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Given the right-leaning nature of the Daily Caller, I was not surprised when they praised the so-called "Creepy Uncle Sam" commercials . These online anti-Obama Care videos show an eerie, smirking Uncle Sam menacing attractive but naïve young men and women during "intimate" medical moments. What surprised me was how flippantly the Daily Caller dismissed the notion that these commercials had anything to do with race by claiming such a charge was "delusional." It reflects a growing belief that unless a statement is overtly racist race plays no role at all. We need to unpack this dismissal if we are to properly understand the motivations behind the calls to dismantle Obama Care and the more general growth of nationwide anti-government sentiment.
The difficulty in understanding the racial messages in "Creepy Uncle Sam" stems from its use of the coded language of whiteness and not the more explicit Ianguage of racial bias. W hiteness is an essential part of American politics (and the American political imagery), yet few people really understand what it is and how it functions.Whiteness is an unarticulated or subconscious assumption that bestows a sense of cultural unity on Americans of European descent and views non-white bodies as inherently deviant. (Mills, 97). Whiteness forms this sense of unity by referencing a set of 'shared' values such as individualism, freedom, and the privilege of being ordained to rule (ibid).
Since the Civil Rights Movement and the rise of multiculturalism, whiteness has changed its mode of expression from the overt claims of white manifest destiny and moral superiority to more covert messages. University of California-Irvine professor David Goldberg explains how the current neoliberal notion of privatization, shrinking government in favor of free markets, can only be understood as a new form of nationalism that ironically views the state (i.e. Federal Government) as a threat to the lower case "n" nation. In other words, the obligations that the state has to a broader constituency, including non-white peoples, becomes a threat to the imaginary unity and superiority of whiteness. He writes:
"At the macro level neoliberalism expresses itself in terms of the nation over (even at the expense of) the state. The state is to stand for protecting me and those like me—my national family—and the rest be damned. The traditional language and objects of racial humiliation, expunged from social characterization because it is at odds with the rabid individualized communalism, are not so much erased as similarly structurally transformed. They now silently reference those who threaten their fiscal well-being (notably the perpetually unhealthy) or the social security of the nation (namely those deemed death approaching, mainly young Muslim men and those, even entire nations, identified as or with them)." (Goldberg, 2007)
These "silent references" code those who use government services as threatening the fiscal well-being of the nation. This discourse clearly parallels the Obama Care debate. Goldberg goes on to explain how the illegal immigrant (taking "our" jobs and using "our" services) and the welfare queen (the Black mother doing drugs and having sex while collecting her welfare check) exemplify the racial dynamics of this framing. The Nation is coded as white and thus is threatened by Black and Brown bodies.
He goes on to explain how this codes the government itself as non-white, specifically Black
"…racial meanings have animated neoliberal attacks on the welfare state…attacks on affirmative action reveal a deeper critical concern for neoliberals troubled over race. In the U.S., neoconservative critics of the state implicitly identify it as representing blackness and the interests thought most directly to advance black life. As a result both of serious application of antidiscrimination legislation and of affirmative action policies, the state became the single largest employer of African Americans. The perception among critics of these programs accordingly devolved into the view that black people are either employed as beneficiaries of affirmative action or they are supported by welfare. In short, from the 1970s on, the state increasingly came to be conceived as a set of institutions supporting the undeserving (recall the identification of Bill Clinton as "the first black President," first by Toni Morrison but taken up quickly by neoconservatives out to do him in). Fear of a black state is linked to worries about a black planet, of alien invasion and alienation, of a loss of local and global control and privilege long associated with whiteness. Neoliberalism, therefore, can be read as a response to this concern about the impending impotence of whiteness. " (ibid).
This quote penned in 2007 before Obama's victory is essential to understanding the rise of the Tea Party. The movement is more complicated than outbursts of angry white men; it is a system of political framing that hinges on attacking the dangers of big government in allegedly neutral terms while drawing upon white racial fears.
The Uncle Sam commercial clearly relies on this white racial solidarity, specifically the desire to protect innocent white femininity and virile white masculinity from a racialized threat. In the version aimed at women, a young lady, blond and attractive, has a vague look of concern on her face as she is placed on a gynecological table for an examination. When Creepy Uncle Sam appears to menace her, the video is playing off a trope of threatening white femininity, with white femininity as the embodiment of American national progress. Dating all the way back to the iconic 19th century image of Columbia, the white female body has served as a visual proxy for the hope of the "nation". In this famous painting, the woman embodies manifest destiny, leading settlers to the promise of wealth and prosperity by settling lands that were occupied by Native Americans. Note how the Native Americas are placed in darkness while the settlers are illuminated by Columbian light. Columbia light in this painting works as a visual metaphor for the cultural and political enlightenment that America brings as it moves West, washing away the ignorant "darkness" represented by the Native Americans.
Today, it's not Apaches who threaten the American National order, but the welfare queen and the illegal immigrant. The threat posed by 'Creepy Uncle Sam' lies precisely in his relation to these figures who threaten nativist whiteness. While Uncle Sam does not stroll out in Black face, he does appear in shadow, which racial analysis of film operates as a powerful subconscious code for evil and blackness (Wilderson, 2010). If Goldberg is correct and 40 years of American political discourse has racially coded perceptions of government, Uncle Sam does not need to be physically dark because he has already been discursively racialized. The smirk and the apparent pleasure the Uncle Sam character takes in "examining" the women is key. It breaks the Uncle Sam from his avuncular, WWII coding and places him into the post Civil Rights Movement racial threat coding. The protective Uncle Sam of old, the one who himself was a paradigmatic symbol of white male fraternity and patriarchal protection, would never, for a lack of a better phrase, turn pervy like this. The commercial thus forces viewers to make sense of what they are seeing: the moral fall of a beloved icon. It also makes them search for a cause: someone must have forced him to do this…but who? Goldberg's analysis shows how to commercials serve a duel purpose, using coded racial imagery to indict the current political order;
"I know who made Uncle Sam do this! Those darn lazy (read Brown/ Black) moochers asking him to give them free health care!"
while simultaneously playing off nostalgia for an older political order when the interests of the state and the nation were aligned;
"In my day, Uncle Sam would throw you a baseball, not cop a feel. I need to get my (read "Our"/ white) country back!"
