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"Justice delayed, justice denied. An unjust lawyer motto and pride only to show their wit as they ride in the hall of justice with all stride. But never for lawyers who abide by truth their conscience can't hide"
- Melvin Banggollay
(We start with Patrick White at the news desk)
PATRICK WHITE: Welcome to Hansbay Action News five at 7am. I'm Patrick White. Here is today's News. President Obama has tapped another white guy for his cabinet. Moving on, the flu has become an epidemic in forty-one states, including Vermont. This station encourages you to bathe in hand sanitizer, wrap yourself in cellophane and hide in a toy chest to avoid contracting the flu. If you know anybody currently suffering from the flu, please draw a red X on their door so we all know what's up.
(Cut to Fiona Cadbury)
FIONA CADBURY: A school shooting at Taft Union High School in Taft, California left one person injured, but no deaths. You know, it's really sad, but the fact that this school shooting had no deaths made me tempted to put it into the "Lighter Side of the News" segment.
PATRICK WHITE: Welcome to America. Anyway, the big story here in Hansbay is the impending trial of Mayor Sarandon's Chief of Staff, Ethan Donahue. Donahue's trial begins today and Mayor Sarandon's trial, after a two month adjournment, will reconvene today. We have the not-at-all biased Matthew Chambliss outside the courthouse live. (Cut to a split screen with Patrick White in the studio and Matthew Chambliss outside the Chittenden County courthouse holding a microphone) Matthew, what is the general mood of the prosecution in this case?
MATTHEW CHAMBLISS: (Five second pause for the delay) Yes, Patrick. I spoke with TJ Donovan and James Mongeon, both Vermont State's attorneys, and they feel confident that both Mayor Sarandon and Mr. Donahue will be convicted and sentenced. Mayor Sarandon is being charged with misuse of public funds and is looking at potentially being sentenced to ten years, meaning he would be out of jail in 2023 when he will be sixty-one years old.
PATRICK WHITE: I see. Matthew, what kind of charges and potential jail time is Mr. Donahue looking at?
MATTHEW CHAMBLISS: (Fifteen second pause for delay) Yes, Mr. Donahue is looking at potentially twenty-seven years in prison for bribery, extortion and misuse of public funds. He would be seventy-four when released in 2040.
PATRICK WHITE: Matthew, your fifteen minutes away from our studio, there's no way the delay is that bad.
MATTHEW CHAMBLISS: Yeah, sorry, I just…see people on CNN doing that.
PATRICK WHITE: Matthew, aren't you testifying on behalf of the prosecution?
MATTHEW CHAMBLISS: Yes, but that does not make me in any way biased against Mr. Donahue when reporting on that cockgobbler.
PATRICK WHITE: Please tell me we're operating on a delay.
MATTHEW CHAMBLISS: C'mon, what kid hasn't heard the world cockgobbler?
PATRICK WHITE: Probably a lot of them! Matthew, what do you hear from random people surrounding the courthouse?
MATTHEW CHAMBLISS: I spoke to one man who walked by and I asked him what he knew about the case. He in turn, asked me about where the nearest Laundromat was and I instructed him thusly.
PATRICK WHITE: …'Kay. Now, is this going to be a televised?
MATTHEW CHAMBLISS: No, the judge has ordered that no cameras are to be allowed in the courtroom. That is why the verdict will be given to reporters while they are standing out here.
PATRICK WHITE: Okay, will you guys be informed fo the verdict using semaphore like the Martha Stewart case?
MATTHEW CHAMBLISS: No, we will be informed of the jury's decision through interpretive dance.
PATRICK WHITE: Won't that inevitably lead to some miscommunication?
MATTHEW CHAMBLISS: Patrick, we're the media, we don't need to report something right as long as we report it first. Ask former President Al Gore or the Justice who overturned ObamaCare.
PATRICK WHITE: Okay, thank you, Matthew and good luck with your testimony.
MATTHEW CHAMBLISS: Thank you, Patrick. You know, I could totes (takes out his iPhone) film a little bit of the courtroom proceedings and send it to you.
PATRICK WHITE: You totes couldn't because that's illegal and you just admitted on live television.
MATTHEW CHAMBLISS: I'm saying totes now.
PATRICK WHITE: Thank you, Matthew. (Matthew's box goes away) Hansbay Action News Five will continue to cover this story as developments…develop. Fiona?
FIONA CADBURY: The Burlington, Vermont city council is considering an assault weapons ban for the city, which would be a major reversal of policy for a major city in a state that has some of the loosest gun laws in the country.
(Cut to Ethan, Micah and Kimberly watching Hansbay Action News in a boardroom. Ethan, Kimberly, Sue and Micah are wearing their courtroom clothing. Ethan turns off the TV)
ETHAN: Stupid Burlington City Council, this is Vermont, who would shoot up an ice cream factory?
KIMBERLY: That's what you're upset about with that broadcast? A guy who is testifying against you is also reporting on you.
ETHAN: Yeah, he is an asshole. How are we going to argue against his testimony?
MICAH: Well, he's testifying that you blackmailed him with information regarding his proclivity for African-American prostitutes to cover up a scandal involving Mayor Sarandon's proclivity for Caucasian prostitutes.
ETHAN: But we could say he's lying! It's his word against ours, where's his proof?
SUE: Well, there are cell phone records showing that you called Mr. Chambliss at 5:47 PM on Monday, March 19, 2012.
ETHAN: Maybe I called him to "what up playa?"
SUE: Almost sounds logical, but then why the hell would he, immediately after he hung up on you, pull the career-making news story that was Mayor Sarandon's whore mongering?
KIMBERLY: Maybe we could say that Ethan and Matthew were having an affair with each other.
ETHAN: What? Why?!
KIMBERLY: It makes it believable! The jury will think, "If they were lying, why would they embarrass the defendant like that?"
ETHAN: I think I'd rather go to prison than have the entire town think I'm homosexual.
KIMBERLY: Trust me, everybody in prison is homosexual.
ETHAN: Jesus Christ…so what about the whore that I talked to when I found out that Matthew had jungle fever? Is she going to testify against us?
MICAH: No, Ms. Sterns passed away in December.
ETHAN: Oh. That's…unfortunate.
KIMBERLY: Yeah, how did she pass away?
MICAH: She tried to eat herself out and broke her neck.
ETHAN: Wow, okay, moving on.
MICAH: The weird thing is that she was trying to eat out her asshole.
ETHAN: MOVING ON! What about Vice Chair Edelman? Is she testifying?
SUE: Yes, she is testifying that you bribed her on the afternoon of Wednesday, June 6, 2012 to cover up the fact that Mayor Sarandon drunkenly flashed her.
ETHAN: But I gave her five-hundred dollars, accepting that bribe would also be a crime!
SUE: The state is willing to drop the charges against her in order to secure her testimony.
ETHAN: Goddamnit, how many witnesses do they have?
MICAH: Well, they have more. Hotel workers from the Hilton in the Cayman Islands, a travel agent who worked out the Cayman Islands trip, Matthew Chambliss of course, Patrick White and Mayor Sarandon's ex-wife.
KIMBERLY: Isn't his wife dead?
MICAH: His most recent wife is dead, yes, but he had a wife before that named Dina Sarandon, or Dina Meadows, rather. They divorced in May 1998.
ETHAN: I remember Dina. When Sarandon was just a city council member, Dina would bring us sandwiches while we drafted resolutions and stuff in his room.
KIMBERLY: You mean their room?
ETHAN: No, they slept in separate bedrooms. But God, when they divorced, I never saw it coming.
KIMBERLY: Sounds like you should've.
ETHAN: Well, they rarely spoke to each other; Sarandon told me it was because they respected each other too much. Why would she be relevant to this case though?
MICAH: Apparently she is aware of Mayor Sarandon's habit of drunkenly flashing people.
SUE: But there's an easy way to argue against that, we'll just say that that detail is not germane to the case and that we're trying you for corruption, not trying Mayor Sarandon for flashing.
MICAH: They'll of course argue that his flashing would be a huge scandal and that would give Ethan cause to want it covered up.
ETHAN: Well I'll of course have a huge outburst during the proceedings and curse out the prosecuting attorney!
MICAH: We both know that's not helpful.
ETHAN: It makes me feel better. So what are our strong points and weak points, Schultz?
MICAH: Our strong points are the 2011 Hansbay Law allowing for use of public funds for trips relating to official business of the city.
SUE: Now, how do we justify the extravagant spending, including the purchase of a lock of Ann Romney's horse Rafalca's hair for 1200 dollars?
ETHAN: I was told it was Ann Romney's hair.
SUE: Doesn't make you look any better.
MICAH: What, if any, city-related activities did you attend to while in the Caymans?
ETHAN: Um…we went to a bank to withdraw some of my money, but I forgot to bring the number for my money.
MICAH: Boom! Right there, we could say you were going to use the money to sure up the city's coffers. You'll look like a generous man!
ETHAN: I am a generous man!
MICAH: Yeah, and I'm a scrupulous lawyer, can we cut the bullshit here?
ETHAN: I'm innocent, you know.
MICAH: A few minutes ago you told me that you gave Ms. Edelman five hundred dollars.
ETHAN: I meant…birthday…money.
MICAH: C'mon.
ETHAN: Fine.
(As Micah drones on, the camera closes in on Ethan, looking ashamed. Cut to Mayor Sarandon in a pair of athletic shorts and a very tight green jersey reading "HANSBAY HIGHLANDERS 79". He is on a tennis court holding a tennis racket. On the other side of the net is Evan Alexander, also in athletic gear. Evan is bouncing the ball while holding the racket)
MAYOR SARANDON: C'mon, Evan, hurdle that shit towards me!
