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America's 33rd state, Oregon has a very diverse landscape encompassing towering mountains, dense forests, magnificent waterfalls and elevated desert areas as well as an often windswept and rainy Pacific coastline to the west. At the highest levels, the forests are of tightly packed evergreen trees, while lower down they are deciduous or of mixed vegetation; aspens are common in the east and alders in the west of the state.
The Cascade Mountain Range is glaciated and home to volcanoes. At 11,249 feet, Mount Hood is the highest point in Oregon and considered to be the volcano most likely to erupt – although the chances of eruption in the next 30 years or so are estimated to be between three and seven percent, and informally Mount Hood is believed to be dormant. Waterfalls include the spectacular Multnomah Falls at the Columbia River Gorge; this waterfall is two-stepped and has a total height of 620 feet.
Crater Lake National Park is in the south of the state and encompasses the caldera of Crater Lake, which resulted from the collapse of land in the wake of a volcanic eruption. There are also surviving traces of a destroyed volcano, Mount Mazama, and its surrounding forests and hills.
The largest city in Oregon is Portland, located near the confluence of the Columbia and Willamette rivers, and has a population of about 585,000 people.
Early history
The earliest settlers in Oregon probably arrived in the area about 15,000 years ago. The oldest evidence of habitation was found at Fort Rock Cave – a National Historic Landmark since 1961 – as well as the Paisley Caves in Lake County, south central Oregon. It's believed that there were settlements throughout the state, with the most populated sites concentrated along the lower Columbia River, around coastal estuaries and in the western valleys.
Agritourism and viticulture
A diverse range of agriculture in Oregon attracts many environmentally conscious travelers who are enticed by the prospect of picking grapes and hazelnuts in the fertile Willamette Valley in the northwest, which is the heart of Oregon wine country, or cranberries in the southern part of the state. Wheat is grown in the north, and Oregon ranchers and farmers also produce cattle, dairy products, eggs, poultry and sheep.
Just as many people enjoy visiting vineyards in rural parts of Europe, so the American Viticultural Areas (AVAs) of the Willamette Valley are popular destinations for those interested in Oregon wine. The Yamhill-Carlton District AVA, for example, is located in both Yamhill County, Oregon and Washington County and surrounds the towns of Carlton and Yamhill. Most vineyards are located on the sheltered south-facing slopes of the mountain ridges that surround the district, creating the shape of a horseshoe.
Some lovers of the outdoors enjoy the area so much that they long to make it their permanent home, as did the folks who settled at Abbey Road Farm in 2003. They were determined to be at the vanguard of the American version of an essentially European style of agritourism. Guests staying here have the opportunity to participate in seasonal activities, such as milking goats by hand and harvesting garden crops. Abbey Road Farm lies in the center of the most prolific area for wines in the valley, and there are some 200+ wineries and vineyards within a half hour's drive from their doorstep.
The grapes planted in Oregon are often the same varieties that can be found in the French regions of Burgundy and Alsace. This is because the Willamette Valley is at the same latitude as the Burgundy region in France and also bears similarities in the quality of soil and mildness of climate. An important region in the view of wine enthusiasts, the Willamette Valley in Oregon is in fact a significant location for vintners who make pinot noir. In 1979, Oregon winemaker David Lett of Eyrie Vineyards took his wines to a competition in Paris, France – the Jeux Olympiques du vin, or the "Wine Olympics" – and they were placed third among all the competing varieties of pinot noir. In a follow-up match in 1980 arranged by Robert Drouhin, the French wine magnate, the Eyrie vintage made it to second place.
A home from home
The attractions of Oregon are manifold, and the lay of the land is such that some of the most beautiful parts of the state, such as the Willamette Valley, are just a short trip from major airports and destinations. This means that travelers, whether they are singles, families or couples looking for a rural retreat, can easily purchase cheap tickets for flights to Oregon cities such as Portland year-round and find themselves deep in the country within a very short time. Second homes and vacation properties are becoming much more common around the US these days, and Oregon makes an ideal location for such a retreat.
The differing landscapes throughout the state provide a huge number of opportunities for outdoor sports activities, including mountain biking and hiking as well as winter skiing and other snow sports. Camping is popular; as are water sports such as kayaking, windsurfing and kiteboarding. There are a host of wildlife preserves in the county, including wetlands – nature lovers will never be disappointed, no matter what time of year they visit.
The wonderful rural scenery and the wide variety of things to do in the area tempt firms to organize corporate trips and other events here, while couples are drawn to Oregon when choosing wedding venues. Undoubtedly, the peaceful tranquility and serenity found here is a huge draw, and the owners at Abbey Road Farm have found that the availability of luxury suites, ample parking and easy access to local vineyards gives their guests a genuine opportunity to relax, whether they are there to enjoy family events, such as weddings or birthday parties, or corporate ventures.
Going green
Travelers to Oregon can play their part in promoting an eco-friendly approach to tourism by selecting accommodation, dining and activity options that protect the environment, contribute to the various local economies and promote cultural heritage. In this way, tourists can actually enhance and conserve the resources of the Oregon communities that they visit and enjoy.
The main character in the hit movie Sideways headed north from L.A. to the California vineyards in the hills above Santa Barbara in search of a perfect Pinor Noir, but he didn't drive far enough. Up the coast in Oregon's Willamette Valley, he would have discovered arguably the world's finest Pinot Noir wines and a verdant landscape rich with other cultural amenities.
The fertile valley tucked between the Cascade Mountains to the east and Coastal Range to the west follows the Willamette River 250 kilometres from Portland south to Eugene. The valley's gentle slopes are home to more than 250 wineries, and many tiny, boutique cellars open their doors to the public only a few weekends each year. Last month, I took the opportunity to spend the Memorial Day long weekend in the Willamette Valley, tasting the subtle complexities of the small-scale vintner's craft.
Enthusiasts from all over North America flew in for the weekend to barrel-taste this year's small lot releases and buy futures and library wines that will never see store shelves or leave the state. A handful of stretch limousines laboured over cramped farm roads joining busloads of Portland wine tourists and hundreds of drivers sporting out-of-state plates, all searching the valley for the perfect Pinot Noir.
I managed to book three nights at the Abbey Road Farm Bed & Breakfast in the heart of Oregon wine country about 50 kilometres southwest of Portland. Built on a 33-hectare working farm that includes five hectares of Royal Anne cherries and a goat herd that produces goat's milk cheese and the inn's goat milk soaps and lotions, Abbey Road is a superb, bucolic retreat. Lamas, alpacas, sheep, donkeys, a couple of friendly dogs, and a flock of free-range chickens round out the farm's animal life. They use the hens' bright orange-yoked eggs in delicious breakfasts that also feature sausage, ham and bacon from nearby Carlton Farms, an Oregon institution shipping wood-smoked specialty meats around the world since 1956.
Our Lady of Guadalupe is a neighbouring Trappist Monastery, and their grounds and forested trails add another dimension to the inn's serenity; but what I loved most about Abbey Road Bed & Breakfast was the inn's unique architecture. John Stewart's last project was the 2,500-room Rio Casino Hotel in Las Vegas, a business that he and his partners sold to Harrah's before he moved to the Willamette Valley to become a gentleman farmer.
