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Permit Requirements by Building Type
Simple repairs to replace railings, balusters, and some treads do not require drawings. Replacement of a full stair run and any structural component will require some type of drawing to illustrate how the work will be completed. Information about the type of connections and how installed will be required on the drawings. The drawn views shall include a plan view with dimensions, an elevation dimensioning heights and distances, and at least one section view illustrating how the deck is attached to the existing structure and / or braced as a standalone. If the deck is enclosed and covered, suitable details and information to satisfy the requirements of the code must be indicated on the drawings.
When replacing shingles, the shingle weight per square foot is necessary to verify that the allowed dead load will not be exceeded. When rafters are being replaced, their size, spacing, and form of attachment must be indicated on the submitted drawing. This information should indicate whether there is an overhang, where the venting occurs, type of flashing, whether the shingles are open or closed, and the pitch of the roof. If gutters are installed, identify if the rain water leaders discharge onto splash pads or into an underground drainage system.
When installing onto a new flat surface, provide drawn information for material installed, gutters, roof drains and overflows, insulation and pitch, scuppers and scuttles, and rain water leaders to boots or splash pads. Existing flat surfaces being repaired requires manufacturer information for product being installed and some indication of the warranty satisfaction.
Replacement windows are to have information to verify they comply with the current energy code for U-value. When replacing windows in the bedroom, notation must be provided to indicate size and proximity to the finish floor for egress reasons. The application and / or the drawing must indicate the number of units being replaced and how many are bedroom conditions.
Replacing interior non-rated doors do not require drawings. When installing apartment unit entry doors, rated units may be required. The application and / or the drawing must indicate the number of units being replaced and where each is located.
New Construction
New residential structures will require a full set of drawings that include site and civil, structural, architectural, electrical, mechanical, and plumbing information in full compliance with the code. They are not required to be stamped and signed by a design professional unless the total square footage exceeds 5,000.
New commercial structures require a full set of drawn documents in full compliance with the code. A third-party peer review and a Statement of Special Inspections will be necessary if the structure exceeds 150,000 square feet.
Temporary tents require a Certificate of Flame Resistance for every tent where a permit is required. A drawing is necessary to locate all tents on the site and should depict the size of each. On the application, the date of installation and the date of removal must be indicated.
Whether pre-manufactured or built from the ground up, all sheds must be anchored to the ground in some fashion. When applying for your building permit, we need the size and location of the structure. The location is to be shown on a scaled drawing that locates your shed a minimum of 3 feet away from the property lines. You should query your pre-manufactured vendor of their anchorage kit options. Verify if you are in a historic district before application.
Signs installed with post, bases, or pylons will also require a building permit and drawings that show the base support material and conditions. Otherwise, the single Sign Permit Application is usually all that is required.
When a complete gut or selective demolition has been performed, drawings will be necessary to determine the extent of work necessary for the permit when walls are installed or modified. The drawings are to indicate all material and obvious conditions to complete the work and should be completed in compliance with the requirements of the code. This understanding is also required for "tenant fit-out".
Swimming Pools
When a permit is required, pool installations require a drawing to locate the pool on site. The drawing, or additional documents, is to indicate the location of the fencing around the pool or the conditions that satisfy this requirement of the code. In addition, it should be indicated the need of a pool sensor. The Building Permit Application should indicate the size of the pool for length, width, and depth.
Installing new siding over rotted wood is not permitted. New siding will require suitable substrates prior to installation.


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Dalibor Dado Marinkovic was born in 1976, Doboj BiH where lived there through his childhood. Dado started playing drums at the age of 5, and played with many different bands around Europe.
In 2001 Dado moved to Zagreb, Croatia. There he was soon recognized as a great instrumentalist by many major names in Croatian musical industry, no matter what genre: pop, rock, jazz, world music, r&b etc... In last three years (2004, 2005, 2006) Dado received four "Status" award. Award for the best drummer in Croatia.
Also in 2005 he was awarded with 2 awards for best drummer in pop, rock and jazz music. During his career in music Dado played with many leading Croatian artist and also played with world famous fellow musicians (Tommy Emannuel, Saskia Laroo, Maya Azucena etc.).
He also played on Gibboni "UNCA FIBRE" album with Tony Levin, Manu Katche, Vlatko Stefanovski, Matija Dedic etc. He also recorded with great Croatian artists (VANNA, ZDRAVKO COLIC, TOSE PROESKI, NINA BADRIC, DINO MERLIN, TONY CETINSKI, B.R.K., GIBONNI etc. Now he's playing with Gibboni and Marijan Brkic B.R.K. band.

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Planning commission members in Bristol drew a line in the sand with their revised town plan, and voters boldly stepped over it.
By rejecting the town plan and the gravel extraction zoning ordinance by almost a 2-1 margin, town residents finally got their say on an issue that has dominated discussion for the past four years. The vote totals tell the story: Bristol residents voted 598-364 against the proposed town plan, and 627-349 against the gravel extraction zoning ordinance. That is overwhelming.
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Could there be an easier job right now than writing for the "Daily Show with John Stewart"? The actual words spoken by the players and pundits in Washington need no embellishing to reach the level of satire. I don't know whether to laugh or cry when I listen to them. If you are of a certain age you will remember the great 1976 film "Network," in which the main character, a newscaster, implores his viewers to open their windows, stick out their heads and yell, "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"
One of Sen. Patrick Leahy's principal responsibilities as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee is to shepherd President Obama's nominees to the federal judiciary through the committee and on to favorable confirmation votes by the full Senate.
You gotta love Town Meeting.
Even if 90 percent of the discussion is about budget numbers that are as dry as a speech by Gov. James Douglas, there's a certain Kabuki-like quality to the charmingly ornate process of gathering to discuss the town's business.
And speaking of Gov. Douglas, he was again absent from his role as moderator, out of Vermont on state business. He's now missed one-third of the town meetings going back to 2005, but Douglas ran again this year for the town moderator spot. It's apparently the one office to which he knows he can still get re-elected.
As Middlebury residents go to the polls on Tuesday, March 2, they'll have the opportunity to change the long-term economic fortunes of the town through one measure: Casting a vote to phase out the town's antiquated machinery and equipment tax. The measure is written as Article 10 and calls it a tax on Business Personal Property.
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Vashon merchants will light up the Village Green and welcome Islanders to an equinox celebration heralding the arrival of spring on Friday evening.
They'll provide cookies, coffee, live entertainment and an artfully lit park, all in an effort to let Islanders know they're grateful for shoppers' patronage.
The businesspeople and shop owners want to thank Vashon residents for supporting them through the lean months of winter, said Bettie Edwards, owner of The Little House.
"The merchants appreciate you," she said. "We're almost over the hump, and it's time to celebrate fun, celebrate light."
More than 25 merchants will provide coffee and about 1,000 homebaked cookies for a community celebration from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Village Green, featuring live music by Marilyn Kay & Company. The group is a "very fun, very interactive bluegrass" band, said Nancy Katica, co-owner of Vashon Bookshop.
Artwork by Chautauqua students and festive luminarias will brighten the Green.
While many Vashon businesses had slow months during the winter, Edwards said she's thankful residents shopped on the Island as much as possible.
"I think everybody made a really diligent effort," she said.
"The winter months can be tough on all of us, and this is a way of celebrating getting through the dark season and heading into the light of spring," said Jenni Wilke, co-owner of Books by the Way.
Edwards said she's looking forward to a chance to give back to the Island community.
"We all need a feel-good time," Edwards said. "It's time to say thank-you and enjoy each other's company."
