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May 30, 2010
As news spread, throughout Israel, of young David's forced exile in the Judean Desert, not a few Israelites settled their minds to join him there. Among that number-understandably-were David's relatives, whose very lives were in peril from the malice of Saul. Likewise, others — including debtors, malcontents, and political outcasts — gladly threw in their lot with this dashing young renegade in the desert. Rather quickly their number grew from 400 (1 Samuel 22:1-2) to 600 (23:13), whom their new leader formed into a scrappy and efficient guerilla force.
Because of the high adventure involved in his exile, David especially attracted the bold and saucy, the natural risk-takers, men able to sneak up quietly, hit hard, and get away fast. His loyal companions during the years of hardship, these warriors would later confer on David's 40-year reign its energetic and conquering spirit. Some of them grew to be men of renown: Joab, Ahiezar, Ishmaia, and the others (1 Chronicles 12:1-16).
Two of David's associates during this time supplied gifts of another sort; these were Abiathar the priest and Gad the prophet. These two ministries — priest and prophet — would prove important to David, not only during his time as a fugitive, but also during his four decades on the throne of Israel (2 Samuel 8:17; 2 Chronicles 29:25).
Indeed, David's reliance on these two ministries, right from the beginning, sharply distinguished his career from that of Saul. After Samuel repudiated Saul, we never again find the king helped by a prophet. On the contrary, prophetic assistance was replaced by recourse to a witch (1 Samuel 27:3-25)!
The situation was the same with respect to the priesthood, the duties of which Saul actually usurped (13:8-12). Although the king at first made use of Ahijah's priestly ministry (14:3), this recourse was apparently short-lived, especially after Saul slaughtered Ahijah's family at Nob.
Abiathar and Gad, then, represented a double advantage for David as he journey through the desert.
Abiathar, the lone survivor of Saul's massacre of the priests at Nob (1 Samuel 22:20-22), provided two things for David in those desert years: First, the respect and prestige of validation by way of an important historical connection: Abiathar was the heir and direct descendent of ancient Eli, the priest of Shiloh and mentor of the boy Samuel so many years before.
Second, access to the oracular ephod entrusted to the priestly family: During this period David benefited from consulting this source of divine guidance (23:6-12; 30:7-8). On at least one occasion it saved his life.
Gad the prophet arrived at David's camp as though out of nowhere (22:5), though the name suggests he may have accompanied the warriors who joined David from the east side of the Jordan (1 Chronicles 12:8-12).
Gad's contribution to the venture was twofold. First, he took notes on what was happening (29:29). It is to Gad, surely, that we owe the original accounts of the fascinating episodes of David's life as a fugitive-including his final meeting with Jonathan (1 Samuel 23:14-18), his near-misses with Saul (23:14-28; 24:1-22; 26:5-25), his relationship to Achish (21:10-15; 27:2-12; 29:15-10, his conflict with Amalek (30:1-31), his deliverance of Keilah (23:1-5), the treachery of Doeg (21:7; 22:6-19), and the incident of Nabal and Abigail (25:2-42).
Second, Gad provided David with prophetic counsel. It was he, for instance, who warned David not to dally in the land of Moab (22:5). Since Gad continued to advise him long afterwards (cf. 2 Samuel 24:11-19; 1 Chronicles 21:9-19; 2 Chronicles 29:25), it is reasonable to surmise that David, during the desert period, relied on his gift of prophecy for guidance in the course of his travels.
In this respect, Gad may be likened to Silas, the prophetic companion of Paul on the second missionary journey (Acts 15:40-41). It was apparently through the inspired mouth of Silas that Paul was given specific travel directions during that trip. Right after Silas joined Paul's missionary team, we are told of that team, "when they had gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia. After they had come to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit did not permit them" (16:6-7). Both Gad and Silas guided God's servants by warning them where not to go.
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One attendee from Boston sitting in the front row just in front of me privately expressed his keen disappointment at its absence from conference.I'm pretty sure I know who that gentleman was. I've chatted with him at Massachusetts Historical Society events and elsewhere. Heck, he might be reading this right now.
Also in the right front rows of the auditorium was J. F. Gearhart, who brought up the question of describing the American Revolution as a Good Thing. Feinman reported that Gearhart was a "non-academic," but I recall him saying that he invokes examples from the Revolution in classes on leadership. Certainly a business background seems evident in his request for a "net-net" assessment of the historical event.
In short, when I arrived at the conference halfway through, it struck me that that right front part of the auditorium had been staked out by, for want of a better term, Revolutionary history buffs. Those gents are by no means dilettantes. Feinman organizes teacher workshops in New York, and Gearhart teaches. All three of them had gone to the trouble and expense of attending the multi-day conference, probably without institutional support because they were part of the small minority in that crowded room not attached to a university as a professor, graduate student, librarian, or other academic.
There were other tribes in the auditorium as well. In the rear left was a cluster of young scholars with computers sharing the event with the world, like Liz Covart; they'd found the seats closest to the power outlets. (It was an older building without enough outlets or any wifi.) The balcony seemed to be the favored hangout of senior scholars who weren't on the program but sent down their questions and comments from on high. The scholars on the program tended to sit in the middle of the auditorium in small groups determined by school ties. At the reception afterwards I met other folks linked through Philadelphia history museums and schools.
As for me, I sat in a different area during nearly every session. I don't have academic training or responsibilities, so I could be classified as a buff, but Boston 1775 is also a weird sort of "public history." So I kept moving. And I now claim that gives me perspective to pronounce on two cultures divided by the question of "pride" in the Revolution, the academics and the buffs.
Most history buffs know that different historical actors had different perceptions, goals, and values; that it's poor history to dismiss one side of a conflict as the bad guys; that suspending one's own outlook and moral judgments is necessary to understanding someone else's as clearly as possible. They know that history is complex and the process of answering historical questions fraught with uncertainties (which is why that process is so damn interesting). The questions they pursue, whether about military maneuvers or the ultimate value of the Revolution, aren't necessarily any simpler to answer than the questions that fill grad-school dissertations.
As for academic historians, it's indeed part of their training and ideology not to label events as Good Things—but that doesn't apply to every topic. Imagine someone asking an academic historian whether or not halting Jim Crow laws or the Holocaust was a Good Thing. Or if the end of transatlantic race-based chattel slavery was, "net-net," a benefit to the world. I don't believe for an instant that any history professor would answer that "There were some good things which came out of those events and some bad things," or suggest that only freshmen would raise that sort of question. Indeed, on certain historical topics, authors might be pilloried for not acknowledging that they share our culture's common moral judgments.
So why is the American Revolution not among the topics on which American academic historians express moral judgment, as some buffs seek? I think the main reason is that the Revolution doesn't need any help from the academy to be perceived as a Good Thing. It's a huge part of our national origin myth. It's reflected in our laws, our art and literature, our public spaces, even our currency. Indeed, the value of the Revolution is so prevalent that scholars, in order to perceive the past accurately and glean new knowledge from it, have to push against that understanding, like a curtain to be moved aside.
