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Sunday, March 24, 2013
Need a vacation?
It was miserable. Two of my family members because very sick, one necessitating a 2AM trip to the ER, another resulting in an urgent doctor's visit that I had to pay for out of pocket. I probably got an hour of sleep the whole trip. My husband and I fought on the drive in both directions. And when I got back, the work that had piled up in my absence was overwhelming.
This year, I refuse to go.
I've been thinking about taking two half-weeks off, so I won't return to such an overwhelming load. But at the same time, I wonder if human beings need a longer vacation?
Like, will I get completely burned out if I go over a year without taking a straight week off? And what about my kids? Do they need a week off as well? Are a few days here and there enough?
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I LOVE long weekends. I find them very restorative, and much easier to arrange than week-long vacations - easier to get the time, easier to find childcare if we want to go away by ourselves, less stressful, easier to recover from at work. We usually do one or two long weekends a year plus at least one week off together (often two, but not consecutive). We don't always go away on our weeks off.ReplyDelete
I don't remember how old your kids are. Traveling as a family has gotten much less stressful now that Eve is older. She can entertain herself, she can stay up late enough to do fun things in the evening, she eats pretty much anything. If we can bring along a friend or meet up with an age-matched cousin, it's even better. I think your kids will be perfectly fine for a few years without week-long vacations.
That said, traveling to see family is *not* a vacation, at least not for us. It adds the stress of coping with family to everything else. These days it's the grandparents who are most likely to need an ER trip - had to take my mother-in-law a few years ago. If you can travel to family who will then give you a break from childcare, that would be different, but that doesn't sound like it happened. Your vacation time needs to be restorative to you. Do what you need to do.Replies
I didn't want to get into this in my post, but part of the problem is that my parents' house, where we would stay, is a baby deathtrap. They did make a bit of an effort to make it somewhat less dangerous, but it's still pretty bad. Which means that I can't leave my youngest alone for even a minute. I pointed out to my father that every single morning when I visited, I had to BEG someone to watch her just so I could shower, and I did not get to even pee without her company, and he acted like he had no idea what I was talking about. "It will be different this time." Yeah, right. I think I'll wait till she's over age 3, thank you very much.Delete
And my husband, who was the one who needed the ER trip on day #2, was "sick" and didn't have to lift a finger to help me the whole trip. After I spent the entire night awake with him in the ER, I attempted to sneak in 15 minutes of sleep on a couch, but everyone was just waiting for me to get home so I could take over watching the baby. That trip sucked.
That sounds awful. I can relate, though. When you're a mom, it's like you have to do childcare plus all the other things you're "supposed to" do in addition to being available for "everything" else. The reality is that we are often the ones that need more breaks. It's exhausting to have a little one hanging off you all day, worse if you have another who misses mommy because mommy is so often busy with the littler one. This is a huge part of why I'm not sure I will be able to do medicine. What with being able to establish the support you really need, having to convince people (esp your spouse) of why you want to do medicine when it will: cost so much, take so much of your time, mean relocating your family, etc. Sigh.Delete
Fizzy, that sounds about like what my last vacation -- which was almost 2 years ago -- was like. This, the logistics of flying to Italy with a toddler, and my own parent-death-trap house has been what has kept me from taking another vacation since. I would rather work than deal with all of that.ReplyDelete
Don't even get me started on the whole "man-cold" thing.Replies
It was actually kidney stones. Granted, it didn't look fun. But by two days after, I was beginning to wish I'd been the one with kidney stones. When we talk about that trip now, he says, "What was so stressful about it? It was so relaxing!" It kills me that he had kidney stones, yet still had a better time than I did.Delete
Yes you need to take vacation. It's good to visit family; think about staying in a nearby motel (doesn't have to be super nice; you'll just be there to sleep) so you can have some anxiety down time. Don't expect your parents to understand that their house isn't baby proof and don't bring it up. And go for shorter visits-- perhaps stop on the way there or on the way back so you only have half the time with family.ReplyDelete
While visiting family is technically vacation, you need vacation not with family as well. It doesn't have to be a long and complex vacation, though. Think about going somewhere a 1-2 hour drive away from home. Find a place with a kid's camp within a resort so you can have some alone time (or consider leaving the kids behind for a short trip!).
It's a good idea to take all the vacation you have coming to you. Use some of it for stay-cations to catch up on things at home. Plan your vacations so you don't need one at the end to recuperate-- leave a day later and return a day earlier.
I had the same reaction to family trips when Eve was little. Either we paid for an actual suite with a bedroom door ($$$$), or we had to turn out the lights at 7:00 when she went to sleep. What fun is that? Toddler in a restaurant - not fun. Toddler in a museum - not fun. Toddler on a long car trip - REALLY not fun. More work than staying home. My mother collects art glass and small sculptures of frogs, and she has a pool. She was at least willing to watch Eve, but I was constantly worried that something would get broken. Not fun. Certainly not a vacation. We didn't travel with Eve much between the ages of two and five - we couldn't afford the kind of all-inclusive resort that had a kids camp. We stayed home.ReplyDelete
Vacations when the kiddos are little are not really vacations....just the same song and dance in an unfamiliar location where your kids won't sleep, you don't have the same resources, different bed, having to deal with multiple people and you have to PAY for the luxury of all this! And also, convincing a man that a trip to see his parents is not a "vacation" is next to impossible. It took me 10+ years of marriage for my husband to finally finally see the difference.ReplyDelete
I don't think we necessarily need longer than half week vacations. And I think you should do what you you find restorative during these mini vacations. If that means resting at home, I think that is great! I often drag my toddler and baby out of the house to many vacations where I work way harder than if we were home. We go camping, rock climbing, hiking, stay in hotels aka baby death traps, with long car/plane rides. But because I love the activities and find that they fill my soul, I keep dragging the kids out.ReplyDelete
I find flying my folks out to our house is much easier. That is what I did with my last 10 day vacation. It was wonderful. Sometimes nothing beats a stay-cation!
