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|michi [ Tue Sep 14, 2010 2:51 am ]
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|Mini-Guinea Singapore, Sep 2010, Day 1-4
A quick update on the Singapore camp...
I got there on the morning of the first session and met Mamady outside the venue. He looked a lot more lively and happy than he did last time I saw him at the end of April. He's smiling a lot and the spring is back in his step. Good to see!
About 48 people are attending the workshop. Not all of them will be there for the entire time--some people are leaving early, others are arriving late. So far, numbers seem to be stable in the high fourties.
Day 1
Mamady did the usual thing of spending the first day with everyone together, to sort people into intermediate and advanced groups. He did four rhythms in the first two sessions: Liberte (4/4), Djansa, Garangedon, and Saranken. Saranken is one of Mamady's compositions. "Saran" is the name of a woman, and "ken" means "beautiful". Mamady explained that he wrote the rhythm in homage to everything that is beautiful in women. Not the beauty on the outside but, as Mamady put it, the beauty that "is in the heart".
At the end of the session, Mamady split the groups into 26 intermediates and 22 advanced players. He said that there are only three or four people here whom he really would call "advanced". Comparing with the standard of playing last May in San Diego, I'd say that there are fewer people here whom I'd call "near beginners", and fewer people with "two left hands". At the same time, there are also fewer advanced players, and the distribution seems to be strongly bunched in the middle, with the median at what you might call "early intermediate level".
In the evening, Mamady started teaching the pyramid. Saranken is the first rhythm in the pyramid, with a short intro. At the end of Saranken, there is a long break that goes on for a little over two minutes. Mamady said he first played that break for a pyramid in 1973 (which puts it in the Ballet Djoliba days, as far as I know). The break is technically quite easy to play, but sounds interesting and surprising. Quite a lot of fun, actually.
Day 2
The intermediate class started the solo original for Djansa. People were struggling a bit, especially with the rolls in the fifth phrase, but mostly got there.
The advanced group did Zaouli 4. A well-chosen piece, given the skill level in the class--the break is technically simple, so you don't have to be a speed wizard to play it.
The pyramid class continued to work on the break and finished that. The second rhythm in the pyramid is Sunu, with a really surprising transition from the end of the break into the rhythm. There are a few small breaks at the beginning of Sunu that are easy to play and effecdtive (and only took a few minutes to learn).
Day 3
The intermediates finished the solo original for Djansa and moved on to Kono. Kono is another one of Mamady's compositions. "Kono" means "bird". Mamady told a story where he was walking through the bush and heard a bunch of birds singing up in a tree. The rhythm was inspired by these bird calls. Mamady said that, after a while, the birds changed their song, making a different rhythm, and he was trying to get closer to have a better listen. Unfortunately, there were a lot of dry leaves on the ground and, as he moved, the noise from the leaves frightend a lizard that took off, making yet more noise and scaring the birds away; as a result, Mamady never captured that second rhythm.
Kono is a 4/4 piece with an interesting djembe part. Easy to play, but effective. At the end of the session, Mamady added a ballet-style arrangement for the rhythm with an intro and a few breaks. Just before the end of the session, he played quite a long solo. I have a recording of this but, due to my connectivity problems, posting the sound clip may have to wait until I get back home.
The advanced group worked on the solo original for Soboninkun. A lot of people were struggling with this, espcially the feel of the phrases toward the end of the solo, which progressively shorten and then end up crossing the bar. We didn't quite finish the solo original--the echauffement is still missing.
The pyramid class rehearsed the break once again (which is coming together nicely and is starting to sound quite good). The third rhythm in the pyramid is Sofa. Anyone who has learned Sofa from Mamady will know the ballet-style arrangement for it. I was a little surprised to see that Mamady put four binary rhythms back-to-back in the pyramid. That's the first time I've seen him do this. I guess he'll continue to surprise me as I study with him...
Day 4
No drumming today, but the first day of the djembe conference. About twenty of us spent five hours talking about djembe-related stuff, such as drumming circles, teaching, what can be done to retain students over long periods, how to help them progress, and the merits and demerits of formal gradings. It was an interesting session, partly due to the number of Chinese people present who didn't speak English. A few people helped out with translating and we ended up with a lively dialog.
Watch China over the next few years! It looks like the Chinese are taking to the djembe with a vengeance and, like the Japanese, tend to take it very seriously, working on their skills with a lot of dedication. I expect the standard of playing in China to rise rapidly over the next few years. If the djembe really takes off in China, we could end up with more Chinese players than the players of all the remaining countries put together...
We ended the session with a viewing of the "energy transfer technique", which got a good laugh and a big round of applause at the end
Day 5
The day hasn't really started yet. At 1:00pm Jeremy will do a djembe reskinning demonstration. Should be fun to compare technique and exchange tips with another drum maker. From 5:00pm to 7:00pm, Mamady will do a Q&A session. I'm looking forward to that--when Mamady gets going, all sorts of interesting facts come out, and I learn something new every time I listen to him.
The pyramid class will run from 7:00pm to 9:pm today.
|bubudi [ Tue Sep 14, 2010 7:13 am ]
nice one! i think the chinese students would have particularly got a kick out of that energy transfer video! i've no doubt china will produce a lot of good djembe players.
i'd love to hear saranken and the pyramid break after it. also, if you don't mind summarising some of the points in the conference about teaching issues. thanks in advance.
|michi [ Thu Sep 16, 2010 12:59 am ]
I'm still having technical problems with the PC here. For some reason, uploads to the forum don't complete, so I haven't been able to upload sound clips. I'm currently installing the latest version of IE8 in the hope that this will help.
Also, I'm somewhat short on sleep because it's been all late nights and early mornings, which makes it tough to keep things up to date here. Also, I can't get to the computer in the afternoon break, so it's either early morning or very late at night when I can post stuff. Will do my best to get those sound clips up eventually.
Teaching topics revolved mainly around what we can do to retain students long term, so we don't lose them after a few months. There was a fair bit of talk about the merits of a formal grading system. For some students, this provides a challenge and an incentive to keep moving ahead and to study in a more focussed way than they would otherwise. Kelvin here has developed a voluntary eight-step (I think it's eight) grading system to give his more keen students "something to chew on".
