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ST. CLAIRSVILLE Michael Coury Pyles, 25, 429 Annadale Avenue, Moundsville, will serve the maximum sentence for three felony level property crimes. He had pleaded guilty to one count burglary and one count safecracking, felonies of the fourth degree, and one count theft, a felony of the fifth degree, occurring Feb. 28, 2012. He had violated his prior community control sanctions when committing these crimes.
He will serve 18 months for each fourth degree count and 12 months for the fifth degree theft. The sentences will be served consecutively for a maximum of 48 months. In matters of restitution, $1,100 was ordered.
He will also face charges in West Virginia on the accusations of burglary and grand larceny.
One of the victims chose to speak at the sentencing. He related the lasting harm done to their household by Pyles' crimes.
"The impact you've had on my family has been more than any one person should have," he said, speaking of their vanished sense of security and the loss of treasured keepsakes. In addition, he is plagued by the knowledge that not all of his stolen guns were recovered. "For the rest of my life I'll think about those guns and who they may kill."
Defense asked Solovan to consider Pyles history of substance abuse and depression. Pyles apologized, but claimed the victims had some fault in supplying him with prescription drugs.
Solovan related Pyles extensive juvenile and adult record, which included theft, assault and drug offenses. He said Pyles had demonstrated recklessness and an escalating pattern of those offenses with a lack of genuine remorse. He added that the crimes were further exacerbated by the violation of the victims' trust. Further, Pyles tested positive for drugs while awaiting sentencing.
"You have no remorse. You have no concern for anyone except yourself."
David Floyd Clemons, 50, incarcerated, was designated a sexual predator. Clemons will be subject to a lifetime registry every 90 days.
Solovan noted that two children ages five and 14 at the time were sexually abused on 10 separate occasions beginning 1998, in two counts rape and eight counts corruption of a minor. Solovan noted the violation of trust involved in the crimes, the great age difference, and Clemons' deceptive, manipulative and cruel threats of violence to compel his victims' silence.
"The extent and substance of their suffering is undeterminable, but serious harm to each of them is presumed."
Racardo Maurice Smith, 22, 2309 Eoff St., Wheeling, was sentenced on a count of aggravated assault, a felony of the fourth degree occurring Aug. 25, 2012. He will serve 12 months, concurrent with a pending sentence on two counts trafficking in drugs Monday.
"You can't go around solving your problems in life by using violence," Solovan said. "I don't want to see you in this courtroom again, especially for a crime of violence."
Solovan also conducted two arraignments.
John Robert Ramser, 52, 226 Highland Avenue, Wheeling, pleaded not guilty to one count domestic violence with two prior convictions, a felony of the third degree occurring March 3, 2013. Plea agreement deadline was set for April 26, with trial May 7. A temporary protection order was sustained and bond of $75,000 was continued. He faces a maximum of 36 months.
Kaprice Russell, 25, serving two-year sentence in West Virginia, pleaded not guilty to trafficking in less than five grams of cocaine, a felony of the fifth degree occurring March 1, 2011. Plea agreement was set for April 26, with trial May 16.
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Purpose and Approach
Goal Two of Peace Corps states:
- To help promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served.
The purpose of the Cultural Club is to approach Goal 2 from a global perspective. The Cultural Club consists of me giving an informal presentation about any country in the world that they vote on, except America or England. The presentation usually lasts about an hour predominantyly filled with me showing them pictures and videos of the focused country's cultural practices and rituals (like cuisine, clothing, ethnicities, dances, festivals and architecture). In addition, the only time the students hear my voice is when I am answering one of their many questions. Furthermore, I excluded America because it is not the most influential country in the world as many people believe it to be. It is, in fact, simply an amplifier of other countries' traditions.
Action Plan
- Have the kids vote on a country.
- Wikipedia and Wikitravel! It contains the most comprehensive information on all countries. I would gather and write the following facts/stats on the board:
- Date of creation/independence
- Population (and comparison to Ghana) List of country populations
- Land Size (and comparison to Ghana) List of country total areas
- Type of government and its head
- Capital city
- Religions (percentage)
- Local greetings
- Fun fact
- Next, I would google and search YouTube for pictures and videos for the following:
- Pictures of teh country's different ethnicities
- Picutres of the 3 largest cities or most significant places
- Pictures of cuisine and its ingredients
- Play cultural music as you show the pictures of places
- Videos and pictures of 3-4 distinctive traditions or festivals (5-10 minute long videos)(There is software that allows you to download YouTube videos.)
- UNICEF makes a series of books called Children Just Like Me.
For example, Spain's presentation included:
- Fun fact - Spain is the second largest tourism industry in the world.
- Naming customs consist of people having 2 surnames (father's-mother's).
- Distinctive traditions:
- Running of the Bulls
- Bull fighting
- Tomatina
- Flamengo (dancing)
Internet fees.
PC Resources
Not applicable.
Project Reflection and Sustainability
- Once a month is hard if you are a teacher, but once a term is good.
- Have kids dress up in the country's attire or you dress up.
- Make the cuisine of that country.
- Teach the local dance.
- Have them draw pictures of what stood out most to them.
- Magazines and books instead of videos.

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Two unrelated fires early Monday morning displaced 19 people, officials said.
The first blaze was reported at 1:30 a.m. Monday at a home in the 1200 block of Racheros Road in Linda Vista, near the Rose Bowl, officials said.
That fire was later upgraded to a second-alarm blaze because of the upscale area's narrow roads and the size of the 5,000-square-foot home, according to Fire Department spokeswoman Linda Derderian, who said that four adults escaped the residence without injury. The blaze caused approximately $150,000 in damages.
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"Firefighters are still investigating the cause of the blaze," Derderian told the Weekly. "Investigators are questioning the people who went to the hospital."
Four adults were injured when they jumped out a second story window to escape. Neighbors caught several kids who also escaped the fire by jumping from the structure's second story.
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United Methodist youth are invited to Albion College for an overnight retreat to experience and inspire Christian living in a college setting. The program will run from noon Saturday to noon Sunday and involve a Bible Study, opportunity to get to know our Christian Living Community students and other Christians on campus, have discussions about Christian living in a college environment, and discover how Albion College students live out their Christian faith.
Youth will stay overnight in the residence halls of some of our Christian student leaders. This is part of the experience of the program.
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The PEAR project was started by Stig S. Bakken to create a tool similar to that of Perl's CPAN archive. Its primary goal is to become a repository for PHP extensions and library code. The most ambitious goal of the project is to try to define standards that can help developers write portable and re-usable code.
Documentation about the project is starting to appear on the Internet, surely a consequence of its growing popularity. Some initial documentation can already be found in the official PHP manual and more will be added.
While PEAR is still pretty much a work in progress, the PEAR installer and the PEAR site for instance, will probably grow a lot in the coming months. There is a lot of talk on the main PHP Core Developer mailing list of using PEAR in the upcoming releases to host the growing number of C extensions and also to use the PEAR installer as a front-end tool for users to download and install extensions into PHP.
All of this without mentioning PEAR's PHP library code, which is often regarded as one of the most clean and well-designed libraries available today for PHP. One of its most popular packages is PEAR::DB, the database abstraction library created by this project. Bakken is even working on porting the main classes and functions to a C extension, so the package can be as fast as possible.
Give this a try and let us know how it compares to Perl's CPAN.
This new project will surely become one of the most important aspects of PHP in the future, allowing developers to share code using the PEAR site and giving users the ability to download and install extensions and libraries of PHP code.
As previously mentioned, PEAR is continuing to evolve and improve. However, a number of packages are currently in use now. The most popular one is PEAR::DB, which allows the developer to write code that could be used for several different database servers. For example, a developer could write one script that would insert an entry on a table and it would work for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle.
So the example below could be used for all different types of database servers.