Yeah, I agree with the "vacations with small kids = same sh&t, different place". Nothing worse than a hotel room with a light sleeper baby, having to have lights out & not a whisper after 7pm. The point of a vacation is to be relaxing and restorative...if traveling with your family doesn't fit that, I don't really see why you HAVE to do it. I like short trips (3-4 days) with the kids & also taking random days off by myself (kids go to daycare). We do go visit our families, but it is an obligation--even though their homes are nice and safe for littles and we get a LOT of help with the kids, its still not FUN. Once the kids are in regular school you'll be forced to take certain times off, and hopefully by then they'll be old enough that traveling with them is actually fun.ReplyDelete
Take the vacation time but stay home! That is the most relaxing thing to do when you have little ones. Explore stuff that's local, go to the park, get out the finger paints, breathe a little.ReplyDelete
OK, so I don't have time to read all the replies, but I got the gist and I feel passionately about this.ReplyDelete
YES, *I* need vacation time with my family and they need vacation time with me. I work my butt off when I'm at work, and we enjoy vacationing together. Our first trip was when Dude was 6 weeks old, and first plane trip was at 8 weeks old. (I was on Canadian mat leave.) We've taken 2 "away" family vacation every year since - one to visit family (more on this in a minute) and one to just get away for ourselves.
Only once did we stay with family - and never again. I, as the in-law, take the crap about this, but I don't care - I need a safe relaxing *vacation* zone, and your apartment/death trap just isn't it - and why should it be? You are 58/85 whatever and you have different needs. So, we have an apartment we rent for the week - an added expense but worth every single penny. We have to fly to visit them (other end of the country) and we're happy to do it, but not at the incalculable cost of everyone's peace of mind being worse.
So, we are ruthless about routine, and nutrition while we're away, and this paradoxically lends itself to a much happier vacation. After 5 years of this, they are accepting of it, even though they don't "get" it.
The other vacation is away, to someplace warm (we are in a cold place), and it's always been a lovely, rejuvenating experience. I love to read, so I equip myself with a fully-loaded e-book I can read in the dark, and I save up movies that I haven't been able to see, that I watch on my laptop with headphones while my son is asleep in the evenings. My husband is quite content to sit at the bar for a quiet drink in the evenings, and then I get other breaks during the day. Going to bed early, and waking up rested is a huge part of what I get out of vacation.
These trips are now our annual traditions, and I know I'm in a much better headspace as mother and doctor when I come back. Otherwise, we do the long weekend thing, but in fact, the 1 week vacations allow for more unwinding.
Beyond that, I also love the staycation, though I loathe the term... but that, I take, by myself- I get more vacation than my husband, so Dude stays in school (was daycare) for most of it, while I tend to my needs.
Anyhow - I'll stop my rant. It is possible, with research, to find places to stay that are maybe a bit more expensive than $100 per night, but we feed ourselves from a kitchen, so save money on eating out. It's just part of our budget, and, heck, I pay for sanity!
All done now. :)
People really differ in their vacation needs - so the key is to figure out what YOU need and do that and definintely absolutely NOT spend precious vacation time or energy on something that doesn't rejunivate you. I am a person who really needs to go away a couple of times per year; and here are a couple of things I've learned:ReplyDelete
1) Totally true what the others said. When you have a baby, there is no such thing as a vacation, just a relocation.
2) Go away for CME meetings WITHOUT your family. How awesome is it to eat at restaurants where they dont' serve chicken fingers and nobody is sitting on your lap?? How awesome is it to stay in a hotel room and enjoy whatever movie or TV you want with nobody interrupting you?? Awesome. Play your cards right and your employer will foot the bill for this, and since you "have" to do it you can talk yourself out of some guilt. I generally give a couple of presentations at meetings, and the rest of the time I enjoy myself. Lovely. Competent husband and grandmothers at home can handle it.
3) When you vacation with kids, always try and go someplace you can rent a house. Life is so much better when you don't have to eat out three meals per day, and when you have at least one bedroom with a closable door. There are lots of lakeside cabins that aren't too much money, but they feel like "away", and you can enjoy new things (mini-golf, anyone? short hikes with no time constraints?) and some of the stress of travelling will be alleviated.
4)Low expectations. I fall back on "well, at least I'm not at work" or "well, at least this is a nice change of pace" (which is more important for me than relaxing, per se, which is why I loathe staycations). Lower your standards too - are filling up on goldfish crackers at the beach once per year really that much of a problem?
5) This gets one million times easier when your kids get just a smidge older. Not cheaper, mind you...but easier. Camping becomes possible. Eating out is not an ordeal (though it is more expensive). Plane rides become an adventure (and for petes's sake fly JetBlue with their seatback entertainment systems and endless snacks). My two school-age kids are now really fun on vacations, assuming we choose the right ones (rent a house at the beach, go camping in a national park, city trips where we explore parks and zoos and FAO Schwartz and not really museums).
Good luck!
Yes. No food rules on vacation. As long as Eve ingests a reasonable amount of protein at regular intervals, she can eat whatever she wants on vacation. Sugar cereal and French toast for breakfast? Sure. Dessert with lunch and dinner? Of course. Soda every day? Yes (although we usually make her choose between soda and dessert). We want vacation to be fun for her and for us, so we choose our battles. When she was younger, we kept to her regular bedtime (and also argued with the relatives who thought we were nuts. I especially loved being called "amateur parents"). Now we don't have to worry about that. Early bedtime in a hotel would have been easier if we'd had movies and books on laptops, but back in the early 2000s we didn't :-).ReplyDelete
OTOH, it's not a vacation for me if it's entirely celibate, and it was easier to have sex in a room next to a clueless and heavily sleeping toddler than a wised-up and often awake teenager....
