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Their comments offer a dress rehearsal of the arguments that will be heard in the Commons debate a week tomorrow, and suggest that no holds will be barred. David Evans, the outspoken MP for Welwyn Hatfield, will vote for the age of consent to remain at 21. 'I'm old-fashioned. I'd rather it was 90,' he confessed.
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'He Waka eke Noa' means 'no-one is left out of the boat'. There's room for everyone. More than that, it's your presence that makes us whole. You're not just included, you're welcome.
The bruised reed is a reference to Isiah 42.3. "A bruised reed he will not break, and a smouldering wick he will not snuff out. In faithfulness he will bring forth justice." This is the core motif of our parent organisation Prison Fellowship International. We understand God's justice as restorative, as a healing river rather than retributive scales. We celebrate the redemptive love, the restorative justice and the transforming power of Jesus as we work to re-connect, reconcile, restore and, simply, to love some of the least of the brothers and sister of Jesus.
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Rory Lancman on Shakeup in Congressional Race: 'It's Political Musical Chairs'
Rory Lancman in Queens today.
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Congressional candidate Rory Lancman said today he's staying focused on the issues -- but didn't miss an opportunity to slam his opponents in the increasingly crowded -- and reliably colorful -- race to replace longtime Congressman Gary Ackerman.
Today, the Daily News reported that Jeffrey Gottlieb, a Board of Elections employee who recently entered the Queens Congressional race, is dropping out. Gottlieb, a Jewish candidate, was rumored to be a plant in the race to siphon Jewish votes away from Lancman in support of Assemblywoman Grace Meng, who is the candidate of choice of the Queens Democratic Party. Gottlieb is apparently being replaced by a new candidate, Stephen Green, a Rosedale attorney.
The news gave fuel to Lancman's criticisms that Gottlieb was only in the race to hurt Lancman and help Meng -- who Gottlieb had collected signatures for before he entered the race.
At a news conference in Bayside, Queens this afternoon on construction jobs and infrastructure (a bit more on that later -- we don't want to totally ignore the "issues"), a reporter asked Lancman if he had a comment on Gottlieb dropping out.
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"Was he in the race?" Lancman said. "The truth is he never really was in the race. Now he's out of the race in favor of someone else who had never been in the race, and we'll see at the end of petitioning what the race looks like."
The Voice followed up, asking Lancman, who is currently an Assemblyman from Queens, if this news said anything about the Queens Democrats who he alleges planted Gottlieb in the first place (Joe Crowley, chair of the Queens Dems, repeatedly told the Voice that Lancman is misinformed).
"It's not a surprise to me in the least. It's just a game of political musical chairs among people who really ought to be focusing on the issues," he said, smiling at the Voice and several local Queens reporters in attendance.
(Somehow the "issues" just aren't as interesting to us. But in answering our question, he rattled off a whole host of them. So if you're interested, here you go. He said that candidates should be focused on the interests "like infrastructure development, and a fair tax code, which we talked about earlier this week, or giving small businesses more favorable tax treatment, which we talked about the week before, or solving the railroad problem that people in Glendale and Middle Village are having, which we talked about two weeks ago, or getting the State Department to recognize that Jerusalem is a part of Israel, which is an issue we talked about at the beginning of this campaign.")
Gottlieb's candidacy was never legitimate, he said, adding, "I don't expect that whoever is picked to stand in his place will be much more than that. But we are out here to talk to you about the issues. I think that says everything that you need to know."
He paused, before reemphasizing the same point, a bit more strongly: "Here you go: Everything that you need to know you could infer from the fact that we're standing here talking about infrastructure...and the other campaign is playing political musical chairs with scam candidates."
In more confusing news in this race, reports came out recently that there other unknown candidates also interested in this seat, including Robert Mittman, an allergist from Bayside, and Juan Sheng, an Asian-American video producer.
A reporter asked Lancman whether he thought Sheng could take votes away from Meng -- who would be the first Asian-American member of Congress from New York -- and whether people might think that Sheng was a plant the same way Lancman alleged that Gottlieb was a plant. Lancman said the two cases are completely different.
"I think in order for someone to draw the conclusion that someone in the race is a plant, there needs to be substantial and overwhelming evidence as there was in the Gottlieb case where the Meng campaign consultant was caught red-handed fishing around for Jewish candidates," he said.
Pausing over her name which he wasn't totally sure about, he continued, "I don't know Ms... Sheng? I don't know her at all. I have no opinion on the legitimacy of her candidacy. I will say that running for Congress is not supposed to be a top secret stealth operation...If one wants to be elected by the voters, one needs to communicate their candidacy to the voters. To date, I have not heard, Ms. Sheng or this new gentleman...for that matter, Mr...what is it?"
"Mittman," a few local reporters chimed in.
"Mr. Mitman, announce their candidacies," Lancman said. "The voters can conclude what they want from people who say they're running for office and keep it to themselves."
A reporter then asked if the Sheng case was all that different than Gottlieb, given that there was no direct evidence that Meng or the Queens Dems planted Gottlieb (only that they were looking into a different Jewish candidate).
"There's direct evidence. Jeff Gottlieb is probably the most indiscreet person in Queens politics, and that's saying something," he said (Gottlieb was reportedly not happy with this article over the weekend). "He told numerous people that he had been solicited to run, and the fact that he had been collecting signatures for Grace Meng prior to his entry into the race..."
The switcheroo from Gottlieb to the new guy, Green, the attorney, apparently came as an unpleasant surprise to the Democratic club in Queens where both are members.
Anyway, in an effort to not completely ignore the "issues," here we go:
Lancman stood this afternoon with the Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers to call for more federal infrastructure jobs funding. He called on Congress to pass the president's infrastructure bank proposal, which would use $10 bullion in federal money to encourage private investment in road projects, and also said there needs to be more Project Labor Agreements, which can save taxpayers in New York City millions of dollars.
"The sixth district is a middle class district and it's filled with people who work with their hands and literally help build this city, whether they're bricklayers, craftworkers, carpenters...you name it. Here's an opportunity to put people of Queens to work in good, well-paying jobs and at the same time rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure," Lancman said.
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A four-year-old girl has been mauled to death inside her suburban Melbourne home by a neighbours escaped pitbull-mastiff cross, renewing calls for the aggressive breed of dog to be banned.
Police Superintendent Graham Kent said the dog ran into the home, where Sudanese refugee Ayen Chol was watching TV with other children yesterday evening, and attacked.
A five-year-old girl and a 30-year-old woman were also injured. Chol died at the scene.
Chols cousin Daniel Atem said the injured woman was outside the house when the dog chased her inside.
Atem said the dog then attacked the five-year-old. As Chols mother intervened it turned on Chol, who was clinging to her mothers leg.
