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In short: Very hilly, well organised good downhill finishIn full: MAybe worth sorting the traffic as cars trying to get into park and out of park caused jams. Consider allowing cars to exit out of normal way out. Shame the race is not when the park and attractions are open - may attract more families to have the day outDate of review: February 4, 2007
In short: Super race, well organised, nice commentary at the finish was encouraging to all..THANKS!!In full: Will definately do again, hills were....hilly!! especially 2nd time around but plenty of opportunity to recover, so I thoroughly recommend Date of review: February 4, 2007
In short: you must try this race if only for the scenery, beware of the "undulation" it can hurt !In full: Nothing really new to report, more loos would be good but there is always a last minute rushWhy was there a problem gettig out ? Perhaps there needs to be a one way system or more signs to gain an alternative exit. However at great race well organised.Date of review: February 4, 2007
In short: B-yootiful. First proper race, everything was fabulous, great setting and very well organised. Highly recommended to all, even the hills were easy in such a lovely setting :o)Date of review: February 4, 2007
In short: the first hill that you have to do twice, feels like a mountain! puts new perspective to the term "hilly"!! But the down to the end makes it all worth while - bit like childbirth - as soon as u have your medal you're back to grinning at the hills!!Date of review: February 4, 2007
In short: AwesomeIn full: Graded starting point was a great idea for those who observed it. My only complaint would be ignorant people who attended a very busy race with their dogs and then forced their way through from the back of the pack, it wasn't great to be pushed out of the way going up a tightly packed first hill by a grunting poodle pulling its owner up the hill only to see it at the top answering the call of nature as I passed, for it to come past me again dragging its owner along - why not go the whole hog and I'll bring Beethoven from the movies next year!!! But apart from that I managed to set a Personal Best and the run for the last 800m along Lodge Drive was made fantastic by the Commentator screaming down the loudspeaker, countdowns to the one hour marker every 15 secs, I've never run so hard trying to make it - can he go to all races!!!Date of review: February 4, 2007
In short: EnjoyableDate of review: February 4, 2007
In short: Nice HillsIn full: Needs more toiletsDate of review: February 4, 2007
In short: The Good: amazing scenery and a great challenge. The Bad: Not enough loos, some traffic (on narrow roads), too expensive.Date of review: February 4, 2007
In short: The Hills are alive !Date of review: February 4, 2007
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In short: Great race, but expensiveIn full: I'm glad I had a hotel opposite Preston Park, because the toilet queues on site were generally horrendous. It wasn't too bad to simply use the urinals though.The race itself was fantastic with plentiful water stations and great crowd support. A couple of dodgy mile markers, which seemed to have been placed at random (miles 7 and 10), though this is not particularly unusual. Great to see the elites on their way to the finish. The out-and-back nature of the course made it tough going at times. The stretch along New Church Road seemed to go on forever!This is definitely a race to be experienced, but I have to mark it down for value. While I secured an early-bird entry for a reasonable price, the process of having to stay in Brighton to collect race packs from the Expo adds a considerable amount of time and expense. Surely you don't lose that many race packs in the postal system? Also, having to print out vital information from the race magazine is another pain. I don't believe that these methods are as "green" as you say. It simply palms off extra hidden costs to the competitors.If it wasn't for the cost and time involved I would unreservedly enter again because I enjoyed the race atmosphere very much. However, it will remain on my "maybe" pile while I try out more alternatives in the next few years.Date of review: April 16, 2013
In short: Smooth organisationIn full: Silverstone is notorious for access problems, and based on previous race reviews I was prepared for a lot of waiting. However, I was pleasantly surprised. Straight in to the car parking, and out of the area again in around 20 minutes, which was pretty good considering the volume of traffic along the single road.The race is never going to win any awards for scenery, but you don't sign up to run on a racing circuit and expect to see anything other than stands and roads, surely? Unless it was Monaco, I suppose.I really can't fault the organisation of the essentials, such as baggage handling. The race started on time, and it was a great touch to start running to the F1 theme tune. I'm not a huge F1 fan by any stretch, but I'm going to get goosebumps every time I hear that theme from now on! This is the biggest event I've run to date, so it was quite a novelty to be surrounded by other runners from start to finish. Bunching around the course was minimal and there were loads of opportunities for overtaking without fuss.It's not a flat course, but the inclines are no more than about 2%, so there is plenty of PB potential. I found my Garmin was persistently measuring short miles (probably because I wasn't following the racing line well enough), so it's a good idea to wear a pace band if you want to hit a specific target.I really enjoyed the experience and thought it was good value for money.Date of review: March 4, 2013
In short: Enjoyable race in spite of the weatherIn full: I'll get my gripe out of the way first. Having arrived in Stevenage nice and early I was near to where the parking had been allocated. Perhaps I came in from an odd direction, but I saw absolutely no helpful signs to the location of the parking, nor to the "Showground". I then made my way to the town centre and found the Swimming pool. Again, no signs to direct to the carpark that was being used. Fortunately there were a couple of coaches parked up and I guessed they would be for the runners. I would have been happier if I hadn't had to guess. Just a simple sign would suffice.That aside, the organisation of the race was very good and the marshals did a fantastic job of directing and encouraging the runners around the course. In weather like we had today I would rather be running than marshalling for sure!Good facilities at the start, including changing rooms and a stand near to the start line so that we didn't have to wait around in the heavy rain for too long. Water was in cups, probably half-filled with rainwater :) The course is a good one for a PB. The inclines are not too challenging and the section around the lake allows some recuperation (twice - since it is a two-lap course). According to my garmin, the overall elevation gain was about 400ft.The bus transfer to and from the venue was well organised and I didn't have to wait around very long at all.I would happily run this event again. Hopefully the parking won't be moved again and I'll know where to go next time.Date of review: November 4, 2012
In short: Low-key, enjoyable raceIn full: I wasn't expecting any fanfare after receiving my race pack containing my number and nothing else. This reduces my mark for "beginner friendliness", but is only a minor quirk really. The only other bad point is the amount of time it has taken to see the results (one week following the race). The race itself was very enjoyable and well organised. It is a low-key event, initially feeling quite "clubby", but friendly nonetheless. The race was on a single lap, fairly scenic course around the Luton Hoo estate on mainly traffic-free roads. After the first mile there is a steady incline of around 6% for half a mile, then about 1.5% until it flattened out. At about the 6km mark there was a fairly steep (about 9%) decline for around a quarter of a mile. Then there were a series of shorter undulations until the end. A nice touch was the marking of tree roots with white paint to help avoid tripping. Marshalls were in all the right places, which helps when you are a useless navigator like me. Although it isn't a flat course, just remember that for all the uphills there are downhills too!Another nice touch was the medal, depicting a torchbearer. My very own "Olympic" medal :)The parking and facilities at the venue were fine for the number of participants. I really enjoyed this race and will definitely return.Date of review: August 6, 2012
In short: Some niggles, but a valiant first marathon.In full: Many thanks to all the marshals, musicians and supporters who braved the elements on such a foul day so that I could run my planned marathon! The drink stations were generally well signposted and managed, and I appreciated the options for Lucozade Sport and Hi-5 gels. The marshals and spectators were great throughout the course, shouting encouragement and warning of impending obstacles.I was lucky enough to secure stadium parking, so I didn't need to wait for baggage – which was a huge bonus. I was surprised that there were no additional portaloos provided outside the stadium. Perhaps this is something for the organisers to consider for next year to alleviate the overcrowding inside the stadium. It was unpleasant trying to get to the toilets in the stand before the start.Approaching the stadium for the finish was great, but was let down somewhat because the actual finish line was not immediately obvious. The supporters were clearly well accustomed to shouting "keep going" when runners crossed the "dummy" line, before reaching the true finish line. I can only guess how many runners must have pulled-up before actually finishing. I expected to see a finish arch, so it was a bit of an anti-climax to cross the line and then walk some distance to collect the medal. The medal itself was worth achieving.The few niggles were amplified by the extraordinarily lousy weather, but I think they would still cause complaints on a good day. They are not insurmountable problems, so I'm confident that this event will only get better. As an inaugural event, I think the organisers are to be commended.Date of review: May 1, 2012
