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Khan's becoming a genuine championPosted on 11/12/2010
Once maligned as an over-hyped boxer with no chin, Amir Khan is expected to do Britain proud this weekend when he attempts to wow the Las Vegas public against Marcos Maidana. For the Daily Telegraph's Kevin Garside, Saturday marks the beginning of a new era for Khan...
"It's my time" – a bold statement that chimes beautifully with sensibilities in Las Vegas. It was as close as Amir Khan has come all week to bombast, that cornerstone of boxing patois. It might be overstating the case to claim that Khan's address at the head-to-head with Marcos Maidana was his Martin Luther King moment. It is fair to argue, however, that his measured words marked a departure of significance for a young British athlete making his way in the world.
There was deference and respect for his opponent, the implacable, iron-fisted Argentine sitting to his left. There was gratitude for the organisers and a balanced assessment of why his name is topping this bill. He has paid his dues as an amateur and as a pro. The message was this: it might be that public opinion does not yet accord with my own, but get there it will. You'll see.
Khan is that rare paradox, a superstar awaiting rediscovery. The teenage warrior who warmed our hearts in Athens with the improbable heist of Olympic silver six years ago, somehow fell the wrong side of the rainbow. A narrative that played for him as a schoolboy trading leather with hairy-backed Kazakhstanis twice his age flipped negatively when the money started rolling in.
He probably did not help himself driving around Bolton at 18 with L-plates attached to a Range Rover. The 6-series convertible Beemer that followed was fatal for his hopes of blending into the community. Neither did the big house in the posh part of town progress the idea that Khan would not be corrupted by fame and fortune.
Envy was on the loose and spreading. Khan behaved, of course, as anyone would. The instinct to better one's circumstances, to alter positively the terms and conditions of our engagement with life is a primal goal. His mistake was to be a chippy youth from the northern fringe of post-industrial Manchester one day and the next a teenage millionaire, a species guaranteed to put the nose of blue-collar Britain out of joint.
Spending big in Bolton the money that promoter Frank Warren provided on the signing of his first professional contract went down like a bad pie in the chip shop.
There is also the problematic matter of Khan's ethnicity. Though it is taboo to raise this issue in some circles, the undercurrent of racial tension rippling along the north-Manchester axis on which Bolton sits is too important to ignore.
While one would like to believe that his background played no part in souring the love story, Khan would not be the first British Asian to suffer negative profiling. Khan, you will recall, made his professional debut nine days after the London bombings of July 2005. Those responsible were from the same demographic as Khan, teenage sons of Pakistani immigrants.
Khan denounced the perpetrators, distanced himself absolutely from Muslim extremism, proclaimed his essential Britishness, wore the flag of the Union on his shorts. Though the enlightened majority did not need convincing, the episode hardened prejudices elsewhere and complicated what should have been a tale of sporting gold.
When the inevitable adolescent skirmishes with life occurred, motoring misdemeanours in his case, there was in some quarters a depressing delight. The corresponding hiccups in the ring, the knock-downs inflicted by Willie Limond and Michael Gomez eroded his credibility further and then in September 2008, Khan ran into the career car crash that was Breidis Prescott's right hand. Khan was gone in 54 seconds, a write-off according to many.
Here, in the countdown to his Las Vegas debut, Khan can smile at the memory. The two years of painstaking rebuilding under the aegis of Freddie Roach have drained the poison from the wound. It is now a technical issue to be deconstructed, an abstraction in the formula being developed by Roach that is transforming Khan into a great boxer.
"No fighter wants to lose, especially getting knocked out. I see more of that fight than any of my wins. Everywhere you go people just want to talk about the one you lost. I understand that. And I'm glad they do because it makes me realise that it if you make mistakes it can happen again, that you are not invincible. You can get hurt in boxing."
Khan is Roach's 25th world champion. The Wild Card gym he opened with actor Mickey Rourke is the most sought after finishing school in world boxing. Roach offers Khan the same sympathetic nurturing he received at Mick Jelley's amateur gym in Bury. LA and Bury; that is some twinning of towns.
"I have so much trust in Freddie. If he says don't throw a punch, I won't throw it. That's how much I trust him. He can see a fight, read a fight. If I had started my career with Freddie I might have been unbeaten. But things happen for a reason. If that defeat hadn't happened I would be nowhere near as good as I am now. It motivates me.," said Khan.
Six years on from his Olympic success, Khan is demonstrably a man, a good man at that. He has come through the first phase of new wealth. What we are seeing now is a dynamic graduate empowered by a sense of his own potential and relishing the responsibility that comes with being a grown up. All that remains is for the British public to catch up.
"When people ask me the question, 'do you want to walk out of this game filthy rich or leave behind a legacy?' I tell them I want to be remembered as a great champion and role model like Manny Pacquiao. We all fight for purses. It's a business. Manny makes great money all over the world, but he is still humble and loves boxing. I want to follow in his footsteps."
This farce damaged boxingPosted on 15/11/2010
David Haye did what was expected and demolished Audley Harrison to defend his heavyweight belt in Manchester on Saturday. But it was made easy for him by an opponent who failed to throw a punch in anger before being flattened in the third round. The conclusion of the first two rounds were greeted with boos as the two fighters looked at each other without any sign of attack. Haye finally attacked in the third and it led to a swift end. The fight confirmed Haye's position as a genuine world-class fighter, but the manner of the victory had The Sun's Pat Sheehan suggesting the fight did more damage than good for the sport.
"Just how Audley Harrison managed to manoeuvre himself into the position of getting a world-title shot is beyond any joke.
They say in boxing you can only beat what is put in front of you and David Haye had no trouble in doing just that in front of fans who rightly expected a lot more from Harrison.
It is not an overstatement to say fight fans were conned by Harrison who talked big but produced little.
Harrison treated the bout like a non-contact sport that would have warmed the cockles of the anti-fight brigade's hearts instead of what boxing is supposed to be - the ultimate one-to-one combat.
General sport fans would have bought into the hype but they won't like the idea of feeling they've been conned and will back off when it comes to dipping into their pockets again.
Youngsters being taught boxing, which is making a welcome return to some schools, are told the fight game isn't only about your skill with fists but about heart, will and desire.
They will have found it was in short supply in Manchester as Harrison stepped between the ropes.
The MEN Arena was packed to the rafters but if Harrison ever returns to fight again here, who would bet against a phone box not being full?"
Outsider Harrison looking a tempting betPosted on 13/11/2010
David haye prepares to put his WBA title on the line this evening, with the bookmakers backing the Hayemaker to retain his heavyweight crown. But Des Lynam in the Daily Telegraph believes Audley Harrison is capable of an upset.
Two of my fellow members of the Boxing Writers' Club have even suggested that I may at last have lost my marbles, a swift decline from astute to gullible.