"It's about people coming together over cookies and coffee beneath a twilight sky," said Mary Kay Rauma, sales director at the Vashon Island Coffee Roasterie. "The days are getting longer, the blossoms are bursting, bulbs are popping — there is a lot to celebrate. The relationship between the community and merchants is a symbiotic one, and this event is intended to honor that."


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Texas Rangers are investigating the death of a man who was shot and killed by a Pampa police officer Wednesday after he brandished a firearm during a domestic dispute, authorities said.
The shooting occurred at 4:15 p.m. near a Subway restaurant in the 2100 block of North Hobart Street, Pampa Police Department's public information officer Stormy McCullar said.
McCullar said late Wednesday that details about the investigation were still developing. She declined to release the names of the officer and the dead man.
"I don't believe there is any other injury," McCullar said.
Department of Public Safety Trooper Gabriel Medrano said shots were fired at a strip mall while police responded to a domestic dispute call near 2141 N. Hobart St. Medrano said the man was armed and part of the dispute.
The Texas Rangers are in Pampa investigating the incident, Medrano said.
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Interview with Andrea Giles – battling cancer with carrot sticks and alternative therapies
Posted by Deadly Knitshade on November 24, 2011
This year Stitch London's Cracking Christmas Raffle will be held at our Stitch London Christmas Shindig on December 13th.
This year we're raising money for a charity which is helping pave the way to giving hope to cancer battlers everywhere. All funds raised will go towards treatment for the amazing Andrea Giles and the Yes to Life Charity.
Here's a bit more about it:
Possibly the worst news anyone can get after an initial cancer diagnosis is that the cancer is unlikely to be cured. And even though medical science is working hard to find cures, these cures are hard on the patients and a terrible risk to their health. It's a scary world of chemotherapy, radiation and endless medical treatments.
But galloping to the rescue are Yes to Life. Yes to Life are charity who are showing there are other ways to help fight, and that there's hope even when the medical world aren't so sure.
Yes to Life are sneaking up on cancer from a different direction. They help people with cancer in the UK access the benefits of complementary and alternative medicine, they provide support, they help educate the medical profession on other ways to fight, and they work alongside the NHS and the usual treatments to give cancer battlers a fighting chance.
This year Stitch London have chosen to help raise funds for Andrea Giles. Andrea's story is an inspiring one. She's battling breast cancer in the face of a grim diagnosis from doctors; she's becoming a pioneer for a new way of treating cancer; she's telling the tale as she goes to inspire others; and, a happy coincidence, she's also learning to knit.
Raising money for Andrea's treatment is doing so much more than helping this inspiring person to keep on fighting. It will help fund a much-needed charity and prove that these treatments can make a huge difference, which means giving new hope to cancer fighters everywhere.
Andrea's story is so fascinating we thought it would be best to ask her a few questions and let the lady herself tell her tale.
Hello Andrea. Welcome to Stitch London. Your blog and your battle have inspired us and we'd like to introduce you and your mission to our members. So here goes:
Can you describe yourself in one sentence?
Wow, that's a difficult one… A woman in search of herself, perhaps! Though I've never lost my funny bone ha! ha!
You are currently battling Metastatic Breast Cancer with a combination of complimentary therapy and carrot sticks. Your website says you have had chemo and radiotherapy before. Why the change? Why the unconventional methods?
I had chemo and radiotherapy after my first diagnosis in 2007; though I did have a 5-day course of Radiotherapy after the 2nd diagnosis (October 2009) to help with pain relief to my left shoulder (which it did do – ease the pain I mean!). Doctors said no chemo this time as wouldn't work due to type of cancer – palliative care only in the form of different drugs….
a) monthly implant to switch off my hormones and keep me switched off – cancer is hormone fed (had new implant every month), b) infusion of Bisphosphonates every month (bone-building drugs) and c) letrazol – a drug that blocks the process of aromatisation, and so reduces the amount of oestrogen in the body.
I started these treatments in November 2009 but decided to stop them all in August of this year because for a long while I had not been happy about using chemicals to treat my condition. Especially when some of the drugs had side effects that were detrimental to my condition! Also since changing my diet to that of raw food and changing my lifestyle to a more holistic one, the conventional medicine no longer fitted with my changing beliefs. The carrot sticks spoke to me.
One of the ways you've already helped yourself is by a special diet of raw food. Do you miss hot dinners? And are you still allowed cake? (Stitch Londoners are big cake fans)
Ahhhhh cake, if only! On a conventional raw food diet you can have your cake and eat it, albeit raw cake, which by the way is amazing. However I am not eating any sweet stuff at the mo, including no fruit, as cancer cells like to eat glucose. They like it very much and take it up quicker than normal cells. So by stopping eating any sweet food that the cancer cells like, you are starving it, ha! ha!
Hot dinners…….. well until very recently I was 100% raw food, but since having a couple of consultations with a natural nutritionist I was advised to introduce some very simple warm food into my diet to be gentle on my liver. The liver is the organ of the body that holds on to lots of toxins as well as tries to clear them out, and so need a lot of care to get it back to full working order after all them damage that will have been done to it through conventional medicines and 'bad food' choices over the years. Too much info to explain here really. So for now I am having very simple warm food occasionally (nothing fried – oils become denatured through frying!) Feels odd though to be eating hot food again as I don't quite feel as if I'm getting optimum nutrients, but I know that what I am doing by eating some warm stuff is being gentle to my system. I still eat a very high raw food diet though.
And yes I do miss cake – maybe one day I'll have a slice of raw cheesecake again.
If you think any of your readers might be interested in trying raw food there are 3 places in London that have good selections. Inspiral Lounge in Camden – they make the most amazing raw ice-cream too (no dairy in sight), Vantra on Soho Square (organic and buffet style), and Saf Restaurant – a gourmet vegan restaurant – fabulous food. And here in Brighton too there is a fantastic restaurant and café called Aloka – their raw food is the best I've ever had.
Has having cancer changed the way you live your life in good ways as well as the expected bad ones?
Cancer has changed my life in so many ways, but above anything else it forced me to think about where I was going with my life – the jury's still out on that one, hence my description of myself as a woman in search of herself!
Having chosen to change my life by going to university and take myself off in a certain direction, cancer came along and knocked me off that planned path. But in doing so it has forced me to face myself more clearly and more openly. Though this has taken time and is still on going. To question the way I think and feel about myself and others and the wider world and our place within it and how we conduct ourselves whilst on this planet; our relationship to each other and all living beings and the impact this has.
I have found I have questioned myself a lot; who am I, what is my purpose etc. Also I have a new and improved outlook on life, as I enjoy the beauty in small things more; a child whizzing down a street on a scooter, the sound of the wind through the trees, seeing happy faces and hearing laughter. I feel so glad that I am still here and a part of life as I have so much to be thankful for.
Also I have met and continue to meet so many amazing people; people who genuinely care for others, who delight in others delight, who support without judgement, who want the best for others without pressure; very inspiring people who I look up too and aspire to being like.
Your story is amazingly upbeat, humorous and inspiringly brave in the face of a terrifying diagnosis and so much
treatment. How do you stay so positive?
Sometimes I do have down days or off periods when things pile up on you (like the dishes!!!) but look out of the window; it's sunny, everyone is smiling, you can go for a walk, the birds are singing, the colours are bright, or it's misty, how magical does that feel, conjures up fairytale stories, moisture settles on cobwebs and how beautiful do they look, or it's raining, kids are splashing in puddles, it's great to get togged up in waterproofs and feel the power of the rain, or it's windy and what a laugh that is as it blows through you and around you.
It's about perception really, and enjoying the things that make you and others feel good. When you feel good it ripples out to others and is reciprocated. I think I do generally have a positive outlook on life as a friend once commented (and I'm not blowing my own trumpet here – I don't have a trumpet actually, but this is what she said to me) that she always liked talking with me because I would always find a positive when presented with a negative. So I guess that's what I do, though I think it's just how I am, but I'm not Pollyanna, just like to try and be upbeat.
