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The Old Homestead
Release Date: 1935 08 10
Running Time: 73 minutes
• Credits
• Cast
• Songs
• Production & Publicity Stills
• Posters
"The Old Homestead" is a musical comedy produced by Liberty Pictures Corporation at RKO-Pathé. Although only six songs are listed in the credits, this rare film contains all or part of 21 different songs, 3 of which are Bob Nolan's original compositions, "Way Out There", "Happy Cowboy" and "That Old White Mule of Mine". Most of the others are fiddle tunes featuring Hugh Farr. The Sons of the Pioneers have a fair amount of dialogue and Fuzzy Knight provides the comic relief. The plot is predictable but the film is fun to watch because of the enthusiasm of the young Sons of the Pioneers in their first feature-length movie. "The Old Homestead" is available online from Sinister Cinema.
Left: Mary Carlisle as Nancy Abbott and Lawrence Gray as Bob Shackleford.
Right: Willard Robertson as Uncle Jed and Lillian Miles as Peggy.
Farm Hands: Len Slye (Roy Rogers), Bob Nolan, Vern (Tim) Spencer and Hugh Farr.
Left: Eddie Kane as Mr. Wertheimer. Right: Fuzzy Knight as Lem.
Left: Eddie Nugent as Rudy Nash, popular crooner who falls in love with Nancy
Right: Dorothy Lee as the vamp, Elsie Wilson, who sets out to snare Bob.
George Lloyd as Elsie's husband and Harry Conley as J. Wilberforce Pratt, press agent
The full song list includes many uncredited numbers by the Sons of the Pioneers. (Thanks to Laurence Zwisohn and Larry Hopper for help identifying titles and composers.)
1. Plow Boy (J. Keirn Brennan / Ted Snyder) Lawrence Gray and the Sons of the Pioneers
2. Square Dance (Bird in a Cage and Three Rail Pen) featuring Len Slye and the Sons of the Pioneers
3. When Our Old Age Pension Check Comes to Our Door (Manny Stone) Fuzzy Knight and the Pioneers
4. Instrumental featuring Hugh with the Sons of the Pioneers
5. Instrumental schottische with the Sons of the Pioneers
6. Old Rover (Tim Spencer) with the Sons of the Pioneers
7. Deep River (spiritual) unidentified lady singer
8. Instrumental featuring Hugh with the Sons of the Pioneers
9. Way Out There (Bob Nolan) with the Sons of the Pioneers
10.Instrumental featuring Hugh with the Sons of the Pioneers
11. Instrumental featuring studio orchestra
12. Somehow I Knew (Harry Tobias / Neil Moret / Charles Rosoff) solo by Dorothy Lee's character
13. Harlem Nasty Man (George Waggner / Howard Jackson) Unidentified lady singer
14. Honey dat I Love So Well (Harry Freeman) with the Sons of the Pioneers a cappella.
15. Happy Cowboy (Bob Nolan) Lillian Miles' character with the Sons of the Pioneers
16. Tiger Rag (Hold that Tiger) with the Sons of the Pioneers
17. Moonlight in Heaven (John T. Scholl / Louis Alter) Lawrence Gray with the Sons of the Pioneers
18. Instrumental featuring Hugh with the Sons of the Pioneers
19. That Old White Mule of Mine (Bob Nolan) Fuzzy Knight with the Sons of the Pioneers
20. Happy Birthday (Mildred and Patty Hill) entire cast
21. Here Comes the Bride (Richard Wagner) entire cast
According to Laurence Zwisohn's cue sheet, there should be three more songs in the film. (Our film had been spliced many times which accounts for the gaps and jumps in the songs themselves.)
22. There's a Roundup in the Sky (Bob Nolan) with the Sons of the Pioneers
23. Tumbling Tumbleweeds (Bob Nolan) with the Sons of the Pioneers
24. Wagon Wheels (Billy Hill / Peter DeRose) with the Sons of the Pioneers
Plot: In this countrified musical, a farm boy and his girl head for the big city to find fame on the radio. When he becomes popular their relationship is strained and the two break up and begin pursuing other relationships. Fortunately, they are reunited in the end. Look closely for a brief appearance by Roy Rogers who appears under his real name Leonard Slye. Songs include: "Moonlight in Heaven," "Somehow I Know," "The Plowboy," and "When the Old Age Pension Check Comes to Our Door." (Unknown contributor)
The film opens with the farm hands sitting around taking a coffee break and joining Bob Shackleford singing "Plow Boy", the film's theme song. Bob [Gray] sits on the plow behind a white horse. Bob Nolan peeks out from behind a blossoming tree.
Fuzzy Knight, Len Slye, Tim Spencer & Hugh Farr on the left with Bob Nolan behind them.
Lawrence Gray on right, sitting on the plowshare.
The hands return to their plowing while Bob's adopted cousin, Nancy Abbott, tries to persuade him to go to New York City to pursue a career in singing. He laughs it off so she decides to take things into her own hands and she writes a New York radio talent scout, Wertheimer, praising Bob's singing. A few days later, Wertheimer shows up at a barn dance at Uncle Jed's, where we hear Len calling a square dance.
Left: Bob Nolan at left with the standing bass. Hugh and his fiddle can be seen on the buggy.
Right: Eddie Kane as Mr. Wertheimer
Mr. Wertheimer searches the crowd for the singers and introduces himself to Nancy. After the Pioneers and Lem sing, "When Our Old Age Pension Check Comes to Our Door" the talent scout listens while they accompany Bob Shackleford singing "Plow Boy".
Hugh, Len, Tim, Fuzzy and Bob Nolan singing "When Our Old Age Pension Check Comes to Our Door".
Hugh, Len, Tim, Lawrence Gray and Bob Nolan singing "Plow Boy".
Wertheimer hires them all for his radio program dubbed "The Old Homestead", which is to be broadcast from New York. (While he, Uncle Jed, Nancy and Bob are discussing the business end of it, we can hear Hugh Farr's fiddle playing one of his breakdowns.) Uncle Jed and Nancy discuss her fears while in the background we hear the Sons of the Pioneers singing, "Old Rover".
Willard Robertson and Mary Carlisle
A New York radio show involves moving everyone, including Nancy and Uncle Jed, from the old homestead to New York and Wertheimer makes a point of asking them to wear their farm clothes at all times. Waiting their turn at their NY radio debut, chewing gum and wearing their loud, ill-fitting country go-to-meeting clothes, they listen to an unidentified artist singing "Deep River".
After a nervous start on the part of Wertheimer and Uncle Jed, the boys swing into a fiddle breakdown followed by Way Out There. Vern (Tim) nervously tugs at his suit jacket. Bob Nolan's suit is a couple of sizes too small, Len sports stripes galore and Hugh wears a wild plaid.