But I really think that Harrison, whom you could reliably bet on letting you down in the past, will at least give of his very best now that his big chance has unexpectedly come and that may well be good enough.
It is not as though he is about to face one of the great names of heavyweight boxing. Haye, whose publicity has outweighed his talent in my opinion, is more from the Henry Akinwande or Herbie Hide class of British world heavyweight champions than the Lennox Lewis school.
Harrison is not getting in the ring with the kind of opponent that some of our former British heavyweight world title challengers had to face in their careers.
The often criticised Joe Bugner, most recently seen in the ITV jungle, twice fought Muhammad Ali in his prime, losing only on points both times.
Bugner also faced the great Joe Frazier and wobbled him before losing their fight in London on points and he shared the ring with the likes of Ron Lyle and Ernie Shavers, two of the hardest-hitting heavyweights in the history of the sport. He did not disgrace himself in either fight.
Then of course there was Frank Bruno.
I still feel slightly concussed just thinking of the punishment Frank had to take in some of his fights. He had been on a streak of twenty-one consecutive knockout wins before coming up against the American James
'Bonecrusher' Smith at Wembley in 1984. Bruno was winning the fight comfortably until the tenth and final round when Smith landed some fearsome blows and Bruno was knocked out still leaning on the ropes.
After that setback he went on a winning run again before challenging another American, Tim Witherspoon, for the WBA championship, the title that is being contested tonight.
I can recall comparing the wonderfully conditioned Bruno with the slightly blubbery Witherspoon before the fight but, once again after leading on all three ringside judges' cards, Bruno was beaten to a pulp in the eleventh round.
After some thoughts of retirement, he recovered and by 1989 was ready to face the then fearsome Mike Tyson for the unified world title in Las Vegas.
I was ringside with the late Harry Carpenter and we were both shocked as Tyson threw off his spartan towelling robe on the way to the ring. If this aggressive gesture didn't unnerve Frank, it certainly did us.
In the first round Bruno was shaken but recovered to rock the champion with a huge left hook, you might recall Harry's words of commentary: "Get in there, Frank". The fight was stopped in favour of Tyson with Bruno once again helpless on the ropes.
By 1993 Bruno had negotiated his third world title challenge, this time against the recently crowned Lennox Lewis who turned out to be one of the 'greats'. It was the last all-British heavyweight world championship fight before tonight.
Once again Bruno did well until being stopped in the seventh round. Of course Bruno finally won the WBC version of the title when he outpointed Oliver McCall who had beaten Lewis in a big upset. He was obliged to face Tyson again in his first defence and was this time despatched in the third round, his world title gone.
So tonight Harrison is not facing Ali or Frazier, Tyson or Lewis or even Bruno, none of whom in their prime would be likely to have lost to him. He is facing David Haye, good boxer but not in their class.
As they say, fortune favours the brave and that is what he will have to be tonight. Heaven knows I have had to be, forecasting the outcome in his favour. Of course if he does win, the ludicrously self-regarding Harrison will become insufferable.
Mind you if he wins, so indeed might I.
Continue reading "Outsider Harrison looking a tempting bet"
The day that Frank Warren was shotPosted on 15/09/2010
Frank Warren has become something of a marmite character in sport, loved by some, loathed by others, yet he has never done anything to deserve what happened to him 21 years ago. Reflecting on nearly 30 years in boxing, the opinionated promoters reflects with the Daily Mirror's Oliver Holt about the night that made him want revenge...
It is what Frank Warren knows that makes him unusual. Sure, he stands out for other reasons, too. Like being Britain's best boxing promoter. Like being about to celebrate 30 years in the sport. Like rowing with Mike Tyson. But there's something else. Something more visceral. Something that still shocks.
It is not just that he knows who tried to kill him. Any old victim of attempted murder knows that. Warren is different because the man who shot him outside the Broadway Theatre in Barking 21 years ago is still out there. The gunman fled the scene. No one was ever convicted of the crime. The man is still walking free. Still unpunished. Still unforgiven.
Warren has said for many years he is "100 per cent sure" of the identity of the man who tried to end his life. He has connections. He has made inquiries. The man flits in and out of his consciousness.
He even bumped into him a few years ago."I was walking through a crowd of people when someone thrust their hand out for me to shake," Warren says. "You know sometimes when people go to shake hands with you, and you look up at their face. I looked up and it was him. I swore at him and walked past."
So there he was, the bloke who tried to kill him, trying to shake his hand, letting him know he was still around, rubbing it in that he had got away with it. Got away with it. That phrase irks Warren. He smiles icily as he sits in his office in Hertford. "In some ways, he got away with it," Warren says. "In others he didn't.
"But now he has got no respect. He has got nothing. I think he did himself a lot of damage. He has not in any way got any accolades for anything he has achieved. Nobody cares. People say that the man who shot me may be a danger to other people, but I think he is more a danger to himself.
"The way he acted on the night of the shooting, it was pathetic. He was a few feet away from me. If he had been any nearer, I would have got hold of him. And he still couldn't do the job properly. My business partner back then was a guy called John Botros, who had a double first from Oxford. He was not a physical guy and even John had the guy on the floor before he got away. The guy who shot me was incompetent. That's what he has been his whole life. He has been incompetent.
"He has always tried to challenge the system in his warped way and it has always gone t**s up for him. It's pathetic."
Warren does not like talking about the shooting. The .22 bullet from a Luger pistol missed his heart by an inch and he had to have part of a lung removed, but he says it has not affected him physically. He still plays tennis. And he insists that only rarely do the thoughts of revenge that filled his mind in the immediate aftermath of the attack flicker back into life.
"Sometimes, I feel like it didn't even happen," says Warren, 58. "It was such a long time ago. If I think about it, those feelings are still there but I don't want to think about it. It's negativity and negativity is a bad thing. I am a very positive person and I think the best of people, the best of situations.
"At the time, revenge was the first thing on my mind but I had to jump back and think 'it's not about me, it's also about my family and trying to keep things going'. Had I gone for revenge, which would have been very easy to do, then it would have been all over for me. I had young kids at the time and I wanted them to have a different life to the one I had. I was more concerned with that."
On Saturday, Warren will preside over a bumper show called The Magnificent Seven at Birmingham's LG Arena, featuring many of the country's rising stars such as Frankie Gavin and James DeGale. A couple of months from now, on December 10, Warren will celebrate 30 years in the sport. He will be feted for his achievements. And somewhere, somewhere away from the crowds and the lights, the man who tried to kill him will watch from the shadows of his life.
End of the line for HattonPosted on 13/09/2010
It was always in doubt whether Ricky Hatton would ever return to the ring, but following allegations of cocaine use in the News of the Worlfd, it looks like it could signal the end of the former world champion's career, writes Jeff Powell in The Daily Mail
The chances of Ricky Hatton fighting again have dipped from slim to none after he was filmed apparently snorting several lines of cocaine while on a drink and drugs binge.
