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Fords do sell an armrest for the Mk7 Fiesta, I saw it advertised this week for a very good price of £70 plus £7 postage.
I called my local dealer today and they sell it at the full price of £100 inc vat, but the guy said they had never sold one. This is the link for the offer I found.
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Diver Max Levy makes a splash before state championship
January 29, 2013
The end of the diving board at Julius Bohem Pool flutters under Max Levy, who bounces more intently every time until finally he lifts off, the line from his pointed toes to his up-stretched hands forming an arrow.
January 29, 2013
Good reasons to attend health fair
Save the date! The annual Issaquah/Sammamish Health & Safety Fair has a whole lot of reasons why you and your family should plan to attend, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Feb. 9 at Pickering Barn.
Perhaps you've been meaning to get your family more prepared for emergencies. There is still time this year for a big winter storm to knock out power for days on end. Will you be ready?
The Issaquah Citizen Corps Council, Issaquah Medical Corps and the city of Issaquah will be at the fair with timely information to help you get started.
Community Emergency Response Team training is available
January 29, 2013
Registration is open for Community Emergency Response Team training in Issaquah.
CERT training is designed to prepare residents to help family members and neighbors during a catastrophic disaster. The training is important because professional emergency services personnel cannot help everybody immediately, so citizens can use CERT training to protect and save lives.
CERT courses include disaster first aid training, disaster preparedness, basic firefighting, light search and rescue, and damage assessment skills.
State accepts comments on Interstate 90 tolling proposal
January 29, 2013
The state Department of Transportation is evaluating potential impacts of tolling Interstate 90, and the public can comment on the proposal.
The agency is considering a proposal to toll the highway on the seven-mile stretch between Interstate 5 in Seattle and Interstate 405 in Bellevue.
Liberty basketball teams combine for perfect week
January 29, 2013
The Liberty High School boys and girls basketball teams combined to go a perfect 4-0 last week against both Interlake and Lake Washington.
Liberty girls struck first, defeating Interlake, 57-31, on Jan. 23. The Patriots went into halftime down to the Saints, 28-27, but a second half Liberty defensive surge saw to it that Interlake would score only three more points the rest of the game.
The Liberty boys beat Interlake, 72-61, in a game that remained relatively close until the Patriot offense emerged with a 28-point third quarter.
Forest Fairy Bakery opens in downtown Issaquah
January 29, 2013
Forest Fairy Bakery, a staple at the Issaquah Farmers Market, has opened a brick-and-mortar location downtown.
The bakery, 485 Front St. N., D-1, specializes in artisan breads, cookies, cakes and organic granola.
The business dates back to 2004 and is committed to offering trans-fat and preservative-free products.
Learn more about Forest Fairy Bakery, and order items online, at www.forestfairybakery.com.
Port of Seattle vacancy is open to King County voters
January 29, 2013
Residents interested in trade, tourism and transportation can apply for a soon-to-open seat on the Port of Seattle Commission — a group of officials responsible for overseeing the Port of Seattle and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
Commissioner Gael Tarleton intends to resign from the commission Jan. 31 to serve in the state House of Representatives.
The position is open to U.S. and Washington residents eligible to vote in King County. Candidates must submit application materials by noon Feb. 1.
Sunny Hills Elementary School receives donation for books
January 29, 2013
The Issaquah School Board approved a $5,000 donation from the Sunny Hills Elementary PTA on Jan. 23.
The money is for "Just Right" books for classroom libraries. The books are part of a leveled reading method that determines how well individual students within the same classroom read and then matches them to books that are challenging enough for them to make progress.
Issaquah girls basketball team gives Skyline a scare, then loses
January 29, 2013
When two squads lock horns in an intense local rivalry, especially when the moon is as full as it was Jan. 25, hovering over Skyline High School like a spotlight, one should always expect the unexpected.
That was exactly the spectacle that those fans assembled in the Skyline gymnasium beheld recently when a feisty 10-4 Issaquah girls basketball bunch invaded the 12-2 Spartans' fortress and nearly upset the vaunted Skyline cagers on the road, but instead succumbed to the pressure of being the visitor in hostile territory to and eventually lost 48-45.
"We definitely came into their house with a chip on our shoulder," admitted Issaquah junior dynamo Mandie Hill, who leads the KingCo 4A in scoring, averaging a sweet 16 points per contest.
QuickMedical celebrates 20 years in business
January 29, 2013
QuickMedical medical supply company recently celebrated its 20th year in business in Issaquah.
In 1993, Scott Hanna and a couple of friends created the first digital height measuring device, Heightronic 23, to measure height to .01 centimeters. Sales were managed from Hanna's garage in North Bend.
The company grew so quickly, it was moved to a warehouse in Snoqualmie and then finally a bigger facility in Issaquah.


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Why OC Weekly Will Continue to Use the Term "Illegal Immigrant," and Even "Illegals"
Whenever people ask me whether OC Weekly still uses terms like "illegal immigrant" to refer to undocumented folks, I'm reminded of the episode in The Simpsons when Homer, Apu, Barney, and Mr. Skinner formed the Be Sharps. Bart asked Homer if they destroyed their fame by doing something stupid, like saying they were bigger than Jesus; Homer replied that that was the name of one of their albums, and the album even had them walking on water, in a hilarious parody of the cover art for Abbey Road. So when people ask me about our style guide, about what terms we use to describe folks without papers, I tell them that not only does this infernal rag use "illegal immigrant" and "illegals," I point out that our Navel Gazing category for any Latino-themed story, regardless of documentation or not, is "Illegals! Illegals! Illegals!"
Yep: we do things differently around here. And that's why I've always declined the requests of activists to drop the "i-word"--illegal immigrant and all its derivatives--from our pages, a movement popular nowadays in mainstream journalism, from the Associated Press to the Los Angeles Times. But our case isn't a rash, "edgy" decision--not even close.
There are many reasons why we're opposed to dropping "illegal immigrant" from our infernal. The most truthful, if flippant, response I can offer is that we have a deep problem with banning any words from our pages, no matter how reprehensible--our business is words, to use according to need. And we've used many terms to describe people without papers: we've called illegal immigrants illegal immigrants, DREAMers, undocumented folks, unauthorized immigrants, illegals, and even jes plain ol' immigrants.
Which leads to our main reason for using "illegal immigrant"--because we should. We operate in Orange County, California--Hate City, USA, where we've been fighting Know Nothings longer and harder than any publication in the country not named Intelligence Report (the quarterly magazine of the Southern Poverty Law Center). We've chronicled the rise and fall of all the hilarious haters who taught America how to use the issue of illegal immigration for political gain, from Harold Ezell to Barbara Coe, Harald Martin to the Minuteman Project, former Newport Beach councilmember Dick Nichols (who said there were too many Mexicans going to the grassy areas of Corona del Mar State Beach) to Dana Rohrabacher and far too many other losers to list right now.