In short: Very enjoyable raceIn full: My second time at this event. The organisation was very good, if a bit chaotic in the main hall. The wait time for timing chip, baggage and toilets were not as bad as imagined when looking at the queues. Nice work by all volunteers. Marshals around the course were encouraging and attentive. Water was handed out efficiently. No goody bag. Cagoule was OK, but personally preferred previous years sweatshirt. Unless I missed it, there was a lack of signs to bus pick-up point. Also, I didn't realise that there were two bus drop-off's, which was confusing because I couldn't see a thing out of the bus windows. Overall, only minor gripes in an otherwise excellent, well organised race.Date of review: December 12, 2011
In short: Great Race, Pleasant Course, Well MarshalledIn full: The hardest part (hill climb) is over by the time you reach two miles. There is a steady (though not steep) incline between around five and seven miles which slowed me down. Nonetheless, I got an unexpected PB for the distance. It must have been because of the strategically placed motivational signs saying "PB or Bust". Special mention must go to the marshalls, who were very encouraging regardless of club affiliation. If I have to find a negative, it would be that the water stations only had water in cups.I will be more than happy to run this very enjoyable race again in future.Date of review: April 3, 2011
In short: Very well marshalled, lots of encouragement, scenic.In full: My only gripe about this event was the lack of directions from/to the parking at the school. A few directional signs would have been useful. Other than that, from arrival at the running track this was a very well run event. There was only a short queue for numbers and timing chips. Likewise, the baggage tent was well manned and efficient. The race itself was entusiastically marshalled with plenty of encouraging words shouted from start to finish. Overall it was a very enjoyable run and I wouldn't hesitate to participate again. I have to say it's a potential PB course, because I just achieved a PB in spite of some poor recent training.Date of review: November 7, 2010
In short: Very enjoyable raceIn full: I have no complaints whatsoever about this well organised event. It remains one of my favourite races. The Rhino's ran over towards us near the start and the cheetah looked ready to begin chase, which makes this run something out of the ordinary. Considering the hilly surroundings, the course is about as flat as they come so PB's are definately on the cards.Date of review: June 6, 2010
In short: I recommend this race without hesitationIn full: Due to illness and injury in the latter weeks of my training I regretably had to drop down from the Full to the Half-Marathon this year.Thank you to all of the marshalls and organisers for another enjoyable day. There was some great support going around the course too. The encouragement is always appreciated.The start seemed to be even more bunched than last year - probably due to the new (temporary?) start location. The announcer was urging the back runners to go faster because we were in danger of holding up the front runners completing the initial lap in town. It's difficult to run faster in a bottleneck!I prefer water provided in bottles, but it's not a major issue.Apart from those minor niggles I thoroughly enjoyed the run.Date of review: April 27, 2010
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MAYBE if John was alive today and having no more resentment, he might have written something good(or even ironic but good humored)about Paul... who knows? You know how John was...
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Great looking pies as always, Norma.With respect to your preferment quandry, before I got into sougdoughs, I spent quite a bit of time mesing with baker's yeast preferments, and I can't say I ever made a pie that I thought was meaningfully more flavorful or (better in any other way) than a pie made with yeast straight out of the jar, AOTBE.CL
I'm sure I'm not quite as accomplished as Craig, but I've tried preferments and feel the same way. Here's my personal theory on the subject. The flavor resulting from long fermentation is a product of the components of the flour being metabolized by yeast and bacteria. If only part of the flour is getting this extended exposure, why will this enhance the flavor more than a long counter rise or a lengthy refrigeration with a fully-made dough? I know it looks bubbly and smells good, but doesn't it stand to reason that the longer the entire dough ferments, the more fully the elements of taste will develop? This is not something I've really read anywhere; it's just my thought process, and it seems to hold true in my experience. Does it make sense to you?
Makes sense to me!
Norma's situation is unique. She is permitted access to her market pizza stall only on Monday through Friday. She is not permitted to do anything with her dough off premises. She has to do everything on premises. She only makes pizza on Tuesdays, from about 8:30AM to about 8:30PM. At the time that Norma decided to sell pizza at market, she had several possible options. For example, she could have made a cold fermented dough on Friday and used it about four days later (on Tuesday). Another possibility would have been to make a one-day cold fermented dough on Monday for use on Tuesday. I suppose she could also have made a one-day ambient temperature fermented dough, but the temperatures at market vary dramatically over the course of the year. After having tried a basic Lehmann NY style dough and found it wanting, she asked for help with something that would be better. I stepped forward and, shortly thereafter, the preferment Lehmann dough formulation was born. Ideally, it would have been nice to have used a poolish or similar preferment that was prefermented in the classic way, using small amounts of commercial yeast and a long prefermentation period at ambient temperature, or at a controlled temperature if that was possible. However, Norma was at the mercy of market temperatures and that ruled out a room temperature prefermentation (and a normal room temperature fermentation as well). The same conditions ruled out the use of natural starters and preferments. What we ultimately came up with was a poolish that was elaborated with a fair amount of flour, starting on Friday, and then cold fermented over the weekend until Monday, when she could go back to market to make the final dough. That dough would be cold fermented for use on Tuesday. Preferments are like anything else. Some people like them and some don't. Some could do better with their preferments, but most people don't really understand them all that well, and even how they differ from each other (e.g., poolish vs. sponge vs. bigas vs old dough, etc.), and how to best use them. There are right ways to use preferments and there are wrong ways. All too often, people just make up their own preferments, and wonder why they don't work. I have always felt that it was a good idea to learn about preferments before using them. And, in that regard, I was fortunate to find articles about preferments that were written by Didier Rosada, formerly of the San Francisco Baking Institute. Those article can usually be found in the archives of the Wayback Machine at http://web.archive.org/web/20040814193817/cafemeetingplace.com/archives/food3_apr2004.htm and at http://web.archive.org/web/20050829015510/www.cafemeetingplace.com/archives/food4_dec2004.htm. Even among professionals, preferments are uncommon. Other than Norma, the only professionals that I can think off offhand that use preferments are Brian Spangler of Apizza Scholls, Tom Douglas of Serious Pie, Anthony Mangieri of UPN and, apparently, Chris Bianco of Pizzeria Bianco. Now, Norma is apparently at a crossroads. And I don't blame her for wanting to get out from under prefermented doughs if she can do so and meet the expectations of her customers. But the rules at market do not give her a lot of latitude. Unless she is able to control temperatures of fermentation, she realistically is left with a one-day cold fermented dough, made on Monday for use on Tuesday, or a four-day cold fermented dough, made on Friday for use on Tuesday. Or she could make and use frozen dough balls. I am sure that all of these options can be used successfully, and none would be unusual. In a pinch, where her doughs are unusable for some reason, she could make an emergency dough. I am relying strictly on memory so Norma can correct me if I misstated anything about the rules at market and how they affect her. Peter
Actually, Norma, yours is a "high class" pizzeria, at least as far as the product is concerned, and you have many people tell you that every week. Personally, I'd rather see you go back to the tried and true preferment formula(persnickety though it may be) than to see your pizza suffer at the hands of a mere 24 hr. cold ferment. Nobody knows better than I; There's nothing better than Normas' pizza, fresh from the oven!
