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Watching Iron Maiden last week, I was struck by something that might seem like an odd thought: "Wow, people seem to *really* love Iron Maiden!" This might seem like kind of a duh, but when you consider how thoroughly this audience knew every word and every lick of these songs, and when you consider that Iron Maiden shirt-wearing had saturated a good 80% of the audience market, you begin to get a grip on the sheer adulation this band gets from its audience.
A lot was made of how no one liked their last tour, where they played their new album in its entirety. Although there was groaning from metal hipsters and ironists, though, at the show last year from my seats all I could sense was that everyone else around me had really done their homework: everyone there seemed to know every word and air-guitar riff from the new album. As an aside, at an Iron Maiden show a few years ago, I witnessed a sight that I will definitely take to my grave: in front of me for most of the show were two teenage boys air-guitaring along to every moment; and in the middle of one song, I swear I witnessed one of the boys correct the other one's air-guitaring, as in "No, it doesn't go like this, it goes like this." Genius.Anyway, my theory on Maiden is that they took the molten confusion of 60's and 70's rock culture and made a Disneyland attraction/ride out of it, with a degree of opera-derived camp that wasn't far off from the then-ongoing Ice Capades craze and presaged the 90's and 00's Broadway musical trend. They also aren't far off from the intents of the original Disneyland: pillage folklore and myth and create a technically masterful piece out of each one. The same way that a kid in the 70's probably knew of Snow White and Pinocchio through the Disney animated films, a metal fan in the 80's probably was more aware of "The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner", "The Loneliness of The Long Distance Runner", and Winston Churchill's infamous "We shall go on to the end" speech from Iron Maiden's records than from their sources.Maiden of course come from a pre-Internet world where knowledge of arcane tales was cool, and it was ultimately the same world where Dungeons & Dragons could flourish unironically. It's hard to remember a time where Area 51 and Roswell was not common knowledge, and instead of wikipedia'ing "Alexander The Great" you might have to go to a library and look something up in an encyclopedia, which is pretty much what it sounds like they did when writing said tune.
Metal and indeed rock in general has always plundered history and culture for source material, but in some ways the brazen way in which Maiden appropriated/pillaged was just in line with the burgeoning culture of "metal" from its origins on. We all know about Zep's swipes from Lord of the Rings (not to mention Rush's subsequent swipes from the same) and the way that Sabbath's very name is from the 1963 Boris Karloff/Mario Bava horror flick (imagine how pretentious metal would have become if the Sabs had named themselves after the film's original Italian title, I tre volti della paura) – but it's arguable that neither of these bands had their sights set on the cohesive branding that a band like Maiden would later put together. Although the Sabs did pull the hat trick of same-song-name/band-name/album-name on their debut (which Maiden would of course pull themselves), Satanism and black masses was surprisingly not necessarily an ongoing lyrical preoccupation for the band, and in the end they are essential celebrated for being a great rock/metal band.
If the genesis theory of metal begins with the holy trinity of Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and (always in third) Deep Purple, then it's pretty understood that the second coming involves the Beatles/Stones dialectic of Maiden and Priest. And while Judas Priest were arguably campier, more flamboyant, and more aggressively "metal", Iron Maiden have always stood for ideals that will forever define what metal is for generations of kids: large themes, grand scales, and straight-up fantasy.You see, the rock crit line has always been that metal is part of a long line of androgynous sashayers drawing from such disparate sources as David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, Mick Jagger, etc: and indeed, you could pick a few points on the graph and show a straight line from, say, Screamin' Jay Hawkins to Freddie Mercury to Ian Anderson's cod-piece to Rob Halford to pretty much any emo-metaller nowadays—however, this emphasis on androgyny only works if you think that metallers are all about creating confusion and exploring society's grey areas and dark themes, which works fine until you attempt to fit Iron Maiden in the equation, and then it all falls to shit. Why? Because Maiden are the wholesome and unconfused literalists in a sea of metal fatigue and ephemeral metaphor-peddlers.Black Sabbath's most enduring hit is a song called "Paranoid". It was famously written quickly, lyrics and music, and as such it doesn't entirely make a whole lot of sense. The word "paranoid" is never used in the song, and indeed it could have probably been called any number of other names and worked just as well. It isn't a meditation on the concept of paranoia or anything, it's a confused and emotional tune of heartbreak and emotional numbness; it's lead guitar break is so fuzzed-out and jarring that it has always sounded, to me, like when you are trying to talk in a dream and can't quite make the words out. Ultimately, the underlying theme of the majority of Black Sabbath tunes is "frustration".This is no longer true by the time you get to Maiden and Priest. Priest worked hard at being self-consciously "metal", with lyrics and imagery that attempt to unite its teen fanbase in a leather-clad army of teen rebels. Priest's mascot is a creature called The Metallion: never mentioned in song but adorning the cover of "Defenders of the Faith" as an art deco demon, he is part of the overall attempt by Priest to create metal myths with intimidating creatures meant to represent the power of their teen following. Songs like "United" especially lay bare the band's naked thirst for fomenting teen rebellion.Priest's main weapon of coercion is sexual predation: if you didn't know Halford was gay during Priest's heyday, you would at least have known, by a cursory perusal of their tuneage, that the guy was as sexually aggressive as Freddie Mercury before him. It's just a fine line between the aggressive camp of Queen's "Tie Your Mother Down" and Priest's PMRC-targeted tune "Eat Me Alive". "I'm going to force you at gunpoint!" It's clear that Halford, closeted at the time, was trying to test the bounds of what he could get away with without giving the game away, and his hypersexuality in the band lent them their individuality and force. The opposite is true of Maiden: their tunes are completely devoid of any sexual content at all (unless you count a song about Jack The Ripper as sexual). Instead, Iron Maiden systematically work through coherent themes, and attempt to turn those themes into exciting showpieces. This approach worked to limited means with first singer Paul Di'Anno on their first two albums; although Di'Anno had a powerful presence that worked within the milieu of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal that Maiden ostensibly came out of, his limited range meant that he could never take the songs to the stratospheric heights of Maiden's 70's heroes, bands with banshee shriekers like Zep, Deep Purple, UFO, Uriah Heep, etc.(As an aside, I'd like to offer a quick defense of the rock band Uriah Heep. Sometimes people don't realize that in order for the rock behemoths of today to exist, many others had to fall by the wayside to make the current ascendancy possible. This is especially true for a band like Heep, whose supernatural lyrical preoccupations, impossibly tight arrangements, blazing fretwork, extended themes, and glass-shattering approach to vocal histrionics not only laid a straight-up blueprint for Iron Maiden, but for metal itself. Laugh all you want, but the Heep delivered.)Anyway, once Maiden had Dickinson, they finally had everything in place to take "satanic" metal mainstream: compare "Number of the Beast", from Dickinson's first LP with the band, to, say, the self-titled Sabbath tune, and you can see Maiden's genius: whilst Sab's tune is a dirgey testament to self-flagellation and eternal damnation, with a lone tri-note theme encapsulating seven centuries of banned music into a singular ode to one man's shame and torment, Maiden's tune is pure voyeurism: the protagonist witnesses the sights and sounds of a black mass. "6! 6! 6! / The number of the beast! / Sacrifice is going on tonight!"
In song after song, Maiden created self-contained worlds that act as adaptations of themes. "Flight of Icarus", "The Prisoner" (after the 60's British TV show), "Transylvania", "Quest For Fire", "To Tame A Land" (a ditty about Frank Herbert's Dune), "The Phantom Of The Opera", etc are straight-forward stories being told, with no real metaphor or hidden meaning at all. "Number Of The Beast" isn't an investigation of evil, or a metaphor for the modern day's banality of cruelty, or any of those things: it is a straightforward account of a black mass.