I can see how something like this can help motivate people. At the same time, I have concerns. For one, some people are not playing djembe to continuously improve and to achieve as much as possible, but simply for the fun and social aspects. Second, I'm concerned that it might create a class system:
"I'm level 3."
"Oh, I'm a level 7, I won't bother playing with you."
I'll have to give this more thought...
|michi [ Thu Sep 23, 2010 3:08 am ]
I posted a recording of the pyramid rehearsal in the Media section. Saranken is the first rhythm.
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AS A lifelong Eagles fan, this was one concert that had been in the diary since it was announced at the end of 2013 that they would be touring the UK on what could well be their last worldwide tour.
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The harmonies were pristine, soaring and spot on, and uncannily have remained as peerless as they were on the original recordings back in the 70s & 80s. The band may have been going 40 years but they are as popular as ever, as evidenced by the capacity 13,500 crowd who thoroughly enjoyed the 3 hours that they were on stage. A fabulous evening – great songs, brilliant harmonies, superb guitar playing – Eagles fans will never forget this evening in Leeds.


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SAINT LEO, Fla. - The Saint Leo men's and women's golf teams will compete in the 2012 Sunshine State Conference Golf Championship held April 16-17 at The Concession in Bradenton, Fla. All nine SSC member institutions will field teams in both men's and women's competition with the University of Tampa serving as host for this year's tournament.
Play will begin on Monday morning, with 36 holes slated for opening-day action. The champions will be crowned after the final 18 holes are played on Tuesday. Complete results will be available on the SSC website, as well as the Golf Stat site, www.golfstat.com. A recap will be posted on the conference site following each day of play.
Both tournaments promise to be an exciting affair, with nine conference men's and women's teams ranked in the latest Top 25 polls.
On the women's side, five SSC teams are among the top 10 teams in Division II. Nova Southeastern is currently the top-ranked team in the country, with Florida Southern sitting in the No. 2 slot. Lynn is ranked No. 4, followed closely by Barry at No. 6. Saint Leo is No. 9 in the latest poll.
Nova Southeastern has placed in the top five in seven of its eight tournaments this season. NSU notched first-place finishes at its own Shark Invitational and at the Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational. The squad also finished tied for second in this week's Hoya Invitational, which featured 10 Division I teams in the 11-school field.
Florida Southern has finished in the top 10 in all eight of its tournaments this year. The Moccasins opened the season by winning the Daytona State Invitational and have since logged a runner-up showing in five events.
Lynn has also had an impressive 2011-12 campaign, with a top-five showing in eight of its nine events. The Fighting Knights placed first at the Flagler Fall Slam, the Kiawah Island Intercollegiate, and the Embry-Riddle Invitational.
Barry has tallied a top-10 finish in all eight of its tournaments. The Buccaneers opened the year by winning the Queens Invitational and have placed first at their last two events, the Hargett Memorial Invitational and a tri-match against conference foes Lynn and Florida Tech.
Saint Leo has turned in seven top-10 showings in eight tournaments, with a win coming at its own SLU Invitational. The Lions were runner-up at the Queens Invitational.
On the men's side, three SSC teams are among the top five in the latest coaches' poll.
Barry holds the No. 1 ranking , having finished top five in all nine of its tournaments, including a top-three standing in eight of those nine. The Buccaneers have three victories to their credit, placing atop the leader board at the Shark Invitational, the Bobcat Intercollegiate, and their own Buccaneer Invitational. They have placed as the runner-up at four other tournaments this season.
Lynn currently sits in the No. 2 spot in the national rankings, registering a top-five performance in all 10 of its tournaments. The Knights placed first at the Sandestin Collegiate and at the Donald Ross Intercollegiate. They were second at the Cougar Invitational.
Nova Southeastern occupies the No. 4 ranking in the DII poll. The Sharks have finished among the top five in all eight of their events. Team wins came at the Queens Invitational and the St. Edward's Invitational. The squad was runner-up at its own Shark Invitational and at the Bobcat Intercollegiate.
The SSC Championship will be conducted at The Concession, a course designed by Jack Nicklaus in association with Tony Jacklin. The course derives its name from an historic interaction between the two men. On the final hole of the 1969 Ryder Cup Match at Royal Birkdale in England, Nicklaus stunned the golf world by conceding a two-foot putt to Jacklin for the first of only two ties in Ryder Cup history. Today, that gesture is considered one of the finest acts of sportsmanship in golf history and has inspired one of America's great golf clubs, The Concession.
The Concession is an 18-hole, par 72 course that totals 7,474 yards and runs three miles from tip to tip. Upon its completion, it was named "Best New Private Course" in 2006 by Golf Digest. In 2011-12, that same publication ranked it the fourth-best course in the state of Florida.
For the latest news, updates, and information on the Saint Leo golf teams in the SSC Championships, visit SaintLeoLions.com.


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Santa Clarita, CA - The Master's College and Vanguard traded goals in regulation and then went scoreless over the final 42 minutes as the teams settled for a 1-1, double-overtime tie Wednesday afternoon in Placerita Canyon.
The tie was the Mustangs' first of the campaign and kept them winless over their last three starts, dropping them to 5-7-1 overall and 1-3-1 in the GSAC.
Looking to take a step up in the conference standings, the Mustangs drew first blood when sophomore midfielder Taylor Shahi (Santa Rosa, CA) converted a penalty kick at the 32:14 mark of the first half. It was Shahi's fifth goal of the campaign, tying freshman Austin Rochow (Canyon Country, CA) for the top mark on the team.
Saying that his club "finally put a complete game together", TMC head coach Jim Rickard was very confident that that slightest of leads would hold up. Making a couple of position changes that paid off with great energy, Rickard had his club thinking the same thing.
But, the Lions (5-5-3, 3-0-2), one of only two undefeated teams (Concordia 5-0) in conference play, knotted things up with 21:57 left to play when Edgar Hernandez took a pass from Joshua Banta and kicked the ball by Mustang keeper Andrew Bussell (Bakersfield, CA) for the tying score.
The Mustangs had a chance to untie the game in the closing minutes but Rochow's shot with 7:32 remaining went wide.
In the first extra period, both squads had chances to win it but saves by Bussell and his Vanguard counterpart, Alejandro Figueroa, preserved the tie, sending the clubs into a second and final overtime.