There is also a risk that the former world champion will have his license as a promoter revoked or suspended by the British Boxing Board of Control.
scene is little short of tragic but this is a controversial sport which has no option but to limit the damage to its image.
Sadly this latest, alleged fall from grace of another of our sporting legends is as unsurprising as it is unwelcome.
While the Hitman could hardly be classed as a role model, he is a hero to tens of thousands of his fellow Englishmen.
The potential removal of the charismatic and hugely popular Hatton from the big fight
Be it as an all-action fighter, an animated mingler with the vociferous fans who followed their Mancunian idol on his title-winning adventures abroad, a boozer in his local pub or a compulsive eater between his heroic bouts, Hatton has always done everything to excess.
Continue reading "End of the line for Hatton"May 17, 2010
Khan still lacking authorityPosted on 17/05/2010
Amir Khan may have made his American debut in style, dominating Paulie Malignaggi to defend his WBA light-welterweight title, but question marks still remain, writes Matthew Syed in The TimesAmir Khan's victory over Paulie Malignaggi, a savvy and talented New Yorker, at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden was impressive, as far as it went, but whether it heralds his arrival as a great of the sport, as many were proclaiming after the bout, remains to be seen.
There is no doubting Khan's speed or versatility. The left jab was sharp as a scalpel and his counter-punching was crisp and, for the most part, accurate.
He also seemed to be undaunted by boxing in front of a largely hostile crowd, his youthful face a picture of concentration and intent. But it was clear early on that Malignaggi lacked discernible fire power — an observation bolstered by his record of only five knockouts in 27 wins — and the most urgent question mark hanging over Khan is whether he has the chin to go with his hand speed and precision. His knockout defeat in 54 seconds by Breidis Prescott continues to loom large in the minds of many British fans who witnessed it.
What is certain is that, however much he continues to improve his technical repertoire, sooner or later Khan is going to get tagged by one of the decent young boxers who populate the light-welterweight division. He will be drawn into a battle of will and stamina of the kind that all fighters have to endure at some stage of their career, and it is only then we are going to see whether he has the durability to go with his undoubted class.
Until that moment, and until that question has been answered, Khan remains a boxer with oodles of talent but without absolute authority.
Continue reading "Khan still lacking authority"January 27, 2010
Hollywood Haye in dangerPosted on 27/01/2010
David Haye celebrates after defeating Nikolai Valuev
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David Haye is putting the excitement factor back into boxing (who didn't enjoy watching him dance around that giant statue in Germany?) but Jeff Powell has some concerns in the Daily Mail. Powell has seen fame destroy the best of them over the years, Tyson, Bruno... Grant Bovey. Now the seasoned boxing expert is worried that David "Hayemaker" Haye is about to become David "Hollywood" Haye unless he knuckles down for his April 3 bout with John Ruiz.Haye is reported to have made more appearances than the stars on these cold, clear nights of midwinter. Britain's world heavyweight champion has hardly missed a ceremony during this awards season and has apparently been sighted at more than enough celebrity bashes to confirm his arrival on the A-list of most desirable guests.
Nothing wrong with that. Not of itself. It is not every year that an Englishman reaches up to grasp boxing's supreme prize and this young man from south London would not be human had he not taken time out to celebrate this achievement. Especially since this David slew his Goliath to claim his crown.
But now it is back to business. Starting today if the Hayemaker is not to fall into a trap as old as prize-fighting itself.


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I have a mini pin that's usually very good about going potty outside, when we walk him. We've had him for three years with very few "accidents". He has been extra clingy for the past few weeks, following me around and only wanting to be on my lap. I'm 8 weeks along, he obviously knows something is up. This morning is the second time this week that I've found he's gone #2 under our dining room table. I'm confused, nothing has changed, we still walk him every day, still affectionate with him, same feeding routine..could it be that he's already a little jealous? Ever have that happen to you?
Are you sure there isn't something wrong with him? Like he has an infection or something?
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We havent had any accidents but mine is up my butt all the time. I think its just an animal thing. I dont think its jealousy, but he know can tell something is different. Just correct him and dont stop his routine or he will resent you or the baby.
I don't have a dog with any kind of problems but I do have a cat. Our cat has always been fairly affectionate but now it's like if he's not sleeping, he's all over me. He follows me around the house, lays on my stomach if I'm laying down, or drapes himself over my shoulder or around my neck if I'm sitting on the sofa. If I try to ignore him, he'll keep rubbing his face against mine.
Animals are pretty amazing...
They must be able to sense something. Maybe it is the hormones or a change in our body odor. Whatever it is, I have this little hairy gremlin as my body guard now! I'm guessing many of these animals are going to suffer a bit at the beginning, but then be very protective and loving baby companions.
Although, with all the accidents, you might want to see the vet just to make sure there isn't something wrong.
I have 3 pitbulls, and they've been acting weird too. All of them are clingy and if ones jumps down from cuddling with me another is up there within seconds. We were redoing the living room, (scraping the ceiling painting new furniture), and two of them snuck in the room a few times and peed randomly, and they normally ring a bell when they need to go out, so I know its more out of spite for changing things up on them. Ooh well, they just need to get used too it =]
There all awesome with kids, and love them, so I just need to make sure they don't feel replaced and everything will be fine.
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My dog is definetely up to something. I have a schnauzer who has always been a peoples type dog, but now he wants to sit in my lap all the time and he doesn't want to go to bed unless he can sleep curled right up under me. I just keep telling him he'll still always be my baby. It's crazy how keen our pets are to whats going on with us, love my dog :-)
My puppy is following me around and cuddling which is not normal for him.


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Skip to comments.Buried Treasure: World War II Spitfires To Be Unearthed in Burma
Posted on 04/17/2012 9:15:55 PM PDT by Sarajevo
Its like something out of an Indiana Jones film, if you take away the religious overtones and ophidiophobic adventurer. After 15 years, a British farmers quest to find a squadron of legendary fighter planes lost in Burma during World War II has finally paid off.
Lincolnshire farmer David Cundall, 62, has spent £130,000, traveled to Burma a dozen times and negotiated with the cagey Burmese government, all in the hopes of finding a stash of iconic British Spitfires buried somewhere in the Southeast Asian country.
Cundall started his search after his friend heard from a group of U.S. veterans that they had stashed Spitfires in the region. Weve done some pretty silly things in our time, but the silliest was burying Spitfires, the veterans said.
His interest piqued, Cundall began placing ads in magazines to try to find soldiers who may have been involved.
After a decade and a half of searching, he finally managed to locate the missing airplanes, which had never been flown and were indeed buried while still in their transport crates. We sent a borehole down and used a camera to look at the crates. They seemed to be in good condition, Cundall told the Telegraph.