This is unusual for the world of the pop song, where everything is buried within symbolism and hidden meanings; but it is not unusual for the world of musicals and opera, which is really aesthetically where Maiden are coming from. From where I was sitting last week, Maiden's pagaentry of themes and settings is like nothing so much as when one enters the hallowed halls of Disneyland, and sees this:
Rock, and metal in particular, is about harnessing the power of rock, and presenting that power in as big a way as possible. In a post-Disney world, where spectacle, imagery, symbolism stripped of context, and the history of the world and its mythology can be reshaped and represented at will, is there really anyone better at harnessing this power than Iron Maiden? It doesn't seem like it. Bands before Maiden attempted to harness this kind of power of imagery, but they all tended to get lost amidst their own personalities and emotions: whether it was Jim Morrission attempting confusing crowd manipulation, or Led Zeppelin sending conflicting messages of power, authority and fey sensuality, rock titans pre-Maiden tended to miss the untapped market of straight-forward arena-filling adaptation-rock. Think of "Run To The Hills" as similar to Disney's "Pocahantas": it presents the European/Native American interface from both sides equally (only the Maiden song has a lot more bloodshed and a lot fewer cute animals).
If you go outside of the US/UK rock market, you will start noticing that the only visible indication that rock culture exists at all are the constant flurry of Maiden t-shirts. Like the ending of Spinal Tap, smart money for post-baby boomer rockers is on exporting to the world at large, something that Maiden has always done exceedingly well. Last week's show was introduced with a video of Maiden piloting a jet to what appeared to be Rio for a series of mammoth concerts that made the Mansfield gig look like a weeknight at the Abbey by comparison.
The set proper, pre-encores, closed with "Iron Maiden", a kind-of clunky punkish number from their debut that still, to me, sounds like their baby steps in attempting to write the kind of epic historical pieces that they would later become famous for. "Oh well, whatever" is a pretty half-assed line to begin the chorus of a signature song of a band, and the final line of "Iron maiden can't be bought/Iron maiden can't be sought" doesn't make much sense whether you are talking about the band or its eponymous "medieval" torture device*. But perhaps it only sounds out of place when played at the end of a set by a band of Maiden's calibre 30-some-odd years into their career.
-Daniel Brockman
* Kind of like the band Anthrax, most metal fans probably didn't know what an "iron maiden" was when they first placed Maiden at the forefront of the N.W.O.B.H.M.-- but by the first Bill and Ted's movie, the saturation of the meaning of the name was pretty much complete in metal culture. Oddly enough, some research into the history of the "iron maiden" as a medieval torture device reveals that it is actually the result of a bizarre hoax. From wikipedia here:
Historians have ascertained that Johann Philipp Siebenkees created the history of [the iron maiden] as a hoax in 1793. According to Siebenkees' colportage, it was first used on August 14, 1515, to execute a coin forger.[2] The Nuremberg iron maiden was actually built in the late 18th century as a probable misinterpretation of a medieval "Schandmantel"
("cloak of shame"), which was made of wood and tin but without spikes.
Accounts of the iron maiden cannot be found from any period older than
1793, although most other medieval torture devices were extensively
Meaning, I suppose, that the power of the imagery was enough that the thing didn't need to actually be used in order to represent the horrors of the Dark Ages to those in the 19th century and beyond. Bogus!


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#1 Sun 02 Dec 12 9:48pm
farls with what?
Hi all, I have recently cooked farls http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/5092 … ed-salmon, and topped it with salmon as the recipe says. Now, I am thinking about changing the toppoing, perhaps something vegetarian, but i am not entirely sure what, does anybody have an idea?
I thought I could top them with a large slice of tomatoes, chopped onions and parlsey. That's an option, but I'd like something better
#2 Mon 03 Dec 12 3:34pm
Re: farls with what?
Hi Antasto - your link isn't working. Can you clarify what you mean by farls? The word can mean various things, e.g. it can mean potato farls, made with potato and flour, or it can mean a quarter-round shaped oatcake.
If it's potato farls you mean, here they are often served with bacon, sausages, black pudding and so on. I think you could use anything which would go with the potato flavour.
I wonder if you could cut up potato scones - that's what they're called in Scotland - and use them instead of gnocchi? That's a stupid idea that just wandered into my head, proceed at your own risk.
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#3 Mon 03 Dec 12 5:53pm
Re: farls with what?
sorry it's not working cos I have included a come, here it is http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/5092 … ked-salmon
#4 Mon 03 Dec 12 9:12pm
Re: farls with what?
Ok. Potato farls.
Always annoys me when they call these "traditional Irish" as if they invented the idea. They're traditional in Scotland, too! We roll them thinner. I think they eat them in parts of England as well.
So my comments remain. I think they're best hot with butter or with bacon and sausages, but you could try topping them with the sorts of flavours you associate with potato gnocchi - tomato, cheese, ricotta, spinach.
My goodness. I think I'm going to try this. You could layer them up to make a sort of tattie-scone-gnocchi-lasagne. Whoo!
#5 Mon 03 Dec 12 9:21pm
Re: farls with what?
eh eh, in fact I have purposefully omitted that "traditionally irish" : -)
How about a vegetarian version?
#6 Tue 04 Dec 12 2:40am
Re: farls with what?
Well, the Italian ideas are vegetarian.
I think they'd go well with a lot of things, actually, if they're fresh and crispy. Anything that would go with potatoes would go with a potato scone/farl/cake.
I totally think topping them with ricotta and spinach and some vegetarian Italian hard cheese on top would totally work. Grill/broil it to make it crispy.
As it is 1:38 AM where I am and I have never tried this before, I think it is completely sound advice and you should do it right away. Heck, add some pureed peas, they go with anything. Such a pretty colour...
#7 Tue 04 Dec 12 6:05am
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Re: farls with what?
Is cheese out Antasto? How about grilled capsicum and mushroom?
#8 Tue 04 Dec 12 10:32am
Re: farls with what?
Oh, are we talking vegan?
Fry them up crispy and serve with baked beans in tomato sauce.
#9 Tue 04 Dec 12 7:21pm
Re: farls with what?
cheese is fine actually, perhaps something a bit more appealing than baked beans : - )
#10 Tue 04 Dec 12 7:25pm
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Re: farls with what?
I would love to taste them warmed with guacamole
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#21561 Sun 10 Feb 13 4:24am
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Re: Whats For Supper?
Yesterday I made a "tagine" using 2 lamb shoulders, the usual Moroccan spices & once the meat was removed to cool enough to remove the bones I added sliced dried figs & dates. Very nice with a couscous tossed with herbs & toasted almond slivers
I also used 2 lamb fore shanks with ribs attached to make a batch of korma. To which I added carrots & peas for fast midweek meals.
Tonight I'm thinking a roast... Leg of lamb with potatoes etc.
I bought a whole lamb this week very cheaply, straight fromthe farm, but it's broken up into joints not sliced into chops etc so no good for mid week unless I do all the slow cooking over the weekend.
#21562 Wed 13 Feb 13 4:21pm
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Re: Whats For Supper?
Chicken stew and dumplings. Love my slower cooker this time of year.
#21563 Wed 13 Feb 13 5:02pm
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Re: Whats For Supper?
Frizz, that sounds wonderful!
Bentpenny, I love my slow cooker and it is great for summer too because it doesn't produce much heat in the kitchen.
I filled a half sheet pan with chicken leg quarters, lots of sliced onions and a halved head of garlic and broiled the chicken on both sides, then used a hot oven to finish the cooking . . . adding a little vermouth and water to keep the vegetables from burning. I tossed in some fresh asparagus spears to roast just a couple of minutes before taking it out of the oven - that's a one-dish meal for you!
#21564 Wed 13 Feb 13 6:41pm
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Re: Whats For Supper?
Set another place, please MsP - just getting the Hercules out!
Sticky pork spare ribs, currently sitting in their 'bath' ready to go in oven.
#21565 Wed 13 Feb 13 10:00pm
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Re: Whats For Supper?
#21566 Thu 14 Feb 13 2:32pm
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Re: Whats For Supper?
I'll go with fast food for tonight's meal. I had spaghetti and burger for dinner. Not very healthy though.
#21567 Sat 16 Feb 13 9:59pm
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Re: Whats For Supper?