Meanwhile, buffs study Revolutionary history (or baseball stats, or the Klingon language, or whatever else we're buffs about) without a professional motivation. We may get lucky enough to earn something from workshops or books or tours, but we're not part of the strange economy of the academy. We need some other reason to go to that effort, or to go to those lectures and sit up front. For many buffs the impetus is getting closer to our national heritage, and heritage is how we perceive history reflecting on ourselves—meaning a moral judgment is part of the bottom line. Not necessarily a simple judgment, but a necessary one.
As I've written, I had an immediate answer to the question of whether the American Revolution was a Good Thing. I also thought that a yes-or-no answer was too simplistic to be interesting and demanded more examination. I suspect that most academics, if assured that this discussion needn't be simplistic, could offer more incisive judgments than "There were some good things and some bad things." And I suspect that most buffs, if assured that they wouldn't be dismissed, would enjoy that conversation.


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This week we are continuing testing of the new Microsoft Bitlocker Administration and Management 2.0 tool (MBAM).
MBAM is not overly complicated, but it does have several service tiers and dependencies which make initial setup a bit irksome. After plowing though configuration of a SQL database, SQL Reporting Services, and IIS, we are still need to configured MBAM Group Policy settings, and then we needed to do a fir number of tweaks to make the service actually work. Here are the most significant deviations from the official documentation:
- The Group Policy templates for MBAM are not uploaded to the AD Policy Store during product installation, nor does the documentation recommend that you complete this step. However, if you want to be able to edit MBAM Policy from any workstation in the domain, you really do need to upload the ADMX templates. Making this happen is easy… just use the MBAM installer to install the MBAM policy templates locally, then open c:windowsPolicyDefinitions, and copy BitLockerManagement.admx and BitLockerUserManagement.admx to \[domain]SYSVOL[domain]PoliciesPolicyDefinitions (you will need domain admin rights to do this. Also copy the corresponding .adml files in the local language directory of your local PolicyDefinitions directory to the local language directory on the domain controller (in my case, these are in the "en-US" subdirectory).
- After installing the MBAM Client and policy settings, clients were failing to auto-initiate encryption, and were failing to report status to the management server. The MBAM Admin Event Logs were showing the following error:
Log Name: Microsoft-Windows-MBAM/Admin Source: Microsoft-Windows-MBAM Event ID: 4 Task Category: None Level: Error User: SYSTEM Computer: machinename.domainname.com Description: An error occurred while sending encryption status data. Error code: 0x803d0013
This is occurring for a few reasons. One, the MBAM server is not trusted for delegation, so it cannot perform Kerberos authentication in IIS. Two, the public URL for MBAM services (https://bitlocker.uvm.edu) does not match the internal name of the server (BAM1). To fix this, we needed perform a few additional configuration steps:
- Create the following key and value on the MBAM management server:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftMBAM DWORD(32-bit) - DisableMachineVerification Value = 1
- On the MBAM Administration Server AD object, enable the "Trust for delegation for any service (Kerberos Only) option", under the Delegation tab.
- Use the "setspn" utility to add additional principal names for the public URL of the server to the AD server account:
setspn -A HOST/bitlocker.mydomain.com MYDOMAINMyServer$
setspn -A HTTP/bitlocker.mydomain.com MYDOMAINMyServer$
setspn -A RestrictedKrbHost/bitlocker.mydomain.com MYDOMAINMyServer$
(Note that if using a service account to run the MBAM Administration Service, you should use "setspn" to set the HOST/HTTP names for the service account instead of the domain computer account).
- It appears that it may also be necessary to add the "BackConnectionHostNames" Reg_multi_Sz value to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlLsaMSV1_0" to include any public dns names used by the MBAM Administration Server (this likely only is necessary in a load balanced configuration).
We then needed to perform an IISRESET on the management server, and cycle the MBAM Clients.
- Create the following key and value on the MBAM management server:
- The MBAM Help Desk web application was failing to display reports. This was happening because the installer grabbed the unencrypted reporting services URL from the reporting services instance. I had to open:
C:inetpubMicrosoft BitLocker Management SolutionHelp Desk Websiteweb.config
Then locate the tag, and edit the URL value to the SSL version of the Reporting Services web site.
- The MBAM documentation claims that you will use MBAM policies in place of standard Windows BitLocker policies. This is somewhat misleading… Many MBAM policy settings also will change the "classic" BitLocker policy settings, so it will appear that you have configured both classic and MBAM policies in the editor. This would not really be a problem were it not for the fact that MBAM policies are not comprehensive. You may need to return to the "classic" settings to configure appropriate behavior in your environment. For example, we experienced difficulty in encrypting a Dell Latitude 10 tablet using MBAM. On this machine, we saw the following error in the MBAM Admin Event Log:
Event ID: 2 An error occurred while applying MBAM policies. Volume ID:\?Volume{VolumeGUID} Error Code: 0x803100B6 Details: No pre-boot keyboard or Windows recovery Environment detected. The user may not be able to provide the required input to unlock the volume.
This error is happening because our policy is set to "Allow PIN" (BitLocker PIN Authenticator is allowed, but not required). Apparently, MBAM default-fails the attempted encryption, even though this is not a "fatal" error. To allow encryption to continue, I needed to set the classic policy "Enable use of BitLocker authentication requiring preboot keyboard input on slates" as defined here:
With this policy in place, encryption completes successfully on the tablet computer.
Other than these caveats, the tool does appear to be working. Setting up our PGP Universal Server was easier, but suffering though the pain of ongoing PGP disk encryption support was agonizing. Hopefully a little time spent on configuring a solid BitLocker support environment will bear lasting fruit for our constituents down the road.
Additional Resources:
Rick Delserone's MBAM: Real World Information – A rundown on MBAM Certificate Configuration, Group Policy Templates, and undocumented registry settings:


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The Manager's meeting concluded a short while ago, with the final details for tomorrow's Elite and Espoir Mountain Bike National Championship races. Currently, it is a beautiful day in St-Felicien, Quebec, in the Saguenay region northeast of Quebec City. However, there is a strong chance of rain tomorrow afternoon, meaning that both the women and men could be hit with wet and slippery conditions.
The action begins at 9:00 am (EDT) tomorrow with the Junior Expert Men (4 laps), Junior Women (3 laps), Cadet Men (3 laps) and Cadet Women (2 laps). At 11:30 am (EDT) the Elite and Espoir women race 4 laps, followed by the Elite and Espoir men at 2:00 pm (EDT) for 5 laps. Each group will do a start loop before the full laps. Our live coverage starts at 9:00 am EDT with the Juniors.
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Both the men's and women's races should be extremely exciting. Defending champions Geoff Kabush (Maxxis-Rocky Mountain) and Marie-Helene Premont (Maxxis-Rocky Mountain) face some of the stiffest competition they have had for a few years.
On the women's side, world number one ranked Catharine Pendrel (Team Luna) is just coming off a victory in the BC Bike Race, and the flowing, technical nature of the course should suit her. Premont has not been seen in competition (she was at the Canada Cup last weekend but experienced mechanical problems) much since her second place at the Madrid round of the World Cup, but she has been building steadily for her home race of Mont Ste Anne in a couple of weeks; this should be a very good test of her fitness. The overwhelming favourite for the Espoir women is defending champion Emily Batty (Toronto Trek Store). Other strong podium contenders are last week's Canada Cup winner Amanda Sin (3 Rox Racing), Mical Dyck (Toronto Trek Store) and Sandra Walter (Local Ride).
