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Pull up a chair because the beans
are on the table. Tim Sample travels to Lincoln, Maine, to interview folks
at the 56th Annual River Driver's baked bean supper. In the
kitchen, Cheryl Wixson prepares two recipes, a 13-bean and sausage
stew and a spicy black bean dip.
Blueberries highlights
Maine's sweet blue fruit as the heart of the meal that Cheryl
prepares. The masterpiece is a grilled duck breast with Maine wild
blueberry sauce, and for dessert, a blueberry crisp pie. At
Rockdale Farms in Jonesport, Tim talks with Sanford Kelly, a
longtime blueberry grower, to find out what goes into harvesting
this traditional Maine crop. They also talk about the health
advantage of blueberries and how the fruit has come to be promoted
as a major health food because of its anti-oxidants.
Maple Syrup
Maine Maple Sunday highlights maple syrup production in Maine.
Tim goes to the Strawberry Hill Farms in Skowhegan and talks with
the owners, John and Eva Steeves, about the gathering of sap to
make maple syrup. You will see the process of boiling down the sap
for the syrup. John and Eva have the largest and most
scientifically advanced operation in the state for collecting sap.
Garden Vegetables
Vegetables and chocolate are in the
kitchen with a yummy tomatillo and yellow tomato salsa and
chocolate zucchini bread. Tim "samples" a variety of
vegetables from the organic gardens of Wolf Pine Farms in Alfred.
He learns about the popular community supported agriculture
program where members from the surrounding area come weekly to
pick up bumper crops of everything from cucumbers to exotic hot
Tim discovers a plentiful bounty of this
Northeast fern with Native American Everett Sapial on Indian
Island in Old Town. Each spring, the island blooms with
fiddleheads and the residents know all the best spots to pick.
Back in the kitchen, Cheryl prepares fiddlehead dip and marinated
fiddlehead salad.
Wild Turkey
Did you know that turkey hunting is done in a
blind so that the turkeys can not see the hunters? Tim learned
this while out hunting for turkeys in Albion. Back in the kitchen for wine glazed turkey breast and barbecued
turkey legs.
Lunch Pail
Tim joins Mike Luciano and some of the workers
at the Madison Paper Industries in Madison during their lunch
break. Many of the mill workers today still bring their noon time
meals in lunch pails as they did many years ago. Tim discovers
some of the treats that keep them energized. Back in the kitchen,
Cheryl and Tim prepare some special Maine sandwiches that will
make your mouth water: grilled Maine cod packets, pioneer
sandwiches and cranberry relish.
Fairs & Festivals
Tim goes to the National Folk Festival in Bangor
to see for himself the kinds of food that is being prepared by the
vendors. He also chats with festival goers about the kinds of food
that they enjoy here versus what they eat at
home. Back in the kitchen Cheryl and Tim make fried dough and Thai
spring rolls with sweet garlic sauce.
Goat Cheese
Tim visits the Appleton Creamery in Appleton and
talks with Caitlin and Bradley Hunter who raise goats for their
milk and produce a variety of goat cheese products. Tim even does
some of the chores on the farm before sitting down to enjoy some
of the bounty. Back in the kitchen, Tim and Cheryl prepare orange
goat cheese danish, and basil and olive oil goat cheese over pasta
with sauteed garden vegetables.
Passing Down Recipes
Tim visits the Somerset Dance Society in
Norridgewock, where the group meets on Saturday nights for a
potluck supper and dancing. Tim "samples" some of the
delicious food, and then works it off while dancing with the
others. Back in the kitchen, Cheryl and Tim prepare lobster bertha
and her specialty biscuits.
Dining Out
Chef Kerry Altiero shows Tim some nifty culinary tricks whipped
up from veggies delivered direct from a local farm. Back in the
kitchen, Tim and Cheryl prepare curried squash and crabmeat
bisque, and a fabulous bowl o'meat.
Tim learns that the kids harvesting potatoes at Wood Prairie
Farms in Bridgewater, Maine have no fear of work. And farmers Jim
and Megan Gerritsen break the record with 16 potato varieties,
holding names such as Island Sunrise and Yukon Gold. Back in the
studio, Tim and Cheryl show us four different ways to use potatoes
by cooking some delicious needhams with chocolate dip and herb–roasted
potatoes, shoe-string garlic potatoes, and savory roasted
Whether it's old fashioned finnan haddie or gourmet smoked
salmon, technology meets ocean fresh at Grindstone Neck of Maine
in Winter Harbor. Tim joins proprietor Roger Billings
for a tour of their pristine facility and does some taste testing.
for Suppah? Beans, Blueberries and Beyond is a television
cooking series featuring Maine humorist, Tim Sample, and chef and
food columnist, Cheryl Wixson. The series spotlights foods grown and harvested
in Maine and demonstrates nutritious and affordable recipes using
Maine foods. It celebrates the important role our rural traditions
have played in endowing Maine people with a rich diversity of
cultures. Cultural identity is inextricably tied to the food we
harvest, prepare and eat. These rural traditions are celebrated in
the way we prepare, serve and present a meal.
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When I tagged along for a bighorn sheep hunt for a story last December, the hunter asked if I would try and record the harvest. I agreed.
So, when he had his 160-plus ram in his sights, there I was with his home camcorder trying to find a solid, sturdy place to keep the video steady.
In the heat of the moment, I was shaking like a loose rain gutter in a windstorm.
The hunter ended up deleting the video because it was incomprehensible. It probably made him nauseous, too.
The GoPro shotgun sling can be a useful tool when trying to capture the moment of a hunt from a new and more exciting angle. The sling slides easily onto a shotgun and this one is designed for the Winchester SX3, Remington 887 and Beretta A4000.
The sling can fit on any gun that utilizes a forearm cap. It fits snug and tight, and with a push of a button, it can record a shot.
Obviously, this device is designed for bird hunting and would have been useless on the sheep hunt I was a part of, though there are ways to rig the GoPro to any gun.
But this product is ideal on bird hunts because it's so tough to get footage. If you have a person filming, he or she doesn't always know which bird you're shooting at or when exactly you're going to take the shot. But with this, it follows the bird you're targeting.
The technology and clarity have improved for the GoPro camera over the years and the HD footage now is spectacular. Even a shot fired from a longer distance can be captured. It could be a useful tool when cherishing that hunting memory.
The sling costs about $40 and can be purchased at several online stores like Scheels. GoPros are sold separately for $199 and up.
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Getting young people interested in STEM careers is a priority for government, says the minister for universities and science
Science minister David Willetts on the importance of STEM subjects
Engineering is vital to growth and the rebalancing of our economy. It underpins our most advanced industries, supports high-tech jobs and helps us design and make innovative new products. As a result of this, people with these skills are in high demand, nationally and internationally.
We know that more students are choosing to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects at both A-level and at university. But in order to support this vital sector, we need to ensure that there are people who want to pursue engineering as a career, not just a subject choice.