Stewart has built five modern suites inside three conical, aluminum farm silos. All have wonderful views of the valley, and none have phones or televisions. Digital controls monitor the rooms' radiant floor heat, and each room has a Jacuzzi-jetted tub and separate shower. My room's Ralph Lauren-like, masculine design included a comfy wrought iron bed and end tables, straw rugs, a wicker couch, and signed, limited edition prints of farm life and duck hunting. The cream-coloured stucco walls had wide windows that opened to the animal's morning calls. It was elegantly spare and luxurious, and I loved my stay.
On my first night, I ate at The Painted Lady, an intimate restaurant in Newberg, a neighbouring town of about 20,000. Housed in a restored 1894-built Victorian house, The Painted Lady offered impeccable service (five front of house staff plus the owner/hostess for the 35-seat restaurant), an extensive wine list, (I chose a $10 glass of Sokol Blosser's 2001 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir), and an exciting menu of regional-inspired cuisine. After the chef's complimentary amuse bouche mushroom shooter, I chose chevre and ricotta raviolis with spring pea coulis and crispy bacon followed by Carlton Farms' prosciutto-wrapped pork tenderloin with creamy polenta and olive tapenade. After the chef's trademark chocolate lava torte with chocolate chip ice cream completed a very memorable meal, I drove back to Abbey Road and slept blissfully until the donkeys began braying for breakfast.
Several acclaimed wineries were within 16 kilometres of my bed and breakfast, and I got started early Saturday morning visiting Penner-Ash's recently opened, three-level, gravity-driven, sustainable winery with its heartbreakingly beautiful views of the valley's Tuscany-like terrain. Less than two kilometres down the road I navigated the mid-morning crowds of wine fans at Beaux Freres and the neighbouring Patricia Green Cellars, two of the valley's smallest and best wineries.
With a couple of bottles in tow, I drove a couple of kilometres back to Carlton for an afternoon visiting Cuneo Cellars, where I sampled not only a range of $35-$75 Pinots, but feasted on the winery's offering of Italian meats, cheeses, breads, and vegetables. Cuneo's Italian, feast-like Dinner Series on the estate's patio runs weekends through August. Highly recommended.
On tiny Carlton's downtown main street I sampled a range of fabulous $75 E-I-E-I-O Pinot Noirs at The Tasting Room, a wine store with a summer series of regional showcases. A few blocks away, I visited the Carlton Winemakers Studio, the nation's first sustainably-constructed, gravity-driven winery designed and built for small, artisan wine producers. Nine independently owned wineries share the production space, and they were offering a chance to taste 30 of their wines while visiting the communal, green technology-inspired facility.
I finished a fantastic day in wine country on Carlton's quiet main street with dinner at Cuvee, a surprisingly urbane and very French bistro. After a plate of fresh, raw oysters on the half shell, I tucked into a perfectly prepared, medium rare rib eye buffalo steak from a herd of domesticated Willamette Valley buffalo. A side of pomme frites and mixed vegetables completed the dish and set me up for chef Henry Gilbert's house dessert, a decadent chocolate torte with raspberry and espresso sauce.
That chocolate high sailed me back to my high thread-count sheets and sweet air at Abbey Road, and I dreamed of the French countryside until the rooster crowed and the donkey brayed, and I walked down to the farm house for another big breakfast of fresh fruit and homemade granola and fluffy, potato and ham-stuffed frittatas. After trading recommendations over coffee with the other wine-loving guests, I drove to McMinnville, about 16 kilometres down old Highway 99. McMinnville is a charming town of 20,000 with a nostalgia-inducing historic district built around the beautifully restored, 1905-built Hotel Oregon, the Evergreen Aviation Museum housing Howard Hughes' fabled flying boat, the Spruce Goose and 75 other aircraft exhibits, and a handful of superb wineries in the town's industrial area including David Lett's famous Eyrie Vineyards. David and Diana Lett planted their Burgundy and Alsace-inspired vineyard in 1966, birthing the Willamette Valley's acclaimed wine-growing region.
After tasting the winery's new releases and a few current favourites from their limited library of earlier bottlings, I bought a 2004 Pinot Noir for my chef son and drove a couple of blocks to sample the offerings at Stone Wolf Vineyards before moving on to Panther Creek and nine more examples of the valley's fabled Pinot Noir and a 2003 Melon, a pear-like white wine from the winery's 29-year old vines. It was another delicious discovery.
By the end of that round of tastings, it was time for a slow walk up McMinnville's Third Street main stroll past Bistro Maison and La Rambla's Spanish-inspired cuisine to Nick's Italian Cafe and their special, five-course meal. With its 50′s-style counter and booths and hearty, unpretentious, north Italian food, Nick's has been a fixture in McMinnville for decades.
The menu still features Nick's Genoa family recipe for minestrone, and after a glass of Yamhill Valley Vineyards 2001 Pinot Noir and an appetizer of three Yaquina Bay oysters on the half shell, I had a big, steaming bowl of minestrone mixed with basil, garlic, and grated parmesan added to my taste at the table. Pasta was a roasted tomato and goat cheese lasagna with lots of roasted pine nuts on top followed by Carlton Farms pork loin medallions with porcini mushroom cream sauce, green beans, and garlic risotto. After that and all the wine I'd tasted all day, I couldn't face Nick's list of nine desserts, though I'll try his Marsala hazelnut fudge on my next visit.
And I'll definitely return to McMinnville for it's small town charm, excellent farmer's market in the historic district's side streets on Thursday mornings, and another meal at Nick's. I'll return to Abbey Road Farm too, and The Painted Lady, Cuvee, and the world famous wineries and Pinot Noir of the Willamette Valley.
In fact, there is a 20th anniversary of McMinnville's annual International Pinot Noir Celebration scheduled for July 28-30. The Wine Advocate's Pierre Rovani recently called that celebration "unquestionably the finest in the world", and with more than 60 of the valley's wineries featured and many of the smaller cellars once again opening their doors for another round of public tastings, it would be a good time for a drive down to the Willamette Valley. If you can't make it to Oregon that weekend, there's always the even bigger Wine Country Thanksgiving tastings November 24-26. There's probably not a bad weekend for a visit to the Willamette Valley.]]>
In the heart of Oregon wine country lives a couple who knows the value of soft lotions for hard- worked hands. After retiring from the insurance business in Las Vegas, Nev., John and Judi Stuart relocated and started to do what they knew they wanted to do when they grew up. They purchased the 82-acre farm known as Abbey Road and began to build a sustainable empire that would make their lives complete.
As insurance agents for the hotel and tourism industry, they know about comforts and hospitality. The couple has fostered the dream and used everything on the land, including the retired grain silos that now house the unique bed and breakfast on the farm.
The couple knew that it was a good bet that the small farming operation was not going to pay for itself without some thought and careful planning. "In order to gain sustainability, we had to gain diversity," said John.