Norma,People often tout the benefits of the flavor and textural contributions of preferments, but what is often overlooked is the way that preferments shorten production time. For example, bakers will often prepare preferments so that they preferment overnight while their bakeries are closed. That way, when the baker shows up at 4:00AM to make the final dough (or whatever time the baker reports to work), the only remaining activity is the final mix. A good part of the heavy lifting was done by the preferment, so the production time is fairly short. Even Professor Calvel, in his book The Taste of Bread (at page 46), measures the production time for prefermented doughs from the time of the final mix, not from the time that the preferment is prepared. I might add that some bakeries even have special sections reserved for preferments, and some of those areas are temperature controlled for quality control purposes. In your case, whether you thought about it or not, your production time was shortened because of the use of the preferment, and you also got the flavor and textural benefits of the preferment.However, the above is arguably moot if in your case your taste testers and customers cannot tell the difference between your preferment Lehmann crust and and a one-day crust. I agree with you that the sauce, cheese and toppings that you have been using play a major role in customers' perception of your pizzas. And, to your credit, you are using quality flours, sauces, cheeses and toppings. The challenge is to see if you can find ways to improve upon a one-day Lehmann dough without having to resort to using a preferment. One thought that occurs to me is to consider using a flour, bromated or not, that has a lower protein content than the KASL (or other high-gluten flours) that you have using, especially since you don't need the fermentation tolerance of a high-gluten flour for a one-day dough. The dough would be along the lines of classic (pre-1970's) NY style doughs that used lower protein flours before high-gluten flours became popular for making NY style pizzas. If there are particular features of the finished crust you are after, there may be ways of achieving them as part of your formulation, through the use of oil and/or sugars. Beyond these kinds of changes, you are left with steps that might be taken to improve or enhance the flavor of your crust, such as using garlic or onion powders as part of the crust, using sweeteners such as honey or malt or molasses, adding small amounts of other flours, creating your own signature sauce or cheese blend, etc. Peter
Norma,When I was talking about the medium-strength flours in relation to high-gluten flour, I was speaking generally, with an emphasis on the gradations in crust characteristics and features (including textural effects), flavor and color that one can reasonably expect going from a high-gluten flour to a slightly less strong flour. Had I also mentioned all-purpose flour, which was also used for classic NY style pizzas before high-gluten flour gained popularity, the same gradations of crust characteristics and features could be expected in relation to the stronger flours. With respect to the classic New York style, I was guided in my thinking mainly by Evelyne Slomon who discussed that topic on occasion on the forum, including at Reply 298 at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,1258.msg37081/topicseen.html#msg37081 and at Reply 47 at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,3489.msg31563/topicseen.html#msg31563. In reviewing the list of flours that you have used for your pizza making, including those as given at Reply 50 at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,18075.msg177835.html#msg177835, some possibilities for a classic NY style might be the Power flour, the Occident flour, the KABF flour, the Mondako flour, and the Better for Bread flour. Evelyne reported that she used the Hecker's (Ceresota) flour, which is essentially an all-purpose flour with above average protein content. Another possible choice not mentioned above might be the Gold Medal Full Strength flour (http://www.gmflour.com/gmflour/Flour_SpecSheet/FULL%20STRENGTH%20ENR%20MT.pdf). You may have already formed opinions on the suitability of the above flours and, if so, that is good since that helps weed out those flours that you do not like or do not think perform well for your purposes.As I mentioned earlier, you now find yourself at a crossroads. Whenever I see or hear the word "crossroads", I am reminded of the old Woody Allen joke:More than any time in history mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness, the other to total extinction. Let us pray that we have the wisdom to choose correctly. I'm hoping that there is a second choice for you to have available for the NY style at market.Peter
Norma,I think any of the flours you mentioned should be reasonable as a starting point. I think I might pick the Occidental, and go from there. You also have any number of possibilities for a starting dough formulation. A modified Lehmann NY style dough formulation along the lines that Steve came up with would make a reasonable starting point but you can modify even that one to meet your particular needs. As you know from the Pepe's dough, you don't really need any oil or sugar to make a decent NY style pizza. But if you like tenderness in the crust beyond what the flour will give you, you can use say, 1-3% oil. I personally like a good olive oil because of its richness and flavor, but just about any oil, or oil blend, should be suitable. Maybe even some lard instead if oil. Salt quantity is personal. Middle of the road is about 1.75% but more or less than that can be used depending on what you think your customers might find acceptable. I personally like the wheaty flavor in a crust, which too much salt can masquerade, but I know that some people have been so conditioned by food processors and chefs/cooks to high salt levels that they have essentially become addicted to high salt levels.I think I would pass on the sugar in the dough the first go-around and assess whether it might help next time based on your results. Usually, you have to add a lot of sugar to detect it in the finished crust. I personally don't think you want that in a NY style crust. Tom Lehmann advocates adding sugar to the dough once the cold fermentation period is to go out beyond two to three days and maybe by by that time the yeast needs more food. But some people just like sugar even if they can't detect it. You might get added color, but the slices that many NY pizzerias sell don't really have that much color in the rim. For yeast, the classic yeast for the New York style was cake yeast. But, for your volume at market, IDY is cheaper and more convenient. But, whichever yeast you use, you ideally want to get a decent rise out of the dough, maybe a double, and you want that condition to be achieved when you are ready to use the dough. If you measure the time that it takes your dough to double, in hours, maybe we can do some calculations to adjust the amount of yeast for your particular schedule.For hydration, I think I would start at around 63%. You can always adjust around that number, either up or down, based on your results. I don't think that you would have to change your oven temperature at 63% hydration. For thickness factor, unless you would like to use a value such as you use for your preferment Lehmann dough so that part doesn't change, you might start with 0.08 and adjust from there based on your results. An 18" size would be a good pizza size in my opinion. As you can see, you have all kinds of options. Peter
Good to hear you will be able to do some calculations if I watch to see how long it takes the dough to double. Do you want me to do the poppy seed method for the first attempt, or just watch the dough?
Norma,It is up to you which method you want to use. You might use both methods simultaneously, and measure the poppy seed spacing when the dough appears to be where you would like to use it (and note the number of hours it took to get to that point). I mentioned a doubling of the dough only because it is a classic benchchmark. A doubling is also easy for most people to recognize visually for most doughs with normal hydration values. BTW, the reason I suggested the Occident flour is because it is bromated yet, at 12.4%, is within the bread flour range in terms of protein. I believe you previously reported that your Occident flour is unbleached. That is somewhat uncommon for bromated flours although the Gold Medal Full Strength flour that I mentioned earlier (see http://www.gmflour.com/gmflour/Flour_SpecSheet/FULL%20STRENGTH%20BL%20BR%20ENR%20MT.pdf) is also a bromated flour that is available unbleached. Its protein content is 12.6% and, hence, in the bread flour protein range. I mention this just as a factual matter, not to suggest that you rush out to purchase some. In such a case, I would perhaps go with the bleached version since it was bleached flours that the early NYC pizza masters used. Of course, you may eventually decide that neither bromated or bleached flours are what you want to use. Peter


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WABC-TV/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Race Relations Poll, January 1988 (ICPSR 9187)
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This data collection examines race relations in New York City. Respondents were asked to name the most important black leader in New York City and to give their opinions on whether income and living conditions were getting better or worse for most blacks and whether there was more or less anti-white/anti-black feeling among members of the other race. In addition, respondents were asked if they agreed or disagreed with these statements: 1) The police and the courts treat blacks as fairly as they treat whites, 2) If blacks tried harder they could be just as well off as whites, 3) Discrimination has unfairly held blacks down but many problems today are brought on by blacks themselves, and 4) Blacks have been held back because Jews control the educational system in the city. Additional topics covered include the Howard Beach incident in which several white youths were found guilty of manslaughter in the death of a black youth, the selection of the black educator Richard Green as chancellor of the city schools, and the respondent's opinion of several public figures. Background information on respondents includes religion, race, sex, and borough of residence.