The government is absolutely committed to supporting this. Through our science and research budget, we fund a range of events and activities to encourage people from all backgrounds to pursue STEM careers and to show how rewarding they can be. This includes the STEM Ambassadors programme, the Big Bang Fair and the National Science and Engineering Competition. I presented this year's awards and was incredibly impressed at the standard and enthusiasm of entrants.
In November, we announced two initiatives that will improve the information that is available to young people considering careers in STEM subjects.
The first is government support for an employer-led scheme to facilitate the kite marking of STEM degree courses. This will signal which courses best prepare students for employment in particular sectors or occupations.
The second initiative is the extension of the STEM Ambassadors programme into higher education. This will offer undergraduates access to mentoring support drawn from the existing network and raise the profile of the STEM sector.
We must ensure that there are young people who want to pursue engineering as a career
At postgraduate level, our Research Councils work closely with industry to ensure that training is of a high quality and to provide students with vocational experience alongside academic training. The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, for example, brings students together in Doctoral Training Centres that address important areas — such as renewable energy — with industry partners such as BP and Rolls-Royce.
This helps give students the right skills to succeed in their careers, be that in academia or in the private sector.
We are also helping to make alternative routes available into highly skilled careers such as engineering and manufacturing.
We have radically expanded the number of degree-level apprenticeships for young people, helping to put practical learning on a level footing with academic study. Our £25m Higher Level Apprenticeships Fund is intended to support up to 25,000 apprenticeships in sectors including construction, advanced engineering, insurance and financial services.
Around 250 employers — including Leyland Trucks, Unilever, TNT and Burberry — will benefit from world-class, nationally accredited technical training delivered in the workplace.
Getting young people interested in STEM careers is a priority for government. I hope I have shown that there are not only opportunities to learn more about the vast range of careers on offer, but also different routes to gaining the right skills and achieving long-term success.
David Willetts is minister of state for universities and science
Readers' comments (12)
Good news from the Minister about support for young people about to start HE; but evidence is that children start forming careers inclinations much younger. We need to stimulate the interest, passion for STEM at Primary and KS3 stages. See Lab_13 for example.
Design and Development needs a greater focus.
Perhaps the Government would help its cause by placing contracts locally.
Indigenous design and Development may be expensive in the short term, however it is the only way to rebuild national capability and excite newcomers to take up careers.
Another MP spouts about the importance of STEM subjects. The harsh reality is that it will not be worth young people taking out a loan of £50,000 to study engineering and then struggle to get a job on £22,000.
Rick Hall is right. Kids need switching on to science and engineering - either at school, in science clubs, with their science/engineering grandparents or at home (parents please provide sheds and meccano).
This is a bit like the "apprenticeships" proposals from David Cameron....its all well & good saying they (the government) have a commitment..they cant provide anything other that helping aany industry stay the course....this isnt about party politics "the last government blah blah"....stop blaming others & get on with it.....COMMIT yourselves Mr Camerons government.
There simply has to be growth & stability in whatever bits of industry we have (still) & encourage others who what to invest in bringing industries here to commit to the long term investment in training...understanding that any mucking about affects the whole working lives & well beings of individuals.
We have to treat this like we were at WAR......its that important.....STEM goes part way to improve communications & identify needs....but as said previously the idea of a career in a trade or profession has to be cultivated earlier in individuals.
This is how I grew up in Eastern Germany:
In grade 1-4 we had a patch to attend in the school garden. In Grade 5 we exchanged the garden with DIY classes; working with wood, plastics, metal. Little projects to take home when finished.
In grade 7 we started working in the local factory once per week for 4 hours; first in a sheltered environment with a teacher, later assigned to various locations and assigned to production teams. In grade 9 every boy in our school learned to work the lathe for 6 months.
Every class had a partner team from a local factory or other company. They would show us their work place (show and tell) and they'd provide assistance in days out like going to the museum or the opera, when you need more than just a teacher to keep a herd of kids in check and free from harm.
Most students left school at age 16 and at age 18 everyone had either their highschool diploma (if going further to university) or completed apprenticeship.
Nowadays German engineering companies prefer university graduates with previous apprenticeships completed.
It is pleasing to see the Minister for Science, David Willets, giving support to the STEM subjects but this is being said at a time when the Department for Education has sidelined the 14 to 19 Engineering Diploma which has strong support from the engineering and manufacturing industry. And, even more difficult to understand, is the proposed relegating of Design & Technology (D&T) in schools to a third level curriculum subject which is likely to result in a reversion to craft work more appropriate to previous centuries. Well developed D&T courses in schools enable young people to work with computer aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM), build electronic circuits, develop systems and control programming expertise, work with modern materials and processes all within the context of practical design project work which they manage. Where else in the school curriculum can they do this? Surely if we are to sustain the significant improvements in recruitment to higher level engineering and manufacturing courses we need to give every young person in the UK the opportunity to do D&T so they can make an informed decision to 'pursue an engineering career, not just a subject'.
The D&T Campaign facilitated by The Design and Technology Association together with high profile representatives of the engineering and design professions can be found at - http://www.believeindandt.org.uk/
Admirable so why remove D & T from the national curriculum?
A lot has to be done to turn around long term attitudes and the failures of many years. In teaching a Junior Engineering club at a primary school, it became obvious to me that most of the children came from homes where nothing practical was done at all, and they truly loved the tasks we worked through. We must engender more practical skills. Even cooking at home; in a society where the upwards spiralling of a bloated public sector has led to a near compulsion for two incomes to pay rising taxes, frequently by means of another made up job in said public sector, parents have little if any time at home to cook or do any of the practical things my parents did, and it shows.
But we must also overcome the collapse in educational standards that makes A levels about as in depth as O levels used to be, and sees MEng degrees as clearly failing to get Graduates up to the standard we used to be able to expect from a BSc.
Unless we admit the failures, we cannot correct for the future.
Several respondents are giving a clear message that we need to ensure young people are given the opportunity to experience, learn about and enjoy engineering and manufacturing from an early age. This must be a compelling argument for ensuring that D&T is retained in the national curriculum at key stages 1, 2 and 3.
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Reprogramming Stem Cells
Following the announcement late last year of a revolutionary technique to make stem cells from adult skin cells, scientists have now used the approach to generate stem cells from patients with a number of different conditions, including Parkinson's disease, type 1 diabetes, muscular dystrophy, and Down syndrome. The cells can be differentiated into the cell type affected in each disease, such as motor neurons in Parkinson's, allowing scientists to examine the molecular mistakes that might underlie these diseases and test drugs to prevent them. (See "Patient-Matched Stem Cells.") Doug Melton's team at Harvard took the process one step further, transforming one type of pancreatic cell into another without first making stem cells.
Scientists have also developed new variations of the reprogramming technique–most important, eliminating the need to use viruses that can potentially integrate into the host cell's genome and raise risk of cancer. (See "Stem Cells without Side Effects.")
Fast Sequencing
A little-known genomics startup made a splash in October by announcing a $5,000 genome. Rather than selling its technology, Complete Genomics, based in Mountain View, CA, will offer pharmaceutical companies and others a sequencing service. The claims met with some skepticism in the scientific community. A scientist at a recent genomics conference reportedly offered representatives of Complete Genomics $5,000 in cash for his genome, but was declined.
