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A woman driving west on Garfield in Fountain Valley recently saw an unconscious man on the sidewalk. Concerned, she drove to a nearby restaurant and called 911.
The Feb. 21 call was patched through to the Metro Cities Fire Authority in Anaheim, which alerted the Fountain Valley Fire Department.
When dispatch decided which unit to send to find the man lying on the sidewalk, it chose based on the closest station – Station No. 1 – even though the truck was not in the station.
For more than a decade, the Metro Cities Fire Authority, or Metro Net, has used a system that, while adequate, has lacked the modern technology that would allow its dispatchers to more efficiently notify first responders.
But now, the fire authority is in the process of implementing automated vehicle locators (basically advanced GPS) in a system that can signal rescue units to arrive at crises an average of 45 seconds sooner.
Related: 5 Questions With … interim fire Chief Bart Lewis
Fountain Valley Fire Department, the smallest of Metro Net's eight agencies, will be the first one to implement it – essentially becoming the beta tester for the authority.
"We're always trying to improve our technology," said Fountain Valley fire Chief Bart Lewis. "We've been working toward this for years."
Thanks to two federal grants totaling nearly $450,000, the transition is nearly complete, with Fountain Valley Fire Department set to go live within 60 days. Once Fountain Valley has operated under the new system for 30 days, the other seven – Anaheim, Brea, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach and Orange – will join on in varying capacities.
The difference between the old system and the new is a matter of adaptability. Both processes begin the same way: someone dialing 911 and being connected to a dispatcher, who then alerts the closest unit. Both systems rely upon computerized mapping software (called computer-assisted dispatch, or CAD), which can determine the closest unit in nanoseconds.
Under the old system, however, the computer determined which units to send based on the locations of fire stations as opposed to the actual location of the trucks, engines and ambulances.
The automated vehicle locators will rectify that inefficiency by updating the dispatch computers with the real-time location of the units, allowing them to send whichever truck is nearest a particular emergency.
"It will have a significant impact on response time," said fire authority manager Gary Gionet, noting that during the day, firefighters may be out of quarters doing anything from training to visiting schools. "(The software) is better at tracking and is more reliable."
Implementing the automated vehicle locator system is being done in three steps: First, after receiving a $271,000 grant from the federal Urban Areas Securities Initiative last year, the Metro Cities Fire Authority began installing the tracking devices – basically superior Wi-Fi modems – in the trucks. (Anaheim, the last of the cities to receive its modems, will complete its installations by the end of February.) Second, the authority will use another $175,000 grant to upgrade the dispatch center's software to handle the real-time data transmitted from the trucks. Third, Fountain Valley will test the system.
If there are no bugs – like the network losing a signal, for example – the automated vehicle locator system will go live across the region.
Gionet, though, doesn't expect any hiccups. Automated vehicle locators have been used in dispatch centers worldwide for a decade. Lewis was working for the Santa Rosa Fire Department in Northern California in 2005 when it implemented this same system. They've had no problems, Lewis said. And the fire authority went across state lines to research the Phoenix Fire Department's dispatch system, which became the model, Gionet said.
It was decided by the authority and the eight fire chiefs that it was time for them to implement 21st-century technology.
"It has a lot of potential to help," said Fountain Valley fire Capt. Bill McQuaid. "It's bringing the right resources to the right place at the right time."
Fountain Valley Battalion Chief Tony Coppolino
"We have to see how technology fits into fire service. What we've recognized is that we haven't been using technology to our advantage. And this will really improve service. I want to see it happen soon. "
Fountain Valley fire Capt. Bill McQuaid
"If there is a fire, it will get us there faster. It will allow us to better deploy our apparatus to different spots."
Metro Net Dispatch Manager Gary Gionet
"I think it will have the biggest impact during the day. At night, probably not as much because the units will be in their stations and there are less calls. But I think it will have a significant impact."
"It will be interesting to see how (the new system) improves dispatch. We can currently tell which trucks are driving around, but it's really slow. This should help."
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For the first time in at least five years, and arguably a full decade, Groundhog Day has come and gone in Sacramento and the calendar actually turned over to the following day.
The Groundhog Day analogy has nothing to do with the early-morning comings and goings of the rodent Punxsutawney Phil on Feb. 2.
Rather, it refers to the unsettling plot line of the 1993 film "Groundhog Day" in which the actor Bill Murray finds himself caught in the Twilight Zone experience of reliving the exact same day, over and over again.
Essentially, the same plot has unfolded every winter in Sacramento. Lawmakers, who had passed a supposedly balanced budget a few months earlier, would learn that their budget was now out of balance, that they were confronted with making midyear cuts, and that they were again staring down a daunting shortfall for the following year.
The annual response was that they would see their shadows, duck back into their holes and pass a budget that would enact some spending cuts but also rely heavily on gimmicks such as internal borrowing and overly optimistic revenue projections.
The result is that their legislative Groundhog Day was repeated, year after year.
Former Republican Sen. Tony Strickland of Moorpark was fond of invoking the Groundhog Day analogy in annual budget debates. He may not have had the prescription for how to avoid its recurrence, but he had the diagnosis exactly right.
But now Groundhog Day 2013 has come and gone, and like Bill Murray's character at the film's end, elected officials in Sacramento are awakening to a new day with a sense of wonder, joy — and, Californians can only hope, the self-awareness of what they had been doing wrong that prevented the calendar from moving forward.
Murray's character was delivered to a new day only after he learned to shed his arrogant, self-centered personality and develop the right combination of selflessness, charity and love that allowed him to escape his fate.
Sacramento officials may not have undergone such a noble character transformation. But they did do two things right. They made real cuts in ongoing spending, and they went to voters with a real, if temporary, solution to raise taxes and starkly explained the consequences of what an endless Groundhog Day would mean to the state's most important and expensive obligation, which is to fund education.
It wasn't the first time they had gone to voters in attempts to break free from Groundhog Day, but it was the first time they had done so with sincerity. The other attempts had been too cute, too clever, and in one case just too stupid to break the cycle. That last one was a successful 2004 measure to borrow $15 billion just to meet the state's annual ongoing obligations, the equivalent of paying for groceries with a maxed-out credit card.
Last fall's Proposition 30 was a straightforward proposal to voters: Raise taxes for seven years, break the Groundhog Day cycle and make it possible to start restoring education funding.
Now, Gov. Jerry Brown foresees balanced budgets in each of the next five years. The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office says "the state has reached a point where its underlying expenditures and revenues are roughly in balance."
Californians are responding with optimism. A poll released last week by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California shows that, for the first time since the onset of the recession, a majority of Californians believe their state is headed in the right direction.
They rewarded Brown with the highest approval rating since he returned for his second stint as governor in January 2011. They gave the Legislature its highest approval rating since December 2007.
Now that Groundhog Day has ended, lawmakers must resist behaving as if it's Christmas morn.
As Brown cautioned in his State of the State address, "The people have given us seven years of extra taxes. Let us follow the wisdom of Joseph, pay down our debts and store up reserves against the leaner times that will surely come."
