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One step forward, two steps sideways
Women performers are suffering in an industry run by estrogen-phobic people, regardless of their gender
By Ellen Snortland 07/08/2010
"There's WAY too much estrogen here — I gotta go," the disgruntled husband said to his wife as they sat in the theater before a performance of my solo show, "Now That She's Gone." He promptly called a taxi and left.
Hey, Mister! Wait! You didn't even see my show! I could have given you a lot more reasons to disdain me than the hormonal make-up of my audience!
I see it all the time: the gender ghetto-ization of entertainment. I assert that unless and until women's stories are considered as universal as stories about men, we will continue to be second class in our own minds, as well as in the minds of the "green light" folks in entertainment, whether on stage or screen.
I don't know how much you think about the feminization of poverty, but I think about it a lot, because (1) duh, I'm female, and
(2) like many other women, I have wrestled with the fear of being one relationship or job away from the street on at least a few occasions in my lifetime. And (3) I'm essentially an artist. If you're a female writer, director or actor, you too are likely suffering in an industry run by estrogen-phobic people, regardless of their gender. (Yes, "actor." I rarely use the word "actress," for the same reason I would not call a female physician a "doctress.")
And then there is the double standard of self-promotion. Men are "supposed" to promote themselves, schmooze and network. Women who do that are looked upon as shameless self-promoters, or "pushy." Whether you are aiming for the bright lights of Broadway or the pinnacles of Hollywood, you've got to be self-promotional. There's no other way to get known for your work.
Someone explain to me how you become a director, for instance, without being "pushy" or "bossy." Those qualities are prerequisites for being a director, and yet women are labeled as bitches if we tell people what to do. Hmmm … See the conundrums here?
On the big-screen front, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences finally saw fit to give an Oscar this year to Kathryn Bigelow for "The Hurt Locker." It took 80 years, and while Ms. Bigelow won her award because of her individual ambition and artistic vision, rest assured that women were watching that night and praying that we all might FINALLY break that cinematic ceiling.
So what the heck does this have to do with the gynophobe at the theater? Lots. He's a ticket-buyer, and the plays and screenplays that get selected for production are selected based on him and his ilk — or his much younger brethren in the audience.
Chick flick? The term is a death knell for big audiences and big prizes. Bigelow and the other active women in Hollywood frequently have to select scripts that have BIG themes, like war.
Of course, there are exceptions, but they often prove the rule. For every mega-hit with a big female fan base like "Sex and the City," there are smaller, thoughtful pictures that get branded as a chick flick and fall flat — not on artistic merit, but on gender perceptions.
All sorts of so-called male themes are called "universal." I call them dick flicks. Hey, it's fair. And there are a lot of dick flicks I love, but let's call it as it is, OK?
Having recently been in the trenches with my show, which I consider to be highly universal, since I've never met a soul without a mother, I am constantly having to deal with the perception that men won't like it, even when I have ample evidence to the contrary. Older men love the show. Both conservative and liberal men of all ages have enthusiastically embraced it. A recent example: A dear friend of mine dragged her 20-year-old son to my show. He liked it so much that, afterward, he spent three hours talking to his mom about all sorts of intimate topics. In a recent performance, about half the audience members were male … and they were laughing the loudest.
"A theater that is missing the work of women is missing half the story, half the canon, half the life of our time. That is the situation we have now," says Marsha Norman, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in drama for the play "'Night, Mother." Her quote is center stage on the Web site for the Los Angeles Female Playwrights Initiative, which is online at lafpi.com. LA FPI is engaged in the arduous task of studying the institutionalized discrimination against women playwrights in the larger Los Angeles area. Currently, our work is under-produced, which means we're underemployed. Thank goodness the LA FPI is going to be "pushy" on our behalves. When they publish the study, they'll reveal what most of us all know: we're missing.
Theater is the mother of entertainment, and as long as we're MIA in the theater, we'll be missing on screen, too. Yo, estrogen guy! Hopefully you'll be taking a lot more taxis home in the next decade. Or, if you finally understand that women have lives that can inspire even men, you'll transform and decide to stay.
Ellen coaches first-time authors and playwrights. Visit her Web site at snortland.com.
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Yes, the terms "chick flick" "chick lit" etc are grating and derogatory. How sad that our society glorifies destructive violence as an ideal (war movies, certain video games, etc). When will we wake up to the wisdom expressed in all indigenous cultures (that I know of) and in Nichiren Buddhism - that we are one life and cherishing our interconnection is a way to truly experience the "universal"?
- Lynette Yetter, author of the novel "Lucy Plays Panpipes for Peace"
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Developer Andrew Petzold made his case to the Mequon Plan Commission for a third restaurant at a strip mall now under construction on North Port Washington Road., persuading commissioners to allow a TCBY store in addition to the previously approved Taco Bell and Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches.
The addition of the TCBY, which sells frozen yogurt, sundaes, smoothies, beverages and other frozen treats, could cause a parking crunch at the site.
There are 75 parking spaces and using the city's estimates for parking, the three eateries need 78 spaces. Community Development staff recommended the commission deny the conditional use permit Petzold needed for the restaurant, but the commission decided to ignore the recommendation.
There are four vacant, yet-to-be-leased spaces remaining in the 12,000 square foot building. Assistant Community Development Director Jac Zader said that permitted uses for the remaining spaces include professional offices, retail space or salons. Restaurants are conditional permitted uses and require Plan Commission approval. Permitted uses do not require a Plan Commission review and approval.
Petzold argued that more than 50 percent of customers pick up their food rather than eat at restaurants and because of that, less parking is needed.
Commissioner David Romoser said he is concerned that staff and commission may be applying outdated zoning standards for parking to contemporary conditions. Zader said the standards were last updated late in the 1990s.
Romoser said that customers won't stop if they see a congested parking lot, causing a loss of business. Businesses would then either leave at the end of their leases or ask for reduced rents, which might force changes in the future.
"The market will work here if we let it," he said.
Although Petzold felt TCBY is not a restaurant in the strict sense of the word since there is no cooking or food preparation, he agreed to limit the building to no more than 5,219 square feet of restaurant use as a condition of approval for TCBY. That includes the space for Taco Bell, Jimmy John's and TCBY.
Petzold said he would bring only permitted uses, such as professional services or retail, to the city for the remaining tenant sites and would work with staff on parking issues, making sure that the businesses have varying peak times when they have their greatest need for parking.
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Kevin's paint schemes - what are your favorites?
My personal favorite is probably the standard 2002 GM Goodwrench scheme. Was a terrible year - up until 2009, Kevin's worst by far in terms of results - but the car looked great. It was weird to root for a GM Goodwrench car after all the prior years of rooting against Earnhardt and even in 2001 having quite a few issues with some things Harvick did on the track. The 2003-06 Goodwrench car was pretty awesome looking too. I think I liked the '04 one the best in terms of how the whole car looked with the associate sponsors and everything, but the scheme itself looked great all four years. My favorite special paint scheme from the Goodwrench era was the 2005 reverse scheme, run as a tribute to Earnhardt's Quicksilver car from ten years earlier (part of the GM Goodwrench/RCR 20 year celebration). Unfortunately it got destroyed in the All-Star race after Tony bumped Nemechek and set off a massive pileup that had Kevin and Joe going helmet-to-helmet in the frontstretch grass, haha.