From left: Joe Arpayaso, Barbara Coe, and Bill Hunt. They don't like it when we use their language against them
And if there's one lesson that we've learned in our nearly 18 years of reporting on these pendejos, it's that they don't like when we take their language and flip it on its head--the sociological concept of reappropriation. By using their terms without shame, by twisting the life out of them, we render them useless in their ability to harm during one-on-one incidents; do it enough, and I believe you effect change on a national scale. Intelligent minds can disagree on this point, so all I can offer is our experience, the sense of deflation the other side feels when we use their noxious language, turn it against them, and laugh at their stupidity for using it in the first place. I remember an appearance I once did on KPCC-FM 89.9--I can't remember right now if it was with Larry Mantle or Patt Morrison--but I remember going toe-to-toe with Coe using her argot against her and infuriating her so much that the host essentially had to give them a time-out. And this has happened more than once during other radio appearances.
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Environmental groups and citizens may now intervene in a lawsuit involving the state and a Pike County mine company.
The groups and citizens are objecting to a settlement in a suit involving the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet and Frasure Creek Mining.
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A Gust of Sun WineryRead MoreA Gust of Sun Winery's name is more than a lovely turn of phrase. It's also a nod to the name of its founders, Erik and Shane Gustafson, a couple whose love for each other bloomed on the latticework of a shared love of wine. It all started when Shane took a wine appreciation class at their alma mater, Purdue, and convinced her new beau to follow suit. Erik became an oenophile too, and when they married they relocated from Indiana to his native western New York, where grapes flourish. The duo tilled and sowed the land themselves, literally building their orchard from the ground up. From there, they added some sunny, sophisticated indoor lounges and tasting rooms. In August 2011, they opened their doors and started cracking open bottles of the seven wines they had created at the time. Since then, a Gust of Sun Winery has continued to fill glasses as well as schedules, arranging events, workshops, and tasting parties with the same dedication they pour into the creation of new wines.4515 Baer RoadRansomville, NY US
Black Willow WineryRead MoreJust as winemakers transform grapes into sumptuous sips, oenophiles Cynthia West-Chamberlain and Michael D. Chamberlain transformed their passion for wine into the family-operated Black Willow Winery. Although the winery primarily functions as a home for the couple's inventive wines, its charms don't end there. An elegantly appointed tasting room invites guests to sit, sip, savor, and even hold private events on Black Willow's scenic grounds. While they're there, many stock up on some of the winery's other house-made offerings, such as mead, chocolates, infused oil, and artisan vinegar.5565 West Lake RdBurt, NY US
Leonard Oakes Estate WineryRead MoreA decade ago, the Oakes family planted their first vines across 6 acres, yielding a harvest that would produce 14 types of plump, juicy grapes. The result is a diverse wine list that includes smoky cabernet, award-winning fruity ice wine, and even one that's steam punk cider. Visit the tasting room to partake in sipping sessions, where varietals have been carefully selected and paired with offered snacks, and learn about the wine-making process.10609 Ridge RoadMedina, NY US
Black Button DistillingRead MoreBlack Button Distilling wasn't just born from the brilliant idea to craft homemade booze. It was born from the dirt. Dictated by the available grains, ingredients, and if the glass-bottle crop flourished, the spirits made onsite are distilled largely from locally sourced ingredients, including the corn that makes the unaged moonshine and the soft, white wheat grown on a family-owned farm. During tours, guests see how these raw ingredients are concocted into drinks, and sip samples, which may include the vodka, citrus forward gin, maple syrup that is aged in used bourbon barrels, and 100-proof moonshine. But don't be frightened of that high number—"even though it's a high proof it's really smooth," The Edge reviewed.85 Railroad St.Rochester, NY US
Lavery Brewing CompanyRead MoreAlthough Lavery Brewing Company is relatively small on the brewery scale, it makes big, flavorful beers in small batches that are carefully handcrafted by its brewers. Founded by husband-and-wife team Jason and Nicole Lavery back in 2009, the 10-barrel brewery takes pride in the attention to detail that such a small operation not only allows for but demands. In addition to a roster of seasonal beers, the lineup of brews available year-round includes two IPAs, an imperial red ale, and a black saison.128 W 12th StErie, PA US


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Talanoa: Stories of the Fiji Community is an exhibition exploring how and why Fiji-born people came to Victoria, and what values, beliefs and practices they have brought with them.
The exhibition was formally launched by Mr Kamlesh Kumar Arya, Acting High Commissioner of the Republic of the Fiji Islands, in the presence of Mr Reg Hodgson, Honorary Consul for Fiji to Victoria, Mr Jose Alvarez, State Director of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Commissioners of the Victorian Multicultural Commission, Fiji community leaders including Mr Ratu Ilisoni Ravoka and Mr Barkat Ali, community members, representatives of Museum Victoria and other community supporters.
Mr Netani Coriakula and Ms Aarti Nandan, community members, introduced Pandit Abhay Awasthi, Imam Majidih Essa and Reverend Peceli Ratawa who performed blessings, and explained the Yaqona ceremony which was concluded with the ACSOG Fijian dancers.
Mr Vijay Dalipram, Ms Audrey Dropsy and Ms Torike Sanerive spoke about the importance of the Talanoa exhibition to Victoria's Fiji community, and thanked all the community members who had shared their stories, objects and photos.
Ms Padmini Sebastian, Manager, Immigration Museum, thanked the launch participants, performers, guests and those involved in the exhibition. The launch concluded with performances from Fiji Indian Dancers, Rotuman Community Dancers, and a vocal and musical performance by Joseph Chetty, Lani Hibbins, and Inoke Buli.
The launch of the exhibition, which took place on 18 April 2009, was an achievement that recorded the contributions of the Fiji community to making Australia a rich and diverse society.
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The rain we had last week was fabulous! It was nice for our gardens and plants to get a break from the heat and drought.
An inch and a half of rain is definitely helpful, but that alone will not relieve our current drought. The U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook Map released July 19th through the Natural Weather Service climate prediction center's website predicts that we might continue to see the drought stay and/or get worse.
Of course, this is a prediction, and to be honest, I hope that it's wrong. At the same time, how can we not ask ourselves what we should be doing if we don't get sizeable amounts of ...


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Matt Martinez sealed the win with a two-run home run in the seventh inning — his fifth in the last two days — and the UConn-Avery Point baseball team defeated Monroe Community College, 12-7, on Sunday to earn a berth in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II World Series in Enid, Oklahoma.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Matt Martinez sealed the win with a two-run home run in the seventh inning — his fifth in the last two days — and the UConn-Avery Point baseball team defeated Monroe Community College, 12-7, on Sunday to earn a berth in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II World Series in Enid, Oklahoma.
Martinez was named the NJCAA Div. II Northeast District Championship Most Valuable Player after going 7-for-12 with eight runs, 11 RBIs and five home runs for the Pointers (38-8).
Martinez's sacrifice fly gave UConn-Avery Point a 5-4 lead in the bottom of the fourth inning. New London High grad Matt Greene came up later in the frame and knocked a three-run home run. Monroe never got closer than three runs thereafter.
Martinez had three runs and three RBIs in the finale, while teammates Alex Miller (three runs) and Nick Delotto (two RBIs) each had two hits.
The NJCAA World Series begins on May 25.
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STORRS — After getting shutout in a doubleheader on Saturday, the Huskies scored just once on Sunday and were swept by their BIg East rival.
Despite the loss, UConn (28-24, 9-15) still qualified for the Big East Tournament.