One need only see Goldberg's comments on the fear of losing the virility of whiteness to understand how this commercial targets men , where Creepy Uncle Sam is about to give a young man a prostate examine. Creepy Uncle Sam now threatens to emasculate the male patient, who can be read as a symbole of white masculine control, with a homosexual act, and while it tempting to read this as about homophobia as opposed to racism, they should be read as mutually constitutive, as Creepy Uncle Sam threatens the patient as a racialized subject, The sexual violation of whiteness and the threat of the Black rapist is never approach frontally, again, that would be too obvious, but it is the subconscious rebar that holds the pieces together, giving them there appeal to many who hold these assumptions.
The contemporary neoliberal moment has been explained by both the Right and Left as fundamentally motivated by profit and capitalism. The rise of the Tea Party, specifically post-Obama, and its use of subtle racial coding challenges this colorblind narrative. A great piece was written by Zach Beauchamp called "How Racism Caused the Shutdown". I would only add that in addition to a general discussion of the southern strategy and race as wedge issue, Goldberg's Analysis, as well as the work of Goldberg as well as fellow UC Irvine professor Frank Wilderson (Wilderson, 2010) asks us the consider the visual, psychological, and sexual politics of Whiteness and Anti-Blackness as a necessary corollary in order to understand why race is such an effective wedge issue in America and understanding how the emotion power of race in America continues to be a driving force in American politics. For example, the "Southern Strategy" and its success makes little sense in an objective, material frame since by rejecting Democrats poor whites were often voting against their economic best interest.
However if, as Charles Mills argues, Whiteness itself is seen as a material advantage, then the post civil rights opposition by poor whites, those not competing with middle class Blacks for government jobs or business opportunities and thus not directly threated materially by integration, makes sense. While not threaten materially, they were threaten psychologically: one need only look at how often the resistance to school integration revolved not around jobs or violence, but school dances and the threat of interracial romance, to see how powerful this investment into Whiteness was (Baum, 2010). Seeing the Creepy Uncle Sam as the contemporary manifestation of this investment in whiteness, it can be argued that the psychological "Wages of Whiteness" are being valued over tangible economic benefits, a dynamic that threatens not only Obama care but the core logic of most progressive/radical political organizing, and as such must be thoroughly interrogated in order to produce properly framed and effective resistance to the threat of neoliberal white supremacy.
Lawrence Grandpre is the Director of Research for Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle. His focuses include criminal justice, police accountability, and community-based economic/educational development. He is the co-author of "The Black Book" and his work has been featured in The Guardian and The Baltimore Sun.


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RJ Flowers homered and tripled to lead the Hamilton baseball team to a 13-2, season-opening win over Caledonia on Tuesday.
Flowers, one of a limited number of returners for the defending OK Green Conference champions, finished with four RBIs during the five-inning game.
RJ Flowers homered and tripled to lead the Hamilton baseball team to a 13-2, season-opening win over Caledonia on Tuesday.
Flowers, one of a limited number of returners for the defending OK Green Conference champions, finished with four RBIs during the five-inning game.
Ben Baker added two hits and three RBIs for Hamilton, while Keith Phillips scored three runs and had two hits.
Winning pitcher Nathaniel White scattered one hit and one run over four innings.
"It was great to get that first game under our belts," Hamilton coach Ken DeGood said. "We didn't make any errors. We turned a 5-4-3 double play. We swung the bats well. We had 10 hits in four innings."
Holland Christian 16, Grand Rapids Christian 3, 5 inn.: The Maroons won their season opener at home with three players recording at least two RBIs.
Luke Brower went 2-for-2 with three RBIs, Alex Nienhuis went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and Peter Cupery hit a two-run double in his only at bat.
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Grant VanPutten also went 2 for 3 with an RBI and two stolen bases for the Maroons.
Zeeland West 14, Coopersville 11: Clayton Coatney homered, doubled and scored four times to lead the Dux to a season-opening win.
Teammate Logan Thimm tripled and scored three runs. Mike Langeland also tripled for Zeeland West, while Josh DeJonge, Jake Westhouse and Mike Otto all doubled.
"This is a very good way to start the season," Zeeland West coach Jeff VanHuis said. "We're hoping we can build on this."
Hopkins 20, Saugatuck 10: Brad Gehres went 2-for-4 with four RBIs for the Indians in the season-opening loss.
Lance Kleino and Caleb Morris each had two hits and an RBI for Saugatuck.
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Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern/Eastern 16, West Ottawa 6: Danny Mastrosic and Spencer Olson both scored two goals for the Panthers in their home opener.
AJ Smith had three assists and one goal for West Ottawa. Andrew Hutchison also scored for the Panthers.
Holland Warriors 6, Spring Lake 5, OT: Joey Seiler scored two goals and assisted Brett Grant for the game-winner in sudden-death overtime.
The Warriors improved to 2-1 overall.
"It came down to a last-ditch effort," Holland coach Mike Kelly said. "It was a beautiful setup to Brett. I'm really glad to see the guys come together on the final play."
Holland Christian 17, Caledonia 8: Mason Biebly scored seven times to lead the Maroons to a 2-0 start.
Alex Gebben added five goals for Holland Christian, while Zach Wiersma contributed three.
Goalie Connor Miedema made three saves for the Maroons.
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Zeeland West 3, Allendale 1: Zoe Lacroix scored two goals in the second half to lead the Dux to improve to 2-0 for the season.
Sandra Navarro and Skyla Snarski assisted her goals. Haley VanAppel's goal gave Zeeland West a 1-0 halftime lead, and Allendale tied it five minutes later.
Haylie Bos had three saves in goal for the Dux.
Holland Calvary 0, Wyoming Potter's House 0, OT: Goalies Mikayla Kronemeyer and Kierstin Davis combined for a shutout in their season opener.