Last week's PPIC survey indicated public agreement with that assessment: 68 percent favored strict limits on the amount state spending could increase in any given year, and by 55 percent to 38 percent respondents preferred using post-Groundhog Day money to pay down debt and build a reserve over using it to restore some of the social service programs that have been cut in recent years.
With Groundhog Day finally over, what Californians are looking forward to now is a New Year's Day resolve to make certain it never returns.

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UKIP gained five seats on Castle Point Council including leader Pam Challis' St Peter's ward to remove the Conservatives from overall control.
The Tories remain the largest party, but will have to elect a new leader and decide whether to form a coalition or try to rule as a minority administration in the next few days.
Mrs Challis lost her seat to 87-year-old Ron Hurrell, who was said to be at home in bed, rather than at the count.
Ukip parliamentary candidate Jamie Huntman said: "Lots of people came out to vote for us who hadn't voted for years and years, they've got someone who speaks for them now rather than the three centre left parties."
Heartbroken Mrs Challis said: "I'm proud of what I've achieved over the years I can go out with flying colours, having turned the council from a poor council into one that's recognised across the country as being a good one."
The council now has 20 Conservative members, 16 Canvey Island Independents and 5 Ukip members.
Ukip gained members in Appleton, Victoria, Cedar Hall, St Peter's and St George's.
The Canvey Island Independents re-gained the Canvey Island South seat they previously lost to a defection. Successfully defending five other seats.
For much more election coverage, see Monday's Castle Point Echo.


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My original wine cocktail created at an anniversary party by me:
Sweet Red wine 6-8oz
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Cherry 7up 3oz
Mix with ice and serve over ice
Sutter Home Wine Cocktail: Girls' Night In
If making cocktails is at all intimidating for you, don't let it be! We have some simple tips for making your first wine cocktail.
(Scroll down for the Girls' Night In wine cocktail! For additional wine cocktail recipes, click here.)
1. While a set of bar tools is nice, you can use items from your kitchen to get started. Grab a pint glass (or large drinking glass), a spoon with a long handle (or even a butter knife!), and your favorite cocktail glasses or wine glasses.
2. Always have a bit more ice on hand than you think you need. You'll need the ice to shake cocktails with as well as add to drinks. If you're feeling adventurous, fire up the blender - you'll need lots of ice for that!
3. Important tip - which may be stating the obvious but we did it, so we should mention it! - don't shake bubbly liquids. If the recipe calls for Bubbly Moscato or bubbly juices, add them after you shake up all of the other ingredients. Though it will cause some laughter if you forget...
4. Test fun flavors! You never know what will be good (or not good) together unless you try!
5. We've mentioned this before, but it's worth mentioning again: use 187ml mini bottles! Most of our great wines come in this smaller size - perfect when you only need a few ounces to try a cocktail recipe. Our bubbles - Bubbly Moscato & Pink Bubbly Moscato - only come in 750ml size, but the good thing about that is - they're great all by themselves!
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-3 oz. Sutter Home Moscato
-1 oz. Vanilla vodka
-1 oz. Strawberry soda
-Garnish with a strawberry
Shake Moscato & vanilla vodka with ice. Pour into your favorite cocktail glass & top with strawberry soda. Garnish with a strawberry and raise a glass to your girls!
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For a slightly less sweet version of Girls' Night In, use one the following instead of strawberry soda!
Variation 1: Strawberry lemonade
Variation 2: Strawberry liqueur
Variation 3: Regular lemonade
Variation 4: Club soda
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Can you make this recipe by the pitcher full rather than glass by glass?
Yes! If you want to make it by the pitcher, follow this recipe:
-One 1.5L of Sutter Home Moscato
-16 oz. of vanilla vodka
-16 oz of strawberry soda (use strawberry lemonade for a more tart cocktail)
It will be easier to combine all ingredients in the pitcher with ice, and stir with a wooden spoon. You could even add sliced strawberries to the pitcher to make it even more beautiful!
I love when companies give suggestions of drinks that you can mix up yourself sounds delicious cant wait to try it.
I found this recipe on Pinterest! I am going to mix these up this weekend on our camping vacation! I bought the pink bubbly moscato, should be tasty!!
@LeeAnn - Welcome!! We hope you & the girls love this recipe. We have gotten some great suggestions from our Pinterest followers too in case our version is too sweet - use strawberry lemonade or regular lemonade instead of strawberry soda. Enjoy!
I love the Pink Moscato with cranberry juice and a twist of lime! Delicious!


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The wedding adage about "something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue" always struck me as a bit silly. But I was recently musing on the phrase while celebrating a friend's Big Day and thought, "Wow – that's actually pretty good advice for starting an ideal cheese plate!" Just grab something perfectly aged, something fresh, something borrowed (European tradition, for example) and something…bleu. I'm always looking for delicious cheeses that highlight variety in flavor and texture, and the cheeses selected for our 2013 Holiday Guide are all perfect for holiday gatherings.
If there's one local favorite that everyone will love, it's Cowgirl Creamery's Mt. Tam. This rich, buttery cheese is made by our good friends at Cowgirl using organic Straus Family Creamery milk. It's a sure-fire crowd-pleaser and you really can't go wrong bringing it to a holiday party.
Redwood Hill's Cameo, made with local goat's milk, is a truly elegant show-stopper on the cheese board. Created in nearby Sebastopol, Cameo is studded with cracked black peppercorns and lemon verbena. This lovely cheese is soft, silky, and delicious.
A favorite among Bi-Rite cheesemongers is Bonne Bouche from Vermont Creamery. Slightly tangy and beautifully yeasty, this cheese is given its distinctive blue/gray hue by its ashed rind and is accented with a mild minerality.
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The Manhunt of Epic Proportions
By Sumayyah Meehan, MMNS Middle East Correspondent
The scene plays out like something you would see in a chilling Hollywood thriller or spy movie. A team of seasoned assassins, eleven altogether, plots and plans a 'hit' to be carried out against an unsuspecting victim. In this case, the target was a Hamas official named Mahmud Al-Mabhuh and his death is not fiction but rather a stone-cold reality. Last January in the tiny Gulf nation of Dubai, the corpse of Al-Mabhuh was found in his luxury hotel suite. The apparent mode of death was suffocation, however a coroner's official report regarding the exact cause of death is still pending.
According to the lead investigator, Dubai police chief Lt Gen Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, the team of assassins were composed of both men and women from various European countries. This past week, the Dubai government released a series of photos of the eleven suspects and began creating a timeline up until the point where the assassins completed their mission and fled the tiny Gulf emirate. Composed of six Britains, three Irish, one French and one German national, authorities believe that the team entered the country around the same time that Al-Mabhuh did and followed him straight to his hotel room.
Once there, hotel video cameras corroborate the intricate plot of the assassins, which included several hotel rooms, disguises and the tools necessary to deprive Al-Mabhuh of his life. According to Tamim, at least 4 of the assassins broke into Al-Mabhuh's hotel room while he was out. They waited for him to come back and then took less than 10 minutes to kill him. Once the deed was done, the assassins executed an almost perfect escape plan, exiting Dubai on separate commercial airplanes in under 20 hours.