EVAN: You keep missing!
MAYOR SARANDON: I'm a bit rusty, I haven't done this in like thirty-four years. Hit me, Dick, hit me!
EVAN: Mr. Mayor-
MAYOR SARANDON: Stay down, Rocky! Stay down!
EVAN: Brian-
MAYOR SARANDON: Miyagi hate fighting.
EVAN: Wrong movie, Brian, shouldn't you be preparing for the trial?
MAYOR SARANDON: I always prepare for major life events like this.
EVAN: You just said you haven't done this in thirty-four years.
MAYOR SARANDON: Yeah, you can tell how often I have sex.
EVAN: You play tennis before you have sex?
MAYOR SARANDON: Always, it increases the blood flow to the dick. That's pseudoscience right there.
EVAN: Yeah, it is.
(David Merkely walks over)
DAVID MERKELY: Wow.
MAYOR SARANDON: Hey, Merks. You ready for the trial?
DAVID: You evidently aren't; that jersey is so tight!
MAYOR SARANDON: I was a skinny kid.
DAVID: Now you're a portly adult about to stand trial for embezzlement, so suit up.
MAYOR SARANDON: Your vibe right now is so mellowing my game!
DAVID: Good! Because your game should be to prepare for a criminal proceeding!
MAYOR SARANDON: Fine! I'll put on a suit!
(Mayor Sarandon walks away. Cut to Mayor Sarandon sitting in court in a suit with a headband on. David sitting next to him while the gallery take their seats)
DAVID: I have no idea why you insisted on wearing that headband.
MAYOR SARANDON: You wouldn't let me keep my athletic equipment on, so I kept the headband.
DAVID: You didn't have that headband when you were wearing the athletic equipment. Do you want to get off the right way or should we use your behavior to justify an insanity defense?
MAYOR SARANDON: Fine. (Mayor Sarandon takes off his headband) But you owe me one.
DAVID: After you get acquitted I don't think I'm going to talk to you again.
(A police officer walks up to the front of the courtroom as the gallery, defense, prosecution and jury take their seats)
POLICE OFFICER: Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye, all rise for the honorable Judge Benjamin McGlynn.
(Everybody rises as Judge McGlynn walks up to the dais and sits down. He slams his gavel)
JUDGE MCGLYNN: Everybody please have a seat. (Everybody sits down) Today we are reconvening after our brief two month recess to continue to decide whether or not Brian Sarandon is guilty of embezzlement of public funds or not. In the name of our children and our children's children, I call this court to order.
DAVID: Wow, he's milkin' it.
MAYOR SARANDON: Let the man have his fifteen minutes!
JUDGE MCGLYNN: As Thomas Jefferson once said, "Ask not what to fear, but fear itself." I think the proceedings today embody that all-American ideal. Now, will the prosecution calls its first witness?
(TJ Donovan stands up)
TJ DONOVAN: Your honor, I call Isabelle Babineau to the stand.
JUDGE MCGLYNN: Without objection, so ordered.
(Isabelle Babineau, a French maid in a French maid's outfit, walks up to the stand and the cop pulls out a bible and she puts her hand on it)
COP: Raise your right hand. (She raises her right hand) Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
ISABELLE: Je fais.
COP: Cool.
(The cop walks away and Isabelle sits in the witness box. TJ walks over to Isabelle)
TJ: Isabelle…Isabelle, do you speak English?
ISABELLE: Yes sir.
TJ: Please...(long pause while he smiles) call me TJ.
ISABELLE: Yes sir.
TJ: Um…anyway, where did you work in April and May of 2012?
ISABELLE: (French accent) I worked at the Cayman Islands Hilton Hotel.
TJ: I see. Were you a maid?
ISABELLE: I was.
TJ: When Mayor Sarandon, Ethan and Timothy stayed at the hotel you worked at, was Mayor Sarandon loud and boisterous?
(David stands up)
DAVID: Objection, your honor. Leading.
JUDGE MCGLYNN: Sustained.
(David sits down)
TJ: How would you describe Mayor Sarandon's behavior?
ISABELLE: Boisterous.
DAVID: (Sarcastically) Well that was helpful.
MAYOR SARANDON: C'mon, she probably doesn't even know what that means!
TJ: Your honor, can we have order?
JUDGE MCGLYNN: Order, please.
TJ: What kind of things did Mayor Sarandon do?
ISABELLE: Monsieur Sarandon would be obnoxiously loud, drunkenly staggering around the hotel with his friends, Monsieur Donahue and Monsieur Sessions. Monsieur Sarandon would frequently sing "Why Don't We Do it in the Road" by the Beatles, but he wouldn't get the lyrics right, which is borderline impressive because there's only two lines in the entire song and one of them's the title.
DAVID: Objection, irrelevant.
JUDGE MCGYLNN: Overruled, he should've known them. Continue, Mr. Donovan.
TJ: Thank you, your honor. Madame Babineau, did you ever at any point see Monsieur Sarandon do anything related to the Governance of his city?
ISABELLE: Honestly, I thought Monsieur Sarandon was an insurance salesman from Boise.
TJ: I pray you, Madame Babineau. Why did you think that?
ISABELLE: Because he told me that he was when trying to get my number.
(TJ turns to the jury)
TJ: Does any of that sound like official city business to you, ladies and gentleman of the jury?
MAYOR SARANDON: Hey, chicks dig insurance salesmen!
(Judge McGlynn slams the gavel)
JUDGE MCGLYNN: Monsieur Sarandon, one more outburst like that and I will hold you in contempt of court.
MAYOR SARANDON: Are you all calling me that because she did?
JUDGE MCGLYNN: Order! Mr. Donovan, continue.
TJ: Thank you, your honor. Just to clarify to the court, did you see Monsieur Sarandon ever engage in city-related business?
ISABELLE: No.
(The jury gasps)
TJ: Wow, I didn't expect the jury to gasp because that was pretty heavily implied earlier, but I'm liking the shock. I have no further questions, your honor.
(TJ sits down at his table. Cut to Ryan, Madeline, Jacob, Rob and Kimberly sitting in the gallery right behind where the defendant, Ethan, is supposed to be seated. Jacob is dressed in a suit, Madeline is in a dress, Kimberly is in a dress, Rob is in a tuxedo and Ryan is in a black hooded sweatshirt with no zipper and is listening to his iPod)
JACOB: Wow, this is going to be painful to watch.
MADELINE: I know. Dad could go to jail.
JACOB: And he's not enough of an asshole to bribe a jury or a judge.
MADELINE: But apparently he's enough of an asshole to commit these crimes in the first place.
KIMBERLY: Let's not have talk of that, chillums.
JACOB: Ryan, are you seriously listening to your iPod right now? (Pause) Ryan?
(Jacob pulls out Ryan's ear buds and Ryan turns his head)
RYAN: What?
JACOB: You're listening to your iPod at dad's trial and you're way underdressed.
RYAN: I'm wearing my best pair of skinny jeans and my best pair of VANS shoes, don't give me underdressed. Plus, I'm only listening to my iPod BEFORE dad's trial. Once the trial starts, I'll only have one ear bud in.
JACOB: So you'll still be listening to it then.
RYAN: That's correct.
JACOB: No, it's not, the Judge won't allow it.
RYAN: He can listen too, it's one of those extendable zipper ear buds, I once listened to All Time Blow with a kid living in Shelburne.
JACOB: You know, you've been a real emo kid for the last, thirty five, maybe thirty six months, when are you going to get over this phase?
RYAN: Dad's about to stand trial and you're concerned about some subculture?
ROB: Guys, it's going to be fine. Ethan's going to pull through, he's a tough one.
KIMBERLY: It all depends on his lawyer.
RYAN: That's true. Hey Rob, go serve his lawyer wine.
(Jacob, Madeline, Kimberly and Ryan laugh)
ROB: I rented this tux two months ago and I have yet to return it!
RYAN: Why did you say like it was a defense?
(The cop walks up to the head of the court room as the jury, gallery, prosecution and defense sit down)
COP: Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye, please rise for the Honorable Judge Hayden Marwick.
(Everybody rises as Judge Marwick walks up to the dais and sits down. He is wearing a powdered wig and a judge's robe)
JUDGE MARWICK: (British accent) The court will come to order.
(Cut to Ethan, Micah and Sue sitting behind the defense's table)
ETHAN: (Whispering) Who is this foppish dandy?
MICAH: (Whispering) This foppish dandy moved here from the United Kingdom and I guess he's having trouble letting go of his old ways.
JUDGE MARWICK: Order, please. Your impertinent deportment is voraciously unbecoming of you. Today we will begin proceedings on the case of State of Vermont V. Ethan Donahue. Does the prosecution have any opening arguments?
(The prosecutor, Mary Morrissey, rises)
MARY MORRISSEY: Yes, your honor. (Mary walks past her table) It is well-known that Vermont is one of the least corrupt states in the union. And ladies and gentlemen of the jury, if we would like to keep it that way, we have to root out corruption, criminality and avarice in all its forms. About six months ago, Vermont State Police Sergeant James Deeghan was arrested for padding his paycheck. Now, both Mayor Sarandon and his chief of Staff Ethan Donahue are under investigation for corruption. Let's battle the cancer before it metastasizes, ladies and gentleman of the jury. You all are handsome, young and vibrant, right? Ready to stick it to the man? (Cut to the jury, which is composed mostly of tired-looking, middle-aged white men, except for one much older man) You can do that in this trial. Just like during the Nixon administration. Or…(Cut to a particularly old looking man on the jury) Jesus, maybe the Wilson administration. Anyway, if you did vote to convict you'd be doing it for good reason. On the first charge of bribery, Mr. Donahue witnessed Vice Chair Edelman get an eye full of Sarandon genitalia and handed her a couple of clams to keep quiet about the snake with saggy tits she had just seen.