The Shell/Pennzoil scheme looked great on the 2007 Monte Carlo, but didn't lend itself as well to the boxier COT. It still looked decent, but I know a lot of Kevin's fans - in terms of him being their favorite driver I mean - really didn't enjoy his colors being yellow and red, though.
The black Budweiser cars were nice, but I think this year's is the best Bud scheme I've actually watched on TV (first one I remember was Geoff Bodine's solid red car for Junior Johnson in 1990, so I missed the predominantly white cars that Darrell and Terry Labonte - and for 1984, Neil Bonnett - drove, though Kahne did run a throwback complete with period Budweiser decals in 2010 at Darlington I think). I wouldn't mind at all if they peel the 29s off and slap 4s on and keep it as his scheme for next year.
He's had a lot of great Nationwide cars too, the Rheem 33 from 2008-11 and the Reese's 21 from 2004-05 especially jumping out. If Vienna Sausages didn't make me want to throw up I'd probably like the Armour scheme too. The 2003 PayDay car was great too, turned that into my favorite candy bar for nearly the entire season, haha.
As far as cars and trucks he and Delana owned and others drove, have to go with Tony's 33 Old Spice car and the 6 Goodwrench truck that Crafton ('04) and Hornaday ('05) drove.


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Today marked the beginning of the 2010 Intel Developer Forum (IDF) where Intel announced the new and improved features for its upcoming 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ processors.
Intel also demonstrated a "dual processor, next-generation Intel® Xeon® processor server running Vidyo* video conferencing software that utilizes the 32 threads available on the system, and takes advantage of the AES New Instructions set (AESNI). Next-generation Xeon™ processors for 2 socket servers and workstations run 8 cores and 16 threads per processor and are on schedule for production in the second half of 2011."
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Adviser Louanne LeBourveau, along with NHS officers President Emily Barris, Vice President Bryan Webb, Sergeant-At-Arms Heather McKinney, Reporter Theresa Amador, Secretary Martha Salazar and Treasurer Cory Sparks, held the ceremony and afterwards a reception in the Commons Hall.
New inductees were senior Tevin Wilson and from the junior class: Celeste Cisneros, Briana Cooley, Marissa Rodriguez, Lorenzo Serna, Christina Valdez and Mariella Varra.
Sophomore inductees were Sara Casas, Chase Ellerbee, Loren Flores, Stephanie Garcia, Briana Gobel, Ryan Gonzales, Lindsey Lawson, Emily Lehmberg, Sydnie Maguire, Dominique Middleton, Christina Richey, Martin Rivas, Hailey Ruiz, Joshua Schwindt and Alicia Valdez.


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The Ins and Outs of Bond Yield
Step 1: What Determines the Return on My Bond?
Let us assume that you are reading the financial pages of your favorite newspaper. You read that even though stock returns have been dismal for the last two years, bond returns have been very good. In fact, you read that over the past two years, many bond funds returned well over 15%. While the returns look pretty darn good relative to stocks, you may wonder: Does that mean I can expect to earn 15% next year if I buy bonds? If the answer is not obvious, read on.
A strong market for bonds is one in which interest rates are declining. That causes bond prices to go up. A weak bond market is one in which interest rates are going up. That causes bond prices to decline. Clearly, then, since changes in interest rate levels affect bond prices, they also affect what you earn from investments in bonds.
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What Determines the Return on My Bond?
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What Makes Up My Bond's Total Return?
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Do Bond Funds Have a Yield to Maturity?
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How Should I Interpret My Bond's Reported Return?
But that is only the beginning. In order to understand what you actually earn from bonds, you need to understand two different concepts: yield and total return.
When you buy an individual bond, you can expect to receive coupon payments (usually every six months) for most bonds and the par value of the bond upon maturity. When you buy a bond fund, you can expect a monthly payout of the income earned by the bond fund. That stream of income is variously described as the bond's "yield." But you also have to bear in mind that when you sell your bond (or bond fund), you may sell at a higher or at a lower price than the price you paid. That difference can be an additional source of earnings, or it may result in a loss. That change in price is one of the main factors that determines a bond's total return.
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- 450 g / 1 lb sirloin steak, cut into 2.5cm (1in) cubes
- 1 tblsp sweet chilli sauce
- 1 tblsp honey
- 2 tblsp dark soy sauce
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 tsp freshly grated root ginger
- 1 tblsp chilli oil
- 2 tomatoes, cut into wedges
- 2 tblsp chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley, plus extra to garnish
- for the couscous
- 350 g / 12 oz couscous
- 6 tblsp rapeseed oil
- finely grated rind and juice of 2 lemons
- 600 ml / 1 pint vegetable stock
- maldon sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- cucumber raita, to serve
- To marinade the beef, mix the sweet chilli sauce, honey, soy sauce, garlic, ginger and chilli oil in a shallow non-metallic dish. Add the beef, stirring to coat and then cover with clingfilm and leave at room temperature for 2 hours to allow the flavours to develop. You can also leave this to marinate overnight for an even better flavour.
- Preheat a heavy-based griddle or large frying pan. Thread the marinated beef and tomato wedges onto 8 x 15cm (6in) metal or bamboo skewers. Add to the heated pan and cook over a medium heat for 12-15 minutes until cooked through, turning frequently.
- To make the couscous, place it in a large bowl and add four tablespoons of the oil and the lemon juice. Mix well, ensuring that all the grains are completely coated. Heat the stock in a small pan and season generously. Pour over the couscous and allow to sit in a warm place for 6-8 minutes, until all the liquid has absorbed, stirring occasionally. Stir the remaining oil with the lemon rind into the couscous and place over a low heat for a couple of minutes to warm through, fluffing up the grains with a fork. Season to taste.
- Divide the couscous among warmed serving plates and arrange two of the kebabs on top of each one. Add a dollop of the cucumber raita and garnish with a little parsley to serve.
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Nancy KnappStaff Secretary, Institute for Ethnic Studies and International Studies Program, UNL
The Board of Regents is pleased to present a KUDOS award to Nancy Knapp, Staff Secretary for both the Institute for Ethnic Studies and the International Studies Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Colleagues and supervisors call Nancy "a treasure for UNL: No one works harder and with a better heart than Nancy."
Her responsibilities are diverse. As the only staff person for two complex academic units, she is solely accountable for a broad range of tasks – effortlessly handling the varied activities required to keep these two programs running smoothly. Aside from basic office tasks, Nancy also acts as receptionist and deals with inquiries from students, faculty and staff, and community members. She manages all the budgets within International Studies and Ethnic Studies, takes care of course scheduling, helps with candidate visits for faculty positions, and processes travel requests, purchase orders and other paperwork for faculty members.
The director of International Studies writes: "Nancy's work is beyond outstanding. She is the heart, soul and brains of the office. In the years that I have been director, Nancy has performed her job flawlessly. She is the ideal employee."
