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Discrimination keeps Dalit colony out of democratic exercise for years
By M Niyas Ahmed - DHARMAPURI
Published: 26th October 2013 07:44 AM
Last Updated: 26th October 2013 09:32 AM
While the Supreme Court has ensured the NOTA (none of the above) option for voters, here is a colony whose dwellers have never voted in any election so far. The reason, however, is different.
Caste discrimination has kept the polling station out of bounds for the 700-odd Dalit population of the Arunthathiyar Colony at Nathamedu in Pappireddipatti block here. Nathamedu, which is about 35 km from Dharmapuri town, has a population of over 5,000 caste Hindus and a few hundred Dalits.
R Perumal, a resident of Arunthathiyar Colony told Express, "We have not voted in any election as the polling booth would usually be a school in the area where caste Hindus live. They won't allow us to enter the school to exercise our franchise. Out of fear, we have never voted in any election. However, in the last Assembly election, some of our people voted only because there was heavy police presence."
He appealed to the district administration to set up a polling booth in their colony for the upcoming Parliamentary election.
"There are more than 300 voters in our colony. If the district administration sets up a polling booth here it will be helpful for us," said another resident of the colony. This apart, the Arunthathiyars do not have a separate burial ground and had been urging the authorities to provide them one for the past 40 years.
Potable water too has remained a far cry.
None of the Arunthathiyars possess land and earn a living by working as daily wage labourers in the farms owned by caste Hindus. However, most of the caste Hindus refuse to employ them, forcing them to migrate to other towns and cities in search of jobs.
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Supreme Court Won't Hear 'Birther' Appeal, Obama May Be American After All
Latest update: December 12th, 2012
Believe it or not, the birther effort to de-legitimize the Barack Obama presidency may be officially over, just in time for a possible Democratic defeat in November.
AP is reporting that the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a challenge to Obama's U.S. citizenship and, consequently, to his eligibility to be the country's commander in chief.
The court on Monday rejected without comment an appeal from Alan Keyes, Wiley Drake and Markham Robinson.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the challengers did not have legal standing to file a lawsuit based on their allegation.
As the U.S. Constitution states that "a natural born citizen" is the only person eligible to serve as president, the court's choice on Monday may mean that in the justices' minds being born to one U.S. citizen is sufficient to comply with the constitutional requirement – regardless of an individual's place of birth.
Candidate Obama's Republican opponent in 2008, Senator John McCain, was born in the Panama Canal Zone.
This might explain why the court would not entertain the challengers' allegations that Obama, whose father was Kenyan, was born in Kenya, rather than in Hawaii. Regardless of whether or not their claim that his Hawaii birth certificate is a forgery, if having an American parent suffices to make one "a natural born citizen," then the certificate is immaterial.
Of course, now the birthers will have to provide DNA evidence suggesting Obama was born to a Kenyan mother, too.
Republicans who gave a hoot back in 2008 will recall that Keyes and Drake ran against Obama on the American Independent Party ticket, and Robinson serves to this day as the party's chairman.
And back in 2004, in the Illinois U.S. Senate Election, Obama beat Keyes 70-27.
Ouch.Yori Yanover
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TravelPod Member ReviewsThe Hotelito Todos Santos
We decided to stay in this historic 33-room inn because it was inexpensive and we could walk where we needed to go in the town of Lahaina, including to our evening entertainment. We felt it was a very good value for the money. It was not loud at night like some other reviews said. But that could've been our room location. The staff was very friendly and the location excellent. The inn's restaurant was very good for breakfast, didn't try any other meals there. We lost hot water one morning for our showers but otherwise, the room worked for us. Would stay here again.
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Step back in time.
We spent our last night on Maui at the Pioneer Inn. It is a beautiful, historic inn in the middle of all the action on Lahaina's Front Street. The dinner at the restaurant was excellent. The staff is very friendly and helpful. We would not hesitate to stay here again!
Quirky little treasure of a hotel
We stayed for one night in Lahaina in order to see this coastal town and the Old Lahaina Luau. The location of this property is bar none the best I could see. This historic hotel still has the charm and feeling of a place where lots of history has been made. Our room overlooked the Banyan tree and while this place isn't posh we were very impressed at the accommodations which while simple, showed an earnest effort to do things right.
My husband and I walked just over a mile to the Old Lahaina Luau and enjoyed the atmosphere of this hotel. The pool was small but tranquil for a budget minded travel vacation its a gem.
More than satisfied
My wife and I (early 30's) stayed five nights at the Pioneer Inn in Mid-February. The location is the best attribute of this hotel. We were able to walk to the dock for our whale watching trip, all of the downtown Lahaina shopping and even the Old Lahaina Luau.
The rooms are good sized with comfortable beds and clean bathrooms. Our room faced the courtyard and pool--away from the hustle and bustle of Front Street at night.
If you are looking for beachfront property, you are out of luck here--Lahaina really has little beach--but Ka'anapali and Kapalua beaches are just a half hour away. Also keep in mind, parking is in a public lot about a block away.
We would recommend the Pioneer Inn based on location and value (for Maui).