Judi's love for goats and Evelyn and Crabtree lotion made with goats' milk gave her the idea to make her own. With a chance meeting at the Taste of McMinville with Ron and Johnna Zeigler, owners of Oregon Rain Soap, that became a reality. "It was fate. They wanted to make a goat milk product, and we had the goats' milk," said Judi.
Judi and John don't waste a thing. "We really try to be self sustaining," said John. "When you have goats, you have two by-products: milk and manure. We use the milk for the soaps and lotions, the manure for fertilizer," said John.
The way John sees it, the circle just keeps going. The manure goes to the garden; the garden yields fresh herbs that Judy uses for her cheese.
"The extract from the cheese gets us to the whey, the whey we feed to the chickens. It is a wonderful source of protein for them and we get wonderful first class eggs which Judy uses to make great cheesecake, which is served to our guests at the bed and breakfast," he said.
The Stuarts knew early on that if they were going to work this farm, then they were going to do everything "right". That started with the water. "When we moved here in 2003 we had some issues with sulfur in the well water," said Judi. "It just didn't taste good." The Stuarts knew that what they put into the animals, they would get out. The water is pumped out of the well and purified, and then they can store about 12,000 gallons of water in a holding tank. "We use the water for showers, to water the animals, everything we use water for is purified," said Judi. Better tasting water lends itself to better tasting milk, and thus a better end product with goat cheese, lotion and soap. "You really get a better quality of milk when you are not fighting with other chemicals."
The goats, about 50 of them, now are milking professionals.
"We started with six Nubians and crossed them with big Saanen," said Judi. "Nubians' milk has a higher butterfat content and Saanen have big udders, so it makes a great cross for us." The herd is being milked by hand, leaving nothing to chance. "For our herd, we were looking for a well-attached udder, and a big one too," said Judi. "All of our girls are first timers. We were milking 18 but we have it down to eight now." The herd consists of Nubians, Saanen, Oberhasli, La Mancha, Alpine and Toggenburg goats.
Once the milk is collected and transported to Oregon Rain Soap in Tualatin, the milk is pasteurized and essential oils and scents are added. "There are no unnatural additives, this isn't powder. We're talking about 100 percent milk," said Judi.
Good partnerships are hard to come by, but this one has been smooth. "It is so nice to work with these guys because our partnership is incredible and they are tracking the same way we are," said Judi.
The soaps and lotions are a very small part of what Abbey Road is doing and envisions in the future, but it is one step towards a sustainable farm and butter-soft hands. The attention and detail and pride in their product reflects the whole farm and philosophy.
John grew up in Europe and "waste not, want not" was the way of life. "My parents taught me to take care of things," said John. "Sure our goal is to make a profit, but it is also about good stewardship and taking care of the property."]]>
WASHINGTON D.C., November 24, 2008 – Abbey Road Farm B&B has been selected for the 2008 Best of Carlton Award in the Bed & Breakfast category by the U.S. Local Business Association (USLBA).
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When Abbey Road Farm's bed and breakfast opens next week, guests will stay in rounded rooms with sweeping views of the hills, vineyards and forests between Carlton and Lafayette.
During the day, they can help out in the sprawling garden; stroll through the cherry orchard and farmyard; watch goat cheese being produced; or talk to the animals – about 50 goats, plus sheep, donkeys, dogs, llamas, chickens and game birds. In the evening, they can gather around a firepit next to the silos in which they sleep. In the morning, they can dine on dishes made from produce, eggs and meat from the farm and Yamhill County food companies.
The new B&B is a centerpiece of John and Judi Stuart's 82-acre spread, which occupies a hillside at the intersection of Abbey and Kuehne roads. It's one a growing number of sites for "vocation vacations," where guests can explore a different lifestyle.
A couple from New York has booked a week in August to experience farm life. Other bookings have come from Georgia, Arizona, Ohio – and various parts of Oregon. "I expect most of our guests will come for the wine country – that's what first attracted us – but some will want to try helping on the farm," John Stuart said. Either way, Stuart said, he and his wife will enjoy being the hosts. "We enjoy people," he said. "This way, we don't have to travel to meet them. They come to us."
After many years in high-pressure Las Vegas, the Stuarts made a 180-degree change in their lifestyle by moving to Yamhill County two years ago. They arrived with well-laid plans for changing the former Cloepfil stables into a combination working farm and country retreat.
First came building up a goat herd, producing cheese, planting the extensive vegetable and herb garden, and getting the other animals settled. Installing the farm's own water treatment plant and putting power underground came next. Then, with a new house nearly completed and general cleanup underway, the Stuarts turned their attention to creating their B&B.
Silo project
Less than a year ago, two old grain silos stood empty between the barn and the cherry orchard. John Stuart envisioned bringing in a third silo and converting the trio into bedrooms and a conference center. Finding another galvanized metal Butler silo wasn't easy, Stuart said. After a lengthy search, he finally located one on an old farm now owned by a church in Battleground, Wash. After making a donation to the church, he dismantled the silo and trucked it to Abbey Road Farms, where it was reassembled in January. Then came a series of challenges associated with converting round structures that had never been intended for human occupancy.
"I went looking for help and I called a manufacturer of grain bins to tell them what I was planning," Stuart said. "They laughed." It wasn't the first time the company had heard from someone who wanted to convert a silo. "But most people come to their senses, they told me," he said.
The Stuarts, however, pressed on. They cut out places for windows, built a second story in each silo, installed wiring and plumbing. And they added insulation, using an expanding spray-on foam. "We treated them like giant Thermoses," Stuart said.
To connect the three silos, they built a foyer on the east side. "Our theme is contemporary in the country," Stuart said, pointing the juxtaposition of items such as a blown-glass chandelier from Italy with the rough metal walls of the silos.
Student help
From the foyer, guests can enter a conference room wired for teleconferences, which the Stuarts expect to be popular for corporate retreats. Or they can walk across the radiant heated floor to suites named for breeds of goats: Nubian, Alpine, La Mancha, Saanen and Toggenberg.
Each room features a Jacuzzi tub, a king- or queen-size bed with a Temperpedic mattress dressed with 600 thread-count Eqyptian cotton sheets, and a high-quality stereo with a selection of CDs. Intentionally missing are TV sets and phones; intentionally present are large windows "This is built around what Judi and I like when we travel," Stuart said. "Simplicity."
To reach the three upstairs rooms, guests will climb stairs fashioned from black walnut and oak cut on the farm. "We tried to use as many things from right here as possible," Stuart said.
Larry Judd and his industrial arts students at Yamhill-Carlton High School planed and shaped the boards for the risers and trim. In turn, the Stuarts provided a scholarship for Y-C's industrial arts department. Y-C students also studied bird habitat, then designed and built elaborate birdhouses and feeders in a contest sponsored by the Stuarts. The winning design, created by Tabitha Rodgers, and other entries are on display on posts and poles around the farm. Also on display will be art in a variety of forms by local artists. For instance, woodcrafter Matt Hardy made the conference room table, using flooring salvaged from old box cars. As spectacular as the art may be, Stuart said, but the real focus of the B&B will be the scenery. "Most of our 'art' is outside," he said.
