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-I also believe that their dough is not very wet/oily. But, I haven't been able to get close to the gooey texture of their dough without a high % of water and oil. I might try lowering the oil and water by 1.5% and 2%, respectively. I think it has to be higher than a sicilian slice in manhattan.
Using brute force on the Pizza Dough Calculator, I found that 2.5lbs (~1134g) for 18x12 pie would result in a .185 TF.
I've been busy lately and haven't had a chance to reply, but I was going to tell Tyler, along with how great his attempt looks, that I'm thinking L&B has lots of exterior oil, but not that much in the dough. The chewiness could very well be a very high gluten flour (like All Trumps) and high-ish water. Every cross section I've seen of L&B slices has always seemed very moist- and I'm not sure you see that with typical NY 60ish hydrations and 15 minute bakes.
I think that we are all generally on the same page about the dough not being that wet and not that oily (the dough). The crumb is pretty dense and kinda of white-bready without being overly spongy. My recollection again is that the crumb itself is not wet (like a pie with potato flour or a lot of oil might be), but about the same dryness as a regular NYC Sicilian just with a denser crumb and possibly a little less oil in the dough.
Below is a shot of L&B's crumb. That's looking very wet to me. It's funny that you mention potato, because that's what I was thinking when I took the screen grab. I don't think it's potato, but it's potato wet.
Tyler, I'm not sure if this has been mentioned, but, next time, it has to be thinly slice mozz with good sauce coverage.
Yes, that is drier, although I think part of the dryness is a result of the re-heat, as indicated by the charring on the rim.If someone could do some reconnaissance and determine the flour, that would go a very long way in determining hydration, but, based upon Tyler's results, I'm almost certain this is either All Trumps or an All Trumps equivalent (Kyrol, Balancer). Based on that assumption, there's no way it could be less than 65%.
If someone could do some reconnaissance and determine the flour, that would go a very long way in determining hydration, but, based upon Tyler's results, I'm almost certain this is either All Trumps or an All Trumps equivalent (Kyrol, Balancer). Based on that assumption, there's no way it could be less than 65%.
Johnny, I haven't paid much attention to regular Sicilian, as I'm not much of a fan- I don't like the way the cheese doesn't get a chance to melt much. In Brooklyn Sicilian, the cheese almost incorporates into the dough and you get a textural phenomenon. I really can't say what hydrations typical pizzerias use for Sicilian. To be honest, I could be wrong about this, but I'm pretty certain that regular Sicilian dough = slice dough, just thicker. There are probably places out there that go lower than 65% with All Trumps with their slice dough, but, having done it myself, it's difficult to work with and wouldn't go through the sheeter like the dough in the video does- nor would it stretch as easily.Unless I knew him well, I probably wouldn't ask a pizzeria employee what kind of flour they use. Some of these guys can get pretty protective. I would (and have) said things like, "I'm concerned about the health effects of bromate, do you use bromated flour?"


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A Virtual Peek Into My Classroom Library
- Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5
A library is an essential part of any elementary classroom. To run an effective Reading Workshop, it is necessary to stock your classroom library with books of a variety of genres, topics, and levels. Teachers who use the workshop method know that readers need lots of books in a single year, as they are given time to read self-selected texts independently on a daily basis. For this reason, it's important to organize your classroom library in a way that allows students to easily find "just right" books that they are interested in reading.
Read on to watch a video about how I organize my classroom library and how I use it as a tool to help my students evaluate their own reading progress throughout the year. You will also find ideas for collecting more books for your own classroom library and additional photos of my library.
Take a Virtual Tour of My Classroom Library!
Using Colored Baskets to Organize My Books
Fiction picture books are stored in red baskets.
Chapter book series are kept in blue baskets.
Chapter books that are not part of a series are kept in yellow baskets.
Nonfiction texts are stored in green baskets.
Basket Labels
All baskets have a unique label that tells a reader what type of books they can find inside. The basket labels vary based on the section of the library in which the basket is located.
Nonfiction basket labels reveal the topic students will find inside.
Fiction picture book and chapter book labels reveal the basket's genre.
Chapter book series baskets reveal the name of the different series a reader will find inside.
How I Level My Books
I do not level my books just so that I can assign students a color code (level) and then make them read only at that level. I make certain that my students are involved in the process in every way. They read books from the classroom library and try to determine what levels seem "just right" for them. I meet with each student individually to decide upon a comfortable "just right" level (JR level) so that students can start choosing appropriate books that they can read independently. (Watch my library video above for more information about how this process works.) Once a student's JR level is determined, he or she can refer to the basket labels as a guide for finding books that are "just right" for them. As the school year progresses, students are constantly reevaluating what levels feel "just right" for them and reading trial books at a higher level before deciding to regularly read books at that level independently.
A color code sticker can be found on the back of every book.
Basket labels also indicate what color codes can be found inside.
The color codes in my library correspond to Fountas and Pinnell's guided reading levels.
I use Scholastic's Book Wizard to level my books. It provides a variety of levels including guided reading level, grade level equivalent, DRA level, lexile level, and interest level. A description of each book is also provided along with its genre, common themes, and topics you will find in the book. The Book Wizard also allows teachers to create, print, and even exchange book lists with other teachers. You can also use Book Wizard to help you find "just right" books for your students using the Book Alike feature.
Collecting More Books for Your Classroom Library
It's common knowledge that an effective classroom library has a large variety of books at many different levels, about many different topics, and of many different genres. That sounds great, but where can you get more books?
One of my favorite ways to collect additional library books is to ask my current students to donate books from home that they have already read. To provide them with an incentive, the donated books are given a special label with the child's name and the date that the book was donated. Students like to know that their book will forever be part of the Newingham library.
Another idea to consider is a read-a-thon. Students can collect pledges from family and friends for each book they read in a month (or a certain period of time). Students can count the books they read in class and at home. Not only are students motivated to read lots of books, but the money raised can go to the purchasing of new books for your classroom library. The kids then get to enjoy reading the books they earned for the class.
Find more ideas about how to collect books for your classroom library without breaking the bank!
Keeping Track of Your Books
Once I began collecting a good number of books, it became important to me that I had some sort of inventory of the books I own. This is helpful when choosing books to read aloud, when suggesting "just right" books for students, and for keeping track of all my books. Since I was using the computer to look up the levels of my books, it made sense to also add the book title, author, level, and library location to an Excel file that I could access when searching for a book.