He said: 'It pulled the child from the mum... the daughter died. The dog left the child and then the owner of the dog came after that and took the dog out.'
Police says the dog will be destroyed and charges are being considered against its owner.
Family members described horrific scenes inside the home during the attack, with Ayen being shaken like a rag doll as one family member tried to beat the dog away with a table, local reports said.
The 30-year-old woman suffered puncture marks to her arms, while the five-year-old suffered bite wounds to the face.
Both were taken to hospital, where they remain in a stable condition.
The dead girl's father is working in southern Sudan but had been contacted and was returning home.
Mr Atem said: 'He's very, very, very sad. The elders community in southern Sudan will counsel him.'
The family migrated to Australia in 2004 for a better life.
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I watch TV with an American bulldog/mastiff mix.
This big moron and a little moron were sitting on a bridge.
One fell off, the other did not.
Which one?
"I'll bite." said the bulldog
The one that was a little more on.
"What about the big moron?" asked the bulldog
He was needed to start threads like this one.
"The rots were the target in the mid-90s. Im wondering if the hype makes certain dogs more desirable to certain personalities. I mean, if you are a bad ass, gang bangin thug, what kind of dog are you going to get these days? Idiot owns a dog...dog acts like an idiot.."
Exactly...certain people in certain neighborhoods around here use these dogs to intimidate and frighten others, either to keep them quite or just to be jerks. So the city decides it will impose an extra fee on these people...yeah that should take care of it!
If she was still alive she could rethink her position.
Said it before, will say it again.
All pitbulls must be eliminated. If that doesn't work we can move on from there.
-owner of two Great Pyrennes
I missed that. I still have to wonder what the whole story is.
People who own pit bulls have them in order to intimidate their neighbors or potential thieves.
If this were up to me, I would charge the owner with negligent homicide.
The dog was loose due to the owners negligence.
I have one of these animals down the street from me , a few weeks back it ran me into my house.
I called animal control and they gave the owner a written warning. The next time if I can get to my gun in time, I will solve the problem.
BULLSHIT the dog escaped from its owner & went into a neighbors house & killed a child all under its own power. Guns don't/can't do that .
The animal in question needs to be destroyed immediately & the owner needs to do decades in prison at hard labor .
Dogs are supposed to be companions not self propelled free roaming ANTI-PERSONAL MINES!!!
Is that you, Chet99?
Discredited in court as well it should have been, it's ridiculous.
Ref. post #37.
You are a very ill, mentally sick person.
IT'S A FACT JACK! Pit bulls account for a higer percentage of maulings than any other breed.
If you read the article it said the "woman was outside and the dog chased her into her house".
He probably trains and fights Pit Bulls down there at his place in Panama.
But probably wouldn't. Dog owners seem to have irrational blind and deaf spots concerning the activities of their pets. They see and hear no evil about what their pets do. Example from Atlanta about 10 years ago. Pit bull owner stands in her yard enjoying the spectacle as her dog mauls a little girl. Neighbor runs into his house gets out .357 and shoots dog. At that point the dog owner flies into a rage and attacks the neighbor screaming "Don't hurt my dog." At which point he shot her (non-fatally.) The dog owner got six months for assaulting the guy who shot the dog. What she didn't get was any consequences for her vicious animal attacking the little girl. No charges were filed against the good samaritan who killed the dog and shot the owner.
MY personal opinion is that is what should happen to every dog owner whose pet attacks someone.
Maybe he uses them to guard agricultural products. Who knows.
No, I don't.
I know that many people have aversions to large breeds.
While I'm not one (former Shephered owner), I've seen enought large animal damage to understand. I don't put my head in the sand and claim, "My baby is a sweetums and wouldn't hurt ANYBODY."
The US Navy War College was one of the first to focus significantly on CAPABILITY, not intent. Intents can change in a minute (as experienced rather frequently with "Sweetums"), but capabilities don't. People dealing with large breeds should KNOW the capabilities of the animal are significantly greater than that of smaller breeds. That alone is enough reason to be extra careful.
And, I was once mauled by our veterinarian's Doberman while delivering paperwork to his home (down the street). I know that the guy though his Dobie was the most loveable EVER.
A guy I work with (black) got a Rotty.
Named it "Felony" (yep).
It bit so many people, they put it down.
He's got another dog, now.
A Rotty (yep).
And now the guy's a reserve cop. I give him shit because while his father was white and his mother was black, he's trying to be the stereotype of one while living up to the other.
I doubt it.
Such people are clearly beyond it.
"It is impossible to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into."
-Johathan Swift.
I doubt it.
Such people are clearly beyond it.
"It is impossible to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into."
-Johathan Swift.
Yes, I remember when the breeds of choice for thugs were Dobermans and Rottweilers. I remember some fear of German Shepherds, but I don't ever recall them as being the choice of thugs.
Granted, the Internet wasn't around in those days, but there weren't 1/50th (no, 1/100th or less) of the stories about Dobermans or Rottweilers killing people as we now read about the breeds called "Pit Bulls" or Pit mixes. And I'm pulling those figures down to account for the media's calling every unknown breed a Pit Bull.
What, three Pit Full stories in the last two weeks? There weren't three Rottweiler stories in a year back in the day. And yet three Pit Bull stories in a week isn't unusual.
There simply isn't any comparison between the past Doberman/Rottweiler fear and the last fifteen+ years of Pit Bull attacks.
The pit bulls are getting a bad rap. It could just as easily have been a Chihuahua or a French Poodle, or a Jack Russell Terrorist. /s
One woman brought her 1 1/2 year old deaf pitt bull. Her reason for doing it was not to cheer up the sick and in firmed but to make people like and not fear pitt bulls.
When she entered the room, late, I heard her dog growl at the other occupants. Not a good candidate for a therapy dog, IMHO. I don't think she and her dog passed on to the next level, me and mine did. :)
Before Internet use became so widespread, you weren't as likely to hear about what went on in another state unless it was a Big story.
The problem is that bad owners refuse to properly train, socialize, and properly breed their animals. When that happens, you have poorly bred, ill(or non-) trained, and ill (or non) socialized dogs running about.
That is detrimental to any type ("Pitbull" is not a breed, but a type) of dog, much less any dog breed.
The problem is not the dogs themselves; the problem is deliberate negligence in training, breeding and socialization.
When "pitbulls" are no longer the "in style" dog, the bad trainers, socializers and breeders will move on to another type.
You should google pictures of pit bull attacks...you will be shocked at the damage they inflict.
"3. Keep hitting until death occurs."
Whose death? That blow to the head of such a dog, while it is launched in a lethal assault, had better be accurately aimed or it will serve only to further enrage.
Why are you wondering the whole story is there. The dog followed the woman when she ran into the house, dog grabbed the child by the face and shook it. That is how dogs kill prey, they shake it and snap its neck on the first shake. It's all over very quickly.