You kept your diagnosis quiet for quite some time but have recently started a blog on your website. What made you choose to share your tale with others?
I guess in the past I didn't want to be seen as 'Andrea…..Cancer woman' as if the cancer would be the way people saw and related to me. I wasn't sure about the funding/website thing because it meant having to bear my soul to everyone and I didn't know how I would react to having to do that. I was fearful of doing it, but strangely enough I have felt it to be very liberating as though I didn't realise it til I'd done it.
I had been putting myself under a lot of stress by hiding my diagnosis as it meant struggling with things that I needn't have had to if others had known, and also not being able to talk freely with others because of my need to feel protective of them; protecting others from news that might be difficult for them to deal with and respond to.
Now my truth is out there (or rather my cancer truth is out there) and I am free of carrying it all on my own, and if others find it difficult to deal with or talk about that is for them to sort out for themselves. I can understand some may find it difficult but we all have to be responsible for ourselves and our thoughts. By my sharing my story with others I am taking responsibility and ownership of this part of myself and acknowledging it to be valid. By letting people know of the alternative treatments I am having I was hoping it would give those who read it an insight into other treatments that are available should they wish to explore further.
I didn't realise I would get such an interested response, such as your enquiries, and I am rather overwhelmed that you think I could be a positive role model in this, however if it allows more people a way into discovering more about these forms of treatment than I am more than happy if my story inspires!
What do your friends and family think of the new treatment idea?
Ah, this is an interesting one. Everyone is supportive in their way, however some responses have been tinged with the….. ' well, I guess if you think it's going to work that's good, but I don't know if I could do it' In other words they would have stuck with the orthodox route, whilst others who, from the conversations I have had with them, are more enlightened about alternative treatments have not put any 'buts' in the sentence and have been really enthusiastic about my choice.
You lost the use of one arm due to metastatic breast cancer moving into your bone, but radiotherapy and your alternative route means you returned to cycling, hiking and doing yoga. Are the doctors amazed at your success so far?
I did lose the use of my left arm due to my metastatic breast cancer in the bone, and the use slowly returned after having Radiotherapy to the left shoulder blade, the site of the biggest cancer cell location and the cause of the pain. The cycling etc I was able to do before changing recently to my current therapies. That said however, I strongly believe that my diet change helped immensely (and continues to help) in my recovery and energy levels and general well-being.
The doctors have always been pleased with my progress, but they are a reticent bunch when it comes to showing overt enthusiasm for anything other than the orthodox.
Your treatment started on November 7th and will continue for the next three months. Treatment for most cancer fighters consists of chilly disinfectant-smelling rooms and bad hospital food. What's the centre in Brighton like?
The clinic in Brighton (Vision of Hope) is very homely and cosy. What was once a large Edwardian semi-detached residence is now a space of healing, and there is definitely no smell of nasty disinfectant! The Doctor and his assistant are 100% attentive and personable. I feel more like I am away at relatives, in as much that almost everything is done for you, though of course none of my relatives ever stuck a needle in my arm!
The room that you have the hyperthermia and ozone treatment in would be classed as the conservatory if being used in a domestic setting, which is lovely as it overlooks the garden, and each patient has that space to themselves for their length of treatment. The Vitamin C room can take up to five patients, and is more like a reception room. We lounge in padded directors chairs with hot-water bottles, blankets and music of our choice and rest or chat as we infuse the Vitamin C. Everything has an air of calm, even the décor. I am staying in one of the two flats available above the clinic and this is a blessing as it makes everything so much more manageable and less stressful. For me the small and personal is the perfect choice as it is so unlike a hospital environment.
Plus I have buzzy Brighton just down the hill which has one of the best health food shops I've ever been to and believe me I've been to loads (in fact in case you didn't know, I used to be the co-owner of one! – we were pretty amazing too, but we didn't have the space to sell organic veg! which this one does).
What kind of treatments are you having? Are they very different from chemo and radiotherapy?
The 'Back to Wellness' page on my website explains all my treatment or you can look at Vision of Hope for even more detail of the treatments.
Rumour has it you've got yourself some knitting needles. Do you have ideas of the kind of things you'd like to make or will you just see where the yarn takes you?
I am doing the typical Aunty thing and experimenting with my nieces and nephew in mind. For the girls I am knitting a little cowl type scarf with a pom-pom on one end, and for my nephew he gets a multi-coloured, possibly two stitch type scarf!
Ultimately I would like to knit myself some funky jumpers and stripy socks, but I think that's a long- way off yet! By the way one scarf is almost ready – I just have the pom-pom to make and attach. I may send you a photo if you're lucky!
(Andrea did send us a photo shortly after this interview. So here's her lovely pom pom scarf)
Do you have any advice you'd like to pass on to other cancer fighters or their families and friends who may not know where to start when looking into complementary and alternative therapies?
A very good place to start and one I wish i'd known about long ago, is the charity YES TO LIFE.
As their tag-line states, their centre offers 'support and information on all aspects of complementary and alternative cancer therapies'.
(Below is a little Yes to Life video of a London event they did to raise awareness of the charity)
Another really helpful and knowledgeable person is Patricia Peat of Cancer Options
Both offer invaluable advice and are excellent sources of information. They take the struggle of doing multiple google searches and having too much to deal with. They listen and offer advice based upon what you are looking for and can offer more besides to give you wider informed choices.
Thanks so much for taking the time to answer our questions. We wish you all the best and will be keeping up with your blog to see how it goes. Stitch London sends you woolly hugs and hopes the donation we make from our Cracking Christmas Raffle will help you and everyone else battling cancer to triumph.
Follow Andrea's story over on her website at http://www.andreagilescancercharity.co.uk/
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In the first partnership of its kind, Microsoft and Nokia have announced the two companies are teaming up to deliver Microsoft software to Nokia's mobile platform. Initially the partnership will focus on Microsoft Office software, but Stephen Elop, president of Microsoft Business Division, left the door open for future support, particularly in terms of communication and collaboration. According to Nokia's Kai Olstamo, the agreement will initially target Nokia's E-series devices.
At the same time, both Microsoft and Nokia stressed that the will continue in competition on other fronts. In other words, Nokia remains committed to the Symbian operating system platform, while Microsoft will continue to focus on the Windows Mobile platform.
Under the terms of the agreement, the two companies will begin collaborating immediately on the design, development, and marketing of productivity solutions.
"With more than 200 million smartphone customers globally, Nokia is the world's largest smartphone manufacturer and a natural partner for us," said Elop. "Today's announcement will enable us to expand Microsoft Office Mobile to Nokia smartphone owners worldwide and allow them to collaborate on Office documents from anywhere, as part of our strategy to provide the best productivity experience across the PC, phone and browser."
This announcement builds on the work Nokia is doing by optimizing access to e-mail and other personal information with Exchange ActiveSync. Next year, Nokia intends to start shipping Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile on its smartphones, followed by other Office applications and related software and services in the future. These will include:
- The ability to view, edit, create and share Office documents on more devices in more places with mobile-optimized versions of Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft OneNote
- Enterprise instant messaging and presence, and optimized conferencing and collaboration experience with Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile
- Mobile access to intranet and extranet portals built on Microsoft SharePoint Server
- Enterprise device management with Microsoft System Center


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Ruthless Iranian "Shark" Mullah Hashemi Rafsanjani dead at 820 comments - published on Sunday, January 08, 2017
Hashemi Rafsanjani died of a heart attack today at the age of 82. Rafsanjani was one of the most hated political figures in Iran, involved in the presecution, torture and execution of tens of thousands of political dissidents over the past three (3) decades.
