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This is a Recap of Top Chef D.C. (Season 7), Episode 12, Part 1 of the Finale, originally airing September 8, 2010. D.C. now gives way to D-Cingapore. What? Just move on from this Italics part.
Welcome to Singapore! The culinary capital of the area right around Singapore! Your host for the Finale will be Seetoh, the Asian Cee-Lo, and owner of the lamest lower-third of the entire season:
"King of Street Food" — it's like being the King of Pop, but homeless.
Cee-Lo takes the chefs around to different street food stands and introduces them to the many spices and styles of Singaporese (Singaporian? Singlish? Gotta be Singlish) cuisine, and in the middle of their little food jaunt, the chefs encounter Padma. Oh no, a twist! Bravo didn't just send them to Singapore to chill and look at that modern-ass skyline building!
The chefs will be cooking in a street space "smaller than some solitary jail cells" (but no jail cells in Singapore because it is an awesome country that is awesomely sponsoring all of this) and using Singapore's "most popular cooking tool," the G.E. GE-inator. The ingredients are labeled in Cantonese, and the chefs quickly realize that this Finale is gonna involve a number of hurdles:
After the jump, the Quickfire gets underway, then the Elimination Challenge gets underway, then one of the chefs gets sent on-der-way. Ow. OWWWWW. The awful jokes are also having their Finale.
The chefs are doing their best to learn Singlish cuisine on the fly but they're being slowed down because they have to taste every ingredient before using them. The labels on the foods aren't helping:
Kelly knows the trick to Malaysian food, saying "You can definitely taste the different cultures… A dish that looks Chinese will have a Malaysian or an Indian twist to it. Also I have never eaten Kung Pao Chicken. Now disregard my first sentence." Angelo picks up frog legs with only a minute forty-five to go, which was a really risky move by Bravo to edit that "running out of time" footage so implausibly — there's no way he decided on a protein and cooked it in the final minute. Also, Kevin has never used a wok before and Padma bites his head off, and isn't blown away by his head.
All this adds up to Ed winning the Quickfire for his Stir Fry Noodles with Black Pepper Sauce, Lobster and Gai Lan, and earning a direct route to the Finals, a Top Chef first. How high do you like THEM stakes?
We'll get to the Elimination Challenge in a second, but first, some scenes from The Beach:
For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs will be working as a team to cook Singapore-inspired food for a bunch of non-locals at a Food And Wine Magazine event. Step One – Shoppin' where the locals shop:
The chefs decide to each make one dish, because any time anyone on Top Chef makes two dishes, the Judges tell them they should've just stuck with their one good dish, so this decision makes total sense. Tom then hears of this one-dish tomfoolery (which he calls "MEfoolery") and his jaw drops:
The chefs scramble to add another dish to their menu, even though Immunity Ed ovah heah declares "I was planning for two dishes all along." Wait, you're the d*ck now (dawg)? I'm so confused. Ed proceeds to make a bunch of really catty comments to Angelo, which he believes is what a sarcastic personality is, then bumps him twice in the kitchen for bitchy measure:
Angelo is pumped up, declaring "The spark in the forest has been set and those plants are gonna be burning." Is that a reference to napalming Southeast Asians during Vietnam? I hope not. Angelo's just riled up because he's in Asia and he wants to MARRY it.
While cooking, Kelly suffers another setback when she grossly cuts her hand:
The chefs then encounter yet another "having nothing to do with how good of a chef you are" hurdle and have to convey their serving instructions to a bunch of really confused waiters who don't speak English:
The waiters eventually pull it together, and the chefs' dishes are complimented by the judges across the board, virtually free of criticism, and the judges seem exceptionally wowed by Ed's fried banana fritter. Tom later calls it the "Perfect stoner food." Also the perfect stoner food? Anything.
Food And Wine's Dana Corwin continues actually being a human this season, and proposes a toast to the Final Four:
At Judges' Table, the judges admit they have to resort to nit-picking in order to come to a verdict, and nit-pick they do: Angelo's soup is suddenly too salty and more of a sauce than a soup, Kelly's soup didn't really make use of the fish and her guava apple salad should've been incorporated into her dish more, and Kevin's dishes are slightly underspiced and his main course could've used more texture.
REWIND TO EIGHT SECONDS AGO – Every Judge: "Wow this food is amazing I love it all!!!" BACK TO PRESENT.
Ed scores the win for his fritters and his Crispy Rice and Potato Cakes, Sweet and Sour Pork, and Kai Lan, and double-advances to the Finale. He actually overshoots the Finale and ends up in the first episode of Season 8. Dag nabbit!
Padma's Finale Dress congratulates him:
The loser, not totally surprisingly, is Kelly. She takes it well though, forcing a really creepy smile:
Angelo does not take it well:
The Finale will be Ed, Angelo, and Kevin. Other than Angelo — who I predicted from the get-go would be the token "Seem Really Good But Won't End Up Winning" guy and now I'm thinking he might actually be the underdog and win — I was way off on my calls, and wouldn't have pegged Ed or Kevin as potential winners earlier in the season. I basically had no clue what was happening at any point this season, and I still don't. I commend Bravo on a legitimately unpredictable season that wasn't just unpredictable because good people got voted off. But I still have my money on Tiffany.
Are you excited for the finale? Angelo sure is:
Kelly elimination thoughts? Predictions for the winner? Thoughts on the Singapore Finale? Comment away in the comments. Only one more episode to go, then it's a dark dark winter of… far more exciting NFL Football and all major network shows.


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Monday, November 4, 2013
Duck Egg Blue
39 comments:
- CurlyGirlMom said...
