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Letter from London, 7-5: Social Dances in Critical Times
Zeroculture's Black Thing; Havana Rakatan's Son & Fury; Williams on Dance on Film
By Josephine Leask
Copyright 2007 Josephine Leask
All Together Now
LONDON -- For many, June in England conjures up strawberries and cream, Pimms, outdoor festivals and tennis; but this June we've had severe flooding, terrorism and a new prime minister. While the first two are deeply distressing, the third one is, possibly, good news. So far Gordon Brown, with his unflinching response to the attempted terror attacks, his straight talking, steely gaze and his controversial cross-party search to find the best MPs for his cabinet, has surprised the country. Brown's dour Scottish character is diametrically opposed to predecessor Tony Blair's, so we will, undoubtedly, be seeing an end to the ex-prime minister's faux touchy-feely style of "sofa government," the slick sound-bites and the smooth spinning. Brown tells it how it is. It's very early days, but maybe, just maybe we can trust this man.
Here in rainy London, where, until yesterday, the government had raised the 'current threat level' to 'critical,' the highest, indicating 'an attack is expected imminently,' and with police sirens screeching incessantly, there is a weary sadness around. However, in true British character, people seem to be grumpier about the weather than anything else and even that is not keeping them indoors. On the night before the discovery of the first car bomb, June 28, I went to the South Bank Centre to see "Find Me Amongst the Black" by Zeroculture, in which the skills of director/choreographer Darshan Singh Bhuller, writer Parv Bancil and designer Kit Monkman were combined to create a cross artform-performance. I was drawn to the work because of its content: a classic love story with complicated racial identity issues set in present day racially tense, multi-cultural Britain. The story goes like this: Asian girl falls in love with Afro-Caribbean man. Her possessive brother doesn't like it and beats her up. She finally dies as a result of her mother culture's paranoia, her host culture's negligence and her own unhappiness and confusion. Unfortunately, the whole package sounds much more gritty (so-called "honor" killings, a black Romeo and Juliet theme, Asian sense of isolation) and promises more on paper than what we actually see on stage.
The story is told through dance, mainly of the South Asian variety, text, and film, and while each component is strong enough in its own right, when placed together they lose their power to communicate. Gestural movement follows the text far too literally and is thus often reduced to empty actions, while the film component, abstract graphics of urban landscapes, skies, moons and train stations, is slick and technical but more distracting than meaningful. The performers, themselves of mixed identity, have stunning individual qualities but some of them look awkward dancing the Indian classical steps, particularly when they juxtapose these with jazz, contemporary and hip-hop styles. For me, the most thought-provoking relationship is that between the brother, played by Rashpal Singh Bansal, and sister, played by Seeta Patel, before their violent encounter. His possessive, incestuous attitude towards his sister and her affectionate ridiculing of her brother and detachment from him are conveyed by minimal 'avoidance' contact movement and pre-recorded dialogue which is simple and sincere. A great score helps to give the work its distinct Asian identity, but while this group of A-list artists has created a highly topical piece of dance-theater, the impact it should make is somehow flattened by lapses in performance and content.
Cabana in Havana
When the days were sunnier at the beginning of June, my love of Cuban music took me to see the Cuban modern dance company Ballet Rakatan, with its UK premiere of "Havana Rakatan," at Sadler's Wells's West End venue, the Peacock Theatre. While there is not much left to the imagination in these large-scale, flamboyant, toe-tapping shows that are rather more geared to crowd pleasing than to portraying subtle insight into the dance and music forms concerned, the sheer vibrance and talent of the performers was intoxicating.
Watching a cast of Cuban dancers and musicians who probably earn next to nothing give more than 100% of their energy to a wealthy Western audience is a humbling experience. The dancers, trained in contemporary, Cuban and Latin styles, and hand-picked by director and former dancer Nilda Guerra, who founded Ballet Rakatan in 2001, take the audience on a rapid tour of Cuban musical history. "Havana Rakatan" is designed to illustrate how every dance and music style has evolved in Cuba from its fusion of African and Spanish cultures; Flamenco, Yoruba and Afro-Haitian rhythms as well as jazz, mambo and bolero culminate in the sophisticated modern-day style Cuban Son, the foundation of salsa, played by the sensational Son band Turquino.
The first act is dedicated to Cuba's African slave ancestors, who lay down the foundations of so much of country's modern-day music and dance. These dances are seeped in ritual and high energy and begin with a celebration of the gods and goddesses of the Yoruba, the first slaves to be brought to Cuba, with the dancers wearing tribal regalia -- huge colorful costumes and surreal headdresses. Following the Yoruba festivities we hear the distinct drums and drumbeats from the Congo and then witness the quieter mysterious prayers and rituals of the Dahomey tribes, from what's now the Republic of Benin in West Africa. After some traditional rural folk dances, the act culminates with "El Manisero," a feisty number sung by principal vocalist Geidy Chapman which conjures up the smells, noise and movement of the rumbustious streets of pre-revolutionary Havana, where decadent wealth and filthy poverty were united by music and dance.
In the second act the company illustrates with even more energy and considerably less costumes the dance explosion that occurred in Havana from the 1920s to the 1950s. This was a time in which dance form after dance form was being pioneered in the casinos, dance halls, cabarets and beach clubs and music began to be played by the signature instruments of salsa, the tres, guitar, trumpet, bongo, guiro and voice. Here the dancers embellish familiar dances/music styles such as the rumba, cha-cha-cha, mambo, bolero, and Latin Jazz to give them a modern spin. Much of this act is just too much like "come dancing" for my liking, with endlessly body revealing or skimpy, tacky costumes, unsubtle "oom-pa-pa's" and over-the-top performances, but when we finally arrive in the salsa section, it is worth the over-stimulating wait. While salsa combines most of the styles mentioned above, somehow the clear steady beat of the son and the less showy, more sophisticated movement is a joy to watch. My attention was drawn back repeatedly to the musicians and singers, who dance salsa as they make music, without frills, and with such dignity, fluidity and rigor that I am spellbound.
Williams Wins over Wapping
If central London got to be too much at times over the last month, a trip out to Wapping in the East End to see dance film-maker Margaret Williams's retrospective at the Wapping Project proved to be an affirming and positive experience. The exhibition covered the formidable territory of dance films produced during the past 25 years of Williams's career, and included works made especially for the camera, adaptations of existing works and documentaries. Some 23 hours of film, played on a loop on four different screens at the impressive venue, a former hydraulic pump station, allowed viewers the opportunity to dip in, and out, of some memorable visual material. What came across most emphatically is how Williams has managed to etch out a niche in film making that is not too commercial or 'MTV' in style. Improvisation, multi-camera work, great locations and a vivid imagination are some of the factors that have contributed to her success. Her close collaboration with choreographers such as Lea Anderson, Victoria Marks and Jiri Kylian resulted in cutting-edge dance programming, largely for Channel 4, which I think was some of Williams's best. And her adaptations of ballets by choreographers such as Kenneth MacMillian, Cathy Marsden and David Bintley show how ballet can be translated effectively by the medium of film.
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Excellent points! When teaching martial arts, I use many of the same points. Start slowly and learn to do the movement perfectly. Gradually add speed until you can do it perfectly at full speed. Sloppy technique, no matter how fast is still sloppy.
You must be relaxed. If you re tensed, it's like driving your car with the brakes on.
Using your partner's or opponent's energy is a basic principle of martial arts.
