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And I'm proud of it.
Still, the kind of women's fiction that was lumped under the catch-all "chick lit" in the late '90s/early '00s was not what I expected. Because of the disdainful way the term has generally been uttered in recent memory, I assumed it was meant to connote a pretty particular thing: Lite stories about women looking for true love in the big city, usually with pink covers involving some kind of high heel (which is not to say that some of those books aren't great, just that they're the kind of books that critics look down on). But in fact, writers whom I've always considered highbrow, or at least middlebrow—Lucinda Rosenfeld (whose fiction has appeared in the New Yorker, for chrissakes), Kate Christensen, Amy Sohn, Tama Janowitz—all of these women were called chick-lit authors during that time period.
The more I learned and thought about the term chick lit, the less it bothered me. The shorthand seemed to mean "any book written by a woman" rather than "total junk not worth the paper it's printed on." What's more, publishers tend to market a book as women's fiction so that they can really sell it: Some stats show that fiction readers are somewhere between 75 and 80 percent female, and certainly the recent dominance of romance novel juggernaut Fifty Shades of Grey confirms that women are generally the ones buying novels in droves.
A potentially big audience and a marketing niche—so why did I blanch? Maybe because I knew that publishing a novel deemed "chick lit" would automatically put it into a box for book critics—whose praise (or at least attention) is admittedly something an author wants. . Book reviews in newspapers and magazines are on the decline, so books of all genres are fighting for an increasingly small amount of critical space. Particularly since this is my first novel, any mainstream media reviews would help tremendously.
To be clear, I don't expect my book to garner anywhere near Franzen-level attention—we're not in the same stratosphere. But, to compare apples to apples, why, for instance, was a series like Twilight so much more critically derided than Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy? Both sets are huge best-sellers, and both are horribly written (unless you like elaborate, repetitive descriptions of sandwiches). But Larsson's were never painted as embarrassing, pathetic props for bored housewives (or their husbands). Larsson's weren't sneered at by the critical class the way that popular books in women specific genres tend to be.*
I guess the point is that I'm not ashamed to have written chick-lit. I'm nervous about what that means for the book's reception. But if genres where women tend to cluster are looked down upon, the best thing I can do as a new female novelist is to be proud of the company I'm in.
Back to Eugenides' interview with Salon, in which he seems to be making the argument that writers like Picoult and Weiner are asking for too much by requesting that women's genre fiction be treated as remotely worthy by critics. One thing he doesn't appear to consider: If chick lit is speaking to the experiences of over three quarters of the market, maybe the balance isn't quite right yet.
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May 4, 2005
DHEA is the most abundant hormone in the human body. Blood levels peak in early adulthood, around age 20, and then decline greatly during the human lifespan, falling by about 80% in the elderly. Blood levels also decline in many illnesses. Human studies of DHEA supplementation to restore normal levels are promising; for example, a recent small but careful study, not in persons with HIV, found that DHEA was an effective treatment for midlife-onset major and minor depression in both men and women.1
But there has never been a large, long-term, placebo-controlled trial -- and most doctors want more information before accepting DHEA treatment in standard medical practice. No one is expecting such a trial, because DHEA has long been used so it cannot be patented; therefore no pharmaceutical company will pay for the research, because it could not recoup its investment later by charging monopoly prices. (Governments or nonprofit organizations can in theory develop drugs, but the U.S. system does not encourage that -- and other countries spend far less than the U.S. on medical research overall.) Meanwhile, DHEA has been sold over the counter in U.S. drugstores and health-food stores for years. It is used mostly by the elderly, and by others whose blood level is low. Standard tests for blood levels are routinely available to doctors.
DHEA is chemically an anabolic steroid (in the body it is changed to androstenedione, famous for use by baseball players and other athletes, which in turn is changed into testosterone). But DHEA has not been used by bodybuilders, probably because it is not effective for that purpose; most healthy young people have plenty of DHEA already, and indications are that supplementation helps only by correcting a deficiency, bringing DHEA blood levels into the upper part of the normal range.
Recently Congress passed a law to prohibit androstenedione and other substances that can turn into testosterone or similar steroids in the body; the ban took effect on January 20, 2005. It regulates those substances as anabolic steroids under the control of the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration). If DHEA had been included, no one in the U.S. could use it, not even with a doctor's prescription. What saved DHEA in this country was the work of Senator Orrin Hatch (Republican of Utah), who refused to support the bill unless DHEA was exempted, and a few others including Senator Tom Harkin (Democrat of Iowa).
The AIDS community, like almost all of the public, was not involved when this legislation was going through Congress, probably because we did not know about it. According to members of Congress quoted in a recent article in The New York Times,2 the only opposition to banning DHEA came from the supplements industry -- while members of Congress who wanted to leave DHEA on the market did not see any significant opposition to doing so.
What happened here is that a substance with potential uses in HIV, aging, depression, and other conditions was almost banned incidentally, just because it is chemically a steroid, even though it has not been used for bodybuilding. DHEA has not had the systematic research necessary to develop a drug because it is unpatentable, and therefore could not be sold at high prices. Control by the DEA would have made the research far more difficult, by demonizing the drug before new studies were conceived or conducted; look at the barriers today to studies of medical marijuana. Law enforcement does not welcome new medical information that would challenge existing drug-control policy -- and often can block the research that could lead to such discoveries.
One reason DHEA is important is that depression is such a major problem worldwide (note reference1 below). Most people do not have access to expensive psychiatric and pharmaceutical care -- and will not, due to increasing economic inequality, and high prices of patented drugs even in poor countries. A self-help, evidence-based movement using lifestyle changes including stress reduction, meditation, prayer, social support, diet, exercise, sleep improvement, and nutritional supplements could be available to all social classes, helping people safely prevent or reduce depression and other problems as well, and get control of their lives again. Such a movement could search for and document what might be called "lucky remedies" -- safe, inexpensive, easy-to-try approaches that do not work for most people but make all the difference for a few (for one friend of mine, it's fish oil; for another, a white-noise generator to use at night). Organized medicine largely ignores treatments with unknown mechanisms and no way to predict who could benefit; but individuals can work from a list and try them arbitrarily, looking for any that clearly help them. Many who could afford expensive medical care might also benefit greatly. Especially after the new depression findings,1 a ban on DHEA would be a serious loss to such a grassroots effort.
At this time we do not know how much threat to DHEA remains. Congress often decides crucial measures in secret, passing provisions into law that even most of its own members do not know are there. This is done so that one faction, sometimes only a handful of people, can impose its will in private without debate, writing national law before others know what is at stake. The recent New York Times article2 is a frightening portrait of arrogance -- people tempermentally disposed to ban, with no compunction about practicing medicine for 293,000,000 people -- trying to take away their autonomy without regard for individual circumstances, and without even analyzing the costs vs. benefits of doing so.
What is most disturbing is how little public awareness and opposition developed in 2004 when the law was written and passed. As many have said, "The price of liberty is eternal vigilance." We cannot rely on the supplements industry, or on a handful of people, to protect legitimate medicine and research from being banned in the war on drugs.
This study at the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health concluded, "We find DHEA to be an effective treatment for midlife-onset major and minor depression" [quote from the abstract]. It compared six weeks of DHEA treatment with six weeks of placebo. It used two doses, 90 mg per day for three weeks and 450 mg per day for the next three weeks, and could not confirm that either dose was better than the other. This study measured baseline DHEA blood levels in order to record the change due to supplementation, but apparently did not screen patients or reject anybody on the basis of that baseline test. Total testosterone decreased for men and increased for women with DHEA treatment, but the change was not statistically significant. Free testosterone increased significantly (for men from 42.5 to 49.9 pg/mL after six weeks of DHEA treatment, for women from 2.3 to 14.1; we are unclear on the interpretation of the statistics, since only one p value is given for free testosterone overall). Most studies report no testosterone increase in men given DHEA.
