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How ALEC and Exxon Secretly Fracked North Carolina
Remember that controversial law last year, legalizing fracking in North Carolina after being vetoed by the state's governor? The law bears tell-tale signs of being written by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a corporate front group with ties to the fracking industry.
Like the Exxon-backed fracking loopholes in Ohio and numerous other states, the new North Carolina law contains the same "trade secrets" provisions that ensure the public will not have the right to know which chemicals gas frackers are pumping underground to retrieve shale oil and gas. The "trade secrets" provisions are key to ALEC's model bill in order to allow Exxon, Shell, Duke Energy and other ALEC member companies to more quickly extract, pipe and burn gas without having to bother with pesky transparency laws.
Here's a list of NC ALEC legislators who co-sponsored the bill legalizing fracking: S820 or HB1052 -- the so-called "Clean Energy and Economic Security Act"
- Sen. Tom Apodaca
- Sen. David Rouzer -- member of ALEC's Energy, Environment and Agriculture task force, which created the frack fluid disclosure loophole bill with internal sponsorship by ExxonMobil.
- Rep. Mike Hager
- Rep. Tim Moffitt
- Rep. Fred Steen -- ALEC's State Chairman in NC
Rep. Fred Steen co-sponsored the House version of the so-called "Clean Energy and Economic Security Act." Steen was ALEC's State Chair in North Carolina, and his job is to ensure ALEC models are introduced and, ideally for ALEC, passed. Rep. Steen was the only state legislator serving as State Chair in North Carolina (other states often have multiple legislators serving as co-chairs), and according to ALEC's tax forms, his position implies the following responsibilities (emphasis mine):
State Chairmen duties shall include recruiting new members, working to ensure introduction of model legislation, suggesting task force membership, establishing state steering committees, planning issue events, and working with the Private Enterprise State Chairman to raise and oversee expenditures of legislative 'scholarship' funds.
As ALEC's state chairman in NC at the time of this vote, Rep. Steen appointed a "Private Sector Co-Chairman" to help oversee ALEC activity in NC. In this case, Rep. Steen worked with North Dakota lobbyist Joel Gilbertson, who represents clients like AIG, PhRMA, and Crop Life America (a front group for pesticide and chemical fertilizer interests). Rep. Steen was listed on ALEC's website as its State Chairman since at least late 2008, suggesting that he has been re-appointed to that position at least once--a term lasts two years.
Ironically, co-sponsoring Rep. Mike Hager has been asked about his role in ALEC before, telling the Charlotte Business Journal that, "I'm not a big fan of model legislation." Apparently, keeping toxic chemicals secret from constituents is something Rep. Hager is a big fan of, in which case ALEC models are pretty useful. Rep. Hager has received $15,500 from oil, gas and electric utility interests in this election cycle, on top of $3,250 from his first successful election bid in 2010. One of the utilities donating to Rep. Hager is Duke Energy, his former employer, which operates natural gas pipelines that deliver to over 500,000 customers and is expanding gas generation at its power plants.
North Carolina's fracking loophole law has drawn attention from around the country, including a statement of support from Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. The new NC law barely overturned a veto by former Gov. Beverly Perdue, in a heartbreaking twist involving one Democratic legislator being bought out at the last minute and another accidentally voting in favor of the bill and refused the opportunity to correct her vote, something that is commonly acceptable when such a mistake is made. The Charlotte Observer explains:
Rep. Becky Carney, a Democrat from Mecklenburg County who opposes fracking, pushed the wrong button and accidentally voted with Republicans to override the veto. A maneuver by Wake County Republican Paul "Skip" Stam prevented her from changing her vote, giving the GOP a historic one-vote margin of victory. "It was a huge mistake," Carney said afterward. "I take full responsibility." Democrats denounced Stam's quick parliamentary maneuver as a dirty trick that resulted in the passage of a landmark energy overhaul that could create a natural gas production industry in the state. [...] Carney said it was the first time in her 10-year legislative career that she pushed the wrong button on a vote. Mistaken votes are not uncommon and letting lawmakers change their votes is routine practice in the state legislature.
This local news clip posted by the Voter's Legislative Transparency Project, which tracks ALEC activity in North Carolina, includes more on Rep. Carney's error:


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White class gap in math test scores as great now as black-white gap in the racial backwater prior to Brown vs. Board of Ed.
The New York Times had a powerful and alarming story today "Education Gap Grows Between Rich and Poor, Studies Show".
One thing that the story didn't point out is that the class gaps even just within non-Hispanic whites are growing and this also exceeds the black-white test score gap. I've appended a chart showing the within whites 90/10 math scores over time [comparing the math scores of a white child in a family earning $160,000 to the math scores over time of a white child in a family earning $17,500 in 2008]. [This is from an Appendix to Sean Reardon's paper, Figure 5.A2.]
The first graph shows that by 2000, the within white class gap (90/10) ratio has now risen to almost 1.25. It started rising with the birth cohort born around 1972, or in other words high school seniors around 1990. This white class gap has risen about 65% from 0.75 in the early 1970s to almost 1.25 by 2000. Reardon notes that 1.0 on this scale is about the difference in math between a 5th grader and an 8th grader. So the white class gap is probably nearing the difference between an average 5th grader and a 9th grader. [Interestingly, the white class gaps for math are greater than the class gaps within Blacks or Hispanics, probably because the wealth gap between the 90th and 10th percentiles for whites are wider than the similar wealth gap among Hispanics or Blacks.]
The second graph solid line shows whites and non-whites together but the dotted line on the second chart (the black-white racial gap) has been almost halved over the last 60 years from about 1.2, dropping to around 0.65 by 2000 (about the difference between a 5th grader and a 7th grader).
So even if you take race completely out of the equation, the class gap in math (and reading scores) within whites is almost DOUBLE the racial gap along these same measures and upper class whites are about 2 grade levels ahead compared to the black-white gap. And the within white class gap in math test scores is about as great as the black-white test score gap in math was in the racial backwater leading up to Brown vs. Board of Education when the Supreme Court recognized that racially separate schools were inherently unequal.
The conclusion is that our focus on racial inequality in education has been important in halving these differences, but in an era of deindustrialization of America and the decline of good-paying high-school education jobs, we need to be paying as great attention to class gaps in math and English achievement if we hope to have vibrant social mobility in the decades ahead for the white working and lower middle class.
See somewhat related strong Op-Ed by Nick Kristof "The White Underclass" (2/9/12) (acknowledging some of the social truth of the cultural and family collapse of the white working class as Charles Murray's Coming Apart does, while also identifying the much larger structural changes taking place as well which Murray does not).
See earlier blog post on social mobility in America.

