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The New Republic
The New Republic is a US arts and politics magazine known for its liberal views on many domestic issues, and extreme hawkishness on foreign policy. Once an influential liberal publication, the magazine has moved increasingly to the right[1] since its purchase in 1974 by neoconservative Martin Peretz. In 2007, Peretz sold the publication to the Canadian CanWest corporation.[2] In March 2009, as Canwest was facing bankruptcy, Peretz (who was still editor-in-chief) repurchased the magazine with a group of investors led by Laurence Grafstein.[3] Peretz still writes regular columns for TNR and retains his position as editor-in-chief.[4] In 2006 Peretz made the surprising move of appointing former TNR staff writer Franklin Foer as editor to replace Peter Beinart. Foer, unlike past editors, had no previous editorial experience. In one profile Foer is described as "low-key as they come, deferential almost to the point of shyness."[1]
The magazine was founded in 1914 by Willard Straight, Herbert Croly, Walter Lippmann, and others. In 1974 it was bought from Gilbert Harrison by Martin Peretz with $380,000 acquired from his wife, the Singer Sewing machine heiress Anne Labouisse Farnsworth. Harrison, according to Alterman, 'believed he had secured Peretz's promise to let him continue to run the magazine for three years' but was was soon removed from his position after he rejected too many articles which Peretz hoped to publish in the magazine. Peretz appointed himself the editor.[2]
- Much of the staff, which then included Walter Pincus, Stanley Karnow, and Doris Grumbach, was either fired or chose to resign. The staffers were largely replaced by young men fresh out of Harvard, with plenty of talent but few journalistic credentials and little sense of the magazine's place in the history of liberalism.[2]
Peretz has said that he promised himself that he would: "Try, try very hard not to hire anybody who isn't smarter than you, and wiser." During the 1980s The New Republic became a leading champion of Reagan's proxy wars in Central America. But it was under Andrew Sullivan that the paper's liberal position on domestic politics also suffered. Sullivan invited Charles Murray, author of the infamous The Bell Curve, to write a 10,000 word cover story arguing that Blacks were intellectually inferior to whites. He also published an attack on Clinton's proposed healthcare plan by right-wing think-tanker Elizabeth Betsy McCaughey. Over the years, the magazine has provided platform to many neoconservative hardliners, including Jeane Kirkpatrick, Charles Krauthammer, Lawrence Kaplan, Joshua Muravchik, Eric Breindel, Irving Kristol, Edward Luttwak, Michael Ledeen, Ronald Radosh, and Robert Kagan among others.[2] Alterman concludes:
- It would be odd for a liberal magazine to carry pieces by any of these writers, much less all of them. Could their inclusion possibly be related to the fact that each one of them is closely associated with support for the hawkish Peretzian position on Israel?[2]
Canwest ownership
Peretz retained majority ownership of the magazine until 2002, when he sold a two-thirds stake to two financiers.[5] He sold the remainder of his share in 2007 to Canwest, though he stayed as editor-in-chief.[6] Though the new editor Franklin Foer has tried to restore some of the magazine's liberal credibility, it continues to espouse a neoconservative line on the Middle East. On 5 February 2007 it published a cover story entitled "Israel's Worst Nightmare" by Israeli writers Yossi Klein Halevi and Michael B. Oren (who has since been appointed ambassador to the US) who made a case for a US war with Iran solely on the basis of the alleged threat it poses to Israel.[7] According to Peretz, the Asper family, which controls CanWest, shares his Israel obsession. According to Alterman, the family is known for
- censoring its newspapers' coverage of the Middle East conflict and replacing the word "Palestinian" with the word "terrorist" when it suits [their] purposes. Peretz will no longer be incurring TNR's losses, but he will remain the Aspers' man at the helm.[2]
Peretz's Repossession
In March 2009, as Canwest was facing bankruptcy, Peretz repurchased the magazine with a group of investors led by Laurence Grafstein.[8]
Turn to Neoconservatism
In 1999, Peretz appointed Peter Beinart as the magazine's editor. Beinart, according to Alterman,
- asserted, with his patron, that the only true liberals were those who embraced the neoconservatives' Middle East policies, most especially their relentless drumbeat for the invasion of Iraq. Those who disagreed were naive at best, and anti-American in effect if not in intent. As the magazine's signal foreign policy voice, TNR editors chose Lawrence Kaplan, who echoed almost entirely the views espoused by his sometime-writing partner, William Kristol at The Weekly Standard. Their point was not merely to make the neoconservative case, but also to undercut the legitimacy of the liberal opposition.[2]
Israel: The Party Line
In an interview with J.J. Goldberg, editor of the Jewish daily Forward, Peretz boasted that the magazine was a 'genuinely independent place' and had 'no party line.' He added: 'Well, there's a sort of party line on Israel.' According to Goldberg, the magazine is 'the most militant defender of Israel.'[9] It frequently attacks critics of Israel. Even Colin Powell found himself compared to Osama Bin Laden for making statements in favour of justice for the Palestinians. The editors attacked 'the banality of Colin Powell's address on American foreign policy' and accused Powell of providing
- a kind of bizarre ratification of Osama bin Laden's view of the problem...There is bin Laden attempting to persuade the Muslim world that what he wants is justice for the Palestinians, and here is Powell attempting to persuade the Muslim world that what he wants is justice for the Palestinians.[2]
For media scholar Eric Alterman, under Peretz the once liberal publication was turned into 'a kind of ideological police dog' which sought to define 'the borders of "responsible" liberal discourse, thereby tarring anyone who disagreed as irresponsible or untrustworthy. But he did so on the basis of a politics simultaneously so narrow and idiosyncratic -- in thrall almost entirely to an Israel-centric neoconservatism -- that it's difficult to understand how the magazine's politics might be considered liberal anymore.'[2] He adds:
- TNR under Peretz has been a vehicle that proved extremely helpful to Ronald Reagan's wars in Central America and George Bush's war in Iraq. It provided seminal service to Newt Gingrich's and William Kristol's efforts to kill the Clinton plan for universal health care and offered intellectual legitimacy to Charles Murray's efforts to portray black people as intellectually inferior to whites. As for liberal causes, however … well, not so much.[2]
Alterman concludes:
- By pretending to speak as a liberal but simultaneously endorsing the central crusades of the right, he has enlisted The New Republic in the service of a ruinous neoconservative doctrine.[2]
Criticism for "Fictitious" Reporting
Betsy McCaughey's "No Exit"