Begin with the easier things, progress to the harder things.
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"Good afternoon everyone, it is a great, great pleasure to be here this afternoon in this historic and inaugural occasion as the University of Colorado continues to move forward with the journey of launching women's lacrosse. We have had a tremendous search process that has been executed over the last several weeks and we'd like to go ahead and announce our head coach. Before we get started with that, I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Julie Manning and I am an associate director here and I had the great pleasure of chairing the search for our coach. The entire process, Ann Elliott, who you'll get to know here shortly, was just a standout. She did an amazing job presenting herself and her credentials are amazing. As I said, you'll have an opportunity to meet her. Before we get too deep into the program, I wanted to have an opportunity to introduce our Chancellor Phil DiStefano, he is certainly a wonderful leader in the athletics department. We wouldn't be down this wonderful journey without him and his support. Please join me in welcoming him to the stage."
CU Chancellor Dr. Phil DiStefano
"Thank you Julie and good afternoon to everybody. Before I just say a few words, I wanted to introduce one of our regents, Regent Emeriti Pete Steinhauer, Pete thank you for being here. It was about two years ago when the boards of regents accepted the Pac-12 invitation to join the conference. I was asked if CU was going to add a new sport, either a men or women's sport, and I remember standing in this room saying 'absolutely we are going to add a women's sport' and now I can enthusiastically say that time is here and I am so excited about adding women's lacrosse.
"This is the first time in 16 years that we are adding a new sport at CU. And the addition of women lacrosse gives us 17 NCAA sports, 10 of which are women's sports. And lacrosse is not only a great sport, but it is an extremely viable sport for us given the popularity across Colorado and the nation. Women's lacrosse at the high school level is the fastest growing sport in Colorado and across the nation. And lacrosse both men and women is the fastest growing at the NCAA level, and further we recognize the Importance of bolstering our participation in women's sport and meeting out Title IX obligations and today is a tremendously exciting day for all of us for CU Boulder and for all of our tremendous student-athletes.
"These athletes and their new coach can always say they were here form the beginning building a new program from the ground up. They will establish the culture of this team for years to come. And it is notable that our Pac-12 peers, USC and Oregon have recently added lacrosse, as well. And especially given lacrosse's popularity, I believe CU and our four pac-12 counter parts will get plenty of air time on the new Pac-12 Network. I think we are in for an exciting and rewarding time with women's lacrosse here on CU's campus and the person behind this exciting growth is our athletic director Mike Bohn."
CU Athletic Director Mike Bohn
"Thank you chancellor, it is always a pleasure to be able to share the stage with Phil. I think he talked about our committed to sports but he is in the trenches with us every day and I salute campus for allowing us to start a lacrosse program. You can't help but smile when you look across the room and see young women and girls and coaches that are a part of lacrosse in our community and how excited they are to see the field painted.
"Obviously that is a big deal for us so you start thinking, what were we looking in a head coach? You start thinking about passion and you start thinking about someone who eats, drinks and dreams lacrosse. I think we found that coach. I think there is no question that someone that can help us with unexplored territory here in the state of Colorado. It is going to take someone with incredible poise, someone with competitive grit, and stature to take it on and come out and go through the unchartered waters with us. It takes big dreams and to chase those. It was no question that coach Elliott has a clear and dynamic vision that's where we want to go and that's what helped her distinguish herself as the coach that we wanted to be here at the University of Colorado so please help me welcome the head coach of the Colorado's Lacrosse Program Ann Elliott.
CU Head Lacrosse Coach Ann Elliot:
"Well thank you guys all for being here. I think I'll just get started with a couple of remarks, and if anybody has questions I'd love to answer them.
"Obviously I want to start by saying it's always been a dream of mine to be able to build a program. I come from Northwestern University. Nine years ago I started there as a player when Kelly Amonte Hiller was building her program so I got to be a part of that and build that tradition and since then work under her and continue to work with that program and sustain its success. So building a program has always been a dream of mine. So to come here to Colorado to CU, it's an incredible opportunity for me and I want to make sure to thank the people that made that possible.
"To start, Mike (Bohn), Julie (Manning) and the entire search committee and athletic department here to give me the opportunity and believing in me. My parents, they came out today and I'm fortunate enough to come out and make the trip and be here to support me. Kelly Amonte Hiller and her husband Scott and Dr. Phillips at Northwestern for preparing me over the past nine years to be able to take on this opportunity and build this program from the ground up. Of those people there are many more who I haven't thanked, have really helped me get really prepared and excited to be out here and take this on and lead the CU lacrosse program.
"When you think about building a program and leaving a great institution like Northwestern, for me, you think about the type of place you want to come and what university is going to be successful. I think CU is that exact place. It has everything. It is definitely a world class institution. You talk about athletics, a great institution, we already talked about how we play in the Pac-12 and lacrosse will play in a different conference, but it is still Pac-12 sports.
"Over the past month, I've got to follow Colorado sports and follow the men and women's basketball and that to me has been extremely exciting to watch the men win the Pac-12 Championship and go on the NCAA Tournament and the women and their awesome run in the NIT tournament. You just know there are great athletics and it just comes from the great support, and it comes from this department all the way from the chancellor to the athletic director.
"You talk about a world class community and, that's Boulder and Colorado in general. Last night I told the story a little bit, Mike and his wife picked me up at the airport and we went to dinner and stopped for some ice cream and went to the hotel. So the three places we went, we met three different people who were extremely passionate and they had gone here to CU and they were extremely passionate about being a Buff. The waitress at dinner said watching the Pac-12 Championship, she almost cried. It just shows how supportive the community is and how much everyone is invested.
"When I was out here for my visit, both teams were getting ready for the Pac-12 Tournament and there was a small pep rally and I learned about how Mike was sponsoring 50 fans to go to the championship and this group was going to go to all the games, men and women's and I think that shows the commitment to athletics and I knew right there that this was the type of school I wanted to build a program at. The type of commitment and support to all of their athletes was what I was looking for. Obviously you talk about the academics side as well. You have great premiere academics here so when I think about going to a place and building a program, you want to go to an institution that has that world-class experience: academically, athletically and socially. For being here for a short time, it is clear to me that CU is that place. I am so honored to be here and have the opportunity to build the program from the ground up, so thank you."
On Who Her Mentors Are
"Kelly Amonte Hiller has been a great mentor, first as a coach, then as someone I worked beside as a coach. I learned it's a process to get to where you want to go. It takes a lot of hard work and you have to be able to put in the time. From Kelly, I learned she is one of the hardest working people I know, there's really no stopping when you put your mind to something, you're going to go all in and do the best you can. It takes a lot of hard work, there are definitely a lot of ups and downs and obstacles and challenges and it's about how you respond. Having a positive attitude through it all and taking it all head on and learning and growing from.
"It's really about the small things and building a culture, and that everyone is kind of buying into the same principles. You establish that culture and core values, and everyone from the top of the athletic department all the way down to the players believe in the same thing, and the same mission and they're all working to get better one step at a time. When I first took my trip out here, I learned a lot about the values and principles of the CU athletic department and it was really neat to see they were all right in line with the values and principles I have for myself, which I will implement as I build this program."
On Starting A Program From Scratch Opposed To Coaching An Established Program
"I think starting a program, as I said has always been a dream of mine. I think a lot of it is based on where I came from. I came from Northwestern and I got a chance to be a part of that program to begin with. I know how special it is to be a part of that first National Championship and to see something grow into a national championship contender and to have pride in all the hard work it takes. I think it is something very special to be the first program and first head coach and to establish that culture and the foundation that a program can build on for the next several years.
