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Poetry's for wimps! Everyone knows that. But not many people know why. The reason is that poetry makes you feel something, and emotions are a vulnerability. See? Sissy stuff. That's why the Incredible Hulk gets stronger as he gets angrier -- pure reptilian wrath is nature's most effective wall against feelings.
Puny Banner reads poetry, and it is commonly known that he is a milksop.
There was a time when "poetry" meant sprawling epics about burly heroes tearing the limbs off monsters, but now all the monsters are dead or starring in Real Housewives series, so poets switched their focus. Instead of violent epics, poems became squishy sonnets that begged a wood nymph for sex. As is often the case with sensitive people, their duration was usually under two minutes.
Your modern poem is more modest, but no less feeble. The result is that poetry -- much like the sex it politely requests -- is mildly embarrassing to everyone involved once it's finished. It's also poor form to ask someone point blank if they want to enjoy your miserable efforts at it. Your friends don't want to see your O-face any more than they want to hear a human being speak lines like "Fa-dee-lay sing hey nonny."
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Poetry is like music, in that I hate 95 percent of it.
But what if I told you not all poetry had to be about sipping dandelion wine in Elysium? Some poems eschew higher emotion to kick your ass up one stanza and down the other. Prepare yourself for the most cold-blooded poems you will read in April's National Poetry Month.
Also, I will be drunk for what follows, which is an important part of English studies. I say this as a fact: I was straight edge for most of college, and my grades suffered terribly for it.
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Emily Dickinson? Keg stands every morning.
If goth kids could slam dunk, this piece would be their Air Bud. We'll teach a robot the meaning of love before we teach it this level of resignation. It's stunning, especially when, as a teenager, you come to realize that the society you've spent your life internalizing is man-made and not always well-planned.
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Quick, picture a poet! Whoever you envisioned, it wasn't Percy Bysshe Shelley, because you can't capture a Lord of Imagination on his home turf. But you probably visualized a poet who worshiped him, and that's close enough, because Shelley is the most poetic poet who ever poesied.
This Romanticist was born into idyllic bliss in the countryside, until -- as has been the ruin of many a boy's life -- he attended Eton: a school that teaches Britain's future leaders that a year has three halves. And there his tale becomes the most English childhood you can conceive.
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Gruel was in short supply. Beatings were not.
Shelley was bullied for his high voice and for refusing to take part in "fagging," which is less what you're thinking and more of a slave system. It was back in the period before England managed to differentiate between prison and school (in prison the prags have a chance of getting out early). These bullying sessions were known among his peers as "Shelley-Baits."
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I'm just kidding. Shelley was peerless.
Like most sensitive kids with a bookshelf, Shelley hid in his room and escaped to a wonderland of reading, then stabbed and electrocuted his classmates before blowing up part of the campus. I do not recommend that you do most of that.
What followed was a series of comic escapades in which the young writer traveled the globe by means of eloping with 16-year-old girls. While he was living the dream, everyone around him focused on less scandalous pastimes of the era, like committing suicide and losing children. He spent most of his time writing about fairies, joining the Invisibles, and shagging around Europe with his wife Mary "I, Frankenstein" Shelley.
They often shacked up with their buddy George Gordon, Lord Byron, who had only one good leg, so he convinced every woman he met to split hers with him. They didn't have high-pressure hoses in that era, so Byron would fight fires by reciting poetry to a crowd of female admirers. Unfortunately, his scorching libido lit more fires than it quenched. If you partied with Baron Byron for an hour and weren't drunk and/or pregnant, you have my condolences on learning in such a horrible fashion that you are a robot.
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Byron was the model for the first sexy vampire 80 years before Dracula. So, ladies, he's essentially Ur-Edward Cullen.
Back to Shelley: His scandalous views and behavior shocked to a great degree the landed gentry and the parsonage, but bought this saucy fellow great acclaim. Then he drowned, because hey: 19th century. Fuck else are you going to do?
But before trying to breathe water, he wrote "Ozymandias," a haymaker in the goddamn face of history. It's a poem so cold-blooded, you'd need Walter White himself to do it justice. Oh, look:
Why It's Cold-Blooded:
Sic transit gloria mundi, motherfucker. There is literally nothing you can achieve. And that's coming from a man cool enough to hang out with Romantic poetry's equivalent of the Fonz while seducing the freaking author of Frankenstein, a book so brilliant, you can read it 90 different ways. This poem was Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt" 175 years before that was written.
All those epic songs of heroism I mentioned in the introduction? This is their answer, and it says "Nope!" like it doesn't even care. Half the poems in human history before this one claimed that what we do in life echoes in eternity, until this bookworm who can't even swim stops writing about fairy queens for 14 lines just to shut the entire art form down.
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Pictured: The number of poets who wanted to follow this act.
There are 3,182 lines of Beowulf kicking ass, and the first 2,912 get dismissed by Shelley's two stanzas about how pointless that is. The last 270 are just a reminder that even your glorious death is eventually going to vanish from the slate. There are wasp sprays that are less of a buzzkill than Percy Shelley, though none have wiped out quite as many empires with his trademark panache.
Shelley was an atheist back when that shit would get you killed, and he spits out this nihilism like cartilage off a chicken wing. He indicts every act of conquest, every crime, every moral transgression, and the higher glory that justified them by pointing out you could have stayed at home partying and accomplished exactly as much.
Anyway, have another drink.
3"The Second Coming"
If you had Baby Boomer grandparents or tried to sleep with a drama major, you probably heard the musical Hair. And although it's the intersection of the two worst harmless things in modern America -- hippies and musicals -- it describes a rotating cosmos dawning into its Age of Aquarius, when monotheistic religions are going to melt into, like, this groovy collective, man. "The Second Coming" preaches something similar, except the collective is the nascent USSR, and we're all going to be subjugated by the Old Ones, as we deserve.
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William Butler Yeats was a handsome sumbitch who spent half his life pining for Maud Gonne, a woman with no interest in him. The only way he could have embarrassed himself worse would be if he had laid his scrotum over a puddle for her to keep her feet dry. He followed her around like a puppy that wrote very stirring poetry, but she was more interested in spending her life freeing Ireland from English rule than darning a poet's socks.
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And that is exactly why you are so attractive, you independent, feminist, sexually liberated freedom fighter, you.
The two met when they both joined the Golden Dawn -- not today's Greek fascists, but yesterday's mystic circle of creative types. Like a lot of belief systems, the Golden Dawn is dedicated to achieving oneness and perfection and has spent its entire history splintering over how to do that. And that's important, because "The Second Coming" is all about a cleansing sword sweeping the Earth.
Although he believed in a form of Irish independence, Yeats talked big game while achieving so little that in America he's an honorary member of the Democratic Party. Gonne married a badass soldier instead, Major John MacBride, who was basically the anti-Yeats. When the major was executed following Ireland's 1916 Easter uprising, Yeats eulogized him as hard as his little poet wrists could backhand someone. That summer, the poet proposed to the widow Gonne for the fifth time, and the only thing warmer than MacBride's corpse was her contempt for Yeats' eulogy.
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Seriously, dude, write yourself some tact.
"The Second Coming" seems like the kind of poem you write when you finally realize you've wasted a quarter of your life hurling your affections at a woman who didn't ask you to cling to your fantasy of her. And it seems that that's exactly what she told him. Enjoy it now with someone you love who doesn't love you back:
Why It's Cold-Blooded:
Because it murmurs rather than shouts about the Second Coming. Just not the second coming of any god you worship or recognize or could behold without bleeding from the eyes.
Oh, don't worry, faithful Christian soldiers -- Jesus is in the poem. In fact, the entire first stanza describes a world in its chaotic final days, natural bonds broken and as ready as it's ever going to get for its savior.
And then the second stanza explains that no gentle Messiah can help you, having already failed to thwart more powerful gods, and why can't I stop screaming?
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Look upon the face of your destroyer and know peace.
This is one of the most quotable poems in human history, probably because it repeats in your brain until it recites itself while you're just trying to eat your goddamn cornflakes, is that too much to ask? It is quite likely that this poem is alive and wriggling out of the magical chains that bind it from transforming reality.
The arcane entries in H.P. Lovecraft's Necronomicon change every time you look at its table of contents, but none of them is as frightening as this prophecy of doom -- or worse, deliverance. "The Second Coming" straddles the line between sociology and gnostic mysticism so fiercely that you almost forget that that line does not exist because those are two completely unrelated systems.