The release of the eleven suspects passport information, by the Dubai government, should have provided more answers than it did questions. Unfortunately, it has left even more unanswered questions. By all accounts, the Irish assassins do not even exist according to the government of Ireland. The passport number for the supposedly German assassin is wrong. And a few of the assassins named are actually Israeli citizens who have ironclad alibis and have never even traveled to Dubai. The Dubai police have not revealed exactly how they obtained the information about the assassins. However, many Hamas-friendly political analysts have speculated that the assassination was a poorly carried out murder plot designed by the long arm of Israel's Mossad, or Secret Service.
It's no mystery that there was no love lost between Al-Mabhuh and Israel. Al-Mabhuh was one of the original founders of Hamas. Israel also accused him, in recent years, of participating in a 1989 murder of two Israeli soldiers. And Israel has, for years, blamed Al-Mabhuh for orchestrating teams of smugglers to bring missiles into the Gaza Strip to help Hamas to continue to fight the Israeli occupation. But according to former Mossad officer Rami Igra, in an interview with the Israel Army Radio, the plan looks professional but really "…doesn't look like an Israeli operation.†The primary reason being the assassin's total lack of regard for the hundreds and hundreds of security cameras all over Dubai, almost as if they wanted to be filmed so as to lay blame elsewhere. And according to some speculators, the real culprits might be too close for Hamas's comfort such as in the company of their rivals found in the late Yasser Arafat's Fatah Movement.
The government of Dubai has reached out to the global community for assistance in solving the murder and this week launched an international manhunt to bring the assassins to justice. It's not surprising that Dubai is eager to put the murderers behind bars, as it is fast becoming the site of several high profile murders.
Back in 2007, the famous Lebanese singer Susan Tamim was slain in her luxury high rise Dubai condo by none other than a hit man for her estranged boyfriend.


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Los Angeles Lakers guard Steve Nash has no regrets despite a season, his first with the team, that has teetered on disaster.
Even with the Lakers' record (28-30) and position in the standings, 2½ games out of the Western Conference's eighth playoff spot, he told USA Today that he would never consider it a mistake to have left the Phoenix Suns for a three-year, $27 million deal in L.A.
"Ten out of 10 times, I make the same decision again," Nash said, according to USA Today. "I've gotten to see my kids probably four times as much as I'd seen them if I'd have gone back East. That's first and foremost. Second of all, it's a great experience to play for the Lakers organization. ... I'm happy here.
"I'm beyond playing for the credit or the adulation. I feel secure in myself as a player. I just want to help this team, regardless of what it means for me personally."
Nash, a two-time league MVP, has built that reputation over a 17-season career of being a hard worker willing to do anything to help his team.
And he's reinforcing that rep in every Lakers game now as he plays off the ball, giving up his customary playmaking guard duties to superstar Kobe Bryant as the Lakers struggle to reach the playoffs after preseason predictions of domination.
These days, Nash, 39, handles roughly half the playmaking duties, and his assist numbers show it: In the 16 games since friend and Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni changed his role, he is averaging 5.5 assists per game, scarcely half his average over the last eight seasons.
But the Lakers have won 11-of-16 games.
"It's been different. It's been an adjustment," Nash told USA Today. "But I want to embrace these challenges. I'm at a stage of my career with a new club where I'm playing with Kobe — he's a great player — and finding that balance and accepting and embracing that opportunity is key. It'd be nice, in some ways, to have a bigger impact on the game. You have to balance it with all the guys, all their needs and personalities. I embrace it.
"I really appreciate it. I could still be in Phoenix and have the ball in my hands the majority of the time and probably be out of the playoffs again, so it's worthy of trying something new — especially since the upside here is potentially great."
Because Nash is signed through 2015 (unlike Dwight Howard, who becomes a free agent this summer), he is taking the long view, even as some have described this team's season as the biggest disappointment in league history.
"This year I don't know that we could get to the heights that we expected in the summer, just because of what we're facing," Nash said, noting injuries to Pau Gasol and reserve big man Jordan Hill, among other things. "I think it's inevitable, or impossible, to reach the heights that maybe we saw in the summer, regardless of whether they were attainable or not. I think we have to adjust, and our goal should be to try to get a little bit better every day, try to figure out a little more every day and see where it leaves us in the next six weeks or so.
"Hopefully we get in the playoffs, and hopefully we really form a team that really causes people problems, and we make a great run. But hope definitely springs eternal for the future still. I'll still be here two more years, and am incredibly excited about what we could do."


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Then we lost touch. Literally -- Then we lost each other out of our eyes.
Here are some suggestions for making German Flashcards even more useful. I realize not all of these are simple to accomplish.
- Provide example sentences for all the practice words. It is difficult to memorize a word/translation out of context.
- Provide additional practice sentences especially the more advanced ones.
- Make it possible to use multiple lists for practice words and for practice sentences. I have lots of words and sentences in my words and sentences lists that I want to review again and again, and not lose--but I also want to create new lists of new words and sentences. Maybe this can be done, but I don't know how.
A great site for learning or refreshing your German skills. I love it! It is free to download, the daily word service is excellent and the useful vocabulary and phrase saving function is a great way to reinforce the learning. It is easy to navigate and interactive. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to learn how to use the site. I enjoy getting German Flashcards into my inbox and usually remember to practice the words and phrases, although I have to say I have been a bit lazy with it. If anybody perseveres with the site though I am sure they would soon learn to speak the German language in excellent manner and with good technique and use of phraseology and words. I don't really have any criticisms of the site, other than that I have always been too busy to take full advantage of the opportunity given to me to refresh my German language skills. I hope I will do so at some point.
This site is one of the best sources available online for learning German language. With great variety of options, ideal dose of emails with exercises and possibility to interact with its content, it can be a great for all people who want to learn this language.
Furthermore, it has a great administration that is available to all site visitors, no matter if they have premium account or some other type of free account. Besides that, very important thing for all beginners is an opportunity to hear some of the words, especially if those words are very long and hard to read, or if reader has doubt how to pronounce it. This site offers great range of thousands and thousands words, and I believe, it can drastically increase the vocabulary of not just the beginners, but of the advanced users as well.
My advice is to try to combine it with some audio courses and grammar books and results will be even better. Also, do not be scare of learning German. I know, it can be tough from time to time, but with such a great source learning can become a game.
German-flashcards.com is an incredibly useful website for those learning German. Every day, you get a new phrase on your e-mail, very well deconstructed and explained, so you can learn new vocabulary and grammar. You can configure the level of the phrases and words received, when you receive them and more. All in a very easy to understand interface, either on the e-mails or the website itself. I've only traded e-mails with the administrator a couple of times, but he seems very friendly and open to suggestions and improvements. A very worthy website for language lovers looking to expand their vocabulary, since most phrases are useful in everyday life! Also, remember to check the website for other languages (there's a wide selection avaliable), as for those who are learning or are interested in learning multiple languages, they're very useful!