That session featured another Figueroa save (he had nine on the afternoon), this one on a shot by Kevin Scheunemann at the 102:04 mark that would be the Mustangs' final shot on goal of the day.
Hoping to turn things around and snap their winless skein, the Mustangs welcome San Diego Christian (2-2-1 in the GSAC) to Reese Field on Saturday afternoon. Kick-off is set for 2:30pm.


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Bhubaneswar, Aug 19 (IANS) The process to obtain views of villagers on Vedanta's plan to mine Odisha's Niyamngiri hills was completed Monday with the last of the 12 villages unanimously opposing it, officials and eyewitnesses said.
Like the previous gram sabhas (village councils), residents of Jarpa village in Rayagada district Monday said no to mining, protest leader Siddharth Nayak told IANS.
An official of the state's Scheduled Tribe and Scheduled Caste Development Department said the government would soon inform the central government about the decision of all 12 villages whose opinion had been sought.
Vedanta has set up a one million tonne per annum alumina refinery at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district, 600 km from here. However, it could never operate the plant at full capacity due to shortage of bauxite, the key raw material used to produce alumina.
Vedanta had entered into an arrangement with the state government for supply of bauxite through a state agency from nearby Niyamgiri hills, but the move was challenged by anti-displacement groups.
The Supreme Court April 18 asked the state to go to gram sabhas to understand the religious and cultural aspects of tribals in the region.
The apex court's forest bench, headed by Justice Aftab Alam, said the gram sabhas would look into the religious and cultural aspects of the Dongaria Kondh tribals in the region in three months and take a decision.
The state government identified 12 villages to hold the meetings. The first gram sabha was held July 19. Subsequently, meetings were held in other villages in phases.
A total of 403 voters, including 234 women, participated in the gram sabhas and voiced their religious and cultural rights over the hills and against mining, officials said.


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With brighter budgets on the horizon, the San Diego Unified School District is working to restore administrative cuts made in the past few years to cope with the state's fiscal crisis.
On Tuesday, the school board will consider a reorganization of its human resources department that would bring back five previously cut management positions at a cost of nearly $608,000 in the 2013-14 school year, and about $202,600 in the 2012-13 year if those positions are filled promptly.
The staffing boost would help stabilize a department that has often shouldered the stress of budget cuts for the district, said Deputy Superintendent Phil Stover.
In the 2006-07 academic year, the human resources department had 66 employees whom Stover said "performed core H.R. tasks." This school year, the figure is 41 employees — a reduction of about 38 percent.
The proposed staffing restoration would revive two vacant human resources director positions, one for nonteaching employees and one for educators (with an annual salary of about $125,000 each) and three human resources officer jobs with annual salary of about $119,000 each. The plan calls for filling some vacant positions with downgraded jobs that carry lower salaries.
Since voters passed Gov. Jerry Brown's Proposition 30 tax measure in November, with much of the resulting revenue promised to schools, San Diego Unified and other districts in California are expecting the state to improve funding for public education after years of cuts.
Even so, the school year will be reduced by five days this year — and possibly next year — through furlough days. Although San Diego Unified is hopeful it can avoid layoffs next year, that depends on how much Brown budgets for schools.
The governor is expected to release his preliminary state budget plan on Thursday.


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JASPER PARK, Alta. ---- My family and I zip around a corner on the Banff-Jasper highway and are suddenly confronted by a gaggle of cars and people on both sides of the road.
They are watching a bear cub in a tree, apparently unaware that cubs are one of the most dangerous wild animals. Anyone getting between a cub and its mother will get mauled. Parks Canada has lots of problems with people who treat wildlife parks like petting zoos.
It has devised a professional information campaign to teach people about the dangers of wildlife. Stay ten bus-lengths away from bears, it says. If you're in a car, you should stay in the car.
But some people go ditzy when they see wildlife. Conservation officers are having a particularly difficult time with gawkers this summer.
Drought conditions are forcing some animals to get closer to people in a search for food. This is the case at Grand Beach on Lake Winnipeg north of Winnipeg. Three black bears had to be shot and killed there within six days.
In addition, more people are visiting parks just to see wildlife because they're tired of parks jammed with people. And, finally, some large animals are beginning to like living in the suburbs, particularly in small mountain communities in the West.
"I have a deer in my backyard that won't leave," a Cranbrook man tells CBC Radio." I try to shoo it away, but it puts it head down as though it wants to butt me.
"She was born under my big backyard porch. She thinks the backyard is as much hers as it is mine."
Winnipeg has about 1,200 white-tailed deer, Arielle Godbout tells us in the The Sou'wester. Each year there are about 400 deer-vehicle collisions on Winnipeg streets. Conservationists, to whom Godbout spoke, say don't feed the deer. If you do, they'll get fat, happy, have babies and hang around your yard.
Parks Canada works hard to protect wild animals from humans and highway traffic. We're a world leader in building wildlife crossings under or over major highways. There'll be 44 when construction is complete. There's even one in Waterton Lakes National Park for long-toed salamanders.
Elk used the crossings even before they were finished. Grumpy grizzlies were among the last to figure them out. Wolves, the investment bankers of the animal kingdom, were quick to catch on. Rather than track their dinners through the woods, they hung around the portals and pounced on their favourite meals as they came through.
Last fall, Ottawa and Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. agreed to work together to prevent grizzlies being killed by trains. In the past 12 years, 13 have been struck and killed by trains in the Rockies west of Calgary. Only 60 grizzlies are left in Banff National Park, officials estimate.
Much of what I know about bears I learned from some ol' fellas who worked with me on highway construction in the park. Every evening we sat in a circle around a small, wood-burning stove in our shack. They used to tell about silly tourist and animal tricks. The discussions had a rhythm: We were told a stupid tourist story. Someone would comment loudly. "Yeah," we'd all say. For added emphasis, you could lean over and spit tobacco juice into the stove's fire through an open lid.
A favourite story: A guy thought it would be cute to get a picture of a bear behind the wheel of his car. The bear panicked and tore the car's interior apart.
Another story: A woman coaxed a bear into putting its front paws on her shoulders and eating a cookie out of her mouth. The bear ate the cookie (and not her nose), then dropped. Bears don't push off when they drop. The bear got a claw caught in her dress and stripped her as he dropped.
