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Located on the tiny rocky island of Santorini, the Akrotiri settlement has often been referred to as the "Minoan Pompeii" for the volcanic eruption that devastated life there in the middle of the second millennium BCE. The eruption is one of the most violent geological events in recorded history; some classicists have linked it to the creation myth in Hesiod's "Theogony," and others have speculated that it inspired the myth of Atlantis. As happened to its Italian cousin, the rock and ash that enveloped the city were fortunately hardy enough to preserve for centuries the local architecture, sculpture, pottery, and frescoes — many of which have kept their color. Akrotiri has been regarded by archaeologists and ancient art historians as featuring the richest specimens of Minoan culture anywhere outside of Crete, where the civilization first emerged in the fourth millenium BCE.
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I bake at 450 for 25 mins and i would like the middle of my deep dish to cook longer however my bottom crust has been burning. I've ruled out cooking on the bottom vs 2nd bottom rack in my oven so it's either the quantity of oil in the bottom of the pan or the thickness perhaps? Any suggestions?
A few questions so we can figure out a few variables:Are you using a gas or electric oven?What kind of pan are you using?What size pizza are you baking?Is your oven thermometer accurate?How much oil are you using in your pan?Are you baking on a stone?Suggestion: Try baking it on a higher rack and cover the top of your pizza with a loose sheet of aluminum foil while baking to keep the top from burning.
Gas oven9 inch Chicago metallic panUsing roughly 1 T olive oil Not sure about exact oven temp but I'm baking as soon as its done preheatingBaking directly on the rack
Do you own a pizza stone?BTW, if the middle needs more time, how about turning off the oven and letting it sit in there for a while longer? Or turn the oven down to 400 after the first 15 minutes and let it go longer that way. I sometimes want to give my deep dish longer time to bake, and 450 is unnecessary at that point. It's a casserole, baby!


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We primarily use this timer during bed time. Our kids used to wake up at 4:30 to 6:30 and come into our room again and again, with no concept of 'Wake...Read complete review
We primarily use this timer during bed time. Our kids used to wake up at 4:30 to 6:30 and come into our room again and again, with no concept of 'Wake Up Time' (as most kids I realize). We set the timer to stay green until 7am, it turns yellow for 2 minutes (a warning it is almost wake up time) then it turns red, signalling wake time. If they have to use the bathroom, or need us for any reason, they know it is ok to leave the room. But in normal situations if it is not red, they go back into the bedroom and wait until it turns red. There was a learning curve for us and the kids, but this item works great! I would recommend the adapter, it requires 4 AA batteries for the lights, and lithium batteries for the clock, which burn down fast.
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I used this product to manage me as a teacher with my mini lessons in Readers Workshop. I also used this timer to manage student workstations and to help children budget time while completing independent work. Unfortunately, like many other posters have mentioned, it can be unreliable. In June it worked just fine; however, when I returned to the classroom in August it was no longer working. Weird, right?! I thought it was the batteries so I replaced them with 4 brand new batteries. It still didn't work. After looking over the manual it said you would probably need to change the backup batteries when changing the other batteries. I searched high and low for the LR44 batteries (aka backup batteries) and finally found some. I replaced those as well and it still will not power on. This is very frustrating for me because I'm a classroom teacher and do not have the budget to keep replacing the timer each school year. :( The bottom line is that I would only recommend this device to somebody prepared to replace it yearly. I'm not that person because I already spend so much of my own money on my classroom and students.
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I really like the idea of this timer but am disappointed by the fact that its not easy to set and that in one school year I have gone through 2! Don't waste your money on this timer and try another brand!
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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Very hard to read screen
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Great tool, but the screen is always black unless you press a button. It's hard to read, and you can't see the timer count down. Also hard to set the time.
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Black screen when not using buttons.
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Unfortunately, the lights (the reason I purchased this device) are not working. I'll contact the manufacturer and hope for the best. Having been involved with the electronics industry somewhat, I cannot understand why such a simple concept as a this device is having the issues it seems to have, based upon the reviews I've read.How these people respond will be an indicator to me of the quality and integrity of the this company. An announcement of improvements on this page would also be welcome. I'm a teacher and know many teachers; it would be nice to have this company as a resource for me and for them. Get a clue, my friends.