In addition to serving as an efficient and productive employee, co-workers say Nancy works to ensure these two offices maintain a positive environment for all who enter. This is reflected in many ways: a basket of candy on her desk, a hallway bulletin board that reflects the seasons, a courteous, friendly and cheerful manner.
Nancy has brought the following guests: her daughter, Missy Habel, her son and daughter-in-law,Trevin and Michelle Knapp, and her son Darrin Knapp and his wife, Angela.
Please join me in thanking Nancy for her dedication to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Pictured: daughter-in-law Angela Knapp; granddaughter Emily Knapp; son, Darrin Knapp; daughter-in-law Michelle Knapp; Chancellor Perlman; Nancy Knapp; Regent Solheim; son Trevin Knapp.


text: It is hard. Your rational mind says "I love my baby and want to give her everything she needs". But your emotional, sleep deprived side says "will you stop touching me!" be sure to take that breathing time. Personally, I'd rather be sleep deprived and get my adult awake time rather than go to bed early. It's what keeps me sane. Do what you need to do for you. It helps you be a better mom.


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In the Summer of 1998, I was so disappointed with the existing Linux distributions that I started to develop my own distribution. Don't misunderstand me -- there are good distributions out there. But none of them gives a seasoned system administrator full control over his system. I would like to explain the main differences between ROCK Linux and most other Linux distributions in this article.
Unix/Linux is becoming more and more popular to the masses. The mainstream distributions are becoming increasingly user-friendly. But what does user-friendly really mean? In my opinion, it means that an end-user does not need an administrator to do basic administrative tasks.
That is a big improvement if you happen to be such an end-user. But it does not help you much if you are an administrator. In most cases an administrator spends a lot of time disabling all the user-friendly functionality of modern distributions. So I thought we also needed an admin-friendly distribution.
ROCK Linux aims to be admin-friendly. There is no YaST, Linuxconf, or Control-Panel. Configuration is done where it has to be done: in the config files. A configuration tool has to help an administrator -- not replace him (I don't think that it's possible to replace an administrator with a config tool.).
Most distributions try to be (or to become) complete distributions bundled with all the packages available on the Internet. That is nice if you do not know what packages you need and would like to play around with. But it has also a few disadvantages:
This is why ROCK Linux is split into two parts. The base distribution and the extension distribution:
The base distribution contains all the really common and widely used stuff (about 250 packages). Every patch and every line of ROCK Linux-specific code in this base distribution has been checked by a single person to make sure that everything fits together and works as it should. The base distribution is solid like a ROCK.
The extension distribution is a collection of packages to be installed under
/opt/<pkg-name>. Most of these packages are maintained by other people independent of the base distribution. This makes sure there can be a big number of extension packages. (The extension distribution is a work in progress. Currently there are only a few extension packages, but the number is growing rapidly.)
Most Linux distributions try to be backward compatible (old libraries, old tools, etc). ROCK Linux doesn't. In ROCK Linux there is always one (the most up-to-date) version of the system libraries and utilities.
There are two reasons for ignoring compatibility issues in the base distribution:
a.out binaries or
libc5 these days?)
a.out/libc4 or
elf/libc5 applications on a modern Linux system?)
Every distribution comes with its own patches to various packages. In some cases, there are so many patches and changes to the original packages that distributions become incompatible.
In ROCK Linux, I try to have a small number of patches: These are only there where they're needed to
Most Linux distributions add a big number of features to a package without contacting the package maintainer. So this feature stays distribution-specific and is not available on other distributions. In my opinion this is wrong. Traditional package development should be up to the package maintainer. If a Linux distributor changes something, it should be added to a package. The first step should be to contact the package maintainer and ask him to include the patch.
In most cases, package maintainers are happy about improvements or -- if they disagree to include them -- have a good reason for not including them.
Unlike other Linux distributions, ROCK Linux does not use a special package format. The packages are simple
*.tar.bz2 archives. The package metadata is stored under
/var/adm/flists/<pkg-name> List of files
/var/adm/md5sums/<pkg-name> MD5 checksums
/var/adm/cksums/<pkg-name> CRC checksums
/var/adm/packages/<pkg-name> Package description
This makes the package metadata easy to parse by third-party scripts.
However, ROCK Linux comes with the
rpm and
rpm2cpio programs -- so it's easy to install RPM packages by hand or to convert RPM packages to ROCK Linux
*.tar.bz2 files.
In addition to the ROCK Linux base and extension distribution, there are also so called sub-distributions. These are Linux distributions for a special application which are automatically built from the base distribution. Currently there are two sub-distributions available: 1. The install disks, and 2. The ROCK Router distribution (a modular distribution on floppy disks designed for routers).
The following sub-distributions are planned for the near future:
The focus of ROCK Linux was always to allow easy rebuilds of the entire distribution by typing a single command.
This auto-build process makes it easy to port ROCK Linux to new architectures, to optimize it for a special processor, and to update the whole system to a new system library or kernel.
The ROCK Linux Alpha port is being worked on.
While there is no configuration or administration utility in ROCK Linux, there are little helper applications which can be very useful for administrators:
groupadd, ...).
dump-config analyzes the running kernel configuration (network,
sysctl, modules, etc.) and dumps out simple shell scripts which restore the running configuration. You can pick the stuff you need and copy it to your startup scripts.
runlvedit helps you to manage the symlinks to your start and stop scripts for the various runlevels: It dumps out a simple config file, lets you edit it, and imports your changes. There are no side effects if you are mixing this with setting the symlinks by hand.
ROCK Linux can be installed from CD, local disk, or the network (NFS, FTP or HTTP). The install disks (and the bootable CD) come with a big number of modules (SCSI, network, and PCMCIA). It gives you a root shell where you can create your partitions, format your filesystems and mount them under
/mnt. This is done by
e2fs, and
mount. Only the package installation itself is done by a helper application (the "ROCK Linux Install Shell") that lets you select your packages (using shell patterns) and install them.
You can download the sources from the ROCK Linux homepage and the Mirrors. The binary distribution (generic i386-pc) can only be downloaded from the mirrors listed on the homepage. There is no binary distribution for the development snapshots.
Have fun with ROCK Linux!
Clifford Wolf started his relationship with computers 11 years ago and has been involved in Linux and GNU development for the last six years. Before he started on the ROCK Linux Project he worked as a Unix system administrator at a large Austrian ISP.
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Mozilla bashes Microsoft's browser security test – I'm shocked that Microsoft created a website that judges its browsers better than others. Shocked! (I'm being sarcastic.) Fascinating little website they've come up with. I think it's important to be aware of security risks and, really, you should be wary of all browsers. A good read.
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Today at work, got a teeny bit of intellectual discourse (shop talk doesn't count!) with my born-again cube neighbor (the one who equates "atheists" with "murderers" etc.)
She mentioned something about a child doing something sinful. I said, "I just can't see that......a baby being born a sinner. I mean, sure, kids are horrible at times, but that's not sin."