I chose to print out my Excel library collection file as a sort of "card catalog" for students to use when looking for specific books or books by a specific author.
In the past couple of years, I have been using IntelliScanner with my book collection. An IntelliScanner is a device used to scan the barcodes on your classroom library books. The information is collected and stored on your computer. You can choose to add your own categories to the collected information as well. For example, once a book is added to my collection, I add categories for book level and library location.
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I tried visting the webiste you shared, but it is requiring a password.Do you have any idea what that might be?
Year after year, I love sharing this article with teachers who are ready to take the plunge! Unfortunately, the links to the label templates aren't working this time.Please share a live link where I can find them.
Thanks in advance!
I LOVE your classroom library! I've always wished to organize it like yours but have never known how to start. I have hundreds of books and I spend a lot of money buying all kinds of bins so that I can organize my books, however I give up easily because it gets overwhelming. For ten years I've tried and to date have not done it. How do I begin?
I love your enthusiasm! When I taught 7th grade, I organized my library just the same. Now, that I am a specialist, I don't get the pleasure of having my books used, but I am hopeful for the day when I have a classroom again. Great job!
Hello Beth,
I am a soon to be elementary school teacher looking to purchase book bins. This is to organize my now massive collection. Where do you buy your book bins from, and what is the specific name of the bins? I am having trouble finding bins that will hold larger books, but your bins seem to do that.
Thank you.
Not sure what region you are in, but I buy most of my bins from a store by the name of Dollar Tree. They have a great selection of bins. And for $1 a pop they are extremely sturdy.
Hope I was able to help a bit. :-)
Could you tell me about your system for shopping for books? Do certain students go on certain days of the week? How many books are in their baggies?
Dear Beth,
Love, love, love your library organization! I have a ton of books and love your system - THANK YOU so much for sharing! I was trying to download the blank template, and it said that in order to do that, you need to have Print Shop, (which I purchased and downloaded.) But when I try to open the file,it gives me an error saying that the file is not a supported file type or that the file was damaged. Any idea why it is doing that ? I have windows 7 on my school laptop. I can download you regular labels, just not the blank template. Also - the c.d. holders, can you get them at Office Max or Office Depot?
Thank you again for sharing!
Gay Wilson/2nd grade
Cheyenne WY
this is the correct one:
The label links on both websites, her home and Scholastic, won't link me to the labels, and they did a month ago....??
I am applying for a grant to fund the colored book bins for use in my classroom. I am required to provide a photo and I would like permission to use one from your site that shows your library as the model for my finished project. I would like to show just the books in their bins, organized by genre and reading level. Thank you so much.
Hey all!
I, too, was disappointed to see that the link to the labels wasn't working... but I FOUND them on her website: http://hil.troy.k12.mi.us/staff/bnewingham/myweb3/
I hope that helps. If not, just Google her name, and you'll find it under Teacher Resources.
I love the way you organized your library. I would love to be able to access the link for your basket labels. If you could email them to me that would be great! Thank you so much.
Thank you Beth for all the work you have shared. I would love to print the book labels but not able to access this part of the website. Could you share them through email? Thank you
I am getting an error when I attempt to open the link. Can you e-mail me the file.
Hi Beth and teaching friends! I too am trying to print the book labels and I am getting an error. Could anyone please send me the link or file to print out the labels? Thanks friend! Michelle.
What a fantastic library! Your time and effort developing the library speaks volumes! I, too, would love the labels but the link is broke and doesn't connect. Would you please let me know how to access them. Numerous thanks!
Hey Beth:
I am trying to open your link about library organization andbook labels and the link will not open. I've tried both on Scolastics and on your classroom site and both don't work. It keeps giving me an invalid pathway. How can I access this information and download the basket labels?
Where can I find the self-adhesive floppy disk pockets? They don't have them on the business supply link.
Hi Beth-
Thank you for sharing all of your ideas. Can you give me some pointers on how to download your book bin labels. I click on the link and I get an error message. Any Ideas? Thanks!
I'll have to echo what Erin requested. I thought I couldn't have access to the labels because I'm teaching overseas, but I guess that's not the case. Any ideas? I loved your labels thinking I would be able to get them online no matter where I go. I feel bummed about not being able to get those beautiful labels. Any idea????
In the meantime, Erin, I found some from the following link. But I still want Beth's original ones.
Good luck!
Beth, your information is giving me a wonderful start in getting my books organized for my 3rd grade classroom. Thank you so much for sharing your gift of organization with those less organized, like me!
Could you share information about where you got the bookcases in your room and how expensive they are. They are very simple, while looking sturdy and attractive...just perfect!
Thanks, Beth.
thank you for sharing...everything looks great. i went out and bought the printshop so i could use your labels and it won't work...any advice?
Thanks for your information. Why not just use the Guided Reading Levels on the back of the books? Why do to the trouble of creating the colors and 1234?
Love that you're sharing all of your hard work Beth! Thank you. I am a new Teacher-Librarian this year and am looking for an effective template for kids to recommend books to other kids. I have a "brook" theme I'm working on (frogs, water, water lilies) and was planning on setting up the recommendation template on a water lily background that I can mount onto a lily leaf on a bulletin board.
If you have one that you like, I'd love to see it!
Hi, I love your ideas. Thanks for sharing. Where can I purchase the round primary sticker dots for leveling the books? Thanks
Hi, I love your ideas. Thanks for sharing. Where can I purchase the round primary sticker dots for leveling the books? Thanks
Hi Beth,
Thank you for sharing your wealth of information. I appreciate your willingness to share with others. Can you please tell me if the classroom library poster with the arrow (green, red, blue, yellow)indicating the book levels was purchased at Really Good Stuff? I contacted the company, and they could not find one. Perhaps you made this?
Thank you for your time & expertise!
Happy summer,
Where do I stsrt and not feel overwhelmed! I have been teaching for 17 years and I have alot of books. They are in bins now, but haven't been leveled. What website or system should I use?
How do you determine into what bin a book goes?
I see you have Judy Blume's Freckle Juice in a Favorite Authors bin. It could just as easily be placed in Realistic Fiction.
Likewise a book like Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing could be in Realistic Fiction, Series, or a Favorite Author bin.
What are the criteria you use to determine those specifics?
Hi Beth! I love your website and appreciate your willingness to share your ideas with fellow teachers. I was wondering where you bought your magazine rack for your classroom library. Thank you!
