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There's only one word to describe that loss for the Senators and that word is "heartbreaking".
If they win that game, they'd be bragging about two straight on the road and be only 3 points behind the Leafs with all sorts of optimism heading into New Jersey on Sunday.
It started out looking like it would be a big night for the Senators. They were hitting the Leafs ... no... they were crushing them into the boards in the first period and crashing the net like the goal hungry team they should be.
The big line was humming and Jason Spezza and Daniel Alfredsson were really trying to win this one early.
The it went tits up.
Two 5 on 3's were unsuccessful and Martin Gerber let in a brutally soft goal late in the third period to Jason Blake (what a shocker).
That was enough.
With the loss, I think it might be safe to say that Ottawa is not going to storm back and make the playoffs.
Some will be calling for a massive rebuild but I think that's the wrong angle here. Ottawa has two young superstars in their prime and a captain who just signed a new contract to finish his career in town.
No, the massive rebuild has to take place on defence.
But will Bryan Murray get the chance to fix his mistakes that he made last summer?
When did Brian Lee suddenly become a real NHL player?
Lee was excellent tonight and I counted at least 3 great breakout passes to wingers on the fly through the neutral zone.
It's amazing that you end up noticing plays that are taken for granted by most NHL teams but a clean breakout pass on Ottawa is like a good Ben Affleck movie. They're few and far between.
Maybe Craig Hartsburg should get over his bizarre infatuation with the ineffective Alex Picard (who was absolutely brutal tonight, especially on the power play) and replace him with Lee on the first power-play unit.
Picard is a sorry replacement for Andre Meszaros and even when you count Filip Kuba in that trade, I still say it was a big mistake by Murray (as I pointed out at the time). Meszaros is going to be solid and skilled NHL player for years to come, long after Kuba leaves for free agency this summer (and he will) and when Picard is playing in the minors.
Trade Rumour One
Interesting bit on HNIC's Hotstove:
Ottawa was linked to Atlanta as the Thrashers are looking for some forward depth and have skilled D-man Mathieu Schneider playing third fiddle to Tobias Enstrom and Ron Hainsey.
Schneider would be a good fit for Ottawa in the short term as he's unrestricted this summer. He could be used as an asset to trade at the deadline, especially if Ottawa is far out of the playoff race by then. But you'd have to get more than Schneider if you were to trade Antoine Vermette, the likely bait here. I never thought I'd say this but Todd White would look good in an Ottawa uniform again.
He's signed for the next two seasons at around 2.5 million which is cheaper than Vermette but with much, much more production. White's salary is also ideal money for a second line centre in today's NHL. White had great chemistry with Daniel Alfredsson back in the day and if you can get him in the Ottawa lineup, you magically have a second line that can score.
Plus, Whitey's from Ottawa and was once a fan favourite here during the Jacques Martin years. You grab him and you stop worrying about that second line for at least two years.
Trade Rumour Two
Not to stir up anymore "Vermette to Florida" rumours but the Panthers are really shallow at centre right now and have taken to using Nathan Horton there as an emergency replacement.
"Stephen Weiss missed Friday's afternoon practice because of an apparent virus. DeBoer said he hopes Weiss will be able to play Saturday. If he doesn't, Nathan Horton goes back to center. Horton worked with David Booth and Richard Zednik on Friday. With Kamil Kreps (shoulder) injured and Shawn Matthias back in the minors, Florida is hurting for centers.
''We're going to have to [play Horton at center] because we don't have a lot of options with Kreps out,'' DeBoer said. ``With Weiss out, we'll have to use him in the middle.''
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Shumlin tapped a maple tree on the Statehouse lawn on Wednesday.
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by Ryan Kennedy - April 28, 2010 2:50 PM UTC
Being in the Western Conference is tough enough for a team from the east, but the Wings may face their toughest test yet.
The Detroit Red Wings survived a seven-game series with the Phoenix Coyotes, but can they weather the burden of being the Eastern-most team in the Western Conference? I accept that North American geography has not changed in the past year, but the way the post-season is shaking out, there's a very good possibility the Wings will have one of the most difficult roads ever, in a literal sense, to get back to the Stanley Cup.
by Ryan Kennedy - April 26, 2010 11:55 AM UTC
Marian Hossa put Dan Hamhuis in danger and was lucky he didn't injure the defenseman, so why was there no suspension?
It's not that I want to rag on the NHL's lack of good judgment again, but when the items are so blatant, it's almost antagonistic.
by Ryan Kennedy - April 17, 2010 8:24 AM UTC
A frantic second period may have been Phoenix's ultimate downfall; while San Jose's OT win was pulled off without their best players performing as such.
It must have been seductive for the Phoenix Coyotes in Game 2, going goal-for-goal with the Detroit Red Wings in a firewagon second period that saw five tallies go up on the board.
by Ryan Kennedy - April 14, 2010 11:50 AM UTC
Even though John Anderson wasn't given a fair amount of time and lost his star player this year, a change had to be made as new management was ushered in.
Consider John Anderson a casualty of war. The second-year NHL coach was swept out of power on Wednesday along with his staff in an Atlanta Thrashers housecleaning project that was long overdue.
by Ryan Kennedy - April 7, 2010 1:45 PM UTC
Which teams are best positioned for a long run based on seven statistical categories relevant to post-season success?
I dare you to predict the Stanley Cup winner right now. For fans, this will be one of the most exciting playdowns in years, simply because every team has a shot and every team has a flaw.
by Ryan Kennedy - March 17, 2010 11:30 AM UTC
NHL fisticuffs didn't always end with wrestling-like takedowns, so how much has MMA training played into this change in tactics?
The Battle of Ontario is always good for a little of the old ultra-violence, but Toronto's Tuesday night 4-1 win over Ottawa also featured a couple of nefarious acts that cast a bad light on the rough side of the game.
by Ryan Kennedy - March 15, 2010 11:25 AM UTC
Despite a season full of questionable acts and international disappointment, Ovechkin's sublime skill and exuberance still have fans pulling for him.
He knew it as soon as he did it. As Alex Ovechkin rolled up on to his feet while Chicago's Brian Campbell lay prone on the ice, the Washington Capitals superstar knew his shove to the opposing defenseman into the end boards wasn't cool.
by Ryan Kennedy - March 10, 2010 11:05 AM UTC
The Panthers are set on the blueline and in goal and have pieces of the puzzle up front, but real contenders have a go-to scoring threat.
The Florida Panthers still have a puncher's chance at making the post-season, but the Cats will have to claw past several teams to get there.
by Ryan Kennedy - March 8, 2010 12:40 PM UTC
Pittsburgh is rock solid between the pipes, but what of Washington, San Jose and Chicago? Do they have championship goaltending?
With March Madness basketball approaching, we are all reminded that the 'best' teams rarely go all the way in lengthy post-season tournaments.
by Ryan Kennedy - March 1, 2010 12:04 PM UTC
Some teams are coming off the Olympic break looking hot, while others are looking, well, not. We analyze what teams are setting up well for the playoffs.