... the translations are far less then accurate.
Now, I have studied neither German nor English and I do have troubles in some areas but I will give examples of wrong translations and you can judge/research for yourself.
Up front I also want to say that whether this website is acceptable to you might also depend on the extent to which you want to learn German. Do you want to just be able to roughly communicate or do you want to really learn the language. If it is the former, it might be of use to you because german-flashcards does get the basic meaning of things right. Which kind of reminds me of Rosetta Stone because it provides a similar experience, lacking the exact translations required to truly master a language. Because of that, I think both fail at the task of teaching a language and should be avoided.
"Sie haben in Las Vegas gelebt.
They lived in Las Vegas."
Wrong tense. The correct translation would be "They have lived in Las Vegas". One might argue that past tense is commonly used differently in German than it is in English but common use should not be considered in language teaching unless it is specifically pointed out. The German translation of "They lived in Las Vegas." would be "Sie lebten in Las Vegas."
This mistake is very common throughout all of the sentences, so I will leave it at that example.
"Ich würde das gerne anprobieren.
I want to try this on."
It should be "I would like to try this on."
The German translation of "I want to try this on." would be "Ich will das anprobieren."
"The Taj Mahal is symmetrical built."
No need for the German sentence. Everybody whose first language is English should know why this is wrong on its own.
"Korruption ist ein häufiges Problem in vielen Entwicklungsländern.
Corruption is common in many developing countries."
Correct translation: "Corruption is a common problem in many developing countries."
One should not have to assume that "of course" the word "Problem" is missing in the translation. That might be easy to say for somebody who already knows the language but somebody who is learning might wonder what is going on here.
"Wie alt muss ein Kind sein, um allein zu Hause bleiben zu können.
When is a child old enough to stay home alone? "
Besides the fact that the German version does not even have a question mark...
Correct: "How old must a child be to be able to stay alone at home?" (please excuse it if there is a comma missing here as this is precisely my major weakness when it comes to English)
"Er schläft gerade.
He is sleeping."
Just imprecise, as the English version lacks the reinforcement of the German one ("gerade"). Which would be the case in: "He is sleeping right now."
YOU MUST TRY THIS PROGRAM BEFORE YOU WASTE TIME AND MONEY ON OTHER PROGRAMS!!!!! I have struggled to learn German for quite a while. I have tried Berlitz tapes, Rosetta Stone, college level German language courses, and regular language courses. In the class rooms, I always ended up feeling frustrated because most of the students already had a more advanced grasp of the language and I was always behind. I happened upon German flash cards one day and thought I would give it a try. I love this program. Not only do you learn useful phrases on a daily basis but it also helps you learn the grammar with each sentence. The grammar has always been a problem for me. I always tried to incorporate English grammar into German. With this program a light suddenly went on. I am learning German very quickly and easily. I wish I would had found this program sooner. Not only had I thrown away hundreds of dollars but also wasted a lot of time on programs that did not work for me. Thank you very much for German Flashcards. If I can learn with this program anyone can!


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Grilled Eggplant with Garlic-Cumin Vinaigrette, Feta, and Two Herbs
Fourth of July Grilling Ideas (2008 Edition)
Grilled Eggplant with Garlic-Cumin Vinaigrette, Feta, and Two Herbs
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Wow, that eggplant looks amazing. Eggplant is one of those things I want to like more than I do. The truth is, I just don't know how to prepare it. Happy 4th!ReplyDelete
Ooooh, today is my lucky day! I came across your blog when I googled asparagus and south beach, and I'm IN LOVE! How does the south beach recipe of the week work though? I saw that you Have "week 20", then phase I recipes??? Thanks for sharing all the great recipes. We're having roasted asparagus tonight! Can't wait!!!!ReplyDelete
Caroline, that was how I felt too before I started grilling eggplant. Now I love it. Try one of these recipes.
Kristal, I'm not doing South Beach Recipes of the week any more. They were round-ups of recipes I found on other blogs that were South Beach friendly, but I just couldn't keep doing it once a week. You can still find good recipes there though by checking the page in the recipe archives (left sidebar, top.)
What I realized was that it's phase one recipes people need help finding, so Now I'm doing South Beach Diet Phase One Monthly Recipe Roundups.
Great collection of grilling recipes -- and perfect timing, as I'm finally getting around to planning our holiday weekend menus!ReplyDelete
I love, love, love the grilled eggplant Kalyn! What a wonderful BBQ recipe for vegetarians - so much better and chic than the standard veggie burger. I usually grill marinated mushroom, but now will surely try this one!ReplyDelete
Lydia, thanks. Hope you will share what you're grilling.
Meena, thanks! The spicy grilled eggplant was my brother's total favorite from the blog last summer. He still talks about it whenever someone mentions eggplant. This recipe is part of the reason I have four eggplant plants in my garden!
The eggplant is making my mouth water!! Have a happy 4th!ReplyDelete
Thanks, I love all of your recipes. Happy 4th of July!!!!
On Memorial Day this year, I used the tarragon-mustard marinade for chicken and the chile-mustard marinade for shrimp. They were both delicious!! I am now obsessed with the chile-mustard one, and I'm thinking that it would also work well on salmon. Thanks for the great recipes!ReplyDelete
I'm so happy you're taking the time to comment on Kalyn's Kitchen! I love hearing from people who stop by, especially if you're sharing feedback or asking questions about a recipe I've posted here.
I've recently changed my comment settings so people can comment without signing in, but you will need to check the box to show you're a live person, and comments on older posts won't show up until I publish them. Thanks for understanding!
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Aaron is a painter by training and has had one-person and group exhibitions in New Zealand, Australia and the United States. Aaron's work is represented in collections in these countries. Aaron has fifteen years of full time college teaching experience in New Zealand and the US, most recently as Associate Professor at Massachusetts College of Art, Boston and at Parsons. Aaron has taught design theory and computer graphics at Waikato Institute of Technology and at Massey University, New Zealand, foundation education and animation at Mass Art, and in the Foundation, IDP and Design and Management programs at Parsons. In addition to his studio-based work, Aaron is a founding member (with Professor Overby) of the 'Finance Visualization Lab' in the School of Design Strategies at Parsons. Th lab is currently undertaking the publication of the proceedings from the symposium 'Visualizing Finance 1.0, Developing a Common Language' held in the Aronson Gallery at Parsons on October 22, 2010. Between January 2 and June 25, 2011, Aaron completed the fieldwork component of a project examining issues in public education in the East Zone of, So Paulo, Brazil.
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The Student Veterans Association was established in the spring of 2011 (see our Constitution). It is an organization primarily composed of veterans and veteran supporters. Since establishment, the organization has volunteered with several organizations throughout the community and sponsored the annual Veterans Salute in November.
The Student Veterans Association serves four main purposes:
- To provide an organization in which student veterans can feel welcomed and receive the help that is needed to assist with transitioning and becoming a more successful student.