Quaint hotel & great location in Lahaina
My husband and I just returned from a week at Maui. We stayed 3 days at the Pioneer Inn and thoroughly enjoyed our visit. We stayed in room 24 facing the courtyard and were only bothered by outside noise on one occasion (neighbor sat on his balcony holding a loud cell-phone conversation at 7 AM). Our room was adequately furnished and pretty clean -- not a four-star resort, but worth the money. Very good breakfasts at the restaurant downstairs -- try the Big (as the plate) Kahuna macademia nut pancakes!
As for Lahaina, we spent 2 enjoyable days walking up and down Front Street, buying touristy gifts and drinking mai-tais at Moose McGillicuddy's and Kimo's. Our motive for staying at the Pioneer was to stay where the action was and not have to rent a car, and that was the end result. I was a little concerned before we arrived that the "action" would be loud and all-night, but it was nothing of the sort. Later in the week we did the relaxing resort thing, so the week was a nice mixture for our vacation.
We also went to the Old Lahaina Luau and took a Trilogy sail to Lanai. Both were enjoyable for first-timers and I would recommend them. Wish we were back in the sunshine right now!
Old Maui at it's touristy best
I've been staying at the Pioneer for many years. Some folks don't like the noise of downtown Lahaina but we love it. We're from a rural coastal Oregon town and never see this much commotion so it's fun for us to mix it up where there's so much to do. This is our favorite spot on earth. We like the rooms on Front street because you can sit on the balcony and watch the parade of humanity saunter by. We used to stay in the ocean front rooms but they have been converted to offices. We love breakfast at street level in the bar/cafe with view of the Lahaina harbor and all that goes with it. This place has changed hands many times but it still maintains it's original ambiance. Don't waste your vacation in 'all the amenities' monolithic hotels, go back a hundred years and settle into the real Maui. Take a sail on the Trilogy Catamarans to Lanai, dolphins, flying fish, whales in season, huge bar-b-q on the beach, tour of Lanai. It's one of the best trips we've ever taken. Aloha!
What a find!
After staying at a dump of a condo, my first Hawaii trip was almost ruined until I found the Pioneer Inn. My wife and I stayed in room 34 facing the Banyon Tree and downtown Lahaina. We enjoyed live music at night from our balcony while taking in ocean views. We thought the noise would keep us up but it ended at 10pm every night. Hundreds of birds would flock to the Banyon Tree at dusk which was a joy to watch and listen to. Shops, restaurants, and harbor are within feet of the room. It's only two stories and shops occupy the lower lever so there's nobody staying above or below you. All rooms have their own bathrooms which was a surprise for a historic inn. The room was nicely furnished and clean. The carpets were a little dirty giving me the only reason to give it a 4 star and not a 5. The hotel restaurant and bar were excellent. Ocean views, ocean views!
I never liked the idea of staying in large hotel structures on a tropical vacation. I can do that in Vegas. The Pioneer Inn is perfect for those looking to take in the relaxation and nostalgia of Maui. I wouldn't recommend it for kids since it doesn't have access to sandy beaches like many other hotels on Maui. I know I would've liked the sandy beach option when I was younger.
Mixed feelings
The Inn is reasonably priced and allows you to avoid the overcrowded Ka'anapali Beach resorts. It is quaint and has the charm of an old hotel, and the rooms are clean and adequately furnished.
The restaurant does a decent job of serving good but not outstanding food; it's especially handy for breakfast.
Be specific when you reserve and insist upon the room you want, keeping in mind that all rooms are on the second floor (no elevator) and, because of the L-shape of the building, all rooms open onto either a porch that faces the street or a porch/walkway that faces the inner courtyard containing the pool.
We stayed in Room 36--the largest room, on the corner of Front and Hotel Streets. It was advertised as a suite, though by my definition of a suite, it fails, notwithstanding the wet bar. It is a room--period--even though it can connect to Room 35 through an adjoining door. It is on the outside corner, opposite a shopping arcade and a second-floor open-air bar that has live music until 10:30 pm. (The window-unit air-conditioner helped drown out the band.)
Rooms 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, and 49 all face Front Street; the bar is directly across this very narrow street, so you will likely have the noise problem from any of these. If you plan to be out until late yourself, this may not matter.
Rooms 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 34, and 35 face Hotel Street and across from this is the famed Banyan Tree, making for a lovely view. The lower the number, the closer you are to seeing the ocean; by the same token, the lower the number, the closer you are to the hotel's restaurant/bar, which features live music some evenings. A mid-range number here might be quiet enough yet afford a view (Frommer recommends 31).
Rooms 40 (also larger), 42, 44, 46, 48, and 50 all face the inner courtyard, and these overlook the pool. Note that the higher the number, the closer you are to the hotel's mechanical installations, and 50 looks like a poor choice both because of this and because it is on the end and nearest to the street behind the hotel (and probably service trucks).
The remaining rooms are even-numbered from 18-32, and while we didn't see the inside any of them, they seem well located for a little peace and quiet, if you can be happy with a view of the nice courtyard rather than the ocean and Banyan Tree.
We specified a non-smoking room, but upon arrival, we were told that the room was a smoking room that had been "treated." The odor was still present, so if you're sensitive, clear this issue up in advance. The ice machine was not working while we were there. Parking is tricky--two blocks away. And the cruise ships now unload at the front door of the Inn. If a ship is in port, expect a parade of busses to drive down Hotel Street. (This is another reason why the rooms facing the courtyard seem better situated.)