It was a pretty universal sentiment the morning after; Canada-USA was an instant classic. The NHLers, whether they'll be back to contest the gold medal in Sochi or not, gave outsiders and newcomers the kind of show that makes people hockey fans in the first place.
by Ryan Kennedy - February 24, 2010 10:40 AM UTC
If Canada hopes to have success against their mighty rivals, taking the body is a great place to start.
With all the hand-wringing that has been going on in Canada these days regarding the men's Olympic hockey team, I was struck by a thought: Has anybody thought to check in with the Russians about pressure? After all, the matchup many people saw as the gold medal game will now send one elite program home without even sniffing hardware.
by Ryan Kennedy - February 22, 2010 12:40 PM UTC
Martin Brodeur had his opportunity, but there's no more time to fool around and Team Canada should now turn to Luongo.
Team Canada's not dead at these Olympics – but some resuscitation certainly wouldn't hurt. A 5-3 loss to the Americans exposed goaltender Martin Brodeur and the only answer for the Canucks is to look to the Canuck: Vancouver netminder Roberto Luongo.


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Police report: Aug. 25, 2013 - Aug. 27, 2013
Published: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at 10:25 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at 10:25 p.m.
Portions of the following information are based on facts provided by the arrested individuals. Those individuals have been booked with, not convicted of, the offenses shown. All accused should be presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Aug. 25
Lafourche Sheriff's Office
Cory Lackert, 30, 193 Cypress Drive, Des Allemands, contempt.
Terrence Ruffin, 30, 116 Riley Drive, Houma, home invasion (felony), aggravated battery with dangerous weapon (felony), theft (misdemeanor), simple criminal damage to property (misdemeanor).
State Police
Chad Benoit, 41,106 St. Peter Road, Thibodaux, fourth DWI, speeding.
Thibodaux Police
Donell Mathews, 32, 223 Ridgeway St., Thibodaux, contempt (five counts), no driver's license, improper display of license plate.
Aug. 26, 2013
Terrebonne Sheriff's Office
Ivy Steve Francis Jr., 26, 2013 Bull Run Road, Schriever, armed robbery.
Jerry Pierre Leboeuf Jr., 20, 4579 La. 56, Chauvin, aggravated assault, careless operation, driving under suspension.
Jermaine Joseph Netters, 29, 103 Senator Circle, simple burglary of inhabited dwelling.
Bradley Eugene Reynolds, 20, 7828 La. 308, Lockport, failure to appear.
Houma City Police
Michael James Prestenbach, 50, 111 Picone Road, Houma, simple burglary, resisting an officer.
Jamie Joseph Theriot, 33, 8933 Houma Mobile Court, No. 7, Houma, three counts failure to appear.
Ryan Akeem Scott, 24, 200 Smith Lane, Houma, failure to appear, aggravated assault with firearm, disturbing the peace by fighting, resisting arrest by flight, possession with intent to distribute schedule II drug, obstruction of justice, possession of marijuana.
Christina Marie Moore, 30, 231-B Naquin St., Houma, issuing worthless checks.
Taneisha Candice Clark, 30, 1601-C Cardinal Drive, Thibodaux, possession schedule II drug, possession schedule IV drug, possession of marijuana, improper parking.
Louisiana State Police
Michael Cameron Flowers, 25, 19406 Country Road 83, Summerdale, Ala,, DWI, license plate illumination violation.
Shaun Lee Austin, 43, 404 Mike St., Houma, unlawful possession drug paraphernalia, loitering on public sidewalk, speeding, driving under suspension.
District and City Courts
The individuals whose names follow were incarcerated on the order of a court or processed following a judicial determination.
Daniel James Moore, 57, 1510 Chestnut Drive, Morgan City, writ of habeas corpus.
Jeremy Paul Lirette, 31, 215 Jadon Drive, Houma, disturbing the peace by offensive language.
Shea Kristofer Musso, 37, 4002 Kerr Drive, Bourg, theft more than $500.
Monroe Caston, 55, 102 Caston Lane, Greensburg, simple burglary.
Christopher Chad Skinner, 25, 6002 North Bayou Black Drive, Gibson, parole violation.
Shane Joseph Mackles, 34, homeless, parole violation.
Probation and Parole
Chase Poindexter, 30, 471 St. Philip St., Raceland, theft over $500 (felony).
Lafourche Sheriff's Office
Ronnie Anderson, 35, 482 Paula Drive, Thibodaux, bond surrender.
Justin Deharte, 39, 115 Crestwood Drive, Houma, fourth DWI, possession of alcoholic beverages in motor vehicles, driving wrong way down one-way roadways.
Joanne Barker, 31, 1102 Lafayette St., Apt. 9, Houma, contempt of court (two counts).
Barry Campo, 53, Bayou Castile Apartments, Apt. 10G, Houma, contempt of court (five counts).
Webb Verdin, 34 , 229 Evelyn Ave., Houma, felony theft (three counts), attempted theft of goods (felony), simple criminal damage to property.
Sean Martin, 22, 148 W. 163rd St., Galliano, simple burglary of motor vehicle (three counts), theft (misdemeanor), bicycle reflectors required (three counts).
Michael Starks Jr., 29, 302 Pelican St., Labadieville, contempt of court (three counts).
Willie Gaudet, 36, A-137 Solar Trailer Park, Thibodaux, simple criminal damage to property, domestic-abuse battery with strangulation and child endangerment.
Chev Pierce, 29, 111 W. Avenue G, Larose, contempt of court.
Robert Gravois, 27, 1028 People St., Thibodaux, contempt of court.
Joshua Ingram, 37, 320 Brocato Lane, Raceland, contempt of court.
Andrew Daigle, 25, 106 Moss Lane, Houma, contempt of court.
Ricky Savoie, 50, 135 Butsy Lane, Raceland, home invasion.
Jessica Thomas,20, 592 St. Louis St., Raceland, contempt of court.
Thibodaux Police
Bradley Cotton, 37, 413 Highway 308, Thibodaux, contempt, driving under suspension, no turn signals.
De'ray Lucien, 23, 154 Georgette St., Napoleonville, domestic-abuse battery, contempt.
Damone Young, 20, 103 Emma St., Thibodaux, fugitive of Assumption Parish.
Floyd Gage, 34, 213 Carroll St., Thibodaux, theft of goods (misdemeanor).
Aug. 27, 2013
Lafourche Sheriff's Office
Anthony Hardnett, 27, 3672 Sycamore St., Baton Rouge, theft (felony).
Thibodaux Police
Kenneth Lopinto, 29, 400 Ashland Drive, Thibodaux, domestic-abuse battery, simple battery.
Lafourche Sheriff's Office
Travis Allen, 34, 248 Brocato Lane, Raceland, contempt (three counts).
Joshua Use, 36, 336 Bayou Blue Bypass Road, Gray, contempt.
Jose Escobar, 28, 202 Hidalgo Lane, Thibodaux, contempt.
Dean Toups, 62, 191 N. Leon Drive, Gheens, aggravated assault.
Gabriel Cheramie, 42, 107 W. 198th St., Galliano, security required, operating a vehicle while under suspension for certain prior offenses, safety belt use, tags indicating exemption.
Stephen Armond, 34, 185 Johnny Dufrene Drive, Raceland, issuing worthless checks (misdemeanor).