On Not Being Able To Sell Recruits On CU's Lacrosse History
"I maybe can't sell CU lacrosse history here but I think the tradition of athletics here at CU is something you can sell. The traditions here, academically, athletically, socially here in Boulder, one of the greatest college towns, a destination point for so many people. There is so much history that can be sold based on this school. On the lacrosse side, you're exactly right, there isn't history yet but there is the vision that I have and the experience I am bringing based on my opportunities that we will bring here and carry over a lot. There will be experience of my staff as well, we don't have the history of lacrosse yet but we will get there and we will build off of the great history that is already here at CU."
On Being At CU A Year Before The Program Starts Play In 2014
"Obviously having that year is a great opportunity and if we had to start this fall, because we wouldn't really have any players to compete, so it is definitely nice to have that window to really dedicate some time to find the right players and recruits that are going to be invested in CU that are willing to work hard and buying into our vision and mission. So having that time is going to be great, it is going to be nice too to be able to get ready here so we can play in 2014."
On Lacrosse Talent In Colorado
"I think when we think about recruiting, Colorado has great talent, it is emerging more and more every year, you're getting great players and athletes and you're getting kids that are already invested in Colorado that already love this town and state and those are the things we're looking for as we build this program. We are going to draw right from here and would love to keep the talent from Colorado in Colorado; we'll go outside a little bit too and recruit from the traditional areas and nontraditional areas. The most important thing when I think about recruiting is to make sure we are recruiting the right student athletes that are going to fit CU and our program and buy into everything."
On Recruiting Areas
"In my history and overall in terms of camps, and things I've done, we've looked at the west coast and Colorado, not necessarily have we drawn a lot of kids yet, but we have been there recruiting. Things haven't worked out, but we have drawn from a lot of nontraditional places like Texas, and the Midwest. From my experience, my first year out of college, I spent nine months before I took the job at Northwestern and I went around to all these different areas and started clinics and building relationships in these other areas like California, Texas, etc.
On Selling CU To East Coast Kids
"We will definitely want to draw from those hotbeds and traditional areas, but some of the names are already there. People are already interested in Colorado. They love this location, it is a destination point. This school has the best there is to offer, academically, athletically, and socially. So we are going to continue to build off of that and we will continue to build lacrosse too, so as we establish our team, the name and Colorado Lacrosse is doing the recruiting for itself. A lot of the recruiting is building relationships with the players and coaches as much as you can."
On Teaching Lacrosse Basics To The Community
"It is going to be a goal of myself and my staff to be out in the community as much as possible. We love lacrosse, as Mike said, we eat, sleep, drink and dream it. I love it and to be able to share it with the community is going to be a huge priority of mine and it's something I am looking forward to, whether it is explaining the rules or actually coaching, I am looking forward to it.
On Her Staff
"Right now we are in the middle of the lacrosse season, and I am in the middle of my season, so I am doing the best I can to do both. I am going to finish out my season at Northwestern, and I've had a few ideas of staff and obviously they are still coaching and in the middle of their seasons, but once that are all over, we will get into announcing the staff and getting going. The latest will be Memorial Day. I am hoping to be busy up until then."
On Hurdles And Obstacles Building A Program
There are going to be lots of obstacles and hurdles building this program from day one. I am going to lean on the people around me, here in this great athletic department and community and there are going to be people who can help a lot. Outside of here, Kelly has been through the building process before and she is going to be someone I am going to rely on. One of my good friends , Lindsay Munday is also out at USC and they are in a similar situation and they are about a year ahead of us and she is someone too that is going to be helpful in terms of guiding through and how they went about things step-by-step."
On Scheduling USC And Northwestern
"We will be playing Lindsay and I am looking forward to that and it would be an honor to play Northwestern. It is a great program and a well-coached program, and for our program to play them would be a great opportunity."
On The Type Of Player She Wants
"Outside of academics, I am looking for athletes and kids that are willing to work hard, that's the most important thing in building this program. You want the hard working kids that aren't going to stop at anything, because it's going to take a lot of hard work to get this program where we want it go to.
"That's the biggest thing when I'm out recruiting, good athletes, good kids, kids that are invested and doing the right things on and off the field, and that are willing to work hard, not just on the lacrosse field but in the classroom as well."
On Why Lacrosse Is Growing Nationally
"It's a great sport. People are becoming more and more aware of it everywhere. For the most part, it's an easy sport to pick up, there's not a lot that goes along with it, especially on the women's side. Goggles, mouth guards, sticks. It's an exciting sport, it's something different. It's a fun sport, there's not that much learning involved to begin with, if you're a good athlete, you can pick it up quick and learn to love it."
On Learning The CU Fight Song
"I know some of it. I was told I wouldn't have to sign it today."
On CU Recruiting Before She Was Hired
"For me, it's OK. Truthfully, what it shows me is that is shows me CU is committed to this program, and they're as excited as it as I am and they're excited to get started."
On CU's Facilities
"All the facilities here I've seen, both for the school in general and for athletics, it's amazing. If you could look out the window, it's picturesque, it's everything you could imagine it would be. Here, they have great facilities, there are a lot of facilities available for our program. There hasn't been a final decision yet on how everything's going to go, but grass fields, turf fields, the bubble for the winter, the facilities are in great shape and it's going to be exciting. For any recruit, the opportunity to play some of our games on Folsom Field is incredible. You can't imagine wanting something better or something more than what you have right there. That's an exciting opportunity. It's going to be exciting for our first game to have an opportunity to play on this field, run behind Ralphie and have the whole team there, have that tradition and celebrate in that tradition. From my perspective, the facilities are state-of-the-art here, we're looking forward to playing on them and looking forward to the growth that's happening here.
On How Excited She Is
"I'm incredible excited. This is a dream for me, I couldn't think of a better place to come and start a program, a better place to live, just in general. Obviously, I have commitments still at Northwestern, I'm very committed there right now and very excited about what's going on there, but that's not taking away from my excitement to be out here and in a couple of months when that season is over, I'll be excited to be out here and get started."
On If The Significance Of The Story Has Sunk In Yet
"It has occurred to me that this is a historic event. I'm the first coach and this is the first-ever lacrosse program here. It is incredible exciting, it's an honor to be standing here, it's still kind of hitting me, but I think in a few months when I get out here, there's a lot of work to be done, and it's going to be fun and hard."


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Anne Heche
"I'm not crazy, but it's a crazy life. I was raised in a crazy family and it took 31 years to get the crazy out of me." -Anne Heche
Anne has been in some pretty big films, including Six Days, Seven Nights with Harrison Ford, and the 1998 remake of Psycho, but she really became known due to her very high-profile relationship with Ellen DeGeneres. A bizarre incident near Fresno helped add to her notoriety.
Heche was selected as Best Supporting Actress by the National Board of Review in 1997 for her performances in Donnie Brasco and Wag The Dog. She has recently turned to directing, garnering the Lucy Award for Women in Film in 2000, and she received an Amnesty International Award for Leadership in the Struggle For Human Rights. Not bad for someone who started out in soaps.
