text:
Pretty Little Liars Recap: Crazy.
Detective Wilden demands Hanna to give a blood sample, Spencer covers up a hit and run, and Hanna and Aria sneak into an asylum.
At Hanna's, she assures her mom over the phone that she is fine at home alone. When she hangs up, Detective Wilden arrives and needs a sample of her blood to confirm if it's a match to the blood found on Alison's bracelet. Later, Aria arrives and is filled in. She tries to convince Hanna that there is nothing to worry about if her blood is tested. Hanna wonders,' what if it is her blood'?
Later, inside the café, the girls see a woman standing at the counter and immediately assume that the blond woman is Alison. She turns around and tells the girls that she knew Alison. She's CeCe Drake, an old friend. She refers to Alison as a broken doll. She invites them to come to the boutique across the street. Aria, Emily and Spencer agree that the woman is freakishly like Alison.
At school, Aria is happy that her mother has a date with someone that she met online. Outside, Spencer is online checking CeCe out when Toby approaches her from behind and startles her. She tells him that the Detective Wilden found blood on the anklet and she is worried.
Later, outside the café, Nate hands Emily a candle that he said he got from Jenna. He informs her that he has a date with Jenna and asks her to help him find a gift for her since the candle is lame. Emily seems upset that he has a date and asks why should she help him He says, "She's your friend."
Hanna and Aria find a ouji board at the house. When Hanna picks up the dial, it pricks her and falls over revealing a note from 'A' saying, "See how easy it is for me to get your blood?" Aria demands to know why the ouiji board is on Hanna's kitchen counter. Hanna flashes to when she and Mona were playing with the board. They asked the board if it knew what happened to Alison. Hanna tosses the board in the trash. The girls discuss the possibility the Mona is in cahoots with 'A'. When a potted plant crashes onto the patio, a startled Hanna tells Aria she is staying at her place for the night.
Spencer meets up with Jason and tells him that she met CeCe Drake and didn't know that she knew Alison.
At the boutique, Emily reluctantly helps Nate shop for a gift for Jenna. CeCe Drake asks why she doesn't like Jenna. She denies caring that Nate is going on a date with Jenna. CeCe says Emily must have a serious crush on Jenna. Nate talks about spending cash on the hottest girl in town who is not interested in guys.
Ella arrives at the café and orders a decaf. She discusses not wanting to have her first date with Aria around. Ted, her online date, arrives – the pastor that Ashley dated!
At the sanitarium, Aria, arrives at the front desk and asks to see Mona. The attending nurse says that the visit has to be monitored. Mona picks up a deck of cards and asks Aria if she wants to play a game.
Hanna is still talking to Spencer on her cell phone as she approaches her sitting in front of the café. Hanna turns up and notices that Mr. De Laurentis returned to town.
Emily attempts to warn Nate about Jenna dating Garrett but he brushes it off, thanking her.
Outside, Ella and Pastor Ted enjoy ice cream and subtle conversation about his work as a pastor. She notices the way he eats his ice cream and seems distant.
Hanna approaches Alison's father and apologizes for what she did to his family in the past year, but she swears that she did not desecrate Alison's grave. He degrades her for her actions. He says, "A friend would never do what you did." He thinks she has grown crueler with age.
Back at the sanitarium, Mona has constructed an elaborate house of cards. When the nurse leaves to get her meds, Mona tells her that she has 25 seconds to tell her why she's there. Aria tells her that the ouiji board they buried with Ali showed up on Hanna's kitchen today. She begs Mona to remember her once friendship with Hanna and wants her to reveal who is trying to hurt her. The nurse returns and Mona says, "Tell Hanna I'm sorry." Outside, Hanna meets Aria who fills her in. She says, "Mona isn't involved in any of this." Hanna says either way, Mona knows who is. Hanna insists on going inside the asylum by sneaking in when the nurses change shifts. Aria refuses to let her go alone. Aria says, "Friends don't let friends sneak into insane asylums alone."
Leaving the café, Emily runs into to CeeCee who asks if she has she talked to Nate. She asks Emily if she sees Alison's big brother around much. Emily hands over her cell so she can copy Jason's number but instead, CeCe finds Jenna's number. CeCe calls Jenna and blasts her for dating her boyfriend Nate, then hangs up. Emily gasps. CeCe says that she is simply trying to help out her friend. Meanwhile, Ella returns to the café after her date ends with Ted. Zach offers her pastry and introduces himself as the owner as he flirts with her.
Inside the asylum, Hanna sneaks into Mona's room who asks why Hanna is there. She says, "I'm being set up for killing a friend." Aria arrives and announces that the nurse is returning. Mona is perturbed that Aria has returned and smugly asks Hanna if Aria really knows about 'that day'. She teases that she won't say anything if Hanna doesn't want her too. Aria is confused and wants to know what is going on. Hanna flashes to Mona telling her about her secret code she uses when she wants to gossip about someone. Hanna recalls being accosted by Mr. De Laurentis who screams that she stay away from his family. Hanna is hurt that he still hates her. They look around and realize that Mona is no longer in the room.
In the car, Spencer sees a speeding car driving out of control and realizes it is Jason. When he crashes, Spencer rushes to to his car and he rails about Garrett being let go. Spencer pushes him into the passenger side and drives away leaving her car behind.
At the asylum, Aria and Hanna search for Mona in the darkened room of the building. They notice a broken lock that has been picked with a tweezers that Mona stole from Hanna.
Spencer arrives home and tells him that she had to drive Jason home. Detective Wilden arrives and asks Spencer about her abandoned car that she never reported stolen. Toby lies that Spencer has been with him all evening. They didn't know it was stolen. When the police leave, he demands to know why he is lying for her. She explains that she is trying to save Jason from losing everything and asks to Toby to not say anything.
Inside the unlocked room at the asylum, Hanna and Aria follow the sounds of Mona's humming. They find her sitting on the bed brushing a doll's hair as she sings, "Miss Aria you are a killer not Ezra's wife." Mona says, "Maya away sleeping sweet while Garrett's all rosy and count on me. No one can save Ali from evil."
Still at the café, Ella calls Aria to update her on her evening. She's on a second date, much to Aria's surprise. They hang up and Aria jokes that her mom's a slut. They go to sleep but Hanna eyes the doll next to the bed.
Emily passes the café and notices Nate sitting alone. She walks away.
Hanna struggles to fall asleep and seems haunted by the doll. Hanna tells Emily and Spencer the next morning that Mona freaked because Aria was there. She recites all of Mona's ramblings and realizes that she has given them a website and a password – in code. She took the first letter of each word Mona was chanting and came up with a site with a picture of Maya that appears on the screen. They wonder if this means Maya or Mona is not safe.
At the asylum, 'A' arrives and picks up the doll and removes a hidden cell phone from the doll and listens to Mona's recorded ramblings to Aria and Hanna. "No one can save Ally from evil. No one can save Ally from evil."
Teasers for the next "PLL" episode called 'Stolen Kisses':
Emily looks for answers regarding the night she was drugged.
Emily tries reconciling with Paige.
Aria meets Ezra's mother and learns a little about his past.
Hanna tries helping Mona.
Spencer asks Caleb to help her hack into a website.
Read our previous Pretty Little Liars Recap: That Girl Is Poison. Stay tuned – we'll be back next Tuesday with the next recap 'Stolen Kisses'.
Follow us on Twitter @soapoperafan, "like" Soaps.com on Facebook.
Photo Credit: Soaps.com
- Ophelia Thomas, Christine Fix
Fun fact! Ophelia Thomas wrote this story just for you on July 24th, 2012 |


text:
Fantasy Football Advice!
View Single Post
Playmakers Dad
Local High School Star
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: San Francisco
Posts: 1,100
Re: Fantasy Football Advice!
Originally Posted by
How is Roddy White projected to do the rest of the season? I think its pretty clear that Julio is going to be the go-to receiver, but Roddy still only had 1 less target. Think he'll be able to put up WR1 numbers? Looking back at the draft results of my money league I'm feeling pretty dumb for taking him ahead of Brandon Marshall, Andre Johnson, Nicks, etc.
Roddy White was/is definitely overrated coming into the past 2 fantasy seasons. I've outlined this in other threads but one important metric you want to look at is yards per target. The last two years he has been ranked outside of the top 30. What that tells us that a lot of his production stems from a high volume of targets. With the emergence of Julio and the offense being catered to him he will take a backseat in targets. He'll mostly operate in the middle of the field and run lots of intermediate routes. He's still something of a safety blanket for Ryan and one excellent possession receiver but is not the dynamic player he once was considered. He'll see a decrease in targets therefore his numbers will drop but should still place him as a high end WR2 or low end WR1 but I don't see him as a top 12 option, especially in standard leagues. He is far more valuable in the PPR format.
As for Andre and B-Marsh both guys are a near lock to finish top 6 barring health.
Edit: In fairness to Roddy he's extremely durable and much safer than a Nicks/Andre. He's always good for 5 for 60 and rarely ever throws up duds.
Last edited by Playmakers Dad : 09-10-2012 at
Playmakers Dad
View Public Profile
Find More Posts by Playmakers Dad

subset: commoncrawl


text:
AnnouncementGeneral Meeting December 13, 2016 Holiday Party
Allen Hall UB SIGS and General Meeting Rm 100
General Meeting Update
Next General Meeting: Sept 27, 2016
Recent News Headlines
ComSoc Communicator(the club's monthly newsletter)
Registered members of our site may view all but the most current edition of the Communicator Newsletter.
The current edition is only viewable for ComSoc members.
Become a member of ComSoc today! Use our Online Membership Application.
Recent Topics
Users Online4 Guests, 0 Users
[Site Statistics]
The WNY Computer Society


text:
CPSC publishes notice of proposed rulemaking for gel fuels, firepots
December 21, 2011-- Home Accents Today,
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission voted (4-0) Friday to publish an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) aimed at improving the safety of gel fuels and firepots.
CPSC is aware of 65 incidents involving gel fuels and firepots between April 2010 and September 2011, which have resulted in two deaths and at least 34 victims who were hospitalized with second and third degree burns of the face, chest, hands, arms or legs.
The Commission invites written comments from the public regarding the risks of injury associated with gel fuels and firepots and ways to address these risks. Following publication of the ANPR in the Federal Register, the public will have 60 days to provide comments to the Commission. Comments can be submitted at regulations.gov.
The ANPR also alerts the industry to the possibility of federal standards being introduced for the labeling or performance of a product, or a ban if no adequate standard can be found. The process gives manufacturers a chance to present evidence to show they have set up their own effective industry standards.
Related Content By Author
Sponsored Content
Sponsored Links
Featured Video
Experience the Jaunty difference at the High Point Fall Market