She said something about of course it is, when they're caught doing something wrong or bad. "I don't believe in 'sin,'" I told her. She was incredulous. "We're all born with the ability to sin," she said.
"When you catch a baby with chocolate all over her face, but she denies getting into the candy, she's learning. She is taught that there are consequences to disobedience and doing the wrong thing. She's testing her independence. A kid doesn't set out to commit evil."
"Kids aren't evil," she said. "Well, what IS sin then? Isn't it evil?" I asked. She didn't answer.
"Thing is, we're ALL like that. Are we all born bad? Some acts are worse than others," I said.
"So you think it's like a scale?" she asked, and I said definitely, a sliding scale, and I thought about Sam Harris' book The Moral Landscape.
"Well, what if a kid killed your cat?" she asked as she turned away from me, toward her computer. "THAT would be bad," I said, "That kid has problems!"
What I should have said, was that killing isn't a sin- it's in the bible and god has no problem whatsoever with killing animals (or even humans for that matter.) And are all meat eaters automatically "sinners"?
Anyway. She's not exactly a good one to have discussions with, because she usually blurts out something so nonsensical it's as if she's hitting the "smokescreen" button to make a quick getaway when she's feeling challenged.
So how do christians define "sin," exactly? It's not just the Ten Commandments. Is it all 614 of the Suggestions and Abominations? How is killing a sin if god was always expecting and commanding and DOING it??
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Hi Christine.......I have always found it difficult to discuss religion with someone who is a Theist....Unless you are ready for a knock out drag down debate.....It may be better to say nothing....It is so frustrating.. ...You want to just shake them silly and tell them to Think Rationally........
My impression is that "sin" is an offense against their god, a violation of one of his commandments or whatever. With that as definition, there is no reason for atheists to acknowledge the existence of sin, since there is no god to transgress against.
That said, there still is wrongdoing of various degrees and severity, some of which require the attention of police and the justice system to correct, and some that may require nothing more than a "Sorry, guy, can I pay for that?" Considering the graduated correction scale which humankind as sorted out for itself, compared to the one that Yahweh created, for which too many "sins" had to be corrected with death, I'll take our flawed yet modifiable system over the god-jerk's absolutist system every day of the week.
I whole heartedly agree Loren.....Well said ...
She did say that a transgression is still wrong even if you apologize or make up for it. Her belief is that there is no such thing as "making up for" anything. "If you say something bad to somebody, it's still out there, the damage is done."
"Sure, you don't forget what happened, but sometimes people do things impulsively and you (and they) have to understand WHY." I had told her once about a time my husband got extremely angry at me for something minor, and I was blown away by his overreaction.
"That time my husband got really mad, I never forgot, but it's not a habit of his, and I asked him to think about what may have triggered an overreaction. He never did it before or since, so it's not a problem."
As for the sliding scale, take the whole "Thou shalt not kill." It's pretty vague. The bible encourages plenty of killing of humans. People eat animals that somebody else killed, but how can a carnivore support a sinful industry? Any one of us would kill under the "right" (ugh) circumstances. If we were being attacked, if a loved one were being attacked, etc.
If god tells a religious person to kill, they'd do it. But there are many things not covered in the Commandments. Are those things okay? Can I streak down the block? Doesn't say I *can't.* Can I test my air raid siren every Sunday morning around 6:30am?
And slavery. Bible's fine with it; no commandments against it; god gives detailed instructions how to go about it. If it weren't for reason and humanity, slavery would still be legal.
It's a wonderful thing to be free of sin, and how funny that those who are "saved" are the ones riddled with it. LOL!! :-p
Even with all of that, there remain the "sins" which are completely foolish ... like wearing clothes from two different threads or eating shellfish or pork. Pork in ignorance of trichinosis is understandable, but two different threads?!?
And then there are the ones that target women, like the bit about a woman being raped in the city and not crying out. Anyone guess that maybe she had a hand over her mouth so she COULDN'T scream? And right next to that, the one about being raped and having to Marry Your Rapist. THAT one is so far beyond unconscionable, you'd need to measure it in light-years.
The bible was written by men ... men who wanted to establish a power base and make it as close to inviolable as possible, a system which put them in power and everyone else in what they perceived as "their place," most especially including women. And of course, these laws come from GOD so they are beyond question. You're not supposed to pay any attention to that man behind the curtain.
Sorry, too late.
No one I know of Mindy.
Sin in the Garden was disobedience by eating the forbidden fruit, so I conclude that mankind was not supposed to have knowledge? At any rate, this disobedience against god (who also provided the tree by the way) is passed on to all of the decendants of Adam and Eve. Human bodies start to be limited by "the curse" put upon them and mankind can now die, with this disobedience passed on to everybody like it was genetic or DNA or something. In that sense "sin" is passed on to this child you are talking about, although the child himself did nothing.
Along about the 2nd century Irenaeus developed a doctrine of "original sin" and others soon followed with the idea. Church people won't leave this idea alone. My entire church life was filled with those that knew it was all "sexual" some way. (Did Eve have sex with the snake?) Surely every preacher that said "you are concieved in sin" was actually talking about something sexual.
See how far we have gotten away from the Genesis account now and how it didn't even start to take hold until sometime after 200 AD.
All through the buybull you find talk of what "sin" was and is, but it was that egotistical liar, Saul of Tarsus, who defined it for christians of the time. Sin was always "missing the mark" if you compare it to an archery event in which you are trying to get top prize. We were said to always be striving towards perfection but never able to acheive it. In like manner sin is compared to "running a race" in hopes of getting a prize, or the top prize. We just keep trying to find (or be in) the perfection of god or Jesus, but we cannot do it.
With that being said, you find that this whole "sin" business is something you can never get away from, get out of, or do away with. The church has you by the balls on this one unless you wake up and realize that god and the bible are imaginary. Even so, perhaps because we all know we got here through procreation, so many today want to say we are all sinners because somehow "sin" was "sexual" and got passed on to us all! Here we go again.
I've covered the basics without scripture quoting and modern apologetics, but I'm sure we have enough denominations today to give you many other answers on sin. I used to say we had 300 plus christian denominations in America. Sunday night AronRa (L. Aron Nelson) said there were over 1000 of them. He does a lot of research and I believe him.
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I'm open to suggestions. My pediatrician told me her poops were green because of my diet and seemed to disregard my suggestion that it was a milk issue. We're going to a different ped for her 2-month check-up in a couple of weeks. I realize that green poops are within the range of normal, but this consistently? I'm a little worried.


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RSBS: Another Dimension
For those of you dear readers who have read anything I've ever written, certainly, you know two things:
1) I love the Cardinals, beer and Star Wars
2) I thoroughly enjoy contemplating alternate dimensions
So right now I would like to put down my beer and recognize the clear possibility of an RSBS across the pond… one extremely hip, wildly successful, nauseatingly charming athletic-politico blog starring two witty and well-spoken geniuses… probably named Geoff and Allan…
…arguing over cricket, the etymology of "whisky" and who would win a naked, drunken, wet Irish street fight between Dave Cameron and Gordon Brown.