// Include the appropriate PEAR classes
$dsn = array(
'phptype' => 'mysql',
'hostspec' => 'localhost',
'database' => 'test_db',
'username' => 'test_user',
'password' => 'test_password'
$dbh = DB::connect($dsn);
$stmt = "SELECT id, name FROM examples ORDER BY id";
$result = $dbh->simpleQuery($stmt, DB_FETCHMODE_ASSOC);
if ($dbh->numRows($result) > 0) {
$data = (object) $dbh->fetchRow($result, DB_FETCHMODE_ASSOC);
echo "id => $data->id
\n";
echo "name => $data->name
\n";
That was just a very simple example to show how the code could look with an abstraction library like PEAR::DB.
There was a new chapter added recently to the primary PHP manual, but it is still unclear whether or not the entire PEAR library will be documented in that manual, or whether a new manual will be created just for PEAR packages.
Installing PEAR is actually very simple, and I'm going to explain how to install the latest CVS version of PEAR because the library changes so rapidly.
Note: The PEAR internal repository system will probably change in the future. Right now, the PEAR packages and libraries are being stored in the same CVS tree as PHP itself, which causes problems managing both the PHP main repository and developers and PEAR's own repository and developers. In the near future, it is foreseeable that PEAR will be split off into its own module/tree. This module already exists, but the the majority of the packages are still at the old location.
If you have never heard of CVS, take a look at the related documentation. It is not a difficult technology to use, but it takes a while to become comfortable with it.
Assuming you already have the standard CVS client installed correctly on your machine, you will need to follow these steps:
1. Open a terminal window (rxvt, xterm, or whatever)
2. Type the following commands:
cvs -z3 -d :pserver:email@example.com:/repository login [Enter
phpfi as the password here]
cvs -z3 -d :pserver:firstname.lastname@example.com:/repository co php4
[This will create a new directory named
cd php4 [Enter
cvs -z3 -d :pserver:email@example.com:/repository login
zend as the password here]
cvs -z3 -d :pserver:email@example.com:/repository co Zend TSRM
[This will create two new directories under "php4", named "Zend" and "TSRM"]
That was it. Running
buildconf should create the standard
configure script that can be used to set your options for PHP. In a normal installation, PEAR should be installed automatically under
/usr/local/lib/php, but you can still build the files manually by going into
php4/pear and running
make install-su as a superuser.
Besides that, you should add the PEAR root directory to the
include_path found in your
php.ini file. The default path should be
/usr/local/lib/php, but it may be elsewhere if you did some manual changes to your configure options.
PEAR packages can range from database abstraction layers to output cache systems, so PEAR is much more than a simple library -- it is a new standard of writing portable and clean PHP code. One of the most important things for a PEAR newcomer to do is to read the coding standards that are published in the PHP manual.
I'll give some tips on how to start working with PEAR::DB, because it is one of the most popular PEAR packages. You can get examples and help on how to use PEAR::DB by following these steps:
I hope this article has shed some light on the semi-mysterious PEAR library, and that it has provided you with some useful background information on one of the more promising developments in the PHP community.
Joao Prado Maia is a web developer living in Houston with more than four years of experience developing web-based applications and loves learning new technologies and programming languages.
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Paul McCartney -- It may be hard to believe, but the former Beatles frontman has been deported twice. Japan gave him the boot in 1980 after he tried to bring a half a pound of weed with him on a tour of the island nation. And in 1960, German authorities threw out the then-fledgling rock star because he was caught burning a condom.
Allen Ginsberg -- In the 1960s, the American poet was deported from Cuba for complaining about the Cuban government's anti-marijuana stance. Cuba deported him to Czechoslovakia where, only a week later, he was deported again over his expression of "radical ideas."
Rod Stewart -- The raspy-voiced British singer was deported from Spain during his early career in 1963 after he was found sleeping under a bridge in Barcelona. He was arrested by police and subsequently deported for vagrancy.
George Harrison -- In 1960, the late musician was playing with The Beatles in Hamburg, Germany, and was deported from the country for being underage. He was 17 at the time.
Yusuf Islam (formerly known as Cat Stevens) -- The British musician was deported from the United States in 2004 after his name appeared on a no-fly list. Turns out, Israel had deported him in 2000 for supposedly giving money to the Palestinian group, Hamas.
Anna Chapman -- This sexy Russian spy gained celebrity-like status after she was "outed." She and 10 other spies were deported from the U.S. back to Russia in 2010.
Charlize Theron -- The South African-born actress claims she was deported from the U.S. in 1994 for being involved in a documentary criticizing America's relationship with Cuba. She was eventually let back in, though, and is now an American citizen.
Paris Hilton -- The heiress and socialite everyone loves to hate was kicked out Japan in 2010 over her prior drug arrests in the United States.
Russell Brand -- The British actor and comedian was deported from Japan in 2011 over his criminal record in Britain.
Gary Glitter -- The 1970s British rocker was deported from Cambodia following his arrest in the UK on child pornography charges in 1999.
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WATERLOO Three books have been shortlisted for the 2010 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction. The $10,000 award, administered by Wilfrid Laurier University, encourages and recognizes Canadian writers for a first or second work of creative non-fiction that includes a Canadian locale and/or significance.
The jurors said the books shortlisted for this years award distinguish themselves not only through the understanding that the authors show for their subjects, but also by their humour and their respect for non-fiction books as vehicles driven by passionate attention to a subject that has been misunderstood or neglected. Though the authors direct that attention towards three very different subjects, all of the shortlisted books exhibit an admirable social consciousness mixed with a poetic sense of story.
The books on the 2010 shortlist are:
- Lakeland: Journeys into the Soul of Canada (Greystone Books) by Allan Casey. Casey plumbs Canadas lakes as both physical and metaphorical wellsprings of Canadian identity. Writing in defiance of all boundaries between science writing, reportage and lyrical autoethnography, he takes us out onto the waters for a better look back at the shore. Ultimately, Casey not only reveals how Canadas millions of lakes form a watery connective tissue that holds this nation together, but also how close we are to choking our lakes with our increasingly affluent embrace. At once intimate and fact-driven, political and poetic, Lakeland is environmental writing at its best: it makes you want to be a part of the solution.
- A Very Capable Life: The Autobiography of Zarah Petri (Athabasca University Press) by John Leigh Walters. Walters reshapes the autobiographical impulse by writing in the first-person voice of his mother, the sweetly acerbic Zarah Petri. Walters use of Zarahs colloquial and engaging narration makes the book part oral history, part memoir, part re-imagination of the events of the twentieth century. A Very Capable Life offers the story of his mothers journey from Hungary to Canada as a feminine picaresque with the indomitable Zarah in the dual roles of heroine and storyteller. In recreating his mother as a resourceful and often hilarious character, Walters sustained act of literary ventriloquism captures the ingenuity and passion of the diasporic narrative in Canadian cultural history.
- Smiling Bears: A Zookeeper Explores the Behaviour and Emotional Life of Bears (Greystone Books) by Else Poulsen. Poulsen provides a compelling account of the behaviour of bears in captivity that is poignant, tender and often humorous. This book strikes a balance between the authors scientific expertise and her emotional relationship with the animals under her care. With a vivid narrative style and gentle wit, Poulsen reveals the complexity of these huge yet sensitive creatures who sing, revel in the delights of vanilla ice cream, have pet goldfish and occasionally suffer from depression and anxiety. A moving and intelligent examination of the revelation of ursine personalities, the strength of Smiling Bears is Poulsens passion for creating understanding between bears and the humans who are fascinated by them.
The winner of the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction will be announced October 11. A reception for the winner will take place November 10 on the Waterloo campus of Wilfrid Laurier University.
The Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction was launched in 1991 and is administered by Wilfrid Laurier University, the only university in Canada to bestow a nationally recognized literary award. Newspaper editor Russell Wangersky won last years Edna Staebler Award for his memoir Burning Down the House: Fighting Fires and Losing Myself.
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|The Mad Badger
"So where are we headed?"
|The Crimson Masque
Uh, you know, Alyda, you look really--erm--good today. I was wondering, uh, if you had any plans for next Saturday night?
|The Mad Badger
Kravok rolls his eyes. "Hey Crimmy think you could wait a on the getting dates till I don't know after we have accomplished this mission?"