I appreciate that you have shared your labels and how you organized your library. It will save me a lot of time this summer, since I am changing teaching positions!!! I used the link you had posted to reallygoodstuff.com, but it is no longer available. They have many bins/baskets to choose from. If you could tell me which baskets you use, it would be helpful so the labels will fit. Thanks for your generosity in sharing your hard work. (:
Hi Beth! I was curious on how you check out the books in your library? How do you keep track of which books are being used? My school bought some books for our libraries, but they have to be accounted for if ever needed. Thanks!
On your site the link to make your own labels doesn't allow you to open unless you have print. Could you possibly make this a word doc so people who don't have print can make their own labels?
Kate Welsh
I liked your idea of making thick vs thin. I printed lots of stuff out of that thank you for your idea's
P.s Thank you for puting out your book baskets I rely needed them
Amazing ideas!!! I'm a first year teacher and was so inspired by your library tour. I wasn't able to purchase the same baskets following your link, but purchased what I thought were similar ones through the same company (Really Good Stuff). The plastic is thinner than I thought and the baskets bend slightly when full of books. I was wondering how your baskets have held up over the past few years. Would you recommend investing in something sturdier, or have you found that they hold their shape well enough? Thank you!!
I wanted to let you know that your link on this website http://hill.troy.k12.mi.us/staff/bnewingham/myweb3/ to the suggested book baskets is no longer working. Thanks for always sharing :):)
Maybe this has been answered somewhere, but how do you attach labels to the baskets? My labels keep falling off. I used tape.
I don't have a question, I just want to say thank you for sharing! I love it!
Can I have a copy of your guided reading basket labels? They are perfect for what I need in my classroom.
Last week I was able to view your classroom library tour but unable this week. I am hosting a Classroom Library PD for our district and wanted to show your video. Would you be willing to email the link? email@example.com
You are my idol! Thanks, Denise
Hi Beth, I can't get your video to play either and I really want to show it to some Australian teachers. It's very inspiring. Please help.
I can't get your Virtual Library tour to play! It redirects to the article only! I have seen it before and want to see it again. Please help!
Hi Beth,
I'm a newly credentialed teacher and currently working S. Korea teaching English. I've been assigned to organize the English Library and came across your site! Wonderful! I like the idea of your book inventory on the Exel program. The the program automatically alphabetize the titles or did you have to manually do it? That would be a lot of work!!
I would like to read a mystery to my third grade class--I am looking for something that is entertaining for both boys and girls--do you have any suggestions???? THANKS TONS!
Love your library. I have a question about your Inventory in Excel. How do you sort the titles excluding "The" and "A" and "An"?
I teach grade 4-8. I can see benefits of using a classroom library but how would you change the structure or label system to accommodate the higher grades? I think the 4,5,6 grades could benefit from this system.
Hi Beth,
I noticed beside your genre of books in your library that there are binders. The picture was a bit blurry so I am assuming those are students names. I just wondered what contents are in the actual binders?

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Cessna Citation Latitude on Schedule for 2014 Maiden Flight
Cessna's midsize Citation Latitude is on schedule to make its first flight in 2014, after the Wichita, Kan.-based manufacturer completed the first fuselage for the midsize business jet last week.
(Cessna engineers transferring the Latitude fuselage to static test. Photo, courtesy of Cessna.)
The initial fuselage is being used as a static test article, with plans for a second Latitude test article to be used for structural trials. The first demonstration aircraft will soon begin its build process, according to Terry Shriner, business leader for the Latitude program.
"The major subassemblies for the prototype's fuselage are complete and nearing the assembly process. The team is doing a great job of hitting each program target," said Shriner.
The aircraft is powered by twin Pratt and Whitney PW306D turbofan engines and is expected to have a maximum cruise speed of 440 knots.
Cessna expects FAA certification and entry into service for the Citation Latitude in 2015.
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Here's how RW members rated this race (1044 votes).
In short: Slick organisation with really nice touches. Sets a standard for other races.In full: A really nicely thought out course, although not flat. Nice touches like printing peoples names on thier numbers. Great medal, top and goody bag. Fantastic marshals and drinks stations exactly where you needed them. This race honestly puts others to shame it was just really well done. Date of review: October 10, 2011
In short: Don't miss this oneIn full: Exceptionally well organised, good support on course, names on numbers helped a lot when you needed to find that extra bit of energy, and it was nice to have a seat indoors immediately after the finish! Not quite as flat as expected (or hoped) but not exactly hilly either. Goody bag with CHOCOLATE, need I say more? Date of review: October 10, 2011
In short: A dream first marathon, well organised with fab support along the way and lots of supporters in the racecourse at the finish. Really enjoyed it, would definitely recomend.Date of review: October 10, 2011
In short: Perfect.In full: The organisers shoudl eb VERY proud. Well done!!!Date of review: October 10, 2011
In short: Really enjoyed the race, which as others have said was mainly flat with a few hills to keep it honest! Organisation was good with nice touchs such as having your name printed on your race number. Well done to everyone.Date of review: October 10, 2011
In short: Well done the organisers, great event. Was surprised how much local surport there was around the course. Can't fault anything.Date of review: October 10, 2011
In short: great marathonIn full: this was my 5th marathon and my fastest getting 3h44 after doing chester last year knew I had to come back again loved the new course and with those hilly bits had to walk/run in last 6 miles but detemmed to over come and next year chris and Andy are the best and those toliets queues never seen so many Date of review: October 10, 2011
In short: Expected it to be flatter but very good race all the sameDate of review: October 10, 2011
In full: This was my first attempt at a marathon. A well organized race, faultless. The support all the way round was excellent. Great to have your name on your bib which did help with the cheers along the way.Congratulations to Chris and Andy the event organizers well done.I will be back Date of review: October 10, 2011
In short: Great support, well organised.In full: A generally flat course with just a handful of small hills. Water stations superbly organised with helpers shouting encouragement and calling you by name - having names on numbers worked really well. Great support in all the little villages and through the town, loved the grandstand finish. A nice goody bag with proper long sleeved technical running top - London could learn a thing or two! (Who the hell wants a cheap cotton tee shirt that you can't run in?) Date of review: October 10, 2011
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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1¼ cup
Calories 549
Total Fat 8 g
Saturated Fat 2 g
Cholesterol 56 mg
Sodium 288 mg
Calcium 55 mg
Iron 5 mg
Ingredients and Preparation
Ingredients Measures
Sirloin steak 1½ pounds
Vegetable oil 2 teaspoons
Garlic, minced 1 clove
Vinegar 1 teaspoon
Salt 1/8 teaspoon
Pepper 1/8 teaspoon
Large onions, sliced 2
Large tomato, sliced 1
Boiled potatoes, diced 3 cups
Tip: Trim fat off beef before cooking.