Roast wild duck with ginger, honey, garlic and tamari rub, served with roast Brussels sprouts and cauliflower, followed by pancakes with lemon juice and sugar (I made low carb pancakes, the rest of the family had normal gluten-free ones!).
#21568 Sun 17 Feb 13 11:50am
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Re: Whats For Supper?
Sunday night has sort of become "Indian night" here if I'm not working.
So: chickpeas, dal, eggplant/aubergine, palak paneer and tomato and onion "salad" with Basmati rice. Made full servings (except of the rice) so am good for snacking and at least one decent, quick meal in the next few days
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#21569 Sun 17 Feb 13 12:51pm
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Re: Whats For Supper?
Cheese salad and I can demolish my last avocado as well.
Normally, being traditionalists, we would have our roast but 'we' is an 'I' today until hubby comes home from hospital tomorrow
#21570 Sun 17 Feb 13 2:14pm
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Re: Whats For Supper?
Thisledo, hope your hubby is doing better.
Last couple of dinners:
pan-seared salmon topped with lemon and cilantro and oven-roasted potatoes and steamed bok choy
duck and armagnac sausage over field greens and baby spinach salad with walnuts, cara-cara orange supremes and walnut oil/white balsamic vinegar dressing


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#11 Tue 29 Jan 13 3:59pm
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Re: A season for Italy
mummza wrote:
I am well aware that each shape of pasta has a type of sauce that should , please can you get the food team to chat about the different shapes of pasta and the different sauces that are generally served with the pasta
Hi Mummza,
There are many, many different types of pasta out there � and it would be hard knowing where to begin. I think the best approach would be to mention a few styles of pasta and which sauces work with which rather than discussing every type (otherwise we would be here forever). But even Jamie would agree that these are more like guidelines � there is no right or wrong, it�s completely up to the individual and balancing textures and flavours. Food has developed so much in recent years and people are experimenting with all sorts traditional ways of eating pasta has changed. There are four main groups of pasta:
1. Shapely, short cut pasta � small with grooves and crevices. A few examples of this style of pasta are: orecchiette, shell, penne, farfalle, fusilli, rigatoni, campenelle, strozzapreti. These decorative shapes are traditionally used with chunky sauces as they catch all the gorgeous juices and lumps in their outer grooves, twists, turns and crevices.
2. Long pasta and ribbon cut pasta such as tagliatelle, papperdelle, fetuccini, linguini, lasagne, spaghetti are great for thinner sauces such as carbonara, pesto, slow cooked ragu.
3. Minute or small pastas such as Fregola, orzo, anelli which are typically used in soups and stews as fillers.
4. Stuffed pastas such as ravioli, tortellini, tortelloni. These don�t need a huge amount of extra flavour as they are often stuffed with rich fillings so a usually eaten with thinner and plainer sauced such as Beurre noisette and sage, olive oil and parmesan, pesto, buttery wild mushrooms.
Pasta is very hard to categorize as you will find that in Italy the rules change from one village to the next so really, the only rule is if it tastes nice, eat it.
#12 Tue 29 Jan 13 4:29pm
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Re: A season for Italy
koukouvagia wrote:
I agree Maree. Here in the states Italian food is pizza, lasagna, meatballs and thick red sauce.!
What...No Rissotto....You can't get more Italian than Risotto (Sp?)
Edit...now where is that risotto thread....
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#13 Tue 29 Jan 13 5:46pm
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Re: A season for Italy
I could comment every post but ....... grazie for thinking such wonders about us
..... each ingredient shines ..... quoting Kouko ..... that's the way I like it
risotto??? every time I do it my husband opens a discussion on it's best time of cooking
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#14 Tue 29 Jan 13 6:50pm
Re: A season for Italy
Have found out the wonderful Ristorante Caprese, which was closed down to make way for some stupid shopping centre (another one? They can't let the space in the ones we've already got!) has re-opened as Don Constanzo in the West End of Glasgow! I am very happy. Will be booking a table as soon as I get home from holiday!
#15 Tue 29 Jan 13 9:58pm
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Re: A season for Italy
koukouvagia wrote:
I agree Maree. Here in the states Italian food is pizza, lasagna, meatballs and thick red sauce. Italian-american cooking is very different than real Italian food. Here in NY they call marinara "gravy" which is a little disturbing. And they make "Sunday sauce" which is a meaty marinara with meatballs, sausage and pork spare ribs in it. If a dish is not swimming in gravy it ain't italian.
Eating food in Italy is really different. It's very simple no-fuss food. Each ingredient shines. And not every dish is slathered in red sauce! Sometimes there's no red sauce
Here, for most places/ people "marinara" equals (incorrectly) seafood . I loathe red sauce bathing everything.
#16 Wed 30 Jan 13 1:39am
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Re: A season for Italy
Great topic, Italian food is simple, that does not mean it is rubbish. Quite the opposite. With Italian food there is nowhere to hide, the ingredients must be good. Good does not have to be expensive. My clams and cockles are free, its quiet labour intensive to get them. With some quality pasta, garlic, wine, they are amazing. Clam Garlic Tomato is my favourite recipe, not sure if its Italian, it should be.
I found an old British cookbook with similar philosophies. Stews with four ingredients in them, the book was very old, when all butchers were as they should be and supermarkets were nonexistent.
An Italian Deli called www.linastores.co.uk has been around since 1944. It�s in Soho, a superb place. Suggs from Madness informed me of its existence. That�s Italian food, loved by so many.
On TV. Nonno Contaldo was picking mussels at the age of 96. That shows Italian food to me. Passion for the ingredients and where they are from. It�s Time to revisit his recipe and the beach.
I think Jamie�s Italy is one of the best cook books ever. I was amazed that zuppa di baccala was really enjoyed by all, including my non foodie friends, I loved it from day one. Hunters Lasgne, is one of my favourite meals.
Our last visit to Italy, was amazing. Fennel /tomatoes and more growing everywhere. Superb delis, Butchers and greengrocers, we were treated like locals, not like tourists. I found the produce in the shops amazing, some of the restaurants were not so good. Our visits to Spain also had this.
Ascoli gave us the best olive oil ever. San Bernadetto and Gottamare, the best Pizza. Gottamare has a fantastic butchers up the hill. The best ox tail we have ever had, serving us the fat end not the thin end. Meat properly hung.
Tonight we had Mutton Kidneys Using an Italian recipe: Marsala wine lemon and zest beef stock. Again simple, but the best ingredients.
Risotto is a never ending story; I love Risotto, time to visit the risotto thread.
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#17 Wed 30 Jan 13 1:44am
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Re: A season for Italy
Sounds like a good book. Italian Delis are also perhaps good places to tap in to such info
mummza wrote:
I am well aware that each shape of pasta has a type of sauce that should , please can you get the food team to chat about the different shapes of pasta and the different sauces that are generally served with the pasta
there is a great book caled 'Pasta by Design' by George L. Legendre
that not only explains the geometary of the different shapes but mentions what type of sauce is served with it.
Its a great book and I realy enjoy looking at it.
#18 Wed 30 Jan 13 10:07am
Re: A season for Italy
koukouvagia wrote:
Boy do I hate Italians though! It freaks me out that they get to eat so much pasta and stay so fashionably skinny! How do they do it?
Do you include Antonio Carluccio in this?
#19 Wed 30 Jan 13 10:08am
Re: A season for Italy
Thistledo wrote:
Hippytea. What a beautifully written 'piece'. A start of a novel perhaps? Thoroughly enjoyed reading that. Thank you.
Thank you for your kind words, Thistledo! I'm glad you enjoyed reading it.
#20 Wed 30 Jan 13 1:14pm
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Re: A season for Italy
koukouvagia - have you ever been to Italy? A wonderfully musical place and they are so family orientated. I loved my stay there. It's a real fun place to visit.


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All other states bolstered milk output with the western states again leading the charge. On a percentage basis, Utah rose, 7.8 percent; Colorado, 7.1 percent; Arizona, 6.6 percent; California, 6.2 percent; and Texas, 5.7 percent. Next month's milk production report will be interesting to watch. As you read in a previous blog, this will be the last USDA milk production report before some of California's additional delivery constraints go into effect. For more details, go to http://www.hoards.com/blog_West-Coast-in-milk
Michigan was the lone nonwestern state to squeeze among leaders for improved milk output. The Wolverine state rose 7.3 percent in March, ranking it second among all states.