Justin Sons, 23, 617 Teche Road, Bayou Vista, contempt of court (two counts).
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When the National Venture Capital Association in July released its second-quarter MoneyTree report, which tracks nationwide investment by VC firms, the only bigger bummer than the industry's ongoing slump was the fear that things would look even worse in the third quarter.
Mission accomplished. With investors feeling cautious amid a slow economic recovery, venture funding dropped in the latest quarter from the previous three months, according to the most recent NVCA report.
Venture firms invested $6.5 billion in 890 deals in the third quarter, according to the report, which the association prepares with PricewaterhouseCoopers using data from Thomson Reuters.
That's down 11 percent in terms of dollars and 5 percent in terms of deals from the second quarter. And it's substantially down from the third quarter of 2011, when $7.3 billion went into 992 deals.
Nor was the MoneyTree report the only industry tracker that reported declining investments in the third quarter. According to a rival survey by Dow Jones VentureSource, the number of venture investments in U.S.-based companies dropped 32 percent in dollars and 9 percent in deals compared to the same quarter last year.
Add it all up, and it's further evidence that -- barring a rip-roaring end to the year -- 2012 is likely to fall short of 2011 in terms of both dollar amounts invested and the number of deals.
Venture investors as a group pumped close to $30 billion in private companies last year -- an uptick over 2010, which itself had marked something of a turnaround for the industry after two years of declines.
Still, there's reason to be hopeful that the fourth quarter could present a turnaround.
Tracy Lefteroff, global managing partner of the venture capital practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers, noted that VCs in the third quarter continued to be cautious "due to the lack of a significant number of liquidity events." But with the solid IPOs of Silicon Valley software companies Trulia and Qualys at the tail end of the quarter -- and Workday's even more robust stock debut last month -- a number of valley software makers are lining up to go public before the end of the year.
The improving IPO market was one reason cited for improved optimism in a just-released quarterly survey of venture capitalist attitudes. That report, compiled by the University of San Francisco, had noted a dour mood in the second quarter, but things are looking up.
"Silicon Valley remains the epicenter of the three most compelling market opportunities in technology: The mobile Internet, cloud computing and big data," Jeb Miller of Jafco Ventures told USF researchers.
"The IPO market remains open for high quality issuers," added Miller, one of 31 VCs who participated in the poll.
There were other bright spots in the quarter. The MoneyTree report said the software industry received the highest level of funding of all sectors, with $2.1 billion invested into 304 deals in the third quarter.
"Information technology investment continues to be very strong, particularly in the Internet arena," said NVCA president Mark Heesen in a prepared statement.
On the flip side, the cleantech sector saw a big drop in dollars: $791 million invested, compared to $991 million in the second quarter. The number of deals, 58, was virtually unchanged from the previous quarter.
"We continue to see cleantech investment shifting concentration to smaller, more capital-efficient deals," said Heesen.
Life sciences investment also remained low, which Heesen blamed on the large dollar amounts needed to develop biotech products, the long time to bring them to market and "ongoing concerns regarding regulatory uncertainty."
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The first suspect, who had the handgun, is described a black man in his 20s, 6 feet tall, slim, wearing a black coat and blue jeans. The second suspect is described as a black male in his 20s, with a slim build, walking with a limp, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans.
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Official Spurs website our old mate Robbie Keane is at the new training ground..................only traing to get fit for the new season in USA.PHEW that was a worry, thought he was our new frontman. lol
Ah RobbieHim and Berba were so good together!He should go see Martin at the Cottage!
It's a pity the great season of him & Berba wasn't the same year (I think it was the one before) the great season for King & Dawson, imagine how it could've been...It's nice that they still let him hang out there.


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Everyday Whole Wheat Bread from Vegan Dad on Vimeo.My first recipe video. I did not like the video quality via Blogger, so I created a Vimeo account and posted it here from there. I also had to drop the soundtrack because of copyright issues (Facebook deleted it right away), so I will have to work on that. I think I have learned a bit about colour schemes, lighting, shots, etc., so hopefully these get better over time (like learning how to spell "hydrated.") Here's the ingredients if that helps:
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Everyday Whole Wheat Bread
22 comments:
- Misty said...
Thanks for posting this. I have made bread tons of times in the past but it never comes out shaped quite right. After watching you I think I can get it right for once hahaha!! My kids and I have enjoyed a few of your recipes, they rock! Thanks again!
- June 14, 2011 at 9:59 AM
- Magdalena said...
the quality is so much better. and thanks for writing down the ingredients also. can't wait to make it.
- June 14, 2011 at 10:11 AM
- Deb Schiff said...
Great first video. Perhaps a narration might work for you? Otherwise, you might consider asking around if local musicians could contribute some of their original music.
- June 14, 2011 at 10:30 AM
- Sarah said...
36 min? That doesn't seem long enough!
- June 14, 2011 at 1:38 PM
- J.G. said...
Not bad at all considering this is your first video. I enjoyed it. Now I just wish I had bread flour to make it :)
- June 14, 2011 at 3:59 PM
- mhowden said...
Nice job on this video. I followed your work on the bread baker's apprentice, too.
I wonder if you have tried any of the recipes in Artisan Bread in 5 minutes a Day, or any of the sequel books? I was an old-school bread baker (do not own an electric mixer nor a bread machine) and have "converted" to the ABin5 method. My 13 year-old son has been making crusty boules, truly 5 minutes of prep time per day if you follow their techniques: no kneading, loose dough, virtually no clean-up (the authors include clean-up time in that 5 minute allotment!). Since you are so busy with work and family, you may find it a useful technique for hectic days. We now make all our bread using the ABin5 method; the authors refined it a bit in subsequent books. We use a lot of the recipes in Healthy Bread in 5 Minutes a Day.
ps--have no interest in the 5 a Day books, just find the techniques useful.
- June 14, 2011 at 7:28 PM
- kindercuisine said...
I think it looks great, especially for a first attempt. Well done! There are some great copyright free music sites out there which you would be able to use with a simple attribution credit at the end.
- June 15, 2011 at 1:52 AM
- Jo said...
Cool, thanks!
- June 15, 2011 at 3:29 AM
- VCA = said...
I want to try this! Great video, thanks a lot!
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- June 15, 2011 at 12:33 PM
- Alex said...
You make it look so simple!
- June 15, 2011 at 3:06 PM
- adma-8d said...
YEY! I looove video tutorials! They're so much easier to follow, yet it must give you a lot more work ^^''
Thank you so much! Hope you keep them coming! :D
- June 15, 2011 at 6:00 PM
- Such said...
Made this last night. WOW!!! So good!
- June 16, 2011 at 10:52 AM
- Derek said...
I love it! It's helpful to see the process as the bread develops. Keep the videos coming.
- June 16, 2011 at 11:25 AM
- Anne said...
I love making bread! Ever since my family went vegan (almost 3 years ago) I've made all our bread. This looks like another yummy one to try! Bread is one thing the omni's ask me to make!
- June 16, 2011 at 12:05 PM
- mhowden said...