"Hey Alyda, why don't you promise to give him a date next Saturday and then we don't have to hear this th rest of out trip?"
|The Crimson Masque
Badger, I don't think we have to worry about this mission at all. I'm not a particularly wise fellow, and I can't usually claim to be in tune with the cosmos, but I, somehow, feel that no matter what happens in this escapade, we will survive.
Turns back to Alyda.
Would you like to go to the theater? I hear Cesario Bologna's new one, The Crossbow Above the Fire is quite thrilling.
|The Mad Badger
Kravok sighs "Well Alyda do you want to talk about theater or are you in a rush to get this job done? Cause if you two are going to make doe eyes at one another I have stuff I can do... mainly not be here."
|The Crimson Masque
What, can't you walk and talk at the same time, Badger?
EDIT: Actually, I guess DM Monkey never said we were walking, but I thought we were.
|The Mad Badger
"Until Alyda tells us were we are going it is going to be useless to start walking I think."
"Anyways so are you going to give him his date or what? I prefer quiet time when I walk allowing me time to think of the mission ahead of us less distrations the better."
|Patrick Curtin
Sorry. Getting distracted a bit
Alyda walks quickly farther into the Lower Ward. She looks back to see if the two follow. Then with an artistic whirl of her black woolen cloak, she heads towards the distant brooding complex the Cagers call the Great Foundry
The Great Foundry is home to the Godsmen, a faction dedicated to evolving closer to god hood. They spend a lot of their time forging items for the many armies that buy weaponry for their troops here. Scattered along the boulevard they walk down are specialty shops dedicated to intricate smith work and magical weaponry
As they head further, the fog thickens and assumes a yellowish tint from the smoke belching from a hundred tall smokestacks. Breathing becomes labored, and the stone facings of the buildings acquire a sooty crust.
After a long trek through, they begin to see the Hive along the weird arch effect Sigil has in the distance.
running out of steam, post some more later
|Dungeon Monkey
OK, a better description as I have comp on with access to materials.
Alyda smiles at Crimson's query.
"Maybe you'd like to go see Frebek Desperio's new performance work Fall of the Mighty over at the Grotto Theater near Lazz's?* I can't get enthused about bougeous theater. So predictable."
They walk through the throng of Godsmen that crowd the street around the Foundry District. They take Alehouse Row, a wide street lined with drinking and sporting establishments of all shapes and sizes, catering to the thirsts and desires of the foundry workers.
They head up Gear Street into the Gear Run district. This area caters to fantastical clockwork mechanics. Warforged constructs built to mimic humanoids and animals walk the streets with more mundane gnomes and soot-streaked humans.
Leaving the bizarre sight behind, they take the Alley of Dangerous Angles into Hellgate. Hellgate is a district known to house denizens of the Lower Planes. The atmosphere takes on an even more unsalubrious quality, with the exhalations of various portals to perditions mingling with the ever-present sulfur from the smokestacks.
They exit onto Gramercy Street, which fronts the odd scar in Sigil's urban landscape know as The Ditch. The Ditch is basically a huge ravine filled with reeking liquid effluvent mixture. Both The Hive and The Lower Ward use it to dispose of anything unwanted. Several large portals to watery destinations can be found there, and there is somewhat of a shipping industry where venturesome captains can steer their boat to The Ditch's rickety keys from various locations around the mutiverse.
Alyda leads them over an ancient-looking stone bridge and into the Hive proper. The trestle is jammed with young skinny Hivers trying to catch a fish. One look at some of what they have caught in that reeking green water is enough to put one off of seafood for a month.
The trio walk into the Hive, heading into the Goatswood District. This area is home to many fey and elven folk, but ones that have come up short in the luck department. Crimson is momentarily distracted by a bevy of elven women in garish makeup and scanty leather clothing waving to him from a nearby corner until he hears Alyda snicker
"I wouldn't go that way, Crimmy. A lot of those elven 'maidens' are hiding surprises for the unwary. Just because they call themselves Galadriel dowsn't mean they weren't born Legolas."
Alyda walks with the easy stride of the unconcerned. Our two protagonists can't quite match her sangfroid. As they enter deeper into the Hive Ward, they feel more and more eyes lingering on them. The buildings become shabbier and shabbier, with graffitti snakescrawling along the crumbling stone fronts.
A lot of youth dressed in Xaos colors and sporting their trademark asymetrical spiked hairdos lounge about. Many of them give the three the hard stare.
The only business that seems to be booming here are the taverns. The streets are lined with alehalls of the meanest quality, all doing great business despite the early hour.
The trio walk into an open area lined with faded and patched tents, known as the Night Market. Despite its name, there is business going on here, and merchants hawk everything from animals to brass pots. Alyda brings them to a halt
"I gotta meet with my contact here. Be chill, my dear cutters."
She stands by a post pole, it's grey splintery circumference plastered with centuries of broadsheets advertising goods, services and revolutions.
Anything you want to do or just wait?
|The Mad Badger
(OOC: Night Market is it like a Black Market where anything can be found for a price?)
The Mad Badger keeps and eye on Alyda curious to see who she is meeting but stays put. He still does not trust her. He also keeps an eye on his friend and glares and looks intimidating to any who take too much interest in them and what they are doing.
Intimidate 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (17) + 10 = 27
|The Crimson Masque
The Crimson Masque attempts to keep up a witty patter about theater.
Perform: Seduction 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (7) + 17 = 24 (just to make her think I'm cultured and refined, not to get her into bed)
"I wouldn't go that way, Crimmy. A lot of those elven 'maidens' are hiding surprises for the unwary. Just because they call themselves Galadriel dowsn't mean they weren't born Legolas."
Under his breath, the Masque mutters
It doesn't matter when its Arcturian, baby!
When she leaves, the Masque turns to the Badger and says
Isn't she just a dream come true?
The Masque smiles inanely at passers-by.
|Dungeon Monkey
(OOC: Night Market is it like a Black Market where anything can be found for a price?)
The Mad Badger keeps and eye on Alyda curious to see who she is meeting but stays put. He still does not trust her. He also keeps an eye on his friend and glares and looks intimidating to any who take too much interest in them and what they are doing.
Intimidate 1d20 + 10
Yeah, it's pretty much a flea market mixed with an old-time farmers market and liberally seasoned with cheap stolen goods of various quality. You wont find anything more magical for sale here than a quack healing potion, mostly
The Mad Badger can see there are a lot of tough customers about, but the really crazy are likely freshening their drunk at one of the local bars. Most of the Peak crowd is looking for bargains, and give the glowering half orc a wide berth.
|Dungeon Monkey
The Crimson Masque attempts to keep up a witty patter about theater.
Perform: Seduction 1d20+17 (just to make her think I'm cultured and refined, not to get her into bed)Quote:"I wouldn't go that way, Crimmy. A lot of those elven 'maidens' are hiding surprises for the unwary. Just because they call themselves Galadriel dowsn't mean they weren't born Legolas."
Under his breath, the Masque mutters
It doesn't matter when its Arcturian, baby!
When she leaves, the Masque turns to the Badger and says
Isn't she just a dream come true?
The Masque smiles inanely at passers-by.
The Crimson Masque attempts to look cool and suave. Alyda does him the favor of not laughing at him, but there is a sparkle in her eyes.
Alyda darts off and collars a small urchin and says something to him. The boy runs off and she returns to the post.
"We're meeting a cutter named Zorzeg. Old Zor is one of Quake's location scouts, and he owes me a favor. He's our ticket into Hive Central* without getting penned in the deadbook*."
Penned in the dead book: Killed
|The Mad Badger
At Crimmy's mention of her being a dream he raises an eyebrow.
"More like my nightmare. But if you like and her and say she is okay I am willing to give her a leash ... but a short one. I still think she knows alot more about what happened that night ... I mean she was the first one by her body. Now I know she didn't do it I am not saying that I mean if I beleived that I would have killed her already. But I know she knows something my friend and one day I will find out what."