Bobby Melley drove in L.J. Mazzilli for UConn's only run in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Jordan Tabakman (5-1) suffered his first loss after allowing three runs (two earned) in 6 2/3 innings.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Bears' best season in program history came to end after being shut out in the ECAC Division III Championship game.
Riley Beecher (4-4) was strong on the mound, allowing only two hits in the second inning and four in the sixth in his six innings of work.
Beecher allowed an unearned run in the second and an earned run in the sixth.
The Bears (24-17) loaded the bases with two outs in the ninth after Eric Gerken was hit by a pitch, Dave Wolinski singled and Tyler Babkiewich was hit by a pitch, but a fly-out ended the game.
Coast Guard's senior class finished with 71 wins in their careers, tying the mark set from 2000-2003.
Huskies win title
PRINCETON, N.J. — Victoria Flowers won the hammer and the shot put to lead the Huskies to their ninth ECAC Championship title under head coach Bill Morgan.
Flowers recorded a throw of 205 feet, 6 inches in the hammer throw and 54-05.25 in the shot put.
Natasha McLaren claimed the high jump (5-10.50) for UConn.
Huskies place 7th
PRINCETON, N.J. — Sophomore Selwyn Maxwell was the only Husky to reach the podium, placing third in the 110 hurdles (13.94) as UConn placed seventh (35 points) at the IC4A Championships.
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Camels win gold
WORCESTER, Mass. — Conn College posted a time of 7 minutes, 59 seconds to win the gold medal in the women's varsity four at the ECAC National Invitational Regatta.
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GROTON — Eric Sommers struck out 10, scattering just four hits in a complete game for the Pirates in the Eastern Connecticut Major League opener.
David Johnson led off the game with a single and scored later in the frame on a Scott O'Neill sacrifice fly.
Tony Formiglio hit a pair of singles for Northeast Nine.
ESH's 13
Johnny Rockets 2
GROTON — Paul Martinez (four runs) and Max Hart (two runs) each had a pair of singles to lift ESH's in their opener.
Andy Hunter fanned 10 in four innings for ESH's.
Scholarships awarded
NORTH STONINGTON — Lake of Isles and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation announced 2013 Junior Golf Scholarship Program winners on Thursday.
Local recipients included: Darien Allen, Mitchell Allen, Roger Allen, Catori Colebut and Jackob Frankovich, of Ledyard and Sage Eleazer, of Preston. Sixteen athletes were chosen in all.
All-Stars competition
WINDSOR — Mikayla Fors, Anna Ciriello and Sydney Zagarenski each posted all-around scores of 34.3 or higher in Level 6 for Thames Valley Academy of Gymnastics at All-Stars on April 21.
Fors posted the team's high score in the all-around (35.65), thanks to strong showings in the vault (9.2) and beam (9.4).
Ciriello and Zagarenski each posted all-around scores of 34.3. Ciriello's top score came in vault (8.75), while Zagarenski shined in the vault (9.0) and beam (9.0).
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Walmart deals include 15.4-inch $298 Compaq notebook
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Walmart drops prices
As part of a price drop campaign it is calling Operation Main Street, Walmart on Thursday announced it will cut back prices of many popular products over the next seven weeks, in time for the holidays. The more noteworthy items include a Magnavox Blu-ray player, the NB500MG9, priced at $198, down from its regular price of $229. It is capable of upconverting standard DVD movies and will support Dolby Digital and DTS surround sound formats. A 2GB Sony Walkman MP3 player will be priced at $49.
The doorcrasher, though, is likely the Compaq CQ-139WM notebook PC for just $298. The notebook sports a 15.4-inch screen and comes with a 160GB hard disk drive along with 2GB of RAM. Unfortunately, no other specifications are known about the system.
Finally, buyers of a $399 Sony PlayStation 3 gaming system will receive a $100 Walmart gift card as a bonus, while those who opt for the older PlayStation 2 system priced at $129 will receive a $30 gift card. To provide them with games to play on the PS3 system, the retailer has priced many popular games at $19.82, including MotorStorm, WarHawk and Resistance. The prices are due to come into effect on Saturday, November 8th.


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With sculptures of Walt Disney characters and a canvass depicting Elmer Fudd's severed head on a pole, the Neuberger Museum of Art reopened Sunday to the public for an exhibition that fused indigenous civilizations in Latin America with popular culture.
For the past 10 months, the Philip Johnson-designed museum on the campus of Purchase College, SUNY, has been undergoing a $10 million renovation to improve the building's climate control and help preserve its 6,000-item collection.
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The Carson City Sheriff's Office released this photo from a Reno gas station where a burglary victim's credit card was used to withdraw about $6,500 from an ATM machine.
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Secret Witness is offering the money for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of the suspects wanted in connection with the a series of residential burglaries from Aug. 13 to Aug. 16.
During each burglary, jewelry, computers, credit cards and other items were taken, according to the Carson City Sheriff's Office. Witnesses reported seeing three females going from house to house asking for a fictitious person in ...


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Chris Grant, playing the Danny Trip to my Matthew Albie, and I concocted a rather novel concept for Joystiq's Yaris review on Tuesday, wherein Toyota's old marketing slogans would be littered throughout the text. Phrases such as "Moving forward advert gaming" or "Oh what a feeling we get when playing Yaris" would have been the inopportune solid object collision with your funny bone. Unfortunately, to chase the laughs and satirize the release of the Xbox Live Arcade game would be doing a disservice.
Crafted in a circle of Hell even Dante didn't believe existed, the developers of Castaway Entertainment created Yaris with an objective I can only believe is to cultivate anger in those who play it. I know an allusion to Dante's Inferno seems passé, the standard go-to reference for the sophomore year English Lit major, but forgive me because I feel that this accurately conveys what a truly diabolical creation this game is. Rosemary's baby's got jack on Yaris.
Sure, I'm complaining about an advertisement turned game, but if we learned anything from 2006 it was that advert games don't have to be soulless aberrations. While the Burger King titles weren't the greatest of games, they look like the Mona Lisa when placed side-by-side with Yaris. (In this case Yaris would be the rudimentary finger painting of a preschooler.)
Yaris does nothing right, and everything wrong. Every element, from the graphics to the controls to the online play, is just busted. Even at the price of free, this lemon isn't fun or worth the sticker price and no factory dealer incentives could get me playing Yaris again. In fact, I decided compile a list of things that would be more fun than playing Yaris:
- Scooping my eyes out with a rusty spoon.
- Watching the Yankees win the World Series for the next five years (I'm a Red Sox fan.)
- Having the entire Internet replaced by teenage girls' MySpace pages, pink background, glitter .gifs, Fall Out Boy tracks et. al.
- Removing red meat (fillet mignon, porterhouse, rib eye, sirloin, New York strip) from all restaurant menus.
- Being married to Britney, 2007 edition.
- Having every TV show I love replaced with repeats of VH1 "Celebreality" programing.
- Test driving an actual Yaris.
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- Online features Multiplayer, Voice chat, Video chat, Store, Browser
- Drive capacity 500 GB
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- TWI: Are you preparing to explain the cuts to SNAP recipients? Are we going to have to prep them, so they know their budget is getting tighter?