(Micah stands up)
MICAH: Objection, your honor!
(Ethan's laughing)
ETHAN: That was actually pretty good.
JUDGE MARWICK: Order! (He slams his gavel) There will be order in this court! Mrs. Morrissey, such vulgarisms are quaint and incongruous to these proceedings!
MARY: I apologize, your honor. May I continue?
JUDGE MARWICK: You may.
MARY: Your honor, this man bribed Ms. Edelman. He is also being charged with extortion, which is a fancy word for blackmailing, ladies and gentleman of the jury. (Cut to the jury. Its members look increasingly bored and gaunt. A fly is flying around one of their heads and one of them very slowly pushes up his glasses. Cut back to Mary) Is any of this getting through? All right, anyway, he blackmailed a reporter named Matthew Chambliss with scandalous information about his penchant for prostitutes. All in order to cover up a story about his boss, Mayor Sarandon's penchant for…you guessed it. Prostitutes. He does it all for him, doesn't he? One other thing, ladies and gents of the jury. Mr. Donahue, his boss Mayor Sarandon and the late treasurer of Hansbay Timothy Sessions spent Hansbay taxpayer money on an expensive boon doggle to the Cayman Islands! (An audible gasp is heard from the jury. Cut to the jury, which looks as bored if not more than before) Even after they gasp they look bored. Anyway, yes, it is crazy. But that's precisely what they did. We have a litany of witnesses, experts and celebrity guest stars to bring out today and in the coming days so as to validate the truth of Mr. Donahue's guilt. That truth will be revealed. If not today….(puts an H sound before the W) a-hwhen? (Mary smiles) I have no further opening statements, your honor.
JUDGE MARWICK: Thank you, Mrs. Morrissey. Mr. Schultz?
MICAH: Yes, your honor. I am ready. (Micah stands up and walks to past his desk as Mary sits down) Your honor, it is very important for us to not fall victim to the curse of Salem. The Salem, Massachusetts witch trials resulted in the deaths of…let's say hundreds of innocent people, according to a cursory glance at its Wikipedia page. Those trials taught us an important lesson. Do not persecute a group of people for the actions of a few and call anything bad that ever happens to you a witch hunt. Usually it would be considered the smooth evasion of a politician, but not in this case, your honor. Ever since the case of Sergeant Deeghan, there has been a witch hunt for corrupt politicians. Unfortunately, pillars of the community have been swept up in the hysteria. Like moths to flame. Like dust to dusty window sills. Mr. Donahue has long been a pillar of the community. He served as Mayor Sarandon's Chief of Staff for eleven years until he left last September, but even now he recently returned to his position. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, ask yourselves, how is it that Mr. Donahue was never accused of corruption before 2012? If he had served for eleven years with no problems, is it just a coincidence that these scurrilous accusations began flying towards him and the Mayor after Sergeant Deeghan's arrest? I don't think so, ladies and gentlemen of the jury. I mean, look at you people. You guys are involved in a case with statewide significance. If you voted to acquit, you would potentially be seen as the jury brave enough to defy the media pressure and come to a just verdict. Your father would finally be proud of you. Your wife would call you "The Judge" in bed. You could impress that girl from accounting who thinks OJ was innocent. And you would have just reason as well. Mr. Donahue did not bribe Vice Chair Edelman because Mayor Sarandon never flashed anybody. Ms. Edelman is a Democrat in a majority Republican city government; it is understandable that she would want to exact some petulant form of political revenge because Sarandon vetoed a bill to put speed limit signs where speed limits are. Pure political posturing with a pompous propinquity to Peter Piper picked a pickle peppers. Uh, sorry. Anyway, Mr. Donahue did not blackmail anything from Mr. Chambliss. Nor did he have any idea about Mr. Chambliss' preferred…let's say, brand of women. Specifically, prostituted Americans. Mr. Chambliss is simply making up a story to increase his ratings. I'm outraged.
SUE: (Whispering) A little more passion.
SUE: (Whispering) Split the difference.
MICAH: (Yoda voice) Outraged, I am.
SUE: (Whispering) That's a Yoda impression.
MICAH: The fact remains that Mr. Donahue is innocent of any wrongdoing. The supposed boon doggle he took with Mayor Sarandon and the late Tim Sessions back in the spring of 2012 was strictly for business purposes. Yes, there were wild nights. I'm sure everybody on the jury knows what I'm talking about. But all that levity was simply for the purpose of increasing morale. But Mr. Donahue's main mission in his voyage to the Cayman Islands was to withdraw money from a tax shelter he had there. That money was going to be invested, right out of Mr. Donahue's own pocket, into the well-being of the city of Hansbay. Unfortunately, he left his account password in America. But that was the main purpose of his trip. I dare anyone to defy that with any definitive proof. Your Honor, I have no further opening statements.
(Micah takes his seat. Cut to Patrick White at the News desk with Fiona Cadbury)
PATRICK WHITE: We are continuing to follow the developments in the trial against Mr. Ethan Donahue and Mayor Brian Sarandon. We are now joined by Matthew Chambliss (Matthew Chambliss appears live outside the court in the split screen) who is live outside the courthouse. Matthew, you're going to testify on behalf of the prosecution shortly, correct?
MATTHEW: That's correct, Patrick. That is why I am leaving my post as Hansbay News reporter and going to my post as citizen soldier. Fighting for justice. HOOAH! Meanwhile, my father, Richard Chambliss, will take my place.
(Richard Chambliss comes in and hugs Matthew. They pat each other on the back numerous times and then Matthew walks towards the courthouse and Richard takes the microphone)
RICHARD: I am briefly back from a brief retirement to take my son's place while fights for justice. I am going to be right outside this courthouse just in case there any new developments regarding the…(looks behind him and then looks back at the camera) exterior design of the courthouse. If it changes colors, you'll be the first to know, Patrick.
PATRICK: Thank you, Richard. (Richard's box goes away) In other news, AIG CEO Bob Benmosche is filing a lawsuit against his mother for feeding him formula instead of natural breast milk.
(Cut to Matthew Chambliss on the stand. Mary Morrissey is questioning him)
MARY: Mr. Chambliss, can you describe the events of Monday, March 19, 2012?
MATTHEW: Well, I was on my laptop when it turned midnight and I think I was looking up the Kony 2012 video I had heard so much about-
MARY: Can you condense this description a bit?
MATTHEW: Yes. Mr. Donahue took my father and I out to dinner to demand that we not run a story about Mayor Sarandon's whore mongering. He attempted to bribe us with promises of Sea World and tuition for my kids. A trip to Disney Land might've worked, but we refused.
MARY: I see, and why did you decide to ultimately pull the story?
(Matthew points at Ethan)
MATTHEW: That's the guy!
MARY: You're getting a little ahead of yourself.
MATTHEW: Sorry. (Clears throat) I did it because someone called me and told me that if I ran the story, he'd reveal that I like prostitutes myself. Usually African-American ones named Tyra who have tattoos of Mandela and Malcolm X riding a carousel. May she rest in peace.
MARY: I see. So that is why you pulled the story?
MATTHEW: Yes.
MARY: I see. Your honor, (she turns around and faces the gallery and holds up a manila folder) I would like to submit Exhibit A, which are cell phone records showing that Mr. Donahue called Mr. Chambliss at 5:47 PM on Monday, March 19, 2012.
JUDGE MARWICK: Without objection, so ordered.
(Mary sets the cell phone records on the Judge's desk and then walks back over to Mr. Chambliss)
MATTHEW: It was him!
(Matthew points to Ethan)
MARY: I just said it was him.
MATTHEW: You're taking away my moment!
JUDGE MARWICK: Order.
MARY: I have no further questions, your honor.
(Mary walks back to her desk. Micah rises)
MICAH: Your honor, permission to cross-examine the witness?
JUDGE MARWICK: Without objection.
(Micah walks over to Matthew)
MICAH: Mr. Chambliss, when was the telephone invented?
(Mary rises)
MARY: Objection, your honor. Irrelevant.
MICAH: Your honor, this line of questioning is germane, you just have to let me finish.
JUDGE MARWICK: Well, I'm not a fan of Germans, but I'll let you continue. Just hurry up and make your point.
MICAH: Thank you, your honor. I'm not a fan of Germans either. Mr. Chambliss, when were telephones invented?
MATTHEW: Um, I believe the first one was invented in 1876, about 137 years ago.
MICAH: Correct. What was the first sentence to be transported over a wire, Mr. Chambliss?
MATTHEW: Um…I think it was like, "Watson! Come here! I want to see you!"
MICAH: Correct! Absolutely, Mr. Chambliss. Were the first words spoken over a wire "Watson, come in here, I want to blackmail you"?
MATTHEW: Um, no.
MICAH: Exactly. (He turns around) People can say anything they want over a wire, ladies and gentlemen of the jury. They can say "Hey, when is the game on?" or "Let's get some beer to watch the game". (Cut to the jury, still looking bored. One is wearing a New England Patriots sweatshirt and a tie underneath) "Let's watch the Patriots Game". Those are things people can say over a telephone. So when the prosecution claims that Mr. Donahue blackmailed Mr. Chambliss over the phone and then point to a cell phone record showing that Mr. Donahue contacted Mr. Chambliss at 5:47 PM on Monday, March 19, 2012, that is irrelevant! Mr. Donahue could've called Mr. Chambliss for any reason and said anything to him and Mr. Chambliss could be simply lying to advance his own ends.