Not that you asked, but I think you did that dresser a real service by bringing it up to date! And the color you chose matches your background colors here on your website (almost?) perfectly! -Love it! I have been wanting to try painting with chalk paint myself, but have hesitated because of the price of paint. I guess the payoff is in time/energy expended, like you said. :) I've heard that you don't need to use a clear coat, but can wax instead. I'm going to have to break down and give it a try this winter. Thanks for sharing your project!
- November 4, 2013 at 12:52 PM
- Kanoelani said...
I love the Annie Sloan Chalk paint. I used it on some boxes and baskets in my studio and it is a gorgeous matte finish. Love your dresser, it looks awesome!
- November 4, 2013 at 12:56 PM
- Jan said...
I love the way the cupboard has come up. I recently painted for the first time using Annie Sloan paint and I love it. I live in Australia and the paint costs me $60 per quart. One tin will paint what I want and it gives me great satisfaction-so worth it I think.
- November 4, 2013 at 1:16 PM
- Kristin said...
I have the matching nightstand, same details and everything. I had to change the hardware because somebody painted it on in lime green. I painted it blue also. Love it!
- November 4, 2013 at 3:47 PM
- Angela Atkins said...
Naptime Decorator makes her own chalk paint by adding plaster of paris to normal paint. I found this one post that explains most of the how to's well: http://naptimedecorator.blogspot.com/2013/04/paint-and-plaster-projects.html
- November 4, 2013 at 4:22 PM
- cambric cotton, pins and needles said...
That dresser is gorgeous, like Jan I found the price here in Australia outrageous but it has so many colours that I cannot get in other paints. Best wishes
- November 4, 2013 at 4:28 PM
- Tina said...
I have this EXACT dresser and just painted it a nice pale, yellow chalk paint :) It was previously painted white and looked pretty nasty (plus it had been in my parents' garage for 20 years) but it's my bedside table now and I love it!
- November 4, 2013 at 4:38 PM
- Tammy said...
Congratulations to the winners. I love your dresser redo. T is gorgeous.
- November 4, 2013 at 4:51 PM
- Melissa at Missouri Mel said...
You did a great job giving that dresser a new life and I really like the color.
- November 4, 2013 at 5:13 PM
- Amber said...
Yes, the dresser turned out great. Very pretty! I'm inspired now. I've had some bar stools sitting in my garage for years! I really need to get to them! Have a great day!
- November 4, 2013 at 5:38 PM
- Hilary said...
Congrats to the winners! I have always wanted to try that paint, but I have been deterred by the price. Glad to know it works so well!
- November 4, 2013 at 5:58 PM
- Jennifer Boren said...
I have that dresser. Is the top of yours laminated? If so, did you do anything special to prep for painting? Thank you.
- November 4, 2013 at 5:59 PM
- AshleySaxon said...
Oh my gosh! I got a dresser very similar but bigger! I liked how it had that gold accents but i didn't want gold so I went white with blue accents. I was totally with you on the silver handles though, love them!! http://www.quiltedaffair.com/1/post/2013/09/first-painted-furniture.html
- November 4, 2013 at 6:11 PM
- Lisa said...
Absolutely lovely (the colour make me smile) and little red riding hood is pretty cute too!!!!
- November 4, 2013 at 7:15 PM
- Allison said...
Jennifer...because I used chalk paint I didn't do anything to prep it...that's the best part of chalk paint it sticks to everything! :)
- November 4, 2013 at 8:44 PM
- margaret said...
the chalk paint is new to me, love the effect and that it goes straight onto the furniture without preparation, excellent.
- November 4, 2013 at 10:07 PM
- Cille said...
Great color :)
- November 4, 2013 at 10:44 PM
- Froschkoenigin said...
Die kommode ist schön geworden .
Ich habe auch schon einige Bauernschränke
Gestrichen und sie sehen wieder zeitgemäß aus .
Möbel die alt sind tragen ja auch viele Erinnerungen
Die entsorgt man nicht, nur weil die Farbe nicht stimmt.
Außerdem kaufen beim schwedischen Möbel Markt kann jeder.
Viele Grüße Karo
- November 4, 2013 at 11:07 PM
- Vicki Posten said...
I just looked into chalk paint this weekend! I love the way it looks, but was wondering how it was to use. Your dresser is wonderful. Love the white hardware.
- November 4, 2013 at 11:11 PM
- KaHolly said...
That was my dresser when I was a kid! Wonder how it got all the way to the West coast. It came out beautiful. You'd never ever know it was the same dresser.
- November 5, 2013 at 2:33 AM
- queenopearls said...
PERFECT timing! I was contemplating painting two pieces of furniture but ... super heavy and you know the rest. I went to the website and found a store near me. Thanks!!! Your dresser/chest looks fab! Go you!!
~Christina in Cleveland
- November 5, 2013 at 3:41 AM
- trish said...
Your dresser is so cute! I love the white knobs on the blue. :o) Thank you for sharing about your experience. I have seen chalk paint on several blogs and often wondered about it. :o)
- November 5, 2013 at 4:34 AM
- Linda Shields said...
I just bought 2 quarts of AS in light sage green to redo my entire bedroom set, hoping I will like the outdated furniture afterwards. Now i am pumped to "Get 'er done!" :) can't wait to do the before and after pics! Thanks for the inspiration, as always.
- November 5, 2013 at 5:17 AM
- Lisa D. said...
Your Red Riding Hood is adorable! Love the dresser! Did you get the chalk paint locally (I'm in Seattle, too), and if so, where?
- November 5, 2013 at 6:21 AM
- Susie said...
Looks fantastic. I am a big fan of duck egg blue
- November 5, 2013 at 2:23 PM
- Jennifer E. said...
Oh, Duck Egg! My favorite of all the Annie Sloan paints. So much fun to take something you like and create something you love! Time to fill it with fabric now, right?