- To raise awareness and provide information about programs which are available to help our veterans.
- To raise public awareness of the needs of our veterans and veterans' programs.
- To raise money for veteran support programs throughout the community.
Transitioning from the military to college can be an overwhelming process for returning service men and women. The PCC Student Veterans Association is an organization in which student veterans can feel welcomed and receive the help that is needed in transitioning and becoming a more successful student. PCC is proud to serve those who have served our country and is making a continued effort to meet the needs of its over 500 student veterans.
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PHOENIX -- When he was asked before the game about dropping slumping catcher Miguel Montero down to the No. 8 spot in the lineup, D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said he had a feeling Montero would come up in a key spot.
Four hours later, Montero smacked an eighth-inning home run off the right-field foul pole to lead the D-backs past the Phillies, 3-2, on Friday night at Chase Field.
The win was the fifth straight for the D-backs.
"It just worked out," Gibson said. "One of the things that I guess if you're hitting eighth you have to tell yourself, you might come up in a situation and do something good, which he did. It was huge for us."
Montero entered the game hitting just .198 and that dipped even lower when he made outs his first two trips to the plate.
"It's not a secret the average is not there," Montero said. "I've been feeling good the last couple of weeks, hitting the ball better and I've been feeling better at the plate."
When the ball left his bat, Montero knew it had the distance to get over the wall, but he was unsure if it would stay fair.
"I was fortunate enough the ball hit the pole," Montero said. "It feels great to help the team, because I've been disappointed with myself not being able to hit the ball the way I wanted or get the production I was expecting to. I've had so many opportunities and I haven't gotten it done and it stinks."
The game did not start off well for the D-backs or Ian Kennedy as he allowed a home run to Jimmy Rollins on the first pitch of the game.
In his last start, the final two batters he faced hit homers.
The Phillies went on to score another run in the inning to take a 2-0 lead and might have done more damage had Chase Utley not been thrown out trying to stretch a double into a triple.
Kennedy, though, was able to settle down after the first and allowed just two more hits before departing after seven innings.
"The first two runs happened in the first inning and you can't really dwell on it too long, you just have to plug away," Kennedy said.
After struggling with his command for much of the season, Kennedy worked on fine-tuning his mechanics during his between-starts bullpen session.
In the first inning he was still feeling for the changes, but was finally able to incorporate them the way he needed.
"We would've liked to get to Kennedy more," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "I thought we were going to score more runs off him. He was off to a slow start, I thought if we stayed at him, we'd get him, but he held us. He bared down and held us. He stopped us."
While Kennedy was settling in, the offense chipped away at the deficit.
Eric Chavez's RBI double in the first was the lone damage the D-backs could do against Philadelphia's Tyler Cloyd, who was making his first start of the year in place of the injured Roy Halladay.
Cody Ross' one-out single in the seventh spelled the end of the night for Cloyd and Antonio Bastardo was not able to hold the 2-1 lead as Martin Prado delivered a run-scoring single to tie the game at 2.
That Prado was allowed to hit was a bit of a surprise. With two outs and first base open and the left-handed Bastardo on the mound, the percentage play would have been to intentionally walk Prado to get to the left-handed-hitting Montero.
Entering the at-bat, Prado was 1-for-31 with runners in scoring position, but he was able to line a single to right.
"First of all, I thought they would walk me to get to the lefty," Prado said. "But I guess they gave me a chance to have a good at-bat. He made a couple pitches and the only thing I was trying to do was hit the ball hard. I was thinking the other way, the opposite way and finally he threw a fastball I could handle and, fortunately for us, we tied the game."
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Jason Pominville is signing with Mannheim of the German league.
Pominville had been in talks with Mannheim for a while, the Buffalo Sabres captain told the Olean Times Herald.
"If it does get settled quick, then I'll be able to skate for a few weeks, a month—whatever it is," Pominville told the newspaper. "It'll be a mini-training camp. And if not, I'll have a team for the rest of the season.
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A Baylor Lady Bear has been the unanimous women's basketball player of the year each of the last two years. But even with Brittney Griner's departure for the WNBA, it appears Kim Mulkey's squad is on pace to claim the honor yet again.
Senior point guard Odyssey Sims has stepped out of Griner's shadow and fully into her own this year. During her first three years at Baylor, Sims' first responsibility was to distribute the ball, and her success in that role has made her the Lady Bears' all-time leader in assists. Now the team's primary offensive threat as a senior, Sims has changed her game and is leading the nation in scoring at 31.8 points per game.
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The preseason All-American has already been named national player of the week twice this year (and Big 12 player of the week three times), and is a favorite to be the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft this spring. What can't she do? Even while leading the country in scoring, Sims also ranks among the top six in the league in assists and assist-to-turnover ratio. She is No. 2 in the Big 12 in 3-pointers per game and 3-point shooting, No. 4 in steals per game, No. 5 in shooting percentage and No. 7 in free-throw percentage. And she's done all this while taking on a leadership role for a young Baylor team that only has three other upperclassmen on the roster.
The nation will get a good look at Sims and the No. 7-ranked Lady Bears tonight, as they host No. 1 UConn (6 p.m. CT, ESPN2). Baylor enters the game having won 69 straight games at home, the third longest streak in NCAA women's basketball history. Can they make it an even 70? The Lady Bears have won two in a row against the Huskies; make plans to be in the Ferrell Center tonight (or to watch on TV) to see if they can extend both streaks.
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Muskingum College held its undergraduate commencement exercises on May 9, 2009, and heard an address by Keith S. Campbell '77.
Keith S. Campbell is renowned for his seminal business leadership in a highly competitive global industry, and for the expert financial acumen he provides our nation as a Director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
Mr. Campbell is Chairman of the Board of Mannington Mills, Inc., one of the world's largest manufacturers of commercial and residential flooring. Headquartered in Salem, New Jersey since its 1915 founding by John Boston Campbell, the award-winning, privately-held firm is now in its fourth-generation of family ownership. Mannington has been recognized for its innovation in design and manufacturing of carpet, wood, tile, and laminate products; for its family-oriented corporate citizenship; and for its outstanding commitment to its surrounding community. Mr. Campbell joined Mannington following his graduation from Muskingum and has held a variety of positions throughout the company. He became a member of the corporation's board of directors in 1983 and its chairman in 1995.
In 2008, Mr. Campbell was elected to the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. From its Philadelphia headquarters, the Bank is responsible for the Third District of the Federal Reserve, encompassing Delaware, eastern Pennsylvania, and the nine southern counties of New Jersey. The Bank's monthly manufacturing index is an important barometer of national manufacturing conditions.
Mr. Campbell is a corporate Director of South Jersey Industries, an energy services holding company; Skytop Lodge Inc., a Pocono Mountains family resort; and the World Floor Covering Association. His civic leadership roles have included Chairman of the Board of Rowan University, of Memorial Hospital of Salem County, and of the Stand Up for Salem Main Street program. He is also a trustee of the John B. Campbell Center (formerly known as the Salem Community Center).