Berg: I won't know what there is to say. I'm rarely at a loss for words. But what do I say to these people? You were screwed? You were shafted? Your children have less food? I couldn't look in some one's eyes and tell them that, and I don't know how a senator could either. What do you say? Your kid's need for food was temporary?
- Related to link about Jessie Little Doe Bird. David Simon, writer of "The Wire" and "Treme" won, along with Gordon-Reed, others. –AP
"[P]rominent storytellers this year include Annette Gordon-Reed, 51, whose book 'The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family' (W. W. Norton) won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize in History and the 2008 National Book Award for nonfiction. Ms. Gordon-Reed investigated the story of the slave family that included Sally Hemings, a slave owned by Jefferson who scholars widely believe bore his children. A New Yorker, Ms. Gordon-Reed teaches law and history at Harvard. Some of her grant will go toward travel expenses as she researches another book on the Hemings, she said."
- "Baird, 46, is one of 23 grant winners announced today by the nonprofit foundation. For the past 17 years, outside the media spotlight shining on her today, she has resurrected the long-silent language of her Wampanoag tribe, once spoken by tens of thousands in southeastern New England.
"'It's just such an honor for my nation, for my tribe. It's just such an honor for all of us,' Baird said from her home in Mashpee, Mass., where her phone rang nonstop today. 'It's pretty crazy around here,' said the still-stunned linguist and teacher."
- "For those living in a very dark hole, HBO's new drama is produced and occasionally directed by Martin Scorsese. Set in Atlantic City at the beginning of Prohibition, the show follows corrupt politician and gangster Nucky "Steve Buscemi" Thompson as he claws his way to the top. Like 'Mad Men', the series takes us back to another popular decade for Halloween costume ideas. Unlike 'Mad Men', 'Boardwalk Empire' will have a black character with a life of his own. Fans of 'The Wire' collectively pissed their pants to see Michael Kenneth Williams (better known as Omar) portray Chalky White "the de facto Mayor of Atlantic City's African-American community", which at the time was twenty percent of the vote."
- "It was not Bridget they blamed, but me: the fact it took a white woman to make me happy was evidence of how far I had strayed from who I once was. 'There's nothing Muslim or Pakistani about you,' my brother said. 'You can write books about how much your family mean to you [he was referring to my childhood memoir, Greetings from Bury Park] but we know the truth. The only time you even think about Islam is when you are in the media pretending to be a Muslim.' Despite their fierce disapproval, my family would still be attending the wedding. It was important the family be represented, out of duty if not support."
- "It all leaves immigrants like our Filipina nursing aide struggling toward her aspirations—dreams that benefit us all—while living under a continual racist assault. Here we come to another wrinkle in the aging crisis. Grandma isn't just using her Medicare benefits to give her aide a steady job; she's also feeding a massive flow of remittances to transnational families in the Global South. Immigrants transferred hundreds of billions in wealth to developing countries in 2009 alone, according to the Migration Policy Institute."
- "It repeats themes found in all four suits—that Long mined his youth ministry for young men with emotional holes in their lives; took them under his wing as a father figure and spiritual mentor; brought them into his celebrity world with international trips and expensive gifts, and then moved the relationship into sex.
None of the young men had spoken beyond their court filings until last night, when Atlanta's Fox affiliate, WAGA-TV, cornered Parris in the parking lot of a grocery store in Colorado, where he now lives. The interview is wrenching and feels utterly genuine. More than anything else, Parris appears as a person who is confused and deeply hurt by a lost love. He repeatedly professes unabashed love for Long—and in the next breath describes him as a monster. "
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- "Cameron, who was born in Ontario, Canada, met privately with aboriginal leaders and residents of Fort Chipewyan, Alberta, on Tuesday to discuss the community's concerns about the connection between high cancer rates and water, air and wildlife pollution stemming from ongoing exploration and extraction of oil sands, according to The Vancouver Sun."
"I will be meeting with [Alberta] Premier [Ed] Stelmach tomorrow and I will be doing a press conference afterwards to get the word out there about what's happening here," he told the paper. "Hopefully we can make a difference and get things moving in the right direction. It's going to be a fight, as I'm sure you know. But if you all stand together and work together with the other First Nations, I think we can draw a line in the sand here."
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Letter To A Brotha
By Guest Contributor Konju Oruwari, cross-posted from Vegans Of Color
What follows is the last letter traded in an exchange between a couple of 26 year-old black dudes regarding my last post on "Liberation Veganism." My comrade is not vegan, and is concerned about "the problem with the displacement of bread and butter struggle with raw foodisms," etc, due to my attempt to mix veganism with human liberation, or in our case black liberation.
It is an important concern for all of us, whether or not thinking about or bringing up veganism in a context like African liberation discourse is appropriate. Or the problem with making something like going vegan or trumpeting ecological awareness THE issue or THE revolution, rather than just an aspect of it. And the problem of having advocacy of those causes which are "on the periphery for me, masking as if it is at the core," as my friend challenged. He stated that to bring up veganism at a hypothetical "cop watch" meeting and try to make the meeting about veganism would be problematic, from which I gathered that something like "cop watch" to him was a "bread and butter" 'hood issue (as opposed to, given the tenor of our exchanges, dietary, environmental, lifestyle, quality of life, sanitation, etc. issues, which to him are more associated with white liberal green/ vegan activists for whom those things are THE issue).
Lastly we had a disagreement on this point, and I quote my brotha: "one day you said to me the first responsibility of a revolutionary is to be healthy. That was the crucial difference for me, i thought you were wrong. Our health is not the priority, the people are, when the struggle becomes for our own person health (or morality) we are distant from the people." In subsequent retorts from myself (because I believe the exact opposite of what he asserts) I struggled with this contradiction until he later stated, "a revolutionaries health is not an end to me, it is a means to the end which is revolution." I play with this idea as well down below.
Without further ado, then, here's my letter to my good brother comrade in struggle, on the "bread and butter" issues of liberation struggle as pertain to defining health, priorities of concern, "revolution" and so on.
Mad Men, Race, and the American Lens
Tami, over at Change.org, pens a different view on the role of race in Mad Men:
Fellow Change.org columnist Carl Chancellor reminded me of Ralph Ellison's take on being a black man in the 50s: "I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me." Weiner deftly illustrates this invisibility — the way race is there, but not there in the lives of his white protagonists. The issue of race throbs beneath the narrative like a tell-tale heart. It may often be unseen, but you can always hear the thump…thump…thump. It seems an honest handling by a show that distinguishes itself by knowledgeable, delicate and nuanced analysis of humanity and 50s/60s society within a fictional context. But generally, these days, discussion of race is anything but knowledgeable, delicate and nuanced. And that is the rub. Mad Men does not have a race problem. We do.
It is the knowledge of the nation's racial immaturity that plagues me when I watch Mad Men. And I suspect it is this that bothers those who have criticized the show's handling of race. It is not that I cannot hear the thump, thump of race in the show's narrative. It is that I know many other people aren't as attuned to the sound.