Kronemeyer made four saves, while Davis had three.
"It was more of an offensive game. We had at least 30 attempts at the goal. We couldn't finish it," Calvary coach Emma Boone said. "The girls definitely played well for their first time out. I'm excited to see what the rest of the season holds for them."
West Ottawa 6, Spring Lake 4: Winning pitcher Hannah Goble retired 14 of the last 15 batters she faced as the Panthers bounced back from a 4-0 deficit heading into the top of the fifth inning.
Goble struck out seven and allowed three hits for the Panthers (1-0).
West Ottawa stole eight bases. No Panthers player had more than one hit.
Grand Rapids Christian 19, Holland Christian 10: Laura Hop tripled three times and collected four RBIs for the Maroons in the season-opening loss.
Teammate Morgan Quist, a freshman, went 3-for-4 with a triple and three RBIs. Holland Christian could not overcome a 12-run first inning.
Second baseman Kelly Bosma was injured during the game after colliding with a teammate in the outfield. She had a hairline fracture in her cheek but is otherwise OK, Holland Christian coach Nicole Gebben said.
Sara DeHaan, Jenna Jongekrijg and Audrey Joy Prins had two hits apiece for the Maroons.
Zeeland West 5, Coopersville 1: Meagan Harman struck out 11 batters and walked five in the Dux's season-opening win at home.
Kendra DeRoo led Zeeland West at the plate by going 3-for-3 and Brittany Daniels added two hits.
Hopkins 18, Saugatuck 8: Jessica Klaus led the Indians with two hits, including a triple, and three RBIs, but Saugatuck couldn't match Hopkins' firepower.
Indians starter Makiah Eveland gave up 14 hits and eight earned runs, while striking out four and walking two batters.
Nikki Kupres had two hits and two RBIs, and Bella Perez-Pala also had two hits for Saugatuck.
Girls tennis
Hamilton 8, Comstock Park 0: The Hawkeyes breezed to a season-opening win.
SINGLES: 1. Jenna Schra d. Rachel Lamp 7-5, 6-4; 2. Kylie Maxson d. Rebecca West 3-6, 6-2, 10-6; 3. Andrea Leow d. Katie VanderKlok 6-0, 6-0; 4. Keagan Maxson d. Melaina Bent 6-3, 6-0.
DOUBLES: 1. Cassie Coltrin/Madison Lynema d. Michelle Johns/Jill Malburg 6-0, 6-0; 2. Ally Brewer/Emily Bussis d. Jacqueline Nowak/Leanne Wiggers 6-0, 6-3; 3. Brianna Bass/Allison Leow d. Desiree Dykstra/Amanda Randolph 8-1; 4. Sarah Sherdian/Jessica Slagh d. Briana Dudick/Nicholle Schall 8-5.
Boys track and field
Zeeland West 86.33, Allendale 50.67: The Dux won their opener behind a sweep of the hurdles from Colin Overweg. He won the 110-meter event in 15.93 seconds and the 300 in 41.65.
Other individual winners for Zeeland West were Drew Lopez in the shot put at 43-1 3/4, Nick Bunning in the discus at 119-6, Brad Mesbergen in the 1,600 at 4:40.52, Dan Pung in the 400 at 53.15 and Joe Gaiser in the high jump at 6-5.
Girls track and field
Zeeland West 91, Allendale 46: Liesel Klett took first in two individual events to lead the Dux. She won the long jump in 15-0 3/4 and the 100 meters in 17.37.
Other individual winners for Zeeland West were Brittany DeJong in the discus at 100-8 1/2, Emily Kingshott in the shot put at 30-9 1/4, Alexis Gaiser in the high jump at 4-10, Cassidy Proce in the 400 at 1:05.18 and Jasmine Davis in the 200 at 30.08.


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"Columbia" (; ) is a historical name used by some Europeans and Americans to describe the Americas, the New World, and sometimes, more specifically, the United States. It is also a name given to the "Spirit of the Frontier" of which was used to illustrate Manifest Destiny among several other American political causes. It has given rise to the names of many persons, places, objects, institutions, and companies; e.g., Columbia University, the District of Columbia (the national capital of the United States), and the ship Columbia Rediviva, which would give its name to the Columbia River. Images of the Statue of Liberty largely displaced anthropomorphism Columbia as the female symbol of the U.S. by around 1920.
Columbia is a New Latin Toponymy, in use since the 1730s, for the Thirteen Colonies. It originated from the name of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus and from the ending -ia, common in Latin names of countries (paralleling Britannia, Gallia etc.).
Massachusetts Chief Justice Samuel Sewall used the name Columbina (not Columbia) for the New World in 1697.Thomas J. Schlereth, "Columbia, Columbus, and Columbianism" in The Journal of American History, v. 79, no. 3 (1992), 939 The name Columbia for "America" first appeared in 1738 The Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 8, June 1738, p. 285 Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Dec. 1885, pp. 159–65 in the weekly publication of the debates of the British Parliament in Edward Cave's The Gentleman's Magazine. Publication of Parliamentary debates was technically illegal, so the debates were issued under the thin disguise of Reports of the Debates of the Senate of Lilliput, and fictitious names were used for most individuals and placenames found in the record. Most of these were transparent anagrams or similar distortions of the real names; some few were taken directly from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels; and a few others were classical or neoclassical in style. Such were Ierne for Ireland, Iberia for Spain, Noveborac for New York (from Eboracum, the Roman name for York), and Columbia for America—at the time used in the sense of "European colonies in the New World". Debates in Parliament, Samuel Johnson.
The name was perhaps first coined by Samuel Johnson, thought to have been the author of an introductory essay (in which "Columbia" already appears) which explained the conceit of substituting "Lilliputian" for English names; Johnson also wrote down the Debates from 1740 to 1743. The name continued to appear in The Gentleman's Magazine until December 1746. Columbia seems an obvious calque on America, substituting the base of the surname of the discoverer Christopher Columbus for the base of the given name of the somewhat less well-known Amerigo Vespucci Vespucius.