Pendrel is anxious for the chance at her first national title. "This is a super fun course, with a bit of everything. I came out of BC Bike Race feeling really good, so I'm hoping for a good ride here."
On the men's side, Kabush is the perennial favourite, but he faces competition from a couple of pros who have stuck to the North American circuit this year - Max Plaxton (Sho-Air/Specialized) and Seamus McGrath (Jamis/Oakley). Both have had strong rides so far this year, with McGrath having just won the BC Bike Race, and Plaxton leading the U.S. National series. Defending Champions and Canada Cup leader Raphaël Gagné (Team MAXXIS-Rocky Mountain Bicycles) is the favourite for the Espoir title but Francis Morin (Quebec), Cody Canning (Team Alberta), and first year Espoir Ryan Atkins (Team Ontario) will make him work for it.
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The interplay of buoyancy, moisture and condensation on scales ranging from millimetres to tens of kilometres is the defining physical feature of atmospheric convection, and is the source of much of the challenge in representing convection in climate models. Deep convection is in large measure responsible for the very existence of the troposphere. Air typically receives its buoyancy through being heated by contact with a warm, solar-heated underlying surface, and convection redistributes the energy received by the surface upwards throughout the troposphere. Shallow convection also figures importantly in the structure of the atmospheric boundary layer and will be addressed in Section 184.108.40.206.
Latent heat release in convection drives many of the important atmospheric circulations, and is a key link in the cycle of atmosphere-ocean feedbacks leading to the ENSO phenomenon. Convection is a principal means of transporting moisture vertically, which implies a role of convection in the radiative feedback due to both water vapour and clouds. Convection also in large measure determines the vertical temperature lapse rate of the atmosphere, and particularly so in the tropics. A strong decrease of temperature with height enhances the greenhouse effect, whereas a weaker temperature decrease ameliorates it. The effect of lapse rate changes on clear-sky water vapour feedback has been studied by Zhang et al. (1994), but the significance of the lapse rate contribution (cf. item (5) of the SAR, Technical Summary) has been somewhat exaggerated through a misinterpretation of the paper. In fact the variation in lapse rate effects among the models studied alters the water vapour feedback factor by only 0.25 W/(m2K), or about 10% of the total (Table 1 of Zhang et al., 1994).
There is ample theoretical and observational evidence that deep moist convection locally establishes a "moist adiabatic" temperature profile that, loosely speaking, is neutrally buoyant with respect to ascending, condensing parcels (Betts, 1982; Xu and Emanuel, 1989). This adjustment happens directly at the scale of individual convective clouds, but dynamical processes plausibly extend the radius of influence of the adjustment to the scale of a typical GCM grid box, and probably much further in the tropics, where the lapse rate adjusts close to the moist adiabat almost everywhere. All convective schemes, from the most simple Moist Adiabatic Adjustment to those which attempt a representation of cloud-scale motions (Arakawa and Schubert, 1974; Emanuel, 1991), therefore agree in that they maintain the temperature at a nearly moist adiabatic profile. Moist Adiabatic Adjustment explicitly resets the temperature to the desired profile, whereas mass flux schemes achieve the adjustment to a near-adiabat as a consequence of equations governing the parametrized convective heating field. The constraint on temperature, however, places only a limited constraint on the moisture profile remaining after adjustment, and the performance in terms of moisture, clouds and precipitation may be very variable.
Since the SAR, a variety of simulations of response to CO2 doubling accounting for combinations of different parametrizations have been realised with different models (Colman and McAvaney, 1995; Yao and Del Genio, 1999; Meleshko et al., 2000). The general effects of the convection parametrization on climate sensitivity are difficult to assess because the way a model responds to changes in convection depends on a range of other parametrizations, so results are somewhat inconsistent between models (Colman and McAvaney, 1995; Thompson and Pollard, 1995; Zhang and McFarlane, 1995). There is some indication that the climate sensitivity in models with strong negative cloud feedback is insensitive to convective parametrization whereas models with strong positive cloud feedback show more sensitivity (Meleshko et al., 2000).
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DALLAS — The Texas Attorney General has cited Life Time Fitness, Eden Prairie, MN, for unlawfully dumping identifying information of its members — both adults and children — as well as its employees in easily accessible trash bins outside several clubs in Texas.
The attorney general's office says that by leaving this information in trash bins outside clubs in Dallas and five surrounding suburbs, the club company systematically exposed its members to identity theft. More than 100 records with names, addresses, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, and credit and debit card information were found.
Some of the records included information on minors who attended the clubs' child care and youth recreation programs, according to the office of Greg Abbott, the state's attorney general. Abbott's office is investigating whether any of the information was used illegally and is advising Life Time Fitness members to monitor their credit card statements for suspicious charges.
"This information is a gold mine for identity thieves," Abbott said during a press conference. "If identity thieves got a hold of information that Life Time Fitness put into their dumpsters, it would be a treasure trove for them to be able to cash in on the information they discovered."
The attorney general is involved in similar cases with companies such as Radio Shack and CVS Pharmacy, says a spokesperson in Abbott's office. Life Time Fitness, the third-largest revenue-producing company in the industry, is accused of violating the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA) and the 2005 Identity Theft Enforcement and Protection Act, which requires the safeguarding and proper destruction of clients' sensitive personal information. Under the law, the attorney general can seek penalties of up to $25,000 per violation of the DTPA and $50,000 per violation of the Identity Theft Enforcement and Protection Act.
"Admittedly, $50,000 per violation is a stiff penalty," Abbott says. "But it is a penalty that is needed for gross and egregious violations like what we found to get the message across for Life Time Fitness and any other potential violators that identity theft is a crime in the state of Texas that we simply will not tolerate."
The attorney general also cited the defendants with violations of Chapter 35 of the Business and Commerce Code, which requires businesses to develop retention and disposal procedures for their clients' personal information. The law provides for civil penalties of up to $500 for each abandoned record.
In a statement to the media, Life Time Fitness, which has 11 clubs in Texas with two more under construction, says it was "disappointed and surprised" to learn of the allegations by the attorney general. The company added that it was working with the attorney general's office on the matter but that it would not comment on the lawsuit.


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Are you implying here that the above statement is a LAW to be ENFORCED by Muslims?
It's a logical Islamic principle that mosques built by Muslims should be used/looked after by Muslims.
There are two types of Mushriks mentioned in surah 9. Those accused of breaking "oaths" made to the Muslims, "plotting to expel the messenger" etc and those NOT so accused. The ban on Mushriks visiting the sacred mosque after "this year" has NO RELEVENCE to the members of the former group since they would be killed as per 9:5 WHEREVER FOUND including in the vicinity of the sacred mosque if they ventured there for whatever reason save stating their conversion to Islam. It has relevence only to the latter group who are not be killed/converted (for the time being) and are still able to visit the sacred mosque until the end of "this year". The only plausible reason these "nice" Mushriks were to be banned is for THE REASON GIVEN IN 9:28 ie that they were "filth" (najisun). Why were they "filth"? In the absence of any "crime" except "shirk" it can only be plausibly concluded that they were "filth" because they practiced shirk ie because they were MUshriks. If THEY were to be banned from the sacred mosque for that reason and that reason alone it logically follows that the ban stands and that the Saudi authorities are Qur'anically correct in perpetuating it. How you do try and complicate a very simple situation!