Fifty two volunteers were randomized, and 46 completed the trial, 23 men and 23 women. For ethical reasons this study excluded persons with major depression of more than moderate severity, those who were suicidal, and those who were judged to need immediate treatment, so it does not provide information about the most seriously depressed. Of the 28 volunteers with major depression who completed the study, 43% were classified as responders -- compared with 61% of the 18 volunteers with minor depression. (This trial used a crossover design, so every volunteer had 3 weeks of DHEA and 3 weeks of placebo.) In this study the authors could not predict who would benefit, either from baseline blood levels or otherwise.
This small but well-conducted trial built on previous work suggesting that DHEA is effective for treating depression in some people. Half of the volunteers responded -- about the same response rate patients get with the first prescription antidepressant they try.
Almost certainly this and most other research would never have been conducted if DHEA had been banned and were in the news primarily for drug raids, arrests, and trials.
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26918 Views Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … Next 192 Replies Latest reply: Nov 11, 2008 5:12 PM by Lokesh Nara Go to original post
jkottke Dec 1, 2006 8:47 AM
in response to George HaritonidisJust to add to the discussion, I've been experiencing this problem with my 15" 1.67 GHz Powerbook as well. Cmd-tab and poof...nothing works except for the mouse. (Two other people in my office have this problem as well, one has a 17" MBP and the other a black MB.) It happens every few weeks or so (first instance occurred 2-3 weeks after I bought it), but has happened 3 times in the last two days, prompting me to try and track down the problem, which led me here.
I bought this computer about 3-4 weeks before the MacBook Pros came out (mid-Dec), so it's not a chip problem but it could be another piece of hardware that they just recently started putting in them...like a graphics card maybe?
Ethanee Dec 1, 2006 9:10 AM
in response to jkottkeLike Ian, I am starting to think this could be a bug in the graphics library, it looks like an exception occurred that wasn't handled very well. I don't know how reliable the hardware test is, but I think that should eliminate problems with the graphics card. Perhaps the next step is to find some way of reliably replicating it, for instance one might write a simple program that keeps keying in cmd-tab, cycling through all the open windows. I don't know how or if that's possible, but if so, hopefully that will cause the bug to appear much faster. Then someone can bring it to Apple and duplicate the problem before them.
Btw, I guess there must have been people who submitted bug reports? Is that via the same feedback channel at
Erin Dalzell Dec 1, 2006 10:35 AM
in response to EthaneeJust for sh*ts and giggles, I wonder what happens if you use a different cmd-tab switching program, like Proteron's LiteSwitchX (http://proteron.com/liteswitchx/)? I have been using it for years with no problems and I am currently running it on my white MB running 10.4.8.
Ian Searle Dec 1, 2006 10:39 AM
in response to Erin DalzellI have tried not using cmd-tab. Though, I failed at not using it at all (old habits die hard). I was able to substantially reduce my usage of cmd-tab and still ran into the problem.
I'll give liteswitchx a try.
L.E. Kun Dec 1, 2006 12:06 PM
in response to Ian SearleJust to add: this happens on my MacBook CD. It started happening frequently and I reinstalled and then it didn't happen for a while. Now it happens infrequently.
I echo much of what has been said: Often happens on cmd-tab switch, but other than that, no other common denominators. I don't have any haxies or low level system software (like a fan control program installed). I don't even have CoreDuoTemp installed.
I had heard it was a hard drive failure. That your hard drive is parked and when you command-tab it goes to rev up and doesn't – hence the freeze except the mouse.
To be clear, for me everything is frozen on screen except the mouse.
Erin Dalzell Dec 1, 2006 12:19 PM
in response to Ian SearleLiteSwitchX allows one to use cmd-tab. I too, am addicted to it.
cameronfactor Dec 1, 2006 4:25 PM
in response to George HaritonidisI've had this same problem on and off with different models since the G4. I posted about it a year and a half ago:
It hasn't happened on every rev of the OS or every model I've had, but I have had the problem occur on multiple machines (and the comments show that many other people have as well).
Ian Searle Dec 1, 2006 4:56 PM
in response to cameronfactorWow, thanks for posting that link. I had that problem on an older 15" Powerbook Ti model. But, I don't think this is the problem we are discussing herein. That is, when the keyboard freezes, you can still use the mouse to quit applications and logout. But, with this freeze, the mouse moves, but clicking and moving operations don't do anything. Also, I've tried cmd-opt-esc (force-quit) when the freeze happens and nothing.
But, I'm sure glad to read your post on the keyboard freeze. If that ever happens, I'll know how to recover without logging out or rebooting. Thanks!
Nick2005 Dec 5, 2006 11:03 AM
in response to George HaritonidisLike some others who responded to your post, I'm experiencing the same problem. I've had the system (MacBook Pro, 17", C2D) for almost a week, and during that time, I've had 5 of these lockups/hangs.
Just to reiterate the details:
When the machine "hangs", I can move the mouse, but nothing responds when I click on it.
When listening to music with iTunes, the music continues even while the machine is "hung".
While the machine is "hung", I can SSH into it (suggested by another poster). Furthermore, I can then "kill" the WindowServer, which causes the machine to return to the login window (suggested by that same poster). Once at the login screen, I can log in and continue to use the machine without restarting.
In an attempt to fix the problem, I've
- reformatted the system (with the "zero" option),
- reset the PMU, and
- reset the System Management Controller.
These steps haven't fixed the problem.
In an attempt to diagnose the problem, I've
- run Apple's diagnostics several times,
- run Disk Utility to repair permission/disk more times than I can count, and
- run the full suite of tests from TechTool Pro.
Nothing turns up a hardware problem.
So now the question becomes:
How do we get Apple's attention re: this issue?
I called the other day and spoke with a technician -- Kevin. He told me that "Mac OS X has no bugs in the general operating system." I laughed. I'm not saying that this problem is necessarily a software bug, but his claim is rediculous. With that kind of attitude, how do the OS developers ever receive bug reports? After speaking with a supervisor --Harley-- I received a similarly rediculous response.
Maybe posting these details in this forum will help? We'll see.
MacBook Pro 17" (C2D) Mac OS X (10.4.8)
George Haritonidis Dec 5, 2006 3:54 PM
in response to Nick2005Excellent post Nick, and thanks for posting your findings.
The killing of windowserver is an interesting point, I guess this wouldn't 'harm' the machine as much as turning the machine off and on again without it being able to shut down properly.
I am having exactly the same issue and symptoms as you -- this is a little bit of relief for me, as I know now that it is an issue with these machines. Also it must be something fundamental, as both the 15" and 17" MBP and one occurance of it happening on a Core Duo (I think? earlier in this thread) has occurred.
Are you command-tabbing into an app when the machine hangs? Either when you first initiate the keyboard command, or when you let the keys go? What video card is in your MBP? There are some clues that this hanging is due to CoreGraphics, however whether it's hardware or software issues that are causing this is still unknown, unfortunately.
Nick2005 Dec 5, 2006 6:08 PM
in response to George HaritonidisThe problem occurred
(a) three times while importing my music library (~3500 songs) into iTunes via its "Add to Library..." option in the "File" menu,
(b) once immediately after pressing command-space to use Spotlight (the search box was fading in when it hung), and
(c) once moments after starting my system and signing in (I don't recall the particular task).
I seemed to be able to repeat the problem during the iTunes import. (To finally import my whole library, I imported batches of 500 or so songs, because it hung every time I tried my whole collection.) At that time, I had never tried SSHing to the "hung" machine...
For the fun of it, here's what I'll do:
(a) remove all of the songs from my iTunes library and
(b) attempt to import them again in one big batch.