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Insanity what the NCAA did.
Games at 2:20, Buckeyes at 5:00. Gotta get 20,000 people out of the Q after the Buckeye game (which will end at 7:00 at the earliest), then back in for a 7:27 start for the first night game.
11 hours of basketball. No alcohol. No break in between games.
Column in this mornings PD touches on it.
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/03 ... in_cl.html


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Immermann, Karl Lebrecht
Karl Lebrecht Immermann 1796-1840
German novelist, playwright, and poet.
Best known as the author of Munchhausen (1839), Immermann is a transitional figure in his national literature, standing between the Romanticism of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century German literature and the realistic novels of the later nineteenth century. Immermann wrote during a politically and culturally turbulent period in Germany, after the Napoleonic Wars. Many of his works are satirical attacks on what he saw as the dissolution of the traditional moral and spiritual values which he believed inhered in the monarchist system.
Biographical Information
Immermann was born in Magdeburg, into a family of Prussian civil servants. He enrolled at Halle University in 1813 to study law, but his education was almost immediately interrupted by the war with France. He entered military service that same year and fought at Waterloo in 1815, leaving the army a commissioned officer. Returning to Halle University, he became known for his public opposition to the nationalist student movements of the time. He wrote pamphlets against these groups and protested in person to the king—actions that alienated him from much of the German intellectual community, which was generally unsympathetic to the monarchy. After finishing his education, Immermann entered the Prussian civil service. He served as a judge in Magdeburg and then in Dilsseldorf, where he died suddenly at the age of forty-four.
Major Works
Immermann wrote a number of plays that were indifferently received and have been assessed by Jeffrey Sammons as "of no more than antiquarian interest." He also wrote an epic in verse and was at work on his memoirs when he died. His best works are the novels Munchhausen and Die Epigonen (1836). The latter is his portrait of the disoriented character of his generation, overshadowed by the generation of Romantics that preceded them and fractured by the social and political dislocations that followed the Napoleonic Wars. The central character of Die Epigonen is a young man named Hermann who becomes entangled in a protracted struggle between a duke and an industrialist over the inheritance of an estate. In this work Immermann parodies aristocratic excesses, including an attempt to stage a medieval tournament. During the course of the often-convoluted plot Hermann becomes unwittingly involved with the nationalist student revolution. Immermann continued his attack on the values of contemporary society in Munchhausen. Half the book is set in a castle, where Münchhausen mysteriously appears and begins narrating a series of incredible tales to an old baron and his daughter. The character of Munchhausen is generally considered a parody of the romantic artist—a fantastic visionary who cannot survive in the practical, modern world. The book is divided between this satirical portrait of an increasingly irrelevant aristocracy and a compassionate, detailed depiction of German agricultural society. Immermann moves back and forth between Munchhausen's accounts of his adventures and description of the life of the peasants around the castle.
Critical Reception
Munchhausen is so sharply divided between comic fantasy and social realism that some critics consider it two novels. Ferdinand Freiligrath has said the two halves are "rather connected by the thread of the bookbinder, than by a link springing from their nature." In fact, the village story was published separately as Der Oberhof (1863) after Immermann's death. Immermann's reputation has fluctuated since the nineteenth century. Critics who admire the ambitions of his satire have often been disappointed with his actual achievements, and many have noted his debt to Goethe, especially the influence of Wilhelm Meister on Die Epigonen. Immermann has been accused of a certain plodding seriousness, as if he were trying too hard, and Lee B. Jennings judges that "he lacks the saving grace of lightness as well as the unshakable certainty as to his own position." But most critics recognize the brilliance of individual passages in his works, and his novels are still widely read.
Principal Works
Die Prinzen von Syrakus: Romantisches Lustspiel [first publication] (drama) 1821
Die Papierfenster des Eremiten (novel) 1822
König Periander und sein Haus (drama) 1823
Das Auge der Liebe (drama) 1824
Das Trauerspiel in Tyrol (drama) 1828; also published in revised form as Andreas Hofer, 1834
Der im Irrgarten der Metrik umhertaumelnde Kavalier (drama) 1829
Merlin [first publication] (drama) 1832
Tulifantchen (drama) 1832
Karl Immermanns Schriften. 14 vols. (drama, novels, and poetry) 1835-1843
Die Epigonen: Familienmemoiren in neun Buchern (novel) 1836
Münchhausen: Eine Geschichte in arabesken (novel) 1839
Memorabilien (unfinished autobiography) 1843
Der Oberhof [Der Oberhof: A Tale of Westphalian Life] (novella) 1863
Werke. 5 vols. (drama, novels, and poetry)
The Foreign Quarterly Review (essay date 1843)
SOURCE: "Immermann's New Munchhausen," in The Foreign Quarterly Review, Vol. XXXI, No. XLI, April, 1843, pp. 5-23.
[In the following excerpt, the critic offers a general overview of Muinchhausen, arguing that the novel can be divided into two parts: comedy and social realism.]
The recent death of Immermann seems to have raised him to an importance in Germany which he did not enjoy during his lifetime; and if his productions were at one period less noticed than they deserved to be, they are now, if the little book at the head of this article is an index of national feeling, likely to be considerably overrated. Under the superintendence of the poet Freiligrath, a number of enthusiastic admirers have contributed each his mite towards the immortalization of their favourite author; and scraps illustrative of Karl Immermann are collected with the care and earnestness which distinguish the collectors of materials towards the life of Gothe or of Schiller. One tells us what Immermann did at Weimar; Freiligrath himself furnishes a few letters which he received from the deceased; and two critical gentlemen, MM. Kinkel and Schucking, give us a couple of critiques on the 'Merlin,' which, they inform us, is one of the most wonderful works that ever was penned; and hint pretty broadly, that although, from the time of its publication in 1832, it created no great sensation, it ought by rights to throw Faust into the shade.…
The most original genius cannot help straying into the paths in which some favourite author has already trodden; but in Immermann we can see that he laboriously essayed to follow. Even where we cannot detect a predecessor, we can perceive that nothing was done without toil; and in those places where the author affects to sport with the lightest recklessness, we feel that he is most seriously plodding.
Münchhausen, though from the variety of its contents it might be separated into fifty divisions, may readily be considered as containing two. One of these is a humoristic novel, of which Mtinchhausen, grandson of the great liar, is the hero, and which abounds in strange narratives, fantastical incidents, and literary satire: while the other exhibits the life of the peasants in Westphalia. These two parts of the tale are not formally separated, but, nevertheless, they are so distinct, not only in subject, but also in tone and treatment, that the work may almost be considered as two novels, united under one common title, and, as was said of a certain English history of German literature, rather connected by the thread of the bookbinder, than by a link springing from their nature. It is in the Munchhausen portion of the book that all the Shandyisms appear; and this portion, though it is enlivened with pictures and adventures of great humour, is certainly the weakest of the two, and often runs into mere dull absurdity. The Westphalian part, on the other hand, is only objectionable from its tediousness, since, on the whole, it is intrinsically good; and the author, if here, as in the other part, he is seen fagging hard, has at any rate solid material to work upon. Obvious labour does not appear so strange, when we find it employed in a sturdy portraiture of real life, as when we find it aping the tricks of spontaneous fancy.