What I wrote was incorrect.
Rottweilers are apparently Pit Bull-lite. I was wrong.
According to dog bit statistics, the Pit Bull breeds (and Pit mixes) accounted for 59% of all fatal dog attacks during the three-year period from 2006-2008. Rottweilers accounted for 13%. Between Pits and Rottweilers, that's 72% of all fatal attacks.
Pit Bulls, Rottweilers, Cana Presarios, and their mixes account for:
How many standard deviations from the norm do you have to go for those breeds to account for those percentages unless a significant part of the problem is the breed and not just the owner?
Sorry. Read those statistics above. Those percentages aren't explained by bad owners entirely. They're explained by the nature of the breed.
I've heard this yak squeeze before. Like Alice I try to believe three impossible things before breakfast, but this is about the 24th of the day. in 2008 65% of fatal dog attacks were by pit bulls. Considering that pit bulls are probably at most 5% of the dog population causing 65% all dog fatailites - this says they're 1300% more likely to kill someone than the average dog.
This only highlights that the real problem—the bad breeders, trainers and owners who have no intention of changing their ways. They'll just move on to the latest dog.
Who knows? It could be Great Danes or Irish Wolfhounds next.
I had to go to the newspaper's page to make sure that was really the article's lead line. It is parsed stupidly. I see that sort of thing in American papers all the time, though I'm not really surprised to see it in a British paper. Journalism in the English tradition has always suffered in the quality of its writing (and writers).
I also recall a short lived bit in there where Chows and Newfoundlands were targeted for 'bad dog' status.
That was in the 1990's if memory serves.
But, if people want to make a dog into a monster, they will.
Doesn't matter the breed, actually.
There are dog attacks all the time.
But, they don't make the news because there's no hype and hysteria angle to them.
"breed of peace" strikes again. I see one of those things coming towards me, I'm unholstering my sidearm.
For a conservative community, I am surprised by how many Freepers buy into the media spin on pit bulls and see them as demonic animals. They are dogs first, and like any dog they are a reflection of their training, management and living conditions.
Dogs of ALL breed bite, attack, and kill humans. But when a lab or poodle is the attacker, it is either: A) NOT reported by the media at all, or B) IF it is reported, the breed name is never mentioned, it is simply called a "dog" attack. "Pit bull attack" is a salacious headline that the media jump on, and as conservatives who have watched so many of our representatives dragged through the media mud, we should all be familiar with (and disgusted by) this biased media tactic.
I could go on and on about this because as an owner of an American Pit Bull Terrier, I often face criticism and discrimination, despite the fact that I am a RESPONSIBLE owner, whose dog is a member of the family and is trained, socialized and always well-mannered and on-leash in public. But I think this letter-to-the-editor, written by a friend who runs a dog rescue, says it better than I am able to articulate:
In response to the Orlando Sentinel's opinion-page, titled "Our take on-pit bull attack" regarding an attack on a Mr. McSweeney
by Erica Daniel on Tuesday, 14 June 2011 at 18:53
My name is Erica Daniel, and I'm the President and founder of Dolly's Foundation, a non-profit rescue organization in central Florida. The purpose of Dolly's Foundation is to rescue, rehabilitate and rehome homeless, neglected, and abused American Pit Bull Terriers and other bully breed dogs. As well as preserve, promote, and bring positive awareness to the breed and the negative stereotype bestowed upon them.
While the news of Mr. McSweeney brought sadness to the entire community, we couldn't help but notice your lack of ability to recognize that all dogs should be judged based on individuality. We certainly aren't justifying the dog's actions and agree they should have been humanely euthanized, but we are curious as to what charges will be brought upon the owner. It was stated that this may have not been the only incident the dogs were involved in, why weren't they properly restrained? Why isn't the owner being held accountable? We can only assume that the dogs were intact, even though the report fails to mention. You may not see the importance or relevance of the issue but it's a fact that intact dogs are three time more likely to bite than a spayed or neutered dog. More importantly, it is also a fact that no spayed or neutered pit bull has killed anyone in recorded history. For being such a strong minded organization, I would think one might check up on these types of facts before using such strong statements.
Even more importantly, the average person can only identify about 20 breeds of dogs. While we understand Mr. McSweeney was bitten by neighbors dogs who have been identified by both the owner and witnesses, we can't help but ask; Do you honestly think while being "attacked" by ANY breed of dog, you're in the state of mind to properly identify a breed? There was a woman in Orange County who was "viciously attacked by a pit bull." There were witnesses and everything. When the fire department showed up to the scene, they knocked on the owner's door who then answered with his purebred German Shepard. Turns out, the dog was a German Shepard, not a pit bull. Simple mistake, right? Wrong. Think about the other hundreds if not thousands of cases of misidentification.
You also touched on "apologists" in the pit bull community that blame the biased media. I often ask if people have heard about the elderly woman mauled to death by her own dogs in Titusville, a yellow Lab mix and an Australian Shepard mix. I have yet to hear anyone respond that they'd heard about the incident. I typically blame it on the fact that the media was too busy running a story on the emaciated, intact "pit bull type dog" that bit a kid while chained to a tree that has had no socialization whatsoever and gets fed every few days. You can read that article here: http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_lifestyle_animal/2008/06/dogs-maul-titus.html
You mentioned a 4-day old infant that was killed by the family pit bull. Was the owner held accountable? I do not know any responsible owners that would allow their newborns to have contact with ANY dog without supervision. So I ask, did you hear about the 7 month old child that was mauled to death by the family's dachshund? I assume you haven't heard that one. You can read about fatal dog attack statistics in The Pit Bull Placebo by Karen Delise, it touches on the dachshund attack. I did not find an article on the attack I'm speaking of, but I did find one similar: http://articles.latimes.com/2002/dec/17/nation/na-maul17
I became a homeowner at the age of 23 and I pay my taxes. I have a college degree, I hold a responsible position with a government agency and I'm a small business owner. I have never been arrested, nor have I ever been in any sort of "trouble" with the law in any form. I have never done drugs, nor have I been affiliated with any gang related members or activities. I resent your comment insinuating that pit bulls are the "preferred dog of gang-bangers, drug dealers and dog-fighting enthusiasts." While this is common and unfortunately can be true, they are also the preferred dog of lawyers, doctors, congressman, families, and responsible dog owners as well.