- Trim fat from steak and cut into small, thin pieces.
- In a large skillet, heat oil and sauté garlic until garlic is golden. Add steak, vinegar, salt, and pepper.
- Cook for 6 minutes, stirring beef until brown.
- Add onion and tomato. Cook until onion is transparent. Serve with boiled potatoes and white rice.


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Exploring the unthinkable: How we viewed Sept. 11 through pop and literary culture
Two years ago, for the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, I was asked to write an essay on how the terrorists attacks reverberated through popular and literary culture. That essay is reprinted below in its entirety. It explores the indirect strategies artists used to grapple with the unthinkable, the premature declaration of irony's death, and how some of the most enduring stories stemming from the attacks took years to start telling.
Stories. We tell them, we consume them, to help us filter and make sense of the world around us. The literary and pop culture of the last 10 years has helped bring the 9/11 attacks into focus.
Some of the great works, including the film United 93 and Don DeLillo's novel Falling Man, bring us back to the day itself and help us purge the nightmare, much as Aristotle suggested tragedy can purge pity and fear. The best ones, such as Amy Waldman's acclaimed new novel The Submission, achieve something rarer still.
They bring us face to face with who we were then, who we've become and what the transformation might mean.
John Freeman, editor of the literary journal Granta, calls these "long view" 9/11 stories. "I tend to like the books that take it at an angle," Freeman says by phone from New York. Granta has just published a 9/11 issue, "Ten Years After," with short stories by writers from Iraq war veteran Phil Klay ("Redeployment") to Pakistani novelist Nadeem Aslam ("Punnu's Jihad").
"There are books that show 9/11 as not just a paradigm shift in world relations, and not just a dramatic shift in how people interact when their worst fears are realized, but as a larger shift on many different levels," says Freeman, also a book review freelancer for The Dallas Morning News.
Some of these stories even find room for dark comedy. In Ken Kalfus' scathing novel A Disorder Peculiar to the Country, a soon-to-be-divorced husband and wife, each of them nearly 9/11 casualties, engage in the kind of subterfuge and division that marked so much of the nation's discourse in the wake of the attacks. Gary Shteyngart's Super Sad True Love Story inserts a mismatched romance into a dystopian New York where books are sneered at and everyone wears a device that broadcasts its owner's hotness. Welcome to the surveillance century.
These 9/11 books offer release. You might laugh while you cry, but you'll feel different when you're done reading.
"Literature can lead to catharsis," says Waldman, author of The Submission, by phone from her home in Brooklyn. "Art has always played that role. I don't see why it should be any different with this event. Healing is such a mysterious, individual process, and I would hope a book can play a role in that."
The Submission is undoubtedly the 9/11 story of the moment. The novel chronicles the fallout from a competition to design a new 9/11 memorial at Ground Zero. Finely layered chaos ensues when the winning architect turns out to be an American Muslim. As the story unfolds, Waldman, a former New York Times reporter who covered the attacks on the World Trade Center, pulls together everything from the grieving process of victims' families to America's relationship with Islam in the post-9/11 era.
The book is subtle — Waldman doesn't use the terms "9/11" or "Ground Zero" — and rich in irony, the quality that some pundits declared dead in the wake of the attacks.
Remember those days? No one was sure whether entertainment mattered anymore. How could we possibly laugh again? How could we watch the destruction of cities at the hands of Hollywood's super-size action movies after watching the towers collapse live on TV?
It was as if life froze for a moment, the future a void. Then, imperceptibly, it resumed. Well before the gritty United 93 and the overblown World Trade Center tackled the actual day in 2006, the wheels of Hollywood's fantasy factory were spinning again and churning out blockbusters.
"We all stopped for a day or a week and asked if irony was dead, or if we could do comedy anymore," says Harry Benshoff, an associate professor of radio, television and film at the University of North Texas, who contributed to the new essay collection Horror After 9/11: World of Fear, Cinema of Terror. "But the media industry is such a giant monolith. It's not going anywhere. We all did our moment of silence and then it was back to business as usual. If anything, movies are more escapist and formulaic than ever."
He's right; the industry didn't undergo any seismic shifts as a result of 9/11. Nor did it make a great effort to directly address the attacks. As in the book world, some of the better films dealt with 9/11 obliquely, focusing more on personal dramas in the post-9/11 world than the actual event.
Spike Lee's The 25th Hour unfolds amid the rubble of Ground Zero as a drug dealer (Edward Norton) faces his own life-shattering experience in the form of a long prison sentence. The unsung Great New Wonderful presents an ensemble of New Yorkers, including Maggie Gyllenhaal and Tony Shalhoub, coping with everyday life as the first anniversary of 9/11 approaches. A number of films, including The War Within and Paradise Now, tried to get inside the minds of terrorists, much as John Updike did in his novel Terrorist.
Meanwhile, the post-9/11 world also seeped into its most natural genre: horror.
Sept. 11 led directly to the "war on terror"; Americans were soon aghast at the images of torture coming out of Abu Ghraib prison. Some fine, small documentaries, including Taxi to the Dark Side and Standard Operating Procedure, chronicled the scandal.
But larger audiences found safer ways to face the horrific images by flocking to new horror franchises like Saw and Hostel, which gave escapist vent to the torture fury, much as TV viewers tuned in to the adventures of 24, where government agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) could bludgeon terrorism suspects with impunity. We could even try to purge those images of the collapsing towers by watching Cloverfield and 2012, wherein massive urban catastrophe becomes a safe, even thrilling diversion.
"People didn't want to be confronted with the reality," UNT's Benshoff says. "That's why the torture porn movies did better than United 93. It's a sort of displaced way to deal with it all. Genre taps into certain thematic concerns that people might respond to on one level within a sort of fantasy make-believe world."
As Benshoff points out, the horror genre has always offered an outlet for our greatest societal fears. In the 1950s, atomic anxieties gave rise to the giant lizard of Godzilla and the giant ants of Them! The violence of the '60s finds eerie parallels in movies such as Night of the Living Dead; the backlash against feminism informed the slasher movies of the '70s and '80s.
It seems artistic catharsis and recovery come in many different forms. It's a highly personal process, so I'll close with a personal recollection.