It seems like a long shot (I wonder whether it's a different problem?), but it's worth a try. If it hangs, I'll try SSHing to the machine and if that works killing the WindowServer.
I'll post my results as soon as I have them.
To answer your question, my graphics card is the ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 (256 MB).
MacBook Pro 17" (C2D) Mac OS X (10.4.8)
Nick2005 Dec 5, 2006 6:42 PM
in response to Nick2005It looks like I'm experiencing two types of freezing (aren't I lucky).
The iTunes locking is reproducible (I just reproduced it for the fourth time) but different than the other two instances of locking.
For the iTunes locking, my HD essentially stops. I can move the cursor and select programs on the dock. The selected programs bounce but refuse to load; apparently nothing can access the HD (i.e., no clicking). I tried SSHing to the machine but it wouldn't work. Interestingly enough, I could still ping the machine (which makes sense, since it shouldn't require any HD access).
For the iTunes locking, I will bring my computer into an authorized service centre, reproduce the problem, and probably get the HD replaced.
We still have the apparently separate issue of non-HD related hanging...
MacBook Pro 17" (C2D) Mac OS X (10.4.8)
George Haritonidis Dec 7, 2006 11:00 PM
in response to Nick2005Okay, this has just occurred again.
This time I only had about 4-5 apps open, and I was command-tabbing into Mail.app when the machine locked up. My mouse pointer was still the link 'glove' when you hover your pointer over a hyperlink in Safari. I also had my backlit on, I obviously couldn't adjust the brightness or to turn it off through the keyboard (and obviously through the OS).
I cold started, and then started to examine if there are any extra clues that I could pick up this time. I may have come across something though, but I am not sure if it is coincidence or not.
I usually have my MacBook Pro on my desk sitting on an iCurve and hooked up to a 17" Hyundai flat panel display and use an Apple wireless keyboard and wireless mouse to interact with the computer. Sometimes however I like to go portable, so I disconnect my Hyundai LCD and yank all the other cables out and move around with the machine.
I have timestamps of that CoreGraphics error that correlate to a similar time that I'm guessing occurred when I removed the DVI connection to my LCD secondary display -- ie. my theory is, yank out the secondary display from the machine, and maybe these errors may appear in system.log. Do a command-tab after that (or maybe some time after those errors display) and the machine hangs.
This is a theory, I haven't actually tried it yet. I'll give it a shot after I have written this post, I wanted to post my thoughts and speculation here first.
I guess the question I can ask the other people who are experiencing this problem is -- do any of you use a secondary display? Either have it hooked to a TV via composite/S-Video, VGA or DVI connection to a secondary monitor and use desktop spanning. This is how my set up is, and it would be very interesting if all of you (or even some) have a similar set up to mine.
So here goes -- going to try and force this hang to occur again. See you guys on the other side.
15" MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo 2.16GHz, 15" PowerBook G4 1.67GHz Mac OS X (10.4.8)
George Haritonidis Dec 7, 2006 11:11 PM
in response to George HaritonidisOK so I plugged in my external monitor into my DVI port with Console.app open, and as soon as the displays refreshed, I got the CoreGraphics buffer errors instantly show up in system.log.
I started repeatedly command-tabbing from Finder to Console.app and back again. After 2 minutes of doing this, the machine hung with the bezel still on the screen.
I guess I have found out how these errors occurred, and they seem to have a strong correlation to CoreGraphics and some buffer overflow. I don't know why these occur though.
Could anyone who doesn't mind using their machine as a guinea pig try the following experiment on their own machines so that we know that this isn't a one-off? Then perhaps we could contact Apple through a bug reporting site or something and hopefully get their attention.
I never got this problem with my PowerBook by the way, I used to be able to connect and disconnect my screen at whim (desktop spanning mode) without any ill effects. Is this supposed to be different with the MacBook Pro, or is it suggested that this is a wrong thing to do from Apple?
George Haritonidis Dec 7, 2006 11:43 PM
in response to George HaritonidisSorry, my post may seem a little muddled -- I was quite excited when I found out how this is happening.
"I guess I have found out how these errors occurred, and they seem to have a strong correlation to CoreGraphics and some buffer overflow."
What I meant was that there seems to be a strong correlation between desktop spanning (plugging in and out a second monitor) and CoreGraphics buffer errors.
Then these errors somehow reach a saturation point during command-tabbing that will lock a machine up.
I'm hoping that other people that reported the same symptoms are using secondary monitors in desktop spanning mode. If so, then we have found the root of our problem.
-- George


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Welcome back to the kitchen. For many Americans, this is an exciting
time. In fact, we are approaching what I would consider the holiest day of the year. A day when the most of us are
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What else brings more of us together, unifies us,
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And this is no high falutin' day of caviar and crudités.
No sir, we are talking football food, greasy, hearty, stick to your ribs mane fare. The kind of stuff you want to
make sure is consumed in areas with plenty of good ventilation, should eating it lead to an inevitable case of
the… vapors (shall we say?).
Super Bowl Sunday is a great opportunity to take a
normal unhealthy snack food and put it on a pedestal of perfection. It is a day when chili replaces bouillabaisse,
when chicken wings sideswipe squab, when burgers best filet mignon. This is a day for comfort food.
/> Of course, there are many definitions of this. But I know of one ingredient that has been
known to make even the skinniest vegan drool with anticipation. It is known as a gateway meat. I'm talking,
of course, about bacon. Smokey, crispy, fatty, and just absolutely awesome; bacon is king.
/> So this year I'm thinking of a fun presentation for Super Bowl snacks. Why not bake off
a big bunch of little bacon cups? Bacon cups? Yup, bacon cups! Or mini bacon bowls, I suppose. These are really
pretty easy, and they are an awesome way to serve food.
Basically all we need is a bunch
of bacon, maybe 2 packages, and a muffin tin or two, plus a large baking sheet. Ideally we want a small muffin cup
size, but not as small as mini muffins because bacon shrinks when cooked and those would end up too small. But
neither do we want the gigantic oversized commercial muffin sized cup. Medium small is what we are looking for.
/> The technique of weaving a bacon bowl takes a little bit of practice, but it is also pretty
forgiving. We are going to flip the muffin tins over and use the backs of the cups as a mold for our bacon cups. I
like to start with a half slice of bacon draped over he center of the cup, then another half piece crossing that,
then finally a piece wrapped around those two on what will be the lip of the bacon bowl.
Depending on the size of your muffin tin, you might actually be able to weave a little bowl, alternating strip
layers. It is a little hard to describe without showing, but basically you want to wrap or weave the pieces over
the muffin tin mold so there are no gaps or holes. The bacon really will fuse together in the oven.
/> Place the bacon wrapped upside down muffin tins onto the baking sheet, so it can catch the
fat that runs off. Put that into a preheated 400 degree oven and bake for about 15 minutes, or until they are nice
and crisply cooked to your liking, but of course not burned. Carefully pull the pans out of the oven, watching out
for hot grease. Let the cups cool a bit, and then pop them off to cool a bit more and drain on paper towels. And
would you look at that? You've got mini bacon bowls!
What would be good served in a
mini bacon cup, you ask? If I could reach through the radio I'd grab you excitedly by your lapel and shout
gleefully into your face, "Everything!" Truly, I challenge you to think of a food that would not be
more delicious were it served in a container made of crispy bacon goodness.
How about
pulled pork and coleslaw shooters with spicy barbecue sauce? How about little scoops of eggy potato salad or even
some chicken salad with grapes and celery? Yes, bacon would go great with those! I would even be so bold as to
suggest a little bed of a sweet cornbread chunk topped with some maple pecan ice cream and a little drizzle of
maple syrup. Served in a bacon cup, you've got maybe the best mini sundae ever made.