Rafsanjani's role within the Islamic Regime in Iran was always very dominant and prominent, whether through serving on the Assembly of Experts from 2007-2011, serving on the Expediency Discernment Council, or serving as Islamic Regime's President from 1989 to 1997, when some of the most atracious human rights violations in Iran took place.
It should be noted that Rafsanjani was also the de facto commander-in-chief of the Iranian military during the eight year Iran Iraq war in which an estimated 1 million Iranians were killed!
Rafsanjani's crimes against the people of Iran are too many to count, Rafsanjani was a hateful Islamic Dictator who has left behind a legacy of persecution, blood, war and death. He will not be missed.
Sayeh Hassan
Chair Person of Marze Por Gohar Movement
Long Live Freedom in Iran
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15 June 2010
Cherry Almond Muffins
Last week, there was a large bag of fresh peas in the panier bio. Fresh peas are delicious but rather time consuming and so they sat there, in the fridge, waiting... Then one afternoon, the mom of one of the kids I babysit for called to say that she'd kept her child home for the day and she didn't need me. At first I thought "oh good, I can catch up on the million things I have to do" but these days I spend all my time running around already. So, I decided to spend the afternoon shelling peas instead. Let me tell you, it was one of the best afternoons that week.
I find there's something meditative in those sorts of cooking tasks:
Snap one end
Pull down the fiber
Open the pod
Run thumb down the middle
Listen to the peas fall into the bowl
Throw pod on the pod-pile
My mind just goes blank, or else muses slowly over its thoughts, stopping only shortly on one thing or another. I imagine myself in a time when life was slower, when you couldn't buy everything easily frozen, peeled, cubed in the supermarket, where cooking was what you spent a large part of your day doing (unless you could hire a cook and then she spent her day doing it). I'm not saying I'd want to go back to that. I'm very grateful for a number of time-saving conveniences in the kitchen. Still, there's something satisfying about doing things by hand or from scratch from time to time. It's like taking the scenic route. Sure, it's not the fastest way from A to B, but it does get you there and you're liable to see some beautiful views along the way.
What about muffins?? Yes, I'm getting there (I'm taking the scenic route, see?). Shelling peas reminded me how restful cooking can be and, as a result, I got up early on Saturday morning to make muffins. Well, to be honest, I got up early because the cats wouldn't stop meowing, scratching the door, and then, when I let them in, biting my toes.
I decided to let D. sleep in and keep the cats company while pitting cherries from the panier bio. The cherries we got were not the best for eating (some were too ripe, some not ripe enough), but I thought they'd be perfect for cooking. Don't worry, you can also make this recipe with canned or frozen cherries. But if you need a break from this quick-turn-around-fast-fast world, I recommend pitting fresh cherries by hand and letting the juice run down to your elbows to stain the placemats.
wet ingredients:
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup oil
1/2 tsp almond extract
dry ingredients:
3/4 cup white flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour (you can use all white or all wheat, but I like a combination)
1/4 cup cornmeal
1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup cherries, pitted and halved
1/4 cup sliced almonds
1 Tbsp brown sugar
Preheat the oven to 400F. Grease muffin tin or put in liners. In a large bowl, beat the egg and add the milk, oil and almond extract. Stir well. In a separate bowl mix together the dry ingredients. Add to wet ingredients and mix batter. Don't overmix! Gently fold in the cherries. In a small bowl, combine the sliced almonds and brown sugar and mix.
Fill each muffin cup to about 2/3 full and sprinkle each muffin with the almond/brown sugar mixture. Bake at 400ºF for 20 min or until the muffins are plump and golden brown on top.
10 comments:
- Rosa's Yummy Yums said...
Those muffins must be particularly delicious! What a yummy combo!
- 15 June, 2010 09:22
- Tony said...
Mmmm those muffins look delicious! Ren and I are getting the first installment of our CSA today and I can't wait to see what we get - I hope we get cherries or something similarly awesome because now I'm in the mood for muffins.
- 15 June, 2010 16:47
Sounds delicious! You know I love a crispy almond topping! I actually made something similar a couple weekends ago - cherry financier cupcakes. Love the addition of cornmeal to your muffins, it's such a good pairing! (In fact, I serveds some of my CSA cherries over polenta pancakes. Yum.
Thanks for taking us along on the scenic route!
- 15 June, 2010 19:23
- Ivy said...
Those muffins look so tempting. I still have some cherries I bought today and earlier made some pickled cherries.
- 15 June, 2010 20:13
- Julie said...
Yum! These look so delicious. I am waiting for cherries to be at the market here.
- 16 June, 2010 03:49
- Katharine said...
And while shelling the peas, remember to exclaim, "Gay-cious me me me, dat's bootiful!!!" Love you, Mom
- 16 June, 2010 04:10
- Hopie said...
Rosa - The flavors did go quite well together! Cheers!
Tony - Soooo...what did you get? Any good fruit? We didn't get ANY fruit this week, which I was annoyed about given the season. They gave us apple juice instead. Arg! We've been eating apples all winter. So I went and bought strawberries and rhubarb and made D's fav pie.
Camille - I hear you on crispy almond topping. I'm going to do that more often. I love cornmeal in muffins. Gives them interesting texture. I put cornmeal in my pancakes too.
Ivy - Pickled cherries? Are those salty? Or just a way to can them?
Julie - Thanks! I hope they come to you soon! They're all over here.
Mom - Hm, this is why one doesn't give ones mom the address to one's blog: she tells everybody the silly things you said when you were a baby ;-) Love you too!
- 18 June, 2010 08:31
- s said...
such a delicious combination...looks real good and so refreshingly different
- 18 June, 2010 18:41
- Hopie said...
S - Thanks! And thanks for stopping by :-)
- 20 June, 2010 23:07
These look fantastic! I know what I want for breakfast tomorrow morning :)
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Wii Fit Trainer vs. Zero Suit Samus – Cosplay Clash
Litchi Faye-Ling has won her seventh Cosplay Clash in a row, making her the very latest inductee in the Arcade Sushi Cosplay Hall of Fame! The game has changed and now two new contenders walk onto the field. Let's give a warm welcome to Wii Fit Trainer and Zero Suit Samus from the Super Smash Bros. series!
HayleyElise's Wii Fit Trainer knows how to make the most out of her forms and is ready to school all of her opponents on the finer points of yoga. Can she turn everyone into Downward Dogs and have them bow before her?
TheBird-TheBee's Samantha's Zero Suit Samus is sleek, determined and can unleash a tremendous amount of power, even without her trademark suit. Can she muster enough strength to knock the Wii Fit Trainer off her balance board?
It's up to you to decide who will win this Cosplay Clash between these two smash queens! Voting closes on July 9 at 10AM PST.
Rules of Cosplay Clash:
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Selecting a new "Doctor Who" star is a bit like finding the new pope. It doesn't happen all the time, and there are millions of true believers around the world who will scream bloody murder if the wrong choice is made. With that kind of pressure, it's no surprise that the latest Doctor, the 12th one in 50 years, is making a world tour to make nice with the fans ahead of his regular "Doctor Who" debut this August.
Peter Capaldi gave fans a peek at his interpretation of the time and space traveling alien Time Lord in the "Doctor Who" Christmas special last December, but his first full adventure as the Doctor will come when the latest 12-episode season airs on BBC America beginning in August.
The tour will take Capaldi and his costar Jenna Coleman to seven cities on five continents over 12 days. Series showrunner Steven Moffat will join the two for some of the dates.
The tour will kick off in Cardiff, Wales (the place where "Doctor Who" films), on Aug. 7 and conclude in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 19. The Doctor will also visit London, Seoul, Sydney and Mexico City. The tour will hit New York City on Aug. 14.
