak Russian, Vietnamese, and Spanish, with interpreters readily available for other languages. Attention: Non-MDH link
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Row over Cambridge Folk Festival 'freebies' for city councillors
Posted: July 25, 2014|
Councillors could be given "carte blanche" to enjoy a free weekend at Cambridge Folk Festival by revised rules, it is feared.
Rules agreed by city councillors in 2010 named seven members who would be allowed to visit the event at Cherry Hinton Hall "for those times when they are needed in order to carry out their duties", stating "this will not entitle them to stay for the duration of the event".
New guidance has now been issued by a top officer stating that the same seven will be allowed to attend "for the purposes of representing the council and fulfilling their political duties", but adding the pass means "members may stay for the duration of the event".
Cllr Rod Cantrill, who oversaw the festival in the previous Liberal Democrat administration, said he did not think the rules were clear enough.
He said: "When I was executive councillor, member access to the event was carefully choreographed and there was no carte blanche to access the site at your own discretion, which appears to be the case now.
"My concern is that this is the thin end of the wedge and we'll go back to a system where councillors have free passes and that shouldn't be the case at all."
Most free passes for councillors were ended in the 2010 review.
The councillors still eligible are the executive councillor for community wellbeing, the chairman of the community services committee, the opposition spokeswoman, and the mayor, plus the three Cherry Hinton councillors.
The new guidance was issued by Liz Bisset, the director of customer and community services. She said it served only to clarify the existing rules, to ensure councillors could carry out their duties at any time.
Cllr Richard Johnson, the executive councillor for arts and recreation, added: "There's no suggestion members will be allowed access to the site all weekend. It's not a free jolly."


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Being a baker and decorator of sugar cookies, I think it's rather cool that my birthday falls on National Sugar Cookie Day in the United States. It doesn't matter to me that here in Canada we don't actually have a National Sugar Cookie Day, I'm celebrating it anyway! Last week my son sent me a picture of a cute little dessert idea that he found online. I don't think I've heard of it before and as soon as I saw it I knew exactly what I was going to make to mark this day of dual celebrations.
In doing further research after seeing the picture, I discovered that Wilton has a recipe and a pan for making this fun little treat and a few others around the internet have also posted their versions of this dessert. I decided that I would use my own sugar cookie recipe to make these and I'm sure all sugar cookie bakers will choose to use their own favourite recipe as well. Just add 1/2 cup of chocolate chips as the final ingredient. In no time at all you will be ready to serve up your favourite ice cream sundaes in these fun sugar cookie ice cream cups. As for not having the same pan that Wilton calls for…well any baker knows that improvisation is a tool of the trade. Scooch on over waffle bowls, some competition has arrived!
Most of the recipes I've seen for these sugar cookie ice cream cups calls for chilling your dough. I never chill my cookie dough as I always make it with cold butter straight from the fridge and cut up into cubes. It's ready to roll immediately between two sheets of parchment paper with a light dusting of flour.
Prior to rolling out your dough, you'll want to prep the pans you will be using to make these cups. I used my medium muffin tins and covered each of the bottom of the tins with Crisco before dusting with flour. I then cut pieces of Tin Foil and covered every second muffin cup with the foil. This is done to allow room for your cookie cups to rise during baking without touching one another.
Roll out your sugar cookie dough to 1/4″ inch thickness. I roll my dough between dowels that are 1/4″ inch thick. You can also use the rolling pins rings. Some of you will be able to just eyeball your thickness and get it right. Once your dough is rolled out, cut out 4″ circles.
I then held the 4″ rounds and manipulated each one as I would my pizza dough, just to stretch it out a little before placing over the muffin cups. As you place it over the the muffin cup, press down gently on the top and sides of each section of cookie dough. Bake in your oven at 350° for 12 to 15 minutes.
When your sugar cookie cups are done, remove and let cool on the muffin pans for approximately 10-15 minutes. You can then lift the bowls, foil and all from the muffin tin and gently peel away the foil from the inside of the sugar cookie cups. Once the foil has been removed, let the bowls cool completely before creating your ice cream treats.
I think that an ice cream sundae served up in a vanilla bean chocolate chip sugar cookie bowl is the perfect way to celebrate a National Sugar Cookie Day that happens to fall early in July. It also a great little birthday dessert! In fact, I may just forego my birthday cake altogether and have two of these. By the way, if you like the look of that Magic Shell Chocolate Sauce you can thank Georgia for it.
Have a Wonderfully Delicious Day!