In 1994 under the supervision of then editor Andrew Sullivan, Betsy McCaughey wrote an article providing an extremely negative take on the Clintons' proposed health care reforms titled "No Exit".[10] Many argue that the piece "helped derail health care reform"[11] and influence political debate in Washington. McCaughey's attempt to display neutrality on the issue of health care in the US was seriously undermined by her history of working for right-wing think thanks (at the time of "No Exit's" publication McCaughey was working at the Manhattan Institute)[12] and as revealed years later by Rolling Stone Magazine, because McCaughey was reportedly "influenced by Phillip Morris, the world's largest tobacco company."[13] Even though many journalists such as The Atlantic's James Fallows[14][15] decried the article's accuracy then and even more so now,[16] TNR was awarded the National Magazine Award for McCaughey's work in 1995.[17]
Reactions to TNR's resulting National Magazine Award
TNR's 1995 National Magazine Award for McCaughey's "No Exit" continues to draw severe criticism. In 2009 The Atlantic's James Fallows wrote that his nomination for "Most destructive effect on public discourse by a single person" in the 1990s would be McCaughey. Fallows nominated Dick Cheney for the 2000s.[18] Salon's Joe Conason wrote in 2009 that Sullivan and Peretz (both personally named in the 1995 National Magazine Award) should "return the National Magazine Award, for the sake of the journalists and editors who have honestly earned that prize. That gesture might restore a semblance of sanity to the debate over healthcare."[19]
From TNR
After news of the award was publicized, TNR's Mickey Kaus analyzed McCaughey's work and revealed its fabrications as well as reiterated claims that the article won because of the buzz it generated rather than its merits in investigative journalism:
- So why don't I feel more like celebrating? Is it because, as a New Yorker editor publicly complained, the McCaughey articles seemed to have been " nominated for buzz"? Perhaps. But does The New Yorker not care about buzz? (Tell it to the Easter Bunny.) Is it because my colleague Michael Kinsley, in this space, denounced the initial McCaughey piece as a "screed," and James Fallows, writing in the Atlantic, said its claims were "simply false" and Theodore Marmor, professor of public policy at Yale, told me his fellow health experts of left, right and center consider McCaughey's articles "risible"?...Maybe all these people are just jealous. If they aren't, though, the award to McCaughey has not only validated a misleading view of the Clinton health plan, but also a peculiar idea of how journalists should affect public debate.[17]
Years later TNR senior editor Michelle Cottle wrote a long piece analyzing McCaughey's career and reactions to the criticism she drew for "No Exit" and concluded that:
- Since her earliest days in the spotlight, McCaughey has presented herself as a just-the-facts-please, above-the-fray political outsider. In reality, she has proved devastatingly adept at manipulating charts and stats to suit her ideological (and personal) ambitions. It is this proud piety concerning her own straight-shooting integrity combined with her willingness to peddle outrageous fictions--and her complete inability to recognize, much less be shamed by, this behavior--that makes McCaughey so infuriating. In this way, perhaps most of all, she resembles the tell-it-like-it-is good ol' girl Palin, whose scorching self-regard and ostentatious disdain for politics-as-usual infuse even her most self-serving fabulisms. Palin, of course, hawks homespun wisdom, faith, and common sense, in contrast to McCaughey's figures and footnotes. But both women have an uncanny ability to shovel their toxic nonsense with nary a blink, tremor, or break in those dazzling smiles. People of goodwill and honest counsel don't stand a chance.[20]
Current TNR Editor Franklin Foer stated during a 2007 interview that TNR "recanted that story in the first issue and apologized for it"[1], and told Politico in 2009 that "it's an original sin that I hope we can expunge,"[11] but while his claim is reiterated in a TNR introduction to one of its articles: "TNR later apologized for its role in Hillarycare's demise",[21] and again in 2007,[22] the so-called apology and an article that only expresses regret for the effects of McCaughey's fabrications 1,751 words in,[16] there is no dedicated official apology existing anywhere on its website to date. In Jamison Foser's words:
- Pretty weak stuff, as far as recantations and apologies go. It doesn't even specifically mention the article or the author. The mea culpa is a mere seven words: "a debacle that this magazine, regrettably, abetted.[16]
From Andrew Sullivan
In response to a piece by Ezra Klein criticizing then editor Sullivan's role in pushing "No Exit" forward,[23] Sullivan admits responsibility, but does not apologize for the ramifications of the article's fraudulent claims:
- I don't think it's fair to expose the internal editing of a piece but there was a struggle and it's fair to say I didn't win every skirmish. I was aware of the piece's flaws but nonetheless was comfortable running it as a provocation to debate. It sure was. The magazine fully aired subsequent criticism of the piece. And if the readers of TNR are incapable of making their own minds up, then we might as well give up on the notion of intelligent readers. The piece also won a National Magazine Award.[24]
In a report for Media Matters for America, Jamison Foser named prominent magazines that had apologized and lost awards for false reports that they had published to draw attention to the fact that while TNR tried to "distance itself from the article," it remained only "superficially apologetic."[16] Foser dissects Sullivan's responses to criticisms launched against him for allowing McCaughey's "fictitious"[15] claims to be published under his editorial supervision and concludes "One thing -- and only one thing -- is certain: Sullivan has never clearly apologized for running the article or said he was wrong to do so -- and, indeed, he continues to brag about having won awards for it."[16] While admitting that Sullivan is "possessed of sounder views" today, Ezra Klein also criticized Sullivan for not being forthright about his role in publicizing a "dishonest fearmongering article": "But the past hasn't disappeared, and when talking about the Clintons, he owes his readers a more honest accounting of what took place."[23]
From Martin Peretz
In Esquire magazine Sullivan reportedly mentioned how owner Marty Peretz had suggested McCaughey to him, "asking what type of piece she could do for TNR."[11] But aside from that, little information is available about Peretz's involvement with regard to editorial supervision of the article. When asked about his position on the event in 2009 Peretz was also unapologetic:
- I do not think Betsy is an intellectual fraud. Not at all...I have not read the Cottle piece and I do look forward to doing that...But the issue that McCaughey went after was one of the most intricate and economically challenging ones that America has faced, as we can see from the present debate.[11]
Stephen Glass
Stephen Glass was considered a "rising star"[25] at TNR before it was revealed that he had made up quotations, organizations and in some cases entire articles while working there between 1995-1998. Glass was hired by then editor Andrew Sullivan but was supervised by Sullivan's replacement Charles Lane from 1996 onwards. In 1998 when Glass was reportedly earning $100,000, at least 27 of his 41 stories were revealed to contain fabrications.[26] It was only after a Forbes reporter proved one of Glass's stories about a teenage hacker to be full of fabrications[27] that Lane decided to conduct his own investigation into Glass's work.[28] Lane fired Glass on May 9, 1998. TNR's fact-checking standards were reportedly "tightened"[29] after the incident. Lane served as a "paid consultant"[29] for a 2003 film based on the scandal called "Shattered Glass."
