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CG: My parents moved from rural Cuba to Havana several years before the Cuban Revolution, and from Havana to the United States seven years after the Revolution. For rural dwellers in Latin America, the transition from the countryside to the capital is as daunting as the transition from one's home country to the United States. My parents made both transitions in one lifetime in search of a better life for themselves and for me, and I was determined to make good on their sacrifices. I arrived in the United States months before my fifth birthday, and was raised in a densely populated, working class immigrant community in northern New Jersey – a stone's throw from New York City.
My mother worked as a sewing machine operator in a garment factory. My father was a self-employed carpenter and plumber. Neither of my parents learned to speak English or left the local community until they retired and moved to Florida. Although I spoke no English when I started grammar school and encountered prejudice and hostility from my Irish-American and Italian-American classmates, I excelled in school, and was even skipped a grade.
My mother, despite her limited formal education, was a voracious reader, and I quickly followed suit. Reading introduced me to a world beyond the confines of my immediate environment and sparked my intellectual curiosity. During high school, visits to New York City stoked my curiosity and fueled my passion for adventure. I longed to explore other places and other cultures (while remaining fiercely proud of my own), and I knew that education was the key to opportunities that my parents never possessed. I was also influenced by two of my high school math teachers (both women – one African-American; the other East European), whose success in a male-dominated field inspired me to excel in every academic subject and who encouraged me to apply to Ivy League universities.
My public high school did not adequately prepare me for the challenges that I would encounter at Yale, but I rose to the occasion, graduated magna cum laude, and enrolled in Harvard Law School. Yale introduced me to feminism, to Latin American studies, to political economy, and to the history of race relations in the United States. My professors and my peers laid the groundwork for the intellectual passions that drive much of my current work. But I also saw the difficulties that graduate students and faculty of color encountered in academia, and practiced law for ten years before deciding to become a law professor.
NL: Presumed Incompetent is quite a title. What made you and your co-editors choose this title?
CG: In their daily lives as faculty members, women of color frequently encounter the presumption that they do not belong in the academic workplace. Despite efforts to promote diversity in higher education, women of color remain woefully under-represented among full-time faculty. But the problem goes beyond numerical representation. Even in universities that have achieved critical mass of faculty of color, theculture of academia remains overwhelmingly white, male, heterosexual, and middle and upper class. Those who differ from this unspoken, uncontested, and often unconscious norm find themselves, to a greater or lesser degree, presumed incompetent as teachers, scholars, and participants in faculty governance. Just as criminal defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty, female faculty of color are often presumed incompetent by students, colleagues, and administrators, and must prove themselves over and over and over again. Presumed Incompetent draws upon both personal narratives and qualitative empirical studies to explain how the presumption of incompetence operates in the academic workplace, and offers practical advice for women of color and allies and for academic leaders on ways to subvert this presumption.
NL: Undeniably, Presumed Incompetent has resonated with women of color in higher education, academia and beyond. How has the general public, including faculty at institutions around the country, responded to the book and it's powerful message?
CG: Presumed Incompetent has been enthusiastically received by readers. Since the book was published, all four co-editors have been inundated with phone calls and e-mail messages thanking us for producing the book, asking for advice and assistance, and inviting us to present at workshops and conferences. We have spoken about the book at numerous universities, including Yale, Columbia, NYU, Fordham, University of San Francisco, San Francisco State University, Tulane, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
On March 8, 2013, the University of California, Berkeley School of Law hosted an all-day symposium featuring more than 40 presentations by distinguished scholars responding to the book. Selected papers from the symposium will be published in the Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice and the Seattle Journal for Social Justice. Several universities have used the book for faculty and student workshops on diversity and inclusion. Presumed Incompetent has been favorably reviewed in a variety of academic journals and blogs, and the book's editors and contributors have been interviewed on local and national radio programs. In short, Presumed Incompetent has struck a raw nerve and has sparked reflection and candid discussion about the plight of women of color in academia.
NL: Presumed Incompetent engages in a deep examination of the impact of racial/ethnic, sexual, gender and class bias in academic institutions, and how these experiences impact the advancement of faculty women of color. Apart from institutional bias, what individual or personal factors (e.g., internalized feelings of "otherness," self-efficacy, etc.) exacerbate these experiences?
CG: One of the key messages of Presumed Incompetent is that many of the obstacles that women of color encounter in the academic workplace are structural rather than individual, political rather than personal. Although each essay in Presumed Incompetent is unique, the narratives and qualitative empirical studies in the book reveal that certain patterns repeat themselves across departments and universities. However, certain personal and individual factors can exacerbate the challenges described in the book. One such factor is the internalization by women of color of academia's culture of silence and tacit complicity.
Women of color who succeed in academia are pressured in subtle and not-so-subtle ways to uphold academia's myth of meritocracy by distancing themselves from junior faculty who are experiencing difficulty and by remaining silent about the hardships that they themselves endured as they climbed the academic ladder. This silence can be devastating to newcomers, who come to believe that they are the only ones who have had to grapple with academic workplace bias and abuse. Like victims of domestic violence, these junior colleagues may blame themselves rather than the abuser(s) for their plight, may experience shame, isolation, and self-doubt, and may drop out of academia rather than contest inequitable policies and practices.
The stress of dealing with workplace bias has also been linked to various physical and mental ailments, including hypertension, cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, obesity, and depression. Many women who contacted us after the book was published informed us that they mustered the courage to stand up for themselves and challenge workplace inequities only upon learning that luminaries in their field had experienced rejection, ridicule, and tenure denial. In the introduction to Presumed Incompetent, my co-editor Angela Harris and I explain in detail the nine distinct reasons that women of color gave us for remaining silent about their experiences. One of our goals as editors of Presumed Incompetent was to break this silence in order to provide solace and practical survival strategies to women of color.
NL: Are there gender differences in how faculty men and women of color experience academia? If so, can you please expand on these?
CG: While men of color are also subject to workplace bias, the experiences of women of color are different due to the interaction of race, gender, class, sexual identity, and other forms of subordination. Those who are at the bottom of several social hierarchies are likely to experience more severe forms of exclusion and to be subject to multiple forms of stereotyping. For example, several of the essays in Presumed Incompetent address race and gender bias in student evaluations. Studies show that students consistently underestimate the credentials and academic rank of professors of color.
Both male and female faculty of color are presumed incompetent and must "prove themselves" in the classroom in order to earn the respect that their white male counterparts are typically accorded automatically. However, women of color encounter unique obstacles due to the combination of race and gender stereotypes. Students expect Latina and African-American female professors, in particular, to be warm and motherly – like stereotypical mammy or nanny figures. While men of color may be able to overcome the presumption of incompetence by demonstrating their intellectual prowess and command of the classroom, women of color who defy stereotypes and are rigorous and demanding teachers are often punished with negative student evaluations. Conversely, those who comply with the stereotypes may be deemed more warm and likable, but will be evaluated as less capable or knowledgeable. This race/gender double-bind can be career-threatening.