MATTHEW: Hey, I swore on a bible! That's God's bestselling book!
MICAH: I have no further questions, your honor.
JUDGE MARWICK: I would hope not.
(Micah sits down next to Ethan and Sue)
ETHAN: (Whispering) The Graham Bell defense? Are you fucking kidding me?
MICAH: (Whispering) I'm trying my best!
ETHAN: (Whispering) Didn't you go to Harvard?
MICAH: Hey, my ancestor defended the guy who assassinated President Garfield!
ETHAN: What happened to that guy?
MICAH: He was hung.
ETHAN: Then how does that prove your point?
MICAH: I don't know, but President Garfield's last words were "I hate Mondays".
ETHAN: Just don't!
SUE: How about I take the ball?
ETHAN: Yes, this defense is a sausage fest, so let's bring in the clam. You're in, Farenthold!
SUE: Yes!
(Cut to Mayor Sarandon's trial. David rises)
DAVID: Your honor, I call the right honorable Brian Leonard Sarandon the first to the stands.
JUDGE MCGLYNN: Without objection, so ordered.
(Mayor Sarandon walks up to the stands and sits down as David walks over to him)
DAVID: Monsieur Sarandon, is it true that Mr. Donahue went to the Cayman Islands specifically to withdraw money from his tax shelter there?
(Cut to the Hispanic bank teller from TDEP8 on the stands at Ethan's trial. Sue is questioning him)
BANK TELLER: (British accent) Yes m'am.
SUE: So Mr. Donahue did come to the bank specifically to take out money from his bank account?
BANK TELLER: Yes, ma'am.
SUE: Was he able to procure that cash?
BANK TELLER: He was not. He did not have the password.
SUE: I see. Why did he not have the password?
BANK TELLER: He left it at home. Which by the way, is something I do all the time. Guilty as charged!
(Ethan gasps)
MICAH: Calm down, he's not reading your verdict.
ETHAN: Phew…
BANK TELLER: I swear, I lose so many things; you'd think I was the Mets!
(Silent pause)
SUE: Are you trying to practice your stand-up in front of us right now?
BANK TELLER: I have more. I like who they put in the Baseball Hall of Fame this year, because as far as I'm concerned, Barry Bonds is a nobody!
SUE: That's enough, thank you. Your honor, I have no further questions.
(Sue walks back to the stands. Cut to TJ Donovan showing the security camera footage of Mayor Sarandon, Ethan, Tim and a prostitute walking into a hotel room in the Cayman Islands on a TV in the courtroom while Mayor Sarandon is on the stands)
TJ: Monsieur Sarandon, are you willing to admit that those three men are you, Ethan and Timothy Sessions?
MAYOR SARANDON: Which three men?
TJ: The-…the ones in this video.
MAYOR SARANDON: Well, one of them is me. It's not the one with the dress though.
(The jury and gallery laugh)
TJ: Spoken like a true politician. Are the other two men Ethan and Tim?
MAYOR SARANDON: Yes.
TJ: And what about this scantily-clad woman?
MAYOR SARANDON: That is a consultant.
TJ: A consultant of your dick?
MAYOR SARANDON: No, a marketing consultant.
TJ: Were you guys trying to attract the 18-24 dick demographic to the mouth?
MAYOR SARANDON: Your honor!
JUDGE MCGLYNN: Mr. Donovan, please.
TJ: Fine. So your saying this woman is a prostitute?
MAYOR SARANDON: Yes, she just dresses like a whore.
TJ: Why would you need a marketing consultant anyway?
MAYOR SARANDON: We wanted more Cayman Islanders to come to Hansbay. Vermont has very few Pacific Islanders and as long as they don't take our jobs, we want them to come.
TJ: So what consulting firm does this woman work for?
MAYOR SARANDON: The name was in Swedish, I couldn't understand it.
TJ: The Cayman Islands are British possession.
MAYOR SARANDON: I can't understand British either. I think it was like, "Jolly Roger's Tea-Sipping Marketing Firm, Jolly Good" or something like that.
TJ: Jesus Christ.
(Cut to Mary questioning Patrick White)
MARY: What did Mr. Chambliss say when he told you he was pulling the story?
PATRICK: He said he had accidentally set the proof on fire while trying to light a crack pipe.
MARY: He concealed his penchant for whores with a fake crack addiction?
PATRICK: Yes. In his defense, they were black whores. It's kind of embarrassing.
(Patrick shudders)
MARY: Ignoring that, I have no further questions.
(Mary sits down and Sue gets up)
SUE: I have no desire to cross-examine, your honor.
JUDGE MARWICK: Very well. Mr. White, you are dismissed.
(Patrick White gets up and walks out of the courtroom)
SUE: Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, to convict beyond a shadow of a reasonable doubt is our duty here today. What is the prosecution's evidence? Beyond circumstantial drivel, nothing. A phone record showing that a call was made, eyewitness accounts from people who were not in the presence of Mr. Donahue, Mr. Sarandon and Mr. Sessions the entire time during their Cayman Islands trip and a he-said she said claim of bribery from a Democratic rival of Mr. Donahue's and the Mayor's. Where is the hard proof, ladies and gentlemen? The answer is simple. Nah.
(Sue walks over and sits down. Ethan and Micah pat her on the back as Mary walks past her table)
MARY: Actually, there is proof. Hardcore proof.
RYAN: Post-hardcore proof?
JUDGE MARWICK: Order!
MARY: Here it is, exhibit B. (She holds up a check for 12,000 dollars from the Vermont Department of Taxes and made out to the City Government of Hansbay, Vermont for "Official poon-related Government activities") This is a check from the Vermont Department of Taxes and it is made out to the Hansbay City Government. In the memo it says "for official poon-related activities". Now this check is a copy of the original check, which is being used as evidence in the companion case "State of Vermont V. Brian Sarandon". Poon-related activities? Do you think they were hunting whales, your honor? No, they were having sex. Their Moby Dick was their own-
(Judge Marwick bangs the gavel)
JUDGE MARWICK: We talked about this!
MARY: Sorry. Your honor, exhibit C is proof that the trio spent rather extravagantly. (She holds up a piece of paper) This is proof that the trio spent massive amounts of cash money on things definitely not germane to city business. Like a lock of Ann Romney's horse Rafalca's hair for 1200 dollars, a wine bottle recovered from the Titanic that was filled with mostly sand and dead fish but nonetheless worth 2200 dollars, a bottle of 1973 water worth 120 dollars-
ETHAN: (Whispering) Really tasteful water.
MARY: And a mounted bear ass worth 1000 dollars. Hansbay taxpayers, do you think this is what your tax money should be spent on? (Mary puts exhibits B and C on Judge Marwick's desk and then walks over to the jury) That money could've been used to fund flying robots raining murder from the sky in countries we can't pronounce. But instead, this. It's a damned shame. I yield back, your honor.
(Mary takes her seat. Cut to Ethan, Micah and Sue. They look nervous. Cut to Ryan, Madeline, Kimberly, Rob and Jacob behind them, they look extremely nervous. Cut to Jon Stewart on The Daily Show with a graphic of Ethan Donahue right beside him. The show aired on January 14, 2013)
JON STEWART: Remember this guy? He was the father of Ryan Donahue, the emo kid who, along with his friends, were rescued from an emo concentration camp about nine months ago? Well, he went on trial on Friday for embezzlement, bribery and blackmail. (The audience oohs) Yeah,ooh. (The audience laughs) That is the appropriate response. (Laughter) Plus, his boss Mayor Brian Sarandon is also on trial for embezzlement, so my question is, since when does the state of Vermont matter? (Laughter) I mean, right now they're known for ice cream and street anti-depressants, so did they just decide corruption was preferable to being a mecca for teenage girls whose boyfriends just broke up with them?!
(The graphic changes to two pictures, one of a teenage girl eating ice cream and the other a bottle of Prozac as the audience laughs. Cut to Seth Meyers on Weekend Update on January 12, 2013. There is a graphic of Mayor Sarandon and Ethan Donahue next to him along with the words "HANSBAY SCANDAL")
SETH MEYERS: Just a word of advice for Mayor Sarandon, if, after you're convicted, you still want to hold the 2024 Olympics in Vermont, please do. (Laughter) I would love to see the 100-meter "run away from the white supremacist with a knife".
(The audience laughs. Cut to Stephen Colbert on the Colbert Report with an image of Mayor Sarandon next to him)
STEPHEN COLBERT: I stand by this man. I mean, I would if it didn't implicate me in corruption. (Laughter) But he is a strong Republican Mayor in a very Democratic state. Finding a Republican Mayor in Vermont is like finding a needle in a gay orgy.
(Laughter. Cut to Chris Hayes with his round table on "Up with Chris Hayes")
CHRIS HAYES: So, Mr. Sarandon and Mr. Donahue from Vermont, it appears as though their next stop is jail. When I contacted Sarandon's office for comment, they replied with this, quote, "Wait, are you the fifteen year old that hosts that show on that channel nobody watches?".
(Cut to Al Sharpton on Politics Nation with an image of the state of Vermont, an image of Ethan and an image of Mayor Sarandon behind him with the words "The Green Mountain of Corruption State")
AL SHARPTON: The Green Mountain state is now being plagued by an investigation into one of its mayors and that mayor's chief of staff. Apparently the "green" in green mountain state means money. (He chuckles) I came up with that one.
