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This is more of an assembly than a recipe and is inspired by something similar I ate in Paris amid the chaos of Bastille Day. With smoked salmon and prawns, avocado, green beans, cucumber, lettuce and tomato, this crunchy, almost seafood salade niçoise was served with a strange potato fritter and irresistible crusty bread. Back home, I opted for minted new potatoes, but you may prefer to go without.
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The best tapas restaurants in NYC
Share a lusty spread of Spanish small plates at these bustling tapas restaurants in New York City
New York City's bustling, hurried lifestyle has made Spain's tradition of relaxing with small plates and a glass of wine a welcome culinary fixture. At the city's best Spanish restaurants and wine bars, find rustic morsels like wispy serrano ham slices, plump head-on shrimp and crisp patatas bravas meticulously paired with complex Iberian reds, whites and sherries. From a tiny Basque standby in Chelsea to a bustling butcher shop inside of a giant food court, these are the best tapas restaurants in NYC.
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Bar Jamón
This tiny wine bar from Mario Batali and chef Andrew Nusser sits adjacent to Casa Mono, their Spanish eatery. Sneak into a space along one of the communal tables before selecting from the impressive Spanish wine list and small bites menu. Supplement a dish of tapas touchstones like tortillas, tuna and serrano ham with a vivacious chorizo and house pickled peppers number.Read more
Given that Boqueria is named for Barcelona's centuries-old food market, you might expect the menu to lean toward the classics. Not quite. Chef Marc Vidal offers up creative riffs on classics like quail eggs and chorizo spread onto toast, and skewered lamb sourced from Colorado and served with pickled shallots and salsa verde. The Flatiron location is small and the bar area packed; a better bet is the 16-seat communal table, where you can nibble shaved jamón under the glow of filament bulbs.Read more
Casa Mono
Offal-loving partner Mario Batali and protégée Andy Nusser (Babbo, Po) broke new ground by serving dishes that less adventurous tapas restaurants seem to shy away from: pig ears with chilaquiles, and excellent fried sweetbreads in an almond-flour batter. For nonorgan lovers, there's a juicy skirt steak atop romesco sauce and the iconic fried duck egg. Dishes come straight from the open kitchen into the dining room, which is adorned with mosaic tile floors and lined with wine bottles.Read more
This counter-only fine-dining operation from Jack and Grace Lamb (Jewel Bako) delivers inventive, seasonal small-plates cuisine. The kitchen churns out contemporary Spanish dishes such as a decadent slow-poached egg with lamb belly and smoked maple and a high-low mashup of snap peas with Funyuns, cashews and clothbound cheddar. Add the professionalism of the staff and thoughtful wine list, and the result is a truly special night out.Read more
El Colmado Butchery
Seamus Mullen's meat-and-provisions offshoot of his Gotham West Market tapas bar lives up to its name (el colmado means "the grocer" in Spanish). Along with small-plate staples (patatas bravas, daily tartare), Mullen turns out whole rotisserie chickens herb-brined for 24 hours. Pressed sandwiches and Brooklyn Roasting Company coffee are available at a grab-and-go counter, while a larder is stocked with imported Spanish olive oils and vinegars. The butchery sources meat from farms upstate, Pennsylvania and Vermont for cuts like lamb leg and pork chops, plus house-made sausages and terrines. After dark, the white oak butcher-block counter converts to a wine bar, pouring Spanish bottles and local on-tap varietals from Long Island and the Finger Lakes.Read more
El Quinto Pino
Alex Raij and Eder Montero's multiregional tapas bar issues challenging dishes, including the lauded miniature wasabi-kissed sea urchin "panino," at a moon-shaped bar lined with antique Spanish tiles. El Comedor, a larger dining room opened behind the original 400-square-foot bar, adds breathing room as well as an expanded menu that includes tapas both cold (Cantabric anchovies with vanilla butter, egg and potato omelette) and hot (Castillian bacon, Moorish lamb skewers).Read more
Young guns Jonah Miller (Maialino) and Nate Adler (Blue Smoke) team up for this Basque-inflected spot, serving pitch-perfect pintxos (duck liver mousse, mussels) and composed platos (saffron-chorizo fried rice, flat iron steak) in a garlic-perfumed bar area and back dining room. House-made vermouth and a well-appointed selection of wines round out the lusty offerings.Read more
La Nacional
It may look unremarkable from the street, but this completely unpretentious and absolutely authentic Spanish tapas restaurant is one of the best in the city. When a table frees up in the cozy, roughly hewn dining room, order the sangria and sample as many small plates as you can. The changing menu recently included boquerones (anchovy fillets), calamari and shrimp, liberally doused in garlic, and a subliem paella. The pan brims with chicken, shellfish and rice basking in a succulent stock that smacks of the ocean.Read more
Las Ramblas
Soft incandescent lighting, exposed-brick walls, tall wood-slab two-tops and a flat, wall-mounted fountain would make Las Ramblas sexy and intimate in any neighborhood, but as luck would have it, this tapas bar alighted in the Village. Rustic traditional fare such as gambas Saint Martìn (plumpy shrimp slathered in garlic, lemon and white wine) and setas al jerez con almendras (wild mushrooms with almonds in sherry) arrive sizzling in clay crocks with an intensity of flavor to match their heat.Read more
This buzzy limestone grotto feels like a party most nights, with brightly hued cocktails and a menu that captures the boisterous spirit of authentic tapas-style dining. The small plates here are boldly flavored and actually portioned to share. With an emphasis on seafood and pasta, there are deep bowls like clams in a Basque-style risotto with green plankton broth and a popcorn-crusted octopus. Get into the fiesta spirit of the place with offerings from a list of wines, rose and sangria.Read more


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"The version of the Kanye West recording "Mama's Boy" that arrived on blog sites earlier this week is entirely bogus and unsanctioned, and violates the artist's creative intentions. As is often the unfortunate case, an unknown party or parties got a hold of Kanye West's vocal track and added their own soundbed to it, effectively and falsely releasing it as a Kanye West track from the My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy sessions. The result in no way resembles the final song Kanye West intended his fans to hear, and he is deeply disappointed that one of the most personal, meaningful and special songs he has ever written would reach people in this way. Needless to say, measures are being taken to identify and prosecute the persons responsible for leaking this material."
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My husband smokes pot and lies about it. What should I do?
I'm six months pregnant and just discovered that my husband hasbeen doing drugs in the garage. I thought I smelled pot last week and asked him about it and he lied. Then last night I smelled it again, went into the garage, and he ran out the front thinking I didn't see him. I told him that I just want the truth, but he still denies it. I feel really alone and scared about what else he may be lying about -- and with our baby coming, I want to be able to trust him more than ever. What should I do?