NL: I really like how Peggy Davis defines the concept of "micro-aggressions" in the workplace as "subtle or blatant attempts at punishing the unexpected behavior." What's poignant about these moments is how subtle (but powerful) bias can be. Have you experienced these moments? If so, how have you handled them?
CG: I have I have experienced almost every type of micro-aggression described in Presumed Incompetent, and have learned through trial and error (and through many painful mistakes) that there are better and worse ways of handling these situations. One of the most important lessons is to pick your battles. Micro-aggressions will occur on a daily basis, and it is unwise to spend enormous amounts of time, energy, and political capital responding to each one. It is essential to be strategic about which battles are worth fighting and to develop alliances with like-minded colleagues who will provide information and support.
NL: Presumed Incompetent has really opened up the conversation on the experiences of faculty women of color. In terms of application, 'what-to-do or not-to-do' lessons can faculty women of color take from the book? How can WOC prepare themselves best to enter a career in academia?
CG: The final chapter of Presumed Incompetent provides a comprehensive list of recommendations to women of color at all stages of their academic careers. These recommendations can be grouped into three categories.
(1) The first category consists of individual strategies to maintain physical and psychological health while grappling with the micro-aggressions of the academic workplace. These strategies include self-care, maintaining ties to family and friends, and building emotional distance between the public self and the private self. In our busy lives as academics, it is easy to put self-care on the back burner and to underestimate the consequences of dealing with high levels of stress – until serious illness strikes.
(2) The second category involves collective strategies — building supportive networks with like-minded colleagues, including peers and mentors. Thriving in the academic workplace is a collective endeavor, not an individual one. The most successful academics are those who have established networks of support (both personal and professional) within and outside of their universities.
(3) The third category consists of institutional strategies – a list of best practices that can be adopted by academic leaders to promote a more equitable and inclusive academic workplace. The most important piece of advice that I would offer a woman of color embarking on an academic career is to remember the importance of the work that you do. What you teach in the classroom can raise the consciousness of students, both white and of color, about social justice in the United States and globally. Your very presence as a highly accomplished woman of color can inspire students of color and help negate harmful race and gender stereotypes. Your scholarship will enable you to reach and influence a far larger audience than your work in the classroom. When times are tough, it is essential to remember that you are not alone. There is a wealth of experience in dealing with the challenges women of color encounter in the academic workplace. Finally, read Presumed Incompetent and share it with friends, colleagues, and university administrators. The detailed information in the book can be a lifeline.
NL: What are the next steps for Presumed Incompetent? Is there a vision for the book to have public policy implications around WOC, academia and leadership?
CG: It is my hope that Presumed Incompetent will spark a social movement to address policies, practices, and procedures of universities that have a disproportionately negative impact on female faculty of color. There are promising signs that this may happen. First, several of the women who contacted me after Presumed Incompetent was published will shortly be launching a website to provide information and support to women of color who are battling workplace bias. They have drafted a manifesto, and are actively seeking to break the isolation of the academic workplace by sharing resources and information.
Second, the book has been used extensively at a variety of universities to educate faculty and administrators and institute changes to policies and practices. Third, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF), one of the nation's leading civil rights organizations, recently took on a high profile race and gender discrimination case brought by a Latina professor against her university. Regardless of the outcome of this particular case, it is significant that MALDEF's president and general counsel framed the issue as a systemic one rather than a case of an isolated individual battling for her own career.
Education has long been at the forefront of civil rights struggles in the United States. While these struggles have increased access by students of color to higher education, female faculty of color represent a very small percentage of the nation's full-time faculty (7.5 percent, according to the most recent figures). This under-representation deprives students, both white and of color, of important perspectives that would enrich their educational experience and enhance their ability to grapple with the race, gender, class and other issues that continue to divide this nation. In addition, the under-representation and marginalization of faculty of color may exacerbate the alienation of students of color in predominantly white universities by depriving them of mentors and role models.
Indeed, students of color may be discouraged from pursuing positions in academia when their faculty mentors are denied tenure or otherwise mistreated in their universities. I hope that Presumed Incompetent (and the conversations resulting therefrom) will spur other organizations dedicated to advancing the rights of women and people of color to support female faculty of color in their quest for workplace equity.
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still cant seem to install the neogamma channel, any idea folks??
Thanks for your reply gen3sf regarding + & - discs.
Any clues as to the none existent NeoGamma channel post 4774 and 4773?
Many thanks
still cant seem to install the neogamma channel, any idea folks??
hi thanks for the guide i have a problem tho and wondered if you could help. heres how it goes:-
everything went sweet as a nut untill installing wad files at the very last stage.
installed....ios38-64-v3610 and ios50-64-v4889 with no problems at all but when going on to install ios53-64-v5149 it started installing and froze so i had to turn power off on and back on and go back to wad installer then i installed ios53-64-v5149 again an it installed like a dream when going to the next wad(ios55-64-v5149) the same happend so i turned power off and back on and did it again with no probs( this time it installed), exactly the same happened when installing neogamma r7 but after powered on and off it installed.
so now i restarted the wii was delighted when i had neogamma as a channel, started up mario party 8(which i had borrowed from a friend to check if it was working) it loaded up through neogamma i clicked load game on dvd and it started to load. the game options came on where it asked if i wanted to start the game. and create a mario file etc then the screen went white and froze.
any ideas if i did anything wrong or if you think its the game itself?
cheers guys
Just wanted to say huge thanx for this thread. I eventualy got the courage up to do this and it works perfectly (well... yes but one silly bug).
My wii is chipped but didn't play every backup. This soft mod kit and instructions allowed me to play the backups I couldn't normaly play. They need to be launched through neo gamma if that ever helps anyone.
Just as a side note. Came across a weird bug in all this. My homebrew channel displays upsidedown. Everything else is fine and working ok. Everything else displays as normal just the homebrew channel itself is upsidedown.
Edit: Oh and the chip in the console has taken priority, hence the need to use the neogamma channel. By that I mean the games that wouldn't play through the chip itself caused the black screen of death if launched through the disk channel. This is still the case after the softmod. They can only be boot through neogamma.
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Hi I just tried and everything works perfectly, but is only one small issue. After step 1 Homebrew Channel is up side down. Any idea why?
It wasn't my first time with this hack but this never happened before.
Hack is still working fine tho
Hi, I'm new on this and I need help. wii 3.4U, LU38.
I'm using this tutorial. I already install HBC ios36 v.12.18, although bootmii shows me "Installed boot1 version prevents a boot2 install (-2)" so I installed as an ios.
But I had a problem in step 3 "GET A CIOS"
3a ok
3b ok
3c ok
3d "cIOS38 r14 installer" shows me "Install error (ret= -2011)"
any ideas?
for errors look at this thread.
Wii 4.1U
Bootmii as boot2
Preloader .29
Usbloader GX
1TB WD My Book Essential
Ultimate Wiihacks Index

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By Kathleen T. RhemAmerican Forces Press Service
BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 12, 2005 The U.S. military doesn't have an exit strategy out of Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said here today. Rather, he added, DoD has a "victory strategy."