text:
Originally Posted by GingerbreadGirl
I feel the same way as you do, olga. I love shopping when the streets and stores are decorated. I can spend hours just walking around town, looking for the perfect gifts for my loved ones
Where did you get the house pic GingerbreadGirl? I love it!
Forum Rules


text:
Tactical Pants - Galls
A popular choice for public safety professionals, the Galls Tactical Pants are...
Taurus has introduced its Carbine CT G2, a pistol-caliber long gun developed with input from miltary and law enforcement personnel, according to the company.
The Carbine CT G2 is constructed with a hybrid aluminum-polymer steel frame, black anodized finish and polymer lower receiver. A flat-top aluminum upper receiver with Picatinny rail enables the mounting of a variety of optics. Additional features include a two-position safety/fire selector, adjustable rear sight, fixed front sight and ambidextrous slide catch.
The Carbine CT G2 is available in four different models: CT9G2L (9mm, 10+1, long handguard), CT40G2L (.40 S&W, 10+1, long handguard), CT40G2M (.40 S&W, 10+1, medium handguard) or CT45G2M (.45 ACP, 10+1, medium handguard).
All models have a 16-inch barrel, overall length of 31.5 inches and weight from 134 to 148 ounces. The Carbine CT G2 also arrives with Taurus' key lock. Suggested retail is $820.
Request more info about this product / service / company
Fill out the form below to request more info regarding the company/product/service featured in the story.
Enter the verification code as it is shown below without spaces. (Not case-sensitive)
Enter Code:
Automated programs can't "read" the code you see in the box: only humans can.
When you enter this code, it ensures that your order is going to a real person.
If you don't see an image, make sure your browser is set to display images and try again.
If you're not sure what the code is, make your best guess.
If you're incorrect, you'll get another chance to enter a different code on the next screen.


text:
Charlie Sheen and adult film star Georgia Jones were photographed kissing in Mexico earlier this week, prompting rumors the two are a couple.
The "Anger Management" star celebrated the New Year in Cabo San Lucas where he was joined on vacation by his rumored lover Jones.
Images posted by UsMagazine.com show the actor smooching the denim romper-clad XXX star, who was holding a cigarette in one hand and a beer bottle in the other. Sheen, 47, held a cigar.
The twosome partied into the early hours together on New Year's Eve with the actor's rocker pals Slash and Rob Patterson at local bar El Ganzo.
Sheen has a history of hooking up with porn stars. In 2011 he dated "Goddess" Bree Olson following his contentious exit from "Two And A Half Men."
You may like
Show Comments ()


text:
About the Author: Rick Snelsire serves as Spokesperson at U.S. Embassy Islamabad.
On June 16, 2010, National Security Staff Senior Director for International Economics David Lipton met with a delegation of senior officials led by Finance Minister Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh to discuss the state of Pakistan's economy and the future of the stabilization program.
The discussions focused on how the two sides could best work together to stabilize Pakistan's economy and create expanded employment opportunities. Federal Minister for Finance Dr. Hafeez Shaikh updated the U.S. side on Pakistan's 2010-11 budget and its ongoing economic reforms. The United States committed itself to continue to support Pakistan in its economic reform. Finance Minister Shaikh agreed to maintain the momentum of Pakistan's stabilization program.
Both sides also agreed on the importance of making sure that U.S. assistance supports mutually-agreed priorities in the areas of energy security, food security, and human development. They agreed to continue working together in the future. The two sides discussed options to reach sustainable fiscal deficit targets as well as means to increase government revenues. The group took note of the need to bring structural changes to improve the performance of public sector enterprises, and reduce inefficient subsidies, while effectively targeting government resources to benefit Pakistan's people most in need.
This productive exchange builds on earlier visits to Islamabad by David Lipton, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Neal Wolin, and Deputy Secretary of State Jacob Lew, and to Washington by the Federal Minister for Finance. This series of meetings follows the joint commitment of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi for continued high-level engagement on economics and finance in the bilateral Strategic Dialogue.


text:
Just prior to 3 pm, twenty-three bodies filtered into the mini tour bus outside of the Gardner Integrated Athletic Center in order to make our 9:20 pm flight (That's right, we had a window of just over six hours. Coach Mucci takes no chances).
Our close quarters and traffic-laden ride to the airport ignited the usual discussions and arguments amongst the team: the most deserving NBA MVP candidate from last season (clearly should have been Kevin Garnett) and Brent Anderson's disgust with what he sees as a trivial conservative presence on campus.
Game 2 of the National League Championship Series helped to fill our abundance of free time. The Philly faithful of Dave Nowacki, Matt Stitt, Ben McDowell and Joel Michel made sure to continually harass the lone West Coast representative and Dodger fan, Alex Schwada.
Admittedly, 9:20pm arrived quicker than expected and without any major hiccups, we boarded Continental Airlines transatlantic flight #94 twenty-three deep. So far so good!
After six hours of real time and 12 hours off our clock, we finally stepped foot onto the Emerald Isle. Much of our party is considerably jetlagged (As I write, my roommate Joel is fully clothed in bed and snoring without regard to my future hearing capabilities). I, however, have escaped the bug thanks to midterm week's ability to virtually erase sleep from my schedule and a terribly boring choice on my part for an in-flight movie, "Swing Vote". (Do yourself a favor and skip out on that one.) The combination of the two produced a solid six-hour plane-nap for me. But I digress.
Situated some 20 kilometers outside the city limits, the Belfast airport sits among some of the greenest countryside the earth has to offer. The slow and steady yearlong rainfall that the island receives produces an incredibly lush landscape.
Our ride is accompanied by the newest member of our party, Paul, who will serve as our driver and tour guide for the duration of our stay in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Paul, however, is not the only expert on the trip. Tom Foley and his son Andrew have also accompanied us for the experience. Tom is the CEO of the Red Cross in Philadelphia and a former professional basketball player in Northern Ireland. Between Tom and Paul, there isn't much that cannot be explained in regards to "The Troubles", the name given to the conflict that has plagued the island for much of the past half-century.
Before we had the opportunity to check in to our hotel, Paul and Tom bombarded the team with an anecdotal history of Belfast. As the tour bus meandered through the city, the dynamic tour duo of Paul and Tom (the team is currently thinking of a catchy name for this pair) pointed out historically significant sites. While my recounting of their stories will surely do them no justice, here are some highlights of our preliminary tour of Belfast:
Our first stop was City Hall, built in 1902. Composed of a weathered stone and including incredibly detailed stone sculptures, the building was situated in the busier section of the city, as a few tourists joined the team in stopping for a few snapshots. "The Belfast Wheel" (basically a well-kept Ferris wheel) hugged the left wing of City Hall, giving tourists a view of the entire city. The team is planning a late-night visit to the wheel.
Another spot that produced some incredible photos was the Stormont Estate, the current seat of the Northern Island government. Virtually empty thanks to renovations and weekend restrictions, the team had the grounds almost to itself. A long, arrow-straight avenue leads to the majestic building, which sits atop a steady incline. The avenue starts at the bottom of the hill and makes it way up to the front steps of the Stormont, creating an incredible view from the building's entrance.
In addition to these two picturesque stops, the city tour mainly involved driving around to get a feel for the incredibly unsettling history of "The Troubles". As previously mentioned, "The Troubles" refers to the time period when Northern Ireland had been a battleground between the Nationalists, who desired a unified Irish island (usually Catholic), and the Unionists, who wished to express their loyalty to the British (usually Protestant). For some time now, there has been peace in Northern Ireland. The past, however, is still very much alive in the city of Belfast. For example:
-Some buildings still lay in ruins within low-income districts of the city.
-The Europa Hotel, famous for holding the world record as the most bombed hotel in the history of the world (34 times), remains in service to this day.
-A gate separating the Catholic (Nationalists) and Protestant (Unionists) sections of the city known as the "Peace Gate" remains intact. The gate was closed to separate the two sections during times of uprising.
-And most poignant of all, murals infest the city's residential and commercial buildings. On virtually every street corner, a mural remains from "The Troubles". The incredibly detailed murals convey chilling messages to its audience. Some display rallying cries by the paramilitary groups that had been responsible for a majority of the violence while others honor the fallen victims of the turbulent times. (Some 3,000 have died in the past 30 years. Compared to the population of the island, this is a staggering figure. If the United States were to experience a proportionally similar murder rate, it would cost the lives of over 300,000 victims.)
Tonight will end with a team dinner and a night out on the town. With our first game tomorrow night, we are going to try and experience Northern Ireland's nightlife without hindering our play. We will see how that goes!