A great deal of the enhanced production was due to greater output per cow. When compared to last March, milk per cow rose 3.2 percent.
Meanwhile, the national dairy herd grew by 1 percent, rising 86,000 head. All the growth came from the leading 23 dairy states which were up 94,000 head which means the remaining 27 states were down 16,000 head.
Among the nation's other top dairy states, Wisconsin boosted output 4.2 percent, Idaho up 3.3 percent, and New York grew 3.1 percent.
Idaho showed the lowest improvement for states located west of the Rockies. Some of that could be due to lower returns when compared to their counterparts. In 2010, potato-land dairy producers averaged $19 net income per cow . . . a return of 9 cents per hundredweight. That same Genske, Mulder & Company study found the next lowest-revenue state netted $200 more per cow or almost one full dollar more per hundredweight. When the numbers for 2011 are available, the story would be much the same on the return front.
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a holiday in which you stay at home and visit places near to where you live
'Staycations have become more and more common. Not everyone has the time or money to invest in a long faraway trip. Staying close to home is good for the economy, and probably a lot safer.'Tribune Express, Canada 1st August 2008
'Staycationers may be reason for increase of visitors at museum … The National Liberty Museum saw a 25 percent spike in visitorship in the first six months of the year.'Philadelphia Business Journal1st August 2008
'As a fun and exciting way to celebrate the staycation experience, CoCo Key Water Resort is launching a search for the most creative and resourceful ways families have staycationed in the past.'Marketwatch 18th July 2008
'… this year is a bit different because staycationing – holidaying in the UK – is not only PC among politicos, it has also become achingly hip in celeb-land owing to its right-on lower carbon credentials. Kate Winslett, Naomi Watts, Nicole Kidman and Jamie Oliver have all been spotted holidaying at home.'The Herald, UK 2nd August 2008
The annual holiday – those two weeks of the year that we spend the other 50 looking forward to … But imagine a holiday for which there was no packing, no setting up tents in the pouring rain, no passport checks or foreign currency, no sitting in traffic jams or airport transit lounges. Yes, a holiday that begins as soon as you return from work on a Friday evening and shut your front door excitedly behind you. If this sounds appealing to you, how about joining in with the 'hottest' holiday trend of 2008, and taking a staycation?
A staycation is a period when someone, either an individual or family group, stays at home and either relaxes there or takes day trips to local attractions. In 2008, against a backdrop of escalating fuel prices and the economic crisis popularly known as the credit crunch (when loans are less easily available or very expensive, causing a reduction in consumer spending), the staycation is becoming an increasingly popular option.
before you leap onto the staycation bandwagon, beware of the disadvantages, which include 'popping in' to work, 'just checking' work-related emails or being 'easily contactable'
Whether our preferred getaway is a tent in the countryside or a flight to foreign climes, consumers on both sides of the Atlantic are finding their domestic budget squeezed to such an extent that more economical approaches to holidaymaking are becoming increasingly attractive. The financial advantages of a staycation are obvious, but there is also the added bonus of access to home comforts, the elimination of stress associated with travel, and potential brownie points for those of us with a nagging environmental conscience.
Committed stay-at-home holidaymakers, otherwise known as staycationers, may also give a boost to their local economy as they visit places of interest which don't conventionally benefit from booming summer tourism.
Before you leap onto the staycation bandwagon, beware of the disadvantages, which include, 'popping in' to work, 'just checking' work-related emails or being 'easily contactable'. Tips for a successful staycation include making definite plans for each day, as you would for a conventional holiday (hence avoiding complete 'sloth' mode!) and viewing your home town as if you were a happy, carefree tourist, keen to exploit all its potential.
The term staycation is of course a blend of the verb stay and the noun vacation. Following the use of vacation as a verb in American English, staycation is also used as an intransitive verb, with a corresponding participle noun staycationing. Staycation made its first appearance in American English about five years ago, but in the context of ailing economies on both sides of the Atlantic, has recently gained more significant exposure in both American and British English.
On a related theme, other vacation-based coinages include mancation, a male-only holiday (incorporating stereotypical 'guy' activities like sports, drinking and chasing women!), and microvacation, a very short holiday (such as a weekend away or a day being pampered at a spa).
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#21 Sun 19 Oct 08 12:36am
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Re: what the law says about keeping cockerels
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Your home is supposed to be somewhere that is safe and you can feel comfortable in - why so dome people have to try and make it as unpleasant as posisble for you?? Narrow minded people - I agree!! Try living under the flight path of the Hercs that fliy in and out of Lyneham - they are a lot noisier than my 'natural' cockerel, but who moans about them?? Personally I believe in live ane let live.
I have had various dealings with my local Environmental Health department regarding "noisy boy" - and I have found them to be pretty helpful. They were very open to meet me (and him!) and acted as 'mediators' when I agreed to move my cockerel from back to front garden, away from the neighbours who disliked his crowing.
Sadly now my hen who lived happily with him has died - I need a new home for my cockerel as it is not fair to keep him on his ownsome any body any ideas? I live in rural Wiltshire, there must be someone out there who has some hens that need some loving!!
Why not get him some more ladies to become aquainted with?
#22 Sun 15 Mar 09 11:20am
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Re: what the law says about keeping cockerels
The key with "live and let live" is consideration.
We have lovely people living around us, but their lack of awareness of the effect their noise is having on their neighbours is making many lives pretty difficult. Their 4 cockerels are splendid fellows, but they don't lock them up at night even though many of us have suggested it, and we are so, so very tired. It is definitely affecting my ability to do my job well, which in turn affects my students. If you live under a flight path, or by a busy road etc there is unavoidable noise, and it must be really tough. However, being woken at 4am by cockerels is avoidable; all that is needed is consideration from the owners.
#23 Sun 15 Mar 09 12:04pm
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Re: what the law says about keeping cockerels
As has been said before talk to your local council.................they will very often deal with it for you!
#24 Sun 15 Mar 09 12:11pm
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Re: what the law says about keeping cockerels
The thing I have NO time for is the people from the towns that come to live in the countryside (in residential areas............you know, villages!) & then moan about the noise of sunday morning church bells, calving cows lowing, cockerels crowing, lambing sheep bleating, tractors rumbling along (often extremely slowly!) at all hours..................
................................if you don't like livestock, farming & country noise...........
..............................................s*d off back to town!
The truth is these are the people who totally kill village life............ie the very thing they bought into!
(sorry, had to get all that off my chest..................we have a new "townie"tenant in a rented house near me, & he has totally changed the previously very harmonious village I live in within a few weeks with his incessant complaints about normal village noise)
#25 Sun 15 Mar 09 6:34pm
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Re: what the law says about keeping cockerels
I feel your pain M. I have troubles of that nature tooooooooooooooooo............bring on the next Parish meeting i say!!!
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#26 Fri 01 May 09 8:57pm
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Re: what the law says about keeping cockerels
We've got a noisy cockerel living across the road from us. We've asked if he can be kept in (repsonse - "no, they're bantams and cant be kept in" - ???) and they've made it clear they've not even going to try.
We explained that my wife is being woken every single day at 4am almost without fail, and after 5 months is really struggling, often in tears. Not a flicker.
We understand about 'country living' etc; the wife grew up on a farm in Cornwall, she's about as rural as you can get! Minerva, we dont mind any of the other noise from tractors, cows, horses, traffic, other people... because they have the consideration to not do it at 4am!
So, we've had to approach environmental health. We dont want to, we've tried to live with it and we've tried to reason. No dice. We don't want an argument, but the neighbour won't, or can't be bothered, to try to resolve it. So it's out of our hands.
I hope you get a friendly resolution to your cockerel problems, and I hope it's small comfort that there are other people in the same boat! We love the countryside too, but I dont want to experience it at 4am!