Rumsfeld's comment's came during his ninth visit to Iraq since U.S. Army and Marine troops routed Iraqi forces in March and April 2003. Many of those soldiers are back today for a second or often a third tour.
Speaking to a few hundred U.S. and other coalition troops in the 3rd Infantry Division's "Rock of the Marne Sports Oasis" dining facility, Rumsfeld told the soldiers he understands that "the overwhelming majority of the ... people represented in this room would prefer to be home."
"But you're here for a mission," he said, in the room decorated with flags, posters and banners from various professional and collegiate sports teams. "And the mission is to help set this country -- an important country, a country with intelligent people, educated people, a country with resources -- on the path of democracy and freedom and representative government."
Rumsfeld got a long and loud ovation when he invoked the name of Army Sgt. 1st Class Paul Ray Smith, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in a White House ceremony April 4.
"Sixty years ago, American soldiers liberated the German people from the tyranny of World War II. Today another generation of American soldiers have given the Iraqi and Afghan people a birth of freedom," Rumsfeld said, repeating comments Smith's wife, Birgit, made at a Pentagon ceremony April 5.
The secretary noted that many Europeans still fondly remember their American liberators. "One day I suspect that Iraqi children that you have met during your time here will grow up and they'll tell their own children about the American GIs who risked their lives to fight against those who (ruled in tyranny) over the civilized world," he told the soldiers.
During a question-and-answer session, Rumsfeld answered questions on the length of deployments to Iraq, G.I. Bill education benefits levels and future deployment of the Stryker combat vehicle.
Early in today's visit, Rumsfeld presented four soldiers with Bronze Star medals with valor devices and awarded Purple Heart medals to eight others. He also participated in a mass re-enlistment ceremony for 100 soldiers.
Division commander Maj. Gen. William G. Webster said the soldiers were re-enlisting for a total of about 600 years of "commitment to our nation because they feel like this Army of ours, this force of ours is accomplishing the mission we need to accomplish to help the great people of Iraq step forward and assume control of their own nation and internal security.
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Daily Health Tips update for November 8:
Pamper yourself with a homemade anti‐wrinkle eye cream that works just as well as pricey spa creations without all of the unpronounceable ingredients. To use, apply this cream in light, circular motions under and around your eyes each day.
¼ cup avocado oil
2 Tbsp. almond oil
4 tsp. wheat germ oil
2 Tbsp. lanolin
2 Tbsp. glycerin
2 drops geranium essential oil
1 vitamin E capsule (400 IU)
Warm the elderflower water in a saucepan over low heat. In a double boiler, warm the avocado, almond and wheat germ oils. Stir in the lanolin until melted. Remove from heat. Gradually beat in the warmed elderflower water. Stir in glycerin and geranium essential oil. Pierce the vitamin E capsule and squeeze contents into mixture. Stir. Pour into a 6 oz. wide mouth jar with a tight fitting lid. Store in a cool dark place.
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Mack Maine Isn't Sure Who Tweeted For Lil Wayne On Friday [Updated]
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Is Lil Wayne okay?
That has been the lingering question in the Hip Hop community ever since the news leaked that Lil Wayne was in critical condition at Cedars-Sinai hospital after overdosing on sizzurp last Wednesday. While hospital sources originally told TMZ that Wayne was in a coma inside the hospital's ICU, Wayne's camp has stated that the entertainment site is lying and it wasn't as serious. Meanwhile, TMZ's hospital source has gone mute (after an investigation was launched to determine who was leaking the info) and they have been forced to receive their updates solely from Wayne's reps who claim that Wayne is no longer in ICU and has been walking around the hospital floor on his own with bodyguards. That's definitely good news if true.
As you may recall, on Friday, after TMZ posted that Wayne was being given his last rites, he allegedly sent out a tweet that said, "I'm good everybody. Thx for the prayers and love," to discredit TMZ's story. Tech writer Kyle Sandler suspected something fishy was going on, so he did some research, and determined that there was no way that Lil Wayne could have sent that tweet from Cedars-Sinai.
"@TMZ FYI @Liltunechi tweet did NOT originate from 34.0766385, -118.37954589999998 (the lat/long for Cedars Sinai)"
XXL Magazine caught up with Mack Maine to verify if Lil Wayne really sent the tweet from his phone and strangely, he wasn't sure.
"That Tweet [that he sent out on Friday] wasn't sent out on that same phone line. I'm not sure if he Tweeted that or not. I wasn't with him at the present moment. One of his fans could have Tweeted that, I'm not really sure where that came from."
Oddly enough, that night he tweeted that he was watching the Syracuse game with Lil Wayne and that he was going to get Wayne to send out a tweet so that his fans would know he was okay. -_-
During his chat with XXL, he also gave an update on Lil Wayne:
"He's in the hospital regularly, [not ICU]. I can't really give a comment on his situation right now 'cus we're not really sure, we're just standing by him right now. Like I said, he's in recovery as far as we know, so we're just sitting back, just waiting until he's come fully recovered before we can give a statement."
Hopefully, Wayne is really pulling through and stabilized but something in the water ain't clean.
Meanwhile, Wayne's latest visitor was Nicki Minaj who showed up with a ton of balloons over the weekend, but didn't look distraught as she was leaving which could be a sign that he's doing much better.
Update: So this strange saga continues. Today, Mack Maine said he never gave an interview to XXL.
Well that's weird. Why in the world would XXL Mag publish a fake interview? As of now, they haven't pulled it down.
Not long after Mack Maine tweeted he never said anything to XXL, TMZ posted that they were told by Lil Wayne's camp that he was released from the hospital today.
Hopefully, this is true and Wayne is okay, but it all sounds like an episode of Scandal.


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Bob Ashley: Cooper chronicled city's life on film
The oldest negatives in The Herald-Sun's files date to October 1945, and they were taken by Charles Cooper.
One of the first shows scaffolding around a downtown building. The almost illegible, penciled label on the envelope seems to indicate it involved a collapse at the Varsity Men's Shop.
Four decades later, the final envelope in the 19 drawers of Cooper's negatives holds negatives of "advertising department Halloween party."
For 40 years, Charlie Cooper captured mishap and revelry, tragedy and celebration as he documented a city's daily rhythms for The Durham Morning Herald and the Durham Sun. He was the newspaper's first fulltime photographer, and he established a photojournalism department that came to be widely celebrated for its talents. Cooper and colleagues who joined him won multiple awards for their work.
When Cooper started, just out of the military in the months after World War II, he would have lugged around a heavy, bulky Speed Graphic camera. Those first negatives were from sheet film, loaded and exposed one shot at a time.
When his career ended, photographers were shooting on 35-millimeter film, often in color, and digital photography was on the horizon. Those negative files that hold the work of Cooper and later photographers like Harold Moore, Jim Sparks and Jim Thornton already are not just archives, but relics of another era. Shooting pictures on film is now the task of artists and sentimentalists.