Just as we expect, the show is an immediate hit, naturally. While she is watching the boys perform, and while we listen to an instrumental and then Bob singing "Plow Boy", Nancy meets famous crooner Rudy Nash and his jealous partner, Elsie Wilson. Bob takes an immediate irrational dislike to Rudy.
Singing "Plow Boy" at their radio debut
Eddie Nugent conducts the band playing an unidentified melody.
Nugent introduces Dorothy Lee's song, "Somehow I Knew".
Instead of going to bed as directed by Uncle Jed, the boys goes to a nightclub owned by Peggy. Sitting at the bar, they watch an unidentified performer sing "Harlem Nasty Man".
The boys drink a little too much "hard cider", sing a little too loud, and the hired entertainers quit in disgust.
Len, Hugh, Fuzzy, Tim and Bob Nolan singing, "Honey dat I Love So Well".
Lem lifts Peggy onto the piano and the Pioneers accompany her while she sings Happy Cowboy.
Clockwise from Fuzzy Knight at piano: Hugh Farr, Bob Nolan, Len Slye, Lillian Miles and Tim Spencer
Nancy and Rudy arrive shortly. The proprietor, recognizing Rudy, thinks he puts two and two together and offers Nancy $1,250 a week for the boys to perform at the club.
Mary Carlisle, unidentified proprietor and Eddie Nugent
Elsie decides to stir things up by making a play for Bob, inviting him to her room and making a big fuss over him. Bob returns to the hotel suite before Rudy brings Nancy home and unjustly accuses Nancy of playing fast and loose. She points out the lipstick on Bob's chin. The quarrel continues but so does Bob's infatuation with Elsie.
Left: Lawrence Gray, Eddie Nugent and Mary Carlisle Right: Carlisle and Gray
The next morning, at breakfast, the Pioneers and Lem arrive at the table completely without appetite. So do Nancy and Bob but for a different reason. While they are all pushing their food around on their plates, the new press agent, J. Wilberforce Pratt, and Mr. Wertheimer show up with two suitcases of fan mail for Bob, newly named The Golden Voice of the Air.
Left: The Pioneers, a little under the weather because of too much "hard cider".
Harry Conley and Mary Carlisle.
Willard Robertson, Harry Conley, Eddie Kane, Bell Boy, Mary Carlisle watch Lawrence Gray read his first fan mail.
Bob perks up and begins to believe that he really is "the golden voice of the air" when he is offered a show of his own. Uncle Jed meets Peggy and is immediately attracted to her.
The next Pioneer piece is a fiddle breakdown, "Tiger Rag (Hold That Tiger)" and then Bob sings "Moonlight in Heaven". The Pioneers sync an accompaniment that is in reality provided by the studio orchestra.
Mary Carlisle and Eddie Nugent
Nancy and Rudy make another date to the accompaniment of an instrumental in the background. Three weeks later, Nancy and Bob are no longer speaking, Uncle Jed is spending money on Peggy, and Rudy is overwhelming Nancy with his attentions. Twice Bob has been late for his own broadcast and Wertheimer warns him if he is late again, the sponsors will cancel him. Rudy proposes to Nancy and is rejected. Uncle Jed, with no intention of proposing marriage, buys a ring for Peggy, innocently slips it onto her finger and finds himself engaged.
Finally, Bob misses too many broadcasts and is fired. Elsie's husband (George Lloyd) locks him in his room, disengages his telephone, produces a note Bob has written to his wife and threatens to sue him. Nancy assures him that she and Bob are engaged, that Elise is her best friend and that she and Bob wrote the note as a joke.
George Lloyd, Dorothy Lee and Lawrence Gray
When Elsie and her husband depart, and Nancy tells Bob that Rudy proposed to her. Instead of asking her if she'd accepted, he wishes her good luck and leaves without telling anyone. Meanwhile, at the club, the Pioneers continue their own engagement and back Lem who sings That Old White Mule of Mine.
Len Sly, Fuzzy Night, Bob Nolan, Hugh Farr
The disheartened crew decides to return to the farm and Wertheimer, unwilling to lose his radio show, suggests they broadcast from there. They open the program in the old homestead barn. The boys start off their program with the theme song, "Plow Boy" and Bob returns in time to finish the song. He concludes the movie with "Moonlight in Heaven" with the studio orchestra.
Left: Willard Robertson, Lawrence Gray, Eddie Kane, Hugh Farr and Fuzzy Knight. Right: Lawrence Gray and Mary Carlisle.
And everybody lives happily ever after...
Courtesy of Bruce Hickey
Production and Publicity Stills
Lawrence Gray
Willard Robertson and Mary Carlisle


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Local History Café is a membership project, developed by Beauty and Utility Arts, an Arts, Heritage, Health and Wellbeing social enterprise. The project is part funded by Museum Development East Midlands and others.
Local History Cafés are community based heritage and wellbeing get-togethers for over 50s. We work with heritage organisations to tackle social isolation and loneliness. Each month groups meet for tea & cake, a heritage presentation and a related activity. The project is being evaluated by De Montfort University's Centre for Ageing.
We currently have cafes running with the following partners: Charnwood Museum, Erewash Museum, the Sir John Moore Foundation and our original group in Lutterworth.
Read more about each Local History Cafe at www.localhistorycafe.tumblr.com
Role of a Volunteer Project Co-ordinator
We are looking for two Volunteer Project Co-ordinators, starting in February 2018, to support Local History Cafes at Charnwood Museum in Loughborough and the Sir John Moore Foundation in Appleby Magna.
Responsible to – Katherine Brown, Director of Beauty and Utility Arts
The role is for between one and two days a month and we would like you to:
- Attend monthly Local History Cafes and be a friendly and supportive presence for participants
- Source refreshments (costs covered)
- Help set up and clear down a room
- Support the host venue to keep basic project paperwork up to date at each cafe, including: taking a register, filling in first visit forms, collecting and writing up any feedback
- Collect and record payment from participants
- Keep a simple project diary
- Do a little write up after each session, or support a participant to
- Discuss topics and speakers of interest with participants and help produce a five month programme, including booking speakers and helping identify relevant activities
- Along the way there might be other opportunities linked to Local History Cafes or with the partnership venue Skills and experience
Local History Cafes are all about being professional, supportive, observant and organised. A Volunteer Project Co-ordinator needs to support all participants to take part in whatever way they feel comfortable, ensure everyone has a voice, be aware of group dynamics and interests to keep cafes interesting and running smoothly. Ideally you will have the following skills and experience:
- Socially aware and attentive to detail
- Experience or an interest in wellbeing, particularly social isolation and loneliness amongst older community members
- An interest in local history
- An interest in being creative
- Good at spotting opportunities
- Interest in the broader work of Beauty and Utility Arts and contributing ideas to help Local History Cafes be the best they can be
Ideally you will live within a 10 mile radius of the Local History Cafe host venue. It should only be necessary to visit the venue once a month for the café. Everything else can be done from home.