When she returns. He grunts "Yeah not too keen on getting penned into the deadbook this day. I have stuff to do still."
"Lets find this Zoreg friend of yours."
|The Crimson Masque
The Crimson Masque can't for even one second believe that Alyda is anyway culpable in Badger's hottie's death, but has learned from experience not to argue about it.
Yes, the quicker we find this Zoreg, the quicker we can get to the theater.
Perception 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (15) - 1 = 14
|The Mad Badger
The Mad Badger shakes his head but does not say anything focused or trying to focus on keeping the two of them alive.
Keeping an eye out for anything his hairs here are probably on end and he is on the balls of his feet hands free ready for anything.
Perception check 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9
|Dungeon Monkey
. Lol. I see y'all took my advice
The trio wait for a few minutes, watching the hustle and flow of the various thieves, pimps, grifters and quacks that make up the crowd. Eventually a group of Xaositects come from around a tent corner and stride towards them. They are bedecked in soiled leathers, with many supplementing them with bits of rusty armor. Their hairdos are a riot of color and shape, no two alike. Most are tattooed in various and bizarre ways. Metal piercings festoon their faces, as do many scars. Most look relatively human, but one in the back seems to have a healthy dash of large demon in his ancestry
A lanky cutter with purple-streaked blonde hair ambles closer
"'Sup 'Lyda. You need me?"
Alyda nods
"gotta see a lady about a 'do I'm putting on. I need to pack the house"
Zorzeg nods and looks at the two others
"Your escort?"
Alyda nods
"A girl cant be too careful these days"
Zorzeg gives them the once over
"Right. Ok, this pays the favor for the Mausoleum caper, agreed?"
Alyda smiles
"Most assuredly. Lead on"
Zorzeg looks at the trio
"You look like a trig lot, but I'll tell you the straight dark*. This is a bad place for non-faction I'm taking you. Don't rattle your bonebox* any more than you need to. I am a high blood*, but we don't have a chain of command. Some namer decides to shank you, all I can do is beat him down. Stay with my crew, I have their loyalty"
Bonebox: mouth (teeth are the bones here)
Blood: important, powerfull, deadly, well-connected person
|The Mad Badger
Kravok gives Zorzeg a once over then nods in agreement.
"I am not looking to cause any trouble just here for a job. I have no beef with anyone I will only raise my weapons if drawn upon."
|The Mad Badger
man my perception roll stunk up the joint. I was not noticing anything at all lucky I saw them coming over.
|Dungeon Monkey
Zorzeg grins tightly at the Mad Badger
"Wise position."
He beckons to his posse and begins talking rapidly in Scramble*
"We're Central to going right. Drunk keep away the berks three these from."
If no other actions I'll write the next scene tomorrow
|The Crimson Masque
The Crimson Masque keeps mute and stares intently at Alyda's enticing backside.
|The Mad Badger
Kravok leans over to his friend. "there is a little bit of drool cing out of your mouth man. Come on I have seen you bag hotter than her without blinking an eye act like you have been there with your usual swagger."
|The Crimson Masque
The Masque snaps out of his reverie.
Yes, yes, it's kind of you to say so, chap, but gestures do you ever think an anarchist and a guy like me...
|The Crimson Masque
Idly flips a coin.
|The Mad Badger
"Honestly my friend you could have whom ever you wanted ... the problem is once you have them you get bored of them. She is smaet enough to know this about you ... so she holds it back from you to make you want her more. So you are never going to change in the near future so chances of getting into her agian ... slim and none and slim just left the building my friend. "
After the Crimson Masque gives him a dirty look he responds. "Hey don't ask me if you dont want to hear the honest answer. I am a half-orc after all pretty much straight to the point."
|The Crimson Masque
I don't know if I'd say I get bored with them. I've just got to have them all. Over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. A cleric of Ilmater once said something about satyrisiasis, but what do those eunuchs know?
And don't you think Alyda is taking a long time? I wonder if something has happened to her?
|The Mad Badger
The Mad badger glances around to see if he can see her.
Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17
Or perhaps something else that may catch his eye.
|Dungeon Monkey
|The Crimson Masque
No probs, Dungeon Monkey, there's always politrolling to be done!
|Dungeon Monkey
And away we go ..
Zorzeg and his rainbow-haired posse lead the trio down into a narrow causeway called Two Lamp Lane. The lane is choked with piles of refuse. Potholes of rancid water dot the muddy stones they walk along.
Zorzeg takes them down a left, then a right, the two lefts in quick succession. As fast as you can say go, The trio find themselves in Hive Central.
The buildings here dont look built. They look as if they were grown out of piles of rubbish. Something big once fought here, but whether it was a mob or a pissed-off demon lord was hard to tell. The fronts of several of the crumbling structures were burned black, often to the point where the stone had buckled. Razorvine covers every vertical surface, its glossy black leaves ghost still in the breezeless streets.
The streets have now begun to fill with Xaositects. They seem pretty aimless, as befits a faction dedicated to chaos, but Zorzeg heads towards the larger concentrations, stopping occasionally to trade fast-paced snippets of Scramblespeak with other Chaosfolk.
Eventually, the three and their escort arrive at a decently-sized empty lot fronting an old warehouse-looking building. A group of young Xaositects swarm the area, cleaning it up and setting up what looks to be a stage and some old ratty tables. A few paint the legend'Quakes Place' on the buildings front.
Zorzeg pauses at the door and speaks with a few burly Xaositects guarding it. They nod and Zorzeg and Alyda move forward.
"Darling Crimmy, I'll be back in a trice, but this is Movement business, you know, and I have to leave you outside with your cutter."
She glances back briefly at the Mad badger, but focuses her brilliant green eyes on the red-masked bard.
"You'll be good and wait for me to come back, yes?"
|The Crimson Masque
Of course, baby.
Perception 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (8) - 1 = 7
If nothing of interest pops out, the Masque casts summon instrument and strikes up a jaunty tune.
|Dungeon Monkey
|The Crimson Masque
I'm just playing for fun, but, okay
Perform: String 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (11) + 14 = 25
|The Mad Badger
The Mad Badger mumbles an old tune he once heard "Alone again naturally."
He keeps his head on a swivel looking out for anything that may come their way. If anyone stops to long or looks at them with too much interest like they maybe target he gives a long stare to discourage it.
He is on edge and is not afraid to show it. The Masque may not know how much danger they are in but it is generally his job to be worried and keep the two of them out of trouble and bail them out phyiscally if they do. Diplomacy is the Masque's job.
Perception check: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18
|The Crimson Masque
Finishes tune. Looks around.
Perception 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (6) - 1 = 5
|The Mad Badger
Finishes tune. Looks around.
Perception 1d20-1
Must have gotten side tracked looking at another fine a$$. Already forgetting at least momentarily Alyda.
|Dungeon Monkey
|The Mad Badger
Krovak gives Masque a discrete eye not to say too much especially here.
bluff: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (2) + 0 = 2
Which pretty much ends up him raising his eyes and giving him a blantant look.
|The Crimson Masque
You know, I've never been much into politics.
Dismisses lute.
|The Mad Badger
The Mad Badger smiles at his friends quick wit. Relaxing perhaps knowing he has avoided that pit fall.
He then focuses back on the street looking for possible danger.
|Dungeon Monkey
The guard nods
He goes back to looking out over the crumbling skyline. The rain is thickening, and gushes of dirty water occasionally sluice down from broken gutters high above.
After a fairly dull wait, there seems to be a little action out near the edge of the plaza they are at. A scrum of some sort, where the Xaositects seem to be tossing a fuzzy ball around. A sudden high-pitched shreik gives away that the ball is living, but at this distance it is hard to see
|The Crimson Masque
I see an asterik, but I don't see an explanation.
Knowledge (Planes)1d20 + 15 ⇒ (11) + 15 = 26
|The Mad Badger
Badger keeps his mind on his work right now not allowing something to distract him. But perhaps a little concerned his friend may not have the sam willpower.