Those drawers of fragile negatives are a seductive trove. For a variety of reasons, I've spent more time in them in the past couple of years than I ever had before. If I could find the time, I think I could happily spend hours there.
For in those cabinets is the life of the city, the momentous events and the commonplace. The pictures are an especially rich catalog of buildings that figured prominently in the life of Durham – we've been reprinting many in the "Open Durham" feature in Sunday's Durham Herald section. Gary Kueber's passion for the city's built environment and the way it could be the fulcrum for telling social history created that wonderful website.
He has drawn together many hundreds of photos from a wide range of sources, but a rich one was our photo archive. Kueber spent countless evenings searching through those archives a few years ago, portable scanner at the ready, and has digitized hundreds of our negatives.
Those archives started with the work of Charlie Cooper. I don't know whether it was Cooper who started meticulously filing every batch of negatives from every assignment, no matter how routine, or some other staffer, but it has led to a priceless history.
Keith Upchurch, who as a young reporter here worked with Cooper, undertook the difficult task that often falls to journalists – writing the obituary of a former colleague. He did it with his usual grace and keen sense of what makes a person distinctive.
The obituary captured the life of a photojournalist in those mid-century years when our regard for labor laws was less diligent. Cooper, Upchurch noted, in the early days worked "24-7" and would work for hours to set up the right shot – like his Christmas parade photo lit by dozens of flashbulbs mounted on streetlights lining the parade route.
He had one chance at that shot – a difficult concept to grasp these days when cell-phone pictures by the score record the most commonplace event and quickly ripple out through Pinterest or Instagram.
We owe a great deal to Charlie Cooper, and to the photojournalists of whom he was such an outstanding example.
Bob Ashley is editor of The Herald-Sun. You can reach him at 919-419-6678 or email@example.com


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When painting outdoors, you'll notice how white flowers can also be warm or cool, with pink, ivory, and even blue tints. In addition, their color reflects the light shining upon them and the light shining through their translucent petals. In shade, they take on cooler tones. If you are plein air painting in bright sun, they take on warmer tones. I've diagrammed some of my color choices in the painting Philadelphus IV (12 x 16, oil). I've intentionally exaggerated the different warm and cool shades of the fragrant white Philadelphus (Mock Orange) that grows outside our studio.
In direct sun, the Philadelphus appears to be white, as the flower petals are reflecting almost all of the sunlight striking them. When the flowers are in shade or shadow, they pick up the local colors of the environment, such as the blue of the sky or green of surrounding foliage and reflect those back to the eye.
--John & AnnVisit us at The Artist's Road to see more of our discussions of color and go to Hulsey Trusty Studios to see more of Ann's flower portraits.
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National Football Museum
The National Football Museum was celebrating today as visitor number 100,000 came through the turnstile of the new Manchester attraction – just six weeks after it opened.
It's estimated that the Museum - which relaunched at its new home in Manchester's Urbis building on July 6 - will welcome around 350,000 visitors through its doors during its first year of operation.
And, though the predicted visitor numbers were ambitious, the museum is well on track this week as the 100,000th guest walked through the doors.
The landmark visitor was 11 year old Jack Carr from Failsworth, being taken for his first visit to the museum by Michelle Marshall, 34, also from Failsworth. The pair were handed museum t-shirts and goody bags by Head of Commercial Development Michele Somers as they arrived.
Museum director Kevin Moore said: "We are absolutely delighted to have hit the 100,000 visitor mark within just six weeks.
"It's happened far quicker than even we had anticipated and validates all the reasons we gave for moving the National Football Museum to Manchester in the first place.
"Manchester is possibly the UK's biggest footballing city with millions of football fans as well as other tourists visiting every year."
Museum chiefs believe the outstanding visitor figures may have been buoyed by the opening day being so close to the start of the annual school summer break and also as a result of the proximity of the museum to the official Olympic viewing area in Exchange Square. However they believe that with the start of the football season visits will remain consistent.
Kevin Moore added: "We're extremely pleased with our visitor figures over our first few weeks and confident that we will smash our target of 350,000 visitors a year. The feedback from visitors has been absolutely fantastic."
The new museum was launched as a new national and international visitor destination, and has taken over the whole of the city's landmark Urbis building.
It was launched as a "world-class home for the greatest collection of football memorabilia ever assembled" and is already ahead of schedule to become one of the biggest visitor attractions in the UK.
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Black History month continues with poetry at Culture Center Theater
CHARLESTON — Join poet Crystal Good at the Culture Center Theater on Friday, Feb. 22, for a multimedia poetry event in celebration of Black History Month sponsored by the West Virginia Center for the Book.
Jeff Biggers of the "Huffington Post" wrote that "Valley Girl," Good's debut collection of poetry, "marks the entry of...an astonishing new voice into the national poetry circuit." He adds that the book "is a beguiling read, at once bold, disarming, plucky and feisty."
Good writes "through the lens of her experiences" as an Appalachian African-American woman and more. The former model and West Virginia native has worn many hats: poet, mother of three sons, and the current director of brand experience for Mythology LLC, a Charleston marketing firm.
Good is an Affrilachian poet, a term coined by Frank X. Walker to describe Appalachians of African descent. "I'm bi-racial, like President Barack Obama," she said. "I bring that experience to my work as well."
Fellow Affrilachian poet Norman Jordan will join Good at the event. "Jordan will be there to support me," Good said. "That's something we do in the African-American community. We support each other." Good and Jordan will sell their books at a post-event reception in the West Virginia Library Commission's James D. Waggoner Reading Room.
Good invites people to "bring the poet that's hiding in you" to the multimedia event, which will be much more than a poetry reading. "I like my readings to be interactive, like traditional African American call and response." Multimedia technology will enhance Good's presentation as well.
The event is sponsored by the West Virginia Center for the Book, an affiliate of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. It is hosted by the West Virginia Library Commission in partnership with the West Virginia Humanities Council. The West Virginia Center for the Book brings the national Center's message of the importance of books and reading to audiences statewide. The center actively works within West Virginia to highlight the unique literary heritage that abounds from the earliest storytellers to modern novelists and poets.
This project is supported with funds from the Library Services and Technology Act administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the West Virginia Library Commission.


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The first Gallup tracking poll shows that Mitt Romney, after having emerged from an at-times brutal primary process, holds a slight lead over President Obama, 47 percent v. 45 percent. That must be disconcerting to those on the left, who believe that Obama is nearly a lock for re-election.
He's clearly not.