Having said all of this, however, the Inn can be a good choice for those not bothered by the above, both because it is quite reasonably priced for the area, and because it is an easy walk to many good restaurants, shops and galleries in Lahaina. My purpose in writing this is not to dissuade you from staying here but to let you know what to expect before you make your decision.
Delightful Pioneer Inn !!!
My husband & I stayed at the Best Western Pioneer Inn in Lahaina , Maui , in February this year and enjoyed it thoroughly !! We had read a bad report of it in Trip Advisor the week before we went there & I was rather worried in case I had made a bad choice . No way !!! It was a delightful place . The staff were most helpful & pleasant , & the location was perfect . It was SO easy to get to all the points of interest , & there were fantastic restaurants & shops within walking distance . We loved the unique character of the place & its wonderful historical significance . It has all the essentials for a comfortable stay.......air conditioning ,cleanliness , AND a great view of Banyan Square & the harbour from our balcony. !
Loved the Pioneer Inn
20 years ago decided one Sat. morning I would take workmates advice and go Pioneer Inn rather than Mexico. Arrived Sat. night in Oahu stayed I night near Airport. Same as any concrete behemouth anywhere USA or Canada. Took shuttle next morning to Maui.Found Pioneer Inn completely charming and in tune with the natural surroundings. Overlooking the park and the largest Banyen tree in existence,I watched the "tourists" unloading from their buses to be herded back in their buses an hour or two later. Maui is to be savoured slowly as well as the best triple decker crab,turkey and bacon sandwich available.Evokes the atmosphere that just can not be done with an air coditioned,400 channel monolith.Thanks for listening
Noise, bugs and overindulgers
With the best location in town, why bother
with clean rooms and noise control from the
bar downstairs? Our stay at the Pioneer was
reminiscent of an all-night frat party gone bad.
Go for a beer, not for a room.
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Q: How do i know if i have shingles. I am itchy all over i have a rash on my front part of my neck. I thought it was allergies about a month ago my eyes were watery and real itchy been taking alvert for a month now just stopped about 1 1/2 ago and than this happened with the rash on my chest, feels like a burning sensation on my back over the weekend my back was terribly itchy. I had to have my husband itch it for me several times. My husband has never had chicken pox and nothing has happened to him yet so I am wondering if maybe this is just dry skin or something else from the alavert. I bought a box of 72 pills of alavert and have been taking them for a while probably took 40 pills. To say I have real pain no just itchy all over.
I realize how concerned you are about Shingles. According to your description of the events, this does not look like shingles to me. It appears to be Atopic Dermatitis, this diagnosis seems to be more probable due to your history of allergies and the characteristics of your current rash.
This condition characterize by an itchy rash that might resolve by itself, Corticosteroid creams, wet compresses and avoiding irritants are the cornerstones of most dermatitis treatment plans. To minimize side effects, such as thin skin, and to increase effectiveness, topical corticosteroids are generally used only short-term until rashes are under control. The most important advice is not to scratch, this might cause cracks in your skin and could get infected. I suggest you to continue taking Alavert, use mild soaps, avoid hot water when bathing and moisturize your skin. This condition will pass on its own, you might also want to try using corticosteroid creams no more than 3 times a day, I wish you a prompt recovery.
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Skip to comments.Operation "Saddam Exposed" (Iraqi Documents)
Posted on 04/12/2006 1:06:23 PM PDT by jveritas
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tony snow pings
Please add me to the Release/Translation of Classified PreWar Docs ping list. Thank you.
Yes, It's probably best not to send more than 1 a day. I've also been sending to the members of the Senate Intelligence Committee as are some others.
Well, the only thing you have any hope of American media caring about is Saddam's relation to terrorism, and even then only if it's proven so strongly that even the most imbecile New York Times reporter can't hide it. As far as his human rights violations, nobody in our media, (or international media, or U.N., or...) cares about his human rights violations, his mass murders of Kurds, his assualt on Kuwait, etc.
Human rights violations are imprtoant to American media and the UN only if it's allegedly being done by America, Great Britain, Israel or Australia. Saddam's treatment of Kurds in their eyes is just the way "developing" countries are; we have no right to interfere in their business. The only reason why anyone in our media would care about Saddam's actrocities is if they could somehow blame it on America inadvertnely supporting Saddam during his rule, (in spite of Bush 41's war on him), so that ultimately it is still all America's fault.
I'm starting to run out of smilies here.
All right! Let's go. Prepare for battle--because that is what this is--a battle to expose the real story.
I am baffled why our conservative radio hosts are not taking this up. Just this morning I heard Laura Ingraham make a groaning sound when the pre-war intel was brought up by her guest. I was yelling at my radio, "Laura, it wasn't so off base after all! Read your e-mail!" lol. Many of us have been e-mailing the translated docs to them. Just keep on with the pressure, sooner or later they will have to respond. Y'all are right. We need a big campaign. This is HUGE! (or HUGH, according to Freeplore ;^))
All right Army of Davids--let's roll!
Great smilies!
You have provided enough :)
Amen, let's roll.
Thank yo veyr much for doing this. I will try my best to get on Tony Snow show tomorrow.