I just did a Spring Break vacation with two single mom friends. Three single moms and 7 kids in a big rent house. Kids were in ski school for 6 hours three out of five days so we adults could cross country ski and snowshoe mountain trails. We each took responsibility for cooking a wonderful meal one of the nights so we only had to eat out once (one night was take out). I was nervous about it, especially with the long drive, but it was truly restorative and fabulous.ReplyDelete
I'm doing a dude ranch with kids programs this summer. I have drunk the Kool-Aid on vacations with kid programs - yes much easier when kids get older.
I've had vacations similar to ones you describe above, when kids were younger and family dynamics were dicier. It did suck.
I have partners that do two week stretches in the summer and swear by them - they say you cannot truly relax until the end of the first week and I can see the point, but I am ready to get back into work mode after a week. I also make an effort to take a week for myself to go to a conference once a year - a very different kind of vacation. As a single I've been sharing my dinners with book authors for the past few years. This year, next month, I am going with boyfriend and I'm very excited. You have to build you time into any vacation or it won't work - I have found that depending on family for this is too guilt-ridden, whether you create those feelings yourself or not.
Keep trying, Fizzy - they aren't all bad. But some of them are really bad. It's kind of like caring for a newborn - if you didn't have amnesia around the intensity you would never ever do it again. Distance and new, positive experiences help.


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It's going to be a moment of uniformed worship. See you there.


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Rickhouse Bar - Rickhousebar.com
The objective at Rickhouse is to provide our guest, with a superior beverage experience. Whether you are interested in artisanal cocktails, fine spirits, local beers or boutique California wines, we using organic ingredients and the top spirits available. We are also the first to bring back the punchbowl concept from the 1950's.
We are targeting the person who is looking for a unique and/or superior cocktail experience, who pays attention to their cocktail as the would a fine dining experience.
We are looking for a site the keeps the look and feel of our menu and brand, I have enclosed all the images that are part of our menu and location shots. Here is a layout of the pages we will need fully layered psd's for:
About (home page, hours, include link to google maps for locations, contacts, mission statement), callouts to our facebook and twitter accounts and to join our email list
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Libations (8 sample cocktails that can rotate) and a description of our spirit and wine seleciton
Events ( info on rental and contact info for our event coordinator)
News - for media clippings
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Qwest broadband plan reaches 108K Colorado homes
Qwest is seeking $350 million in federal stimulus grants to extend high-speed Internet service to more than 500,000 homes, businesses and schools in rural communities across its 14-state local service territory.
The Denver-based company would spend $100 million upgrading its network in Colorado, adding or improving broadband service to nearly 108,000 homes. Internet speeds would range from 12 megabits per second to 40 megabits per second.
The project would reach more than 18,000 businesses, schools, libraries and other facilities in Colorado, which would receive the largest portion of the spending. Qwest estimates that it would create or retain 5,000 jobs in the state.
The build-out will cover more than 100 Colorado communities, including Aspen, Central City, Grand Junction, Greeley, Hudson, Sterling and Windsor.
The total cost of the project is $467 million, with Qwest covering 25 percent, or $117 million.
"Much like the water and electric programs the government established to encourage rural development, federal grants are needed to enable the deployment of broadband to high-cost, unserved areas," said Steve Davis, senior vice president of government relations for Qwest.
The federal economic stimulus program includes $7.2 billion in funding for extending broadband to unserved or under-served communities. Broomfield-based Level 3 Communications this month received $13.7 million in grants for the expansion of rural broadband in Georgia, Kansas, California, Texas, Florida and Tennessee. The company had asked for $15 million.
Qwest said the government has indicated it will award grants for the latest round of applications by the end of September.


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Alaska: The Last Frontier Season 8
Centers on the Kilcher family and their community outside Homer, Alaska. Begun by patriarch Yule Kilcher who immigrated from Europe during WWII, and currently led by his sons, Otto and Atz ... See full summary »
Genres: Reality-TV
Actor: Olivia Colman, Julian Barratt, Daniel Rigby, Sophia Di Martino, Leila Hoffman, Will Sharpe, Colin Hurley, Hammed Animashaun, Alistair Green, Desiree Akhavan, Zita Sattar, Rico Canadinhas, Georgina Campbell, Angus Wright
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Sugarcane to Bottle: How Brugal Rum is Made
Your ticket into the secret world of boozemaking.
Author's Note: This post was made possible by the folks behind Brugal Rum, who invited me and a handful of journalists to the Dominican Republic to get a close behind-the-scenes look at how their rum is made.
Standing amidst the 10 foot high sugarcane stalks in the fields of San Pedro de Macorís, it's almost hard to believe that each bottle of Brugal Rum begins its journey here. Brugal is the most popular rum in the Caribbean and has been produced in the Dominican Republic since 1888 by the Brugal family.
So how exactly do we get from sugarcane to rum? After the sugarcane is harvested from the fields, it's sent to the refinery where the juices are extracted with pressure and steam. This juice is crystallized, producing granulated sugar and molasses. The molasses is then transported to the distillery and fermented with water and yeast to make a low-alcohol "wine". This wine is first distilled into a raw high-proof alcohol called "flema". After a second distillation, the spirit is transported to Puerto Plata where it is diluted and loaded into white American oak barrels for aging.
And then we wait. A year, or sometimes up to eight, before the rum is blended to formulate the final product. But before bottling, large resting tanks allow the blended rum to breathe and homogenize, while taking away any potential aggressiveness. This resting process contributes to the clean flavor and smooth texture of the rum.