Dolly's Foundation was formed after I rescued a "pit bull type dog" from a local shelter. She is believed to have been used in a local dog fighting ring and was dumped at the shelter after obvious life threatening trauma she sustained. I made a YouTube video of her story to show my family the success Dolly had made in the mere months I'd had her. WESH2 got a hold of the story and it spread like wildfire. Dolly is now an AKC certified Canine Good Citizen as well as a certified therapy dog through the SPCA's Pet Visitation Program where we're able to visit local retirement homes and hospitals. In November, Dolly will undergo a rigorous test given by the American Temperament Test Society and we're also currently undergoing training to receive a certification from Delta Society, a therapy program that is nationally recognized. Not only is "Dolly the Pit Bull" a certified therapy dog, she is often asked to represent her breed as an "ambassadog" at our local SPCA's Pit Bull Education Class where she goes from chair to chair greeting both new and old faces.
In April, Best Friends Animal Society, the largest no-kill shelter in the country, asked Dolly and I to attend a media conference in Tallahassee at the State Capitol regarding SB722 which unannomously passed in May allowing Florida shelters to be given the option to save dogs pulled from dog fighting rings. Up until this point, these dogs were automatically deemed dangerous regardless of indiviual temperaments. Now, shelters may have the option of temperament testing these dogs deeming them either adoptable or unadoptable. Many people fail to recognize that there is a vast difference between human aggression and dog aggression. I think we can all agree on this, especially during the aftermath of the Michael Vick case. The majority of those dogs have all been evaluated and adopted to responsible families with other dogs, with no recorded incidents.
In the 6 months that Dolly's Foundation has been up and running, we have saved over a dozen pit bull type dogs from certain death, most of which have suffered by the hand of human-kind. We've had dogs with imbedded collars, one shot with a shot gun and tied to a fence post, and even one with a limb barely hanging on. The point is, a pit bull is 500,000 times more likely to be killed by the hand of man, than the other way around. So I ask you, who are the real monsters?
I hope that you read my letter in it's entirety and I hope you allow Dolly and I to visit you and your co-workers, either allowing us to hold a special Pit Bull Education Class to share with you, or just to stop by and visit. Our interest is to educate and advocate when and where we can. Please consider our open invitation.
*Please watch Dolly's story, already viewed by tens of thousands: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvZeRKk0Q6o
*You can read about Dolly and I at the Capitol building in Tallahassee here: http://network.bestfriends.org/initiatives/pitbulls/17129/news.aspx
*Please read about the American Temperament Test Society here: http://atts.org/breed-statistics/statistics-page1/ Please note that the American Pit Bull Terrier has an 86.4% passing rate which is higher than the Golden Retriever that has an 84.9% passing rate.
Erica Daniel
Dolly's Foundation
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A prolific beggar has been banned from asking anyone in England and Wales for money after he was convicted of his latest offences in Lowestoft.
Carl Horth, 26, was handed the criminal anti-social behaviour order banning him from begging after Lowestoft magistrates heard about his long history of offending in the town.
Horth, of Denmark Road, pleaded guilty this afternoon to four counts of begging during January - leading to magistrates issuing the anti-social behaviour order.
As the court heard about Horth's begging in Claremont Road, London Road North and Peto Way on January 6, 14. 19 and 25, magistrates were told how his persistent offending was a long standing problem.
Horth had 56 convictions for 136 offences, mostly for begging.
Corinne Gook-Hurren, prosecuting, said: "You will see from his list of previous convictions, that almost on a daily basis he has come before the court or committed offences.
"Since November 18, there have been no less than 27 reports by members of the public that were concerned about Mr Horth's behaviour."
Horth's latest five offences came after he was released from prison.
He had been jailed in December for six weeks for threatening behaviour and two counts of begging following an incident at Lowestoft Library.
Richard Mann, mitigating, said Horth had gone begging after his release from prison as he had no money.
Mr Mann added "He does have considerable learning difficulties. His attention span is extremely short. He also has mental health problems.
"He is basically harmless, but he is a nuisance."
Graham Denny, chair of the bench, said magistrates were satisfied Horth should be given the banning order as it would protect the public from his "anti-social acts".
There is no time limit on how long Horth's criminal anti-social behaviour order will last and if he breaches it by begging in England and Wales he could be jailed for up to five years.
Horth will breach the order by asking any member of the public for money or food or drink.
He was given the criminal anti-social behaviour order after Lowestoft police and Waveney District Council's anti-social behaviour team had worked on an application for one.
After today's hearing PC Mark Sargeant of the Lowestoft North Safer Neighbourhood Team said: "We are aware of how much distress his begging has caused law-abiding members of the public in the past and a lot of work has been going on behind the scenes not only to catch him but to gather evidence so that measures could be put in place to deal with his behaviour."
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Bacon and Egg Stuffed Pancake Muffins
Okay, okay... I probably wasn't the first person in the world to think of this... or DO it, either. But don't tell my family, please. They still think I'm a genius and I need them to hold on to that for awhile. It makes me hopeful that they'll be more forgiving the next time I burn something and make them eat it anyway. It happens.
Turns out, these delicious muffins are the perfect travel food. They are hearty, filling, tasty, and supply a good amount of protein to sustain you for the morning. I've made them to take with us on road trips when we need to get up and get out.
Here's how you do it.
Start with your favorite pancake batter (mix or from scratch is fine). Here's my favorite.
About two cups of batter should do it. This is half of my recipe.
Set that to the side while you work on the bacon and eggs.
I happened to have some leftover bacon from the breakfast of a previous day that week. I like to make lots of bacon when I make bacon. That way I can use the leftovers for BLTs, baked potatoes, soups, muffins, whatever. Bacon doesn't ever go bad in my fridge. It can't... because we will ALWAYS eat it.
Also, I had a bunch of hard boiled, technicolor eggs in my fridge as a result of the Easter weekend. I can only stand so many deviled eggs and egg salad sandwiches, so I put them to good use.
You can cook these items fresh, of course. It wouldn't take too much time, but this is much more convenient. So, if you can plan ahead, keep a few pieces of extra bacon in the fridge ("extra bacon"... add that to your oxymoron list) and maybe a couple hard boiled eggs. You could always scramble them fresh, if you needed to.
So, anyway, give the bacon a good chop.
And dice up your eggs. Here's my shortcut. Use the handy dandy egg slicer to slice once,
then rotate 90 degrees
and slice again.
Or, like I said before, if you don't have any hard boiled eggs handy, or don't want to go to the trouble of boiling them just for this recipe, then don't. Scrambled eggs work just as well. In fact, that's how I usually make this, I just happened to have these handy because of Easter.
Get out your really old and tarnished, burnt up muffin pan and either spray with nonstick spray or line with muffin cups. Up to you.
Pour in a thin layer of pancake batter. Just enough to coat the bottom of the cups.
Layer on some bacon
then some egg
and top it off with some more batter. Fill the cups to about 3/4 of the way full.
Pop these into an oven preheated to 350 degrees for about 15 minutes.