Anne Heche BiographyAnne Celeste Heche was born in Aurora, Ohio on May 25, 1969. The youngest of four children, instability arrived early in her life, as the Heche family moved eleven times during Anne's first twelve years. The daughter of a Baptist minister/choir director, she grew up in a series of small towns with a strict fundamentalist Christian upbringing.
Heche began singing and acting in local dinner theater productions when she was twelve. Following her graduation from Ocean City High in New Jersey, Heche landed the dual role of good/evil twins Marley/Vicky in NBC's daytime drama, Another World. She stayed with the show from 1987-1991, during which she picked up some awards, including a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Younger Actress in 1991.
double trouble, double success
After a few minor parts on prime-time TV, Heche made the switch to the big screen in 1993's The Adventures Of Huck Finn. While hardly a stunning film debut, she began landing small roles in higher profile productions.
It was during the filming of A Simple Twist Of Fate in 1993 that the actress met actor/comedian Steve Martin. Twenty-four years her senior, Heche thought she had found all she could hope for in a relationship, but the two split up in 1995.
1997 was a landmark year for Anne, both professionally and personally. In addition to appearances in I Know What You Did Last Summer and Volcano, her performances in Donnie Brasco and Wag The Dog won her the National Board of Review's Best Supporting Actress Award. And at the Oscars ceremony in March of that year, she met comedian Ellen DeGeneres.
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Heche and DeGeneres began a high-profile relationship, which instantly propelled them to status of poster girls for lesbianism -- and just in time for Ellen's famous "coming out" episode a month later. Heche's agents panicked at the thought of her going public with her new relationship, feeling it would end her rising career. She fired them and continued to land bigger roles in big pictures.
Heche soon appeared opposite Harrison Ford in Six Days, Seven Nights and Return To Paradise with Vince Vaughn (both released in 1998). She was nominated for a Saturn Award for her role in the remake of Psycho, though the film was universally panned.
Anne Heche directed her first feature Reaching Normal in 1999. She then developed and directed a segment of HBO's If These Walls Could Talk 2, starring Sharon Stone and Ellen DeGeneres as a lesbian couple struggling to conceive a baby. In August 2000, Anne turned up on the doorstep of a stranger's home in a confused state, asking if she could use their shower. This incident, which occurred near Fresno, California, coincided with her breakup with Ellen. After a brief hospitalization, she returned to the set of John Q starring Denzel Washington.
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In September 2001, Heche faced Barbara Walters on 20/20, and discussed what she referred to as her 31 years of mental illness. She spoke of her bizarre wandering episode, and claims to have regained her sanity the day of the incident. Prior to then, she believed she had two personalities: the real Anne Heche, and Celestia, who was from another planet and spoke directly to God.
After marrying Coleman "Coley" Laffoon, a cameraman, on September 1, 2001, her autobiography, Call Me Crazy, was released at the end of 2001. On March 2, 2002, she gave birth to a son, Homer Heche Laffoon. She states that she is neither straight, nor gay, nor bisexual, but does plan on remaining heterosexual for the rest of her life. Time will tell if Anne Heche ever pins herself down to one way of defining herself.


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Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) says practical plans are in place to ensure its firefighters can provide a 999 response when needed.
And the list of tips is an extra safety measure.
KFRS director of service delivery Steve Griffiths said: "We would like to reassure people that we have put in place practical plans to ensure the service is prepared during this period of cold weather and snow, and that our staff are working really hard to ensure fire stations are ready to provide a 999 response when needed.
"Even so, it may take us slightly longer to reach people when they call is in an emergency, due to the weather conditions.
"We are asking the public to help us by only calling if they really need us, to avoid making journeys on the roads in these treacherous conditions and to follow the safety tips below to keep themselves safe from fire in the home."
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1. If you plan on using an open fire, make sure your chimney has been recently swept as build-ups of soot and ash can cause chimney fires.
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3. Interior doors should always be closed when going to bed as they can dramatically reduce the spread of fire.
4. Portable heaters should be dust-free and kept well away from anything that could catch fire.
5. Candles should always be placed on a non flammable surface, be away from soft furnishing like curtains and never be left unattended. It is far safer to consider using torches instead of candles.
6. Make sure you fit, and regularly test, a smoke alarm. It is the single most important piece of safety equipment in any home.
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u stated that the postal worker union is the largest union in the US with a 1/2 mil work force. The NEA & AFT has close to 6 mil educational workers in their unions (NEA 3 mil + & AFT 2 mil +). The NEA, with the largest democratic deliberative body in the world, is the largest single union in the US.
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As far as I could find out the American Postal Workers Union has 330,000 members and there were many other unions larger than that with the NEA being the largest.


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The premiers of Newfoundland and Nunavut joined together Tuesday to call upon the federal government to ban the use of the defining instrument of the Canadian seal hunt, the hakapik. Danny Williams and Paul Okalik are trying to stop the European Union from imposing a ban on imports of all seal products, and they are united in their belief that the hakapik is at the core of the seal hunt's image problem. "Clubbing a baby seal" remains a popular idiom for cruelty in several languages, and most of the armchair philosophers here and abroad who oppose the hunt because of dimly-remembered TV footage lack any idea that the hakapik is not a "club" (it looks and functions more like a pickaxe) or that infant whitecoat seals are no longer fair game for harvesters under Canadian regulations.
Williams and Okalik obviously see no hope in trying to inform the European public about the true nature of a cultural tradition whose ecological credentials are exemplary and which is, on the whole, probably monitored more closely for humaneness than your friendly neighbourhood feedlot or meat-packing plant. (Pigs and cattle aren't stunned and exsanguinated for our tables out in the open, with boats full of video cameras and animal-welfare experts surrounding them.) There's just one problem with the premiers' recommendation: It is likely to increase, rather than diminish, the pain and suffering of the seals. That was supposed to be the point, wasn't it?
The expert testimony on this subject is fairly clear, which is why animal-rights groups have joined the sealers in coming out against the hakapik ban. The Canadian Veterinary Medical Association started sending official observers to both major theatres of the seal hunt about 30 years ago, and their observations were compiled in a 2002 paper for the Canadian Veterinary Journal. It turns out that what would be a brutal, prolonged beating death for a land animal is more merciful in the case of the seal, whose skull is thinner and "can be crushed easily by one or a few blows from a hakapik, destroying both underlying cerebral hemispheres." This makes the hakapik a more effective means than shooting of assuring destruction of the brain and certain loss of consciousness.
From a utilitarian standpoint, the only reasonable proxy measure for humaneness in the killing of an animal is the time between injuring it and guaranteeing the loss of consciousness. Since it is most practical to immobilize an older, more mobile seal with a rifle before approaching it to deliver the coup de grace with the hakapik, this leads to a weird paradox: The direct "clubbing" of baby whitecoats who could not escape from a hunter on foot was, in a way, an ethical optimum. Attempting to kill a seal with a rifle creates the danger that the animal might not lose consciousness immediately.
Such delays were found in video and log data from a 2001 International Fund of Animal Welfare effort to monitor the Gulf of St. Lawrence hunt. Veterinarians who studied the IFAW accounts found that most verifiable "cases of concern" occurred when a seal wounded by a bullet but still conscious had to wait long, agonizing seconds for a hakapik-wielding hunter to come along and dispatch it. "The best way to reduce this interval," noted the authors of the 2002 paper, "would have been for the hunter to shoot the animal again from the vessel. However, the erratic movements of the wounded animal, coupled with the bobbing movements of the vessel, would not guarantee the immediate success of a second shot."