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It only lasted a month of constant use
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We received as a gift on Christmas, purchased from Young Explorers. At first, we used it to signal how much time toddler had left before transition to next activity. Then, we used it for potty training and had the timer set for every 30 minutes. We were using it constantly for a month before we had to change the batteries. Then a couple of weeks later, it seemed to malfunction again (a signal we thought was time for another battery change). The digital display disappeared and the green and yellow lights remained on, and replacing thet batteries did not fix the problem. I really liked the timer when it worked, but now I'm hoping that there's a similar product out there that's more durable.
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This is a terrible timer. It is hard to use and the menu, start and enter buttons all have to be pushed really hard to get them to even work. I spend more time trying to change the settings than actually getting the timer to work. Very disappointing as I cannot use it in my classroom.
Really hard to operate
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I am very disappointed with this product. The buttons are either not working or too sensitive and you pass by the time you want to set and then have to start the programming over. It would have been so easy to put a simple timer set button and then a start time button but no! You have to go through many steps of programming each time you want to set a new time. Even to simply start the already programmed time you have to push a series of buttons! So annoying! And to remember the right sequence, it is not easy....definitely not worth the price.
Stopped working after a few days use.
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I was using this in a high school classroom, 1/2 of the day. After a few days it stopped working. I switched from batteries to an adapter and it still doesn't work. The only thing that comes up on the screen are 3 digital lines between 1-3 inches long.
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Never powered on out of the box.
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Well the lights work
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We have a son with Aspergers and a daughter who is home schooled and was excited to get the item and the sound did not work out of the gate. Even after resetting it and adjusting the volume it just does not work.For our daughter it would have been perfect for her when she is not paying attention to the light we have the sound backup. Welp, that did not work so I am quite disappointed.The other reviews on the item and having issues is spot on. Guess I should have researched more.
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Good timer with lots of uses!
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We bought this timer as a visual reminder for meetings so time didn't pass by, there was a visual reminder which has sounds to notify the changing of sections. Although there is a volume switch we have always used the Time Tracker with the volume on. We have since found a hundred other uses for it. We have timed dinner with it, got ready to go out and even homework. The timer sections can be used for a few seconds or for an hour the options are endless and although getting the correct combination to get into the menu and setting it up can be tricky to start with after a few uses you soon pick it up. We use the Time Tracker as a fantastic visual behaviour monitor.
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What can't you live without in your kitchen?Posted Saturday, March 10, 2012, at 4:12 PM
I have several things and thought I would share them. I'm sure we all have those items that we just can't live without.
Mistreat the pan on top and you DIE!
The item on the bottom I bought on a whim when Big Lots had a bunch of them as factory re-packs. God bless Ron Popeil's pointy little heart. This thing works as advertised! If you can get it on the spit or in the basket, it will cook it!
I do believe that almost every kitchen in the USA has one of these. I've had them in all sizes and shapes over the years. This one is still pretty basic. I don't trust those fancy programmable types that when they break it cost a fortune to fix or replace.
This next one I got as a gift. I was skeptical at first, but this also has worked as advertised. It will grill, make waffles, pancakes, eggs, hash browns. All around a great time saver and money saver.
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I have found that I can live without pretty much anything. I have cooked meals for an entire crew with only one burner that worked on my stove.
If you happen to have an electric frying pan, you are pretty much set.
I would say that the fridge with something that I couldn't do without. We have had to a few times when KaeLynn was a baby. One fridge quit and the other one that we bought was a lemon. I had three sets of groceries go bad because of this.
I do know that if you happen to live near a cold mountain stream, your food will never spoil.
As long as you have a frying pan, a little flour and a fishing pole, you won't starve. A knife would come in handy for these occasions and a little bacon grease.
-- Posted by KH Gal on Sun, Mar 11, 2012, at 12:21 AM
It kind of depends on how frivolous of an answer I give. If I'm being frivolous, I can NOT live without ranch dressing and diet coke.
But seriously, and I'm nothing if not serious. (hehehehe) I'd have said, my non stick pans. I paid good money for them, and I keep a silicone pad of protective love around them. Chicken fried steak is perfect out of these pans, as is crunchy chicken breasts. Hurt THOSE and DIE.
I have cast iron pots and stuff.... those are a must have for certain things. But my stainless is another must have for other things. hmmmmmmm... I love my slow cooker, turn it on and drop some stuff in there, always good.