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I still think Jim should be the baseball player and
Jake the Devil
I think it would work better, that's just my opinion
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Re: Damn Yankees update: Todd Graff to direct
I still think Jim should be the baseball player and
Jake the Devil
I think it would work better, that's just my opinion
Re: Damn Yankees update: Todd Graff to direct
is this one still a runner though? I know it's still listed but i'm not so sure.......
Re: Damn Yankees update: Todd Graff to direct
I still hope this will come true, one day.
After all the cancelled projects and stuff : With 'Burt Wonderstone' and 'Kick-Ass 2' Jim made some very good choices in every possible way. I think they are going to be solid box-office-wise ánd both roles allow him to do something out of the box that's a bit different and surprising. With 'Dumb and Dumber To' (still think it's a hit or mis project) he will be able to go crazy like he did in the 90s ... Who doesn't want to see that?
So, after all that, it would be interesting to see him do another project that allows him to get the best out of him. I think 'Damn Yankees' could be it. Even if it's not a box-office hit ... who cares about that? All he has to do is make more good choices like he did with BW, KA2 and (maybe) D&D2. I have the feeling this is the best Carrey-year since 2004 or so.
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Thursday, August 1, 2013--11:21 am CST
It'll be great to see Jim Carrey in a musical. I wonder if he's preparing for it.
Like working on his singing and dancing. I've never seen him in a full musical. Mostly comedy and dramas.
Terry Marvin (Dallas, Texas)
Re: Damn Yankees update: Todd Graff to direct
I'm afraid this is one of those projects that got away ... in a few years it will come by with a different cast and director, I guess.
Re: Damn Yankees update: Todd Graff to direct
I hope there's still hope on this one
Even if in next few years
This is a good one for good vs evil
Still want to see him as the good guy though on this
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The role of the good guy is less interesting, the star in a story like this is -ofcours- the devil. And in a positive way. So, as an actor, it's by far the best role to get ... he wouldn't fit the good guy, btw. One reason : way too old.
Re: Damn Yankees update: Todd Graff to direct
When they first came out with this idea
I looked up the old reviews and video spots on it,
just out of curiousity
The devil is a pretty old character but I don't
think Jim looks, That old!
in the original book "The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant (1954)
Applegate trades for two months of vim and vigor
That doesn't sound to me like a young man, also he is married and during his "let's make a deal" successful time his wife is neglected.
Sounds to me like the character is older and married.
In the reviews The devil doesn't look like he's the main star.
(He was the one who played the sitcom about the martian & Bill Bixby)
Anyway the main star can be whoever you decide to write in to be the star, There are usually rewrites for a movie, aren't there?
The main character should be the player, but is baseball as relevant today as it was in the 50's. Today, I think the guy would be a game player but not baseball, perhaps a game player on the internet.
This is an addiction for a lot of men who started into this years ago and it just keeps hangin on. Eventually they get involved with betting, debt and looking back years later saying how`d this happen
Many are not married but neglect that part of their life and don`t look outside for anyone, but literally just stay in the internal box. Thinking they are safe, yet missing out on some of the best things in life.
Ulitmately serving the devil by just being typically complaicent and not doing anything but serving self. Not thinking or even seeing it as a conflict but a refuge. And that`s my opinion on it.. there ya go..
Re: Damn Yankees update: Todd Graff to direct
I respect it, but don't agree.
Re: Damn Yankees update: Todd Graff to direct
so we agree to disagree
have thought more about this one
Baseball use to be Americas top past time but now they say it is
football now
Could Jim play a football player
or we can go for basketball,
or beach volleyball
or there a few new sports that incorporate\
a lot of other games together
Ya, Jim would make a great devil buy
would not like to see the mayhem he could unravel
as a method actor
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Sunday, August 18, 2013--7:10 am CST
I read on JCO that Jim Carrey is gonna do the musical "Damn Yankees". It'll be great to see him in a musical. I wonder if his taking singing and dancing lessons for the movie. I know the movie is in development.
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Here are two things that we should eliminate:
First, obviously, "the spam-bots have discovered us." No one should have to use the "reap" facility to eliminate unwanted bot-generated advertisements for cleaning fluid. Okay, that's the easy one. (But it also means that we will have to eliminate whatever causes login-sessions to vanish.)
Second, we should take this lesson from another site that is sometimes filled with popular opinions: http://www.geocaching.com, the GPS hunting-game web site. "Why is it that you can say that you like a cache, and you can recommend that it needs to be removed for some reason, but you cannot say that you don't like it?" I didn't know. Somebody asked. And the answer I heard was both two-fold and interesting.
The one-sentence version of that response was simply this: that, while everyone naturally has strong opinions both about geocaches and about the other people who place them, only the positive opinions, if there be any, are actually useful to caching. (Unless the consensus is that the cache is broken or that it for some reason needs to be "reaped," i.e. for violation of the cache placement rules, which is a separate and unrelated technical issue.) When someone wants to express the opinion that a cache (other than his or her own) is a "favorite," then that's useful. But if someone, say, "doesn't like micro-caches," that very-quickly grows into "doesn't like anyone who places micro-caches" to an outright vendetta against both those behaviors and against every single thing that the individual does. It happens. Quickly. Inevitably. And it is not useful to the purpose of that web-site, which is: the caches, and promoting the experience of going out into the woods (or, as the case may be, lifting up the "skirts" of a lamp-post every 530 feet) to find them. If someone attaches gold-stars to a particular cache, then it might mean that you, too, really want to go after this cache. But if someone has thrown tomatoes at it, that's just an opinion.
So, the site gives you the ability to cast positive feedback (upon anyone other than yourself, and never mind of course the "sock puppets," but it does not give you the ability to cast negative feedback. In short, "what goes up, must not come down."
And ... it works.
Now, there are those who will disagree with me on this. (Which is why this post probably by now has both a reputation of at least
Posts are a lasting resource. Posts that are widely regarded as being good posts are helpful and the "attaboy" peer-review incentive is therefore good. (It feels good, too.) Negativism, and of course spam, are contrary. The pure psychology, then, of being able to say "I don't like this," and therefore by extension to say either, "I don't like you" or "I am going to take it upon myself to condemn what I don't think is a 'good' post according to me," is also contrary. People are going to read these posts for years to come; we all do. And meanwhile we are also people. We lose our tempers sometimes, sometimes at other participants, and these behaviors have nothing to do with the purpose of this site but are contrary to it.
In closing, then, I submit for the consideration of the Monks that "geocaching.com was right on this one." So, I might add, are many other sites who have a "fave" button and a "report this entry" but not a "thumbs down." This is 100% human behavioral psychology, but it is important to any site whose intended-to-be-lasting content is contributed by humans. This is not "a sideways slap," the negative-XP of this posting notwithstanding, but the experience of encountering it (thank you again, NodeReaper ...) was an eye-opener to me concerning its significance. Therefore, I submit it and mean it seriously. The "consider" mechanism works well and should remain as-implemented, as does pre-posting "peer-based moderating," but downvoting should be permanently removed. You can vote a posting off the island, and you can fave it, but, by design, you can no longer speak poorly of it.
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The Sunset Theatre opened on December 25, 1951. At the link below is a 1951 photo of the Sunset Theater in Wichita, Kansas. All seating was located on a single level. It was closed in 1980. Any further information on this theater would be appreciated.
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The Sunset and Southern were similar in design.
Wonder it the same architect designed both houses? This link has lots of photos of historic Kansas theatres,
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It is not demolished. It's at 1407 E. Harry, and has been turned into a banquet hall, though it looks like they've preserved some intersting parts inside. According to this, it closed in 1968. I only recall seeing one movie there as a small child – 'Dr. Zhivago' in 1965. As I recall, it was a pretty swanky place at the time, but it's a pretty lousy neighborhood now.
I have a great aunt that lived for decades in a house next to the parking lot behind the Sunset. When I was a kid playing outside her house I could see the marquee and remember seeing titles like "Funny Girl" and "Paint Your Wagon". I only wished I had seen a movie there before it closed.
The Sunset opened on December 25, 1951. It's first showing was a western called "Slaughter Trail".
The Boxoffice article Tinseltoes linked to says that Ted Mason, not George Mason, was the architect of the Sunset Theatre. The Internet provides several references to a Ted Mason who was practicing architecture in Wichita in the 1950s, but I can't find any references at all to a Kansas architect named George Mason (except this page, of course.) Boxoffice probably got the name right.
The Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum posted a photo with comments about the Sunset Theater
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — When car crash victims suffer serious injuries, emergency crews often get them to trauma centers for the advanced care they need. That same concept has come to stroke care, as evidence grows that coordinated, advanced treatment can make a huge difference for patients who suffer a "brain attack."
Recently, the University of Michigan Health System earned the nation's highest designation for stroke care, after a thorough inspection and review by the organization that certifies such programs. Only 70 other hospitals in the country have achieved this elite status.
U-M's Comprehensive Stroke Program now holds the official certification of Comprehensive Stroke Center, granted by the Joint Commission accrediting organization and recognized by the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association.
The team, the team, the team
The new designation means UMHS has highly trained hospital teams and technologies ready at a moment's notice, around the clock, 365 days a year. They have trained and prepared to act together, giving each patient the best options for treatment.
This includes the ability to rapidly diagnose what is causing each patient's stroke symptoms, using advanced medical imaging when necessary. It also includes the ability to deliver time-critical treatments and procedures to dissolve blood clots in the brain, to remove stubborn clots or repair the source of bleeding in the brain.
UMHS even has a unique surgical room where a CT scan of the head can be performed in the same room where doctors can remove clots from vessels or repair brain aneurysms. This improves care and safety, and saves precious time.
The certification also means advanced care beyond the crucial first hours after a stroke strikes – including inpatient care within University Hospital and the Frankel Cardiovascular Center, individualized rehabilitation and outpatient care once stroke survivors have left the hospital, and top care for patients at high risk of a stroke.
The U-M program, led by stroke neurologist Eric Adelman, M.D., neurosurgeon Aditya S. Pandey, M.D., and emergency medicine physician William Meurer, M.D., involves doctors, nurses, therapists and other staff who work together to give seamless care from the moment a patient arrives in the U-M emergency department either from their home or another hospital.
Because U-M researchers also study stroke, and coordinate national and statewide stroke care improvement studies, patients who come to UMHS for stroke care also receive treatment based on the latest research – and often have access to clinical trials of new options that few other hospitals offer.
"It takes a strong team to give a stroke patient absolutely optimum care, and that's what we aim to do," says Pandey, an assistant professor in the U-M Medical School's Department of Neurosurgery who specializes in minimally invasive brain procedures for patients having or at high risk of a stroke. "The outcomes our patients achieve and the number of stroke patients we treat are the true indicators of the high-quality stroke care provided at the University of Michigan."
"The spectrum of what we offer, and the way we incorporate the latest knowledge into our clinical care, truly sets us on a level with few other centers in the country," says Adelman, an assistant professor in the U-M Department of Neurology. "But even with everything we can provide here at U-M, it's up to people who suffer strokes, and community members, to recognize the signs of stroke and get help quickly."
Stroke is the leading cause of long-term disability and the fourth leading cause of death within the United States. A stroke occurs every 45 seconds and stroke causes a death every 4 minutes.
"Achieving Comprehensive Stroke Program status is a significant accomplishment for our program, which reinforces our faculty and staff commitment to continuous improvement and high quality patient care," says Tony Denton, J.D., MHA, executive director of University Hospitals and chief operating officer of the U-M Hospitals and Health Centers. "We are very proud of our team which has achieved this certification on behalf of the entire Health System."
The U-M team, and the American Stroke Association, recommend that everyone memorize the "FAST" method for spotting and reacting to the warning signs of stroke:
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Obama, Legislators Tackle Bulk Surveillance Issue
Mar 25, 2014 1:28 PM PT
The political frenzy over the United States National Security Agency's collection of Americans' bulk telephone metadata is escalating, with both the White House and the U.S. House of Representatives' Intelligence Committee announcing plans to introduce legislation to regulate the practice.
The White House's proposal reportedly would require phone companies to store the data and provide it under a court order.
The House Intelligence Committee's legislation, drafted by NSA supporters Mike Rogers and C.A. "Dutch" Ruppersberger, would lower the bar for surveillance.
Meanwhile, an earlier bill, sponsored by Rep. John Sensenbrenner, a coauthor of the USA Patriot Act, is widely viewed as more likely to rein in surveillance, but it is languishing in the House.
Politics as Usual
"It's all a political ploy," Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld.
"Every government in the world spies on people, and everyone knows the U.S. government is doing it, but when something big like this makes the news, politicians stand up and make noise because they want their constituents to take notice and they want to look like power players," he continued.
Deconstructing the White House's Moves
The administration's plan, to let telcos hold the data rather than the NSA, is nothing new, having been proposed by President Obama back in January.
It was severely criticized at the time.
The administration's proposal reportedly would require telcos to provide data about suspected terrorists after getting approval from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
Telcos reportedly will have to make available on a real-time, ongoing basis, ongoing data about new calls made to or from a suspect's number after the court order is served.
The Obama administration reportedly also will renew the current NSA bulk metadata collection program, which expires Friday, for another 90 days.
"Compared to the grand scope of the surveillance state that we have seen laid bare before us this past year, this is a sensible proposal for reform but only a first step," Matt Simons, director of social and economic justice at ThoughtWorks, told TechNewsWorld. "We welcome the implicit recognition by the president that the security agencies need to be reined in."
The House Intel Committee's Plan
Drafted by strong NSA supporters Mike Rogers and C.A. "Dutch" Ruppersberger, the House Intelligence Committee's proposal reportedly would bar the mass collection of different types of information, ranging from phone calls to browsing the Internet to location data, and require that the government serve a directive on a telco asked for data.
However, it reportedly does not require court approval tying a request for information to a specific phone number.
Instead, a court would make that determination after the FBI presented a telco with a request for data linked to a number. The data would be expunged after the FBI had obtained the data, if a court did not rule that the number was linked to an agent of a foreign power, including a terrorist group.
The proposal has been criticized by Rep. Sensenbrenner as limiting, but not ending, bulk data collection.
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The Ruppersberger bill would let intelligence agencies get individuals' data without prior court approval, while the president's plan pertains only to phone records, the Center for Democracy and Technology pointed out.
The White House's proposal may not ring true, at least for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which is battling the Obama administration over destruction of records pertaining to surveillance. The administration has said its obligation to preserve evidence was limited to aspects of the surveillance program under the Bush administration.
"I don't think any of the solutions put forth are worth anything," McGregor said. "They're all positioning themselves for political gain."