9:5 applies only to idolaters with whom the Muslims made agreements. This confines it to time and place. Out of these, only those who were untrustworthy were to be targeted.
The idolaters in 9:28 were obviously not the ones to be targeted, since they were still expected to trade (study 9:28). 9:28 is a blanket prohibition on ALL the idolaters (with whom agreements had been made) approaching the mosque. Similarly, 9:29 is a mandate to fight Judaism and Christianity (and impose jizya). Not all of them fulfilled the requirements of needing to be fought, but they were a part of the "body" of that time. Similarly, not all the idolaters were "unclean" for reasons of 9:7-13, but they were part of the "body". So just as 9:29 is confined to a situation (9:36), so is 9:28.
In response to your last question, that is what I meant by "concept".
The idolaters in 9:28 were those of the time, since it says "after this year of THEIRS". Their year was based on manipulation (9:36-37).


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DOVER — The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing new regulations that would require dozens of New Hampshire communities to pay for stormwater treatment and monitoring programs.
The EPA on Tuesday released a new draft of stormwater regulations that will affect 60 New Hampshire communities. Meeting the requirements spelled out in the permits would cost municipalities, on average, between $78,000 and $829,000 per year over the length of the time the permits are in effect, according to the EPA.
The permits would require communities to develop stormwater management programs designed to control pollutants to the "maximum extent practicable." They would also "protect water quality" and "satisfy appropriate requirements of the federal Clean Water Act," the EPA said in a statement.
Local officials were still digesting the news Tuesday. Dover City Manager Michael Joyal said he had yet to review the EPA's draft "Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System" (MS4) permit, but he anticipated the regulations would impose a burden on local taxpayers.
"There are some significant concerns about the ability and affordability of communities to be able to comply with these requirements ..." Joyal said. "The devil will be in the details of what the communities are asked to do and how quickly communities are asked to make those improvements and changes."
Dover recently studied the prospect of establishing a new stormwater utility to pay for upgrades necessary to meet the EPA's stormwater regulations. The idea failed to pass muster with the Dover City Council, Joyal said.
"There is a lot here to digest," Dover Sen. David Watters said after reviewing a portion of the new permit Tuesday. He added: "I do think that this suggests potentially expensive and difficult requirements that would have to be met in terms of treatment of runoff and new developments and so on."
Durham Town Administrator Todd Selig said one thing is for certain: the EPA is laying the groundwork for tighter regulations. Selig said communities will likely be required to implement a water testing system to measure the level of pollution being discharged from stormwater outfall points. The EPA will also require communities to upgrade infrastructure, such as catch basins, he said.
"The new permit will force communities to have a very diligent cleaning program in place, a maintenance program in place, to make sure that a catch basin is routinely cleaned on a set schedule to make sure it keeps working properly," Selig said.
The 60 municipalities in New Hampshire that will be affected by the new permits are located in areas defined by the government as "urbanized," based on the 2010 census. The list includes a slate of local communities, including Dover, Durham, Rochester, Portsmouth, Newmarket and Exeter. Also on the list are state and federal facilities, such as universities, military bases and the New Hampshire Department of Transportation.
Communities affected by the new permits were notified that the new regulations were in the pipeline. EPA previously released draft permits for places designated as "small MS4s" in 2008, but the permits never went into effect.
After being revised over the course of the last five years, a new draft was released by the EPA on Tuesday. It was tailored to reflect input from public comments, new census data and new plans for the maximum pollution levels that will be allowed in specific bodies of water, according to the EPA.
Among the modifications are a longer timeline for compliance and less stringent requirements for cleaning catch basins and sweeping streets. Provisions have also been added to "address nitrogen in Great Bay," according to the EPA's statement.
At a minimum, communities that receive the permits must comply with six EPA requirements. They include starting a public education program and soliciting public participation. Communities would also be required to search for "illicit discharge," manage run-off from construction sites and redevelopment projects and implement "good housekeeping in municipal operations," according to the EPA.
For Durham, complying with the new stormwater permits might be less troublesome than for other communities. The town is already developing a water management plan that includes measures aimed at treating both stormwater and wastewater, according to Selig.
The EPA's proposal around stormwater regulations comes at a time when many local communities are already dealing with tough new standards for wastewater treatment plants. Complying with the EPA regulations is expected to cost millions in Dover, Rochester, Newmarket and other Great Bay-area communities.
"The towns and cities in the Seacoast have known for years that the MS4 stormwater requirements were coming," Selig said. "And in many respects, the Great Bay communities that have been dealing with nitrogen issues within the estuary have been waiting for several years for the other shoe to drop, and that other shoe is the MS4 stormwater permits."
The EPA is accepting comments on the draft general permit for stormwater runoff through April 15, 2013. A public hearing on the matter will take place on March 14 at the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Field Office at Pease International Tradeport. The session will run from 2-5 p.m.
The following New Hampshire communities will be affected by the EPA's new stormwater management standards:
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Thursday, October 14, 2010
Kathryn Hays: The We Love Soaps Interview, Part Three
WE LOVE SOAPS TV: You portrayed Kim for 38 years. Over that time there were some different writers who came in and took core characters in wildly different directions. But there were many things about Kim that remained solid and consistent. Her temperament, her vocabulary. Whenever Kim called someone "Kiddo," the world was a better place
Kathryn Hays: [Laughs] I got a note from someone recently thanking me for my work. He said the word "Kiddo," "Toots," and "Pal," would be part of his vocabulary the rest of his life. Those were the things that would come out of me. They were absolutely my words.
WE LOVE SOAPS TV: How often were those words were scripted?
Kathryn Hays: After awhile they put the words in. I didn't always use them. Those were words that happened naturally, not just because they felt they should happen. When they happened it was so right. I did appreciate that there was an attitude at the show that those were my words. I don't think a lot of people used the words on the show. I know a couple of people tried, and I heard they were given the notes, "Don't use that."
WE LOVE SOAPS TV: In the 1970s you were part of a very controversial storyline that had not been done on daytime before. John Dixon raped Kim, who was his legal wife.
Kathryn Hays: I didn't even realize that was controversial. But it was.
WE LOVE SOAPS TV: Other shows such as GUIDING LIGHT and DAYS OF OUR LIVES would later go on to do socially relevant stories about marital rape. But with AS THE WORLD TURNS, was it made into a social issue?
Kathryn Hays: It was not. Or if it was, I was not aware of it. But it definitely was an issue.
WE LOVE SOAPS TV: What was it like to film that?