I must be one of the few that doesn't have a pressure cooker. I remember my Mom using one, and me being scared! I think I'm traumatized by that.... I don't need one.
In a pinch though, Bonnie is right, electric pan, and you can cook anything!
Good idea for a conversation starter, Roy!
-- Posted by jessiemiller on Mon, Mar 12, 2012, at 8:18 AM
BrendaI too will never have a pressure cooker. My grandmother was cooking beets when I was maybe 6 or 7 and something "blew" and it was a scene out of Kansas Chainsaw Massacre. I too think I was traumatized for life. Lol
If push comes to shove, if I can build a fire, I'll take the cast iron any day.
-- Posted by royincaldwell on Mon, Mar 12, 2012, at 8:38 AM
A cupboard full of spices, garbage disposal and our indoor grill....
-- Posted by MsMarylin on Mon, Mar 12, 2012, at 10:21 AM
Spices have their place, for sure...but not on beef! I like beef!
We have a huge grill right outside the back door... on a covered porch, so I use it alot. Grilling is definately the way to go!
-- Posted by jessiemiller on Mon, Mar 12, 2012, at 10:51 AM
I like a little Garlic on steak. I LOVE raw Hamburger with a little garlic. I get chewed out for eating it that way, but hey I've been eating it raw since I was a kid and I ain't dead yet. lol!
-- Posted by MsMarylin on Mon, Mar 12, 2012, at 11:31 AM
Montreal Steak Seasoning, LIBERALLY :+)on both sides, rub in with Worchestershire sause and let stand in a pile on top of each other for 20 or 25 minutes before slapping on a hot grill and inch thick beef steak will come out tasty as all get out.
-- Posted by wh67 on Mon, Mar 12, 2012, at 11:46 AM
I love beef, but raw hamburger is just gross!
Yeah Roy Montreal Steak seasoning is good. I like steaks cut in strips, like fajita strips,and sometimes marinated...cooked just enough to still be juicy and laid on a salad.
Recently we had a butcher cut our beef in a 'flat iron' cut. That may be one of my new favorite cuts...super tender and juicy!
-- Posted by jessiemiller on Mon, Mar 12, 2012, at 12:07 PM
I had a pressure cooker years ago. Let's just say every time I used it was a new adventure. I hear the new ones are very safe now.
Kosher salt, fresh cracked pepper and garlic powder seems like a all around good spice mix. Gotta have garlic! :-)
-- Posted by royincaldwell on Mon, Mar 12, 2012, at 2:01 PM
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BlackBerry Quits on Consumer and 4,500 Workers
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- BlackBerry
Late on Friday, BlackBerry said in a pre-announcement of second quarter earnings that it will refocus on its enterprise users after falling far short of expectation on its handset sales. The announcement marks a stark change of course for BlackBerry, which kicked off the year by ending lucrative charges to telecom carriers for its IT services, in a bid to win over consumer smartphone users.
While BlackBerry's newest line of handsets such as its Z10 and its Q10 made it on Verizon
BlackBerry said in the pre-announcement it expects second-quarter revenue to come in at $1.6 billion, or about half of consensus Wall Street estimates. Of that revenue, 50% is expected to come from BlackBerry's various IT and security services. Meanwhile, the company said it expects to record a second quarter inventory impairment of as much as $960 million as a result of a glut of unsold BlackBerry Z10 handsets.
Overall, the company forecasts a second quarter net loss of approximately $950 million to $995 million.
Along with the writedowns, BlackBerry also announced a major restructuring of its workforce. BlackBerry will lay off 4,500 workers, or 40% of the company's overall staff, and record a $72 million restructuring charge. The company is now also targeting a 50% reduction in its operating expenditure by the end of the first quarter of its fiscal 2015; a second major cost cutting initiative under CEO Thorsten Heins.
BlackBerry's restructuring will allow the company to refocus on its enterprise business and implies that the company will no longer chase after the non-professional smartphone user.
"Going forward, we plan to refocus our offering on our end-to-end solution of hardware, software and services for enterprises and the productive, professional end user," Heins said in a statement.
"This puts us squarely on target with the customers that helped build BlackBerry into the leading brand today for enterprise security, manageability and reliability."