This chancy procedure will be the only one left available to sealers if the hakapik is outlawed, and seems likely to lead to an increase in outright escapes of wounded seals. Moreover, assuming human welfare is foremost, Williams and Okalik have to consider that the hakapik is occasionally used by seal hunters who fall into the drink to pull themselves up on the ice.
Those who focus on the hakapik as the uniquely outrageous element of the hunt have abandoned logic, which is the only possible guide to guaranteeing the welfare of animals whose slaughter we intend to permit anyway, and it shows in their argumentation. A letter to the editors of another newspaper recently declared that "As long as a single seal is killed using the hakapik, the entire hunt is marred as a barbaric enterprise." Summoning all his brainpower to the point of his pen, the author declared that "The only method of killing seals that should be legal is the rifle, with only a clean head-shot allowed."
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The birth rate among adolescents aged 15–19 years decreased to 40.5 births per 1,000 females in 2005. This is 1.5 percent below the rate in the previous year and represents a 34 percent decrease since the most recent peak in 1991. The birth rate among adolescents aged 10–14 years remained static at 0.7 per 1,000; however, this rate is 50 percent lower than the 1991 rate. Teenage birth rates were highest among older adolescents, aged 18–19 years, at 69.9 per 1,000.
Among younger adolescents aged 10–14 years, birth rates remained the same from 2004 among all races and ethnicities except non-Hispanic Black females who saw a 6 percent increase. Non-Hispanic Black females in this age group also had the highest birth rate (1.7 per 1,000) followed by Hispanic and American Indian/Alaska Native females (1.3 and 0.9 per 1,000, respectively). The lowest birth rates were found among Asian/Pacific Islanders and non-Hispanic Whites (0.2 per 1,000 for both groups).
Teenage birth rates have historically varied considerably by race and ethnicity. Among adolescents aged 15–19 years, Asian/Pacific Islanders had the lowest birth rate in 2005 (17.0 per 1,000), followed by non-Hispanic Whites (25.9 per 1,000). Although non-Hispanic Black teens had one of the highest birth rates for this age group (60.9 per 1,000), they have also experienced the largest percentage decrease since 1991 (48 percent). Comparatively, Hispanic females had the highest birth rate among teens aged 15–19 years (81.7 per 1,000), but had the lowest percentage decrease since 1991 (22 percent). The birth rate for American Indian/Alaska Native females aged 15–19 years was 52.7 per 1,000.


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Most people with atrial fibrillation know there's something wrong with their heart. They may feel shortness of breath or feel like their heart is galloping or is like a fish flopping around in their chest. But others feel no symptoms of afib and are unaware that their heartbeat is irregular — a case where ignorance is not bliss. Silent afib is dangerous and can even be deadly.
"One of the advantages of feeling your palpitations is that you realize something is wrong and you get evaluated," said Rohit Malhotra, MD, a cardiologist and electrophysiologist at the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville. "For people with silent atrial fibrillation, they don't feel anything, so sometimes the only way it gets noted is if they are examined by a physician or have an EKG."
Sometimes it's found incidentally after a surgical procedure, Dr. Malhotra added.
Why Is Silent Atrial Fibrillation Dangerous?
If silent afib goes undetected and, as a consequence, untreated, it can lead to devastating problems, said Andrea Natale, MD, a cardiac electrophysiologist and executive medical director of the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David's Medical Center in Austin.
"Atrial fibrillation is not just a nuisance — it can cause stroke and heart failure," he said. "It's important to become aware that you have this problem."
In atrial fibrillation, the heart's upper chambers quiver instead of beating normally, causing the heart to beat rapidly and irregularly. This stress on the heart can damage the muscle and lead to heart failure.
Blood also tends to pool in the upper chamber, where it can clot. If a clot breaks free and travels to the brain, it can cause a stroke.
That's why it's so important to get your heart rate, and possibly its rhythm, under control. It's also imperative that people with afib who are at a higher stroke risk be put on blood-thinning medication. Some stroke risk factors in people with afib are high blood pressure, diabetes, congestive heart failure, and a history of stroke or "mini" strokes.
Atrial fibrillation accounts for as many as 20 percent of all strokes. People with afib who have a stroke usually have a much smaller stroke if they are being treated with blood thinners, Malhotra said.
Some people, however, initially suffer a stroke or develop heart failure and later find out they have atrial fibrillation. "There are people who live with this for weeks, develop heart failure, and then they go to the hospital and are found to be in atrial fibrillation," Dr. Natale said.
Silent Afib: Spotting Subtle Signs
Being aware of your body and checking for hints can clue you into the presence of afib. "While afib can be silent, there are sometimes very subtle signs," said Malhotra. "For people who exercise, or do a certain amount of activity in a certain period of time, they sometimes notice there's a drop-off in how well they do their regular activities. They may not notice their heart racing, they may not feel short of breath, but they may notice a change in how well they are doing when they're active."
Keep your regular doctor's appointments and certainly bring up any changes you notice. When listening to your heart during a physical exam, a doctor "can sometimes notice if it's irregular or beating fast, and that can lead to an EKG or an ECG, which may diagnose abnormal rhythm," Malhotra said. You might be given a heart monitor to wear at home to detect whether you're having irregular rhythms at home.
Silent Afib: Learn to Take Your Own Pulse
Natale said that, besides seeing your doctor, it's a good idea for people over 40 to learn how to take their own pulse. "Teaching patients how to feel their heartbeat is probably the cheapest and the most effective measure to detect atrial fibrillation," he said. He suggested doing it every few days, perhaps right before bedtime. Your heartbeat should feel regular, much like a ticking clock. In the average adult, a resting pulse rate should be between 60 and 100 beats a minute.
Here's a quick way take your own pulse:
- Turn one hand over, so your palm is facing the ceiling. Using your other hand, place your index and middle finger along the outer edge of your wrist, just below where your wrist and thumb meet.
- Press down until you can feel your pulse. Does it feel regular or irregular?
- Using a clock with a second hand or the stopwatch on a smartphone, count the pulses that occur in 15 seconds, and then multiply by four to get the rate per minute. For example, if you have 19 beats every 15 seconds, your pulse rate is 76.
- Call your doctor if your pulse feels irregular or if your rate is often well above the upper limit of normal.
Another way to keep track of your heart rhythm is by using a home blood pressure monitor. Malhotra says that many models also give a pulse rate reading and have an indicator for an irregular heartbeat. Ask your doctor or pharmacist about the best and most reliable monitors to choose from.
In the United States, Natale said, one of every four adults over age 40 is at risk for developing atrial fibrillation. It definitely should be on your radar screen if you're obese, have high blood pressure, diabetes, sleep apnea, or a family history of afib. These factors all raise your afib risk.
Monitoring your heart rhythm may help detect silent afib early, when it can be treated most successfully.