Wisdom check: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19
|Dungeon Monkey
ack forgot the explanation
|The Mad Badger
(OOC: So would someone who is an "Indep" not draw much care from the other factions? If that is the case the Mad Badger says the follwing)
"Yeah we are Inpeds, not much for factions and politics. We prefer coin and are more the merc types. But when we get paid we stay paid you get my meaning?"
|The Crimson Masque
Um, Badger, he's already gone. Hey! Look at that! That ball is alive! You think we should check it out?
Strides over to the site of the sport.
Perception 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (20) - 1 = 19
|The Mad Badger
The Mad Badger reaches out to grab the Crimson Masque by the shoulder.
"Hey Remember we are supposed to wait here? If you get distracted and go off to see the little game they are playing then bad things may happen ... mostly I fear to you."
|The Mad Badger
"Aanyways, your lady friend is going to be back soon enough lets hang around here eh?"
He takes another look towards the fur ball and the game going on hoping the Crimson has not drawn too much attention to himself.
Still leaving his hand on his friends shoulder he takes a quick look around to make sure they have drawn too much attention to themselves and that no one has pick up on thme as a target.
Perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23
|Dungeon Monkey
You both got adequate Perception rolls, so...
As the Mad Badger grasps the Masque's shoulder they both look over at the scrum and realize that the brown ball is actually some sort of small animal. The animal in fact seems to be wearing clothing, so might actually be a small fey or something of the like
|The Crimson Masque
Can we check it out now, Badger? Please?


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Walmart's home dept scores 1st comp gain since '09
February 21, 2012-- Home Textiles Today,
Bentonville, Ark. - The home department at Walmart's U.S. stores generated positive same-store sales in the low single digits during the fourth quarter - the first time home has recorded a positive quarterly comp in 2 ½ years, according to the company.
"We've worked diligently to focus on the basics and improve assortment through add-backs and item merchandising," Walmart U.S. president and ceo Bill Simon said of the performance. "Home management and food preparation were stand-out categories in our home area, and outdoor living performed better than expected during the warmer weather."
Heavy promotions took a toll on overall margin for the parent corporation, and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. took an almost 15% net income hit in the fourth quarter. Net income for the quarter ended Jan. 31 fell to $5.16 billion, or $1.50 per share, compared to $6.05 billion, or $1.70 a share, in the year-ago period.
Sales for the total company fared better, rising 5.8% to $122.3 billion. By segment, Walmart U.S. posted a 2.4% net sales increase to $72.8 billion, and Sam's Club reported a 6.8% net sales gain to $14.0 billion. Total sales got a boost from the acquisitions of the Netto stores in the U.K. and Massmart in South Africa.
Total company comps, excluding gasoline sales increased 2.1%. Comps were up 1.5% for Walmart U.S. and 5.4% for Sam's Club.
Earnings per share for the fiscal year rose 8.6% to $4.54. Sales were up 5.9% to $443.9 billion.
Sales for Walmart U.S. rose 1.5% to $264.21 billion. Sam's Club sales were up 8.8% to $53.8 billion. Comps for the year, without fuel impact, were up 0.9% for the total company, 0.2% for Walmart U.S. and 5.1% for Sam's Club.
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But that does not mean they should be staying out on the street later.
Police Chief Joe Treviño said the city has a curfew for anyone under the age of 17.
Since the City Council passed a curfew ordinance in 1986, it has been a misdemeanor for anyone under the age of 17 to "loiter on any public street, alley, park, vacant lot or other unsupervised place where the public has access between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. on weekdays."
Also, the curfew prohibits the same activities on weekends between midnight and 7 a.m.
The curfew does not pertain to juveniles who are out during those hours in the company of an adult or guardian.
The chief warned parents that the juvenile will not be the only one in trouble for violating the ordinance. It also is unlawful for a parent to allow a child under the age of 17 to be out during those hours.
The definition of "loitering" includes "loafing, standing idly by, walking, driving or riding aimlessly without a purpose."
When a police officer stops a curfew violator, he has a choice of either detaining the teen or issuing a citation.
Violating the ordinance could lead to a fine of as much as $200 in municipal court.
Treviño said the curfew has remained in effect all these years because the number of vehicle burglaries and vandalism incidents increases during summer months. The curfew is the best tool city officers have for preventing those incidents.
Treviño also warned parents to avoid leaving children or pets unattended in parked cars during the hot summer months.
It takes only minutes for the temperature in a parked vehicle to reach dangerous levels.
"We would hate to have someone or a pet injured or killed from being left in a hot car," Treviño said.
The chief reminded parents that a local woman was charged with a felony after leaving a child unattended in a car parked at the H-E-B Food Store not long ago.
"We get complaints of people doing that all the time," the chief said.
Gary Kent is a reporter at the Bee-Picayune and can be reached at 358-2550, ext. 120, or at email@example.com.


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Visit the Mendel Observatory
The Observatory, located on the top floor of the Mendel Science Center at Merrimack College, houses an Optical Guidance Systems 20-inch Ritchey-Cretien reflector and a number of electronic imaging systems, and is used by students, faculty, the North Shore Amateur Astronomy Club, and the general public.
Public stargazing every WEDNESDAY night!
The Observatory, with the support of volunteers from the North Shore Amateur Astronomy Club, hosts public stargazing every Wednesday night (weather permitting) starting at dusk or 7 p.m., whichever is later. When special astronomical events of interest occur (total lunar eclipses, etc.) the Observatory often holds special viewing times.
Weather permitting line:
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Observatory Director:
Dr. Ralph Pass, Adjunct Professor of Physics. View Dr. Pass' astronomy page, which includes numerous astronomical photos including some taken at the Mendel Observatory.


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We got a fun letter from the group that won't reveal their identities but is asking us to trust their judgment and vote to create a county executive.
The one-page letter, which asks us to look into a certain County Board member's background, is signed by the McHenry County Republicans for Lower Taxes. This is the group whose signs have been urging people to vote in favor of the county executive referendum on the Nov. 6 ballot.
I'll spare you the letter's details, but let's just say it's funny having your journalistic courage questioned by people who do not have the courage to sign their names to an issue as trivial in the grand scheme of things as county politics.
But the letter gives me an excuse to shine the light of transparency on campaigning, so read on.
I have no idea if the letter is in fact from the organization. Because the McHenry County Republicans for Lower Taxes is a shadow group, there's no way to tell.
Who are they? Are they actually Republicans? Do they live in McHenry County? All good questions that I can't answer.
The group is not registered with the Illinois State Board of Elections, probably because it is below the $3,000 reporting threshold. On the other side of the transparency coin, the anti-executive group, No County Czar, is registered and their donation history and list of officers can be found here.
(As I blogged here, County GOP Chairman Mike Tryon says a team of lawyers is on hot standby the moment the group's identity becomes known, regarding the use of the county party's name.)
I'd love to investigate the claims outlined in the group's letter, but there are several impediments to my doing so:
• I typically follow the rule, which I remember through rhyme, that I'll examine your claim if you give me your name.
• This is the week before the election, and any journalist with half a brain handles any attempt at last-minute political bombshells like a nitroglycerin figurine. Such last-minute bombshells happen so often that the Thursday before an election – the best time for a campaign to sling muck and catch an opponent off-guard – is called "Dirty Tricks Thursday" in my line of work.
• I belong to McHenry County Investigative Journalists for Letters Written At A High School Level Or Higher, and sorry to say, the anonymous letter we received falls far short of the minimum requirements set under MCIJFLWAAHSLOH bylaws. Example:
"You are the reporters perhaps [sic] you can connect these dots together yourself and do a reports [sic] job, investigate [sic]!" I've been a "reports" for the past 15 years, and I can't speak for all reports everywhere, but we reports find it's easier to understand tips when they're not written like the instructions on a packet of chopsticks.