You will need access to a phone and internet
We have £15 per month available to cover expenses for the above, payable each month upon invoice. You are responsible for your own tax arrangements.
In addition you will be invited to a yearly Beauty and Utility Arts get together with Directors, Board members, Associates and other volunteers where we think about the work we've done together and what's to come. Travel expenses and refreshments will be paid for.
Expressing an interest
Please send a short email to Katherine Brown, at email@example.com by Thursday January 25th telling us a little bit about yourself and why you'd be interested in joining the Local History Cafe project.


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Toronto-based Suzy Lake has won the sixth annual Scotiabank Photography Award, its $50,000 purse one of the richest in Canada for a professional photographer. Lake, 68, prevailed over two other finalists, Montreal's Pascal Grandmaison and Vancouver's Jayce Salloum, to take the juried prize Tuesday evening at a ceremony in Toronto's Ryerson Image Centre. Each runner-up was awarded $10,000.
Besides the cash, Lake will be honoured with a solo exhibition next year at RIC as part of the 21st annual Contact Photography Festival in Toronto plus the publication of a book of her work, produced by the renowned German art press Steidl. The SPA, first handed out in 2011, supports a Canadian lens-based artist in mid to late career with the aim of helping take that career to a higher level of national and international recognition.
"Suzy Lake's pioneering, long-term photographic exploration in the arena of performative, feminist and self-identification themes places her firmly in the vanguard of Canadian greats," said SPA jury chair and photographer Edward Burtynsky in a statement Tuesday. "Her influence has spread throughout several generations of artists, both nationally and internationally."
Joining Burtynsky on the adjudication panel were Robert Bean, Halifax artist, writer and professor at the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design University; Catherine Bédard, art historian and deputy director of the Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris; and Robert Enright, University of Guelph art professor and senior contributing editor to Border Crossings magazine.
Lake, who earlier this year received a Governor-General's Award for excellence in visual and media arts, began her art practice in 1968 after moving to Montreal from her birthplace in Detroit. She was among the first female artists in Canada to use video, photography and performance art to explore identity, gender and body politics. She moved in 1978 to Toronto where she co-founded the Toronto Photographers Workshop. Retiring in 2008 as head of the photography department at the University of Guelph after a 30-year teaching career there, she went on to have an acclaimed retrospective at the Art Gallery of Ontario in 2014-15.
Previous SPA winners include Stan Douglas, Lynn Cohen, Mark Ruwedel, Arnaud Maggs and Angela Grauerholz. The 2015 SPA laureate, Grauerholz is currently having a retrospective at the RIC through Aug. 21.
Lake herself has a new exhibition, Performing an Archive, selections from which are at Contact (Georgia Scherman Projects, through June 4) and McMaster Museum of Art (May 5 to Aug. 20).


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Finally! The continuation of my post on Main Street is here. This post will introduce you to the vacant lot that was once a gas station. First a bird's eye view of the lot thanks to Google Earth. I added the red line around the lot in question. Clicking on it will enlarge the image.
Google took this image back in April of this year. Since then the gas pumps have come down, leaving just the building. To set the stage, the lot is at a 4-way intersection. North (relatively, anyway) is a tiny gas station, northeast is a condo/office lot (when I was growing up it was also a gas station), east is an office building which usually holds a real estate or insurance office. South of that office building, also across the street from the lot is a Dunkin Donuts. Main Street runs SW to NE in the picture, with the traditional Main Street starting a good 500′ to the northeast. More on this in the next post in this series.
This series was inspired by an article in my local Patch, which asked readers what the lot should have. There were many suggestions, some feasible and others just not possible in this relatively tiny lot. It was great to see the reaction of members of the local community to this question.
Here is the link to the article. Please read it and the comments as well. There are also a few pictures of the lot as it is now.
Part 3 of this Main Street series will address my opinions on what this site should be, so stay tuned.


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The Long Walk is a charity inspired by Michael Long's walk to Canberra to get the lives of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people back on the national agenda.
This man also fought to create the AFL's Racial Vilification Policy, the first Australian sporting law to prohibit racial abuse.
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Decider at Moulamein named Community Event of the YearBy Deniliquin Pastoral Times
Moulamein Football & Netball Club has been rewarded for its efforts in hosting the Golden Rivers League grand final, being awarded Murray River Council's Community Event of the Year for 2019.
Moulamein hosted the 2018 Golden Rivers Football Netball League decider on September 15, 2018, becoming the first club to host a GRFNL grand final in NSW.
The event was a huge success, with about 2000 people attending.
Hosting the decider contributed to the local community and businesses with many benefiting from increased patronage.
Moulamein FNC were acknowledged in local media following the decider which reflected the professionalism of the event and were also recently recognised as the best administered club in the Golden Rivers Football Netball League.
Hosting a grand final has helped put Moulamein on the map as a premier venue to host major sporting events and showcased the club as a strong local entity driven by community passion.
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Have you ever thought "what does it mean to have financial freedom" or "how will I ever reach financial freedom?" These thoughts have been swirling around in my head for a long time. I see two vastly different approaches to financial freedom in the personal finance community. On one hand, we have the FIRE community (Financial Independence, Retire Early) where the main goal is to pay off debt and build wealth to quit your job.
This is not what I will be sharing today although it is intriguing. I will be sharing a slower approach to financial freedom with you. We have been approaching our finances based on the Dave Ramsey financial freedom plan.
The Beginning of our Journey to Financial Freedom
In 2015 after nearly 6 years of marriage and my husband being the primary breadwinner we made the drastic decision for him to leave his corporate management position. He decided to step back into an hourly role. This decision not come easily and honestly I was worried so much about our finances. We were barely scraping by as it was. The decision to go back to an hourly roll decreased our household income by about 25%.
We knew we needed to figure out our money situation.
I had used the program You Need A Budget in the past but honestly didn't stick to it. It was a computer download at the time and we had to manually log each transaction which was time-consuming and prone to errors. It had worked for us in the past when I was diligent so I knew I needed to go back to it.
We dusted off the old YNAB and started to budget again. Luckily a few months later in December 2015, YNAB introduced their cloud-based app that will sync automatically with your bank. Talk about a game changer!
I also knew creating a budget and sticking to it wasn't the only measure we had to take. In July 2015 when we were on the cusp of telling my husband employer his decision to leave management we had $83,427.29 in consumer debt. This number consumed us and I had no idea how we were going to make it work, but we had to figure it out quickly.
Dave Ramsey's 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom
This is when we started our total money makeover. If you have never heard of The Total Money Makeover it is the best selling book by finance guru Dave Ramsey. Dave Ramsey has helped millions of people gain control of their finances, pay off debt, and live like no one else. This is the approach we decided to take with our finances and this is what I will be sharing with you today.
According to Dave Ramsey, there are 7 Steps to Financial Freedom. He refers to these as the baby steps since it is advised to take one small step at a time. If you try to run in the beginning you'll fail. Taking baby steps really helps you lay a foundation and begin to gain financial security. When starting your Total Money Makeover be sure to stop all investing.