A few weeks ago on Mad Men, a leather-clad socialist tried to educate hip young copywriter Peggy Olson to the Civil Rights Movement. Peggy is dismissive, noting that as a woman she cannot do many of the things "Negroes" cannot do. "There are clubs I can't go to because I am a woman." Her date snorts, "Yeah, let's hold a civil rights march for women." Peggy later insists that a black man could be successful at SCDP if he worked hard "like I did." In this scene we see a man so wrapped in his gender privilege that he cannot even recognize sexism as a real and pressing problem. We also see a white woman refusing to own her own racial privilege and ignoring the existence of black women. It makes sense that a relatively sheltered young woman, in 1965, who suffers unrelenting sexism in the office, but little exposure to black people, would think this way. But many black women spent the whole of the 2008 presidential primary season arguing with white feminists who similarly marginalized us and minimized racism. Hearing fan favorite Peggy Olson take this position felt like an endorsement of a point of view that is sadly not dead yet. I found myself cringing at the scene, irritated at the writers, but perhaps more irritated at Mad Men's viewers, who I guessed would miss a key element of the dialogue. Sure enough, Monday morning on show forums, many people were hailing Peggy for telling it like it is. Too many viewers noticed the sexism in the scene, but missed the racism. Mad Men got it right. Some viewers sadly missed the point.
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- "You wouldn't call someone a w*tback, or the n-word. Saying 'illegals' is just as bad.
"The I-Word creates an environment of hate by exploiting racial fear and economic anxiety, creating an easy scapegoat for complex issues, and OK-ing violence against those labeled with the word.
"People are not illegal.
"Let's stop feeding the hate machine.
"Drop the I-Word."
- "Harris states: 'Indie rock's bleached-out state dates from when punk started to harden into the musical orthodoxy of the new wave. Out went the black influence one heard in, say, the music of the Clash; in came a generic narrowing that has never really gone away.'
"However, the unpleasant fact is that this is part of a larger picture in rock'n'roll, even though the genre owes its very existence to musicians such as Chuck Berry and his peers.
I"n America, unfortunately, white rock has always been considered as art, and black music as commerce."
- "As the DREAM act was facing imminent defeat in the face of a Republican filibuster last week, the state of Georgia rubbed salt in the wound. A committee appointed by Georgia's public university system recommended that the state bar undocumented residents from attending the system's colleges and universities.
"The DREAM act, which would provide a path to citizenship for some undocumented immigrants who graduate from college or serve in the military, is not likely to pass this year. Without it, most undocumented students will be confronted with high and often unaffordable tuition. In Georgia, some may now be legally barred from access to any higher education at all."
- Bwahahahahahahahahaha! –AP
"Last spring, the state's school superintendent Tom Horne proposed the ban, alleging that the classes were, in effect, prejudiced against white people. At best, Horne argued, they promoted 'ethnic chauvinism.' And at their worst, they encouraged students to overthrow the U.S. government. Riding a wave of white populist sentiment after signing SB 1070 into law, Gov. Jan Brewer then legalized the ban. Districts that refuse to comply risk losing 10 percent of their state funding, and already some of the state's ethnic studies teachers are toying with the idea of a constitutional challenge before the law goes into effect on December 31.
"Students don't seem too bothered. In fact, Mary Ann Zehr writes in Education Week that in Tucson, which has the only district-wide ethnic studies program in the state, enrollment in Mexican-American studies has doubled."
Illegal immigrants 'are all over my house'
By Guest Contributor Tomas Summers Sandoval, cross-posted from Latino Like Me
Colin Powell appeared on "Meet the Press" (9/19/10) and spoke about a Republican party he described as "waiting to emerge once again," a party of moderates who are more balanced in their approach to several issues, including immigration.
Here is the section of his interview where he responds to the opportunistic xenophobia that is currently the preferred stance on immigration within the GOP:
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Roundtable Respite: Where Do We Go From Here?
By Arturo R. García
No Roundtables this week, as yours truly has been out of town, and our noble members have … well, lives. But, this is a good time to ask: which show should we stick with? Your contenders:
- Undercovers
- Nikita
- Both?
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Let us know!
Hot Hot Heat: Michelle Rodriguez Shoots 'Em Up In Citizen Jane
Citizen Jane Fantastic Fest Teaser from citizenjane on Vimeo.
Note: Video is potentially NSFW (gunfire and one profane word).
By Arturo R. García
It took Michelle Rodríguez all of 15 seconds to make me forget about Machete, thanks to this teaser video for Citizen Jane.
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- The No Wedding No Womb event, in which dozens of bloggers wrote essays lamenting the high number of black children born out of wedlock, is just the latest example of [the 'salvific wish']….There are reasons besides the push's barely masked antifeminism to be ambivalent about this whole endeavor. The movement has the stunty feel of holding funerals for "nigger" or stomping on hip-hop CDs ('member those?) with explicit lyrics; it's taken a tricky issue and reduced it to a bunch of folks being showily indignant.
- "Some vanilla flavored or young POC transperson will read my stuff blasting the erasure and trot out various spin lines such as 'we're a small community', 'we're one people' accuse me of being 'too fixated on race' to deflect the reality that as a subset of the larger culture, the trans community is infected by the same ills and isms of the dominant culture.
"And one of those isms that we don't grapple with enough is dealing with racism."
- "Such is the case with the images and videos forwarded by Mr. Paladino to a wide variety of people. The public should know about these mailings, and Mr. Paladino should give a full, thoughtful explanation of why he trafficked in such filth.
"Example: A doctored photo of President and Mrs. Obama showing the president in a stereotypical pimp's costume holding the hand of the first lady, who is dressed as a prostitute in a grotesquely revealing outfit."
- GOP Lawmakers Say Oklahoma Ban On Sharia Law Is Not Xenophobic Because 'We' Are 'At War' With 'Them' | Think Progress"Reps. Duncan and Moore's 'us vs. them' mentality exemplifies the mainstreaming of extreme right-wing Islamophobia. Once hawked by fringe figures, the 'creeping Sharia' delusion is finding champions among staunch conservative leaders like former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, whose crusade against all-things-Islamic culminated in his call for 'a federal law that says sharia law cannot be recognized by any court in the United States' at the Value Voters Summit this month."


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Everyone who is emotionally involved with a celebrity knows about it.
And the tsunami of a celebrity culture that creates icons has swept over America.
LaBeouf's entire life is one long confessional and, like all celebrity meltdowns, we just can't look away.
How classy was celebrity Boxing, the two-episode special that aired in 2002?
"If you are the best friend of a celebrity you are committing to a life living in their shadow," says Ogunnaike.
Judge Andrews gave immediate promise of celebrity as an advocate.
But those who are caught in the clutches of celebrity at the age of twenty know nothing.
But these pictures attain no celebrity because the public admire them, for it is not to the public that the judgment is intrusted.
But let celebrity stand there and enjoy her hour; to-morrow the Ploughman will come.
The celebrity became so sensitive about it that he went back to New York before the party broke up.
late 14c., "solemn rite or ceremony," from Old French celebrité "celebration" or directly from Latin celibritatem (nominative celebritas) "multitude, fame," from celeber "frequented, populous" (see celebrate). Meaning "condition of being famous" is from c.1600; that of "famous person" is from 1849.
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October, 2009
Number Of Users: 120 million U.S. Internet users a monthWhat It Is: The world's leading portal of online video, which allows users to upload and view pretty much anything, is now the fourth most-visited site on the Internet.How Best To Use It:
1. Show your company. Online video is a great way to provide a peek into your company dynamics or connect directly to audiences. "YouTube is used to show off our culture. We also use it to let viewers see that we are thought leaders via our educational videos, for example," says BrandFuel (asi/145025) President Danny Rosin.