(Cut to Ed Schultz on the Ed Show)
ED SCHULTZ: It appears that Mayor Sarandon and Ethan Donahue are in big trouble. So let's have an online opinion poll on my website about it so I can say what you think, even though I just told you what to think. (A multiple-choice box appears on the bottom of the screen reading "Do you think I'm right or do you think Republicans are right about Sarandon and Donahue's guilt?") Do you think I'm right or do you think the people I've told you to hate for the past three and a half years are right?
(Cut to an Arab man on "Al Jazeera America")
(SUBTITLES: Ethan Donahue and Mayor Sarandon are on trial for corruption. Will they be convicted? Will they be acquitted? Will Al Gore be able to sleep at night knowing he sold Current TV to a station with heavy ties to the oil industry? Who knows? Here's what Bin Laden thinks)
(Cut to old footage of Osama Bin Laden talking with a translator speaking over him)
TRANSLATOR: I think Sarandon and Donahue are infidels worthy of having their ball skin stretched over their faces and dropped into the ocean to take a nap with me.
(Cut to Ethan's trial. Micah stands up)
MICAH: Your honor, I move that we adjourn for the week.
JUDGE MARWICK: Without objection, so ordered, this court is adjourned untilWednesday, the sixteenthof January, 2013.
(Judge Marwick slams the gavel. Cut to Sarandon's trial. David rises)
DAVID: Your honor, I move that the court adjourn for the week.
JUDE MCGLYNN: Is there objection? Without objection, so ordered. The court is adjourned until Wednesday, January 16, 2013.
(Judge McGlynn slams the gavel. Cut to Mayor Sarandon and David coming out of the courthouse and being confronted by hoards of reporters)
REPORTER: Are you guilty?!
REPORTER 2: Are you innocent?!
MAYOR SARANDON: Do you really think I'm going to give you an unexpected answer to those questions? Let me walk, please.
DAVID: Monsieur Sarandon is not answering questions, so wi wi!
MAYOR SARANDON: Stop calling me that!
(Cut to Ethan being bombarded by reporters while he, Kimberly, Micah and Sue walk out of the courthouse)
REPORTER: Was it intense in there?!
REPORTER 2: Was it a lady judge or a normal judge?!
REPORTER 3: How many times did you take a sip of water during the proceedings?!
ETHAN: I'm not going to comment on an ongoing investigation!
(Ethan, Kimberly, Micah and Sue get into a car. Cut to Ryan, Madeline, Rob and Jacob standing outside the courthouse)
RYAN: I guess they don't know we're their family.
JACOB: Thank God, I don't want to end up like Bristol Palin.
MADELINE: Like, pregnant?
RYAN: God, I hope dad gets acquitted.
(Ellen walks by talking on the phone)
ELLEN: How was your trial, tubby bear?
(Ellen sees Ethan's kids and Rob and then she rushes away)
RYAN: …Who else that could conceivably be nicknamed "Tubby Bear" is having a trial today?
(Fade to black)
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South East Folk Arts Network
"The role of the South East Folk Arts Network is that of enabler: offering an information, advisory, co-ordinating and networking service to the traditional arts in the region.
Folk tradition and folk practice of the South East are vibrant and varied. The area is a rich patchwork of festivals, concerts, workshops, dances, music sessions, clubs and - above all - involvement."
Grayshott Folk Club, Grayshott, Nr. Hindhead (On the Hampshire/Surrey Border)
Hosts monthly concerts at The Village Hall... See the website for full details.
The Ram Folk Club
A Folk Club based in Esher, Surrey - Meets every Friday
Sutton Musicians Co-operative, Sutton Cricket Club, Gander Green Lane, Sutton, Surrey
£3 singers night / open mic, £5 guest band night
Hosts Victoria and Camilla from The Feuding Lloyds and Mike and Betty from the Acoustic Astronauts
Guest Musician each week, All acoustic acts welcome
"Down By The Riverside" a.k.a BlueGrass Staines
Staines Riverside Club, 6 Laleham Road, Staines, Surrey TW18 2DX
Runs the last Friday of each month (with some exceptions to avoid festival clashes etc..)
Doors open 7pm
Picking session 7.30-9pm - all instruments welcome
Live performances from guest acts from 9pm onwards
FREE ENTRY with tips/jug collection for featured acts
Open mic at The Fox Revived, Norwood Hill, Charlwood, Surrey, RH6 0ET
Held forthnightly on Tuesdays
"It is an open mic so feel free to come along and play, the night will predominantly feature folk music (in all its various forms), but all genres are welcome. Allan Bailey will be the compare for the evening, it starts from 8:30pm. For any additional info please contact Duncan on 01293 862312.
Acoustic Heaven, The Cazbar, 169 Central Road, Worcester Park, Surrey
Great acoustic music 'open to all' night on 1st Sunday of every month. Excellent PA/sound, very friendly and supportive atmosphere Call 07932 915970 to book three songs
Bluegrass Plus Club, Coulsdon, Surrey
Regular Bluegrass and other events at this club.
Traditional pub sessions in and around Godalming, Godalming, Surrey
As it says a guide to Pub Sessions in Godalming, Nr Guildford.
South West Surrey Guide
A useful guide to whats happening folk wise in South West Surrey/Guildford
The Climax Ceilidh Band
"Glorious, orgasmic ceilidh music"
The Hogs Back Band
The Hogs Back Band is a Surrey based English ceilidh and barn dance band.
Whirling Skirmish
Whirling Skirmish produce a full, rich and highly rhythmic sound, far larger than might be expected from just two musicians, easily sufficient to fill any size venue and guaranteed to get toes tapping. Their repertoire is wide, including English, Scottish, Irish and American.
The Free Radicals
Based in Surrey, England, THE FREE RADICALS play folk music taking inspiration from traditional celtic music, bluegrass, Ukranian dance music, and other influences mixing it together to produce a unique sound.
The Anchor Folk Club, Byfleet, Surrey
Meets every Thursday Evening with regular Guest Nights
The Chanticleer, Dorking
Meets every Wednesday evening with guests
Folk in the Forest
At Tanners Hatch Youth Hostel, Off the Ranmore Road, Nr Dorking, Surrey
Deep in the Surrey woods, away from the world, theres a small abode where travelling folkies are welcome . . . .
On the second Saturday of the month, September to May, music fills the small room in front of a large fireplace . . .
Acoustic music, from the wood!
Players, singers and listeners of all ages welcome.
15 beds and camping Parking 0.75miles
Info: 01306 877964 email@example.com or visit their website here
Staines Folk and Blues Club
"Soiree are Sue Graves, Hector Gilchrist and Steve Poole. Beautiful songs, lifted still further by lilting harmonies and liquid guitars, invoke the ambience and warm glow of a satisfying evening spent with friends."
|The Abbys Ceilidh Band
"London's premier Irish Traditional Music Band specialising in Irish Ceilidh Dances, Irish Sessions, Concerts and Events with Mike Pelton Vocals/Guitar/Mandolin, Mike Hartes Vocals, Guitar Colette O'Dowd Accordian, Kirsten Hughes Fiddle Vocals
The band members have appeared on T.V and Radio and have performed at festivals in the U.K and Europe and released records in the States"
|The Maypole Band
"The Maypole band are a group of acoustic musicians who have been providing music for barn dances for years & years, some of the members have been performing at these event since the 1960's. If you are stuck for ideas to provide enjoyable but alternative entertainment for an event then contact the Maypole band. The group, whilst acoustic, does provide good quality amplification & they have their own dance 'caller' who will select dances suitable for the skill level of the dancers & will, as the evening unfolds, teach more complex dances."
|Also Known as...
a Fun Barn Dance and Ceilidh Band based in the south of England: Berkshire, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Sussex, Surrey, Dorset, Somerset, Avon, and Gloucestershire.
Maidenhead Folk Club
Meets Every Thursday
Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Altwood Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 4PF
Bracknell Folk Club, The Sun, 1 Chertsey Rd, Windlesham, Surrey
Held every Tuesday evening
Wokingham Folk & Acoustic Blues Club, Wokingham, Berkshire
New acoustic Folk and Blues Club with the first night being held on 16th September 2010 and every third Thursday thereafter.
The Ostrich Inn, Colnbrook, Berkshire
Roots, Jazz and Blues music sessions every Sunday lunchtime.
Reading Folk Club
Meets every Sunday at The RISC Centre, 35-39 London Street, Reading
"a 5 piece band from Reading who play roots and rhythms from across Europe - from Portuguese Fado to Serbian gypsy tunes via Irish folk and Edith Piaf. Available for weddings, funerals and barmitzvahs ... and festivals, parties and pubs!"
Chesham Folk Club
Held every Monday with guests in Chesham, Buckinghamshire
DJH Imaging
Live music listings for Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Northamptonshire
Empty Room Promotions
Promotes regular events in and around Buckingham.
Kingsmead House Concerts, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Regular House Concerts
Marlow Bottom Acoustic Club
Every Wednesday 8:30 - 11:00 in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Also see myspace.com/marlowbottomacousticclub for details.
Wolverton Acoustic Club, The MADCAP Theatre, Wolverton, Milton Keynes
"Were open every Sunday evening from 7:30pm and entrance is £2
Its best to get there early if youre a performer to guarantee a spot.
We are a very welcoming club and big supporters of emerging talent."
Stony Stratford Acoustic Session, The Bull Hotel, Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire
The session takes place on the Second Tuesday of every month in the main bar of the Bull Hotel.
The Stables is Milton Keynes' premier live music venue offering excellent live music for all tastes - jazz, blues, folk, rock, classical, pop and world music.