In 2006, United 93 premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, an event founded to help New York heal from the wounds of 9/11. The balcony of the Ziegfeld Theatre was packed with family members and loved ones of the heroes who brought the plane down in an empty Pennsylvania field before it could reach its intended target in Washington, D.C.
The movie ends in violent frenzy, then sudden silence, as the passengers push their way into the cockpit, overtake the hijackers and plow into the ground. The silence didn't last long. It was filled immediately by deafening, uncontrollable sobs and gasps from the balcony.
I can't say what they felt. But I know I hear them to this day.
Notable books and films of the post-9/11 era
The 10 years since 9/11 have yielded shelves full of novels and movies. The most notable:
Harbor, by Lorraine Adams (2004) — A story of Algerian immigrants that asks tough questions about terrorism in the post-9/11 age.
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, by Jonathan Safran Foer (2005) — A 9-year-old inventor seeks a link to his father, killed in the 9/11 attacks.
A Disorder Peculiar to the Country, by Ken Kalfus (2006) — A wickedly funny and deeply sad tale of a marriage on the rocks after the attacks.
Falling Man, by Don DeLillo (2007) — America's master of impending doom puts us inside the towers.
Let the Great World Spin, by Colum McCann (2009) — A novel of New York's recent history, with the twin towers at its core.
The Submission, by Amy Waldman (2011) — Exquisite social tapestry built around a controversial 9/11 memorial competition.
The 25th Hour, directed by Spike Lee (2002) — A drug dealer faces a prison sentence (and his own lost innocence) as the Ground Zero rubble is still being cleared.
The Great New Wonderful, directed by Danny Leiner (2005) — Anxious New Yorkers grapple with their demons as the first anniversary of the attacks approaches. Overlooked and underrated.
Fahrenheit 9/11 — Michael Moore goes for President George W. Bush's scalp in this inflammatory documentary.
The War Within, directed by Joseph Castelo (2005) — The making of a terrorist: An innocent Pakistani engineer turns jihadist after he's extradited to prison and tortured post-9/11.
United 93, directed by Paul Greengrass (2006) — A wrenching, meticulous drama of the passengers who brought down a plane before it could reach its target in D.C.
World Trade Center, directed by Oliver Stone (2006) — The bombastic Hollywood version of 9/11, starring Nicolas Cage as a cop trapped in the rubble.


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Avoid McDonald's. Will Gadd's Wisdom For Staying Fit - Page 2
Look at the lineup to McDonald's in the airport or any food court and then look at the lineup at the "Edo" place. I guarantee the lineup at the burger (read burger with huge white bread bun, huge fries, huge milkshake/apple pie etc) stand will be far fatter than any other lineup (and the costs aren't all that different so no excuses there). If you want to see what people truly eat study airport dining; it's like watching life through a one-way mirror. And then look at the people who walk the stairs vs. ride the escalator, who stand on the conveyor belts instead walking. Things get real clear real quick: Eat shitty food and avoid exercise and you'll stop moving and get larger. And once you get past a certain point it's a lot harder to move (my hero lady aside). And if you stop moving you die. We're all circling the drain every day of our lives; move faster and you stay farther from the hole for longer, like a marble in the sink.
But making time to breathe can be hard. You have to fight for it. I'm proud of the times I win the fight to breathe hard. Today I had three business meetings in two cities separated by an hour's drive, plus the flight home. I got up early and had one of the best hour-long hike/runs I've had in years in the mountains near Ogden, Utah. I revel in the landscape of the American west; it's literally intoxicating to me. The scrub oak, the smells, the dirt--I love it, and I would have missed it if I hadn't gotten up early. As I struggled up to a ridge and then scrambled along the rocks and back down I felt life was beautiful in a way I would not have experienced if I'd lazed over breakfast instead of getting a coffee and moving. That's all the time difference I really needed: coffee and go vs. sitting down. I ended my last meeting with just enough time to scrape in 45 minutes at the climbing gym on the way to the airport. Then it was a mad sprint to the airport, drop the rental car, do a "dry" shower in the airport bathroom, onto the flight. You think I'm bragging? I am.
I hear people bragging about how many beers they drank the night before like it's an accomplishment. Well it is sometimes, but I'm way more proud of every single day I've spent some time sucking oxygen hard than I am of the times I drank too much, slept in, wasted time sending useless but somehow important emails or whatever. Because as I look back at those wasted days there was almost always an hour or two I could have sliced out to get out and breathe. I hate those wasted days; I have never regretted working out, going for a walk, getting on a plane stinking, not once. In fact, I've loved every single experience. But we all try to be busy instead of being alive, be busy instead of getting out and breathing, be busy instead of being productive, be busy sending useless texts instead of walking in the woods with our kids or running there with our friends…. I do it too, but I'm missing the point of life when I let "busy" replace "breathing."
And lately I've been hanging out with some people who don't get the beautiful luxury of being able to just go out and move, whether it's in the mountains or the gym or whatever. Their broken or malfunctioning bodies won't let them. Yet they still fight for time outside in the sun, drink in the day, and exercise as best they can. If they can fight to literally breathe at all and still exercise, if the fat lady can get out the door and move, if the guy in the business suit can jam the stairs instead of the escalator just for the sheer hell of it then most of us have no excuses at all. Keep moving, keep breathing, keep the inertia on your side. Rest days should be a welcome anomaly, not a way of life. And avoid lineups with lots of morbidly obese people in them, it's a sign of what the future looks like if you spend too much time in the same places… Airports, American chain restaurants and conveyer belts all move us closer to the drain hole. Keep the good momentum up. Life's more fun when you move.
This post originally appeared on Will Gadd's excellent blog. Please visit willgadd.com


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Support Bay College millage renewal
We have an opportunity Tuesday to help improve the future of post-secondary education in Delta County. Citizens can vote to renew a one mill levy for capital improvements at Bay College. That's a renewal of the millage that propelled the building of the Heirman Center.
Renewal will allow much needed building renovations to the welding center, an outdated facility, but one that has provided employment for many residents over time. It will also allow modernization of the wastewater management lab, a program with 100 percent job placement, as well as, the addition of an Advance Manufacturing Program to meet 21st century needs.
No new buildings are planned with this millage, but most of the facilities on campus, aside from Heirman and the privately funded Besse Center, date to the 1970s and truly need updating for the needs of today, and tomorrow's, students. Other priorities on the horizon are the addition of a paramedic program, a new student success center and advanced technology classrooms.