2. It's not an advertisement. Michael Miller, author of YouTube for Business, says online videos have to be one of three things: entertaining, informative or educational. "But in the course of that, you can push your brand," he says. "It could be as simple as standing in front of a backdrop with your company's name on it."
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Shining Brightly
by SheaRhai © 2009
A falling star lights up
A thousand faces,
A thousand wishes,
And crashes to the ground.
All around people are
Screaming murder,
At the ones who hurt her,
But the star doesn't make a sound.
For many years it has
Watched us fighting,
Cruelly lying,
Poisoned by our own hate.
All these years it has been
patiently hoping,
Softly glowing,
Until it fell to its fate.
But still nothing has really changed.
People keep hurting and just pass the blame.
And when the star finally gives up and dies.
That's when a million stars start to cry.
Around the world thousands
Are silently wishing,
We could be more forgiving,
And let go of anger inside.
If we could move on
And speak more kindly,
Condemn less blindly,
A star wouldn't have to die.
When your actions seek to
Hurt another,
Do you ever wonder?
What your words lead them to do.
Hate continues and just
Circles wider,
You could have been kinder,
Because then it would have ended with you.
When you lie, it only does you shame.
When you cheat, there's just yourself to blame.
Why is destroying others just a game?
It certainly isn't the way you gain any fame.
Watch the stars as they are
Shining brightly,
Loving quietly,
Hoping you'll learn to love too.
I can't explain, I can't make
It much clearer,
That love is dearer,
Then returning this hate back at you.
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Bill's Musky Club celebrated 50 years on Saturday, March 22 at Dale's Weston Lanes in Weston.
A who's who of anglers attended to honor the club and the memory of Wausau's Bill Hoeft, the founder of the club and former owner of Bill's Fine Food Restaurant in Wausau. Club president Larry Slagoski gave his final speech as the group's leader and passed the torch to vice president Chuck Brod.
The group's support of catch-and-release practices, stocking, education and green efforts have given the club renown among anglers who aspire to catch "the great essox." ...


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One thing you are missing this Christmas other than someone...? For me its having a Fireplace to sit and enjoy...:(
My mom. She passed away in October.
Oh, how sad. It's so hard - especially during the holidays.
Giving and receiving presents :(
I think what I missed is the boat long ago, Married 34 years and work most holidays out of convenience to avoid the inevitable family turmoil. Was told long ago my attempt of being just the two of us was a act of control and not acceptable, and in many ways it is true, family and loved ones is what Xmas is all about to the normal's . So as today winds down and I leave work I will drive by hoping the wife and kids are gone or wait until they are. Go home and think like you about gee only if I had a fireplace I could stare at the magic of the fire, smell the smoke and say well this is it lol
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The campaign theme, "Unleash Your Awesomeness," was based on the idea that students who attend Tennessee Tech already have the ability to succeed in their life goals, and that the university has the right tools to help them unleash their full potential, both academically and personally.
"This campaign is about talking directly to the student with a positive message that is immediately understood," said TTU Vice President of University Advancement Mark Hutchins. "It's telling the students that the university believes in them and their talents, and that we have the right tools on campus to help them succeed in their chosen careers."
TTU Marketing Director Bobbie Maynard said the new campaign has broader branding applications since "awesomeness" is a word play on Awesome Eagle, the university's mascot. Awesome Eagle is also featured prominently in the campaign's graphics.
"For our students and alumni, Awesome Eagle is not just associated with Athletics," said Maynard. "He attends campus events and is out in the community representing the university. Our in-house creative team feels that he is the embodiment of all that is good and right about being at Tennessee Tech."
The marketing campaign officially kicked off in October with month-long TV, radio and billboard runs. The timing coincides with the Office of Admissions' recruiting season in the major markets of Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga. The campaign is also running on Facebook, and the university signed back on for the second year as the sponsor of the Cool Schools program on WSMV Channel 4.
"We wanted to create a bold visual style to help distinguish Tennessee Tech from other universities," said Dewayne Wright, director of Creative Services, a part of the TTU Office of Communications & Marketing. "Through research, we found that students knew plenty of facts about the university, such as our national rankings or best value designations, but they didn't have an understanding of TTU's personality. With the new campaign, we wanted to highlight that Tennessee Tech is dedicated to helping students succeed."
One of the best features of the campaign is its versatility and adaptability, said Monica Greppin, associate vice president for Communications & Marketing.
"With the rollout of the new campaign in our fall media buys, our office is now working with departments on campus to show them how elements of the new campaign can be integrated into their promotional materials," said Greppin.
The OCM is working on a visual identity/style guide for the campaign and hopes to share that with the campus soon.
To learn more about the new campaign and to see the university's new TV commercial, visit www.unleashyourawesomeness.org.


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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 8
The Eastham Chamber of Commerce will hold a networking and social event from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Inn at the Oaks, 3085 Route 6, Eastham. Refreshments will be served.
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THURSDAY, Jan. 9
The Community Development Partnership will hold a forum for local architects, Web designers, landscape architects, graphic designers, product developers and interior designers from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Wellfleet Preservation Hall, 335 Main St., Wellfleet. The forum will be led by artist and designer Oren Sherman.
Details: The cost is $10. To register, visit www.capecdp.org. For more information, contact Andrea at the CDP at 508-240-7873, ext. 22, or at email@example.com.
The Mashpee Chamber of Commerce will hold a Business After Hours networking event from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Spice Merchants in Mashpee Commons.
Details: Sponsors, participants and volunteers from the 2013 Christmas Parade will be recognized for their efforts and get in free. For others, the event will be $5 for members and $10 for nonmembers. To register, call 508-477-0792 or email email@example.com.
Employment Law Forum
The Cape Cod Canal Region Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with the Falmouth and Mashpee chambers of commerce, will hold an employment law forum from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Thursday at the Coonamessett Inn, 311 Gifford St., Falmouth. State Rep. David T. Vieira will attend and other members of the Canal Region and Upper Cape delegation have been invited.
Topics will include the minimum wage, unemployment insurance and workers' compensation.
Details: To register, email Marie Oliva at firstname.lastname@example.com.
TUESDAY, Jan. 14
The Cape Cod chapter of the American Business Women's Association will hold its monthly meeting at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 14 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Cape Cod, 287 Iyannough Road (Route 28), Hyannis. A buffet dinner will begin at 6 p.m. Holistic health coach Shayna Mahoney will give a talk, "Say Goodbye to Winter Blues and Feel Energized!" Nonmembers are welcome to attend as guests.
Details: The cost is $25 for members who register by Jan. 10, $30 for guests and members who do not pre-register. To register, visit www.abwacapecod.org.
The Home Builders & Remodelers Association of Cape Cod and the Green Building Professionals of the Cape & Islands and Southern Massachusetts will hold a public forum from 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 14 on integrating green materials into construction and remodeling projects. The event will be held at DoubleTree by Hilton, 287 Iyannough Road (Route 28), Hyannis. Presenters will include Nicole Goldman, founder of 'g' Green Design Center; Richard McLaughlin, owner of Fresh Interiors in South Yarmouth; and Craig Fischer, of Shepley Wood Products.