All joking aside, the public deserves to know the identities of a group spending money to support a referendum that would mean a significant change of county governance. Doing it anonymously? Really? I guess I missed the Zoning Board of Appeals meeting in which they hashed out the conditional use permit for the McHenry County Black Helicopter New World Order Re-Education Camp.
I called this blog "Opening Doors" for a reason – as I stated in my very first blog post, I am relentlessly biased in favor openness and government honesty, and I abhor any action to the contrary.
But that's not to say that I'm not above a bit of Illinois-style quid pro quo once in a while.
I'll make McHenry County Republicans for Lower Taxes a deal. Reveal yourselves and we'll talk about looking into the County Board member in question. And by "reveal yourselves," I mean all of you, not just the poor fellow who draws the short straw, unless the group's membership is in fact just one poor fellow.
And so we're clear, "reveal yourselves" means that I let my readers know your secret identities in print – Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent, Peter Parker. the whole shebang. Or you can out yourselves like Tony Stark did at the end of the first "Iron Man" movie – that was wicked cool.
Oh, and I absolutely have to have a McHenry County Republicans for Lower Taxes secret decoder ring. No decoder ring, no deal.
Don't let Tryon's threat of litigation bother you. If our Founding Fathers risked everything – and in many cases in fact lost everything – for our God-given right to liberty, what's talking to a few itty-bitty lawyers? Beats the heck out of facing a battalion of Redcoats.
My number and email address are below. I, and the voters whose best interests you say you support, can't wait to hear from you.
But I'm not holding my breath.
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Just wanted to say first of all how great this forum is, I'm new here.
I have a question about co sleeping with my four month old son. He is exclusively breastfed and at the start of the night I will put him in the cradle. But when he wakes up a few hours later I will usually end up bringing him back to bed with us for the rest of the night. He still eats about 2 to 3 times a night, and I know that is a lot for a 4 month old. I think it is because he is with me, he mainly uses it for comfort I think. I know that that is one of the great things about breastfeeding is that you don't have to get up in the cold of night and make a bottle - But is he too dependent, am I doing something I'll regret? I love sleeping with my baby and I don't mind him eating like that, I am a stay at home mom and I get plenty of sleep. I just want to do the right thing and I know how many differing opinions there are on the CIO method. I really don't think I could do that. I know I am rambling but I guess I'm wondering what the long terms effects of this behavior will be? Will I have a five year old in the bed with us? I want to consider my DH too, we have time for ourselves now when our ds goes to bed around 7 or 8. I need to make sure I am doing the best for our family. Any insight or experience would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!!


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SHR App
Anyone know if SHR is planning on making an App for the Iphone or Droid phones? I know JGR is the only one right now that has an App. If the demand is there, I hope they make one. I know I would be on it everyday, posting and checking out all the features that are basically on this site.
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The available maps include plurality religious group by county, religious attendance, and many more. Go see for yourself all the wonderful maps and ponder things like Baptist domination of the south and yet nothing else, the Dutch stranglehold on Northwest Iowa, and who just exactly are those Quakers of upper Alaska.
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June 20: Wine and Dine to Help Quash Childhood Hunger
- 4:54 pm Monday, June 11th, 2012 by M.M. Cloutier
At an upcoming walk-around wining-and-dining tasting event at the Kravis Center's Cohen Pavilion, chefs from numerous area restaurants, including several from Palm Beach, will serve up their signature dishes as part of ongoing national fundraising efforts to end childhood hunger in America.
The 2nd-annual Taste of the Nation Palm Beach, June 20 from 6-9:30 p.m., is one of several chef-extravaganza Nation events that unfold throughout each year in locations around the country. They benefit Share Our Strength, a national nonprofit that invests funds in locally effective anti-hunger organizations.
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Thomas Woodruff's FREAK PARADE is an ambitious and dazzling parade of images that celebrates beauty in aberrance. The Parade's hapless yet noble characters march gaily across a black expanse, each member on a different panel. The procession begins with "Anatomy Boy," an elegant lad flayed from the shoulders down, and ends with "Sweeper," a grim reaper dressed in a costume that might be described as "heavy metal Watteau," bringing up the rear. In between are thirty other attractions of wild imagistic imagination. One meets a "Man of Lettuce;" a tattooed panther; Siamese wolves in sheep's clothing; a giant troubadour insect; a multi-breasted baton twirler; a virginal, footless somnambulist; and an assortment of many other memorable characters. They are all rendered in loving detail and delicately embellished with tiny rhinestones.
Woodruff began this project in late 2000 as a reaction against the global standardization of culture. A master of hybridizing vocabularies from the past and present, Woodruff references sideshow banners, Pompeian wall frescoes, Baroque religious paintings, theatrical posters, and Victorian penmanship charts to create a new yet oddly familiar world. It's as if Renaissance artist Archimboldo collaborated on a project with Hollywood costumer Adrian. References to "normal" parades (Mummer, Tournament of Roses, Mardi Gras, Macy's) are all here but turned on their heads Each image has a caption, title, or poem included. Written by the artist, these texts add another level of meaning to the pictures. They are deliberately subdued and darkened, and subvert the viewer's usual response—so conditioned through advertising—to image and text.
Born in 1957, Thomas Woodruff has had an unusual career. He has had over 20 one-person exhibitions, and his work has been seen in museum shows internationally. His major gallery works are created in series. In the past these works have often been elegiac in nature and dealt with the AIDS epidemic. His shows have included the rocket ship series, "All Systems Go"(1999) and his group of 365 individual apple portraits, "Apple Canon" (1996). He has contributed award-winning illustrations to nearly every major periodical in America, and has created book jackets for novels by Anne Tyler, Robertson Davies, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and many others. Woodruff illustrated Jack Handy's "Big Thick Novel" for the Emmy award-winning season of Saturday Night Live. He has also designed for the theatre, most recently the décor and costumes for "Salome" at the Hawaiian Opera Theatre (2000). Woodruff worked as a tattooist in the late 1980s, and he has a cult status in the alternate art scene. He is presently the chair of the Department of Illustration and Cartooning at the School of Visual Arts in New York. A documentary on this project, "Thomas Woodruff's FREAK PARADE," was produced in 2004 for Gallery HDTV.
Opening with the artist
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Reception and book signing to follow
American Tattooed Ladies, 1882-1995 Wednesday, March 24
7 p.m.
In conjunction with the exhibition Freak Parade by Thomas Woodruff, Milwaukee author Amelia Klem Osterud will talk about her newly released book The Tattooed Lady: A History. The book chronicles the lives of women who made sideshow livings by displaying their bodies onstage in an era when even a bit of ankle was considered scandalous. The first book of its kind, The Tattooed Lady uncovers the true stories behind these women, bringing them out of the sideshow realm and into their working-class realities. Combining thorough research with more than a hundred historical photos, this social history explores tattoo's origins, women's history, and circus lore. The Tattooed Lady pays tribute to a group of unique and amazing women whose legacy lives on.


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Satsuki gets along with computers just fine, but she can be deadly when playing with living things. There is a lab full of suits in dark glasses who want to study her gift, but Kanoe has other plans for this special girl.
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Hey all,
I've started a Meetup called "Cape Town IdeaCrit Group" with the goal to:
I hope to meet some cool talent in the Silicon Cape community. Find out more on the page - hope you can make it!
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Hi Mark - I think this is a great idea...
I'll definitely try and make these meetups.
Great Idea
Hey guys, going to post the next event now. Thursday 3 May, 6pm Sinn's Wembley Square. RSVP here:
At our first Meetup last week, 2 guys registered, and 5 total pitched! So it was great, hope to see you there.
Will spread the word in the CT Ruby User Group
When's the next one? I would love to attend these things.
Hi Pieter, I had 3 meetups since the start and havent planned another yet. Started the google page at https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/101720819291683393588/101720819291683... but haven't planned another soon!


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Chop! Chefs duke it out to delight of diners at NECIApril 14,2014
On a night when almost everyone at NECI on Main was a critic the restaurants diners could have decided a friendly competition between two acclaimed French chefs who are both former winners of the popular Food Network show Chopped!