To make matters worse for the president, 2012 will — in the words of former Clinton aide William Galston – be a "referendum, not a choice." But most ominously for Obama is this paragraph:
Obama is no longer the master of his fate. During the 2008 campaign, Obama could and did seize the initiative in the face of unexpected events. His agile response to the mid-September financial meltdown propelled him into a lead that he never surrendered. In 2012, by contrast, he will be at the mercy of events that he cannot control. The Supreme Court will decide the fate of the Affordable Care Act. A military confrontation between Israel and Iran would put the administration in the no-win situation it has struggled to avoid, with incalculable consequences for our national security as well as our politics. If job creation returns to the strong pace of the late winter and remains there through the fall, he will be reelected with room to spare. But if the middling March employment report is a harbinger of things to come, the electorate's evaluation of his performance will be harsh, and the road to reelection very steep indeed.
No politician wants to be in a position where he's not the master of his fate. More than most presidents seeking re-election, though, that's the situation Obama finds himself in. To win re-election, Obama needs most things to go right for him and most things to go wrong for Governor Romney. That scenario isn't out of the question, but it's not a terribly comforting thing to have to base your re-election on. Yet it's all the president has right now. A record of nearly uninterrupted failure will do that to a campaign.


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reader's questionHey Doc,
My problem is basic, but since you seem to be open to tackling any kind of situation, I'm going to take the chance and ask anyway.
I am a 42-year-old male who was married for 20 years and am now in the final stages of my divorce from Robin. (One child, by the way, and she lives with my soon-to-be ex.) In all the years I was married, I never cheated on Robin, and for these last two, I've been in a state of shock. I've also been going back and forth with Robin (with the help of various marriage counselors) in an attempt to save our marriage. Needless to say, it didn't work.
i'm out of the loopNow that I'm completely on my own, I find myself feeling totally inept when it comes to women and dating. Instead of feeling the experience of my years, I feel dopier than an eighth-grader who's never kissed a girl in his life. Add to this that I've begun noticing that the women I meet seem to have no interest whatsoever in a man my age.
I don't know, maybe it's just my imagination. All they seem to want is vacuous guys under 30. But again, at this point, this might only be my skewed vision of life.
To make a long story short, it's a nightmare out there. I've tried cultivating women through the Internet, but when I actually meet them face to face, they look nothing like their pictures. I've come to the conclusion that nobody is honest. I've gone into a few bars and clubs, and forget it. My skin isn't that thick yet — I feel like I'm surrounded by schools of sharks.
i'm no loser, docDoc, I'm attractive (I think), in great physical shape, educated (M.A.), financially secure, humble, and blah blah blah. I'm sure you've heard it all from other guys.
Since I work out of my home, I have extremely limited work-related social activity. My question to you is, where the heck am I supposed to go to find quality women? I know that I'll have to go through a certain number of them to find a single good one, but I can't even seem to get into the game.
Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated, and no doubt appreciated by others like me.
George — who'll be alone again come Saturday night
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My first piece of advice to you is to go easy on yourself. Sadly, there are lots of guys in your boat, but it's not the end of the world. And you've come to the right place for coaching.
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CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) - The chairman of Clemson University's board of trustees says the panel won't vote on a plan to ban tobacco use anywhere on campus.
The State newspaper reported Chairman David Wilkins says the administration, not the board, will handle the plan.
Several trustees said during a committee meeting Thursday they thought the tobacco ban question should go to the board rather than being handled by the president and his staff. But Wilkins said Friday that wouldn't happen.
Clemson now bans smoking in its buildings. The new rule would extend the ban to outdoor areas and add smokeless tobacco to the indoor ban.
The subject was mentioned at Friday's meeting but only in reference to a report that was given by a university task force that's working to formulate the policy.
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There was some breaking news in the wrestling world on Friday afternoon and sadly the headline was a familiar one for wrestling fans as TNA wrestler Kurt Angle was arrested for driving while intoxicated (DWI). Here's the story from TMZ.com.
TNA superstar Kurt Angle has been arrested for DWI again, TMZ has learned -- his 4th alcohol-related arrest in 6 years and the pro wrestler now plans to enter rehab.
A rep for the Texas highway patrol tells TMZ, Angle was busted Thursday night in Wise County, Texas following a live taping of "Impact" for Spike TV. We're told police received a call about a reckless driver, and caught up to Angle on the road.
We're told they pulled him over on suspicion of reckless driving, and detected an odor of alcohol emanating from Angle's vehicle. It's unclear if a field sobriety test was administered, but Angle was placed under arrest and taken to a nearby police station.
Angle has a long history with alcohol-related arrests. In 2007, he was arrested for DUI in Pennsylvania. He was then arrested twice in 2011 -- once for being drunk behind the wheel of his parked car, and once for DWI. Angle pled guilty to being drunk while parked, but he got off on the other charges.
Over on F4WOnline.com, Dave Meltzer reports that Angle was released on a $2,000 bond Friday. Angle was driving from Wichita Falls, Texas (where TNA Impact took place on Thursday) to Tyler, Texas where TNA had a live event on Friday.
On Friday night, Angle took his Twitter account @RealKurtAngle to let the world know that he plans to enter a rehab facility immediately.
"I am blessed to have the support of my family, my friends and my company. In light of recent events, I will be immediately entering a rehabilitation center. I realize that this is a pivotal time in my life and I ask for your understanding as well as your prayers and continued support. I am confident that in taking these steps I can begin to address necessary changes in my life."
TNA President Dixie Carter went on Twitter to say that TNA is supportive of Angle in his recovery.
The TNA Family is very supportive of the steps @RealKurtAngle is taking in his recovery. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers.— Dixie Carter (@TNADixie) August 3, 2013
Well said.
As mentioned above, this is Angle's 4th alcohol related arrest in the last seven years. Clearly there's something wrong here. He's a 44 year old man who should know better by now. The problem is he may not know how to stop. That's why we have to hope that the rehab center will be a good thing that prevents something like this from ever happening again.
There are two positives to take from this: 1) nobody was hurt and 2) he's getting help. I don't know if Kurt took it upon himself to get help. Perhaps his wife or another family member pushed him to do it. I guess it doesn't matter. The point is he's going to get help. That's a good first step - admitting there's a problem.
What's so weird about this to me is that on Wednesday I was on my Facebook account starting up a discussion about how awesome it would be to see Kurt Angle in a match in WWE again against Daniel Bryan or CM Punk. There aren't that many dream matches left in wrestling, but those are for me. Now I can't think about Angle wrestling matches. All I really want to think about is that Angle gets his life on the right path so he can be there for his four kids (two girls with his current wife Giovanna; a girl & boy with ex-wife Karen) to watch them grow up.
The other thing that I know people are talking about on Facebook, Twitter and wrestling message boards everywhere is if WWE would be the ones paying for Angle's rehab? The reason that's a valid question is because a few years ago WWE made it known that they will pay for the rehab of any current or former employee. They have paid for rehab stints of Scott Hall, Sean Waltman, Tammy Sytch and others. Whether that covers a current TNA wrestler that started in WWE like Angle, I don't know. My assumption is that a guy like Angle, who has been a main event level guy for 14 years, likely can afford rehab on his own. If WWE pays or they don't, the onus is on Angle. He needs to get the best treatment possible.