The BBC hasn't announced the exact nature of the fan events in each city, but it did say this is the biggest promotional event in "Doctor Who's" 50-year history.
In a statement, Capaldi said, "After 8 months solid filming deep in the world of monsters, Jenna and I are thrilled to be heading for the Planet of Fans."
Little does he suspect they may be the most frightening life forms the Doctor has ever faced.


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That's not an order, but I strongly encourage it.
First four words that come to mind when viewing these pics, with the ride still fresh in my mind:
But, believe it--it really does look like that.
Where's Wixom?
The trail is called 5 Miles of Hell.
Why haven't you heard of it before? Or, more often?
Mostly because it's an ass kicker. Unless you're a grade-A, top-notch tech rider *and* having a great day, it will kick your ever-loving ass back to wherever you came from.
Don't like tech? Don't like throwing yourself at a move 4, 5, 6 times before either bleeding, succeeding, or giving up? Don't have dawn->dusk to (hopefully) cover 20 miles?
Then don't bother.
Everyone walks on this trail. Everyone. It's not about whether you can "clean" the whole thing, because that is simply not possible for any human.
It's about immersing yourself into a spectacular landscape, testing your current skillset, and emerging out the other side having learned and seen... more.
Greg, Skippy, and I spent most daylight hours out there yesterday throwing ourselves at the trail. I tweaked my knee, lacerated my shin, and bruised my other knee going over backwards, then torqued my lower back, bruised both hands, and dinged my shoulder going over forward.
After each of these incidents I felt even more humbled, blessed, grateful to be where I was.
Skippy gacked his ankle between a rock and a hard place. Dunno that he was feeling grateful at the moment I snapped this, but I'm sure he's permagrinning today.
Pretty much anyone (like you, right now!) that sees these pics assumes that the photog went hog-wild with the saturation slider when post processing. I assure you that nothing of the sort has happened here--if anything I have desaturated many of them to make them look more believable. It really is that stunning out there, helped a bit by low-angle autumn light.
Most of my trips to ride this trail have been in springtime, and difficult though it may be to believe, coming out of winter with more moisture in the soil and rock, the color is even more stunning than what you're seeing here.
Very, very few mtb'ers that I know think of this kind of thing as "fun".
Brutally technical is the best way to describe it--some of the climbs are so relentless that you simply cannot make it over even one more 1" ledge. Just out of gas.
And then you walk to the top, remount, descend, and start again minutes later.
Some of it is the steepness of the climbs. Have to see 'em to believe 'em. The sandstone gives perfect traction, so if you have the leg and the desire they *are* makeable.
Some of the difficulty lies in the heavy bikes we're slugging up those climbs. Pigs, in a word.
But you'll ride *far* less on anything else. When I last rode it (6 years ago?) I was on an otherwise capable yet very light 3" travel bike, and I did not think it was much fun.
I won't go so far as to say that you need an FR-type bike to *ride* out there, but I do think you need something FR-ish to *enjoy* it.
But how many FR-type bikers enjoy steep climbs and hike-a-bike? For hours?!
And how many moto-geeks have the skill to pilot a ~300# sled through here?
The answers to both of those questions explain why in ~8 trips through, spanning ~10 years of time, I've not yet seen a human other than those in my own group.
If you're technically inclined, like to be challenged, and don't take yourself too seriously, get out there--sooner than later.
Take more food, water, energy, and spares than you think you'll need.
You'll be richly rewarded.


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Allergies are a global public health menace (Pawankar 2011). More than 500 million people worldwide suffer from food allergies. More than 300 million, or about 5% of the global population, now suffer from asthma (Chang 2011). Allergic rhinitis, a risk factor for asthma, affects up to 30% of adults and 40% of children (Wallace 2008).
Some scientists theorize that a potential cause of allergies in the modern world may be over-sanitation. Excess utilization of antibiotics and less frequent exposure to microbes like bacteria and viruses during childhood may impair development of balanced immunity, causing hyper-reactivity to allergens later in life, a phenomenon known as the "hygiene hypothesis" (Fishbein 2012; Jedrychowski 2011).
Relieving allergy symptoms in hopes of improving quality of life is the primary goal of treatment. However, patients often report that their conventional medications fail to provide relief (Li 2009; Metcalfe 2010). Also, corticosteroids and beta-2-agonists, drugs frequently used to treat allergic asthma, are fraught with potentially deadly side effects over the long-term.
Reliable allergy testing methods allow for a more guided treatment approach that includes identification and avoidance of troublesome allergens, as well as targeted immunotherapy with allergy shots, or via sublingual immunotherapy – an effective method underutilized in the United States, but which has been employed in Europe for decades (Lin 2011).
When you read this protocol, you will learn what causes allergies, how medical treatment can help relieve allergic reactions, and how allergy testing strategies can empower you to significantly reduce your allergic symptoms by identifying and avoiding the dietary or environmental culprits driving them. You will also read about several natural compounds with immunomodulatory properties that quell allergen-induced inflammatory responses to provide symptom relief.
What is an Allergy?
An allergy occurs when your immune system responds aggressively to a harmless environmental substance.
Common inhaled allergens include tree and flower pollen, animal dander, dust, and mold. Ingested allergens include medications (penicillin, for example) and foods such as eggs, peanuts, wheat, tree nuts, and shellfish. Nickel, copper, and latex can also cause allergies (AAAAI 2011; Kasper 2005).
These allergens can affect various parts of the body and elicit symptoms in the nasal passages (such as itchy, stuffy and/or runny nose, postnasal drip, facial pressure and pain); mouth area (tingling sensation, swollen mouth and lips, itchy throat); eyes (swollen, itchy, red eyes); respiratory (wheezing, coughing, difficulty breathing, shortness of breath); skin (hives, rashes, swelling); and gastrointestinal (stomach cramps, vomiting, diarrhea). Symptoms can occur within minutes to days after exposure and can range from mild to severe.
The most severe form of allergic reaction is called anaphylaxis. It is a potentially deadly condition that results in respiratory distress and swelling of the larynx, often followed by vascular collapse or shock (Kasper 2005). Anaphylaxis should be treated rapidly because death can occur within minutes or hours after the first symptoms appear. Many people prone to anaphylaxis carry self-injecting epinephrine pens in case of emergencies.
What Causes an Allergic Response?
The immune system normally functions to protect the body against viruses, bacteria, fungi, and other pathogens by targeting these substances for destruction upon recognition. However, an allergic response arises when your immune system mistakes harmless substances as potential pathogens and attacks them.
A Closer Look at the Immunology of an Allergic Response
According to the Th2 hypothesis of allergy, atopy results from an overproduction of Th2 cytokines in response to allergens. The atopic individual is genetically predisposed such that he is more likely to over-produce Th2 cytokines and muster an insufficient Th1 response; the result of this imbalance is production of antibodies against normally innocuous environmental substances (Bellanti, 1998).
The first time an allergen is encountered, the Th2 cytokines interleukin-4 (IL-4) and/or IL-13 alert B cells (components of the immune system responsible for antibody generation) to produce a particular type of antibody called immunoglobulin E (IgE); this process is called "sensitization".
Next, circulating IgE alerts other immune cells (basophils in the blood and mast cells in the skin and mucosal lining) that they should be ready to destroy the antigen in question if they detect it. IgE also triggers the formation of "memory" T-cells, which are able to react much more quickly to future recognition of the same antigen.
Upon subsequent exposure to the same antigen, an atopic individual will have a dual response characterized by an immediate, or acute reaction within minutes, and a delayed, or late-phase reaction within the next 4-8 hours after exposure (Hansen, 2004).