In a way they did, though not in a manner that anyone could have anticipated when they settled in for a Chopped!-style challenge between two of the shows former champions Jean-Louis Gerin, who took over as the New England Culinary Institutes vice president of culinary operations and its executive chef after winning his first Chopped! challenge in 2012, and Chef Olivier de Saint Martin, who owns two Philadelphia restaurants and won Chopped! in 2011.
Flash forward to Saturday, when with the help of ORCA Media, a couple of cameras in the kitchen and several strategically placed screens in the dining room, the folks at NECI on Main sought to simulate a Chopped! challenge between two chefs who were intimately familiar with the format.
It wasnt exactly like Chopped! because, well, no one got chopped, an over-sized $10,000 check didnt change hands at the end of the evening, there was only one basket of mystery ingredients and the panel of three judges didnt have the star power of Food Network regulars like Alex Guarnaschelli, Geoffrey Zakarian or Amanda Freitag.
The judges Seven Days food writer Alice Levitt, NECI alum Mark Berry of Reinhart Foodservice, and one of NECIs promising young student-ambassadors, Erika Carsella didnt even have the sole say. Based on a pre-arranged format feedback from the restaurants 67 paying customers accounted for a 30 percent share of the scoring.
That 30 percent could have been decisive in what was just about as close to a culinary dead heat as it could get from the judges perspective.
However, in a statistically mind-boggling turn of events the foodies picked the winner because diners, who joined them in rating the appetizers and entrees prepared by Gerin and St. Martin on presentation, creativity and taste judged it a flat-footed tie.
The improbable result had NECI Manager Neil Archibald shaking his head after running the numbers several times on the calculator while judges and diners alike enjoyed dessert a rhubarb trio that was prepared by NECI students.
Gerin, who narrowly squandered a home kitchen advantage and what was widely viewed as a better batch of ingredients bronzino (black bass), bok choy, club soda and fortune cookies for his appetizer, could have used a dessert round to turn the tables on St. Martin who wound up winning the two-course competition by four-tenths of a point.
It was very much a come-from-behind win for St. Martin, who judges and several diners agreed drew the short straw in an appetizer round that required both chefs to recreate dishes from their respective winning appearances on Chopped!
For St. Martin that meant making duck liver, blue cheese, green papaya and hard lemon candy sing on the plate a feat he pulled off, even if though the judges agreed it lacked a little acidity. Gerins bass appetizer fortune cookies and all was texturally superior and generally a better dish Levitt said, though St. Martin trailed by only one-tenth of a point on the judges cards with one round down and one round to go.
Enter the dreaded mystery basket the one Archibald said he wanted to fill with either ostrich or emu, kumquats, baking soda and maple candy only to be out-voted by NECI Chef/Instructors Andre Burnier and David Parson.
The ingredients pork tenderloin, coriander seeds, black licorice, cantaloupe, and a yet-to-be-released Crottin goat cheese from Vermont Creamery were only somewhat less forgiving.
St. Martin made the most of those mystery ingredients, which he paused to ponder after they were unveiled in the dining room and he and Gerin headed back into the kitchen.
You dont have that luxury on Chopped! and Gerin didnt take it, huddling almost immediately to discuss his strategy with Chef Joni Bales and the team of five NECI students who were assigned to him at the outset of the competition.
The concept of several helping hands in the kitchen was perhaps the biggest departure from the Chopped! format, but Archibald noted contestants on the Food Network show are only preparing four plates three for the judges and one for the host.
Were serving 70 (people), he said.
In 30 minutes Gerin and his team turned the mystery ingredients into a grilled pork chop topped with a licorice, veal and crème fraiche sauce, and served with a Crottin goat cheese macaroni and cheese, licorice pickled cantaloupe, and a licorice tomato compote.
St. Martin countered with a licorice and coriander-crusted pork tenderloin served over brussel sprouts with pancetta, and sauced with cantaloupe and beet puree. The dish included a potato and goat cheese croqueta that could have been the difference-maker.
The judges clearly liked both dishes.
We cleaned both plates, Levitt joked.
However, Carsella said they gave the edge to St. Martin because his dish was more elegant, the flavor of the licorice was more prevalent, his sauce was crisp, and the decision to incorporate the goat cheese into a croqueta was more creative.
That was the consensus view of the four-top next door, though Waitsfield residents Jack Himmelsbach disagreed with the judges and his three tablemates. He said he favored Gerins handling of the pork, appreciated the larger chop, compared to the admittedly elegant medallions and, as a fan of comfort food, was pleased to see macaroni and cheese on the plate.
I thought it was delicious, he said.
There was room for debate among a trio of Cooks from Washington D.C. who are touring Vermont during spring break.
Brent Cook, his wife, Adrienne, and their 15-year-old daughter, Alice, flew into Boston at noon on Saturday, hopped in a car and got off the Montpelier exit to check out Morse Farm and were poking around town when they spotted a steady stream of folks entering the NECI-run restaurant.
I said: Look what theyve got going on tonight, that looks neat, lets check it out, Brent Cook said.
Their timing couldnt have been better.
Though Saturdays dinner was a reservations-only affair, a last-minute cancellation created an opening and the Cooks promptly snapped up a table.
Were hoping to make this a fun trip and were off to a good start in Vermont, Brent Cook said while enjoying the dessert trio prepared by students.
As for the meal?
The family from Washington, D.C., all favored Gerins sea bass appetizer a fairly predictable result according to Brent Cook.
I dont that they could have done anything to duck liver that would make you like it, he told his wife.
Like the judges, Brent Cook said he gave a slight edge to St. Martins entrée, but his wife and daughter werent sure they agreed.
I liked both of them, said Adrienne Cook, who favored Gerins pork and pickled cantaloupe, bur really enjoyed St. Martins brussel sprouts and pancetta.
That was excellent, she said.
If it was a tie, Alice Cook said she couldnt break it, because, like her mom, she preferred Gerins grilled pork chop, but found St. Martins brussel sprouts and croqueta equally memorable.
They were both so good, she said.
The bustling kitchen was fun to watch on the big screens for diners like the Cooks who admired the knife skills, and cooking techniques of chefs and students alike and enjoyed watching their meals come together one course at a time.
This is great, Brent Cook said. Were hoping to make this a fun trip and were off to a good start in Vermont.
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Record Storage?
Posted 12 July 2013 - 04:12 PM
I'm thinking of getting some long-term record storage, since its pretty safe to say now that i'm in this crate-digging thing for the long haul.
so far, being 3 years in i've got around 6-7 crates' worth of vinyl, but right now my storage is atrocious. i've literally just stacked full milk crates of records on top of each other in my closet--putting a lot of weight on the crates, which were so small that i'd have to tilt the records at a 10 degree angle to fit them in...so obivously, i gotta start taking better care o' my shiyettt.
i went looking around at furniture stores today, but then i realized i'm a regular on the most knowledgeable message board on the internets when it comes to this kinda stuff, and it just clicked.
so i'm sure this topic's been done before, but what do you guys usually use for long-term storage?
i'm thinking of getting this for around $95:
i went and saw it in person today, it's definitely big enough to store vinyl. and each cube of space is reinforced by the wood, so there isn't any pressure exerted onto the records themselves.
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i can't find any place in the description that says what the dimensions of the cubby hole are though...is it >12-13 in.?
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what are your guys' thoughts on just making one of these by hand? haha, i'm willing to bet i could cobble together some storage using wood from like Home Depot or something, and save loads of $ that way. yay or nay?
I've built one myself which is fine if you are just putting it in your closet. But if this will be on display in the middle of your room then def go with the Ikea ones, they will look much nicer than some half-ass shop class project.
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Do Ikea not offer some sort of a delivery service? (They do here in the UK)
it's an additional $100 to do that, which is more than i'd be paying for the actual piece of furniture.
Posted 26 August 2013 - 02:03 AM
Good luck with it all though, post a pic when your all set up!