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Following his recent trip to India to meet with companies, government officials and private sector analysts, Craig Botham, Emerging Markets Economist at Schroders, shares his findings in 'A Postcard from India'….
Faith in Modi
There remains strong belief in the ability of Prime Minister Modi to push through needed reforms, but it was not difficult to detect a hint of frustration in some quarters at the lack of progress on this front. Nonetheless, it is still expected that progress will be forthcoming.
There seems little denying though that even absent "big bang" reforms, things are improving in India. Businesses spoke positively of the heightened engagement and efficiency of the government bureaucracy, with response times greatly reduced. The scope for further gains here was also highlighted at several meetings, particularly as regards the $300 billion in stalled projects, at least half of which are held up by regulatory or other bureaucratic issues. Land acquisition is a particular problem, accounting for 33% of stalled projects.
Political obstacles to reform
Reforms are being delayed, in part, by the lack of a ruling party majority in the upper house, preventing passage of key bills. For now, the government is attempting to overcome this blockage via executive fiat, issuing ordinances to enact reforms on a short-term basis. But with a six month life span these are not providing sufficient assurances for investors. Prospects for corporate capital expenditure, and hence growth, are also limited by low capacity utilisation (currently around 65%); a problem only economic growth can address. In general, the repeated refrain was that India has seen a qualitative but not quantitative change, and that things must change "on the ground" before investment will revive.
Again though, there was confidence that key measures could be passed, despite the obstacle posed by the upper house. The government would hold a majority in a combined session of the upper and lower houses, and so could pass a bill by calling such a session – though this requires the upper house to have blocked the bill first. It is not an ideal method, and should be used sparingly to preserve political capital, but will mean the government is able to press ahead with the more important reforms, including land acquisition reform.
Key budget approaches
A separate but still important issue is this year's budget, due February 28th. It was seen by everyone we met as a key indicator of government intentions. Although corporate capital expenditure may take time to recover, the budget offers the possibility of a pick up in infrastructure expenditure, even while staying on track for fiscal consolidation. To achieve this, the government would need to switch some current expenditure to capital expenditure – important politically because it would signal a commitment to longer-term planning, and important economically because infrastructure is in dire need of investment.
Energy and transport are two sectors flagged as having clear infrastructure gaps, though we found differing opinions as to where the main gap lay for the energy sector. On the generation side, lots of plants are stalled for want of finance, or land acquisition issues, while existing plants are sitting idle because they can not obtain fuel. Banking sector reforms are being implemented to aid with financing, in conjunction with plans to develop the capital markets. As mentioned, land acquisition is temporarily being tackled through ordinances and in the long-term should be resolved through a joint session of parliament. Fuel provision is lacking in part because of legal issues surrounding allocation of coal blocs (expected to be resolved in time for 2016 production), and partly because of poor transport links impeding the use of imported coal. In all honesty, having experienced Delhi's pollution, this might be something of a blessing in disguise for now, but improved rail connections are already being constructed under the dedicated freight corridor projects, and will ultimately push these costs down.
Overall then, the government seems to know what needs to be done, and is willing to do it. Meanwhile, the private sector is ready – in some cases straining at the leash – to help India grow as soon as it sees concrete evidence of reform. But expectations have moderated from their May 2014 highs, to be replaced with a more realistic if less inspiring mantra: "gradualism works". For now though, along with every Indian corporate, watch the budget, which will be announced next Saturday 28th February.