I believe it is Carl/newsmax
Yes... But it will not look good for the UN, France, Germany, and our so-called "free" press when history books are written.
Now you know the MSM is gonna be all over this story! [/ sarc]
pink ping
I'm beginning to believe that America is lost and the blue flags (actually "red" flags, but focus groups have shown a more passive response to "blue" flags) will soon be popping up along my street. Of course, I will be the first one to be sent to a "reeducation camp" because I will not "go along to get along".
I'm telling you the truth, because of the lackluster prosecution of this "so called" WAR on terror, I will not visit either NYC or Washington DC for the forseeable future. I can't even imagine my grandfather standing by and doing nothing if there was an official outpost of the German Nazi Party or the Imperial Japanese Army operating openly in his town in 1942. Today's American is so fat, dumb, and weak that he will give the knife to his enemy to be used to kill him before he will defend himself.
excellent ............... eyes please....
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your efforts.
So when is the DOD going to put you on the payroll? ;o)
Time for me to do some cutting,pasting and emailing to
the dominant media.
Excellent idea.
You need to re ping this next week after Easter.
thanks again; bookmark and bttt
And God bless you.
Keep up the excellent work.
I want to write an article about this in my college newspaper, and if I actually find the time to do so, I will give you credit for the work.
No need to credit me RW, just spread the truth and this will be the ultimate credit.
Thank you very much for doing this.
This will be great.
Jveritas - in my humble, but learned, opinion, you would be well-served in your goal by creating a web site where the media could come to find a repository of these translated documents. Not FR, as it carries too much conservative "baggage" in the eyes of the media (pardon me). But your own site complete with a sequential listing of the documents, searchable by english word, with the matching iraqi document a click away. Others who are translating these documents could contribute to your site, and your site would become a media source for information. You could then begin doing interviews, and with every translation you would create news.
Clockwork REALITY-(Or, How I Learned To Love The FACTS....)
Besides e-mailing,and writing letters to the media how do we get this story out?!
I think I know someone you/we should contact...
I just saw Christopher Hitchens on Hardball...and he was on to talk about the lies about the WMDs by Cheney and Bush.
He kept trying to make good points, but Chrissy and Evan Thomas kept spouting their LIES about Bush and Cheney KNOWING there were no WMDS, but went to war in Iraq anyway.
Hitchens was trying to reference the new findings of the documents, but kept getting cut off.
He writes for Vanity Fair..and free-lance (I believe)..and he is a LIB...so he would have more "cred" with a lot of people that would be sceptical about stuff coming even on Fox News...
Please feel free to send him the four documents that I translated and posted in my original post. Thank you very much for your help Txsleuth.
Done! One email to each news organization.
Thank you very much.
Stephen Hayes is very much aware of these documents and he is doing a great job in reporting some of the findings in the documents.
That's excellent. Can't wait to pour over them.
Let's hope everyone is calling their congressmen and writing the media. Repeatedly. With every single article that jveritas translates.
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Memorial of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), August 9th
Edith Stein was born in Breslau on 12 October 1891, the youngest of 11, as her family were celebrating Yom Kippur, that most important Jewish festival, the Feast of Atonement. "More than anything else, this helped make the youngest child very precious to her mother." Being born on this day was like a foreshadowing to Edith, a future Carmelite nun.
Edith's father, who ran a timber business, died when she had only just turned two. Her mother, a very devout, hard-working, strong-willed and truly wonderful woman, now had to fend for herself and to look after the family and their large business. However, she did not succeed in keeping up a living faith in her children. Edith lost her faith in God. "I consciously decided, of my own volition, to give up praying," she said.
In 1911 she passed her school-leaving exam with flying colours and enrolled at the University of Breslau to study German and history, though this was a mere "bread-and-butter" choice. Her real interest was in philosophy and in women's issues. She became a member of the Prussian Society for Women's Franchise. "When I was at school and during my first years at university," she wrote later, "I was a radical suffragette. Then I lost interest in the whole issue. Now I am looking for purely pragmatic solutions."
In 1913, Edith Stein transferred to Göttingen University, to study under the mentorship of Edmund Husserl. She became his pupil and teaching assistant, and he later tutored her for a doctorate. At the time, anyone who was interested in philosophy was fascinated by Husserl's new view of reality, whereby the world as we perceive it does not merely exist in a Kantian way, in our subjective perception. His pupils saw his philosophy as a return to objects: "back to things". Husserl's phenomenology unwittingly led many of his pupils to the Christian faith. In Göttingen Edith Stein also met the philosopher Max Scheler, who directed her attention to Roman Catholicism. Nevertheless, she did not neglect her "bread-and-butter" studies and passed her degree with distinction in January 1915, though she did not follow it up with teacher training."I no longer have a life of my own," she wrote at the beginning of the First World War, having done a nursing course and gone to serve in an Austrian field hospital. This was a hard time for her, during which she looked after the sick in the typhus ward, worked in an operating theatre, and saw young people die. When the hospital was dissolved, in 1916, she followed Husserl as his assistant to the German city of Freiburg, where she passed her doctorate summa cum laude (with the utmost distinction) in 1917, after writing a thesis on "The Problem of Empathy."