text:
Update end of day 3/29/09: Last spring, Ted Nordhaus wrote the definitive piece on Joe Romm and like-minded environmentalists. It is headlined, "The Green Politics of Personal Destruction: Deconstructing Joe Romm." It is a must read for anyone who is concerned about the damage this particular brand of environmental activism — characterized by demonization, conspiracy theories, and invective — is doing to efforts aimed at protecting the planet.
Update 3/29/09: Joe Romm has now decided to censor my comments at his blog: "I am putting you on permanent moderation for repeatedly engaging in such ad hominem attacks," he wrote, and he excised much of what I said at his blog in response to his Freeman Dyson blog posting. Yes, I have said Joe Romm uses "hyperbole" and "sensationalism," as well as "invective" and epithets."I believe these words are accurate descriptions, not ad hominem attacks, of the language Romm routinely employs to lambast anyone who disagrees with him — language like "crackpot," "loopy," "slander" and "rant and rave," which he used liberally in reference to Dyson.
Evidently, when Romm can't win an argument using reason, logic and evidence, he resorts to censorship.
Since I'm not sure whether he'll run it, here is the response I just tried to leave on Romm's blog (we'll see whether he prints it):
Yes, I have written that you use "hyperbole" and "sensationalism." To that you might also add "invective" and "epithets." These are not ad hominem attacks Joe. They are accurate descriptions of your own language. You did in fact lambast Freeman Dyson as being a "crackpot" and "loopy," and you actually did accuse him of "slander" for daring to say that Hansen exaggerates, isn't that right? If these are not good examples of hyperbole, sensationalism, invective, and epithets, I don't know what are.
For the record: I am not commenting here on whether Hansen does or does not exaggerate. I am responding to the outrageous charge that Dyson "slandered" Hansen simply for disagreeing with him. [I might add here that Hansen doesn't view it as slander either — see the update immediately below.] But Joe, that is what you really think, isn't it? Any one who dares to disagree with you is automatically "loopy" or "slandering" or a "crackpot."
And now your readers can see just how you respond to criticism like this: Rather than engage in honest debate, you shut down free expression of ideas. If that's not what you really mean to do, then run this comment in its entirety and respond to it. Tell us why you need to rely on epithets and invective to get your points across. While you're at it, you should also restore my complete comment above rather than censor it. What are you afraid of Joe? That your readers may get a different point of view?
Update 3/28/09: Go here to see why James Hansen is a class act compared with Joe Romm. He evidently has a lot more respect for Freeman Dyson than Romm does. And when he takes Dyson to task, he does it with appropriate deference and civility.
Follow the bolded words below to see what passes for intelligent discourse on Climate Progress, Joe Romm's allegedly "indispensable blog" (as Tom Friedman inexplicably put it several weeks back):
"Shame on the New York Times Magazine for publishing an extended, largely favorable profile of Freeman Dyson, a true climate crackpot …"
"Shame on them for printing his scientifically unjustifiable slanders of the country's leading climate scientist, James Hansen …"
"And shame on the NYT's top climate science reporter, Andy Revkin for promoting this piece on his blog with not a single criticism of Dyson's numerous anti-scientific statements and smears . . . I call on Revkin to retract his absurdly indefensible assertion that, 'On climate, Mr. Dyson may be right . . . (see full quote at end)'"
Romm betrays himself with the editing of Revkin's sentence; more about that in a minute. But first… Romm aims his wrath at the New York Times for publishing a profile of Freeman Dyson in this coming Sunday's New York Times Magazine, and, of course, at one of his favorite whipping boys, Andy Revkin, for writing about the profile dispassionately in his DotEarth blog.
In Joe Romm's logic, anyone who disagrees with him is guilty of "smears" and "slander," as opposed to simply offering an opinion, which, well, may be right or wrong. It's not good enough for Romm to argue passionately against a point of view. For anyone with the chutzpah to advance an argument he disagrees with, Romm seems compelled to use taunts and epithets. He also frequently ties this tactic with the demand that a writer or publication "retract" what they've published. One gets the sense that honest debate is not Romm's goal, but quite the opposite: the shutting down of free expression. And in my opinion, this makes him the entirely dispensable censor.
Romm reveals just how dispensable his blog really is with his editing of Revkin's sentence — editing that was clearly intended to twist Andy's original meaning to leave his readers with a false impression. Here is the full sentence, minus Romm's excisions: "On climate, Mr. Dyson may be right or wrong, and pretty much admits that."
Yes, Romm did direct his readers to Revkin's blog to see the "full quote at end." But how many will actually take the extra steps to do that? Not many. If Romm really was interested in truth he would have have included the six extra words in that sentence.
I suspect that something other than a pursuit of the truth and healthy debate is at work here. What might that be? Let's string together the strong words from his post, one after the other: shame; slanders; shame; shame; smears; absurdly indefensible; loopy; famous crackpot camp; outlandish; crackpot; rant and rave; loopiness; slander-fest; uncivil, unjustified ravings; crackpots. (Did I catch them all?)
And then this:
"Shame on the NYT, shame on the reporter, Nicholas Dawidoff, for publishing this crackpot's crap for millions to read and possibly think is credible"
I believe psychologists have a word for Romm's unseemly behavior: "projection." (Or possibly "transference"?)
This thing has 26 Comments
This is from the "about" part of Romm's blog, Climate Progress:
"Climate Progress is dedicated to providing the progressive perspective on climate science, climate solutions, and climate politics. It is a project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization."
If his blog posts are representative of "progressive" thinking, then I'll gladly stop calling myself a progressive. He's an embarrassment. Shouting into an echo chamber accomplishes exactly nothing. Progress? Solutions? More like "regress" and self-congratulatory back-patting.
The planet is in peril. Joe Romm isn't doing a darned thing to help. He's the liberal equivalent of Jim Inhofe: full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
I realize that Joe Romm gets on your nerves, but how about saying something about the larger picture here, which would appear to be the growing collapse of science reporting in the media. Nicholas Dawidoff, who wrote the NYT Magazine article on Dyson (beautifully written from a literary perspective, by the way) is a gifted writer who prefers to write about baseball and has no discernible scientific background, and particularly no background regarding climate science. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Dawidoff Accordingly, the casual reader is given very little information against which to weight what appear to be poorly informed ramblings on the part of Mr. Dyson.
Wonk Room noted a recent spate of "science" articles for major papers being written by reporters and writers with no science background. "Top Papers Assign Golf, Baseball, And Culture Writers To The Climate Policy Beat" http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/03/26/clueless-culture-media/
As Brad Johnson notes:
"— The New York Times Magazine is publishing an 8,000-word cover article on climate denier Freeman Dyson written by Nicholas Dawidoff, a baseball writer.
"– The New Yorker's lead 'Talk of the Town' piece on the economy and global warming is written by David Owen, a golf journalist.
"– The Wall Street Journal's "deputy Taste editor," Naomi Schaeffer Riley, criticizes a groundbreaking Redefining Progress report on the demographics of environmental and economic inequality as "oddly conspiratorial" and "condescension.""
Regarding the Dot Earth coverage of the Dyson piece, as I noted in a comment on Dot Earth, it did not appear that Dyson's confident assertions regarding a field far outside his own field of expertise merited an extended airing in the NYT Magazine, especially one that did not do a good job of conveying just how far outside the mainstream science Dyson is on this matter. And Joe Romm was not alone in feeing frustrated by Andy Revkin's apparent fascination with extending a significant amount of coverage to "scientists" who have nothing to offer in the way of a scientific contribution to the discussion – as the most recommended comment on Revkin's piece noted "Cato, Heartland, and now Dyson featured in Dot Earth topics. Who's next, Lomborg or Lindzen?" So while Romm does have a tendency to hyperventilate periodically, frankly I'm more concerned about what's going on with what passes for science coverage in the "responsible" main stream media.
L. Carey:
Actually, Romm doesn't "get on my nerves." Not in the least. But I have devoted my career as a science and environmental journalist, and now a journalism educator, to improving public understanding of complex issues such as climate change. My hope is that in some small way this may help lead to better policy. Call me naive, but I still have some faith in that proposition. And that's why I take Romm to task from time to time — because in my opinion, his use of invective, epithets and taunting does great harm to the cause I believe in.
I don't care whether his blogging is spot on some or even most of the time. His childish behavior undermines those of us who want to have a serious public discussion of the issues — a discussion that avoids language like "smear," "slander," crackpot's crap," "shame," "loopy," "slander-fest," etc.
As for the state of science and environmental journalism, yes, we are in trouble — all of traditional newspaper journalism is. And in different ways, I have commented on journalistic coverage of climate science and related issues many times before. A sampling:
* Open Notebook Project: Tips for Reporters on the Coming Climate Wars
* Open Notebook Project: Interview With Peter Dykstra, formerly of CNN
* Open Notebook Project: My interview with Andrew Revkin
* Who will cover the environment if Denver papers fail?
* Bill Broad to Al Gore: 'Cool the hype' (Uh oh. Do I sound like Romm in this one?
Regarding the "right or wrong" business, the point is that Andy knows full well that Dyson is wrong but declined to make that clear. That was irresponsible.
On the central question of what makes the non-expert pronouncements of someone like Dyson a suitable subject for science journalism (other than in a debunkimg-type story), note that Andy retracted his premise (that Dyson can be categorized in some special class of scientist) after I called him on it.
There is clearly a remaining "human interest" angle since, as was the case with William Shockley's non-expert views on human genetics as applied to race, there is a kind of special class of "old, eccentric and speaking out of turn," but covering such things has to be done with much greater care than we saw in the present case.
Ah, to be in England in the spring.
FYI, L. Carey, Andy has "done" Lomborg on Dot Earth, albeit indirectly by defending a Tierney puff-piece.
Andy knows full well that Dyson is wrong…
Steve, would care to elaborate on what Andrew knows? I realize that swerves into tarot card reading territory. Never mind.
How about something more concrete? Like what Steve Bloom thinks Freeman Dyson gets wrong.
You see, when you stick to the issues, instead of hurling scurrilous attacks at emminent physicists – rude behavior which Dyson was prescient enough to forecast – you don't have to tread through the quicksand of imagining what third parties are thinking in their private unspoken mindspace.
Over to you John Edwards.
PS do you do palms? Can I get a "reading" for less then twenty bucks?
The article states "For anyone with the chutzpah to advance an argument he disagrees with, Romm seems compelled to use taunts and epithets. He also frequently ties this tactic with the demand that a writer or publication "retract" what they've published."
Why call for only a retraction? In true 1984 fashion, have Winston rewrite the article and put the old verion down the Memory Hole to be burned. That is the double-plus good progressive way these days.
Skeptics need to stop complaining about the likes of Joe Romm and other pro AGW blogs. Their hysterics do more to push open minded people to the skeptic camp than a hundred articles in the NY Times on Freeman Dyson might ever do. (I've often wondered if they are really double agents secretly working for the oil companies.)
Dyson's area of scientific expertise does include climate science. If you read the Times magazine piece and not just Romm's or Revkin's derivatives you would know the he delved into that field at one time in his career.
Dyson also knows what constitutes science and has learned in is long and illustrious career as one of the greatest scientists of our age to differentiate science from politics.
So, Freeman Dyson might be a world renown scientist, but because he isnt specifically a "Climatologist" is opinion isnt good enough?
I dont recall Al Gore having a background in scientific education, yet this guy gets a Nobel prize anyway.
And for the commenter comparing Joe Romm's invective to Jim Inhofe, you are committing the same type of slander Romm engages in. James Inhofe isnt some villian merely because you disagree with him, and Inhofe certainly isnt as unhinged as your guy Romm is.
On a whole, I find the discourse from your side far more in keeping with Romm's flavor than you do on the "realist" side of the house.
Re your update, Tom, Hansen was being polite rather than deferential. There's a difference. I think he considers the bare description of what Dyson did (attack an entire branch of science without having done the most elementary homework) to be sufficiently damning without further embellishment.
The funny thing about this is that Andy is very much aware of the lack of primacy of models in climate science, but chose not to mention it. There's nothing obscure about the mantra of paleo first, obs second, models third.
And just now I see we have yet another similarly controversial effort from Andy, this one on tipping points. I suppose we're seeing the prediction he made in the interview you did with him come to pass. The controversy, it draws the eyeballs, and Punch does have that loan shark to pay off. (This new story also went a bit off the rails, so I expect we'll be hearing from Joe on it too.)
Finally, did you notice that Jim made a point of saying he had been trying to avoid Andy? This whole situation is becoming quite an interesting journalistic case study. IMHO some j-school prof should look into it.
In reading the profile and Hansen's mailing, it doesn't look like Dr. Hansen was trying to dodge Andy, but Nicholas Dawdoff, who wrote the piece. Hansen is apologizing for the quote in the NYT magazine profile. I could be wrong…
I think you're right about who was being dodged, Pete. I was thrown off by the timing (Andy's post appearing four days prior to the print date of the magazine piece, and then Hansen waiting until yesterday to send out his email) and by the contemporaneous interview Andy did have with Hansen for the "tipping point" article that just appeared (also blogged on by Andy), regarding which I'm confident Hansen is quite unhappy. Now I wonder why he was avoiding Dawidoff, but that's not terribly important.
I don't see what the problem is. The New York Times is just looking for balance, right? That's why we can expect profiles of scientists with views that also run counter to the consensus on things like gravity, the Earth not being the center of the Universe, trans fats being bad for you, etc….
It's all about trying to have a meaningful discussion, right Yulsman? Not as some suspect, which is the New York Times running another man bites dog story.
I say, "Good on the New York Times for digging hard and deep and finding a guy who is not a climate scientist and does not follow the consensus view on climate science." We need more brave journalism like this.
Wonderful updated link to the Ted Nordhaus essay on conventional wisdom. I can see we are getting some cutting edge thinking here.
Two words come to mind when I think of Joe Romm. Vitriolic and vituperative.
Regardless of Joe's choice of language, he did what I think others such as Revkin should have done. Call out the NYT for IMO irresponsibly giving weight to an opinion on climate science which did a poor job to show the reader how false these statements were based on actual science.
Thom, I have a hard time stomaching the NYT when you say they're just looking for balance. This is where I think Joe thinks science reporting is failing, and I have to agree with him. If a new Surgeon general warning came out increasing the likelihood of getting lung cancer from smoking, why would you call in some "scientist" to lend his own views to the contrary. Regardless of how in the minority of the scientific community his views are. If the NYT were truly looking for balance they'd get actual climate scientists to counter the claims of Hansen etc. But because actual climatologists with opposing views are drastically hard to come by, they bring in people similar to Dyson. Dyson who may have done great works in his life, but state things a simple scientific literature search could rectify. This is largely how this whole 'climate debate' got started. The debate is not in the scientific community, but instead int he public arena. Largely to the fault of bad journalism in my opinion.
If Freeman Dyson is not qualified to discuss climate science, then surely nobody else here is either. But somehow I doubt that will shut anybody up. So I would like to point out that climate science is not an elemental science like mathematics, but is a blend of physics, chemistry, geology, mathematics, and other disciplines. This makes someone like Freeman Dyson, one of the greatest minds of our age, uniquely qualified to comment on it. He makes Al Gore look like a moron by comparison and at his age he can still run mental circles around Jim Hansen. Feynman must be spinning in his grave to see his respected colleague treated this way.
Apparently Dyson is so very smart that Paul Penrose is unable to comprehend just how smart he really is.
Re Nordhaus, suffice to say that he's a comparatively unsuccessful competitor to the CAP and Joe. It's not clear to me that the Breakthrough Institute has much of a future given that it was basically an attempt to adapt environmentalism to the Bush regime. Also, to paraphrase Groucho Marx, I would think twice about the views of any organization that would have RP Jr. as a fellow.
Fair point, but knowledge on one or few of the subjects that make up climatology does not inherently lend you any sort of expertise. The only problem I have with Dyson and the article, is that Dyson appears to not even have read the recent literature on the subject. He offers nothing more than disproved talking points any basic search would rectify.
I also will question the integrity of any scientist with their name on the Heartland Institutions list of climate 'experts.'
Aaron, I was being sarcastic. There is no way that I am buying into the "man bites dog" journalism that the New York Times is selling on climate change. It's simply garbage and people like Romm are completely within their rights to be outraged.
At the same time, Revkin and Yulsman are completely within their rights to protect this throwback to "man bites dog" journalism. Actually, I think they should be teaching journalism courses. After all, turn of the century journalism thrived on this type of "news."
By the way, Yulsman. Care to address why, once again, another right-wing, corporate funded grouphas glommed on to Roger Pielke Jr.'s research to create more disinformation on climate change? I notice that you and Kloor conveniently forgot to mention this on your blogs.
How convenient….so very, very convenient.
You have completely twisted the point of the Realclimate Post. Here's what they said — and what you deliberately excised:
"But most amusing are the footnotes that they use to bolster their case. There are four: the brand new Swanson and Tsonis (GRL, 2009), Brohan et al (JGR, 2006) (which is there to provide a link to the HadCRU temperature data), Pielke et al (BAMS, 2005), and the oft-derided Douglass et al (IJoC, 2008).
Of these papers, not one has the evidence to support the statements attributed to them in the main text."
Yes, Pielke's paper is mentioned in the Cato advertisement. So are papers from other scientists, some of whom you presumably think are just fine. And the point is that Cato is trying to use those papers INAPPROPRIATELY, according to Realclimate, to support their point bogus argument. Realclimate isn't taking Pielke to task for the paper. It is taking Cato to task for twisting the meaning of Pielke's paper.
But instead, you take PIELKE to task for CATO'S misdeeds. Nice try.
This really is beyond the pale. It seems that you are so blinded by your ideology and self-righteousness that you have lost perspective and objectivity. So Thom, if you have a substantive issue with Roger Pielke, I would be happy to print it in the comments here. But please do not twist the facts, cherry pick the data, employ guilt by association, or raise any straw men or red herrings. And please, if you want people to take you seriously, be serious.
Sorry I didn't get the sarcasm. Sometimes its tough to tell over these posts. Thanks for clearing it up.
If it is true, as you say, that Nordhaus is "a comparatively unsuccessful competitor to the CAP and Joe," then the blogosphere must value bombast and thuggishness over reason and civility.
And Steve, if you are trying to argue that Joe's approach is correct simply because he has many more page views than Nordhaus, then by that logic the National Enquirer's approach is correct because it has more readers than, say, the New York Review of Books.
I made no argument at all re page views, Tom. My comparison had to do with influence in the real world. Note that influence needs to be measured in much more than just the blogosphere. Hopefully you noticed Nordman's admission that the BI's views are very much in the environmental minority relative to Romm's.
This is not the venue for a detailed deconstruction of the BI's errors, but I did want to highlight the following passage from Nordman's post (written a year ago):
"In the coming years, the climate debate will not be between skeptics who do not believe that global warming is occurring and environmentalists who do. Rather, it will be a multidimensional debate among a much larger variety of parties, all serious about addressing climate change, about what we will need to do in order to effectively address it."
So very wrong, so very soon.
BTW, I agree that Joe sometimes does engage in a degree of hyperbole that he could probably stand to tone down a little. We are none of us perfect, though, and the good in this case vastly outweighs the bad. As Joe observes, it's starting to seem likely that our descendants will look back at these times and wonder why there wasn't a lot more shouting.
Yulsman, I was not taking Pielke to task for anything. I was just commenting on the fact that, of all the thousands of climate scientists in the world, Cato just happens to pick Pielke's research to highlight in a disinformation flyer. Pielke, who loves to point out any minor infraction — real or unreal — and highlight it on his blog, just happens to ignore this misrepresentation. And of course, you just happen to get all overly sensitive about Pielke.
So it's really all just happenstance, without any real order, or pattern to any of it. Second law of thermodynamics and all. So I'm just interested in how all this just happens to happen.