"Those people could'a lost more than their belongings," said Eugene. Yeah. Spit.
My meeting with a grizzly, I told the circle, came when I was alone at dusk on an isolated stretch of highway. A grizzly was four bus-lengths away and lumbering towards me. All the good advice I had learned from my workmates jammed in my head. Only one popped out: Stand tall.
I jumped on a gravel pile, stood on tiptoe and put my clipboard on edge on my head like a shark's fin. The grizzly stopped. He'd probably never seen a clipboard before. He stood up on his hind legs, gave a mighty roar, waved his front legs, then dropped and wandered off.
"That grizzly was not ready to take on the shark-fin kid," said the straw boss. Yeah. Spit.
Tom Ford is editor of The Issues Network


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Dairy producers and their employees can gain effective calf management skills in a hands-on workshop sponsored by the Penn State Extension Team and the Extension Veterinary Team offered at two locations in Pennsylvania. Registration fee is $50 per person, eligible for a 50 percent discount from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry – Workforce Investment Board (WIB) with a completed form.
With dairy calf mortality having a significant negative economic impact on dairy farms, the workshops will help producers reduce calf mortality and learn valuable information for successful calf care.
Both sessions will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the following dates and locations:
- November 20 in Bradford County, Edgewood Restaurant, 565 Elmira Street, Troy.
- December 5 in Blair County, The Park at Morrison's Cove, 201 S. Walnut Street, Martinsburg.
Topics will include protocols for delivering healthy calves, hands-on practice for delivering calves, how to conduct a newborn health exam, colostrum handling and feeding, and hands-on testing of colostrum.
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President Barack Obama has cited the relationship between the United States and India as "one of the defining partnerships of the 21st century," and India's ambassador to the U.S. will share her insight on that partnership during a lecture at Rice University Nov. 10.
Nirupama Rao will present "A Perspective on the India-U.S. Global Strategic Partnership" at 6 p.m. at the Jones Graduate School of Business' Shell Auditorium in McNair Hall, 6100 Main St. The lecture, sponsored by the office of Rice President David Leebron, is free and open to the public. For a campus map, visit rice.edu/maps.
Rao became ambassador to the U.S. in August, less than a month after officials from the world's two largest democracies met in New Delhi, India, for the second U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue. At that meeting, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and India External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna agreed to advance the two countries' shared interests, including increased counterterrorism cooperation, intelligence sharing, law-enforcement exchanges, defense cooperation, export controls, clean energy and scientific, space and technology collaboration.
Rao attended that dialogue meeting as India's foreign secretary – a position she held from Aug. 1, 2009 to July 31, 2011.
Her new role as ambassador to the U.S. is not her first stint as an ambassador. She served as India's ambassador to Peru with concurrent accreditation to Bolivia from 1995 to 1998, and she was India's ambassador to China from 2006 to 2009.
Rao joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1973 and has served in various world capitals, including Washington and Moscow. She served in the East Asia Division of the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi, from 1984 to 1992, including as joint secretary for East Asia.
Rao served as deputy chief of mission at the Indian Embassy in Moscow from 1998 to 1999. She was the Distinguished International Executive in Residence at the University of Maryland at College Park from 1999 to 2000. From 2001 to 2002, she served as the first woman spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs. She headed the Administration and Personnel Division of the Ministry of External Affairs as additional secretary from 2002 to 2004. Rao was high commissioner of India to Sri Lanka from 2004 to 2006.
She was a fellow of the Centre for International Affairs (now the Weatherhead Centre) of Harvard University during 1992-93. She was in charge of press affairs as minister in the Indian Embassy in Washington from 1993 to 1995.
Rao pursued her education in India, where she was born in Malappuram in the southwestern state of Kerala. She has a B.A. degree in English from Mount Carmel College in Bangalore and an M.A. in English literature from Marathwada University in Maharashtra. — B.J. Almond


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Im brand new to python and im working on a script to run to automatically download some files from a set of URL's. In these URL's i have put brackets that I have defined since these 3 lines in the url needs to changed (1 unix timestamp, start date and end date). This is all fixed.
Now ive gotten it to work with the following:
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def get_file(url, filename):
end_date = datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
start_date = datetime.now()-timedelta(days=7)
start_date = start_date.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
current_timestamp = int(time())
formatted_url = url.format(current_timestamp, start_date, end_date)
data = requests.get(formatted_url)
with open(filename, "wb") as f:
This takes todays date and 7 days in the past.
Now what i would like to do is change this to be changeable? So I can set my own dates instead.
Eventually I want to make a GUI on this (I have no idea where to start with the GUI but ill get there eventually!).
Any ideas on how i cancode this so that I can choose dates?
It would be prefered that in the code I just open it and then have a certain string i manually set the date and then run the script.
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Starting October 17 at 10:30pm ET on Cooking Channel, Sandra Lee's Taverns, Lounges & Clubs will take you into the coolest bars in America for one-of-a-kind cocktails. Among the neighborhood watering holes and elegant cocktail lounges featured on the show, Sandra visits Chicago's chic tapas bar Tavernita and Barcito to score a behind-the-bar lesson from master mixologist Tad Carducci of Tippling Bros.
He shares the story (and recipe) of his amazing cocktail creation, the "One-Thumbed Gypsy":
A couple of years ago I was traveling in southern Spain. While in Sevilla, my companions and I kept hearing about an incredible flamenco troupe that was headed by a legendary old guitar player. He had played around the world for many years and garnered a reputation as a true virtuoso. Recently he lost a thumb in an accident and disappeared, seemingly into obscurity. After a year in seclusion, he re-emerged and had completely re-taught himself how to play without the use of his thumb.
I was privileged enough to see him perform, and it was an utterly life-changing experience. This is my humble homage.
… And the shrimp is supposed to be his other thumb.