During this period she went to Frankfurt Cathedral and saw a woman with a shopping basket going in to kneel for a brief prayer. "This was something totally new to me. In the synagogues and Protestant churches I had visited people simply went to the services. Here, however, I saw someone coming straight from the busy marketplace into this empty church, as if she was going to have an intimate conversation. It was something I never forgot. "Towards the end of her dissertation she wrote: "There have been people who believed that a sudden change had occurred within them and that this was a result of God's grace." How could she come to such a conclusion?
Edith Stein had been good friends with Husserl's Göttingen assistant, Adolf Reinach, and his wife.
When Reinach fell in Flanders in November 1917, Edith went to Göttingen to visit his widow. The Reinachs had converted to Protestantism. Edith felt uneasy about meeting the young widow at first, but was surprised when she actually met with a woman of faith. "This was my first encounter with the Cross and the divine power it imparts to those who bear it … it was the moment when my unbelief collapsed and Christ began to shine his light on me – Christ in the mystery of the Cross." [more]
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Oh, most beautiful flower of Mount Carmel, fruitful vine, splendor of Heaven.
Blessed Mother of the Son of God; Immaculate Virgin, assist me in my necessity.
Oh, Star of the Sea, help me and show me you are my Mother.
Oh, Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succour me in my necessity. (Mention your request here).
There are none that can withstand your power.
Oh, Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee. (3 times).
Holy Mary, I place this prayer in your hands. (3 times).
Say this prayer for 3 consecutive days and then you must publish it and it will be granted to you.
Dear devoted readers pray for me, Kathy , Thank you, Amen.
St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, please increase my love of and desire for the Cross, as I prepare to take my solemn, final vows, including the vow of uniting myself to the Passion of Christ. Please pray for me and help me to remain faithful and spiritually strong. Joy of our Crucified Lord.
Suvendrini Christopher-Schuhmann
Greetings and thank you for writing this article. It has been most inspirational and provided me with a great deal of motivation to continue my doctoral studies. I ask that St. Teresa Benedicta of the cross continue to bless me in her ways and reveal to me what I am meant to continue to do with these studies in the future.
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Please pray for me
Through the intercession of St. Teresa Benedicta, prayer for acceptance of one's cross during times of struggles in our life and obedience of our Father's will…
Vatican Website : Edith Stein on a visit to Gottingen to visit the widow :
" " This was my first visit encounter with the 'Cross ' and the divine power it imparts to those who bear it … it was the moment when my unbelief collapsed and Christ began to shine his light on me … – "Christ in the mystery of the Cross "
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Except what you actually claim. I am not knocking wet aging, its just not the same as dry aging (which you cannot use at competitions). It is different, it is a superior standard for, in fact, many large cuts.
I am not knocking you personally Bently, I would mention your legs if I were.
Just please, let's not at all create the mistaken impression that the age old technique of dry aging meats is the same as wet aging (which is okay) which according to LSU, University of Texas, and Texas A and M, originates as far back as.... uh.... vac packs.
OK, lets see if one of us can make this a "learning" moment, not saying which one right now.
Aging increases tenderness, I think we would both agree on that. I know you are a learned man when it comes to things like this so I will ask you if you agree that during the aging process certain changes take place in portions of the structure of collagen and muscle fibers?
If this is an enzymatic-caused change, does it matter if it is done in an anaerobic or an aerobic environment? My contention is no, it is that enzymatic-caused change in the structure of muscle fibers that are largely responsible for the increase in tenderness.
Flavor you say! Why yes I do, and this is where I believe we will diverge in our philosophies. Dry aging is going to produce that, well as others have put it "Musky" flavor, others will say that it is just a more intense flavor, Huza, have it your way this is America Damit! Personally if I want that I will pick up some 3 day old roadkill as I come home from work. I believe your Dry aging is more susceptible to your meat picking up more "off" flavors as well. This is where it becomes a matter of personal preference. I like mine wet aged, I believe the good literally outweighs the bad, pun intended!
As I see it, dry aging or wet aging is the reduction of moisture in the meat resulting in that enzymatic change and enhancement. Unless some Dry aging fairies come out that I am not aware of and do something to the meat when it is sitting on a shelf, I will need you to help me see why I would want to waste that 25-30% of my precious meat!
I believe there are a few steakhouses in Chicago that will beg to differ with you too! I have no empirical date to back it up, but I believe someone was wet aging before the Cryo era.
In closing I will take my personal shot at you for the leg comment
…after all this time reading your posts I though you were a forward thinking, not a knuckle-dragging go along with the main stream, will believe anything I read kind of guy, somewhat disaapointing! ...and my legs and teeth are the best parts of me!
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Hotel Nikko XiamenNo. 199 Wenxing East Road, Xiamen 4.5 out of 5.0
Situated in the business district, this luxury hotel is 0.8 mi (1.3 km) from Xiamen International Convention and Exhibition Center and 2.5 mi (4 km) from Zhong ...
Swiss International Hotel Xiamen12 Lu Jiang Dao, Xiamen 4.5 out of 5.0
Situated in the business district, this luxury hotel is within 2 mi (3 km) of Xiamen-Gulangyu Island Terminal, Nanputuo Temple, and Xiamen University. Wanshi ...
ibis Xiamen Kaiyuan870 Xiahe Road, Xiamen 3.0 out of 5.0
Situated in Xiamen, this hotel is 1.9 mi (3.1 km) from Cultural Art Center and 2.9 mi (4.7 km) from Xiamen University. Xiamen-Gulangyu Island Terminal and Zhong ...