Goats' milk
The second "B," breakfast, will be served in the farm's original residence a few yards away from the silos. The Stuarts added a covered patio to the house, so guests can dine inside or outside in most weather. The menu will feature "very hearty, fresh foods from our own farm or nearby," Stuart said. Judi Stuart will be the chief cook. She has been collecting recipes, many with a Southwest flavor, in anticipation of opening the B&B. Some of her specialties are include salsas, frittatas, blueberry pancakes and homemade granola. She also makes her own raspberry and blackberry jelly with fruit harvested on the farm. And, of course, Abbey Road Farm goat cheese will make an appearance, perhaps in goat cheese cheesecake for breakfast or on crackers at evening wine tastings.
The farm's milk also will be featured in the Oregon Rain soap and lotions that guests will find in their rooms. Abbey Road Farm teamed up with Oregon Rain when the B&B was looking for local, high-quality soaps and the Tigard soap company was looking for a source of goat milk. The products also will be available in the B&B's gift shop and through the farm website, www.abbeyroadfarm.com.
More information about the B&B – including rates, which run about $175 per night on weekends – also is available on the website.]]>


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DOZENS of cans have been brought to school by students who are backing their school's charity appeal to help feed poverty-stricken families in High Wycombe.
Pupils at The Highcrest Academy, in Hatters Lane, High Wycombe, last year decided to support the One Can Trust – a charity set up to help families in poverty. And they enlisted the support of High Wycombe Mayor Trevor Snaith who helped launch the appeal at the school last November.
As well as the donations of food, the students helped One Can by raising £103.50 at their festive fayre in November.
Emma Bowden, Assistant Headteacher, said this week: "We are pleased with the response so far this charity appeal, but there is still a long way to go to reach our target of 5,000 cans to help local families facing food poverty.
"The students have been inspired by One Can and want to do all they can to help."
At the launch of the initiative last year, a packed assembly was told by One Can's Sarah Mordaunt how families in the area have hit problems because some salaries have failed to match rising prices of food and fuel.
"People have to go without things that we take for granted – food, electricity and clothes," she said, adding: "One in five children in High Wycombe are living in income poverty."
Any student or parent wishing to donate to the appeal, should bring in their food cans to reception at the academy.

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Last fall, Priya Ammu gave her Southern Indian restaurant concept, D.C. Dosa, a test run. For five consecutive Monday nights, D.C. Dosa held a pop-up event at Domku, where crowds filled up on ginger lemonade, a carrot pudding known as halva and crispy crepe-like dosas.
But if the event's intent was to whet the appetite of the dining public for a new standalone restaurant, that's not exactly how this pop-up turned out: Among those who dined at the D.C. Dosa pop-up was a Whole Foods Market employee, who saw promise in Ammu and the dosas. A little negotiation followed, and last month, Ammu quietly began serving her vegan, lentil-based, wheat-free dish under the District Dosa banner in the food court of Whole Foods's Foggy Bottom shop.
The kiosk offers three variations of the dosa for $8 apiece daily from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Diners pick their type of crepe at the counter, choose a filling (the traditional potato, eggplant and sweet potato, or carrot and cabbage) and then watch as it's made. Don't forget a chutney: The best might be the cilantro-sesame, but Ammu also offers tomato-peanut and carrot-yogurt.
About the "dosas"
In the strictest sense of the word, they're not exactly the rice-based crepe you'll recognize from South Indian restaurants in the area. Instead, Ammu's crepes are inspired by close cousins of the dosa. Her four-lentil variety with ground peppercorn and dried red chilis is the equivalent of what's known as adai dosa, while the green-tinged mung-bean variety is pesarattu, and her fluffy yellow-lentil dosa is better known as uttapam.
My favorite combo? The kicky mung-bean dosa with the eggplant and sweet potato filling, which somehow reminded me the most of eating something my grandmother would make.
For most of you, this will border on TMI. But it's worth noting that these dishes are more often cooked in South Indian homes as breakfast or a snack than served at restaurants. Because lentils make up the batter, they're dense and protein-packed. And the fact that they're dairy-free certainly doesn't hurt the calorie count.
"Some people are surprised it's not the long, crispy masala dosa," explains Ammu. "I explain to them it's more nutritious and more filling."


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EXCLUSIVE | Uniesse 58 — By George L. Petrie
— July 2006
Beginning Anew
New marketing, an updated layout, and an eye for detail should make this Italian builder a major player in the American market.
In the engine room, it's even more apparent that Uniesse pays attention to even the smallest detail. For example, the cooling-water inlet tubing is wire-reinforced clear plastic, so it's easy to check if there's an obstruction in the line, not just at the strainer. And the chilled-water air conditioning lines passing through the engine room are double-insulated to minimize heat transfer. The engine room overhead is lined with fire-retardant acoustic insulation, to reduce sound and heat transfer to the saloon above. And thankfully all filters and dipsticks are located inboard of both engines, because I could barely scrunch my torso into the space between the engines and the outboard fuel tanks.
Custom door handles and concealed door hinges are typical of the builder's attention to detail. All doors can be key-locked for privacy and security, and all door frames are gasketed to cut down on noise and vibration.
This article originally appeared in the August 2006 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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I read the sad news this morning that my favourite writer Patrick Leigh Fermor has died. Fermor was a war hero, a bon vivant, a wit, a polyglot, an impeccable prose stylist and, possibly, the last of the great English travel writers. In 1933 at the age of 19 after failing to get into university Leigh Fermor decided to travel on foot from London to Constantinople. He caught the ferry to Holland and began an epic journey, the first part of which he chronicled in the wonderful book A Time of Gifts. After making it to Constantinople he fell in love with Greece and travelled there until war broke out. He joined the SOE and worked behind enemy lines in Crete. His exploits as a commando were later made into the Michael Powell film Ill Met By Moonlight.
Patrick Leigh Fermor is the man as far as I'm concerned. He loved languages, travel, scholarship, cultural differences and most of all people. He never accepted the surface judgement on anything or anyone and preferred to investigate things for himself. A Time Of Gifts is simply the best travel book I've ever read. You can read the excellent Daily Telegraph obituary, here.


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Are jobs in this industry on the rise? Are there any sub-sectors that are growing?
Where are the jobs? Which places have the most teacher opportunities?
Amaka Enetanya in Olympia, WA
131 months ago
There is currently a teacher shortage in the United States. Middle and high school math, science, and elementary special ed teachers are especially needed.
There are loan cancellation benefits for teachers who work in low income schools or in any one of the major shortage areas above.
Regions are different based on culture, history, and politics. I have lived in the South, East Coast, and Pacific Northwest and I like the last region best but the East Coast has national openings through the D.C. area.
preet in Meridian, Idaho
86 months ago
Amaka Enetanya in Olympia, WA said: There is currently a teacher shortage in the United States. Middle and high school math, science, and elementary special ed teachers are especially needed.
I am a certified teacher in high school,maths and physics but still sitting ay home for last 3 yrs. No jobs in Idaho. I got masters in applied physics but feel.all my study went in vain
billwsmith in Framingham, Massachusetts
86 months ago
One of the issues is finding quality teachers. I have no doubt that you are competent teacher preet, but many new teachers are not. In the current market place, the best and brightest are no the ones taking jobs. It seems that schools are being taught by the same people who never bothered to study when they where in high school.