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Local "CapCity" rapper Peter Joynt is at it again with a new music video that puts Ottawa in the spotlight and maybe even makes it a little cooler.
"It's the first time I've written a song around video footage," said Joynt of the video he finished editing just last weekend. "I had seen a commercial done by Ottawa Tourism. I asked if I could get the raw footage from the helicopter that went up."
Joynt released the video for Product of My Placement on YouTube Monday. It features nearly four-minutes of breathtaking views of downtown Ottawa and the Rideau Canal to the beat of a smooth rap song.
Other footage is taken at the street level as Joynt raps lyrics like, "We've only just begun to stand out on our own, Pick up these microphones and proudly call this city home."
Joynt said the incredible views needed a song about Ottawa to go along with them. "I don't think they would have fit around anything but another Ottawa promo song," he said. "I wasn't selfish this time around. I gave all the screen time to our fair city. We've all seen the typical shots of Ottawa. It's rare that you see the view from over top the buildings in the downtown core."
Joynt is known for his tributes to Ottawa, including his CapCity music video released last year, which has racked up 35,000 views on YouTube so far. "This is the first song and video that I've had my hand on all the aspects," he said. "I wrote the song, helped produce the beat and helped film and produce the video. I beavered away like a mad scientist at home going through all the footage."
The track is included on Joynt's new album Self-Sampled released mid-October. To promote his new music video, he tweeted a link to the YouTube page saying, "You've never seen the city like this."
"The response has been great," said Joynt. "It makes our city look so cool. I do think we have a cool city. I feel that I've done it justice."
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Jewish American Poetry
Is there something uniquely Jewish about the poetry of Jewish Americans?
By Saul Austerlitz
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The link between Jewish poets and America is grounded in the very foundation of the country's symbols of freedom and tolerance. Inscribed on the Statue of Liberty are these famous lines by the Jewish poet Emma Lazarus (1849-1887), from her poem "The New Colossus": "Give me your tired, your poor,/Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,/The wretched refuse of your teeming shore." The Russian pogroms of 1881 would inspire Lazarus to write more of her Jewish experience in Songs of a Semite. The poems were a call to arms for Jews around the world, evoking the heroic past of Jewish history: "Wake, Israel, wake!/ Recall to-day/The glorious Maccabean rage,/The sire heroic, hoary-gray,/His five-fold lion-lineage."
Lazarus was one of the first American Jewish poets whose work was explicitly Jewish and American, but it was not until the post-World War II era that there was a sustained burst of American poetry informed by Jewish experience. Delmore Schwartz (1913-1966), who eventually found more lasting fame as a short-story writer (In Dreams Begin Responsibilities), turned Walt Whitman's odes to the glories of the country into an immigrant's song in "America, America!" (1954): "I am a poet of the Hudson River and the heights above it,/the lights, the stars, and the bridges/I am also by self-appointment the laureate of the Atlantic/-of the people's hearts, crossing it/ to new America."
Schwartz had filtered Whitman's lyrical tone and glorified mundaneness into his own voice. In a similar fashion Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) became one of the most beloved Jewish American poets, applying his ecstatic joy and devoted attention to the infinite variety of American experience through political critique, ballads to homosexual desire, and a canny use of Biblical and religious imagery. Ginsberg made Jewishness a condition of his work—another aspect of his self that could no longer be rejected in the name of the American melting pot. In perhaps his most famous poem, "Howl," Ginsberg turns a false god of the Old Testament into the false gods of
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by laura janning
The Best Banana Pudding Cheesecake (Ever)!
June 25, 2012
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It was so great meeting you at Haven!! Right away I felt as though we were old friends! You are such fun, and your blog is fantastic!!
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Yesterday I posted about Joe Murray, the creator of Rocko's Modern Life, requesting your help in getting a dream of his off the ground. Joe was seeking donations for a new online only animation channel called KaboingTV. He needed $16,800 to get it started and to produce a couple more episodes of his new series "Frog In A Suit."
Well good news…as of yesterday he surpassed his goal and he is currently at $18,515! That means he will be moving forward with the project. I'm not sure if any of you helped out but I would like to think that we're the ones that pushed it over the top.
If you go to KaboingTV.com right now it says "Please Stand By, KaboingTV.com Will Be Premiering Soon!" How awesome is that….I'm excited! If you gave a little money to the project, thank you.