text:
As '73 Knicks roll in, feels like old timesAs former Knick Bill Bradley said, "Once a Knicks fan, always a Knicks fan and for 40 years we've been suffering Knicks fans." The Knicks haven't won a title since and have been back to the Finals just twice. The Knicks were one of the strongest teams in … (more)Source: nydailynews.com
Knicks honor '73 champs on 40th anniversaryThe New York Knicks hope to end their 40-year title drought later this spring. On Friday, they recognized the last Big Apple team to win the crown.Source: ESPN.com
Knicks honor 1973 NBA championship teamHoping to contend for an NBA title this season, the New York Knicks are honoring their last team to win one.Source: nba.com


text:
Brookie Blasphemy
View Single Post
Jim Casada
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Rock Hill, SC
Posts: 992
duckypaddler--Looks like some fine fixin's to me. It isn't blasphemy. Park biologists will readily tell you that keeping a limit of fish doesn't affect populations at all (except possibly giving overpopulated streams a slight boost). Specks in the Smokies, where present, almost always overpopulate.
As for males vs. females, same basic situation. It won't affect things. Also, I'm not sure you can always distinguish between sexes; at any rate, I can't outside of spawning season.
When it comes to your wife's dislike of heads, I wonder if it is actually the eyes which bother her? If so, they are easily popped out when cleaning the fish by pressing with your thumb at the edge of the socket. I've always done this when cleaning trout. Also, while it is tiny on fish this size, there's an especially tasty tidbit of meat in each cheek.
At any rate, from my perspective, there's no sacrilage here, and that's why I included a chapter of cooking your catch in my book.
Jim Casada
Jim Casada
View Public Profile
Find all posts by Jim Casada


text:
Saving Faith (Mass Market Paperbound)
Not On Our Shelves—Ships in 1-5 Days
Believe the Power In a secluded house not far from Washington, D.C., the FBI is interviewing one of the most important witnesses it has ever had, a young woman named Faith Lockhart. For Faith has done too much, knows too much, and she'll tell too much. Believe the Suspense Feared by some of the most powerful men in the world, Faith has been targeted to die. But when a private investigator walks into the middle of the assassination attempt, the shooting suddenly goes wrong, and an FBI agent is killed. Believe the Astounding New Story That Only David Baldacci could Write... Now Faith Lockhart must flee for her life-with her story, with her deadly secret, and with an unknown man she's forced to trust...
About the Author
David Baldacci lives with his family in Virginia. He and his wife have founded the Wish You Well Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting literacy efforts across America. He invites you to visit him at www.davidbaldacci.com and his foundation at www.wishyouwellfoundation.org.