Drinking alcohol and driving is bad. We all know that. People shouldn't do it. There are plenty of horror stories out there. Some of them have affected us personally. The sad thing is it will never go away because there will always be people that think they're okay to drive a car when they're not. I wish one of his friends in TNA drove him where he needed to be last night. I hope that in the future that is the case. Just don't let him drive anywhere while he's on the road going to wrestling shows. If that's when he might be tempted to drink then take away the keys. If he says no, too bad. History shows he doesn't always make the right decisions.
I don't blame anybody for saying "forget him, he's a loser" because frankly I can see that point of view. However, I'd rather hope for the best and that he can find some way to overcome this problem (four arrests IS a problem) because his family needs him. I also hope that he lightens his schedule. Does he really need to work so many TNA house shows? They have a deep roster. Others can fill his spot.
The wrestling fan in me hopes that Angle can get past this. I want to see him wrestle in WWE again on a limited schedule. I want to see him give a WWE Hall of Fame speech (his TNA induction is in October) with his family sitting in the front row. I want that for him because he's one of my favorite wrestlers ever. I can rattle off Angle moments and matches in my head better than I can remember anything from high school Algebra. That's for damn sure. Maybe some people think he doesn't deserve to be honored, but I do only if he can get past this problem of his.
Kurt Angle will be 45 years old later this year. He owes it to himself and the people that love him to get past this. This is bigger than an Olympic Gold Medal, a WWE Title, a TNA Title - this is a man's life. I truly and sincerely hope that he does overcome this alcohol problem.
Get yourself the help you need, Kurt. Your family, friends and fans will be there when you get better. It's up to you to win this battle. You've been winning all your life. Time to get one more victory. To borrow a phrase: it's real. It's damn real.
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HENDERSON, Ky. - Saratoga Harness Racing Inc. announced that it received unanimous approval Wednesday from the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission to buy a minority share of Ellis Park and oversee all activities at the track, including its new instant racing video betting games.
Saratoga, owner of Saratoga Casino and Raceway in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., will pay $4 million for a 30-percent ownership stake at Ellis.
There are also opportunities for it to later buy 50-percent and then 100-percent of the Henderson racetrack.
Joe Rudisill, a Saratoga Harness consultant, will serve as Ellis Park's general manager.
"Saratoga brings a wealth of experience to Ellis Park," Ron Geary, who bought the track from Churchill Downs Inc. in 2006, said in a statement. "Their commitment to excellence will help ensure that instant racing machines are successful in bringing much needed support to Kentucky horse racing. I'm proud to partner with such a dedicated team and look forward to our future together."
Rudisill and Saratoga executives worked with Geary on the remodeling of a portion of the Ellis clubhouse for the installation of 187 instant racing machines, which resemble slot machines. The electronic gaming parlor opened Aug. 31 and operates seven days a week along with simulcasting.
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"Ellis Park is a 90-year-old racetrack steeped in racing tradition and revered throughout the country," Dan Gerrity, president of Saratoga Harness Racing, said in a statement. "Their commitment to both Kentucky horse racing and their local community is to be applauded and we look forward to helping expand upon what is already a long and storied history."
The expansion of the facility also brings plans for a new casual dining eatery based on Saratoga's Lucky Joe's. A large new bar that has opened on the ground floor of the clubhouse will be incorporated into Lucky Joe's, according to Rita Cox senior vice president marketing of Saratoga Casino and Raceway. That bar area also features television screens for watching simulcast racing and other sporting events.


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Two new art installations open at the Natural History Museum today. Little Savages and the White Horse Museum are part of a contemporary arts programme that aims to stimulate dialogue between science and the arts.
Look out for an imaginary infestation of tiny fantastical fairy creatures invading the Museum's Central Hall.
Tessa Farmer got inspiration for Little Savages after spending a year researching the predatory behaviour of insects at the Museum. She worked with scientists from the Museum's Entomology Department, focussing on the parasitic wasp, which habitually invades and devours other creatures in order to survive and prosper.
The installation draws on Farmer's previous work involving animals engaged in ferocious battle. You can see bloodthirsty fairies, created with plant roots and insect wings, staging a gruesome attack on a fox, in the sculptural installation.
There are drawings on display echoing Farmer's experiences working in the scientific laboratories. They were created with the help of microscopes and examine the detritus left behind by the fairies.
A stop-motion animation, developed in collaboration with Sean Daniels, reveals a behind-the-scenes attack in the Museum's storage areas. Away from the public eye and the view of the scientists, a single fairy lures a longhorned beetle out from a cave and a gathering horde of fairies overcome their prey.
Tessa Farmer received an MA from the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, University of Oxford. She was selected for New Contemporaries in 2004, and has exhibited at firstsite, Colchester; Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland; and in Parabola's Repatriating the Ark at the Museum of Garden History, London. Her work will be shown at the new Saatchi Gallery in 2008 and the Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania in 2009.
Artist Tania Kovats' White Horse Museum is a museum in a horsebox, inspired by her research into the Uffington Horse, the prehistoric chalk drawing carved into the Oxfordshire hills.
The converted horsebox will be parked outside the main entrance of the Museum from Friday 5 until Sunday 7 October before leaving appropriately for Cheltenham racecourse.
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This is really excellent! I made it lowfat by using Egg Beaters in place of the eggs, lowfat cream cheese and 1/2 the butter. It turned out fabulous and the fat and calories were SIGNIFICANTLY reduced! Then I served it with whipped honey butter. Yummy!!
This recipe was amazing! I have a family of 6 & everyone loved it. It looked beautiful too. It was easy to make and little clean up. I would give it 6 stars for uniqueness & originallity.
i give it 5 stars because it tasted reeeeeeal good! :) i have no idea what i did wrong though. i did as the directions said. i watched the pancake puff up in the oven and as soon i opened the oven door, when it was finished, it deflated. it looked like a giant crater. really cute, but not what i was hoping for. now that i think about it... i did get a little excited with the honey. i'll take note of that next time... which there will be!! thank you! i put melted butter and powedered sugar on top! it was very very yummy!
This was FANTASTIC!!! I have 4 kids, 7 and under and are VERY PICKY. I made this for the first time tonight, and WOW!! They were asking for 2nds and 3rds before I even got my first slice! lol We put on frozen mixed berries heated up with powdered sugar on top. DELICIOUS!! My son even requested, "Can you make this again mom!?!?!" That NEVER EVER HAPPENS! lol Thanks for the great recipe!!! :D
This was delicious! I followed the recipe exactly, but needed to bake mine for about 30 minutes. I topped it with powdered sugar and then served maple syrup and blueberry pie filling on the side. My guests loved this.
This is a Christmas Morning Tradition. My kids, all in their 20's now, still request this for breakfast on Christmas Day. It's absolutley delicious!