Consider this phrase: "the blood-dimmed tide." Whoa. Hold that up to the light for a second and reflect on it. Do you know how much blood it takes to tinge the ocean? When Yeats wrote the poem, World War I had just finished drawing new charts of inhumanity, and the Soviet Revolution had kicked off its world tour by murdering teenage girls.
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Not that the czars were great people, but come on.
So it's not just blood, but a "flood of Reds," you might say. But this can't go unanswered, right? Surely these immoral beasts in the East will be met by an equal force. Surely some revelation is at hand. I mean, surely -- oh, jumping jelly beans, here comes the Sphinx.
The era of the resurrected messiah is falling away, Yeats assures us. But if we don't live in an era of forgiveness and morality, at least there can be just deserts and desert justice. At least some kind of god exists, with an unforgiving "blank and pitiless" gaze that will crush the stupid along with the weak, if not the passionate worst. You've had your time in the benevolent sun, you savage sons of bitches. A monster is coming to transform the Earth and bring humanity to bear, some alien intelligence maybe we can back ...
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Quite possibly TV's Gordon Ramsay.
... unless -- wait, what if it doesn't? What if these thugs shooting children in the head in the name of new ideologies go unanswered? What if the Sphinx is as much myth as the Messiah?
And that's when the full doom of this poem is upon you: The terror is not that this dread creature heralds a new age, but that it might fail to arrive, and we are alone with villains.


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Paxton man singing at Tanglewood
Michael J. Lemire will perform at 8:30 p.m. Friday, July 16, at Tanglewood in Lenox with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. World renowned maestro Michael Tilson Thomas will conduct the works of Stravinsky and Mozart.
Lemire worked with the BSO while a student at Berklee School of Music in Boston, and performed with the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall under the direction of maestro Keith Lockhart.
Lemire graduated from Wachusett Regional High School, where he says he greatly benefited from the Music Dept. with teachers Thomas Nerbonne and Miriam Jensen.
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CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA -- First, the issue was 100% my fault. I dropped and broke the screen on my daughter's Itouch. So at the prospect of a new one costing $300 I asked if it could be repaired. The customer service line said "of course," either through the mail or go to an Apple store. Immediately the representative looked up where I lived, provided the closest store, verified availability of a replacement product and gave me available appointment times.
Once at the store the wait was longer than I was told however when I finally was helped they verified the repair/replacement cost was only $99 and they would be right back. When he returned we set up the new unit, made sure it worked and he thanked me and said "You're all set, have a nice day." I was a little confused so he explained, "There appeared to be no signs of abuse to the old unit. We value our customers. This replacement is on us." So yeah. Since then I've already bought way more than that $99 from Apple and I will never consider switching away. Sure they're expensive and never go on sale but this one simple experience told me this company "gets it".
Apple just wants your money. They must not believe in their product because if you don't purchase the extended warranty they won't even answer your questions on how to use the ting. I purchased the 1/2 hour with the expert to help me use my new computers better, all he did was complain. When I asked the best way to clean of fingerprints he said, "Well I wouldn't let my kid touch it." (he didn't have kids) On to the product, the disk drive on the desktop broken 600.00 know the disk drive on the laptop is going out I don't even want to ask. My next set will not be Apple.
90650, CALIFORNIA -- Well, I got a Macbook credit card and it was supposed to be ints. free for some time or so, but they started billing me making my account over the limit, which made me have OVER THE LIMIT FEE. And for the longest time, they kept charging me 40 dollars for OVER THE LIMIT for the longest. So I got tired of that and I started to pay them off. My due date was the 24th of each month (when they don't feel like switching it up on me, so they can charge me late fees.) Well, my balance was at $729.90. And I made three payments starting from the day of the 19th of February and I did this all on the computer so it was taken out ASAP for them.
I finally make my last payment of $225.90 BEFORE my due date for the min. I called them up on March 3, 2009 and asked them what my balance was. They told me zero, and I told them to close it. A couple of days after that, I get an email saying that I owe them finance charge!!! So I basically told them to take that $10.38 of finance charge and shove it up their *well where ever you want them to* and good luck with getting business from me (and my friends) in the future!!
***DO NOT GET A MACBOOK CREDIT CARD OR JUNIPER CREDIT CARD. They CHARGE too much for interest rates, CHANGE DATES on you so you'll have late charges, UNHELPFUL customer services, AND ANYTHING ELSE BAD is THEM!!!!!*** 1-866-419-1030. (their phone)
BURLINGAME, CALIFORNIA -- I recently purchased a desktop computer from Apple. My previous computer was a PC. The difference in the Customer Support is like black and white. Apple is a very organized company who trains their employees to that when you ask a question, they have the answer 99% of the time. They are human after all, so once in a while they have to say that they're not sure, but will find out the answer from someone who knows and get back to you. So far, they've never disappointed me by not coming up with an answer about their product and its features. I'm a very, very happy customer.
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If you ever call their customer service number be sure to have at least two hours to sit on the phone. That is what I had to wait. We never have had this bad of service. My family has had to deal with Sony in the past and it was a breeze. No hassles at all, we were refunded a new product right away. So be warned, don't deal with Apple!!!
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA -- The "free" HP printer that came with my daughter's laptop has yet to materialize. Computer and printer were purchased 3 1/2 months ago and rebate form was properly submitted the next day! Still have yet to receive my REBATE! Have contacted the rebate center, which by the way does not accept e-mails, on numerous occasions, only to hear a recorded message telling me my rebate is in process!
Apple is guilty of false advertising and should be held accountable. Rebates should be given on the spot and consumers should not be subjected to these hassles when we are enticed to buy a product and are told that it is "free." Shame on Apple for engaging in this sleazy practice!
BROOMFIELD, COLORADO -- I purchased a notebook for my high schooler at Apple Store and was told I would get a "free" I-pod, only I had to pay for it upfront and then mail in to get the rebate. After 3 months of waiting I finally called and was told the rebate was only for "educational purchases for college students". I was told there was nothing they could do, I should have read the print, not listen to what their sales people told me, no rebate, tough luck, can't make any expectations, etc. Apple has just lost any future business from this family, not that they seem to care!!
My son just bought a MacBook in August 07. It had an issue with the DVD player "freezing" in the middle of a movie, so we called tech support. First of all, they speak un-accented English! This is GREAT! Secondly, they actually know what they're doing, instead of seeming to read through a script that may or may not have anything to do with the problem.
Third, both techs we spoke to gave us some helpful tips and tricks since we're new Mac converts. The fixes they gave us seemed to resolve the issue with the DVD player, so all is well! I have had so many issues with Hewlett Packard, I just wanted to kiss Apple's feet for being so wonderful!
My sister ordered my daughter an iPod online and this is what she had to say about the experience: I can't believe how difficult it was ordering the thing! I should complain to Apple. I've never had such a hard time. Between the questions it asked regarding the county it was going to, and the signature requirement I just about gave up. They even phoned me this morning because they said there was some confusion regarding what was the billing address and what was the mailing address, although when I gave him the information he put me on hold for 15 minutes! I was able to fold a load of laundry, make my bed, brush my teeth and apply my make-up while on hold!
When he got back on the phone he didn't give a reason for keeping me waiting and said everything was fine. Maybe they suspected I was using an unauthorized credit card or something. Anyway, they just sent me an email saying the product has been shipped. On the address they sent it to they didn't put the name of the company, even though I had submitted it with the order. So, be on the look-out as it is just being sent to **. I assume that your company is the only one in that suite, but it is really unbelievable to me that they are so high tech and they weren't able to get anything with my order right.


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October 4th on Elite Xc-Heat, Petruzelli, who was scheduled to step in against Aaron Rosa, was faced with a chance of a life time to face the internet sensation Kevin Ferguson aka. Kimbo Slice, when Slice's opponent, the legendary Ken Shamrock sustained a last moment injury which took Shamrock out of the game. Seth took the gamble and won big with a first round fourteen second romping over Kimbo Slice, not only earning himself the (TKO) win, but the biggest victory in his career.
In this exclusive as well as candid interview conducted by Convicted Artist, Seth speaks out on his win and stronly tell the fight world, "I am here to stay!"