Cannon Live, Newport Bagnell, Milton Keynes
"The Cannon Club which is now in its 5th year books live acoustic music acts such as Bluegrass, Country, Folk Music, Irish Music, in fact any kind of acoustic music that only requires the minimum of amplification so that the audience can hear the music in as near to natural sound as possible."
The Song Loft
"Now in its 27th year, the Song Loft hosts folk artists on a bi-weekly basic 10 months of the year (closed high summer). Artists range from local performers / bands to the national and internationally known, such as Waterson-Carthy, Vin Garbutt and Isla Blair."
The Vaults Bar Folk Workshop, Stony Stratford, Nr Milton Keynes
"Every Sunday lunchtime for more than twenty years singers, musicians, poets and others too diverse to mention have gathered here for an Open Session. Not just locals, but luminaries such as Martin Carthy and the High Level ranters."
Mike Molloy
Paul Bruce
The Fox & Hounds
87 High Street, Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes - This high street pub features Live blues, folk & jazz Thursdays & Saturdays
Oxford Folk Club
Oxford Folk Club meets every Friday in the Folly Bridge Inn, Abingdon Road, Oxford from 8.30 till 11.00. We alternate guest nights and open nights throughout the year and welcome all singers, musicians and audience equally. We feature a broad spectrum of folk music including traditional and contemporary, unaccompanied and accompanied, instrumental and vocal. Please see our web site for up-to-date information, door charges, and floorspot policies. You are very welcome.
The White Horse, Stonesfield, Oxfordshire
Folk Session every Tuesday evening, beginners welcome.
Contact email@example.com for details
The Exeter Hall, Cowley, Oxford
Weekly folk session and other gigs.
Session at The Fleur de Lys, East Hagbourne. Oxfordshire
General tune and song session, held on the Third Wednesday of the month
The Catweazle Club, Oxford
"Oxford's legendary performing arts club...
An intimate and magical space for musicians, singers, poets, storytellers and performance artists of every imaginable hue, who grace the stage every Thursday night. A chance to sit, to listen, to connect, to inspire and to be inspired "
Rosie O'Grady's, 1 Park End Street, Oxford
Regular gigs at this pub venue.
Wychwood Folk Club, Ascott Under Wychwood, West Oxfordshire
First and Third Saturday of the month..
Banbury Folk Club
Every Wednesday, 8.30pm in the Millers Bar, The Mill Arts Centre, Spiceball Park, Banbury, Oxfordshire
Nettlebed Folk Club
Nettlebed Folk Club meets in the Nettlebed Village Club most Mondays
(doors open at 8PMish).
Nettlebed is located 4 miles N.W. of Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire. Or to put it another way north of Reading and Maidenhead, south of Oxford with handy access from the M4 and M40
White Horse Ceilidhs, Grove, nr Wanatge, Oxfordshire
Ceilidhs held every other month.
The Killingworth Castle, Wootton, Oxon
This village pub hosts weekly (friday) folk gigs and every other Wednesday the Goats play a regular spot.
Chipping Norton Folk Information
A guide to whats going on the folk scene in Chipping Norton, Oxon including folk club dates
Music at the Unicorn Theatre, Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Regular concerts at this Theatre venue based in Abingdon Abbey
Seend Acoustic Club at Seend Community Centre, Rusty Lane, Seend, Wiltshire
Held on the first and third Tuesday of the month, Normally £3 entrance, more for spotlight nights depending on the act. Completely acoustic, no amps.
Big name acts will be priced accordingly. Every evening has a special guest that does 1 - 1.5 hours and the other 1.5 hours is filled with floor singers and musicians. We have the biggest raffle of any music club in Wiltshire and free chocolates for everyone. Entry fee entitles you to one night temporary membership of the social club where the drinks are 30% cheaper than the pub!.
Wiltshire Folk Arts
"Wiltshire Folk Arts has sprung from Wiltshire Traditions, a small organisation based in Potterne as you may have already seen. The idea behind Wiltshire traditions was fairly straightforward and was to concentrate on collection of traditional songs, music, customs and traditions, but after careful and very long deliberation it was decided that Wiltshire needed a much more comprehensive organisation in order to promote the music and traditions that we love so much."
Swindon Folksingers Club
Meets every Friday (bar July/August) with frequent guests at Milton Road Club, Milton Road SN1 5JA. For further details phone Eric Stott on 01793 521301.
Bourne Folk, Porton Hotel, Salisbury, Wiltshire
OMeets once a month from October to May (usually the third Friday of the month) in the ambient setting of the Stable Bar of the Porton Hotel
Guests each month floor singers always welcome.
The White Horse Folk Club, The Fox, Swindon St (A361), Highworth, Swindon
Meets on the first and third Wednesday of the month with guests
Folk at the Royal Oak, Corsham, Wiltshire
Meets every Thursday Night with occasional guests
Friday Night Folk Club, Trowbridge, Wiltshire
Held every Friday evening with Guests.
Mr Red's Mid West cresby.com
List of clubs & sessions in the area: Exeter to Shrewsbury & Cardiff to Oxford.
Southern Counties Folk Federation (SCoFF)
"Is a loose confederation of Folk Clubs, Arts Centres, Concert Venues, Festivals and Organisations promoting Folk and related Acoustic Music in the Southern Counties of England and the Channel Islands. "

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Seth Strehlow is led into Oconto County Circuit Court on April 24, where he plead no contest to several sex charges involving juveniles from the area. He will be sentenced on July 9.
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A Suring man has been found guilty of sexual involvement with several minor girls from the Suring area.
Seth Strehlow, 27, entered no contest pleas to seven felony charges and two misdemeanor counts in two cases Oconto County Circuit Court.
Nine other felony counts and one misdemeanor charge would be considered at sentencing, but dismissed under a plea agreement reached by special prosecutor Vince Biskupic and defense attorney Steven Richards.
The attorneys are jointly recommending a total sentence of six years in prison and 10 years of extended supervision, followed by 16 years of probation.
However, Conley is not bound by the recommendation, and is free to sentence Strehlow to the maximum penalties allowed under each conviction. The most serious charge could bring a total of 40 years prison and extended supervision.
Conley methodically went through each count and asked for Strehlow's plea, then had Strehlow review the information that the state would have had to prove for each count.
"Do you feel you fully understand the elements of each crime you pleaded to?" Conley asked Strehlow.
"Yes, your honor," he replied.
Strehlow was originally charged July 31 with 11 child sex crime counts: second degree sexual assault of a child younger than 16, sexual exploitation of a child, two counts of child enticement-sexual contact, exposing a child to a harmful material, possession of child pornography, and two counts of use of a computer to facilitate a child sex crime - all felonies - along with three misdemeanor counts of exposing genitals or pubic area.
All of the cases involved incidents with girls ranging in age from 14 to 16 between 2008 and 2010.
On Oct. 11, he was charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography, for pictures of three minors. Four of those counts involved one of the girls from the above case, who was 16 at the time. Five counts related to pictures of another girl who was 14 or 15 when the pictures were taken in 2003 or 2004. The remaining count involved a photo taken several years ago of yet another girl who was 15 or 16 at the time, although the criminal complaint did not state exactly when it was taken.
Substantial plea negotiations covered both cases, the attorneys told Conley, who accepted the Strehlow's pleas and found him guilty.
Strehlow carefully reviewed the charges and criminal complaints, catching some mistakes in the descriptions or time frames of the incidents, Conley was told. In fact, one additional correction was made during the hearing.
Strehlow entered pleas to:
? three counts of possession of child pornography, one relating to each of the three victims photographed. The other seven counts would be read into the record and dismissed.
? felony charges of sexual exploitation of a child and child enticement and misdemeanor exposing genitals or pubic area - all relating to incidents in August 2010 with a girl who was 16 at the time.
? felony charges of child enticement and exposing a child to harmful material, and a misdemeanor count of exposing genitals or pubic area - all relating to incidents in the summer of 2008 and summer of 2009 with a girl who was 14 and 15, respectively, during the incidents.
Charges of felony child enticement involving one of those two girls from an incident in August 2010, possession of child pornography over an image taken of another 16-year-old girl in summer 2007, and a misdemeanor count of exposing his genitals to a child from August 2010 are to be read into the record and dismissed.
The Oconto County Sheriff's Department began investigating in March 2012 after receiving information alleging Strehlow had sent text messages of sexual nature to a girl younger than 18. Deputies and investigators interviewed five girls - who would have been aged 13 to 15 at the time of the incidents - over the next several weeks.
On Aug. 14, the day Strehlow made his first court appearance on the 11 child sex charges, he was sentenced on three counts of felony bail jumping. One was from an incident Jan. 19, 2012, in which a deputy found him in a Suring tavern while he was supposed to be under house arrest. The other two, from Feb. 2 and May 3, 2012, were filed after he sent texts even though his bond required he not possess an electronic device.
Conley sentenced Strehlow to a determinate sentence of six years, with three years prison and three years extended supervision. Conley stayed the sentence, however, and granted Strehlow three years' probation on the condition of serving one year in jail (with 118 days credit).
Strehlow had been on bail on felony charges of use of a computer to facilitate a child sex crime, exposing genitals or pubic area and exposing a child to harmful material, which were filed on June 6, 2011. Strehlow was alleged to have sent suggestive and sexual texts and pictures of his genital area to a 16-year-old girl between early May and early June.
On the first charge, Strehlow pleaded no contest and was sentenced March 27, 2012. Conley withheld a finding of guilty and approved a deferred prosecution agreement, in which the case was suspended for two years. The other two charges were dismissed.