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Lauren, I know how you feel. I look at all these other comments and it is very discouraging. My husband and I are going through divorce now while I am 6 months along with our second. He is a pot smoker, and meth user, a heavy drinker, and he lied about it the whole 3 years we have been together. I do not agree with the drugs for medical use or fun. It has ruined my life and I never used it. When he used and then came home I never knew what he was doing or who with. Late I found he was cheating too. Our fights were about nothing but I would get beat. He would promise to change but still hasn't. I know how hard it is for you. I love my husband but I have to look out for my babies. If he is hiding the pot then ask yourself what else he might be hiding. Other women and more drugs are not far behind. Never should a man lie or hide from his wife. You are never wrong in wanting to know the truth for the safty of you and your baby. I'll pray that things work out for you. I can testify that he would come to an agreement on the smoking and neither should you. It's either you and the baby or he's gone. I wish I had done it sooner for the safty of my small family. But I never let him hit my baby. Don't let it get to where he hits you. I still love my husband but I don't like what he is doing. Drugs, drinking, and other women are not ok for my babies. They shouldn't be for you either. You can always love him even if your not together. Please don't go through what I did. You deserve so much more than what he is giving you. Don't let your baby see what he is doing to you. Get out while it's safer.posted 12/13/2004 by NeenaRuthAnn
I Can Say It Is Happening To Me Too, But He Wont Tell Me He Does It, And He's Not Doing It In Our Garage,He's Going Out On Weekends With Friends Doing It Then Comes Home And Try's To Denie It, I'm 8 Months And I'm Just Learning Of His Habbit That He's Had Since Before I Met Him. I Knew He Used To But He Said He Didnt Do It Anymore, I Believed Him Then He Started Hanging With A Certain Person And Started Coming Home High Every Saturday And Proally Through The Week!HELP!!posted 12/13/2004 by badsbabiguh18
Well it seems that we are stupid if we smoke pot ....we complain about sterotypes till we are blue in the face and yet this is what it comes to....lol lol lol Well my opinion is that it is and effective about reliving the "joys" of the first trimester. I am 10 weeks and I smoke but only if I need relif fast....the meds the doc gives you are more likely to mess your baby up ....they will have whatever problem is in thier blood ..I am not saying that smoking is good for you but when you loose 10 or more lbs and the phenergan isn't working and you have 3 other kids to tend to(ages 7,5,4) yes if that won't make you desperate for some relif I don't know what will. So yes in short I smoke it helps me and the doc says it is worse for me to be stressed out than light a doobie once in a while and So I feel ok about my decision to smoke occasionally...posted 12/13/2004 by melindakgreen
Wow...everybody needs to calm down, there is name calling and "Im smarter than you are" going on in here...What the heck is wrong with all of you??? Nobody knows what is right for this woman but her own self. Perhaps she was looking for a spring board as to how to approach her husband, but all of you women sitting at home have very little to do with your time but sling judgements and cast opinions. Relax and worry about yourself and your own children and your own lives before calling someone retarded or brain dead. And before you make a statement regarding the benifits or dangers of ANY given topic it is an intellegant thing to first educate yourself on the subject. As far as this woman goes, she should talk it out with her husband and come to a compromise as to what is or is not allowed within the boundries of the relationship. That is the end of it. Whether it's smoking pot, drinking beer, or finances, it is her own personal choice as to how to deal with the situation and raising her child. To all of you people with shallow empty lives that live through other peoples problems, please, find a fricken hobby...posted 12/13/2004 by zoeysmom11
I don't understand why he keeps lying about it. If he's lying there may be a possibility that he is getting himself into more trouble than he's really exposing. Marijuana can be a very dangerous drug because it sets the stage for the introduction to more dangerous drugs. Anytime you take a drug, your body will build a tolerance. Just like when you smoke cigarettes, eventually you will increase the amount you smoke or move on to a cigarette which gives off a stronger nicotine feel. Coffee drinkers usually start off with sweet coffees and eventually end up drinking black coffee or just coffee all day because they feel that the body is not getting the same effect off of the caffeine. It's all the same idea. After a while, your husband will build a tolerance to the amount he is smoking now and may want to move on to other stronger drugs. It has to do with your body's natural homeostatic response. Second, just relax and don't confront him too much. Confronting a person you love may actually push them away from you. You don't want to back him into a wall, if you know what I mean. You want to try avoid any violence in a situation like this. Also, if he feels threatened by you, he just might take off and never come back. Third, I hope you're not smoking pot while pregnant. Some states do drug testing on babies when they are born. If your baby test positive, you will not see your baby for months. Is that something you really want? Think about it. Good luck with you situation.posted 12/13/2004 by a BabyCenter Member
To those people that are so negative: You are uneducated as to what pot does to people. Yes some people that type here have bad grammer but its not the pot its the fact that this is not an essay-we are not being graded so who cares.Why are you getting so worked up about something that you know nothing about? It's bad for the baby you are carrying right now to get upset about other peoples problems. As for Sam: you are reading and taking these polls too aren't you? What it comes down to is if you're responsible about taking a puff or two or your partener does and you don't does it really matter? No you shouldn't be a day to day pot smoker during pregnancy but if it helps with the growing pains once in a while or helps you sleep thats fine. And its not withdrawl that makes the morning sickness its the baby and a puff of pot does settle the stomach to mild nausia so don't knock it. Don't smoke it every day during pregnancy, don't do it while driving or when the kids are around. Don't sell it or have large quantitys around you. But if it makes you feel better on those really hard days who cares its your choice. And really your husband is smoking it away from you in the garage, he's not having a big party and letting everyone know, he's just relaxing at the end of the day, just like haveing a few beers.He shouldn't have lied so talk about it, make some rules as to when and when he can't smoke it and make sure it doesn't effect your finances. Some people here should keep a open mind about this substance. Yes it maybe illegal but it is more common than people think. It doesn't fry your brain(if you smoke it like cigarettes every day yes it would)if you do it once in a while it does not make you addicted and stupid. It makes most people happy and in a good mood and it gives you a good night sleep.If it makes people violent then they probley get violent if they drink as well. Or they have a bad temper bottled up deep inside. Anyone who only know about this substance from word of mouth should do some research and find out more about it before they are critisize people that actually know about it. Besides did you know that apparently the queen of england took it for Period pains??posted 12/13/2004 by jllittle1978
Babycenter message boards are an addiction just like pot, maybe all you people really need to do is get a life. Next weeks topic is Sore Nipples and What to do with them.. see ya all thenposted 12/13/2004 by a BabyCenter Member
Wow, I have noticed that a lot of you who do or did smoke pot have a lot of grammar problems. I wonder if that has anything to do with it?? I would never smoke it just because I had friends who did and couldn't go a day without it, even became aggressive when they didn't get it. But I don't have any problems with people who do it occasionally, if it helps. Just don't get caught.posted 12/13/2004 by romini4
My husband doesnt smoke pot anymore but we both used to. We didnt do it on a regular basis but every once in a while we would. However, we NEVER smoked it when we were going to be driving or if we were going to be around my children. I know alot of people who smoke pot and personally I dont have a problem with them doing it as long as they use it responsibly meaning they dont do it around children, people who ask not to be exposed to it or drive while or after smoking it.posted 12/13/2004 by dawnsprole
Pot is not a bad substance. I've known lots of people who smoke and it affects everyone differently. Just so long as he's using his own personal money, not money that you need for the baby's or your needs, then it should be fine. And also, as long as it doesn't affect him to the point where he is aggressive when he uses it and acts like he couldn't funtion without it..again, it should be fine. Most people that i know who smoke do it to relieve tension, to relax at the end of the day. Just like reading a book or having a drink. It's not bad, just illegal, so be smart about it.posted 12/13/2004 by a BabyCenter Member
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There were 26 separate terror incidents since the Palestinian factions announced their unilateral cease-fire, a Palestinian security forces report says. The report cites mortar fire, anti-tank rocket fire, shots fired at IDF patrols and the suicide attack at Kfar Yavetz and the stabbing in Jaffa.