One-Thumbed Gypsy
1 serving
1 1/2 ounces cachaca, such as Leblon cachaca
1 ounce Red Pepper Saffron Syrup, recipe follows
3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice
1/4 ounce fresh orange juice
Ice, for chilling
3 drops bitters, such as Bitter End Moroccan bitters
Thinly sliced red bell peppers, for garnish
1 shrimp, grilled, for garnish
Red Pepper Saffron Syrup:
4 red bell peppers, pith and seeds removed, roughly chopped
2 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 teaspoon sweet Spanish paprika
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
20 threads saffron
Combine the cachaca, Red Pepper Saffron Syrup, lemon juice and orange juice in a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Dash the bitters on top for aroma. Garnish with thinly sliced red bell peppers and the shrimp.
Red Pepper Saffron Syrup:
Puree the peppers in a blender with about 1/2 cup water. Strain through a fine mesh strainer into a saucepan. Add the sugar, 2 1/2 cups water, the paprika, cayenne pepper, chili powder and saffron. Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring constantly until the sugar is dissolved. Remove from the heat and let cool to room temperature. Strain through a fine mesh strainer and keep refrigerated for up to 1 week. Yield: 4 cups.
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Season 5: Episode 117: The One With The Ride-AlongThe guys ride along with Gary when he's patrolling, and find themselves in a desperate situation. While staking out a suspect, they hear a shot, and Joey dives in front of Ross. Chandler is hurt that Joey chose to save Ross rather than him, his own roommate. The guys relay the story back at the coffee house, where it turns out they didn't hear a gun shot, but instead a car backfiring. But Ross is convinced he narrowly escaped death, and that Joey risked his own life. Back at their apartment, Chandler confronts Joey, demanding to know why he chose to dive in front of Ross. Joey reluctantly admits that he wasn't trying to save Ross, he dove to save his sandwich, which was next to Ross. To show Chandler how much he means to him, Joey allows him one bite of his sandwich, and all is well. Meanwhile, Rachel and Monica go to Ross's apartment to retrieve their blender, but while there, hear Emily leaving a message on his answering machine. She's supposed to be getting married the next day but is having doubts, and is wondering if she and Ross gave up on their relationship too quickly. The girls accidentally erase the message, so Rachel decides she has to tell Ross about Emily's call.
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1) I gotta tell you, I'm really torn on the whole sitting Marian Gaborik thing. He was ineffective on the wall, pushed off the puck a couple of times in front, failed to clear and did the unforgiveable flamingo on the game-tying goal, on a team that sacrifices everything all the time. That said, sitting him, down by a goal, for a power play in the third period, then sitting him at the end with the goalie pulled, smells like Mike Keenan sitting Brian Leetch in Game 4 of the ECF in '94. John Tortorella has said that playoffs are not time for sending messages, yet he sent a message while his team needed a goal. Again, I'm torn on this. Nobody is above the team or the commitment. I understand that totally. But maybe the point could have been made verbally between periods?
2) This whole shot-blocking issue being made by people who don't like how the Rangers play, or who didn't like the Washington-Rangers series, is really beyond stupid. It reeks of people who don't know what the hell they're watching. And to even suggest that shot-blocking could be removed from the game is beyond moronic. Go watch another sport.
3) Who would figure that the Rangers have twice scored two PPGs in a game (Game 4 vs. Ottawa) and lost. How does that happen?
4) Speaking of Gaborik … Ilya Kovalchuk was very, very dangerous with the puck, but he also coughed it up a bunch of times and was a nightmare away from it.
5) The rests of the Devils forwards were much better in Game 2, though. This is going to be a very difficult series for ya boys. But then, that's what they expected. And they don't mind playing difficult series or difficult games.
6) The kid, Chris Kreider, had another big game. The post, the goal, bunch of chances, some hits. He made one bad play, when Kovalchuk got in behind him and Henrik Lundqvist made that glove save that had Kovalchuk shaking his head. Kreider knew it, though. Put it right in the memory bank, I imagine. Good that he didn't get burned by it this time.
7) The ice was woeful, even by World's Most Famous Arena standards, and how about that whole scene when the penalty box door wouldn't open? Why they didn't just put Travis Zajac in the other box immediately and worry later about what would happen if a Ranger took a penalty during Zajac's two minutes, is beyond me. How about some thought, Mr. Officials?
8) Gotta tell you, the more people ask stupid questions, the less I mind Tortorella being curt during his pressers. I expected him to be short last night after some of the crap he endured after Game 1. I still think he's being a jackwagon sometimes, though. Like, why not answer a couple of questions after a tough loss? What about that accountability? What about being a professional?
9) I'm really having trouble picking out forwards who played well in this game. Carl Hagelin was good in spots. Kreider, obviously. I didn't think Brad Richards or Gaborik did much. Callahan did his usual bashing, but I've seen him play better. Derek Stepan, too.
10) Martin Brodeur played well again, but certainly not unbeatable. Kreider beat him and hit the post, Ryan McDonagh beat him on the Matteau/Graves wrap-around and hit the post. There were some rebounds. He knocked one into his own net. The Rangers have to find more pressure on him.
11) Told ya. I thought this series would be 1-1 after two. And I expect it will be 2-2 after four. And I don't necessarily think the winner of Game 5 will win the series, but it will sure be a gigantic opportunity. How's that for top-notch analysis? Getting way ahead of ourselves, though.
12) Boy oh boy do some of you show that you don't even have a remedial understanding of what you're watching when they lose.
13) Special thanks for NBC for this unnecessary two-day break. Guess with all the travel the teams need an extra day.
My Three Rangers Stars:
1) Chris Kreider.
2) Ryan McDonagh.
3) Marc Staal.
Mitch Beck's Three Rangers Stars:
1) Chris Kreider, "Monster-worthy" game.
2) Marc Staal, solid defense and a bounce goal.
3) Artem Anisimov, created and assist on Kreider's goal.
Alec Berg's Three Rangers Stars:
1) Kid Chris Kreider.
2) Henrik Lundqvist.
3) Marc Staal (for the hit on Clarkson).
Josh (age 26) Thomson's Three Rangers Stars:
1) Chris Kreider.
2) Ryan McDonagh.
3) Henrik Lundqvist.
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DORCHESTER Town can live within its means as a community-owned club, according to chairman Shaun Hearn.
Majority shareholder Hearn agreed to give his stake in the Magpies' to the club's Community Trust and "is sure the club will do well if everybody supports it".
The businessman expressed his desire to stay on as chairman when the trust comes in but declined to say how much money he had pumped into the club or whether he was able to get a return on his investment.