All of these improvements are part of the college's strategic plan and are prioritized to be funded as the dollars become available. That one mil nets about $1 million per year. The first three items on the list alone are estimated to cost $4 million.
Bay College provides great opportunities for students just graduating high school, while also offering second chances for non-traditional students wanting to upgrade their skills or find new employment. It does this all while receiving 26 percent less in real dollars from the state in 2013 than it did just a few short years ago.
We hope you vote Tuesday, and vote yes to renew the one mill levy for capital improvements at Bay College.
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5 Holiday TV Specials We Might Increasingly Tune Out
Nat King Cole's soft reminders of chestnuts roasting on an open fire and Burl Ives' repetitive rant about having a holly jolly Christmas still fill the air, but they're slowly beaten back by Mariah Carey's soaring high notes in All I Want For Christmas Is You . Even televised holiday standards have a tough time holding up to today's Disney (DIS) , DreamWorks (DWA) and adult-approved Victoria's Secret holiday specials.
Somewhere around the 20th time we saw Ralphie put a violent end to the Scut Farkus affair on TBS last year, it occurred to us that some of the season's most cherished holiday specials are showing their age a bit. Scratch that: The specials most of America places among its holiday classics have been with us for nearly five decades or more.
This would be akin to the whole country taking one month out of the year to tune out Modern Family and replace it with The Milton Berle Show , pull The Big Bang Theory off the air for reruns of The Honeymooners and put Survivor out to pasture in favor of original episodes of What's My Line? Yet every year, major networks that are already seeing their share sapped away by cable, satellite and streaming options opt to air holiday chestnuts that were first shown long before most of their key demographics were born.
Does it pay off? Do Charlie Brown, Rudolph and the other holiday mainstays still draw the eyes and ad dollars they once did? We consulted with the folks at Nielsen (NLSN) and got more than five years' worth of ratings for a handful of holiday favorites. The numbers aren't altogether merry, but these specials' continued presence in network lineups and performance against newer shows provides some reason for holiday cheer.
It's A Wonderful Life
Debut: 1946 (in theaters)
Current network: NBC (CMCSA)
Air dates:
2007: Dec. 14 at 8 p.m., Dec. 24 at 8 p.m. Averaged 5.5/4.5 million viewers
2008: Dec. 13 at 8 p.m., Dec. 24 at 8 p.m. Averaged 4.9/5.3 million.
2009: Dec. 12 at 8 p.m.. Dec. 24 at 8 p.m. Averaged 4.5/5.3 million.
2010: Dec. 11 at 8 p.m., Dec. 24 at 8 p.m. Averaged 4.9/4.7 million.
2011: Dec. 3 at 8 p.m., Dec. 24 at 8 p.m. Averaged 4.5/4.8 million.
20012: Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. Averaged 4.2 million
Think 24 hours of A Christmas Story are unbearable? Gen Xers remember this film being shown just about once a day from Thanksgiving to Christmas. Director Frank Capra's story about working stiff George Bailey and his nagging need to put others before himself was aired ad infinitum during the late 1970s and 1980s after a clerical error let the film's copyright lapse and slipped it into the public domain. Local stations still paid royalties on it, as it was based on Phillip Van Doren Stern's short story The Greatest Gift , but were given a deep discount as the images themselves were no longer owned by anyone.


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Back in August Elpida Memory unveiled DDR3 memory chips that could operate at speeds of 2500MHz, considerably higher compared to currently existing devices that are used to create state-of-the-art memory modules. The new memory devices have an optimized design based on a copper interconnect process and new circuit technology that not only enables faster speeds but also an ultra-low voltage operation of 1.2V while conforming to DDR3 specifications.
Buffalo, which managed to get the chips among the first, have developed its own memory modules based on them that achieve 2.40GHz clock-speeds with 2.1V voltage settings and which are the fastest "stock" memory modules in the world.
The manufacturer did not unveil any details regarding its new products as well as test system that managed to overclock DDR3 memory to 2.40GHz (PC3-19200), but the fact that the modules could run at such speeds means that there are platforms that could enable it.
The future of DDR3 memory modules with unprecedented frequencies is under question though. Intel's future Core i7 central processing units (code-named Bloomfield, Nehalem) feature built-in triple-channel DDR3 memory controller that cannot operate memory at speeds much beyond 1GHz, according to some sources. As a result, going forward the pace of memory clock-speed elevation may decrease.
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Help me understand a "government shutdown"
I do not understand why the Democrats need the Republicans to ratify a budgit.
In England...the party ellected, makes the budgit...and doesnt need to get permission from the opposition...infact...that defeats the object of being in power in the first place...surely?
So can someone explain, why there isnt a Cabinet Treasurer, in the democratic adminstration, who cant, simply make a budgit...and why the Republican shadow Cabinet, does not create its alternative budgit, so the people can choose whether to stick with the democrats...or change the budgit to the republican one at the next general, by ellecting them.
Secondly...what exactly is shutting down??? Ive heard wild rumours that noone in the military is getting paid Soo...your Government think its wise to shut down its military...I mean...EVER???
Someone else told me that all the national parks and monuments are closed...can anyone explain to me, why these national parks and monuments are not controlled by the State Governments that they are located in...Strikes me, that actually, the Federal Governments ideal of a "shut down" isnt a shut down at all...but the relinquishing of services that IT HAS NO CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO BE RUNNING IN THE FIRST PLACE
Thirdly...they tell me that this has happened several times before. Can I ask an obvious question...being that every time this happens it screws your country...why is there no default budgit...or contingency plan for financial running in the event a budgit can not be aggreed on???
Finally...I hope, regardless of where you stand politically...you understand that IF your government fails to meet its bills next month, because of this, your Government will be responsible for what is likely to be ANOTHER Global catastrophe in the financial sector.
Do you realize, that your lil Bi-Partisan, anti american, unconstitutional Federal Civil War actually effects people who are NOT American, like me. That whilst we were angry before at what happened due to Americans living beyond there means, Banks being unregulated, and a Government dithering about supporting its financial markets...if this happens again, its very likely that in order to survive and never have this problem again...the Western Financial System will split, and redevelope independantly of America.
You will force Europe towards China, and by so doing you will never be a super power again. Do you understand that?