According to the report, during the three weeks of hudna, there have been an average of 1.3 incidents of violence per day compared to an average of 13 a day during June and an average 18 a day during the entire intifada. The report says there were 3.5 suicide bombings a month during the entire intifada, and in June there were four.
During June, there were 31 Israelis killed and 179 wounded, while the overall monthly average for the entire intifada was 24 Israelis killed a month and some 150 wounded. So far, during the cease-fire, which began in early July, there have been three Israelis (including a foreign worker) killed and five wounded.
The 26 incidents include seven cases of rocket and mortar fire in Gaza, including some conducted by Hamas cells. Six were conducted against Israeli military targets in Gaza and the West Bank, where five were by Fatah. The rest of the incidents included shooting at settlements and attacks on civilians. The Palestinians also counted seven cases of land mines against IDF patrols, with four discovered before they went off. Almost all were planted by Fatah-affiliated cells.
According to the Palestinian data, 2,678 Palestinians were killed during the intifada, with 62 killed during June. Seven Palestinians have been killed since the hudna took effect, nearly all while attempting to conduct attacks on Israeli targets.
A Palestinian security source said yesterday that, while the data shows a dramatic drop in the number of violent incidents, as well as an equally dramatic decline in the number of terror alerts reaching Israel, the Palestinians documenting the situation on the ground from the Palestinian perspective see no change in the situation. Checkpoints remain in place, as does the internal closure preventing freedom of movement between Palestinian towns, villages and cities.
The Palestinians are paying special attention to land expropriations by the army, for what it claims are security reasons, and by settlers. The general feeling among Palestinians is that there might be quiet, but there is nothing new and the Israeli settlement policies are actually accelerating, despite the renewed political dialogue between the PA and Israel. So far, those contracts have not yielded any achievements for the Palestinians, they say.
Palestinian data, confirmed by Haaretz, shows there has been unceasing land expropriations. Some might have been planned before the hudna, but nothing delayed them since. Thus there have been tens of thousands of dunams expropriated from Palestinians for building the separation fence in the last few weeks.
But it is the settlement expansion activity in the Hebron-Kiryat Arba area that most infuriates the Palestinians. The army expropriated 14 dunam near Givat Haharsina, while the settlers have moved the fence around the area. At the settlement of Negohot, west of Hebron, settlers carved a new, still unpaved road to the Green Line and the work was only stopped by the civil administration after the settlers uprooted hundreds of olive trees owned by Palestinians along the route of the road. And inside Hebron, settlers have renewed construction at Tel Romeida under cover of the cease-fire.
Jerusalem attorney Shlomo Laker, who represents several Palestinians, plans to go to the High Court of Justice, but admits the settlement activity is well-orchestrated, and will only be stopped by a political decision and not by a court ruling.


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In Germany, government bureaucracy gets slapped on the wrist fairly promptly. EON AG and RWE AG, the country's largest utilities, recently declared that they would cease investing in German's ongoing wind power projects unless the government fixed its lethargic permits system and other problems such as acquisition of transformer stations and necessary cables.
In response, Germany's government has drafted a bill which establishes an upper limit to costs bearable by utilities operators. Excessive costs will be borne by consumers, barring exceptions. The government will also recompense wind farm operators for any delays hooking their plants up to the power grid.
Bloomberg reports:
"With the planned liability arrangement we provide wind park investors and grid operators with the necessary security needed for the further development of offshore wind power," Environment Minister Peter Altmaier said in a statement.
Germany hopes to attain 10 gigawatts of power generated through offshore wind farms by 2020, which will likely replace existing nuclear power operations.
The legislative development will be welcomed eagerly, as bureaucratic delays and connection problems frequently bring power development projects to a standstill.
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The Untold Story of His Fight to Save the World from Nuclear DisasterOn February 6, 1981, at his first National Security Council meeting, Ronald Reagan told his advisers: "I will make the decisions." As Reagan's Secret War reveals, these words provide the touchstone for understanding the extraordinary accomplishments of the Reagan administration, including the decisive events that led to the end of the Cold War. In penning this book, New York Times bestselling
The Writings of Ronald Reagan that Reveal His Revolutionary Vision for AmericaUntil Alzheimer's disease wreaked its gradual destruction, Ronald Reagan was an inveterate writer. He wrote not only letters, short fiction, poetry, and sports stories, but speeches, newspaper articles, and radio commentary on public policy issues, both foreign and domestic. Most of Reagan's original writings are pre-presidential. From 1975 to 1979 he gave more than 1,000 daily radio broadcasts,
$11.99Ronald Reagan's Cold War strategy was well established in his first year in office and did not change throughout his presidency. It was to make absolutely sure in the minds of the Soviets that they too would be destroyed in a nuclear war—even as Reagan sought an alternative through strategic defense to make nuclear missiles obsolete and thus eliminate the possibility of an all-out nuclear war.
The Shaping of Ronald Reagan's Vision: Selected WritingsIn the last years of Ronald Reagan's life, his voluminous writings on politics, policy, and people finally emerged and offered a Rosetta stone by which to understand him. From 1975 to 1979, in particular, he delivered more than 1,000 radio addresses, of which he wrote at least 680 himself. When drafts of his addresses were first discovered, and a selection was published in 2001 as Reagan, In His
$38.99Ronald Reagan may have been the most prolific correspondent of any American president since Thomas Jefferson. The total number of letters written over his lifetime probably exceeds 10,000. Their breadth is equally astonishing -- with friends and family, with politicians, children, and other private citizens, Reagan was as dazzling a communicator in letters as he was in person. Collectively, his


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Firefighters suspect a lightning strike sparked a fire that destroyed a 150-year-old barn near Elizabethtown at about 3 p.m. Wednesday afternoon.
Owner Joyce Bolton said she was in disbelief as she watched the firefighters attempting to save the barn at 7561 S. County Road 750E.
By 7:30 p.m., the structure was flattened, with only blackened farm equipment in the rubble. She said she didn't know what the family would do next.
Volunteer firefighters from six area fire departments worked together to haul in 200,000 gallons of water that was poured on the barn for nearly five hours.
Firefighters were still at the scene at 7:30 p.m., working to put out remaining hot spots in the smoldering barn.
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Mona Lisa smile 'based on his gay lover', art historian claims
Silvano Vinceti believes the famous painting is an amalgamation of two models: Lisa Gherardini and Gian Giacomo Caprotti
Silvano Vinceti believes the famous painting is an amalgamation of two models: Lisa Gherardini and Gian Giacomo Caprotti
Online message caused 22 schools to stay shut
The genius of Leonardo da Vinci is disguised somewhat in this cheerfully anachronistic tale of his encounters with the Medicis
Theatre-goers are used to solicitous, nannying notices about strobe-lighting, nudity and even cigarette-smoking at the entrance to productions.
It is the most-visited, the most written about and the most parodied work of art in the world but the 'uncatchable smile' that makes Leonard da Vinci's Mona Lisa so special is not unique according to experts.