The move to a more sustainable future as a community club comes after Hearn last week told Echosport that the county town side had been massively over-budget in the last few months.
The Community Trust is now busy drafting business plans and projections in order to keep the club running when the change of ownership goes through.
And Hearn feels it's a move that can succeed. He said: "I'm sure the club will do well if everybody supports it.
"The comments I've had from people so far have been very positive.
"The football club will work to a budget, forecasts and projections and it's a case of sitting down and putting that plan in place for next season.
"The most important thing is that the day-to- day running needs to be a little more secure.
"Quite simply, I think that what we're trying to do is make the club stronger and if everyone pulls together it will.
"It should be a fantastic opportunity and, at the end of the day, it should make the club stronger because we are adding to what we have got.
"It's something I've been saying for a long time about it being community owned.
"We are trying to move forward and let the community own shares in the club.
"But I can't emphasise enough that the board of directors will still run the club."
He added: "The future for me is hopefully to remain as chairman.
"As far as I'm concerned I want to stay as chairman for a long time to come.
"That may change but we have to get everyone pulling in the same direction, nothing more, nothing less.
"I don't think it's about what I have put in over the years, it's about moving forward with the discussions we're having as a group.
"Once we've had those I can comment on that further."
The Community Trust board and Dorchester Town Youth FC will work alongside the club's board of directors, which will include members of the other two groups, to build a viable business.
Hearn said: "The board of directors will run the football club and there will be additions from the Comm-unity Trust and Dorchester Town Youth FC that will join the board.
"The trust board will look after the majority shareholding of the club and there will be the board of associate directors and the supporters' club.
"There is no great change. It will be the different sections of the club joining together.
"Hopefully some good people will be joining the board and we need to make sure they realise the responsibilities."


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For more than a decade he served as a reserve naval attaché, retiring as a Commander from the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1993. He and his wife Donna, a clinical psychologist, have two married daughters and are the proud grandparents of Tate and Elsa Dahlgren and Eleanor, Brendan, and Tyler Wiltfang. Professor Amstutz is a member of a local church and loves sailing and cycling. Courses Taught International Politics U.S. Foreign Policy Ethics and U. S. Foreign Policy Third World Politics and Development Forgiveness and Political Reconciliation International Law Senior Seminar Other Courses He Has Taught Theories of War and Peace Leadership International Human Rights and Foreign Policy Freedom: Theory and Practice (funded with Templeton Foundation grant) Membership in Professional Societies American Political Science Association International Studies Association Research His main area of research interest is international political ethics. 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Arkansas plodded down the tunnel into the visitors' locker room at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center an hour ahead of tipoff bearing the reputation as a poor road squad.
Clawing to stay on the fringes of the NCAA tournament bubble, the Razorbacks did little to shirk their struggles away from Bud Walton Arena in digging a 22-point, first-half hole against LSU.
So a second-half rally was a desperate necessity.
And the Tigers, who have a penchant for tight finishes, nearly let it transpire after allowing Arkansas pull within three points before pitching a shut-out in the final two minutes to hold on for a 65-60 victory Wednesday.
"We kind of got satisfied," said senior guard Charles Carmouche, who scored a career-high 26 points. "You can't get satisfied in the league against a team like Arkansas and they way they play."
Not after Carmouche's full-court pass against the Arkansas trap was picked off by forward Marshawn Powell.
Or 14 seconds later when guard Mardracus Wade slid a pass across the lane on the right block to a cutting Michael Qualls, who mashed down a two-handed dunk with 1:42 left.
Qualls' jam cut the lead to 62-60 infused tension for the Tigers (17-9, 8-7 Southeastern Conference) and the 7,891 fans in the PMAC.
"We were right there," Arkansas coach Mike Anderson said. "Our guys fought back in the second half. Earlier in the season, that probably wouldn't have happened."
Yet the Razorbacks couldn't convert off two steals in the final minute, and forward Johnny O'Bryant split two free throws with 2.4 seconds left to seal the victory.
"We knew it would be a hard-fought battle," Jones said. "We knew Arkansas would continue to fight."
But LSU, which shot just 29.4 percent in the second half, certainly aided the Razorbacks (17-11, 8-7), who had lost six of seven SEC road games this season.
After leading 45-32 at halftime, LSU committed four of its 18 turnovers, which were converted into 19 points, after stalling a haggard Arkansas offense.
Trailing 49-33, Marshawn Powell, who had 17 points and eight rebounds, notched a layup to start a 9-0 run over the next 2:21 to pull within 49-42 after Qualls stripped guard Malik Morgan and drove the floor for a one-handed dunk.
"It's important to execute on the offensive end and gets tops on the defensive end and don't allow yourself to get into too big of a rush," LSU coach Johnny Jones said. "It was like we were trying to put them away too quick after halftime. and it backfired on us."
Wheezing execution offensively didn't seem a problem early on for LSU, which shot 42.3 percent on the night.
Over five minutes, the Tigers tore off an 18-3 run to build a 23-8 lead with 11:01 left in the first half – a run keyed by 13 points from Carmouche.
The redshirt senior scored the first eight points of the burst and seemed to land a deciding blow to cap it after guard Anthony Hickey forced a steal on Kiko Haydar that led to a loose ball scramble under the rim and a bucket for Carmouche.
"I have always though that he is the 'X-Factor' for LSU," Anderson said. "He had a big game tonight."
Granted, Carmouche wasn't keen on dissecting his recent run, a four-game stretch where he has averaged 16.8 points per game and is shooting 66.7 percent.
"I'm just playing basketball," Carmouche said. "That's it."
Andre Stringer noted: "He's been in the gym, and he's one of our guys doing a great job thinking off instincts and taking what the defense gives him. It's no surprise to us."
Yet the Tigers burst came with Razorbacks guard and leading scorer B.J. Young planted on the bench after a rough start. Limiting the sophomore to four points on 2-of-11 shooting, though, was also Carmouche's handy work.
Arkansas popped off a 7-0 spurt to pare the lead to 26-18, but the Tigers answered with another 17-5 run over five minutes to take a 45-23 lead with 2:08 left in the first half when Stringer buried a transition 3-pointer at the top of the arc.