Enjoyed your comments on The Baker's Apprentice and wondered if you have read Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day? I was skeptical as I've always made traditional hand-kneaded breads (don't own an electric mixer nor a bread machine). But time constraints got me interested in the books by Francois and Hertzberg, so we tried their technique, first on a plain boule. Really, really good with excellent crisp crust. And really true that you have about 5 minutes of work time invested (including clean-up) per day. Please post your experiences if you decide to try their technique. Must say I'd tried many other "lose dough" methods and none has produced decent bread.
I have no interest in ABin5, just bought their book and like it.
- June 16, 2011 at 6:56 PM
- Sara M said...
So I just finished baking this bread- great video, preparation wasn't difficult, it smelled wonderful in the oven. I thought it was going to be the first succesful loaf of bread I've made. I go to flip it out of the pan to cool and the whole thing broke apart lengthwise. *Sigh*.... I guess now I'll make breadcrumbs and try again later!
- June 18, 2011 at 8:38 PM
- Jojomon said...
That looks absolutely delicious!! I need a new oven - mine doesn't work right and I'd be too scared to make it if I didn't know the exact temperature it's cooking at.
- June 21, 2011 at 12:48 PM
- Effective Communications said...
Hooray for a video; very helpful! I will surely try this asap.
- June 24, 2011 at 5:53 PM
- C said...
I love this, more video recipes please!
Thank you so much for taking the time to do this for us, I sincerely appreciate it!
- June 24, 2011 at 10:22 PM
- Bonnie said...
Oh my goodness, this is the best whole wheat bread recipe. I have been searching for a really good sandwich bread recipe that is whole wheat plus vegan. Thankyou for the great video showing how to get the dough into nice loaves! Am making another batch as we speak and will keep this recipe from here on out.
- June 28, 2011 at 3:01 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
Sarah: 36 mins works for me. Makes a tender loaf that does not dry out too quickly over the next day.
Sara M: This is bizarre. Rolling the dough should prevent such a break. Did you have a hard time getting it out of the pan? You will note in the video that I have lined mine with parchment paper to make it easy to get the loaves out.
Mhowden: I did but that book and tried a few loaves. I then gave the book away. The loaves were pretty good, but had nothing on Reinhart.
- July 11, 2011 at 9:48 AM
- narf7 said...
I just saw your Facebook page and realised that you are still blogging. A happy day for me indeed as your blog was one of the first blogs that I used to go to for my vegan inspiration. SO glad to see you back and this recipe is awesome. I am going to give it a go this weekend. Cheers for sharing it with us all :)
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I think that what I blame books for, in general, is that they are not free. One can see it in the writing: they are fabricated, organized, regulated; one could say they conform. A function of the revision that the writer often wants to impose on himself. At that moment, the writer becomes his own cop. By being concerned with good form, in other words the most banal form, the clearest and most inoffensive. There are still dead generations that produce prim books. Even young people: charming books, without extension, without darkness. Without silence. In other words, without a true author. Books for daytime, for whiling away the hours, for traveling. But not books that become embedded in one's thoughts and toll the black mourning for all life, the commonplace of every thought.
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Standards are inevitable, and the best of these will create themselves to meet, to create new occasions. Let us, therefore, admit standards. But let us also ask how many critics of literature espouse, even selectively, the new, speak of it with joyous intelligence? Taking few risks, the best known among them wait for men of lesser reputations to clear the way.
--Ihab Hassan, "POSTmodernISM", New Literary History, Autumn 1971
Poets should exceed themselves -- when demands on us are slack, we should be anything but. Pressing the demands of the word forward is not only relevant but urgent. If our country does not vigorously cultivate poetry, it is either poetry's ineluctable time to wither or time to make a promise on its own behalf to put out new shoots and insist on a much bigger pot.
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Duras is simply amazing. I've read her work since I was eighteen now and still go back to it and am enriched by it in new ways each time I read it. For a long time she was writing outside of my range of understanding, and yet I was still fascinated by her writing on some intuitive level, and I think that's a sign that you're doing something incredible as a writer when you're able to sustain the attention of someone who is only partially grasping what you're getting at.ReplyDelete
And that essay you quote her from, just really really true.
- Anonymous2/23/2006 10:35 AM
That Duras quote... Christ yes. In my capricious youth I'd have been tempted to get that tattooed somewhere...ReplyDelete
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Lucille Mathiowetz, 93, of Olivia died Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at the Golden Living Center in Olivia. Mass of Christian Burial was Saturday at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Olivia with Pastor Paul van de Crommert as celebrant. Interment was in the church cemetery.
Lucille Evelyn Mathiowetz was born April 24, 1919 on the family farm at Three Lakes Township, rural Redwood County to Joseph and Mary (Rothmeier) Tauer.
When she was 13 her family moved to Morgan, and she graduated from Morgan High School. After graduation she did babysitting and housework for a family.
Lucille was united in marriage to Harold Mathiowetz September 11, 1940 at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Morgan, and they were the parents of seven children. Harold and Lucille made their home for two years at Clements, the following two years at Morton, and then farmed in Henryville Township, rural Olivia, for many years.
In 1975 they moved into their home in Olivia. Besides being a homemaker Lucille had worked as a nurse's aid at the Renville County Hospital for 10 years. She was a faithful member of St. Aloysius Catholic Church, the CCW and was Leader of the Mission Group for 20 years. In 1995 she received the Bishop's Medal of Service for her volunteer work. She had been a 4-H Leader for 10 years and the Renville County Hospital Auxiliary President for 15 years.
Lucille enjoyed reading, sewing, quilting, volunteer work, playing cards, and visiting relatives. She especially enjoyed family gatherings and the love of her life was her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Lucille is survived by her five children and their spouses: Alice (and Gene) Renstrom of Willmar, Bernice (and Dan) Amberg of Excelsior, Harvey (and Betty) Mathiowetz of Olivia, Floyd (and Sharon) Mathiowetz of Pierz and Donna (and Dave) Larson of Plymouth; her 12 grandchildren: Renae (Scott) Brunner, Mark (Nicolle) Amberg, Brian (Sara) Amberg, Theresa (Randy) Tersteeg, Scott Mathiowetz (special friend Linda), Kevin (Barbara) Mathiowetz, Paul (Amy) Mathiowetz, Krista (Paul) Laumer, Sara (Rodney) Dick, Joseph (Tammy) Mathiowetz, Brent Larson and Justin Larson, 20 great-grandchildren and her sister Veronica Mathiowetz of Morgan.
Lucille was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Harold, her two daughters Joyce and JoAnn Mathiowetz, her grandson Todd Mathiowetz, her granddaughter Susan Amberg, her sisters: Mary Reiner, Agnes Schwab and Eleanor Heiling and her brother Sylvester Tauer.
Blessed be her memory.
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Cementing protection for one of the largest privately owned pieces of land on California's 1,100-mile coastline, a San Francisco environmental group on Monday donated to the public the Coast Dairies property -- a pastoral expanse of rolling meadows, redwood forests and panoramic ocean views north of Santa Cruz.
"We are enormously pleased that generations from now it is going to look the way it does today," said Will Rogers, president of the Trust for Public Land, which transferred the property to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
The 5,843-acre ranch eight miles north of Santa Cruz was the subject of years of battles, even among environmental groups.