The scene of the Munchhausen part is the old tumbledown castle of Schnick-Schnack-Schnurr, the property of an old baron, who hopes for the return of the times that existed before the French invasion, and his consequent elevation to the honourable post of privy councillor to a Prince, whose dominion, alas! has been destroyed by the latest partition of Germany. This wish is with him a sort of lunacy; and he has with him a daughter, an old young lady, who believes herself born for the same Prince, and who, likewise mad upon this point, expects from year's end to year's end the appearance of her noble lover. It is a melancholy place, the old castle:—the flag-stones that lead to it have been pulled up; the rails have been taken down to relieve the necessities of the family; a stone shepherd in the garden stands with hands and mouth formed for playing on the flute, but the flute is lost; a stone dolphin turns up its nose mournfully in a dry basin:—altogether it is a symbol of the dilapidated state, of the proud poverty of an old German baron, still adhering to the French fashion of the last century. The old baron cannot for ever amuse himself with hopes—what is he to do with himself?—as a last resource he takes to reading. A few dull books are in his library, but these will not satisfy him; so he belongs to a reading society, and becomes a student of journals.
This amusement was quite to the old baron's taste. 'At last,' cried he, joyously, when he had made himself acquainted with the extent of the newly-discovered treasures,—'at last there is something in print, which instructs without fatiguing.' And indeed his mind was wonderfully enriched by the reading of journals. If one sheet gave him a short notice of the great poison-tree in India, which infects the atmosphere for a thousand paces round; the next told him how to keep potatoes from the frost during the winter. In one minute he read of Frederic the Great; in the next of the water-cure of Grafenberg, at which, however, he did not stop long, as he went on at once to an account of the new discoveries in the moon. One quarter of an hour he was in Europe; then again, as if transported by the mantle of Faustus, under the palm-trees; sometimes he had a historical Redeemer, sometimes a mythical one, sometimes none at all. In the forenoon he attacked the ministers with the extreme gauche; in the afternoon he leaned towards absolutism; in the evening he did not know which way to turn; and at night he went to bed, as a juste-milieu, to dream of the juggler Janchen, of Amsterdam.
But even these varied enjoyments wear out after a while, and it is a real delight to the old baron, when a neighbouring school-master, who has become insane, and who has in consequence lost his school, comes to the castle, and boldly asks the owner to receive him as an inhabitant. The origin of the pedagogue's madness will be particularly diverting to those who are familiar with the aspect of a German philosophical grammar.…
The endeavour to learn has turned the poor schoolmaster's brain. He sighs for a land where learning was unknown, and where the subtleties of modern grammar never entered; he sighs for ancient Sparta; and converting his name 'Agesel' into 'Agesilaus,' he fancies himself a descendant of the Lacedcemonian king. The goodnatured Baron Schnurr, partly out of compassion, and partly to have a companion besides his wearisome sentimental daughter, allows the pedagogue to live in a little summer-house in the garden. There he dwells in an imaginary Sparta: wearing no garment but a cloak; calling the hillock upon which the summer-house stands Mount Taygetus, and a streamlet in the vicinity, the river Eurotas; and appeasing his appetite with a home-made imitation of the antique black broth. The monotony of the castle is for a while interrupted. The baron can discuss with the schoolmaster whether Brutus was right in killing Casar, and what would have happened if Frederick the Great and Napoleon had been contemporaries. But the subjects are soon exhausted, the three inhabitants of the castle become as weary as the two were before the arrival of the third, and the demon of ennui reigns once more in Schnick-Schnack-Schnurr. A new visiter is required to break the spell, and this visiter is the Baron Munchhausen.
This descendant of the great professor of marvels has so far a family likeness to his grandfather, that he indulges in the narration of improbable. incidents; but he differs from him, inasmuch as almost all his legends have a definite purpose, and satirize some feature of the day. The state of the German stage, the vagaries of Poickler Muskau, the dreams of Justin Kerner at Weinsberg, the modern philosophy of Germany, the rage for projects and shares: all these, and more than these, receive severe sarcasm through the medium of Munchhausen. He is supposed to have an effect on his hearers almost magical. He entraps them into listening to one story, then runs that into another—and another—and another,—so that their brains are completely bewildered, and they follow him like an ignis fatuus. Some of the narratives are excellent, and some remarkable for their poverty; while of some perhaps it would scarcely be fair for a foreigner to judge, for a want of familiarity with the more trivial objects of the satire. The most amusing of them is his own life, in which it is impossible not to perceive that he has in a great measure followed Swift.
According to his own account of himself, his father and mother had a violent quarrel in his infancy, which ended in the former leaving his home, and setting off for Thessaly with the baby Munchhausen in his coat-pocket. The child is miserably uncomfortable in his position; he is annoyed at the presence of certain eatables, which the same pocket contains; he sighs for fresh air; and above all, he is annoyed at a habit in which his father is wont to indulge, namely, that of jumping about when he is in an ecstasy of delight, which has the effect of bumping the young gentleman against the calves of the paternal legs. He creeps out, and a vulture carries him off. An Englishman shoots the vulture, but...
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Lee B. Jennings (essay date 1963)
SOURCE: "Immermann's Muinchhausen and the Post-Romantic Predicament," in Kentucky Foreign Language Quarterly, Vol. X, No. 3, 1963, pp. 145-48.
[In the following essay, Jennings qualifies the common critical conception that Immermann intended to parody German Romanticism in Munchhausen.]
A common interpretation of Immermann's quixotic and mercurial protagonist Muinchhausen (a distant relative, as he claims, of the old liar-baron) is that he is intended as a parody of the romantic artist, the subjective visionary and dreamer who can no longer persist in a prosaic age.
As is the case with most claims to an "overcoming" of romanticism, this interpretation...
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Lee B. Jennings (essay date 1964)
SOURCE: "The Dance of Life and Death in Heine and Immermann," in German Life & Letters, Vol. 18, 1964-1965, pp. 130-35.
[In the following essay, Jennings provides a detailed comparison of parallel scenes in Immermann's Die Epigonen and Heine's Florentinische Nachte.]
As a poet, Heine is deeply concerned with a theme both profound and simple: the struggle of beauty with the forces of death and decay. As a satirical journalist he was concerned with a number of more contemporary matters which have received a good deal of critical attention and will not be discussed here. The threatened effacement of beauty, however, obviously underlies even such a seemingly...
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Gunther J. Hoist (essay date 1979)
SOURCE: "Karl Immermann and the Romantic Fairy Tale: Between Two Literary Poles," in Vistas and Vectors: Essays Honoring the Memory of Helmut Rehder, edited by Lee B. Jennings and George Schulz-Behrend, University of Texas at Austin, 1979, pp. 152-156.
[In the following excerpt, Holst uses a fairy tale retold in Muinchhausen to discuss Immermann's relation to German Romanticism.]
For almost half a century Karl Immermann was threatened by near obscurity or at best, remembered as the author of Oberhof, a fragment taken capriciously from the torso of his greatest novel and published separately as an impressive depiction of village life in the early...
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Michael Minden (essay date 1985)
SOURCE: "Problems of Realism in Immermann's Die Epigonen," in Oxford German Studies, Vol. 16, 1985, pp. 66-80.
[In the following excerpt, Minden analyzes some of the literary devices Immermann employed in Die Epigonen to depict German culture in the 1820s.]
Die Epigonen (1836) cannot refer to the validating authority that the notion of realism was later to come to offer the genre of the novel. The absence of a stable mimetic focus is one of the most striking things about it … Sammons [in Six Essays on The Young German Novel] rightly observes: 'Every world that Immermann constructs, houses the potential of grotesque catastrophe.' The...
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Further Reading
"The Bildungsroman and Social Forms: Immermann's Die Epigonen," Ideas and Production 2 (1984): 10-27.
Argues that Immermann's Die Epigonen was extensively influenced by Goethe's Wilhelm Meister.
Kohn-Bramstead, Ernst. "The Change in Economic Equilibrium: 1830-1848." In his Aristocracy and the Middle-Classes in Germany: Social Types in German Literature, 1830-1900, pp. 44-67. London: P. S. King & Son, 1937.