The aircraft arrived at a Royal Air Force Base in Burma in August 1945. But by that point in the war, just before the bombing of Hiroshima, the fighters werent needed. In 1945, Spitfires were ten a penny, says Cundall. It was a typical British solution: Lets bury them lads.
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These could really be one of the more spectacular finds in recent memory. I hope they film/video the unearthing...I am sure they could get some very widespread interest in such a show.
I wonder who got the dibs or rights to a film documentary. I would go see it.. "Rebirth of the Spitfires". Probably just a TV deal, either Smithsonian or National Geographic.
As a WWII buff, I'm wondering why these aircraft sites would excite the general public. After all, there were thousands of spitfires lost all over Germany and even a few in England.
To get ten or twelve of them? New in the box?
That's a big deal...
And this guy will make his money back ten-fold.
An amazing story.
My Grandfather was there at the time, but he was just cooking for guys on the China road
WWII Spitfire MIB...
After all, there were thousands of spitfires lost all over Germany and even a few in England.
More than a few were lost over England.
My Grandfather was there at the time, but he was just cooking for guys on the China road
My Dad was in CBI, too. He was on the Burma and Ledo Roads and flew over the "Hump" into China.
There are a lot of us that had family there
There are a lot of us that had family there
Yes, quite a number of Freepers had family in CBI.
This is an awesome story. Hoping that it all comes to fruition and these planes fly again. What history!
Thanks, mylife.
Is your Grandfather still alive?
My Dad had many stroies from Burma, India and China and later the occupation of Japan.
High water table there
.they will all be a pile of rotted mush....sad
he got pancreatic cancer.
He survived all that and was gone in 6 months
I fed him like a baby.
Sorry to hear that. You are to be commended.
My Dad was born in 1918 and would have been 94 this month.
I know of an ME-109 stashed in a barn somewhere in Eastern Europe. It made a crash landing during the war and the farmer hauled it inside. The family is afraid to do anything with it.
Bump for later reading...
It is what it is.
The market for genuine WWII aircraft is getting much more competitive, particularly for "enemy" types which are the rarest.
The market for genuine WWII aircraft is getting much more competitive, particularly for "enemy" types which are the rarest.
If the governments of Burma or Britain don't
steal "confiscate" the planes outright or confiscate his profits via taxation. I've noticed that whenever you make money you have a partner there with his hand in your pocket, but when you're risking your time and savings to get some sort of business going, the government is only there to harass you with regulations.
And of course if you bribe the politicians enough with "campaign contributions" like the executives of soylandra did with the
hypocritical thief annointed one in the white house, then you're paid off with other stolen taxpayer funds of which you're expected to donate back to the selfsame politicians.
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link to interesting site ping - post #12
kik5150- any idea where in eastern Europe? ;)
Unfortunately, you are correct.
And before anyone here thinks they want to go off and play Indiana Jones and sneak it here and restore it, think again...
The Feds are really careful about warbirds and importing them and having them disarmed post 9/11. Their has been an instance or two where aircraft have been confiscated and fines etc were levied.
I don't blame the folks for wanting to keep it in the barn on the down-low...
Soon to be posted on E-Bay as NIB. (new in box)
I wouldn't think of restoring one here. There has to be a friendlier place in the world where it could be done.
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Gene Hackman is doing all right after a brief stay at a Florida hospital Friday.
According to his rep, the actor was "taken to a hospital for routine tests after being bumped from behind while riding his bike today in the Keys."
Continues the rep: "He's suffered minor bumps and bruises and is already on his way home."
News of Hackman's hospitalization first originated on TMZ.com, which reported that the 81-year-old actor was airlifted to a trauma center with head injuries after being hit by a car while riding his bike.
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Mayim Bialik was seriously injured Wednesday in a car accident in Los Angeles.
Bialik, 36, was driving in L.A. when a car with three tourists from Chile turned into her vehicle at Hollywood Boulevard and caused the crash, LAPD Sgt. Monte Houze tells PEOPLE.
"From what I was told, there was a lot of blood at the scene," says Houze.
He says Bialik, known for her roles on Blossom and The Big Bang Theory suffered "a severe injury to her left thumb" and was taken to a local hospital. The tourists were not cited or detained.
But the star won't be losing a digit. On Wednesday afternoon, Bialik posted a message on Twitter saying, "(husband typing) In pain but will keep all my fingers. If u wanna see pre accident me watch The Soup tonight lol."
TMZ first reported the accident.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that there will be more cancer deaths due to radon exposure than cancer deaths caused by other sources of environmental contamination. Lung cancer kills tens of thousands of Americans every year. Smoking, radon, and secondhand smoke are the leading causes of lung cancer. Although lung cancer can be treated, the survival rate is one of the lowest for those with cancer. From the time of diagnosis, between 11 and 15% of those afflicted with the disease live beyond five years, depending on demographic factors. In many cases lung cancer can be prevented; this is especially true for radon. Radon is the number one cause of lung cancer among nonsmokers and overall, is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States. Radon is responsible for about 21,000 lung cancer deaths every year.
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Overcome your free-motion fears and build confidence in your machine quilting. Wendy Butler Berns shows you easy techniques from start to finishing!
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great to be using your practice piece to work on the free motion quilting.... it does take a ton of practice.... !!!
I still have several practice pieces to work on and keep learning, you are a great teacher and I think free hand quilting will be great after I get better at it.
This is such a great 1st attempt... I have just started this class and have used my walking foot for the 1st time on a little cushion. Now I must try free motion... thanks Yankeesweet for the inspiration:)
You are welcome, I was scared to try the free hand on a quilt but I finally did it on a baby quilt which I have posted on my site.
mine looked exactly like this. but I really must do some more so I really get a good handle on it, just dont do enough
How long did it take to master the free motion quilting - I am still struggling.
I just set down and started sewing at first it was terrible, but I just kept trying and tried to imagine it in my head and it seemed to go better and drawing on a piece of paper will help also, and the correct speed that you need. I still haven't master all of the different FHQ I found that some are very easy for me and others are not. Just keep trying.


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This unique and truly whimsical Chinese clay tea pot is creatively sculpted in the shape of a man smoking a cigar! This unusual tea pot is wonderfully realistic�look at the expression on the smoker�s face. This lovely teapot measures approximately 4" in height (10.2cm) from the base of the teapot to the top of the cover, and has a girth of 11� (28cm). It is a beautiful ornament that would make a wonderful tea-time conversation piece as well as enchant collectors anytime! Not to mention it would make a lovely & precious gift as well!
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The Buffalo Junior Sabres 12-under team earned a thrilling triumph in its first official game of the Quebec International Pee Wee Tournament on Monday, beating St. Louis, 2-1, in overtime.
Trevor Peca, the son of former Buffalo Sabre Michael Peca, scored twice — including the game-winner on the power play in OT off a Matthew Doyle assist. Dan Mikolajczak made 33 saves for Buffalo, who will play three exhibition games at the event before its next official contest on Thursday against national No. 2 Detroit Honeybaked.