- November 5, 2013 at 2:56 PM
- piffle said...
Your precious little REd Riding Hood is so sweet. Love what you/she did for her Hallooweenie Day.
- November 5, 2013 at 4:51 PM
- Helen L said...
go check out Lori Holt's blog: I think you'll recognize the fabric she used!! :-P
And your dresser turned out great!! My granny had a set like that which I thought was gaudy!! If only I'd known that a little paint would have made it look so good!!
And your sweet little girl is growing so fast before our eyes!! So cute as Little Red Riding Hood!!
- November 5, 2013 at 9:52 PM
- jusaweecatnap said...
Little Red Riding Hood is just too cute! Love the dresser--great color. I painted the woodwork in my DR with faux milk paint (from ReStore), from a company that went out of business. I love it. It sounds like it is quite similar to chalk paint. But, the can warned that it isn't very durable, and it's such a tiny room, I figured I needed a topcoat. I used Mod Podge Hardcoat. It seems to work very well. Alas, I lose the nice matte finish of the paint, but I like the deep color, even with a shiny coating. It's interesting to read your opinions of AS Chalk Paint.
- November 5, 2013 at 10:01 PM
- Judith Blinkenberg said...
I just love this color Allison. I think it is so pretty, and what a great job you did!! This is my favorite one. While white is simple and makes a statment, this aqua shouts "look at me!" Thanks for the info on the paint.
- November 6, 2013 at 6:10 AM
- Sophie Belle Designs said...
Fabulous makeover! what a difference, never heard of chalk paint but I'm off to have a look. Red riding hood is so cute too :)
- November 6, 2013 at 7:39 AM
- Sophie Belle Designs said...
Fabulous makeover! what a difference, never heard of chalk paint but I'm off to have a look. Red riding hood is so cute too :)
- November 6, 2013 at 7:39 AM
- u keep sewing said...
Lovely! You have wonderful ideas. Your little red riding hood is precious . Thanks for sharing.
- November 6, 2013 at 7:49 AM
- Dorothy Griffiths said...
Love the dresser, colour is just wonderful - also love the little cutie and her outfit, she is so sweet. A lovely post thank you
- November 8, 2013 at 12:03 PM
- maria.c said...
Tu tocador ha quedado maravilloso, felicitaciones.
- November 8, 2013 at 2:53 PM
- ✾Jamie Lee Cooley✾ said...
Gorgeous dresser but even prettier daughter!
- November 9, 2013 at 5:33 PM
- Jennifer Bell said...
Beautiful dresser...love the color choice!
- November 11, 2013 at 1:49 AM
- greeblygreebly said...
How funny, I bought that exact dresser for my daughter at the Goodwill in Tacoma.
- November 13, 2013 at 10:41 AM
- Paula said...
there's a place by my work that sells this stuff but they sell a wax to protect it. it's not mat anymore, but it's protected. just something to look into!
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Economists posit that subsidies on the consumption of energy (petroleum products and electricity in particular) by governments to achieve a range of social welfare policy objectives are one of the ways of mismanagement of oil and or tax revenues as the case may be. For example, the Economist magazine recently points that:
"HALF of the world's population enjoys fuel subsidies. This estimate, from Morgan Stanley, implies that almost a quarter of the world's petrol is sold at less than the market price. The cheapest petrol is in Venezuela, at 5 cents per litre. That makes China's pump price of 79 cents seem expensive, but even this is a bargain compared with $1.04 in the United States and $2.35 in GermanyŌĆ"[see Chart] An IMF study of five emerging economies found that the richest 20% of households received, on average, 42% of total fuel subsidies; the bottom 20% received less than 10%. That money would be better spent on health, education and infrastructure. Not only would this benefit the poor, but higher prices would also help to dampen global oil consumption, and hence the price of oil" (see, "Fuel subsidies - Crude measures: Not everybody is paying higher prices for oil". Available Online at: http://www.economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11453151 [Accessed last on Sunday, 06 July 2008].
Source: The Economist Magazine: May 29, 2008 (Online eition)
URL: http://www.economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11453151
The above analysis is in consonance with the conventional neo-liberal economic paradigm and doctrine. This doctrine or economic policy thinking is also a generally considered view of what is popularly known as the "Washington Consensus". This doctrine is championed and promoted in the developing, transition and emerging countries by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ŌĆō the twin Britton Woods Institutions.
In contrast however, citizens from these countries, particularly those from the countries that are rich in oil, minerals and natural resources see it in a different way. For example, Nigeria is a typical example a country where the sentiments and emotions of the citizens who are against the conventional neo-liberal economic thinking and prescriptions are echoed. For instance, a Nigerian citizen's response to the above quotation echoing neo-liberal or Washington Consensus on fuel or energy subsidies is captured in the following comment:
"In as much as I agree with the writer in principle, because the analysis made is logical, it is important to note that he missed out the corruption index. What is the guarantee that savings from removal of subsidies will translate into improvements in Health, Education and Infrastructure? In Africa, we have learnt that the more funds available in liquid form, the richer the leaders get. Subsidies, in my humble opinion, is the best way of helping the poor, at this our stage of development in Africa, may be later, we should remove it, but it is important to consider all possible factors involved in the analysis of subsidy removal." (Chinedu Amadi: June 03, 2008 03:19, comment based on The Economist Magazine's article of 29 May, 2008, culled from the Readers' comments section). Available Online at: http://www.economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11453151[Accessed last on Sunday, 06 July 2008].