I was even considering something like a reverse shepherd's pie, with garlicky mashed potatoes layered in the
bacon cup first, then some seasoned ground beef and sautéed veggies, some corn and gravy on top. Or skip
the beef and make a loaded mashed potato bacon cup with sour cream, chives, and cheddar mashed potatoes inside. Or
got the breakfast root and layer in some cheesy scrambled eggs. Or, what the hell, I would even happily eat a
melon-based fruit salad served in bacon.
What I'm trying to convince you is that
almost no matter what you put in a cup made of bacon, it will be an instant hit at your Super Bowl party, or any
other snacking opportunity.
Because the Super Bowl itself it is such a long and bloated
affair, I'm thinking that snacks and munchies are the right way to go, so we can easily grab some food with
one hand, leaving the other free to wave a fist at an offending play or grab a nearby can of beer.
/> So this time around I'm going to fill my bacon cups with dip, and set out a number of
dipping options to go along. In truth a bacon cup is nowhere near watertight, no matter how well you've
woven it together. So thicker dips definitely work better here.
Probably my favorite dip
of all time is classically creamy, tangy guacamole. I also happen to adore the interplay between bacon and
avocados. We can make up little individual bacon guacamole cups and serve them with nachos or regular tortilla
chips. Of course, some spicy chicken strips would be awesome too!
/> So for Perfect Guacamole, we'll need:
-3 or 4 ripe,
medium sized avocados, pitted and peeled
-1 roma tomato, diced
or 2 green onions, white end discarded, sliced fine
-about 1 cup fresh cilantro leaves,
tender stems included, chopped fine
-the juice of 1 lime (plus more to taste if lime is
-pinch of salt to taste
Cut the avocados
in half the long way and hack a chef's knife into the pit at an angle, to easily lift it out. Slice the
flesh into sections and scoop it all out of the skin into a medium bowl.
Mash the avocados
with a fork until they are creamy, then stir in the rest of the ingredients. You can of course add more tomato or
onion if that is to your liking, and I find you really can't overdo the cilantro. If it tastes kind of flat,
add more lime and/or salt to your guacamole. Otherwise, just keep it simple and use nice, ripe avocados.
Well, one dip down, that was easy! What goes great with chips
and guacamole (and bacon cups)? How about nacho cheese sauce? Did you wrinkle up your nose at that one, thinking
of the glue-like neon yellow cheese with a Z nacho cheese you've eaten at movie theaters or sad seven
elevens? Well, I can't blame you if you are repulsed. The common nacho cheese really shouldn't even be
allowed to bear that name.
But we will make up a nice, thick, creamy cheddar cheese sauce
with some nice smokey hotness and some diced sweet peppers. I promise, this will wipe away all your bad memories
of nacho cheeze with a Z.
If you've ever made homemade macaroni and cheese, this
sauce or dip is made basically the same way.
For our Homemade Nacho Cheese Sauce
we'll need:
-2 tbsp. butter
-2 tbsp flour
/> -1 cup milk
-1 cup grated cheddar cheese
tsp salt
-about 1 tsp canned chipotle peppers in sauce (more or less to taste, chop up
solid pepper chunks if needed)
-1/2 cup finely diced sweet red
Some recipes add some cream cheese and Monterey jack,
some use cornstarch instead of flour, some add chili powder and paprika. These are all fine additions, but I think
the basic version we have will work fine, and the smoked chipotle will add lots of spicy flavor.
/> Start by melting the butter in a small saucepan over a low heat. Next mix in the flour and
stir with a wire whisk until it is well combined with the melted butter. Slowly pour in the milk and stir
continuously until the flour thickens. Next add the grated cheddar cheese and a pinch of salt. Stir continuously
until the cheese is thoroughly melted. Whisk gently until all these ingredients are well combined and the sauce is
nice and thick. Finally, add in the chipotle pepper and diced bell pepper and stir everything together well.
Remove the nacho cheese saucepan from the heat.
Now, you definitely want to serve a cheese
sauce like this warm, but I find that f it is too hot it will run out of the bacon cups. So you can try to wait a
bit before dishing it out. Another solution is to line each bacon cup with a little piece of cabbage or lettuce,
to keep the sauce in.
Serve the nacho cheese sauce along with corn chips and the guacamole
cups. Of course, there are plenty of other things besides chips that go well with a tangy, spicy cheese sauce.
I'm sure you can figure out some other interesting accompaniments.
/> I'm going to arrange these guacamole and spicy nacho cheese bacon cups on a platter
with a big bowl of tortilla chips. I'm going to sprinkle on some extra chopped cilantro and green onions for
a garnish, and if I'm feeling particularly fancy I'll also hang a little wedge of lime off the edge of
each bacon cup. Beautiful, and awesome!
I'm also considering making up some thick
yogurt based ranch dip or maybe some blue cheese to serve along with plenty of sliced veggies for dipping. But we
are running out of time for today. Plus, with crispy cups of bacon filled with guacamole and home made cheese
sauce staring me in the face, I'm a little distracted.
Go team! I'll be in
the other room refilling my plate. I hope this little Super Bowl snack idea has you thinking of interesting twists
on the classics. Sometimes it just takes an interesting presentation to snazzy up an old standby.
/> So there you have it. May your Super Bowl be fun and filled with great food, may you avoid
indigestion and hangover, oh yeah, and I suppose I hope the sporting event is entertaining as well.
/> I'd love to hear your best Super Bowl food ideas, or your favorite crazy uses for
bacon. Send me any questions or comments to email@example.com. Cooking local in the KOHO Kitchen, I'm
Isaac Kaplan-Woolner.


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Terry Quinn in the Journal of Music laments (via Utne Reader) that people don't sing as much as they used to:
"Perhaps singing has been taken for granted. It doesn't require money, and, unlike instrumental ability, which we generally consider can be learned through practice, we often presume that you either have a voice or you don't."
For all the talk of tone-deafness, Quinn correctly points out that very few people are truly tone deaf. According to a study in the Journal of Neuroscience, about 10 percent of the population is tone deaf. Another figure I've seen puts the figure at 5 percent. Most of the time, the difference between a good sense of pitch and a bad one is practice.
He also mourns the loss of the sing-along at parties, weddings and even family lunches. Much has been made of physical and psychological benefits of singing - it boosts the immune system, stimulates ciculation, improves posture, eases depression and releases pain-relieving endorphins.
Quinn, however, doesn't bring up Karaoke. While it's been a while since I've been at a gathering that ended in a sing-along around the piano, the breaking out of the Karaoke machine is actully pretty common. Everyone groans at first, but then everyone gets into it. But does it have the same benefits as communal singing?
Anne Karpf, author of the Human Voice, had In a nice essay in The Independent a couple months ago Anne Karpf, author of The Human Voice, had this to say about it:
...Recent studies have found that karaoke singing brings some of the same benefits as singing in a choir and shouldn't just be a guilty pleasure. Regular karaoke performers form bonds, just like choir members, and gain confidence from singing out: they literally gain a voice. And I can personally testify that singing on the football terraces gives you a sense of belonging like no other.