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You can skip to 2:40 if you're not interested by the guy's story. The girl looks pretty nice though.
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Not sure who wrote this. Obviously it wasn't me but it reflects my sentiments exactly. The truly needy, sick and injured are being harmed by the lazy sloths who could, but won't, work.
Four birth announcement in today's paper. None of the four announcements indicate the new Mother and Father have anything more than a casual relationship. Ergo, four more little babies for the Taxpayer to support.
Put me in charge of food stamps. I'd get rid of Lone Star cards; no cash for Ding Dongs or Ho Ho's, just money for 50-pound bags of rice and beans, blocks of cheese and all the powdered milk you can haul away. If you want steak and frozen pizza, then get a job.
Put me in charge of Medicaid. The first thing I'd do is to get women Norplant birth control implants or tubal legations. Then, we'll test recipients for drugs, alcohol, and nicotine and also document all tattoos and piercings. If you want to reproduce, use drugs, alcohol, smoke or get tats and piercings, then get a job.
Put me in charge of government housing. Ever live in a military barracks? You will maintain our property in a clean and good state of repair. Your "home" will be subject to inspections anytime and possessions will be inventoried. If you want a plasma TV or Xbox 360, then get a job and your own place.
In addition, you will either present a check stub from a job each week or you will report to a "government" job. It may be cleaning the roadways of trash, painting and repairing public housing, whatever we find for you. We will sell your 22 inch rims and low profile tires and your blasting stereo and speakers and put that money toward the "common good."
Before you write that I've violated someone's rights, realize that all of the above is voluntary. If you want our money, accept our rules. Before you say that this would be "demeaning" and ruin their "self esteem," consider that it wasn't that long ago that taking someone else's money for doing absolutely nothing was demeaning and lowered self esteem.
If we are expected to pay for other people's mistakes we should at least attempt to make them learn from their bad choices. The current system rewards them for continuing to make bad choices.


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Monday, May 12, 2008
All Apologies
Me busy:
- New boss is here!
- House buying stuff....
- Two weddings in 2 weekends... *phew*... (Kuching and KL)
Oh, and very "no mood".
(Horrible excuse, I know.....)
It's not that I haven't been going out to try out new restaurants with my friends... Just that when I look at the blank blog post, I don't really know what to write....
I promise I'll snap out of it soon.... but in the meantime *HUGS* I hope you are all well.
TAGS: Blog, Weblog, Malaysia, KL, Kuala Lumpur, Personal
29 comments:
- B said...
you are mean and heartless, and I cannot forgive your unbloggingness. unless .......
- 13 May, 2008 23:15
- yatisalem said...
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- 14 May, 2008 13:39
- J said...
to b:
Oh no...! I can't have you angry with me.
What do I have to do to redeem my unbloggingness??
to yatisalem:
Thanks. I will have a look at it when I can.
(No promises that I'll sign up though - I'm a strange mix of lazy/ snobby/ fussy/ suspicious)
- 14 May, 2008 23:26
- J said...
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- 14 May, 2008 23:26
- B said...
you'll have to make me happy, cuz at the moment I am not too pleased.
- 15 May, 2008 18:43
- tankiasu said...
You can't stop blogging now. Esp not after being featured several times by STAR! ;-) Kekeke...
- 15 May, 2008 18:56
- J said...
to b:
But how? Ok. I bring some nice Malaysian food for you to eat - you just send me the airticket to Canada (return ticket preferred).
to tankiasu:
Yeah lah - I can't because I am like, sooooo famous now, right?
Am so far from being one of the "famous top bloggers".
(For one, I am definately not getting any money or free tickets or other blogger swag)
Oh, but this doesn't mean that I'm stopping... :) Just a short(-ish) unscheduled break.
- 16 May, 2008 23:13
- B said...
hmm, that would be NICE, but I want more.
- 19 May, 2008 05:04
- Julian Si said...
Wahh... featured in the Star eh? That I didn't know!
Hey, how could a minion member of Saturday Nite Dinner Kakis do the write-up for Pick & Brew @ One Utama before the FGC (Facebook Group Creator) does?
Thanks for organising a really fun evening out ... cheer! AND .. Have a good Wesak Day!
- 19 May, 2008 11:51
- J said...
to b:
Well then, B. State your demands and I'll see what I can do.
to julian si:
That's because the FGC is still very much heartbroken (and overworked from her day job) so she doesn't have much mood to blog, Mr Kiasu.
- 20 May, 2008 20:59
- Julian Si said...
Boo hoo ... Mr Kiasu!?
- 21 May, 2008 07:50
- J said...
to julian si:
And btw: You win.
- 21 May, 2008 22:35
- Julian Si said...
Why you so like that, in my best Singlish tone!
Heh heh :-)
- 23 May, 2008 09:49
- B said...
just got back from the rocky mountains in Alberta. so my demand is something that can ease the pain in my poor body.
- 27 May, 2008 10:54
- judithlyn said...
Hey babes...I was going to bloggers block too! Of course it takes something to jolt me back to it and it almost always isn't something good, but it gets me writing again...
ah...i need to go sing my heart out!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- 27 May, 2008 16:32
- J said...
to b:
Come over to Malaysia then - I have a bottle of whiskey with your name on it....
to judithlyn:
Sing away! I hope it's a happy song though...
- 28 May, 2008 20:39
- Son Of A Cow said...
So how's the house buying coming along?
- 04 June, 2008 16:38
- Son Of A Cow said...
So how is the house hunting?
- 04 June, 2008 16:41
- B said...
gimmie gimmie gimmie
- 05 June, 2008 18:56
- J said...
to son of a cow:
House hunting went well. Am committed to a new condo in the Hartamas/ Segambut area already.
Now I'm just a little worried on how much I'm gonna need to cut back on for everything else considering the bloody petrol price increase...
to b:
Get on that plane then. :P
- 07 June, 2008 10:44
- B said...
haha, there's always a catch. nothing is free right? now I just need to find 2k dollars for a plane ticket, and I'll be in heaven. you'll booze me up so I'll forget about you not blogging.
- 09 June, 2008 13:53
- J said...
to b:
Don't you think it's a good deal? You, me and Pat can share my 15 year old bottle of Whiskey.
(Erm... I may have accidentally drank a few glasses of it already though....)
- 10 June, 2008 21:30
- B said...
gasp.. you already drank from it..... 15 year old, hey, thats the good stuff. that must be pretty smooth whiskey.
so I see the night going like this. asuming you drink at night and are not a raging alky.
you get me drunk, and pat takes advantage of me in my drunken state. I wake up, and wonder what really happend that night.
you are a trickey girl
- 11 June, 2008 21:17
- J said...
to b:
Yup, 15 years is lovely and smoooooth...
Well, to help you from having to just wonder - I could take photos! Would that help?
- 14 June, 2008 00:53
- B said...
I forgot that you are a master photographer... ok... more photos the better.. but you have to really get the really dirty close up pictures.
you really are taking a blog break. eh??!??!??!?!?!??!
- 26 June, 2008 11:36
- soojc said...
oi a bit long right the break
- 02 July, 2008 00:43
- howshouse said...
how long is the scheduled blog break?
need more input for new gastronomical experiences
- 02 July, 2008 11:18
- Julian Si said...
Wah its been 1 and a Half months, still blog-less!!? :-)
Hope ya well!
- 02 July, 2008 16:17
- J said...
to b:
Dirty close up photos? Erm. Those are not exactly my area of expertise but I'll see what I can do.
(Yes, it seems to be a very long break - sorry)
to sooj:
Much longer than I planned.
But.... I am still very emo lah - so how?
to howshouse:
Sorry to disappoint you but there is no schedule. I've been hoping to snap out of my emo-ness but I am still very much heartbroken.
(Food just doesn't taste the same and I don't want to put up an unfair review)
to julian si:
Still blogless? Erm. Yes lor.
(I'm surviving - thanks)
- 09 July, 2008 00:14


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