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John Douglas, prominent with Lake George Opera, dies
John Douglas, a respected opera teacher, administrator and conductor who had worked since 2003 for Lake George Opera at Saratoga, died Monday in his home town of Philadelphia. He was 54 and had an aggressive form of cancer, said Curtis Tucker, artistic director of the opera company. Douglas was to have conducted the company's "Viva […] [Read More]
'Viva La Mamma' @ Lake George Opera, 7/11/10
By Priscilla McLean, Special to the Times Union Perhaps it was the mid-Nineteenth Century Italian opera audience. Hector Berlioz, the famous French composer, described the crowd with backs toward the stage, talking and laughing loudly while eating and gambling, so loudly that Berlioz left the hall in disgust, not having heard a note of Donizetti's […] [Read More]


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Superintendent Helps Celebrate Success at A2 & Jackson Schools
A2 Charter and Jackson Elementary Schools honored their Students of the Month at a Top of the Line Assembly on Friday, February 13. Dr. Joe Sheehan, Sheboygan Area School District superintendent, was the guest of honor.
Sheehan helped congratulate the students and made the award presentations for the many good deeds the students had performed in recent weeks.
After the program, Sheehan joined the students at A2 as they performed commercials advertising the inventions they had created as part of a school project.
A2 students researched inventors and inventions of the past and then developed an idea to meet a need, solve a problem or entertain. Next, using the Internet, books and interviews, they investigated whether the item already existed and finally, developed a model of their creation. The students then advertised their inventions to classmates, teachers and staff members. Students will also present their work to their families at the A2 student-led parent teacher conferences February 17 and 19.
Sheehan also had the opportunity to view the advertisements and inventions. "If anyone is worried about American creative ingenuity, please come visit A2 and hear and see what our students are inventing. Indeed America's future is in creative, well-prepared hands as demonstrated by our A2 students' projects," he said.
The project had a large impact on the student's education covering a diverse breadth of learning opportunities making them think a little harder.
Fifth grader Chaz H. said that the invention project increased his understanding of the intensity required in inventing something.
"I never really thought about making an invention before and it took a lot of thinking and planning," said fifth grader Eden S.
"The invention process takes a pretty long time," said fellow student James Thone.
It was the presentation aspect of the program that challenged Pachia Y. "I learned it is not easy to present in front of a group of peers," she said.
Mackenzie W. agreed that sometimes, "It is easier to talk to people you don't know."
Having to redesign the inventions after their first attempt was another lesson for the students. "I expected my model to work the first time, but when it didn't I had to change my plans," said Ben G.
Science teacher, Sandy Spatt, was particularly pleased with the level of student research. "Students were very thorough in investigating their ideas using a variety of sources to methodically learn about their individual topics," she said.
A2 Charter School is in its second year of operation in the Sheboygan Area School District. It is an accelerated school for self-directed fourth and fifth graders and it is located at 2530 Weeden Creek Road and shares facilities with Jackson Elementary School.
Pictured here, A2 Charter School principal Lynn Walters examines some of the inventions created by students, including Luke H.'s Quit Your Crawling Christmas Tree Quencner , Alex P.'s Indestructable Mailbox , Kourtney M.'s Hair Spray Brush and Hannah S.'s Never Adjust Legwarmers.
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NORTHRIDGE, Calif. --- Cal State Northridge junior Anna Yang was named the Big West Conference Women's Tennis Player of the Week, the league office announced Wednesday. In action last week, Yang won her third-straight singles contest and improved to 8-6 on the season with a straight-set victory over UC Irvine's Stephanie Hammel.
Yang, who is originally from San Diego, defeated Hammel 6-2, 7-6 to score the Matadors' only point in singles play against the Anteaters. In doubles, she teamed with Nigora Sirojiddinova to post an 8-4 victory in their No. 2 contest as CSUN swept the three doubles contests against UC Irvine. For the season, Yang and Sirojiddinova are 8-6 as a tandem.
The weekly award is the first of Yang's career. She sports a career singles record of 26-19 (.578) and a doubles mark of 35-19 (.648). Her doubles winning percentage ranks among the school's all-time top 10 and she earned All-Big West Doubles First Team honors in 2010.
Yang became the second Matador in as many weeks to earn the league's weekly honors, following teammate senior Jennifer Sher, who won the award on Mar. 28.
The Matadors and Yang play UC Davis on April 4 and Pacific on April 5. Northridge's 2012 home finale will be on Sunday, April 15 vs. Cal Poly.
CSUN will then travel to face LMU (April 17) and San Diego State (April 21) in a pair of non-confernence matches before heading to the Big West Championships in Indian Wells, Calif., from April 26-29.


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Arsene Wenger admits Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere must prove his fitness in the next few weeks to keep alive his bid to play for England at Euro 2012.
Wilshere, 20, has been sidelined since the start of the season due to a troublesome ankle injury which needed surgery after it took longer than expected to heal.
Wenger insists there is no chance Wilshere will be able to go the European Championships in Poland and Ukraine unless he has proved he is completely recovered by playing for Arsenal before the end of the current campaign.
And with only seven matches left in Arsenal's Premier League season, the Gunners boss knows time is running out for his young star.
"To go to a big competition without having played at all is impossible," Wenger said on Friday.
"In the next four or five weeks we will know more and the next three weeks will be decisive.
"You would think a player who wants to play in June will have to be competitive at the end of April."


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Voters want Chilton, Foushee for senate seat
Voters in Chatham and Orange counties told Public Policy Polling that Mark Chilton and Valerie Foushee are their top two choices to replace former state Sen. Ellie Kinnaird who resigned her District 23 seat earlier this month.
According to the poll by the Raleigh-based company, 36 percent of the voters say Chilton would be one of their top two choices and 28 percent rank Foushee as one of their top two.
"Chilton and Foushee are also the only people who have put their names in the mix that a majority of voters in the district are familiar with," polling officials wrote in a news release. "They are both quite popular among voters familiar with them and hold nearly identical favorability ratings -- Chilton's at 40/14 and Foushee's at 40/13."
Meanwhile, there appears to be little support for the remaining applicants with 14 percent placing Alice Bordsen in their top two, 7 percent Heidi Chapman, 5 percent Amy Tiemann, 2 percent Jim Porto and 1 percent Lynette Hartsell.
Chilton and Foushee outperformed Bordsen, a former state representative, despite strong support for Bordsen from Kinnaird, who said she favors Bordsen because of her 10 years of experience in the legislature.
Chilton comes out in first because of strong support in Carrboro (36/15 over Foushee), Chapel Hill (31/15), and Chatham County (21 percent to 7 percent for Bordsen with Foushee at 6 percent.)
Foushee does best in unincorporated Orange County (33 percent to 15 percent for Bordsen with Chilton at 13 percent) and Hillsborough (24 percent to 13 percent for Chapman with Chilton at 12 percent).
Pollsters say Chilton is polling well for the vacancy because of his decision to get arrested as part of the "Moral Monday" protests. Seventy-five percent of voters in the district approve of local elected officials who got arrested as part of that movement compared to only 18 percent who take issue with their decisions.
Orange County Democratic officials have called a September 8 to vote on Kinnaird's replacement.