Normally, this would be the end of the process for me. But this time I had an epiphany while they were in the oven. I thought, "....icing...." I hadn't intended for this to happen. It just, kinda, did. I wasn't at all prepared. But I knew I had to make it happen, so I rummaged through my fridge and I came up with this:
Maple Cream Cheese Icing
I found about two ounces of cream cheese and threw it into the mixer bowl (dang it! I forgot to buy more cream cheese when I went shopping last night!)
Ideally, this would be room temperature, softened cream cheese, but I was working on the fly. I didn't have time for all that. I was being moved by the Holy Spirit anyway, and you don't mess with that flow. So my cream cheese was cold. But yours shouldn't be, okay? Okay.
Add a little powdered sugar.
Not too much, just enough to sweeten the cream cheese ever so subtly. We aren't making cupcake icing, remember.
This is where I messed up a little. Due to the overwhelming Holy Spirit inside of me I forgot to beat the cream cheese and the sugar BEFORE adding the next ingredient. Had I done that, the resulting icing may have been a little smoother. Coupled with the fact my cream cheese was cold instead of room temperature, as it should have been, my icing was a bit lumpy. BUT! Despite its slightly unappetizing appearance, it tasted divine!! You're gonna have to trust me on this.
Now add a splash of maple extract.
And pretend that my cream cheese and sugar are beaten to a nice fluff.
When you pull the muffins out of the oven, immediately spread/drizzle on the icing.
Again, lumps are just lumps. The icing was so delicious! It was just the perfect compliment of sweetness and maple flavor. I will always make this icing whenever I make these muffins, from now on. Its just too good.
You gotta try this one, guys. You will not regret it!
Bacon and Egg Stuffed Pancake Muffins
makes 9 muffins
2 c. pancake batter
3-4 strips of cooked, chopped bacon
2 eggs, scrambled or hard boiled and diced
Spray a muffin tin or line it with cupcake liners. Layer ingredients starting with a thin layer of batter, followed by bacon and eggs, then more batter. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes.
For the Icing
measurements are approximate
2 oz. softened cream cheese
1/3 c. powdered sugar
1/4 tsp. maple extract.
Beat cream cheese and powdered sugar together until light and fluffy. Add maple extract and continue to beat until well combined. Spread icing on warm muffins.
PS Can I tell you how many times I misspelled "cream cheese" throughout this post? cream sheese. cream xheese. Its way too early.
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The weather in Kansas City was unusually warm for the Veteran's Day weekend. We had the opportunity to be casually dressed all day and the evening wasn't cooling down much so far.
We went out to a romantic dinner that night in the County Club Plaza at a very quiet and very private place that we found. The food was wonderful and we hadn't eaten too much so that we were uncomfortable.
I always loved these sexy dinners with Joy. Tonight she was wearing a black wrap around dress with material so thin and soft that her hard nipples had been showing for me all evening. We were sitting in a corner booth next to each other nice and close and she had let the skirt fall open often. I had lots of opportunities to massage her sexy thighs and play. Joy was enjoying teasing me and the lump in my pants showed her that I appreciated it.
After dinner, we went to the Blue Note jazz club to listen to some sexy jazz. I had remembered that when we were there the last time, it was too bright up in the balcony seating to get much privacy and amazingly, the spots at the bar by the door offered the most privacy and were darkest. We jumped at the two stools against the wall at the bar. It was the perfect place to be right out in front of everyone, but dark enough to be very private. I sat down closest to the wall with her next to me and a little bit in front of me. There was a great band playing and we settled in for some enjoyable music.
She was a little exposed where she was sitting so I didn't get a chance to play with her. But as the band played on, she reached back and settled her hand on my cock. It grew very quickly as she lightly fingered it through my pants. The way we were sitting and the shadow from the bar obscured any view of what she was doing. It felt so good. She had me very hard as she traced the outline of my cock and balls with her fingers.
She played for quite some time and then I felt her unzip my pants. She moved the material so that my cock popped out and she wrapped her hand firmly around it. I could see a smile of contentment play across her lips as she began to stroke it firmly. She stroked and listened to the sexy music.
Every once in a while she would find a nice large drop of my precum oozing out of the tip and she'd play with it and then rub it in to the tip of my cock. Her magic was working well on me. I was oozing more and more all the time. And I could tell that I was getting close to cumming. I just closed my eyes and enjoyed her hand as she slowly stroked. I don't think she realized how close I was getting.
It came in a quick rush as she gently stroked. As she felt the shaft of my cock start to pulse she knew it was too late. Because of the way I was sitting it didn't explode although from the inside, I sure felt the explosion happen. It pulsed a few times and then she felt this warm wet sensation flood out onto her hand. I could tell by the look on her face that she was surprised. And she looked worried as to what to do now.
So, she tried to balance the cum on her hand and very quietly reached up and took a couple of bar napkins with her other hand. Then she slid her cum covered hand out and very quietly wiped the cum from it. She did it so easily. Even with all the people that were standing and sitting close, I'm sure that none of them knew what happened and what she was doing. I reached down as discreetly as I could and slid my cock back into my pants and very carefully zipped up so that no one could tell. She smiled at me and said that she had better go to the restroom and clean up. I did my best to make sure that there weren't obvious wet spots on my own pants.
When she came back from the restroom she took me by the hand and said it was time to go. As we walked to the car, I ran my hand up and massaged her ass just like I always love to do. When we got to the car she quickly got in and told me to get in also. As we started back toward the hotel, she leaned the seat back and untied her belt and opened up her dress. She reached down and found her clit with one hand and cupped her breast with the other. She pulled and twisted her nipple as she quickly fingered herself to an orgasm as I drove and tried to watch her at the same time. She came hard and she came fast, bucking in the seat next to me. Obviously she had enjoyed the evening so far. And thankfully it was a short drive to the hotel.
We drove into the parking lot of the hotel just as she was starting to relax a little. She tied her dress somewhat loosely and quickly and got out of the car. She walked in a very fast pace and led me into the hotel and past the night attendant. She smiled at him and we headed down the hall to the elevator. When the elevator door closed, she unzipped my pants and pulled out my cock. It was now hard again and she quickly gave it a couple of strokes and then opened up her dress. She pulled me close to her and guided my cock to her wet pussy. I pulled her close and slid up into her and began to drive my cock across her clit and into her pussy. She came instantly again and as the elevator door opened she pulled away and led me out into the lobby of our floor.
She was still grasping my cock, wet with her cum, and was leading me down the hall. When we got a few feet from our room she stopped and untied her dress and opened it again, exposing herself to me. I could see that her pussy was dripping wet. She looked at me and leaned back against the wall and spread her legs slightly. I moved in closer to her and slid the tip of my cock across her hard clit and between the lips of her wet pussy. The tip slid up inside her and I pushed her back against the wall. I fucked her again there in the hallway as she wrapped her arms around me and grabbed my ass. She pulled me deep with her hands and I could feel her again flooding her cum around my cock. She moaned as her pussy pulsed on my cock.