text: Starseed Pilgrim will challenge your videogame literacy Gaming 23 April 13 by Ryan Rigney Starseed Pilgrim is a game for the thinking man. Prepare your brain for a challenge.Screenshot Starseed Pilgrim, one of five nominees for the "Excellence in Design" award at the 2013 Independent Games Festival, is now on Steam for £4.49, and is compatible with both Windows PCs and Macs.Heads up: if you prefer your entertainment to be undemanding and relaxing, Starseed Pilgrim is not your game. It is an interactive riddle, an almost Joycean puzzle.By that I mean that the game's main appeal is figuring out how it actually works. You must do this on your own, with no help from outsiders or the game itself. The tutorial consists of scant poetic scribblings informing you to "plant seeds to find your way home," and from there it's up to you to fiddle around with the mechanics and make careful observations.From this point will follow a series of surprising revelations. You will discover how and why the world sometimes flips into an alternate dimension. After planting numerous coloured seeds, you will develop strategies to navigate carefully. Every piece in the puzzle has a specific meaning, and only through thoughtful play will you decode it.But if you don't think deeply and watch carefully while playing Starseed Pilgrim, you will spend most of your time floundering. The game withholds any helping hand, even if you run into the same wall a hundred times. There is, of course, more to say about Starseed Pilgrim than "boy, it sure is hard." Some have compared playing the game to the act of writing, for instance.The game's designer, 21-year-old Toronto native Alexander Martin, tells Wired.com that "the joy of discovery" is a major theme of the game. "Create systems that are interesting to explore, and people will get more out of their own learning than any tutorial would ever give them," he said in an email.So far, very few people have given Martin's creation proper exploration. He tells me that before the game was added to Steam on Wednesday, it had only sold around 1,000 copies. It is his best-selling game to date (he has created many others).There is a concept -- "videogame literacy" -- which Starseed Pilgrim reminds me of. I'm referring to the difference in ability between someone who has played hardcore shooters all of their life, and one who picks up a controller and is entirely unable to navigate even the simplest of 3D worlds.That person, who still equates videogames with Mario and maybe that terrible Grand Theft Auto, soon becomes frustrated by their inability to function on a basic level inside a videogame. Like a child struggling with spelling words, they are disheartened and want to give up.A wonderful video of a 90-year-old woman using an Oculus Rift VR headset made the rounds recently. It is probably one of the most powerful examples in recent memory of how emerging technology can continue to amaze members of the human race.And yet, in that video, the grandmother isn't actually controlling her own movement. Somebody else is doing it for her. We understand without any explanation that it's because old people have no idea how to navigate videogames. But isn't that sad? Shouldn't everybody be able to navigate them, so they can fully enjoy the incredible experiences that are being produced by today's creative minds? Is videogame literacy too difficult a skill to achieve for some?Playing Starseed Pilgrim is like getting a taste of what it's like to play as a videogame-illiterate person. It's confusing and off-putting if you're coming in expecting to be able to consume the content without a struggle.Most videogames don't make us struggle. Perhaps it's a good thing that Starseed Pilgrim does. This story originally appeared on Wired.com Edited by Kadhim Shubber Latest on wired.co.uk


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after we tear down all of c
& b's billboards, we should kidnap them and make them
fight each other to the death. it would be so great to see
those guys personally injure each other, over and over with
tire irons.
Dear Josh,
Somehow we think theyd
be able to figure out a way to get rich by suing each other
over it.
Dear whoever you are,
#1 buffalo beast.com
I must admit that after reading
your 50 diatribes eviscerating some of America's pundits and
celebrities alike, that I had to force a few chuckles. Ridiculing
circus freaks like Michael Jackson works in this instance
because he is bizarro slime. But your unmerciful, rabid siege
on some well-meaning luminaries demonstrates your level of
hubris and lack of understanding for our society. If you're
not Americans, which by your blind, uninformed attack on our
system I assume you're not, why don't you move away. If this
places is the steaming mound of feces - i.e. #3 on the list
YOU - you portray it to be, leave. Move to Canada, as many
people have wanted to do since the coronation of President
Bush. Enjoy giving away 80 percent of your taxes and freezing
your asses off with a cadre of festering herds lamenting the
end of a silly sport on ice. You call Tom Delay a misanthrope,
but perhaps it is you.
Smoking Gun: Wanton, unwarranted,
judgmental assault on the United States and its leaders and
Punishment: Tied to the ground
and stampeded by every one of the 300 million Americans trotting
this great country.
Guillaume Doane, Santa Barbara,
Dear Guillaume,
If you can convince Canada
to take us, we are so there. Thats the funny thing about
the "love it or leave it" ultimatum: in fact, none of the
numerous countries that are clearly better places to live
than America are willing to accept American emigrants. Perhaps
its because were so great. You call Tom Delay a "well-meaning
luminary," and were uninformed? Were glad youre so happy
with the way things are going around here. Congratulations
on being the 1,000th person to send us an angry,
amateurish diatribe against us in the form of a "Most Loathsome"
My name is Tom Samstag and
I am an editor of Gracies Dinnertime Theatre, a weekly magazine
of satire, literature, art and poetry operated out of Rochester
Institute of Technology. On a road trip to Niagara last weekend,
we saw The Beast in a newsstand and had to jump out of the
car to grab a copy for each of us. Needless to say, I found
it to be absolutely beautiful. Please reply with any information
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-Tom Samstag
Dear Tom,
Its big of you to acknowledge
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and dont mind the FBI having your credit card number. No
longer will you need to complain about our stoner delivery
guys or sluggish website!
Dear Matt...excellent, insightful,
moving piece about HST versus Buckley. There is amusing film
footage, somewhere, of Buckley "debating" Gore Vidal in the
60's and the only riposte Buck manages to Vidal's withering,
accurate bon mot (calling Buckley a "crypto-Nazi") is to splutteringly
label Vidal a fag.
Clever, no?
Buckley isn't/wasn't fit to
lick the sweat of Thompson's balls. Anyone who has read them
both knows the real story.
Great paper, keep up the horrid
Dear Seanman,
We hear Thompsons ball-sweat
sells on the street for about $400 a gram.
I didn't read your article
in the Buffalo Beast because I couldn't get beyond the picture
on the cover with the headline "Schiavo... America's Favorite
Vegetable." How would you like it if that was your mother?
Or sister? Shame on you.
It's no wonder your paper is
free. Who would buy it?!?!
Lisa Lickfield
Dear Ms. Lickfield,
Were glad you asked, Lisa!
Scores of people are making the wise and respected choice
to subscribe to the Beast. Nothing tells visitors to your
home "I dont give a fuck about your religious bullshit" like
a copy of the Beast on your coffee table. Success and prestige
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I have a copy of your 3/23-4/6
rag sheet with Terry Schiavo's pic on the cover. you ought
to be embarrassed to put your name on this piece of crap and
ashamed of yourself for being such an uncaring individual.
I never saw or heard of this publication before and believe
me I will never pick it up again. this is "journalism" at
its lowest. may you have nothing but bad luck - perhaps you
can be America's next favorite vegetable. what goes around,
comes around sleazebag.
Eileen Keller
Dear Eileen,
We appreciate your thinly
veiled threat. Now remember, when we become vegetables through
your twisted gods sense of karmic justice, you are obligated
to fight with all your might to prevent the termination of
our futile and costly medical care. We thank you in advance.
I absolutely adore your paper.
I moved here from Brooklyn
and I must say the Beast is the only thing in this place that
doesn't suck. I fell in love with your paper the first time
I read it, and I have read it ever since. I loved the article
about the pope notice it's not in capitals like everyone seems
to write it in every article you read. I'm sorry that you
caught such flack about it. People these days seem to have
no sense of humor. You have to laugh at ****.
Keep up the good work.
Dear Avtn,
We find it ironic that in
defending our right to offend readers and expressing sorrow
at the outrage of others, you still cant bring yourself to
type the word "shit."
To the Editors: Instead of
Eminem, you really should have included Kid Rock in you top
50 list for 2004.
Crimes: Continues to remind
us of his trailer-park roots and tell us how hard it is to
be him, while hobnobbing with the Hollywood elite. How many
times do we need to hear about what '70s-era records he listens
to and steals from in his derivative pap? Continues to affect
southern accent even though born and raised in upper mid-West.
Smoking Gun: Endorsed that
fellow zillionaire idiot who affects a southern accent despite
elite roots and connections.
Punishment: Death by a thousand
cuts from the shards of smashed Dixie Chicks CDs.