Marked with rows of artichokes and Brussels sprouts along its edges on Highway 1, the property was owned for more than a century by two Swiss families who acquired it in the 1860s and joined holdings in 1902. It had been coveted for development since the 1970s, when PG&E acquired an option on it with plans to build a nuclear power plant near Davenport, and more recently, in the 1990s, when former Nevada developer Brian Sweeney attempted to carve it into 139 lots for luxury homes.
The property was preserved in its bucolic state in 1998, when the Save-the-Redwoods League acquired it for $44.5 million, most of which came from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation in Los Altos.
By the end of this year, two trails should be open to the public for hiking, said Rick Cooper, field manager with the BLM office in Hollister. One, known as Liddell Creek Trail, is off Bonny Doon Road. The other, the Molina Pasture Trail, is off Swanton Road.
"This property has redwood forests and creeks. It's a spectacular area for the public to get a true recreational experience, hiking up the terraces," Cooper said. "And looking back over the ocean, it's a great view."
Some environmentalists would like the property to become a national monument. For that, there is recent precedent.
Last month, President Barack Obama designated an area on the rugged Mendocino County coast, the 1,656-acre Point Arena-Stornetta parcel, as part of the California Coastal Monument, a preserve established by President Bill Clinton and overseen by the BLM.
Similarly in 2012, Obama designated 14,000 acres of Fort Ord, the former military base north of Monterey, as a national monument run by the BLM. In both monuments, oil and gas drilling is banned.
Language in the deed transferred Monday bans any commercial logging on the property. The Trust for Public Land also retained the mineral rights, blocking mining or fracking.
Cooper said that the BLM will develop, with public involvement, a long-term plan over the next two years. Uses probably will include hiking, horse riding and mountain biking, he said. Until the first two trails open, the lands remain closed to the public, he said, and BLM rangers will patrol it.
Like many major land-use issues around Monterey Bay, the preservation of Coast Dairies came with controversy. After Save-the-Redwoods League acquired the property, it transferred control to the Trust for Public Land, a larger national organization. The trust expected at first to donate the property to a public agency within two or three years after surveying its plants and animals and completing a use plan.
But when it opened up the planning process to community groups, the trust faced a barrage of competing interests from surfers to off-road motorcyclists to local residents concerned about everything from traffic to increased fire risk.
By 2004, the plan was finished. The trust donated 407 oceanfront acres to the California state parks department in 2006. But that land, a stunning mix of beaches and rugged cliffs, was all the state parks could take given tight budgets.
The BLM, which agreed to take most of the inland acres, didn't want to manage the row crops and farmers along the coast. So the trust planned to divide 740 acres and keep ownership, leasing it to farmers. But then local environmental groups fought to require the trust to get coastal commission permission for that. The groups wanted more protections locked into the deal, and the commission eventually granted a permit in 2012.
"Obama won't be president forever. The BLM changes based on administrations," said Bill Parkin, a Santa Cruz attorney who represented several of the local groups. "Making sure that the land has the appropriate protections on it was important."
The local groups, the Rural Bonny Doon Association and former Santa Cruz Mayor Celia Scott among them, also sued, alleging that the trust violated state law regulating how properties are subdivided. A county judge ruled against the groups in October.
"The community wanted to make sure there weren't going to be dune buggies and logging and oil wells out there," said Santa Cruz County Supervisor Neal Coonerty.
"Today is fantastic. It's been a long, long battle," he added. "The north coast was under threat for a long time, and through the efforts of a lot of people, it is going to be preserved and protected for our children and grandchildren."
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MTV, celebrities are Boston Strong
By Dan O'Brien
August 14, 2013
August 14, 2013
The Emerson students who created and ran the highly popular Boston Strong T-shirt campaign for marathon bombing victims are shocked to be serenaded with support from a list of celebrities and MTV—and to learn they won free tickets to the August 25 MTV Video Music Awards in New York.
"I still don't know what to say about it," said Nick Reynolds '14. "It's so cool and we're so excited."
Chris Dobens '16, Lane Brenner '13, and Nick Reynolds '14, are reeling from learning MTVU compiled celebrities to support their Boston Strong T-shirt campaign. The trio also got free tickets to the MTV Video Music Awards. (Photo by Carole McFall)
MTVU was filming at Emerson August 13 under the guise of collecting footage for a current events program called Campus Dispatch, but the network was actually here to film the show, Random Acts of MTVU, which features college students performing extraordinary community service acts—and, in this case, to surprise them.
Singer Robin Thicke shows his support for Emerson students' Boston Strong campaign, along with several other celebrities, in a public service announcement for MTV. (MTV screengrab photo)
Reynolds, Chris Dobens '16, and Lane Brenner '13, who ran the iconic Boston Strong T-shirt campaign that raised nearly $900,000 within two months for victims of the Boston Marathon attacks, were at Bordy Theater when MTVU on-air personality and Emerson alumna Quinn Marcus '13 unexpectedly appeared on stage with a megaphone.
Suddenly a public service announcement appeared on screen with major celebrities donning the familiar blue and yellow Boston Strong shirts and thanking the three students, including Robin Thicke, Jason Derulo, Tegan & Sara, Ed Sheeran, 2 Chainz, Sway, members of Fall Out Boy, and the cast of Pretty Little Liars. The PSAs received corporate sponsorship from Best Buy, Pepsi, and Windows Phones.
"It was mind blowing that they were able to keep it a secret," Reynolds said.
Chris Dobens '16 and Lane Brenner '13 react with surprise when MTV began showing a PSA featuring celebrities wearing their Boston Strong T-shirts at Bordy Theater on August 13. (Photo by Carole McFall)
Random Acts of MTVU will air the Boston Strong segments this Sunday, August 18, throughout the entire day on MTVU, between 4:00 and 5:00 pm on MTV, and between 8:00 and 9:00 pm on MTV2.
Singer Jason Derulo (MTV photo screengrab)
"It's amazing to see so many people involved, to have the companies and celebrities get on board with Boston Strong," said Reynolds, who was on campus to participate in training for resident assistants. "Having MTVU going out of their way to help us and get these huge endorsements for the shirts will grow what we're doing on an even bigger scale."
MTVU personality Quinn Marcus '13 with Chris Dobens '16, Lane Brenner '13 and Nick Reynolds '14 of Boston Strong. (Photo by Carole McFall)
The three students have begun selling the Boston Strong shirts once again after pausing the campaign at the two-month anniversary of the attacks in June—after it exploded in popularity far beyond expected—and presented a check of $893,940 to The One Fund and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino after selling approximately 57,000 T-shirts.
They signed a new contract with Ink To The People, which produces the shirts, and can now sell the clothing to Canada and the United Kingdom in addition to the United States.
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The following is an excerpt from our 2013 Annual Report: A Recipe for Success.
Barb Reynolds sometimes likes an extra push – in her wheelchair that is. As a member of the Environmental Services team, Kelly Bouchard's job is to clean the nursing home and residents' rooms. But in this culture of caring, Kelly doesn't stop there. Walk down the halls or visit at a meal time and Kelly is often found sitting with residents, including Barb and her mom Della Allen, asking about their day and reminiscing about the good old days. Kelly is so involved, she was asked to join the nursing home's "Falls Committee" to help prevent resident falls. And, of course, she gives Barb a push now and then.