As the debates of Parliament, many of whose decisions directly affected the colonies, were distributed and closely followed in the British colonies in America, the name "Columbia" would have been familiar to the United States' founding generation.
In the second half of the 18th century, the American colonists were creating their own identity distinct from that of their British cousins. At that time, it was common for European countries to use a Latin name in formal or poetical contexts to confer an additional degree of respectability on the country concerned.E.g. "Gallia" for France, "Helvetia" for Switzerland, "Lusitania" for Portugal, "Caledonia" for Scotland, and "Hibernia" for Ireland, etc. In many cases, these nations were personified as pseudo-classical goddesses named with these Latin names. Located on a continent unknown to and unnamed by the Romans, "Columbia" was the closest that the Americans could come to emulating this custom.
By the time of the Revolution, the name Columbia had lost the comic overtone of its "Lilliputian" origins and had become established as an alternative, or poetic name for America. While the name America is necessarily scanned with four syllables, according to 18th-century rules of English versification, Columbia was normally scanned with three, which is often more metrically convenient. The name appears, for instance, in a collection of complimentary poems written by Harvard graduates in 1761, on the occasion of the marriage and coronation of King George III. Hoyt, Albert. "The Name 'Columbia'", The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, July 1886, pp. 310–13.
The name "Columbia" rapidly came to be applied to a variety of items reflecting American identity. A ship built in Massachusetts in 1773, received the name Columbia Rediviva; it later became famous as an exploring ship, and lent its name to new "Columbias."
No serious consideration was given to using the name Columbia as an official name for the independent United States, but with independence the name became popular and was given to many counties, townships, and towns, as well as other institutions, e.g.:
The adjective Columbian has been used to mean "of or from the United States of America", for instance in the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago, Illinois. It has occasionally been proposed as an alternative word for "American".
Columbian should not be confused with the adjective "Pre-Columbian", referring to a time period before the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492.
Especially in the 19th century, Columbia was visualized as a goddess-like female national personification of the United States and of liberty itself, comparable to the British Britannia, the Italian Italia Turrita, and the French Marianne, often seen in political cartoons of the 19th-early 20th century. This personification was sometimes called "Lady Columbia" or "Miss Columbia". Such iconography usually personified America in the form of an Indian queen or Native American princess
laurel wreath, but most often it was a cap of liberty.
In World War I, the name "Liberty Bond" for savings bonds was heavily publicized, often with images from the Statue of Liberty. The personification of Columbia fell out of use, and she was largely replaced by the Statue of Liberty as a feminine symbol of the United States.
Statues of the personified Columbia may be found, among others, in the following places:


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Major Public Meeting rejects Council's plan for Sutton
More than 200 people from Sutton Coldfield attended a Public Meeting last Saturday, Chaired by Andrew Mitchell MP, at which concerned residents unanimously opposed the proposal by Birmingham City Council to build 10,000 homes on Sutton Coldfield's Green Belt.
Following the meeting Andrew Mitchell MP said, "This proposal could change the character of Sutton forever. The Green Belt is ours in trust for future generations and all other options need to be explored in far more detail."
These include:
- A more detailed look at Brownfield land available throughout Birmingham and a more imaginative and creative approach to building new communities there;
- A look at Brownfield land available across the West Midlands and throughout the Local Enterprise Partnership with proper respect for the wishes of all local authorities some of whom are seeking more housing and inward investment;
- A full study on the effects of building on Sutton Coldfield's Green Belt including the effects on infrastructure, medical and school facilities and transport as well as environmental effects, drainage and overall suitability;
- A further examination of the figures of housing need taking into account new and lower estimates for international immigration.
Andrew Mitchell MP said, "That so many of my constituents attended last Saturday shows the immense concern throughout the Town and determination to fight these plans. I urge concerned constituents to send individual submissions to the City Council and cannot stress how important this is."
To register your comments, suggest an alternative approach or if you would like to know more about the Draft Birmingham Development Plan you can:
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Director of Planning & Regeneration
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Join Us at Harvest
We are thrilled to announce the much-anticipated opening of Harvest at The Ranch at Laguna Beach. Now open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Come savor the exceptional flavors of one of the OC's newest and buzziest culinary experiences, designed to expand your appreciation of terroir food, drink and hospitality. Harvest marries the bounty of the season with the atmosphere and creativity of Laguna Beach into a dizzying array of local flavors, ingredients and traditions of California cuisine.
Our restaurant, bar and private dining room celebrate the storied of California's history of organic farming, brewing, and oenology. Outdoor patio seating unveils stunning Aliso Canyon and golf course views. As an homage to the original homesteaders, fresh-made food and drink are a focus throughout your dining experience, with many ingredients harvested on property. What we don't grow here is thoughtfully sourced.
The menu changes with each season, integrating fresh herbs, fruits and vegetables grown and gathered from our own half-acre Harvest Garden. The new bar is a haven of sociability, featuring an innovative handcrafted cocktail menu, enticing wine list and 18 craft beers on tap—all for sipping along with earnest conversation.
The Harvest team shares their masterfully creative and intensely local take on Californian comfort food designed with food-lovers in mind.
Reservations are strongly recommended. Please click on the Harvest Reservations button above to book online. Or call (949) 715-1376 to reserve your table.
KYLE ST. JOHN – Executive Chef
Kyle joined The Ranch in 2016 as Sous Chef bringing his passion of farm to table cooking and fresh and local sourced cuisine. Kyle's love for food started in the kitchen with his family's cooking and Grandmas' recipes, which led him into the culinary world working in restaurants while attending school. After graduating from University, Kyle pursued a career in the culinary arts where he worked with the opening team at Selanne's Steak house in 2013 for Hockey Hall of famer Teemu Selanne. Kyle then moved onto the private world of Club Corp where he became Sous chef at The Center Club of Orange County. It was at the private club where he helped develop tailored culinary experiences for its members with paired wine dinners from Kosta Browne, Kendall- Jackson, Duck Horn and more, and beer dinners with local breweries Bootleggers, the Brewery and Barley Forge. Kyle has worked several Chef's Table events for the Rooster's Charity, the Illumination foundation and Club Corp's fundraiser hosted by Food Network's Simon Majumdar and Bravo's Top Chef runner up Amar Santana. Kyle enjoys spending time in Montana where he was born, visiting his family's farm, fly fishing and camping in the mountains. He currently lives in Laguna Beach with his wife Laura where he enjoys surfing, photography and seeking out new food trends. Kyle attended California State University Long Beach.