In August, Cambridge-based Knome doled out its first product, an individual's genome, privately sequenced for $350,000 and delivered complete with an engraved silver box. Another of Knome's customers, Dan Stoicescu, a millionaire living in Switzerland, announced plans to make his genome public. That data will join just a handful of complete human genomes.
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In July, scientists unveiled the first detailed map of the network of connections in the human cortex. The feat required a combination of network analysis and a specialized version of magnetic resonance imaging that can measure the long thin wires that connect brain cells. The map revealed a highly interconnected central hub in the back of the brain.
A photo essay and interactive movies published online in November show brain images generated with this approach, called diffusion spectrum imaging.


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CARLSBAD >> Carlsbad Municipal Schools will begin open enrollment Monday as the district prepares to open its doors for the 2014-2015 school year.
The Early Childhood Education Center will have enrollments from 8 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 P.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday, July 28.
Enrollment for grades first through fifth in the district elementary schools will be held July 28 through July 30 beginning at 8:30 a.m. and running until 4 p.m. On Wednesday enrollment hours at the elementary schools will be from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Parents of seventh and eighth graders attending the Carlsbad Intermediate School on the P.R. Leyva campus can visit the campus on Monday and Tuesday from 8:30 p.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. for enrollment. On Wednesday the campus will be open for enrollment from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Students new to Carlsbad High school will have two registration periods; July 30 and July 31 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Students attending the Sixth Grade Academy on Alta Vista campus are invited to an open house and schedule pickup August 8 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Officials say that students who are new to the district or are registering in a new school zone must enroll during the open dates. Proof of residence will be required. For first time students a birth certificate, immunization record, social security number and proof of residence will be required.
Parents who wish to enroll their student in out-of-zone schools can contact the administration offices to make that request.
The Carlsbad School district reminds parents: "The compulsory Attendance Law of the State of New Mexico requires every child between the ages of five and eighteen to be enrolled and maintain regular attendance in a public or private school or be reported to the Children, Youth and Families Department. Kindergarten is mandatory in the state of New Mexico."
Carlsbad school officials ask that parents ensure they have fulfilled the requirements of enrollment for each of their children before the official start date of classes on August 11. Students should have updated immunizations and copies of those records should be given to school nurses on the first day of classes. First day of school for students in grades 1,6,7 and 9 is August 11. Students in all other grades will start August 12.
Administrators also ask that parents and students check with their individual schools regarding changes in student dress codes. The district does not have a uniform or dress requirement but each facility has dress standards. Schools will also be able to provide parents with dates and times of open house sessions.
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• The Bribery Aisle: How Wal-Mart Got Its Way in Mexico (NYT)
• Cartoon Blues: The Life of The New Yorker's Favorite Depressive Is Drawn Out in New Bio (New York Observer)
• Amazing tale of a desperate WWII pilot's encounter with a German flying ace (New York Post)
• The Woes of an American Drone Operator (Spiegel)
• The great swindle: fake ideas and fake emotions have elbowed out truth and beauty (aeon)
• Let's Eliminate Sports Welfare (Sports on Earth)
• This Is Not a Profile of Nassim Taleb (The Chronicle Review)
• Postmodern Cézanne (The Weekly Standard)
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Pass Rushers Please!
Hi draftnicks. I havent been on here in a while since the NFL season started. But since it's looking more and more likely my Saints' season will be over pretty soon. I figured I'd start to get myself more familiar with the upcoming draft.
Nothing is more needed for my Saints than a pass rusher (as it has been for the last few decades!). Im really not sure our FO has the ability to evaluate a great pass rusher, but they will have to. Cam Jordan has become a good player for us, but we need someone who can play on the right side of the line and dominate, force teams to slide protection, double team and chip to open up opportunites for other players like Akeim Hicks who we drafted in the 3rd round out of Regina this past year, who has been impressive yet raw. Will Smith is a goner after this season, thank god.
Anyway, I havent followed much college football this year. How is this years DE class looking? I figure the Saints will be picking anywhere from 13-20. Any studs you guys think will be available there?
Best defensive front 7 class I can remember ever.
As yfs alluded to this is the year to be looking for DL help. What's up with Gallette people were expecting a lot from him?
Before he got hurt I thought Carradine and the Saints were a match made in heaven. Still could happen, but either of the LSU DE's could fit. Lots of options.
Galette showed a lot of promise but he got hurt a few weeks ago and has been sidelines. He has been our best pass rusher when on the feild, but Spags only plays him in obvious passing situations. I would love to keep him but I dont see him as someone who you can build a line around. I see him as just a solid overall player similar to Kroy Beirmann.
Something about LSU D-Linemen alway scares me. I like Montgomery and Mingo, but somethings makes me feel like they will struggle in the league. Could be wrong though.
Who were those 2 DE's that play for Auburn? I havent seen much of them but I remember they gave LSU some problems.
Corey Lemonier for Auburn is a guy who I am pretty high on. Auburn was pretty bad this year but I think he will make an NFL team pretty happy, probably more of a second round option right now but if he tests well I could definitely see him off the board in the first.
I currently have them taking Dion Jordan from Oregon in a mock... He could become a Pro Bowler if coached correctly with his versatility and awareness. He is good at coverage and rushing the passer. I would not waste his coverage ability by strictly using him as a down lineman but rather move him around like Oregon currently does.
This is a good year for DEs. I want my Brownies to take one with their first pick (that or a DB). Damontre Moore, Jarvis Jones (OLB, but a pass rusher), Bjeorn Werner, Brandon Jenkins, Tank Carradine, Ezekiel Ansah, Sam Montgomery, Barkevious Mingo, Dion Jordan, William Gholston, Alex Okafor, Corey Lemonnier, Michael Buchanan, John Simon, etc. (I don't wanna name them all right now). That's a pretty darn good crop. Someone's gonna get a pro bowl DE in round 2 or 3 I think.
I've adopted Dion Jordan.
Ezekial Ansah is another very high upside guy (like Jordan), but seems more like a guy that will be ultra stout against the run more than a dynamic pass rusher (he's still very capable of getting after the QB, but he's going to beast at LDE in the NFL).
This class is literally loaded at DE. Florida State has like 3 DEs that will likely go in rounds 1 or 2. And there are a bunch more. Jarvis Jones, Sam Montgomery, Kiki Mingo, and so on. Just a stud class.
Are there any 3-4 DEs that can clog yet still be proficient in pass rushing in this draft?
I was really excited to see if Quanterus Smith would flash in pre-draft workouts. After tearing his ACL, it's really difficult to project him. I really liked him as a sleeper, now I'm unsure.
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Wednesday, 14 March 2012
Book. Four Words.
This one is for you.