The child pornography charges stemmed from a search of an email account registered to Strehlow by Oconto County deputy Ryan Zahn and Suring Police Chief Nick School. Twenty pictures of nude or partially clad juvenile females were found in the account, according to the criminal complaint.


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I'm a massive Gregorian chants fan, Latin catholic music, most songs have pure stories. Also a big fan of patriotic classical music like rule Britania and Jerusalem.
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oooh - that will be years off yet - i'm still learning to read music (im only a beginner unfortunately)


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Summer will be here before we know it, and that means Summer Reading Programs at the library! This year's theme is Dream Big — Read! Kids of all ages are welcome to pick up a reading log as soon as school is out, log their reading time, and earn incentives. All programs are free and open to the public. Summer programs are generously sponsored by the Yellowstone Club Foundation.
June 13-July 25, 1:00 p.m. – Wednesdays Fun at 1:00
Activities are geared for kids in grades K-4, but we welcome younger and older siblings to participate and make it a family event! This year we will have several great programs.
June 13 Steve's Magic Show
June 20 Museum of the Rockies
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July 11 Eckroth Music Petting Zoo
July 18 Mt. Raptor Conservation Center
July 25 Belgrade Community Players & Party
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The Pathmark grocery store, Rainbow clothing outlet and bodegas at 125th Street and Lexington Avenue in Harlem may seem unlikely settings for a documentary film. But for director Khalik Allah, there's a beauty in the struggle of the men and women who find themselves here, at poverty's doorsteps, that deserves to be captured.
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The new 6,000 square-foot restaurant will seat up to 240 guests in a comfortable dining atmosphere that mimics the Old West. Two spacious community rooms are available for special group and community gatherings, serving as a social hub for friends, families, teams, church groups, and more. In addition to its popular dine-in buffet, Pizza Ranch will offer carry-out and delivery service for any of its distinct menu items.
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Harmonic Energy: Large-Scale And Misleading U.K. Stock Promotion Offers Opportunity To Sell - Company Technically Insolvent [View article]
My pleasure. I am amazed that in these days of uber-regulation such things still happen. All very peculiar.
TomDec 25, 2012. 05:57 AM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
Here's hoping that AC plays for West Ham as he did at your place rather than at Anfield.
I flagged in my original piece the comparisons with Busby and Fergie. The former stayed on 2 seasons too long and his "ghost in the stands" haunted those who suceeded him during the 1970s which were a very poor time for MUFC. I wonder...
TomSep 20, 2012. 08:27 PM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
I watch soccer avidly. I am a season ticket holder at West Ham and have been for years.
You judge a club's propsects for this year by the last 5 years not just last season and how they are playing this time. Given player turnover in the EPL I think that is a mistake.
TomSep 20, 2012. 08:23 PM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
I make no secret of my view that there "is only one united" and that is West Ham United. taking my daughter to a game for the first time this season on Saturday.
I am a grave disappointment to my father who supports Man U.
But my view is purely one on valuation. I am not convinced on the brand. A few years of City/Chelski dominance in a post Fergie era could change a lot.
Best wishes
TomSep 20, 2012. 08:21 PM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
Focus Media - New Bronte Allegations Make It A Strong Short [View article]
I hear this $3.2 trillion number banded about a lot. Like you can use it several times over. I note that the amount lent by Chinese banks has zoomed ahead from $8 trillion to $21 trillion in the past few years. I reckon that they have vast bad debts which they are not fessing up to. Methinks that the $3.2 trillion ( and some) will be needed to bail out the Chinese banking system before it is turned to loss making enterprises in the real economy. Or in this case the surreal economy.
TomSep 19, 2012. 12:28 PM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
Do not worry about the billion share overhang. I think comrade Mizok and SMJTrust are desperate to average down. They will have plenty of opportunity to do so.
Thanks for the support.
TomSep 19, 2012. 05:49 AM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
Quite right.
I provide ideas ( FB was a overhyped IPO sell at 38 and all the way down). So does comrade Brian Mizok ( buy heavily at $30). As investors we all look at ideas and then do our own research. If you win it is YOUR credit (not that of folks like me or Brian). If you lose it is YOUR fault.
I guess that the old fashioned idea of taking responsibility for our own actions has gone out of style in some places. Shame.
TomSep 19, 2012. 05:47 AM | 1 Like |Link to Comment
Thank you for pointing out that Brian's call on FB is not exactly a good one. When you write sell advice ( and Brian can find that I have actually posted 7 or 8 ideas on the short tack here in the past few weeks and more to come) you do not expect to a) win friends and b) for those who are long to bother checking facts as they choose to shoot the messenger.
TomSep 19, 2012. 05:44 AM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
If the PRC Government wishes to bail these companies out to keep them going as operating units why the hell should they not take all the equity? They would be the funder of last resort. Why should taxpayers in any country provide loans to public companies and get debt returns allowing equity investors upside?
Personally I think Govt should never bail out public companies with taxpayers cash. But if it does it should take all the equity and if the businesses ever recover then sell to make a profit for the taxpayer
TomSep 12, 2012. 08:24 PM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
Just for the record - as the wider equity market has raced ahead in the past two weeks my 3 solar sell calls have all fallen
JASO 96 cents to 84 cents
LDK 138 cents to 128 cents
Trina 451 cents to 448 cents
So a) you have been wrong so far and I have been right
b) 2 weeks is no timeframe. So I suggest we debate the right & wrong case again in 6 months.
But to answer your question on whether you are a sucker for going against my advice so far, I guess the facts suggest that you are.
Happy to assist with your process of self-realisation
TomSep 12, 2012. 08:21 PM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
Ah the 5 year plans, etc.... Stalin used to be good at them too.
A Totalitarian Government prepares to misallocate more capital.
TomSep 12, 2012. 08:14 PM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
It is not the cost base of solar that the EU likes it is the subsidy.
I argued that these companies were all heading to oblivion.
The bulls countered "but the PRC Government will bail them out"
My point is that IF that happens the EU ( the largest customer of these firms) will counter punch with tariffs which will make the losses these firms are currently making even greater.
So it is lose lose for the China solar firms who even on their cost base are losing money now.
TomSep 12, 2012. 08:12 PM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
A firm which has debt > cash, will soon have negative working capital and which is losing money/burning cash every day is worth what on a DCF basis?
Just because it is Chinese or solar does not mean that "it will be different this time".
Before you say - these stocks are dirt cheap why not look at the last quarterlies again?
TomSep 12, 2012. 08:09 PM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
a) If China offers all these breaks the EU has a slam dunk case for tariffs. As you say they are "killing competition". You make the EU's case for it.
b) Whenever anyone points out the massive issues China faces and huge problems it has folks like you just say "but the Government is going to spend gazxillions more dollars on building homes/installing solar panels/lots of other capital projects no-one needs or wants as if that fixes anything?
That is an EU/ Greece & Spain style solution. It merely misallocates more capital & stores up more debt.
Why when China does this do you folks say this is sensible Government and when Greece does it you say they are reckless fools?
TomSep 12, 2012. 08:07 PM | 0 Likes |Link to Comment
China Crash 2012/2013 - Overcapacity And Bubbles (Part One) [View article]
Just to say thank you for a kind post.
What our China pal Ben Gee misses is that huge Government spending on building homes no-one needs, etc is just can kicking. Can kicking means that when you finally do tackle a problem it is that much bigger.
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Here's a little fun. Below is a list of 19 (one is repeated for 20 songs) artists. Each artist has at least one, but maybe more, songs with the word run (or any derivative) in it. See how many of them you can name. Try this without looking at previous answers in the post or Googling it. Just see what you know. Feel free to add some of your own.
Ready? Set? Go!
Iron Maiden (the obvious song)
Iron Maiden (the not so obvious song, and was a book and movie of the same name)
Bryan Adams
Bob Seger
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Van Halen
The Doobie Brothers
Flock of Seagulls
Jackson Brown
Bruce Springsteen
Paul McCartney and the Wings
Bon Jovi
Blues Traveler
Collective Soul
REO Speedwagon
Pink Floyd
The Steve Miller Band
Creedence Clearwater Revival
I am not a great song title guy but Jackson Brown's Running on empty was my tag line on the Loop in my early years. Great list, and I will have to do some research now, thanks a lot
I had to look up the 90s songs. The Sweet should be in the RRHoF.
I can think of songs by the Beatles, the Who (pre-Tommy), and (listen if you dare) David Geddes.
Now we need some Loopsters to add some artists from this century.
Lady Antebellum
Dixie Chicks
This is frustrating because I'm sure I know all of those songs but I can only think of a few of the names.
I see where you are going here, nice job putting a the list together.
Now these bands are good and have put out a lot of music, but I personal think mostly all on the list are over played on the classic rock radio.
I got burnt out on them years back because the radio stations ALWAYS play just 2 or 3 songs of most of them. Over and over and over .........
Now it is to the point that when a Stones or a Bruce Springsteen song comes on, change the station.
"I may not be handsome, but I am loved."
Iron Maiden has The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, Running Free, and Run to the Hills


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Yu Darvish signing means more mania for Japanese media
This from DMN sports media reporter Barry Horn
ARLINGTON — Is Yu Darvish's signing with the Rangers bigger back home than was Nomomania when Japanese pitcher Hideo Nomo joined the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1995?
Bigger than pitcher Hideki Irabu when he joined the New York Yankees in 1997? Bigger than Ichiro Suzuki's introduction by the Seattle Mariners in 2001? Bigger than outfielder Hideki Matsui joining the New York Yankees in 2003? In the same ballpark as when Dice-K arrived to pitch for the Boston Red Sox in 2007?
Hard to say, reports Hidekia Okuda, a correspondent for Sports Nippon, a national newspaper in Japan.