Benny Henderson Jr.: First off I just want to say congratulations on your big win over Kimbo Slice, give the readers your thoughts on the W.
Seth Petruzelli: my thoughts are that everything is going in my head at once. My adrenaline is still up and I have not gotten much sleep at all, it is like a whirl wind. I am just overcome with a sense of accomplishment. I have been busting my butt for a long time, in and out of the game, a part time fighter pretty much. Then you have something like this happen, it is a great feeling, it is unbelievable.
BH: You were scheduled to fight Aaron Rosa on the under card, then with Ken Shamrock's injury you got the last minute call to fight Kimbo. What was running through your mind when you were approached with the fight, and how confident were you going into the cage to face Kimbo on such a short notice?
SP: it was actually really good, as soon as they offered it to me, it took about ten seconds to negotiate with myself a little bit, I said hell yeah, I will fight him, let's do it. Then as soon as they approached him he took some time and watched tapes of me, but as soon as he said yes, they filmed him in the back room asking him about how he felt about Ken dropping out, he was visually nervous, the look in his eyes, there was a grim look in his eyes, he looked nervous so it gave me all the confidence in the world. As soon as I went in there I was not nervous at all, I was having a good time, it was an opportunity of a life time and I was going to make the most of it.
BH: I was doing some reading on your victory over Kimbo on a few sites and getting different opinions, and one headline caught my eye right off the bat," Seth Petruzelli Destroys Kimbo Slice; EliteXC Star Is the Ultimate Fraud". If I can correct, Dana White has said that Kimbo sucks. What are your thoughts on the opinions of Kimbo not being up to par by the media, does that hinder your win?
SP: I don't think so, Kimbo was a name, whether he was a great fighter or just a street fighter, he was just a name period. So, you are pretty much beating the name Kimbo, you are not beating an actual participant in the MMA. It is still a great victory for me but he trying to be a MMA fighter, he is going into training with other camps so you have to give him all the credit in the world, he is training hard and trying to be a professional at it. People are dogging him but to tell you the truth he is laughing all the way to the bank.
B: That is what I say, kudos to the guy who got big by using You Tube, I wish I would have done that because I sure would not be driving a truck for a living right now.
SP: (Laughs) yeah really, he made like a half a million for that fight, I have not made that much in my entire career.
BH: All though you have been fighting for years and was featured on season two of the "Ultimate Fighter", this win over Slice has really propelled you into the lime light. Has it sunk in yet, and how are you handling it?
SP: Like I said in the beginning, it feels like a dream, it has not sunk in, I have not had time to set back and relax and think about all the things that I have done. I am good, I am keeping a level head, I know that this could be gone just as fast as it got here. I am going to try to make the most of it and make all the money I can off of it, and to let them know that I am here to stay and this was not just some freak thing that I popped out of the blue, I have been around for a while and I am a tough fighter and it is going to continue.
BH: What was running through your mind when you had him down just whaling on this guy?
SP: It was actually my body taking over because my mind went blank, The only thing that I saw was the ref next to me and I was waiting for the black shirt to jump up in my face. It was my body on over drive. I kept pummeling until I seen his eyes roll in the back of his head and the ref step in.
BH: In my research and preparation for this interview, I read somewhere that your wife was threatened by Kimbo's entourage, is that true?
SP: yeah, it is all true, they threatened to spit in her face and they threatened to shoot my corner and all sorts of crazy crap. Now it was not Kimbo at all, Kimbo was the nicest person in the world, he was super humble after the fight. It is always the people you are with who gets you into trouble. I had to get escorted out with security.
BH: It is funny to me that his people were bitching and griping but neither any of them were the ones jumping in the cage.
SP: No the didn't, and Kimbo was not bitching and griping, he was happy with the stoppage, he did not complain.
BH: Well hell, I would not complain about the fighting being stopped either if somebody was beating the hell out of me. (Joking)
SP: (Laughs) Right.
BH: What is next for you?
SP: A bunch of names has been thrown out but I am going to take a little time and possibly fight in January or February, the 205- belt is open, whatever EliteXC wants to put in front of me it is ok.
BH: Anything in closing?
SP: I would like to thank my sponsors, socialmenace.com my gym that I just opened up thejunglemma.com and smoothieking.com I just opened up a Smoothie King with my wife and we are about to open up another location real soon.
Learn More about Seth Petruzelli.
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The Mayans have been more popular than ever lately, thanks almost entirely to the fact that one of their calendars was long interpreted as a prediction of the world's end. With December 21st firmly in our rear-view mirror, the mystical bullshit industry will be looking for a new cash cow. We suggest druids. They have some name recognition, but so few of their beliefs have been passed on that any suitably creative con-man can fake whatever apocalypse predictions he / she wants.
In fact, we'd like to get in on the ground floor of this. Not because we're shamelessly cashing in on the next fad, but because we truly feel called to warn our fellow men about the coming apocalypse. Which should hit on, oh, let's say October 15, 2016. Seriously, the um...Ogham stones of...Shitehenge spell this all out very clearly.
Adam Brown launched our last pre-Yuletide week with five celebrities who get more hate than they deserve (Part 3). Shit got real with David Wong's six harsh truths to make you a better person and Chris Bucholz took us to back to the realm of fantasy with five ways to actually steal Christmas. Soren Bowie wrote to his neighbors about his latest dubstep light show masterpiece while Brockway explained why the year's best video game isn't worth playing. Felix Clay elaborated on the most disturbing tween TV show universes as John Cheese cataloged hilarious abuses of video game glitches. Dan O'Brien finished our Christmas preparations with four things Hollywood gets wrong about the holidays.
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Filth is timeless.
Notable Comment: "I'm a classics major, and it is really delightful to read some of the things ancient Greeks or ancient Romans wrote about. They had dick jokes, yo mama jokes, fart jokes, poop jokes....you name it, they got it. It truly was the height of civilization"
Either that, Inventrix, or they were at roughly the same low point we are.
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Because nothing is so beautiful or ancient that some some assholes wouldn't destroy it to make room for a discount furniture outlet.
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Worry not, jealousblues. You'll have one as soon as those Swedes get a permit to bulldoze the Cahokian mounds.
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Screenwriters get paid to put good lines in Samuel L. Jackson's mouth, not to think things through.
Notable Comment: "Captain America's disregard for "logic" and "planning" is what make his movies so great. Have you seen the Captain Canada movie? ugh, that guy is the worst. He spent the first half of the movie negotiating a ceasefire, and the other half distributing food to refugees. Lame."
JT_728 is right about Captain Canada, but he's done a decent job of convincing us a Captain Mexico movie would be awesome.
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Du-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh, Inspector Prophet!
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But...they suck, KyraAnne? Why are you bragging about this?
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War isn't all wholesale slaughter and devastation. Sometimes things go full stooge.
Notable Comment: "Mistaking an Italian island for a Libyan submarine isn't all that bad. Once I took a dump in the wrong neighbor's yard."
Johnny!!!! understands the fundamentally imperfect nature of man.
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Kate Middleton Pushes The Boundaries Of Sexiness With Her New Sense Of Style
A year into her royal role, a newly confident Princess Kate is turning up the va-va-voom by showing off her toned physique with plunging necklines, thigh-high slits, and come-hither heels. This week's issue of People demonstrates how she's gone from demure to daring and is transforming herself into the most glamorous royal since Princess Diana.
What exactly is going on with the famously decorous princess, who all of a sudden is leaving her panty hose and sensible high street looks at home in favor of more seductive styles? It all seems to point to a newly assertive Kate who, at 30, is happily married to her prince and, with a year of experience under her tiny, Swarovski-crystal-encrusted belt, is a widely acclaimed success in her royal role. "Kate feels confident in her style," says Ingrid Seward, editor-in-chief of Majesty magazine. "You don't wear clothes like that if you are a shrinking violet." In fact, fashion experts say Kate's already making the sort of bold choices that it took Princess Diana years to feel comfortable attempting.
"She is becoming more adventurous with her fashion choices," stylist Nikki Pennie tells People. "She's always been glamorous, and now even more so." But don't expect her to go too far. While her trim physique, which she keeps in shape with a rigorous exercise schedule that includes running and gym workouts, is perfect for the most skin-baring styles, Lisa Armstrong, fashion editor of The Daily Telegraph, says Kate has actually made it cool for young women to dress conservatively. "It really wouldn't do for her to dress like a Kardashian," Armstrong tells People. "She's dressing for her role in the way that she likes. People feel she is real, and she's wearing clothes that they can wear. But she still has to look like a princess."