City Boutique Theme HotelNo.7 Lotus Road South, Siming District, Xiamen 3.5 out of 5.0
Situated in the business district, this hotel is 0.7 mi (1.1 km) from Xiamen International Convention and Exhibition Center and within 6 mi (10 km) of Cultural ...
Millennium Harbourview Hotel Xiamen12-8 Zhen Hai Road Fujian, Xiamen 4.0 out of 5.0
This family-friendly Xiamen hotel is located on the Strip, within 2 mi (3 km) of Xiamen-Gulangyu Island Terminal, Nanputuo Temple, and Xiamen University. Wanshi ...
Marco Polo Xiamen8 Jianye Road, Hubin Bei, Xiamen 4.0 out of 5.0
Located in the heart of Xiamen, this hotel is within 3 mi (5 km) of Xiamen-Gulangyu Island Terminal, Cultural Art Center, and Nanputuo Temple. Wanshi Botanical ...
Crowne Plaza Paragon Xiamen199 Jiahe Road, Xiamen 5.0 out of 5.0
Located in the heart of Xiamen, this luxury hotel is within 3 mi (5 km) of Cultural Art Center, Zhong Lun Park, and SM City Xiamen. Xianyue Park is 2.3 mi (3.7 ...
Xianglu Grand HotelNo.18 Changhao Road, Huli, Xiamen 4.0 out of 5.0
Situated in Xiamen, this hotel is 3 mi (4.8 km) from Cultural Art Center and within 6 mi (10 km) of SM City Xiamen and Xianyue Park. Zhong Lun Park and Xiamen-Gulangyu ...
Pan Pacific Xiamen19 Hubin Bei Road, Xiamen 5.0 out of 5.0
Located in the heart of Xiamen, this luxury hotel is 2 mi (3.2 km) from Xiamen-Gulangyu Island Terminal and 3 mi (4.9 km) from Xianyue Park. Hulishan Cannon ...
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Find the droids you're looking for on Star Wars Reads Day
Local bookstores and libraries plan to make sure the force of literacy is strong on Saturday, when they offer Star Wars Reads Day events.
More than 1,000 sites around the country are participating in Star Wars Reads Day, an event cooked up by Lucasfilm in conjunction with its many publishing partners. "Star Wars" books have been published at all age and reading levels; some of the adult tie-in novels have been bestsellers. This event is aimed at encouraging young Jedi to read. »Read Full Blog Post
Singles Scorecard: Hear new tracks from Jonas Brothers, Hanson, Selena Gomez and more
The Jonas Brothers, pictured here performing at the Bradley Center in 2009, is back with a new single, "Pom Poms." Photo by MaryJo Walicki. »Read Full Blog Post
Ed Sheeran to play the Rave May 10
British singer, songwriter and guitarist Ed Sheeran of "The A Team" fame, will headline a bill with Nikki Williams at 8 p.m. May 10 at the Rave, 2401 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Tickets, at $26.50 and $36.50 excluding service charges, go on sale at 10 a.m. April 13 at the box office, (414) 342-7283 and therave.com. »Read Full Article
Jazz star Ben Sidran's free talk explores influence of Jews in American music
Jazz artist Ben Sidran will discuss his book "There Was a Fire: Jews, Music and the American Dream" at a talk at 8 p.m. May 2 at the Rubenstein Pavilion, 1410 N. Prospect Ave.
Sidran, a Wisconsin native, will conduct his commentary from the piano to illustrate his remarks with music. »Read Full Article
WMIL-FM has no plans to play 'Accidental Racist'
Brad Paisley sings that he is caught between Southern pride and Southern blame, but his song "Accidental Racist" is caught between "undercooked" political naivete - to paraphrase The New York Times - and "epic fail," as USA Today wrote about reaction to it on social media.
"Just heard 'Accidental Racist,' " Questlove of The Roots wrote on Twitter. »Read Full Blog Post(34)
Niki Johnson's portrait of Pope Emeritus Benedict hardly a salacious stunt
Good political art always gets a reaction.
Summerfest adds more ground stage headliners, including Matt & Kim, Talib Kweli, Go-Go's
In addition to unveiling its new "Fest Flag" promotional campaign, Summerfest Wednesday morning announced seven more ground stage headliners for the fest's 2013 edition.
Added to the lineup - without dates or stages attached - were Matt & Kim, ZZ Ward, The Go-Go's, Cold War Kids, 311, Talib Kweli and Courtyard Hounds. »Read Full Article(6)
Old World Wisconsin offers new ethnic and Civil War events
Old World Wisconsin, the outdoor museum of pioneer life, has announced a series of new programs for the 2013 season.
They include: »Read Full Article
April 12 is Savor the Flavor of Waukesha County in Wales
Sample appetizers, entrées and desserts from 15 restaurants and vendors Friday at Savor the Flavor of Waukesha County, at the Legend of Brandybrook country club.