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Dancing With The Stars 12 – Interviews After The Dances (Videos)
Wow, what a night Everyone!!! One of the best yet!!! Let's get right to some new interviews afterwards. Most of the videos below were with my favorite interviewer George Pennacchio from KABC in LA. One video is from Good Morning America today.
A recap.
Romeo and Chelsea talking about how this dance was about so much more than technique.
Kirstie and Maks explain what happened with the fall and how it ended up being a "test" (I love Kirstie's eyes and how she bends one up sometimes).
Maks talks to Good Morning America on the fall as well.
Chris and Cheryl on how doing this dance meant so much to him.
Hines and Kim talk about the shout out and tribute to his Mother and how much it meant to him and her.
Chelsea feeling ecstatic about listening to the judges last week and going more traditional paid off.
Ralph and Karina talking about why he chose the song for their dance. His wife's reaction was worth it all.
Kendra and Louis much happier with their dance last night. Concentrating on her "legs" paid off.
Petra and Dimitry so happy they did better.
Wendy as confident as ever. She says she's 'still the statue' and 'queen of the radio' ( 😯 ,not sure how much more I can take of this and poor Tony).
Sugar Ray and Anna on being one of the most improved of the night.
And there ya go! Here's to tonight's results show!!! 😉


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Get excited iApple iNerds! Ghost House has joined forces with Trigger Apps to develop a handy dandy "Evil Dead" shooter game for the iPhone and iPad. They follow the path of the first film and then branch off into a whole new storyline. It'll also come with Bryce Campbell's home phone number. Alright that might be a lie.
The advertising hot dogs behind the upcoming film "Priest" have jumped in to launch an online game for the film. The game can be played in both 2D and 3D, if you can find some glasses, and for those of you that are hammed right now it can even be played in 6D. Because you see double sometimes when you're drunk. Get it? It was either that or a "play with yourself" joke so consider yourselves lucky.
I'm a firm believer that if dogs have the opportunity they will turn on us and make us their slaves. For that reason it's pretty obvious that all dogs should be put in cages and treated like deadly criminals. Apparently though the makers of the new short film "Play Dead", which has a trailer and poster out on the tubes, think when the zombies take over "man's best friend" will be our only allies. Adorable idea, but completely inaccurate.
William Fichtner, who I'm 99% sure is a robot, is all ready to join the cast of Neill Blomkamp's new sci-fi flick "Elysium". The movie also stars Jodie Foster and Matt Damon or as I like to call them Fostermon. I don't think they're dating or anything but it's fun to make up names for people isn't it?
Here's a gang of new shots from Anthony Hopkins' new film "The Rite" which comes out on January 28th. The film revolves around a skeptical student at an exorcism school and features the most disappointing panty raid you've ever seen.
Now sit down kids and I'll tell you about how video games used to be played on the PC and were mostly just a lot of pointing and clicking. And by far my favorite of the genre was "7th Guest" which will be landing on your iPhone and iPad in the near future. Of course I never saw a reason to have an iPad until now and I refuse to pay for one just to play a 20 year old game, but still, this is awesome news.
Joe R. Lansdale, the guy who wrote "Bubba Ho Tep" among other things, will see his heartwarming zombie story "Christmas with the Dead" made into a movie sometime next year. Yet more proof that if you wait long enough you'll never have to read another book again.
Here's a trailer for the Swedish ax murderer flick "Blood Runs Cold". Apparently the film was shot on a budget of just 5k, but honestly it looks so good you can hardly tell. Which is a bummer because I wanted nothing more in this world than to make some sarcastic comments about the Swedes. You win this round!


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Naked Fishing! Magic fish sandwiches! Jesus-happy earthworms! Who says the Bible is boring???
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I recently saw a gorgeous photo of fish tacos that literally made my mouth water. Ever since, I've been craving them like something fierce! For the life of me, I can't remember where I saw that photo....I think it might have been a restaurant advertisement. I keep thinking I'll see the photo again, but not so far.
Plus, the May issue of Food Network Magazine ran a special section on tacos, with 50 Taco Recipes. Well, after seeing that original photo and seeing all the delicious taco options in FN mag, I've been on somewhat of a taco kick. Do you ever get on food kicks?
Well, fish tacos were at the very tip-top of my taco list, so I came up with the recipe below. I have to say that they came out quite scrumptious...Gorgeous to look at with an incredibly fresh and citrusy flavor. The creamy guacamole, paired with the fresh lime and cilantro in the pico de gallo results in a stellar combination.
Brad and I even made a special trip to our local fish market to pick out the perfect mahi-mahi filets. You don't necessarily have to use mahi-mahi. If you have another favorite, that's a-okay. You'll just want to use a thick cut of a fish that's not too flaky.
These have earned a spot on my top-rated recipes...You'll really LOVE these!
Bon Appetit, my friends!!
Fish Tacos with Pan-Seared Mahi-Mahi
Fresh guacamole (recipe below)
Fresh Pico de Gallo (recipe below)
1 small head red cabbage, shredded
2 tbsp vegetable oil3 tbsp fresh lime juice
2 lbs. mahi mahi, cut crosswise into 1-inch strips
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Salt & pepper, to taste
Ten 7-inch tortillas, warmed
Prepare the fresh guacamole and pico de gallo according to the recipes below. Put both into the fridge until ready to use.
In a large bowl, toss the cabbage with the 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil and 2 tablespoons of the lime juice. Season with salt and pepper. Set to the side.
Add the butter and olive oil to a medium skillet and melt over medium heat. Season the strips of mahi mahi with salt and pepper, and add them to the skillet. Cook for approximately 8-10 minutes, or until the fish is cooked through, turning once. Drizzle the fish with the remaining 1 tbsp of lime juice. Once cooked, remove from the heat and put to the side.
To assemble the tacos:
Spread about 1 tbsp of the guacamole on one half of a warmed tortilla. Top with several strips of mahi-mahi, along with a large spoonful of the cabbage slaw. Finish it off with a large spoonful of pico de gallo.
Serve with lime wedges.
Fresh Guacamole
2 Hass avocados, halved, pitted and peeled
Juice of 1 lime
2 tbsp. minced red onion
2 tbsp. chopped cilantro
1 tomato, diced
Salt & pepper, to taste
Extra Cilantro, for garnish
In a medium bowl, mash the avocados with a fork. Add the lime juice, red onion, cilantro and tomato. Stir well. Season with salt & pepper, to taste.
Pico de Gallo
1 large tomato, diced into small pieces
1/2 red onion, diced
1/3 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
Fresh lime juice, to taste
Mix all ingredients. Stir well and chill in the fridge. Serve with your favorite tortilla chips!