Of course, Geoff is the more brilliant of the two.
And Allan is probably a tosser.
Which is Posh for "Tigers fan".
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You almost had me confused at the "tosser" line because the connotation might be considered…..not of the lettuce variety. lol
Seriously, you do know that Cameron will destroy Brown because that is the social want of the people…But I digress.
I can see the love of the big red birds, had an affair of my own with that flock when they trained in our fair city for a long, long time before the D-Rays sent them packing.
Not a Star Wars guy, but if you want to chat "Animal House" or Costner baseball movies…we might have solid ground.
Cheers, Skol and Bottoms Up!
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When the Dodgers come back, they will have "Empire Strike Back Night and poster giveway" but I am sure it will have a Dodger spin so you would not be interested.
RR — Take a look at that linked picture again and tell me you don't like Star Wars😉
Emma — I don't have anything against the Dodgers… as long as they lose to the Cards when given the chance🙂 And besides, I bet Manny would look awesome frozen in carbonite.
I can easily see you two as cricket lovers. You could make a video of your argument that would rival JHTC, British accents and all.
Oi! And, Pujols is Panesar?
Instead of RSBS, it'll be Red Tie, Blue Tie – to placate the party leaders, of course!
Jane — I think you just gave me another idea…
Randy — Haha… I like that… or Red Beer Blue Beer. I like that idea even more.


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Since Hess Corporation and Newfield Appalachia cancelled their gas leases in Wayne County, PA this summer, much of the steam surrounding the gas drilling issue seems to have been lost. But the divisions it created in many communities, especially in western Sullivan County, are still very visible in municipal elections this year.
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These developments came after one of the leading experts on the Marcellus Shale formation, professor Terry Engelder, declared that there would never be successful gas extraction from the Marcellus Shale in Sullivan County. His declaration was unconvincing to both sides, but that may be changing.
Now, with another election upon us, the issue of gas drilling seems not to matter as much. Whether the elected members of various town boards are acting in accordance with the wishes of many members of their communities, and in some cases a clear majority, is very much an issue.
By every measure available, a clear and substantial majority of the people of the Town of Callicoon let it be known that they opposed a comprehensive plan that invited gas drilling, and the town board ignored their collective voice.
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The second home owners who have signed up in this election in the western part of Sullivan County have done so under different circumstances, which are similar to the circumstances under which the courts twice ruled that second home owners may vote in the municipalities of their second homes.
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On May 10, the Filipino electorate will be heading to the precincts to cast their votes. They have 9 presidential candidates to choose from, coming from 7 political parties, which went through reshufflings even in the middle of the campaign period.
With "turncoatism", political opportunism, and the sheer circus of advertisements, conflicting polls, and mudslinging, it is no wonder that the ordinary citizen is mostly confused and left vulnerable to the influence of the newest TV campaign as they are to the latest shampoo commercials. Who can keep track of it all?
With more than 30% of the populace under the poverty line and the majority struggling to sustain themselves with three square meals a day, who can keep tabs of past political controversies, gross deficiencies in public services, anomalies in government dealings – in two words: graft and corruption? The state of affairs of politics in the Philippines is so entangled, complicated, and needless to say, dirty, that it requires not only a vast memory, but also a sharp and incisive understanding of the history and intentions of all parties involved.
There are no clear platforms or party delineations, unlike the division between the blue Republicans and the red Democrats in the US, red Labour and blue Conservatives in the UK, and Thaksin Shinawatra's red shirts vs King Bhumibol Adulyadej's yellow shirts in Thailand.
Of course, these divisions may only be simplistic demarcations between parties that are not really that different from each other, but two colors definitely make it easier for voters than four, five, or all the colors of the rainbow.
This is the case in the Philippines, as illustrated by a hilarious caricature of five candidates running for president and vice president. The colors – orange, green, blue, yellow, and pink – do not really stand for anything, except for yellow (which was the banner color of former president Corazon Aquino, who helped topple Ferdinand Marcos, who was himself associated with the color red) and pink (which is used prominently in the city by the head of an urban authority). Colors are used in this case as part the defining characteristic of their brand names as candidates competing against each other.
They say they stand for different things, that one platform is better than the other, that experience is superior to a testament of honesty in public office. Others raise background, political allegiance, and personal achievement as their trump cards. "I am orange and you are yellow, while he is pink and they are blue": they say this when no one can see clearly that one color will do better than the other.
So it makes perfect sense that the creator of the spoof relate them to TV series about superhero fighters. Voters are invited to pick one as their favorite – a trivial choice that will not have any effect on their day-to-day living – just like picking an idol from a roster of equally inane and only superfluously different collection of painted plastic action figures.


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Written by !J.O.O.E.! on 11.02.2013 at 17:09
Seems ok actually.
Written by Alex F on 11.02.2013 at 17:14
"Ok" is the best way I'd describe it. Another generic technical death metal album.
Written by !J.O.O.E.! on 11.02.2013 at 17:16
It didn't ring my generic bells. There's a clear thrash influence here, as well as unusually bassy production, occasionally restrained song writing and interesting vocals. Quite far from the generic pack I'd say.


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Not a Happy Camper
Now TNT isnt working & I am gonna miss the race. I am ####! No one can come out & fix until tomorrow. What good is that?
Races, tracks, drivers and all the drama that comes along with it
Schmoopy1000 wrote:Oh yeah, we are all good to go. Had them come out & install an amp for my cable. Now I have cable on NOS
HiddenHollow wrote:Schmoopy1000 wrote:Oh yeah, we are all good to go. Had them come out & install an amp for my cable. Now I have cable on NOS
Way-to-go! Just in time for tonight & tomorrow.
Wonder what happened that you didn't need an amp before this? Something changed.
smokieonefour wrote:I have Comcast for internet and phone.... and things have been groovy for awhile.... except.... enter JULY and 100+ degree weather.... and all of a sudden, the internet connection is dropping like soldiers at Gettysburg!
So I called Comcast .... and per the "warm unit" answering the tech phone.... says outside temps do NOT make a difference. I don't believe that tho. I think HH is right, that over time, heat DOES degrade some components.
Anyways, glad that you're OK and ready to go now Schmoopy. We'd all be sooooo lost without you in chat, during a race. We need "that voo doo, that you do... so well!"
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Mpls Fed forecasts strong Minnesota grown in 2013
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis forecasts stronger employment growth in Minnesota in 2013.
The bank's economists expect job growth of 2.2 percent in Minnesota this year. That's higher than the historical average growth rate of 1.4 percent.
The forecast is based on statistical models. But the Fed also polled business leaders about hiring.
Fed economist Rob Grunewald says although employers are slightly less optimistic this year than they were in 2012, they still plan on increasing payrolls.
Retail and manufacturing employers expect the largest increases in employment at their companies.
Minnesota Public Radio reports the Fed expects Minnesota's unemployment rate to drop to 4.7 percent by the end of the year. It's currently 5.7 percent.
Growth in personal income is expected to exceed 5 percent.