Participating are 8-twelve MVP Bar & Grill, Albrecht's Delafield Market, Au Bon Pain, Becky's Blissful Bakery, Burke's Lakeside, La Fuente, Lakefront Grille, the Melting Pot, NuGenesis Farm, Old Tavern foods, Pat's Rib Place, Rochester Deli, Saz's Catering Lake Country, Taylor's Peoples Park and Weissgerber's Seven Seas. »Read Full Blog Post
Summerfest unveils 'Fest Flags' prize promotion
MILWAUKEE - Summerfest is putting its money where its flags are for the next two months in a big prize promotion.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — School bus drivers and attendants tested their skills here on Saturday for the 15th National Special Needs Team Safety Roadeo.
Bus driver Kenny Moss and attendant Laura Lietch of Fulton County Schools in Fairburn, Ga., placed first in the competition, scoring 885 points out of a possible 1,002 points.
Second place went to driver Randall Price and attendant Nicole Dolce of First Student Inc. in Syracuse, N.Y. The team scored 852 points.
Taking third was a pair from Cherokee School District in Canton, Ga. Driver Dale Roberts and attendant Rhonda Fiddler earned 812 points.
In the roadeo, participants are judged in driving and backing a bus; loading, unloading and securing students in wheelchairs; and evacuating a special-needs bus.
During the skills events, teams are also required to maintain behavioral control of special-needs students on the bus.
The roadeo was held in conjunction with the 21st National Conference on Transporting Students with Disabilities & Preschoolers, which runs through this Wednesday.
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Obama budget to drop benefit cost-of-living trims
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will propose an election-year budget that would drop reductions he previously embraced in federal benefits, officials disclosed Thursday. He also will ask Congress to approve about $56 billion in new or expanded programs, stepping back from aggressive efforts to tackle long-term government deficits and debt.
Obama is scrapping his previous offer to trim cost-of-living increases in Social Security and other benefit programs. That idea had been a central component of his long-term debt-reduction strategy.
The decision amounts to a White House acknowledgment that Obama has been unable to conclude a "grand budget bargain" with GOP leaders, even by proposing a benefit reduction embraced by Republicans and opposed by many in his own party. But it is also a testament to the recently diminished importance of government red ink as a driving political issue.
Officials said that some potential spending reductions included in last year's Obama budget had been designed to initiate negotiations with Republicans over how to reduce future deficits and the nation's debt. But Republicans never accepted Obama's calls for higher tax revenue to go along with the cuts. The new budget for fiscal 2015 is to be released March 4.
"The president was willing to step forward and put on the table a concrete proposal," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. "Unfortunately, Republicans refused to even consider the possibility of raising some revenue by closing some loopholes that benefit only the wealthy and the well-connected."
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SC Rejects Plea to Block Action Against Ganguly
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Published: 06th January 2014 01:17 PM
Last Updated: 06th January 2014 01:21 PM
The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a petition seeking to restrain the government from proceeding against Justice (retd) A K Ganguly, accused of sexually harassing a law intern in December 2012.
Chief Justice P. Sathasivam, dismissing the plea by Dr. M. Padma Narayan Singh, said: "We have gone into every word of your averment. We are not going to say anything. We are not expressing any opinion as it may affect the parties. It is too early."
"This is not a matter for our intervention at this stage. We are dismissing it," Chief Justice Sathasivam said.
Besides, the apex court bench also dismissed another plea by lawyer Uday Gupta, who urged the court to frame regulations for the conduct of retired judges.
The court said: "If you are really representing (for framing of regulations on the conduct of judges), then you make representation to the government."
Declining to entertain the plea by Gupta, the chief justice said: "Sorry, we cannot entertain your plea. We are dismissing both the petition. Let the law take its course."
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Only six of them left, when the portals closed forever, – six of the best warriors and magicians, leaded by queen's sister, distraught with grief and rage. Leaving behind heaps of dead orcs' bodies, they retreated to vaults under the Holy Forest – to ancient elven necropolis, and rained down doorways on the heads of their pursuers.
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Welcome to Pure Joy Patterns (Pure Joy Designs). Thats me, Sharon McCurdy, in the photo. I have been creating patterns for a long time, though not as a business. Years ago, I would make clothing using my own designs. Back in those days, I did a lot of machine appliqué, which I still love today.
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Man ordered to trial on charges in gas leak
A Forest County man was held for trial Tuesday on charges related to a gas leak that forced the evacuation of a Millcreek Township grocery store in October.
Joseph E. Summerville, 43, of Endeavor, was ordered to stand trial on charges of criminal mischief and theft by unlawful taking after he appeared before Millcreek Township District Judge Paul Manzi on Tuesday morning. Summerville is free on $20,000 bail.
Millcreek police accused Summerville of causing a large gas leak inside the Giant Eagle store at 2501 W. 12th St. by cutting gas lines in an area inside the store where work was being done. Police said Summerville was a subcontractor on the renovation work. The damage was estimated at more than $48,000, according to the criminal complaint.
Erie man gets prison time in child porn case
An Erie man has been sentenced to serve eight to 24 months less one day in the Erie County Prison on charges he possessed and distributed child pornography.
Steven E. Wettekin, 33, must also serve six years of probation and pay court costs and fines, Judge Daniel Brabender said. Brabender also authorized work release after Wettekin serves 30 days in prison.