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The Midwest Travel Writers Association Conference took place last week in Kansas City and, at the conclusion of that event, several of the travel writers chose to go on a post-event trip exploring 'Highway 36 – The Way of American Genius.' The writers met at The Boji Stone in Chillicothe today and planned to start their itinerary with a tour of some of the local murals and a stop at the Grand River Historical Society Museum. The writers are being escorted by the Missouri Division of Tourism.
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Quote: Media moguls body discovered
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Published: Today
Rupert Murdoch, the controversial media mogul, has reportedly been found dead in his garden, police announce.
Murdoch, aged 80, has said to have ingested a large quantity of palladium before stumbling into his famous topiary garden late last night, passing out in the early hours of the morning.
"We found the chemicals sitting beside a kitchen table, recently cooked," one officer states. "From what we can gather, Murdoch melted and consumed large quantities of it before exiting into his garden."
Chemicals found in house
Authorities would not comment on whether this was a planned suicide, though the general consensus among locals and unnamed sources is that this is the case.
One detective elaborates. "Officers on the scene report a broken glass, a box of vintage wine, and what seems to be a family album strewn across the floor, containing images from days gone by; some containing handpainted portraits of Murdoch in his early days, donning a top hat and monocle."
Another officer reveals that Murdoch was found slumped over a particularly large garden hedge fashioned into a galloping horse. "His favourite", a butler, Davidson, reports.
Butler Davidson has since been taken into custody for additional questioning.
Asterax wrote:
This is amazing.
adic wrote: How does a whistleblower die in an "unsuspicious" manner? Anytime a dude labeled a whistleblower dies right after blowing said whistle I would call it suspicious. None of the articles I read on the subject even questioned it.
itproportal wrote: After having pwned Rupert Murdoch's flagship news website, thesun.co.uk, by redirecting its readers to a spoof front page and pilfering its email servers, Anonymous' unofficial mouthpiece, Sabu, has revealed that the group is "sitting on [the sun's & NOTW's] emails" with a press release from Anonymous & possibly more coming in a few hours.
While that website has already been taken down (you can check a screen capture of the web page here), the email bounty is likely to be potentially more damaging, with Sabu releasing details of two of the Sun's top three employees, Rebekah Wade and Bill Akass, the former editors of the Sun and News of the World respectively as well as Lee Wells & Danny Rogers, Editorial Support Manager at News International and Sun Online Editorial Manager respectively, as a taster of what's coming next.
In addition, the phone numbers of Pete Picton, the former editor of Sun Online, Harvey Shaw, the Publishing Operations Team Manager, Chris Hampartsoumian, the former Online editor of TimesOnline were also part of the leak on Anonymous' Twitter account.
Numerous news outlets, many being rivals to the Sun, reported that the internal webmail systems of the Sun have been taken down as a precautionary measure and that passwords have been reset and remote access rescinded temporarily.
Sabu claimed that Anonymous managed to get root access on one server while another one was a "buggy [Oracle] Solaris Kernel" which "kept freezing" on them so they had to redirect the site's traffic rather than hack it altogether. He also warns "Media. Federal Contractors. Royal Families" that Anonymous "will be going hard on you".
Read more: http://www.itproportal.com/2011/07/19/anonymous-release-sun-news-world-emails-today/#ixzz1SbDBmwzh
adic wrote: How does a whistleblower die in an "unsuspicious" manner? Anytime a dude labeled a whistleblower dies right after blowing said whistle I would call it suspicious. None of the articles I read on the subject even questioned it...


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Gunman Reported on Yale Campus; Lockdown has Been Lifted
By Timothy O'Connor, Joe Jackson and Jennifer Maloney
UPDATED | Yale University students and faculty were instructed to take shelter Monday while authorities investigated a report of a person with a gun. After about six hours, the campus lockdown was lifted.
After an extensive, door-to-door search of the campus, no suspect was found and no one was hurt, officials said.
"Though it is starting to tilt in the direction of an innocent mistake, it started with a purposeful and malicious call," said New Haven Police Dept Chief Dean Esserman. "
New Haven Police Officer David Hartman said an anonymous 911 call — lasting only a few seconds — was placed around 9:30 am from a payphone on the 300 block of Columbus Avenue. A male caller said a man was heading to Yale University to "shoot people," Mr. Hartman said.
"All he really said was his roommate was on his way to Yale University to shoot people," Mr. Hartman said. "There was nothing specific about the threat."
Not long after, Mr. Hartman said that at least one witness reported seeing someone with a "long gun" on or near campus, sparking the lockdown.
But Mr. Hartman said it's possible that witnesses may have confused the gunman with an armed law-enforcement officer who was responding to the 911 call. Still, he said, "We're not taking anything for chance."
Police vowed to track down the person who made the call.
"We have tracked that phone call down, we are tracking down the person who made that phone call," Mr. Esserman said. "We're going to find the person who made that call and we're going to put handcuffs on the person that made that call."
Asked what charges the caller might face, Mr. Esserman said: "Every charge I can imagine."
The caller, Mr. Esserman said, "used the word 'roommate,' but if you listen to the tape as many times as I have, you'll walk away saying 'that sounded like a confused gentleman.'"
Investigators and SWAT units from the university, city and state police as well as Federal Bureau of Investigation searching the campus, interviewing witnesses and reviewing security camera footage from area, Mr. Hartman said.
Most students are not on campus after leaving for the holiday break, officials said.
Police conducted a room-to-room search of the college's residential areas, according to university officials. "When they knock on your door, a Yale Police Officer will slip their Yale ID under the door. Please cooperate. In some cases, Police may use keys, but they will identify themselves," read a public alert issued by the university.
The campus-wide lockdown was lifted at 4:40 p.m. and businesses that closed along some main streets have reopened.
Yixiao Zou, a 26-year-old graduate student, stopped his yellow bike on the corner of Elm Street and looked at the two New Haven police officers who had blocked off the street near the Old Campus. A police helicopter circling overhead.
"I'm not worried," said Mr. Zou, who is studying neuroscience. "I guess it's better to be safe than sorry."
Confirmed report of a person w/ gun on/near Old Campus. SHELTER IN PLACE. http://t.co/GWOeIeUZgu
— Yale University (@Yale) November 25, 2013


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Simon Rowland and Roger Yang invited me to go rock-climbing at Rock Oasis (Front and Bathurst) last Friday (2006.08.11). Richi Plana and I headed there after he dropped his backpack off at the hostel, and I texted Jedediah Smith and Quinn Fung to see if they'd be interested in joining us. It turned out to be such a terrific experience!
Although I went rock-climbing with Cyril Tubianosa and other college friends a long time ago, I couldn't remember enough to climb on my own, so I registered for the introductory class. Richi did too. Quinn and Jed were waitlisted for the class, but made it in when the other people didn't show up. It was fun learning a new skill with close friends.
While we learned the ropes, Simon and Roger took turns climbing challenging walls. By the time we finished, they were also done!
Fortunately they were not too tired to help us. I asked Simon to belay for me as I tried climbing. The 5.7-level wall turned out to be a bit too challenging, so I went for the 50' 5.6 wall instead. I had completed a 5.6 wall during the beginner class, so I figured I could handle it.