Kathryn Hays: It wasn't as graphic in those days. It didn't register with me how important this story was. I thought that relationship certainly served us well throughout the years. It was such a love-hate relationship. That only happened because of what we made out of it. It was so much about how Larry [Bryggman] would approach the scene. Because they would write some brutal things for him. He would then take them and pull it around in such a way that it would be so poignant, so that the reaction could only be one of compassion. That became the way we would function. At the end of one of these scenes, he said to Kim, "If you would be nicer to me, I will be nicer to you." That was in a scene that was written as nasty. Instead of being nasty and brutal, he would temper it. He said that to me in a way that broke my heart. That is what made it interesting. In his terrible clumsy way he really loved Kim. He just wasn't good at being loving. That's what Larry did. He twisted it around and made it so interesting, as opposed to being horrible to her and having this open warfare all the time. They just wrestled through their experience together loving and hating one another.
WE LOVE SOAPS TV: Did you at the time get any letters or feedback from viewers who had been in a similar marital situation?
Kathryn Hays: I don't recall that I did. In those years, because we were live, and because we worked every day, all I did was the show. Of course I had my daughter at home. So by the time I could devote any time to her, there just wasn't anything else to think about. It was all I could do. Those were the years I would collapse on the weekend. It was very emotional all the time.
WE LOVE SOAPS TV: During the years you worked with a number of writers, executive producers, so many people coming in and out, trying to make their mark on the show, some for better...
Kathryn Hays: And some not for better [laughs].
WE LOVE SOAPS TV: Right. How did you deal with so many changes?
Kathryn Hays: I took care of Kim. I fought. If I needed to, I fought.
WE LOVE SOAPS TV: What did it mean to have to fight for Kim?
Kathryn Hays: I would just walk in and say, "This is ridiculous! I can't do this! This is not who she is!" I would say that when I saw something, and in my heart knew that was not her. It was not her essence. The fact of the matter is, when you play a character for a long time on a show, the unwritten rule is that you are the only continuity there is. People come in and out writing and producing, it is a revolving door. You are the continuity, and you take responsibility for that.
They have the responsibility of the storyline. I have never had a sense of what a storyline should be, I have never felt that that was my responsibility. Kim was my responsibility. I knew who she was, and if she was threatened, I intended to let somebody know that it needed to be thought about. And ask how can we work that out so it would work within their storyline but she could maintain who she was. If I had an objection I would voice it very clearly to the executive producer. I would also come with a way to fix it. I never said, "Fix it." I came with, "This is how we can do it." I thought it through for Kim in relation to their storyline.
WE LOVE SOAPS TV: Can you share an example of when you've had to do this?
Kathryn Hays: There is one recently, but I'm not sure it's good politics to talk about it. It was extremely disturbing because we were working toward the end of the whole show. I spent all these years with Kim and thought, "I'm not going to blow this character now". I found that Chris [Goutman] had already found this and flagged this particular area. There were two totally different sets of scenes within one week that I found myself asking, "How in God's name would I possibly be able to do this?" It was too much to see that happen toward the end of our run.
I had easily found a way of approaching the first example, and they cut much of the scene anyway because it was too long. But Chris brought up the other one. I told him I had seen it too but hadn't had a chance to bring it up. We were working every day by that point and the hours were amazing. I went to the director, spoke to her, she said she realized that both actors in the scene would find it difficult. The other actor was unhappy as well. She said, "I'm so grateful, I had no idea what to do." She was unhappy as well. I was given permission to deal with it, and we did. I think the writers probably got exactly what they wanted, but also both actors and the directors felt that it was within realm of who are characters were.
WE LOVE SOAPS TV: That's wonderful to hear how hard you defended Kim right up to the end. It helps explain how Kim remained a stable presence that was very comforting for the viewers.
Kathryn Hays: I'm so glad that's how people feel. It makes you feel that what you have done was worth it.
Continue reading the final part of our interview during which Kathryn Hays shares memories of Helen Wagner, and coping with the loss of Kim Hughes and AS THE WORLD TURNS...
Damon L. Jacobs is a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist now accepting new clients in New York City. He is also the author of the popular book "Absolutely Should-less: The Secret to Living the Stress-Free Life You Deserve." To learn more about how to lead an easier and stress-free life that you deserve without "shoulds," visit Damon's official website at Shouldless.com.
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I like Kathy Hays's description of John wanting "to be loved" & still not have a clue about how "to be loving". That summed up Dr. John & his rapist tendencies for me. Remember now--in the early 1980s he raped Dee Stewart too!ReplyDelete
Super insightful interview with Miss Kathy! :-)
I agree, Brian. Really interesting take on it and I was wondering what she would have to say about that storyline.ReplyDelete
I'm LOVING this interview, of course....y'all know I am a big Kathryn Hays/Kim Hughes fan.ReplyDelete
I will go out on a limb and say that I bet the story she's talking about towards the end of the show were the scenes with Katie after Kim learns Chris is sick. She had to balance intense anger and frustration with Katie with the fact she loved her. It was amazing work and I suspect it came more from Hays and her artistry, rather than the writer's pen (I'd be willing to bet Kim was far more vicious in the script).
That could be it, Patrick. If there was more time I think Kim could have been angrier, and even finally remember that Katie accused Chris of stalking her back in the day. But why go out like that. I love reading about artists with integrity.ReplyDelete


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Otherworldly: Holst's Planets soothe souls
Charlottesville and University Symphony Orchestra
at Cabell Hall
Sunday, February 23
I made it two minutes too late. By the time I reached Old Cabell, panting from my parking lot sprint, auditorium access was already closed. Rollin' with the punches, I made the most of my temporary exile and pitched camp at the top of the staircase. Pressing my ear to the doors, I listened for Dominick Argento's Capriccio for Clarinet and Orchestra.
The balcony breezes carried the piece, an homage to Rossini's Sins of my Old Age, quite well. Nancy Garlick, a founding member of the Albemarle Ensemble and instructor in the music department, was the clarinet soloist. As expected, she played with exceptional form and fluidity. However, although the chosen piece was pretty, it was only mildly interesting, not fascinating. At times, Argento's compliment seemed too overdone. Perhaps the light-heartedness he was aiming for had been restrained by his own deliberation.
During the intermission, a retired symphony violinist graciously offered me her extra seat. Her gesture was a nice reward– I was able to see the stage from a prime location.
A friend of Gustav Holst once said of the British composer, "When he made his point, he moved on." His most ambitious effort, The Planets, written during the early stages of World War I (1914-1916), shines in its dissimilarity. The overwhelming reception that followed its debut in 1918 established Holst as one of England's most treasured composers; decades later, excerpts from "Jupiter" were played at both her royal wedding and Diana's funeral.
Holst was enamored with astrology, especially the idea of star-fated dispositions. The Planets is comprised of seven tone poems, each corresponding to a major orbiter of the time (Earth was skipped, and Pluto had not been discovered): Mars, Bringer of War; Venus, Bringer of Peace; Mercury, the Winged Messenger; Jupiter, Bringer of Jollity; Saturn, Bringer of Old Age; Uranus, The Magician; and Neptune, the Mystic.
The work was designed for an enormous orchestra; it took both the Charlottesville and the University Symphony Orchestras to fill the requisite number of seats.
My two personal favorites, Saturn and Neptune, share a tranquil beauty. I could almost see old man Saturn bowing his hoary head to the supremacy of time. The piece marched forward in a relentless largo; following a brief, discordant climax (an individual's struggle with the knowledge of death?), the strings diminished, twinkling (final thoughts on a full life?).