Hunter Van Valkenburgh
Dear Hunter,
Actually, Eminem was on
the 02 list, but whatever. Kid Rock makes a good entry, also
because of his cheapening the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
ceremony, causing palpable discomfort to show on the faces
of the washed up stars who were forced to tolerate his presence
onstage. Plus he just plain sucks. His brother Chris is hilarious,
though. If these mock "loathsome list" entries keep coming
in at this rate, well be able to put together next years
list without writing any ourselves. Keep it up, wannabes!
Dear Matt 'Dying Pope Basher'
I invite you to have a look
at a sober and objective article on the deteriorating condition
of the pope on www.moscownews.ru entitled "Can Catholicism
Survive without John Paul II?"
Please note the subtle sarcastic
remarks that poke good-natured fun without having to resort
to vile and sadistic comments about the pope's furry breasts
and various unnecessary allusions to decomposing brain material
and baboons, for example. This is not good writing; this is
simple shock-and-awe neoconservative-style tactics, albeit
from a so-called liberal. You should be shot and your dead
corpse dragged around St. Peter's Square while millions of
pilgrims who made the journey just for the occasion throw
animal feces and bad tomatoes at what was once the pathetic
you. You nauseate me, you make me sick.
May an Inquisition rise up
and burn you at a stake in downtown Buffalo while little virgin
girls with rosaries cheer your demise, you loathsome creature
sent from the devil, you.
Robert Bridge, Moscow
Dear Robert,
Were pretty sure that would
draw an even bigger crowd than Pat Benatar. By the way, that
article of yours reads like you cribbed it from Encyclopedia
The word is RELIGERANT. The
Religerants don't get mad at you simply because you're not
about to take them seriously either. You don't exactly argue
the issues with them, do you? That's right. Of course, there's
no issues to argue. I knew you would say that. The perfect
response to bogus pomp is hilarious laughter and satire.
Keep up the good work. Don't
stoop to their level. If you do, you'll get fatal papal poop
right in yer eyeball.
Rick McGirr
Dear Rick,
Oh, youre just being Liberazy.
so i was at the walden galleria
mall in cheektowaga, ny friday night at about 7 pm. they have
these stands set up in the middle of the walkway and one of
them was for Verizon. the salesman and i had a brief exchange
Verizon: hey! do you want a
free phone?
me: yes! (i made my friend
johanna walk over with me and i pointed at one of the phones
in the case) is that one free?
Verizon: no, it's this one
over here.
me: can i look at it?
Verizon: yeah, sure. (he hands
me the phone)
me: this is the one that's
Verizon: yes.
me: thanks!
and i put the phone in my pocket
and walked away. i think he was yelling something about a
service plan at us, but i was too excited about my new free
cell phone to worry about that.
later, i found out the "phone"
was really just a couple of pieces of plastic with some stickers
on it to make it look like a phone! the next chance i get,
i'm going to go back there to complain.
Oooo, you got a sticker
phone! Man, those things are great! They work just like a
cell phone, except they dont ring incessantly and slowly
take over your life. With the sticker phone, you can enjoy
coherent, uninterrupted conversations and peaceful personal
time, and youll never be the jerk at the lecture/play/poetry
reading/quiet restaurant who everyone glares at because he
forgot to put it on vibrate. Dude, if you dont like it, well
totally trade you. Wait, didnt we just talk to you at the
top of the page?
I thoroughly enjoyed Al Uthmann's
piece on Terri Schiavo. I was initially inclined to skip it
since I really don't give a shit about some bulimic who pretty
much killed herself in 1994 trying to fit into tight jeans.
But I enjoyed the angle of the story, the focus on the lack
of tangible facts in the story as presented by the media.
I especially liked the inclusion, whether you were being intentionally
funny or not, of bitching about *journalists* in the *media*
who aren't bothering to dig up the facts and report them.
Of course this bitching was courtesy of a journalist in the
media, irritabilly shaking their fists at their peers for
not doing anything either.
What was the reaction like
in regards to the cover? Were people bummed on it? After the
Pope story scandal, I knew the face of alternative media would
change forever. A funny and little known thing about that
Pope story...
A few weeks ago I sent an email
to Taibbi that read "Hey, the Pope is gonna die soon and I'm
working on a story called "the 100 funniest things about the
Pope's recent death" - i'm stuck at 52, though. any ideas?"
All Matt wrote back was "can
u get any vicodin?" I just wanted to state that for the record.
I'm outty clam chowdy. That new baseball column you got in
this issue looks tight as hell.
-Chris Riordan
Dear Chris,
Yeah, youre right. We shouldnt
expect any more legwork out of multi-billion dollar mainstream
news outlets than we do from struggling alternative biweeklies
with less discretionary cash than is spent at the average
office birthday party. The reaction to the Schiavo cover has
been, shall we say, mixed.
Huzzah for your fifty worst
people. Absolutely brazen, unafraid, bald
sarcasm of the very most ingenious
sort and delightful in every lien.
Whoever wrote that should NOT
be promoted to management, unless they are
Really fun and too true to
be quiet about.
Amos Jessup, San Diego
Dear Amos,
So this is how the blogging
revolution works: a single article we wrote gets passed around
the web like a comatose stripper at a stag party and winds
up getting read and discussed more than every other thing
weve ever written put together. As more web surfers come
across it, they post it again, starting further volleys of
faux-fresh linkage and late-coming praise and criticism, to
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Prints & patterns are such a great way to set a focal point for your entire look. Whether you go bold with bright, in-your-face prints or more subtle like a toned-down floral, they're a great way to add in some personality to an outfit.
Below are a few of our favorite prints to play with this summer:
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Improve exposure in Photoshop Elements
How to use Elements to improve the contrast, colour and exposure for improved photographs
Digital Camera's 10-part series 'Teach Yourself Photoshop' builds into a complete video reference library. These easy-to-follow video guides will take you on a start-to-finish journey through perfecting your photos in the digital darkroom. In this tutorial, you'll discover how to use the Levels command to boost shadows and highlights to create a wider contrast range and improve exposure. Click the links to the right and build up the complete collection with each new issue of Digital Camera.


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Hi, welcome to GTA Wiki. Thanks for contributing to the Weapons in GTA III page, and for taking interest in the wiki. Please leave a message on my talk page if I can help with anything, or as alternatives, leave a post on a forum, or refer to the Help pages. -- McJeff (Talk) 17:25, September 3, 2011
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Report: public research universities in peril
They're the pride and backbone of American higher education, doing essential research and educating en masse the next generations of scientists and engineers. But a new report argues the mission of the country's 101 major public research universities is imperiled by budget cuts amounting to one-fifth of their state funding over the past decade.
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Reviews for
Molly Moon & the Morphing Mystery
Horn Book Guide Reviews 2010 Fall
Molly Moon, eleven-year-old hypnotist and time traveler, has just learned how to morph into other beings. In search of the book that will help her and her twin, Micky, change back into humans, Molly must also stop four evil hypnotist morphers before they take over the world. Byng's fifth book about Molly again features her trademark energy and humor. Copyright 2010 Horn Book Guide Reviews.


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Return lottery ticket sales proceeds to neighborhoods
Return some portion of the Minnesota Lottery Ticket sales to the neighborhoods where the tickets are purchased.
I think the whole concept of state-sponsored gambling is ridiculous and whatever money it generates for schools will be offset by funding cuts of another kind. However returning money to neighborhood schools could empower a struggling community which is quite worthwhile in and of itself.
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Keith Richards Credits Rolling Stones Show with Preventing His SuicideWhen Keith Richards lost his 10-week-old son, Tara back in 1976, it understandably brought him to a dark place.
Tom Waits Writes a Poem about Keith RichardsWaits writes that Richards is "faster than a fax machine," his "urine is blue," and even claims that Richards was "slapped by the Queen."