I pulled from her when we heard the elevator door start to open and we quickly ducked inside the room, just in time to avoid being seen in the hall. I pulled her dress from her shoulders and took her over to an easy chair that was by the window. I prompted her to get on her knees on the chair and lean over the back, pointing her ass up at me. I dropped down to my knees and moved between her legs and began to massage her ass lightly then kiss and lick it.
I could see her swollen lips and clit and how they glistened in the light. She was oozing her sweet cum. I moved my tongue lightly around her ass and then down the crack and down to her pussy. I licked, sucked, kissed and licked some more, paying close attention to her pussy and asshole. I found she would respond very well when I drew my tongue up from her clit through her slit and up the crack of her ass. It didn't take long and she came again, this time on my mouth and tongue.
I reached over to our bag and pulled out her bullet vibrator and the KY jelly. I began working the vibrator over her clit and slid it deep into her pussy to lubricate it. Then, I pulled it out and worked it across her asshole. I could see that she was loosening up quickly and very carefully pushed the tip into her ass. She squealed with delight as the tip started to open her up. Before long, I had a full 6 inches inside her with the vibrator going full bore. She tensed and shuddered and her pussy flooded with her juices as she came hard. I decided I'd try to see if I could slide my cock into her.
I stood and took the KY and smeared it onto my cock, still working the humming vibrator in and out to keep her relaxed. Then I pulled the vibrator out and pushed the tip of my cock against her hole. She had had enough to drink and enough orgasms that she was very relaxed. The tip of my cock opened her up and she closed around the head. Gently I worked it a little farther and before long she could feel my balls against her pussy lips. I was all the way inside her for the first time. She was warm and tight.
She asked for the vibrator and she placed it against her clit on full volume. Again she started to cum hard. I was a little scared to move but pulled out a little and gently pushed back in. So far so good. She was moaning and squealing as I pulled out then slid back. Out.... Then back in.....
She was so tight.
I fucked her ass for the first time that night..... pumping her harder and harder.
Then, she slid the wailing vibrator into her pussy. We both screamed with delight.
I could feel the vibration against my cock and it was so fantastic.
Then her pussy began to pulse and she started to wail. She screamed "CUM IN MY ASS, BABY!!!!"
I drove my cock deep and pumped her full. Wave after wave of pleasure came over Joy and me. Her pussy pulsed and her ass clenched tight around my cock.
After I finished I looked down at the sight of my cock buried deep in her ass. I pulled out and watched as my cum oozed out of her ass and ran down between her pussy lips.
That was the first night that that Joy was fucked in the ass.
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Rural Gardening: Guineas moved into new home, 1 by TamaraFaye
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TamaraFaye wrote: i guess if you get tired of looking at these silly guinea photos, start a thread with photos of your own poultry. i would love to see them! i was having a problem getting them interested in eating. actually in doing anything besides roosting, preening, and gawking. so i remembered i needed to put a mirror in there. the mirror in their cage was about 18" wide by 3 feet high. well, a bigger house, so i put in a dresser mirror. i picked a spot right opposite of their food and water dishes. then shooed them off the roost for inspection... here are the first two after landing... |
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Jesus said to her, "Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more." (John 8:11)
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Chris Banescu
Mental Breakdown Precedes the Moral Breakdown
G. K. Chesterton was one of the deepest and clearest thinkers of the 20th century. He was also a strong defender of the Christian faith, a modern day apologist in the truest sense of the word. As Dale Ahlquist points out in his book, Chesterton was indeed The Apostle of Common Sense who fearlessly challenged the lies and falsehoods of his time. His insights and logic are as relevant today as they were then.
Chesterton foresaw the coming moral breakdowns that we're currently experiencing. He understood that the corruption and misuse of language in order to obfuscate the truth were symptoms of a mental breakdown that will inevitably lead to moral corruption. He was right.[Read more…]
Al Gore vs. Reality on Planetary Ice Caps and Global Warming
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It appears that reality is not cooperating with the myth that man-made CO2 is causing global warming. Recent satellite images show that both the Arctic and the Antarctic sea ice have dramatically increased in size and thickness.
Despite Al Gore's 2007 apocalyptic predictions that in just 7 more years the Arctic ice cap will be "completely gone," it has instead dramatically increased by 43% in size since 2012. The North Pole ice cap grew by 1.715 million square kilometers, an area the size of Alaska, in the last two years. In solidarity, the South Pole ice cap has also reached record-breaking levels, and not stands at 20 million square kilometers, the highest level since records began. [Read more…]
The Beginning of the Day Belongs to Jesus Christ
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In Life Together, the book that highlights the importance of Christian fellowship and community life centered on Christ, Dietrich Bonhoeffer reminds us that the beginning of the day belongs to God. "At the threshold of the new day stand the Lord who made it." He exhorts us to silence all empty talk and distractions when we rise each day and instead let our first thoughts and words be offered to Jesus Christ, "to whom our whole life belongs."
This is the same message that the Scriptures, wise men of God, the Orthodox Church, and the Christian Saints have taught and practiced throughout the ages. The Gospels bear witness that Jesus Christ himself started each day with prayer. "Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed" (Mark 1:35).
"For Christians, the beginning of the day should not be burdened and oppressed with besetting concerns for the day's work. At the threshold of the new day stand the Lord who made it. All the darkness and distraction of the dreams of night retreat before the clear light of Jesus Christ and His wakening Word. All unrest, all impurity, all care and anxiety flee before Him. [Read more…]
Mathematics of Life and Nature
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"Mathematics is the alphabet with which God has written the universe." ~ Galileo Galilei
Mathematics is typically considered an abstract subject, a complex theoretical framework that the human mind has devised to make sense of the physical world and the observable universe. Mathematics is often described as the "language of physics." Furthermore, mathematics shape the foundation and science behind quantum mechanics and astrophysics.
What many might not realize is that mathematics is also embedded in the complex framework of all life and the entire superstructure of the natural world around us.
As the video below shows, mathematics plays a key role in the language of biological life, including plants, insects, and animals. Nature not only reflects mathematical principles, it is deeply immersed in them. [Read more…]
The Compass vs. The Clock, Put First Things First
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The realization that something is not right with our lives can manifest itself in various ways. A feeling of emptiness, a bothersome disquiet, or a strange pain, like a deep sadness or a heartache, gradually or suddenly begins to trouble our souls. We feel guilty, anxious, unsatisfied, stressed, or sad even in moments when we ought to be at peace and carefree; when we should be relaxing or enjoying ourselves. For some this pain is only a vague discomfort. For others, including yours truly, the pain can often be intense and unrelenting; sometimes lasting for long stretches of time.