BlackBerry will trim its smartphone portfolio from six devices to four, including two high-end devices and two entry-level devices with touch keyboards that are targeted at enterprise and so-called "prosumer-centric" users. The company also said it will launch the BlackBerry Z30, its next high-end smartphone, this week. BlackBerry Z10 smartphones are now expected to be targeted at entry-level smartphone users.
Heins may be making a painful but necessary choice of dedicating BlackBerry to a dwindling enterprise market, as businesses allow workers to bring their own Apple, Microsoft or Google devices into their corporate infrastructure.


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Kelman, James
James Kelman How Late It Was, How Late
Award: Booker Prize for Fiction
Born in 1946, Kelman is a Scottish novelist, short story writer, essayist, and dramatist.
For further information on Kelman's life and works, see CLC, Volume 58.
How Late It Was, How Late (1994) concerns an unemployed, working-class Glaswegian named Sammy, an exconvict who runs into trouble with the law while on a drunken binge. After being arrested and beaten by police, Sammy wakes up in a jail cell to discover that he is blind and unable to account for all the events that occurred between the onset of his binge and regaining consciousness. Described as both Kafkaesque and Joycean, the novel employs stream-of-consciousness and third-person narrative techniques, relating Sammy's passive attempts to deal with his blindness and his ruminations about his life and Scottish society. Although the work does not overtly concern itself with political themes, the relationship between the Scottish government and its working-class constituents as well as the relationship between Scotland and England are central to Sammy's observations. While praised for his psychological portrait of a working-class Scotsman and his focus on oppression, Kelman has been both lauded and castigated for his use of obscenity and dialogue in the novel. Noting that Kelman's excessive use of vulgarity and sexual references occasionally results in "a piling up of inarticulacies," Adam Mars-Jones has nevertheless asserted that "Glasgow speech and the attitudes it embodies are holy to this writer. To describe the local tongue as the language of resistance would be to understate [Kelman's] view of it; it is a language of truth in revelation."
Principal Works
Not Not While the Giro, and Other Stories (short stories) 1983
The Busconductor Hines (novel) 1984
A Chancer (novel) 1985
Greyhound for Breakfast (short stories) 1987
A Disaffection (novel) 1989
The Burn (novel) 1992
Some Recent Attacks: Essays Cultural and Political (essays) 1992
How Late It Was, How Late (novel) 1994
Brian Morton (review date 18 March 1994)
SOURCE: "Out of Sight," in New Statesman & Society, Vol. 7, No. 294, March 18, 1994, p. 56.
[In the following, Morton offers a favorable review of How Late It Was, How Late, discussing Kelman's use of language and his focus on the dispossessed.]
If fantasy is to be something other than mere wishfulfilment, it requires a measure of resistance: either some collision with the boundaries of the actual, or else the resistance of language itself. Hubert Selby Junior's The Room offers an extreme example. A prisoner incarcerated in his own unconscious spins violent sexual fantasies in language that remains morbidly inchoate, without hope of redemption or escape.
James Kelman's new novel [How Late It Was, How Late] works fascinating variations on the same basic situation. The difference is that Sammy enjoys a measure of ambiguous freedom. He is sprung from custody in a cat-and-mouse exercise designed to get at something juicier than the mild duck-and-dive recidivism that has been Sammy's livelihood for years. The fundamental irony is that, while in the care of the "sodjers", Sammy has become blind.
One Sunday morning he wakes up, down a lane with a two-day hangover. Pulled in, he takes a routine kicking and a token spell in the lock-up before being released into a world that quite suddenly has been stripped of all familiar reference points: pubs,...
(The entire section is 535 words.)
Adam Mars-Jones (review date 1 April 1994)
SOURCE: "In Holy Boozers," in The Times Literary Supplement, No. 4748, April 1, 1994, p. 20.
[Mars-Jones is an English critic, editor, and short story writer. In the mixed review below, he offers a thematic and stylistic discussion of How Late It Was, How Late, noting Kelman's political and linguistic focus.]
When Julius Caesar taught himself to read without reading aloud—to safeguard military secrets—it was regarded as a troubling innovation. The general had taken language inside his head and made it private. Since then the scars of separation have long healed, but there persists at the back of some minds a fantasy of reunion: writing returning to the womb of speech.