Copyright 2013 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Even if you're undocumented, you still have rights! Learn more, get help
Coalition Petitions California Supreme Court to Review Workplace Pregnancy Discrimination Case
In an amicus letter filed on February 13, 2013, the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center, Equal Rights Advocates, Legal Momentum, and National Women's Law Center argue that the Court of Appeal's ruling in Veronese v. Lucasfilm Ltd. misinterprets established law to the detriment of women working during pregnancy. The letter to the California Supreme Court emphasizes that, regardless of an employer's claim that refusing to hire a pregnant worker is in the best interest of the pregnancy, it is up to the woman - not the employer - to decide when a pregnancy makes her unable to work.
A jury found that Lucasfilm rescinded an employment offer for Plaintiff Julie Gilman Veronese upon learning she was pregnant, in violation of California's Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). Lucasfilm appealed that verdict, and the Court of Appeal reversed it, concluding, among other things, that the trial court should not have instructed the jury that an employer's concerns about potential hazards to the fetus do not justify pregnancy discrimination.
The Appeals Court held that, while this instruction was legally accurate, it could have led the jury to believe that it was per se illegal for an employer to have concerns about the health of a pregnant woman or her fetus. The Court also held the instruction was improper because Lucasfilm did not have a company-wide fetal protection policy.
The amicus letter, coauthored by LAS-ELC, Equal Rights Advocates, Legal Momentum, and the National Women's Law Center, argues that review should be granted because: (1) it is not a defense to pregnancy discrimination that the employer was concerned about fetal hazards, regardless of whether there was a blanket policy or an individual employer decision; and (2) an employer may not deny a pregnant worker employment opportunities based on "benign" concerns for the health of the worker or her fetus; instead, it is for the woman to decide, in consultation with her health care provider, whether and when she needs a workplace accommodation or temporary disability leave to ensure a safe and healthy pregnancy.
"Too many obstacles already exist in terms of women being discriminated against on the job during pregnancy," said Michelle Caiola, Senior Counsel at Legal Momentum. "The Court of Appeal's ruling is perilous because it creates an arbitrary reason to remove a pregnant worker from duties or force her onto leave, simply because she is pregnant."
According to Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center's Senior Staff Attorney Sharon Terman, "Pregnancy discrimination persists and has terrible consequences for the health and economic security of women and their families. The Court of Appeal's ruling leaves millions of women vulnerable to adverse actions on the job based on an employer's supposed "concern" for the health of a woman's pregnancy."
"Whether discrimination based on pregnancy manifests itself in a blanket policy or an individual employment decision, the devastating economic impact on working women and their families is the same," said Jennifer Reisch, Legal Director of Equal Rights Advocates. "We urge the Supreme Court to review the Court of Appeal's decision to affirm this longstanding and fundamental principle of our equal employment opportunity laws."


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The Innkeeper, 2012
The Innkeeper, published every spring, is an attractive, small glossy guide to the region's romantic getaways, antique stores, art galleries, boutiques, shops and restaurants—everything you need to make your visit to the region special. Each issue also features an in-depth interview with the proprietor of an area inn, Well written and beautifully designed, The Innkeeper never fails to deliver.
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I am so fed up right now, so this is a huge rant!
I have to go back to work seven weeks on wednesday, and I'm trying my very hardest to get Lilly to take a bottle, doing it while she's not too hungry, not pushing it on her and being really gentle etc. So, she's been doing ok with the sleepy feeds and taking it, but not while she's awake. Yesterday I let my partner feed her and it went really well. So, I thought, how about giving it a go again today on a less sleepy feed. He took the bottle, and I was upstairs putting some laundry away. I heard her giving her "no, I definitely DO NOT WANT IT" noise (believe me, it was loud and clear), and I had to tell him THREE TIMES to stop it. SO, that's now set us back for at least three weeks with the bottle feeding. I'm so upset and angry at him.
I just know that when I go back to work, he is not going to help me one bit. He never gets up on time for work anyway, and I've been gently putting it to him that he's going to have to get up early to dress lilly after i've done her first feed in the morning so I can get ready for work. Believe me, he is either totally not listening to what i've said, or ignoring me.
I'm doing my best and breaking my back to feed our baby, and it's only through luck that she actually sleeps through the night. I think I would have a nervous breakdown if she didn't!
I do most of (85%) the housework, pretty much all of the cooking and the shopping. He hasn't ironed a shirt since I went on maternity leave, and, quite frankly I am becoming very resentful of how ungrateful he is. I don't want a round of applause, just a hug and a thank you every so often would do.
At the weekends, he stays in bed as long as he likes, and then whines about being tired, even though I'm up a good 3 hours before him! I don't know what he thinks I'm doing all day. At least while he is at work he gets to be with his friends and goes out for lunch etc.
He just doesn't realise that he really should take his cues from me, because I have to deal with the fall out if he doesn't. I know this all makes me sound so horrible, but it's just boiling away inside me, and I think we're going to have the biggest row fairly soon if he doesn't step up to it. I know he works hard during the week, and "wants a rest" (ie: 14 hours sleep- I am not joking) at the weekend, but maybe I want a rest too, and he doesn't realise that with a 17 week old baby, it's really hard.
I'm so sorry ladies for being such a moaner, but I honestly have no-one else to talk to about this, so all I can do is write this on here.
PS. The families are pretty dire too, but you must be bored of this by now


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MBIA Bulls Differ on Bank of America Life or Death Deal
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- MBIA(MBI) bulls are far apart over when they believe the cash-strapped insurer may reach what they believe is a potential $2 billion to $3 billion deal with Bank of America (BAC) over mortgage-related liability, a pair of research notes published Monday shows.
At issue is a long-running and complex legal battle between the two institutions, which could mean life or death for MBIA. MBIA has sued Bank of America, arguing the bank's Countrywide unit made false representations in mortgages it sold and MBIA agreed to insure. Meanwhile, Bank of America has challenged the insurer's separation into two separate legal entities in an attempt to protect its municipal insurance business from mortgage-related liability.
If MBIA can't separate itself and can't recoup money from Bank of America, it could be in serious jeopardy. While such a scenario seems unlikely, Bank of America has far deeper pockets. So far, at least, the giant bank has succeeded in delaying the legal proceedings as MBIA continues to bleed cash.
MBIA's parent company had $298 million in cash and cash equivalents as of Sept. 30, down from $473 million at the end of 2011. It has since spent $170 million to buy back some of its bonds. A subsidiary, MBIA Insurance, had an additional $60 million in cash and cash equivalents on Sept. 30 and $386 million of "cash and highly liquid assets," according to financial statements.
MBIA isn't widely followed by sell-side analysts, though three who do follow the stock are extremely bullish--expecting a rise of anywhere from 50-200% over the next 12 months. However, a resolution of MBIA's litigation with Bank of America is crucial to that thesis.
Two of those analysts, Rob Haines of Creditsights and Mark Palmer of BTIG Research, have argued a settlement could occur any day. MKM Partners analyst Harry Fong, on the other hand, argued in a note published Monday he expects Bank of America to be slow to reach a deal.