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Hooray! Well done you xxReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you lovely xDelete
OMG! What fabulous news, well done, very well done I can't wait to see it now xxReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Mari, let's celebrate with a glass of wine at BritMums Live! xDelete
Amazing news, and very well deserved. I'd like to pre-order my copy now please!ReplyDeleteReplies
I'll be reminding you when ready ;) and thank you!Delete
- Sharon Young14 March 2012 at 22:15
How exciting! Would I happen to know the illustrator? ;o)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous15 March 2012 at 07:32
Fabulous news Helen. Can I reserve a signed copy please?Delete
Thanks ShaSha xxxDelete
Ganny La La is so proud and excited, but then she is my daughter!ReplyDeleteReplies
Well done you! I will be pre-ordering a copy.ReplyDelete
Wonderful wonderful news, And we all know it will be a wonderful wonderful book. When can we pre-order on Amazon?ReplyDeleteReplies
Absolutely no idea! *makes note to find out*Delete
congratulations! that's amazing newsReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Jamie, looking forward to catching up next month xDelete
Well done sweetie!! xxxReplyDelete
Congratulations!!!! (And NOW can I say 'we knew her when...?')ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks! And of course, as long as that screen test stays a SECRET xDelete
Much deserved Congratulations. Fantastic news. Now I know what my birthday Amazon voucher is going on and I would also like to know when I can order a copy! Great stuff. Well done you!ReplyDeleteReplies
Not until Feb 2013! But don't worry, I will be reminding you all ;)Delete
Excellent news Knackered Mother! Can't wait to buy it.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks so much!Delete
- villaolivi15 March 2012 at 10:51
As my mother said, "How does she do it with three children?!" So proud to know you! xReplyDeleteReplies
aaahhhh, right back at you xDelete
Great news! Look forward to publication and book-signing tour??? Congratulations.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you! And, yes, I hope so, esp. if there is wine ;)Delete
- Mummymafia15 March 2012 at 20:33
Well done! Very well deserved! I think you might have been 3 wording Simon mayo on radio 2 this afternoon??! CxReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you darl, and yes, that was me! Couldn't resist, I'd bored everyone here with it, so had to turn to a new audience xDelete
*scream* that is very exciting! Well done :-)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks! Yes, very excited ;)Delete
- Dr Uncle Bunny15 March 2012 at 21:27
Now sit down and have a large glass of wine. 60,000 to 80,000 or even 100,000 is a lot of zeros and I mean words. A lot of thinking, frustration and tears. A lot of "why did they ever ask me, I'm a KM and far too busy".
Don't despair.
Keep it real, but please don't just do a Clarkson where every chapter is simply a different Sunday Times article - I love Clarkson but he's the world's laziest writer and only sells in spades because he has a TV show.
Your book will be different because it will tell a story, a lovely journey with every anecdote cleverly woven into the fabric. A book which contains just your blog entries is not good enough.
You must focus on two things. First, what is my story - that's your vine. Secondly, how do I weave my leaves around the vine to make it a thing of beauty. I've done the odd bit of story telling in the last few years (every PhD tells a story) so anytime you want a hand just call.Replies
- Dr Uncle Bunny15 March 2012 at 21:37
I've just realised - silly me for being slow. Let them ghost the sequel; the first must come from your heart.Delete
You are like Confucius. Except younger. Thank you and can promise, it is all new stuff xDelete
- Dr Uncle Bunny15 March 2012 at 22:07
It is a widely accepted Wisdom that Confucius owned a Junk but Aristotle owned a Speed Boat. So looking forward to hearing about your new project at the beginning of the allium lifting season. XDelete
You make the fact that my children pull the heads off your beautiful flowers wound so poetic...Delete
Late to the party, but one word: YAY! I was going to say Motherf*ckin yay but I suspect that's two. Or possibly three.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks! Over the motherf*cking moon xDelete
Congratulations! Hope it gets reprinted in many numerous editions. I think I know who the dedication will be to.ReplyDeleteReplies
aaahhh, thank you xDelete
Blimey! There's good news all over the bloomin' internet tonight (or not tonight, because I'm late as usual) but stillReplyDelete
So amazingly well done you!Replies
Thank you! Very happy, will no doubt still be grinning from ear to ear when we meet in June!Delete
Wow! I am a bit late picking up on this news but that is fantastic Helen! Well done for all your hard work. I love the way your blog looks these days; it's made me want to give mine a makeover. I will definitely buy the book, and it will make a good pressie for a few other knackered mothers I know! See you at BritMums. Peggy xxxReplyDelete
Wow, well done you, what a marvellous acolade.ReplyDelete
Mich x
Thank you Peggy, really looking forward to catching up! xxReplyDelete
Mich, thanks too, thrilled that you came by!ReplyDelete
That is wonderful, wonderful news. Marvellous! Now go and have a drink for me...ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, and I will do as you say!Delete
Glad to have found you too! Your book sounds perfect for me for I am a knackered mother and muchly do I drink wine.ReplyDelete
Ha ha...muchly ;)Delete
Congratulations! Meant to ask this before but did Simon Mayo read out your 'three-word Wednesday' last week?? "Book deal signed" from "Helen"?? Quite a coinkidink if not??ReplyDeleteReplies
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'Ello, everyone! Popping in, again. Not sure if there is a thread for this, if there is then please redirect it though my question may be slightly different?? Not sure.
Anyhow, I was wondering what do YOU guys feed your horses? Does it vary from season to season? Have you had to go through trial-and-error? (Such as "this grain caused my horse to colic, therefore forget this; this one is much better, and not to mention I get a shiny coat!"?) I'm curious because my mother and I have FINALLY found a horse that might be perfect for me/my level of riding. Of course if the horse is healthy, I'd go by what the owner was feeding her but just curiosity makes me ask.
Anyhow, just wondering on what you guys use for your own horses? Is there a set schedule, varying throughout the times of year (I'd suspect), and any other little tidbits you'd like to share about feeding time.


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Today we are talking chia. Yes, Im talking about the same stuff Chia Pets are made of.
But did you know that chia seeds are edible? And super good for you? You may have seen chia seeds sprouting up in grocery stores in recent months, but they have been around for many years. In fact, growing and consumption of chia seeds dates back to the ancient Incan and Aztec civilizations. They called it their running food, because chia increased endurance and the messengers could run all day on just a handful of seeds.
This tiny seed is big in nutritional value. Its high in fiber a half-ounce contains 6 grams of fiber, the same amount found in three slices of whole wheat bread. A unique feature of chia is it can absorb nine times its weight in liquid and form a gel that is helpful in curbing your appetite.
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Not only will chia seeds keep a person full for hours, these super seeds also provide essential omega-3 fatty acids. In fact, chia contains some of the highest amounts of plant-based omega-3 fats. Ounce for ounce, chia seeds provide about two times as many omega-3s as flax seed. Omega-3 fats are an essential fat, which means the body is unable to make it and needs to get this nutrient from food.
Omega-3s provide a plethora of health benefits including anti-inflammatory properties and benefits for brain health and heart health. Omega-3 fats are concentrated in brain cells and have an important role in memory and brain function. Your heart also can get a boost from chia seeds because omega-3s may help lower triglycerides and increase HDL (good) cholesterol. Your heart, brain, joints and overall chronic disease risk can benefit from a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids.