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2 eggs
1 cup molasses
2 cups oil
1 cup water
2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
¼ cup cocoa
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons ground ginger
½ teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon nutmeg
½ teaspoon cloves
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix together eggs, molasses and oil. Stir in water, then all dry ingredients. Beat until just combine; do not overmix. Pour batter into greased bundt pan and bake for 50 to 60 minutes. Cook in pan for 15 minutes before inverting onto wire rack. After cake is cooled, can be frosted with your favorite tofutti cream cheese icing or just sprinkled with confectioner's sugar.


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Come Live With Me was the first of three films to star James Stewart in 1941. Along with Ziegfeld Girl and Pot O' Gold these titles are little-viewed these days, perhaps only by Hollywood enthusiasts.
By looking at Come Live With Me I will outline a few 'pleasures' of watching classical Hollywood cinema.
Signs of the time
Much of the pleasure comes from aspects that are inherent in the film and outside of the filmmakers' control. These would include aspects of form, such as the certain quality and texture of the black and white of 1940s film and the square framing within the 1.33:1 aspect ratio. Others aspects are embedded within the world of the film itself: the costumes, the behavior, the language, the performance styles, the voices, the locations, and the setting, all of which are of course infused with a sense of the period in which the film was made.
The title sequence is exciting enough. A logo, in this case a lion roaring within a celluloid ribbon frame, recalls other experiences at the movies – MGM's The Wizard of Oz, The Mortal Storm, The Thin Man – and promises just as much. It's both a promise of things to come and a stamp of proof that you're at the movies.
Then the title sequence itself. In this case over comic illustrations of its stars; lighthearted, fun, throwaway, and indeed unusual for a movie of this period. Then in giant letters the headliners:
Here we have a typeface that appears indicative of the 1940s: sleek, smooth and modern. While absolutely standard at the time, such details can bring pleasure to a viewer who notice it as a sign of the period .
These names promise a lot. Again they recall your previous experiences with them and open a kind of contract that they will perform as they have before, fulfilling your expectation and desire to see them as you know them.
As the titles continue, scanning each one for recognisable names is a quick and silent game that moviegoers play.
Perhaps they recognise composer, supporting actors, or screenwriter (In this case the W.C. Fieldsian names of Patterson McNutt, based on a story by Virginia Van Upp). Of course the big one is director. Perhaps it's going to be a Raoul Walsh, an Ernst Lubitsch or a Michael Curtiz movie – two of these not that likely in a lighthearted comedy as this. In this case the director is Clarence Brown, a director most famous for his silent classic Flesh and the Devil (1926).
The movie begins with a subplot about a socialite couple, Bart and Diana Kendrick. At the beginning of the evening they leave the house together like a refined husband and wife but when they get to the street they hop into separate taxis. Her boyfriend joins her for the ride while Bart heads to the hotel of his mistress, Johnny Jones, played by Hedy Lamarr, the star of the movie.
Nothing halts the flow of a Hollywood movie like the entrance of its female star. She is in the next room when Bart enters and sets down a gift on the table – a mechanical musical dancing ballerina. When Hedy Lamarr enters the camera pans from the dancing object, up her body and to a close-up of her face, which takes over the frame. She has been complexly lit, her hair backlit with a halo around its edges, her pupils, lips and earring glinting, and a strip of light that draws itself across her eyes. This kind of attention in the composition of the female star is very common in classical Hollywood cinema and creates a heavily stylised image. It serves to create an aura around the woman, a revery that works to construct the image of the female star as glamorous, ethereal, and ideal. Of course there is great pleasure to be had from the mere look of the star, partly a marveling at the combination of clothes, hair, make-up, body and face, as well as an idealised reflection of the human image. In this case the exoticness of the character is heightened by Hedy Lamarr's trademark accent, adding a touch of European sophistication which serves to remove her from the commonplace even further.
The Set-Up
Many a Hollywood film has gone to lengths to justify its narrative concept through a precarious set-up, and often demands a generous suspension of disbelief. In this case Johnny knows that she is staying in America illegally but imagines that she can spend the rest of her life with Bart. During this very scene an immigration official (conveniently) appears – played by the prolific character actor Barton MacLane – and explains how she must leave the country immediately. In an aside with the immigration official Bart explains how if she were to return to her home country she would be 'liquidated' like her father. Although not explicitly stated, Bart is referring to the troubles of war-torn Europe and her homeland of Austria. The official actually takes pity on her, and because of the way she took the news of her deportation so bravely, he returns to the room to see her. Here the official gives his reason for admiring her and comes up with a solution to her problem:
Admittedly this is highly unlikely, but there is pleasure to be had from the silliness of this set-up. It is clearly only there so that the character can now attend to the comic business of being forced to marry a stranger. It is also quite rare that the character who appears to be the antagonist ends up offering a solution to the protagonist's problem.
The Apartment Scene
James Stewart plays Bill Smith, a hard-nosed down-and-out penniless writer. We find him on a street bench about to pick up a cigarette butt off the pavement when Johnny steps on it accidentally. He's annoyed but she continues on. Later that night they meet at a cafe while taking shelter from the rain. Accusing the waiter of stealing his money, they both end up kicked out and in a cab together. They soon discover that their names are 'Smith' and 'Jones' – 'an evening of coincidences' Bill calls it. The cab driver cynically thinks of them as pseudonyms as cover for a shady liaison. When she discovers that he lives alone and is truly penniless, she thinks her luck is in, that she's discovered a candidate for her whirlwind marriage. He's of course surprised when she invites herself over.
Back at his apartment here is what follows:
Here the pleasure comes from the concise dramatic set-up of each character understanding the situation differently. Bill thinks she's over for a liaison but what she really wants is to propose. It is particularly engaging for the audience because they are let in on their contradictory motivations before the characters themselves have figured it out.
The scene is also a very funny one. His pennilessness is almost Chaplin-esque. Chaplin's little tramp would often transform his poor surrounding into an illusion of luxury (a teapot would act as a baby's bottle, a cigarette case of butts would become a grand selection of fine choices). Just before this scene Bill talks of his great library of books (which you only have to go down to the pawnshop to read). Here he talks of a nice open fire, pine logs, curling flames and a faithful dog. Offering Johnny a drink he suggests a 'nice warm beer' as though it were a fine wine. Declining, he instead confidently offers her a cigarette only to find the case empty.
Indeed this scene is styled like a comedy scene. Chaplin's cinema often framed its characters squarely ahead and left them to their comedy business, making sure that their entire body was within the frame. Similarly the Marx Brothers were often left within a static frame and allowed to perform out their routines in full (see the card-playing scene in Animal Crackers). Here the scene is filmed front-on and in a single take, which allows the actors time to play out awkward pauses and also, in James Stewart's case, to make use of the space around him.
Then comes the great line. Almost giving up, Bill says, 'Well, I guess that takes care of the formalities', sits on her arm rest and plants a kiss on her face. In return he gets a slap. When she asks him, 'What do you mean by doing a thing like that?', Stewart's expression comically encapsulates confusion and irritation.
He soon gets the chance to perform a big comic double-take when he asks her:
Bill: Well what did you come up here for anyway?
Johnny: I came here to ask you to marry me.
Stewart's performances were often laced with comedy, but he was subtle about being funny and controlled it well. Here his comedy isn't obvious – he keeps a stern demeanor throughout the scene – but he busies himself with comedy business, moving around the room in a single take.
In Bed Apart
Needless to say Bill eventually accepts the proposal and soon enough they both find that they are actually falling in love with each other, even though Johnny won't fully admit it to herself. Even so Johnny rejects Bart's proposal and Bill's writing sessions become obsessed with her. Bill soon decides to take Johnny on a honeymoon, even though she is still not entirely sure is she loves Bill.
They eventually end up at his grandma's place. Like many grandmothers in Hollywood movies she is impossibly wise (see An Affair to Remember (1957), for instance), so much so that she makes decorative plaques brandishing proverbs such as, 'What Fools These Mortals Be' and 'Time Heals All Wounds'. This philosophizing rubs off on Johnny and she soon comes to fully appreciate Bill.
At the climax of the film Bill makes excuses to visit Johnny's room, giving her a flash light in case she has to signal for his assistance. They soon find each other in separate beds, but it turns out that the wall between them does not fully reach the ceiling. As we see here this leads to the possibility of an interesting composition and dramatic set-up. But first in the scene comes an exquisite little moment:
Bill has been trying for so long to win her affections and when he has almost given up he lights a cigarette which illuminates the proverb on the wall. What is sublime about that moment is that he does not look at it. Many films would have had its character look right at it, acknowledge it, and continue on with renewed confidence. In this case it is subtle, funny and poignant.
Lying in bed their emotional separation is neatly represented by the wall between them. It also serves to make the poetry reading more poignant by the fact that they cannot see each other, that Bill cannot see the moving effect it is having on Johnny.
Popular cinema can be very perceptive of human traits and life situations. Its talent is in representing these common situations in a stripped down, concise form that is both far neater than tangled real-life situations, but also far more stylised. This moment here is a romantic one that appeals to the common experiences and desires of its audience, and here part of the pleasure comes from the distillation of a complex situation into a clearly defined dramatic concept: he is in love with her and she is falling in love with him.
The Climax
Briefly complicating the drama before its conclusion is the arrival of her married boyfriend Bart who comes to profess his love to Johnny. This angers Bill who leaves them together. Back alone in his room he sees the car leave the driveway and believes that Johnny has left him for Bart. The following scene then plays out:
Within here is the moment of Bill's revelation that she has not left him, neatly conveyed by the flashing of the torch he gave her in case she needed him in the night. The incomplete wall then becomes an object that can be penetrated; Johnny appears in the space, again exquisitely framed, and Bill steps up for their first passionate kiss. Strangely, they now look into the camera as though the viewer were an intruder on their situation. Do they remain Bill and Johnny at this point or do they become James Stewart and Hedy Lamarr?
Why this happens at this stage I do not know, but it's almost as if the viewer becomes accepted into the film in the most extreme way possible, by actually affecting, and interacting with, the characters. It is also pleasurable in its surrealism, a comic moment that seems to have little justification.
So here is a movie almost plucked at random from 1941. It was difficult enough to get hold of and indeed my copy is a bootleg. The film is certainly not revered as a classic but even as an example of standard Hollywood output it contains many of the factors that makes classical Hollywood cinema pleasurable more widely.
Christian Hayes.