A foundation says it will prove to the world today that Leonardo Da Vinci painted an earlier version of the Mona Lisa - a claim doubted by at least one expert on the multifaceted Renaissance artist.
There will be no need to travel all the way to Paris to see the Louvre from the end of this year. Over 200 of the museum's most important works will be moving to a new branch in Lens in the Pas de Calais, just across the Channel.
The discovery of another version of da Vinci's masterpiece shows that La Gioconda took him 16 years to paint
Sensational find in Madrid's Prado museum rewrites the history of art
Beyond the overbearing and clunking blockbusters, the year's best shows were far-flung, small and perfectly formed
The Leonardo exhibition deserves better than the National Gallery's basement, says Simon Tait
Leonardo da Vinci deserves better than the National Gallery's basement,
After security breach, Polish prince reconsiders lending 'Lady with an Ermine' for major exhibition. Matthew Bell reports
The National Gallery is to exhibit a previously unknown oil painting by Leonardo Da Vinci. The 1513 painting, Salvator Mundi (Saviour of the World), shows Christ with one hand raised to make a blessing and the other holding an orb.
Lady Gaga, famed for treating her body and wardrobe like a moveable art gallery, is set to play the part of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa in a new film inspired by the surrealist artist Salvador Dali.
The National Gallery has taken the unprecedented step of limiting visitor numbers to its forthcoming exhibition Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan, which opens in November.


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Few bands as heavy as Neurosis push themselves to evolve their sound album after album. Hell, few bands of any genre push themselves into new sonic territory the way the Oakland, California five-piece (their visual director recently parted ways with the band) have over the past 27 years. Their tenth LP, Honor Found in Decay, continues the trend, mixing pounding, Sabbath-inspired riffs with ambient passages that build into piercing dissonance, all anchored by the cerebral lyrics of guitarists and singers Scott Kelly and Steve Von Till. For the latest edition of Tell Me About That Album, we talked to Von Till about the record, recording with the legendary engineer Steve Albini and the process of musical evolution. Neurosis play the Showbox at the Market on Jan. 5th.
Does that mean that he serves more as an engineer than as a producer? He would never consider himself a producer. He has no interest in telling anybody what to do with their music. He's a traditional engineer with thousands of hours of experience and he knows exactly what to do. He can problem solve anything in seconds and he has no opinion about the music. He likes to record and make people's dreams come true with a great-sounding album. We go in there, set the microphones up and roll tape. He also provides a relaxed, no pressure environment, where, even though we're recording and mixing an entire album in a week, we never feel rushed.
So you do the whole record live then? We do it completely live. We're not big overdub guys. We might do one or two just for effect, but even those keyboards and samples, which are a huge part of our sound, and which people often view as complex and layered, that's all played live. Bass, drums, guitars, keyboards all go down in a single take. We add the vocals on after and the only reason we do that is because it gives you a more intimate sound without the guitar amps bleeding through. And we all play better if we're not singing at the same time.
I know that evolution is important to you as a band. Does doing so require a constant push to try new things or does it just happen naturally when you're writing? That is the only cerebral boundary we place on ourselves, that we have to push the envelope and outdo our past efforts. The process of that is about learning to let go and let the music guide itself and not let any expectations or grand concepts get in the way of letting the heart and soul float through the music. The older we get and the more experienced we get I think there's a certain musical wisdom that we have about surrendering to the music and trusting that if we do that, we honor the purity of the songs and it will naturally evolve past where we've been before.
I'm curious though about how you get there. It's definitely chaos that drives that. Rather than relying on our strengths to be our focus - I mean we know what they are and we can pound a heavy riff into eternity if that's what we want to do - but we have always challenged ourselves to use the strengths to break through the walls and the boundaries and confront our weaknesses each time and find this new sonic territory. Our way of staying the same is by breaking through to new territory each time. Each time we do that we learn new things, we learn new ways to be heavy, new ways to integrate the disharmonic noise and dissonance with the melodic and full nature of the sounds. Each time around the spiral we get closer and closer to what we're supposed to be, the core of what Neurosis is supposed to be. We're fully willing to accept that we're never going to reach the center but it doesn't matter because it's the journey that counts.
Do you feel a kinship with experimental bands that aren't heavy, like Sigur Ros, for example? We love people that go out into new sonic territory, but definitely our blood is heavy rock. Our blood is Black Sabbath and Black Flag. That's where it all comes from and that will always be the core of where we come from as a rock band.
Can you talk about where the album title came from and why you liked it for a title? The title was probably the last thing to come. Usually a song title comes up to the forefront and becomes an album title but that didn't happen this time. In some ways, the artistic concept drove some of it - not as far as any specific narrative, but words came to mind - honor and decay, and the idea of discovery seemed to keep coming back around. It came more the way lyrics come. The series of words sounded right and worked with the picture we had for the cover and leant itself to a wide array of interpretations. If you can tap into those kind of multi-layered, multi-dimensional phrases, we find a lot of strength in that because I think our music, in a lot of ways, does the same thing.
You guys have been putting out your own records for 20 years, and though you started doing that as an alternative to the mainstream, mainstream bands are now issuing their own records in the wake of a collapsing record business. Have you felt a change in the D.I.Y. culture? We came up in a time where we the second generation of the D.I.Y. movement. There still weren't many clubs to play or magazines or any of that. We didn't have a slew of independent labels or magazines like Decibel or Terrorizer, which cover extreme music in big, glossy formats. That the industry has come full circle is very interesting. As the guy who runs the label, I still take the inspiration from SST, Touch & Go, Dischord. That's my touchstone. But now there is a pretty massive underground culture that has spread this kind of independent attitude in a very different way.
What does the departure of Josh Graham, who did all the visuals for your live shows, mean for future performances? It was definitely necessary for our evolution. Since '92, when we first started using projects, there were no personal computers or video projection stuff. Everything was pretty primitive. We were using slide projectors and 16-millimeter film and creating content wherever we could. That era ended in 2000 when Josh jumped in and he carried us into the video age very gracefully with this beautiful and professionally-made content that worked with our stuff. It's hard to explain, but at a certain point we just stopped feeling it. We're not sure what the future holds - it's definitely wide open. We just played our first two shows without it and we're feeling kind of liberated right now. We're not political about it, like a turn off the TV thing, but in some ways it is a different culture. Everybody's plugged in to a video screen all the time, whether it's the computer or the smartphone - everything has visual content. So we decided that we needed to reinvent it. We don't know what it's going to be but we don't feel that we need to hang on to it just for the sake of hanging on to it. And Josh understood where we were coming from with it and actually agreed. Right now we're just enjoying the liberated feeling of being at ground zero and having the sky be the limit.


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The Motion Picture version of the D-7 is another of my favorite Trek designs. Just thought I'd do a beauty shot of a triad. This one has been hanging around on the hard drive for awhile, so I thought I'd let it see the light of day...
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Beautiful !! Just plain beautiful yo. Love those K'Tinga Klingon ship. Great work on those pics yo.
Love it. Fantastic!
Looks great. Like Ptrope, as soon as I saw it, the Klingon theme music started running through my head.
Nice Klingons! Not keen on the image's border colour, tho.
thanks! I was trying to pick up on the red lights of the ships. Maybe a greenish would have worked better?