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I'm trying Dragon Speaking Naturally (11.5 premium) and I have a monaural headset. When the headset is enable, sound is sent to the headset and not my computer speakers. Is there a way to configure the headset so that it acts as a microphone only and all sound is sent to speakers?
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Is your headset USB or does it use mini plugs? If mini plugs you can just plug in the mike plug {pink} and it should work. If it's a USB I don't know if it is possible.May the Forces of good computing be with you!
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I'm assuming that this is in Windows 7.
Go to the Control Panel and select the 'Sound' icon. Note - I have my Control Panel set up displaying Small Icons - the Sound icon may be hidden inside one of the categories if you have Category view selected.
Anyway, the Sound icon opens up to a window that allows you to specify your default playback and recording devices. The Playback tab is first - you should see several devices listed. One will be your headset and will have a green checkmark showing that is the current default. Find the device that corresponds to your computer speakers (on my system, that's the Realtek High Definition Audio device). Right-click on that device and select "Set as default device".
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How do you know he is Iranian?
1) i asked him.2) his user is Persianus
Yeah! Finally got parham! now we are even.
There is like a lot of them but, they do not know where is OTD and GD..
btw, where is OTD and GD? lol
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Cooking with your kids teaches valuable skills such as the importance of nutrition and what vitamins and minerals they can find in the foods you prepare. Leaning to cook gives kids control of their nutrition and calorie intake while imparting skills that benefit their ability to work in a lab and perform complex experiments.
The first step is to get your kids to look up recipes on the Internet or in a cook book. Watch YouTube videos which demonstrate different cooking techniques.
Once you have agreed upon a recipe, get them to make a list of all the ingredients. The next step is to set out all the implements and ingredients. This helps to reinforce the importance of preparation before starting an experiment in the lab.
Check that everything is in good working order. Discuss stove and electricity safety. This is an excellent way to learn how to safely handle equipment in the lab.
Ask your child to read the recipe from start to finish. Reading and following recipes teaches them how to follow instructions; a skill that will help with exams, lab work and experiments at school. Get your child to read the instructions out loud so that they can practice reading at the same time.
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When you blog professionally, you get used to an unfortunate truth: Most of the time, you could have written a better column if you'd had the advantage of reading the comment section first. Unfortunately, none of you jerks had the decency to comment on Shifting Perspectives: When healers run out of options before I published it, so I was stuck writing it without that advantage. Bad commenters! No biscuit.
Suffice it to say that people wrote a lot of interesting stuff on last week's article, and I've been mulling it over ever since.
In news unrelated to this or any other article, I would just like to state that the name Nosferatmoo (glimpsed on a tauren death knight from Misha-US while I was pugging on my goblin priest for the Low Level Tank Project™) is pretty much the best name ever.
Wild Growth awkwardness
Yep. I don't think it's too surprising that the issue of single-target healing was so constantly raised during the class feedback thread. The ramp-up time for a druid healer is problematic on any fight with tank swaps or any encounter with a mechanic that incapacitates or removes random players from actions. When this happens to you, you can kiss both your Lifebloom stack and Harmony good-bye. No healer reasonably expects to be doing much good if he or she has been removed from a fight, but having to devote three global cooldowns (GCD) and then a direct healing cast time to get back to full throttle is more punitive than it needs to be.
Nicko666: Lifebloom on tank swaps is awkward, and wastes a lot of global cooldowns before we can really get any healing done there.
On a side note to this point, the druid is arguably most overpowered in the 10-man context, where even a non-glyphed Wild Growth is guaranteed to hit half the raid. Overall I think it's most accurate to say that 25-man raid healers are really the people who are going to suffer from both the throughput and glyph nerfs.
Tweaking Rejuv?
I think this touches on a shadowy problem: HOT durations got trashed in the run-up to Cataclysm, and the modern restoration druid is somewhat GCD-locked these days due to an unfortunate combination of Harmony and short HOTs. It's almost painful to recall that Regrowth once had a 22-second duration in comparison to the modern 6 (!). It's easy to keep Lifebloom running on a tank, but for everyone else, I would actually argue that the sensation of playing whack-a-mole has increased because every other HOT drops off so much faster.
Armill3: Maybe if they made Rejuvenation last longer, so we don't have to refresh it as often? I don't know. If they want us to cast more direct heals, freeing up more global cooldowns for this purpose wouldn't be a bad way to go.
Rejuvenation and Wild Growth spam was a real problem in Wrath of the Lich King due to the nature of raid damage (i.e., lots of constant damage auras that made HOTs much less likely to overheal) and the druid's lack of compelling options outside of them. These days, Rejuvenation and Wild Growth spam continue to be a problem for ... well, pretty much the same reasons.
This raises an interesting question: Are druids too good at doing what they do, or are they too good at doing what they do because modern healing challenges are addressed too easily by HOTs? Do we have a class problem here, a raid design problem, or something in between?
Confusion on the meters
The meters are a consistent sore point, and with good reason -- they're just not a good way to evaluate how much a given healer is bringing to a raid. Unfortunately, it's not always easy to convince the wider player population that this is, in fact, the case. This brings us back to one of Blizzard's knottier problems -- namely, how to get players to stop seeing player-created mods (damage and healing meters) as impartial authorities on whether a spec is balanced or not. I'll grant that DPS players have a point in saying that a spec that's consistently riding near the bottom probably has issues. Whether the same assertion is equally valid for healers isn't so clear-cut, because healing "meters" are a lot harder to assess accurately.
Lissanna: In theory-land, if class A brought 10% damage reduction all the time, someone else would have to do 10% more healing to make up for not having that damage reduction. They'd be bringing the same actual value to the group, with healer A (bringing damage reduction) just looking worse on the ridiculous meters that everyone worships. However, choosing healer B over healer A is actually stupid, since healer A is actually doing something that is more likely to prevent deaths.
Luke: Regarding healing meters, "and people's obsession with them for performance." I hate this. Loathe even. And I've seen too many people who blog about healing emphasize this aspect of the game. I'm tired of seeing guides or articles that suggest players do this or do that to inflate their numbers.
AOE checkup
This was a really interesting comment comparing druid and shaman throughput. While I can't speak to the accuracy of the numbers (I don't know how many seconds Doulos was using for his/her numbers), I thought it was fairly representative of the observations made by restoration shaman commenters. Holy priests and restoration shaman need help with throughput, so it's not too surprising that they've gotten a few buffs. However, I do think that priest and shaman throughput is an issue that's ultimately separate from that of the druid's lacking toolbox.
Doulos: Not using Tranquility, druids average 4789 per toon for that round of healing. Shaman average 2510 per toon. As you start to add regeneration the disparity of the current system grows even more ... the druid AOE toolbox is plenty powerful enough in 4.3 to keep druids in their niche of raid healing.