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Ronnie Wood Recalls 1965; Looks Ahead to Future Stones and Faces ProjectsIt looks like we might get some Rolling Stones dates in 2015, 40 years after the events in Wood's new book. And the Faces may play again, too.
Bobby Keys, Longtime Rolling Stones Saxophonist, Dead at 70Bobby Keys, the longtime saxophone player for the Rolling Stones, has died. He was 70.
Rolling Stones to Release Live Albums from 1975, 1981In other Stones news, they have a string of dates in Australia and New Zealand next month.
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Brilliant Boxel Pavilion is Built From 2,000 Beer Boxes
Posted By Andrew Michler On August 16, 2010 @ 7:10 pm In Architecture,Innovation,Recycled Materials | 6 Comments
Students from the University of Applied Sciences in Detmold [2], Germany recently developed and built this extraordinary Boxel pavilion out of 2,000 beer crates. The pavilion is part of a course on how to develop structures from computer modeling to construction [3]. The result is a full-scale pavilion that spent its summer on campus, providing the coolest music venue around.
The students used computer modeling to first establish load bearing and positioning of the crates. After a few assembly tests they went about erecting the structure using screws and slats, bracing for the upper part, and concrete-filled boxes for the base. In all the construction took one week.
The boxes are old beer crates donated by a local brewery. After the pavilion comes down they will be recycled. The reuse [5]of materials and intent of the project reminds us of the Be Paletto [6] pallet pavilion, but the structural system is reminiscent of the Cell Brick [7] house — form, function, and materials all blended to a cohesive whole.
+ University of Applied Sciences [8]
Via ArchDaily [9]
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[6] Be Paletto: http://inhabitat.com/2010/07/09/be-palett%C3%B8-a-pavilion-of-pallets-provide-pupils-a-place-to-relax/
[7] Cell Brick: http://inhabitat.com/2010/08/10/extraordinary-japanese-micro-home-built-from-a-grid-of-boxes/
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1/27/2013 (3 years ago)
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
This was the largest March I have ever seen. Its sheer magnitude astounded and reignited my aging passion for the work. However, even more than the size, what inspired me the most was the age of the participants. I could not believe how young all of these people were as I looked around and passed by them. Oh, I know I am getting older, but I am not that old! This great human rights movement is now clearly a Youth movement.
Quo Vadis
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
1/27/2013 (3 years ago)
Published in U.S.
Keywords: Quo Vadis, March for Life, Pro-Life, Right to Life, faithful citizenship, Jeanne Monahan, Patrick Kelly, faith and culture, faith and action, priests for life, Fr Frank Pavone, Deacon Keith Fournier
CHESAPEAKE, VA. (Catholic Online) - I spent the last few days in events which were historic, yet go unreported or seriously underreported in the main stream media. I spoke, prayed, wept and walked - I participated in the events collectively referred to as the March for Life in Washington, D.C. This year marked the 40th since the insidious, incomprehensible, legally indefensible and socially reprehensible decisions of Roe v Wade and Doe v Bolton were issued by the Supreme Court of the United States of America.
Medical science has confirmed what our consciences long ago knew - even if we hid the fact from ourselves. Those little boys and girls in the womb are all members of our human family. No-one with even a scintilla of credibility can fail to see the absolute contradiction which is revealed when we allow them to be killed at will for any reason and what we now routinely witness in every 3D or 4D ultrasound. C'mon, we send them around to our family and friends and even use them in our media advertising campaigns. These are children being killed by procured abortion.
We all know that Doctors are using this wonderful technology to reach into the first home of the whole human race and operate on these first neighbors, placing them back in their first home so they can develop, grow and join us at birth. We all know they are members of our human family. Every procured abortion violates our first duty of solidarity. We truly are our brother and sister's keeper.
Yet, those same technologies are the means by which some Doctors target the unwanted little boy or little girl for dismemberment, or suction, or chemical burn - all of which lead to his or her death. We do not want to see those photos. They reveal the first and worst example of an unjustifiable war on the womb, a first preemptive strike of sorts. Yet this perceived aggressor, a child, has done nothing to cause us to fear or ever justify this war.
We are all aware that when a mother is killed in the commission of a crime, or as a result of negligence in the civil law, and that same act kills the child in the womb, we recognize that there are two people who are victims. We prosecute accordingly; as we should.
The only verbal refuge left in the attempt to hide the infamy of abortion on demand is the profane reference to a freedom to take the lives of these little children which is surrounded with macabre terms such as "reproductive rights". Killing a child and wounding a mother are certainly not reproductive. Or the continued crazy use of the word choice when we all know that some choices are always wrong. Taking the innocent life of a neighbor is an example. These children are our first neighbors.
So, I joined the massive crowd this week at the March for Life in Washington, DC, as I have for many years. However, my experience was different this year. After participating in the profound preliminary events, including the National Memorial Prayer Service for the Preborn and their mothers and fathers, where I was brought to tears by the testimony of mothers and fathers who lost their children due to the Abortion lie, I could not stop weeping.
When the March began, I marched right up front this year, at the invitation of one of the great heroes of this Fundamental Human Rights movement of our age, Fr. Frank Pavone, the founder of Priests for Life. I felt like an old war horse next to the Secretariat of the movement. As we marched past the hundreds of thousands of men, women and children who reached out to express their appreciation for his steady and stalwart defense of the children, their mothers and fathers and the common good, their understandable admiration for this champion brought me to tears at several moments.
When the history of this great movement is written, after the evil of legal abortion goes the way of the other evil, which stems from the same rotted root, the slavery and racism directed against African Americans in our past, Fr Frank will be one of many whose heroism is recalled and passed on to our children.
Another will be the founder of the March for Life, Nellie Gray, who went home to the Lord of Life last August. The tributes to her throughout the March events were inspiring. However, the greatest tribute, and the mark of a true leader, was the very leadership which stepped in to fill her shoes to continue the work. Jeanne Monahan and Patrick Kelly, and all who assisted them, did an extraordinary job.
This was the largest March I have ever seen. Its sheer magnitude astounded and reignited my aging passion for the work. However, even more than the size, what inspired me the most was the age of the participants. I could not believe how young all of these people were as I looked around and passed by them.
Oh, I know I am getting older, but I am not that old! This great human rights movement is now clearly a Youth movement. You can hear the implications of this undeniable fact in the dispirited comments of its opponents who lead the Anti-Life Movement. I will not spend any words quoting them.
The most intense experience I had related to the March for Life unfolded after I braved the snow and ice and drove many hours to get back my chosen home town; so few back home were even aware of the event. That did not surprise me. I write, speak and engage in cultural, social and political participation precisely because of this fact.However, what did surprise me was that even among many who were aware, there was simply no interest.
In fact, there is a growing chorus of voices expressing the unthinkable to me, that the killing of these children is just a part of the culture now and there is little we can do. They just want to move on, to close their ears to the cry of the poorest of the poor. Sadly, I even experience this reality in my own extended family circle. Some wonder why I would continue to March, especially as I age; particularly in such inclement weather.
So, when I awakened and began my morning prayer on Saturday, the short but poignant Gospel passage for Holy Mass was particularly apropos: "Jesus came with his disciples into the house. Again the crowd gathered, making it impossible for them even to eat. When his relatives heard of this they set out to seize him, for they said, "He is out of his mind." (Mark 3:20,21)
Even the friends and family of the Lord questioned his lifestyle and thought that many of his choices were crazy. So, I guess I am in good company. You see, just when so many seem to have decided to withdraw from our obligation to social, cultural and political participation as Christian citizens, I have decided to redouble my efforts.