#27 Fri 01 May 09 9:52pm
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Re: what the law says about keeping cockerels
i love country noises especially croaking frogs and chirpy crickets..i always leave my bedroom window wide open so i can hear them...the cockerels and church bells took a bit of getting used to but i don't really notice them anymore...to be honest,i find the neighbours (human) noises more disturbing than the animal ones
#28 Tue 07 Jul 09 12:38am
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Re: what the law says about keeping cockerels
Hi everyone I'm having the same problem with "Bruce" the cockerel , the local paper have even done an article on him www.warringtonguardian.co.uk enter bruce in to the search box . I now lock him in until about 7.30am , but I don't want to get rid of him .
Steve Adamson
#29 Sun 28 Mar 10 12:43pm
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Re: what the law says about keeping cockerels
We have a small bunch of chickens and one cockeral. We recently took on two new birds from a local school (hacthed from chicks) but unfortunately they had not sexed them correctly so now we have two additional cockerals! For the first few months we were ok - the new teenager cockerals started to grow their bits (thus letting us know they were not, in fact, hens) and took to roosting in the trees rather than in the hen-house with the rest of the community. We have enjoyed a kind of status quo until recently (this morning, in fact) when we found one of the new cockerals in what appeared to be a death-fight with our existing, resident chap. They were both pretty tired and bloody but we managed to catch and cage the teenager to keep them apart. The question is, what can we do now?
We know it's a devil of a job off-loading cocks for this very reason; I understand castration is illegal (???) and can't imagine slipping bromide in their feed will help very much (besides, we're trying to keep them as organic as possible). Eating them will be tricky as the kids have given them names (funny how much easier it is to eat something without a first name).
These two teenager cocks are very handsome fellows, what should we do with them?
#30 Mon 01 Nov 10 8:01am
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Re: what the law says about keeping cockerels
I've lived in villages all my life... but I work. I have to get sleep. And it drives me mad how someone can selfishly get an animal that wakes me and the neighbours up at 4:00am and call that 'village life'?! Move to a farm if you want livestock in your garden, don't burden the entire street with your nuisance noise.


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"Amy became poopy pantish after Kyle and Eric were loudly screaming nonsense as she was trying to focus."
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Nicks everyday and twice on Sunday..
Nicks is a top 5 reciever in the NFL hands down if he's playing 100%
If Cruz is really looking to get 8-10 Mil a year, I would have to go with Nicks. There are too many other needs on the team to put that much into one player when they already have Nicks, Randle and Hixon.Don't take me wrong, I like Cruz and would love to see him back, but not at the expense of having to go cheap on other positions.
My goal had been to win a championship, work toward the Hall of Fame, have my jersey retired by the team and I`d go in as a lifelong New York Giant, but I`m now resigned to the fact that this won`t happen. -- Michael Strahan, just when you think you're down...
deciding who is better between these two, in my opinion, is if you factor their injury history into the decision. Based on talent alone I say Nicks is better but since Nicks gets hurt more I can see how people think Cruz is the one you want to keep.


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Discussion in 'March 2014' started by roscoe36, Oct 21, 2013.
Lee, kyle had the best plus minus of the starters.
And what does that prove? How about an opinion?
It proves nothing because it was one game. Plus minus is extremely variable in short snippets. But starters' plus minus in one game is very correlated. So to do better than the other four starters makes it problematic for someone to blame that guy for the 70th straight game.
This really sucks...I mean, besides the team in general. It looks like all of us overestimated the amount of wins this season. Are we just a bunch of homers...or do the Pistons really suck?
What was up with the bad boys halftime show brought to you by 'Tom Gores' and the Detroit Pistons? Pretty tacky IMO.
I agree. Trying to promote his own image.
I think he was just trying to be impactful. Sent from outerspace
Fennis looked like he was cold.
absolutely right...this continuous notion of Kyle SINGLER being the deciding factor in ANY GAME they play, as long as Smith and Jennings are on the floor with him, is completely cookooforcocoapuffs!
i just saw it on the FSD Pistons post game show and you are so right...TOTALLY TACKY AND done at the HALF of a game vs the WORLD CHAMPIONS??? TOM GORES is going to be the main reason this organization will be the 76ers of the next 5 years til there is somebody out there interested in DETROIT PISTON history to invest in their future. This guy is a 100% creep!
It proves that Lee is more focused on a guy that, according to Lee, doesnt belong in the NBA but still managed to get a better +/- then your aqquired free agent (-32) who, according to most ppl, does belong in the NBA and gets paid big money to do so. Same for Jennings (-29). So basically the non skilled kid that doesnt belong in the NBA has a better +/- game then the NBA caliber teammates but still Lee ignores the latter.
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UTSA third baseman Ryan Saltzgaber
Ryan Saltzgaber: A man who wears many hats
By Brian Hernandez
UTSA Associate Sports Information Director
(April 16, 2007)--The demands of being a college student can be overwhelming at times. Time management and setting priorities are of the utmost importance if you are going to be successful. When you add in playing baseball and marriage to the equation, the challenges become greater.
Senior third baseman Ryan Saltzgaber has taken on all those challenges and is proof that they can be done the right way and with great success.
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A native of Abilene, Saltzgaber has been a starter from the day he set foot on the UTSA campus three years ago. He has played 141 games, starting 140, but more importantly, he has taken on the role of husband in addition to his responsibilities in the classroom and on the playing field.
Saltzgaber married his high school sweetheart, Dayna Williams , on Jan. 6. It was a courtship that began when they were seniors at Wylie High School. However, the two had to endure being apart for nearly three years, as he began his playing career at Kansas State while she went to school at North Texas. After just one year at K-State, Saltzgaber elected to transfer to UTSA, but the two remained miles apart.
However, with Dayna preparing to student teach in San Antonio this spring, they decided to tie the knot right after the New Year and the relationship has flourished ever since.
"It was very tough being so far apart for the last three years," Saltzgaber said. "But now that we're together, it's made things so much easier. Having her here helps me a lot with school and baseball going on at the same time. She does a great job of keeping me level-headed and on track."
In the past, a bad game would cause a night's worth of frustration to the point where Saltzgaber would be on the phone with his father all night. Now that he's married, he knows he has to leave the game on the field when he walks in the door at home.
He attributes his strong start to the year to the fact that he no longer lets poor performances fester when he leaves the ballpark.
"When I get home, I have to remember I'm a husband who needs to take care of my wife's needs first," Saltzgaber said. "I think that has really helped me relax this season. It's my last year and I want to have as much fun as I can playing the game. If I have a bad day, I know there's always a game tomorrow."
That new-found patience was put to the ultimate test to start the season, as the Roadrunners dropped six in a row to open the campaign and nine of 13 overall. However, Saltzgaber knew that this year's team had the potential to do some special things. Since March 9, the club has won 15 of 20 games and started the Southland Conference season 11-1, including wins in its first 10 contests. That 10-0 start is tied for the second-best start in league history.
"Things started off a little rough with us going 0-6," he said. "I knew we hadn't completely gelled at that point and now we're really showing the potential we have. Things started to turn around when we played the College of Charleston last month. That's when we started to play complete games. Up to that point, we were having a hard time putting all three phases of the game together."
Saltzgaber, who has started all 33 games at third base this year, entered last weekend's three-game home series against Northwestern State with a .328 batting average with seven doubles, two triples, four home runs and 23 RBIs. A preseason second-team All-SLC selection prior to the season, he has been especially hot of late, recording two or more hits in nine of his last 13 contests.
Head coach Sherman Corbett said his third baseman is an example of how to do things the right way.
"Ryan is a foundational member of this team," Corbett said. "He is a mature young man that understands his purpose in life. I admire his commitment to his faith, marriage, school and baseball. Ryan is very well grounded in the priorities of life and he can handle the challenges that are presented to him every day. He is a role model that others should follow."
Saltzgaber has just as much respect for the man who led him the past three years.
"Coach Corbett has meant so much to me," he said. "I really look up to him because he runs a great program and is such a quality person. He constantly is building us up with positive reinforcement and that goes a long ways in building your confidence."