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text: From the publisher: I've enjoyed learning more about my family through the publishing of this book, the first chapter in my father's family photo album. I remember looking at these pictures growing up at home in their original albums on an end table in our living room. My father (William J. Zwart) later organized the photos into a single album by category, the first category you see in this book. I've tried to reproduce the layout as closely as possible to the form my father used, with the addition of text on the back of photos. Some of the relations in Dad's book don't map to the genealogy (shown on the back of the book), such as "Great-Grandma Kamp" and half brother to Grandpa John "Dirk Koorn" (perhaps Kornelis Jacob Bood remarried?). Also, a date or two doesn't match the genealogy. I've reproduced the album, though, as is without correction. Dad was the first person born in his family in the United States. He spoke a little Dutch, mainly an old and formal way of saying "I love you" to me and my brother and sister, a phrase that meant "from horsing around comes great pain" (used when we kids were rough-housing too much), and telling adult jokes with my uncles. He was always proud of his family history and Dutch heritage. It is my hope that this book will help you (especially my nephews Christopher and Justin, and niece Kelley) connect with your family's past through the Bood family, and encourage you to reconnect with familiar relatives and get to know new ones (with perhaps different last names!). If you know how you relate to my dad, Bill Zwart, you can trace how you relate to the Boods. Dad loved the Bood family very much, and kept in contact with some of them (especially Tanta Anna and Tanta Marie) over the years. In the book is a telegram sent to Marie Bood during World War II with her reply.


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Anal stenosis refers to narrowing of the anal sphincter and opening. The most typical first symptoms, not surprisingly, are narrowing of the stool and difficulty or resistance moving the bowels. If this begins to happen, either coming on abruptly or slowly, this is the time to be concerned.
It's a quiet condition that leads to many other conditions because it causes a patient to push or strain to move the bowels and that pressure directly causeshemorrhoids – but that's just the start. For one thing, hemorrhoids further narrow the passage or opening, so the stenosis becomes worse, and the pressure and pushing when eliminating increases. Something has to give and the opening can easily tear or split, which is to create a fissure. In fact stenosis is the biggest reason why fissures develop.
To back up a minute, there are three 'levels' of the anal spincter and any or all of them can become tight. The outer two you control consciously and the inner ring, more part of the rectum, isn't under conscious control. That's the one that usually becomes stenotic.
Rectal stenosis (or proctostenosis) is similar to anal stenosis but deeper – it's a narrowing of the rectal canal. Usually a stenotic patient will have both and just be tight all the way through.
Stenosis has always been treated, believe it or not, by simply cutting through one side of the sphincter to relieve the tension. Called a sphincterotomy, it simply defeats the action of a sphincter muscle which is to close, and has the side effect, of course, of fecal incontinence or leaking of fecal matter. It's a barbaric procedure left over from an earlier age.
Let's be glad there are alternatives. I have developed a unique procedure that I call theCranford Technique and I believe I'm still the only person who performs it (until I teach it and license it to another doctor). What I've learned is that a narrowed sphincter, even one with true stenosis, can be manually dilated, under anaesthesia, to open it back up to original size. Then it's treated topically so the muscle gets used to staying open.
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The Walking Dead: A New Day
Publisher: Telltale Games
Developer: Telltale Games
Platforms: Mac, PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 (Reviewed)
Release Date: April 27, 2012
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For a long time now zombies have held a special place in the entertainment industry's hearts. There have been countless movies, books, comics and video games all created featuring a zombie apocalypse of some kind or another. However in 2003 a man named Robert Kirkman began a zombie story unlike any other in the form of The Walking Dead comic book series.
This highly successful series has been running continuously since its creation and has since received a widely popular television adaptation of the story and now Telltale Games has created their own contribution to The Walking Dead series in the form of a five episode game which will be released over the next few months. Now that the first episode of The Walking Dead Videogame, A New Day, has been released will it deliver what fans of the franchise are expecting?
Interestingly enough, rather than retread old ground already told in the comics and television series, Telltale's The Walking Dead follows the story of a different lead character and various survivors which he comes across in his journey to survive the zombie apocalypse, though it is worth noting that this story does take place only slightly before the start of the comic books so many Easter Eggs referencing the show/comics are placed throughout the game. In The Walking Dead the game we are in control of a man named Lee Everrett, a convicted felon who is currently locked in the back of a police car being transported to prison.
Through the use of the game's simple conversation tree choices players can either choose silence or speak with the police officer and find out a little bit more about why Lee is being taken to jail. However while Lee and the police officer are talking things turn from bad to worse when the police officer ends up hitting somebody… or something… walking in the road and crashing into the forest nearby. Lee awakes to find that, despite a sizable scratch on the leg, he is doing alright although the same cannot be said for the cop who happens to have come down with a case of zombieism which must be dealt with in a rather brutal fashion.
After nearly dying twice in a matter of gameplay minutes, Lee finds himself in a suburban neighborhood where he finds a young girl named Clementine who has managed to survive on her own despite the zombie apocalypse occurring all around her. Lee takes it upon himself to be responsible for the young Clementine and try to keep both her and himself alive in a world where the undead roam the Earth.
The story of The Walking Dead is quite an intricate one and the relationships you develop with other survivors will have an impact on how the game's storyline will play out. The game itself will let you know whenever a specific word choice or action has affected another survivor's opinion of you. In fact, the characters around you will remember how you have acted throughout the game, meaning that they'll know whether you are trustworthy, a liar or something else entirely.
Lee is caught in the middle of a number of dicey situations where the player must try to defuse the situation, even if it means making enemies in the process. The interesting thing with this is, those decisions can and will come back to haunt you in further episodes and even in this very episode repercussions can be felt. Even in the preview for the next episode it is easy to tell where certain decisions will drastically alter how future episodes may play out. This creates a massive amount of replayability as players will be eager to play through Episode 1 at least twice in an effort to see how things change depending on their choices. Thankfully these various playthroughs can then be transferred over to future episodes as well as the game offers three separate save slots for those who want to experience every facet of what Telltale's Walking Dead has to offer.
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Interestingly enough the cel-shaded visual style chosen by Telltale Games is not only visually impressive but also truer to the type of artwork that fans of the comic book series are used to. As such, the characters themselves look great and the environments have a foreboding feel to them. The zombies themselves are scary looking though not hyper-realistically so so don't expect too much heavy gore.
While there isn't a lot of gore, there is plenty of violence to be had as every zombie kill is scripted which offers an extremely violent and visceral experience. There are a number of great examples of gruesome zombie killing to be had, especially one featuring a hammer. The sound effects themselves are handled well, especially with the aforementioned hammer use and other weapons used by the survivors. The zombies sound well… like zombies and the characters have adequate voice actors which deliver a believable performance.
The Walking Dead's gameplay is split between simple exploration around safe areas, speaking with survivors, finding items and solving a few small puzzles and moments of desperate action where one false step could mean death. In exploration areas players will be able to easily move Lee around the area and use the right stick to highlight various objects or people and interact with them. The game makes finding these objects easy by offering visual tips for where interactive objects are at, though these can be disabled for those who want a little bit of a challenge.
None of the puzzles in the game itself are overly challenging, with one involving "fixing" a battery operated radio seeming entirely out of place given the fact that the person you are helping actually works at a radio broadcast station. However besides that one there is an intricate series of actions which are made later in the episode which meld the intricacy of a puzzle with the life-threatening danger of the zombies nearby.
Whenever things get bad however, there are a number of action sequences that appear throughout this first episode. In these action sequences players will usually have to deal with simple quick time events and make life-changing (sometimes life ending) choices. These action sequences almost always have a desperate air about them which is quite thrilling to experience as every encounter feels completely feasible as the ragtag band of survivors tries to survive against the undead.