To get a sense of each step of the production process, we whacked down some sugarcanes ourselves, visited the distillery in Santo Domingo where the air was heavy with molasses, and moseyed our way up to the aging facilities in Puerto Plata, where the air was heavy with alcohol. Want to see how rum is made? Click through the slideshow for a behind-the-scenes peek.
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ELCOME to the website of the Official Richard Burgi Fan Club! For ease of navigation, our site is color-keyed to areas of interest, which can be accessed quickly from the link block at the top left of each page.
The man at left with the warm and infectious smile is Richard Burgi. Born and raised in and around Montclair, New Jersey, Richard now makes his home in Southern California. He's a talented and compelling actor with an extensive and varied filmography in television and film.
Richard has been working steadily in television and film since the latter half of the 1980's, when he landed his first full-time role on NBC's Another World, playing Chad Rollo. Since then he has gone on to guest on and star in a variety of television dramas -- CHUCK, Breakout Kings, Nip/Tuck, Reaper, 24, Desperate Housewives, Point Pleasant, Las Vegas, CSI, The District, Judging Amy, The Sentinel, and One West Waikiki being some of the more prominent -- and sitcoms, such as Hot in Cleveland, Just Shoot Me, Action, Seinfeld, Who's The Boss, Love & War, and Anything But Love. Movie roles include both film and television -- "Super Eruption," "Committed," "Friday the 13th," "Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage," "Hostel: Part II," "In God's Country," "Fun with Dick and Jane," "In Her Shoes," "Cellular," "Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation," "Decoys," "Torn Apart," "Darklight," "Wheelmen," and "I Married a Monster."
Richard brought in 2010 as he saw out 2009 -- with a guest spot and a personal appearance. He attended the Eleventh Annual Canon Customer Appreciation Reception and benefit for the NCMEC on January 8th, and was at work on FOX's "Lie To Me" by the end of January, playing Governor Charles Brooks in "Bullet Bump," which aired July 26th.
Though 2009 got off to a slow start from the standpoint of new work, Richard's return to "Desperate Housewives" led to a total of six Season Five episodes capped by a season finale romance-in-the-making with Bree Van de Kamp Hodge (Marcia Cross). (The season DVD set was released in early September). This fire-and-ice relationship was explored across ten episodes in the current Season Six, which went into production in mid-July and is now airing on ABC. (Unfortunately, the ill-starred romance was doomed and Karl, declared a long-time "fan favorite" by series Creator Marc Cherry, met his demise in the conclusion of the midseason cliff-hanger, "If...")
Early 2009 was not without new and exciting appearances, as several 2008 projects did not premiere until this year. "Knight to King's Pawn," the twelfth episode of NBC's reborn "Knight Rider" series, premiered in January, with Richard playing "bad-ass NSA commander" Jack Hurst. The episode was filmed in October 2008 with much of Richard's work shooting in Hawaii. (The short-lived series is now available on DVD).
The Platinum Dunes rebirth of "Friday the 13th" premiered in theaters on Friday, February 13th and promptly shot to the top of that week's Box Office rankings. Richard plays Officer Bracke, the typically ill-fated Lawman of Crystal Lake. The film was shot in late Spring 2008 in and around Austin, TX and is now available on "Extended Killer Cut" DVD with extra Burgi scenes.
February 24th found Richard playing Dr. Logan Taper in "Nip/Tuck's" "Allegra Caldarello," which featured a side of Richard never before seen on television. (The role -- a plastic surgeon with "an extreme sexual compulsion" and a rather obscure paraphilia -- involved rear nudity). The episode was shot in early summer '08 as part of a 22-episode fifth season and is now available on DVD.
His limited-run series, "Harper's Island," premiered on April 9th and ran until July 11th as a 13-week CBS "Mystery Event." The series was filmed in Vancouver, BC, in Fall '08. Richard plays Thomas Wellington, father of bride-to-be Trish (Katie Cassidy), whose destination wedding turns into a murder mystery. Richard was apparently the only castmember who knew when his character would meet his demise, as he was signed to a five-episode contract. (The "DVD Edition" is now available for purchase).
Richard was a celebrity attendee at the Pink Carpet benefit for the United Breast Cancer Foundation, which took place on October 25th at the Mothership Salon, 6111 W 5th St. in Los Angeles. Sponsored by The Hair & Makeup Artist Network, the Pink Carpet event also featured a cocktail party and raffle/silent auction.
Late November found Richard finishing his 2009 run on "Desperate Housewives" with the midseason cliffhanger episodes "Boom Crunch" and "If...," which aired in early January 2010.
The first week of December proved to be quite busy, with Richard attending the 6th Annual Artivist Film Festival and Awards as a presenter on the 5th and then heading off to New York City the following week to film a guest role on NBC's hit series "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (he plays Richard Morgan in "Confidential," which aired in early March 2010).
2010 came in much as 2009 went out, with Richard attending the January 8th Eleventh Annual Canon USA Customer Appreciation Reception and NCMEC Celebrity Golf Tournament in Las Vegas, NV. By the end of the month he had landed a guest spot on FOX's "Lie To Me," playing Governor Charles Brooks in the episode "Bullet Bump," which is expected to air in July.
April brought a flurry of new projects including a role on CBS's hit series "NCIS," playing Randall Hammond in "Patriot Down" (first part of the two-part season finale, which aired on Tuesday, May 18th) and a new movie for SyFy titled "Super Eruption," which brings Richard together with Juliet Aubrey ("Primeval") as a firefighter and vulcanologist who join forces ain an effort to save lives when Yellowstone's sleeping supervolcano comes to catastrophic life. Filming in May in Bulgaria, "Super Eruption" is intended for SyFy's Saturday primetime movie roster. Richard took advantage of the short scheduling gap between roles by joining other celebrities for the 2010 Cabo Celebrity Golf Classic in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The three-day event benefits the Casa Hogar orphanage.