More on Princess Kate's style evolution is featured in photos in the new issue of People - on newsstands now!
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By Helena Rodriguez, PNT Staff Writer
Danni Luo is one of four Eastern New Mexico University students who will stand out as they "go green" during Eastern's spring commencement service on Saturday at Greyhound Arena.
Chinese students who have been participating in Eastern's 1-2-1 program — an educational exchange project under World American Cultural Exchange (WACE) — will be donned in bright green caps and gowns as they are honored on stage.
Approximately 355 students will receive either associate's, bachelor or master's degrees from Eastern next weekend.
As for 20-year-old Luo, though, she will not be officially completing her bachelor of science degree in communication, with emphasis in TV production, when she walks across the stage. Luo, who did her first year of studies at Sichuan Conservatory of Music in China, will have only completed her ENMU requirements for her major. As a participant in the 1-2-1 program, she still has one more year of studying left at her school in China. Once she finishes that final year, though, she will have a double degree because her bachelor's will be recognized in both the United States and China.
"In the end, we will have two bachelor's degrees, one in the U.S., and one in China. I think we are getting the best out of this because we have been able to compare and combine education in both countries," Luo said.
Luo said she studied English since seventh grade before coming to Eastern on the 1-2-1 program in 2006 so she did not have any language barriers. Since English is not her mother tongue, though, she said it did require her to stop and think a little more at times.
Another challenge, she said, is "Being far from my parents and friends, but I stay in touch with them through the telephone and e-mail."
She did make a 10-day trip to visit her parents a year ago.
Luo said she really doesn't get homesick. "I never cry or get upset. I'm a quick adapter, and plus I know I will be going back home soon. Also, with the other Chinese students here, we have become like a family," Luo said. "The International Student Club has also become like my family too."
Luo is the current president of the International Student Club at ENMU. While at Eastern, she has really made her presence known, having worked for both KENW-TV as a camera operator on campus and for the campus newspaper, The Chase.


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This video discussion took place at the recent ICLEI Urban Nature Forum in Belo Horizonte, Brazil this month and discusses the value of urban biodiversity and how to bring that diversity back to the cities. It's presented by the Stockholm Resilience Centre. Oliver Hillel discusses how nature used to be in the cities and how we simply have to stop impeding it and let it back in. However, many of our systems are so changed that they now need to be managed to restore nature by bringing in new infrastructure. He also discusses how cities are laboratories for innovation and the importance of education by...
News Course Changes Rough on Residents:: An interesting article about the attempt of a golf course to provide habitat and the challenges faced from the neighbors. Photo From the Field:: A blog post documenting the installation of a nestbox for Peregrine Falcons on a water tower from Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey. Why We Must Learn to Love Weeds:: This is a really interesting article from the Wall Street Journal about the concept of a weed and what that does or doesn't mean. Toads' epic journey for life, renewal threatened by Highway 6 traffic at Summit Lake:: Here is an article that features...
Swifts are one of the few birds that can draw crowds like rock stars. Their roosting is one of the greatest migration wonders of the natural world and they often choose to share it with us in the urban world. Several species of swifts are well known to roost in chimneys, often where many people have a chance to watch them. On the west coast of North and Central America Vaux's Swifts roost in chimneys along their migration route. East of the Rockies, a similar species, the Chimney Swift does the same thing. They roost communally, often by the thousands and...
The Pollinator Pathway is planned along a one-mile stretch in Seattle from Seattle University to Nora's Woods replacing grass strips with pollinator gardens. The brainchild and creation of Sarah Bergmann, the Pollinator Pathway currently consists of two installed gardens with another 16 planned and has 20 total homeowners signed up to participate. I visited one of the gardens where Sarah was kind enough to meet me and tell me all about this fascinating project. The first garden was installed in July of 2008 after much planning and work and has been a great start with a lot learned. The...
The Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) is a small, highly camouflaged bird that is most active at dusk. They are not hawks, but are instead in the nightjar family. They breed throughout North and Central America and spend the rest of their time in South America. The Nighthawk is often also called a bull-bat while the Spanish name for it is añapero yanqui and it's called bacuaru-americano in Portuguese. In recent years they have started vanishing from the cities and there has been a general decline in nighthawk populations throughout North America. The foremost explanation for this is a change...
The first question many people will ask when you tell them you want to create habitat is why, which often comes before the how. It's important to formulate an educated response to the why whether it's a homeowner or city planner asking. There are many answers to that question and I plan to address many of them in a series of posts starting with this one. Among the answers are ecological benefits, education, human benefit and many that fall in all categories. Lets start by looking at ecosystem services which can be defined as environmental services provided by an ecosystem...


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Saparinah Sadli: A feminist transformation
Julia Suryakusuma
When you hear the word "feminist", what's the stereotype that comes to mind? Is it something negative like a man-hating, unattractive women with hairy armpits screaming aggressively about imagined insults?
If you met one of Indonesia's leading feminists, Saparinah Sadli, 84, you'd laugh out loud at the absurdity of this stereotype. If anything, I associate Bu Sap (as she is usually known) with warmth, smiles, laughter and modesty — she is someone who never pulls rank.
I didn't always find her that way, however. When I was her former student in the psychology department at University of Indonesia (UI) in the mid-1970s, I found her imposing and strict — and certainly not a feminist. So imagine my surprise when, 15 years later, I discovered that not only had her demeanor totally changed, but she had opened a postgraduate women studies center at UI. My God, I thought, Bu Sap's become a feminist!
Saparinah Sadli, born in Tegalsari, Central Java, on August 24th, 1927, was the daughter of a Javanese aristocrat. As in most traditional families, her brothers were given greater freedom, making Sap wish she'd been born a boy too. Instead she was steered by her parents into a suitably feminine profession: assistant pharmacist.
Sap was initially inspired by Marie Curie, who discovered radium and did pioneering research on radioactivity. But like Margaret Thatcher, who was a research chemist for a while before becoming the "Iron lady" and running England for years, chemistry proved to be just a starting point for Sap. She soon decided psychology was more interesting and enrolled in the psychology department at UI, studying until she received her Ph.D. in 1976. She became a professor of psychology in 1980.
Strangely, it was a man who prompted Sap to begin her gender studies. In fact, Prof. Sujudi, then rector of UI, asked her to open a women's studies section at the university. Sap hesitated at first, afraid to risk her academic reputation as a psychologist in an area then considered marginal by many. Eventually, however, she agreed, and found herself formally pioneering gender studies in Indonesia.
Since opening in 1989, women's studies at UI has produced 168 graduates. This may not seem like many for 21 years of teaching, but because so many have been so active in academia, politics, the women's movement, journalism and, in one case, even in military analysis, the multiplier effect has been great.
Originally named the Women's Study Center and renamed the Gender Studies Center earlier this year, Ibu Sap's institution has served as a model for many universities across Indonesia.
Her scholastic excellence has earned her several awards, but Saparinah is no ivory tower academic: she is equally committed as an activist. She had been involved since the 1970s in women's reproductive rights, working with BKKBN (the National Family Planning Board). She is currently an advisor to the Women's Health Foundation (YKP) established in 2001.
At UI she also helped establish the Convention Watch Working Group, a group of academic, professional and activist women dedicated to ensuring full implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), ratified by Indonesia in 1984.
Bu Sap was also one of the key people pushing for investigation of the rape of women — mainly ethnic Chinese — during the riots of May 1998. From July to October 1998, she was a member of the Joint Fact-finding Team set up to conduct the investigation. This led to the formation of the National Commission on Violence against Women — an historic victory — and she became its founding chairperson from 1998 to 2003.
And don't think Saparinah limits herself to gender issues. Between 1996 and 2001 she became a member and subsequently vice chair of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM), although she later resigned due to a disagreement on basic principles.
It's not surprising that with all her illustrious achievements, Ibu Sap has earned both great stature and much respect – and influence to go with it.
I was once lucky enough to have benefitted from this. In 1988 I was called in by BAKIN (the state intelligence agency) to be interrogated about my research on State Ibuism, the first gendered analysis of the New Order. They (rightly!) suspected my work might be somewhat subversive.