Angellee in Tampa, Florida
86 months ago
There are many jobless teachers right now, both experienced and new grads.
math rules in Westborough, Massachusetts
86 months ago
but isnt "no jobs in idaho" sort of akin to saying that there are no jobs in the desert? what i mean of course is that, relatively speaking, you are not exactly in the ideal spot to land a physics gig, right? Wouldn't moving ----in your case----- make all the difference?
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His Friend Wanted Me Bad- Part TwoWhen my boyfriend first introduced me to his friend, Drew, he looked me up and down suspiciously and pulled my boyfriend aside. When he came back he got in my face, accusing me that I was younger than 17, and told me if I turned out to be 12, **** his friend and then go to the cops saying he raped me, he was gonna come find me and make me regret it.
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I ****** him and sucked him off for 2 weeks, and he told me he loved me. But when I later spoke to my boyfriend, I felt guilty and admitted to it all. My boyfriend was angry, telling me he had never cheated on me and Drew lied. He had been plotting to break us up for ages- even telling my boyfriend lies about me. I didn't know what to believe, but my boyfriend didn't stay that mad at me after I told him I was pregnant.
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The bodies of five people — as well as two black boxes — have been recovered from the wreckage of the Bearskin Airlines plane which crashed just short of the Red Lake airport on Sunday.
Peter Hildebrand, of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, said today the Ontario Chief Coroner's office this morning extricated the bodies of the two pilots — a 34-year-old from Winnipeg and a 25-year-old from Mississauga, Ont. — and the three passengers, a 53-year-old woman, a 53-year-old man and a 64-year-old woman, all from Red Lake. A man and woman survived the crash and are recovering in hospital.
Hildebrand said one of the recovered black boxes records conversations made by the two pilots, both between each other in the plane and with air traffic control.
He said the other one recovered is the flight data recorder which stores the plane's technical information including altitude, air speed and propellor speed.
"This one suffered some damage due to impact and fire, but we still hope to get information from it," he said.
He said it will take months before investigators know why the twin-engine turboprop plane crashed after a short flight from Sioux Lookout.
Hildebrand verified that the plane had been involved in "several previous incidents" including a Nov. 1999 runway overrun in Dryden which caused "substantial damage".
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1. What nickname for the bathroom (i.e., "restroom", "toilet", etc.) do you use most often?
"Bathroom" is the leader by a wide margin for me, but I've been known to "hit the head", "go for a pee", "use the restroom" (usually said affectedly), "need a pitstop", or ask for a "loo" or "toilet" depending on ... well, mostly whim except for the last two since that's how you ask for a bathroom in England.2. What do you normally call the season of the year that follows summer: autumn or fall?
I prefer "autumn", but I probably say "fall" more often.3. What nicknames (i.e., "Granny", "Pop", etc.) did you use to address your grandparents?
They were all dead by the time I was 8 so I'm going with family lore here. Dad's mom was "Grandma" (or often called "Grandma [last name]" I think ... unless that was my dad's grandma; I was never entirely sure, because there was also "Grandma D[...]", dad's maternal grandmother who cropped up often in conversation). My mom's mom was "Nannie." Her husband died just a few months after my parents were married, so he was essentially never mentioned, or only in context. The other grandpa was just "Grandpa" although for whatever reason, my brother almost always refers to him as "Grandpa [last name]" all the time.4. What do you usually call the meal you have in the middle of the day: lunch or dinner?
We immediately differentiated when Sparky was born: Beast's parents were "Grandma and Grandpa" and my parents were "Gram and Grandad."
My sister is "Grandma" and her husband insists on "Grandfather" (wtf...). Luckily, I'm in no great rush to have to find a name for myself. ;-)
Lunch. "Dinner" is on Sunday at lunchtime, which is virtually unheard of in my marriage. I grew up with Sunday dinners, meaning we were more or less on our own for Sunday night food. Dinner was a big deal, and mostly cooked while we were at church.5. What do you usually call the meal you have in the evening: "dinner" or "supper"?
Interchangeable. Mostly "dinner" I guess. I've picked that up from Beast. Pretty sure I grew up with "supper" as the default. "Dinner" is fancier-sounding.6. What do you usually call a soft drink: a "soda", a "pop", a "Coke" (even if it's something else) or a "soft drink"?
I grew up with "pop" and I'm glad to be back where that's the usual term. When we lived a little further north, it was "soda" and people laughed at you for anything else. "Soft drink" is ridiculous. I don't use the term "hard drinks" even when I'm boozing it up! And while I know in some southern states, "Coke" is generic, I'm not ok with that. And my brother, being the weirdo, often says "sodapop."


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Doctors have diagnosed the first ever UK case of a virtually untreatable strain of tuberculosis, marking a further step in the disease's fightback against the antibiotics that once kept it in check. A man in his 30s is in isolation at a hospital in Glasgow and is being treated with a cocktail of antibiotics in an effort to control the extreme drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), the Guardian has learnt.
A spokeswoman at Gartnavel general hospital confirmed the case and said health officers were tracing people who may have come into close contact with the man.
This is the first time a patient has been diagnosed and treated for XDR-TB in the UK. The World Health Organisation has warned of the danger that XDR-TB poses because of the ease with which the airborne disease can travel in an era of mass migration and global travel.
Tuberculosis is spread only through close and prolonged contact with other people, such as in a family or among children in a school, so there is no suggestion that a single case could spark an epidemic. The arrival of XDR-TB in the UK is, however, a warning of the need for greater vigilance against the disease.
"XDR-TB is an extremely serious form of TB," said Professor Peter Davis, a Liverpool consultant and secretary of TB Alert in the UK. "It is quite prevalent in other parts of the world. We have got to be aware of it." Drugs could contain the disease, but not cure it, he said. About half of those who were infected would survive.
Strains of TB which are resistant to the two main antibiotics used to treat it have been spreading across the globe and complicating treatment for some years. About 1% of the 8,497 cases reported in the UK in 2006 showed multiple drug resistance.
XDR-TB, however, is a new and still more alarming phenomenon, showing resistance to both first and second-line drugs. Treatment takes 12 to 18 months and costs more than £100,000 a patient. An outbreak would place a huge financial burden on local health authorities.
The man, a Somali, was screened for infectious diseases on arrival at Heathrow in November last year. An X-ray revealed TB scars on his lungs, but the disease was not active. The patient, thought to have claimed political asylum, told doctors he had recently undergone a six-month course of treatment for TB and, following an immigration interview, he was allowed to travel to Scotland.
In January he was admitted to Gartnavel after the disease reactivated in his lungs. Cultures later revealed the XDR strain, and health officials were called to trace his close contacts to prevent an outbreak.
Dr Oliver Blatchford, a consultant at the Greater Glasgow and Clyde NHS public health unit, said: "XDR-TB is no more infectious than ordinary TB, but does require different treatment. The contacts of this case are being screened in the same way as ordinary TB contacts and will be monitored closely to ensure that any further cases are identified early and treated quickly."