Late 2010 found Richard heading to the Toronto area for two almost back-to-back TV projects, playing Dr. Desmond Moore in "Committed" for the Lifetime Movie Network (which premiered in April 2011) and Andre Brennan in "Breakout Kings" for A&E (he appears in "One For The Money," which premiered May 1st 2011).
Thus far, 2011's work has consisted of guest roles on TV shows -- TV Land's "Hot In Cleveland," in which Richard plays Wendie Malick's blind date, Timothy, and NBC's "CHUCK," in which he plays a ruthless and efficient CIA "eraser" named Clyde Decker (the episode, which is the season finale for Season 4, is called "Chuck Versus the Cliffhanger" and airs May 16th).
Additional information on Richard's current projects and appearances can be found on our news page.
He's a warm and personable man with a wicked and engaging sense of humor and a refreshing outlook on life -- as a devoted family man, an enthusiastic surfer and outdoorsman, and an advocate of environmental protection and preservation. Not surprisingly, these are all factors in the genesis of the Official Richard Burgi Fan Club -- the RBFC.
The RBFC was formed to support the career of Richard Burgi; this website serves a similar purpose. It is intended to provide long-time admirers with frequently updated information on Richard's projects and appearances while introducing him to newcomers in a comprehensive, interesting and informative manner.
One thing the RBFC intends not to do is take itself too seriously; at his first official meeting with the Club founders, Richard smiled and said "I'm flattered, but I find this fan club idea sort of bizarre." Quite.
Ladies and Gentlemen: This is not your typical star...
...and this is not your typical fan club.
So come in and look around. If you're a return visitor, welcome back! The handy block of site links at the upper left of each page will guide you from section to section. Be sure to check the news page for the latest updates on Richard's appearances and projects. If this is your first visit, thank you for your interest in Richard Burgi, his career,and his fan club! To find out more about Richard Burgi and the RBFC, take a look at our Table of Contents and follow the links. Questions or comments about the RBFC should be sent to the RBFC administrator. Questions or comments on the RBFC Website will be fielded by our site administrator.
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Mizzou Baseball Falls to Auburn
COLUMBIA - Keaton Steele supplied the only run of the game for Mizzou (13-24, 5-14), a solo homer in the second inning, as the Tigers fell to Auburn (25-16, 7-12) by a 3-1 final Friday night at Taylor Stadium. Rob Zastryzny was strong on the mound in eight innings of work, falling to 2-8 after striking out 11 against just one walk, but he allowed two homers to the visitors.
Case Munson's on-base streak of 18 games came to an end in the contest, as the outfielder went 0-for-4 at the dish in the season opener. Auburn's Garrett Cooper was the star of the game offensively, knocking two home runs off Zastryzny to lead the way for Auburn in the Friday night contest.
Auburn struck in the first, as three-straight two-out hits by Cullen Wacker, Cooper and Patrick Savage combined to give the visiting Tigers a 1-0 lead. Steele sent a home run over the wall in left to lead off the bottom of the second, tying the game at one, his third homer of the year. Zastryzny sat Auburn down 1-2-3 in the top of the third, and Kendall Keeton and Logan Pearson both singled to start off the bottom of the frame. Dane Opel wore a curve to load the bases with one out, but Mizzou was unable to score after Opel was picked off in front of a Steel strikeout.
Cooper skied one over the wall in right-center in the fourth, giving Auburn a 2-1 lead. Zastryzny then let the next two batters he faced reach base, but he was able to halt the rally without giving up more runs. Mizzou stranded two runners on base in the bottom of the fifth, putting two on with two outs for Opel, but a strikeout ended the frame. Cooper shot another ball over the wall in left to lead off the sixth to give Auburn a 3-1 lead, the only hit of the inning for Auburn.
Zastryzny threw a quick eighth inning before Mizzou went down scoreless in the bottom of the inning. Breckin Williams took over on the mound in the ninth for Mizzou, throwing a scoreless frame to keep the deficit to 3-1. Dillon Everett singled up the middle to start off the bottom of the ninth, and Auburn turned to Terrance Dedrick after a Josh Lester flyout, and he forced a double play off Scott Sommerfeld.
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The District primarily accomplishes structural flood hazard mitigation through its five-year Capital Improvement Program (CIP) – the revolving funding plan for accomplishing capital projects. Guided by County strategic goals and objectives, the CIP drives design and construction of new infrastructure in conjunction with the District's planning activities.A CIP establishes a schedule and funding for each capital improvement project according to its priority, merit and need. Additionally, the CIP is to document planned District projects to help integrate District work with the larger community by aligning District planning with other local agency planning efforts.
The District's Prioritization Procedure serves as the primary annual mechanism for evaluating new proposed capital projects for possible funding.
The Prioritization Procedure promotes a balanced approach to the evaluation of proposed projects. The District attempts to identify and support flood control and regional drainage projects that not only provide long-term protection to individuals and property from flash floods and seasonal flooding, but that also promote community development, protect natural habitats and maintain watercourse flow paths. The procedure favors projects that involve cost-sharing partnerships, allowing the District to best leverage limited financial resources.
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We Chat Nicaraguan Coffee with César Martin Vega of Café Integral, NYC
A one-man coffee roasting operation in New York City aims to prove that every coffee has a story—even when they all come from the same producing country. Meet César Martin Vega of Café Integral, whose love of Nicaragua has inspired him to chase down a bean dream—both on and off his bike.