As mentioned before, the game's dialogue choice system plays a heavy role in the game as you speak to the other survivors and make decisions on what to do. There are a number of things that players can choose to reveal or hold back from fellow survivors as they try to find an even balance between where the truth should stop and the lies begin. As such players can choose to make Lee a man who tries to be honest when he can and help others, a bit of a jerk who values his life over any other or even a standoffish outsider who is only taking care of Clementine out of sympathy. This can create plenty of tricky situations as you try to keep your friends happy whenever a dangerous situation rears its head or anger erupts amongst the survivors.
This creates something interesting where players will find themselves truly feeling for certain characters, especially Lee himself. Nearly every character you speak with is humanized in one way or another and this makes choosing whom to side with all the more difficult, making the option for multiple playthroughs all the better.
The Walking Dead: A New Day is by no means a very difficult game nor even a very long adventure either, considering it is the first episode in a set of five. However the emotional connection and desperation that players will feel as they follow Lee's journey in this zombie filled world will keep them enthralled and eager to see more. With the amount of characters that are introduced, drama and shocking situations Telltale has managed to place in just one episode and only a few performance problems along the way, players will certainly be eager to see what will be presented when Episode Two rolls around.
This game feels more like an exciting interactive story than a video game. Which I really like. It does a good job of getting me worked up over whats going on, and actually putting a little fear into me. That hammer incident was brutal and amazing.
Even with the visual style the game is pretty gory, I mean just stare at the zombie that you fend off with the hammer for a second. That was some amazing artwork. No, it's not realistic gore, but it's gore, and I LOVE IT!
It is WELL worth the 400 MSpoint I spent. Actually I think I'm going to go finish the game now haha.
Uh so I just commented on the review to comment, I didn't know about the competition. So I didn't leave an email.
So my email is cellophane_gwen (at) yahoo (dot) com
Umm that still counts as an entry right? Even though I didn't do the comment and the email in the same post? Cause I'd love to have the game on PC. Seems like it would play a little more fluid on PC.
I just wish this game was available to Australia on the xbox network, it's a real shame that we got left out. Anyhow, this game looks awesome and I can still give it a go on the mac via steam.
Sorry I haven't been very active. I played the demo, I might pick it up later but I'd rather keep my money to get Max Payne 3 lol. I did love how gruesome it was, of course the comics and show are good too. I think the last adventure game like it (minus the crazy gruesome stuff) was Grim Fandango. Good times.
Sounds pretty engrossing, like playing through a movie. The dialogue system seems very interesting! I love games like that, where choices you make effect the outcome of things…really adds to the replay value.
I'd love to kill zombies here in Australia. This game sounds like fun and I'd love to win it.
Sounds like it could be be an awesome game. Especially if it follows the comic books more than the TV series. Hope it gets released in Australia soon. firstname.lastname@example.com
This sounds like a good, well-made game. Thanks for the review!
This game seems awesome, I can't wait to play it! My mail is firstname.lastname@example.com and I'm from Italy
Love the series and comic, can't wait to play the game.
Usually I'm not a fan of zombies (having seen a large share of shooter/melee ones), but this game's character interaction seems interesting enough to try out.
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Definitely seems like an interesting game. Loved Telltale's BTTF and I would like some more Point and Click games.
Love what i see so far, it has a great story and an interesting take on this great zombie world
Seems interesting. Do I need to watch the show or read to comic to know what's going on?
Looks fun. I love the TV show and would like to play this game.
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The style here looks awesome. I love adventure games, and who doesn't love zombie games? Great combo. Back to the Future the game was great, so you know Telltale knows what they're doing in this genre. Really looking forward to playing this!
Wow, this looks like so much fun and if it sorta mirrors the story from the books I'm even more excited for this game.
This sounds pretty much like what I wanted it to be. Hopefully I'll get a chance to play it soon.
I love how similar to the comics the game is! The graphics especially stand out to me to show that.
Looks amazing!
I would love to win for the giveaway! I'm from the western-ish half of the USA since you asked. ;D
The game looks very nice.. and I will wait for the whole season for sure
This game looks great.
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never watched the show or read the comic but the game sounds pretty good would like to win it.
This game is great, love the comic style graphics!
I love the Walking Dead TV show and I love anything that deals with zombies in general! Excellent review! Thanks!
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Looking forward to this game – I already love everything that Telltale makes, and Walking Dead should be no different!
I love the series and and the Comic. This ought to be AWESOME!
Great review, it deserves a 9/10 capsules (or even 10) for a popular zombie apocalypse series making its way into the gaming world.
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this is a awsome game that should be a 10/10
I'm a fan of both Telltale games and the show (haven't read the comics yet) and based on the good reviews it's been getting I can't wait to play it.
I love point and click adventure games. And with Telltale games including their own take of 'The Walking Dead' series makes it more awesome. Thanks for the review!
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Definitely one of those series that drag you in and doesn't let go until it ends.
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I love the TV series. The game looks awesome too.
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fork-crushed purple potatoes
Because, you see, I've had a simple recipe for purple potatoes bookmarked for nearly a year now, but before last weekend, had yet to run into the purple potatoes required to make it. Yes, I said required–what? Oh, you think you could use just any potato? That dark, reddish blueish hued tubers are not a prerequisite to this dish? Well, I say you sound exactly like Alex and Alex is wrong, too.
No, being my needling, fussy self, I wouldn't make this dish until I found purple potatoes. According to NYMag.com, this potato was developed in Colorado way back in
ancient times 2006 using "natural cross-breeding techniques that somehow results in a superspud containing freakishly high amounts of antioxidants." Apparently, these purple nuggets found a fan in a chef named Michael Anthony who–although I am not the chef-gazing type–we like enough to have invited (heh–by way of opentable.com) him to cook a celebratory dinner for both our first (at Blue Hill) and second (at Grammercy Tavern) wedding anniversaries.
All of which is to offer you a very complicated introduction to a very uncomplicated dish created by Anthony to show off the awesomeness that is Purple Majesty Potatoes. I know what you're thinking–a fancy restaurant chef with a accessible but original recipe? That's why we love him too. The purple taters are boiled, peeled, fork-crushed and mixed with shallots, lemon, olive oil, parsley and sea salt. But here's the coolest part: the lemon juice makes them brighter. All the spots that got hit with the lemon juice became lighter and brighter, more fushia/beet-colored and less purple.
In short, it was stunning. So, if you find some at one of your markets, make this. If you don't, I suppose you could use any old small or fingerling potato, you know, if you're not a royal pain in the butt like me.
Finally, some pictures of onions and potatoes, oh and one short-lived iced coffee, from last weekend:
One year ago: Potato Rosemary Bread (I have been craving exactly this all week–uncanny!)
Michael Anthony's Fork-Crushed Purple Majesty Potatoes
Adapted from New York Magazine
Serves 4
1 pound Purple Majesty or other purple potatoes, washed
4 small shallots, minced
2 tablespoons fresh-squeezed lemon juice
6 tablespoons good extra-virgin olive oil (we used half, and it was plenty for us)
Fleur de sel to taste
White pepper to taste
2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
In a large pot, cook potatoes with skins on in heavily salted boiling water until tender, approximately 15 minutes. Remove potatoes from pot, and peel them while still warm. Place potatoes in a large bowl and, using a fork, gently smash them, maintaining a fairly chunky consistency. Fold in minced shallots, lemon juice, olive oil, fleur de sel, and white pepper. Finish with parsley.