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Seattle alt-weekly The Stranger* created a fucking great piece of feminist satire this week. For their "Men Who Rock!" issue (compiled by Emily Nokes and Bree McKenna of DIY-feminist-pop-punk-rock-whatever band TacocaT), they parodied Rolling Stone's annual lady-rock issue with nudie cheesecake photos and condescending softball interviews of male musicians. Here's a sample:
Being a dad doesn't mean you have to let yourself go, and Gary Smith just might be the hottest dad we've ever seen-literally (see this week's cover). As lead singer of Partman Parthorse, Gary balances his music career and family life, all while managing to stay in fabulous shape by teaching hot yoga classes. His provocative stage antics are raw and unapologetic, demonstrating that confidence can be sexy in a man, too. When we met up with this DILF, he was holding his adorable baby one minute, taking it all off for our smoldering photo shoot the next. One look at his toned physique and we knew we'd have to ask him the hard questions.
And so on. It's masterful. Read the whole thing.
*Which, full disclosure, happens to be my former workplace, but that's neither here nor there when it comes to something this awesome.


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Musical Journeys of DJ Buc
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DJ Buc was a DJ in Atlanta and the gay circuit party scene worldwide from the late 80s into the early 2000s. His talent is sadly no longer with us, but his legacy lives on through his music. This is a collection of his music including many of his subscription sets he did for his followers who craved his music, as well as many many party sets (eventually). Including quite a few sets from Sanctuary party's in Atlanta. If you were never fortunate enough to attend these 4 time a year events or be a member of Sanctuary, you truly missed out on one of the most blissful times a human being can have with music, love and friends. He was a dear friend of mine and I very much miss his smiling face behind the turntables. But he would love to know people still appreciate his music. It will take me time to get everything I have processed for uploading and then posting them. But I hope to post new things often. Starting with all the subscription sets I have.


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Some time last year the realization that I was turning thirty washed over me like a stomach ache after too much beer the night before, the hangover of my twenties. Perhaps the moment of reality, of sobriety, came when assisting a client with a new database he is building. There, on the Excel sheet in front of me, buried thousands of names deep were several of my former classmates – there were those with whom I had been close, those whom I had (and still do) admired others with whom I had barely ever spoken, and those with whom my only relationship now exists via "liking" photographs of their children on Facebook. Read More »
Between the end of the Ryflyke national tourist highway in Røldal and before coming to the magnificent Hardangerfjord is a stretch of road past the tumbling Låtefossen, around the hydro-electic resevoir of Ringedalsvatnet and along the Sørfjorden, a narrow arm of the Hardangerfjord. Read More »
Ryflyke, Norway
Ryfylke National Tourist Highway stretches from Tau to Roldal, through Norway's fjord country and past waterfalls, zinc mines, and wooden churches. Every few kilometers there are brown signs with a white-knotted squares, indicating tourist stops. They pop up and quickly disappear, though nothing in this country is truly quick, the roads weaving and narrow with tunnels that go on and on until you wonder if the end is ever going to come until, finally, a tiny dot of light can be seen far ahead.
For us, the Ryfylke Highway meant one thing more than all the others – salmon. Read More »
Rogaland, Norway
Rogaland was one of my favorite areas of Norway and a place I'd like to return to in better weather to see where the ocean meets the fjords. At its heart lies Stavanger, Europe's oil center with charming wooden houses clustered together in a quiet downtown.Read More »
Lysefjord, Norway
The Lysefjord is a perfect example of our time in Norway – lots of driving, sunshine-turned-to-snow-turned-to-sunshine, and inaccessible hiking trails. We started out from Telemark, where we had stopped the night before in the tiny village of Valle at a no-name hotel where we ate our fill of meats, potatoes, and jams for dinner. Leaving Valle, we soon turned off the main road onto the Suleskar Pass, a mountain pass from Setesdal through Sirdal to Ådneram and Suleskar on the Lysefjord. In normal conditions, the pass opens around the first week of May, but, this year, due to seven feet of snow falling the weekend before our roadtrip the pass had been open fewer than 24 hours when we turned off the highway onto the narrow road. Read More »
Telemark, Norway
One of the things that is great about longer trips is the ability to have some flexibility in which road you choose. As we headed out of Oslo towards the Lysefjord our initial plan took us along a southernly route before turning north to the fjord. Sitting in the passenger seat I entertained my father with the history of the area before coming to the guidebook's must-see, the Heddal Stave Church, which our current route – the GPS' shortest distance between Point A and Point B – would have us completely miss. So we backtracked, more than a little bit, before heading into the country's interior-lying national park in search of the 13th century wooden church.Read More »
Oslo, Norway
As the plane descended toward Oslo it was enveloped in think grey clouds. When we finally broke through we were what felt like merely a few hundred feet from the ground. Spread below was a thick green forest. Outside it was 5* C (41*F) in June. Meeting me at the airport was my father with whom I would travel for the next ten days and who would continue on, after my departure, throughout the Read More »
Tankenburg, The Netherlands
This weekend a near hurricane has descended on the Netherlands with inches of sideways rain. As I write this my little potted plant from Albert Hein has just blown off the windowsill, and the wind is howling. Needless to say we did not get out for a Sunday bike or hike. Instead, we watched a lot of "Black Sails" and planned our own sailing adventure around the Caribbean this summer though Read More »
Deventer, The Netherlands
Enschede is never going to be at the top of any awards list for architecture. The buildings are bland and functional, reminiscent of Scandinavia in their austerity. Visitors should not expect to find a city built in the grand Dutch architectural style of skinny, many-windowed facades, and stepped gables of Amsterdam and Utrecht. The reasons for this are many: Read More »
De Sallandse Heuvelrug, The Netherlands
Perhaps our mention of spring was too soon as it appears Mother Nature became scared of her own shadow and flitted away. The Netherlands has turned cold and grey once more. Resolved to not spend another dreary weekend at home in a fog of work and movies we took advantage of a chilly but clear Sunday to visit the Sallandse Heuvelrug National Park for a Sunday Hike. Read More »