Despite his relative youth, 24-year-old Vega has a lifetime of coffee in him. His family has owned several small coffee farms in Nicaragua's Jinotega region for over a quarter century, and Vega has long been drawn to dark, delicious brews from his family's birthplace. Though he was born in Miami, Vega's always felt a kind of magnetic force pulling him toward "home": That force, it turns out, is coffee.
A photographer and cinematographer by trade and an avid cyclist in his free time, Vega launched himself impulsively into the world of specialty coffee feet first—literally, on pedals: After buying a used Ambex roasting machine on eBay and acquiring enough green coffee from home to fill up his apartment, Vega would roast into the wee hours after a day's work and deliver the beans to "subscribers" around town on his bike. Those subscribers became the first customers for his fledgling roastery/coffee bar, Café Integral, which opened a few weeks ago inside the SoHo boutique American Two Shot.
We recently caught up with Vega as he pulled shots of Integral's sweet-and-smooth house espresso blend, Dulcinea, for the fashionable types milling about the boutique.
You were born in Florida, but your family is from Nicaragua. What was your relationship with their home country when you were growing up: Did you feel connected to it, or far removed? I feel very Nicaraguan. It may be a little unreasonable to say, but I really feel—even being raised in the States—as a Nicaraguan. We are a Nicaraguan family and we were living in our Nicaraguan ways. The [Nicaraguan] community in Miami is strong...perhaps even stronger than when Nicaraguans were entering the States as exiles. In many ways I feel connected to a Nicaragua I never knew, the one that preceded the revolution and that ceased to exist when the revolution took place. There are some of those aspects that are very foreign to me still, but otherwise I feel deeply connected.
Was your interest in Nicaragua what drew you to coffee? My interest in coffee grew gradually, probably after too many overcaffeinated days at the mercy of preground, low, low quality coffees. Eventually, I began pursuing great espresso. I think any coffee lover—or perhaps anyone who loves food dearly—can attest to a moment when they began to notice taste, and focus on nuance.
How did you come to decide to learn all you could about coffee, and what have you done to gain the skills you've needed to start buying and roasting green coffee? At a certain point my love for coffee merged with my love for Nicaragua, and I dedicated myself to learning all I could about Nicaragua's coffees. Learning how to cup is easy: One's learning as a cupper is a continuous one. Roasting is no different, and I think that as my interest grew, I learned more of coffee's pipeline. Before you know it, you're cupping daily, roasting, [and] evaluating green samples. It's difficult to pinpoint how I learned the skills, I think a combination of asking those who knew, practicing, and diligently dedicating myself to learn these skills, and well, the Internet.
You work exclusively with Nicaraguan coffees. While Nicaragua produces a pretty significant quantity of beans, it's not often an origin people shine a spotlight on. Do you think there are challenges that are particular to having that keen a focus? My desire to be a coffee professional is entirely founded on Nicaragua's coffees. From the start I've been aware of the challenge in dedicating myself to a single origin, and it's been exciting in many ways. I've seen the success and growth of coffee from other Central American nations, and I found myself wondering why Nicaragua wasn't experiencing the same. When I began to plan my first buying trip I had the intention of bringing back 500 pounds of coffee. I figured if in a year's time I could introduce 500 coffee drinkers to the delight of Nicaraguan coffee then I was contributing somehow. I came back from that trip with over a ton of coffee, and I haven't looked back since.
What do you think Nicaragua has to offer coffee drinkers as an origin that hasn't been explored already? In many ways I think specialty coffee is in a position where a company dedicated to a single origin can thrive. [T]here is a lot to be said about someone who knows a single origin inside and out. When I approach a roast for one of our coffees, I know the bean well: I know where it's been, how's it's been treated, and what it can give.
I am always working on finding variety within Nicaragua, and it's been so fascinating. If I am a missing a brighter, sprightly coffee, with a nice citric opening, I start in Jinotega and work around there; I know that coffees from Dipilto have a deeper, more fibrous bottom end to them, and that the makeup of the soil contributes to certain qualities. As coffee culture grows, I would like to see drinkers discerning and knowing what a coffee from Jinotega versus Madriz versus Nueva Segovia can offer. It's not at all uncommon to know a wine down to the village it originates from—coffee can get there as well.
What do you hope to accomplish by narrowing in on this one origin, and what do you want to teach people who might love coffee but not be terribly familiar with Nicaragua as a growing region? I want people to realize that Nicaragua produces knockout coffee, [and] that it's done with care and consideration. I have come to understand how hard these growers are working to create exceptional coffee, and I'm focused to do that hard work justice. As an extension of their efforts I want customers to feel that I'm seeing the coffee the rest of the way through, carefully roasted, rigorously cupped and tasted for quality, and finally prepared to give them a wonderful experience. Ultimately, when I slide over an espresso, I am sliding over a portrait of Nicaraguan coffee, and it is essential that it be awesome and exciting for them as well.
Café Integral's brewed coffee as well as whole beans are available at the espresso bar inside the boutique American Two Shot. Beans are also available for purchase from cafeintegral.com.
Café Integral, at American Two Shot
135 Grand Street, New York, NY 10013 (map) 646-801-5747 cafeintegral.com
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Peak vs Pols?
While the identity of its writers and backers remains a mystery, this much is clear, the new conservative political website Colorado Peak Politics hopes to counter the forces over at the liberal Colorado Pols.
Tipsters and sources intrigued by your Lookout Colorado correspondent's Peak post yesterday say the new site's tongue-in-cheek response to questions about its goals and funding don't quite capture the scope of its ambition.
Peak told me it has a staff of two "unruly and well-versed conservatives," but sources with a better understanding of the site add that the writers are guided by an experienced conservative politico who hopes to create the same kind of insider culture enjoyed by the veteran Pols apparatus.