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Oregon Football Again League's Toughest Ticket
Tuesday, February 23, 10:45 a.m. PST
The official NCAA attendance numbers for the 2009 college football season were released yesterday and the University of Oregon ranked fourth in the Pac-10 and outside of the top 30 nationally. But a closer look at the numbers reveals that watching the Ducks play at Autzen Stadium was the toughest ticket in the conference, if not the country.
Of the Pac-10's ten teams, Oregon was the only one to sell out every home game, and subsequently, average a sellout or better last season. This isn't a new development – UO has hosted 68 consecutive sellouts – but it serves as a reminder as to why Autzen is considered one of the sport's best venues.
Based on percentage of the stadium capacity, Oregon ranked first in the conference. If Autzen held 100,000, would UO still sell out? Not on an every game basis, but considering the local market size in relation to current capacity, there is no disputing that local fans love their Ducks.
2009 PAC-10 HOME ATTENDANCE (Percentage of Stadium Capacity)
School (Capacity), Avg., % of Cap.
1. Oregon (54,000), 58,544, 108.4%
2. Oregon State (45,674), 42,328, 92.7%
3. Arizona (57,400), 52,555, 91.6%
5. Washington (72,500), 64,356, 88.8%
6. Stanford (50,000), 41,436, 82.9%
7. California (71,799), 59,472, 82.8%
8. Washington St. (35,117), 25,909, 73.8%
10. Arizona State (71,705), 48,556, 67.7%
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Apr 08
Posts: 1276
pippixox says:
a topic that is sadly too common- horrible people who abuse their horses and treat them like a machine not an animal. also people who decieve other innocent people about a horse with serious problems :(
this has happened recently to a new person at my yard-
lovely couple who havnt had horses in 20 years because of children, decided to get back into horse ownership and riding by buying an old cob mare- 23 years old, who is a lovely friendly girl who within a few days recognised her new owners and calls out loudly when they arrive.
they paid £800!!!! rediculous for a 23 year old who has done very little in a few years, so a wrip off, which i think is really unfair, the old owners obviously saw inexperienced coupe i mile off and upped the price....
but thats not the frankly horrible part- honestly if i met these people i would punch them! she was underweight when she arrived, 'because she is old', but has been here 2 weeks and with 2 meals and grass is putting on weight with ease. she eats like she has never been fed and what a luxury a meal is! the day before they got her this old mare was taken on an 18 mile fun ride, despite being clearly underweight and not being ridden in ages :( strangley she had been clipped less than a month ago.... something odd with her coat. the couple got the vet out and she has cushings, without a doubt the old owners knew about this but tried to hide it and sell her at an over inflated price any way
makes me angry, but also sad, a lovely old mare who has worked hard for them for many years, but once she gets a bit too old and ill they get rid of her just like that. i know old horses are expensive to keep, but i will have mine till the end unless i finacially become bankrupt! or if not be responsible and find them a loving retirment home and not flog them off and hide a serious illness
but the happy end to the story- after 23 years, she is now in a loving home. despite the massive unexpected cost of cushings medication and vets they are keeping her and love her to bits, she went for her first walking hack this afternoon in the sunshine. so glad that this lovely old girl is finally getting the treatment she deserves :D
my horses are my medicine, without them im even more crazy!
Mar 10
Posts: 3273
greyandbay says:
This had me welling up - but I'm so glad she's now found a loving, caring home.
Like you, mine will be with me 'til the end.
The outside of a horse is good for the inside of a man - Winston Churchill
Mar 09
Posts: 3438
Micki says:
It is horrible when people sell on old horses because they are of no use to them anymore, it really annoys me. At least this old girl has landed on her feet and now has loving owners and is receiving the care and treatment she needs.
This is one of the reasons i have decided not to sell Charlie, you can't guarantee them a home when they leave your care, unless someone i know wants to buy him. My horses will stay with me until the end and will be taken care of and when the time comes i will have them pts and not pass them on.
. .A horse is a thing of such beauty. . .none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor.
Dec 09
Posts: 221
Cobsandshire says:
Those new owners sound lovely! A similar thing happened to me with Queenie and Noah but I wouldn't have changed owning them for the world - they taught me so much and it was so rewarding seeing these elderly, abused horses having a lovely retirement and learning to trust me.
I love elderly horses and if I ever have the space/time/money for another one I'll jump at the chance. I never even sat on Queenie but she was a beautiful old thing and when I found I would never be able to ride her, it never entered my head to send her back.
Well done to your friends, I wish there were more like them!
Jun 09
Posts: 818
3MoodyMaresMum says:
Oh bless the new owners, I know how hard it is to have a horse (or two) with problems, but the love they give back is priceless. I hopes he has a long happy retirement, bless her.
There is no greater gift than to share time with a creature of such beauty - The Horse.
Jul 10
Posts: 2157
CharParsley620 says:
This made me very upset as I have a 23 year old that has Cushings! The disrespect that the old owners have given to this mare is horrendous. The older ones require extra love and care.. My chap owes me nothing. He has worked very very hard for riders over the years as well as myself and my mum and he has done an amazing job. Those owners are disgusting and should be ashamed. Thank God she's landed in the hands of nice new owners. I hate people selling on older horses anyway. I'd rather die than have Parsley go to someone else.
It's lonely in the saddle since the horse died.
If I was ever lucky enough to have the funding I would have a home for those poor horses that needed a loving retirement home. I seem to attract those needies with special needs and would love to be able to help more, we owe it to them as so many "serve" humans well for many years then are just cast aside, pts just because they are old or poorly. We wouldn't do this to a fellow human, so why our equine friends?
Aug 10
Posts: 5196
kevinhiatt says:
I have had 3 horses, my first horse Tonka was so protective of me so trusting, but his start was not good as originally bought by a riding school from Stow Horse Fair from the Gypsy's then School closing and I was one of the only 4 people who could ride him, brought him home after about 18 months then that was it he became a part of the family for 21 years died aged 30 still miss him, then I took on a rescue ex-racehorse called Lara so underweight and poorly, she had a trust problem to start but came to want me to love her so much, broke my heart when she died with a twisted gut and just when we were getting everything sorted. Now Sabrina a Belgian Warmblood who the people who I bought her from did not tell lies but shall I say they left alot out so much so I possibly would not have bought her, was a lovely ride when I tried her, but now a night mare but only a short time together, never came across a horse which just planted or suddendly change from being ok one minute then a nutter the next jeykell and Hyde character, hoping TLC will come through escpecially as I am a paranoid owner also told I am too gentle and that Sabrina takes advantage, as I don't like hitting a horse but have to with her but with only my hand and never on the head, I never carry a crop or wear spurs. I want the horse to trust me and me them to become a partnership and like many horses if does something wrong gets told off which gives them the hump, getting the horse to do something to please rather than making it is what I try to achieve. Not as one YO I know who hated mares with a passion and was known to hit horses in the face, if I saw her do that to mine I would hit her in the face, she threatened to shoot mine, so moved to a better kinder yard.
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Lara my beautiful horses RIP, Nelson,Chloe & Kitty the cats.
Sep 08
Posts: 4939
brook says:
I'm so glad that this beautiful mare now has caring and loving owners, she will live the rest of her days happy and content. I agree with you totally about this sort of thing happening frequently, I don't understand how people can lie about an illness or injury when selling a horse as this could cause the poor animal sufferiing and pain if it goes undetected and all for a few hundred pounds !! Our horses are family and we will always love and care for them, I agree with the others that many are just cast aside or pts because they are old or have an injury. It's so unfair.
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