Includes discussion of Immermann's portrayal of relations between the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie in his novels.
Porterfield, Allen Wilson. Karl Lebrecht Immermann: A Study in German Romanticism....
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""Corporate executives should be your core business…You need [salespeople who are] comfortable with the kind of boardroom leaders that see Lear Jet as a tool, not a frivolous extravagance for movie stars and their pets. "
Landing Gear
What Americans call "landing gear," the British call "undercarriage," which really is much more logical. That's because an airplane uses its wheels not just to land but also to take off, taxi and sit around in the hangar. Whatever you call it, the part of the aircraft that allows it to move around on the ground has several distinguishing characteristics.
One of the most obvious is whether or not the gear folds up, or retracts, into the fuselage in flight. This drag-reducing concept was devised in the 1930s. In fact, the airplanes used on some early record-setting flights were designed to jettison their wheels after takeoff and then belly land on their keels. Today, I know of no jets that don't tuck their wheels away while in flight. The drag of fixed gear, while acceptable for many slower airplanes, is prohibitively expensive at jet speeds.
Woe betide the pilot who forgets to extend the landing gear before returning to terra firma. (There's an old aviation joke about the hapless pilot who realizes he forgot to lower the landing gear only when he has to use full engine power to taxi to the ramp.) Today's jets have warning systems and checklist procedures that make inadvertent belly landings by professional crews almost impossible-but they have happened. Scarcely a day passes, however, without an FAA report that an owner-flown light airplane somewhere landed "gear up." The good news is that these arrivals almost always end without injury-except to the pilot's ego and insurance rates. (Another old joke: There are two kinds of pilots-those who have landed gear up and those who almost have.)
Some subtle elements of landing-gear design include how they absorb the shock of transferring the airplane's weight from wings to wheels. On normal landings, the transfer is as smooth as a car exiting a freeway ramp. But aircraft designers have to account for the worst-case scenarios-stiff, gusty crosswinds on short runways. Under those circumstances, the pilot is obliged to make the transfer from wings to wheels briskly and without delay-not the time or place for one of those "are we down yet?" featherbed landings.
That's when well-designed tires, wheels and struts show their muscle. And unless you actually see sparks and shards of aluminum falling off the airplane, chances are the roughness of the landing was not a mistake, but rather the result of prudent airmanship. Don't worry, the wheels can take it. And when you step off the airstair, hold onto your hat because it's probably windy.
Less complicated landing-gear designs use a single strut with the spring and shock absorber incorporated inside-like the MacPherson struts on many automobiles' suspension systems. The advantage of this type is its simplicity and the little amount of room the gear takes up inside the wing when the wheels are retracted, space then afforded to fuel capacity. More complex systems involve what's called a "trailing link" mechanism that works with a scissors-like, up-and-down motion. This configuration has significantly better shock-absorbing action for smoother landings, but is heavier, more complicated to manufacture and takes up more room inside the wing. As with almost everything in airplane design, this decision is a compromise.
The height of the landing gear is another strategic question for the aircraft designer. Short landing-gear legs are simpler, lighter and take up less room, but make for stiffer landings. Longer gear legs have the opposite complement of pluses and minuses. When it comes to design decisions, influences occasionally come into play that are more related to our human frailties. For example, some maintain that the Beechcraft King Air series of twin turboprops (see photo) was designed, on purpose, to sit tall and regal on long-legged gear-the better to allow owners to look down on competing brands around the airport. But no one has ever admitted that, at least in public.
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The group of women chatting over tea and cookies after a long day of work does not look like the cover models for a publication on conventional weapons destruction. Some look like moms -- and several are -- some look barely old enough to drive a car, much less search for landmines. Most of them are the primary breadwinner for their family; several have lost their husbands or fathers to war. All of them rise well before dawn to start a day of rigorous, dangerous, but absolutely crucial, demining work. And yes, some of them grace the cover of this year's edition of To Walk the Earth in Safety, the U.S. State Department's annual report on conventional weapon destruction assistance.
Following a 26-year conflict, communities across northern Sri Lanka are still heavily littered with landmines and other explosive remnants of war, such as unexploded bombs, artillery shells, and mortars. These hidden hazards are a critical obstacle to getting back to farming, fishing, and going to school for those who live here. The ladies agree that they became deminers for the financial security that a stable job brings to their families. What inspires them to stay in a dangerous, difficult job is the feeling that the work they do is valuable, both to them and their families, and to their larger community. Not only do they ensure their families' financial survival, but also the lives and livelihoods of their friends, and neighbors.
Before I visited the team at their base, I had the opportunity to watch a deminer recover and defuse an anti-personnel mine. Though I stood well back and out of any danger, I held my breath through the entire delicate procedure. Sivarasa Piremila, or "Primmy," is a Deputy Team Leader for Mines Advisory Group (MAG), a UK-based demining non-governmental organization working in Sri Lanka, supported by the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs' Conventional Weapons Destruction program. She is much closer to the action—she defuses landmines every day. She admits that, at first, it was a frightening proposition, but due to her meticulous training she now feels confident that her safety is assured. She has worked in mine action in Sri Lanka since 2009, first as a medic, then a deminer, and finally as a Deputy Team leader. This leadership position gives her authority not only over her fellow female deminers, but also male deminers in a mixed-gender demining team. Primmy's teammates describe other opportunities they have had to develop skills they might otherwise never have learned, including one who recently received her driver's license.
The team connects closely with their community and the beneficiaries of their work. In Mullaitivu, Primmy's team conducted clearance on a piece of land that now holds a brand new pre-school. They describe it as their favorite project to date, one in which they could immediately see how much it helped the eighty children who now fill the school, as well as their parents and teachers. The government allocated land to construct the school, but the mother of a child who was scheduled to be enrolled when the pre-school opened discovered a landmine. The land was contaminated; if it could not be cleared, the project would have to be postponed or even abandoned entirely. Primmy's team, funded by the U.S. Department of State, was quick to respond, and the area was safe in time for workers to lay the school's foundation. The British charity Child First UK provided the new school building and JEN, a Japanese NGO, built a pump to ensure a clean water supply, making this a truly international effort. Mothers of the schoolchildren gather daily to work in the surrounding area, clearing it of stones and other debris to make a safe playground for the children.
To see more of Primmy's team, and to read about PM/WRA's work in Sri Lanka and worldwide, please see the recently released annual report on Conventional Weapons Destruction, To Walk the Earth in Safety.
About the Author: Melissa Windecker serves as an Assistant Program Manager in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (PM/WRA).


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Update:U.S. Response to Pakistan's Flooding Disaster | Secretary Clinton's StatementHow you can help: Text "SWAT" to 50555 from your phone to give $10 and help the flood victims in Pakistan.
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has partnered with mGive again to allow mobile contributions for the flood victims in Pakistan.
UNHCR emergency response teams are distributing tents, relief supplies, and humanitarian assistance to an estimated 200,000 people displaced by the recent flooding.
Last week's torrential rain and the following flash floods have affected more than 1.5 million people in Northwestern Pakistan. Water-borne disease is a major concern at this time.
In Balochistan, UNHCR is delivering 4,000 tents, 2,700 plastic sheets, 2,200 kitchen sets, and 4,000 plastic mats to the hardest hit areas. So far, in Kyber Pakhtunkhwa, UNHCR is also distributing 3,000 tens in Nowshera District.
Anyone in the United States can now text the word "SWAT" to 50555 to give $10 and help these flood victims. Every $10 helps provide tents and emergency aid to displaced families. When prompted, reply with "YES" to confirm your gift.
Patrick in Maryland writes:
Hi, Fellow DipNote News Followers. :)
Sorry,to here,about the weather and flooding
in Pakistan.