Lane accepted responsibility for not catching Glass's flawed reporting sooner[30] but was not reprimanded for the event. Shortly after the incident he stated that if Glass had been able to go on further he would have "destroyed the magazine."[31]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tim Warren, "The Fixer Can editor Franklin Foer rescue the New Republic?", Columbia Magazine, Summer 2007, accessed on 15 November 2010
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Eric Alterman, My Marty Peretz Problem -- And Ours, The American Prospect, 18 June 2007
- ↑ http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/0309/Peretz_investors_buying_back_TNR_.html
- ↑ KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, "New Republic's Editor in Chief Sells His Share of the Magazine", New York Times, 28 February 2007
- ↑ David D. Kirkpatrick, New Republic's Longtime Owner Sells Control to 2 Big Financiers, The New York Times, 28 January 2002
- ↑ Katharine Q. Seelye, New Republic's Editor in Chief Sells His Share of the Magazine, The New York Times, 28 February 2007
- ↑ Michael B. Oren and Yossi Klein Halevi, Israel's Worst Nightmare, The New Republic, 5 February 2007
- ↑ http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/0309/Peretz_investors_buying_back_TNR_.html
- ↑ Goldberg (1996): 299
- ↑ Elizabeth McCaughey, "No Exit", The New Republic, 7 February 1994
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Michael Calderone, "Foer on TNR's 'original sin'; McCaughey piece 15 years later", Politico, 5 October 2009
- ↑ James Fallows, "Let's Stop This Before It Goes Any Further", The Atlantic, 12 February 2009
- ↑ Susie Madrak, "Rolling Stone Finds A Smoking Gun: Betsy McCaughey Lied About Healthcare Reform For Tobacco Lobby", Crooks and Liars, 19 September 2010
- ↑ James Fallows, "A T, The Atlantic, January 1995
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 James Fallows, "I was wrong", The Atlantic, 13 August 2009
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 Jamison Foser, "No apology", Media Matters for America, 9 October 2009
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Mickey Kaus, "No Exegesis", The New Republic, 8 May 1995
- ↑ James Fallows, "Let's Stop This Before It Goes Any Further", The Atlantic, 12 February 2009
- ↑ Joe Conason, "Time for the media to fess up", Salon, 9 October 2009
- ↑ Michelle Cottle, "No Exit The never-ending lunacy of Betsy McCaughey.", The New Republic, 5 October 2009
- ↑ Elizabeth McCaughey, "No Exit", The New Republic, accessed on 15 November 2010
- ↑ TNR Staff, "In Today's Web Magazine", The New Republic, 4 June 2007, accessed on 15 November 2010
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Ezra Klein, "Justifications", The American Prospect, 10 October 2007
- ↑ Andrew Sullivan, "Answering Ezra", The Atlantic, 11 October 2007
- ↑ Rebecca Leung, "Stephen Glass: I Lied For Esteem: 60 Minutes: Steve Kroft's Exclusive Interview With Former Reporter", 60 Minutes, 17 August 2003
- ↑ Vanity Fair, "Shattered Glass, Vanity Fair, October 2007, accessed on 19 November 2010
- ↑ Adam L. Penenberg, "Forbes smokes out fake New Republic story on hackers", Forbes, 11 April 1998
- ↑ Jack Shafer, "Glass Houses", Slate, 15 May 1998
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 Washington Post, "Shattered Glass: Trust in Journalism Interview Transcript", Washington Post, 12 November 2003
- ↑ Charlie Rose, "A conversation with Charles Lane of "The New Republic"", Charlie Rose, 12 June 1998
- ↑ Buzz Bissinger, "Shattered Glass", Vanity Fair, September 1998
- Martin Peretz - Owner, Editor-in-chief
- Herbert Croly (1914–1930)
- Bruce Bliven (1930–1946)
- Henry A. Wallace (1946–1948)
- Michael Straight (1948–1956)
- Gilbert A. Harrison (1956–1975)
- Martin Peretz (1975–1979)
- Michael Kinsley (1979–1981; 1985–1989)
- Hendrik Hertzberg (1981–1985; 1989–1991)
- Andrew Sullivan (1991–1996)
- Michael Kelly (1996–1997)
- Charles Lane (1997–1999)
- Peter Beinart (1999–2006)
- Franklin Foer (2006–present)[1]
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I don't really know the answer to that. I know that I seem to be drawn to sad characters, the forlorn reject. Something about being on the outside. The outcast. But I also am intrigued by the super confident fool. He too is a reject. I'm not really interested in what's accepted by people. I like the things, places and characters that have been forsaken. On both sides of the field. The happy genius fool and the pathetic misfit. I guess I like drama.
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My mom, aunt, uncle, everyone in my small family is a painter, or an artist of some kind. So I was painting my whole life, out doing landscape paintings around the beach where I grew up when I was 14-ish. Thus, painting was kind of not what I wanted to do for a while when I went to school, that's why I went to film school. Also the life as a painter just seemed a little too serious for me, but I've managed to make it what I want it to be for myself, I think. I have a healthy balance going on right now, hopefully. Also, my dad's an architect, that's probably where the animation bug came from -- making little worlds that you create and be supreme leader in, except mine are mini and made from wood and clay. I have always been drawn to fantasy worlds, theatrical worlds, hand-made worlds. This world doesn't always hold my attention for very long. But I also love animators and comedians. That's probably another reason I was drawn to animation.
I don't know if there's a story. It seems like there is. It's more of a non-narrative, but things definitely happen. There is a beginning, middle and end... to me.
So much... music, film. It's an endless list. Harryhausen, bruce bickford, klaus kinski, superjail, terry gilliam, eric yahnker, peter saul, andre butzer, armen eloyan, daniel richter, basil wolverton, crumb, balthus, ensor, van gogh, soutine, hockney, paul mccarthy, jan svankmajer, rankin bass, king kong, pina bausch, r. stevie moore, big business, upsilon acrux, lightning bolt, angel witch, venom, the earthmen, barbra streisand, the original production of a chorus line, slayer
I am a really bad story teller, I'd bore you.
I'm in a couple bands. The Singers is one. We're the best band in the world. Changing the face of music today. I eat cheeseburgers, drink whiskey, go dancing. Normal boring stuff. Painting and animation are both such solitary pursuits, I'm alone in a box with my own thoughts and creatures every every day, almost every hour. So I try and see human beings as much as I can. I'm in a constant struggle because I'm a loner, at the same time a glutten for attention, so I attempt to achieve a balance...
I'm in some group shows at Alexander and Bonin, McClain Gallery, Palod-Haroudin, Mike Weiss Gallery, Haifa Museum, etc... As we speak I am in a little black box for the next month filming a music video for Grizzly Bear, and I have a solo exhibition of my work at Mark Moore Gallery in Los Angeles opening Jan. 9, 2010.
Cowboys for footwear, Indians for headwear.
studio shots - underwoodpix.com
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Last weekend, DiS went along to Leeds Festival en masse, and as well as putting together daily blogs such as this and this plus Gary Wolstenholme's excellent photo galleries, thought it would be a good idea to compile a diary of the weekend too. With straws drawn among our intrepid gang of Gary, Simon Jay Catling, Daniel O'Dell and yours truly, it was me that grabbed the shortest one, so with pen and notebook at the ready, here's my bit-by-bit account. Before we commence, I'd like to apologise for any obvious gaps that appear, usually the fault of late night shenanigans involving far too much alcohol, and references to certain people and their extra curricular activities.