Experts were called in to attend my inquisition and Bu Sap was one of them. I was very scared – who wouldn't be, facing one of the most powerful and oppressive institutions in the country? In a very calm, cool and convincing way Bu Sap spoke in my defense, and BAKIN let me go, albeit with warnings of dire consequences should my work prove to be too critical. I have always felt grateful to her for saving my skin!
With her achievements and dedication to women's rights, Saparinah is a true democrat, a pluralist and a bridge between academics and activists, between state and civil society institutions, between young and old and even between spirituality and social practice.
That is why on her 75th birthday, friends established the Saparinah Sadli Award to honor other activists advancing the cause of women in Indonesia.
And today, Wednesday Oct. 12t, she is being given the Nabil Award, granted to social scientists who contribute to "nation-building". I couldn't think of a better recipient.
Bu Sap, congratulations!
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Beverly native joins national honor society
Holly Marie Harris, of Beverly, has accepted membership in The National Society of Collegiate Scholars.
Harris is a biology major at West Virginia University. She has a 4.0 GPA.
"NCS is more than just a symbol of academic achievement. Membership gives students access to a number of amazing benefits, including career and networking resources, scholarships, travel and service projects both on campus and in the community," said Stephen E. Loflin, NSCS founder and CEO.
NSCS is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies and is the nation's only interdisciplinary honors organization for first-year and second-year college students. Membership is by invitation only, based on grade point average and class standing.
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Welcome, once again, to the middle of your week.
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We love making varieties of this biscotti, sometimes with different nuts, or even peanuts, sometimes with chocolate chips or different kids of dried fruit. The recipe is so versatile, but this combination is our mom's favorite; apricot and pistachio is a classic flavor profile of lots of Syrian and Middle Eastern desserts. Continue reading
A Father's Day Giveaway and Grilled Lamb Chops
Lamb chops are not something you can make very often. They're very expensive for a very little bit of meat (maybe you're paying for the bone, so save it! Make stock!). That being said, they are a perfect "special occasion" food. And what better occasion to celebrate than Father's Day (which is this Sunday)? Well, we're celebrating this year with our delicious recipe for grilled lamb chops and a giveaway from ModernTribe, so come celebrate with us! Continue reading
Mechshe Potato: Potatoes Stuffed with Meat and Rice
Family legend says that our great grandma Pauline (Grandma Sally's mother) invented Mechshie Potato. Being that we Syrian stuff everything with hashu, like zucchini, grape leaves, onions, etc., it wouldn't be surprising that more than one person came up with stuffing a potato with it too. Whether or not Grandma Pauline invented this recipe, it's definitely a special one, because it's deep fried! Continue reading
Cashew Passover Macaroons
Caramelized Onion and Ricotta Pizza
Again, I realized that I shared a bunch of nice pizza recipes (see: tacos), but not the one I make practically every other time we make pizza for dinner: white pizza with caramelized onions. Continue reading
Pizzataschen (AKA Pizza Hamentashen)
Can you believe Purim is right around the corner!? Of course, our fellow bloggers are busy working on creative hamentaschen varieties. It's hard to compete with all of these delicious recipes, and we usually revert to our favorite original version, but this year we decided to go with a super simple, savory pizzataschen!
Kosher Vegetarian Moussaka
I'm an eggplant convert. I never ever used to eat it, but I've been experimenting with it lately, and really it's not so bad! The key is the salt drain—never skip it! I started off simply with eggplant parmesan, and eggplant with meat and tomato sauce, but now I'm going way out of my comfort zone with this vegetarian moussaka. Continue reading
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Garlic Rosemary Lamb Riblets in the Oven
When I made these lamb riblets for dinner, I proclaimed that they were the best thing I've ever made, and David said that they're better than lamb chops. So obviously I had to share them with you guys. Then I thought to myself, today is a good day to share this recipe with you, because it's our birthday, and what's a better birthday present to ourselves than my favorite new recipe? Usually we make ourselves decadent desserts like s'mores ice cream sandwiches or maple crunch layer cakes for our birthday, but there's nothing wrong with a special savory treat!
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1. Read actively
Many students use what's called the "sponge technique." They get comfortable, start at the beginning and read passively until the end, hoping some information will soak in. This technique isn't effective because the next day you'll probably only remember 15 to 20 per cent of what you read. An effective alternative technique is called "muscle reading." This means getting actively involved and focusing on what you're doing. Reading actively involves reading to answer questions, gather information and access material critically. Active reading actually stores information in your long-term memory. SQ3R is an excellent active-reading approach that is discussed later on.
2. Concentration
Some students have trouble concentrating while reading. If you're having a hard time focusing, click here for more information.
3. Time management
Many students worry they won't be able to finish their reading on time because they have so much of it to get through. One way to deal with this is to pace yourself by breaking your reading down into smaller chunks. For example, if you have 240 pages to read and six weeks before the midterm exam, you know you have to read about 40 pages a week to finish on time; you can even break this down into 10 pages over four nights. The thought of reading 10 pages is less scary than 240! Make sure you leave time to review everything at the end.
4. Signal words
While reading, you should always be looking for cues. Cues may let us know when to speed up, slow down or concentrate harder. Click here for a list of signal words.
5. SQ3R Method of reading (Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review)
The SQ3R Method has been used by students since the 1960s. At first many students worry it will take too much time, but once you know the steps it's a fairly quick process. Students who use SQR3 actually read several times faster than the average because they're reading to answer questions and they know what's coming next. Try every step in the beginning, then choose which works best for each textbook.
6. Difficult material
Difficult material is usually easier if you read it more than once. Sometimes reading something out loud several times helps make it more clear. If the textbook is too hard, you may want to find an alternative one you can understand better. If you're really stuck, make an appointment to see your professor. Distance students may want to call for help.Keep in mind that authors want you to recognize what's important. They use major headings and subheadings and they italicize important definitions. They use repetition and signal words to let you know what you should heed. Important concepts are usually restated in different words. To build your reading skills, you need to learn how to read critically and digest information. The best way to do this is to maintain an active reading approach.


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Sherry Graham, M.A., Instructor
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About Sherry Graham, M.A.
Mrs, Sherry Graham received a M.A. in Elementary School Teaching from Rowan University and a B.A. in Elementary Education from Rowan University, formerly Glassboro State College. She brings 30 plus years of teaching expertise, as well as staff development experience, and math coaching skills to the Teacher Education department. Currently, Mrs. Graham teaches and facilitates Math Pedagogy for Elementary Teachers. In addition, she supervises clinical practice candidates at West Avenue School in Bridgeton, one of Rowan University's Professional Development Schools (PDS).


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The following is a list of University of Scouting classes available. The courses marked with an asterisk (*), are perfect for adults as well as any 14+ year-old Scout or Den Chief in your unit. Invite a few from your troop to join you at University of Scouting!
Introduction to Cub Scouting (1 hour) - this course is an introductory session for new Cub Scout parents and leaders. It highlights the values, aims, funding, and methods of Scouting.
Cub Scout Advancement (1 hour) - this course offers ways to encourage and track Cub Scout advancements.
Meeting/Planning Ins' & Outs' Cub Scouts (1 hour) - this course covers how to plan Cub Scout meetings in a way to keep the program interesting.
*Ceremonies for Dens & Packs (1 hour) - whether it's Openings, Crossovers, Advancements, Closings or Flag Etiquette, it will all be covered in this course.
Planning Your Pack Program & Activities (1 hour) - learn how to use monthly themes, district and Council events, and other resources for a dynamic full year of exciting and meaningful Cub Scouting in your Pack.
Recruiting and Retaining Cub Scout Leaders (1 hour) - recruiting and retaining Cub Scout Leaders... Do you know any good leaders? Want to keep them? Here's how to recruit and hang on to good leaders in your Pack and make them want to stay.
Recruiting and Joining Nights (1 hour) - successful Packs make recruiting Cub Scouts a year-round process. Learn how to recruit all year long and to make the most out of your recruiting events.
Webelos to Scout Transition (1 hour) - Webelos to Scout Transition... Our most important job as Cub Scout leaders is to prepare our boys for Boy Scouting. Learn how to assist your Scouts and their parents in making the most important transition in their Scouting career. Emphasis is on the Arrow of Light requirements for Webelos and how to find the "right" Troop for each Scout.