Old Favorites With a Few Twists.
Harvest serves up comfort food inspired by the best of regional and grown-on-property ingredients and the turn of the seasons.
Our delicious dessert menu showcases both savory and sweet desserts for sharing. Each heavenly, homemade delight is whipped up with fresh-picked delicacies from the Harvest Garden orchard, where over 30 trees bear a variety of local and exotic fruits.
As Laguna's new "it" spot, the Harvest bar focuses on bespoke elements: craft production and the blending and aging of unique and indigenous ingredients, enjoyed amid the hum of happy chatter.
Our handcrafted cocktails anticipate the seasons, featuring specialty releases of aged cocktails that coincide with holidays and special events. The draught program complements a full bar, highlighting an ever-changing selection of artisan-crafted drinks. Local craft brews run the gamut from pale ales and lagers to hefty stouts. Flight tasters are encouraged to help you find your favorite among the 18 handles on tap. For wine aficionados, award-winning Sommelier Jesse Rodriquez has hand-selected a wine list of renowned varietals.
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Our outdoor dining and lounging experience is unrivaled in Laguna. Our firepit allows for the perfect pairing—s'mores and cognac. Join us for ongoing events that change with the seasons. Enjoy our casual fare, while taking in the peace of golf and canyon views, courtesy of Mother Nature's own magnum opus.
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June 3-9 is Rip Current Awareness Week in Florida
Florida Travel Guide: Rip Current Safety Tips
Rip currents claim more lives than they should in Florida each year. They are, without a doubt, the number one concern of lifeguards on Florida's beaches. That's because there can be very strong rip currents on seemingly pleasant days and many swimmers are simply neither expecting to get caught in one, nor are they prepared as to what to do should that happen.
Rip Current Awareness Week
June 3-9 marks Rip Current Awareness Week and since tropical storms and hurricanes can lead to rip currents and we've had an early start to hurricane season in Florida this year, we thought it prudent to share some tips with you so you can protect yourself on Florida's beaches.
What is a rip current?
A rip current will form when water piles up on the beach rather than flowing away from the waves like it normally does, parallel to the shore. What results is a very narrow stream of water traveling very quickly away from the shore.
So much water eventually builds up in the current that pressure creates a skinny path back out to sea. The current can be 30 to 100 feet in width and it can move as fast as 5 miles per hour.
Why are rip currents dangerous?
Rip currents drag swimmers out to deep water. When you don't know how to maneuver a rip current, your instinct may be to swim against the current to get back to shore. When this happens, you can become exhausted and you may drown from not being able to keep yourself afloat any longer. It is also possible for non-swimmers to drown in rip currents by simply wading in the water. The current can be strong enough to pull you off your feet and drag you out to sea and when you can not swim, you can very easily drown.
How to swim out of a rip current
First of all, if you don't know how to swim, know how to spot a rip current to try to avoid walking into one while wading in the waves. If you do know how to swim, never swim where there are no lifeguards and always look out for rip currents before walking into the water.
Should you find yourself in a rip current, being pulled out to sea, do not panic. You can swim out of a rip current by swimming parallel to the shore. Swim so that the shore is on your right or left side and never, ever, ever swim against the current. You can't beat it. If the current pulls you under, it will spit you back out and you need your strength to get back to safety.
How to spot a rip current
You can sometimes visually spot a rip current. A rip current will look sort of like a miniature river on the ocean's surface, that flows away from the beach. They can be foamy and brownish in color, flattening incoming waves making the sea look mysteriously calm. Past the breakers the current will appear to disperse and form a mushroom shape.
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When you take on the Vegan Challenge, you'll find new favorite foods. You'll find out what you like and don't like to eat. You'll find great new food options on menus and in your grocery store. Checking labels gets easier and easier. You'll find that navigating health concerns isn't such a big deal after all.
And then there are those sideways glances, rolling eyes, and the questions-questions-questions asked by family, friends, and coworkers. This is where your knowledge and understanding really gets a workout. Some people ask with excitement, wonder, or genuine concern. And we will all remember those who challenge your commitment to compassion and justice. Sometimes with all the grace and kindness of an hungry bear.
Despite some awkwardness and discomfort at the onslaught of questions, social settings offers some interesting insights we've discovered along the way. A few easy tips for your social tool belt, and a helpful reminder to stay true to yourself and kind to others. It's not about converting the world, but teaching others that there is another way to live.
When No One Is Interested
Starting out your Vegan journey feels so invigorating. You're discovering a new way of living, you start feeling healthier, you're losing weight without trying, it's easier to exercise, and you can eat all this glorious and delicious food. You've discovered a new side of yourself that was always just under the surface of your existence, and you want to share it with the world.
But no one is listening to you…
If you hit that wall, don't let it discourage you. Your journey is unique to you. While you may have seen, read, experienced, and discovered things that now make perfect sense to you and make living vegan make so much more sense, your friends and family members may not quite see it your way.
As your family and friends discover that you've become vegan, some will be genuinely interested in what it means to live vegan; others may be concerned for your health; and some may feel a little uncomfortable because they don't know what vegan means, or they're not sure that you are still you. They are genuinely glad you're excited about your new lot in life, but the hard truth is that they will never understand exactly how you feel. It's like when your best friend goes on a backpacking trip across Europe. You can listen to every story they tell, but it will not compare to experiencing it yourself.
You know your friends and family better than anyone, and here's some advice from someone who's been there: Live by example. Your friends and family want to know you still care about them and that you're not rejecting them. You're not rejecting them, you're rejecting the use of animals, you're rejecting violence, and you're rejecting waste. You don't have to preach about global warming, hand out literature on the unsustainability, try to get your friends to watch undercover animal slaughter footage, or read the books you've read. Be patient. Live by example. Plant seeds and they will grow. And if they don't, don't take it personally.