XDR-TB first came to public attention in 2006, when a cluster of cases was reported in KwaZulu Natal in South Africa. All 53 patients were HIV-positive and 52 of them died within 25 days. Dr Paul Nunn, head of the WHO's TB resistance team, warned that the cases were "raising the spectre of something that we have been worried might happen for a decade - the possibility of virtually untreatable TB".
The WHO estimates there are 9m cases of TB in the world, with perhaps 2% being XDR-TB. A report in February found that 44 countries had experienced cases. Many cases will have been missed because the correct tests will not have been carried out when the patient failed to respond to treatment.
The 'White Death': An old threat returns
Tuberculosis, once known as the White Death, ceased to be a big threat to the UK after the discovery of antibiotics. But the disease that killed Keats and at least two of the Brontë sisters has appeared in a new, deadly form with the identification of a case that appears resistant to most known drugs.
The more usual multi-drug resistant form of TB is a strain that is now resistant to rifampicine and isoniazid, the standard antibiotics used to treat TB. But there are good second-line drugs - taken as a "cocktail" - that can cure it. Even ordinary TB requires a six-month course of antibiotics, and it is essential the course is completed. It has been patients' failure to adhere to treatment regimes that has allowed the drug resistance to develop.
The best that doctors can do for patients with the extreme XDR-TB form is to contain the disease. In some cases, the affected part of the lung can be cut out, but often the disease has spread too far.
Health Protection Agency figures show a small drop in UK TB cases. The 8,497 cases notified to the agency last year were down by 0.7% on the previous year's total.
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The process of listening to music you'll enjoy is very simple and they divide it into numbered steps:
- Pick a genre – they have a list of over 25 different genres that you can choose from ranging from reggae and oldies to classic rock and country. Just about any type of music you'd like is available
- Select a channel – once you have selected your genre, you'll need to select the channel that you want to listen to because there are multiple options to choose from
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If you want more customization, there's a box under the player that says to "click to launch player in a separate windows with customization features." If you do that, you'll have a new window that does display ads, but what's nice is that you can deselect the artists that you don't want to hear. For my Rocktopia station, it listed artists that I could deselect like Aerosmith, Badfinger, The Babys, etc. This way you'll be able to listen to only the music that you really want to hear. Nice, isn't it?
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Proving Media Bias
If all they are getting at school is liberal talking points, students should turn to Prager University. In the lesson below, we learn the following:
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• The media mainly lies by what it does not say.
• Media bias can be scientifically measured.
• Media bias is effective.
Despite the Marxist in the White House, this is still a center-right country — or at least it would be, if not for the endless barrage of manipulative propaganda from the left-wing information establishment.
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Irate supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Gushegu have besieged the Northern Regional Coordinating Council in Tamale in protest of the retention of the Gushegu District Chief Executive (DCE), Alhaji Alhassan Fuseini.
Chanting war songs, they threatened to burn down the DCE's car should he come out of the residency where a crunch meeting of the regional party executive, the regional minister and his deputy as well as factions in the dispute was being held.
Spokesperson for the group, Halid Sugrigam, said the DCE's continuous stay in office is a threat as he is accused of falling out with the party's hierarchy.
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We cannot imagine a leader who will not unite people, but rather create divisions [in the party]," he said.
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Shop 99 is part of a growing trend of "one-coin" stores pitting themselves against convenience stores.
TOKYO -- Japan's convenience store wars are heating up as more and more chains aim for the discount market.
One pioneer, the Shop 99 chain, which sells all its goods for 99 yen, has predicted its profits will rise 50 percent in 2005.
But it is facing increasingly stiff competition as Japan's thrifty consumers turn to discount shopping.
One of Japan's biggest convenience shop chains, AM/PM, is launching its own shops -- with goods priced at 98 yen.
The news sent shares in Ninety-Nine Plus, Shop 99's operator, sliding on Japan's Jasdaq start-up company stock market.
There are more than 600 Shop 99 branches up and down the country, selling not only prepacked food groceries and household goods for 99 yen before tax, but perishable fruit and vegetables as well.
But even now it does not have the so-called "one coin" market to itself.
Aside from AM/PM, Lawson - No. 2 in the convenience store market -- is also getting into the discount sector, while Can Do Co and Daiso are already established competitors.
In an interview with Reuters, Ninety-Nine Plus president Takahiro Fukahori said he was not concerned about the attempt by more established players to muscle in on the cheaper end of the market.
"It will be alarming if they actually expand as they targeted, but from looking at previous cases, many companies have set up about 10 stores... and ended up backing out," he told the news agency.
Still, shoppers are feeling more financially pressured in Japan after years of deflation, and the convenience store market is already a cut-throat business.
Japan's cities throng with such stores, often open 24 hours a day, and until now much of the rivalry between chains has been based on offering the widest range of services.
Bill paying at convenience stores is now a common feature.
Some -- notably FamilyMart, the No. 3 in the market -- are planning to enter the business of selling music and movies to be downloaded onto Japanese customers' ever-more-advanced mobile phones.
The competition is taking its toll not only on convenience stores, which have seen their margins shrink, but also on supermarkets.


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Changing of guard in female sprints possible at nationals
Published: May 13, 2013
Something exciting in track and field has been pending for several years now. With the emergence of Shaunae Miller and Anthonique Strachan as top-notch world sprinters and the presence of the consistent Sheniqua Ferguson, the changing of the guard in Bahamian female sprints has become a big topic.
The Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA) 2013 National Open Championships are scheduled for the Grand Bahama Sports Complex, June 21-22. Chandra Sturrup, the national record holder for the 100 meters (m) at 10.84, has long been the fastest female in the country. Two years ago, at the nationals in New Providence, she won the 100m yet again. What is her status at this time? Sturrup is 41 and not expected to be close to what she was eight years ago when she ran the 10.84.
Will she attend the nationals? Will she be best suited for the 4x100m relay? What's happening with Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie?
The most decorated track and field athlete in the history of the country competed recently and is trying to rebound from an injury-plagued season. She holds the national 200m record of 22.19, done way back in 1999. She is now 37. In the 200m, she will likely clash with Miller who has the fifth best time (22.61) in the world this year, and Anthonique Strachan who has registered a 22.93. Ferguson-McKenzie has posted a wind-assisted 23.18 clocking.
In the 100m, Sheniqua Ferguson has an 11.26 clocking for the year, the best of all, but Strachan is thought to be a bigger threat to become the new short sprint queen. Will Ferguson-McKenzie run in the 100m?
Whatever the case, Miller would be favored to win the half-lapper and Sheniqua Ferguson and Strachan are running at a pace currently, to out-distance Ferguson-McKenzie and Sturrup in the century. Indeed, the changing of the guard is a definite possibility. This is the aspect that particularly makes for an exciting national championships event.
The younger ladies, Ferguson, Miller, Strachan, Tynia Gaither and Nivia Smith all have a long way to go to come close to matching the spectacular careers the veteran 'Golden Girls' have had. This is another moment in time however.