Acute Response
During an acute immune reaction, IgE antibodies, upon binding (crosslinking) a previously categorized antigen, provoke release of allergic mediators including histamine, prostaglandins, and leukotrienes from mast cells and basophils; these chemicals are responsible for the classic symptoms we think of in association with "allergy" (e.g. itchy skin, runny nose, etc.).
This immediate IgE reaction responds to antihistamines and decongestants (Bellanti, 1998).
Late-phase Response
After the acute response subsides, late-phase reactions can occur and produce long-term effects. The late-phase reaction manifests when an antigen is presented to a T-cell (especially those already "primed" by IgE specific to that antigen) that then releases cytokines (primarily IL-5), which induce degranulation (release of allergic mediators) from another type of immune cell called an eosinophil.
For example, the pathogenesis of allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis and asthma, are thought to be influenced more by the late-phase immune reactions. In general, late-phase allergic reactions respond to anti-inflammatory agents such as corticosteroids.
Together, allergic mediators including histamine, leukotrienes and interleukins cause a typical "allergy attack". In the skin, they cause itchy hives, rashes and swelling. In the nasal cavities, these chemicals cause runny nose, tearing, burning or itching eyes, itching in the nose, throat, roof of the mouth and eyes. The release of histamine and other mediators in the lungs cause muscles of the bronchial wall to tighten, become inflamed and produce excessive mucus. This causes the symptoms of asthma — wheezing, difficulty breathing and coughing. In the digestive system, histamine can cause vomiting, diarrhea and stomach cramps.
Allergic Disorders
Epidemiological studies revealed that the prevalence of allergic diseases has increased worldwide over the last few decades (Gupta, 2004; Yuksel, 2008; Asher 2006; Björkstén, 2008). Allergic diseases include atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, asthma, food, drug and insect allergy, urticaria (hives) and angioedema (swelling beneath the skin).
Atopy, the genetic predisposition to producing IgE antibody in response to allergens, increases the risk of developing allergic disorders (Zheng 2011; Johansson 2004). Having one allergic disorder significantly increases the risk of developing other allergic disorders (Simpson 2008). Atopy is the strongest predisposing factor of asthma in children. Epidemiological and experimental studies have shown that atopic disorders typically follow a natural history of manifestation or a progression of clinical signs, beginning with atopic dermatitis in infants and developing to allergic rhinitis and asthma in children (Spergel 2003). This progression, called atopic march, may be influenced by shared genetic and environmental risk factors (Spergel, 2010).
Atopic Dermatitis
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic inflammatory skin disorder that affects at least 15% of children and up to 10% of adults (Pawankar 2011). Studies among children reveal that AD develops very early in life. In fact, around 45% of affected children develop AD in the first 6 months of life, 60 % develop it in the first year, and 85% before their 5th birthday. Further, more than half of affected children will continue to have AD beyond 7 years of age, and more than 40% will experience it through adulthood (Pawankar 2011).
Atopic dermatitis is often the first manifestation of allergic disease and many patients may develop allergic rhinitis and asthma later in life (Spergel 2010). Eczematous rashes are dry, scaly and itchy, and can become infected if left untreated. In infants and young children, the rashes appear on the face, neck, cheeks and scalp. In older children and adults, eczema may appear on the folds of the forearms, the inner elbows and behind the knees. Factors that make the symptoms worse include temperature, humidity, irritants, infections, food, inhalant and contact allergens and emotional stress (Hoare 2000). Atopic dermatitis can affect development, personality, and quality of life of patients and their families.
Patients with atopic dermatitis have reduced skin barrier function. When vital skin lipids are lost, moisture escapes from the skin epidermis (top layer of the skin) and the skin becomes dry, causing cracks and microfissures to develop through which allergens and microbes can easily enter (Pawankar 2011). Soaking baths followed by an application of emollient (moisture-retaining lotion or salve) can help retain moisture and give the patient relief.
Topical corticosteroids are the standard treatment for atopic dermatitis. Low-potency corticosteroids help keep the symptoms under control and high-potency corticosteroids are used in severe flare-ups. Because of their potential adverse effects, high-potency corticosteroids should be used over short periods of time and topically only in areas that are lichenified (areas in which the skin has become leathery and thickened) (Leung 2004).
Allergic Rhinitis
Allergic rhinitis is an IgE-mediated inflammation of the nasal mucosa in response to outdoor and indoor allergens, the most common of which are pollens, dust mites, molds and insects. Sensitization and subsequent exposure trigger a release of symptoms that include sneezing, runny or stuffy nose, teary eyes and itchy nose, throat or skin (Meltzer 2009). The nose becomes primed and hyper-reactive on repeated exposure to the allergen, and over time, the amounts of allergen needed to mount an immune response decreases (Pawankar 2011).
Allergic rhinitis is a major respiratory health problem that affects between 10 to 30 percent adults and more than 40% of children worldwide. The prevalence of this disease is increasing. Allergic rhinitis negatively affects the patient's quality of life, school/work performance and social interaction, and creates financial burden (Pawankar 2011). Allergic rhinitis is a risk factor for asthma (Choi 2007), and many patients with it also suffer from atopic dermatitis and conjunctivitis, and co-morbidities that include sinusitis, nasal polyps, upper respiratory infections, sleep disorders and impaired learning in children (Craig 2010). It can also develop 3 to 7 years later among patients with non-allergic rhinitis (Rondón 2009).
Based on frequency and severity of symptoms, allergic rhinitis may be classified into (1) mild intermittent; (2) mild persistent; (3) moderate/severe intermittent; (4) moderate/severe persistent (Bousquet 2008). Based on type of allergen, rhinitis is classified as perennial or seasonal, although patients can respond to both types of triggers. Symptoms can also last up to 4 to 9 months of the year (Meltzer 2009). Risk factors of allergic rhinitis in childhood include a family history of atopy, birth by cesarean section, exposure to cigarette smoke in infancy, endotoxin levels in house dust of inner city homes and pollutants (Sabin 2011).
Conventional treatment of allergic rhinitis usually begins with controlling exposure to the allergen(s), followed by use of intranasal corticosteroid sprays and non-sedating antihistamines. A survey of pediatric allergies in the U.S. (Meltzer 2009) reported that parents and physicians consider nasal allergy medications as insufficient for relieving immediate and long-term symptoms and often have bothersome side effects. Some of the adverse side effects reported include nasal dryness, nose bleeds and drowsiness from antihistamines.
Asthma is a life-long inflammatory disease characterized by airway hyperresponsiveness and airflow obstruction. In people with asthma, the inner lining of the airways become inflamed and the muscles surrounding the airways tighten up. Mucus glands in the airways secrete thick mucus. Together, these changes cause the airway to narrow and leads to difficulty breathing, shortness of breath, cough and wheezing.
Between 60% and 70% of asthma cases in children are allergic or atopic. Children with allergies have a 30% increased risk of developing asthma (Pawankar 2011). Genes play an important role in the susceptibility to develop asthma and several candidate genes have been identified in this regard (Zhang 2008). Genes can impact a child's response to medications, and in particular, to beta-adrenergic agonists, glucocorticoids and leukotriene modulators (Chang 2011). Other factors that affect the development and severity of asthma include indoor allergen exposures, outdoor pollens, viral upper respiratory infections, exercise, foods, occupational history of the child and parents, environmental smoke, pollution and exposure to day care.
Inhaled corticosteroids are anti-inflammatory medications for the treatment of persistent asthma. However, clinical control deteriorates within weeks to months once corticosteroid treatment is discontinued. The most effective long-term medications are long-acting inhaled beta-agonists (Pawankar 2011), but they come with potentially serious adverse effects (Chang, 2011).