Thus, petroleum product (i.e. fuel) and electricity consumption subsidies in Nigeria are some of the longest lingering national issues yet to have lasting solutions (if any). For example, over the years, there has never been a time, especially in the past thirty five years or so, when fuel and electricity subsidies; particularly fuel subsidies have not been major contentious national issues. Therefore, the recent re-visiting of this unending problem by the Nigerian government and the Nigerian Labour and Trades unions is not anything surprising to Nigerians at all. In fact, many Nigerians have been anxiously waiting and expecting the expected to happen, any way.
Now, the federal government, through the Hon. Minister of state for energy (petroleum), Odein Ajumogobia, opened up and made it clearly known and in unmistakable terms to the Nigerian fuel consumers that, the government will lift the freeze on price increases on petroleum products, which has been in place since June 2007. He made this known on July 16, 2008 at the Lagos Airport Hotel, Lagos, where he addressed members of the national executive council (NEC) of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC).
At issue this time around, is the huge financial outlay, which the Hon. Minister put to be in the range of N700bn to N1.5trn on oil subsidy by December 2008. This projected figures includes subsidies to Petrol (Premium Motor Sprit), Kerosene and Diesel. Presently, only Petrol and kerosene are covered by the generous government subsidies. According to statistics released by the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), fuel subsides for the affected two products amounted to about N450 billion by the end of 2007 - about 3% of GDP!
Furthermore, according to a projection by the PPPRA this will swell to about N700bn by December 2008. However, if diesel is added to the subsidy regime, the figure will balloon to over N1.5trillion by December 2008! Moreover, on top of these is the electricity subsides of N178bn annually for the next three years approved by the federal government through the Nigerian Electricity Regulator Commission (NERC).
Thus this arithmetic is mind boggling to say the least! This means that this year alone, the federal subsidies on petrol, kerosene and electricity consumption is close to N800bn or more. One of the obvious reasons for these high levels of subsidies has to do with the surge in the costs of petroleum products between 2003 and 2008 in line with the rise in the price of crude oil in the international crude oil markets.
Therefore, the bond of contention is whether spending over 3% of Nigeria's GDP on fuel and electricity consumption is a wise public finance decision or mismanagement of the nation's oil revenues; taking into consideration the huge problems facing the country - all deserving immediate financial attention from the government budgetary resources. For example, if we take just one problem area facing the country ŌĆō electricity supply for example, the sums of N700bn (over US$6bn) committed for subsidizing consumption of petrol are slightly over the sums of money needed for the implementation of the long-waited President Yar'Adua's Power Sector Emergency.
However, one of the counter arguments against the removal of subsidies in Nigeria is that the issue of subsidies on consumption of petroleum products and electricity is not real! What is happening according to this school of public opinion is that our downstream domestic petroleum product sector has nothing in common with international prices of petroleum products as long as we can put our domestic refineries back into full operation by using our local crude oil and labour force to produce our needed products.
Hence, according to this school of public opinion; inefficiency, corruption and rent-seeking activities going on in the downstream energy sector are what the government is busying subsidizing to the detriment of the economy and the citizens. For example, this school of public opinion points to the fact that why the government is not interested in repairing the ailing four refineries so that products can be produced locally with full benefits of our competitive and comparative advantages in terms of labour costs and in-country abundance of basic raw material feedstock (i.e. crude oil)!
Furthermore, another counter argument is that oil is God's gift to Nigeria and thus Nigerians should consume it on the cheap. This school of thought has very large followers in Nigeria and is often backed and promoted by the organized labour/trade unions and other mass movements within the civil society. However, this is just a false illusion as indicated above at the beginning of this write-up; only a tiny fraction of the citizens enjoy the subsidies and the so-called God's gift or the patrimony of the masses from the country's rich petroleum resources.
The Nigerian government on the other hand, is been pushed by internal expediencies and external pressures; largely from the Washington Consensus promoters (i.e. the World Bank, IMF and other development/donor partner organizations or agencies) to eliminate fuel and electricity consumption subsidies. The following reasons are often advanced to justify such policy prescriptions:
1. That subsidy cannot continue for too long in view of its negative social, economic and environmental impacts on the development of the oil sector itself and other sectors of the national economy. For example, the huge government expenditure on subsidy seriously affects government's capacity to revamp the oil refineries, pipelines, and other associated facilities and also retards the development of other sectors of the economy such as provision of portable drinking water, roads, rail service, education, health etc.
2. Subsidy encourages sharp practices and riff-offs as middlemen buy at low prices and resell to fellow Nigerians at black market rates and as well take the products across the porous Nigerian borders where they sell at higher prices thereby defeating the purpose for the subsidy in the first place.
3. That subsidy in reality was benefiting the rich who have ready and easy access to the government sources where they buy the subsidized products for their insatiably consumption and in addition, resell the excess to fellow Nigerians at the ubiquitous black-market outlets at rock-bottom prices.
4. That price controls and subsidies are disincentives to private investors who have stayed back from providing the direly needed massive private sector funds to build new refineries, distribution and marketing infrastructures in the downstream oil sector. Thus government's policies bordering on deregulation, liberalization and privatization of the sector are being compromised if price controls and subsidies are retained.
5. Fuel and electricity subsidies distort price signals and fail to reflect the true economic costs of supply; they lead to inefficient levels of consumption of the products and services. For example, fuel consumption subsidies in Nigeria result in overuse; wasteful and inefficient use. And because fossil fuels are important sources of pollution, including greenhouse gases, they contribute a lot to negative environmental effects; including climate change.
6. The last but by no means the least, is the issue or question of the rights of the poor, vulnerable groups and future generations have in the disposition of the oil revenues today?
Therefore, government, business and labour leaders have been divided over the issue of provision of subsidy on petroleum products. Moreover, organized opposition to subsidy removal is largely concentrated in the hands of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC)/Trades Unions Congress (TUC), their affiliates, Student Unions and numerous coalitions of civil society organizations.