Friday 26th
As Bjork once sang back in the day, "Today is her birthday", and by some strange quirk of fate it's actually mine too. While there's something quite exciting having one's anniversary fall every August Bank Holiday weekend and the fact it coincides with one of the biggest music events of the summer, it also means I rarely get to spend it with the other half. Her dislike of festivals and music in general (bar The Hoosiers...) vocally augmented at every opportunity.
Having negotiated the A1(M) quite successfully despite the (typical) heavy rain, it's time to address the mud that has already turned the festival car park into what passes for the aftermath of a rugby match at Twickenham in February. Thank God I packed my wellies and umbrella. One of my favourite aspects of Leeds is that because of its close proximity to where I come from in the Midlands, many friends and acquaintances end up there every year, making it something of a "home from home" type gathering. Not to mention the Contactmusic crew from Leeds. Good times await!
I don't set my tent up as Dananananaykroyd are about to take the stage in approximately five minutes, which means a fair old sprint. Through increasing layers of mud. In wellies. Suffice to say, I only catch the last five minutes of the set. Undercover in the NME/Radio 1 sponsored tent seems the sensible option, and with the double whammy of Fucked Up and Best Coast coming up over the course of the next hour, it is where I stay. I bump into Rob McCleary of the excellent Spotlight Kid who wishes me a happy birthday and hands me a mastered copy of his band's forthcoming album. Best Birthday Present Ever #1! I also remember that an interview with the aforementioned Fucked Up is supposed to take place at approximately 2:30pm so movement is not an option. Bands come and go but I stay put. It's at this point I need to remind you that I'm still sober. It's mid-afternoon on my birthday and not a drop of alcohol has passed my lips. Not a single drop.
Fucked Up's affable drummer Jonah Falco hands me an all areas pass and takes me into an artists catering area where we sit and chat for half an hour. Much of that time is spent eyeing up the pasta dishes on offer but the less said about that the better. We say our goodbyes and part amicably, resulting in me wandering in between numerous bands and buses looking for an entrance back into the main arena. Doh! Heading back to the media area I spot four blokes in sunglasses standing over by the wall. It's Viva Brother. Eek. I leave, only to walk into a chorus of 'Same Jeans' by The View. Talk about a shit sandwich, but this one can't even be purchased from the folks at Subway, it's that bad. Warpaint are sublime, and gradually evolving into the incredible live band we kind of hoped they would. I guess that first beer had to come sooner rather than later and under the influence of Mr Catling, a couple of rounds are purchased before I watch Interpol. Unfortunately, it seems I'm in a very small minority as no more than a few thousand have decided to brave the now torrential downpour. Which is a shame really as Paul Banks and co. are on top form, playing a more singles rather than Interpol heavy set for the first time in months.
My camping buddies from Leeds inform me they've arrived, and a food stop back at the tent can't come quick enough. Now, I don't know about you but there are only two types of food required for a perfect festival - crisps and dried fruit. Asda do an amazing two for £3 range and the bag of processed mango goes down a treat aided by the vodka and Relentless Inferno combo my friends serve me. They've also brought me a birthday cake. In the shape of a rabbit. Lots of them in fact! Best Birthday Present Ever #2.
Feeling refreshed and in the mood for a party, Muse provide an engaging soundtrack for the next hour thanks to the awesome Origin Of Symmetry set they proffer. The rain falls even heavier. I really want to get my brolly out so politely ask the middle aged couple standing behind me whether they'd mind or not. They politely inform me that I will be wearing said umbrella if I decide to open it up. It stays folded in my bag. Another hour passes and I apologise to my DiS colleagues for suggesting Muse were a spent force. A simply incredible ending to the first day, not that our adventure is complete, as a walk around the main campsite is halted by the sounds of SL2's 'On A Ragga Tip'. It's a rave! In the woods! It's just like Latitude all over again except we're surrounded by hundreds of confused looking teenagers in My Chemical Romance hoodies. Oh well, the DJ's playing N-Trance now. Lovely stuff...
Saturday 27th
Rising bright and early with no sign of a hangover, I'm greeted with the first sight of sunshine all weekend. Maybe today is going to be a beautiful day after all (I believe Guy Garvey may have been singing this as we were taking our places at the front for Muse the previous evening)? More dried fruit consumed and the daily check-in with the loved one in hand, local heroes Pulled Apart By Horses are our first stop. Despite the early time slot and exceptionally high stage complete with moat-like gap between band and audience, it doesn't stop Tom Hudson from participating in his favourite party trick; jumping into the audience headfirst and playing most of the set from in there to boot. They're a glorious mess of hair and riffs, and a perfect way to start the day.
And then before we have chance to walk literally six feet, the skies open. Brolly at the ready, a couple of friends try to persuade me to go and see Does It Offend You, Yeah? It will take more than a can of Brothers cider to tempt me to watch that shower, and the more salubrious confines of the guest bar take precedence. I get to try on the new magnetic fluorescent armbands all Leeds & Reading Festival photographers will be issued with in 2012. The health and safety police don't look too impressed. With not much music on to tempt me, the alcohol is flowing at an alarming pace, and even when discussions with my fellow DiSsers turn to the beauty of housing thirty-one rabbits, it doesn't slow down. A text on my phone from one of my Derby friends informs me Cerebral Ballzy are about to take the Festival Republic stage in ten minutes, and this seems an ample time to "round up the troops" as it were. After two songs, everyone bar me looks distinctly unimpressed with their calamitous take on 1981-style agit-prop Britpunk, and even when singer Honor Titus decides to scale one of the scaffolds holding the tent in place at the end the yawns echo around our group like a dawn chorus.
More beers are consumed, and at this point my learned friend from the other side of the A52 introduces me to two seventeen-year-old girls he "pulled" the night before. At this point I make my excuses and leave, assisting Jo Contactmusic on an interview with The Antlers seeming a much more appropriate gesture instead. Returning to the Festival Republic tent for the Brooklyn outfit's set, it's a tad disappointing to find the space two-thirds empty, particularly as their set is the emotionally charged stormer that we've come to expect in recent months.
Returning to the media area to gather my thoughts (and more beers), The Offspring play in the background. Whatever I may think of them, they have nothing on the execrable waste of space that is Jared Leto and 30 Seconds To Mars. Dressed in what can only be described as a specially styled pure white "Jesus robe", he spends most of the set telling the tens of thousands out front how much he loves them, how much he loves Leeds, how much he loves England, how much he loves....oh, get on with it and play us a song. He does, and after one verse and one chorus we wish he hadn't. He then pulls a kid onstage from the front row and as a result reaches a new low in stomach churning levels of nausea. A trampoline is wheeled on stage where said kid is then instructed to bounce for several minutes. Why? Who knows. The band certainly don't. The set finishes (thankfully) with the most manufactured "stage invasion" I've ever witnessed, even to the point where kids that try to get on stage from the audience are aggressively man-handled back by security.