"Maybe the same," he said. "Yes, at least the same."
Okuda along with scores of other reporters and cameramen representing Japanese media were at Rangers Ballpark on Friday for Darvish's 7 p.m. introductory news conference. That, by the way, was 10 Saturday morning back in Tokyo.
Clearly, Darvish's stay in Arlington will remain big sports news in Japan, where he was the best pitcher in the country and carried just enough off-field panache to keep the tabloids interested.
Shuichiro Haraguchi, senior correspondent for NHK, the Japan Broadcasting Corp., said nothing is official yet but he expects his network to broadcast all of Darvish's games back to Japan just as it has other transplanted superstars.
"He has shown he can pitch against American players," said Haraguchi, referencing Darvish's success at the 2009 World Baseball Classic, where he pitched a scoreless inning against the U.S. team in the semifinal and was the winning pitcher in the final against Korea at Dodgers Stadium.
When Dice-K — Daisuke Matsuzaka — joined the Red Sox five seasons ago, the Fenway Park press box had to be expanded to accommodate the Japanese media.
John Blake, the Rangers executive vice president for communications, was with the Red Sox. He has told reporters that he expects Darvish to be at least the same media magnet.
Ichiro, perhaps the most successful of the Japanese imports, has been followed by legions of reporters from his home country for more than a decade.
Initially in Seattle there was some surprise when Japanese media members eschewed prime press box seats behind the plate in favor of seats in the corner. They wanted to sit as far to the left as possible so they could better peer into the Mariners' first base dugout so they might watch Ichiro's every move. The seating also allowed them to watch him chase balls in the right-field corner.
Even when Japanese players don't come with the reputation of the big six, they still garner attention.
Several representatives of the Japanese media continued to travel with the Chicago Cubs last season even as outfielder Kosuke Fukudome settled into a secondary role. When he was traded to the Cleveland Indians, they dutifully followed.
The Rangers had two Japanese pitchers last season — Koji Uehara and Yoshinori Tateyama. Neither is in the same universe as Darvish. Still, about a dozen Japanese media members were regulars at the Ballpark in 2011.
That number should increase exponentially in 2012. Welcome to Arlington, Mr. Darvish and company.


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A rich traditional and fragrant Kerala Chicken Curry (Nadan Kozhi Curry) served with a simple mashed Kappa (Tapioca). To add extra flavour, use bone in Chicken (whole Bird), curried in fragrant and warming spices.
We all at some time or the other in our lifetime boast about nadan (traditional or grandma's) recipes or food. Don't we? What is it all about? What does it mean to me? How will it benefit you as a reader of my blog? I thought I need to put that straight first before I move on boasting about it any further, does it not sound right!
As a child I cherish those beautiful memories of travelling on 'Patna-Cochin Express Train' from Asansol to Cochin in our Summer or Christmas vacation, and to me this was 'The Vacation' that we longed for during school term. Kerala for me was a holiday home, dominated with vast green Rice fields, dotted with Coconut grooves, Rubber, Coffee Plantations were-ever you look, were the village life of Kerala is delightfully charming and simple. Even today I prefer living in a country-side; were the life is so chilled out, slow paced, quiet and you are able to enjoy the nature as God wanted it to be, up until "Adam ate the Apple and he was cast out of the Garden Of Eden". So to be fair, it is more of a home coming, and the entire welcoming and time that you spend with your family is also part of it. Tender Coconut Water which my uncle used to get straight of the tree and served there and then, which I cannot forget in a hurry. Even now when I get back home, my dad gets me some of this, though we buy from a local produce.
Now when it comes to lunch, it is the whole family around the table, and obviously meat is a major attraction. Chicken is raised in most house, like most other ingredients are fresh; Coconut Oil, Curry Leaves, and Spices, slow cooked in an Earthen pot on wood fire. Food is served on fresh Plantain leaf along with Cumin Water or Butter Milk (Mooru Vellam / Chaas), this to me this is heavenly and is Nadan to me! Therefore it is all about the environment, food, people, welcoming is all part of it. Now you cannot say 'No' to this kind of special treatment that nature hands you out, isn't it!
Trying to replicate this is hard, but not impossible:
1. Organic or Corn Fed Chicken which is like a home raised Chicken.
2. Cardamom, Cinnamon, Cloves and Star Anise brought from Munnar Spice market (on our last visit in 2010). I would seriously recommend buying from these local shops, if you are to visit Munnar or Thekkady (speak to a local tourist guide for recommendation), because they are so fresh that even after 2 years they have not lost the aroma at all. Amazing!!
3. Slow cooked in an earthen (clay) pot resulting in an even and delicate taste to the food cooked in it, being the benefits of cooking in a clay pot. This is due to the clay being porous and allowing the heat to circulate throughout the pot during the cooking process unlike with metal. You can buy Earthenware in most Indian shops, something that you will not regret, buying.
4. Coconut Oil – Malayalees (people of Kerala), prefer to cook in Coconut Oil, and there is something special about cooking in this Oil, it smells and tastes so much different from Vegetable Oils, certainly reminds of home-town.
Why not try our other mouth-watering recipes made in Earthen Pot?
The 3 main kinds of Chicken available in supermarkets*:
Organic – Most expensive, matured slowly upto 14 weeks, fed on organic diet and is allowed to roam in the countryside during the day. Flesh is firm, flavourful and less plump as they get lots of exercise, compared to an indoor raised Bird. My view – 1st choice when buying Chicken.
Free Range Chicken – Less expensive than Organic, fed on a corn diet, resulting in a yellow skin colour. Allowed to roam in the country. My view – does not taste much different from an Organic Bird; cheaper.
Broiler – Inexpensive, common. Short life upto 6 weeks, live a life packed in densities, with little or no room for movement, hardly see the sun, resulting in an inferior, plump, fatty bird. My view – never!!
Things You'll Need:
- Organic or Corn-fed Whole Chicken – 1000 grams
- Red Onion – 300 grams
- Garlic – 1 bulb
- Ginger – 2 inch root
- Ripe Tomato – 3 (about 350 grams)
- Green Chillies – 4 nos
- Coconut Oil – 4 tbsp
- Coconut Cuts – ½ Coconut
- Curry Leaves – 4 sprigs
- Water – 200 ml
- Salt – to taste
Dry Roast:
- Turmeric Powder – 1 tsp
- Chilli Powder – ½ tbsp
- Kashmiri Chilli Powder – 1 tbsp
- Coriander Powder – 1 tsp
- Cloves – 4 nos
- Cinnamon – 2 inch stick
- Star Anise – 2 nos
- Green Cardamom – 6 nos
- Shallots (Chuvanulli) – 30 grams
- Curry Leaves – 2 sprigs
- Coconut Oil – 1 tbsp
Golden Touch Mise-en Place: [30 mins]
- Clean cut Chicken into bite size pieces. Wash all equipments used for cutting Chicken.
- Finely chop the red Onions / Ginger / Garlic / Tomatoes store separately.
- De-seed green Chillies if so desired and slit lengthwise.
- Clean and dry Curry leaves in a kitchen towel.
- Finely slice Chuvanulli.
- Cut Coconut into thin slivers of 1 inch pieces (you can buy ready made frozen pack in Indian grocery stores).
Golden Touch Preparation [1 hour 30 mins]:
- Heat Oil in a non-stick pan, sauté Coconut pieces for 2 mins till light golden brown. Using a slotted spoon, strain it out to a plate.
- Add Garlic and sauté for 1 min., this lends a fine Garlicky flavour and aroma to the Oil.
- Add Onion, Chilli, Ginger and Salt, sauté for about 10 mins till soft and mushy.
- Now add the Tomatoes and sauté for another 10 mins till soft and mushy.
- Meanwhile in a separate non-stick pan take all ingredients under the 'dry roast', and sauté for about 2 mins on medium flame, while stirring frequently, till you can smell the ingredients. Be careful not to burn the ingredients, as it will taste bitter. Add this to the above and mix well.
- Add Chicken pieces, Curry Leaves, Coconut, Water and mix well.
- Transfer to an earthen pot.
- Bring to boil. Simmer** for 90 mins till the flesh peels of on its own.
In another non-stick pan heat 1 tbsp Coconut Oil, add Shallots and Curry Leaves, sauté for 2 mins, pour on the Curry and serve hot with mashed Kappa (Tapioca) or Brown Rice.
*Reference – BBC Good Food
**Simmering – This is a technique were foods are brought to boiling point and reducing heat to a point were the formation of bubbles has ceased. Simmering prevents meats from toughening or breaking as it gets a gentler treatment.
How long to Simmer to cook Chicken?
1 – 2 kilos of Chicken for around 60 to 75 minutes, with the aim of reaching an internal temperature of 1650F / 750C for the meat. A simple food thermometer costs as little as £4, help you gauge the food temperature.
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What its about: If passed, Sycamore Township will set up a Joint Economic Development Zone with Deer Park.
What it would do: This will be Sycamores fourth JEDZ, and will include the west side of the Kenwood Towne Center. Businesses and employees in the JEDZ will be required to pay municipal taxes.
How things are now: There is no municipal tax placed on employees working for businesses on the west side of the Kenwood Towne Center.
How much it will cost: An earnings tax of 0.75 percent will be placed on employees in the JEDZ.
Argument for: Its a way of increasing revenue for the city and township without raising property taxes, and the rate is relatively low.
Argument against: Employees working in the JEDZ will have to pay extra taxes.
Whos for it: All three trustees support the JEDZ.
Whos against it: No organization appears to have mobilized against this measure.


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