The weather this year has been really wild and
caused alot of people problems. Especially with regards too,fires and flooding .
I just saw on the internet,that Russia is have the hotest summer on record there,and had
forest fires that burned some villages to the ground almost.
Every time i turn on the Tv or Computer,there
seems to be a country flooding or burning,even
here in the U.S our weather has been getting out of control Lately.
Hopefully this isn't the start,of worse weather too come. Sence storm season just started here. Good Luck Everyone...)
P.W. in the U.S.A. writes:
Thank you for pointing out the need for help. I am unable to donate from my cell phone (pre-paid type) so I searched for the UNHCR website. I found the donation page where I can specify Pakistan flood relief. Here is a link to help others who might have the same problem that I have and wish to donate. Just select Pakistan Flood Emergency in the drop-down box.
Ruth A.C. in the U.S.A. writes:
August 3, 2010
Message to the White House:
Please send emergency food and water supplies to the flood victims of Pakistan.
Airlifting in some rafts and tents can save lives in the region. Medical supplies are also
essential to survival.Red Crescent, Red Cross
where are you? This is such an unexpected disaster. Inshallah.
Ali K. in California writes:
I hail all those who are helping the flood victims one way or the other. I am from the Nowshehra district of KhybePukhtoonkhwa (formerly NWFP) and our village was completely flooded, with water level reaching the windows and washing away large sections of homes.
As per my conversations with my family there,there is a grave shortage of food. People are drinking whatever water they can find (which will cause severe illness). Waterborne diseases are another threat. I have also heard that the price of Roti (loaf of bread) has doubled in price. A vast majority of the people could hardly afford proper food due to skyrocketing inflation even before the flood, now the price-gougers are adding insult to injury. I curse them
Plz help in anyway that you can, and follow on by sending a message or writing an email to the relevant relief organization. Sometimes, the scope of disaster makes them loose perspective. But they do an excellent job and all my appreciations and sincere thanks are to them.
We will not forget!
Daanish A. in Washington DC writes:
Upset that this has not receieved the coverage and attention that it deserves. Such a loss of human life of catastrophe--said to be larger than all of the recent events put together.
Paty in Florida writes:
It is time to help Pakistan, They may need few submarines for helping flood devastated people. Few F16 to drop relief food pouch. Couple of dozen Drones to locate the land to build runways.
Rao in Texas writes:
Grow up Paty... a life lost in New Orleans or a person dieing in floods in Pakistan is a loss to each and everyone of us (humanity). and by us I mean you and me at least i still think that way. The time for some of these intellect was when some of the most democratic countries were supporting the corrupt dictators and corrupt democracy's for years and years all around the world. i just was surfing to find a rite way to help so that people who are in need get it in time of this need... when i came across these comments and could not stop my self to show some of us (you and me) a mirror.
I hope you open your eyes and get some news of world and think as human for once please... and yes we need whole bunch of humanistic thinkers these days rather than some narrow minds.
Kausar F. in Rhode Island writes:
muslims and perticularly pakistani can give their EID FITRANA which is also$10 per person in this fund.this is one of the best use of fitrana.
Vanessa in New York writes:
thank you rao for your comment. well put. It angers me when people are so ignorant that they act so inhumanely towards people of other religions and nations. When people are in devastation and are suffering, the world should be there to help them. People are people no matter where they are from. And these are innocent people suffering, btw, many of them children without any connection to extremism/violence and terror as ignorant people believe them to have. I don't understand people like you Paty..what does your comment even mean? go and educate yourself about the world and about others. this appeal is for flood victims not for terrorists. I hope we can all use our own means to spread the word to other on how they can help/donate.
Sohail Z. in Texas writes:
Paty, its very disapointing message.If you can't help some one atleast write few encouraging words. Our goal should be to help humanity.
Freddy in California writes:
I gave, as Sec. Clinton suggested. Giving for this cause has been woefully low in contrast to other recent disasters, i.e. Haiti Earthquake. Suffering is suffering however and it would be a good example of American compassion to assist these people of so different a culture from our own.
Afzal R. in Pakistan writes:
Thank you America and God Bless for standing with pakistan. This is how you win hearts and minds. Thank you Ms. Hillary Clinton for all what you are doing for alleviating the sufferings of the affectees.We appreciate your efforts and energy. It is easy to talk about numbers, numbers of victims, quantity of aid, but what I saw yesterday, the sick children, the frightened and helpless mothers, it touches our common humanity and makes our differences seem petty. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Hilda H. in California writes:
I hope and pray that Pakistani people receive the aid they need to survive.
David in California writes:
My heart goes out to those suffering in Pakistan.
I will be sending a lot more than ten dollars.
Lauren in Washington writes:
I texted the number with the message "Swat" and got a message back that I had donated to "Hope for Haiti Now." Also a good cause, but not my intention. Could someone look into this?
Arsalan in Pakistan writes:
Thanks to all who stand with Pakistan in this hour of need.
Saleem K. in Delaware writes:
It is unbelievable what is happening in Pakistan. All of us should help those flood victims, the way we helped poor people in Haiti
Shad in Washington DC writes:
Although I will not utilize the Mobile phone to donate; nevertheless, I will donate to various NGOs whom provide relief to the Pakistanis…i.e. www.IslamicReliefUSA.org/Flood , https://usa.wfp.org/donate/pakistan, and Oxfam.
Great Effort by the Secretary of State!
Shirley in North Carolina writes:
I wish everyone with Pay As You Go and minutes they've never used would donate them on these causes. I urge everyone to give. I am retired or I would be volunteering to help. This is what life is all about. Helping those in need regardless of country, etc. God bless all of you who are there doing the work!!
Majid A. in Pakistan writes:
First of all very thanks to help our country.
I am physical therapist & i have to keen join your team work for flood as volunteer bases .I have already working experience with International NGO's(Merlin International, help age, International Development and Relief Foundation Project of Toronto University ) in earth quake since 2005-2009
Project detail: Home Assessment for wheel chair users, Rehabilitation, Spinal Cord Injury Research & Rehabilitation, Institutional based & Community based Rehabilitation
waiting for your kind response
DipNote Bloggers reply:
Majid, thanks for your note! Most of the organizations right now are looking for monetary donations or supplies, but you could contact them to ask about volunteer opportunities. Several major NGOs active in flood relief work are listed here: http://www.state.gov/p/sca/ci/pk/flood/index.htm
Iris in the U.S.A. writes:
I know that some people in my country have prejudgements about people in Pakistan. Partly because of this, I chose to donate today to your relief effort to let the people of Pakistan that not all Americans feel this way. There is both love and fear on this planet, and one can be of any nationality or from any religious group, ethnicity, country, etc. to have love or fear in their hearts. I am sorry that many in Pakistan are suffering. My hope is this:
May you be filled with loving kindness.
May you be well.
May you be peaceful and at ease.
May you be happy.
May all beings be filled with loving kindness.
May all beings be well.
May all beings be peaceful and at ease.
May all beings be happy.
Nayab A. in Kuwait writes:
hie..well its a big sorrow that so many peoples in pk are facing so many problems because of flood.And all world is helping the country for flood relief..but the fact is that the funds are not being provided to the poor peoples.and its really sad to know for us.even its a big shame aswell.prisident should think about it..peoples in other countries are now being disapoint by listening and watching these news on tvs..i think this realy wrong..the funds and luggages which are being sent to pak day by day should be given to the poor cities peopples..still its being listening dat poor peoples have nothing to eveb drink..for fastig etc,,this is really wrong..pak peoples and goverment should stop being such cruel n selfish n pls help out to those peoples who deserve this all THANKXXXwe hope we,ll hear somthing pleasant in upcoming news and updates
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WTF TRIANGLES???!?!?!!?!I made the pizza but someone (who shall remain nameless) cut the pizza while I was cooling it on a rack. I pray that you have enough beer in your 'fridge to wash the memory from your mind.