So each day, as left-minded elected officials and staffers under the Gold Dome feed information to Pols wordsmiths, a right-minded effort hopes to rise up in contrast at Peak.
"I absolutely get that take, and I applaud them for it," said Todd Shepherd, the founder and co-owner of Complete Colorado. "Quite frankly, it's overdue."


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We all know Simran is a gorgeous actress who once ruled the Tamil cinema stardom. Just like Kajal Agarwal or Tamanna or Asin enjoys stardom now, Simran was a queen of the olden days. In this post, we are publishing 7 top video songs of Simran based on her video popularity in Youtube. We have taken utmost care to include all popular songs of Simran on the list. So here enjoy the top 7 Simran video songs handpicked from Youtube based on popularity.
#1 – Ennavo Ennavo from Priyamaanavale
Our #1 song is from Priyamaanavale starring Vijay and Simran. Priyamaanavale is a super hit movies from the 90's with outstanding songs.
#2 – All Thotta Bhoopathi from Youth
Second one in the list is also a Vijay Simran combination from the movie named Youth. So enjoy the song and the visual treat.
#3 – Mundhinam Parthene from Vaaranam Aayiram
Third song in the list is "Mundhinam Parthene" from Vaaranam Aayiram. This song is blessed with excellent choreography and outstanding direction from Gautam Menon. Suriya and Simran forms terrific combination in the song as well.
#4 – Minnal Oru Kodi from VIP
The fourth song is from the old Prabhudeva starring VIP. The duo "Simran Prabhu" is outstanding in this movie!
#5 – Moondru Ezhuthu from Paarthaale Paravasam
The fifth song in the list is from the movie Paarthale Paravasam. "Paarthale Paravasam" was a super hit movie of the times. Enjoy the visuals.
#6 – Maanam Virumbathe from Nerukku Ner
"Maanam Virumbuthe" is an interesting song. Its blessed with good choreography and awesome performances as well.
#7 – Enakoru Snegithi starring Simran & VIjay
The final song in the list is "Enakkoru Snegithi"; a sweet melody played by Simran & Vijay on screen.
I hope you enjoyed these top 7 Simran video songs. We will be compiling more video based lists of Simran and other actresses as well. Stay tuned!
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1. Simran Old Photos and Pictures – You still fantasy pictures of that young, vibrant, hot Simran? Here we have a full gallery of 9 photos of Simran from her young, good old days. Enjoy these photos!
2. Jyothika Video Songs – This post is all about the top 7 video songs of Jyothika based on popularity!
3. Bhavana Video Songs – is another post in which 10 top video songs of Bhavana is featured.


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By Christopher S. Rugaber
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell last week by the most in more than three months. The figure was a hopeful sign one day before the government releases the April jobs report.
The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly unemployment aid applications fell 27,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 365,000.
Applications are a measure of the pace of layoffs. When they fall below 375,000, it generally suggests that hiring will be strong enough to lower the unemployment rate.
The four-week average, a less volatile measure, ticked up to 383,500 last week, the highest level since December.
Last month, applications jumped after steadily declining since the fall. At the same time, hiring slowed. Those figures had sparked concerns that the job market was worsening after strong gains during the winter. But some economists said temporary layoffs stemming from the spring holidays might have inflated benefit applications.
On Friday, analysts expect the government to report that employers added 163,000 jobs in April, while the unemployment rate was unchanged at 8.2 percent. That would be an improvement from March, when job growth slowed to just 120,000. But it would be below the average 246,000 jobs a month added from December through February.
Many economists downplayed the March figures. They said a mild winter led employers to accelerate hiring in January and February. That made March's job figures weaker.
On Wednesday, a private survey by payroll provider ADP said companies added only 119,000 jobs last month. The ADP report has deviated sharply from the government's figures in the past and isn't always a reliable indicator. For example, the government's estimate of 120,000 jobs created in March was much lower than ADP's estimate of 201,000.
Most economists said the ADP figures would not lead them to change their forecasts for job creation during April.
Other recent economic news has been more encouraging. A private survey this week found that the manufacturing sector expanded at the fastest pace in 10 months in April. Measures of new orders, production and exports rose. And a gauge of hiring rose to the highest level in nearly a year.
The unemployment rate has fallen to 8.2 percent in March from 9.1 percent in August. Part of the reason was that some people gave up looking for work. People who are out of work but not looking for jobs aren't counted among the unemployed.
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Major League Baseball Ticket Prices Are Going Up, But They're Still a Bargain
Take me out to the ballgame. Take your wallet out while you're there, too.
The average price of a ticket to a Major League Baseball game this season is $27.48, a jump of 1.8% from last year.
The price is a downright bargain compared to the other major sports: NBA tickets go for an average of $50.99, while the NHL fetches $61.01 and the NFL proves to be a rich man's game at $78.38.
Here's a look at the 10 most expensive tickets in Major League Baseball:
1. Boston Red Sox – $53.38
2. New York Yankees – $51.55
3. Chicago Cubs – $44.55
4. Philadelphia Phillies – $37.42
5. Washington Nationals – $35.24
6. St. Louis Cardinals – $33.11
7. Minnesota Twins – $32.59
8. San Francisco Giants – $30.09
9. Houston Astros – $30.09
10. Miami Marlins – $29.27
While the Red Sox, Yankees and Cubs finishing on top are no surprise, the real story is the Astros and the Marlins somehow placing in the top 10. Considering they may compete with each other to be the worst team in the bigs, their ticket prices are a real head-scratcher. Much like trying to name their starting lineups.


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So Obama made a pretty big "gaffe." He said that the private sector was doing "fine."
Here's the full quote, via WSJ:
"The truth of the matter is that … we've created 4.3 million jobs over the last 27 months, over 800,000 just this year alone ... The private sector is doing fine. Where we're seeing weaknesses in our economy have to do with state and local government," which, he said, isn't getting the support it needs from Washington.