Thus, Nigerians, under the leadership these stakeholder groups question what government intends to do with the subsidies if withdrawn. Their concerns were largely informed by the sad practices experienced previously whereby, monies saved from subsidy withdrawal or reduction ended up looted by politicians, government officials and other rent-seekers in the corridors of power instead of using the money to provide paved roads, education and health care etc to the general public (e.g. the dismantling of the Petroleum (Special) Trust Fund ŌĆō PTF that was established ostensibly to revitalize Nigeria's dilapidated general public infrastructures and services using recovered fuel subsidies funds is one of the sad memories of Nigerians).
Furthermore, Nigerians are also sick and tired of government excuses for the woeful failures regarding the issue of repairs of the ailing refineries despite the huge sums of money (over US$3bn so far) expended on them in the name of Turn around Maintenance (TAM) over the years but they are still comatose. Their concerns are that increasing the price of petroleum products is just another ploy to finance the criminally outrageous insatiable appetites of politicians, businessmen-cum-smugglers and government bureaucrats who have been feasting and rent-seeking on public oil revenues in the name of fuel subsidies over the years.
Hence, in order to bridge this often acrimonious and conflicting division between the government, the private sector and the stakeholders opposed to the removal of subsidies, a multi-stakeholder decision-making and negotiation framework is needed to discuss how the subsidies when withdrawn will be spent for the common good. Therefore, extending the debate and dialogue on subsidies reform deeper, I pose the following theoretical, empirical and public policy questions:
1. Can there be a "win-win" solution in Nigeria's domestic petroleum products price subsidy reform agenda?
2. If yes, what is it and how can it be implemented?
3. Who will be adversely (i.e. negatively impacted) or positively affected, as the case may be, by the fuels subsidies removal?
4. Who are the most vulnerable among the potentially impacted?
5. Who strongly supports or opposes the policy changes and why?
6. Whose opposition could be detrimental to the success of the implementation of the policy reform agenda?
7. Who is it (stakeholders or stakeholder groups) critical to engage with first by the government, and why?
8. What is the optimal sequence of engagement with the identified stakeholders or groups?
9. Will fuel subsidies removal lead to higher economic growth rates?
10. What role will these increases play in the dynamics of poverty and poverty alleviation in Nigeria?
11. How can the losers of the reform agenda be compensated?
12. Will subsidy removal reduce negative environmental effects, including climate change effect?
These questions are at the heart of an on-going research initiative premised upon designing a multi-stakeholder political economy (management) institutional framework for negotiating Nigeria's fuel (and energy) subsidies reform implementation strategies; arrangements and management by the author.
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Ar and As variables The Ar and As variables are shown graphically in
Figure 2.2. An equation for Ar is
Ar = - 27.058 log10 (F + 9) + 34.289
Equation 2-13
where F is the Froude number. Data ranges from 0.2 < F < 8.0.
Using an equation of the same form, the relationship for As is
As = - 24.739 log10 (F + 10) + 29.349
Equation 2-14
Equations 2-6, 2-10, 2-12, 2-13 and 2-14 are used in SAM.hyd to calculate the
roughness coefficient when the Keulegan equations are specified.
Strickler Equation
The Strickler function is compared to measured data in Figure 2.3. (Chow,
1959) This figure shows that for a wide range in relative roughness, R/ks, the
variability of the Strickler function φ R/ks is small. Strickler assumed this to be a
constant, 0.0342 when ks and R were expressed in feet. The effective surface
roughness height, ks, is the d50 of the bed sediment in this figure. However, ks
can be correlated with other measures of the surface roughness, depending on
what is representative of the surface roughness height of the boundary materials.
For example, riprap research at WES (Maynord 1991, 1992) has shown that the
Strickler equation will give satisfactory n-values when ks is taken to be the d90 of
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Shorinryu Matsumura Seito--A Traditional Style of Okinawan KarateEarly Okinawan karate or Tode (Tuidi) as it was called owes its origin to a mixture of indigenous Okinawan fighting arts and various "foot-fighting" systems and empty hand systems of Southeastern Asia and China. The Okinawans, being a seafaring people, were in almost constant contact with mainland Asia. It is quite likely that Okinawan seaman visiting foreign ports of call may have been impressed with local fighting techniques and incorporated these into their own fighting methods. Interest in unarmed fighting arts greatly increased during the 14th century when King Sho Hashi of Chuzan established his rule over Okinawan and banned all weapons. More rapid development of Tode followed in 1609 when the Satsuma Clan of Kyushu, Japan occupied Okinawa and again banned the possession of weapons. Thus, Tode or Okinawan-te, as the Satsuma Clan soon called it, became the only means of protection left to the Okinawan. Thus it was this atmosphere that honed the early karate-like arts of Okinawa into such a weapon that they enabled the island people to carry on a guerrilla-type war with the Japanese Samurai that lasted unto the late 1800's. So, Tode or Okinawan-te developed secretly to keep the Japanese from killing the practitioners and the teachers of the deadly art. Tode remained underground until early 1900 when it was brought into the Okinawan school systems to be incorporated into physical education methods. Chatan Yara was one of the early Okinawan Masters of who some information exists. Some authorities place his birth in about 1670 in the village of Chatan, Okinawa; others place his birth at a much later date. In any case, he contributed much to Okinawan karate. He is said to have studied in China for 20 years. His