Ghostcrawler (Blizzard's lead systems designer) told a story in the run-up to Wrath of the Lich King that I think is applicable here. Shaman had ended The Burning Crusade as the undisputed champions of raid healing in Sunwell, with Chain Heal, Bloodlust, and totems being virtually required for the purpose of getting through the endgame raids. If I recall correctly, a shaman could realistically end a Sunwell fight with Chain Heal contributing more than 70% of her output, and that obviously wasn't an ideal situation. The developers were discussing ways to nerf the spell for Wrath when one said, "Why are we nerfing Chain Heal? It's a great spell!"
And that was the crux of the matter. Chain Heal was a good spell that players wanted to use that was well-suited to raid damage and had a demonstrably beneficial effect on survivability. Blizzard hadn't gotten the spell wrong. The solution to the shaman's overreliance on it, as Ghostcrawler said, wasn't to nerf Chain Heal to the point that shaman didn't want to use it anymore. The solution was to give shaman options that they wanted to use in addition to Chain Heal.
As Lissanna noted, the "fix" isn't to keep returning to the cycle of buffing and nerfing Rejuvenation and Wild Growth spam, if that spam is at the root of the problem. The fix is to give druids a compelling reason to cast something else. Harmony was kind of an interesting jab at this, I think, by giving druids a mastery that can't be activated by either spell, but in the end, it doesn't actually make our direct heals more useful. It's just something you have to do to keep our raid-healing tools running at full blast, but it hasn't changed the spec's reliance on two spells.
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Glyph choices
Yep. The huge nerf to the Glyph of Wild Growth is, I think, actually more troublesome than the throughput nerf, especially as it leaves restoration druids with only two major glyphs that they actually want to use -- Glyph of Rebirth and ... um ... what the hell do we usually sling in there these days? Oh right, Glyph of Healing Touch. I would argue that this actually represents an opportunity for Blizzard to shift Wild Growth to the prime glyphs and leave it alone. A straight-up increase, no questions asked, to the efficacy or efficiency of a spell, is really prime glyph territory, and it would give druids an interesting choice in prime glyphs that doesn't currently exist.
Bellajtok: But what really annoys me is the glyph thing. Seriously, our other "good" options are Thorns and Innervate. Both of those are a huge mana no-no.
That still leaves us with the problem of major glyphs being a major pain in the ass, without anything amazingly attractive in there. Rebirth is a no-brainer, but everything else has either been nerfed to the point that nobody wants to use it anymore, or it's just not particularly relevant to a PVE restoration druid.
That said, the Wild Growth glyph is still (cooldown increase aside) a throughput increase, albeit a problematic one. Ten seconds is an eternity to wait for your sole raid healing tool to come off cooldown in the middle of a fight.
Shifting Perspectives helps you gear your bear druid, breaks down the facts about haste for trees, and then digs into the restoration mastery. You might also enjoy our look at the disappearance of the bear.


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(detail of a fresco at S. Onofrio; this page is also part of Giuseppe Vasi's Environs of Rome description)
Ferdinand Gregorovius, a German historian best known for his studies on medieval Rome, spent the summer of 1860 at Genazzano with his friend Johannes Muller, a painter; the two decided to go on a ride across the Volsci Mountains to see the Pontine Marshes. The journey was described in an account (Aus den Bergen der Volsker) written by Gregorovius for a German paper (you can read the English translation by Dorothea Roberts in Bill Thayer's Web Site).
Cori was the journey's final destination and Gregorovius and his friend reached it from Norma, so they arrived at Porta Ninfina, the southern gate of the town. Here they saw a sort of summary of Cori's history: a) a sample of the ancient walls which supported the terraces above which the town was built; b) Sipportica, a covered medieval street, and c) Palazzo Chiari, a XVIIth century palace built on top of the Sipportica.
Gregorovius described Cori as a pyramid of houses crowned by an ancient temple; the town reminded him of a passage in Virgil's Aeneid:
According to Virgil, Cori was founded by Choras, the son of a king of Argo, while his two brothers Catillus and Tiburtus founded Tibur (today's Tivoli). This legend is not the only one about the origin of Cori; they all have one point in common; they set the foundation of the town at a much earlier time than that of Rome.
Gregorovius was fascinated by the view of the Pontine Marshes where Virgil set many events of Aeneid and he quoted other verses of the poem in his account:
Similar to other towns described by Gregorovius in this and other accounts (e.g. Alatri, Segni), Cori was protected by massive walls in opus poligonalis (polygonal masonry). Archaeologists have identified four types of such a masonry; those shown above belong to the third type which is characterized by stones which were cut, polished and aligned in order to obtain a smooth vertical surface.
Ancient Cori was at times an ally or an enemy of Rome, but by the end of the IVth century AD it was controlled by the Romans; the monuments they built in Cori are mainly of the late Republican period, so historians believe the town lost importance during the time of the Roman Empire.
The use of massive walls was not limited to the construction of fortifications, but was required by the nature of the rocky ground in order to obtain small terraces. Although at first sight the wall shown above seems on the verge of collapsing, it has supported the weight of huge buildings for the last 2,000 years.
When Gregorovius visited Cori the remaining columns of a temple were incorporated into a house (you may wish to see them in an etching by Giovan Battista Piranesi - external link); the front of the temple had six columns and the building was probably surrounded by other facilities, because parts of columns can be seen in the street leading to it.
Cori was plundered during the civil war between Silla and Marius (89-83 BC) and the temple was built after that period on the site of an older one. It was dedicated to Castor and Pollux, whom the Romans regarded as protectors of their republic and to whom they dedicated a major temple in the Roman Forum.
In the XVth century, when the authority of the popes was restored in the region, Cori was placed under the direct rule of the City of Rome, the municipal body residing in Campidoglio, to which the popes assigned some limited power in the maintenance of the city. A magistrate appointed by this body was in charge of the administration of Cori; thus the town retains only very few direct references to the popes and no references at all to the Roman noble families such as Colonna, Borghese, Barberini, Pamphily who had large fiefdoms in the region. Because Gregorovius was keen on describing the very miserable living conditions of the inhabitants of the towns he visited, the fact that he did not expand on this matter when talking about Cori, is probably an indication that the town was in a slightly better economic situation than the others.
S. Oliva has a very uncommon design as it is a combination of two churches; the oldest one is located near the bell tower; it was enlarged in the XVth century by adding a second church to its left. The complex stands on an ancient terrace built to support a temple. Saint Oliva of Anagni was a nun who lived in the Vth century; she is the patron saint of Cori.
The enlargement of the church and the construction of a nearby Augustinan monastery was promoted by Cardinal Guillaume d'Estouteville; he was a supporter of that order and he built S. Agostino, one of the first Renaissance churches in Rome. In addition to being titular cardinal of Ostia he held the same position at Velletri, a major town near Cori.
The Franciscans had their church and monastery on a small hill outside Cori, in line with the approach of the order which recommended modest architecture and decoration; the Franciscans however made an exception for the ceiling, an elaborate work by Luigi Guarnieri.