Given that unemployment is over 8 percent, and Q2 GDP is tracking at less than 2 percent, saying that any part of the economy is "fine" looks wildly out of touch, and Republicans are lambasting him for it.
Obama has already backtracked, but is what he said true?


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On a conference call with reporters this morning, Meg Whitman's political strategist Mike Murphy was asked if Whitman and Republican U.S. Senate nominee Carly Fiorina would appear together in TV ads. His reply: "I'm too good-looking to go to prison."
Murphy was making a point about campaign finance law. Even if Whitman's campaign wanted to do that kind of ad with Fiorina (and she probably wouldn't, given that Carly is running well to Meg's right on a host of issues), it would create all sorts of potential legal problems.
Why? The law commonly known as McCain-Feingold attempted to limit the spending of so-called "soft money" -- that is, money that is contributed not directly to a candidate (that's "hard money" in campaign finance language) but to parties and others, with the intention of influencing race. In regulating this area, the law put up strong boundaries between federal campaigns (such as a campaign for U.S. Senate) and state campaigns (such as a campaign for governor).
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Federal officials who have sought to play in state races have found themselves facing unpleasant investigations (though not necessarily jail time). In the strangest case, in 2003 California Congressman Darrell Issa was investigated by federal authorities essentially for financial support to himself when he funded his own, short and unsuccessful campaign to run for governor in the recall of Gray Davis.
That said, the good news for Murphy, if he changes his mind, is that the law being violated here is federal so he would end up in the federal pen. It's not the Hollywood Hills, but it's much better than the California state prison system, an unholy mess that's been all but taken over by federal judges.


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In the interests of impartiality I should start with a simple disclaimer that, more often than not, I'm a sucker for the Nordic voice. It doesn't matter whether it's the conversational dialogue of a fictional Danish prime minister, the mellifluous tones of Solveig Slettahjell or the more ebullient idiosyncrasies of Bjork, they literally have me at hello.
And so it was when I first saw Hanne Hukkelberg in a support slot at The Royal Festival Hall; within seconds of her taking the stage her winning mix of sweetness and humility (combined with her Norwegian accent) had me and most of the Nouvelle Vague-focussed audience in the palm of her hand. Not that it mattered; when things got started and she began to sing, you realised she could have the speaking voice of Ray Winston and the natural charm of a cigar wielding Joey Barton and it wouldn't matter. The diminutive Norwegian is possessed of a truly remarkable voice, in turns meek, bold, delicate, robust and always sonorous (if you're not aware, it's arguably best evidenced on the live version of her excellent cover of The Pixies' 'Break My Body').
Since that show in 2004 a couple of albums have come and gone, most recently 2009's Blood From A Stone which saw Hanne's trademark experimentalism, developed on Little Things and Rykestrasse 68, dialled back in favour of a slightly heavier, more traditional and indie-influenced styling. This time round Featherbrain has drawn again on Hanne's varied influences (from contributing vocals on doom metal band Funeral's album In Fields of Pestilent Grief to touring with Wilco) whilst retaining some of the punchier and more mainstream elements of Blood From A Stone. As Hanne herself put it, "this album feels like the missing link…Featherbrain is its own beast, but it still has aspects of the other three in it".
The combination of styles is evident from the off via the title track's opening lyric "Head inside, there's old habits", and the juxtaposition of found sounds and detuned instruments with a rockier, guitar led lo-fi chorus. The album is littered throughout with unusual sounds and arrangements, from thumb pianos to harpsichords and even a sampled kettle, whistling as it boils and is removed from the hob. What's impressive is how, more often than not, these experimental elements, guided by Hanne's long term producer Kåre Vestrheim, are able to match themselves successfully with the more traditional orchestration or production. This is particularly evident on standout tracks such as 'My Devils' – the album's first single – and 'The Time And I And What We Make'; both are bold pieces, featuring syncopated and visceral drum shots alongside vocals that, in turn, call to mind Ethiopiques and a modern choral arrangement with enough intensity to fill a gothic cathedral.
Inevitably there are times when the wilful experimentation can veer off course; the self-consciously basic electronics that open 'Too Good to be Good' don't quite work, and at just under eight minutes the track can feel a little like it's losing its way, but these moments are rare.
Whilst Hanne's music has evolved since her debut Little Things in 2004, Featherbrain is an album that pulls various strands of that development together to make something new. Unlike the recent offering from the Nordic's most famous musical export there is no technical wizardry at work here, no apps and no iPads, just heartfelt song-writing grounded in honesty and intimacy. And that voice.
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The Mississippi Historical Society was organized in Jackson on November 9, 1858, under the scholarly leadership of B.L.C. Wailes, but survived less than two years. It was reorganized in 1890, and by 1898, under the editorship of Franklin L. Riley, the society had issued the first of fourteen volumes of the Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, a notable series that was to set the tone for other distinguished society publications. In 1902 the society played a central role in establishing the Department of Archives and History, and the two organizations worked together to produce five additional volumes of the Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society between 1916 and 1925.
The society became dormant but was reorganized in 1952 and has remained active since then. In 1964 the society brought back into print J.F.H. Claiborne's landmark work Mississippi as a Province, Territory, and State. Since the publication of that classic, the society has taken an active role in producing significant books on the history of the state. In 1973 the society, in cooperation with the Department of Archives and History, the University of Mississippi, Mississippi State University, and the University and College Press, published the first comprehensive history of Mississippi in fifty years, the two-volume History of Mississippi edited by R.A. McLemore. In 1987 the society sponsored the first popular illustrated history of the state, Mississippi: An Illustrated History, written by Edward Akin.
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