Dave Ramsey suggests only doing one step at a time. This will help you get through the steps as fast as possible. It's about living as bare bones as possible to really set yourself up to win. It is drastic for most people but if you truly want to kick the debt to the curb and reach financial freedom these steps will get you there.
Step 1 to Financial Freedom: Save $1000 to start an emergency fund
The first step to gaining financial freedom is setting yourself up for the future. You need to break the cycle of using debt. Saving $1000 will help you stay one step away from disaster. Emergencies happen. It is unavoidable. You are setting yourself up to be able to pay for small emergencies in cash. Of course, this is not enough if something major happens. For the little things that come up, $1000 will suffice.
Step 2 to Financial Freedom: pay off all consumer debt using the debt snowball method
The debt snowball is paying off the smallest debt first then roll that payment into the next smallest debt. You continue to build the snowball as you work through your debts. The debt snowball is more about getting small wins along the way and helping you along the way rather than thinking purely about the math. If being debt free was just about the math we wouldn't have consumer debt to worry about!
This is where the baby steps start to get more personal. Baby Steps 1 and 2 are purely based on setting yourself up to win and get rid of the consumer debt. Once those two steps are completed then we can really tailor the program to our wants and needs.
Step 3 to Financial Freedom: Save 3 to 6 months of expenses for emergencies
Once your debt is paid off you'll want to revisit your emergency fund. Now, it's time to really save some money and put a bigger barrier between you and a financial disaster. If you are a dual-income family with super-secure jobs then saving 3 months' worth of expenses is a big enough barrier for you. If you are single and work a commission-based job you may want to be more cautious with a 6-month emergency fund.
Now that you have the first three steps done this is when we start to invest in our future and really start to change our family tree. Baby Steps 4 through 6 are done at the same time. They are long-term goals, therefore, you'll be continually working on them.
Step 4 to Financial Freedom: Invest 15% of your household income into Roth IRAs and pre-tax retirement accounts
When you reach this step I recommend talking to an investing professional. They will help you navigate where to invest and how much you should invest.
Read: Dave's Investing Philosophy
Step 5 to Financial Freedom: Save for your children's college fund
If you do have a child this step is based on your family values. If you would like to invest in your children's future then this is when to start. Again, reach out to your investment professional.
Step 6 to Financial Freedom: Pay off your home early
You are consumer debt-free at this point, have an emergency fund, and are investing in your family's future. Now, it's time to pay off your house. I know this step is controversial because interest rates on homes are historically low in the United States. I get it. However, paying off your home will set you up to invest even more. Imagine if you didn't have a $1200 house payment. Investing that money over the next 10 – 20 – 30 years will be huge!
Step 7 to Financial Freedom: Build wealth and give
Once you have your home paid off and you are investing in your family's future the real fun begins. Without a payment in the world and no longer being a slave to the lender you can build your wealth and give. By building wealth you are leaving a legacy for your children and grandchildren. This step allows you to be outrageously generous and help others when the need arises. This step is when you can truly live within your family values.
Enjoy your money and financial freedom.
Financial Freedom is not a get rich quick scheme
Dave Ramsey's plan is not about getting rich quick and building wealth fast. The baby steps will take time. If you are intense, depending on your debt load, you will most likely be debt free in 24 months or less. Then take six to twelve months to build your emergency fund. When you're 3 years into the program you will be at a point in your journey that you are finally building wealth.
We have taken a slower approach to our debt-free journey. We are currently three years in and still, have about $36,000 to pay off. With the reduction in income, it has been hard for us to squeeze extra dollars out of the budget. Over the course of 3 years, we have averaged a principal reduction of roughly $1300. This is awesome since we live on the median family income for the United States (less than $60,000 annually).
Life happens while you are on your journey to financial freedom and that is okay. The biggest takeaway from our journey is to not give up. It is easy to get sidetracked. Knowing why you are on this journey will help you push through.
The Total Money Makeover and Dave Ramsey's 7 Baby Steps to Financial Freedom will change your life. Do you truly believe you can be financially free? It is not an easy journey. Most people in your life will not understand what you are doing. If you stick to it long term the reward is great.


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Fat Ballz are all the rage at the moment. They're essentially low sugar bliss balls/ energy balls, tons of good fats, minimal amounts of dates. I only started making them the other day but I'm hooked. They're the perfect snack, smoothie topper, after dinner treat... The list is endless. I was worried they wouldn't stick together without the dates, but I think the coconut butter is key – so don't skip it. It can be hard to find, but it's the easiest thing in the world to make, and failing that you can pick it up online or at most health food stores.
Hints (makes 14 small ballz)
50g walnuts
75g almonds
20g coconut flakes
1 tbsp vegan vanilla protein powder (I use Tropeka, if your protein is powdery or doesn't taste great by itself/ if you don't have any you can leave this out)
1/8 tsp pink salt
20g coconut butter
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2-1 medjool date
1. Chuck the walnuts, almonds and coconut flakes into your food processor and process to a fine meal
2. Add the protein powder and pink salt and pulse to combine
3. Add the coconut butter, vanilla extract and medjool date and process until everything is combined and evenly distributed
4. Roll into balls – I went for 14 but you can make them bigger or smaller (probably not smaller or they'd be the size of malteasers but whatever floats your boat)
I hope you enjoy! I keep mine in the fridge and they last me a few days. If you make them let me know what you think!
macros per ball
calories: 88 | fat: 7.8 | carbs: 2.6 | protein: 2.6


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Taurus Mutual Fund has filed offer document with Sebi to launch Taurus Fixed Maturity Plan Series K to M, a close ended debt scheme. The tenure of schemes would be 90 days to 400 days from the date of allotment. The New Fund Offer price is Rs 10 per unit. It is proposed to list the scheme(s) on National Stock Exchange or any other Stock Exchange(s) in India. The investment objective of the scheme is to generate income with minimum volatility through investments in a portfolio of debt and money market instruments maturing on or before the maturity of the Scheme.
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UTI Mutual Fund (UTI-MF) will target one crore investors under its micro pension initiative in the next three years, a top company official said Wednesday. "The micro pension initiative is targeted chiefly towards the unorganised sector which lacks basic social security," UTI-MF group president Jaideep Bhattacharya told reporters after an agreement with Srei Sahaj e-Village Ltd , which will provide distribution network for the scheme.
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Pharma stocks have become one of the top attractions for fund managers, amid an uncertain economic scenario. The domestic mutual fund industry increased its exposure in the pharma sector by 127 basis points in the June quarter, the steepest rise in holding in any sector. With this, pharma is the third-most sought after sector by fund houses, along with banks and software, pushing fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) a notch down, to fourth position.