In other hockey news, the Buffalo Junior Sabres host Ontario Junior Hockey League foe Oakville at 7 p.m. Wednesday at First Niagara Center. The Junior Sabres can clinch the West Division title and home-ice advantage throughout the conference playoffs with a win. Georgetown kept its hopes alive at overtaking Buffalo for the division with an 8-3 win Monday afternoon over Orangeville. Georgetown trails by one point with one game left while the Junior Sabres have two games left.


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My friend, Cassie, has recently gone vegan, Yeah! I finally have a good friend who loves to cook as much as I do, so I mentioned to her that she should start a food blog…and she did, so go visit her blog, Eating Veg. I can't wait to try out a lot of her recipes, they look so delicious!
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Depression is a medical illness in which a person has persistent feelings of sadness,often with discouragement and a lack of self-worth.
Depression in the elderly is a widespread problem, but it is not a normal part of aging. It is often not recognized or treated.
Alternative NamesDepression in the elderly
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
In the elderly, a number of life changes can increase the risk for depression, or make existing depression worse. Some of these changes are:
- A move from home, such as to a retirement facility
- Chronic illness or pain
- Children moving away
- Spouse or close friends passing away
- Loss of independence (for example, problems getting around or caring for oneself)
Depression can also be related to a physical illness, such as:
- Thyroid disorders
- Parkinson's disease
- Heart disease
- Cancer
- Stroke
- Dementia (such as Alzheimer's disease)
Overuse of alcohol or certain medications (such as sleep aids) can make depression worse.
Many of the usual symptoms of depression may be seen. However, depression in the elderly may be hard to detect. Common symptoms such as fatigue, appetite loss, and trouble sleeping can be part of the aging process or a physical illness. As a result, early depression may be ignored, or confused with other conditions that are common in the elderly.
Signs and tests
The doctor or nurse will examine you and ask questions about your medical history and symptoms.
Blood and urine tests may be done to look for a physical illness.
You may be referred to a mental health specialist to help with diagnosis and treatment.
The first steps of treatment are to:
- Treat any illness that may be causing the symptoms
- Stop taking any medications that may be making symptoms worse
- Avoid alcohol and sleep aids
If these steps do not help, medications to treat depression and talk therapy often help.
Doctors often prescribe lower doses of antidepressants to older people, and increase the dose more slowly than in younger adults.
To better manage depression at home, you should:
- Exercise regularly, if your doctor says it is ok.
- Surround yourself with caring, positive people and fun activities.
- Learn good sleeping habits.
- Learn to watch for the early signs of depression, and know how to react if these occur.
- Drink less alcohol and do not use illegal drugs.
- Talk about your feelings with someone you trust.
- Take medications correctly and discuss any side effects with your doctor.
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Depression often responds to treatment. The outcome is usually better for people who have access to social services, family, and friends who can help them stay active and engaged.
The most worrisome complication of depression is suicide.
Men make up most suicides among the elderly. Divorced or widowed men are at the highest risk.
Families should pay close attention to elderly relatives who are depressed and live alone.
Calling your health care provider
Call your health care provider if you feel persistently sad, worthless, or hopeless, or if you cry often. Also call if you are having trouble coping with stresses in your life and want to be referred for talk therapy.
Go to the nearest emergency room or call your local emergency number (such as 911) if you are thinking about suicide (taking your own life).
If you are caring for an aging family member and think they may have depression, contact their health care provider.
Cassano P, Fava M. Mood disorders: major depressive disorder and dysthymic disorder. In: Stern TA, Rosenbaum JF, Fava M, Biederman J, Rauch SL, eds. Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry. 1st ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier;2008:chap 29.
Unutzer J. Clinical practice: late-life depression. N Engl J Med. 2007;357:2269-2276.


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Remember the twins? My friends' babies are growing at what seems to me an alarming rate. (Which is why I can't knit them baby clothes right now. I've tried.) Interestingly, they've gone from not looking too much like either of their parents into a pair where one resembles dad, and the other clearly has her mom's eyes. It's fascinating.


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In Paulliac, just west of First Growth Chateau Latour, lies Chateau Pichon Longueville Baron. Affectionately known as Pichon Baron, this second growth may not measure up to its neighbor in the cellar, but it takes the cake for beauty and charm.
2005 Chateau Pichon Longueville Baron Pauillac
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($150-$215) Dark red-ruby. Multidimensional nose offers deep aromas of currant, cedar, coffee, tobacco and minerals. The palate offers a rare combination of sweetness, energy and depth, with superb grip and a layered texture to the flavors of plum, cedar, tobacco and minerals. The finish features sweet, noble tannins and outstanding length. I find this more complete and ultimately more exciting than the 2003, but this will need at least a decade of cellaring. (The 2006 was in the middle of a racking and difficult to taste, but this wine conveyed the same impression of ripeness, energy and structure that my sample did last spring.)
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B: 1 slice bacon, 2 organic eggs, 85g white mushrooms, 3.3 oz. ground turkey breast, 132g yellow onion
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OAKLAND, Calif. - Over 240 residents of West Oakland gathered Feb. 5 to share their concerns about life in the economically hard-hit area at the first in a series of town hall meetings Mayor Jean Quan is holding around the city. The recently-inaugurated mayor has pledged to hold five such meetings in her first 100 days and to hold at least one town hall in each City Council district every year.
The gathering, representative of the area's diverse population, was the latest in a series of actions in different neighborhoods, which Quan has initiated as part of her goal to be a "people's mayor."
Quan told the crowd "transparency, making government accessible" is a top priority. Among others, she cited public safety, working with the schools, "making Oakland green," and "making this part of Oakland as green as any other part" of the city.
"We are also looking at jobs," she said. "I have to tell you, about four blocks from here I met a young man, on a really cold winter afternoon, and he said, 'Ma'am, if I had a job, I wouldn't be selling drugs.' And I believe him. So jobs are a key thing."
Eight breakout sessions on topics ranging from jobs and economic development to housing and homelessness, public safety, youth and education were at the heart of the proceedings. Quan said her staff would write up the groups' input, which will be shared with participants and will feed into the city's planning process.
High on the list at the session on housing were the many area homes abandoned after foreclosures, with group members hoping the homes could be refurbished through "sweat equity" for use by low-income families. Housing for homeless children and homeless veterans were other priorities, with one participant observing, "Real poverty - people don't know what that is!"
The jobs and economic development group stressed the need for local hiring provisions and higher wages, more funds for job training, and bringing a grocery store to the area. Public safety group members hoped to reduce the armed robberies near a rapid transit station through walking groups, better lighting, real-time Internet cameras and more police. Preventing illegal dumping and cleaning up after it were priorities for those discussing blight and beautification. High among environmental concerns was air pollution, including from trucks serving the nearby Port of Oakland.