Anyway, back in the bar, someone points at a guy who's the spitting image of Paul Weller. With another guy who's also the spitting image of Paul Weller. And sat with them is a younger model sporting a perfectly coiffeured feather cut and stylish Pretty Green inscribed parka. Aha, of course, Beady Eye are playing later. Liam brings all the plastic mods and wannabe Mancs out you know? Not that we care. The Horrors are next on our agenda, and Mr Catling being the man-about-town that he is introduces me to a member of Milk Maid before we all head off merrily to cop a good spot for Faris Badwan and co. An hour or so later thanks to the power cut that ensues two thirds of the way into their set, we're all in total agreement (well I am!) that The Horrors are undoubtedly one of the most innovative bands in the UK at the minute. My musical highlight of the weekend so far without any shadow of doubt.
Now I'm really in the mood for a party, and where better to go than the guest bar and irritate various (ex)members of Grammatics, Lone Wolf and Team Contactmusic, not to mention the DJ, by constantly requesting then singing 'Glad You Came' by The Wanted every five minutes and getting on one's soapbox about why rabbits do not make good pets for children. Fun times for all. I think...? Needless to say The Wanted's finest hour doesn't get played. Time for bed I guess...
Sunday 28th
I'm awake at the surprisingly early hour of 9.30am, which considering the amount of alcohol consumed yesterday, is a pretty remarkable achievement. However, that is mostly down to the ketamine induced chatter that's taking place in an adjacent tent for what seems like the duration of the entire night. Now, forgive me for being a spoilsport but who in their right mind puts substances up their nose for pleasure that are prescribed to tranquilize horses? I mean, upon seeing what ketamine does to a horse I can barely imagine what effect it has on a human. Ketamine - just say neigh kids.
My kind friends from Leeds make me an offer I shouldn't refuse. A shower at their house and a pub lunch in their local. Which also has Sky Sports! And my poor excuse for a football team are live on the box at 1.15pm! Unfortunately, a prior engagement with The Joy Formidable means I have to turn their invitation down. And judging by the texts received over the course of the next couple of hours, it isn't a decision I regret, my team getting dishonorably turned over 4-1 at home. Damn.
Back in the media area, which also means bar, which also means beer, Mr Wolstenholme offers Team DiS a selection of edible looking snacks such as Cheese Grids, Pickled Onion Monster Claws and my personal favourite, Disco Biscuits (a pack of which Mr Catling is modelling above). Oh, the joys of Aldi. Musical treats again come few and far between for yours truly, although last night's recommendation to see Mariachi El Bronx coupled with Cults downbeat lo-fi works a treat in the late afternoon sun. Ah, the sun. Yes, it seems to want to put in a full day's shift today, and with more DiSsers arriving in the shape of Newcastle's finest David Edwards we sit down on the dried mud to discuss the merits of James Perch. Which takes approximately three minutes. Still, The National are on soon, which kind of makes me feel proud as they're about as far removed from the 21st Century band model as is possible to be, having developed at their own pace this past decade.
After a nervy start, Matt Berninger and band finally get into their stride, no doubt buoyed by a large and appreciative crowd that seem to know every song and sing contentedly, even the Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers material they slip into the mid-point of the set. It's a triumphant entry into Leeds main stage territory, and one that will hopefully continue into the future.
Now as the weekend is drawing to a close and the alcohol supplies have diminished, resources are pooled together among our intrepid group to the point where Rum & Relentless becomes the cocktail of the evening. Somehow this perks me up for The Strokes, a band I normally would have no discerning interest in whatsoever. Even more surprisingly I find their hour long set a fairly pleasurable experience, no doubt helped by being situated in the middle of the friendliest moshpit ever. New friends are made, old ones taunt me about my alleged "new found love for The Strokes". Now don't go too far old boy...
The reason I'm really here is so that I don't lose my spot about half a dozen rows back from the stage for Pulp, a band I can proudly boast to have seen eight times already. As with their previous shows I've witnessed this year at Primavera and Glastonbury, Jarvis Cocker and band are on fine form throughout, highlights coming thick and fast from start to finish. I kind of feel old when he introduces 'Common People' with a brief chat about their first festival show in Leeds back in 1995 (I was there!), yet also quite elated to have been present at possibly the greatest closing set I've seen this summer.
At this point it doesn't seem right to consume any more music, and although Becoming Real tempt me briefly for a few minutes, a helping of cut-price sweet and sour chicken with fried rice (Festival Food Tip: ALWAYS see what's on offer after the headline act has finished - you'll be surprised how many vendors give their remaining stock away for free!) followed by a refreshing bottle of water rounds off my Leeds weekend nicely.


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Bonnie George walked out of the Office of the Wet'suwet'en holding her hands up in the air in a triumphant gesture.
Just hours earlier, the Wet'suwet'en matriarch and former Coastal GasLink employee had complained about being locked out of the office and her voice not being heard.
Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs were meeting with senior government ministers over a pipeline dispute that's sparked national protests and led to railways and roads being shut down.
The talks began Thursday afternoon with Federal Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett and British Columbia Indigenous Relations Minister Scott Fraser. The meetings have continued over the weekend.
The hereditary chiefs who oppose the natural gas pipeline cutting through their traditional territory have seen shows of support across the country, but Wet'suwet'en members are divided on the project.
George is among those who support the pipeline and showed up with more than a dozen people at the Office of the Wet'suwet'en looking for a chance to speak.
"It shouldn't be like that," she said, pointing at a locked door. "We need to work together as one."
READ MORE: Ministers optimistic as talks with Wet'suwet'en chiefs continue for third day
George said she wasn't invited to the meeting. Still, she went into the room on Thursday with others and made a statement, telling the gathering that the entire nation needs to be represented.
Hereditary Chief Na'moks, one of those opposed to the pipeline who has been sitting in meetings with ministers, said the Wet'suwet'en people who want the pipeline built have a "right to express themselves."
"That's one thing about our nation. We are very democratic. We didn't chase them away," he said Saturday.
"We listened to them."
The Wet'suwet'en of northern British Columbia are governed by both a traditional hereditary chief system and six elected band councils.
The elected councils administer reserves, including one named the Wet'suwet'en First Nation, while the hereditary chiefs assert jurisdiction over the broader community they call the Wet'suwet'en Nation.
Five of the councils are among 20 elected First Nations that have approved the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline. But the hereditary chiefs maintain the band councils only have authority over reserve lands created under the Indian Act, and cannot approve the pipeline route through 22,000 square kilometres of traditional territory over which they assert authority.
A sixth Wet'suwet'en elected council, the Hagwilget, declined to sign an agreement, deferring to hereditary leadership because the pipeline did not cross the village boundaries.
The dispute over the pipeline also encompasses other unsettled land rights and title issues, including who has the right to negotiate with governments and corporations, the fact that the land is not covered by a treaty and remains unceded, and a 1997 court case that recognized the hereditary chiefs' authority and the exclusive right of the Wet'suwet'en peoples to the land but did not specify the boundaries.
Solidarity protests and blockades have broken out across the country since the RCMP moved in on Feb. 6 to enforce an injunction to stop a blockade erected by those opposed to the pipeline that prevented Coastal GasLink workers from entering the site.
While George is in favour of the pipeline now, she said that wasn't always the case.