50 feet, apparently, is quite a distance, particularly for someone new to climbing, with a weak grip and little endurance. When my fingers gave up, I used anything else I could: the side of my palm, my forearm, even my elbow. I frequently shook my hands to get rid of the fatigue and often sat back to figure out a strategy for making my way up. Whenever an approach failed, I'd try another, and another, and another. Hold by painful hold, I made my slow way up.
Every time I lost my grip, my friends learned more about the limits of my vocabulary. They knew I was getting serious when I graduated from "Ay, CRAP!" to "DARN!" They were rather amused when I tried out "Fish!" and "Fudge!" for size. (I like "Fudge!" It makes me think of chocolate.)
It took me more than thirty minutes to reach the top. Aside from a brief break to get a drink and maybe a quick climb, Simon talked me through the entire thing. Every time I'd get stuck on a set of holds that seemed impossible, he mimed different strategies for getting past it. When I was about to give up, he told me that I was over the hard part already. (Why I believed him, I don't know. ;) ) He kept encouraging me further and further, making sure that I kept the ground I gained.
I reached the top and slid back down to the ground in blissful relief and accomplishment. "You're such a trooper," said Simon.
And hey, yeah, that's true. If I think something's worth it, I'll keep going for it—and that's just so much more fun with encouragement. =)
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Thunderstorms and lightning are threatening fire officials' plans to contain a large blaze in central Washington state as hundreds of Washington and California residents return home to find out whether their homes were spared.
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To the west, many residents in Washington state are returning to the south and east sides of a 35-square mile blaze in the Cascade Range, about 75 miles east of Seattle. That fire destroyed 70 residential properties and 210 other structures, but fire danger remains high in the area, with hot, dry weather and a chance for storms and lightning expected this evening.
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Holocaust Denial on Trial, Skeleton Argument of the Claimant (long): Electronic Edition, by Adrian DaviesTable of Contents
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168.Re 5.38: It is obvious that the Kristallnacht excesses were committed by the Nazis not because Grynzspan was a young Pole, but because he was a Jew. He was undoubtedly crazed.
169.Re 5.39: No evidence at all was before the Court that the 20,000 were "severely mistreated." Many were unjustly imprisoned, but most were released almost at once.
170.Re: 5.49: Gray J appears to take no account of Irving's rebuttal in his written submission of 21 March 2000 of the Defendants' submission that the acts of arson which were to be halted were limited on Hitler's orders solely to German property and shops [Geschaefte].
171. At 3:45 a.m. that same night the following telegram was issued by the Gestapo Section II, signed "p.p. Bartz":
"The following orders of the chief of security police (Heydrich] are to be executed urgently and immediately:
- (1) according to the latest orders in accord with the Political Leaders all kinds of arson are to hindered;
- (2)all orders issued and yet to be issued in this affair are to be stamped secret,
- (3)without exception every Gestapo head office and office is to submit two reports on the execution of the Aktionen and their effects, particularly about egregious episodes, to the Gestapo section II. The first report must be submitted by this morning November 10 at 5 a.m. at the latest, the second report by seven a.m. this morning at the latest to the Gestapo HQ.
- (4) receipt of confirmation of this message is awaited urgently via the Blitz teleprinter Munich No. 47.767 (i.e. Heydrich's telex number]."
172. In other words Heydrich, who is said in paragraph 5.3 to be acting at all material times on Hitler's direct orders, is seen clearly ordering a halt to all acts of arson, not just acts against German property and shops.
173.As Gray J states at paragraph 5.53: "The contemporaneous documents created during the night of violence are likely to prove afar more reliable guide than the self-serving and untested accounts of Hitler's staff."
174.Yet Evans and his experts did not breath a word to the court about the existence of the 3.45 a.m. telegram, in breach of Evans's clear duty to the Court; see the third of Cresswell J's observations in The Ikarian Reefer [1993] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 68 at 81 to 82.
175.Re: 5.52: This description of Hitler's reaction is important. It is not borne out by the Goebbels diaries. It is however borne out by the testimony of Hitler's adjutants. The diary cannot be slavishly followed. It is the diary of a liar, a propagandist, and, Irving argued, of the chief culprit himself. The fact that it was evidently written up not one, but two or even three days later, after the Kristallnacht episode, calls for additional caution in relying on it for chronology and content. It was furthermore in Goebbels interest to maintain that he had been acting at all material times on Hitler's orders, although Rosenberg (writing in 1938), Von Hassell (1938), Groscurth (1938), Hinarnier (March 1939), Ribbentrop (1945), and Hitler's adjutants Wolff (1952), 6rueckner (1945, 1947), Below (1947), Wiedemann (March 1939), all say that this was untrue.
176.Re: 5.53: Gray J refers to the fact that Hitler's adjutants were testifying years after the war, and thus recalling events long ago. His Adjutant Fritz Wiedemann wrote his recollections in February 1939 on a steamship bound for San Francisco, after he had been dismissed Hitler's personal staff (and was thus not likely to be biassed in Hitler's favour). Himmler, Heydrich, Groscurth and many others referred to Hitler's fury at Goebbels in contemporaneous documents, as most of the dates above indicate.
177.Re: 5.75 the phrase "next" is based on the German word nunmehr. Nunmehr is the element of "apprehension", as in "What now!?" not as in "Let's go home now." Evans, whose grasp of vernacular German was shown to be deficient in the course of his cross-examination, did not know this. Gray J. failed to appreciate the point.
178.Re: 5.78 The Goebbels "stop order" was broadcast all morning, well before mid-day. Gray J's suggestion at paragraph 5.85 that Evans stated that the "only record of the content of the broadcast gives the time of transmission as the afternoon" is not supported by Evans's evidence.
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This past summer, longtime alt (to the Village Voice)-weekly The New York Press died, a victim of neglect and mismanagement, fated to disappear into its ill-fitting parent company. Sad! But! Now! Joe Pompeo reports that the Press is being relaunched, online-only, by "Tom Allon, the owner of [parent company] Manhattan Media and a 2013 mayoral candidate." What's the plan, Tom?
"It is our intention that this will become Mayor Bloomberg's homepage," Allon told Capital. "It will be the quintessential website for the savvy Manhattanite."
Uhhh. This is the paper that employed Matt Taibbi at the height of his square-enraging powers. So this sounds... somewhat less than encouraging. Sad! But! Maybe we'll be pleasantly surprised!
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PARKERSBURG - Energy, health care and spending are going to be issues in the next campaign for the U.S. Senate in West Virginia, said a congressman who announce her candidacy on Monday.
U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., used the occasion of her 59th birthday to announce she will run in 2014.
A single factor prompting her candidacy was what she said was the situation in the Senate.
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Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Monday said she will run for the U.S. Senate in 2014. She made the announcement at a press conference at the Capitol in Charleston where behind her are, from left, her daughter-in-law Laura, 31, son Charles, 32, granddaughter Celia, 2, husband Charlie, daughter Shelley, 27, son Moore, 30, and his wife Katie, 26.
"Stalemate and the inability to problem solve in the U.S. Senate is frustrating to me," Capito told the newspaper.