Details: The event, which includes a full dinner, costs $35. Register at www.capecodbuilders.org, call 774-470-2943 or email email@example.com.
THURSDAY, Jan. 16
The Yarmouth Chamber of Commerce is holding its January Business After Hours networking event from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Jan. 16 at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod, 307 Old Main St., South Yarmouth. The event will serve as a soft launch for the chamber's new website.
Details: Admission is $5 for members and $10 for nonmembers. To register, call 508-778-1008 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. Attendees are encouraged to bring their business cards to be eligible for door prizes.
The Cape Cod chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals will host its monthly meeting starting at 4:30 p.m. Jan. 16. The event will be held at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Cape Cod, 311 Sandwich Road, East Sandwich. Networking starts at 4:30 p.m., with the program running from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The program will discuss "How to Navigate Office Politics," presented by Rebecca Risk, branch manager at the Braintree office of OfficeTeam/Accountemps.
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The matchmakers are at it again in Eternity Springs and, with a bit of angel dust, will help the hero and heroine discover the healing power of love. All the characters are wonderfully complex and the surprise involving one of them is nicely done. Readers will be eager to reach the end, yet sad to get there.
New to Eternity Springs, Colo., single Savannah Moore is prime game for the town matchmakers. The man they choose for her is Sheriff Zach Turner. They couldn't make a more unfortunate choice: Savannah's past has given her a distrust of law officers that seems impossible to overcome. Though Zach has been "once bitten, twice shy" by love, he can't help but be drawn to Savannah, especially with the encouragement of his friends. But will Savannah's inability to trust him doom any relationship they might have? Will Eternity Springs and its ability to heal hearts be able to heal hers? (BALLANTINE, Apr., 368 pp., $7.99)


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t is a little disconcerting to think of your child as a grandmother. But facts are facts.
It is a little disconcerting to think of your child as a grandmother. But facts are facts.
This past Sunday my daughter and son-in-law came from Iowa City and my granddaughter and her two children came from Chicago and we had a little party, a little birthday party, for a just-turning 5 grandson.
Iowa daughter had called to see if that would be all right, and of course it was. It cut the travel time for those coming from both directions. Daughter told me not to worry about food, she'd bring it. Now you can't turn down an offer like that can you?
She told me to go ahead to church as they wouldn't get here much before noon. So I did, leaving the church before the closing so I could be here when the kids arrived. Well, of course when I got home the Iowans had already gotten there and daughter had things about ready to go for our meal. The Chicagoans arrived soon after.
My daughter is so efficient, way ahead of her mother in organizing things. She had brought this huge chicken potpie and the birthday cake. I had gotten some deli stuff including ice cream to complement what daughter was bringing. Great-grandson Josh was the birthday boy, big brother to Chloe his sister soon to be 2.. They are quite a pair.
It's been a while since I've been around a two-year-old and seeing her in action brought it all back to me. I understood why their mother was moving breakables to out-of-reach levels. (I've been finding things in strange places ever since. No problem though.)
Oh yes, those "terrible twos," but she wasn't terrible. Her mother was just trying to protect the environment. Boy! Are kids ever precocious these days! That 2-year-old talks in complete sentences and makes herself quite clear. She sang "Farmer in the Dell," basically carrying the tune. She and her brother play well together — by and large — with only an occasional outburst over possession rights.
Daughter had brought her grandson some wrapped packages which contained a little hand-held game which he played with most of the day, and also some one-piece flannel jammies with feet in them which he had to try on and kept on until his mother dressed him for the ride home. Little sister got a pair too, and of course she too had to immediately try on. Both pairs fit perfectly and they looked so snug and cuddly in them. I wondered to myself if they made those in adult sizes, but decided nah, they might not be so practical for me.
I hadn't tried to go shopping because I didn't know what they already have, so I gave Josh a $20 bill which he thought was a dollar, but his mother explained it to him and said he could pick out something for himself, maybe a book or two. I like giving books for gifts, nice keepers.
Page 2 of 2 - I read to my kids, and daughter did to hers, and granddaughter does to hers. I believe that is the coziest warmest bonding time between mothers – or fathers — and their children, and hopefully it encourages children to love books. My kids still talk about some of those we shared. A few of the chapter books I read aloud three times as my five children kind of came at intervals of pairs. One of the books had a pompous but lovable character who just knew everything and was perfect for impersonating when reading aloud. I enjoyed hamming it up as much as the kids. Anyway … we had a great time at our birthday party.
Candles on the birthday cake were shaped like kids' Lego building blocks. It was after dark when the kids left in both directions, but both gave me a quick call back when they got home.
Turning to Other Things
People have inquired about our Lunch Bunch's status, even men surprisingly. Well, our get-togethers have been fragmented for some time due to some health problems, one thing or another. But guess what, we've recently all been together for two Sundays in a row. It has felt so good having us all back again.
Betty Stebbins had us all out to Oakley Courts as guests for Sunday dinner a couple of weeks ago. It was such a nice meal, a cozy event with our own little dining room. I'd had my granddaughter overnight but Betty said bring her along, so I did. People at Oakley are so cordial. We took a walk around the corridors, during which I saw my former neighbor, Jim Brubaker, looking pert.
Another Special Outing
Then Dee and I had an outing in the Stockton area. Ilene Lamm invited us to join her and her husband Joe for lunch at Stella's Café in Stockton. After a fine lunch, which was incidentally one of the Golden Meals, the Lamms took us out to the farm of their son, Mark, and his wife, Shelly. We got to see their picturesque country home and the horses they were exercising when we arrived.
After some more sight-seeing we went to Ilene and Joe's farm on the other side of Stockton. Theirs too is a peaceful rural scene where you can see sky all around the rolling landscape. We sat in their cozy living room and visited until Ilene called us to the dining room for dessert, cider and more leisurely conversation.
As we headed home to Freeport, Dee and I talked over the day spent with these nice folks, and how we enjoyed viewing the terrain of Jo Daviess County, a share of America the beautiful.
Harriett Gustason is a columnist for The Journal-Standard. She can be reached at (815) 235-3855 or email@example.com.
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Eating the Genes
What the Green Revolution did for grain, biotechnology may do for protein.
Fears that genetically engineered foods will damage the environment have fueled controversy in the developed world. The debate looks very different when framed not by corporations and food activists but by three middle-aged women in saris working in a Spartan lab in Pune, India. The three, each with a doctoral degree and a full career in biological research, are studying the genes of chickpeas, but they begin their conversation by speaking of suicides.
The villain in their discussion is an insidious little worm, a pod borer, which makes its way unseen into the ripening chickpea pods and eats the peas. It comes every year, laying waste to some fields while sparing others. Subsistence farmers expecting a bumper crop instead find the fat pods hollow at harvest. Dozens will then kill themselves rather than face the looming hunger of their families. So while the battle wages over "frankenfood" in the well-fed countries of the world, here in this Pune lab the arguments quietly disappear.