*Campfire Programs for Cub Scouts(1 hour) - Create fantastic campfire programs using songs, storytelling, stunts, run-ons and more.
*Cub Scout Crafts(1 hour) - Learn fun and easy crafts for your den meetings.
*How we have Fun! (1 hour) - Great ideas to keep your Cub Scout meetings fun.
Pack Meetings by the Book (1 hour) - Program themes- where they come from, how to use them, and how to add pizzazz to your program with costumes, props, decorations, and your imagination.
Understanding the New Packmaster (1 hour) - A practical orientation to this effective support software for Packs. Learn what it can do for you and how to use it.
Training for the Pack Trainer (2 hour) - Learn what you need to know to train your Pack volunteers how to be the best that can be.
Cubmaster Training (2 hour) - Learn what you need to know to be an effective Cubmaster.
Pack Committee Chair and Committee Training (2 hour) - – Learn what is needed for an effective Pack Committee.
Tiger Cub Den Leader Specific (2 hour) - Plan a grrrreat Tiger year! We'll discuss activities, advancement, meeting planning, and a ton of the resources available to help you do it. Combine this course with Youth Protection, Fast Start, and This is Scouting and you will be fully trained.
Wolf and Bear Leader Specific (2 hour) - A ton of great ideas to take you through the planning for a spectacular Wolf and Bear year! We'll cover activities, advancement, meetings, and the resources to help you do it.
Webelos Leader Specific (2 hour) - Webelos is a fascinating time, providing age appropriate programs while preparing the boys for their Boy Scouting future.We'll show you how to make the Webelos years fun and successful. Combine this course with Youth Protection, Fast Start, and New Leaders Essentials and you will be fully trained.
Helping Cub Scouts with Disabilities Succeed (1 hour) - Learn how to effectively involve all Cub Scouts and their families regardless of their abilities.
Whittling Chip (1 hour) - Cub Scouts love to carve wood! Learn about the care and handling of pocket knives, the requirements of the whittlin'. chip, and simple carving ideas to introduce the fun of whittling to your Scouts.
Ready, Aim, Fire -Cub Scout BB Gun and Archery Training (3 hour) - Learn about recent changes to the BB Gun and Archery shooting in Cub Scout Programs. Participants will become certified to operate a BB gun and Archery range for District and Council events.
Budget "wise" Troop and Crew Camping (1 hour) - Wisdom. Plan short and long term camping. Affordable trips planned with imagination.
From Eagle to Junior Scoutmaster (1 hour) - How to guide them, train them, utilize them locally, nationally and internationally.
*Youth run and Adult guided Troops (1 hour) -How do we allow youth to run a troop while we coach from afar? This session will give you some tips.
The New Scout Patrol (1 hour) - This session will show the need of better communications between parents, the boys and the unit. It will outline the materials to be covered in the immediate meeting of the parent and boy with the Scoutmaster and a suggested program of events to encourage timely advancement in rank in the Scout's first year.
Boy Scout Advancement 101 (1 hour) - Advancement Basics. New Scouters can learn the ins and outs of advancement and veteran Scouters will refresh and renew their unit's advancement process with this course. Get the straight facts on BSA policies and procedures. The Hows and Whys of setting up an Advancement Committee, Boards of Review, requirements for advancement, merit badges, youth awards, Courts of Honor, and adult recognition. Recommended for SM, AS, CC, Advancement Chairs. Helpful for all adult leaders.
The 12 Steps From Life to Eagle (1 hour) - Set up your Life Scouts for success. Easily navigate the application process, project selection, planning, and execution, Boards of Review, and BSA guidelines by following this 12-step process. Even the appeal process is explored and explained. The Four Steps to Advancement is recommended as a prerequisite. Recommended for SM, AS, CC, Advancement Chairs, and Life to Eagle Coordinators.
Boards of Review and the Four Steps to Advancement (1 hour) - The BSA advancement process down to four easy steps that will help your unit advance more boys by streamlining the process and increasing your Scouts' desire to achieve. Includes detailed instruction on how to conduct a Board of Review (BOR), when and where to hold a BOR, and who can conduct a BOR. Recommended for SM, AS, CC, Advancement Chairs, Life to Eagle Coordinators, and all adult leaders.
One Step ahead of Troopmaster (1 hour) -A practical orientation to this effective support software for Troops. Learn what it can do for you and how to use it.
*Meeting Planning Ins' & Outs' Boy Scouts (1 hour) - planning Boy Scout meetings to keep the program interesting.
*Meeting Planning Ins' & Outs' Venture Crews (1 hour) - planning Venture Crew meetings to keep the program efficient and interesting.
Venture Leader Skills (ALL DAY) – VLSC is a fun, day-long course in the attitudes and skills that good leaders demonstrate, including vision, communication, organization and synergism. VLSC is for youth, by youth!
Venture Leader Training (3 hour) - the official Venture Crew Leader Specific Training for new and veteran Venture leaders.
Troop Committee Challenge (3 hour) - Understanding your role in the committee and how you fit into the Troop picture.
Training New Patrol Leaders (1 hour) - Learn what you need to know to train successful new patrol leaders.
The PLC (1 hour) - working with the PLC and the Troop Leadership – Learn what you need to know for successful interaction between your PLC and Troop Leadership.
*Strengthening your Troop through the Order of the Arrow (1 hour) - Learn the history of the Order of the Arrow (OA) and its tie-in to our council, what the OA is, how to attain membership, and the benefits the OA can bring to a Scout Troop.
*Troop Ceremonies (1 hour) - Bring the Pizzazz Back - Learn the methods and components of impressive, fun and effective Courts of Honor.
Merit Badges Simplified (1 hour) -– Learn simple ways to improve your Troop's Merit Badge Program.
*Totin Chip (1 hour) - Wood Carving Merit Badge made Easy – A class on the methods and skills needed to make your Troop's Totin Chip and Carving Program simple and safe.
*Outdoor Cooking by Patrols (1 hour) - Organize your Troop's outings for efficient Patrol cooking.
Getting the Most out of Summer Camp (1 hour) - How to maximize your Troop or Crew's Summer Camp experience through Merit Badges, older Scout Programs, extra activities and volunteering.
Helping Boy Scouts and Ventures with Disabilities Succeed (1 hour) - Learn the confidence to work with Scouts that have special needs.
*Chaplain's Aide (1 hour) - Youth will learn how to best serve their Troop or Crew through the Chaplain's Aide Position.
*100 Years of Scouting as seen through the Chickasaw Council (1 hour) - A class on the Chickasaw Council's involvement in 100 years of the BSA.
Recognition for Boys and Adults (1 hour) - Part of a successful program is recognizing the Scouts for their achievements and the volunteers for their time and efforts in fun and meaningful ways. We'll show you how!
Training Updates (1 hour) - Understanding BSA's New Training Stucture – Learn what you need to know to understand the new National Training Structure.
"How To's" of High Adventure Bases (1 hour) - Have you ever wanted to take your troop to Sea Base, Philmont or Northern Tier but didn't know how? This class will teach you about the process, waiting lists, and due dates.
High Adventure Alternatives to Philmont (1 hour) - In this course you will learn about additional High Adventure bases on the local and National Level. This will give you an additional option to the always crowded Philmont.
*Leave No Trace Awareness (2 hour) - An environmental consciousness is probably one of the greatest gifts we can give our Cubs and Boy Scouts. This generation, facing the prospect of alternative fuel needs and global warming,must have a sense of what it takes to maintain the environment we've got.
*The Evolution of the Scout Handbook: A Centennial: Scouting has undergone many changes during the past 100 years, and these changes are reflected in the revisions of our handbook. Come learn what elements have been added, have been lost, and remained constant through the past century of Scouting in America.
Introduction to International Scouting (1 hour) - learn about the Scouting Program throughout the world.
Advanced Fire Building (2 hour) - In this class, you will learn in detail the art of building a bow and drill and flint and steel fire set. Subjects to be covered include, making charred cloth, selecting proper wood, making tinder, carving bow drill spindles and notches and much more. Each participant will leave this class with a Flint and Steel kit or a bow drill of their own. Trainings Emphasizing Cool Skills and Crafts. NOTE: There will be an additional cost of $20 for this course. This will cover the cost of both of your kits.
*Fire by Friction (1 hour) - Hands on learning on how to make fire using multiple methods other than matches and lighters.