The younger ladies have been making a big push for several years now. The 2013 nationals in Grand Bahama could well be the occasion when they orchestrate the beginning of a new era in Bahamian sprinting. Best wishes to them all!
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We interrupt this heated conversation about inconsistency to fill you in on the Rangers part in an off-ice worthy cause.
On Saturday, the Garden will conduct its Garden of Dreams telethon, which will run concurrently with all three games by local teams. Fans can call in to make donations, and those donating a minimum of $100 will be eligible for a variety of prizes, including a day at the MSG Training Center, tickets to a game and a chance to meet various Rangers VIPs, and assorted memorabilia.
First prize is a chance to have an integral role in contract negotiations with Mats Sundin. I'm kidding.
Anyway, the number to call that night for Rangers fans is 212-631-5640. All proceeds will go to the Garden of Dreams Foundation, which actually does great work for kids in the tri-state area.
One little detail about the meeting Saturday between Glen Sather and Mats Sundin, and I don't think it's particularly important, is that Sundin's agent, J.P. Barry, will not be in attendance, but CAA's Stockholm-based Claes Elefalk, will be there instead
I'm usually a big fan of ESPN.com's Scott Burnside, who does great work covering the league, and who once lent me a pair of headphones for my tape recorder. But I am dubious of "his report":http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=3761075 suggesting the Rangers, in an effort to sign Sundin, would trade Michal Rozsival to Dallas in exchange for Sean Avery and then bury Avery in the minors.
For one, look at how he phrases it: "A well-placed hockey industry source told ESPN.com on Wednesday evening there was a rumor percolating that Avery's old team, the New York Rangers, were interested in dealing defenseman Michal Rozsival and his four-year, $20-million deal to Dallas in exchange for Avery. The source suggested Avery would then be sent to the Rangers' AHL affiliate in Hartford in order to free up cap space to allow the Rangers to make a serious run at unrestricted free agent Mats Sundin."
A "hockey industry source"? Could that be the guy who sells the Rangers their shin pads? And he talks about a "rumor percolating"? Heck, I could pass along a rumor percolating. We all could.
Like I said, Burnside is usually very good, so it's certainly possible he knows something I don't. But right now, that's not a lot to go on. And this is to say nothing of the fact that the Rangers seem to want nothing to do with Avery, no matter where they would end up putting him.


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The FAC Print Award 2012
Fremantle Arts Centre
Some years are better than others at Fremantle Art Centre's annual print award, which exhibits many different kinds of prints from around the country. The 2012 show is one of the best you are likely to see, with a clutter of quality ideas printed on to paper, sticky tape, wood, aluminium and fabric. The judges have chosen many works that have good ideas behind them. Out of a tough selection, the winner of the $15,000 top prize really deserves it, in having made something that is very different to everything else on show.
This is an arrangement of big prints by Sydney artists Lucas Ihlein and Ian Milliss. They want to memorialise the innovations of P.A. Yeomans, an Australian farmer who invented a series of new agricultural techniques.
Three of these big prints are texts explaining how the work of Yeomans parallels the situation of Australian artists in the 1970s. They saw themselves as outliers wanting to be social revolutionaries.
Artists and farmers of the 1970s were also highly politicised. In WA for example, farmers owned and ran the giant co-operative Wesfarmers, through which they controlled the distribution of their produce.
At the same time, artists in this State were highly politicised, doing naked protests in the Art Gallery of WA and forming independently run galleries. This kind of co-operative activity slowly died with Wesfarmers turning into a corporation and artists increasingly exhibiting with private dealers rather than artist-run galleries.
The winning work maps this cultural shift, with wordy explanations of how art and farming aren't so different from each other. It joins a long history of political printmaking. For posters and independent publications have long been used to promote radical ideas.
Yet as paper-based activism has been overtaken by a digital age in which political messages are all too easy to circulate, printmaking has reverted to becoming a craft again.
Many of the works in this show are exquisitely beautiful. Rebecca Mayo has assembled a wall of small, photograph-sized prints of a rough ocean.
Andy Powell made a gloriously beautiful tiny pinhole camera image of a forest in Queensland. There is a camping scene by Kununurra artist Agnes Armstrong, and a spooky desert death printed across blue, orange and yellow dinner plates by Andrew Nicholls.
These are enigmatic works, each of which shines with all the power of an interesting image made with interesting medium. Yet they also lack the political ambition of Ihlein and Milliss, who stand out for turning their prints into ideas.
Among the rest of the works there is only one other explicitly political work, a steampunk style viewing machine by Sohan Ariel-Hayes. What makes it political is a tiny strip of newspaper featuring current events that runs through it.
The contrast here is between the size of this weird wooden contraption and the tiny strip of news that it has been set up to view. We can't quite comprehend what is going on in this news strip because the apparatus to view it is so strange and clunky.
This work is typical of the kind of broad definition of printmaking these awards have long entertained. It is a conceptual model of printmaking, a come-one, come-all approach that makes this show both entertaining and interesting.
While it is typical for this annual award to include lots of different formats, lots of different images, ideas are here at the heart of the better works - ideas that make us think about changing the world.
The FAC Print Award 2012 is on at the Fremantle Arts Centre, Finnerty St, Fremantle until November 8.


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Friday, July 5 to Wednesday, July 31, 2013; 5:53 p.m.
Location: Jonathan Frost Gallery, 21 Winter Street, Rockland, Maine
Contact: Nan Mulford; 508-942-0869
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The Jonathan Frost Gallery, at 21 Winter Street in Rockland, will present a solo exhibition by gallery owner Jonathan Frost, his first in prime season since opening the gallery in 2006. The show, Roses, Romance, and Roller Derby, will open on Friday, July 5. The public is cordially invited to a gala Artists' Reception from 5 – 8 on the 5th, featuring live jazz with Steve Lindsay and Friends. The exhibit will run through July 31.
Winter Street will be closed to vehicular traffic on July 5th from 4:45 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. for a demonstration by the Rock Coast Rollers, the Midcoast's own roller derby team and the subject of several of Frost's work in the show.
"Roller derby is a new sport whose rules and patterns are changing…it's also spectacle, with elements of theater and dance. It's an arena that welcomes self-expression in dress, hair, skin, speech, and movement. Most importantly, it's a way women can be strong and fast and agile," says Frost, in elaborating on his fascination with the sport. "It's the physical and psychological and tactical concerns that have come to hold the most interest and urgency for me: the way three or four women space themselves to promote their own jammer and impede the opposing jammer; the ways they use their hips, shoulders, arms, legs; the ways they look at each other and at their opponents. These are matters of bulk and finesse, of intention and wit, of shifting formations and opportunistic bursts of speed, which I have to treat and resolve as matters of mass and space, line and color. It's a joyous effort."
Frost presents four large Roller Derby paintings in the show, paintings he has had in production for months. "Nineteen of these women have come to my studio to pose. They gladly fit themselves into the compositions I've laid out, but invariably they improve on the poses I've sketched. It's been exhilarating, painting them. I love the variety among all the skaters, in terms of personal style, background, occupation, and volunteer activities (one, for example, is a Girl Scout leader), and I admire their discipline and commitment, their assiduous practice and also their awareness and inventiveness, moment by moment, on the track."