Quan participated in every aspect of the town hall - circulating among the breakout groups, helping to hold up sheets of notes during the groups' report-backs, taking photos, and at one point picking up and briefly holding a toddler whose mother was reporting from one of the groups. Meanwhile, city staffers made it a point to talk with residents about their concerns.
Joining Quan in addressing the town hall were the area's City Councilmember, Nancy Nadel, and county supervisor, Keith Carson. Among many initiatives in her district, Nadel called on local artists to participate in a contest "to see what else we can have under these freeways" besides the old trucks and other debris currently occupying many of the spaces.
During Martin Luther King weekend in mid-January, Quan led some 100 volunteers, including volunteer city staffers, in a block-by-block cleanup of a neighborhood in another economically hard-hit area, this time in far East Oakland. The action, which was joined by U.S. Representative Barbara Lee, who represents the area, was part of Quan's call for volunteers - as she said during her inauguration - to help Oakland become truly "a city of dreams."
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Chatter on the street is that there exists a very high possiblility of the NEW NewWorld Translation being distributed. It comes from a reliable sources, but who knows. Has anyone heard anything about this?
NEW NWT'S Distributed at 2013 Conventions?
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The first District Conventions in the US appear to be May 17 in Oklahoma City, OK and in Brooklyn, NY. Anyone here attending?
Wonder how they will justify a new translation, since they claim that holy spirit was primarily relied upon for the accuracy. Have the dubs been using a bad Bible since the fifties? We all know the answer to that.
I was talking with a JW from my cong and she has also heard about this rumor for a long time, but nothing yet.
I hope we go back to green! Wasn't it fun to stand out as truly different with your green bible at the door?
Seriously though, we need a new study book release. The last two were Bearning Thorough Witness and God's Word Through Jeremiah. Done and almost done! I can't go back to the Revelation book a fourth time!
I asked for a bible last week at the literature counter. The literature brother said none in stock and that he heard a rumor that there is a new translation. Maybe he heard it on this web site
I agree WhatHappened.
I've also been thinking, since my awakening I started studying and using websites like bible.cc to compare translations. I like that one as it has commentary references too. After comparing several scriptures IMO there are way better modern translations out there as far as the NWT is concerned. So why would Jehovah leave his people with an inferior translation when Christendom has got it better?
Seems strange. LOL
If there is a new Bible, they will have one to show from the platform, then say they'll be taking orders for it at the KH and to watch for the shipping annoucement in the KM. They're not going to hand out tens of thousands of copies on a donation basis, especially when they can get top dollar by leaning on the publishers when they try to place an order.
I can't go back to the Revelation book a fourth time!
Oh, there you are mistaken. Very much mistaken, I'm afraid. And a fifth time! And a sixth! A thousand studies of Revelation! Until the generations overlap!
Nah, that would be too brazen of them. I can't see a reason for them to do a new Bible at this point. I think this same rumor was being batted around last year. Given the theme of the convention, I can see a bit more credence being lended to it this year, but...I really don't expect that to happen.
In my opinion it's way too early in the game, in mid-March, to be speculating about new releases. I guess I'll have to wait until mid-July, when I shall have to attend the convention...in person...
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perhaps it will be released online only and all the dubs can spend $200 at the local print shop...
cost da corporation nuthin'
Sparlock the Wizard
lol maybe it'll just be a Simplified NWT...like they already have done with the WT mags
Why can't they just send us the cut outs to "paste" into the older bibles like we did in the Revelation book?
Times were tougher back then I guess,..
I have it on good authority that the NewNWT has taken out every reference to following Jesus and replaced it with "follow" "obey" "listen to" etc the .............
wait for it................. Governing Body !!!
They know that no such references can be found in any extant manuscripts, but they must have been removed by those nasty apostate scribes in the 2nd and 3rd Centuries, just like the name jehovah was removed 237 times.
How could they come out with a new NWT without Freddy? Or could Freddy help them from afar?
wha happened?
The writing dept has been on the downturn since Freddy left. No one seems to spin it like he did.
I hear they have defined the brackets [] as the sign of an appostate. So, no more [brackets] as an act of cleansing the old new world translation of all apostacy.
What if they created a study version with comments on keytext (Matthew 24:45) and a section for recommended verses and comments for family study night?
According to Ray Franz the NWT translating committee was made up of Freddy Franz, Nathan Knorr, Albert Schoeder, and George Gangas (Crisis of Conscience, page 50). Since nobody on the NWT translating committee is alive today explains why there haven't been any 21st Century revisions to the JW Bible. The English language is a living language so words and meanings change. But a look at the NWT reveals that it was written in a form of English more common to the late 19th and early 20th Century. Therefore, a revised NWT is definitely needed, but probably won't happen.
Unless the GB has employed a medium to channel the NWT committee members from the great beyond, it's doubtful that a revised NWT is in the works.


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Guest column
Growing up outside the standard grade school system means Janet Jackson never learned a valuable fourth grade lesson: One kid can spoil it all for the group.
Suggestions and ramifications of Janet's breast-baring at the Super Bowl, have run from the silly to the absurd. Music and televison have never been on the best of terms, but there's enough history between the two that television executives should realize there may be a price to pay. Forty years ago, it was Mick Jagger singing "Let's Spend the Night Together" or in the early '90s a drunken Slash mumbling obscenities on MTV. In another day and age, CBS' switchboard would have lit up with people objecting to Kid Rock's American flag poncho.
For better or worse, that's what rock stars do: They shock people. The appearance of a bare breast, considering the level of sexuality that permeates modern pop music, has an air of obviousness about it. Besides weren't most people commenting in their living rooms on the size of her piercing?
Janet Jackson has ramped up her sexuality for more than a decade, her last album cover photo was of her laying naked in bed with a sheet placed just so. Her subject matter included one night stands and orgasms — not clouded in metaphors, but directly.
She's hardly the only one changing the image. At the NRJ Awards in Cannes last month, Britney Spears performed her current single "Toxic" and toward its conclusion, the songstress was blindfolded and had her hands bound behind her. She slid into chair, spread her legs and a dancer simulated oral sex on her. That, too, was broadcast on national TV, albeit in France, though no outrage was recorded.
Blaming modern American music and its performers for "shocking" behavior is an old and tired response. And since the advent of rock 'n' roll, one of pop music 's boundaries has always been set by sexuality. Nuance in that area, though, has been eroded. Music is sold as a form of pornography that's safe for mass consumption.
Modern corporate music companies, in the video age, sell lifestyles as much as they sell records and Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake thrill audiences by making listeners feel like they're being invited into the performers' boudoir. Yes, Jackson should have kept her shirt on. But then, who would remember the show?
Everyone who ever paid attention to a Super Bowl halftime show has wondered whatever happened to Up With People. Maybe next year we'll get the reunion.