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Anyway, you can only get these little pieces of gold at Dominique Ansel's SoHo bakery in NYC. They have become so popular that the line starts forming at their door at 6a.m. and you are only allowed 6 per person. But get this...people actually wait in line, buy them, and then SCALP them. Shut up! Cronut scalping. Sad thing is I would probably be one of the suckers who fell for it. My mouth has been watering for one for days now. NYC friends, please tell us are they as good as they look?!
So tell me ladies, is the Cronut the new cupcake?
Happy Saturday, Ya'll!


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Local chefs, craft brews, local wines, live cooking demonstrations and music from Marie Wilson are all part of the 2014 Fig Fest.
The event will be held Saturday at Whole Foods Market, 650 W Shaw Ave, in Fresno's Fig Garden Village from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
General admission tickets are $10 in advance, or $15 with wine & beer tasting. Children 8 and younger are free.
Tickets are limited, and will be sold at the gate if available at $15 general admission, or $20 with wine & beer tasting.
Bring a canned food item or donation for the Ronald McDonald House pantry.
This year's Fig Fest is presented by Doug-Out Cookies & hosted by Slow Foods Madera and the California Fig industry.
For more information: www.californiafigs.com


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Within the muscle car realm there are certain cars that just plain stick out. This year's most talked about custom first gen Camaro has to be the "Razor" 1969 Camaro built and designed by the Ring Bros. in Spring Green, Wisconsin. Drawn by legendary designer Sean Smith of SS Design, the car was brought to life by Mike and Jim Ring. It sports a GM Performance, all-aluminum, ZL1, 454-ci big-block; Detroit Speed suspension; staggered 18- and 19-inch one-off Budnik wheels; an array of custom-machined body accents; and a clean and crisp two-tone draped over a completely reworked body. Enjoy this teaser shot and look for a full feature in an upcoming issue of MCP.
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Stuffing late-model drive trains in classic muscle cars and equipping them with modern suspension and brakes is nothing new. It's a style that was originally launched under the Grand Touring moniker years ago, and has transformed muscle cars, whatever the flavor, into fun to drive, corner-hugging, cruising machines. Let's face it, while the Big Three nailed the style on the performance tin of the past, the technology was not there to make them handle, stop, steer, and perform at high levels. These factory fast brutes were designed to go fast in a straight line, making them prime candidates for drag strip duty where many off the show room speed demons wowed the crowd. What about a car that can do everything well? We are talking go fast, stop fast, hug corners, and pin you back in the seat, all while the A/C is turning the cockpit into frostbite central. (more…)