techniques with the Bo and Sai greatly influenced Okinawan Kobudo. His kata, "Chatan Yara no Sai", "Yara Sho no Tonfa", and "Chatan Yara no Kon" are widely practiced today. Most modern styles of karate can be traced back to the famous Satunuku Sakugawa (1733-1815) called "Tuidi Sakugawa". Sakugawa first studied under Peichin Takahara of Shun. Later Sakugawa went to China to train under the famous KuSanku. KuSanku has been a military attaché in Okinawa. Upon Master KuSanku's return to China, Sakugawa followed him and remained in China for 6 years. In 1762 he returned to Okinawa and introduced his Kempo; this resulted in the karate we know today. Sakugawa became a famous Samurai; he was given the title of Satunuku or Satonushi; these were titles given to Samurai for service to the King. Sakugawa has many famous students; among them were: Chikatosinunjo Sokon Matsumura Satunuku Makabe (nickname: Mabai Changwa) Satunuku Ukuda (Bushi Ukuda) Chikuntonoshinunjo Matsumoto (Bushi Matsumoto) Kojo of Kumemura (Kugushiku of Kuninda) Yamaguchi of the East (Bushi Sakumoto) Usume (aged man) of Andaya (Iimundum) Sakugawa contributed greatly to Okinawan karate; we honor him today by continuing many of the concepts he introduced. Sakugawa' s greatest contribution was in teaching the great Sokon "Bushi" Matsumura. The development of Matsumura Orthodox Karate Bushi Matsumura (1797-1889) studied under Sakugawa for 4 years, He rapidly developed into a Samurai, He was recruited into the service of the Sho family and was given the title Satunuku, later rising to Chikutoshi, At some time during his career Bushi Matsumura was sent to China to train in the famous Shorinji (Shaolin Temple), He is alleged to have remained in China for many years, Upon his return to Okinawa, Matsumura established the Shuite or Suidi that later became known as Shorinryu. Shorinryu is the Okinawan-Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese writing characters called Sholin in China, In both languages Shorin or Shaolin means "pine forest", Ryu simply means "methods handed down" or methods of learning such as those of a school. Bushi Matsumura lived a long and colorful life, He fought many lethal contests; he was never defeated, He was the last Okinawan warrior to be given the title "Bushi", He contributed greatly to Okinawan Karate, He brought the "White Crane" (Hakutsuru) concept to Okinawa from the Shorinji in China, He passed on his menkyokaiden (certificate of full proficiency) to his grandson, Nabe Matsumura. Nabe Matsumura brought the old Shorinryu secrets into the Modern Age, His name does not appear in many karate lineage charts, He was alleged to be very strict and preferred to teach mainly family members, Not much information on him is available; his date of birth and death are unknown, He must have been born in the 1850's and died in the 1930's, He was called "Old Man Nabe" and is said to have been one of the top karate practitioners of this time, He passed on his menkyokaiden to his nephew Hohan Soken Hohan Soken was born in 1889; this was a time of great social changes in both Okinawa and Japan, The feudal system was giving way to modernization, This aristocracy was forced to work beside the peasants, Hohan Soken was born into a Samurai family; at an early age he chose to study his ancestors' art of Shorinryu under his uncle, Nabe Matsumura, At the age of 13 young Soken began his training, For 10 years Hohan Soken practiced the basics, At the age of 23, Soken began learning the secrets of Hakutsuru, So proficient did Hohan Soken become in the art that his uncle, Nabe, passed on the style of Shorinryu Matsumura Seito Karate-do to him. In the 1920's to 1945 Hohan Soken lived in Argentina, Upon his return to Okinawa the Matsumura Seito Karate-do style returned also, Soken saw that karate had greatly changed; sport karate had all but replaced the ancient methods, Soken did not change; he valued himself as the last of the old masters, He refused to join some of the more fashionable karate associations, He stayed with the old ways and did much to cause a rebirth of interest in Kobudo and the old Shorin ways, Master Soken retired from karate in 1978. For many years he was the oldest living and active karate master. Before his death in 1983, Master Soken bestowed the menkyo kaiden on one of his top students, Fusei Kise.
Shorinryu Matsumura Lineage
|Satonushi Sakugawa (1733-1815)
|Studied in China under KuSanku, early founder of Shuri-te (Suide)
|Satunuku Makabe
|Student of Sakugawa, teacher of Bushi Matsumura
|Sokon Matsumura (1797-1889)
|Known as "Bushi" Samurai karate and kobudo expert, founder of Shorinryu karate.
|Nabe Matsumura (Circa 1850 - Circa 1930)
|Known as "Old Man Nabe", grandson of Sokon Matsumura.
|Hohan Soken (May 25, 1889 to December 1983)
|Great grandson of Bushi Matsumura, nephew of Nabe Matsumura, last of the old karate Masters.
|Fusei Kise (Born May 4, 1935)
|Founder of Shorinryu Kenshin Kan Karate-do, top student of Grandmaster Hohan Soken.


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By Richard Stevens - Senior Writer/GoLobos.com
When you face royalty of college volleyball, you have to figure you might take a few lumps. It was that way Sunday in Johnson Center for the New Mexico Lobos.
They played arguably the most storied volleyball program in NCAA history and the Stanford Cardinal won 25-14, 25-18, 25-20 for a 3-0 sweep.
The Lobos were not happy with the outcome and not simply because they didn't win a game in the championship of the MCM Elegante Classic. They were unhappy that they waited too long to realize the Cardinal weren't Superwomen wearing capes and flying above the rafters to drop their volleyball bombs.
"It was like in the first two games we were waiting for them to make mistakes and we didn't go out and try to earn our own points," said Lobo Taylor Hadfield. "We talked about it at the break and said we needed to play harder and get our hits together. That's what we came out and did."
Said Lobo coach Jeff Nelson: "We came out slow and flat. I'm a little disappointed because all we asked was from our kids today was to battle and play hard. As the match went on, we started to see that, but I thought in Game One we were really flat. When you are playing a great team, that's not an option."