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Edelweiss Mutual Fund has declared dividend under Edelweiss Diversified Growth Equity Top 100 Fund- Plan A & Plan C, on a face value of Rs 10. The quantum of dividend for distribution is Rs. 1 per unit. Edelweiss Diversified Growth Equity Top 100 Fund is an open ended equity fund, with an investment objective to generate capital appreciation, from a portfolio that is substantially constituted of equity securities and equity related securities of the 100 largest corporates by market capitalization, listed in India. The record date for dividend distribution is 19th July 2011.
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Structured mutual fund debt schemes that promise to fetch higher returns than plain-vanilla fixed income products are finding many takers among affluent investors and companies nowadays. These schemes simultaneously invest in banks' one-year certificate of deposits (CD) and high-yield corporate bonds with 15- to 18-month maturity to gain the edge over basic debt products. Fund managers of these schemes, as part of this strategy, lock in a significant portion – about 70%- of the investment portfolio in one-year CDs and the remaining in corporate bonds, including non-convertible debentures.
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Writing to Connect
When I write something, I'm not really writing for anyone but myself. I'm not trying to impress, persuade, or communicate with someone. Rather I'm writing to see if I can and can do it reasonably well. At least that is what I thought until I read an essay by Jhumpa Lahiri which was soon thereafter reinforced in a lecture I heard Zadie Smith deliver.
In her essay New Yorker (June 13th-20th) essay Lahari says when she began to write it was to connect with another person. "When I began to make friends, writing was the vehicle. So that in the beginning, writing, like reading, was less a solitary pursuit than an attempt to connect with others. I did not write alone but with another student in my class at school."
This statement brought me to a halt. I had just written about the preoccupation young people have today connecting via the various digital technologies available to them. I was worried that they no longer knew how to be alone and spend time with themselves. Lahiri's statement implies that perhaps writers in all their solitude are simply doing the same thing—trying in their way to connect with other people.
This seemed to me a bit of an insight. Perhaps I'm not writing for myself, at least not exclusively. Rather I may be writing just as much for my readers, however few there are, in the manner I can connect with them best. And how much different is that than connecting with someone online or on your cellphone?
It has been said that we search for company in literature. Is that any different than searching for company online? Imagine a person who reads all day in the company of their fictional friends. Is this person doing anything different than a young kid texting all day or sending messages to their e-mail buddies?
Of course, these questions are difficult to answer. But Lahiri's simple statement in her essay did bring them into focus.
In How to Read and Why Harold Bloom comments that the search for friendship is one of the reasons we read. "Because you can know, intimately only a very few people, and perhaps you never know them at all. After reading The Magic Mountain you know Hans Castorp thoroughly, and he is greatly worth knowing."
Of course, we read for other reasons too and we surely write for an equal number of reasons. But perhaps one of them is the search for friendship. I may error in thinking that we might be motivated to write in order to communicate with our peers, our friends, and other largely anonymous readers. Perhaps this expands the notion of "connecting" too broadly so that it covers too much of what we do, thereby rendering it untestable.
I have written a fair amount on writing and until recently did not view as a social activity. But I've been led to reconsider that view in light of the stream of questions Lahiri's essay led me to and, by a strange co-incidence, a lecture I heard Zadie Smith give the other day in Florence. To be continued.
4 comments:
- Stefanie said...
Smith gave a lecture in Florence and you got to attend? That must have been quite a treat. I read the Lahiri essay yesterday and enjoyed it. What I found really interesting was how she didn't feel like she quite belonged in America but neither did she belong in India. I can see how such a dislocation can foster the desire to connect, especially through writing since she was such a reader.
- June 17, 2011 at 8:39 AM
- Richard Katzev said...
Zadie and I go back a long way.
And do you remember where Lahiri said her home was? No cheating now. Her desk. That rang true to me too.
- June 17, 2011 at 8:44 AM
- Stefanie said...
Yeah, but she waited until the very end to say it ;) I can't say that my desk is my home. I seem to spend more time trying to figure out how not to sit at my desk than I actually sit there. That's why I have a laptop and wifi at my house. Have laptop, will travel. :)
- June 18, 2011 at 7:47 AM
- Richard Katzev said...
Come then to Florence. There is Wi-Fi in my villa. In fact, there is Wi-Fi everywhere I am. Isn't it remarkable how much we depend on it. And when it's not working or unavailable, it is maddening.
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* 2 Cups Basmati Rice
* 1 portion cooked lamb tikka
* 4 cloves garlic crushed
* 2 inches root ginger grated
* 4 green chillies finely chopped
* Handful cashew nuts (unsalted)
* 1 large onion finely chopped
* Half teaspoon Turmeric powder
* 1 cup fresh chopped coriander
* 1 Tablespoon Garam Masalla powder
* Seeds from 8 Green Cardamom pods
* Juice of 1 lemon
Cooking method for Lamb Tikka Byriani
Serves 4
Basmati rice must be used for this recipe. Salt the water in a large pan, bring to the boil and add the basmati rice and cardamom seeds. Cook for 7 minutes then drain. Meanwhile fry the onion until translucent then add the ginger, garlic, chillies, garam masalla and stir fry for a further 2 minutes mixing well. Now Add the rice, lemon juice and stir well. Lay the contents out into a baking dish, 1 layer of rice, then the cooked lamb tikka then another layer of rice, cover and bake in the oven at 200 degrees for 20 minutes. Serve with the crushed nuts and corinader leaves poured over.
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If you walk into any store looking for athletic shoes, chances are you won't find "quality" shoes for less than $50. After having lived in poverty as a child, NBA All-Star and Knicks player Stephon Marbury was inspired to "create access for people who can't afford $150 to $200 shoes," he says. So he createdStarbury
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, an affordable line of clothing and sneakers. The shoes cost $14.98, and he has such faith in the quality that even he wears them. That's right: He wears $15 shoes on the NBA court.
"I want to teach kids that it's not about wrapping self esteem in a pair of jeans," he says. Though it seems the profit from such an affordable pair of shoes would be nil, Marbury says he's still able to make money, and he sees Starbury going global one day, starting with China in August.
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Kuwait-based international franchise operator MH Alshaya Co has opened the first Katsuya by Starck restaurant in the Middle East at The Avenues mall in Kuwait.
Katsuya by Starck was created in Los Angeles by entertainment group SBE, and the interiors of the restaurants are designed by French interior and product designer Philippe Starck. The new restaurant at the entrance to Grand Avenue – The Avenues, blends samurais with bento boxes and uses the natural beauty of wood and stone to create an exquisite and stylish environment. Alshaya has announced that a second Katsuya by Starck will open shortly in Dubai.
Featuring the dynamic pairing of Master Sushi Chef Katsuya Uechi and design impresario Philippe Starck, Katsuya by Starck translates Japanese flavours to an international palate, offering a diverse collection of signature dishes which include crispy rice with spicy tuna, yellowtail sashimi with jalapeño and miso-marinated black cod.