text:
CINCINNATI — The time to deliver is now for Andy Dalton, and the third-year Cincinnati Bengals quarterback is embracing the personal stakes of the NFL postseason's crucible.
Dalton knows his reputation will be greatly shaped by how he performs on Sunday against the San Diego Chargers when the Bengals attempt to get their first playoff win since the 1990 season.
"Everybody looks at the quarterbacks," Dalton said. "If you're winning games in the playoffs, you're doing some good things."
A postseason victory proved elusive the past two years, causing critics to question whether the productive but inconsistent Dalton is capable of leading the Bengals to the next level. He put up subpar statistics in losing to Houston both times.
"People can keep saying whatever they want because we haven't won a playoff game," Dalton said. " You've got to win. That's what it comes down to. And for us to get where we want to go, we need to win. That's the way it works.
"For me, we need to get a win in this one. There's always going to be something that's going to be wrong, but to get a win would be big."
The playoff losses are a neon asterisk to Dalton's achievements, chief among them leading the Bengals to three consecutive postseason appearances for the first time, the previous two as a wild-card team.
Cincinnati (11-5) won the AFC North this season, as Dalton set team records for touchdown passes (33) and yards (4,296). He joined Peyton Manning as the only quarterbacks to begin their NFL careers with three straight seasons of passing for more than 3,000 yards.
Dalton, 30-18 in his career in regular-season games, was the AFC offensive player of the month in October when he became the first Cincinnati quarterback to throw 11 touchdown passes over a span of three games and topped 300 yards passing in four straight.
This season alone, he posted victories over Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Ben Roethlisberger and Joe Flacco. Dalton also beat Andrew Luck and Philip Rivers, who will be seeking revenge on Sunday.
"What you've done in the regular season doesn't matter anymore. It's all about what you're doing now," said Dalton, who has produced one touchdown in 21 postseason possessions.
In the playoff losses, Dalton totaled four interceptions without a touchdown while completing only 56.9 percent of his attempts for an average of 192 yards and a 48.6 passer rating.
He was 14 of 30 for 127 yards and one interception in last year's 19-13 loss at Houston. He overthrew a potential 36-yard TD pass to receiver A.J. Green, who was open in the end zone with 2:51 remaining and the Bengals trailing by six points.
"That's a great example of us not hitting the play that could have won the game for us — a defining moment," Dalton said.
Besides the playoff losses, Dalton is 2-4 in national prime-time regular-season games, completing 60 percent of his passes for an average of 216.8 yards, with five touchdowns and five interceptions.
Inconsistency has been his undoing. This season, Dalton has had passer ratings higher than 105 in six games and lower than 63 in five. He threw four interceptions in a 34-17 victory over Baltimore last week.
"I feel great about where Andy is right now," coach Marvin Lewis said. "He just keeps playing and is really unflappable."
On Sunday, Dalton faces an opponent in Rivers who is 3-4 in the postseason and a player whom Lewis called "as good a quarterback as there is in the league." A win would earn Dalton and the Bengals a game at New England to face Brady and his three Super Bowl wins. Denver's Manning, another future Hall of Famer, looms in the other side of the AFC bracket.
"I understand what's at stake here and what we're trying to accomplish," Dalton said. "I'm going to do my part to put my team in a good position."


text:
Facebook Game Thief May Face Real Prison Time in Italy
When Paola Letizia's "Pet Society" virtual home was broken into and cleaned out (except for the cat), she called the real Italian police — and they have responded by investigating this crime of "abusive and aggravated entry" into her Facebook and email accounts.
"Pet Society" is a game by Playfish that allows players to furnish virtual homes and buy virtual gifts for their virtual pets through Facebook. Letizia had built up a seven-room palace, which included a pool table, for her online Blue Cat; the accoutrements cost her around $140, but then someone hacked her account by apparently stealing her password and took everything from the house, leaving only the cat behind.
"I don't think it matters that the flat only exists in Facebook," Letizia is quoted as saying to an Italian journalist. "It is real to me and I have suffered a real loss." Letizia noted she felt like "someone had violated my privacy and my habits."
As noted by MSNBC, Pet Society apparently does not offer virtual home alarm systems.
Although one Italian official suggested closing the case, Letizia pushed her lawyers to press on, which has resulted in an investigation searching for the hacker; the culprit could face up to five years in prison.
This may seem to be a silly case to some, but as online games with micropayments become more popular — especially with children — could this type of stealing become a real problem? What if the sum of money spent was considerably more than $140? Should there be some kind of laws protecting online game players against having their hours of playing time and financial investments in games "thrown to the wind" as one Italian article put it? Or are online users on their own to make sure their passwords are secure?
What do you think?


text:
From the vicar to the pub landlady: Ride Social group gets whole village involved
It's been a year since we last visited the Tour de Queniborough cycling group (pictured above). As one of the first groups to flourish using Ride Social, we were keen to catch up with the group's creator, Stuart Watson, to find out what they've been up to in the last 12 months...
'Things are starting to really work well now,' Stuart (pictured below) told us. 'Organising the rides on Ride Social has really helped us get more people involved. From the start it gave us a perfect place to shout about what we were doing.' Thanks to the hard work of Stuart and his friends, the group now numbers over fifty people.
'The vicar was out on his bike riding with us again last night, plus the pub landlady and the postman.'
What's more, the group is appealing to a wide range of people – and definitely not all cycling regulars. 'The whole village is getting involved,' says Stuart. 'It's great to see a real mix of people form various professions and backgrounds joining in and riding together.'
'The vicar was out on his bike riding with us again last night, plus the pub landlady and the postman. I'm still trying to get the butcher to have a spin with us, so then we'll only need a baker and a candlestick maker to complete the set!'
And because the group's rides are popular and trusted, people who might normally shy away are joining in too. 'We have two regular riders with Down's Syndrome who come along on tandems with their mums,' Stuart explains. 'They have no problem keeping up, and really enjoy chatting and riding in a group. To me it's just one example of what makes getting a group together worthwhile.'
Tour de Queniborough has been running summer bike rides every Tuesday evening with a beginner and intermediate group riding between 10 and 30 miles. 'These rides are a real leveller; everyone is doing something together for a change, with the common cause to keep fit and enjoy the local countryside.'
The group's biggest ride this year was their 'Richard III Ride' in June, organised to raise funds for the village hall. 'The route was 52 miles, the weather was very good and we had twenty riders split into two groups,' remembers Stuart. 'The village hall committee even put on tea and cakes for us on our return. It was so successful we'll definitely be making it an annual event.'
Despite the people in the group cycling more often, with some investing in new road bikes and naturally getting fitter and faster, Stuart insists that the Tour De Queniborough group remains a non-competitive social group. 'It gives everyone in the village the chance to get out on small group rides, with no joining fees or weekly ride costs. All you need is your bike.'
Tour De Queniborough rides are organised and promoted through British Cycling's Ride Social. It's totally free and easy to use – perfect whether you're planning your own group rides, or tracking your training rides.


text:
Apologies, but no results were found for the requested archive. Perhaps searching will help find a related post.
Recent Posts
TagsAkira Kobayashi, Akko, Alessio Leonardi, Arabic, Arabic Fonts, book, Book Recommendation, brand perfect, Buch, Calligraphy, Coleface, deltahints, Demos Next Condensed, Doug Wilson, Dr. Gerard Unger, Eric Gill, FontExplorer X, Font Management, font search, Gill Sans, google, Helmut Ness, Hermann Schmidt Verlag, Hermann Zapf, Joanna, Linotype, linotype.com, Linotype: The Film, Mantika Book, Mantika font family, Metro, Mr. Typo, new, Offer, Palatino, Project, Sans Serif Font, Tool, Tutorial, twitter, Univers, Victor Garcia, video, Video tip, Web Fonts


text:
As far as eating locally in Ontario goes this time of year is even more difficult than the darker days in January. Preserve stores have dwindled, hardy greens like kale and brussels sprouts that benefit from a little frost are past due, and we are left with only the best-storing apples, potatoes, beets, and squash. And the same holds true for the small farmers and other vendors who run stalls at local markets. If you believe that our relationship with these markets should be more patron than just consumer–i.e. that we should be motivated by more than just finding the best food most cheaply–this is the time of year to buy the preserves, honey, frozen meat, and baked goods that don't get nearly as much notice in August.
With this in mind I convinced a friend (it didn't take much arm-twisting) to take me on a tour of The Stop's Farmers' Market in the Artscape Green Barn on Wychwood Avenue. It's also more snappily known as just the Wychwood Market.
Even three hours in, the barn was still packed with market shoppers. The gentleman behind the empty baskets on the St. John's Bakery table looked smugly satisfied. And with good reason as I'm told they always sell out and that 8 AM is the time to be there if you want some of the City's best bread. Luckily an offshoot of this baked magic is available more regularly at Woodlot where the head baker, Jeff Connell used to work at St. John's.
Speaking of sold-out the highly recommended bacon from the friendly Mennonite vendors in the centre of the market was gone by the time I got there. I consoled myself with a package of their Berkshire Italian sausages. The difference between a grocery store and a farmer's market is made abundantly clear by the contrast between Loblaws' "Temporarily Out of Stock" signs and the gentle "oh, well, we won't have bacon until we process some more hogs."
Another obvious to-buy for this time of year is seeds for my vegetable garden from vendors like Urban Harvest. I still have a lot seeds from last year's order but appreciated the opportunity to get some friendly advise on how to fill some holes. Specifically, I'll be growing more beans this year and some Dinosaur kale. They are already sold out of some seeds (like the delicious Charentais melon, I got Crenshaw instead) so stock up soon.
On top of the wide variety of excellent vendors I was most impressed by the vibrant community that gravitates to Wychwood. I ran into friends both new and old and from the tweeting-while-eating world as well as the St. Clair West neighbourhood. The attached cafe (good sandwiches and soups) and the absolutely idyllic greenhouse are perfect sanctuaries from the hectic market.
I didn't realise it at the but Ferdzy from the excellent site Seasonal Ontario Food was also there on Saturday and has a post with more pictures and a more thorough run-down of the vendors.
As well as Wychwood the other big, central markets, St. Lawrence North, Evergreen Brick Works, and Dufferin Grove, are open during the winter. A pretty good list of Toronto's markets (including some others that have moved inside for the season) can be found here.