She asked questions and did research before making her decision. She said she wants others to do the same.
"It's going to bring in resources," George said.
"It's not a strange thing to have a pipeline in our territory. We have had a pipeline in our area since the mid-'60s and it hasn't caused any harm to our environment."
Revenue from the pipeline will help pay for programs that benefit people living on and off the reserve, she said.
"It's really disheartening to see protests all across Canada," George said.
"I don't agree with the protests. I think there is an easier way for us to sort this out."
Elaine Morris-Stevens of the Tsayu clan also wants the pipeline built and complained that some voices in the Wet'suwet'en Nation are not being heard.
"Right now, they have three people in there who are spokespersons for us," Morris-Stevens said.
"They don't speak for us."
She said the pipeline will create jobs.
"I'm 45 years old now and I still don't have a job."
READ MORE: Caution, with a time limit: How Trudeau's patience with rail blockades ended
Gary Naziel, a Wet'suwet'en hereditary subchief, said the only way to "fix things" is to have a feast with all the chiefs.
Although he met with the federal and provincial ministers, he waited outside the locked doors of the Office of the Wet'suwet'en with the others.
He said the pipeline will help the economy in the region.
"The truth is most of our members are for the pipeline."
Hina Alam, The Canadian Press
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One of the things I was concerned about (before splurging on an Android Phone) was the fact that I didn't have a data plan. I got my first cell phone from AT&T in 2004 and after dabbling with the awful pay-per-use data plan, I opted out of their data packages. Back then, their data plans were 'pricey' to my still-broke self. Now (around the coming of the iPhone), most carriers require data plans so you won't suffer this problem. These days, you should tack an extra $15 – $30 a month to your cellphone bill with data plans from the popular carriers. 🙂
In any case, I am still without a data plan and missing out on a bunch of cool applications.
I have since discovered that the *really* fun applications (barring games) require an internet connection. Yes, WiFi is good, but when you're on the road, you're out of luck. Without further ado, here are the "things" I (meaning you) am missing out on without a data plan:
Free Google Maps navigation
If you aren't ready for paid Android navigation apps like Ndrive, Navdroyd, Copilot, the free Google Maps app is your next best bet. To use Google's free turn-by-turn directions, you need a constant internet connection. However, you may be forced to use an offline maps utility which consumes space on your microSD card. I've currently got an 8GB Transcend microSD card in my G1 phone and planning an upgrade to a 16GB Transcend microSD card in order to take advantage of offline maps like Ndrive (North America maps for Ndrive consume nearly 6gbs of space which leaves me little room to install apps on my current 8gb microsd card). I've got a license to Ndrive navigation software that is begging to be used!
Social Services
Geo-location is the rage these days (see: FourSquare, Yelp, Gowalla, Whrrl, etc). It's not my cup of tea so I won't be telling the world where I am or where I'm not (unless I want to send a not-so-subtle message about how quickly I'm climbing a non-existent social ladder). That said, unless the restaurant/club you're in has free WiFi, no checking in for you. The same goes for the Twitter/Facebook apps for Android. Unless you're at home (in which case, I would be using my laptop), you can't use these apps without an internet connection. Without WiFi, you're out of luck. I wouldn't be writing this post if there was free WiFi was as pervasive as cell phone towers.
Data Syncing
As you know, the Android phone is tied really closely to your Google account. I mean, contacts + calendars are all synced from your Google online account to your phone. This means, changes made to your contacts + calendars made from your phone won't show up instantly on your online Google account if you aren't connected to WiFi at the moment. If you'd had a data plan, you wouldn't be worrying about when the carrier pigeons will ferry your data from your phone to your Google account. 😀 It's not all doom and gloom. I've obviously survived thus far. It's a pain, but workable.
That said, I've found my Android phone to be useful even without a data plan. In the Android Market, there's no shortage of apps that don't need an internet connection. For those old school people without a data plan (raise your hands in the air/ wave 'em like you just don't care … actually, it hurts.), here are some recommended apps to pass time with until your next WiFi connection:
You can do … anything (almost)
Take your pick. On my G1, I've got the following apps that contain things I can consume until my next WiFi connection.
- Note-taking:Writers/BloggersArtists are incurable note-takers so this shouldn't come as a surprise. I swear by the Android app from Snaptic called 3banana notes. Even though I haven't used any other because I can't imagine anything that is simpler than this app, I love it. You can jot down anything that comes to mind, append images/location data & your notes are stored on your microSD card or phone to be synced to your Snaptic account or Google account!
- Factbook: Support the Android developers It's a paid app and it is pretty much a copy of the freely available (online) CIA Factbook which has been ported to the Android phone. It comes in a pretty GUI and should keep you full of random trivia.
- The Holy Book (Bible, etc): The free bibles out there are mostly the King James' version of the bible which is freely available on Project Gutenberg. The others are just fancy versions like NIV, etc. Simply read the reviews or test out the Bible apps to find "the One".
- The Dictionary: I used to read dictionaries as a hobby when I was younger. I don't do that enough these days, but with the ColorDict app, I can fill my head with more highfalutin' words than necessary.
- Fresh of a recent reformat to install Cyanogenmod v. 6 (a.k.a. Froyo), I'm on the hunt for a good Android app to let me save articles from my browser to read them later. Basically, an Instapaper-like app for Android. I'm still looking so feel free to chime in with recommendations although I'm not sure this would work as I hope because it would require some syncing to go on from my browser to my phone and thus require an internet connection.
- Books: Pick your favorite eBook reader (I've settled on FBreader which has a simple eBook application for the Windows platform) and download hundreds of free eBooks from publishers around the world e.g. Smashwords, Feedbooks, etc. FBReader offers an easy way to browse and download quality reading material. When browsing the catalogs, FBReader offers more options for searching for books by authors, subject, languages, popularity, etc. , it'll offer you a more 'animated' list of options.
- Medical 'trivia': I'm a fan of filling my head with largely useless tidbits of medical information (not a fan of the Michael Quach style of trivia apps polluting the Android marketplace). I've spent well over $100 on medical apps from Skyscape. Sidenote: Skyscape rocks for allowing me to transfer my apps from device to device. Then again, the Skyscape apps aren't just $2 – $10 apps and if the previous phone is truly retired/dead, transferring is the least they can do. BUT Skyscape didn't give me the run-around and that says a lot about their company.
- Have Fun with Exercise/GPS: With apps like RunKeeper and CardioTrainer, you can track more than just calories burned with your exercise routine. If you're just curious to see what your daily route looks like on the computer, there is the My Tracks apps that can track and create an easily shareable file (i.e. gpx, kml or csv formats). Be warned that should you attempt to multi-task while recording a track, you'll loose your spot on the map and have to restart. I can not wait for GPSed to be available on the Android market. I loved the GPSed app (I upgraded to the GPSed Pro version) on the Windows Mobile system and it rocked my world by making my commute less lonely. 🙂 Sidenote: The GPSed App is available as a .jar file and this can be apparently converted to Android package (.apk) file although I didn't get that site to work and there might be another option for converting .jar files to .apk files.