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Below is the poem entitled Worry which was written by poet
Boehmer. Please feel free to comment on this poem. However, please remember, PoetrySoup is a place of encouragement and growth.
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Margie Boehmer
She dallies on my doorstep;
paying a visit again
Wearisome worry waits
until I let her come in.
I don't see her at first
when she knocks at the door;
but the perfume of infamous insanity
pummels me to the floor.
She steps right into me;
no concern for my well-being;
rushes me up the stairs;
what can she be seeing?
I follow the odor
like a hound on the hunt
What disaster awaits?
Will I manage the bunt?
She sits majestically
having made herself at home;
gnawing at my guts,
a dog with her favorite bone.
"You're not welcome here," I say.
"It's time for you to leave."
She laughs liquid and loud.
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Penalties are in place for high school athletes who get involved in a fight during a regular-season contest.
However, a recent situation in Chattanooga brought light to the fact the TSSAA doesn't police offseason or preseason scrimmages.
The organization that governs high school athletics in the state recently accepted two high schools' self-punishments because it said it has no jurisdiction over football workouts.
Signal Mountain and Soddy-Daisy were competing in a 7-on-7 tournament contest on July 16 when an on-field fight broke out, involving several players from both schools and at least one parent, according to a story in the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
Because of the incident and the realization there are no mandatory penalties for preseason fighting, players might feel less restrained in heat-of-the-moment situations in scrimmages. However, one area coach said his school takes proactive steps during scrimmage competitions.
"We've been in 7-on-7 tournaments, and our coaches have stayed on that," said Daniel Boone head football coach Jeremy Jenkins. "We make sure it's one-hand touch, and if it gets out of hand we just take the kid out of the game."
Jenkins said he talks to his players often about staying under control on the field.
"Yes we do, all the time, especially after last year when we had the episode between us and Sullivan South," he said. "Anything that involves competition, we address (fighting)."
The TSSAA said its sportsmanship bylaws do not cover practices or summer workouts. Jenkins doesn't think the TSSAA needs to extend its powers of control.
"I think they've got enough to do as it is," he said. "If we decide to participate in something, we should be able to control our kids."
The TSSAA accepted Soddy-Daisy's proposal that includes a one-game suspension of the head coach and requirement that every player skip practice to help move furniture at the school for one day. However, the TSSAA said Signal Mountain didn't address the seriousness of the situation.
n The Johnson City Press football edition will be published next week, but the first prep rankings of the season are ready to be released.
Of course, it's all word of mouth right now. Here's what coaches, fans and players are saying:
1. Greeneville — Until proven otherwise
2. Dobyns-Bennett — Tradition still matters
3. Science Hill — Getting stronger every day
4. Elizabethton — Standout QB, good talent mix
5. Daniel Boone — Always well-coached
6. Sullivan South — Interesting collection
7. Sullivan North — Always competitive
8. Happy Valley — Riding momentum from 2010
9. Tennessee High — New coach; darkhorse
10. Hampton — Tradition still matters
(tie) Johnson County — Always tough and scrappy
n In a very interesting scrimmage between defending Class 6A state champion Maryville and defending Class 4A champ Greeneville on Friday, the Rebels won. However, it was a very competitive 17-14 decision.
Staying that close to perennial powerhouse Maryville just gives Greeneville more validity as the No. 1 team at the top of the Northeast Tennessee rankings.
n Dobyns-Bennett offensive guard Ty Hayworth announced his college choice Friday. He will be playing ACC football for Wake Forest.
The 6-4, 305-pound senior chose the Demon Deacons over Cincinnati.
n Tri-Cities Christian will be plus-three this season.
The Blountville school has made the move from eight-man to 11-man football for the 2011 season. Travel costs was one of the biggest reasons for the move.
"Probably the biggest factor was the fact all of the teams that used to be in the east in our conference either dropped their program or went to 11-man," said head coach Scott Allgood. "Our conference games would have been against teams from Nashville and Memphis, and we can't afford a 600-mile round trip every time we play a conference game. Also, playing locally is where we need to be. We want to give students a local platform they can enjoy more, and it's a better draw for the school."
Eventually, Allgood said Tri-Cities could become a member of the TSSAA.
"That's definitely in my vision," he said. "We will try to give it about three years and see where we are."
Tri-Cities played some 11-man games in recent seasons, so the transition won't be a giant one.
"Football is football," said Allgood. "The aspects are the same. We had played three or four 11-man games, and the toughest thing was switching back from 11 to eight and having the kids see the field with six less players out there. As long as we can stay with 11-man, the teaching time is the same."
Tri-Cities has 23 players on the current roster, but Allgood expects that to grow before the season begins. He said the team is open to home-school kids who want to play.
Also, Tri-Cities has started a feeder program with elementary and middle school teams.
"If we can field 30 kids on the high school varsity, I think we can compete in the Class A world," said Allgood.
Tri-Cities will open the season against North Greene. It also has games scheduled against King's Academy, Oakdale, and Virginia schools Ervinton and Hurley.
The team will compete as an independent, but will get an opportunity to play in the National Association of Christian Athletes national tournament Nov. 7-11 in Nashville.
"We wanted to give our kids something to shoot for," said Allgood, whose team will play nine regular-season games. "Teams come from all over the country, and there are three rounds of play in that week. It's not a comprehensive tournament, but there are teams from Texas, Missouri, Florida and Illinois."
Allgood said he has seven seniors on this year's team, and being competitive is a realistic goal.
"I think so, if we stay healthy," he said.
Top players include Josh Waldecker (C, NG), Brandon Jeter (FS, WR), Tucker Montgomery (OLB, RB) and quarterback Joe Saulsbury. Also, sophomore Evan Blankenship, who is from Clearwater, Fla., is expected to give the team a lift as a running back and inside linebacker.
n Happy Valley struggled through a tough baseball season with few wins in 2011. But better days appear to be on the horizon.
The Warriors have a new head coach in former East Tennessee State standout Caleb Moore, and extensive work is being done at Cannon-Gouge Park. Included in the mix are lights for the field.
"It's a priority to get the lights up by next spring," said Happy Valley athletic director Bernie Young. "There have been so many people who couldn't get off work in time to see the games. I can't tell you how many parents we've had like that in the past couple of years. This will definitely help the program to be able to play at night."
Another improvement is renovation of the playing surface, including an irrigation system.
Moore, who was drafted in the fourth round by the Minnesota Twins in 2005, was a standout for ETSU at the plate and on the mound. During his junior season with the Bucs, Moore led the nation with a batting average of .455.
The 28-year-old Moore played three seasons in the Twins' organization, trying to climb the ladder as a catcher and on the mound before finishing up in 2007.
"What makes him unique is he was a two-way player who caught and pitched," said Young. "I think that will be huge for him as a coach. I look for the program to turn around quickly, not talking about wins and losses. Caleb brings a professional work ethic that will rub off on the players."