Yeah, that'd be my choice. I think the red lights stand out fine; the green panels could do with bringing out.
Im going to guess that the planet texture you are using is Mars just without color.
It's actually just part of Mars. I used a very high res set of MOLA height data to deform a 1/4 sphere, then painted a gray map for it. ( i think my painting was a little too subtle, though. can't really tell its there... )
Nice battle group. It almost begs the question of whether or not, this was the Klingon battle group that was destroyed by V'ger in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
wooowooo, nice
Love the K'tinga model - nice pic !!
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Very nice picture
Hope you speak klingon
Very nice picture
It certain evokes TMP effectively...even if they didn't track past a dead moon. Convincing light!
A pure terrifying force to be reckon with - shame they were not used much in the years following.
What missed opportunities of this great ship
What missed opportunities of this great ship
Yeah, its a brilliant design. I do wish they'd been around more...
Yes - having said that maybe the sequel with the "slightly" adjusted ones may make the impact missed.
BTW Heard you use to do Megatraveller....is that true?
Because I am a massive fan of that!
BTW Heard you use to do Megatraveller....is that true?
Because I am a massive fan of that!
Nifty! Of course, now I hear Jerry Goldsmith's theme in my head, too - but that's okay! (it was the best scene in the movie, IMHO ).
Yep. Had it playing while I was doing the image, too! I think you're right about the best scene in the movie--one of the only times in all Trek where the Klingons really feel alien and Very formidable!
Nice looking battle-group!


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Idaho Falls Police arrested a 34-year-old woman Wednesday morning for felony injury to a child. Debra D. Lentz of Idaho Falls failed to seek immediate medical attention for a six-month-old child that received second and third-degree burns while in her care. Officers began investigating Lentz on June 6 after being contacted by Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in reference to a child abuse case. The child had been in the care of Lentz during the time the burns occurred.
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Michael Lohan has flown to a Florida rehab centre to perform "interventions".
The father of troubled actress Lindsay Lohan - who was ordered to spend 90 days in rehab last year after failing a court-ordered drug test - flew to the Inspirations for Youth and Families clinic to work alongside people living at the facility and also film a commercial to promote it.
He told website RadarOnline.com: "I'm going to be doing interventions. Lindsay is 100 per cent behind what I'm doing and I look forward to this entire journey not only with my family but with the Inspiration youth programme as well."
Michael attempted to stage an "intervention" on Lindsay last April, flying to Los Angeles in a bid to get her to enter rehab, after he believed she was addicted to prescription drugs - prompting an angry reaction from Lindsay who referred to him as her "ex dad" and accused him of ruining his own brain with drugs.
However, the pair later reconciled their differences and Michael - who is also father to Ali, 17, Cody, 14, and 23-year-old Michael Jr. with ex-wife Dina - recently spoke of how proud he is of Lindsay for finally facing up to her substance abuse problem.
He said: "We went to an AA meeting last night then went home and had a quiet night.
"She changed back to the girl she used to be. When she was at her best - literally. She's done a 180 and I'm very proud of her."
Michael Lohan helping rehab youth scheme
Lindsay Lohan's father Michael has flown to a Florida rehab centre Inspirations for Youth and Families to perform ''interventions'' on its patients.
Michael Lohan has flown to a Florida rehab centre to perform "interventions".
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Why you should care about Wednesday's Celtics loss: Tyler Zeller emerged, and Evan Turner was ejected
|10.15.14 at 10:00 pm ET
On a night when Celtics coach Brad Stevens declared Kelly Olynyk "tough to unseat" for the starting center spot, Tyler Zeller broke out of his slump, converting all six of his shots and emerging as a potential solution to the C's rim-protecting woes in a 92-89 preseason loss to the Raptors in Portland, Maine.
Zeller entered averaging 5.8 points and 3.2 rebounds with just one block in 75 total minutes. In 12 first-half minutes against Toronto, he broke out for 11 points, three boards and a trio of blocks, anchoring a 13-3 run to tie the game at the half. He finished with 13 points, four rebounds, three assists and the three blocks in 18 minutes.
The 7-footer played well off the pick-and-roll with Evan Turner, who assisted Zeller's first four buckets, all inside of 4 feet. And the C's enjoyed their best string of basketball with both Zeller and Olynyk (6 points, 7 rebounds) in the frontcourt.
Avery Bradley pulled a Paul Pierce. With eight seconds remaining, Bradley (13 points) made a step-back elbow jumper to tie the game at 89-89. But Lou Williams answered with a 3-pointer over Bradley with 0.6 seconds left, and Jared Sullinger's buzzer-beating heave bounced off the back of the rim.
Asset Management: Evan Turner's Celtics future
|10.15.14 at 6:08 pm ET
I think we can all agree the Celtics won't be raising banner 18 in the immediate future, and more likely than not the 2014-15 NBA season will result in another lottery pick come June, regardless of how ardently Rajon Rondo, Avery Bradley & Co. argue the contrary. It's been a year since Danny Ainge traded Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett to the Nets, launching the process of stockpiling draft picks and cap-friendly contracts. Since the Celtics failed to cash in those commodities in exchange for fireworks this summer, this season's preview will have a Wyc Grousbeck theme, focusing on the hodgepodge of C's pieces in a series we'll call Asset Management. Next up: Evan Turner.
Evan Turner isn't this good.
At least, he hasn't been, not at the NBA level. Through four preseason games with the Celtics, though, Turner is producing at a level we haven't seen since his Ohio State days, and there's reason to believe he can maintain that success.
His performance on the 76ers and briefly the Pacers hasn't proved worthy of the No. 2 pick in 2010. The averages of 13.7 points, 5.7 rebounds and 3.8 assists from 2011-13 aren't so bad, but he's never posted a true shooting percentage better than 50 percent and submitted a PER (12.4) worse than the C's top seven rotation players last season. Likewise, his assist-to-turnover ratio (1.39) ranked among the league's worst for guards who dominated the ball as much as he did in 2013-14. By few measures has Turner been a productive basketball player.
All of which seems strange for a 6-foot-7, 205-pound consensus collegiate player of the year who was considered by DraftExpress "a dynamic shot-creator" and "one of the best perimeter stoppers in the draft" after three seasons on the Buckeyes. What happened to the guy who ranked among the 10 most efficient college players in 2009-10?
Celtics practice notes: Rajon Rondo improves, Jeff Green returns, rotation starts coming together
|10.14.14 at 2:01 pm ET
The Celtics kicked off the preseason with a busy stretch of four games in just six nights. They since have had an off day, then practice resumed on Monday and Tuesday in Waltham leading up to Wednesday's game against the Raptors in Maine.
Here are some notes from prior to Tuesday's practice.
Rajon Rondo shows improvement
Rondo has been on the court shooting the ball prior to each preseason game, which is a very good sign. He also has been doing ball handling with his broken left hand (with a brace on it). All signs point to Rondo being right on schedule in his recovery, if not ahead of schedule.
"We've increased his conditioning within workouts," Brad Stevens said. "So what we've done is, the last couple of days, we've actually worked him out with a couple of other guys early in a small group. And then he'll do all of the non-contact stuff in our workout, which [Tuesday] will be most of the workout. So that'll be good. He's getting there, it's just a matter of he can't be involved in contact."