As I left Washington DC yesterday, still fighting back the tears which flowed throughout the days there, I thought of one of my favorite stories from the multitude of stories about the apostles. It involved the Apostle Peter who, while he was fleeing the City of Rome because of persecution which followed the Resurrection, met the Lord Jesus walking into the City. Peter asked him, Domine, quo vadis. The Latin is loosely translated "Where are you going Lord? His response to Peter was, "I am going to Rome to be crucified".
I know that the Lord Marched in Washington D.C. this week. I saw Him in the face and eyes of the hundreds of thousands who lined the streets and walked the way - especially the young. He is also identified with all of the victims of the horrid evil of procured abortion because he identifies with the "least of these" (Matthew 25). We are living in what many decry as a Post-Christian age. I reject the notion. I prefer to call it a Pre-Christian age. We must make the difference.
Yet, I admit, it is a Neo-Pagan age. It is a difficult age. However, it is our age. Our task stretches out before us and we have a duty to engage it. It will require every ounce of energy we have. However, we will not be exhausted. Because it is just when we run out of our own energy that the energy of the Living God begins to flow most freely - in and through us. That is what we is called grace.
During that cold March for Life, while my heart set on fire by the witness of all of those young men and women kept me warm, I repeatedly thought of words from one of my favorite poems.It was written by G.K. Chesterton and is taken from the Ballad of the White Horse:
The men of the East may spell the stars,
And times and triumphs mark,
But the men signed of the cross of Christ
Go gaily in the dark.
"The men of the East may search the scrolls
For sure fates and fame,
But the men that drink the blood of God
Go singing to their shame.
Maybe I am 'out of my mind'; or, to quote an old Paul Simon song I loved when I was younger, maybe I am 'still crazy after all these years'. However, I know I am not alone. And I will never leave the City while the work of the Lord of life remains to be done.
By Kenya Sinclair (CALIFORNIA NETWORK)
Ron and Becky Miscavige escaped the California Scientology compound known as the "Gold Base" and have stepped forward to share their story. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Scientology is a quiet religion shrouded in secrets - many of which are believed to be ... continue reading
By J. Kenneth Blackwell
While much of our attention is on the Presidential race, the looming battle over a Supreme Court nomination merits no less attention. The battle lines are clear in this nomination and the future of the Court and our Constitutional principles are at ... continue reading
By Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director, Priests for Life
Amoris Laetitia is a timely and loving exhortation for families towards genuine charity that begins within the nuclear family. It can be described as a new road-map for a culture that has taken a sad and tragic detour. The Joy of Love recognizes women's ... continue reading
By Deacon Keith Fournier
Father, raise up women like Catherine of Siena for this new missionary age of your Church. Women who are so in love with you, and so conformed to the Image of your Son, they can do for your Church in this hour, what she did in her own. Saints are a gift for the ... continue reading
By Kenya Sinclair (CALIFORNIA NETWORK)
Andrew Cash practiced his religious rights at Missouri State University - and was dismissed from the master's program in counseling as a result. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - According to the Catholic News Agency, Cash was referring same-sex couples to another ... continue reading
By David Drudge (CALIFORNIA NETWORK)
Does the news seem a little too pro-American to you? Does it seem reporters pull punches and that the real issues are ignored? Perhaps that's the result of a quiet change to the law that took place in 2013. A law banning the use of government propaganda on the American ... continue reading
By Matt Hadro (CNA)
Experts from across the political spectrum are calling for criminal justice reform, as a new White House report shows the human and economic costs of the current justice system. Washington D.C. (CNA) - "This is a singular moment in one of the most challenging issues ... continue reading
By Abigail James (CALIFORNIA NETWORK)
An appalling portrayal of Jesus plastered to a dartboard was posted up as artwork inside the Art Library at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - The "art piece," titled "Vitruvian Man," shows Jesus nailed to the dartboard ... continue reading
By Marshall Connolly (CALIFORNIA NETWORK)
The American people are seemingly obsessed with public restrooms these days and precisely how people use the potty. The fear is being stoked by concerns that individuals who "self-identify" as the opposite sex, will take advantage of liberal policies and assault ... continue reading
By Deacon Keith Fournier
Jesus said to his disciples: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. CHESAPEAKE, VA. ... continue reading


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Ryan Lindley #3 QB
Indianapolis Colts | Official Team Site
Height: 6-3 Weight: 232 Age: 26
Born: 6/22/1989 San Diego , CA
College: San Diego State
Experience: 4th season
High School: El Capitan HS [Lakeside, CA]
Combine 2012
- Broad Jump108.0 inches
- 40 Yard Dash4.9 Secs
- 20 Yard Shuttle4.45 secs
- Bench Press reps
- Vertical Jump29.5 inches
- 3 Cone Drill7.52 secs
Lindley has a very lively arm and can drive the ball from anywhere on the field off his back foot. When he is having a good game, Lindley can thread the needle and put the ball on a receiver in stride 65 yards down the field. He is athletic in his pass set and is good to extend plays and fend off would-be rushers. Lindley is a developmental talent who has value to teams who are willing to be patient with him. He could develop into a starter based off his size and arm strength.
Lindley has been inaccurate at times and will take some time to develop at the next level. He will throw an NFL pass one play, and then come back to make a bad decision and put his team in trouble. He is athletic but can be a slow mover and take sacks from holding on to the ball too long. Most of his issues stem from his inconsistency throwing the ball in intermediate and deep routes.71.5


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2nd fatality in Newcastle-I-80 wrong-way crash ID'd
By: Gus Thomson, Journal Staff Writer
A female driver killed in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 80 at Newcastle was identified today by the Placer County Coroner's Office. Identification and contact of next of kin was delayed because the coroner's office had to use dental records. Jessica Ann Faber, 18, of Huntington Beach, was identified as the second victim in the 3:30 a.m. crash on eastbound Interstate 80. On Tuesday, the California Highway Patrol reported that California State University, Long Beach student Christopher Dann, 21, of Auburn was driving the wrong way on the freeway before his car collided with the vehicle driven by Faber. Faber and Dann died at the scene of the crash. Faber's car burned after the collision. A passenger in Faber's vehicle - 23-year-old Gregory Wessels - was taken to UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento with burns and other major injuries. He was listed in serious condition after admission. Faber had initially been identified as a Truckee resident by the Highway Patrol. The Journal will provide updates as more information becomes available.


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[UPDATE] Medieval Love and Sexuality in Film and Television, November 11-14 2010
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Justin T. Noetzel/ 2010 Film & History Conference
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"Love came first in my thought, therefore I forgot it naught": Medieval Love and Sexuality in Film and Television
Medieval literature includes many depictions of love and sexuality, from religious writings to historical chronicles, and from mythical tales to genre-inspiring romances. This literature provided a wellspring of inspiration for filmmakers throughout the twentieth century, and the cinematic and television versions of Beowulf and Robin Hood that have come out in the last ten years, to name but a few examples, prove that medieval stories and heroes have never been more popular. This area of the Film & History Conference seeks to better understand our modern fascination with love and sexuality in medieval film and television, and its role in our imaginings of medieval history. This area welcomes papers abstracts for the following panels:
• Story alteration, sexy temptresses, and parental love in Beowulf films
In addition to the above panels, this area also welcomes paper and panel proposals that examine all forms and genres of film and television featuring depictions of medieval love and sexuality. Possibilities include, but are not limited to, modern perceptions of Camelot and King Arthur's knights; patriotic and religious love; the connections between love, violence, and morality; and issues of social class, nationality, and hetero- and homosexual love in medieval film and television.
Please send your 200-word proposal by e-mail to the area chair:
Justin T. Noetzel
Panel proposals for up to four presenters are also welcome, but each presenter must submit his or her own paper proposal. For updates and registration information about the upcoming meeting, see the Film & History website (www.uwosh.edu/filmandhistory).
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