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OMAP Boot Loader
Xloader is a small first stage boot loader derived from the u-boot base code to be loaded into the internal static ram by the OMAP ROM code. Because the internal static ram is very small (64k), xloader is stripped down to the essentials and is used to initialize memory and enough of the peripheral devices to access and load the second stage loader (UBoot) into main memory.
Download X-Loader
Note: xloader depends on the u-boot source. The x-loader folder must share the same root folder as u-boot for it compile.
This xloader is designed to load the second stage loader across from the serial port.
make CROSS_COMPILE=/<path>/arm-none-linux-gnueabi-
cp x-load.bin x-load-serial.bin
Nand / SD Card
This version of the xloader is designed to load the second stage loader from the Nand and/or SD card device.
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On YouTube, the mom of baby Jack writes:
At the zoo in Portland, Oregon the usually lazy lioness, Kya, tries desperately to eat my son through the glass. Jack is coincidentally dressed like a baby zebra in his black and white striped hoodie. He is brave though and calls her "kitty kitty". That's my boy.
That's not a kitty!
The lion seems pretty frustrated that he won't get any lunch!
Click here to watch Part One of the lion trying desperately to eat the baby for lunch.


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Follow These Three Easy Steps
No one likes a rotten apple. Follow the few simple tips in this video about selecting and storing the fruit, and your apples will always be as delicious as they are good for you.
What You Need
- apples, refrigerator
Look for bruises
First, make sure your <a target="_blank" href="http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/ingredients-guide/apples-00000000... aren't bruised, which usually means mealy, flavorless flesh underneath.
Check for ripeness
Flick an apple near its stem: If the sound is hollow, the apple is a bit too ripe. Listen for a dull thud, which means you've found perfectly ripe fruit.
Store in the vegetable drawer
Store apples in the vegetable drawer of your refrigerator. They'll last about two to three weeks.
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So are we just going to keep running to the right?
Is there a rule prohibiting us from trying the left?
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So are we just going to keep running to the right?
Is there a rule prohibiting us from trying the left?
Wow I couldn't have predicted that running play!
Holy shit...Boldin in motion...and they run it...
A play action pass would be so sweet right now.
I would have passed there... you take 5 seconds to run the pass play, if the play is there you take it if not throw it away, because the 2 minute warning is going to stop the clock anyway.
I am not opposed to pounding Leach in there, you know if we need to.
Payoff, bullshit timeout.
3rd and 7.... sigh....
You can throw the ball here...the clock will stop no matter what.
Safe pass here.
Please don't run up the middle.
Did we see a real life penalty on the steelers?
So a first down wins the game....but we aren't making any realistic effort to get a first down.
Makes total sense....
In Cam's bizzaro world!!!
I'm not saying to throw the ball down the field, but good lord...don't just run it to the same route that they are protecting heavily every time!!
one first down for the game
RUN left 1 time
Obvious offsides...
WTF if they called a TO at 2:04 why did the refs let the Ravens run a play? I call BS.
There you go Joe. Best play all night.


text: Late last week, as the NBA's top prospects assembled for the league's draft combine in Chicago, former Kansas guard Ben McLemore expressed his desire to be the No. 1 pick in the draft. It's been decades since a true shooting guard went No. 1 overall. (Depending on how you categorize Allen Iverson, you probably have to go back to David Thompson in 1975.) And McLemore would be the first Jayhawk to go first overall since Danny Manning in 1988. But does McLemore have a chance?