I discovered the reason for this mysterious affliction in the book First Things First, written by Stephen Covey, Roger Merrill, and Rebecca Merrill. They describe this particular grief as the "pain of the gap," the gap we sense between the compass and the clock in our lives. Every time we don't put first things first, when we fail to follow our calling and vocation and focus on the most important things in life, our conscience warns us that something's not right and corrective measures and proactive actions are required. [Read more…]
Christians Need Each Other to Hear the Word of God
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This Nativity season it's good to remember the sacramental role that a Christian community plays in our lives. Man was not created to be alone but live in communion with God and other human beings. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the Christian martyr and theologian, reminds us that our brothers are the means through which Christ, the Word of God, reaches us most powerfully and effectively.
We need each other because the Christ in our "own heart is weaker that the Christ in the word" of our brother. Our own heart can sometimes be uncertain, but our brother's is sure. That's why we need other Christians as bearers and proclaimers "of the divine word of salvation" to remind us of the Word of God. [Read more…]
Still, Still, Still – A Beautiful Austrian Christmas Carol
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Beautiful music often reflects the beauty and majesty of God. It touches our minds, hearts, and souls and gives us a glimpse of the divine. Music is a mystery of creation that reveals part of God's infinite creativity and love for us.
Pope Benedict XVI once observed that when words are not enough, beautiful music can express the joy and mystery of God's love. "It is hard to find words to convey the sheer joy of the soul's loving encounter with God; indeed, the great mystics could only remain silent before the mystery," he said.
This Christmas season I heard "Still, Still, Still", an Austrian Christmas carol, for the first time. The very beautiful and moving performance by the orchestra and choir touched my heart and soul. The angelic rendition reminded me of a church hymn. I searched and found the words to share with you. The video of the orchestra and choir is also provided below.
Still, Still, Still – Austrian Christmas Carol
Still, still, still,
The child's eyes softly close.
And Mary breathless, draws Him, weeping,
To her heart made pure for keeping.
Still, still, still,
The child's eyes softly close. [Read more…]
Men are Mirrors or 'Carriers' of Christ to Other Men
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C.S. Lewis reminds of the significance of our work and witness in the world and the importance Christian fellowship in bringing Christ and the Truth to others.
"Men are mirrors, or 'carriers' of Christ to other men. Sometimes unconscious carriers. This 'good infection' can be carried by those who have not got it themselves. People who were not Christians themselves helped me to Christianity. But usually it is those who know Him that bring Him to others.
That is why the Church, the whole body of Christians showing Him to one another, is so important. You might say that when two Christians are following Christ together there is not twice as much Christianity as when they are apart, but sixteen times as much." ~ C.S. Lewis
This same message was proclaimed by Christ. "You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven." (Matthew 5:13-16)


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Beetles and scorpions creep on to Paris food scene
PARIS (Reuters) - Popular delicacies in Asia but spurned by most in the West, grasshoppers, beetles and waterscorpions have crept on to the menu of a Parisian restaurant for the first time.
In the heart of the French capital, better known for its butter croissants and haute cuisine, Le Festin Nu, or Naked Feast, has just added to its menu dishes as remote as possible from the classics, with crunchy insects imported from Thailand.
More than 1,900 species of insect are eaten around the world, mainly in Africa and Asia, but people in the West generally turn their noses up at the likes of grasshoppers, termites and other crunchy fare.
Still, young French chef Elie Daviron has created a buzz on the Paris food scene with his grasshoppers on quail eggs, water scorpions on chicory or beetles with potatoes.
"I try to create a work of art around the insect," Daviron told Le Monde newspaper. "For me this is a kind of still life."
(Reporting by Charles Platiau; writing by Ingrid Melander; editing by Tom Pfeiffer)
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Venezia: Newport Chamber of Commerce president is retiring
The Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce announced Tuesday that long-time president and CEO Richard Luehrs will retire from the position he has held for more than 30 years.
Tim Brown, chairman of the chamber, sent an email to members announcing the retirement.
"Richard's tenure at the NBCC is a remarkable story in an era where the average of a chamber commerce President/CEO is five years," Brown wrote in the email.
The announcement goes on to praise Luehrs and his leadership.
"Through enduring and outstanding leadership, the Chamber has evolved into an organization that boasts hundreds of members of businesses large and small as well as legions of volunteers, who for many years now, have played an important role in marketing the City through the Christmas Boat Parade and the Taste of Newport," the email states.
This past year has been a tough one for Luehrs and the chamber. Financials ills, which have plagued the Chamber for the past several years, have been well reported.
In November, due to budget cuts, the chamber opted to not hold the Citizen of the Year Awards. This caused quite a stir, and when Evelyn Hart and the Friends of Oasis wanted to step in and hold the event, the chamber blocked that effort on the basis that it owned the rights to the event.
November also found Luehrs facing questions about the chamber's viability and future as Visit Newport Beach President Gary Sherwin unveiled a new plan that incorporated many of the functions now performed by the Chamber.
Sherwin said Tuesday that his new entity, Newport Beach and Company, became official Jan. 1 after approval from the Secretary of State.
Branching out from this organization are various divisions, each with a specific function. Newport Beach and Co. is the main entity and divisions – such as the Newport Beach Foundation, Film Newport Beach, Celebrate Newport Beach, Dine Newport Beach, Enterprise Newport Beach and Visit Newport Beach – overlap functions once performed by the Chamber.
"We basically become the city's marketing agency and the divisions are like individual clients with the chief purpose to support the city of Newport Beach," Sherwin said in November.
Brown writes in the email: "In today's difficult business climate, it has become apparent that the NBCC can no longer serve all of these constituencies. As a result, Richard has decided to retire from his current role as President/CEO so that he can focus fulltime on business advocacy, thus allowing the NBCC to narrow its mission to better serve our member businesses in these challenging economic times."
Oddly enough, in his announcement, Brown also touched on the chamber's political action committee, which has been criticized for its lack of financial accountability. Luehrs had refused to open the financials to the city or anyone else.
"NBCC formed a political action group that took reasonable and respected positions on local initiatives as well as supported candidates running for City Council who would keep the business interests of the community in the forefront of policy making," Brown wrote.
He also stated the political action group has been removed from direct affiliation with the chamber, and leaves the door open to an advocacy role in the future.
"Although Richard's departure is met with the sadness for the closing out of an extraordinary period for the NBCC, we are excited to begin a new path that will enable us to reexamine our role in serving the unique Newport Beach business community in a world that has been dramatically altered by technology and the current state of the economy," Brown wrote.
In the coming days Brown says an interim CEO of the chamber will be announced.
Rumors are former City Council member Steve Rosansky is that person.
I called Rosansky and asked if the rumor was true.
He told me to call Tim Brown.
I told him since the rumor was about him, a simple yes or no would do.