"I was disappointed," Anderson said. "We dug a big hole, and you can't do anything in a hole."
The quagmire, though, wasn't as deep after the Razorbacks pulled within seven points early in the second half, and LSU couldn't help but admit that it let off the pedal.
"We've just got to stay in attack mode," Hickey said. "We were just running our offense, and we've still got to attack the basket and run the score up."
The task wasn't helped when forward Johnny O'Bryant picked up his fourth foul with 14:11 left to play, sitting for the next 10 minutes on a night where he scored just five points and grabbed eight rebounds.
"It was tough because he draws a lot of attention inside and get us a bunch of easy looks," Carmouche said. "Without Johnny down there, we don't get those."
Arkansas took advantage, outrebounding LSU 12-5 over the span to generate second and third-possessions to hang with eight points.
Again, Carmouche plugged the gap with a three-point play at 12:59 left to play to expand the margin to 52-42. Two minutes later, he came up with a steal near the right block and pushed into the open floor for a layup and foul on Rashad Madden, knocking down a free throw for a 57-44 lead.
"He did a great job of settling us down when Johnny was out of the game," Jones said, "getting to the basket and making tough plays, finishing at the rim, getting to the free-throw line."
Carmouche's gumption, though, didn't deter the Razorbacks, who winnowed the lead back to eight points twice over the next five minutes.
At the 4:29 mark, Wade, who finished with 15 points on 4-of-8 shooting, took a bounce from Qualls and drilled a 3-pointer at the top of the arc to slash the lead 61-56.
Eighteen seconds later, O'Bryant returned and at 3:23 split two free throws to extend the advantage back to six points. More importantly, though, he grabbed four of LSU's final five rebounds to choke off Arkansas second opportunities.
Arkansas press, which helps force turnovers on 25.2 percent of possessions, generated two more steals in the final minute — both off ill-advised, full-court passes from Carmouche and Stringer.
"We just need to make sure our spacing is better and we had a couple of guys running away from the ball that needed to be running back," Jones said.
Fifteen minutes later, though, Carmouche broached a subject that had been off limits: The Tigers prospects for a postseason bid.
"Now, we're just growing and showing we're a tournament-caliber team," Carmouche said. "When it's all said and done, we'll see what happens."


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Apartment for 4 in Paris - Eiffel
Size43 m²
Floor No.2
- Kitchen
- Internet/WiFi
- Towels
- Washer/dryer
Accommodation summary
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The apartment is located in the heart of the 7th arrondissement, between the Eiffel Tower and the Hotel des Invalides. This is a prestigious neighborhood where you will find the Hotel Matignon, Military School, the National Assembly. Guests have access to extensive public garden of the Champs de Mars dominated by the Eiffel Tower.
The building is typically Parisian, this is a secure building which dates from the late nineteenth century. It is very well maintained.
2nd floor without elevator, the apartment is very calm and clear
- Fully equipped kitchen: ceramic hob, oven, microwave, fridge and everything you need to cook and eat: dishes, pots, cups, glasses.
- Living room with sofa bed for 2 people.
- Bathroom with shower, heated towel rail and WC.
- Bedroom with real bed 2 people, very quiet.
For short term rentals (less than a month), towels and linens are provided, as well as cleaning. An efficient heating system ensures a steady and comfortable temperature in the apartment.
Within 10-15 minutes walk you will find the Musée d'Orsay, the Musée du quai Branly and the Musée Rodin.
You will find many restaurants and wine bars in the neighborhood. Breteuil market takes place two times a week, the busy shopping street Clerc is right next to the apartment so you can enjoy all the amenities.
The apartment is easily accessible by metro from the station Ecole Militaire (5 min. Walk). Easy access to stations. Access to the train to go to Château de Versailles is just 5 minutes from the apartment.
From the train station Gare du Nord or Chatelet you can take the train to the airport Charles de Gaulle and Orly.
House rulesLATE ARRIVALS CHARGES
For late arrivals, please note that a late check-in charge will apply, which amounts to EUR 20 between 8PM and 10PM and EUR 40 after 10PM.
Une caution de EUR 200 est demandée pour couvrir d'éventuels dégâts ou réparations dans l'appartement du fait des locataires. Elle est réglée par CB avec notre terminal de paiement mobile (la somme en question n'est pas débitée mais " pré-autorisée" comme pour la location d'une voiture par exemple).
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Nice apartment located on the ground floor. 2 bedrooms and bathroom fine. Less living room / kitchen in the same room. Missing a dining table. Only 50 meters to the subway station. A number of cafes, restaurants, bakery, butcher, grocery store within a very short distance.
Fin lejlighed beliggende i stueplan. 2 gode soveværelser og fint badeværelse. Mindre stue/køkken i samme rum. Savnede et spisebord. Kun 50 meter til metrostation. En række cafeer, restauranter, bager, slagter, købmand inden for meget kort afstand.
Very central, new, neat and clean. It has practically everything. It lacks internet connection, essential in these times.
Muy centrico, nuevo, aseado y limpio. Tiene practicamente de todo. Le falta conexion a internet, imprescindible en estos tiempos.
The apartment fits your description perfectly. Very well located with metro and bus stops nearby and in a good street. Excellent choice for one or two people.
El apartamento se ajusta perfectamente a su descripción. Muy bien situado, con paradas de metro y bus cerca y en una buena calle. Excelente opción para una o dos personas.
Nice apartment with great location! The pictures describes the apartment well, fresh feeling as well. Great that it was close to the metro! However there were some unstable furniture and a bag of dirty laundry that decreased the experience. But overall I can definitely recommend this apartment!
Small but well organized studio, clean, convenient and welcoming host and punctual. Thank you. Michel and Monique
Studio petit, mais bien organisé, propre, bien situé et hôte accueillant et ponctuel. Merci. Michel et Monique
Fantastic. Perfectly located apartment, very well equipped and maintained. The keys worked perfectly. Only suitable for 1-2 persons. Apartment on the first floor, so a bit noisy.
Fantastisch. Perfekt gelegenes Appartement, sehr gut ausgestattet und gepflegt. Die Schlüsselübergabe hat perfekt geklappt. Nur für 1-2 Personen geeignet. Appartement liegt im ersten Stock, daher etwas laut.