- Fun with Pictures: I've got the paid PicSayPro application on my phone and it's been a great app to edit the 3 megapixel photos I've taken with the G1. There are other photo editing apps available such as Adobe's Photoshop Express, Urbian Inc's Retro Camera, etc.
I'm sure I'm missing out on other things I can do even without a constant data connection (listening to music is blindingly obvious) so expect another post with me belaboring the point that I probably am better off getting a data plan soon. 🙂 Cheers!


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Latest Figures On Obesity Paint An Uglier Picture
Too many Americans weigh more than is good for them. What else is new, right?
We learned less than two weeks ago that rates of obesity worsened in 16 states last year, and not one state showed improvement.
Today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is out with the latest analysis of its own nationwide survey data, collected by telephone since 1984. The figures are just a little different, but the trend is all too familiar.
In the CDC's survey, people reported their own height and weight. Colorado, once again, was the best, sort of. Twenty-one percent of people there fit the criteria for obesity. In the other report we wrote about, Colorado was the only state to squeak under 20 percent, with an obesity rate of 19.8 percent.
Obesity rates were highest in Alabama, Mississippi and West Virginia. Obesity is defined as a body mass index of at least 30.
The most worrisome aspect of the latest data release is an animated map that show how obesity rates have climbed since 1985. In the mid-'90s, all the states were various shades of blue, meaning none had an obesity rate greater than 19 percent. By 2010, not a single state was blue — so 20 percent or more of all the residents in every state were obese.
The map at the top of the post shows the county-specific data on obesity from 2008. For more details, including state-specific maps and data going back to 2004, click here.


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Garage rock bands are usually known for their effort, as opposed to their skill; more sweat than style, in other words.
We listen to bands that take their act on the road day in and day out, taking few breaks and seeing roadies more than their families. Bands that leave their mark on the stage literally, with blood, sweat and maybe a few tears.
Now other genres across music may be taking their cue from these road warriors.
With the music industry mired in uncertainty, the business model for a band has shifted dramatically. Recording deals are looking like a thing of a bygone era, and moving CDs is no longer going to cut it. Instead, bands are now expected to hit the tour circuit, and hit it hard, if they expect to play guitar for a living.
The days of selling a million albums (physically, at least) are all but over for the majority of artists. Now that music has been digitized and streamed to the world, it seems that the only thing an artist has left to sell is their stage presence.
Garage rock acts have been perfecting this business model for a while now; most acts realize fairly early on that album sales are never going to allow them to buy a second house. In order to earn their bacon, a band must visit every city twice and throw in a town or bowling alley along the way.
This way of thinking is rapidly becoming more of the accepted norm, as more and more artists are forced to rely more heavily on touring than they ever had to before in order to keep those mansions intact. Even the huge bands are amping it up. Red Hot Chili Peppers' latest tour runs almost nonstop from May through the end of November.
Although the music business may be in the worst shape it's seen in quite some time, the legions of hard-working bands who self-promote and tour relentlessly will still find a willing and receptive audience; provided their power slides are up to snuff.
John Grimley writes The Oil Slick blog for GuitarWorld.com.


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Egypt Minister Says End Of Crisis 'Imminent'
Egypt's justice minister said Monday that a resolution was "imminent" to the political crisis over President Mohammed Morsi's decision to grant himself sweeping new powers, a move that has touched off days of violent street protests.
Ahmed Mekki spoke to reporters shortly before Morsi was due to meet members of the Supreme Judiciary Council to discuss the decrees the Islamist president announced last week that put him above any kind of oversight, including that of the courts. The judiciary council is in charge of the courts.
Mekki has been mediating between the judiciary and the presidency to try to defuse the crisis, although he did not say on what he based his prediction for its impending resolution.
Opposition activists have denounced Morsi's decrees as a blatant power grab, and refused to enter a dialogue with the presidency before the edicts are rescinded. The president has vigorously defended the new powers, saying they are necessary to implement badly needed reforms and protect Egypt's transition to democracy.
Ayman al-Sayyad, a member of Morsi's 17-member advisory council, said the body asked the president in meetings over the weekend to negotiate a way out of the crisis with the judiciary, and enter dialogue with all political forces to iron out differences over the nation's new constitution.
Secular and Christian politicians have withdrawn from a 100-seat panel tasked with drafting the charter, in protest of what they call the hijacking of the process by Morsi's Islamist allies. They fear the Islamists would produce a draft that infringes on the rights of liberals, women and the minority Christians.
The president, al-Sayyad added, would shortly take decisions that would spare the nation a "possible sea of blood." He did not elaborate.
The dispute over the decrees, the latest in the country's bumpy transition to democracy, has taken a toll on the nation's already ailing economy - Egypt's benchmark stock index dropped more than 9.5 percentage points on Sunday, the first day of trading since Morsi's announcement. It fell again Monday during early trading but recovered to close up by 2.6 percentage points.
It has also played out in urban street protests across the country, including in the capital Cairo and the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria.
The Health Ministry said Monday that a total of 444 people have been wounded nationwide since the clashes erupted on Friday. Forty-nine of these remain hospitalized, it said in a statement carried by official news agency MENA.
In the Nile Delta city of Damanhoor, a teenager was killed late Sunday and at least 40 people were wounded when a group of anti-Morsi protesters tried to storm the local offices of the political arm of the president's fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood, the most powerful political force in Egypt.
It was the first reported death from the street battles over the decrees, officials said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
On Monday, thousands gathered in Damanhoor for the teenager's funeral, while in Cairo thousands more marched through Tahrir square for the funeral of another young Egyptian killed in clashes with police in the capital. Tahrir was the birthplace of last year's uprising that toppled authoritarian leader Hosni Mubarak.
An informal truce between the police and protesters staging a sit-in in the square allowed the funeral to go ahead peacefully. The sit-in, which has hundreds of participants, is aimed at forcing Morsi to back down.
Morsi's office said in a statement that he had ordered the country's top prosecutor to investigate the teenager's death, along with that of the man killed in Cairo last week during demonstrations to mark the anniversary of deadly protests last year that called for an end to the then-ruling military.
The judiciary, the main target of Morsi's edicts, has pushed back, calling the decrees a power grab and an "assault" on the branch's independence. Judges and prosecutors stayed away from many courts in Cairo and other cities on Sunday and Monday.
Morsi supporters insist the measures were necessary to prevent the courts, which already dissolved the elected lower house of parliament, from delaying efforts to bring stability by disbanding the panel writing the new constitution, as judges were considering doing. Both the parliament and the constitutional assembly are dominated by Islamists.
Morsi, an Islamist, accuses Mubarak loyalists in the judiciary of seeking to thwart the revolution's goals. His Thursday edicts bar the judiciary from disbanding the constitutional assembly or parliament's upper house.
This article was originally published on November 26, 2012.
This program aired on November 26, 2012. The audio for this program is not available.