The most famous monument of Cori is a Temple to Hercules which is located at the very top of the town; it was studied by many Renaissance artists, including Raphael, and it was depicted by Giovan Battista Piranesi in two engravings: interior of the temple - external link and overall view - external link.
The reason for all this interest was in the use of Doric columns having the proportions (height versus diameter) of Ionian columns and in the fact that the front is slightly concave; the temple was built at the same time as Tempio di Castore e Polluce. It was eventually incorporated into the church of S. Pietro which was destroyed by bombings during WWII, with the exception of the bell tower.
Gregorovius enjoyed his stay at Cori, not only for its ancient monuments: the air was fresh and balmy, the wine excellent and figs were sweet and cheap.
Next page (in Giuseppe Vasi's Environs of Rome): Albano.
With the description of Cori, Gregorovius ended his account of the Volsci Mountains; previous pages: Valmontone and Montefortino; Segni; Carpineto; Norma
Introductory page on Ferdinand Gregorovius
Other walks by Ferdinand Gregorovius:
The Roman Campagna: Colonna and Zagarolo; Palestrina; Cave; Genazzano; Olevano; Paliano; Anagni
The Ernici Mountains: Ferentino, Alatri, Fiuggi (Anticoli di Campagna), Piglio and Acuto
On the Latin shores: Anzio; Nettuno and Torre Astura
Circe's Cape: Terracina; San Felice
The Orsini Castle in Bracciano
Subiaco, the oldest Benedictine monastery
Small towns near Subiaco: Cervara, Rocca Canterano, Trevi and Filettino.
Latium was enlarged in the 1920s with territories from the neighbouring regions: the map on the left shows the current borders of Latium; the map on the right has links to pages covering towns of historical Latium: in order to see them you must hover and click on the dots.


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NASHVILLE – Sen. Mae Beavers, R-Mt. Juliet, recently received the "Patriot Freedom Award" from the 7th and 8th District Tea Party Coalitions for "unwavering courage under fire."
The award was presented to Beavers at the group's meeting at Union University in Jackson on Feb. 27, where nationally renowned Arizona Sheriff Richard Mack was the guest speaker.
Richard Archie, chairman of the Tennessee 8th district Tea Party Coalition, presented the award to Beavers, which said "for unwavering courage under fire from enemies of state sovereignty in elevated positions."
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Mack refused to enforce the Brady federal gun control act, launching the lawsuit which overturned part of the law due to its unconstitutionality. Mack is also outspoken proponent of state sovereignty which he says is the last defense against abuse of power by the federal government.
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I wish I had a Hawkeye #1 story, I don't. The same goes for stories about Hawkeye #2, #3 or #4. Hell, I don't even own Hawkeye #2, #3 or #4. All I got is Hawkeye #1 and a whole lot of nothing else. Only a few columns in and this has already devolved into a white elephant for forgotten comics of the 1980's.
The look and language of Hawkeye's first solo foray by writer/penciler Mark Gruenwald is far off the mark from the hyper-stylized, too-clever-by-half Eisner winning Hawkguy of today. Before Fraction and Aja (and Jeremy Renner) brought sexy back to Marvel's longbowman, Hawkeye looked like a fugitive from a Renaissance faire or, perhaps, a proto-larper.
From its How-to-Draw-Comics-the-Marvel-Way-cover to a plot in which Hawkeye works as Head of Security for a (most certainly) corrupt corporation to the first time he meets Mockingbird (they're married by the end of the mini), Hawkeye #1 falls into the nebulous category critics call 'fun' when a few highlights here or there allow one to look past obvious flaws.
Before I pull back the curtain (bow?) on this solo tale of the 'Avengers' Ace Archer,' I don't want to bury the lead: Mark Gruenwald died in 1996. With one exception -- the pinup of Merlyn in Who's Who in the DC Universe -- Gruenwald spent his entire eighteen year career with Marvel comics. By all accounts he was an inveterate comic book nerd and the wonkiest of continuity wonks. He was paid the ultimate honor in Thor #372 when writer/artist Walt Simonson creates the Time Variance Authority or TVA which monitors timelines and prevents paradoxes in the Marvel universe; each member is a clone drawn to look like Gruenwald.
Simonson's tribute falls far short; however, with what the man himself had in mind when it came to being memorialized in comic book form. Gruenwald made it clear to family and friends that his final wish was to be cremated and his remains added to a comic book. No joke. So, when the trade paperback for the limited series, Squadron Supreme -- the work Gruenwald was most proud of -- was published in 1997, Bob Harras, Marvel comics then Editor-in-chief, allows Gruenwald's widow, Catherine, to add her husband's ashes to the ink used to print the book. First print editions bear the sticker, 'A Tribute to the Imagination of Mark Gruenwald,' and sell for approximately $600 and up on Ebay. Comics, kids!
Gruenwald had worked his way through the Marvel bullpen as a fill-in writer and assistant editor starting in 1978 and by 1983 he is named the full-time editor on Avengers, Iron Man, and Captain America. While keeping everything copacetic with those titles, he also takes the reins as a writer and the editor on The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe. For a continuity cop like Gruenwald, this project must have been an absolute kick.
Hawkeye is much smaller work, of course, than a compendium of every person, place and thing (living and dead) in the 616. Not only does Gruenwald write Hawkeye, but he is also credited as penciler on the series as well. 'Penciler' is (probably) a loose term here as much of the credit for the depth and details has to go to Brett Breeding who is the inker/embellisher on the issue. The perspective throughout the issue is dodgy at best and much of the character work manages to be tragically generic. For the most part, the art in Hawkeye #1 looks like one of those comic book ads for Hostess fruit pies stretched to twenty-three pages. Oh, and Gruenwald loves the broke back pose, absolutely loves it.
After Hawkeye, either Gruenwald (or his fellow editors) decides he should put his blue pencil down and stick to words instead of images. Gruenwald goes back to the drawing board only two more times in his career for an issue of What If? and a comic book tie-in to the Marvel videogame Questprobe.
There is a thin filament that connects Gruenwald's Hawkeye to the current series by Fraction and Aja. What makes Fraction's Hawkeye such a success is how he manages to bring out the 'lunch pail' aspect of the main character. Fraction plays with the idea of what Hawkeye a/k/a Clint Barton does when he's not being an Avenger, the superhero on his 'day off, in repose. Genius. Fraction turns character moments into a serial; the reader learns who Clint Barton is through his everyday actions/interactions with (mostly) non-super-powered people, people like him. Fraction and Aja's Hawkeye plays out as an indie movie along the lines of Jim Jarmusch's Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai. Instead of an African-American hit man who follows a strict code, Fraction and Aja offer occasional opportunities for their main character to use a bow and some cool trick arrows.
uncomplicated: a circus sideshow performer turned hero who uses ancient technology with a few modern upgrades the archers at Agincourt never imagined. Like Fraction will do thirty years later, Gruenwald grounds his story in Hawkeye's everyman-ness. And because this is an early 1980's superhero comic -- which is to say as subtle as the S.H.I.E.L.D Helicarrier -- this faux Robin Hood recalls his origin story (in two efficient pages) and makes his current intentions known to the reader and to Sheila, his co-worker at Cross Technological Services (CTE) and the woman he's trying to woo: ''I've done many a stint with my avenging buddies, but I think I'm ready to wing it solo for good. Much as I like 'em they cramp my style a bit too much.'' If it weren't already so meta, I'd want Barton to add: ''See, baby, I got this limited series now and, who knows, if sales are strong, it might become an ongoing or at least it might prove I can carry a series on my own. Plus, I know the Avengers editor so I'm good to go.' Hello, West Coast Avengers.