It is a resolute fact of life that change does not come easily. New ideas are often unwelcome and those who bring the new ideas are often seen as aggressors, even when those ideas are offered with love or in the spirit of helping the group. Even the most loving, thoughtful, well-mannered person making their vegan lifestyle known to a non-vegan family or group of friends may be met with hostility.
Try not to take resistance as a personal attack. Just because change is strange and intimidating doesn't mean they don't love you. The majority of the time, they anxiety comes from concern for you. It might help family members and friends who read this to know that just because a loved one has decided to live vegan, this does not mean they don't want to be close to those they love. It simply means they've found something very important to them; to live their lives fully, they feel they must be true to this new mindset and they want to share that excitement with you.
Dining Out
Eating in restaurants that serve animal flesh and animal products can be hard for some vegans even if it's at the next table. Sometimes, it's especially when it's on the same table and difficult to ignore. This is a comfort level you'll have to determine for yourself. Some vegans want to eat with others who are not vegan so they can live by example. Others want to avoid the pain or frustration and eat only with vegans or with those open to giving it a try. One vegan friend decided to handle dining out with people who are not vegan this way: "I offer to pick up the tab if everyone eats vegan food. I don't have a lot of money, but I think it's a nice way to introduce others to great vegan food. I don't put myself in situations where I have to sit at a table with animal meat – it's just too much for me."
This reaction may seem strange to those who are not yet vegan who may think "it's just a food choice, after all. What's the big deal?" But as one moves along the vegan path, they often become more connected to their consumer choices. They begin to learn where their food comes from, who suffered and who benefited.
The fear of some vegans is that they're going to have to endure the pain and bite their tongue at the dinner table. The fear of those not yet vegan is that vegans are going to make them feel guilty about what they want to eat. Meals might seem like the perfect time to discuss your lifestyle with those who are close to you, but the conversation may also be better left for another time. With something as socially connecting as eating together, it's important to remember kindness and empathy to everyone, not just animals.
When it comes to telling people, the best thing to do is to wait for people to ask. It is almost guaranteed that someone will ask why you are not eating animal products. You know your friends and family best, so answer in the way that makes the most sense for that group at that moment. If the group is open to hearing what you have to say, awesome! But sometimes, it might be best to suggest talking one-on-one another time. For me, I talked about how I was studying the scientific implications, and how it was an "Awareness Month" challenge. This alone opened up great conversations without anyone feeling guilty or confronted, which is the last thing that needs to happen.
We're not suggesting that you hold your tongue, but rather that you might want to pick the most effective opportunity. Timing is everything. While you may feel like it goes against your ethics to refrain from answering questions immediately and in graphic detail, rest assured, your actions will speak even louder than words. Your message will be more powerful and better received by those who are open to hearing it. Live by example, plant seeds of compassion, and be ready to open your heart to those wanting to learn more.
The Only One At The Party
If you're going to a casual non-vegan party, staying vegan may be as simple as snacking before you go, or keeping your eyes open for animal-free snacks at the party like chips, nuts, and veggie dips. You can even offer to bring vegan-approved snacks to help the hosts. What party is complete without Oreos, Doritos, salsa, and Ritz crackers. Or you can be "that one friend" who always brings a veggie tray.
If you're going to a sit-down dinner party that you know won't be vegan, let your hosts know ahead of time you don't consume animal products. Offering to bring vegan items would be very helpful and would take pressure of the host. Simply buy prepared plant-based food from a local store or bring your favorite dish or two. That way you'll be sure to enjoy your meal and have enough to introduce others to some of your favorites.
If your hosts feel frustrated by your requests, explain that you want to do whatever is least burdensome for the group while not compromising your values. People will almost always understand and find a way to ensure that you have plenty to eat. They may even be excited to learn and try something new. Be willing to roll up your sleeves and help. The stress your hosts might feel cooking new recipes or adding to their menu may be eased by your willingness to lend a hand.
Why Does Anyone Care About What I Eat
In The 30-Day Vegan Challenge, Colleen Patrick-Goudreau pointed out, "Though transitioning from an animal-based diet to a plant-based one seems like it's just about choosing broccoli over beef, it's so much more profound than that. It's about questioning assumptions, reexamining our values, aligning our behavior with our principles, and shifting the paradigms with which we grew up. This can be a little unnerving to those who are closest to us…" (240).
In almost every modern culture, food is much more than fuel for our bodies. Food carries with it emotions, memories, and tradition. We make food for those we love. We comfort ourselves with food. We celebrate with food. We even have meetings over food. Food bonds us to one another and to our communities. Food is a large part of our very own sense of who we are.
When someone innocently asks, "Hey, have you considered living vegan?" some might hear it as, "Everything you've been told about food is a lie. Your mom lied to you, your teachers lied to you, and the government is lying to you. You should give up your family and friends. And you'll never be invited to or welcome at another party or family function. Go vegan and be lonely."
Of course living vegan doesn't mean you have to leave your friends and family behind, and you can still be the life of the party. Living vegan just means you have found a more conscious and compassionate way of living and eating. Share it with those you love and care about in a way that makes it clear that you still love and care about them.
What Does It All Mean
Start new traditions with vegan foods. Vegan foods are abundant and delicious. Virtually every animal-based food has a vegan alternative. Birthdays don't have to be without cake and ice cream. Just make or pick up scrumptious cake and vegan ice cream made without animal products. Want to fire up the grill with brats and burgers with your buddies? Veggie burgers and veggie meats, desserts, entrees, and appetizers. The vegan choices are endless. Holidays, celebrations, every day can be vegan, fun, and wonderful. For more information, visit this link.