Food Allergy
Food allergy is a global health burden; it is estimated to affect up to 10% of the population (Sicherer 2011). In the U.S. alone, food allergy is responsible for 200 anaphylaxis-related deaths and 2,000 hospitalizations every year (Branum 2008).
The most common food allergens include cow's milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, seafood, soy and wheat. Symptoms of food allergy, which may occur following ingestion, inhalation or contact, are mediated by IgE and non-IgE reactions. Upon sensitization of an allergen, IgE synthesis increases and elevated numbers of cytokines are produced in the serum and intestinal fluids (Yu, 2012). IgE-mediated reactions occur within minutes to hours of exposure and include symptoms like angioedema (swelling of the inner layers of the skin), nausea and vomiting, swelling of the throat, hives, swelling and itchiness of the mouth area, diarrhea and wheezing. Symptoms of non IgE mediated reactions can occur hours to days later and may include constipation, atopic eczema, protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome, allergic proctitis or rectal inflammation and Heiner syndrome (a pulmonary disease) (Bahna 2003).
The health of the gastrointestinal system plays a pivotal role in food allergies and food sensitivities. The gastrointestinal system acts as a semipermeable barrier, allowing only usable molecules into the bloodstream after food has been broken down. Studies have shown that allergen challenge in sensitized individuals can cause the intestinal walls to become more permeable (Troncone 1994; Pizzuti 2011). When the intestinal wall has been weakened by infection or inflammation, the barrier function is compromised, allowing large molecules to pass through the intestinal wall and into the bloodstream (Moneret-Vautrin 2005; Yu 2012). Allergic sensitization can occur as the immune system responds to these abnormally large molecules, causing digestive complaints such as upset stomach or diarrhea, or symptoms such as joint pain and headaches (Moneret-Vautrin 2005).
Healthy individuals host 100 trillion symbiotic bacteria that include Lactobacillus, Clostridium, Bacteroidetes, Proteobacteria and Bifidobacteria (Frank 2007). Enteric bacteria modulate intestinal morphology; they also produce short chain fatty acids, vitamins, ferment dietary fiber, and shape mucosal immunity (Kelly 2005; Kelly 2007). Animal models have shown that enhancing or restoring intestinal commensal bacteria through supplementation (i.e. supplemental probiotics) (Sudo 2002) can induce tolerance and prevent allergy. Evidence also suggests that a healthy population of intestinal bacteria can help reduce intestinal permeability (Vinderola 2004; Gun 2005).
Probiotic bacteria include Lactobacilli, Bifidobacteria, and Bacillius coagulans Saccharomyces boulardii is a probiotic yeast (Casas 2000; Pelto 1998; Goldin 1998; Cross 2001). Also, prebiotics, such as fructooligosaccharides, may be included to encourage the growth of beneficial bacteria (Bouhnik 1999). Consuming plenty of dietary fiber each day supports intestinal microbiota as well (O'Keefe 2011).


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You could be in a café in Quito or a rickety bus in Kenya but it is a small street in Thailand that bizarrely continues to strike a chord with travellers as the centre of the backpacking universe. It seems every other traveller you meet has been here and has formed their own opinion of it. For some it's a vibrant international community with everything you could possibly need and more in the space of just a few blocks in the Thai Capital. For others it's a busy sleazy street full of exactly the types of people you left home to escape from plus a few dodgy locals trying to exploit visitors.
Retirement Hit Us Time The Video Of Wilfork Vince All Best With Video With Wilfork Vince All Time Retirement The Us Best Hit Of The truth is probably somewhere in the middle and after a few days it is pretty easy to make your mind up which end of the spectrum your opinion lies at. The road stretches for what can only be a few hundred metres but often it can seem like you are running a giant gauntlet. Everyone seems to want a piece of you and for the uninitiated it can be closer to being mildly traumatic than an exciting travel experience.
You want massage? You want t-shirt?
You get the impression that almost anything is on sale here. In and around the KhaoSan Road there are dozens of cheap Thai Massage joints, a popular daytime and early evening pastime for visitors to Bangkok. The street is lined with stores and street stalls selling various printed t-shirts and clothing items. They all seem to sell exactly the same crap but every other traveller seems to be wearing a T-shirt with 'Chang Beer' or another famous brand written on it. If you really look around you can actually find some imaginative original clothing for a few hundred baht.
If you're not being hassled into buying clothes or getting a massage then there you're probably being pestered into renting a room for a few nights. There is LOTS of basic budget accommodation in the area although the better and indeed cheaper places are off the main drag. Cheaper places still can be found a short tuk-tuk ride away by the train station (left).
How about some fake ID or even a degree?
If you've found a room and don't want to get a massage or buy t-shirts then why not get a masters degree? There are a couple of guys who for a few dollars will issue with authentic looking forms of ID and even TEFL or degree certificates from your chosen university. Not sure how useful they are back home but the fake student ID at least is pretty good at securing discounts in shops and bars in the world you left behind.
The Khao San Road attracts all sorts of inventive sales ideas, most of which work pretty well but there also a few major oddities. For example, on a street full of scruffily dressed backpackers there are numerous smartly dressed seemingly Indian men who are very keen to sell you a suit. This makes little sense. Nobody wants to go backpacking around Thailand with a fake Armani suit. As you approach the end of the KhaoSan road and think you are about to escape the madness of it all you run into a bunch of tuk-tuk and moto drivers very eager to take you to see some ping-pong.
Anyone for Ping-Pong?
If you've never been to Bangkok, then you may not be aware of Thailand's long ping-pong traditions. This 'sport' is very popular with visitors to the country. If you couldn't fit your trusty table-tennis bat into your backpack then fear not as the rules are a bit different here. Put simply it involves ladies shooting ping-pong balls out of their vaginas and hitting targets with an impressively high success rate. This takes no little skill and presumably many years of practice. Eager to keep the show fresh it seems no two performances are the same and if stories are to be believed you may also see toads, frogs, rabbits and even darts popping out.
Moving swiftly onto the equally sex-orientated Bangkok nightlife. By night, the Khao San Road changes into the nightlife hub for travellers staying in the area. Despite this there is only really one club on the street (imaginatively named 'The Club'). It is roughly midway down the street, has a couple of beefy Thai bouncers, blares out the latest club tracks and attracts a steady flow of people coming in and out. Inside it's a mixture of Thai prostitutes, ladyboys (see above for token Thai ladyboy picture) and wasted foreigners but it's a good crack. It's open till 3am when everyone spills out onto the streets to be greeted by even more prostitutes and guys selling cheap beer.
Fill up my Bucket!!!
Just hanging out in the street here having a few drinks can be great fun and in many ways is the best way to soak up the KhaoSan Road experience. There are many street barbeques selling tasty and dirt cheap Thai snacks if you get hungry and you won't have to move too far to get your hands on a cold Thai Beer or cocktail. Meeting people is incredibly easy but shaking off unwanted 'new friends' is harder as you keep constantly seeing the same people in what is a pretty small if crowded area.
The Khao San Road certainly couldn't be classed as the real Thailand or even the real Bangkok but it is nonetheless an experience in its own right. While it's not in the very heart of Bangkok, it is located centrally enough to explore one of the world's most exciting cities. There's always something happening on the Khao San Road and it isn't hard to work out how it found its way into backpacking folklore.
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Fun Rides To Start Spinning On Shore
In another sign of a turn toward normalcy, amusement rides will start spinning this weekend at some parks and piers along the Sandy-battered New Jersey shore even as work continues to repair damage to buildings, boardwalks and other attractions.
The Keansburg Amusement Park, which the storm left under up to six feet of water, opens Saturday even though not all rides will be ready to operate and its popular Wildcat roller coaster is gone.