text:
You'll find inspiration on every turn in Alpena, whether it be on land or on water. A Norman Rockwell painting come to life, this community welcomes you to your ultimate vacation destination for relaxed outdoor recreation.
Getaway to Alpena, Michigan
Alpena embodies the haven from the stresses of everyday life: the culturally rich place to relax and a sanctuary to rejuvenate, and inspire the happy, healthy and creative you. A port in the storm. It's what sailors have always searched for when the weather took a turn for the worst. Isn't that what we're all looking for in these days of shouting headlines? Our friendly, historic city may be just what the doctor ordered. We've turned the volume down and slowed the pace a bit so you can relax, rejuvenate and discover your family all over again. So turn your back to the wind and discover a place as close as a few hour's drive, but as far away as you'll ever need to be.
Home of: 2013 Outdoor Channel's Major League Fishing 2014/2015 Outdoor Channel's Fishing University 2015 Miss Michigan, Emily Kieliszewski The nation's only roadside dinosaur park, Dinosaur Gardens The only fresh water national marine sanctuary, Thunder Bay National marine Sanctuary World headquarters for Besser Company, revolutionizing concrete block-making Seven lighthouses within an hour's travel 1990 filming location for Die Hard 2 Home of 3 official Dark Sky Preserves, Rockport State Recreation Area, Thompson's Harbor and Negwegon State Park.
Experience more than a dozen one-of-a-kind attractions that Alpena has to offer. You will discover beautiful, scenic views, and quaint towns rich in history and flavor in Northern Michigan.
Explore maritime history and culture in Alpena, a popular destination for divers, snorkelers, and kayakers. You will find seven area lighthouses, maritime trails, and events that bring the stories of ship captains, sailors, and lighthouse keepers to life.
Come and see what we do for fun, where something special is always going on. Check out our annual events.
Find adventures on Lake Huron, the Thunder Bay River or on four of Michigan's largest inland lakes with miles of uncrowded beaches to relax and play on.
No matter what kind of lodging you are looking for, Alpena has something for everyone!
Known for being a place where you can enjoy life as it unfolds, relaxed adventure can be found along miles and miles of trails in Alpena.
Conquer your holiday shopping with Pure MichiganMore
Join 500,000 other
people who receive the free Pure Michigan e-newsletter. View the Current Issue
Get the Official
© 2016 Michigan Economic Development Corporation
300 N. Washington Sq., Lansing, MI 48913


text:
Dr. A. Hoyt Taylor, Father of Naval Radar
Dr. A. Hoyt Taylor, the father of Naval radar, was in charge of the Marconi Belmar station during WWI. The Navy had taken over the station under the authority of the radio Act of 1912. In 1922, just a few years after leaving Wall Township, Dr. Taylor would began his quest for radar. When WWII ended on August 15, 1945 the Daily News would list Dr. Taylor amoung the "Scientific Pioneers" responsible for radar, in an article with a photo from Camp Evans and a photo of Dr. Taylor at the Naval Research Laboratory.
This information gives us primary source evidence that Camp Evans, the Marconi Belmar station, was a significant communications control point and research site during the United States involvement in WWI. It was part of the Belmar-New Brunswick link to Europe. A site of early electronic countermeasures and suspected enemy message collection for decoding. The site hosted significant persons during this period who contributed to the advance of radio technology. The site also dispatched some of the most important diplomatic radiograms for President Wilson during the war.
Thanks to Linda Norton of the Naval Research Laboratory Library for providing a copy of Dr. Taylor's out-of-print book.
To learn more about Dr. Taylor read the chapter on Dr. Taylor from RADIO'S 100 MEN OF SCIENCE by Orrin E. Dunlap
From: RADIO REMINISCENCES: A HALF CENTURY by A. Hoyt Taylor
Published by U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington. D.C. First Edition 1948, reprint 1960, Pages 50 - 60


text:
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- The Federal Reserve System's latest survey of business conditions released this month paints another portrait of generally robust retailing around the country. The report, know as the "beige book," because of the color of its cover, also has retailers in regions from Boston to San Francisco to Dallas reporting widespread labor shortages, but little acceleration in wages or evidence of rising inflation. Overall, the report concluded: "District reports indicate continued ...
REGISTER TO VIEW THIS ARTICLE - Register for a Free Account
WhyRegisterfor FREE?
Registering for content on Supermarket News will give youINSTANTaccess to invaluable articles and media content that industry professionals rely on. You will have access to our special reports, feature articles, and industry analysis. It'sFREE, easy and quick. What are you waiting for!In addition you will also receive complimentary access to the SN salary survey data tables.
Click here to read the FAQ page if you have any questions (opens in a new window)
Attention Paid Print Subscribers: While you have already been grantedfreeaccess to SNwe ask that youregister now.We promise it will only take a few minutes! Or visit your profile and add your print magazine account number and zip code.


text:
GoingOutGuide Theater+%26+Dance
Subscribe: Home Delivery | Digital
REVIEW: More stagecraft, less Stage Manager in 'Our Town'
By Peter Marks
Friday, February 1, 2013
The stark visual eloquence of Ford's Theatre's revival of "Our Town" informs Thornton Wilder's portrait of the ordinary joys and sorrows of fictional Grover's Corners, N.H. But the picture proves the evening's most resonant element. The urgent underpinnings of life's little victories and tragedies are never sufficiently activated in director Stephen Rayne's new production, staged in honor of the Pulitzer-winning play's 75th anniversary.
In a few sweet vignettes, the actors do create a reservoir of warm feeling: brother and sister George and Rebecca Gibbs (the excellent Nickolas Vaughan and Brynn Tucker), gazing at the moon while clinging to that iconic "Our Town" prop, a ladder; their father Doc Gibbs (a fine James Konicek), laying out for George the greater consideration he owes to his mother; the miming at the ice cream soda counter of smitten teenagers George and Emily Webb (the endearingly ardent Alyssa Gagarin).
As a counterpoint, there are satisfying notes of sourness in the tantrums of the alcoholic church organist Simon Stinson, played with a childishness bordering on outright comedy by the terrific Tom Story.
What's lacking on this evening is an effective voice to sharpen the tragic focus of "Our Town's" everyday events, one that creates a secure tonal framework for the evening. That task falls to its most visible player, the Stage Manager, a meta-theatrical presence who not only assists in keeping track of the large cast of characters, but also must help us to see that "Our Town" carries a meaning deeper than is recounted in humdrum Main Street gossip and facts about birthrates.
In practicing a sort of "Hi there, everybody!" bonhomie, the actress who goes by the single name of Portia turns the Stage Manager into a plastically ingratiating tour guide. Rather than the desired sense of stoic detachment, we get a brand of corporate pleasantness. "Now!" Portia intones gleefully again and again, as if she's meant to get us all excited.
It's the type of sugariness into which "Our Town" can unfortunately lapse. The play's wisdom sometimes sounds as if it has been stitched into a sampler: "Oh, Earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you. Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it?" Emily, who dies in childbirth, asks from beyond the grave. For us to feel our eyes are being opened to truths hiding in plain sight, we have to believe the folks of Grover's Corners don't see them, either. Otherwise, "Our Town" is no weightier than a get-well card.
Still, one of the more rewarding lessons of this production is that the day-to-day affairs in the Gibbs and Webb households can be conveyed as persuasively by a colorblind cast as one that adheres more faithfully to the demographic strictures of the town at the turn of the 20th century as spelled out by the Stage Manager. Rayne reimagines the Gibbses and Webbs as interracial families, which reminds you that "Our Town" is about humankind, and not any one kind of human.
Craig Wallace and Kimberly Schraf, as Mr. and Mrs. Webb, and Konicek and Jenn Walker, as the Gibbses, conform to the idealized canvas of family life Wilder conjures; you understand through the performances what Emily means when she tells George she always thought of her father, and his, as being perfect. They all melt into the seamless mosaic the director seeks to construct, one reinforced in Kate Turner-Walker's monochromatic costume designs: everyone wears shades of gray.
The gentle rhythms of small-town life are reflected, too, in the painstaking attention to miming everything from the milkman's deliveries on horse-drawn cart to slurping through straws the dregs of strawberry ice-cream sodas. Movement and mime director Mark Jaster schools his actors well.
The set designer, Tony Cisek, conforms to this almost compulsively meticulous aesthetic with a refinement of the classically simple "Our Town" staging: the chairs on which the actors await their cues are all chalk-white. For the first two of the play's three acts, which culminate in the wedding in 1904 of George and Emily, the chairs are situated upstage and arranged symmetrically. In the final act, which takes place in the town cemetery and reveals the afterlife thoughts of the characters who've died, the perches of the chairs have been changed radically, and to dazzling effect.
The alteration intensifies the perception of the mournful omniscience the dead have acquired, and underlines the idea that of all of "Our Town's" concerns, the awareness of the brevity of life looms as its most poignant. Although the production comes up a bit short in drawing from us the deep pools of empathy "Our Town" is capable of, it does by virtue of its stagecraft convey some timeless facets of Wilder's vision.
PREVIEW: Briton's take on 'Our Town' loses the 'cutesy'
By Stephanie Merry
Friday, January 25, 2013
For better or worse, the reputation of "Our Town" precedes it. Thornton Wilder's 1938 Pulitzer-winner-turned-community-theater-staple has name recognition even beyond the casual theater fan. Just the title of the play conjures its quaint setting -- the fictional New England town of Grover's Corners in the early 20th century -- and its renown as a sentimental tear-jerker.
That wasn't the play Wilder set out to write, and it certainly isn't the production Stephen Rayne is showcasing at Ford's Theatre in celebration of the drama's 75th anniversary. When the British director began considering the project, he picked up "Our Town" for the first time (although he already owned a copy of the script, he's quick to point out) and was struck by the inaccuracy of his preconceptions.
"I had no idea that Thornton Wilder had written this play, which he thought was kind of a modernist take on Greek lines influenced by Brecht and Pirandello and by the modernists," Rayne says. "I thought it was -- as I think most people do -- a kind of slice of Americana, a very cutesy New England play. And it's not that at all."
The play is guided by the Stage Manager, who addresses the audience directly, narrating the stories of the small-town residents as a way to explore such sweeping themes as love and marriage, birth and death. As Rayne notes, there are no real twists or life-shattering events that shake up the three acts. But that's the point. Life's small moments turn out to be what matter most.
"It was about human experience and about relationships and the passage of time, and it asks big questions about what we should be paying attention to in our lives," Rayne says. "It's absolutely like doing a play by Chekhov or a Shakespeare; it's a classical play."
The trick, then, is getting the audience to appreciate the well-worn play as more than the sum of its gee-whiz parts.
Rayne does that by staying true to Wilder's minimalism and focus on universality. The spare set is made up entirely of chairs, which become buildings, stools or tombstones. Rayne also says he made a "near impossible request of the costume designer" -- to create outfits that don't relate to a particular time or location.
"Let's not try and let the audience relax into 'Oh, I know where we are. I know what this place is,' " Rayne says. "And Wilder himself said as soon as you locate a play in time, you reduce it."
The director also took cues from Wilder's handwritten first draft, which called for a Stage Manager who is contemporary to the time in which the play is presented. In Rayne's diverse production, that role is played by an African American woman, an actress known as Portia.
"If Thornton were alive, he'd be like, 'Who knew I wrote that for a black woman?' " Portia jokes.
The play's enduring popularity proves its age-spanning appeal, but Portia had to find common ground between herself, living in 2013, and the dialogue, which was written in the 1930s.
"When I got offered the role, I immediately picked up the play and my first thing was, 'How do I put these words into my mouth and bring the two of us -- his words and who I am -- together?' " she recalls.
At a recent rehearsal, she slipped between roles, as the Stage Manager does occasionally, and played the narrator and a soda jerk. Yet she pulled off a contemporary lilt amid the old-timey dialogue, blurring the time periods.
An even bigger challenge may be to maintain composure in Rayne's more sober adaptation -- especially during the famously emotional third act.
"That whole speech in there about the dead and the living and what happens to us -- it just touches something, and I'm standing there and wanting to feel things and [Rayne is] like, 'No, no, get on with it,' " she mimics in a British accent. "And we had a conversation after and he said, 'You have to play against that feeling. If you play against it, you're going to give it to [the audience].' "
Rayne adds: "It's hard with this play because you're dealing with love and marriage and death; it's hard not to be emotional about it.
"I said [to the cast], 'That's not our job. Our job is to be faithful and true to the human experience within the play. If the audience wants to react that way, that's up to them.' "
In other words, bring along a few tissues, just in case.