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"My brave fellows, you have done all I asked you to do, and more than could be reasonably expected, but your country is at stake … The present is emphatically the crisis which is to decide our destiny."
(Gen. George Washington in an appeal to his troops following the surprise attack on the Hessians at Trenton, December 26, 1776_)
A must read is this article by W. Thomas Smith Jr. about the "special operation" that changed the course of history and turned the war in favor of the continentals 232 years ago. Excerpts:
Continental Army General George Washington's celebrated "Crossing of the Delaware" has been dubbed in some military circles, "America's first special operation." Though there were certainly many small-unit actions, raids, and Ranger operations during the Colonial Wars – and there was a special Marine landing in Nassau in the early months of the American Revolution – no special mission by America's first army has been more heralded than that which took place on Christmas night exactly 230 years ago……..The factors in Washington's favor were clear: The weather was so bad that no one believed the Continentals would attempt a river crossing followed by a forced march, much less at night. The Continentals were numerically – and perceived to be qualitatively – inferior to the British Army. The Hessians, mercenaries allied to the British and who were garrisoned in Trenton, had a battlefield reputation that far exceeded their actual combat prowess. And no one believed the weary Americans would want to attempt anything with anyone on Christmas.
Here is an illustrated account of the Battle of Trenton from the BritishBattles.com website.
Listen to an excerpt from the stirring conclusion to David McCullough's "1776" read by the author. Here he tells of the perilous crossing of the Delaware and the victory over the Hessians at Trenton. battle-of-trenton (MP3 36:15)


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Welcome to the Pley Family page at Surname Finder, a service of Genealogy Today. Our editors have compiled this checklist of genealogical resources, combining links to commercial databases along with user-contributed information and web sites for the Pley surname. As additional sources for vital records, original documents, vintage photographs and surname-based DNA projects are discovered, this page is updated to offer the best list for researching Pley ancestry. Share this page on Twitter!
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Many things can go wrong when a record collection is indexed. If you're having diffculty finding Pley ancestors in a particular database at one site, try finding it on another and compare the results. If you want to know What information is given in U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules about Pley citizens from the past?, then read this frequently asked question.
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We are still not getting a break from the persistent intense heat wave here in Ottawa and surrounding area. According to an Environment Canada Meteorologist, we broke the all time record for Ottawa (set in 1949) a few days ago – sweltering heat plus the humidity!
YouTube video intro: 'Now that summer is most definitely here, people are realizing how hot it can really get. So to cool off and relax, French compilation artist zapatou (Luc Bergeron) made this Water Time compilation from famous online videos involving H2O.'
"Water Time – Compilation" – Published on Jul 2, 2012 by zapatou
Music: Neopolitan Dreams by Lisa Mitchell (Sound Remedy Remix)
Lisa Mitchell site: http://bit.ly/LpE34Q
Video Editor: Zapatou (Luc Bergeron)
Luc Bergeron facebook: http://on.fb.me/sXXz9X
Zapatou site: http://bit.ly/LpEewY
Zapatou's comments:
I really love to discover other people. I'm the kind of person who thinks that you can grow up from other people's experience.
I have an unconditional passion for video editing, because by this medium I can share my emotions, my feeling to my audiences. By this medium, I can get you into my world."
Je suis une personne qui adore découvrir les autres, car je trouve que c'est le meilleur moyen de m'enrichir moi-même. Depuis l'âge de 2 ans que je vis dans ma bulle et que je m'invente des histoires imaginaires drôles ou dramatiques.
J'ai une passion inconditionnelle pour les montages vidéo, puisque par ce médium je peux faire ressentir des émotions aux autres, en leur partageant une parcelle de mon monde."
Now for the most hilarious YouTube video I've watched in a long, long time ~ "Mr Bean at the Swimming Pool", Uploaded by MrBean on Aug 25, 2009
Mr Bean goes to the swimming pool and tries to use the children's slides. When he gets told off he heads off to the high dive board but is too scared to jump off. Classic Mr Bean clip from 'The Curse of Mr Bean'.
The first episode of the original Mr Bean series starring Rowan Atkinson was first broadcast on 1st January 1990. Since then Mr Bean has become known all over the world. Created by Rowan Atkinson, Richard Curtis and Robin Driscoll, there were only 14 episode of the live action series ever made.
To find out more about Mr Bean visit:
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A great cool down video and lots of 'Mr. Bean' laughs – hope you enjoyed!
Why not organize your own H2O fun event?
Have a great weekend everyone.