Neptune, the final frontier, was cast in a pianissimo twilight. The shapeless melody fanned out in waves of eerie fades. Harps rippled in the quiet. Offstage, at the finale, the University of Virginia Women's Chorus played unseen, otherworldly sirens, drifting their wordless voices through odd, looping ascensions. They receded into the unknown, out of range; we were left in the twilight of the evening.
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MT1B brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 83 Designs von 32 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
We are two moms who married outside our race and we both have one child each. Our children look like they could be brother and sister, but have completely different racial and ethnic backgrounds. We were looking for similar communities online and decided to start our own community. MT1B was born from that idea.
MT1B is an on-line multicultural community for moms and their families who check more than one box on the census form. Our on-line town hall will be a meeting place for readers to communicate with other like minded people, read about and review products and services that serve our collective community.
Anyone who is multi-racial, multi-cultural, multi-religious and their friends and family.
1. Must integrate the initials MT1B as well as the name "More Than 1 Box" into the logo.
2. Should include boxes in the design
3. Could include a circle or the earth in the design as the background
4. Could include pixelated photos of people or flags from the around the world.
5. To be used for online as well as print material
6. Must be iconic
7. No clip art
8. No stock images unless they're pixelated as the background
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Joaquin Sunyer y Myro (Spanish) (1874-1956) (Between $ 17,000 and 37,000) "A sleeping nude"
Paul Merwart (Polish) (1855-1902) (Between $ 5,000 and 15,000) "Bacchante aux raisins"
Miklos Mihalovits (Hungarian) (1888-1960) (Between $ 3,000 and 6,000) "The artist's model "
Nude paintings were much popular during the 19th century notably in France where painters such as François Boucher and Jean-Honoré Fragonard produced some spectacular erotic works showing naked women in lustful postures only to be surpassed by Francisco Goya whose «Maja desnuda» appeared to be quite pornographic in the eyes of his contemporaries.
Nude figures remained however in demand until the fall of Emperor Napoleon 1st before the Victorian era imposed a kind of embargo on woman nakedness. Strict attitudes then prevented painters from say taking the clothes off their models.
Only a few painters ignored that sort of embargo which lasted until at least 1860 and it was in France again where pornographic pictures had been circulating clandestinely in the 1830's that the trend for nude paintings resumed, notably with Corot, Puvis de Chavannes, Delacroix and some other masters who however adopted an academic approach to treat such subject.
Then, the success of orientalist scenes induced several painters, notably Jean-Léon Gérôme, to represent slave markets with lovely women being bought by Arab merchants or harems and their sexy naked female occupants resting or taking a bath.
Edouard Manet with his «Olympia» painted in the 1860's was among the very first heirs of Goya who did not bother much with the bourgeois censorship regarding postures. Even so Manet, Renoir, Degas and those who painted naked figures were still miles away from Gustave Courbet who certainly produced the most shocking work of the 19th century called «The creation of the world» and simply showing a woman's womb and her vagina covered by pubic hair between two appealing thighs.
This painting, made for a Turkish pacha, was never shown in public while its various owners used to hide it behind another work and it was not before the 1990's that it came out of secrecy. It is now exhibited in the Orsay Museum in Paris.
Today, 19th and early 20th century nude paintings are quite in demand, notably those works with women in lewd postures which made people blush 100 years ago and simply smile nowadays.
Good nude paintings are not so easy to find. Usually there are no more than a handful in each of the half a dozen sales of 19th century paintings held every year by Christie's and Sotheby's in London and New York. As a result prices are always quite strong.
Victoriano Codina y Langlin (Spanish) (1844-1911) (Between $ 15,000 and 30,000) "A female nude by a pool "
Maria Szantho (Hungarian) (1898-1984) (Between $ 2,500 and 5,000) "Striking a pose"
Max Levis (German) (1863- ?) (Between $ 10,000 and 25,000) "Sleeping beauty"
Noël Quintavalle called Noëlqui (Italian) (1893- ?) (Between $ 3,000 and 12,500) "Reclining nude"
Jakub Obrovsky (Czechoslovakian) (1882-1949) (Between $ 5,000 and 20,000) "In the closet"
Anders Zorn (Swedish) (1860-1920) (Between $ 60,000 and 2 million) "Alvan"
Théodore Chassériau (French) (1819-1856) (Between $ 250,000 and 1,3 million) "Venus marine"
Otto Scholderer (German) (1834-1902) (Between $ 5,000 and 18,000) "The nymph"
Pierre Olivier Joseph Coomans (Belgian) (1816-1889) (Between $ 10,000 and 40,000) "The bathers"
Jules Joseph Augustin Laurens (French) (1825-1901) (Between $ 2,000 and 6,000) "La baigneuse"
Rezso Zsombolya-Burghardt (Hungarian) (20th century) (Between $ 2,000 and 4,000) "A reclining female nude"
Théodore Fantin-Latour (French) (Between $ 35,000 and 2,5 million) "Saint Anthony's temptation"
Ferencz Baron de Hatvany (Hungarian) (1891- ?) (Between $ 4,000 and 8,000) "A reclining nude"
Gustav Zorn (German) (1845-1893) (Between $ 15,000 and 25,000) "Reclining nude"
Charles Edouard Boutibonne (Austrian) (1816-1897) (Between $ 15,000 and 30,000) "Mermaids frolicking in the sea"
Arturo Noci (Italian) (1875-1953) (Between $ 15,000 and 25,000) "The bath"
Anthony Troncet (French) (1848-1915) (Between $ 5,000 and 20,000) "Au bord du lac"
Guillaume Seignac (French) (1870-1924) (Between $ 5,000 and 20,000) "La vague"
Adolph Alexandre Lesler 'French) (1839-1890) (Between $ 15,000 and 40,000) "Bacchante enivrée"
Anthony Regnier (French) (1835-1909) (Between $ 4,000 and 20,000) "L'Almée"
Paul Fischer (Danish) (1860-1934) (Between 10,000 and 35,000) "The three bathers"


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Thanksgiving may have a pre-set menu, but the meals Christmas Day — not to mention the options for Christmas Eve and Boxing Day — offer a lot more room to be creative. And though many of us skimp on breakfast much of the time, Christmas morning is tailor-made for serving something luxurious.
If you want to prepare a special breakfast but don't want to be stuck in the kitchen away from family and friends, we've got recipes: A strata and freshly baked sticky buns can be prepared a day or two ahead, requiring only a preheated oven and a little baking time to get them table-ready.
If you'd like to spend your time after the presents have been opened with everyone gathered in the kitchen helping, then you could make pancakes or waffles, or go a little more international with our Parisian Street Vendor Crepes.
To see what we could learn about working ahead, we talked to Susan Reid, editor of King Arthur Flour's subscription newsletter the Baking Sheet — a bimonthly magazine filled with seasonal recipes and answers to readers' questions.