Creative Outings and Field Trips (1 hour) - Learn what you need to know to have easy, but exciting trips outside of your usual meetings. Includes cool ideas right under your nose.
*Dutch Ovens Beyond Cobbler (2 hour) - How to cook much more than peach cobbler. Recipes, demonstration foods and lots of tasting the results!
*Native American Crafts (1 hour) - Learn about the fascinating world of Native American crafts.
*Tying it all together with Lashing (2 hour) - You've mastered your knots, now what? Step by step instruction on lashings.
*Backpacking 101 (1 hour) - Learn the basics of selecting your personal clothing, equipment and food to make backpacking fun and increase your enjoyment and comfort in the outdoors.
Rock Climbing Safely (2 hour) - It's Fun and Challenging. From Webelos to Venturing, Scouts can enjoy the fun and challenge of climbing.
*Warm Winter Camping (1 hour) - This course will teach the Scouter how to produce a Unit program that raises the probabilities of a successful Winter Campout. The topics of instruction will cover; outdoor skills of staying warm, the technique of dressing in layers, the importance of menu planning, sleeping bag skills, leader tools to support a structured program.
*Wilderness Cooking (1 hour) - In this session we will take it beyond the dutch oven. We will learn what Wilderness Survival Merit Badge leaves out.
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- Can humanity remake itself with science? We may someday download our brains into computers or other technologies yet to be invented, or we may live in virtual universes so well developed that we can no longer tell created worlds from reality. Our technology has developed at an unprecedented rate in recent years. This talk considers where we might be in another few decades, in particular in regards to artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and biomechanics (which can be thought of as the combination of neural prosthetics with the enhanced living body). We may someday reach a point where we can augment our minds and bodies to such a great extent that we are no longer purely human as we know that term today. The talk considers the possibilities of genius machines, super humans both physically and intellectually, and immortality.


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The Young and The Restless Spoilers for Jan 30-Feb 2!
This is it, folks. The last day of Brad Carlton (Don Diamont), who we remember as first coming to the show as a sexy pool boy and winding up an executive! He'll be missed.
Friday, from his car, Brad hears Noah calling for help. He goes to Noah and pulls him from the water, but he's not found, afterwards. Nick and Michael find out Noah's in emerg and the blame game goes around. Nick blames Eden and Michael, while Abby blames Eden. Later in the week, Michael questions how good of a parent he is. He shares a moment with Eden.
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Brandon Finnegan gets the call…
Brandon Finnegan will be joining a pennant race Monday. (USATSI)
The first player from the 2014 MLB draft to join a Major League Baseball team will be left-handed pitcher Brandon Finnegan, as the Royals have announced that he'll join the team when rosters expand Monday.
Finnegan, 21, was Kansas City's first-round selection in the June draft, being taken 17th overall.
Since then, Finnegan made five starts for High-A Wilmington and followed that up with eight relief appearances for Double-A Northwest Arkansas. In all, Finnegan has a 1.33 ERA, 0.89 WHIP and 26 strikeouts against only four walks in 27 innings.
Here was our draft capsule for Finnegan back in June:
Finnegan's fastball sits in the low-to-mid-90s and now — thanks to an assist from Team USA teammate and third overall pick Carlos Rodon — rocks an impressive slider. He also mixes in a change. Due to his size (5-foot-11, 184 pounds), there have been some durability concerns. (He did miss a few starts with shoulder trouble this spring.) Still, some scouts see him as a No. 2 starter in the majors eventually, and with pitching at such a premium these days, that's pretty attractive.
Expect the Royals to use him out of the bullpen this September as they look to make the playoffs for the first time since 1985.
Monarchs 2014 Fall tryouts…
10U – tryouts call coach Carr, 817-343-7661
11U – tryouts call coach Lopez, 682-230-1130
12U – tryouts call coach Aragon, 817-564-5184
14U – tryouts call coach Clark, 817-980-3665
15-18U HS teams tryouts call coach Carr, 817-343-7661
TCU Finnegan drafted #17th in the 1st Rd. by Kansas City Royals
Finnegan Adds Preseason Honor…
FORT WORTH – TCU baseball junior pitcher Brandon Finnegan was tabbed a second-team preseason All-American by Perfect Game. The preseason accolade is his second of the year as he was also tabbed by Louisville Slugger.
Finnegan, a 2013 Big 12 honorable mention performer, led the Horned Frogs with 86 strikeouts in 79.1 innings pitched. In 16 appearances, he posted a 3.18 ERA and held opponents to a .257 batting average against.
He spent the summer representing the USA as a member of the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team. Finnegan went 3-1 with a 1.14 ERA in six appearances for the national team. Baseball America recently tagged Finnegan as the 13th ranked prospect for the upcoming 2014 MLB draft.
The junior is just one of two Big 12 athletes to earn preseason recognition from Perfect Game, joining Kansas State's Ross Kivett.
The baseball season is fast approaching as the team will begin spring practice on Jan. 24 in preparation for the season-opener on Feb. 14. The Horned Frogs open the campaign with a four-game homestand that includes a three-game series against Jacksonville and a midweek contest against Northern Colorado.
8th Annual Pitching Camp with Ray Burris…
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- Cost – $100
- Purpose – To develop the proper pitching mechanics and help reach your max potential as a pitcher.
- Location – Swing For The Fence (Monarchs indoor batting cages)
- When – January 11.18.25. & 1st 2014
- Time – TBD, one hour classes
Monarchs Players Taken In The 2013 MLB Draft…
Kyle Bartsch – South Alabama – 7th rd. Kansas City Royals
Aaron Blanton – Richland College – 9th rd. Miami Marlins
Rafael Pineda – TX A&M – 30th rd. Seattle Mariners
Mitchell Davis – Florida International – 32nd rd. Kansas City Royals
12U Clark wins Pony Elite "Texas Two Steps"
Finnegan Earns USA Baseball CNT Invite…
|Brandon Finnegan has earned a spot on the Collegiate National Team this summer.
FORT WORTH – TCU sophomore pitcher Brandon Finneganwas been invited to the 2013 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team. He becomes the fifth player in school history to earn a spot on the squad.
"Brandon has more than earned this opportunity to represent TCU and our great country in international play," said head coach Jim Schlossangle. "He has worked hard, matured and competed his way to becoming one of the premier left-handed pitchers in the college baseball. I am excited for him to have this great life experience."
Finnegan has put up outstanding numbers on the mound this season. His 2.12 ERA in 11 starts ranks eighth in the Big 12, while his 65 strikeouts are the second-most for a pitcher in the conference. He has been even better in conference play, leading the team with a 1.15 ERA to go along with 42 strikeouts in 39 innings pitched.
13U Bates wins championship, April Super Slam NIT…
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Human Rights Council resolution 7/22 requests the Special Rapporteur (then Independent Expert) to make recommendations that could help the realization of the Millennium Development Goals, in particular of Goal 7. To carry out this task, she consulted with numerous actors working on the MDGs related to water and sanitation and carried out research on that topic. She presented a report to the General Assembly in October 2010 analyzing the MDGs targets on water and sanitation from a human rights perspective, and made recommendations on how these targets could be better aligned with human rights criteria.
She continues to work closely with UNICEF and WHO, who run the Joint Monitoring Programme, which is responsible for reporting on progress towards the MDG targets on water and sanitation, in order to integrate human rights into MDG policy and processes. In this regard, the JMP has embarked on a process to consider new indicators for the post-2015 process guided by human rights criteria. At the first stakeholder consultation on this issue, the Special Rapporteur delivered a keynote address.
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Ebenopsis ebano
Pithecellobium flexicaule
Texas ebony
Fabaceae Family
Form: multistemmed low-growing shrub, or single stem specimen tree; attractive dark green foliage
Seasonality: evergreen; partially deciduous in colder zones
Size: 15-30ft with equal spread; slow to moderate growth rate (slow when young, speeds up once established in ground)
Leaves: bipinnately compound, alternate, round leaflets
Flowers: small, creamy white to yellow puffball; fragrant; bloom in late spring
Fruit: dehiscent pod, dark brown, 3-6in long, 1-1.5in wide; pods persistent year round
Stems/Trunks: well-armed with many thorns; gray stems have distinctive zig-zag jointing
Range/Origin: southern Texas and adjacent Mexico
zig-zag twigs on Ebenopsis ebano
(Pithecellobium flexicaule)
Hardiness: mid to low teens
- specimen tree
- impenetrable barrier plant
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- unruly when young, better shape with age
- Exposure: full sun, takes reflected head
- Water: drought tolerant; faster growth with irrigation, best with 1-2 deep irrigations per month
- Soil: tolerant
- Propagation: seed, very hard seed coat, difficult to break dormancy
- Maintenance: low; pod cleanup; training when young if tree form desired
Pithecellobium flexicaule is an old botanical name.