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Lost in a thunderstorm over southeastern Australia, Captain R.D. Parmentier and his crew were desperately trying to find a place to land the big DC2 airliner. They were just a few hundred miles from the finish of an epic 11,300-mile race from London to Melbourne and the storm had rendered their communications equipment useless.
While radio operators on the ground tried in vain to reach the aircraft, a mayor in a small town had an idea as bright as the lightning flashing in the sky. He dialed up the city's engineer and asked him to toggle the city's lights in morse code to spell out a message: A-L-B-U-R-Y. The town's name.
It was the plane's only hope.
Melbourne was ready to celebrate 100 years of existence in 1934 and wanted a gesture grand enough to mark the city's existence. Taking advantage of the sudden leap in aviation technology, they decided on an air race from the old center of power in London to Australia's biggest city. As a prize, the chocolate magnate Macpherson Robertson put up $75,000 ($1.3 million inflation adjusted) from his candy company and the MacRobertson Air Race was announced.
The significance was not only the great distance, but also the transformation of Australia as more than "the vast land over the edge of beyond" as one newspaper put it.
Planes would all take off at the same time and have to stop at five designated points along the way (Baghdad, Iraq; Allahabad, India; Singapore; and Darwin and Charleville, Australia). There were no rules about the size or type of plane, only a requirement that the pilots fly the whole race from beginning to end and that the planes meet certain safety standards.
Despite the safety equipment, Lloyd's of London gave the pilots a 1-in-12 chance of dying.
Around 64 teams planned to enter, but just 20 planes made it to the start line on October 20th, 1934. The favorites were a pair of De Havilland DH.88 Comets — sleek twin-engined planes designed especially for the race. The plane's narrow cockpit held just two pilots in tandem.
At the other end of the flying spectrum were a pair of passenger airliners. Two American pilots would be flying a Boeing 247-D and a crew of four from Dutch Airliner KLM would be in the even larger Douglas DC-2. To make things more interesting, the KLM plane would be delivering mail and carrying passengers on their trip!
Sir MacPherson Robertson's Message on ABC "Dear friends early yesterday morning before the sun had peaked over the horizon to disperse the mists enshrouding the Mildenhall Aerodrome in Suffolk; the competitors of the MacRobertson International Air Race were awaiting the signal to start on the epic flight of 11,323 miles. Never in the history of aviation has there been such a line up of aviators and never in the history of the world has there been such an aerial contest."
Under guidance from Captain Parmentier, the KLM DC-2 — nicknamed Uiver (Dutch for "Stork") quickly became a frontrunner. It battled with the British Comet of Captains Scott and Campbell-Black all along the way, using its superior reliability and comfort to keep up with the faster (and not passenger-laden) aircraft. Other competitors crashed (two died) or experienced equipment failure, but the big metal aircraft kept on going.
On October 23rd at 3:33 pm the Comet managed to take the crown in the overall "Speed" category, leaving the Uiver and it's crew the chance to win in the "Handicapped" category, which took into account the size of the aircraft using a formula.
All the Uiver crew had to do was cross the relatively short distance from Charleville to Melbourne and keep the other competitors behind them. But bad luck struck in the form of a thunderstorm just 200 miles from the finish line. It was night and, lacking visibility and functioning communications equipment, the plane drifted hopelessly off course.
Signalers for the Royal Australian Air Force desperately tired to contact them, but nothing was working. Calls went out over the radio for help and railway stations turned on all their signal lamps. Navy ships turned on their spotlights, probably to let the aircraft know if it had drifted too close to the ocean.
The citizens in the small hamlet of Albury heard the planes engines overhead and assumed it was en route to Melbourne. But the plane didn't leave. It kept circling the area.
Aware of the danger various local authorities and radio announcers hatched a plan. The city's Chief electrical engineer Lyle Ferris was sent to flash the city's lights in morse code. An Alderman asked anyone with a car to come to the race course to create a circle of headlamps. Despite the rain everyone who could help turned out.
It was a world-wide event as wireless radio communication meant that listeners between Australian and Holland could follow along as the town made its desperate rescue attempt.
Amazingly, the crew saw the flickering lights and realized it was morse code. Because of the weather they couldn't read the message but they saw the circle of lights at the race track and, with a lot of skill, were able to land the aircraft. The same rainstorm that kept them from finding Melbourne helped muddy the ground enough to allow the pilot put the plane down without going off the short race track.
When the door to the plane finally opened one of the crewman came out and asked Is this Melbourne?.
One can imagine the relief of everyone involved and the laughter that ensued when the question was asked.
At sunup the plane seemed hopelessly stuck but everyone was alive. Not content to let their guests down, the City of Albury once again rallied and plans were brought in to help unstick the big metal aircraft. Everything in the plane that didn't need to go (including passengers) was stripped from the craft and Captain Parmentier and the plane's First Officer took off for Melbourne.
Even with the delay the plane took second place in the speed round and won the handicapped section outright. It was a great victory for the airline, country, and the a small Australian town.
Upon landing the Captain spoke to ABC saying
The first thing I want to tell you is that I am very grateful for all the things that the national broadcasting commission has done to make our landing last night possible at the racecourse in Albury. I also must express my thanks for the help I had from the Mayor of Albury and the population who were very helpful this morning to get our plane out of the mud and to make it possible for us to take off."
The Mayor, Alfred Waugh, would eventually be awarded the Order of the Orange Nassau — a great honor — by Queen Wilhemina. Both the pilot and first officer were knighted.
A relationship between the European country and Albury was formed and, when the Uiver crashed two months later killing all on board, a memorial was erected in Holland that was partially paid for by subscriptions taken up in Albury.
Today, a restored DC-2 sits in Albury, made up to look like the Uiver and re-christened as the "Uiver-2" memorial aircraft. The plane was put up for sale, though locals attempted to block the sale so it can be retained in Albury as a piece of history.(Hat tip to Baber Khan!)
Photo Credit: Archangel, KLM/Airspace Magazine, DC3Airways.com, Post Card Post


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Despite warning, no evidence of tornado in Litchfield County Tuesday
Following a four-county inspection of Tuesday afternoon's storm damage, investigators from the National Weather Service in Albany, N.Y. reported no evidence of a tornado.
Based on radar images and a tip from a trained spotter in the small town of Copake, N.Y., the government forecasters issued a tornado warning at 4:57 p.m. Tuesday for eastern Columbia County and south Berkshire in Massachusetts, as well as a second warning at 5:30 p.m. for Litchfield County.
According to warning coordinating meteorologist Steve DiRienzo, the team that went out just after dawn on Wednesday found evidence of high winds at 50 to 60 mph. Large hailstones damaged trees and cars, the investigators stated, and there was straight-line wind damage to trees as well as some minor lowland flooding caused by three and a half inches of rain in the Copake area.
"The guys found nothing consistent with tornado damage," DiRienzo said Wednesday afternoon. "They also talked to fire department and police officers, as well as utility crews and no one saw evidence of a tornado."
But a microburst, akin to a water-filled balloon dropping out of the sky, caused a partial shutdown of Route 71 between Egremont and Austerlitz, N.Y., as three separate storms deluged the area late Tuesday.
DiRienzo, who made the decision to issue the tornado warnings, explained that "we warn based on what we see on radar. Also, a spotter claimed he saw a tornado, but video we've seen showed no touchdown from the wall cloud."
"It was a powerful storm," DiRienzo acknowledged. "But somebody [the spotter] got a little excited, nervous and scared so we wanted to get the warning out."
"You go with the information you have at the time," he pointed out. "Hindsight is always 20-20. But our mission is to protect life and property."
The storm-survey team checked six towns in Columbia and Dutchess Counties, N.Y., as well as Berkshire and Litchfield. Their stops included Copake, Boston Corners, N.Y., Falls Village and Canaan, and finally Great Barrington and Sheffield, Mass.
Berkshire County was included in a severe thunderstorm watch issued Wednesday afternoon, but DiRienzo noted conditions were less volatile because cloud cover had held temperatures down to the low 70s. Pre-dawn storms on Wednesday dropped more than an inch of rain in Pittsfield and Lanesborough, and more than two inches in North Adams and Clarksburg, according to weather observers. A flood warning for the Hoosic River in Williamstown, Mass. is in effect until Thursday morning, with minor flooding predicted.
According to Raymond O'Keefe, meteorologist in charge of the Albany office, about 70 percent of tornado warnings in the northeast turn out to be false alarms, since it's more difficult to interpret radar data for the weaker storms typical of the region, compared to massive twisters like the one that devastated Moore, Okla., on Monday.
"I have no reason to believe a warning shouldn't have gone out based on the radar and the information from the trained spotter," said O'Keefe as he reviewed the data that led to the Copake storm alert.
"We run our people through simulation and training," he noted. "We take great pride in knowing the best science available and using the meteorology we've been trained in. We make the decision to issue warnings objectively, based on radar and reports from the field."
Contact Clarence Fanto at (413) 637-2551.


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Jeffrey S. Winter
Dr. Jeffrey S. Winter
Programs/Classes Taught:
Practicum and Student Teaching Seminars
Foundations classes
Social Justice Foundations of Education
Methods of integrating Arts/Health P.E.
Areas of Expertise:
Teacher education Methods of teaching arts, health, physical education integration Foundations of education Lesson planning, management, assessment Religion and education Jewish education Mentoring
Teaching and school administration (1979-1990) Faculty in Teacher Education at National Louis University (1990-present). School Consultant in curriculum and program development Workshop Topics: Developing a technology toolkit Arts integration Assessment Differentiating Instruction Planning for the first day of school Classroom management Legal and ethical issues in the classroom Lesson and unit planning Working well with colleagues
Ph.D. Iowa State University Area: Educational Administration MAT, MAED American Jewish University, Los Angeles Hebrew University of Jerusalem ( post-graduate coursework) B.S. University of Wisconsin, Madison
Research and Interests:
Have given workshops, presented and written in the following areas:
Teacher education and supervision
Methods of teaching
Jewish education
Educational Foundations
Contact Information:
Jeffrey Winter
224.233.2463 (phone/fax)