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Applications of Photonic Technology 2 pp 75-80 | Cite as
Threshold Condition of Single-Mode Gain-Coupled DFB Lasers
Stable single-mode lasers with narrow linewidth are highly desirable in advanced fiber optic systems. As one of the effective approaches to obtain single mode oscillation in DFB lasers, a gain grating has attracted considerable attention in recent years. Since the coupling strength of a gain grating is gain-dependent, the study of the threshold condition of gain-coupled DFB lasers is much more complex than that of index-coupled DFB lasers.1'2 Such a study is also crucial for the determination of the conditions needed for increasing the single mode yield of gain-coupled DFB lasers.
KeywordsHigh Order Mode Bloch Wave Bragg Wavelength Threshold Gain Distribute Feedback Laser
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This report examines the question: Is it appropriate for the Federal Government to support R and D on alternative automotive power systems. Potential alternatives to the internal combustion engine (ICE) include the stratified charge, Wankel, diesel, Rankine cycle, Stirling cycle, gas turbine, electric and hybrid systems. These engines may offer advantages over the ICE but considerable development would be required, and Federal support has been proposed. The five sections of the report are: a description of the central issue and a set of underlying issues, a review of the relevant technology, an exploration of the role for Federal R and D in overall Federal policy concerning the automobile, an analysis of present programs in industry and government, and conclusions. Appendices review the history of Federal programs and describe the content of present industry and government programs.
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Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyEnergy Laboratory, 77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA United States 02139
National Science FoundationOffice of Energy Research and Development Policy
Washington, DC United States 20550
- Heywood, J B
- Jacoby, H D
- Linden, L H
- Mooney, P D
- Rife, J M
- Publication Date: 1974-11
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- Pagination: 175 p.
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- TRT Terms: Automotive engineering; Development; Energy; Federal government; Fuel consumption; Fumes; Future; Internal combustion engines; Motor vehicle industry; Policy; Research; Research management; Vehicle power plants
- Uncontrolled Terms: Future research; Research and development
- Geographic Terms: United States
- Old TRIS Terms: Automobile engines; Crankcase fumes; Government policies; Role playing; Roles behavior
- Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Policy; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;
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- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
- Report/Paper Numbers: MIT-EL-74-013 Intrm Rpt.
- Contract Numbers: NSF-EN-44166
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jun 26 1975 12:00AM


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Father Maurice, a priest living in a residential college for priests in Rome, is called out one day to "exorcise" the devil from someone. The devil turns out to be in the form of a fun-loving man called Giuditta. What Father Maurice doesn't know is that this type of devil will turn his life around.
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text: What's On The War of The Worlds In the unfathomable darkness of space, an invisible missile starts its journey to Earth from Mars... A Northern Stage productionBy H.G. WellsAdapted by Laura LindowDirected by Elayce Ismail Book Now Reviews Tour Behind the scenes Cast and Creatives Access Following a sell-out run in January, The War of The Worlds is back by popular demand! In the unfathomable darkness of empty space, an invisible missile starts its journey to Earth from Mars. And another. And another. And another... Ten missiles fired at the unsuspecting Earth and rushing through the empty gulf of space. Ten missiles carrying an invading force of Martians, their intellects vast, cool and unsympathetic. Hour by hour, day by day, closer and closer the Martians come, ready for war and the massacre of mankind. The War of the Worlds charts the fortunes of a band of survivors as they become refugees in their own country, forced to flee from an unknown and unprovoked enemy, and battle against the devastation and destruction of their planet. Northern Stage's vivid and dynamic production relocates H.G. Wells' iconic novel to the North East of England, in an inventive re-telling of a sci-fi classic. Book Now Reviews "Laura Lindow's adaptation of the sci-fi classic is a thrilling parable of complacency that allows a brilliant cast to shine" The Guardian ★★★★ "What an absolute blast! Terrific performances, an exciting script and a wonderfully eerie soundtrack characterise a production in which all the elements seem precision engineered." Newcastle Journal ★★★★★ "HG Wells' classic sci-fi novel brought vividly to life with imaginative storytelling" The Stage ★★★★ Tour After the sell-out success of The War of The Worlds' tour in the spring, the production will be touring once again to 11 venues across the North East, Cumbria and Scottish Borders this autumn. Find out more here. Behind the scenes Watch the trailer: Production images: Cast and Creatives Elayce Ismail - Director Elayce Ismail is a freelance theatre director, the RTYDS Associate Director at Northern Stage and an Associate Artist of Boundless Theatre. She was awarded the JP Morgan Award for Emerging Directors 2014/2015, under which she was Resident Director at the National Theatre Studio. Prior to this, she was a Jerwood Assistant Director at the Young Vic. Elayce was founder and co-Artistic Director/Producer of Offstage Theatre from 2005-2009 and trained at LISPA. She has directed theatre and opera for companies including the National Theatre, Royal Opera House, Young Vic, Gate, Soho Theatre, Royal Court, The Yard and Deutsches Theater Berlin. She has directed puppetry for companies including Kneehigh and the Unicorn Theatre, and performed with companies including Oily Cart/RSC and Complicite/ENO. Direction includes: Girls (HighTide/Talawa/Soho Theatre); Spooky Action at a Distance (Royal Court/RWCMD/Gate); The Iphigenia Quartet: Chorus, The Rise and Shine of Comrade Fiasco (Gate); Stay Another Song, Simpatico (Young Vic); Nanjing (The Yard); The Lost Ring (NT/Deutsches Theater Berlin). Mariam Rezaei - Composer Mariam Rezaei is a writer, performer and improviser and works predominantly with the piano, voices, turntables and electronics. She is Composer in Residence at the Literary and Philosophical Library, Newcastle, Artistic Director of The Old Police House (and Ensemble) and Bradford Scratch Orchestra. 