Reid grew up in New Jersey, one of six kids. "On Christmas morning, my mother serves a strata, prepping the whole thing the night before, and using the time/bake feature on her stove. When we get home from church, the strata is 15 minutes away from being done." The Reid family strata features cheese, mushrooms and sausage. With 27 people in the immediate family, the strata has to stretch pretty far, augmented with orange juice, coffee and an avalanche of baked goods.
What about those baked goods, and especially the ones made with yeast? Reid had lots of tips to offer based on her readers' questions and those called in to King Arthur's bakers hotline (802-649-3717).
Rapid rise yeast is what Reid calls a "sprinter," good for a dough that has only one rise. Use instant or active dry yeast for doughs that rise once, then are shaped and rise a second time before baking. They're exchangeable in most recipes.
Using water to "test" the yeast to see if it's still alive is a holdover from the past, when active dry yeast was the only type most people used. It's still a good idea with active dry yeast, but unless your instant yeast is very old, you can just incorporate it into your dough with the rest of the ingredients.
Don't worry about how much flour to use when the recipe calls for a range, like 4 1/2 to 5 1/2 cups. "The answer is that you need to put your hands in the dough," Reid said. If it's wet and sticky, add more flour. The idea is to start with the low number and add more if it's needed.
Sweet doughs need to be soft and a little sticky to make tender products. Flour your hands instead of the dough to make working with it easier.
You'll never have to be intimidated by the temperature of the water or other liquid you're adding to your dough if you'll remember that yeast is a living creature, and it wants to grow in an environment that's just a little warmer than your body temperature. "If it's comfortable for your hand, it's comfortable for the yeast," Reid said. Err on the side of cooler if you have any question, because yeast will grow even in your refrigerator. But if the liquid is too hot, you'll kill it.
You can slow down any yeast dough at any stage by refrigerating it. Mix the dough in the morning, put it in an oiled bag, take it out in the evening, shape it and it's ready to go. That's what bakeries do. The long, slow rise in the refrigerator makes for more flavor.
Whether you want a delicious hot breakfast that can bake while the family is opening gifts or you're looking for something that will give everyone a reason to gather in the kitchen, we've got three great ideas for you.
Parisian Street Vendor Crepes
Hands on: 20 minutes Total time: 1 hour, 20 minutes, includes standing time for batter Makes: 20 (6-inch) crepes
Crepes are just a skinnier version of pancakes, served with a delicious filling. Crepe batter takes just a minute to make but needs a few minutes to rest before cooking. While the batter is resting, you can prepare your filling. We've offered two filling suggestions, but the possibilities are endless. A classically trained chef would tell you that a well-prepared crepe should be perfectly smooth and have no color, or maybe just a few freckles.
For the crepes:
2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
11/2 cups (12 ounces) milk
4 large eggs
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon salt
For the Nutella and banana filling, per crepe:
1 tablespoon Nutella
1/2 banana, sliced
Confectioners' sugar for garnish, optional
For ham and cheese filling, per crepe:
1 tablespoon chopped deli ham
1 tablespoon grated Swiss cheese
In a blender, combine flour, milk, eggs, butter and salt. Blend until smooth. Cover and allow batter to sit for at least 1 hour.
Heat a 6-inch skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Spray the pan lightly with nonstick cooking spray. Pour a scant 1/3 cup batter into the bottom of the pan, pick it up and tip it in a circle so the batter covers the bottom of the pan. Cook until the top no longer looks shiny and edges start to lift from the pan, about 30 seconds. Use an offset spatula or butter knife to lift edge of crepe and flip it over in the pan. Cook for 15 seconds more and move to a warm plate. Repeat with remaining batter.
Fill crepes while still warm. For Nutella and banana filling, spread crepe with Nutella, add banana, then fold into quarters. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar, if desired. For ham and cheese crepes, toss ham and cheese together and fill crepe. Fold into quarters.
Adapted from "The King Arthur Flour Baker's Companion" (Countryman Press, $35)
Per crepe (plain): 92 calories (percent of calories from fat, 38), 3 grams protein, 11 grams carbohydrates, trace fiber, 4 grams fat (2 grams saturated), 51 milligrams cholesterol, 76 milligrams sodium.
Per crepe, with Nutella and banana: 224 calories (percent of calories from fat, 33), 5 grams protein, 34 grams carbohydrates, 2 grams fiber, 9 grams fat (3 grams saturated), 51 milligrams cholesterol, 91 milligrams sodium.
Per crepe, with ham and cheese: 132 calories (percent of calories from fat, 46), 7 grams protein, 11 grams carbohydrates, trace fiber, 7 grams fat (4 grams saturated), 62 milligrams cholesterol, 205 milligrams sodium.
Make-ahead Sticky Buns
Hands on: 30 minutes Total time: 1 hour, plus chilling time Makes: 16 rolls
For cooks who are new to yeast, the baking powder in this dough provides extra insurance for a light roll. The dough does all its rising in the refrigerator, so you can start these rolls a day or two ahead of time, then just take them out of the refrigerator as you preheat the oven.
Turn these buns into cinnamon rolls by eliminating the glaze and topping the baked rolls with an icing of confectioners' sugar mixed with just enough milk to make a spreadable consistency. Or make honey buns by substituting honey for the corn syrup called for in the glaze.
For the dough:
1 cup warm water
1 package (1/4 ounce, 21/4 teaspoons) active dry yeast
3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour, plus additional if needed
1/2 cup instant potato flakes
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup nonfat dry milk
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, softened
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 egg
11/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup vegetable oil
For the filling:
1/4 cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) unsalted butter, softened
2 teaspoons cinnamon
For the glaze:
1 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
In a measuring cup, combine water and yeast and set aside. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, combine 3 cups flour, potato flakes, sugar, dry milk, butter, vanilla, egg, baking powder and salt. Turn on mixer to low speed to combine. Slowly pour in yeast mixture and continue mixing on slow speed until a soft dough is formed, about 5 minutes. If dough is too soft, add up to 1/2 cup additional flour. The goal is a soft sticky dough but one that holds its shape on the dough hook.
In a medium mixing bowl or food-safe plastic bag, add vegetable oil and swirl to coat all sides. Put dough into bowl or bag. Cover or seal and refrigerate for up to 2 days.
When ready to shape rolls, remove dough from refrigerator. While still cold, roll out on oiled work surface into a 12-by-16-inch rectangle. In a small bowl, make filling by blending sugar, butter and cinnamon together with your fingers. Spread across dough. Starting with a long edge, roll the dough into a log. Using a serrated knife, slice dough into 16 pieces.
Lightly grease two 9-inch round pans. Make the glaze by combining brown sugar, corn syrup and butter in microwave-safe measuring cup and heating 1 minute, or until butter is melted. Stir to combine, and then pour half into each prepared pan. Sprinkle 1/2 cup chopped pecans over glaze in each pan. Place one sliced bun in the center of each pan, and surround with 7 more pieces. Cover pans and refrigerate for up to 1 day.
When ready to serve, remove buns from refrigerator and allow to come to room temperature, about 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until tops are lightly golden brown and buns feel firm when pressed. Remove buns from oven and invert them onto a serving dish. Scrape off any sticky topping that has remained in the pan onto the buns.