In James Kelman's fiction, this fantasy of a defiant wholeness has a political agenda superimposed on it, which seems compatible but actually clashes: that of giving a voice to the voiceless, those whom society and literature ignore. Even this ambition is more alienated than it seems, since giving someone a voice implies the same power relation as taking a voice away, and restoring a voice to its throat is not a possibility but a dream of healing. Still, it's the way Kelman's two projects, the linguistic and the political, work against each other on the page that makes his writing so hard to enjoy—being brutally frank, so hard to read—and so much easier to praise instead.
It is no news that Kelman is an outstandingly negative writer, whose instinct is to fight deprivation with deprivation (a characteristic that colours even titles like Not not while the giro and A Disaffection), but with How late it was, how late, the hefty new instalment of Strathclyde arte povera, he has set a new standard for himself.
His hero, Sammy, has no job and no home. He stays with his girlfriend Helen, but for the length of the book she is missing. This absence may be a judgment on Sammy or something more sinister (we never learn which). Sammy is missing something even more crucial to his welfare—his eyesight, lost perhaps for ever in the course of police interrogation. He was arrested after picking a fight on the street, while on the rebound from a drunken binge which cost him the memory of an entire day.
Missing Saturday, missing Helen, missing sight. This narrative of subtractions comes perilously close to being a subtraction of narrative. With sensory deprivation added to social, Sammy's unilluminated head, which is where we spend the whole book, is only fitfully a stimulating place to be. The most striking absentee, the most mourned by the reader, is ambient Glasgow, present only in shadowy memories, or muffled episodes of abrasive kindness.
Interior monologue is a highly artificial way of representing the mind's activity as speech, most effectively used as one element of a compound style. Served up raw and in quantity, unsustained by the world, it is highly indigestible. Kelman's dialogue positively skips along under the reader's eyes but there's not a great deal of it; Sammy's monologue is a long and weary trudge.
There is plenty of third-person in the book, but it brings with it no supplementary perspective and amounts to an alienated first. Cheating...
(The entire section is 1641 words.)
Eric Jacobs (review date 2 April 1994)
SOURCE: "Eyeless and Legless in Glasgow," in The Spectator, Vol. 272, No. 8647, April 2, 1994, pp. 33-4.
[In the review below, Jacobs provides an unfavorable assessment of How Late It Was, How Late.]
[How Late It was, How Late] is not reader-friendly. Its 374 pages are not divided into parts or chapters. The only intervals in the text at which to take a much needed breather are infrequent double spaces between paragraphs, which mostly end with full stops, but sometimes don't.
Not that this joined up format is inappropriate, for we are in stream-of-consciousness country here. Sammy is a Glaswegian in his thirties with a long stretch in prison...
(The entire section is 481 words.)
Andrew O'Hagan (review date 26 May 1994)
SOURCE: "The Paranoid Sublime," in London Review of Books, Vol. 16, No. 10, May 26, 1994, pp. 8-9.
[In the following, O'Hagan offers a mixed assessment of How Late It Was, How Late, discussing the book's relationship to Kelman's other works and noting Kelman's preoccupation with politics, oppression, and the Scottish working class.]
It was getting dark one sulphurous evening in Glasgow in the winter of 1990, when a pop-eyed cultural apparatchik—almost breathlessly ripe from a Chinese paper-lantern parade she'd just led through the naked streets of Carntyne—sat down beside me in a bar to the side of the City Chambers, to gab about the glories and horrors of...
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Sarah Lyall (essay date 29 November 1994)
SOURCE: "Booker Prize Winner Defends His Language," in The New York Times, November 29, 1994, pp. B1-B2.
[In the essay below, Lyall comments on the controversy surrounding the Booker committee's decision to award Kelman the 1994 prize. She also discusses the impact of the prize on Kelman's life and relates his views on writing, literature, England, and the Scottish language.]
No sooner had James Kelman's novel How Late It Was, How Late won this year's Booker Prize for fiction than a full scale furor erupted. One of the judges, Rabbi Julia Neuberger, declared that the book was unreadably bad and said that the awarding of the prize, Britain's most important, was a...
(The entire section is 1168 words.)
Michiko Kakutani (review date 16 December 1994)
SOURCE: "Profane Wandering within the Idioms of Glasgow," in The New York Times, December 16, 1994, p. B8.