Stanford, rated No. 4 in the nation, ran out of a 6-2 lead into a 13-3 lead to cruise to the first set win at 25-14. The Cardinal made it look easy. The Lobos picked it up a bit in the second set and trailed 16-13 and 18-15 before the Cardinal jumped up 22-15 and held on for the 25-18 win.
The Lobos' intensity and confidence changed for the final set. The Lobos led 4-2 and trailed 9-8 before the Cardinal drifted away to a 24-15 lead. The Lobos then threw out five unanswered points to claw to 24-20. Stanford called a timeout at 24-19. The Cardinal won 25-20.
"It wasn't that close, but we could feel a difference in the third game," said Hadfield. "Stanford is a great team. It was a tough match. We knew they were going to be able to hit over us and through us, but we felt we could have done better.
"It helps us to play a high-end team like Stanford. We need to learn from this, refocus and let it help us when we go to Hawaii."
The Lobos (2-1) next play Thursday, Sept. 2 at 6 p.m. (MT) against Michigan State in the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Classic. It's a four-day tourney with the Lobos playing three teams in three days, including No. 5 Hawaii and No. 10 USC.
The Lobos placed Hadfield and Kelly Williamson on the all-tourney team. Stanford's MVP was 6-foot-4 Alix Klineman and teammates Carly Wopat, Cassidy Lichtman and Gabi Ailes made the all-tourney team. Pepperdine's Kim Hill also made the tourney team.
Stanford's Klineman had 19 kills against five errors in her 45 attack attempts for a .311 hitting percentage. Stanford's hitting percentage were .231 in the first set, .390 in the second set and .205 in the final set. UNM went .133, .148 and .051.
Jade Michaelsen had 16 assists. Stanford had 13 serving errors to four for the Lobos. UNM's Allison Buck had 10 digs, Lisa Meeter had nine digs and Michaelsen had eight digs. Stanford also got 10 kills from Rachel Williams.
Stanford had 51 kills to 20 for the Lobos. The Stanford front line included Cardinal blockers going 6-4, 6-6, 6-5 and 6-2.
"They are so physical," Nelson said of Stanford. "They were blocking so well. We had to start figuring out where we could go with the ball. I think we should have battled better.
"I thought Stanford stepped up. They are used to this kind of environment. You are seeing the best of the best (in Stanford). We are moving in that direction with our recruiting. We need to get bigger and more physical. They (Cardinal) are such a presence."
The Lobos' second-place finish in the MCM Elegante was carved with 3-0 wins over Pepperdine and Tulane. The crowd Sunday was 3,831. It was the seventh largest crowd in Lobo volleyball history and the fourth largest for Johnson Center.


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Every fall, the dead are commemorated in a lively show of dance, music and theatre in Portland's longest-running Day of the Dead celebration. This year, los muertos return accompanied by the legendary Don Juan, that selfish rogue who took great pleasure in defying the opponents of his romantic interests. But when the world's most devilish romantic revisits the living on Día de los muertos, he soon discovers a new perspective on life, love and second chances.
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¡Viva Don Juan!
Miracle Theatre's annual Day of the Dead show is always enjoyable, bilingual, populist entertainment, with music and dance and humor strung together by a thin plot or theme. This year's installment, directed by Olga Sanchez, is more coherent than most and, while less artistically ambitious than some of its predecessors, it is more consistently entertaining. The ghost of Don Juan (James Peck, an excellently hammy Portland newcomer), upset that his poor reputation has left him with no one to build him an altar on El Día de los Muertos, makes a deal with the devil to return for one day to join a production of a play about his life and set the record straight. There follows some philandering, some swordplay, some mockery of bourgeois cultural pretension, a lot of bawdy humor and a few very well performed songs. A good time, all told.
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The details of the Miracle's annual date with death vary—this year's offering is more linear than usual, as the character-driven ¡Viva Don Juan! draws from history and language more than movement.
The premise is a little meta: The spirit of the famously lusty Don Juan (James Peck) is concerned that, because of his tarnished reputation, no one will build him an altar on the Day of the Dead. He makes a pact with the devil that earns him one more day on earth to try to salvage his legacy. To do so, he falls in with a group of actors who are producing a play about his life, where he tries to change the way his story is told.
Two of the show's most stunning moments come via song, in Spanish-language numbers from Sofia May-Cuxim and Sara Fay Goldman that promptly made me tear up even though I had no idea what was actually being said. (Do any other monolingual white people have this problem? Ladies singing in Spanish—gets me every time.) Of course, Act One should've ended after May-Cuxim brought the crowd to swift, earnest applause—that there was another scene before intermission is only one of the problem areas in a flabby script that could stand to lose a good 30 minutes. And you'll have to forgive a few plot twists ripped straight from the telenovelas: Don Juan's long-lost daughter! Etc.
But the show's strengths handily outweigh its weaknesses. James Peck is new to Portland stages, and his characterization of Don Juan is assured and conspiratorial, promptly winning the audience to his side even despite his character's well known... foibles. Song and dance numbers are lively, and jokes hit equally in English and (judging from the laughs) Spanish. If this show isn't already a holiday tradition? Make it one.
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This is an ancient festivity that has been much transformed through the years, but which was intended in pre-Hispanic Mexico to celebrate children and the dead. Hence, the best way to describe this Mexican holiday is to say that it is a time when Mexican families remember their dead, and the continuity of life.
Two important things to know about the Mexican Day of the Dead (Día de los muertos) are: It is a holiday with a complex history, and therefore its observance varies quite a bit by region and by degree of urbanization. It is not a morbid occasion, but rather a festive time.