In addition to the Roller Derby paintings, Frost presents sixteen of his signature oils of floral subjects – the "Roses" of the title of the show, and a visual meditation on two poems by Emily Dickinson, the "Romance."
Throughout the season, the gallery presents work by thirty artists in all media.
Shows scheduled for later in the season: August 2 – September 4: Transition/Interval: New Work by Siri Beckman and Louise Bourne; September 6 – October 2: Phoebe Bly: New Work; October 4 – November 29: Susan Beebe and Rachel Burgess: Home.
Gallery hours are Monday – Saturday 9 – 5. For more information, call or e-mail the gallery at 207-596-0800 or email@example.com. Website: www.jonathanfrostgallery.com. Nan Mulford is Gallery Director.
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Updated 11:17 pm, Saturday, April 16, 2011
Although it provided 1,750 more cab rides than the 1,000 initially planned, the Texas Department of Transportation's free Fiesta program ended Saturday, overwhelmed by its popularity.
TxDOT spokesman Sam Aguirre said that even with a $20,000 last-minute boost from area businesses, the money ran out by midday.
But the full-bore anti-drinking-and-driving effort by local police and state troopers will continue through the end of Fiesta today, he said.
Donors who kicked in for the taxi program included Silver Eagle Distributors, Valero Energy, Gabriel's Wine and Liquor, Nationwide Insurance, the San Antonio Police Officers' Association, San Antonio Taxi and Yellow Cab.
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During normal looting, the player's character would crouch down, during which the game client would request content of the loot from the game server. After the game client receives a response regarding the loot, it would show a loot window from which the player may loot some or all of the items. During high latency or heavy server load, the game client may not receive a response from the server. In this situation, the player's character would be stuck in the crouched position and the player will not be able to cancel the looting process by normal means.
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When I arrived at Mom's, I mentioned that I had a project for her to do. I wished to
have her mind challenged, trying her 'hand' once again at translating. I borrowed an
adorable book from my grandson, Micah, called: "Bear Says Thanks." This has been
already translated into Spanish on the bottom of each page. I was hoping Mom would
enjoy this little idea and tell me a little bit about how things that rhyme in English,
as this is written with a nice cadence and lovely blending of words, turn out when put
into another language.
(If you are just dropping by, my Mom taught World Literature and Spanish to high
school students for 30 years.)
The Spanish title of this book is easily translated with no changes in meaning:
"Oso Dice Gracias." If you would like to find this book, written by Karma Wilson and
illustrated with charming animals who gather for a feast. Perfect Thanksgiving book,
with the meaning of gratitude and friendship themes easily understood by a 3-4 year
old. The illustrator, Jane Chapman, captures sweet expressions on the various creatures
of the woods, along with the playful sense of humor.
I had taken white 3 x 5″ cards and carefully covered the given Spanish translation, using
yellow Sticky Tack to keep the cards over the words, without ruining my grandson's book.
Mom decided to give me a short tutorial in translation, reminding me of several rules
of language since I had had about 6 years of Spanish, along with one year of French. I
was not too bad while teaching a non-English speaking student while fresh out of
college, in my sixth grade class. I was always much better listening and comprehending,
as in my travels to Mexico and Spain. I also was fairly adept at reading Spanish, just have
a hard time speaking in complex sentences. She reminded me that there are sometimes
words that may change according to the 'sex' of the person. Her example of this was:
"vieja" would mean an older woman and "viejo" would mean an older man. When you
learn beginning Spanish, I remembered "amiga' was my girlfriend, while my guy friends
were "amigos."
Mom said this book in English has "beautiful flow of words," which is difficult to capture
when translating it.
Here is an example of the English words that Mom found challenging.
"I'm back from a stroll
from the old fishing hole
(and it later rhymes again with 'pole.')
The words 'fishing hole' are already complicated becoming: "pescaria." This is an all-
encompassing word for all things that are fishing related.
Here are the list of animals in the story:
(Mom was easily able to translate all but the Raven, Wren and Gopher.)
Badger = Tejon (It needs an accent on the "o" Mom told me.)
Wren = Chochin (It needs an accent on the "I" Mom mentioned.)
Owl = Buho (The "u" needs an accent to emphasize the first syllable, Mom said.)
Mouse = Raton (The "o" gets an accent.)
Gopher = Taltuza
Hare = Liebre
Raven = Cuervo (I thought this was part of an alcoholic beverage. Smile!)
**Mole = Topo
This was very confusing to us both.
We peeked at this name, which both Mom and I made a comment about "Topo Gigio,"
a puppet. I had forgotten this little character in both Spanish and Italian plays until I
heard the word, "Topo" which I immediately blurted out, "Gigio." Mom sagely nodded
her head, when I said the last part. She told me this was 'puzzling.' We both thought
that "Topo Gigio" was a mouse! Why in this book is the word for mole, "topo" while
the word for mouse sounds like it is a rat, "raton"?)**
Mom did not easily translate the following phrase, so I let her 'cheat' and 'peek.'
In English, "smiles real wide."
In Spanish, "y de oreja a oreja sonrie." This means a smile that is 'cheek to cheek.')
The friendly tone and playful words of:
"There's a flap and a flutter
and a flurry in the den,
when in flutters Owl, Raven and Wren."
(Karma's lovely flowing words.)
Mom read and re-read those words, she was uncertain how to translate the "f" words.
Mom refrained from saying her own "f" word!
In this case of the different animals arriving there are several different words used to
describe the motions. Even in English there are a lot of words you may use for one word.
"You need to be careful," Mom told me, "when you are choosing a word with a distinct
meaning. We want to carry out the flavor, intent and feeling of the author's writing. You
would not wish to offend anyone, either, while translating words from one language to
This children's book, "Bear Says Thanks/ Oso Dice Gracias" was overwhelming for Mom,
to change into Spanish. We still don't feel we did as well as the examples given on each page.
"We didn't do this simple, but meaningful book justice," Mom exclaimed.
The last page where all the animals gather has a considerate Bear apologizing because
he doesn't have any food to bring to the feast. The different animals have gathered to
commune together and break bread. All of them tell Bear, 'his gift' is to tell them stories.
This is what makes him special. There's no need to bring anything to eat, since each one
has brought more than enough to share.
What a beautiful lesson given with charming pictures which could be a book your
family will treasure.
Mom said that the way a person may choose a tense or a synonym may be the same
as people writing a paper in English. We may choose 'lovely' and another may choose
the word, 'beautiful.' We may use the word, 'sparkly' while another may use 'shiny.'
She made a funny comment that I had to immediately write down so I would not forget.
She even used a little 'saucy tone,'
"Different strokes for different folks."
Mom went on to emphasize the meaning behind the words we choose depends not only
on the context of the sentence, but also upon the tone used. Here is another "Momism:"
"Our different experiences color our reactions to things. We need to use reverence and
respect towards the culture of the country whose language you are translating from or
into. This is important whenever we try to translate someone else's writing."