"Making our international debut represents a defining milestone for the evolution of Katsuya by Starck and for SBE. We are delighted to be working with the world leading retail franchise operator Alshaya, to bring the Katsuya by Starck brand to the Middle East, starting with Kuwait, followed by Dubai and then more widely across the region," says Sam Nazarian, CEO, founder and chairman of SBE.
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About those "larger and more organized attacks" we talked about? They don't quite arrive this week, as an early-morning strike by Tanpopo and her girls is twarted in the blink of an eye by Kagari; almost too easily. But the focus here is the start of Takamiya's magic training, and here the episode excels at evoking the awe and wonder inherent in such an exercise. While short-statured and not immensely strong, while wearing the magical garb Kagari personally selected for him, he can leap tremendous heights and even carry her with ease.
But we knew Chronoire Schwarz VI was planning to attack, and this week she finally does, luring Kagari and Takamiya onto a magic bus and quickly paralyzing Kagari. She then puts Takamiya in his first real spot, telling him to swallow something that will extract his mana, or watch his beautiful knight bleed out. But ends up not having to do much, as Kagari is able to overcome her paralysis and destroy Chronoire's avatar (it's assumed the body we see isn't her only one). But he still has the mana-extracting candy, a symbol of the insidious threat Chronoire still poses.
The threat of enemy witches aside, Takamiya is also finding himself particularly hated by everyone in his school, and we mean everyone. There hasn't been so much as a bawdy male classmate to put Takamiya in a half-nelson for no reason; he's literally friendless, except for Kagari, which is kind of sad. In this regard, the remainder of the student body is really just one uninteresting character that worships Kagari and curses the one she favors. Though it isn't as if Takamiya was Mr. Popular before Kagari started doting on him.
The piece-de-resistance this week was the broom-flying lesson, a very majestically-presented scene that surely dulled the effect of the peer-hate for Takamiya. It's also an opportunity for him to show initiative independent of Kagari, when he summons his own broom to save one of those peers from delinquents—despite not knowing how to fly yet. It proves to be another Tower witch trap that Kagari must swoop in and handle, but we like how Takamiya isn't going to allow Kagari's fear of him getting hurt stop him from doing what he feels is the right thing.
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"As one with a peripheral, marginal and off-center existence in the world I would like to seek how--with what I hope is a modest decent and humanist contribution--I can be of some use in a cure and reconciliation of mankind." - Oe Kenzaburo
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Fröken Salander & Me: How a misanthropic computer hacker will change autism in literature and life
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I haven't read the books, or seen the movie, yet, but I'd like to.ReplyDelete
Lisbeth Salander also sounds like a character I'd relate to very well; I've encountered a handful of characters who are never explicitly described as autistic (sometimes because "autism" didn't exist when the book was written, sometimes just because the author just didn't choose to use that word) but who are odd in very familiar ways.
I can see how many women with autism would relate to her, I think she makes for a good unofficial "mascot" in many ways.ReplyDelete
I've encountered many characters like that before, and I even did a paper for a class in postwar Japanese literature where I argued that a character had autism, which was pretty well received.
I think it's important in this day and age though for authors to make an effort to describe their characters as autistic. It's important for people with ASDs to have literary characters they can relate to and see themselves in.
Really interesting post! I work with individual with developmental disabilities & autism (I'm new to the field) AND I just finished "Girl with a Dragon Tatoo" a few days ago. So your post gives me a lot to chew over. Posting to Twitter & FB.ReplyDelete
I had no interest in reading these books, until I read this. Thank you for the fabulous review.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 16, 2010 at 2:41 PM
I agree completely with your thoughts on Salander.ReplyDelete
I also completely disagree with you on The Curious Incident. I related very well with the narrator of that one, 'cause my thought processes work EXACTLY like that. It makes it very hard to carry on a conversation, because I will speak like the narrator tells his story. You will ask me how I've been, I'll tell you how I am, and how it has come to be that I am this way, and how my current situation is linked to what I think of the world cup finale, and what I think about Iker Casillas, and how I wish I could one day go to Barcelona, and I'd love to see the Sagrada Familia, which I just saw an exhibition about and all of this in very great detail - it'll likely take me about the length of the book to say... wait.. what were you saying?
I actually function like that. It is... problematic to say the least, so I'm kinda sorry to hear you bash the book so off-handedly, since it is not as flawed in its presentation as you seem to think.
But aside from that. YES THIS! I adored Salander from the get-go. Her possible Asperger's dx is not mentioned till the end of book three, but from our first meeting with her in book one I knew she was like me - except I'm not a savant. I'm just of somewhat high-ish intelligence, but not of savant like skills like she. But I related so well. And I love her.
I could have done with a warning about the rape scenes, though. I had to throw up after reading the worst one of them. But that is just about my only criticism :D
I am also posting about her and her aspie-like characteristics on my blog. I swear, I have not read very much leisurely since my last four years of high school. this series is making me want to read again, which will be great for college.ReplyDelete


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Sunday, 1 January 2012
Review: Burberry Sheer Foundation
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He Sees Through Left and Right
The Dream of My Return
How to place the savage fictions of Horacio Castellanos Moya? Now fifty-seven, Castellanos Moya is a stellar fixture in the still-running second boom in Latin American literature, whose leading artist is the late Roberto Bolaño. The booms (the first, in the Sixties and Seventies, and the second, late Eighties and ongoing) are porous constructs with writers like Mario Vargas Llosa and Luisa Valenzuela starring in both of them. Compared to the works of Gabriel García Márquez, Carlos Fuentes, and Julio Cortázar, to mention just the best-known names, the works of the second boom are bleaker, a little less operatic, and differ more among themselves—but perhaps the most different among them are those of Horacio Castellanos Moya.
A main thing that sets Castellanos Moya apart is his intense concentration on his home country of El Salvador and the US-sponsored counterinsurgency wars and terror afflicting that region in the 1970s.* His eleven novels and five collections of short stories descend directly or indirectly from the enormities of this time and place. He goes over the same ground from different angles, reuses characters at varying stages of their fates, follows entire families, all with an eye to the damage done to these—mostly—peripheral players in the tragedy of El Salvador. Moya's instinct for the jocular also demarcates his work: he captures the noir absurdities that arise in the most mordant or unlikely settings. His latest novel, The Dream of My Return, presents in compact and indelible form his tricks, his daring, his disgust, his humor.
Erasmo Aragon, a Salvadoran exile in his forties, the narrator of The Dream of My Return, has been working as a journalist in Mexico City for the last five years. He is married and has a young daughter. It's 1992 and the civil war in El Salvador is ending. A peace treaty is imminent. He has a month to complete the preparations for his return. He ought to be happy. However, he is suffering from obscure pains in his liver, and his regular doctor, a homeopath, has abruptly and permanently returned to Spain.