The original celebration can be traced to many Mesoamerican native traditions, such as the festivities held during the Aztec month of Miccailhuitontli, ritually presided by the "Lady of the Dead" (Mictecacihuatl), and dedicated to children and the dead. In the Aztec calendar, this ritual fell roughly at the end of the Gregorian month of July and the beginning of August, but in the post-conquest era it was moved by Spanish priests so that it coincided with the Christian holiday of All Saints Day (in Spanish: "Día de Todos Santos.") This was a vain effort to transform the observance from a profane to a Christian celebration. The result is that Mexicans now celebrate the day of the dead during the first two days of November, rather than at the beginning of summer. But remember the dead they still do, and the modern festivity is characterized by the traditional Mexican blend of ancient aboriginal and introduced Christian features.
Generalizing broadly, the holiday's activities consist of families (1) welcoming their dead back into their homes, and (2) visiting the graves of their close kin. At the cemetery, family members engage in sprucing up the gravesite, decorating it with flowers, setting out and enjoying a picnic, and interacting socially with other family and community members who gather there. In both cases, celebrants believe that the souls of the dead return and are all around them. Families remember the departed by telling stories about them. The meals prepared for these picnics are sumptuous, usually featuring meat dishes in spicy sauces, chocolate beverages, cookies, sugary confections in a variety of animal or skull shapes, and a special egg-batter bread ("pan de muerto," or bread of the dead). Gravesites and family altars are profusely decorated with flowers (primarily large, bright flowers such as marigolds and chrysanthemums), and adorned with religious amulets and with offerings of food, cigarettes and alcoholic beverages. Because of this warm social environment, the colorful setting, and the abundance of food, drink and good company, this commemoration of the dead has pleasant overtones for the observers, in spite of the open fatalism exhibited by all participants, whose festive interaction with both the living and the dead in an important social ritual is a way of recognizing the cycle of life and death that is human existence.
In homes, observant families create an altar and decorate it with items that they believe are beautiful and attractive to the souls of their departed ones. Such items include offerings of flowers and food, but also things that will remind the living of the departed (such as their photographs, a diploma, or an article of clothing), and the things that the dead prized and enjoyed while they lived. This is done to entice the dead and assure that their souls actually return to take part in the remembrance.
In very traditional settings, typically found only in native communities, the path from the street to the altar is actually strewn with petals to guide the returning soul to its altar and the bosom of the family. The traditional observance calls for departed children to be remembered during the first day of the festivity (the Day of the Little Angels, El día de los Angelitos), and for adults to be remembered on the second day. Traditionally, this is accompanied by a feast during the early morning hours of November the 2nd, the Day of the Dead proper, though modern urban Mexican families usually observe the Day of the Dead with only a special family supper featuring the bread of the dead. In southern Mexico, for example in the city of Puebla, it is good luck to be the one who bites into the plastic toy skeleton hidden by the baker in each rounded loaf. Friends and family members give one another gifts consisting of sugar skeletons or other items with a death motif, and the gift is more prized if the skull or skeleton is embossed with one's own name.
Another variation found in the state of Oaxaca is for the bread to be molded into the shape of a body or burial wrap, and for a face to be embedded on one end of the loaf. During the days leading up to and following the festivity, some bakeries in heavily aboriginal communities cease producing the wide range of breads that they typically sell so that they can focus on satisfying the demand for bread of the dead.
The Day of the Dead can range from being a very important cultural event, with defined social and economic responsibilities for participants (exhibiting the socially equalizing behavior that social anthropologists would call redistributive feasting, e.g. on the island of Janitzio in Michoacan state), to being a religious observance featuring actual worship of the dead (e.g., as in Cuilapan, Oaxaca, an ancient capital of the Zapotec people, who venerated their ancestors and whose descendants do so to this day, an example of many traditional practices that Spanish priests pretend not to notice), to simply being a uniquely Mexican holiday characterized by special foods and confections (the case in all large Mexican cities.) In general, the more urban the setting within Mexico the less religious and cultural importance is retained by observants, while the more rural and Indian the locality the greater the religious and economic import of the holiday. Because of this, this observance is usually of greater social importance in southern Mexico than in the northern part of the country.
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Day of the Dead Altar Exhibit
Miracle Theatre Group is pleased to display an exhibit of ofrendas (altars) created by local Latino artists in celebration of Día de los muertos (Day of the Dead). The exhibit, curated by Pepe Moscoso of FusionArte and sponsored by the Consulate of Mexico in Portland, is free and open to the public.
Los Porteños Day of the Dead Poetry & Fiction Reading
Los Porteños is a Portland-area Latino writers group of emerging and established fiction writers, journalists, bloggers, dramatists and poets. Established in 2007 and hosted by Miracle Theatre Group, the group meets regularly to share new work to develop the skills and art of each writer. 2010 marks the group's third Día de los muertos literary reading.
Frank Delgado , Catherine Evleshin, Joann Farías. Alberto Moreno. Emma Oliver, Ivonne Saed , Cindy Williams Gutiérrez
James Peck … Don Juan
Sara Fay Goldman … Isabel
Nurys Herrera … Margarita
Sofia May Cuxim … Brigida
Enrique E. Andrade … Calixto
Matt Volner … Jaime
Sarah Peters … Francine
Olga Sanchez … Director
Hal Logan … Musical Director/Sound Designer
Mark Haack … Scenic Designer
Dug Martell … Lighting Designer
Maria Ferrin … Costume Designer/Choreographer
Sarah Lydecker … Prop Master
Lisa Coye … Dramaturge
Gavin Hales … Stage Manager
Rebecca Lewis … Carpenter
Wailana Kalama … Sound Technician
Sylvia Malán and Sarah Hinds … House Managers
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