Adapted from a recipe at www.kingarthurflour.com
Per roll: 324 calories (percent of calories from fat, 40), 4 grams protein, 45 grams carbohydrates, 2 grams fiber, 15 grams fat (5 grams saturated), 29 milligrams cholesterol, 213 milligrams sodium.
Merry Christmas Strata
Hands on: 30 minutes Total time: 1 hour, plus chilling time Serves: 6
A strata is a savory bread pudding, an easy make-ahead dish that's completely adaptable. The red and green bell peppers strike just the right holiday note but you can substitute roasted red peppers and fresh or canned green chiles if you prefer. Replace the ham with sausage, or simply eliminate the meat; swap out cheddar or Swiss for the Asiago; use mustard instead of pesto or adapt the flavors to suit your guests.
6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, divided
1/2 cup (about 1/2 small) finely chopped onions
1/2 cup (about 1/2 small) diced red bell pepper
1/2 cup (about 1/2 small) diced green bell pepper
12 cups stale bread, cut in 1-inch cubes
1 cup (about 1/2 pound) diced ham
2 cups (about 6 ounces) grated Asiago, divided
5 eggs
21/2 cups milk
11/2 tablespoons pesto, optional
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon Tabasco
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
In small skillet, melt 2 tablespoons butter and sauté onions, red and green bell peppers over low heat until softened, but not browned, about 5 minutes. Set aside.
Spray a 2-quart baking dish with nonstick spray. In a large mixing bowl, toss bread cubes, sautéed onions and peppers, ham and 11/2 cups Asiago. Put bread cube mixture in baking dish.
Melt remaining 4 tablespoons butter and, in a medium mixing bowl, whisk together with eggs, milk, pesto, salt, Tabasco and pepper. Slowly pour over bread cube mixture. Push top of the bread down into the milk and egg mixture to be sure all pieces are covered. Sprinkle remaining Asiago over the top. Cover dish with wax paper and then foil, and refrigerate for at least 6 hours.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Remove wax paper and foil and place baking dish in upper third of oven. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until puffy and brown. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.
Adapted from "Morning Food: From Cafe Beaujolais" by Margaret S. Fox and John Bear (1994, paperback)
Per serving: 617 calories (percent of calories from fat, 56), 30 grams protein, 38 grams carbohydrates, 2 grams fiber, 38 grams fat (20 grams saturated), 278 milligrams cholesterol, 1,354 milligrams sodium.
Christmas morning indulgences
● Prepare buttered hot cider by adding a little sugar and orange juice to apple juice or cider, and then heating with spices such as whole cloves and cinnamon sticks. Stir in 1/2 tablespoon of butter before serving
● Serve spiced tea by steeping your regular brew with whole spices such as cinnamon and cardamom pods. Strain the spices, serve with milk and sweeten to taste.
● Put a spoonful of whipped cream on top of fresh hot coffee. You're drinking kaffee mit schlag, a Viennese favorite.
● Ambrosia is the classic Christmas fruit salad. Serve a creamy version by stirring in a mixture of 1 part sour cream, 1 part yogurt and 1 part whipped cream. Sweeten to taste.
● Try a hot fruit dish by combining fresh or canned fruit with a few tablespoons of butter and brown sugar. The classic combination is peaches with a little amaretto.
● Or sauté bananas with butter, some brown sugar or honey and the liqueur or extract of your choice.
● Whip up a quiche using a homemade or store-bought pie crust with the same filling (minus the bread cubes) as that in our Merry Christmas Strata.
● Make decadent French toast using a soaking mixture created by melting your favorite flavor of ice cream and mixing it with three eggs.
● Mix honey, maple syrup and rum or rum flavoring to make a special syrup for pancakes or French toast.
● Offer grits but instead of serving them with eggs and bacon, make a cream sauce, spiced with a little jalapeño or bell pepper, and add steamed shrimp.
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Cover story on Gang Starr in the Source of april 1994 by Ronin Ro, with contributions by SHortie, Da Ghetto Communicator and Todd Williams.
Classic review : Ready To Die in The Source (1994)March 29, 2007
Review of Biggie Smalls' first, and as far as I'm concerned, only album. Published in The Source in the octobre 1994 issue, written by Minya Oh, also know as Hot 97's Miss Info, then known as Shortie.
Notorious BIG : Queen Bitch (reference track)
Classic Review : Illmatic in The Source and Nas' biogFebruary 8, 2007
Yeah another post about Nas, I know… It's not even the last one.
Here is the famous 5 mics review from The Source by Shortie, and a bonus biog sheet sent with the album. And another track from the Illmatic demo.
Nas : Represent demo
While the media was hyping Snoop's album as the most anticipated debut of all time, many of us in the hip-hop core had our eyes on another prize-Illmatic., the debut "reality story book" from Queensbridge's Nas (formerly known as Nasty Nas). After peeping his skill on "Live at the BBQ", "Back to the Grill", and the official bomb, "halftime", street dwellers and industry folks alike were predicting Nas' first album to be monumental.
Now, I'm not one to sweat the next man, but… I must maintain that this is one of the best hip-hop albums I have ever heard. Word. Let me speak on it.
Musically, when Nas hooked up with four of hip-hop's purest producers, it seems like all of the parties involved took their game to a higher level of expression. Whether listening to the dark piano chords of Pete Rock's meaner side on "The World is Yours", or Primo's sinister bounce on "Represent" or Large Professor's old-soul sound on "Memory Lane", or Q-Tip's jazzy marimba melody on "One Love" – it all motivates. Your mind races to keep up with Nas' lyricism, while your body dips to the beat.
Lyrically, the whole shit is on point. No cliched metaphors, no gimmicks. Never too abstract, never superficial. Even the skit-intros are meaningful, and the album's only guest rapper, AZ, is dangerous in his own right. (And he's unsigned too? Not for long, son) Nas is just the epitome of that "New York State of Mind" in terms of style and delivery. But even outside of the "Rotten Apple" – "Listeners, bluntheads, fly ladies and prisoners, Hennessy-holders, and Old School niggas" from all over will be able to relate to Nas' many techniques. Nas creates fantasy: "I drink Moet with Medusa/Give her shotguns in Hell/From the spliff that I lift and inhale". He philosophizes : "I switched my motto/Instead of saying 'fuck tomorrow'/That buck that bought a bottle/Coulda struck the Lotto". He flows : "One forthe money/Two for the pussy and foreign cars/Three for Alize, niggas deceased or behind bars/I rap divine, god/Check the prognosis, is it real as showbiz/My window faces shoutouts/Drugs overdoses/Live amongst no roses, only the drama/For real, a nickel-plate is my fate/My medicine is the ganja". And on, and on…
Nas' images remind me a lot of personal memories and people, both passed and present, so the impact goes beyond just the entertainment aspect. All this may sound like melodrama but it's not just me, I've been hearing similar responses all over. While "Memory Lane", is my shit, my homies claim "The World Is Yours", and if you've got peoples doing time, them "One Love" may hit you the hardest. There is nothing wack though, just different intensities for different people to relate to. The bottom line is this : even if the album doesn't speak to you on that personal level, the music itself is still well worth the money. If you can't at least appreciate the value of Nas' poetical realism, then you best get yourself up out of hip-hop. Keep it real, baby.


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