Saltzgaber is on track to graduate with a degree in history in the fall and he aspires to coach when his playing career is over. However, for the time being, he is looking forward to seeing how the final 21 regular season games on the schedule play out.
"This group of guys really wants to win a championship and it's been so much fun to be a part of it," he said. "We need to stay focused on continue to do what we've been doing the last month. If we can do that, we really have the chance to do some special things."


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Obama's Red Line
Original post made by Red Line Obama, Another Pleasanton neighborhood, on Dec 6, 2012
This hollow Red Line blustering is about as effective as Obama repeatedly telling Amadi Nut Job that if Iran keeps developing nuclear weapons, that will not be tolerated. Have you noticed how scared Nut Job is?
Probably about as effective as Obama repeatedly telling North Korea that firing test rockets would not be tolerated - they seem really scared too. That little tin-horn dictator is probably hiding under his bed clutching his teddy.
Here's a wake-up call for Obama -- while he has been fiddling, the Genie escaped the bottle. Assad has gone ahead and prepared the Sarin gas. Obama might want to have his chemical suit and gas mask handy in case Addad holds back a few cannisters for other purposes.
Obama might want to read about how Ronald Reagan got Ahmadi Nut Job's attention 32 years ago when Nut Job personally held the American hostages captive; and how he got Muammar Gaddafi's attention in just a few hours time. P. S. It wasn't by repeatedly drawing a new Red Line in the sand.
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on Dec 6, 2012 at 2:01 pm
Dear Red Line Obama,
I'm very impressed with your line of thinking and the way you so elegantly express your thoughts. If you aren't currently in a classroom, you certainly belong in one. Have you thought about starting up your own school? Just a thought.... Keep up the good work!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Dec 6, 2012 at 3:51 pm
Well, he-whose-name-is-not-really-Cholo, I bet you'd enjoy very much being in a classroom taught by Red Line Obama.
Thank you for your prescient remarks. I'm certain they'll find great traction among the readership. Please keep up the good work!
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on Dec 6, 2012 at 5:46 pm
Ned is a moser.
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Who is a moser"
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Ok, I could drink Old Burnside, Hooker, Cottrell, and the other locals all day long: theres nothing like good, fresh, local beer. But is there any out-of-state beer that you can just grab, knowing that it will be awesome?
For me, I'd have to go with Stone and Victory Breweries as my "go-to" beers when I'm in doubt. Stone's ales are just divine. Packed with flavor, complexity, and finishing smooth, I've never tried a variety of Stone that I didn't like. I know that some people could take or leave Victory, but I personally love their big, loud beer style that produces one of my favorite beers ever: Victory Storm King Imperial Stout.
What about you guys? What are your "go-to" breweries?
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hmmm I would have to say Great Divide Brewing is one of my favorite breweries. I am sad to hear they are pulling out of CT, but atleast it gives me a reason to travel to Table & Vine in MA.
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A Farewell to LeRoy Neiman
Famed Femlin artist LeRoy Neiman died on Wednesday at age 91. He and his work will forever be remembered in our pages.
LeRoy Neiman died Wednesday in Manhattan. He has been associated with Playboy since 1954, when he took Hef to his basement studio on Chicago's Near North Side to show him his paintings of Chicago's demimonde. Neiman's first illustration, accompanying Charles Beaumont's fiction "Black Country," appeared in the September 1954 issue. He subsequently drew the long-running "Man at His Leisure" series for the magazine and drew more than 1,000 Femlin illustrations for the Party Jokes page. Neiman went on to become Playboy's artist in residence and contributed for Playboy right up until his death. LeRoy enjoyed life, and in many ways embodied the role of the bon vivant. He was a brilliant artist and larger-than-life character with a sharp sense of humor, but he was most of all a man with a great heart. We will miss him.
Below, we have included his recollections of his most famous works. They were originally published in our January/February 2012 issue, in which we commemorated LeRoy's 90th birthday.
SONNY LISTON: It's February 1964 in Miami, before the first of two fights between Cassius Clay and Sonny Liston. I'm doing what I always do: hanging around sketching. My subject is the surly, often belligerent, sometimes hostile felon with underworld connections Sonny Liston. He spent his formative years unsuccessfully avoiding arrest, and the press is now having a field day with his police record. I'm here to grab images. At first Liston doesn't notice me as he circles the ring, shadowboxing and scowling. Then I get the glare. "Hey, artist, get rid of the cigar." I look up at him. "It's not lit," I say. Now he comes over. "I said the cigar's got to go. I don't care if the cigar ain't lit. The artist is out of here!" No reason to let a good Cuban get in the way. I set it aside, move out of Liston's radar and continue drawing. The incident didn't mark me forever with Sonny. Eventually he asked me to sketch him at his home. "I don't want you to paint me as a fighter," he told me. "I want you to paint me as a gentleman." Maybe that explained it all.
Leo Durocher: It's two in the morning, and Sinatra is calling. "Me and the boys have decided on a housewarming gift for Durocher," he says. I finish Leo and the Ump, my homage to the St. Paul rookie I cheered as a kid, in two weeks and express it to Palm Springs. Durocher's widow displayed the painting at Leo's funeral.
Bobby Fischer: Another two a.m. call, only it's six a.m. Reykjavík time. Roone Arledge calls from the Bobby Fischer–Boris Spassky chess championship. "Fischer's banned the camera crew. Get on the next plane!" First day on the set, I work with my Rapidograph. Fischer looks in my direction. My pen scratching bothers him. I take up a silent felt-tip. Fischer sniffs the air. The scent of ink! I reach for a graphite pencil—squeakless, odorless—finally off Fischer's radar.


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AUSTIN, Texas --The No. 12 Tennessee swimming and diving squad ended the first day of competition at the NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas, in 17th-place.
"We had a poor first day," head coach John Trembley said. "We have to get busy tomorrow." Despite Tennessee's rough start, due to a false start in the 200 freestyle relay , the Vols fought on with solid performances by Phillip Jones and Renato Gueraldi.
Gueraldi earned his fifth all-american honor by finishing sixth in a time of 19.67. In the prelims, Gueraldi swam a time of 19.53, the fourth fastest time of the night.
Phillip Jones qualified in fourth-place on the 1-meter springboard but ended up finishing in seventh-place with 336.15 points.
In the 500 freestyle, freshmen Jason Thomas and Casey Dauw led the way for Tennessee. Thomas finished 23rd with a personal-best time of 4:22.64, while Dauw placed 30th in 4:24.44.
Returning to the pool for the first time in nearly two months was junior Andrew Bree. Bree swam the breaststroke leg for the 17th-place 400 medley relay squad that touched that wall in 3:18.89. The Irishman also finished 27th in the 200 I.M. in a time of 1:48.65.
"We shot ourselves in the foot today," Trembley said. "It was the first false start we have had in 15 years. We will have to get better tomorrow."
The NCAA Championships continue tomorrow at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swim Center in Austin, Texas with prelims starting at noon and finals getting underway at 8 p.m.


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I haven't updated this journal in a while, because there isn't much to update on. I don't have any spare change at the moment to put into this tank which has kept me in check. Still no fauna (except pond and ramshorn snails), and no new plants.
The hardness is finally starting to level out. Most of the crushed coral is disintegrated and I think the flourite has stopped leaching calcium (some that I used on this tank was in a hard water tank for a while). To help lower the KH further between water changes, I added an IAL. The tannins are apparent, but not horrible, and it seems to be doing the trick.
The change in the plants over the last couple of weeks has astounded me! They are finally starting to grow somewhat normally now and filling out. I'm still fighting a little with the rotalas, but they aren't stunting like they were before. All the stems are finally growing at a normal pace, the hygro thai being the most aggressive. The DHG has finally started sending out runners. It took some serious trimming and the threat of being torn out when I had money to replace it The marselia and vesuvias will need a good trimming and rearranging before too long. Also considering trimming up the blyxa a bit.