If the all-purpose art suffers from a lack a style, than the dialogue doesn't do anything to improve the overall experience. Hawkeye marks a hinge in Gruenwald's career. Before this series and tOHotMU Gruenwald was either a fill-in writer on one shots or a co-writer during short runs of third or fourth tier on-goings like Spider-Woman and What If?. One hopes his tin ear for dialogue improved over the course of his decade long run (1985 – 1995) as writer of Captain America. At this stage in his career, the best Gruenwald can do is manufacture one flaccid thought bubble after another so the reader knows exactly what kind of deep/obvious musings are running around in Hawkeye's blond head.
Besides the lack of superpowers, what makes Hawkeye relatable is his (at times) complicated love life. The bad dialogue and paint-by-numbers plot aside, Hawkeye is a love story. Once Hawkeye figures out Sheila is up to no good at CTE, she has him thrown into a pit (because, of course) -- where awaits a caged (get it?) Mockingbird -- and then Sheila (literally) has toxic sludge dumped on Hawkeye (subtlety!); it's more than the lovesick schlub can take. As their ridiculous costumes (what was up with Mockingbird's sleeves back then?) drip with green goo, Hawkeye rallies from his slumped stupor and breaks bad: ''Shut up!'' he calls to Mockingbird who's been trying to escape their gloopy fate, ''I'm gonna get us out of here, lady. Then I'm gonna kill Sheila for what she did to me.''
Hawkeye and Mockingbird escape, natch, and while Mockingbird waits atop a convenient conical water tower, Hawkeye crashes his sky sled through a window, takes out some goons and confronts his (I assume) now ex-girlfriend. Shirtless, a result of the acidy ooze, Hawkeye balls up his fists and tells Sheila, ''this is just between you and me, babe. You hurt me, Sheila … more than anything ever hurt in my life. I could kill you for what you did to me.'' Of course, Barton/Hawkeye chooses deference as the better course of valor. All he asks from her in return is his bow and quiver.
A cowed cupid, Hawkeye picks up Mockingbird and flies back to his apartment as tears stream down his face. Tough break, bro. For a pre-pubescent or (arrested) adolescent audience this ending has (almost) as much drama and machismo as when Leia tells Han she loves him and he says, ''I know.'' If only Hawkeye could find a good woman to heal his broken heart. If only …
To be fair, Hawkeye #1 is fairly forgettable. Sure, this issue and limited series, as a whole, chronicle the first blush of romance between Hawkeye and Mockingbird which continuity-spotters (Gruenwald-types) may well want to note. Hawkeye's recent rise to pop-culture prominence isn't a fluke nor is it all Renner. Hawkeye's super-power is his relatability, he loves, he loses, he's human. Fraction builds on what Gruenwald knew; Hawkeye is a guy's guy, a bro's bro with a bow and arrows as goofy as they are groovy. You dig?


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Academic Staff Council Minutes
Members present: Alicia Acken, Sarah Egerstrom, Mark Kinders, Gretchen Link, Steve Luebke, Kimberly Gould-Speckman, Sue Walton
Members absent: Amber Tubre, Carmen Croonquist
Call to order at 2:08 p.m.
Update to minutes from 9/20/04: Change the number of new freshmen to 1215 and the number of transfer students to 445. Motion made by K. Gould-Speckman, Seconded by G. Link. Unanimously approved.
Chair's Report (S. Walton)
S. Walton will meet with Kathy Schultz in November to review the Academic Staff handbook. They are interested in reviewing and updating the document.
S. Walton met with Virgil Nylander. He was pleased with the attendance and outcome of the facilitation workshop that we sponsored. Follow up to this training is planned.
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There is a proposal for a catch-up pay plan. This would include salary increases of 3% for the coming year and 3% the following year. Some academic staff were concerned that they might be excluded from this plan – in 1985 a similar plan included only faculty. To prevent this from happening again, a statement will be submitted that encourages academic staff to receive equal consideration in the plan.
Domestic partner issues were discussed. There is a systemwide report that compares partner benefits and identifies the domestic partner needs that should be addressed.
The Board of Regents is concerned with salary and the System's ability to attract and retain new staff.
The budget for 2005-07 will be submitted in November.
Ballots for the new seat for Academic Staff Council are due on October 29, 2004.
Legislative Report (M. Kinders)
The Board of Regents submitted a budget proposal to the Governor that included a 7.4% increase in funding over last year. The proposal also included a 4% tuition increase. No more than a 7% tuition increase should be expected. The state projects a $1.5 billion deficit.
Elections are the main focus right now. The New Voters Project on campus registered 837 first-time voters. Due to high student participation, there have been a lot of legislative visits to campus this fall.
Concerns about the methodology of the Legislative Audit Bureau (LAB) report were expressed. The information was gathered unlike any other higher education system so it is difficult to compare data. Sheila Harsdorf and Kitty Rhoades seem to understand that the data is flawed and are advised not to use it to make decisions about staffing. We won't know more about the effects of this report until January.
An Academic Staff Council leadership conference planning meeting will be held on November 1 from 2-3 p.m. Leslie Bleskachek is chairing this committee. The group will be broken into subcommittees as work begins.
We are not members of ASPRO (Academic Staff Public Representation Organization). They usually attend the state leadership conference and sponsor dinner and/or a special event. Are they still willing to help even if we are not members? Should we join this group? We may bring them to campus to learn more about the group before making a decision to join.
M. Kinders said the Chancellor Search and Screen committee
has not seen the applicant pool. The
search firm is currently screening the applicants and is excited about the
possibilities. The committee will bring
8-10 candidates to
K. Gould-Speckman said the Advancement Office has kicked off its fall campain and currently has 30 student employees making calls. The Dahlka garden was dedicated. More than 180 people attended the scholarship donor/recipient dinner this fall.
S. Walton said the Assistant Registrar search and screen committee has conducted phone interviews. They will interview in person at the end of November. They are optimistic of the outcome. There are good candidates.
A. Acken is busy with program and has several workshops coming to campus. She is also serving on the Search and Screen Committee for the Outreach Dean.
G. Link said more than 80 employers and 1400 students attended the Career Fair. The PPDC is also sponsoring the "Tip and Treat" on October 29 where they pass out treats and career tips to students. The etiquette dinner is scheduled for November 1 and the Walk Through Workshop will be held November 3.
Adjourned at 3:20 p.m. Motion made by K. Gould-Speckman. Seconded by Gretchen Link.


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