This is make or break time in Lincolns legacy. Give america back to George Washington before you sink us all
As a federal employee with the FAA, I can tell you one thing: It blows! I'm considered an essential employee because my work supports active FAA operations. If something goes wrong, I have to be available to fix it or it becomes a matter of public safety. Other federal employees are considered "non-essential" if their job does not immediately impact public safety. That doesn't mean their jobs aren't important. It just means that nobody gets hurt or dies as a result of them not being available to work. If their work is stopped long enough, it will be noticed. No improvements to existing software, roadways, federal architecture, etc.
I have no idea why our government is set up in a way that this is allowed to happen. Chalk it up to more evidence of the corruption of our people in power. Make no mistake. NONE of them are looking out for the people. They're all looking out for themselves and their political party's best interest.
We would like to vote them out and put better people in their place. The problem is, people who CAN do a better job typically don't want the job. The only people who want the jobs are those who want to use it for corrupt purposes.
Unfortunately they use the threat of a gov't shut-down (and the debt ceiling which is coming up next) to see which side will blink first. They didn't come to an agreement before time ran out so the shut-down began. Mike explained about essential and non-essential...
The problem for the American people is we have no immediate recourse (that I know of?) we can use to punish these bastards until they come up for re-election and they know it!
would a viable third party be the answer? problem is i guess is who would they represent? (which political allegiance)
2) Yes...they say thats true, the best people for the job, are not stupid enough to run in the first place. I think thats true aswell on the whole.
In England the person incharge of the Political Party automatically, by default, becomes the Prime Minister if his party get more votes from the public.
Now that doesnt happen with the US...and thats why the parties pick candidates, coz it isnt automatic, who would become president. This complicates things....because in England its not just the prime minister who wins the ellection...its the entire party.
Thats not true of the American system...The Democrat Party is NOT a winner in "Government" it is still mixed up in two houses with maybe more of another party. Essentially, there is no "Government party" and no "Opposition" there is just always a Split Government...and a President....Technically speaking, that means that the Office of the President, cant actually be a Government Office, as the Government never changes. If that were untrue, it would be impossible, EVER for any independant to even run.
So I suppose because you separate your Head of State, from your Government...he is powerless to do anything dictatorial. Which is good in theory...but its taken to far, when as a man in power, he cant even be permitted to form his own budgit, not even if the alternative is that the Government runs out of money and stops working.
The obvious way around this, is to actually say that the role of formulating a Budgit should litterally be a creation of the President and his Cabinet Ministers. In that manner, the president, and which ever party he comes from, set the budgit, without interference from houses where, despite theoretically being in power...they might be a minority. I happen to think that is more sensible, then the alternative you are all living through now. Though the one thing that makes impossible, is for any vote, in any house, on the budgit...and my guess is, that would not go down well with anyone in any of those houses regardless of party association...noone wants to be oppressed
2) Ive always said about Democrasy...and Egypt found this out the hard way. its the best, possibly, of a bad bunch. You ellect someone who is a trained liar, on a number of false promises, where often semantics are the onlything separating different view points. Your minority could be half the country, minus one person, and once in, you have no power over them until the next time you go to the polls...which could be years.
So...I dont think that democrasy removes the liklihood of a dictator being ellected, and then the people not being able to legitamately remove him, and then he goes an ammends laws to stop himself being able to leave office.
After all. Even Adolf Hitler was legitamately Ellected as Chancellor in Germany. This hatred of Supremecy, and Divine Right of Kingship, that created cultures like the American one, designed, to try and stop that being a possiblity, only reduces the liklihood. Usually, as we have seen since World War Two...all Democrasy becomes, is a short term ellected dictator. Some worse then others.
They separate the President from his Party...So the Government, as a political party doesnt exist, and neither does an Opposition party.
The President is effectively a Third Party himself in that respect.
HE, NOT the Party wins the ellection. Once you separate the President from the Government it becomes clear that no matter who you have as the President, you will always have a mixed bag Congress.
A third actual party would only work, if you kept the same over all numbers, so actively decreased Republicans and Democrats and put in...prefereably, an Odd number of something else...in the hope that those something else would be the deal makers...Republicans always go right, Democrats always go left...so the deciding factor would be how many something else, decide to vote...That of course would infuriate the parties...because they would then have the exact same problem as the President...that the actual decision, can never be made by them...but by this something else party.
Also...how would you ever ensure this something else party remained in existance? They would have to be mandatory...in which case how would they be appointed or ellected? It would have to be an amendment saying that you Always have to have a certain number of independants in congress, in both houses...and how can that be guarenteed democratically.
if appointed, people will say that the party president who appoints them, has obviously chosen people he know will side with his party...and the only other way to do it, is exactly like the House of Lords...where some random people by birth right are always present...the Americans would never go with that. Not ever.
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Been trying to make a Wheat pizza for my wife and just curious if there is a certain difference in measurement when making the dough or if its always just going to be a major PITA to work with. at even a half inch thick if I pick it up it just tears. I can roll it with a rolling pic successfully and then transfer it like a newborn baby. Curious if that is just the way of wheat or if I need to adjust my dough recipe from a typical dough recipe.


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Among the CRE grantees who have enlightened our understanding of humanity's physical history are Louis and Mary Leakey, with their groundbreaking early-human studies in East Africa—work carried on by CRE grantees Richard, Meave, and Louise Leakey.
In 1974 grantee Donald Johanson discovered "Lucy"—the most complete upright-walking human ancestor of her age yet found. In 2000, in the Republic of Georgia, David Lordkipanidze unearthed what are believed to be the remains of the earliest human ancestors known to migrate to Europe from Africa.
Cultural anthropologist Charles Mountford's studies of the Aboriginal peoples of Australia—including the landmark 1948 American-Australian Scientific Expedition Into Arnhem Land—were supported by the CRE.
The CRE also funded much of the work of Brazilian ethnologist Harald Schultz, whose 1962 book, Hombu, explored the lives of Brazilian Indians. More recently, we helped make possible Arantza Gonzalez Apraiz's study of Spain's Basque people. Gonzalez used DNA sampling—of both European Basques and Americans of Basque descent—to determine Spanish Basque origins.
In 2002 Spencer Wells received a grant for his project to ascertain who the ancient Phoenicians were, how they became so advanced, and if they might have traveled to the New World as many as 2,000 years before Columbus.
Nearly a quarter of all Committee for Research and Exploration (CRE) grants have gone toward archaeological fieldwork across the globe. Our grantees have unearthed evidence of China's earliest rice production, located ancient shipwrecks off Africa, explored Egypt's Giza plateau, and much more.