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Posted: 01 Jan 2008 at 2:27pm
is there any feasible reason to get vista over xp, seems like ive seen nothing but complaining about vista, especially from gamers, so why would I bother?
im running a several year old cheap dell with xp, and i dont think ive -EVER- had a more than simple problem with it, ive done a clean reformat twice, the system runs well... i dont see any reason to go for vista
im about to get a new rig and im thinking that i will just stick with my copy of xp
the only kicker that i can think of is DX10, but ive seen whispers online of people independentally developing dx10 for xp...
dont fix it if it aint broke?
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|Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jan 2008 at 2:47pm
Its personal preference. DX10 is better graphics man, reguardless. Not really sure if XP could produce everything the same.
I had problems with Vista so I got XP on my new DS machine. Vista is pretty but uses more system resources, thus giving you reduced gaming perfomance (slightly reduced)
look up other threads and you can see more in depth discussion
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|Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jan 2008 at 3:08pm
i have no problems with vista.
it has better networking, better security, better applications, better auto-find and better layout.
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|Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jan 2008 at 4:17pm
I to was a bit concerned about Vista, but Vista is the future, all software producers are building applications with Vista in mind. Yes, Vista has it problems but hopfully within the next 3 or so months there will be SP1 to correct most of these issues. As far as performance goes its getting better with each new driver update, annoying I know but worth it in the end.
At least until the next MS OS is released its the best we got....bugs and all.
|Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jan 2008 at 4:18pm
yea sky, id be willing to bet that you could make almost any OS do exactly what you felt like, but for someone who doesnt know exactly what can be removed, fixed, tweaked, etc it can be a lot more overwhelming not to mention this huge online movement of people having the video driver stopped issue with vista and nvidia cards
if xp is just as good for gaming minus dx10... i dunno
and i have a feeling we will see a non-microsoft dx10 in the near future, they are just trying to force upgrades
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|Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jan 2008 at 4:35pm
Seems to me you've already made your mind up. Stay with XP. I haven't had any issues with Vista and I've used XP for years up to this point. If you don't like what you're reading and don't like what you've seen, then don't buy it... simple.
It is subjective.
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|Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jan 2008 at 5:10pm
wtf? These real?
|Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jan 2008 at 5:11pm
yes, thats what i was talking about, but its still in alpha phases
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|Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jan 2008 at 5:14pm
well if these screenshots are real I would think its safe to say vista > XP even though of the compatability issues vista has that are constantly being fixed as time progesses
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|Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jan 2008 at 5:22pm
Honestly this subject has been done to death, and has become quite tired and full of FUD.
Do you remember when XP was released, and everyone whined and complained how it was such a buggy piece of trash, and how they'd never switch from 98/ME to XP? I do, and look at XP today: It has become the standard OS. Vista is going to become the standard OS whether you siwtch today or not, but keep in mind you WILL be crossing over at some point.. The reason to switch? DX10+ support (XP is never getting DX10+, sorry), better security, a much more polished gui, superfetch (meh), readyboost, and a few more tidbits.
You weren't an 'early adopter' of vista, so you can't really complain about bugs at all, since the majority of the bugs/driver issues have been smoothed over, and the remainders are being fixed constantly. I'm sure you can find a bunch of scrubs blogging about how evil microsoft and vista is, but those are the same people who bawled their eyes out when it came time to switch to XP, and then realized "sh*t, it really wasn't that bad".
Vista the future, and unless you're running some trash rig with 512mb ram and a P3 1.4 ghz cpu (frankly, you're here so you shouldn't be), your "performance loss" will be ~5 fps, and that will be lowered as more polished drivers arrive, or if you can spend 5 minutes on google learning to tweak the OS (which you should have already been doing with XP, since darlin', xp ain't perfect).
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|Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jan 2008 at 5:41pm
What is it with people? Vista is in the same stages as XP was and as Win 93 and 98 were. This is all so relative to now.
Wake up and smell the silicon and solder. It's all gearing toward what lies ahead of us, not what our old "I wishes" are. I don't like this and I don't like that! I think Vista sucks because... ! Vista is a resource hog! Vista hit on my sister! Vista got me pregnant! Ok, maybe a little of the beaten path, but point well taken?
Everyone shut your pieholes about Vista and buy it, or don't! Vista is like XP was in its infancy, problematic, rough and unrefined in some ways. Get over it and suck it up! New OSs will come and go and Vista one day, too, will be outdated and the new king of the hill will have the top of the dirt pile. All you weenies out there that don't like change and can't build a rig that will keep up with your buddies' will have to stick with the whimpy little space heater that you've been dumping money into for years fixing and patching holes and continue dreaming about what you wish you could do.
Or, you can save up your allowance and build you a mac daddy rig with Vista, and be a part of the few that are having no issues with it and rock through every game out there.
Go with Vista. Don't go with Vista. Do what you must. But, for the love of Pete, DO SOMETHING AND STOP YOUR WHINING!
I'm done, and have a nice day.
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|Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jan 2008 at 5:42pm
Wow! You got in there right before I did.
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|Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jan 2008 at 6:02pm
I have a 8800GT.. just installed vista, haven't done anything to it. never had a problem. I think this OS is 50x better than XP simply due to the fact it finds the drivers for any device I plug in =d
|Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jan 2008 at 6:57pm
which version of vista are you using sky?
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32-bit premium
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|Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jan 2008 at 8:06pm
i have a 8800gt, vista 32 premium computer worked like a dream for a week, then i got the "common error with windows when you leave your comp idle"
the video driver stopped error, tried to restart, had a missing registry key.
clean vista install off the image cd
driver off the image disk
ran for about 10 minutes then driver stopped error every 30 seconds
now i cant even get my computer to display anything on the monitor, at all
im guessing at this point that it was a hardware issue, but i have no way of knowing...
appearently the 8800s have been acting up a bit, but i did a LOT of reading trying to solve this and i came across pages and pages and pages and pages talking about how nvidia and vista seem to bang heads and that i am not the only person who had this problem, luckily i bought from DSO so im not dreading the phone call tomorrow when we figure out what to do
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|Quote Reply Posted: 02 Jan 2008 at 7:56pm
dual boot. Vista for DX10...XP Pro for everything else. sp 1 is out for Vista now too, so rock and roll
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|Quote Reply Posted: 02 Jan 2008 at 11:22pm
Vista isn't really "the future", it's a decision. Windows 7 is slated to come out at about the time support for XP is officially scheduled to end. When we say an operating system is "the future" it makes "the future" sound like some final destination. It isn't. It's a state of flux.
Some may decide to move to Vista now. Aside from companies like Crytek, that apparently have a reason to disable DX9.0c features in order to make DX10 look better, there really is no compelling performance reason to do so for gaming, IMO. This is why Microsoft is still supporting both products. Some like the idea of having the latest OS, others simply ask for a product that delivers.
Personally, I think you need both kinds of people. Without early adapters, the new product doesn't sell and so may die before it even gets a chance to get started. Without people that demand performance, and a product as close to perfection as possible, companies like M$ can simply toss a piece of OS on the market, call it gold, and laugh all the way to the bank.