Ebenopsis ebano
at the Sonoran Desert Museum
The more current classification is Ebenopsis ebano.
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I love to experiment and make a mess in the kitchen. I also love reading (esp. reading "the classics") and cats and Baroque stuff. I'm interested in growing my own herbs and vegs, but the deer where I live are very, very cheeky.
- Location: Northern NJ
- Favorite foods: Sashimi, oysters on the half-shell, food from Northern New Mexico, Camembert, eggplant, rose-flavored black tea, fresh French bread, almonds, raspberries, sake, vindaloo. Dove brand (!) dark chocolate. Coffee.
- Last bite on earth: A Delmonico steak done rare with wild onion compound butter and really good frites.
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There was this gourmet/neighborhood market in Maywood, NJ I used to visit. Had a very generous sampling policy of cheese and crostini spreads. I think they must have had 20 different kinds of gouda to try. This really helped when I didn't have enough to eat. And it was delicious, too. If I didn't live so far away from them nowadays, I would reward them with my business.
Midnight Munchies...Sleep or Eat?
I usually sleep instead of eat.
Almond milk
I totally love the taste of unsweetened almond milk, but I stopped buying it when I learned in Nutrition Action how few almonds actually go into it. I'm back to drinking milk now.
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Seedless rye bread. The bakery kind.
Snapshots from France: Nutty Sweets and Biscuits from Brittany
Yum. Yum. Yum.
I heard that the French are not fond of peanuts in their chocolate, though. Their loss?
Shirataki Noodles
Interesting comments. Thanks, everyone!
What's your secret kitchen "cheat" tool?
I have a little plastic contraption that I got a long time ago with a set of Ron Popeil Ginsu Knives -- it efficiently juices citrus when you insert it into the fruit and squeeze, and I guess that counts.
Served: Leaving Restaurants for Groceries
I'm the same way with grocery stores. Sometimes I prefer to call them "food museums." Good luck with the new job!
Bake the Book: 'Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at Home'
The first time I tried green tea ice cream.
Hurricane Eats: What are you stocking up for the storm?
We're going to try something a little different. I heard that we're supposed to open the fridge/freezer as little as possible so that it can stay cold in the event the power goes out. With that in mind, I decided to take a bunch of refrigerated items out of the fridge in advance and keep them in an ice chest for the duration of the storm, eating them as it progresses. I also have tons of ramen and all the fixings - as well as a gas stove. Hopefully it won't come to that. Yesterday I visited the grocery, the drug store, and the gas station, and everywhere it was a madhouse with people making preparations. It's already beginning to look threatening out (Saturday morning going on 8:30.)
Scott's Pizza Chronicles: San Marzano Fact vs Fiction
Very edifying article, thanks.
French in a Flash: Campanelle with Eggplant Caviar
I have a nice big container in the fridge right now of eggplant caviar that I made. I've been wrapping it in large basil leaves as a snack, but I love the idea of serving it as a meal with toasted pine nuts and pasta. Thanks!
Carpe diem! Not much summer left....Dinner plans 8.24.11
It was too cool to go to the swimming pool this afternoon, so I made a cool-weather dinner as a preview of things to come. I cut some boneless chicken breasts thin, coated them in panko crumbs, and sauteed them in canola oil. While keeping them warm, I cooked some Japanese rice. Then I made a Japanese vegetable curry, with potatoes, carrots, onions, and shredded granny smith apple. I assembled the curry on top of the rice. Then I sliced the chicken cutlets, which turned out nice and moist on the inside and crispy on the outside, and placed the slices on top of the curry. My mother and I loved it.
Cleaning out the fridge before moving - help!
@PoorOldMama, I'm gonna try that recipe. I have quite a lot of cranberries in the freezer that I'd been looking to put good use to as well. Thanks.
25 Malaysian Dishes You Should Know
I loved this article. Thanks!
Cook the Book: 'The Glorious Pasta of Italy'
I never met a penne alla vodka I didn't like. But maybe my most memorable pasta dish was hand-harvested mussels from a friend's summer house on Long Island along with linguine and a nice white wine mignonette and, of course, a good crusty bread and wine to drink and a simple green salad.
Labor Day Giveaway: Tenderloin Filets and Cedar Grilling Planks
Burgers, steaks, and vegs such as eggplant and zucchini sliced lengthwise and big mushrooms.
excess onions
I use onions so often that it's not a worry for me. I put the leftover onion in a zipper bag in the crisper and use it in the next day or two. I agree: if you have LOTS of leftover onions, you can chop and freeze them.
non-celebrity chefs that have influenced you
Just the French family I stayed with for a summer. I asked a lot of questions about the meals they prepared, and they were generous with answers. They enjoyed educating me in provincial French cuisine, and I certainly enjoyed learning. It's stuck with me ever since.
BraveTart: In the Hall of the Dairy Queen
I love the Blizzard, but my fave flavor is Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Never much cared for the other kinds.
Photo of the Day: Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond Has a Messy Kitchen Too
I'm definitely a clean up as you go type. But I used to have a miniscule galley kitchen with a tiny sink and next to no counter space -- that made cleaning up as I go a terrible challenge, and I'd end up putting my dirty dishes on the kitchen table. The table wasn't as big as the one in the photo, but the photo brought back unpleasant memories of scrambling to make things fit in that ridiculous apartment kitchen. My heart goes out to everyone here who has to cope with a tiny kitchen!
Weekend Cook and Tell: Celebrating Sardines and Anchovies
What I've heard left and right about anchovies adding "umami" to a dish is true. I sautee some anchovies in olive oil when I make a red clam sauce. The anchovies just disintegrate, and they provide great flavor.
I also like them on pizza sometimes! Or on top of a salad.
Or even plain.
"Seriously Indian"?
If only someone over there at SE could be sponsored for a trip to India. Not only would I appreciate the recipes; I'd also love the photos!
Maybe by tackling one region at a time.....
I've had mixed results with my forays into Indian cooking. Chana masala, it's fair to say I've nailed. I've also been experimenting with vindaloo. But I'd always welcome a SE supplement to my cookbooks and the websites I've bookmarked. With photos!!
SE Staff Picks: Our Favorite Non-Pedestrian Cheeses
That was seriously entertaining.
This time, coffee near Times Sq.
Empire Coffee. It's a coffee and tea purveyor with a coffee bar. The east side of Ninth Avenue, somewhere around 42nd or 43rd Street. Like, a half a block uptown of the back of the Port Authority. No seating, though. I think they have a website you can look at, too.


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The complaint charges Snowden with theft of government property, unauthorized communication of national defense information and willful communication of classified intelligence to an unauthorized person. The latter two allegations amount to espionage under the federal Espionage Act.
Snowden, 30, has admitted in interviews he was the source behind the leak of classified documents about the NSA's surveillance programs. Those leaks were the basis of reports in
The documents revealed the existence of top-secret surveillance programs that collect records of domestic telephone calls in the
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Obama, top legislators and national security officials defend the surveillance programs as necessary to combat terrorism and argue that some privacy must be sacrificed in a balanced approach.
They say the law allows collection of metadata, such as the time and numbers of phone calls, and that a special federal court must approve accessing the content -- listening to the call itself.
Snowden is believed to be in hiding in
A series of blog posts this week purportedly by Snowden said he leaked classified details about
However, Obama "closed the door on investigating systemic violations of law, deepened and expanded several abusive programs, and refused to spend the political capital to end the kind of human rights violations like we see in Guantanamo, where men still sit without charge," a blog post said. The Guardian newspaper and website identified the author as Snowden.
Snowden said that he had to get out of the
In the interview with the South China Morning Post, he said he plans to stay in
The complaint against him was filed under seal on June 14 in U.S. District Court in
There have been "some preliminary" discussions with
This new treaty established an agreement under
Carol Cratty reported from
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