Co-owner Hank Gehlhaus said the park sustained millions of dollars in damage, very little of it covered by insurance, but told the Asbury Park Press: "We're not going anywhere."
In place of the Wildcat, being shipped off for restoration and a new life elsewhere, Keansburg is bringing in a new looping steel roller coaster which should be up by Memorial Day weekend, Gehlhaus said. The damaged carousel should be ready to ride in two weeks.
The kiddie ride section of the park at Jenkinson's Boardwalk in Point Pleasant Beach will also open this weekend, with other rides gradually returning heading into the summer season. Other attractions, including the aquarium and arcades, have been open since the start of February.
Jenkinson's will also hold its annual Easter egg hunt on Sunday, but the area of the search will be condensed because of makeshift dunes erected after Sandy to prevent further damage from a nor'easter, said Toby Wolf, marketing director.
Most of the rides were already off the boardwalk when the storm hit but the storm did claim the station used for the popular train ride. It is still being rebuilt. Work also continues a miniature golf course destroyed by Sandy and an arcade that was swamped.
The Casino Pier in hard-hit Seaside Heights, where a roller coaster was pitched into the ocean, won't be open. But Wolf said the water park and go-cart course in Seaside will be operating by Memorial Day.
In Atlantic City, where the main boardwalk that runs behind nine oceanfront casinos came through Sandy unscathed, preparations were under way for Saturday's opening of the Steel Pier, which also was undamaged.
Among its new attractions is a thrill ride called The Mix, which spins like a propeller and swings riders out over the ocean.
Most amusement areas are open only weekends until Memorial Day.


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Anti Semitism The Iranian Islamic Regime's new Tactics: "Freedom of Expression" through Cinema and Film Festivalpublished on Tuesday, November 03, 2009
This is a great article by Faramarz Shiravand, about the Regime sponsored Film Festivals in Toronto. I urge everyone to act immediately, either through circulating this article or calling or writing to Empire theaters and voicing your concerns about this film festival.
Iranian Short Film Festival in Toronto
Organized by: Iranian Young Cinema Society (attaché of cinema department of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance), Persia film Inc. and the Cultural Section of the Islamic Republic of Iran-Ottawa www.persiafilm.ca
In the article, The Islamic Regime in Iran and Its Attitude towards the Jews: The Religious and Political Dimensions, author Dr. Soli Shahvar Lecturer at Dept. of History of the Middle East, University of Haifa,
"Anti-Semitism is deeply ingrained in Shi`i Iran, both religiously and historically. Apart from being the first enemies of Prophet Muhammad, Jews have been the subject of gross accusations, such as having a desire for world control, exaggerating the dimensions of the Holocaust, committing genocide, using blood in making unleavened bread, and distorting Holy Scriptures. The establishment of a Jewish state, Israel, added a political dimension to the already hostile religious attitude towards the Jews. This hostile religious-political attitude was contained to a large extent under Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, but it burst out with vigour after Khomeini and his fellow clerics took over the reins of power in 1979. Faced with the constraints of international game rules and the pressure of a Western public opinion sensitive to expressions of anti-Semitism, the ruling clerics attempted to conceal their anti-Semitism by adopting a number of tactics, such as issuing far fewer public anti-Semitic statements, or by allowing others, through 'freedom of speech', to 'freely' express their anti-Semitic views. This is in line with taqiyyah (concealment) - one of the basic principles of Shi `i Islam." 1
For the last 30 years, since the Islamists under the leadership of after Khomeini took over the reins of power in 1979, people of Iran have been the subject of brutal suppressions. The brutality of the Islamic Regime have been practiced and exercised, mainly, against "infidels" (non-believers, atheists, secularists, converts, ...), ethnic minorities and religious minorities. The Iranian Baha'is and Jews have been major targets of the Islamic Regime's physical and emotional brutality suppression for the past three decades - the kind of brutalities (beatings, murders, summary executions, torture, rapes, ...), that the world witnessed post sham [s]"election" in June 12, 2009.
Moreover the Iranian Baha'is and Jews have been subjected to brutality of Islamic propaganda via the regime's media. The Iranian Jews, in particular, have been the main target of the sophisticated Islamic regime's cinema/film industry; film industry which is under total controlled of Cinema subcommittee of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance.
The cinema subcommittee of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, under the leadership of Seifollah Daad, the producer and director of the "Anti Semitic" film, "Survivor" with the assistance of Behrooz Afkhami an experience filmmaker and past member of Islamic Parliament (2000-2006) , has adopted new anti-Semitism tactics. The aim of these tactics by Islamic Regime of Iran, known as concealment (taqiyyah), is to conceal the anti-Semitism through its film industry. These new tactics have been heavily financed, through "questionable sponsorships", meticulously planned and sophisticatedly executed by the Islamic Regime's agents, representatives and sponsors under different pretexts.
It is well understood that Canada has been the main destination for the Islamists for the past decades. It is unknown how many of these individuals already in Canada, particularly in Toronto and vicinities (York Region).
According to the reports by the Fars News, the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance has been clandestinely active through the Cultural Section of the Islamic Republic of Iran-Ottawa, and its allies, for the past decade. Furthermore, the Cinema department of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance has surreptitiously working as dormant "Sleeping Cells" for the past few years and recently has become very active.
Faced with the constraints of internal and international pressures and the pressure of a public opinion sensitive to expressions of anti-Semitism and failure in the International film festivals, the clandestine of the Cultural Section of the Islamic Republic of Iran-Ottawa has been actively trying to rebrand itself with new package, "Iranian Film Festivals".
According to the reports by the Fars News the "Iranian Short Film Festival in Toronto" organized by Iranian Young Cinema Society (attaché of cinema department of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance), Persia film Inc., and the Cultural Section of the Islamic Republic of Iran-Ottawa, was originally planned for the Summer of 2009 in Richmond Hill, Ontario – "incidentally" coincided with the 20th Anniversary of mass execution of the Political Prisoners in Iran. This Festival was cancelled under the pressure of activists and effects of uprising in Iran.
Once again the organizers are planning the run the "Festival", this time in Toronto after failing to bring it to Richmond Hill, Centre for the Performing Arts. The festival is named, "Canada's 1th Iranian Short Film Festival" and it is running from November 6-12, 2009, at Empire Theatre at empress Walk – 5095 Yonge Street, North York, Ontario. Due to pressure, the organizers kept the location and dates of such a "Festival" with 115 films, secret and only last week they advertised the "Festival" schedule in their Weekly Papers. It is very surprisingly strange that a "Film Festival" with such magnitude, publicized only the week prior to being showcased! It is unknown that whether The Empire Theatre is aware of the issues or not.
According to the Fars News, amazingly, the 1th prize of the "Canada's 1th Iranian Short Film Festival" is named in honour of "Seifollah Daad", the Director of the "Anti Semitic" film, the "Survivor" and writer of screenplay of the film "the Son of Morning" about the life of "Khomeini" directed by Behrooz Afkhami. (Afkhami presently is running classes/seminars on screenplay writing at two locations: Futureskills High School and 585 Production Inc. in Toronto)
I invite all, human rights defender and activists, freedom lovers, democracy promoters, and those who opposed "Sexual Apartheid", segregations, discrimination and racism to oppose to this form of celebration of "anti- Semitism".
Something has to be done! Tomorrow is too late!
M. F. Shiravand
Rowshangar, Persian Monthly Paper
2 Comments:
- Mazyar said...6:05 AMThanks for your attempt and motivation.If our land has angles like you, we would have heaven.
- Alpha3958 said...7:26 AMAs an outside observer of Iranian politics, I have come to the conclusion that Iran will continue to be a screwed-up country until, as a society, they settle whatever psychological issues they have with Israel/Jews.


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