Jeff Green returns from calf injury
Green has been practicing this week, and Stevens indicated he will be in shape to play against Toronto.
"Yeah, he'll play [Wednesday]," Stevens said. "That'll be part of his conditioning."
With the emergence of Evan Turner so far this preseason, Stevens would like to find ways to get Turner and Green on the court at the same time now that Green is back. It's something Turner sees going well.
"I think Jeff and I have a good rapport," Turner said. "It's all about communication, and once again, [Green] is our go-to-guy. I just want to play, so whatever he wants I'm going to do."
Turner expressed confidence that he and Green will be able to play off one another.
"We attempted to," he said with a laugh. "We played together before he got hurt, too, so I think clearly he will have to get re-acclimated because he hasn't played in the last couple of weeks, but it should be fine."
Is Celtics' Marcus Smart really this bad a shooter?
|10.13.14 at 1:48 pm ET
If you're one of the many folks still ripping Rajon Rondo and Avery Bradley's perimeter shooting, wait until you get a load of Celtics rookie Marcus Smart.
Following a trend that's been in decline since his days at appropriately named Marcus High in Flower Mound, Texas, Smart is attempting a higher rate of his shots from distance, even as his 3-point percentage progressively worsens.
Let's take a look at Smart's shooting percentages from inside the 3-point line — where he's an exceptional finisher at the rim and gets to the free throw line with tremendous effectiveness — and beyond it since his junior year of high school.
2010-11 (high school junior): 176-292 2P (.603), 29-84 3P (.345)
2011-12 (high school senior): 143-216 2P (.577), 41-110 3P (.372)
2012-13 (Oklahoma State freshman): 113-243 2P (.465), 38-131 3P (.290)
2013-14 (Oklahoma State sophomore): 114-222 2P (.514), 49-164 3P (.299)
2014-15 (summer league/preseason): 14-41 2P (.342), 13-56 3P (.232)
At the prep level, Smart could get to the rim with ease, but his 6-foot-4, 226-pound frame becomes less of an advantage as the competition level rises. Likewise, scouting plays an increased role at each stage, and defenses are designed to encourage Smart's shooting while discouraging his penetration.
As a result, the Celtics rookie's long-distance attempts have increased from 27.6 percent of his total shots in high school to 38.8 percent in college and now 57.7 percent in nine games of summer league and preseason action. Granted, that's a limited sample size in the NBA — where the 3-point distance is greater and he may be attempting more exhibition 3's to adjust — but Smart's excessive poor 3-point shooting remains a concern.
As usual, DraftExpress did a nice job of breaking down Smart's catch-and-shoot struggles at Oklahoma State, where he was just as bad — if not worse — from mid-range as he was from 3, per shotanalytics.com.
Asset Management: James Young's Celtics future
|10.10.14 at 6:01 pm ET
I think we can all agree the Celtics won't be raising banner 18 in the immediate future, and more likely than not the 2014-15 NBA season will result in another lottery pick come June, regardless of how ardently Rajon Rondo, Avery Bradley & Co. argue the contrary. It's been a year since Danny Ainge traded Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett to the Nets, launching the process of stockpiling draft picks and cap-friendly contracts. Since the Celtics failed to cash in those commodities in exchange for fireworks this summer, this season's preview will have a Wyc Grousbeck theme, focusing on the hodgepodge of C's pieces in a series we'll call Asset Management. Next up: James Young.
Young's received an awful lot of praise before he's played a regular-season NBA game. It's curious how analysts already determined he's the next Paul Pierce, Ray Allen or Bradley Beal, or why Comcast commentators questioned Avery Bradley's signing since Young is so clearly the starting shooting guard in waiting.
It's a wonder he slipped to No. 17 in the draft. Maybe all they needed to see was his 20-point performance in the national title game, since a season-long look at Young's Kentucky production reveals a worse true shooting percentage (53.6) than Marcus Smart (55.2), the other Celtics rookie whose stroke has been roundly criticized. Or maybe Young's 3-for-8 effort in his preseason debut was enough to anoint him, since he missed all of Summer League with a concussion.
Truth is, James Young is a project. At the end of the 19-year-old's assignment, we may look back on him as a steal. But odds are Danny Ainge didn't find the next great Celtic in the latter half of the first round, especially since the C's president has long stated that fewer stars existed in the 2014 draft than most believed.
Still, the early returns on Young are encouraging, at least from his coach's perspective.
Rebuild Spotlight: Who could we see shipped out this season?
|10.09.14 at 10:03 pm ET
With two preseason games in the books, the Celtics are off to a somewhat impressive 2-0 start. Let's not overreact to a couple of dress rehearsals, but Danny Ainge has veterans who could be valuable contributors on contending teams — something the Celtics will not be this season no matter how many preseason victories they accumulate.
Obviously, the ideal move for the future would be to bring in a star to go alongside Rajon Rondo and Boston's young core. The problem is that a player like that doesn't exist on the trade market this season, at least for the moment. Anything is possible, but with the current drought of available star power not expected to change, the Celtics might need to continue shedding veteran contracts for assets of sorts. Digging deeper into the youth movement might sound like a long haul, but it could prove to be the faster path to return to contention.
Last year Ainge shipped Jordan Crawford off to the Warriors and Courtney Lee to the Grizzlies — both trades currently seem to be working in Boston's favor for one reason or another. The Crawford deal was successful because they traded an overachieving player and brought back assets in the form of draft picks. Ainge has some players who fit the bill for that type of trade.
Outside of Rondo (who will be the topic of the final Rebuild Spotlight feature), the Celtics have three expiring contracts that could make sense to move. Ainge likely will let Joel Anthony's $3.8 million expire in Boston this season, but if his salary is needed to complete a larger trade he would gladly be shipped out. However, Brandon Bass ($6.9 million) and Marcus Thornton ($8.6 million) could be valuable contributors off the bench for a team that feels they are in the mix.
Both players already are providing a spark off the bench in limited minutes in Boston, what's to say they can't do that elsewhere? We already know what Bass has been during his time in Boston, and Thornton is averaging 13 points in just 17 minutes per game in his first two stints in green. Just last year the Nets added Thornton at the deadline to try to give Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce the help they needed in Brooklyn. It proved to be too little, but the point is: Why wouldn't a team want to do that this season now that he and Bass are in the final year of their contracts? They are perfect rental players.
While Bass and Thornton are good candidates to be moved for future assets, the Celtics also have some Courtney Lee-style trade pieces. Lee had multiple years left on his contract when he was sent packing for Jerryd Bayless, who arrived on the last year of his deal. The whole idea of the trade was that Lee would not be worth paying in the future, so Ainge brought in Bayless, who only had to be paid until the end of last season.
Rodney McGruder flushes fantastic alley-oop in Celtics preseason blowout of the Knicks
|10.08.14 at 11:15 pm ET
In all likelihood, Tim Frazier and Rodney McGruder won't be on the Celtics much longer, but the two combined for a memorable highlight in a 106-86 preseason blowout of the Knicks in lovely downtown Hartford. Frazier's alley-oop feed found a flushing McGruder. Not to be confused with "MacGruber," despite the flowing hair. #RippingThroats
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How many generations of young vegetarians have turned to the Moosewood cookbooks to figure out their new way of eating? Though the Moosewood Restaurant has been serving up creative, home-style vegetarian food in Ithaca, New York, for almost 30 years, they have not been in a time warp.