Erasmo finds another doctor, one Don Chente, an odd duck. This doctor first treats his pain with acupuncture, but decides that a cure will require therapy by hypnosis. He proposes various contradictory etiologies for Erasmo's distress. One of them is this:
When humans took shelter in caves and were forced to live a sedentary life, they discovered that they did not like to defecate or urinate where they slept…. This was also the first time a human being experienced the emotion we now call anxiety, which consists of having to choose between two options: either he satisfies his instinct to empty himself wherever he happens to be, which means he'd have excrement next to his bed,…or…elsewhere…. Anxiety and bowel control are closely related…. This is…
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If Shark Week television programming has consumed your interest this week, the Shark Lab in Long Beach has a treat for you.
Touch sharp shark teeth or guess what species a pile of confiscated shark jaws came from. Check out the school's new Shark Shacks aimed at educating beach-goers along the Southern California coast, or read through a new shark-theme comic book.
Cal State Long Beach, on July 20, is hosting the Science & Math Open House 2019 Featuring Sharks @ The Beach, a way for marine enthusiasts to learn about creatures of the ocean, as well as other school programs including the mammal labs showcasing birds and reptiles.
"The open house is really to educate people about sharks, get them on campus and show them the projects we have going on," said Shark Lab director Chris Lowe. "We want people to embrace our sharks, to want to protect our sharks – not just be scared of our sharks."
Participants will get to conduct science experiments and tour the mammal museum filled with birds, reptiles and bugs.
"Obviously sharks are a draw, but there's lots of other things for people to see and do," Lowe said.
The open house is an annual event, but with a number of additions this year. It typically draws about 700 people, but Lowe is expecting closer to 1,000 this time around.
The Shark Shack — a tent with information about local shark and sting ray species — will be set up. The mobile program launched a few weeks ago at Belmont Pier in Long Beach and has been visiting beaches around Southern California.
The school also will unveil a new public service announcement aimed at pier and beach anglers who use heavy equipment for large catch — gear that can inadvertently snag great white sharks.
"With shark numbers going up, we have fishers off the piers that put swimmers and surfers at risk," Lowe said, noting that practices such as chumming, while not illegal, can endanger beach users by attracting large sharks.
There's also strong fishing line new to the market that is very thin, but built to not break, even with a 500-pound fish at the other end. Some anglers have been using it from piers, a danger for people catching waves nearby.
"You could cut someone's head off surfing or stand-up paddling," Lowe said. "It's not illegal. It probably should be, but it's not."
Part of the PSA advises that large-game fishing should be done at night. And anglers should be educated on distinguishing between shark species, such as mako and great whites, which can look similar.
"Know what you are fishing for," he said. "You have to be able to identify what you catch."
At the open house, the Shark Lab also will present a Nat Geo program, yet to air, titled "The World's Biggest White Shark?" featuring Lowe.
There also will be a workshop for educators interested in curriculum to use with shark jaws that are available, after 5,000 jaws were confiscated by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife in Torrance last year. They were cataloged by marine biologist Gwen Goodmanlowe, a faculty member at Cal State Long Beach.
Also new this year is a color comic book filled with games aimed at educating children about local marine life, teaching them how to identify marine mammals they may encounter. The goal is to get the comic books to kids at local beaches and in junior lifeguard programs. About 5,000 were printed, with a goal of getting private funding to create 15,000 more copies.
The comic book teaches such tips as how to do the "sting ray shuffle," how to tell the difference between a shark and dolphin fin and what to do if you see a bait ball nearby or a sea lion jumps on your surfboard.
"It's not a bonding moment, it's saying, 'I'm scared of something in the water that's trying to eat me'," Lowe said of a sea lion that gets spooked and tries to find safety on a surfboard. "Pull your legs and arms up on the surfboard. Shoo it off and paddle in. It's telling you there's something big nearby."
Some of the shark education programs are being funded with $3.75 million in state money approved last year to improve research and educate the public as shark populations increase along the coastline.
Shark Day at the Beach will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Cal State Long Beach College of Natural Sciences and Math. The event is free.


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SHAAK TI Jedi Master
Saga Collection 2
Item No.: Asst. 87500 No. 87429
Manufacturer: Hasbro
Number: #0210
Includes: Blast effect, Lightsaber
Action Feature: n/a
Retail: $4.99
Availability: April 2008
Appearances: Attack of the Clones
Image: Adam Pawlus' TV tray.
Bio: Shaak Ti is a powerful Jedi Master. Her highly refined Jedi skills are extremely useful in the battle against Count Dooku and the super battle droids. (Taken from the figure's cardback.)
Commentary: A very hard figure to get upon release in 2002, particularly in the U.K., this statue of a Shaak Ti figure got a brief surge of popularity until people realized it wasn't all that great. Posed so she basically can't be more than a statue, this colorful, well-painted, nicely sculpted release looks awesome on your desk. It's also a terrible toy, as it's basically a salt shaker with arms, but due to the leg poses she also has a habit of falling over. Aside from the two shoulder joints, her articulation is pretty worthless. This is a figure you should buy purely based on looks, or your desire to own a blaster deflection bolt. She can't sit, or be placed in vehicles-- she's just for looks. Hasbro's attention to deco means that she looks good, with lots of little color markings on her robes, striking salmon colored skin, lovely stripes on her head, and great face paint-- which is important. The 2005 was significantly better overall, so if you don't feel the need to own them all, you can skip this one. Unfortunately, it's somewhat cheap, and it shows.
Collector's Notes: Jedi tend to sell very well, and this one was no exception. Until saturation hit, at which time people stopped caring. She isn't hard to get, so if you want her, try to pay $5 or less- any more than that and odds are you'd be sorry.


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| 15.1°C Dublin
In what threatened to be a feisty affair after both sides were reduced to 14 men inside the opening 12 minutes, Armagh ended Louth's unbeaten run in spectacular style as they cruised to victory in Drogheda to blow the promotion race wide open.
The men from the Orchard County got off to the worst possible start when Aidan Forker was shown red in the opening minute but they regrouped well and raced into a 1-1 to 0-0 lead with Ciaran McKeever finding the back of the net in the 10th minute.
Two minutes later referee Ciaran Branagan had the red card out once again as he sent off Louth's Anthony Williams for an off-the-ball incident. Pauric Smith finally got Louth up and running with a fine point after 12 minutes but a Niall Rowland goal two minutes later left them in big trouble.
A Ryan Burns free right on the stroke of half time left the scoreboard reading 2-5 to 0-6 in favour of Armagh at the break.
Louth needed a quick start to the second half to get back into it but it was Kieran McGeeney's men who stretched their lead with ace marksman Jamie Clarke scoring 1-3, including a goal from a penalty, in the space of five minutes to put the game to bed.
Louth now face a trip to Tipperary to re-ignite their promotion bid.