After I bumped up the amount of ferts to full EI, I had a spectacular algae explosion of fuzz and staghorn, to which I did next to nothing to remove it. I simply started harassing the fuzz by gently brushing it off the plants with a soft toothbrush. The fuzz algae seems to be dissipating on it's own with little more than that and some trimming of badly infected leaves. The staghorn on the other hand is still hanging around, mostly on dead or very old leaves. Next water change I'll be trying to knock it down a bit. I'm planning on spot treatments of Excel, removing the few dead leaves scattered around the tank, and pruning out all the infected leaves. Hoping that it was the poor health of the plants that sparked the algae bloom. The algae started to dissipate as the plants started growing more healthy, so I'm not inclined to cut back on the ferts.
The thing that has made the biggest impact in this tank, though, is the little addition of 1/4 tsp of Epsom salt after every water change. I may need to add a tiny bit more in, but after that everything seemed to fall into place nicely. When the plants starting growing nicely, I cut the co2 down to what I felt was "survivable" levels. The snails certainly appreciated it. Instead of spending the entire day at the surface, they are happily munching on fuzz algae. I did that two weeks ago, and the algae continues to dissipate and the plants are growing better than ever.
I broke my drop checker, so I'm SOL on that until I start getting my paychecks next month.
I'll post pictures soon
Originally Posted by tex627 View Post
Looking good! Dosing half of EI isn't really detrimental, so you will be fine! I really love the flow of the driftwood!
|Looking good! Dosing half of EI isn't really detrimental, so you will be fine! I really love the flow of the driftwood!
I'm an idiot.
I just noticed the spoon I use to measure my ferts is 1/8 tsp. I thought it was 1/4. So while I've been dosing my tank, I've been dosing half of what I should have been. Granted, we're talking the EI method, so I'm sure it isn't as detrimental as it could have been, I'm sure I wasn't doing myself any favors.
In my defense for taking this long to notice it, I scoop out all the ferts I need for the week and put them in a pill dispenser.
Two water changes later and the hardness is starting to drop down, although I did add a small amount of epsom salt. I also sucked it up and got an algae scraper for the tank. Didn't realize how much algae had grown over the glass :p
I trimmed the stunted tips of the rotala wallichi, and now it's branching out. The new shoots are looking promising
The new crypt leaves are deformed with dark veins. Hopefully the epsom salt will help correct that...
I'm not at all sure what kind of marselia this is. The newest leaves are HUGE. It's also leaping the driftwood, tenacious stuff!
Powerheads are not nice to snails. This dude is almost entirely out of his shell. No fish to pick him off yet...
Large pond snail chowing down on the biofilm at the surface. He's on top of the Hygro brown (leaves were really brown when I got it, new leaves are very green).
And the parting shot. Check out all the freaking bubbles!
It's been a week. The plants are not growing well- twisted leaves and tips. I asked the question on the plant specifics, and basically the response was not enough co2.
CO2 has been adjusted, light period extended, and I also boosted up the ferts. The hardness is creeping up on me, so I'll be performing some pure RO water changes so drop the hardness down to where I want it. Hopefully I can get this tank to stable out before too long.
My crypts are making a come back, with some lovely colors! The DHG has also started to come around over the last couple of days.
The snails have made short work of diatoms, now there seems to be GDA and hair algae growing on the glass, but I'm hoping the boost in co2 and ferts will make them dissipate before too long.
The next order of business for this tank is putting down some more substrate- I'm not happy with how it settled. After that, it's some new bulbs. I don't plan on stocking it until the plants are established and growing well.
That's all for this week.
Did a water change on the tank yesterday, and actually busted out the Equilibrium. It was the first "real" water change this tank has had. I decided not to trim anything yet, as most of the plants are just starting to settle in. In the previous water changes, I used a few gallons of tap water to set the GH and KH, but the plants started showing right away the crinkled new growth I get EVERY SINGLE TIME I use tap water. Figured that would be the case anyway...
One of the blyxa has melted away, the others are sending up new leaves and roots. Pretty soon I'll be able to trim and thicken up my blyxa patches. The Crypt Wendtti rewarded me with two new leaves! It might recover after all, if it survives the newest set of parameter changes.
The DHG has basically done nothing. A handful of new blades have popped up, more than a handful has died off, but mostly it's just sitting there doing nothing. I'm not sure if I like it much. It fit in with the initial idea of the tank, but I don't know if I have the intensity of light this plant requires. Since I'm not planning on updating my lights any time soon, I'm thinking of buying a couple pots of crypt parva from my LFS and replacing the lawn with them. Aiming for less of a disaster zone that was this tank the last time (hence the far fewer stems).
The rotalas and hygro have been the slowest to settle in. They are just starting to put roots down and grow. Still not sure what to do with the largest stem of Hygro Thai. It's just kind of hanging out at the top, sending up nodes and roots and taking over it's floating paradise next to the lights. I think I'll probably end up cutting the nodes off of it after they grow a little and plant them behind the driftwood. Both rotala species are showing the typical calcium deficiency as of yesterday, but today they appear to be growing a little better. I'm expecting better growth as I continue to do water changes with Eq.
This tank is still in a full-blown cycle, with Nitrites still very high the day after the water change. I'm still not 100% sure what's causing the ammo, but I'm not complaining yet. No plans to put anything in this tank for at the very least another month, so I'm not in any hurry.
Another note about this tank: there is an absurd amount of biofilm at the top. I scraped it off yesterday, and moved the spraybar up to create a little more surface movement, but it still seems to be coming back. I think I'll have to get some clear airline tubing and put a stone in there on a timer to turn on periodically at night.
I'll try to take some better pictures at night, when I have no light interference. I have nominal picture taking skills and a Droid 4...
One of the young anubias, still has a val leaf stuck in it's leaves. Some algae on it, but nothing major.
After reading the marselia post in the plant section, I don't think this is minuta. Don't really care though, as I didn't pay a ton for it and it looks nice were it is. It has settled in the best out of any of the plants and is sending out TONS of new nodes. I can't get it pinned down for anything, I might fuss with it during the next water change.
A little ramshorn snail, hard at work removing algae from an anubias and surviving the nitrite.
I like this picture. It didn't focus were I wanted it to, but it just looks nice. Some sort of algae on the anubias rhizome. Not too worried about it at the moment, but if it persists I'll give it a little spot treatment with Excel.
It's hard to see, but the new crypt leaves are coming up towards the back. Maybe next week I'll stop being lazy and trim the melted leaves off...
Crinkled new growth on the Rotala wallichi. It's looking a little better today. Going to give it some time with the new parameters before freaking out on it too much. Considering how badly I jumped the gun and put plants in the tank before even having a filter or co2, I think the plants are doing pretty good.
Just a little update today, with some pictures. I know, I talk a lot.
The plants were pearling a good deal today. I really miss that effect! Had to crank up the co2 to get the drop checker to turn to green, so now we're at about 3bps.
Tested the water again, parameters are as follows:
pH: 6.4
Ammo: 0.5 ppm
Nitrite: 1.0 ppm
Nitrate: 5.0 ppm
Don't have a FTS today, as it hasn't really changed much...
Rotala Nanjenshan. Doing pretty good so far...
Anubias Nana and Marselia Minuta. Diatoms and what appears to be possibly staghorn algae popping up. I'll manually remove/spot treat when I do a water change.
Crypt wendtti "Florida Sunset" has all but melted. Echinodorus Vesuvius seems to be doing fine, no melting. The blyxa have some melted leaves, but so far they seem to be coping just peachy.
Rotala Wallichi. I love this plant, it's so pretty. I'll be trimming the one with the damaged top when I do a water change. Some of the rotala nanjenshans have damaged tops too, so they will be trimmed as well. Hoping they are starting to throw down some roots and get established!
My filter came in today. The new base has a slow leak, so instead of actually fixing it, I just moved the new media and top over to the old base and set it up that way.
My husband helped me with the co2, and he gave me a heart attack when he first opened the tank. I have a cheap Aquateck regulator, which just pops to the pressure it's set to be at. And yes, it makes a popping sound. The very first time we set up my pressurized system, we blew out the needle valve (it was totally shut off and combined with the "pop", it blew it out). The popping gave me a Vietnam flashback, and my husband cranked the co2 tank WIDE open, which made the bubble counter go crazy. I quickly turned it down and then tested the needlevalve: it works!