text:
Shake Sugaree: Taj Mahal Sings And Plays For Children
What parents need to know
Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that '"Light Rain," a song about betting on the ponies, and "Shake Sugaree," with its chorus about pawning everything before going to heaven, are strange choices for a children's album. In general, Mahal's light, soulful tone makes up for these odd lyrics.
User reviews
Parents say
Kids say
What's the story?
Veteran bluesman Taj Mahal guides young listeners through this traditional American art form. (Several tracks are by African-American women, and featured folk songs come from West Africa and the Caribbean.)
Is it any good?
Blues may seem like an ambitious musical choice for young children, but Taj Mahal creates an intimate storytelling atmosphere. His folksy introductions, his two young children (they're the playful back-up singers), and his bright guitar-picking all help make the music accessible to kids.
In "Fishin' Blues," Mahal's sunny guitar-picking and ringing harmonics sound like a warm summer day on a muddy riverbank, inspiring images of jumping fish and glinting water. "Brown Girl in the Ring" is a danceable Caribbean folk song with infectious lyrics. The song's drum machine dance beat is contrived, but Taj's tempo and enthusiasm are disarming. The album ends with "Little Brown Dog," a sweet, melancholy child's dream of riding around the world on a big-eared, long-legged brown dog.
Families can talk about...
Families can talk about traditional American folk music after a listen to this album. Most educational value, though, comes from the rhythmic movement and singing this music will inspire.
Music details
|Taj Mahal
|Release date:
|October 27, 1992
|Music for Little People
|Children's Music
|Parental advisory:
|Edited version available:
About Our Rating System
What parents and kids say
A safe community is important to us. Please observe our guidelines


text:
About jamescrazy96 : I ran track for three years until I got shin splints that led to a stress fracture. I am a freshman in college! My major is Nursing. I plan on being an oncology nurse after my schooling is done. I like to talk to people!
jamescrazy96's FML badges
What'cha looking at?
You have put three pictures on your profile, not necessarily pictures of your profile.
The Mixer
You like to live life randomly, and we salute you.
I like your style
You've liked someone. How cute!
jamescrazy96's favorite FMLs
Today, a friendly game of Cards Against Humanity somehow ended in a screaming match, my best friend's mother pulling out her tits, and me getting bit in the foot by a dog. FML
by ThatSlappinBass / 04/17/2015 at 10:00pm / United States (Rhode Island) / Miscellaneous
Today, I got married. It was a beautiful ceremony with all of our family and friends. Too bad it ended with us leaving the reception before dancing even started, since my groom couldn't stop bawling his eyes out from all the stress. FML
by mdwillow / 10/12/2014 at 3:46am / United States (Alaska) / Love
Today, I went with my girlfriend to the gym for the first time. I knew I was in bad shape, but I bet her that I could lift more than her. Not only did I get my ass handed to me by a 5', 115lbs girl in front of the entire gym, I also have to attend Zumba in bright pink spandex. FML
by Dancing King / 08/07/2014 at 11:36am / Norway (Rogaland) / Health
Today, despite all of the empty seats on the bus, a man sat next to me. So close to me that our legs touched. After a few moments of silence, he got closer and whispered in my ear, "You're so quiet." FML
by SofaKingPretty / 07/26/2014 at 7:40pm / United States (California) / Transportation
Today, while out grocery shopping with my mother, she asked me to hold a large bag of rice for her. Ten minutes later, I realized I'd been absent-mindedly stroking it the whole time, just like when I pick up my cat. FML
by Sheh / 07/16/2014 at 11:02am / Sweden / Animals
Today, I went to the public library for the first time ever. The librarian told me I couldn't get a library card because I had an outstanding balance of $130.00 from 1995. I was born in 1991. FML
by library book / 07/10/2014 at 1:27am / United States (Texas) / Money
Today, I woke up to an old lady right outside my open window, saying "Hello in there! Are you sleepy?" I was so startled that I answered her. She screamed. Turns out she's my neighbour's elderly mother, didn't know I was in there, and was talking to my cat. FML
by ADanceWithDavos / 07/07/2014 at 11:59am / United Kingdom / Animals
Today, my girlfriend was feeling down because she has put on some weight. I tried to make her feel better by showing her I can still pick her up. I can, and I was even able to hide the fact that I shat myself doing it. I'm so romantic. FML
by oh shit / 07/06/2014 at 3:28pm / United States (Illinois) / Love
Today, I was on the internet playing a game. I have a speech impediment, and the guy running it told me to get off his server for making fun of disabled people. FML
by Wow / 07/05/2014 at 1:37am / United States (California) / Geek
Today, I found out that my dad is actually my uncle, and vice-versa. FML
by confsused / 12/16/2013 at 12:49pm / Canada (Ontario) / Miscellaneous
Today, when I got back to my dorm, I found a trail of ants trying to shove a dead roach into a power outlet. The front desk insists that there is no pest problem. FML
by TheRoad42 / 08/20/2013 at 8:54am / United States (Louisiana) / Animals
Today, I was getting intimate with my girlfriend. She pulled down my trousers, saw my Poke-ball boxers, and absolutely lost it. I had to lie next to her in bed for the next 10 minutes hearing her howl with laughter while crying "Dickachu, I choose you!" FML
by Anonymous / 06/07/2013 at 3:10am / United States (North Carolina) / Intimacy
Today, for a laugh, I put vanilla yogurt into a mayonnaise jar and went to the mall to eat it with a spoon. Too bad that someone called mall security on me for disturbing the peace. They shoved me into a back room and grilled me about what was in the jar. FML
by longsock123 / 04/30/2013 at 11:09am / United States (California) / Miscellaneous
Today, at school, I saw the guy I like at his locker. I decided to run up from behind and surprise him. I ended up accidentally slamming his locker on his fingers. FML
by saxophone911 / 04/13/2013 at 11:52am / United States / Love
Today, my boyfriend and I were getting intimate. I grabbed his butt to control his thrusts and got a clump of used toilet paper. FML
by Anonymous / 01/18/2013 at 5:50am / United States / Intimacy
- « Previous page
- Next page »


text:
Open for Business!
May 18, 2013 at 3:18 pm , by admin
After a long, dusty two weeks we're happy to announce that we're back open and ready for business. Shop hours remain the same (12pm – 8pm 7 days/week) so come on by and check out our new and improved shop!
Comments Off on Open for Business!
Category Uncategorized / Tags: /
Social Networks : Technorati, Stumble it!, Digg, delicious, Google, Twitter, Yahoo, reddit, Blogmarks, Ma.gnolia.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
We're sorry, but comments are closed.


text:
The product description on this page is more than a year old and may or may not still be available as described here. Interested FM readers should contact the product manufacturer directly or contact local foodservice distributors to check on its regional availability. Your patrons will love the refreshing taste of Minute Maid Soft Frozen novelties. The line is expanding to include new flavors such as Cherry Limeade and Raspberry Lemonade. These refreshing treats are available from J&J ...
Register to view this Article
WhyRegisterfor FREE?
Registering for Premium Content on Food Management will give youINSTANTaccess to invaluable articles and media content that industry professionals rely on. You will have access to our special reports, feature articles, and industry analysis. It'sFREE, easy and quick.