We stayed in Paris for 9 days. The arrival was ok, fortunately we found the apartment fast and we were welcomed by Jeremy's assistant Lea. She was friendly but made a confused impression. Maybe this was the reason why she took our papers with a lot of Paris information (addresses etc.) with her. Later the electricity didn't work in the apartment, which was not a big deal, because just some switches in the fuse box were turned off, BUT we called Lea three times because of our papers and later because of the electricity, but she didn't answer the phone and also never called back.
About the apartment we can generally say that it was ok, but nothing more. It was rebuilt prior our arrival, so everything is new there - the furniture, the bathroom, the kitchen etc. But unfortunately nothing was clean. The shower was dirty, the shelves full of dust. The dishes were not clean (despite the dishwasher) but the flat ground was the worst – we have no idea how long the floor was not cleaned, but it seemed the dirt was still from the rebuilding. Otherwise – if the apartment would be clean – it is a very nice place to stay! Its perfect for two people and you can find more shops in that area as you can go in. You have a lot of metro (and also a RER) stations nearby, so nothing is far away. If you go about three minutes you can sit on the river of Seine. It's a beautiful place!
All in all we can say it was a nice city trip. And we would like to give a constructive feedback to the owner/assistants: Clean the apartment and call back if you see an unanswered call. The reason for could be important!
Best regards
Nice appartment with all you can wish for. Excellent place to discover the rest of Paris. Metro is nearby (app. 100 m.). Parking across the street for € 25,00 per day. Supermarket and some bars nearby. The market in the street is enjoyable. Jeremy was helpfull and would recommend this place to friends. Tanx!
We found this apartment very clean and comfortable. Very close to metro and in walking distance to Notre Dame.
The apartment corresponded to the announcement, it was clean. No complaints
Die Wohnung entsprach der Ankündigung, sie war sauber. Keine Beanstandungen
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This article was published 20/10/2013 (1403 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- The glamour of Gotham has pretty well worn off by the time Duke Ellington's fabled A train burrows its way from Manhattan to the Brooklyn-Queens border and lurches into a green-tiled depot at Grant Avenue that smells of urine and unfulfilment.
Kennedy Airport is a few blocks to the south, with brick duplexes, body shops and chicken shacks filling the middle distance. I grew up a couple of miles away and thought it a daring safari to ride my bike out here, circa 1965.
Around the corner from the subway station, outside a working-class mortuary named the Grace Funeral Chapels, I join a small clutch of reporters and camera operators who are waiting for mourners to emerge from a private rite within. An unfiltered autumn sun is beating, but still not brilliantly enough to light the unfathomable ravines of the human mind.
The ceremonial leave-taking that we have come to snoop on is styled the HomeGoing Services for Miriam Iris Carey, 34, the Brooklyn-born dental hygienist who was shot dead two weeks ago in her black Infiniti by an encirclement of Capitol Hill police on Constitution Avenue in Washington, with a baby girl in careful braids strapped into the back seat. (That Carey was unarmed and her trunk not stuffed with TNT was something that her killers had been well-trained to not assume.)
"She was an achiever who set her mind firmly on her goals," the handbill for the ceremony reads. "Miriam had the courage to commit to personal growth and development which is evidenced in her many accomplishments. She had a passion for cooking and loved life."
"Her greatest joy was spending time with her daughter Erica Francis, as well as family and friends," the flyer notes, but now here is the joyful, achieving mother dead and custody of the girl denied, at least temporarily, to any of the decedent's five sisters.
The funeral has not quite ended when a woman who gives her name as Gail Johnson blinks solo down the chapel steps and we gang-tackle her like canids.
"Just seeing the love between those sisters," Johnson says, and trails off.
"What do you think happened that day in D.C.?" I ask her.
"I have no idea," Gail Johnson replies. "Nobody does."
In Washington, it has been a productive season for tragedy and madness, if madness indeed -- or "post-partum psychosis," whether diagnosed or merely suspected, as one of Carey's kin reportedly blurted on the day of her death -- truly was what led Miriam Iris to motor to the very gates of the White House, into which, depending on whose report you trust, she either crashed, bashed, smashed, or accidentally, gently nudged her car.
From there, most accounts concur, she sped down Pennsylvania Avenue -- reversing the route of every Inaugural Parade from Thomas Jefferson to Barack Obama -- dodged and spun and skidded and backslid around and away from dozens of members of the Congressional cavalry, and reached her Calvary on a mild Thursday outside a Senate office building with tiny Erica unhurt behind her.
Seventeen days earlier, 12 workers at the Washington Navy Yard had been stalked and slaughtered by a certainly deranged man named Aaron Alexis, for how else can we define insanity than by the will and deed of depriving an innocent of this beautiful life?
("He looked kind of like, you know, bonkers, crazy, in a positive way, like funny, but, so I really can't believe this," said a woman whom Alexis had known in Thailand.)
Then, the day after Miriam Carey met her end, on the Mall below the Capitol, a 64-year-old man named James Constantino from the Garden State of New Jersey soaked himself with petrol, set himself aflame, thanked the citizens who quickly, bravely came to extinguish the fire, and then died of his burns. So we quickly moved to define this man as a lunatic, too, and waited for the next.
On the Brooklyn-Queens boundary, now, the HomeGoing of Miriam Iris Carey is ending and black-laced communicants are marching grimly to the parking lot and driving away in Escalades and wrecked old Maximas and one sweet new Porsche Carrera.
One of the ladies is carrying a little girl who is waving a single pink flower, and the cameramen panic to focus, but this is the daughter of one of Miriam's sisters and not the now-motherless, now-famous child of a terrible day on Capitol Hill.
A man named Geoffrey Davis, "a friend of the family," consents to make a statement. He tells us that he is the brother of a former city council member and an executive of a neighbourhood anti-violence campaign that seems unnecessary, since, as of the hour of Miriam Carey's funeral, there has not been a single homicide in the City of New York for a possible-record eight days.
"Such a wonderful person," Davis says of Miriam Iris Carey, and he uses the words "intelligent," "educated," and "professional."
"This outlook of her being not right mentally," the friend declares, "that's just not the case."
Allen Abel is a Brooklyn-born Canadian journalist based in Washington, D.C.