Now begins the "tweaking" process, because I know the needle valve isn't steady.
I FOUND A SNAIL IN THE TANK!! I'm pretty happy for finding a snail- it means *something* can survive in there.
Most of the plants appear to be settling in just peachy. The crypt wendtii has basically melted down to nothingness. Not sure if it will come back or not. Crypts hate me and everything I stand for, so I'm not at all surprised. There are a few melted leaves on some of the blyxa, and one plant I trashed all together because it was pretty tattered. Now that the co2 is running, I'll dose the ferts a bit more heavily and hopefully the plants will start taking off here soon.
Decided to test the parameters on the tank and had some interesting findings. I *just* got these kits a week ago and I have tested them on DI water, so the results are more or less "accurate". Not laboratory accurate, but good enough for me.
pH: 6.8 (no co2 yet)
Ammo: 1.0 ppm
Nitrite: 0.25 ppm
Nitrate: 5.0 ppm
The pH, GH, and KH don't surprise me. I need to add more Equilibrium to boost the GH and I have a very small amount of crushed coral in the substrate that's boosting the KH a little bit.
I've been dosing a small amount of nitrate. I'm actually kind of surprised it's as low as it is.
What I wasn't expecting was the ammonia and nitrite. There are no snails (that I've seen) or really any breathing thing in the tank. I haven't started adding ammonia as I wanted to get the filter hooked up first. Clearly something is setting off the ammonia. Organic matter in the substrate would be my guess.
Guess it's started cycling! Not unhappy about that
Originally Posted by mitchfish9 View Post
Looks great!! I am excited to see it fill in and whatever fish you plan to stock will look amazing in there and be very happy. I think should do GBR! They will be fine with a school of pygmy cories as there is plenty of space in a 29. Then a school of ember tetras like you said would look awesome as well. Then amanos for the cleanup crew. It would be a perfect 29g stock IMO. Good luck
I'll probably start stocking the tank with a handful of otos and then the tetras. After that, we'll see. I start working again next month (been a stay at home mom for almost three years now!), so I'll have some more money to spend on fishies!
My LFS either breeds GBRs or gets them from a local breeder, I forget which. Either way, I know they are super hardy and very healthy fish. My LFS rocks, btw. Don't know if I've said that enough :p
|Looks great!! I am excited to see it fill in and whatever fish you plan to stock will look amazing in there and be very happy. I think should do GBR! They will be fine with a school of pygmy cories as there is plenty of space in a 29. Then a school of ember tetras like you said would look awesome as well. Then amanos for the cleanup crew. It would be a perfect 29g stock IMO. Good luck
More plants!
Got my plants from Bartohog and maverickbr77 today, so my tank looks a bit less pathetic now
Flora list:
Anubias nana
Vallisneria nana (I think)
Crypt wendtii
Java Fern
Flame Moss
Blyxa Japonica
Rotala Wallichi
Rotala Nanjenshan
Echinodorus Vesuvius
Marsilia Minuta
Hygro brown.
Ok... plant list is starting to get a little on the long side. But aside from some more anubias I plan on putting in there, I'm going to put an end to my collectoritis.
Lots of filling in and growing to do.
Now I'm just waiting for the new filter to come in (which I'm *really* hoping will be tomorrow or Wednesday).
Good news: my package came in today!
Bad news: the filter is busted. Doesn't even make noise.
So, I ordered a new one. It'll probably come in next week.
Starting to dose Excel today in place of co2. I'll see how the vals tolerate it, but I'm not going to be heartbroken if they fail.
Package didn't arrive today, but that's ok. Nothing seems to be too out of sorts. I would dose some excel, but I don't know how well the vals will tolerate it- they seem kind banged up to begin with.
Anyway, look what I found! It was lost in the move, and I was so happy to find it again
I also bought new tests. Mine where going on three years old and I wasn't sure if they worked anymore. So one more thing I can check off my list
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During heat racing earlier in the night, Don Strohsal demonstrated that he had a very fast race car and looked to be a factor in the later feature event, and when the Amsoil Thunder Stocks took the green flag for their 20 lap feature it was Strohsal that took control early on. But Strohsal had a determined Chris Fontaine on his rear bumper, along with a couple of other tough competitors. But Fontaine had problems of his own with Chris Shea, who fought him tooth and nail for second place and even wrestled it away for a bit and went after Strohsal himself. Shea may have eventually been able to get past Strohsal, but contact on the track led to some mechanical issues that slowed him down in the end and allowed Fontaine to repass him for second place.
Don Strohsal claimed the win with Chris Fontaine settled for second place. Chris Shea managed to salvage a third place finish despite his car being greatly under power in the final laps, and Jason Gamble battled his way to the fourth place spot. And after running in the top three for most of the race, a blunder in the final laps cost Mike Valdez three spots, but he recovered enough to salvage fifth on the night.
As the Gladiators took their turn on the track, Casey Feaster found himself relegated to the rear and with 15 laps to get himself through traffic and in front of the field. So while Feaster dealt with congested track conditions, Kathie Fisher jumped out to an early lead as Brandon Haseleu gave chase. Fisher held the lead for all but half of the race before Haseleu passed her for the top spot, but Haseleu was not home free as Casey Feaster was making headway and catching up to the leaders. And meanwhile Ken McLeod was also on the move, getting past Fisher as Rebecca Paugh followed.
As the laps wound down, Feaster was left to challenge Haseleu for the top spot, and yet repeated tries at a pass came up short. So on the final lap Casey Feaster made one last shot at getting under the 3 car, and managed to get past in the final half of a lap to seal a win while Brandon Haseleu was forced to settle for second. Ken McLeod's earlier efforts paid off with a third place finish, and Rebecca Paugh fought her way to the fourth spot. Kathie Fisher hung on to complete the list of top five finishers.
Ocala Speedway's racers will be on hiatus the weekend of April 15th through the 17th, as the Monster Jam Summer Heat Tour will invade America's Short Track for a weekend of high flying action. Grave Digger, Maximum Destruction, and others, will all be appearing at Ocala Speedway in four huge shows beginning on Friday night and running through Sunday afternoon. Complete details on ticket prices and show times can be found at www.OcalaSpeedway.com.
Ocala Speedway Results for 4/8/11
Late Model
1- 35 Christian Augspurger
2- 71 Bo Allen
3- 2 Brandon Dewitt
4- 11 Austin Kirkpatrick
5- 7 Darrell Padgett
6- 69B Brian Bernhardt
7- 1* John Koller
8- K3 David Kinsey
9- J17 Joe Kump
Mini Stock
1- 81 Buddy Pope
2- 21 Ray Ethridge
3- 11Z Johnny Zackery
4- 9 Ryan Babcock
5- 47 Tim Zackery
6- 9B Sean Babcock
7- 3 Jamie Tinkham
8- 11 Cody Kinsey
DNS- 5S Sherman Pope
DNS- 12 Jimbo Bird
Amsoil Thunder Stock
1- 11 Don Stroshal
2- 84 Chris Fontaine
3- 76 Chris Shea
4- 27F Jason Gamble
5- 15 Mike Valdez
6- 121 Gordon Cade
7- 03 Charles Cantley
8- 19 Brian Shea
9- 1 Austin Gamble
10- 55W Jonathan Appleby
11- 18 Chris Watson
12- 96 Eddie Lake
13- 3W Vaughn Woodall
DQ (conduct) 44 Todd Roberts
1- 20 Casey Feaster
2- 3 Brandon Haseleu
3- 10 Ken McLeod
4- 23 Rebecca Paugh
5- 83M Kathie Fisher
6- 198 Lake Smith
7- 77 Matthew Kramer
8- 83 Kody Fisher
9- 82 Kyle Morse
Hobby Stock
1- 96 Matt Shea
2- 55 Devin Walker
3- 94 Robert Sirmons
4- 5W Jeff Barrett
5- 69A Mark Trexler


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