[In the following, Kakutani offers a negative appraisal of How Late It Was, How Late, lamenting Kelman's reliance on profanity and portrait of a passive character.]
How to describe James Kelman's new novel, How Late It Was, How Late? Think of one of Nathanael West's black comedies without the humor, combined with one of David Mamet's obscenity-laced plays without the poetry, combined with one of Samuel Beckett's novels without the philosophical subtext, and that should give you a pretty good idea of what this year's winner of the Booker Prize in...
(The entire section is 977 words.)
Further Reading
Bausch, Richard. "Auld Sammy After a Two-Day Binge." The New York Times Book Review (5 February 1995): 8.
Offers a positive review of How Late It Was, How Late, contending that the British controversy concerning its "salty" language is irrelevant since the prose precisely reflects the reality of a place and time.
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As a preview of what is to come at this fall's second annual Alcona Arts Retreat, community members were recently introduced to Contra dancing.
This form of American folk dancing first became popular in the early 1800s in the northeast region of the country. Many of the basic moves of Contra dancing are similar to those in square dancing (swings and promenades), but involve a set of two parallel lines of dancers who stretch the length of the dance hall.
Harrisville Township Hall served as the scene of this first of two Contra dance workshops planned in Harrisville. The workshop drew more than 50 participants. A caller known as Dancer Sue of Midland, accompanied by the Swollen Fingers Band, put the dancers through their beginning paces.
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Whereas a typical square dance set comprises only four couples, in a Contra dance, the number of couples is limited only by the length of the hall. Through a sequence of moves, couples progress one position up or down the set. As the sequence is repeated, a couple will eventually dance with every other couple in the set.
"Like other line and square dances, there's a caller who tells you what to do next," said St. John. "Many of the steps are identical with square dance moves, or at least they were similar enough to fool non-dancer me."
For many Contra dancers, the live music is the great attraction. Traditional jibs, reels and hornpipes from the Scots-Irish tradition on both sides of the Atlantic form the basic repertoire. The fiddle is often the lead instrument.
A second workshop is slated for April 20, with both workshops planned as a lead up to a community-wide Contra dance on May 10. If the dance proves popular enough, it could be repeated again on a monthly basis.
Dance workshops are expected to be among the offerings at the Alcona Arts Retreat to be held on the weekend of Sept. 5-8 at Lost Lake Woods club, a private residential community that features a lodge, camping, dining room, 10,000 acres of woods, five small lakes and golf.
The retreat, inspired by the woods and water of Northeast Michigan, offers six hours of class time daily Friday through Sunday in such disciplines as painting, fiber arts, photography and music. Most classes are limited to about a dozen students so one-on-one contact with instructors is assured. Retreat registration begins April 1, at which time the various classes will be announced.
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Around this time of year, practically everyone puts out a list of the "best" superbowl commercials. Or the worst. Two things these lists have in common include getting the year the ad aired wrong (no, really it happens a lot) and then 85% of the ads on their carefully chosen lists are identical to the ads on everyone elses list. ;)
So here's our twist on the lists, possibly most forgotten superbowl ads. It doesn't mean that they're bad, in fact some show up on other fun lists of good ads - people just don't seem to recall that they too were once superbowl ads.
Lets start at the beginning shall we? Way back in 1969 super bowl III commercials this Gillette - Techmatic adjustable ad could make me forgive all the other terrible Gillette ads if they just put this one back on the air. Please, pretty please Gillette, do it just once!
In the 1973 super bowl VII commercials, Joe Namath is so exited becaause "he's gonna get creamed" by none other than Farah Fawcett. I don't know what Joe thinks "creamed" means, but I'm sure it's naughty. This is hilariously cheesy.
In the 1975 super bowl IX commercials McDonald's test people on their jingle for the Big Mac, and they all fail. Sing it with me! Two all beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun. Now down a vodka and do it again faster! This should be a drinking game.
In 1979 super bowl XIII, Jim Fixx tries his hand at running puns. The whole ad is one running pun.
Back in 1981 super bowl XV, when long distance phone calls cost a fortune, the ad-men working on Indiana Bell somehow turned this to their advantage in "the kids are fine". Sneaky.