The sentence in Erie County Court came after Wettekin pleaded guilty in February to 20 counts of child pornography possession, three counts of child pornography distribution, and one count of criminal use of a communication facility.
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DUQUESNE -- A pregnant 15-year-old girl who was shot after opening the door of her western Pennsylvania home and lost her unborn son is expected to survive. Police say DaRae Delgado was shot early Monday by someone who knocked on the family's door in Duquesne, covered the peephole and then opened fire when she answered.
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Gilman resigns from city council | UPDATE
LANGLEY — The tough talk turned out to be too much.
Amid continued criticism of his support of Proposition 1, Langley City Councilman Robert Gilman abruptly resigned at the start of Monday's council meeting.
Gilman, the only one of five council members who support Prop. 1, said recent claims that he was seeking greater power was a big reason for his stepping down.
With Prop. 1 on the Primary Election ballot, Langley voters will decide in two weeks if they want to keep their elected mayor or have a hired manager run city hall, with a mayor selected by the council from its ranks. That's led some to speculate that Gilman was supporting the proposal to gain greater influence over the administrative operations of the city.
Gilman said he was stepping down now to devote time to other things in his life, and said his departure was not related to his relationship with Mayor Paul Samuelson, which has noticeably soured in recent months.
"A number of things have happened in recent months that have brought the question of how long to stay on the council up front-and-center for me," Gilman said.
"First, the demands in my personal life have increased. Second, there has developed among some in the community a focus on me as a personality in a way that I feel has become a distraction from the real issues that the community faces."
Gilman, reading an 800-word statement before his stunned and silent fellow council members, said two events in the past few days "have served as a tipping point."
"The candidates forum on Thursday evening gave me the strong, welcome sense that, one way or another, the council is going to get reinvigorated with fresh energy and commitment. I'm very pleased to see this and confident that the torch can be well passed to a new generation of council members.
"Second, Ron Kasprisin's letter to the editor in Saturday's [South Whidbey Record] made public the accusation that the purpose behind Proposition 1 was to advance 'some personal agenda' on my part," Gilman said.
"Normally, I'm content to ignore such letters, but I've heard second hand that there was enough 'buzz' in the community that Prop. 1 was based on some such personal agenda, or was based on a power struggle between Paul and me, that I felt I needed to set the record straight."
Gilman said he supported Prop. 1 because Langley's present form of government was not working well — and never did while he has been on the council.
"My support for Prop. 1 is based on my seven and a half years of experience with the dysfunctions of the present form, which hasn't managed to keep its systems up-to-date and running well enough even in good times," he said.
"Certainly, there is good work that has been done but, more often than I would like, I have seen talented, capable people — electeds, staff and volunteers —- bring their good will into city government only to get ground down, ill-used and frustrated by the systems we now have or lack. In the process, important community issues simply haven't been attended to," he said.
Gilman said the changing times means Langley needs to take a new approach at city hall.
"We are headed into stormy waters on a boat with frayed rope, torn sails and growing rust spots," Gilman said. "If we are to thrive as a community, we need the best city government we can get. Based on my experience, I doubt that what we have now will be up to the task, and in any case I am convinced that we would do better as a community with a council-manager form of government."
Gilman said his support of Prop. 1 was "never about my personal power."
"I never saw the issue in personal or personality terms. I never saw it as being about a power struggle with Paul. I never saw it as a means to advance any particular legislative agenda," he said. "I wasn't interested in being mayor in the council-manager form."
Gilman has been a councilman since 2004, and has been the most influential member of the council during that time span, but also a figure who has been increasingly controversial due to his ambitious attempts at overhauling the city's development regulations and zoning, which a growing chorus of critics have said will stifle business in Langley and greatly expand the cost of development.
His influence with others at city hall has been rapidly waning in recent months.
His fellow council members took away his post as mayor pro tem in June after his continued support of Prop. 1.
Gilman said Monday that he had not been expecting to seek re-election when his term ends in 2013, and said his work on a graphing software project made him think he would not complete his full term — something he had hinted about in recent weeks.
Still, his resignation caught city officials by surprise.
While his fellow council members thanked him for his service to the city and the leadership and inspiration he had provided over the years, some also recounted how their relationships had turned sour with the councilman more recently.
"I would say that you were a very big mentor in my life for a long period of time," said Councilwoman Rene Neff.
"We have definitely crossed a river between the two of us," she added.
Samuelson recounted how he became mayor because of Gilman.
"It was you who encouraged me to think about being mayor. This for me has been a wonderful experience, and I'm grateful to you for that," he said.
Samuelson also recounted how it was Gilman's idea for Langley to have a "full-time mayor" — which ultimately descended into controversy that stretched for more than a year about what the proper pay should be for Langley's top executive.
The mayor acknowledged their relationship had been on the rocks for some time.
"I do know that about a year and half ago we kind of went our ways.
"We had a difference of ideology and a difference of how the city should be run and a difference on where the community should go and how it should go there," Samuelson said.
"And I'm sad about that. Because from that difference, somehow we were unable to find common ground."
The mayor also took issue with Gilman's view of the city, and said the troubles between them led to Prop 1.
"I think you're dead wrong on Prop. 1 and I can't help but believe that some of it is the result of what happened between you and I," Samuelson said.
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