"We no longer believe MBIA and Bank of America will announce a global economic settlement anytime soon," wrote Fong, who has been increasingly skeptical a deal is imminent. In a Nov. 19 note, he wrote "we could easily paint a picture that shows this case, if it goes all the way to trial, will not reach a final conclusion until the end of 2014 or 2015."
In Monday's note, Fong argued Bank of America will wait until it has concluded a separate but related $8.5 billion settlement reached with several large financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs (GS) , Blackrock(BLK) , PIMCOand the Federal Reserve Bank of New York over so-called "private label" mortgage securities. That settlement has been challenged by several parties, including the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.


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Happy 1st Birthday, Biking in Memphis
I can't believe it, but it was exactly one year ago today that I wrote my very first post for this blog.  Looking back, I had no idea what 2011 would bring in terms of my biking, this blog, and the cycling community in Memphis .  So let's take a moment and look back at the most significant events in the local scene, in no particular order.
1. Â Bike lanes, bike lanes, and more bike lanes. I've written about the status of bike lanes in Memphis more times than I can recall, but it's remarkable to remember that it's been slightly more than one year since our city got it's very first bike lanes, on Southern Avenue. Â And in the past year we've seen lanes installed on North Parkway, Chelsea, McLean, MacLemore, and, after more drama than I care to remember, Madison Avenue. Â This year we should see even more lanes striped, continuing the transformation of Memphis to a truly bike-friendly city. Along the way we will no doubt face more obstacles and detractors, but I very much feel that the wind is at our backs. Â I'm very excited to see the discontinuous sections of existing lanes connected into a true cycling network.
Not only did we see more bike lanes, but we saw the cycling community in Memphis and its supporters truly galvanize behind this issue. Â The Rally for Great Streets in September showed that cyclists can and will turn out in favor of bike lanes, Livable Memphis did an exceptional job of spreading the word and rallying the troops, Matt Farr launched the website bikesmeanbusiness.com and the petition drive on MadisonBikeLanes.com gave names to our numbers. Â I'm really proud of my city for this, and very thankful for our local cycling activists for their hard work (Anthony, Kyle, Sarah, and Les, I'm looking at you, among many others.)
2. Â The Greenline turns one. It's difficult to overstate the importance of this rails-to-trails project, not just for local cyclists, pedestrians, and runners, but for the idea that Memphis has no greater aspirations than being sedentary. Â The success of the Greenline proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that Memphians are eager for new opportunities to get out and move, and I'm proud that our city leaders heard those pleas.
3.  The death of Chris Davidson. It's hard to write with eloquence about someone I never met, but as the outpouring of support for his family and loved ones clearly demonstrates, Chris touched many people and was loved by all who knew him.  The driver of the car who hit Chris has yet to be found, and might never be, which only compounds this tragedy.  I don't know what lessons there are to be learned from this, other than take care of each other and look out for one another.
4. Â Cycle Memphis group rides. Years ago, when I first started biking around town, I attended a Memphis Critical Mass group ride or two. Â It was fun, but we were never much of a mass, nor were we particularly critical. Â Perhaps it is not surprising, in a city known (rightly or wrongly) for a certain degree of apathy, that it would be hard to get people together for a regular group ride intended to raise awareness about cyclists in Memphis, but I'm glad that Adam and Jason had the brilliant idea of turning a group ride into a rolling party, complete with sound system and a mid-ride snack break. Â I've ridden on 3-4 of the Cycle Memphis rides and am looking forward to many more, especially once the weather warms up and more people dust off their two-wheelers. Â Now if I could just figure out how to attach a disco ball to my bike …
5. Â Local bike shops grow. In the past year we've seen two local bike shops, Victory Bicycle Studios and Midtown Bikes, significantly expand the scale of their operations and move to new locations, and another local outdoor store, Outdoors Inc., open another bike shop at a new location. Â If anyone needed proof that biking is growing in Memphis, there you have it. Best of luck to these local bike shops and all the rest. Â Let's spend lots of money there.
6.  Project: Bike Love. Local photographer and Victory Bicycle Studios employee Nathan Berry began recruiting local cyclists in the fall for a series of photographs.  The images depicted the cyclists in street clothes with their bikes, in an effort to demystify cycling as a means of transportation and recreation.  I was honored to have been nominated for the series (h/t Clark) and proud to see my picture on display with so many prominent local cyclists.  I hear there's a book in the future from this … sign me up for a copy.  Nathan's a fantastic photographer.  You can learn more about Project: Bike Love on facebook.
I was also honored to have been suggested for inclusion in the equally-awesome This is Memphis series of photographs. Â While not limited to local cyclists, the series did feature such prominent folks as Matt Farr, Anthony Siracusa, and Kyle Wagenschutz. Â Visit the website to see me in my power suit of doom.
7. Â More bike rides than you can shake a stick at. In addition to the Cycle Memphis group rides, Memphians enjoyed numerous other group rides for cyclists of all ages and abilities, including the Tour de Grizz, Tweed Rides, Rock and Revolution Group Ride, Midnight Classic, and many more than I can remember. Â Big props to all those who make these events happen.
8. Â National recognition for Memphis. The League of American Bicyclists awarded our fair city two awards for improving our bike facilities and becoming more cycling friendly. Considering the reputation that Memphis had before, this is truly good news, and a long time coming.
9. Â Funding for a Greenline to Overton Park connection and Greenline extension. The only thing better than the Greenline? Â MORE Greenline! Â And soon we will have just that, thanks to funding for connecting the Greenline to Overton Park via the increasingly-awesome Broad Avenue district, and even more funding to extend the Greenline east to Cordova. Â Oh hells yes.
10. Â Wolf River Greenway to Germantown connection. Announced back in October, by next summer Memphians will be able to ride from Midtown to Shelby Farms across the Wolf River and all the way to Germantown on dedicated bike paths. Â This should make my periodic trips to the Apple Store at Saddle Creek far more enjoyable.
11. Â The Harahan Bridge. We don't yet know when bike lanes will be extended across this wonderful old bridge, but it will hopefully happen soon. Â Keep up to date here.
12. Â More bike blogs! OK, I don't know when Ty at Living Loud in Midtown or Cort at Fix Memphis or Brett at Gotta Be Gritty started writing, but even if it wasn't in 2011, I'm giving them a shout out. Â Represent!
13. Â I know I'm missing something, if not many things, so please remind me in the comments below.
A few more thoughts before I sign off and get ready for the Grizzlies game tonight. Â Originally I had planned to continue this blog for a year and document my experiences as a commuter cyclist in Memphis. Â One year and 150 posts later, I think I'm going to keep writing. Â And riding. Â And writing about riding.
Despite all the adventures I've had over the last year, there is still so much I have yet to try, so many parts of town I've never visited on my bike, and so much I have yet to write about. Â So to give you a preview of what to look forward to in 2012, here are a couple of my New Year's resolutions:
1. Â I will try bike polo. Â At least once. Â I promise. Â And hopefully I won't look like a complete tool.
2. Â I will volunteer at Revolutions and build my own bike there. Â I've been wanting a road bike, something very simple and clean I can take on group rides, and I've been meaning to learn more about bike repair and maintenance. Â Starting sometime this spring, I'm making it happen.