I don't see a reason to believe that because one of those two selections is correct for you, that it must, of necessity be the only correct choice for *everyone*. If you can, run dual boot. If you have to choose only one, choose the one that will make you happy. Before you know it, they will both be outdated, useless, and all but forgotten.
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|Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jan 2008 at 2:38pm
"How to Add XP to a Vista Machine"
You can have it both ways.
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|Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jan 2008 at 3:21pm
The only problem I have right now is that, sure.. Vista is an "Option" and sure Vista may be at a point 95/98/XP was at before it...
But it still seems far shakier than where those other builds were at this point in time. We're looking at SP1 - but still many hardware manufacturers are still having TONS of support/driver issues with Vista (Anyone else out there running an X-Fi card hearing static in Vista?)...
I think we all hoped SP1 would come a long way in clearing up the issues, but it looks like we may have to wait for Vista R2 (R2, not SP2) to come along and really get this product launched right.
Then again, it's just my $.02.. and I'm sure as soon as I get my DS rig in hand I'll be pestering everyone to help me convert from XP -> Vista on it and getting all the spiffy OC/Testing Tools going.. =)
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|Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jan 2008 at 3:28pm
I am running this sound card with no issues. Although, I did have these issues when I was using a blue tooth keyboard and mouse. Now, this may not be your situation, but everytime I moved my BT mouse I would get some cracking through the speakers. I changed the BT for a Wave keyboard and changed the mouse to a G5 and haven't had any issues since.
I did some research on BT and its relevance to this issue and all fingers point to BT competes with your SC frequency. BT = bad interference.
Again, this may not be your issue, but it was mine and now all better.
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|Quote Reply Posted: 04 Jan 2008 at 10:18am
It's not the same issue - I've jumped through a ton of hoops to try to clear it. It has to do with Vista running games in Windows/Windowed mode and boy is it frustrating =)
Either way.. we're kinda getting off-topic here so I won't sweat it too badly.
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|Quote Reply Posted: 04 Jan 2008 at 10:53am
I have a BT keyboard and I HATE it. No sound card issues, but I often have to reconnect it after a restart for for some reason either through the control panel or by continually clicking the keyboard for 10-20 seconds (although I am using them through bootcamp on a mac- don't know if that matters)... Also, I noticed that in world of warcraft, if I hit too many keys too quickly, the computer seems to think the keys are stuck down and the action just continues until I mash keys for 20 seconds and it resets. yay for off topic.
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|Quote Reply Posted: 04 Jan 2008 at 12:10pm
Yes, I had these issue also with my BT. It would disconnect and lock-up at random moments... sucked.
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Friday, June 16, 2006
Youth Day: 30th Anniversary
Today marks the 30th Anniversary of the Soweto riots where 700 people, many of them children, were killed for standing up for their rights as human beings. I want to dedicate my blog today to the memory of those students and others who have put their lives on the line for what should be basic freedom. This is for you Ntshiuwa. Amandla!!!! Awetu!!!!
Peace to everyone~
Please click title to find out more about Youth Day in South Africa.
24 comments:
- Amara said...
Thanks for this post. Forgiveness is what we all learn for we cant hold on to the past. may such memories in no way raise up prejudice nor hate. great blog.
- Friday, June 16, 2006 10:01:00 AM
- Stephen Bess said...
Thank you for stopping in and thank you for your comment. I am fortunate to be married to a woman that teaches me forgiveness everyday. She grew up during those weary years in South Africa and she still does not hate. Her testimony is one of love and forgiveness, but to never forget. Thank you. Please come back to visit.
- Friday, June 16, 2006 10:09:00 AM
- Ananda said...
stephen. the photo is so powerful. thank you for sharing. and the love and forgiveness, but not forgetting lessons that your beloved one teaches you through her living example is a mighty blessings. amandla to you both. ananda
- Friday, June 16, 2006 12:15:00 PM
I have to agree, Love and Forgiveness, but not forgetting are the best things we all could learn! If the whole world were like your lovely wife, what a great place it would be!
Another powerful post. I must admit, I never knew anything about the Soweto riots until your posts. What a horrific event! I continue to learn so much from you! Thank you again!
Have a great weekend!
- Friday, June 16, 2006 3:11:00 PM
- Stephen Bess said...
You're welcome. Yes, it's important that we are with someone that will have a positive impact on our lives. I'm fortunate.
Thank you so much. You're so great and so positive! :) I'm happy that you can take something from here each time. Have a great weekend!
- Friday, June 16, 2006 4:02:00 PM
- Pamela said...
I think I'd heard of the riots, but was too involved in my teenagehood to really have it impact me the way it would today.
Thanks for reminding us of something important.
- Friday, June 16, 2006 4:15:00 PM
- Stephen Bess said...
Hello and welcome back. I'll be attending an event commemorating Youth Day this evening sponsored by the South African Embassy. I'm looking forward to that. I'm going to see if I can take some pictures to share on the blog. Enjoy your weekend. :)
- Friday, June 16, 2006 4:20:00 PM
- Another Conflict Theorist said...
I, like Amara and the rest, would like to thank you for this post as well. Those of us who desire to challenge tyranny can never forget how so many have suffered for their freedom and ours.
- Friday, June 16, 2006 8:52:00 PM
- lamkaho said...
hi steve, so happy to see your message again in my blog, i have been burdened by my thesis on rousseau and the world cup recently, to be honest, the last time i checked out your blog was last month, hahahaha... have a good weekend and i will be definitely liberated in any way on the deadline of my thesis
- Saturday, June 17, 2006 12:47:00 AM
- lamkaho said...
and i watched the news of the anniversary of the riots on tv this morning just before i got back to school.
blowin' in the wind...
- Saturday, June 17, 2006 12:49:00 AM
- lamkaho said...
hi steve, suddenly i remember that i did have some writings in english...... of course, english in the sense that grammatrical mustakes wont be counted
- Saturday, June 17, 2006 2:55:00 AM
- NML said...
Thanks for this post and thanks for remembering. It's good to be reminded of those we have lost through these senseless acts.
- Saturday, June 17, 2006 6:20:00 AM
- Stephen Bess said...
Thank you! I went to a reception last evening in honor of this day. I hope to share my experience there on Monday.
Thanks for stopping in! Your thesis sounds wonderful! I'll have to check out your post in english. Take care and I'll be visiting. :)
I went to a reception last night honored those that lost their life and for those that took risk. It was great! Thank you so much and have a wonderful weekend!
- Saturday, June 17, 2006 1:08:00 PM
- Steve Hayes said...
Thanks for your comments. I've tried to links some different views on Youth Day with mine, to create a kind of collage.
- Sunday, June 18, 2006 9:58:00 AM
- Darius said...
Yeah, just heard a report on that on NPR. Guess that right around the time people in the US started getting complacent, people in South Africa started getting real.
If only we could keep on being real, even when there's no immediate major crisis at hand...