The CRE's first archaeology grant went to Hiram Bingham in 1912 to excavate Machu Picchu—Peru's once lost Inca city. Four years later we awarded Neil M. Judd a U.S. $3,000 grant to begin his excavation of the ancient Anasazi culture's Pueblo Bonito site in New Mexico.
In 1938, after receiving the first of 18 grants, Matthew Stirling ventured into the lowlands of Mexico and uncovered colossal stone heads of the ancient Olmec culture.
More recently the CRE has supported much of the work of pioneer underwater archaeologist George Bass, as well as that of another premier nautical archaeologist, Robert Ballard. The CRE has also supported Naguib Kanawati's excavations at Akhmim in Egypt, enabling Kanawati to—among other things—correct many of the errors in the early-1900s documentation of hieroglyphs.
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Since then the CRE's astronomy grants have reflected striking advances in technology. The CRE supported the 1950s Palomar Sky Survey, a long-term project to create a comprehensive map of the visible stars in the universe.
In recent years we have funded Jay Pasachoff's ongoing study of solar eclipses, Tom Gehrels's investigations of Earth-crossing asteroids, Pascal Lee's "Mars on Earth" studies at Canada's Haughton meteorite impact crater, and Daniel Durda's search for "vulcanoids" (small asteroids thought to circle the sun).
Nearly half of all Committee for Research and Exploration (CRE) grants go to projects within the biology discipline. Among our biology grantees are such respected names as Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey—and the list keeps growing.
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In 1998 Oliver Phillips's CRE-supported study showed that mature forests in the Amazon rain forest have become more massive over the past 20 years. Today Phillips's work continues, as he investigates the long-term global-warming implications of this finding.
While geography is in some way represented in every Committee for Research and Exploration (CRE) grant, geography as a distinct discipline has been supported throughout the CRE's century-plus history. In fact, geographical expeditions received the majority of our earliest grants.
Most of the CRE's first grants were for geographical exploration—including Israel C. Russell's 1890 mapping expedition of the area of Mt. St. Elias, Robert E. Peary's 1909 expedition to the North Pole, and Roald Amundsen's 1914-15 explorations of the South Pole. Such expeditions helped shape what the National Geographic Society would become.
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Since its first geology grant in 1902, the Committee for Research and Exploration (CRE) has supported investigations into earth-based phenomena, such as volcanoes, earthquakes, and glaciers.
In 1902 the CRE helped make it possible for Robert T. Hill of the U.S. Geological Survey to travel to the Caribbean island of Martinique to investigate the effects of Mont Pelée's eruption (one of the deadliest of the 20th century). Since then the CRE has gone on to support a variety of geology projects.
Serendipitous discoveries and the interweaving of disciplines were especially evident with a CRE geology grant given in 1975 to Walter Alvarez, son of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Luis Alvarez.
On a 1975 CRE-supported project to explore sediments in southern Italy and Corsica, Walter Alvarez made observations that led him and his father—Nobel Prize-winning physicist Luis Alvarez—to a breakthrough theory. The Alvarez Theory of Extinction pioneered the now widely held view that dinosaurs became extinct as a result of a collision of a large asteroid or meteorite with the Earth.
CRE also helped fund Harald Sigurdsson's studies of Earth's volcanoes, Robert Palmquist's history of landslides in Wyoming, and Stuart Hurlbert's investigation into the cause of ancient Andean ice islands. Through such projects, the CRE attempts to shed light on global environmental change—past and present.
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If you read Sunday's Daily Herald — or if you checked out dailyherald.com/sports — you saw colleague Scot Gregor's White Sox story with the headline "Guillen finally has the team he wants."
My question is, does Ozzie have a team that can win? I was reading Joe Posnanski, America's Greatest Living Sportswriter, and he dropped a stat that boggled me: The team that put more runners on base won 83 percent of the time in 2009.
Have the White Sox taken the correct steps to be the team that puts more runners on base on a given night in 2010? I'm going to skip a monstrous analysis and just look at players' 2009 on-base percentages. …
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Makar Sankranti, also known as Sankranti or Makara Sankrant, is one of the highly auspicious days in a Hindu calendar and the day is dedicated to the worship of Lord Surya (Sun God). In 2017, the date of Makar Sankranti is January 14. Punyakaal or time to take holy bath is at early morning from 1:56 PM on January 14. Makar Sankranti is the day when the sun enters into the zodiac Capricorn or Makara. It is also known as Uttarayana Punyakalam and heralds the arrival of spring season.
Lord Surya is worshipped on the Makar Sankranti day and is a form of Nature Worship. A major event on the day is the bathing ritual at Sangam (confluence of Yamuna, Saraswati and Ganga) in
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Bengal, Makar Sankranti is noted for the Ganga Sagar Mela and Pithey parban.
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Makar Mela is observed in Orissa.
Ghughuti or Kale Kauva in Uttarakhand.
Ghughuti or Kale Kauva in Uttarakhand.
North India, it is the time of Lohri and Khichadi.
Central India, it is Sankranti.
In Tamil Nadu, Makar Sankranti is observed as Pongal.
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In Karnataka - Sankranthi or Yellu Balla
In Maharashtra it Makar Sankranti and Til Gul
In Kerala, the famous Sabarimala Pilgrimage comes to an end with sighting of the Makaravilakku.
Gujarat and Rajasthan, it is known as Uttarayan and is noted for the kite flying event.
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Wilmington gas station will stay open a little longer
WILMINGTON – This community's only gas station, originally scheduled to close on Tuesday, will remain open a little bit longer.
The gas pumps sport the Sunoco brand, and the convenience store is part of the Wilson Farms chain, owned by 7-Eleven Inc., based in Dallas, Texas. Margaret Chabris, director of corporate communications for 7-Eleven, told the Enterprise Thursday that Wilson Farms will "soon cease operations of its Wilmington location.
"However, we are delaying this beyond the planned April 9 date in an effort to help facilitate other options for this store and its employees," she said.
Chabris didn't provide any more information about the pending closure.
Some Wilmington residents are concerned about the loss of their only gas station. The closure will require motorists to drive 5 miles to Jay or 12 miles to Lake Placid to fill their tanks. Wilmington is home to about 1,250 people and is passed through by many tourists and travelers.
Wilmington town Supervisor Randy Preston said he thinks the closure is tied to an ongoing dispute over an unresolved fuel spill. He said he also thinks another gas station option could be in the works, but he doesn't have any details on that at the moment.