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Mariam also wrote the music for Dan Bye's touring new one man theatre show 'Instruction For A Border Crossing' for Edinburgh Fringe 2017 and Live Theatre's 'From The Sky To Your Hands'. She worked on sound design for Tom Well's 'DRIP', which was well received on a national tour, October 2017. Laura Lindow - Writer Laura Lindow is an award winning Scottish writer/director based in the North East of England. During 20 years of making theatre in the region, she has established a reputation for creating work that is lyrical yet punchy with a serious sense of play. As Associate Director for Open Clasp Theatre Company, directing credits include: Sugar (2017 preview), Don't Forget The Birds (for national tour 2018) and Key Change: winner of Carol Tambor 'Best of Edinburgh Award' 2015 with subsequent New York transfer, the Critics' Pick in New York Times & winner of Best Overall Event at the 2016 Journal Culture Awards. Additionally Key Change was recorded in 2017 via a commission from The Space and was streamed as part of the International UN Campaign to End Violence Against Women and Girls, reaching a global audience of over 10,000. Other credits include: Beyond The End of the Road (writer) for November Club; Ghostfish (writer) a reading, developed as an international writers exchange with Live Theatre Newcastle (Live Lab) and Teater Katapult Denmark, Hey Presto by Nadia Shireen (writer of stage adaptation) for New Writing North; The Terrorist's Guide To Romance (writer) for Alphabetti Theatre; The Important Man (director) for Cap-A-Pie Theatre Co; Preggers (director) for Curious Monkey; Up & Out, Christmas Sprout (writer) for Northern Stage; then LEAP (writer/solo performer) for The Lowry, Ovalhouse, Cheshire Spot On & Lancashire Touring Network; Donna Disco & Brown Bird (director) for Chicken Pox Fox, Heartbreak Soup (writer/director) for The Empty Space (Guardian, Pick of the Week, Total Theatre Award nominee) Laura was shortlisted for Journal Culture Awards Writer of the Year 2009. She is a Visiting Lecturer for Performing Arts at The University of Northumbria, in addition to performing as Dr Lulu McDoo (Lead Clown Doctor for Tin Arts) working with hospitalized children and their families. Laura is a proud member of The Royal Court Writers Group (North). Jack Lloyd - Phillip Ridley Jack, originally from the North West, came to Newcastle in 2013 to study a BA in Drama and Applied theatre at Northumbria University. He went on to train as an actor at the Newcastle Theatre Royal through Project A. He was nominated as one of the top 20 graduates to graduate from a drama school in the 2017 Spotlight Showcase, competing at the Underglobe. Since then, he has made his professional debut at Alphabetti Theatre playing the lead role in Gary Kitching's new play Wilfred, a piece made in partnership with The Discovery Museum to commemorate the 100th Anniversary since WW1. Jack is thrilled to now be joining the cast of 'The War of the Worlds' and to be playing the role of Ridley. Credits: (Wilfred) Wilfred Alphabetti theatre, 2017 Spotlight Prize Nominee, The Underglobe, (Brink, Joey, Barry) Road Project A, (Various) Captain Amazing Project A, (Iachimo) Cymbeline Project A, (Eddy) Greek Project A, (Various) Macbeth Top Box Productions (Various) Romeo and Juliet Top Box Productions. Luke Maddison - Barker / Boots Luke has gained roles in stage and screen as well as radio and most recently Opera. he made his first television appearance in an episode of 'Inspector George Gently' (BBC), working alongside Jim Moir and Martin Shaw. He was also very proud to be a part of the Northern stage production of 'Leaving' in 2017 by Paddy Campbell and Curious Monkey. Recent credits include: Jack - Supernova - (Live theatre); Sam - Don't go outside (TwentySeven Productions); Michael - Geordie the musical (revival); Dan - Goodbye fish (Live theatre); Milo/steve/simon/Tom - Leaving by Paddy Campbell (Curious Monkey/Northern stage); Leopold - Der Rosenkavalier (Opera North); Captain Simon Taylor - 1916 no turning back (Durham Gala); Danny - Galway Girl (Cloud 9 theatre); Josh - The frights response plays (Alphabetti theatre); Michael Cumisky - Geordie the musical world Premiere; Eric Parker - A Nightingale Sang (Less is More); John Foster - Dangle in the dust (Canny craic Prod); Narrator (V.O) - Long Way Home' Charlotte Ryder - Jill Ridley Charlotte is originally from Newcastle and has been performing in the region since the age of eight years old. She attended the University of Stirling in Scotland where she graduated in 2016 with a degree in English with Film and Media. She is a member of the National Youth Theatre and trained at the full-time professional actor training course 'Project A' at Newcastle Theatre Royal, graduating in July where she appeared as 'Clare' in their production of Jim Cartwright's 'Road'. She has recently returned from filming a short in Scotland with the Scottish BAFTA award-winning director Sarah Grant, which will tour festivals later this year, as well as recording with the Glasgow based audio production company Tin Can Audio. She will appear in Tin Can Audio's latest fantasy/sci-fi audio drama podcast 'Middle/Below' which is to be released in April 2018. Charlotte is extremely excited to be a part of this production of 'The War Of The Worlds' and is absolutely delighted to be making her debut here at Northern Stage. Lauren Waine - Mo Lauren is a recent graduate from The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) where she graduated with a First Class Hons degree in Acting for which she was awarded The 'Laurence Olivier Bursary Award' and she is very excited to be making her Northern Stage debut this year. Originally from the North East, she has appeared in a number of shows around the region including, Polly Perkins in 'Robinson Crusoe' (Durham Gala), 'The Fifteen Streets', 'Allo Allo' and 'The Laffalang' , 'Dracula: Die Laughing' (ION Productions), and is a founding member of Newcastle based all-female comedy sketch group, 'Your Aunt Fanny' (Live Theatre). Other credits include: Molly (ITVs 'Vera', Season 8),Faustus (The Globe, Sam Wanamaker Festival), Maureen (RENT!), Mary Barton (LIPA), Three Jumpers (Unearthed Theatre at Edinburgh Fringe), Marina (Pericles, Brighton Open Air Theatre) and a series of Radio Shorts (Cranked Anvil). Access Northern Stage is fully accessible. The theatre has three lifts providing access to all parts of the building, including the accessible toilets, baby changing facilities, stages 2 & 3 and the backstage area. Buggy parking is available. To discuss any access needs, take a look at our access page or please call our Box Office on 0191 230 5151.