text:
If you are still using the cancer-in-a-bottle store bought lotion on yourself or your family, there are super easy natural alternatives! In fact, this recipe is incredibly simple to make and all the ingredients are available here. It only has three basic ingredients and literally takes ten minutes to make!
You can customize your lotion to your skin type and desired scent, and you can even make it for baby (calendula and chamomile…)
Homemade Lotion Variations
There are endless variations, but some of my favorites are:
- Calendula and Chamomile for baby
- Rosewater and Almond Oil
- Peppermint, Wintergreen, and Ginger for sore muscles
- Coconut and Calendula for face
- Mint and green tea
- Lavender and vanilla
I've included my basic recipe below. You can customize by adding different essential oils, infusing your oils with herbs first using shea or cocoa butter in place of the coconut oil for more of a body-butter consistency.
NOTE: This is an improved recipe since many people were having trouble getting the temperatures exactly right to get the lotion to emulsify (as per the comments below). This recipe will not have any of those issues!
Homemade Lotion Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Almond or olive oil
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 1/4 cup beeswax
- Optional: 1 teaspoon Vitamin E oil
- Optional: 2 tablespoon Shea Butter or Cocoa Butter
- Optional: Essential Oils, Vanilla Extract or other natural extracts to suit your preference
Note: All ingredients and many essential oils are available here.
How to Make Homemade Lotion
- Combine ingredients in a pint sized or larger glass jar. I have a mason jar that I keep just for making lotions and lotion bars, or you can even reuse a glass jar from pickles, olives or other foods.
- Fill a medium saucepan with a couple inches of water and place over medium heat.
- Put a lid on the jar loosely and place in the pan with the water.
- As the water heats, the ingredients in the jar will start to melt. Shake or stir occasionally to incorporate. When all ingredients are completely melted, pour into whatever jar or tin you will use for storage. Small mason jars (8 ounce) are great for this. It will not pump well in a lotion pump!
- Use as you would regular lotion. This has a longer shelf life than some homemade lotion recipes since all ingredients are already shelf stable and not water is added. Use within 6 months for best moisturizing benefits.
Note: A little goes a long way! This lotion is incredibly nourishing and is also great for diaper rash on baby, for eczema and for preventing stretch marks!
If you want an even easier solution, make these easy Lotion Bars! Only three ingredients, take less time to make and last longer.
Ever made your own lotion? How did it go? Let me know below!


text:
The Style Gallery is a great new way for you to view, love, and share outfit photos. It's meant to showcase
all the expressive, creative, and inspirational personalities of our community!
Love you too!
Your email has been sent!
Stepping out of your boutique hotel into the West Coast sunshine while wearing this silky floral dress, you can't wait to make an appearance at your lavish lunch! Found exclusively at ModCloth, this dress by Myrtlewood boasts blossoms of rust and ruby printed in a painterly fashion, while its cap sleeves and collar keep it professional and pretty. A snap-front surplice neckline accents your brass charm necklace as your white flats complement this abstract pattern. Wear a pair of brightly hued shades for a bit of high-def contrast as the sun rises onto your beautiful California morning!
Final Sale: This item cannot be returned or exchanged.
All measurements in inches.
Sorry this item isn't available anymore


text:
As we finished teaching the class together (see: Walking and talking about transgender women's health: HLTH471 University of Maryland Shady Grove ), Sabrina (@SabrinaMatoffSt) noted the sunset and pronounced it this week's photo friday. And she made a fine choice, didn't she. Continue reading→
Tag: Maryland
Photos from "Which Health Care Metrics Matter?"
Which Health Care Metrics Matter? Explored gaps between quality data and its use by the public to improve health and health care. (View on Flickr.com) With great thanks to the team from Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States (@KPMidAtlantic), NCQA (@NCQA), National Quality Forum (@NatQualityForum), and the medical directors/health officers of the health … Continue reading Photos from "Which Health Care Metrics Matter?"
Love continues to be unbeatable, thanks to the courage of our neighbors
I have pledged to write a post for every State in the Union to embrace equality (see the series: Love Always Wins), which happened multiple times yesterday. I'm losing track, it's happening so quickly now. Before I found the right photograph for this morning's post, it found me: It was accompanied by this e-mail, from Josh … Continue reading Love continues to be unbeatable, thanks to the courage of our neighbors
Why Place Matters – at Net Impact Conference 2012
View Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley Keynote on Flickr.com (@GovernorOMalley) When I was a medical student, I didn't have access to the Net Impact organization. It was being conceived by a small group of graduate students, who had their first meeting of 52 people. Instead, I had access to a jarring and sad American Medical Association convention, … Continue reading Why Place Matters – at Net Impact Conference 2012
Thou Shalt Not Stand Idly By – Yet our health care system does – Kait and Ted's story
"Thou Shalt Not Stand Idly By." Click to enlarge, courtesy Iris Eytan, Esq. My sister, who I wrote about recently, took the photograph in this post when I asked her, "What inspired you?" because she inspired me. I remembered visiting her a year ago, while she was working on the case, and how resolved she was to … Continue reading Thou Shalt Not Stand Idly By – Yet our health care system does – Kait and Ted's story
Photo Friday: Love Always Wins in Maryland, Too
Civil Marriage Protection Act 2012 Signing Ceremony by MDGovpics, on Flickr Compared to the last Photo Friday featuring Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, this photograph features him winning the passage of the Civil Marriage Protection Act of 2012. Equal access to civil institutions is a social determinant of health, because of the validated better health, better … Continue reading Photo Friday: Love Always Wins in Maryland, Too
Photo Friday: Love tends to keep winning
Photo credit MDGovpics Since I try to keep Photo Friday linked to Washington, DC, this week's photograph is of Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, after testifying in favor of marriage equality, to end discrimination against LGBT residents in Maryland State. I chose this pose because it shows that this does not come easy, even to a governor. … Continue reading Photo Friday: Love tends to keep winning


text:
Energy services is an extremely cyclical and highly competitive business that requires companies to be effective deployers of technology, savvy financial managers and opportunistic salesmen of their wares and services. And even companies that do all three tasks well can fail if they're caught leaning the wrong way when industry conditions turn down.
That was the case for several Canadian services companies in 2008, when oil prices fell from a high of USD150 a barrel to barely USD30 in a matter of a few weeks.
It's been the case for others the past couple years, as crashing natural gas prices brought the North American shale gas drilling boom to a screeching halt.
Energy services companies' profits and therefore dividends are leveraged to energy prices in two ways.
First, when energy prices rise demand for their services and equipment does too, increasing utilization rates and sales.
And companies can also charge more for both, giving profits a further kick. Conversely, when energy prices drop demand for services and equipment slumps, and fees providers can charge do too.
Poseidon Concepts Corp (OTCPK:POOSF) has managed to dodge the worst of the past few years' downturns by locking in its customers to longer-term contracts as well as by expanding outside Canada. Poseidon's primary niche of handling fracturing fluid has proven sturdy, as it relies far less on new drilling than several other energy service providers do.
Not even unseasonably wet weather was able to hold back Poseidon's second-quarter growth. In fact the company actually reported better numbers in every key area over the first quarter of 2012, despite a 38 percent year-over-year decline in western Canada well completion activity.
The key was an expanded share of a niche that's growing rapidly. Poseidon utilizes storage tanks to help producers manage the water used for hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," the process now used to develop the vast majority of energy wells in North America.
Its process has a far less pronounced impact on the surrounding environment than the currently widely used strategy of using "lined pits" to store water. And tanks can be moved from well to well as needed.
Poseidon's customers wind up renting multiple tanks to perform simultaneous well completions as well for the longer-term purpose of storing fluids in a central location to be re-used on successive wells. As a result they tend to generate a great deal of repeat business, which makes for stable cash flows even when new drilling is largely on hold.
The company currently has operations across Canada and in 19 US states, with a particular focus on capturing business in oil and liquids-rich basins. That puts it squarely in line to benefit from the expected doubling of US oil production by 2035, which is now forecast by US Energy Information Administration.
It's also benefiting from the backlash against fracking in general. For example, North Dakota--hardly a tree-hugging, "blue" state--banned the use of lined pits as of April 2012. That's forced developers of its prolific Bakken Shale reserves to seek alternatives for water treatment. And here too Poseidon comes out on top, as its modular tanks are far most cost effective than the 400- and 500-barrel steel tanks used for decades by industry.
Most exciting, the company currently has only a small portion of the fluid handling market, so there's massive upside on both sides of the border.
And because it fundamentally operates a rental business, it has low fixed costs and generates a hefty level of free cash flow.
Poor drilling conditions may slow the adoption of its technology and services, and thus sales growth.
Management's outlook issued last month was for its growth in western Canada to be challenged by this, though more than made up for by US growth.
And meanwhile, "revenue visibility" is high due to the high proportion on long-term contracts with large, well-hedged energy producers.
The full-year 2012 forecast is for cash flow of CAD210 million, based mainly on the continued growth of the tank fleet.
That equates to roughly CAD170 million of after-tax cash flow and comfortable coverage of both CAD87 million in dividends and CAD60 million in planned capital expenditures for the year.
With debt modest at 27.6 percent of assets (and nothing due before 2014), that's a considerable cushion against unexpected loss of business, even as the company continues to lay the groundwork for long-run growth. And though management has yet to declare its intentions, it's also a firm foundation for future dividend growth. I profile three more Canadian dividend stocks in my free report.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it. I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


text:
- Adds convenience by allowing drivers to keep their hands on the wheel and eyes on the road when using a cellular phone while vehicle is in motion
- Works with most compatible Bluetooth®-capable cellular telephones
- Voice dialing (if cellular phone is equipped with voice dial feature)
- Automatically mutes audio system during phone calls
- System can be programmed to recognize and pair up to seven different cell phones for use individually
- Dual front speaker output delivers easy listening to calls
- Delivers music streaming capability on most enabled phones
- Single button controls:
- Answer and end call
- Volume control
- Call flash for call waiting if cellular service allows
- Complies with most state regulations restricting use of cell phones while driving
Narrow Your Results
Select Vehicle by VIN
Using VIN for most accurate result
Your VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) is a 17-character code that uniquely identifies all vehicles.
It can be found on the vehicle's title, registration, and insurance papers, driver side of the dashboard near the windshield, and on the driver's side door jamb.
It can be found on the vehicle's title, registration, and insurance papers, driver side of the dashboard near the windshield, and on the driver's side door jamb.
Select Vehicle by Model
-- Select Make --
- Toyota
- Scion
-- Select Model --
-- Select Year --
We are working to update our catalog with the 2016 model years which is currently unavailable.
If you have a part number, use our search feature to locate your part.
-- Select Submodel --
JPP - Japan Production. The VIN begins with "J".
NAP - North American Production. The VIN begins with "1", "2", "3", "4" or "5".
NAP - North American Production. The VIN begins with "1", "2", "3", "4" or "5".
- Audio Entertainment & Navigation
- Driver Convenience & Vehicle Security
- Exterior
- Interior
- TRD Performance
- Wheels
You have selected
Other Accessories
Genuine Toyota Yaris Hands Free System
1 Hands Free System founded. Select your vehicle to refine your results.
Blu Logic® Hands-Free System
Part No.: PT923-00111
Retail Price:
You Save: $173.14
Although Toyota Motor North America no longer manufactures this part, we may still have stock or the ability to special order it.
To verify availability, please contact us. We will respond promptly.
Featured Toyota Hands Free System
Check Parts Fit
We need more information to help you find the right products for your vehicle.
You have selected Add New
My Vehicles (0) ▼