A generation ago the world faced starvation, and India served as the poster child for the coming plague, occupying roughly the same position in international consciousness then that sub-Saharan Africa does today. The Green Revolution of the 1960s changed all that, with massive increases in grain production, especially in India, a country that now produces enough wheat, rice, sorghum and maize to feed its people. Green Revolution methods, however, concentrated on grains, ignoring such crops as chickpeas and lentils, the primary sources of protein in the country's vegetarian diet. As a consequence, per capita production of carbohydrates from grain in India tripled. At the same time, largely because of population growth, per capita protein production halved.
The gains in grain yield came largely from breeding plants with shorter stems, which could support heavier and more bountiful seed heads. To realize this opportunity, farmers poured on nitrogen and water: globally, there was a sevenfold increase in fertilizer use between 1950 and 1990. Now, artificial sources of nitrogen, mostly from fertilizer, add more to the planet's nitrogen cycle than natural sources, contributing to global warming, ozone depletion and smog. Add to this the massive loads of pesticides used against insects drawn to this bulging monoculture of grain, and one begins to see the rough outlines of environmental damage the globe cannot sustain.
During this same revolutionary period, India and other countries, including Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Cuba, developed scientific communities capable of addressing many of their own food problems. High on their list is the promise of genetic engineering (see "New Markets for Biotech). In India, researchers have found a natural resistance to pod borers in two other crops, the Asian bean and peanuts, and are trying to transfer the responsible gene to chickpeas. If they are successful, farmers will not only get more protein; they will also avoid insecticides. "The farmer has not to spray anything, has not to dust anything," D. R. Bapat, a retired plant breeder, told me. He need only plant a new seed.


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In the race to become the next House majority whip, the magic number isn't 117 — it's 78.
Unless someone in Thursday's special election wins an outright majority of the 233 total votes cast — a prospect that appears far from certain — 78 is the number of votes that would prevent any of the three candidates from finishing last on the initial ballot, and therefore guarantee them a place on the second ballot. If there is a second round of voting, pitting two candidates head-to-head with a sudden bloc of voters released from supporting the eliminated candidate, anything can happen.
That's the case being made by supporters of Rep. Marlin Stutzman, the Indiana representative whose unexpected and late entrance into the whip's contest complicated the math for everyone involved.
Rep. Steve Scalise, the Louisianan who chairs the powerful Republican Study Committee, emerged from the weekend the same way he went in — ahead of the pack. In addition to winning an endorsement from GOP Conference Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Scalise is piling up support from Southern lawmakers in concert with his campaign theme: Conservatives, and Southerners, need a voice in leadership.
Behind him is Rep. Peter Roskam, the chief deputy whip from Illinois. He has the support of the GOP's establishment wing, but is attempting to expand his appeal by promising colleagues that he will "draw on relationships that transcend boundaries and groups," according to a letter sent Friday evening. Roskam's camp claims to have solid support from more than 90 members.
Pulling up the rear is Stutzman. The 37-year-old onetime farmer is not terribly well connected in the GOP Conference. He is part of a tight-knit group of House conservatives — including Reps. Tom Graves, Mick Mulvaney, and Raul Labrador, who is running for majority leader — and is using some dissatisfaction with Scalise among the conference's right flank to fuel his insurgent candidacy. According to sources in his camp, the Indiana Republican claimed upward of 50 supporters by Sunday night.
The math hardly adds up: If Scalise has more than 100 votes, Roskam more than 90, and Stutzman more than 50, that's well over 240 members — and there are only 233 in the House GOP. Because the whipping process is conducted almost exclusively behind closed doors — and the votes will be cast by secret ballot — it's nearly impossible to determine which candidate is cooking his whip books.
Still, in communicating with all three camps over the weekend, there is broad agreement that Scalise has more than 100 commitments, virtually guaranteeing him a spot on the second ballot. What's not clear is whether Scalise actually has locked up the 117 votes needed to win outright, as his supporters claim he has.
"We're over the threshold now," one House Republican who is whipping votes for Scalise said Saturday. The lawmaker asked not to be identified because he's a personal friend of Roskam's (a reminder of why Congress is so frequently compared to high school). When pressed for specifics, the member refused to provide them, but noted: "My understanding is, we are where we need to be for him to win."
With both Scalise and Roskam in the range of 100 votes, Stutzman's role appears to be that of a spoiler. But his play for the majority whip's job is real, Stutzman's allies say, and his path to victory is legitimate — albeit difficult. While he doesn't have relationships across the conference like his two competitors, Stutzman does have one key constituency in his corner: the biggest class in House Republican history.
Certainly, not every one of the 87 Republicans who were rookies in the 112th Congress will be voting for Stutzman. But the soft-spoken Indianan, who actually won a 2010 special election and arrived in Washington weeks before his classmates, could make the whip's race competitive by channeling the collective frustration felt by that class.
"We should not being having leadership elections without a 2010 participant," said Rep. Mick Mulvaney, a sophomore lawmaker who, like many of his classmates, feel their influence has not been on par with their size.
"The class of 2010 is looking for a candidate," added Mulvaney, who is whipping votes for Stutzman. "And the conservatives are looking for a candidate — someone other than Scalise. And that's the pathway to victory for Stutzman."
To that point, one Stutzman ally shared the list of members who led a weekend conference call on Stutzman's behalf: Mulvaney, Sean Duffy, Tom Reed, Andy Harris, and Jeff Duncan — all 2010 alumni. (Another notable deputy is Rep. Jim Jordan, the influential conservative and former RSC chair.)
"Sean Duffy — this is a center-of-right guy. He's not a moderate, but he's not Tim Huelskamp, either," the member said, alluding to the ultraconservative congressman from Kansas. "The fact that Sean Duffy is working for Stutzman, and not Scalise or Roskam, is the perfect indicator of where Stutzman's base is: the class of 2010. And it's a big, big class."
But even Stutzman's allies admit it may be too little, too late. His delay in entering the race provided Scalise and Roskam a sizable head start in securing commitments from members. And while some are open to switching teams — Mulvaney, for example, left Scalise's camp for Stutzman's — many members aren't comfortable switching sides once they've committed.
Of the lawmakers who are de-committing from one candidate, it's tough to know where they're going. While conventional wisdom held that Stutzman would have siphoned support exclusively from Scalise, there are examples to the contrary. According to sources, Rep. Steve Southerland, a junior member of leadership who initially was whipping for Roskam, has switched teams and is now supporting Stutzman.
As allegiances are exchanged and new alliances are formed, the cores of the respective teams are becoming clearer. All of the camps are anchored by one or two longtime friends of the respective congressmen. Additionally, each of the three candidates have been considering a "running mate" — that is, someone whom they would name as their chief deputy whip should they be elected. (Roskam currently serves as McCarthy's chief deputy.)
Over the weekend two of the candidates were said to have chosen a partner. Roskam, according to sources, has unofficially tapped Rep. Richard Hudson as his running mate. Scalise was rumored to have selected Rep. Aaron Schock to his ticket, though Scalise's camp emphasized that no decision has been made. In both cases, the primary candidate would seem to be searching for geographical and ideological balance. Hudson, from North Carolina, is known to be to Roskam's right; while Schock, from Illinois, is more moderate than Scalise.
All three candidates for the No. 3 job in House GOP leadership are expected to return to Capitol Hill on Monday to continue whipping votes. They might not have much company, however; the House is out of session today and the week's first votes will be cast Tuesday.