Phil Gallo is associate editor of Daily Variety.


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A risk including gay partners in immigration bill?
WASHINGTON -- Frustrated at being left out of an immigration overhaul, gay rights groups are pushing to adjust a bipartisan Senate bill to include gay couples. But Democrats are treading carefully, wary of adding another divisive issue that could lose Republican support and jeopardize the entire bill.
Both parties want the bill to succeed. Merely getting to agreement on the basic framework for the immigration overhaul, which would create a long and costly path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million people in the U.S. illegally, was no small feat for senators. And getting it through a divided Congress is still far from a done deal.
Even so, gay rights groups, their lobbyists and grass-roots supporters are insisting the deal shouldn't exclude binational, same-sex couples -- about 28,500 of them, according to a 2011 study from the Williams Institute at UCLA Law. The groups are ramping up a campaign to change the bill to allow gay Americans to sponsor partners for green cards, the same way straight Americans can. Supporters trekked to the Capitol to make their case at senators' offices Wednesday.
"Opponents will be proposing amendments that, if passed, could collapse this very fragile coalition that we've been able to achieve," Sen. John McCain, an Arizona Republican, said last week at the unveiling of the bill. He said the eight senators from both parties who crafted the legislation are committed to voting against changes that could kill it.
For Democrats, it's a precarious position to be in. Democratic senators overwhelmingly support gay marriage.
But the party's senators are still bruised from an agonizing defeat on gun control this month. And few seem eager to inject divisive issues that might sink their best prospects for a major legislative victory.


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My Quest for a Good Malasada in Brazil
May 13, 2012 - Ray Tsuchiyama
Among all the places that I have visited, one big country stands out – Brazil – as a country that I hope to visit again in the future. With 200 million citizens, this largest country of Latin America with a booming economy and strong currency (and investors flocking to Miami and New York City) is a vast melting pot, like the U.S., with an indigenous population, a minority of African descent, and immigrants from throughout Europe, including Germany and Italy, and – as I will delve deeper later – surprisingly two million Brazilians of Japanese descent.
The beautiful beach resort of Rio de Janeiro is perhaps the best-known city in Brazil (one crucial planning decision was to ban all hotel buildings makai of the main beach-front boulevard: imagine if there were no hotels next to beach on Waikiki, less income-producing properties, yes, but what a fantastic ocean view). Second in the global mind would be the mega-urban sprawl of São Paulo, with 12 million inhabitants in the inner city, and over 20 million in the larger urban area, just behind New York City in the Americas. But there are many more Brazilian cities, like Curitiba, a major agricultural center or Manaus, the largest city in the northern Amazon region with two million citizens, or Florianopolis, a southern resort city.
There is a rule of thumb that the more south you travel, the more "European" the society looks. For example, when I was at a reception in Florianopolis, in Santa Catalina State, the local Governor and Vice-Governor looked like they flew in the night before from Bavaria – both very Germanic-looking. It is no surprise that the famous willowy model Gisele Bundchen hails from this southern Brazilian region.
To a person who grew up in Hawai'i, the ethnic make-up of Brazilian society in many ways evokes multi-ethnic Hawai'i. In business meetings I met a da Silva (the previous Brazilian President's last name), Maldanaldo, de Lima, and other names of classmates and friends from Kalihi-Palama. Additionally, there would be a Tanaka, Suzuki, and Sato (with first names like Ronaldo, Jorge, and Lisa).*
The most curious aspect of walking around São Paulo, where many Brazilians of Japanese descent live and work, was that I was constantly mistaken for a local "paulistano" (a São Paulo native). I do not speak Portuguese, except for a few words and phrases, and Brazilians were surprised, even perturbed that I was not responding to their greetings or questions to find a local building.
Like the "Chinatown" in Honolulu, a district in São Paulo named "Liberdade" is the Japanese section, complete with a Japanese immigration museum. There are red-painted "torii" or gates and paper lanterns along streets at the entrance of the district. When I entered small souvenir shops or markets, I could converse easily in Japanese** with the sales staff. I was startled at the sight of a Liberdade shop in a country with a rich Roman Catholic tradition specializing in butsudan or Buddhist altars, and I could buy incense and jyuzu or Buddhist rosary-type beads. Sushi is also part of contemporary Brazilian cuisine (I could order excellent sushi delivered to my São Paulo hotel).
Japanese immigration to Brazil began at the turn of the century when my grandparents arrived on Maui, and continued after World War II, even into the 1960s (by the late 1960s the Japanese post-War economic revival would soon halt Japanese immigrants, but there were tens of thousands immigrating to Brazil annually as late as 1964, the year of the Tokyo Olympics). Most are from the regions where Nikkei originated in North America: the southern prefectures of Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Fukuoka, Kumamoto, and Okinawa (similarly, an Italian-American from Brooklyn would meet cousins from Palermo, Sicily in Bella Vista, São Paulo 's Italian district – I would never forget an Italian "cantina" or restaurant proprietor who called out to me to drink wine at 2 PM).
Although only two million Brazilians of Japanese descent exist in a huge multi-ethnic population of 200 million (exactly one percent), there are Japanese-Brazilians in many prominent roles in Brazilian society, like faculty at leading Brazilian universities, numerous politicians, and the head of the Brazilian Air Force is named Juniti Saito (a Southern Hemisphere analog to former U.S. Army Chief of Staff retired Lieutenant General Eric Shinseki, from Kauai, now Secretary of Veterans Affairs).
In sports, Sergio Echigo was a soccer star who played in the São Paulo league team Corinthians Paulista in the early 1960s (and this is no small achievement, as you compete against players like Pele); Marcus Tulio Tanaka is a soccer star in Japan; and Hugo Hoyama is a world-class table tennis champion. (São Paulo state also has a thriving baseball league, a well-kept secret in midst of the national obsession with soccer.)
One famous Japanese-Brazilian is the attractive Sabrina Sato (actually she is Lebanese-Swiss on her father's side, but retains her mother's name) from a small city in the agricultural north of São Paulo state. In Brazilian society/culture, Sato (who most likely speaks only a few words of Japanese -- see side Blog Photo) has parlayed her "country" "Caipira" accent with Italian linguistic influence (maybe an analog of the Southern American singer Dolly Parton) – and belittling her intellectual prowess -- into comedy routines, and has become a major Brazilian television comedienne and reporter. Come to think about it, after Pat Morita, there aren't any Japanese-American comics.***
But I digress -- back to the beautiful sweet malasada: after eating in a São Paulo restaurant what seemed to be the ancestor of Zippy's Portuguese bean soup (named "feijoada", a national dish in Brazil and many other places with Portuguese colonial influence, including Mozambique and even Goa, in India) and what seemed to be a far-away cousin of favorite Redondo's Portuguese sausage (Brazilians call it "linguiça" and find it weird that it is featured in breakfast buffets or McDonalds in Hawai'i) – came my hunt for the elusive malasada (from the Portuguese word "mal-assada" or "light-roasted"). When I mentioned this delightful dessert or snack or health-reviver to my Brazilian colleagues, they frowned and shook their heads: they had never heard of a malasada. I was a bit frustrated, as I thought that anybody named Maldanaldo or Silva would be eating malasadas all day long (I would, too). (Later I would understand that this Hawaiian dessert originally evolved from the Madeira islands, not mainland Portugal.)