Whoever gets the appointment will have hard a time filling Kinnaird's shoes in voters' eyes because she leaves office with a 72 percent approval rating, the group said.
Only 14 percent of voters disapproved of the work she did in the Senate.
"Those are the strongest numbers we've found for an elected official anywhere in the country so far this year," the polling group wrote.
Still, even with such great popularity among voters, the majority of them don't agree with Kinnaird that her replacement should be a woman.
Kinnaird's replacement will be appointed by the four-member N.C. Senatorial District 23 Democratic Party Executive Committee.
The committee is composed of two members from Chatham County and two from Orange County.
Kinnaird, who was in her ninth term as a state senator, cited her frustration with the Republican-controlled General Assembly as the reason for her resignation on Aug. 19.
She believes she can be more effective working outside the legislature, and intends to focus on ensuring citizens have the proper identification to vote in the wake of the state's new voter ID law backed by the state's Republican majority.


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Infinite expiration dates
I recently read an article (I hope it wasn't here) about ingredients that never go bad. I can't find it now but remember salt was one of the few items on the list - and I think corn syrup. I ask because I have a jar of cream of tartar I probably got as a wedding gift some 23 years ago. I can't find any information about how long it lasts. And, I think dried legumes last forever too. What other items in your pantry have infinite expiration dates?
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Posted by bonap on 10/26/2012
The six of us had a very satisfying lunch in this outpost on west 53rd Street. Don't let the location stop you from making the trek. We were seated promptly and comfortably in their large, tastefully decorated room at 1 PM. The noise level (from conversations, not music) was a bit intense at first, but as the afternoon played out, the reverberations abated. Apps, ranging from garlic sausage (two thick slices) over tasty lentils, to lobster bisque, and a medium sized thin pizza special for the table to share, accompanied by nice wines by the glass, portended well for the rest of the meal: perfectly grilled hangar steak on tender chard (?) in a pool of jus reduction, nicely presented char and the like, all served extremely competently. Desserts (brulee/deeply flavored ice cream/popcorn) and good coffee were followed by a very fair ($300 + tax + tip) bill. A quibble: strict vegetarians are limited to a couple of salads and a risotto. I look forward to introducing my family to this experience.
Posted by Sanger on 12/19/2011
the place was a bit classier than i had assumed given its location in Hell's Kitchen. at first, it came off just a tad snooty with the large number of well-clad service members, but the place itself was tastefully decorated and designed. the four of us had come for brunch and while the menu was a bit limited, we were all quite happy with the food. i had the duck, duck, baguette which was a decent sized sandwich of pate and duck confit. the mustard was slightly overdone and the accompanying salad was dry - but the duck and slaw on the sandwich were fantastic! two others ordered the duck leg crouquette which came with two eggs, a couple pieces of sausage, and a very small salad. the sausage and duck were delicious - perfectly cooked, and full of flavor. only problem was it was a relatively small plate and would have benefited from some starch (toast, home fries, etc). the last of us had the scrambled egg sandwich which had two big pieces of bacon, tons of eggs, and homemade biscuits. tons of food, all well done. overall - the food was not perfect, but it was pretty darn good, and the bill was entirely reasonable. service was great, especially considering that the kitchen was down stairs!
Posted by Longhorn on 11/20/2011
I went recently with 6 old friends visiting from out of town. I, being the only New Yorker was a little nervous to go to the restaurant based on the location. I thought it was going to be a total tourist trap. It was a little touristy, but that was fine, my girlfriends were tourists. The food was very good, but I feel a responsibility to tell you that the service was atrocious. The server was condescending and nasty. He never came by to check on us and when we asked him for anything he acted like he was annoyed and doing us a huge favor. I waited until the end of the meal to talk to the manager. He needed to know how the customers were being treated by this miserable jerk. When spending basically $75 a head on dinner one would expect the service to be somewhat accommodating. Nope. So if you are going to spend an evening out to dinner skip this place. Service is such a big part of the dining experience. Pass on La Silhoutte, there are so many other places great places in NY to eat.
Posted by irving on 08/18/2011
considering the generally favoralble reviews and the background of the chef-owners, had high hopes for this restaurant. Sadly although the amibience is comforting and the service was excellent and caring the food was not worth another visit. The so-called summer tomato salad consisited of winter type artifically ripened and tasteless plum tomatoes at a time when delicious vine ripend tomatoes were at all the local markets. This tasteless concoction went for $15. The halibut was nothing special but decent enough but for a 5'" square surrounced by corn kernals "succotash?" and a single cippolini onion, could easily be classified as a "rip-off'" at $32. The coffee was good but didn't care to hang around for dessert. Very dissappointing as I had hoped to make this a '"neighborhood restaurnant" for myself. As it is, I won't be returning.
Posted by Kathryn Birstein on 05/25/2011
This place just opened in Hell's Kitchen right around the corner from Eatery Restaurant. My husband and I couldn't believe it! A high class French restaurant in HELLS KITCHEN. Yes, you heard right, Hells Kitchen, the former bastion of rice and beans and now home to many cheap, just-OK restaurants. My husband and I were thrilled. No longer do we have to trek to Bar Boulud to get decent French food! And its very reasonably priced for the quality. I had a shrimp dish for brunch last weekend with huge butterfly shrimps with a delicious preparation for about $20 and they have a prix fixe lunch for $21. Check it out before it gets "discovered" and crowded.
Posted by True NYer on 04/10/2011
We (a party of 5) ate at La Silhoutte at the recommendation of menupages and open table - and they both were not wrong! It's easy to miss this restaurant and it seems small when you just walk in but it is deceptive - it is a big space. The front bar has a great selection of wine and champagne by the glass. The service was attentive from the moment we walked in giving us great recommendations. We went for the 5 course chef's menu which was accomodating for those with food restrictions. The food was modern Frech and was very good. We will be returning!
Posted by foodfan on 03/05/2011
This may be the best restaurant you've never heard of. Why has there been no press for this fabulous place? Yes, it's on a slightly funky block in Hell's Kitchen, but the food is as good as any in the city. It's French, with a twist--as French food is in Paris today. Try the snail risotto (I did say with a twist), the sauteed wild mushrooms, the roast chicken and blanquette de veau. And it's gorgeous. I can't wait to go back.


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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia have outmuscled little green army men for a spot in the National Toy Hall of Fame. "Star Wars" action figures join centuries-old dominoes in the class of 2012.
The hall in Rochester announced the inductees on Thursday. A committee chose them from among 12 finalists.
"Star Wars" action figures went on the market in 1978, following the 1977 release of the 20th Century Fox movie. The 3 3/4-inch figures of Han Solo, Chewbacca, R2-D2 and company were sold until 1985 and again from the mid-1990s to today.
Dominoes originated in China in the 1300s.
The toys beat out Clue, the Fisher-Price Corn Popper, Lite-Brite, the Magic 8 Ball, the pogo stick, sidewalk chalk, Simon, the tea set and Twister.
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