But seriously though...no comments on how the pizza looked or the thinness of the crust, just razzies on the most superficial feature of all. Just wonderin' ... how long do you guys talk to a woman before noticing the color of her eyes? Or even that she has eyes?
Sorry, late to the party on this one....but you just know I loves me some cheese crispies Jay...gorgeous pizza right there man! Oh and....."how long do you guys talk to a woman before noticing the color of her eyes? "
Not so fast, whippersnappers . Note the triangle slices of HRI's frozen pizzas, from Classic to Ultra Thick
I figured the triangle pix are for all those heathens out there who butcher their pies thusly.
That's been ticking me off for a while, that they show triangles in their promo shots. The restaurants do the appropriate party cut. I figured the triangle pix are for all those heathens out there who butcher their pies thusly.
Yep...damn hop-heads. All jacked up on who knows what out there just buying up anything they can get their hands on with no respect for Traditions....sheeesh!!
Ok, you guys have convinced me. I have no alternative now but to file for divorce.
Yup, my wife's pizzas are also pie-cut. It is my secret shame.
You know, before finding this site I didn't know what a Chicago thin crust pizza was. As it turns out, my favorite local pizza joint, which has been family owned since the '50's, I believe, makes what I think is a Chicago style pizza. They even cut it in the Chicago approved way. The next time I get one I'll post some pics to demonstrate. They have the most unusual layered, almost pasty-like crust. It turns out I've been eating Chicago thin crust since I was a kid. Who knew?


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Egg Foo Young Recipe
Egg Foo Young is a popular Chinese dish in America. This Easy Egg Foo Young recipe is made with eggs, bean sprouts, meat, and shrimp.
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3 large eggs, at room temperature
2 oz bean sprouts
2 oz ground pork
4 medium-sized shrimp, peeled and cut into small pieces
1 scallion, cut into small rings
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon Shaoxing wine, optional
1 teaspoon oyster sauce
2 teaspoons soy sauce
Pinch of sugar
3 dashes white pepper
3 tablespoons oil
Heat up a wok or a pan on high heat. Add the oil. When the oil is fully heated, ladle the egg mixture into the pan. Make sure that you keep the diameter of the omelet to about 4-5 inches wide. Use a pair of chopsticks to transfer the beansprouts and other ingredients to the middle of the omelet. The omelet should be thicker in the center. Let the omelet set, for about 3 minutes before flipping it over. Fry the omelet until both sides are golden brown and nicely puffed up. Repeat the same and use the remaining egg mixture to make a total of 3 omelets. Serve immediately with steamed rice.
I have a story to tell you about my first encounter with egg foo young, the quintessential Chinese-American dish.
A long time ago, when I first set my foot on the US soil for higher education, I went straight to the middle America. After 36 hours of tiresome journey from my hometown of Penang, Malaysia, I arrived in the state of Iowa. Starved to death and completely disoriented, Mr. Rasa Malaysia (then my boyfriend) chauffeured me to the best Chinese restaurant for a welcome lunch. Among the dishes I ordered, there was egg foo young, or 芙蓉蛋, an egg dish that I love and enjoy very much.
When my food came, I was shocked to find out that my egg foo young didn't look much like what I had back home in Malaysia (where great and authentic Chinese food is plentiful and popular). The egg foo young was puffy, almost shaped like an UFO, doused and drowned in a gloppy brown sauce. There was a thick filling of various and random vegetables: bean sprout, carrot, water chestnut, celery, and scallion. However, the most horrid thing of it all was the taste—completely bland, utterly insipid, loaded with flour (where were the eggs?), and the starchy brown sauce was simply adding salt to the wound, rendering the whole dish completely undesirable, and simply….inedible. That was my first (sad) reality about Chinese food in America. I was stunned and speechless, after that first encounter with egg foo young, or American Chinese food.
Fast forward many years to present time, egg foo young is one of the most requested recipes from my American readers. I have received numerous emails, messages, comments about my egg foo young recipe. The truth is, I don't really have a recipe, until today. The egg foo young I cook and eat is something like this, but nothing EVER like this.
Since my readers want to make egg foo young, I feel obliged to develop a decent and proper egg foo young recipe for them. And hence, I came out with my version of egg foo young, which is closer to the ones served here in the United States, but without the brown sauce. I also took out water chestnut and those random vegetables, and included only bean sprouts and some chopped scallions in the eggs. For the protein, I added some ground pork and shrimp. I combined the seasonings with the eggs, so there is really NO need to have the brown sauce on top of the eggs. And as the name suggests, this is egg foo young, not egg foo young pancake, so there is no flour or corn starch in this recipe.
If you are looking for the "real" Americanized egg foo young with the sauce, don't feel disappointed. Try my egg foo young recipe and soon you will realize that the brown sauce is really not that great. And trust me, Chinese food in the United States will be so much better off without them!
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Lee a winner for North, South
June 3, 2006
ALBUQUERQUE — Is Floyd's Brad Lee a southerner or a northerner? Over the weekend, he was both — and a winner every time.
Lee was on the North squad at the six-man football North-South all-star game in Ruidoso on Friday night. The North won that clash as Lee saw action at defensive end, tight end and linebacker.
Later that same night, Lee reported for duty at the South hotel for the Class 1A-2A baseball series in Albuquerque. Once again, the recent Broncos standout was on the winning side as the South swept the North 8-1 and 18-6 to win the series. The North squad had won the Friday opener 7-6.
"We were representin' the North pretty good yesterday. Now, all of a sudden, I'm in the South," Lee said. "I don't know — I just come out and play, I guess."
Floyd baseball coach Cody May, a South assistant, said Lee had to make a quick transition.
"He was able to get here about two o'clock in the morning, so that shows a lot of character by that kid," May said. "He called my room when he got here, but I didn't answer. I was asleep."
Broncos and Bronchos were instrumental in helping the South to the doubleheader sweep.
In the nightcap, Lee and Floyd teammate Matt Benoit each stroked singles in a 20-hit barrage by the southerners.
But it was Grady pitcher Domingo Diaz who also played a pivotal role. The recent Bronchos senior started the game for the South and did allow three runs in his first two innings.
Add to that, however, a 1-2-3 inning in the third and his performance was easily one of the best from the mound in the second game.
"My confidence level really wasn't too high. I hurt my arm about halfway through the high school season," Diaz said. "I hadn't pitched a game since the end and, still, I don't have the speed that I once had before."
Nothing was apparently wrong with his bat as Diaz went 4-for-5 for the plate, including a pair of doubles.
"He's a quite, easy-going kind of kid," Dora and South head coach Ty Thatcher said of Diaz. "But he's quite an athlete. I've seen him play basketball and on the (baseball) field too, and he can hit the ball."
Thatcher's unit got a big pitching performance from Mesilla Valley's Paul Smith, who scattered four hits and hurled a complete game in the opener. A two-triple day from Magdalena's Trowen Vinyard, as well as a two-run homer from Eunice's Ulysses Anguiano, was more than enough ammo for Smith.
"The first day, it seemed like they were all pretty tight," Thatcher said of his squad. "But we got off to a good hitting start in that first game (Saturday) and kind of got it going."
By the time of the second game, the South's wheels were full in motion. Starting for the South, besides Lee, Benoit and Diaz were Texico's Zane Anderson and Dora's Tyler Wilhoit.
Anderson clubbed a triple to deep left-center in the third inning while Wilhoit was 3-for-3 in his plate appearances — including a double to the left field corner, also in the third.
"I just got a hold of it," Wilhoit said. "Got it on the sweet spot," Wilhoit said. "That's what you've got to do."


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