Through my constant nagging about malasadas I must have moved one of my colleagues, who arranged a surprise for me at a local Portuguese restaurant. At the dinner's end out came an entire plate of malasadas – but it was kind of hard and resembled more a fried donut than a soft malasada. I ate a piece, and alas, it was not a malasada. My disappointment must have shown in my face, as my colleague quietly put the rest of the malasadas into a box to take home and never mentioned the incident to me again. Later, I thought how ungrateful I must have been to him (and the manager of the Portuguese restaurant), and I should have thanked him profusely for his nice gesture.
Thus ended my quest for the malasada in Brazil – and I realized there is no place like home.
*My bright Brazilian telecoms-expert colleague that I hired was the son of a Hungarian Jewish refugee (the exodus after the failed 1956 Hungarian Revolt) and a "Brazilian" (this usually means of mixed ethnicity, Portuguese/Spanish/probably some African) mother. Interestingly, my colleague was a linguist who understood some Hungarian, spoke native Portuguese, excellent Spanish, good English, little Italian and German, plus a grounding in Hebrew. He attended Hebrew School as a child, as well as going to an evangelical Christian church (and knew about "Candomblé", a Brazilian folk religion with Yoruba/African influence). This religious inclusiveness also reminded me of Hawai'i, as many people celebrate Christmas at a Christian church, go to a Shinto Shrine during New Year's, and join an "oli" chant to the Hawaiian Akua – and do not feel any contradiction. He called chopsticks "hashi" correctly in Japanese and said that all Brazilians knew the term, as well as other Japanese words used in everyday conversation. He also indulged in a "caipirinha", a Brazilian signature drink with lots of mashed-up fruits and juice, using Japanese sake (yes, there is Japanese sake made in Brazil) instead of the local Brazilian liquor made from sugar cane juice called "cachaça".
**The São Paulo Shimbun, a Japanese language newspaper, is still published and widely-read in Brazil. Having spoken to first-, second-, third-, and fourth-generation Brazilians of Japanese descent, I found that a higher percentage in Brazil spoke better Japanese than many Nikkei in Hawai'i or in West Coast cities like Vancouver, Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. One reason is that in many smaller towns in the agricultural parts of São Paulo state has a higher percentage of Nikkei, and the rural schools retained more Japanese language instruction compared to urban, multi-ethnic São Paulo. (One Japanese-Brazilian friend said that almost all his teachers in a rural agricultural community were Japanese-Brazilians.)
However, in speaking to Brazilians, I detected some Japanese words or phrases that were anachronistic or out-dated or politically-incorrect today, and I felt I was speaking to a pre-World War II Japanese (although the Liberdade shop salesman was younger than me). Yet this is not that unusual, as I have heard early 20th century Hiroshima dialect Japanese male-gender speech from a 16 year-old Hilo girl, who learned her Japanese from her great-grandfather. There are many linguistic analogies globally: South Koreans can detect a North Korean speaker via accent and lack of foreign "loan words"; Swedes detect anachronisms in the speech of Swedish-speaking Finnish minority; Hungarians are startled by the Hungarian spoken in Hungarian-speaking enclaves in Romania and Ukraine; and of course, French tourists are bemused by the French utterances in New Orleans.
***One famous Japanese-American comedian was the late Jack Soo (whose real name was Goro Suzuki) who starred in the television detective sitcom "Barney Miller". He began as an entertainer at the Topaz (Utah) relocation camp and later developed into a top television dramatic actor, and stuck with the non-Japanese stage name that he adopted during the War.
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Thanks to the barkeep at Bar American on the Via Roma (the longest street in the Alps) in Courmayeur, who changed the TV channel from the futbol (soccer) game to our American football games so that we could see the Vikings dismantle the 'Boys and the Jets decharge the San Diego. Of course, we good Americans returned the favor and bought a few beers.
And major props to my wife, Jean, who sent scoring and quarterly text updates--the game started at 10:53 p.m. Courmayeur time, and the jet lag had gotten the better of us. When I awoke at 6 a.m., I was delirious upon reading the result so I texted back. My wife asked why I was up so early. I told her I was going running. I asked why she was up so late (midnight). She said she couldn't sleep without me. I told her that usually she can't sleep with me and my snoring.
Anyway, I went to use the restroom, and I proceeded to blow out the light--and the electricity in my room. Great way to start the day! I had to open the hallway door to see to use the john.
After an hour jog around Coumayeur, we enjoyed a traditional European breakfast of meats and cheeses and breads and fruits and industrial- strength dark coffee to get ready for our first day on the pistes of Courmayeur.
Our guides, Hans Berger, a ski instructor with Scuola Di Sci Monte Bianco, and Gigi Airine, an instructor with Scuola Di Sci e Snowboard Courmayeur and a guide (guides are a level above instructor) with sirdar montagne et aventure, took us to the slopes of Monte Bianco.
First off on the spectacular bluebird morning, we hit several great corduroy cruising hero runs to warm up our legs and our lift our egos. Then several of the more aggressive skiers headed off-piste with Gigi through 60 centimeters (about 20 inches) of untracked powder. It was knee deep in some spots.
The elevation on the mountain was around 2,000 meters (about 6,500 feet), 2,600 at top; Courmayeur sits at about 1,200 meters.
Fortunately my asthma hasn't been affected, and I haven't had any other problems acclimating to the altitude.
Several dynamite explosions were setting off controlled avalanches to settle the snowpack. And Gigi took us way off piste, to the steeps and the deep powder.
After another two cable car rides, we were at the summit at 2,624 meters It was there, when Gigi started handing out rescue beacons to each of us, that I decided to head down back down the tracked pistes to meet the other group for lunch.
No need to risk a slide as the avalanche danger was listed as a 3 on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the most dangerous. I figured it was safer--I wanted to live to ski another day--and I'm looking forward to tomorrow when we ski the Vallee Blanche into Chamonix, France.


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Chief Andrew Spell of the Edisto Kusso-Natchz Indian tribe gave a presentation to the Susannah Smith Elliott Daughters of the American Revolution chapter Jan. 18 at Bethany United Methodist Church. He explained how the tribe has survived since the 1700s and remained in the Ridgeville area. The tribe is working on obtaining federal recognition. From left, Chief Spell and Susan Howe, regent of the Susannah Smith Elliott DAR chapter.
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