He said "No comment."
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There is always something invigorating about musicians from the avant-garde playing around with conventional rock music forms. They bring to the proceeding a willful contrarianism and playfulness that can be rejuvenating. There is also a clinical demolition at work along with a questioning openness. Who put the bomp in the bomp, bah bomp, bah bomp? What if we took the ram out of the rama la ... Continue Reading Posted: September 3rd, 2012 |
It was roughly two years ago that I was introduced to the pop-rock compositions of Baltimore-born singer-songwriter Andrew Spencer Goldman. Specifically, to the self-published 3 Songs EP by Fulton Lights, the collaborative successor to Goldmans previous work as Maestro Echoplex. Featuring horns by Peter Hess of World/Inferno Friendship Society, percussion by T.J. Lipple of Aloha, and guitar by Jo ... Continue Reading Posted: September 1st, 2012 |
Dan Deacon moved to Baltimore in 2004 with some friends from college. After setting up shop with the other founding members of the Wham City collective among the wilds of the local music and arts underground, he began touring, bringing his interactive live show to first the nation and then the world.
On America, his highly anticipated third album, Dan got to take his time after years of being i ... Continue Reading Posted: August 27th, 2012 |
The term rock and roll has become so ubiquitous that it borders on meaningless. To many, the rock and roll lifestyle is shorthand for a state of excess. Nights of decadence, loud guitars and screaming fans is, seemingly, the norm. It is a life free of consequences, right? The term serves as a quick signifier, useful in commercials and pop songs to tell a clichéd story quickly, a pre-packaged H ... Continue Reading Posted: August 6th, 2012 |
As an habitual consumer and inveterate critic of popular cultureparticularly of musictheres a question that troubles me from time to time.
Specifically: What is the purpose of formal pop-cultural criticism?
By which I mean: Why write about music, movies, books, TV shows, etc.?
With the corollary: To and for whom is such criticism written?
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Beach Houses new album Bloom explodes with color and vibrancy, the group exploring the new territory charted on their breakout album Teen Dream with confidence and verve. Chris Coady, their simpatico producer, once again captures the bands essence and builds greater and even more wonderful worlds of sound for them to explore.
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The Australian Rugby League today named a sqaud of 24 Kangaroos that will contest the Four Nations beginning later this month.
Petero Civoniceva - Penrith, Cooper Cronk - Melbourne, Robbie Farah -Wests Tigers, Israel Folau - Brisbane, Paul Gallen - Cronulla, Kurt Gidley - Newcastle, Ben Hannant - Bulldogs, Jarryd Hayne - Parramatta, Nathan Hindmarsh - Parramatta, Justin Hodges - Brisbane, Ryan Hoffman - Melbourne, Greg Inglis - Melbourne, Michael Jennings - Penrith, Darren Lockyer (c) - Brisbane, Luke Lewis - Penrith, Josh Morris - Bulldogs, David Shillington - Canberra, Billy Slater - Melbourne, Cameron Smith - Melbourne, Sam Thaiday -Brisbane, Johnathan Thurston - North Queensland, Trent Waterhouse -Penrith, Anthony Watmough - Manly, Brett White - Melbourne


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Labour and Tory candidates in some marginal seats are to receive the surprise support of a rival, after the UK Independence Party announced it is to back the campaigns of Eurosceptic MPs at risk of losing their seats.
Revealing Ukip's manifesto in Westminster yesterday, Lord Pearson, the party's leader, unveiled posters featuring the faces of Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg that called on voters to "sod the lot". However, he said his party would stand aside in some constituencies where there was a danger their candidate would split the vote and inadvertently unseat a "committed Eurosceptic".
Five Conservatives and one Labour politician are set to benefit from Ukip-funded billboards calling on voters to turn out for the sitting MP. Philip Davies, in Shipley, Douglas Carswell in Clacton, Janice Small in Batley and Spen, Alex Story in Wakefield, and Philip Hollobone in Kettering, will all have Ukip's support. Ukip will also not oppose Bob Spink, the independent MP for Castle Point.
The lucky Labour candidate to win their support is David Drew, the MP for Stroud. While a Ukip candidate is already registered to contest the seat, Lord Pearson said his supporters would now be "asking voters to back the Labour candidate if possible".
Lord Pearson argued that leaving the EU would save Britain £120bn a year, but that negotiating a Switzerland-style free trade deal would mean trade and jobs would be unaffected. The party that finished second in the European elections in June also plans to ban Muslim face coverings such as the burqa. Ukip pledged to grant local and national referendums supported by 5 per cent of the population. It also promised to end "uncontrolled mass immigration" with a five-year immigration freeze.
Ukip's Nigel Farage, who is hoping to unseat John Bercow, the Speaker, in Buckingham, said that the election campaign had so far amounted to a "piddling irrelevancy".
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SEELYE, SARAH EMMA EVELYN EDMUNDSON (1841–1898). Sarah Seelye was born Sarah Emma Evelyn Edmundson in New Brunswick province, Canada, in December 1841. To avoid an unwanted marriage, she ran away from home when she was seventeen, disguised as a boy. She continued her male masquerade as a publisher's agent in the midwestern United States and, on May 25, 1861, enlisted in Company F, Second Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment, under the alias Franklin Thompson. For nearly two years she served in the Union Army undetected, with assignments including male nurse, regimental mail orderly, and brigade postmaster, and on special assignments for the secret service. Ironically, in the secret service duty she penetrated Confederate lines "disguised" as a woman. Fearing her guise would be discovered when she became ill with malaria in 1863, she deserted and resumed a normal existence in Ohio as a female. After regaining her health she again volunteered as a nurse, but this time with the Christian Sanitary Commission at Harper's Ferry, and as a female. Under a shortened version of her maiden name, S. Emma E. Edmonds, she wrote a fanciful, but highly successful, account of her experiences in the army, Nurse and Spy in the Union Army (1865). The popularity and exposure she gained from the book and its revelation that she had deserted the army at one time led the government to cancel her pension. She later married a childhood neighbor, Linus Seelye, and reportedly had five children, three of whom died in infancy. A congressional bill in 1884 recognized her service to the Union and granted her a pension of twelve dollars a month. The charge of desertion from the army was removed by Congress in 1886. In the early 1890s the Seelye family moved to La Porte, Texas, and on April 22, 1897, Sarah Seelye became a member of the McClellan Post, Grand Army of the Republic, in Houston, Texas-the only woman member in the history of the GAR, though as many as four hundred women may actually have served in the Union army. At the time of her death Seelye was writing her memoirs of the Civil War. She died in La Porte, Texas, on September 5, 1898. Three years later, at the insistence of her fellow members of the McClellan Post, her remains were transferred to the GAR plot in the Washington (German) Cemetery in Houston.
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