SCORERS - Armagh: J Clarke 1-3; N Rowland 1-1; R Grugan 0-4 (2fs); N Grimley 0-4 (2fs); C McKeever 1-0; P Hughes; S Sheridan; G McParland 0-1 each. Louth: R Burns 0-4 (3fs, 145); P Smith 0-3; T Durnin 0-2; G McSorley; C McKeever 0-1 each.
ARMAGH - B Hughes 7; P Hughes 8, C Vernon 7, G McCabe 8; A McKay 7, B Donaghy 7, N Rowland 8; A Findon 7, S Sheridan 7; N Grimley 8, A Duffy 7, R Grugan 8; A Forker6, C McKeever 7, J Clarke 8. Subs: B Crealy 6 for A Findon, J Morgan 7 for G McCabe, C O'Hanlon 6 for A Duffy, N McConville 6 for R Grugan, S Heffron 6 for N Rowland.
LOUTH - C Lynch 6; K Carr 5, P Reilly 5, P Rath 5; A Williams 6, J Bingham 5, D Maguire 5; D Byrne 5, T Durnin 7; B Duffy 5, P Smith 6, J Stewart 5; R Burns 7 , E O'Connor 5, R Moore 5. Subs: A Reid 5 for R Moore, C McKeever 5 for E O'Connor, K Murphy 5 for K Carr, R Holcroft N/A for R Burns.
Ref - C Branagan (Down).
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You may not always get what you want from who you want it from, but you will always get what you need
Read that again. Sit with it for a second.
I remember the first time I heard this quote, and it instantly impacted me. In fact, it's changed my perspective (for the better) on numerous occasions since.
Are you waiting for that one person to say something what you have wanted to hear for a while?
Are you waiting for someone to act in a certain way that you've always wanted him or her to?
Do you have a coach, or a training partner, that you want just a little bit more from?
Is there someone in your life who you place a LOT of expectations on, and he or she is always coming up short in your eyes?
Might you be so focused on what you're not getting from someone, that you're unable to recognize what you already are getting from someone else?
Let me ask that a different way…
Are you constantly upset by what someone isn't giving you, when someone else is providing that for you already?
We can get hyper-focused on what we want, and who we want it from. I know, I've been there and I do it too. Therefore, we may often feel disappointed when that person just doesn't get seem to get it. That person just doesn't give us what we want, when we want it, exactly the way we imagined.
It becomes frustrating, then exhausting and often builds towards resentment.
Look around at all that you are receiving and what you do have. It may surprise you when you realize it's not who you originally thought it would be from.
Consider what you're already getting from other relationships, and you might find that you've been under appreciating that all along.
Bottom Line? Keep yourself open to receiving gifts, love, appreciation, encouragement, coaching and support from anyone who is willing to give it to you. There's a high probability that it's not going to be coming from who you had originally wanted it to come from. But, it's much better to recognize how much you're already receiving, then to continue to focus on what you don't yet have.


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By Nolan P. Smith
It's not every day I start a book and can't put it down. But that is precisely what happened when I decided to start reading Little Mama one night. I have said numerous times that the art form of a comic book can tell any story, and with this book, that idea is cemented down. Little Mama is an authentic, harsh look at the life of a little girl who endured abuse, neglect, and more, raising herself and looking out for her family like, well, like a little mama.
From Magnetic Press, an imprint of Lion Forge and Polarity, Little Mama is from writer/artist Halim Mahmouidi, and it tells a story that will shake you to your core. The story follows Brenda, from being a small child to a single mother herself. She has a young mother who wasn't ready to be a mom, one that beats her and mistreats her. But things get worse when Brenda's mom brings home her new live-in boyfriend, Vincent. When Brenda gets a little brother, the story takes the young life of Brenda and shows you just how horrible humanity can be.
The book, done in a black, white and teal color palette, is so raw, so unforgiving, it will open your eyes to the world of abuse, and the strength a little girl has to change her life. I was in awe more than one, and I couldn't put this over 190-page book down until I finished it. Mahmouidi crafts a tale that pulls no punches, but neither does abuse, right? I really appreciate the hard look at Brenda's life, and I hope it wakes up the readers to the world around them. Because, sadly, abuse is helping all around use. The humiliation and neglect Brenda endures is something that children are going through right now.
Another theme in the book is the question of whether there is an innate, natural language instilled in humanity, naturally, since birth. By the end of the book, we get an answer, an answer that answers it all. The story is told in a flashback manner as Brenda visits a psychologist while she is an adult with a child. We literally see Brenda mature through the sessions, as she is presented as a child when she is in her sessions, and as she opens up, we see her grow older until she reaches her present age at the end of the book. It's an amazing way to tell this story of tragedy and triumph.
Little Mama might be the most important graphic novel to hit shelves this year, and that isn't an overstatement. Magnetic Press, Lion Forge, and Polarity have brought a masterpiece to the U.S. comic book world, and I encourage you to give this a read. It is an insightful, emotional, mature readers book that deserves your attention. It has mine.
Rating: 10 out of 10.
Nolan P. Smith is the Editor and Co-Founder of Pastrami Nation. Being a reporter for the past ten years, he has worked for a variety of media outlets, from newsprint to the ever-evolving internet platform. Residing in Victorville, CA, writing has always been a significant aspect of his life. You can usually find him at comic book conventions, looking for more amazing books to dive into, or at the gym at odd times of the night. You can follow him on Facebook, Twitter @nolanpsmith, and Instagram @kakooee.


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Oh. Man! This is one of my favorite meals. It makes me want to be a food hoarder. (Aren't I already..?) And I think you'll feel the same! Its vegan (because of the oil), not strictly plant based but I'm just not ready to make it without the oil yet...
Serves: You (and whoever you're kind enough to let eat some)
- 2 cups basil (or two packages)
- 2-3 cloves garlic
- 1 cup pistachios*
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1/2-3/4 cups olive oil depending on the texture you want/like*
- Salt to taste
- 1 Package of noodles
- Toppings of your choice, but I use:
- Broccoli*
- diced artichoke hearts
- quartered grape/cherry tomatoes
- sliced black olives
- sliced sun-dried tomatoes
- arugula
Make it a meal:
In a food processor add the basil, pistachios and lemon juice. Start to pulse then pour in the olive oil while it's processing until it gets to the consistency you want - it should be on the smoother side, but if you like it thick, that's cool too!
Stop processing, add some salt, give it a whirl and see if its good. At this point you can add more salt and lemon, if you think it calls for it.
Add the pesto to the noodles, mix well then proceed in salad-bar-like fashion with the toppings. Enjoy!
* Its really best if you peal the pistachio's yourself, the pre-pealed ones have a burnt tasted to them. If
you don't care about, by all means save the time and effort.
* Make sure it's a decent quality - the cheap stuff is really bitter and an insult to the above ingredients.
* I'm lazy and boil the broccoli with the noodles for the last 6-7 mins of cook time.*If you don't eat all the pesto, you can portion it into an ice cube tray for easy freezing!