3. Â I will introduce new features to this blog, like … nah, you'll just have to wait.
I'd like to close by saying thanks to everyone who commented on my posts, agreed to be interviewed, went on group rides with me, and worked hard to make Memphis the bike town we know it should be. Â I've met a lot of great people in 2011 and I look forward to more of the same in 2012. Â In the meantime, let's all keep biking in Memphis.


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I've thought about it a lot and I feel like it's time to wean my DD. She turned 2 the beginning of last month and DH and I just started TTC our second. I know a lot of women nurse throughout their pregnancies and even tandem nurse, but I would personally rather have her weaned within the next few months. I just don't even know where to begin and how we're going to do it. She is such a boobie girl and always has been a huge comfort nurser. I've been doing the whole "Don't Offer, Don't Refuse" for a good year or so now and it's safe to say that this method is not working for us. People have told me just to tell her no and not give it to her, but I know she'd absolutely freak out and with good reason too. She's had boobie everyday of her life so I really don't want to just cut her off all of a sudden.
Anyone have any advice? I don't regret nursing her this long at all and am glad that I did it, but at the same time I feel like we're kinda screwed when it comes to stopping now


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Most food cultures have a traditional way of preserving food that involves fermentation. Salting cabbage and letting it sit, submerged in its own juices in a cool, dark place, makes sauerkraut. Not only does fermentation preserve the sauerkraut, but the process also produces beneficial organisms that help with digestion and increase some vitamins. Specific yeasts added to grape juice convert its sugar and turn the drink to wine. Yogurt is the most popular fermented milk product in the world. Sourdough bread is made by fermenting dough, using naturally occurring yeasts and lactobacilli (lactic acid bacteria). Kombucha is a sweetened tea, fermented with a symbiotic community of bacteria and yeasts. These are just a few examples.
Around the world, Japanese, Koreans, Indians, Russians and Eastern Europeans preserve vegetables and some fruits through a process called lacto-fermentation. (All plants contain lactic acid bacteria, and lactic acid is released during the fermenting process.)
A simple recipe for Kimchi, or Korean sauerkraut, calls for a head of Napa cabbage, cored and shredded; a bunch of green onions, chopped; a half cup of grated daikon radish (optional); a tablespoon of freshly grated ginger; three garlic cloves, minced; a half teaspoon of dried red pepper flakes and two tablespoons of sea salt. [Note: To kick start the production of lactic acid, you can reduce the amount of salt to 1 tablespoon by adding 4 tablespoons of whey instead. (Whey is a byproduct of cheese making or yogurt making. You can make whey in your own kitchen by draining one quart of plain organic yogurt through cheesecloth or a very fine sieve. The liquid whey is rich in live bacterial cultures that promote fermentation.)] Once you choose your vegetables for kimchi, pound them with the salt (and whey, if using) with a wooden pounder or a meat hammer in an unbreakable bowl to get them started giving up their juices; tightly pack the vegetables in an impeccably clean Mason jar. The vegetables and their liquid should be at least one inch below the top of the jar. If the vegetables are not submerged in their own juices, add some water to cover. Now, cover the jar tightly and keep at room temperature (around 72 degrees) for about three days, refrigerating it after that, or place in a cool, dark place (temperature around 40 degrees). Lacto-fermented vegetables will keep for many months, but lacto-fermented fruits and chutneys should be eaten within two months.
We often think of pickling as relying on vinegar, but this same lacto-fermentation process can be used to pickle cucumbers, carrots, onions, garlic, beets, radishes, turnips, red peppers, ginger, grape leaves, etc.
If you want to start with simple sauerkraut—just cabbage and salt—you can find step-by-step instructions (each step illustrated with a video) at www.wikihow.com/Make-Sauerkraut [2].
For additional information about lacto-fermentation, see these sources:
- "Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and Diet Dictocrats" by Sally Fallon with Mary G. Enig, Ph.D. © 1999, 2001
- "The Art of Fermentation" by Sandor Ellix Katz (Foreword by Michael Pollan) © 2012
- www.westonaprice.org/beginner-videos/fermented-foods-and-beverages-video... [3]


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2012 Iowa Conference champions
PELLA—Central College softball third baseman Whitney Sowers (junior, Marshalltown) was named position player of the week, as was baseball designated hitter Robbie Rushing (senior, West Des Moines, Valley HS), while Jared Nepomuceno (Corona, Calif., Santiago HS) was named golfer of the week following his tourney title.
Rushing, Central close spring trip with a bang—Rushing recorded multi-hit days in each of Central's final four Tucson Invitational Games, including a 3-for-6 performance against Hamline (Minn.) March 20 that left him a single shy of the cycle to cap the Arizona trip.
Rushing finished the week batting .556 (10-for-18) and slugging 1.056 with five runs scored and seven RBIs, largely due to the four-RBI performance behind a double, triple and home run against the Pipers in the trip finale. He had four two-baggers with only three strikeouts and stole one base over the four games.
Rushing, who was named to D3baseball.com's Team of the Week March 12, has helped the Dutch jump out to an 8-3 mark after winning six games in a row and eight of their last nine.
Central is back in Pella for Wednesday's game against the Grinnell College Pioneers, who took two of three from Central in the opening weekend series.
Nepomuceno wins N.C. tourney as individual—Nepomuceno competed as an individual and carded a 36-34—70 to win Friday's one-round Hurricane UFO Dispute at Bunn, N.C.
Playing The River, a par-71 course at Lake Royale Golf & Country Club, Nepomuceno finished 1-under-par to best the windy conditions and runners-up teammate Desmond Stoll (junior, Lockport, N.Y.) and Surry CC's McKinley Johnson, who each recorded 75. Competing in the eight-team, 39-golfer field comprised primarily of junior colleges, Nepomuceno posted the lowest score on the back nine by five strokes to win after trailing by one stroke at the turn.
The Dutch are slated to open the northern portion of their schedule Sunday at the Webster Gorlock Invitational in St. Louis, Mo.
Sweet finish to spring trip for Sowers, Dutch—Sowers tallied eight multi-hit outings in Central's final 10 Tucson Invitational Games to close out the 16-game trip to the Grand Canyon State. The Dutch returned home with a 12-4 record thanks in part to Sowers, who batted .654 (17-for-26) with 10 runs scored and eight runs batted in the past seven days.
Sowers tallied two doubles, one triple and two home runs with two walks and four stolen bases while striking out only once. She also recorded eight putouts and 14 assists against only one error at the hot corner. Sowers' week was highlighted by her solo homers in the 10-2 (5 inn.) win over La Verne (Calif.) March 20 and in the 3-2 loss to Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) March 22.
The Dutch return home for a busy weekend, meeting Wis.-Eau Claire for a doubleheader Friday at 2 p.m. before taking on Washington-St. Louis (Mo.) at 1 p.m. Saturday with a 3 p.m. contest against St. Scholastica (Minn.). Central also faces Augsburg (Minn.) in a Sunday doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m.