This collection, which includes 350 all-new, tasty recipes, features wraps and curries, pancakes and waffles, stir-fries and stews for all kinds of meatless meals. The Moosewood chefs continue to follow the global beat for inspiration -- China, India, Tibet, Africa, the Middle East, and every region of the United States. Dishes like Pad Thai and Vegetable Pho with Shrimp, Israeli Za'atar Salad, and Tofu Sloppy Joes illustrate the range; even egg salad gets five different ethnic interpretations. Tofu gets major treatment, too: baked tofu sticks, curried tofu, lemony baked tofu, Mexican baked tofu, as well as tofu spreads and juicy, spicy tofu burgers.
Moosewood Restaurant New Classics has a great section on lunch, with wraps, tofu burgers, sandwiches, and quesadillas in the spotlight. There's a good list of drinks, including Chai, Autumn Smoothie, and even something called Frozen Jeff, after a drink beloved by one of the young Moosers (as the customers are called). The desserts chapter ranges from Deep Chocolate Vegan Cake and Big Chocolate Chip Cookies to Thai Black Rice Pudding and a Middle Eastern pudding served during Ramadan.
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Your version wouldn't be a tessellation, though, would it? Cool interpretation.
Both this and the painting are my version. In fact, the center of the digital version matches the painting exactly. Do you see how this pattern can continue indefinitely?
Yes, the shapes appear equilateral, so they should be regular. I apologize; I didn't realize both works were yours.
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Sculptor Richard Beyer, perhaps best known in these parts for his iconic Fremont sculpture "People Waiting for the Interurban," passed away on Monday. He was 86.
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After the death of his wife Margaret in 2004, Beyer eventually moved to New York and married friend Dorothy Scholz in 2007. Beyer passed away in New York Monday after suffering a serious stroke March 27 that he never recovered from.
The Wenatchee World had this take on Beyer's distinguished career.
Trained as an economist, Beyer moved to Seattle in 1957 to work on a Ph.D. at the University of Washington. While working on his dissertation, he continued to draw and carve small animals for his children and those in the neighborhood. By 1963, he was showing these carvings at local galleries, whose patrons were recognizing a new-found, if rough, talent.
Beyer's first public commission was in 1968, and from there his art career grew each year. By 1978, he had established a foundry in Seattle's Fremont District to produce his bronze and aluminum castings.
From there, he made some of his most controversial works, including the beloved "Waiting for the Interurban," a depiction of people and a dog waiting for a train that never arrives. The dog has the face of a Fremont civic leader who opposed placement of the statue.
In 1988, Beyer moved his foundry to Pateros and quickly became a fixture in the region's burgeoning arts scene.
Here's a look at some of Beyer's work from around the Northwest and country, borrowed from his website.
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So sorry you are going through this. My daughter failed her first test in the hosptial b/c she was being too fussy. They tried again later and she was ok. It could be it was just a fluke the first time. I wish you the best!
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There are 2 types of tests. The hospital ones can be thrown off by anything like people talking, moving , anything!!! my son is one month old and failed all the tests. He just now started startling at noises and still dosnt startle at some things. The vaccum cleaner running , for example, wont startle him. My dog barking will, the garbage disposal will. The car door slamming will. but most other things wont. remember that there are worse things that can happen besides being deaf. Good luck and keep your faith!
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My 15-year-old daughter is having sex—and it's breaking my heart.
Dear Prudie,
My boyfriend and I met and fell in love three years ago, while we were both married to other people (we both have children). My marriage ended quickly. He felt he should try to work it out with his wife, but this past summer they filed for divorce. We brought our relationship out in the open. I know what we did was wrong, and I'm ashamed that it's part of our history. My family accepts that we're together. His family blames me for his divorce and thinks that I'm with him only because he's financially stable. They stay in contact with his ex-wife and refuse to acknowledge my existence. His mother told him that it would be better for his kids if he moved away and let his ex-wife have sole custody. This Thanksgiving my kids are with their dad, and his kids are with their mom. My parents are going away to see relatives but I can't join them. My boyfriend decided to spend Thanksgiving with his parents and siblings and their families, even though I'm not welcome. I understand that he wants to see his family. If we're going to have a future, though, at some point he's going to have to insist that we're a package deal. Is it reasonable for me to still be punished in this way? Maybe I should just accept that I have to spend a solitary Thanksgiving.
—Scarlet Letter
Dear Scarlet,
I agree that if you two stay together his family is going to have to accept you, but his divorce is still quite recent and the feelings about his affair run so high that his own mother thinks he should abandon his children. So it's going to take a lot of work to get them to come around; it's possible they never will. But this first Thanksgiving is not a good test for you to press your case. I can understand you're feeling abandoned, but you should either volunteer at a shelter or see if a friend can have you join their dinner. Your boyfriend wants to try to repair some very frayed relations with his family. It makes sense for him to spend time with them. Even though he's not with his kids this Thanksgiving, it will be a huge benefit to them in the long run if he has decent relations with his extended family, who continue to be part of the lives of his children. Let this go this year, and lay low where his family is concerned. Maybe some less fraught holiday—try Arbor Day—he can tell his family it's time they got to know the woman he loves.
Dear Prudie,
I am a veteran public school teacher at a very needy school. I work in a small group setting with students who have academic trouble. I love my job and I love my students. However, I find myself having a very hard time enjoying the holiday season knowing the dire living situations that some of my kids are in. I report to authorities what is actionable. I buy snacks and coats when I can, and have even bought alarm clocks for kids whose parents aren't getting them up to come to school. My school has some good programs to help fill the gaps. But when I am buying groceries or Christmas presents, I think, "How is it that some of my kids have food and presents and so many others at my school will be spending Thanksgiving break just waiting for school to open back up so they can have two meals a day and a safe place to be?" With SNAP benefits being cut, so many more of our school families are struggling. My husband is very supportive and never fusses at me for the things I buy for students, but he does encourage me to let go of the worries while I am at home. Do you have any advice?
—A Teacher
Dear Teacher,
Thank you for this reminder of what the spirit of the holiday season is really all about, and how grateful so many of us should be for simply knowing there will a warm bed tonight and food tomorrow. Your devotion is admirable, and so is your ability to make a difference in such an individual way. You should find solace that day in, day out, year in, year out, you are working to heal the world. But you have to keep in mind that you are like a doctor who treats the sickest patients. Yes, you should bring compassion to your task, but you can't do your job to the best of your ability if you're overwhelmed with the pain of the people you're helping. You have to be able to put a limit on your worries so that you can recharge. You are also carrying too much of this burden alone. You can't be the main community resource for these kids. There must be organizations that work to provide coats, food, and Christmas presents, to which you can pass along the names of your pupils. Enlist some of the school administrators to help make this happen. The work you do with your students can help them make better lives for themselves. So it's essential for you, and them, that you don't get burned out.
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HI all!
I've been using Irfanview for a few years now (and better in the last year thanks Josha!) but have recently moved to Mac. I've tried and tried to get used to iPhoto but it's just not the same.
Is there an Irfanview-like program for Mac? I've done a bit of a search online but I only found someone explaining how to install another program that will then allow you to install Irfanview but I didn't really get it (technophobe!)