In 1984 super bowl XVIII, when everyone was being wowed by the Apple 1984 ad, Atari had Alan Alda put together a computer in 26 seconds. Not a bad idea, but then Apple had Ridley Scott on their side so Atari was pretty much screwed and this ad soon forgotten.
I'm only pointing at the 1987 super bowl XXI Footlocker ad because the art directions is like a New Order video without the Art, or direction.
John Cleese has been pretty good at selling out, on pretty funny projects. He is after all, John Cleese. In this 1992 super bowl XXVI advert he shilled Magnovox by telling us all to go away.
Remember this back in the 1995 super bowl XXIX ? Every time I see this I don't think it's the equipment he uses, but rather the equipment he hits that makes all the difference... ;)
Also in 1995, when jeans were the ugliest things on earth, you can see a young Keri Russell play the girlfriend while her man hides in the anonymous mans room.
Which reminds me that you can see Sean Hayes (now famous as Will & Grace's "Jack McFarland") act out the same kind of scenario in a 1998 super bowl XXXII ad where there is a party in the petites.
There are plenty more where that came from, which ones are your favorite forgotten super bowl ads?
Hah - I remember that 1998 Bud Light spot - but don't think I ever noticed that it was "Just Jack".
You have to do it with the Jazz Hands. Like this: "Just Jack". See?
haha yes! Is there an emoticon for Jazz Hands? I think someone ought to create it.
I had thought of this:
but none of them look quite right.
I think I submitted this in the wrong post but I said in the comment section for the Sean Hayes spot that I think he was in another spot in Super Bowl 32. Wasn't he in the Doritos spot with Ali Landry? I think the spot was plugging Doritos 3-D.
looks like pom-poms. what about:
How about:
"Remember, no matter where you go... There you are." (Buckaroo Banzai).
"Hey, barkeep, 2 Rock Over Hip-Hops and 1 Bach Over Vivaldi with ice."
That Gillette spot is fantastic. Shame all their most recent Super Bowl ads are complete drek in comparison.
Budweiser "fred is great" deserves to be on this list. It's funny and forgtten.
I love this post. I love this thread. That is all.


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Like any other language, Irish has its own terms of endearment for friends and loved ones.
Exact translations of English terms of endearment into Irish are not always possible, however. Irish endearments are unique in themselves and some of the best deserve a mention.
1. "A chara" (uh KHAR-uh): Means "Friend." This form of address can be used in everything from formal letter salutations to greeting cards. It is used to address both men and women.
2. "A stór" (uh stohr): Literally means "my treasure." Can be used in an affectionate friendship or as a term of endearment to a child.
3. "A ghrá" (uh GHRAH): Meaning "Love." A more romantic endearment.
4. "A chroí" (uh KHREE): Meaning "Heart"
5. "A mhuirnín" (uh WUR-neen): Meaning "Darling"
6. "A chuisle" (uh KHUSH-leh): Meaning "Pulse"
7. "A leanbh" (uh LAN-uv): Literally means "my child." Affectionate term of endearment.
8. "A rúnsearc" (uh ROON-shark): Literally means "secret love" — a very passionate way of saying "beloved."
9. "Mo shíorghrá" (muh HEER-ggrah): meaning "My Eternal Love" is a more modern translation of the the concept of soul mates.
10. "M'fhíorghrá" (MEER-ggrah): meaning "My True Love" — yet another translation of the modern soul mate concept.
When you consider that none of these terms of endearment relate anyone to vegetables or eggs, perhaps the Irish got off lightly. A more bizarre form of address might be calling someone a "Chou" (cabbage), the French equivalent of "sweetheart", or "Tamago gata no kao" (Egg with eyes) which is apparently a great compliment for a woman in Japan and last but not least "ma puce" (my flea) which is roughly the equivalent to "sweetie" in English.
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Exposure to challenging behaviour from nursing home residents is associated with reduced general health and work ability, and increased burnout reported by nurses
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Mary R. Salerno, 93, of Silver Creek passed away Friday (Feb. 8, 2013) at Brooks Memorial Hospital in Dunkirk, N.Y. surrounded by her family.
She was born Oct. 31, 1919 in Dunkirk, N.Y., the daughter of the late Charles and Minnie (Grutadaria) Rotunda.
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In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Thomas S. Salerno; two sisters: Angela Hopkins and Josephine Fisk; and two brothers: Anthony and Sandy Rotunda.
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