Meanwhile, Global Warming Cometh...
- Sunday, June 18, 2006 2:07:00 PM
- Delaleuverses said...
So so sad reading this but thanks for sharing
- Sunday, June 18, 2006 5:45:00 PM
- Rose said...
This is a great reminder of something so important. It is amazing to me how others have died and fought for their rights and sometimes we forget and become too confortable. We should stand up more in this country...
- Sunday, June 18, 2006 11:36:00 PM
- the prisoner's wife said...
Bless (yes, that is your bboy name now *smile*)
thanks for always educating us!
- Monday, June 19, 2006 1:53:00 AM
- Stephen Bess said...
steve hayes-
Thank you as well for your part.
I'm feeling that. The US did very little coverage on what was going on at that time as well. Meanwhile, there looking toward sugar for fuel. You think it's too late????
Very sad. I felt through the people involved at Friday evenings reception
So true! Most of our youth are so caught up in the trash of this world. Many of them are fine as long as they can get there hands on the new this or latest that. It pacifies them while Hannibal the cannibal is eating their brains. (I know...gross analogy) :)
prisoner's wife-
I love it! Why didn't I think of that back in 1984 when I was a B-Boy for real. :)
- Monday, June 19, 2006 8:51:00 AM
Sweetheart, I am truly humbled. Thank you :)
- Monday, June 19, 2006 2:20:00 PM
- Rethabile said...
A lot of those kids fled to Lesotho. Where else would they go? I went to school with many. Most were disciplined freedom fighters who couldn't wait to engage the enemy.
It was during that time that I was continentally politicised, as opposed to locally politicised, which I was from birth. That's when I memorised Mandela's defence speech from the dock, as he defended himself against the apartheid government.
I also made valuable friends. Xola. Teboho. Zeb-zeb. Pazo. And many others from Jo'burg, Bloemfontein, Thaba-Nchu and all over. Together, we listened to the ANC broadcasting from Tanzania and Zambia. Together we cursed when the apartheid regime fucked up the wavelengths so that nobody could hear a thing.
1976 was a turning point. But perhaps 1960 was a bigger turning point. Gosh, I miss those days and those guys.
- Friday, June 23, 2006 3:00:00 PM
Very nostaligic Rethabile, brings tears to my eyes.
- Friday, June 23, 2006 3:23:00 PM
Sorry nostalgic
- Friday, June 23, 2006 3:24:00 PM
- Stephen Bess said...
I can tell that this touches very deep with you. I feel the passion in your words and recollection. You still haven't lost your fight. It's an amazing thing to be part of such changing times. They were revolutionary times and the struggle continues. Thank you.
- Friday, June 23, 2006 3:29:00 PM
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Lewis went 5 1/3 innings, allowing five runs on ten hits with a walk and five strikeouts.
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QUEANBEYAN'S annual Rugby Sevens tournament has suffered a blow with organisers forced to cancel the women's side of the draw due to a lack of interest. Last year's Queanbeyan Sevens boasted the largest women's tournament in Australia with 13 teams including Chinese side and eventual premiers Shandong.
But with just four women's teams having nominated for this year's competition, tournament organiser Phil Hawke said he was left with no choice but to pull the plug. The men's competition will go ahead unaffected.
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"We had a good roll up in the women's last year so I am a bit surprised. Especially given it's an Olympic sport in 2016, you'd think there would be real momentum building for it.
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Hawke also said the change in date for this year's tournament may also have had an effect on team numbers which are also down in the men's competition.
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"Usually we try to fit it in the week before Kiama but we haven't been able to do that this year so it might be on a week too early for a few teams," Hawke said.
The men's side of the draw has seen the withdrawal of a number of Sydney clubs including both of last year's finalists Manly and Parramatta.
But Hawke said there were also plenty of positives with this year's event to feature sides from New Zealand and Victoria for the first time, as well as the first appearance of a combined NSW Suburban side.
"I'm actually quite pleased ... we might not have the quantity of sides we would have liked but it's a high quality competition and there's a bit of variation in there as well with some new teams," Hawke said.
This year's Queanbeyan Sevens will take place at Taylor Park and Seiffert Oval on Saturday, February 8.


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Mexico's violence has roots in U.S.
Updated 11:14 am, Friday, August 24, 2012
Mandan armas.
Compran drogas.
Gente muere.
After one last poem, Mexican Poet Javier Sicilia said he will not write poetry again, following the murder of his son, Juan Francisco, 24, yet another innocent victim of Mexico's drug violence.
But to speak to Sicilia about what might be done about this is to be served up some poetic simplicity.
Allow me to synthesize:
Send arms.
Buy drugs.
People die.
This is the gist of what he said in an interview by cellphone Wednesday as his caravan — the Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity — traversed Texas. It started in San Diego, Calif., and will end in Washington, D.C., with a stop this evening in San Antonio. More on this in a bit.
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Yes, the violence is occurring mostly in Mexico — about 27,000 killed last year — but those words above are about us, as in the United States. We — our policies and habits — are enablers of sorts, Sicilia was saying.
We enable when we send arms, illegally to the cartels and legally to the Mexican army. These arms are used by the cartels against one another and against the Mexican Army and police, he said. And they are used by the Mexican army against the cartels. And many are killed as a result, innocents and not so innocents.
We in this country enable through drug use here. As any student of Econ 101 can tell you, where demand exists, supply provides.
Sicilia is all too aware of conditions in his own country that enable a lot on their own. These include ineffective and corrupt institutions and policies that favor enforcement and violence.
But he has had words and action aplenty for Mexicans since the death of his son in March last year — found bound and shot in Cuernavaca with six friends. He has been critical of Mexican President Felipe Calderón's use of the Mexican army against the cartels.
But his point is that this kind of violence does not occur in a vacuum. So there is a different audience for Sicilia's caravan.
He speaks of "la guerra" — the war — begun by President Richard Nixon. He means the "war on drugs."
"It's this war that is a problem for my country," he said.
So does this lead us to legalization or decriminalization of drugs? It's a logical conclusion given that the black market conditions spurred by illegal drug use motivate the cartels and the violence.
Sicilia doesn't go there. Instead, he says, "You're a democracy." By this he means that democracies have discussions when policies don't work. He said this country needs to have that discussion.
We might talk, he said, of the number of prison inmates in this country.
Right. Texas alone accounted for nearly 137,000 arrests for drug use violations in 2010, says the FBI. People convicted of drug offenses and serving time in state prison, jail or in programs to transition out of incarceration accounted for 17.3 percent of all prisoners in Texas in fiscal year 2011, according to the state.
And then there is violence and other crime here spurred by drug use.
There has to be a better way. So says someone who is living this alleged "progress" in the war on drugs, someone who has lost someone dear to it.
Sicilia's caravan will roll into San Antonio today. Beginning at 5 p.m. there will be a press conference, dinner and a vigil at the parish hall of St. Leonard's Catholic Church, 8510 S. Zarzamora St.
Maybe we all can start having that discussion.


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