Capito has been encouraged to run for governor and Senate, the last time when the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd, the Senate's longest-serving member in history, ran for re-election in 2006. Byrd died in 2010.
The seat is held by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, a Democrat and former governor and secretary of state who was elected to the Senate in 1984. Capito said she discussed her candidacy with Rockefeller about a week ago.
"I don't think he was surprised," Capito said.
Rockefeller, 75, has not announced whether he will seek another term in 2014.
"My total focus right now is on the national budget situation and the fight for West Virginia families - making sure the very wealthy finally start paying their fair share again, for the first time in decades, rebuilding a strong middle class, and creating real opportunity for those who are still struggling," Rockefeller said in a statement.
Capito, the daughter of former Gov. Arch A. Moore, made her announcement from the lower rotunda of the state Capitol where she was accompanied by family. Also attending were representatives from the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce, the West Virginia Coal Association and other Republican lawmakers and business representatives.
"West Virginia needs a new and diverse voice in the U.S. Senate; a voice that can listen and can walk with others to achieve great things. The U.S. Senate needs a voice that stands for common sense and fairness," Capito said. "I believe I can be that voice and will ask the voters for their support by running for the U.S. Senate in 2014. I come to this race aware of the challenges but seasoned by the lessons learned in past campaigns."
The announcement was welcomed by the chairman of the state Republican Party.
"For far too long, Jay Rockefeller has been more interested in endearing himself to America's liberal elite than serving the good people of West Virginia," Conrad Lucas, GOP chairman, said. "Rockefeller has stood arm-in-arm with other out-of-touch liberals by launching attacks against the coal industry and supporting the job destroying policies of President Obama."
Rockefeller puts the people first, Larry Puccio, Democratic Party chairman, said
"After three straight years of campaigning in West Virginia some will start jockeying for political positions for the next election," Puccio said. "I believe Sen. Jay Rockefeller will continue to work for children, veterans, seniors and all working men and women and their families in West Virginia."
Capito believes the momentum leading to the inroads made by the Republican Party this election in the Legislature, attorney general and the Supreme Court will continue to 2014. Energy, health care and spending will be three issues in the campaign, she said.
"West Virginians understand these issues," she said.
Capito was elected to the House first in 2000. Her latest victory was in the general election against Howard Swint with about 70 percent of the vote in the 2nd District.
Local counties in the district are Wirt, Jackson, Roane and Calhoun.
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Students at Florida State University say without their Social Security number, they aren't able to perform simple duties on campus. Because of the frequent use of their social, the possibility of identity theft is an issue.
"Identity theft is through your Social Security, when you take tests, you have to use your Social Security, when getting grades, you have to use your social, and on the Internet, you can get anything," comments FSU student Shane McGinley.
Bills currently before the Florida House and Senate would help curb the times students are required to use their personal number.
But some students actually prefer to use their social, as opposed to memorizing various pin numbers.
"I don't mind using mind using my social at all, identity theft isn't that big around here," FSU student David Petracca says.
The Federal Trade Commission reports that in 2002, Florida ranked sixth in the nation for identity theft, with more than 10,000 reported victims.
"It's such a valuable piece of information, if it gets in the wrong hands, somebody could use it for something that you don't want them to use it for," adds student Marsharo Naimo.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Today's Writing Prompt: Jewelry
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11 comments:
- June Calender said...
Several years ago a friend gave me some very plain, smallish silver hoop earrings saying, "Everyone needs plain hoops." I thought she was being unimaginative and hadn't noticed that I usually wore things a little more interesting than those silver hoops. But it's turned out that I reach for those simple hoops a lot of times when I'm not doing anything special but just want to wear something so I feel a tiny bit dressed up. She was right.
- January 11, 2012 at 6:44 AM
- Divya said...
Being a woman, i often see eyebrows raise when i comment, "I don't like to wear jewels". I like to be the way i have been created :-) Glass and bead jewelery attract me a lot and love their sight! I am woman after all and one with an eye for art. I have this piece of jewelery gifted by my husband on our anniversary. It's radium coated silver bracelet that i run to when i want little sparkle.
- January 11, 2012 at 8:54 AM
- Curly-T said...
For christmas several years ago, my husband bought me a set of pearl earrings - they were bigger than the ones I had wanted for several years, but I loved them anyway. I wore them every day until about a year ago. I took them out, put them in my pants pocket for the next morning, and lost one.
I haven't been able to find it since.
I lament the loss of that pearl earring every single day.
- January 11, 2012 at 9:46 AM
- Ladydy5 aka: Diane Yates said...
Opps! put my jewelry comment on wrong spot, one below this one.
- January 11, 2012 at 9:49 AM
- Amapola said...
He loved to buy watches
He loved to give me rings
He is gone to the next world
The jewelry is here
When I wear the ring
I feel his presence
I feel his embrace
Still sharing
Still alive in so many ways
- January 11, 2012 at 2:59 PM
- Barbara said...
He was a wonderful friend . . . but that's all he was. When I opened the small package and saw a diamond and emerald ring, I didn't know what to say. Or what to do either. It was much too expensive a gift for the quality of our relationship. Clearly, he wanted more from me than I wanted from him. I asked my brother. He said to keep it. It would be worse if I gave it back.
- January 11, 2012 at 4:35 PM
- Graciegreen said...
The Avon lady rang my doorbell 30 years ago...I rarely wear make up and am fragrance free so what to buy? There was a child's necklace in the catalog, a girl on a swing. My daughter was 5 years old so I bought it for her. Yesterday my little granddaughter spotted the necklace in my jewelry box, "Gran, please can I wear the pretty necklace..."
- January 11, 2012 at 6:46 PM
- buddhafulkat.com said...
we gave each other matching wedding rings,
engraved with rose gold mountains, white gold waves and two cranes flying west over the Pacific, homeward bound after years of travel.
- January 12, 2012 at 12:46 AM
It was my 26th birthday and he surprised me with a pair of golden earrings. Gold seemed too expensive a gift and I told him I felt too much pressure related to our relationship which hasn't developed yet if I accepted. He insisted and I didn't feel right takign them but I did. They were my favorite for many years, and I still have them now, almost 2 decades later, one of very few tangible things and one of my fading memories to keep me warm on cold lonesome nights.
- January 12, 2012 at 2:00 AM
- Divya said...
When do you announce winners? or have you stopped?
- January 13, 2012 at 7:17 AM
- Kanchan Agarwal said...
Many years ago, a very pretty girl I was only acquainted with brought me a little statue of Ganesha without me asking for it. As a token of thanks, I brought her a pendant, which I now don't remember the look of. I remember how thrilled and expressive she was with her surprise at the gift. Today, she is one of my best friends. I guess little gestures do pay off.
- January 27, 2012 at 2:04 AM


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STOCKTON - A 36-year-old man walked about a half-mile to ask for help after being shot in the leg about 12:30 a.m. Thursday in south Stockton, police reported.
The man told officers he was in the 300 block of South Center Street when he heard a gunshot and felt pain in his left leg. The victim walked to South Lincoln and West Washington streets before asking for help, authorities said. Officers located the victim near a homeless shelter in the 600 block of West Church Street, police said.
The shooter was described as a black man in his 40s.
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