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After what seems like only a couple of weeks off, the Premier League resumes this weekend, with the stakes as high as ever.
A thrilling World Cup narrowed the three months of thumb-twitching ennui usually endured by Premier League fans; the mania of the transfer window means club football never really went away.
Of course, there have been major changes, mostly in terms of playing personnel.
Arsenal bought one of the stars of the World Cup in Alexis Sanchez, and welcomed back several injured players. They looked formidable in the Community Shield win over Manchester City – with young defender Calum Chambers showing composure beyond his years and Mathieu Debuchy slotting in well for Bacary Sagna – but, of course, that match is rarely a barometer for the rest of the season.
Defending champions City missed several big names in the 3-0 loss and, by their standards, have been quiet in the transfer window. Their hands relatively tied by financial fair play, major signings of note have been defender Eliaquim Mangala and goalkeeper Willy Caballero, although those positions were the main holes in Manuel Pellegrini's team last season. Trimming the fat from a bloated squad has been a priority and they are a sleeker unit now. They remain the benchmark for other teams, and write them off at your peril.
Chelsea have been active, sealing big deals for Spain duo Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas – a surprisingly short World Cup means they are nicely rested for the season curtain-raiser against promoted Burnley. The return of Thibaut Courtois from his loan at Atletico Madrid gives Jose Mourinho a nice problem in the goalkeeping department, while Filipe Luis should prove an able replacement for the departed Ashley Cole. Expect another title challenge.
Liverpool, meanwhile, have been forced into wholesale changes following the £75m sale of Luis Suarez, which could see them struggle to match their exploits last season. They were short of numbers then, and had to pad out the squad, but can any of the half-dozen signings so far really be called world class? Are they clear improvements on existing personnel? We'll find out soon enough.
Of course all eyes have been on Manchester United, whose disastrous 2013-14 campaign was attributed to David Moyes' abortive, failed shot at the big time. Yes, only two senior players have been brought in, Ander Herrera – a long-standing target whose failure to sign last summer was a comedy of ineptitude by United – and Luke Shaw. The former plugs what was a gaping hole in United's creativity, the latter replaces Patrice Evra. But there remains a shortage of defensive personnel, with another left-back and at least one centre-half the basic requirements. However, United's biggest signing was coach Louis van Gaal, who has set about changing a culture of slackness that germinated under Moyes. The Dutchman already looks to have transformed morale, with a shrewd tactical switch to 3-5-2 accompanied by radical alterations to the club's requirements from players.
And let's not forget Everton, who have sought to build on an impressive campaign with the £28m coup to make Romelu Lukaku their own; several other solid signings have been made, and expect them to linger in the top six, ditto Tottenham, who will surely improve under the excellent tutelage of Mauricio Pochettino.
It's not just the big boys who have been flashing the cash. The explosion in television income has seen an even bigger spree from clubs in the lower reaches of the division. The opportunity to build financial prudent models of self-sustenance has, of course, been eclipsed by wild spending as teams look to consolidate Premier League status. Why else would Shane Long and Leonardo Ulloa go for deals that could exceed £12m and £10m respectively? How can Hull City justify an £8m outlay on Jake Livermore when strong, silky Bosnia star Muhamed Besic cost Everton half that? It smacks of desperation – and some clubs have shown that you can be smart with your money, as Stoke City's £3m capture of Bojan Krkic has highlighted, while QPR have learned from their mistakes by focusing on quality, not quantity.
Meanwhile, some less fashionable clubs could struggle, despite their best efforts. Southampton have paid the price for their style and quality, their manager poached by Spurs and their first team ravaged by Liverpool, among others; good replacements have been acquired, but could the instability prove too much? Burnley, meanwhile, are finding it tough to encourage big names to take the risk of a team that punched well above their weight in the second tier; Tony Pulis became so frustrated by the Crystal Palace board's over-cautious approach following last summer's scattergun approach to the window, he is now gone; Leicester appear to have decided that a 'best of the Championship' strategy is the sensible approach.
Indeed, the only thing that is certain about the new season is its uncertainty.
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John Harrigan -- Hate coyotes, adore the wolf: explain, please
I mentioned this the next morning to a visitor at work, who said, affably enough, 'All well and good for you, but I'd shoot every damned one of (them) I could get my sights on.' I really didn't want to get into it with him, so we went on to more agreeable things, and then off he went, rifle in his truck-rack, presumably at the ready.
This attitude — the only good predator is a dead predator, based largely not on livestock protection but on competition for game — is lessening with each generation but will probably always hang on, handed down by ancestors and camp lore. I heard it in camps hither and yon during my own growing-up years and carried some of the bias into early adulthood, when the illogic and immorality of it slowly dawned.
There came a day, finally, when I was on my way down Bishop Brook Road to work at the Beecher Falls factory of Ethan Allen and spotted, via peripheral vision, a fox running hell bent for leather across a pasture. I jumped out of my vehicle, 30-30 in hand, to crank off a couple of shots before it streaked into the woods. And why, I immediately thought, had I done that?
For no good reason. For the same no good reason that our neighbor and other farmers we knew routinely shot hawks out of the air because everyone knew they preyed on chickens and ducks — and not just farm creatures but creatures of field and woods, which people with .22s and shotguns were after, as well. A good predator is a dead predator — it was the law of the land. And late into my teens, I'd succumbed to that law.
The bottom line was that late that previous fall, I'd shot a sow bear for no good reason. Now here I was in the wonder and birth of spring, trying to shoot a fox for the same no good reason. And I had an epiphany there and then, which was that never again would I draw a bead on a predator unless it had a pet or a farm creature by the throat — and even then I'd probably holler 'Drop it or I'll shoot.' (As it so happened, a few years later a fox with a chicken in its mouth did exactly that.)
'God's Dog' is the older, kinder, gentler and, perhaps, Indian-based name for The Trickster. The ever resourceful and adaptable coyote is the responsive breeder that shrugs off all of so-called humanity's arrogant and fruitless attempts to eradicate it. It's the walking replacement in the niche of things that we created by ruthless persecution of the wolf.
This leads to the kind of vexing moral problem of hypocrisy that would be fun to mull over, if it weren't so ludicrous. Why do we profess to so love and adore and worship and seek closeness to the wolf, the supposed poster child for all that's remote, wild and free, the mournful soul-searching stuff of poetry and song, not to mention fawning documentaries and movies, while at the same time we're taught to despise and persecute by any means — bullet, trap, wire, poison — its close cousin and equally beautiful and rightful occupant of the wild, the coyote?
Once in a while, back when I was a major part of a major sheep operation — featuring very tight, clean, hot electric fences and imposing pasture guard dogs. The big Maremmas that would tear a fox or coyote apart but would never harm a person — a well-meaning neighbor or visiting hunter ( hunters always being welcome on our land), would offer to help get rid of our coyotes. I'd beg off from this supposed favor by saying that we had these coyotes all trained and would just wind up having to train a whole new bunch.
This often resulted in a slight widening of the eyes and a polite withdrawal, but the mindset still exists, straight across the grain of common sense, facts and knowledge to the contrary.
John Harrigan's column appears weekly in the New Hampshire Sunday News. His address is Box 39, Colebrook 03576. His email is email@example.com.