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Friday, July 01, 2005
Pumpkin Doughnuts
Pumpkin Doughnuts (Adapted from Eating Well)
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 large egg
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup pumpkin puree
3 tablespoons canola oil
Preheat oven to 400°F. Lightly oil a doughnut baking pan or coat it with nonstick spray.
In a large bowl, whisk flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg.
In another large bowl, whisk egg, buttermilk, brown sugar, pumpkin puree, and oil. Add dry ingredients and stir until just combined.
Spoon about 1/4 cup batter into each mold for regular sized doughnuts. For the mini size, use about 2 tablespoons of batter.
Bake doughnuts for 8 to 14 minutes, or until puffed and browned. They should spring back when lightly touched. Loosen edges and invert onto a wire rack to cool. Repeat with remaining batter if using 1 pan.
If you want a glaze - mix 1 cup powdered sugar and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract with enough milk or cream to make it spreadable/pourable.
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TechRadar Verdict
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Good performance
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Sturdy build quality
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Decent sized hard drive
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Good screen
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SD card reader only
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Compact touchpad
Why you can trust TechRadar
After putting out a steady stream of excellent and affordable laptops last year, Samsung deservedly won our prestigious Best Laptop Manufacturer award. The R440-JA01UK offers good value for money, with strong performance and an excellent screen.
As with the Asus P52F-SO006X and Dell Vostro V130, one of Intel's Core i3 350M processors provides the power, allowing for strong performance on a budget. Core i5 laptops offer better performance, but this laptop has more than enough grunt to run several applications at once.
An integrated Intel GMA HD GPU has been used to process graphics, and the Samsung scored a fairly high result in our benchmark tests, just behind the Hi-Grade Notino D8000i. HD video plays smoothly, but editing your media is still a slow and jerky affair, and best avoided.
Battery life: 211 minutes
MobileMark 2007: 221
3DMark 2003: 3491
Colourful chassis
The plastic chassis has been brightened with a purple textured design that covers the lid and palm rests, which some will love and others will hate. Regardless, it's a sturdy build with only a little flex around the DVD drive, and at 2.2kg won't weigh you down when you hit the road.
A battery life of three-and-a-half hours is above average and quite a good result. The touchpad is a little too compact, which is annoying when dragging the mouse cursor from one edge of the screen to another.
Thankfully multi-touch gesturing is supported and a scroll bar along the right edge allows swift navigation through documents and web pages. The keyboard is similar to the Dell's, and just as comfortable to type on. There's no separate numeric pad, though.
We found the 14-inch screen to be bright and reasonably sharp, and a Super-TFT finish has been used to make images more vibrant. As with other Super-TFT laptops, reflections are a pain in brightly lit environments.
802.11n Wi-Fi has been included, for fast wireless networking. The Samsung also has the older 10/100 Ethernet for wired connections, while Bluetooth is available for wirelessly communicating with compatible devices.
The Samsung's 320GB hard drive should be plenty for most people to carry their important files and media collections. The memory card reader only supports SD cards, which provides less flexibility than other card readers.
We found the Samsung R440-JA01UK to be a usable and well constructed laptop, with a colourful screen and commendable performance. There are few flaws to speak of, making this an easy laptop to recommend.
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Database access in Java went through some steps:
- at first, pure JDBC
- proprietary frameworks
- standards such as EJB Entities and JDO
- OpenSource frameworks such as Hibernate and EclipseLink (known as TopLink at the time)
When JPA was finally released, it seemed my wishes came true. At last, there was a standard coming from the trenches to access databases in Java
Unfortunately, JPA didn't hold its promises when compared to Hibernate: for example, you don't have Query by Example. Even worse, in its first version, JPA didn't provide simple features like Criteria, so that even simple queries would have to be implemented through JPQL and thus achieved with String concatenation. IMHO, this completely defeated ORM purposes.
JPA2 to the rescue
At last, JPA2 supplies something usable in a real-world application. And yet, I feel there's still so much boilerplate code to write a simple CRUD DAO:
public class JpaDao {
private EntityManager em;
private Class managedClass;
private JpaDao(Class managedClass) {
this.managedClass = managedClass;
public void persist(E entity) {
public void remove(E entity) {
public E findById(PK id) {
return em.find(managedClass, id);
Some would (and do) object that in such a use-case, there's no need for a DAO:
the EntityManager
just needs to be injected in the service class and used directly.
This may be a relevant point-of-view, but only when there's no query for as soon as you go beyond that, you need to separate between data access and business logic.
Boilerplate code in JPA2
Two simple use-cases highlight the useless boilerplate code in JPA 2:
and simple criteria queries.
In the first case, you have to get the handle on the named query through the entity manager, then set potential parameters like so:
Query query = em.createNamedQuery("Employee.findHighestPaidEmployee");
In the second, you have to implement your own query with the CriteriaBuilder
CriteriaBuilder builder = em.getCriteriaBuilder();
CriteriaQuery query = builder.createQuery(Person.class);
Root fromPerson = query.from(Person.class);
return em.createQuery(query.select(fromPerson)).getResultList();
IMHO, these lines of code bring nothing to the table and just clutter our own code. By chance, some time ago, I found project Hades, a product which was based on this conclusion and wrote simple code for you.
Spring Data JPA
Given the fate of some excellent OpenSource projects, Hades fared much better since it has been brought into the Spring ecosystem under the name Spring Data JPA. Out of the box, SDJ provides DAOs that have advanced CRUD features. For example, the following interface can be used as-is:
public interface EmployeeRepository extends JPARepository
Given some Spring magic, an implementation will be provided at runtime with the following methods:
void deleteAllInBatch()
void deleteInBatch(Iterable<Employee> entities)
List<Employee> findAll()
List<Employee> findAll(Sort sort)
void flush()
<S extends Employee> List<S> save(Iterable<S> entities)
Employee saveAndFlush(Employee entity)
Page<Employee> findAll(Pageable pageable)
Iterable<Employee> findAll(Sort sort)
long count()
void delete(ID id)
void delete(Iterable<? extends Employee> entities)
void delete(Employee entity)
void deleteAll()
boolean exists(Long id)
Iterable<Employee> findAll()
Iterable<Employee> findAll(Iterable ids)
Employee findOne(Long id)
<S extends Employee> Iterable<S> save(Iterable<S> entities)
<S extends Employee> S save(S entity)
Yes, SDJ provides you with a generic DAO, like so many frameworks around but here, wiring into the underlying implementation is handled by the framework, free of charge. For those that don't need them all and prefer the strict minimum, you can also use the following strategy, where you have to choose the methods from the list above (and use the annotation):
@RepositoryDefinition(domainClass = Employee.class, idClass = Long.class)
public interface EmployeeRepository {
long count();
Employee save(Employee employee);
It sure is nice, but the best is yet to come. Remember the two above use-cases we had to write on our own? The first is simply handled by adding the unqualified query name to the interface like so:
@RepositoryDefinition(domainClass = Employee.class, idClass = Long.class)
public interface EmployeeRepository {
Employee findHighestPaidEmployee();
The second use-case, finding all employees, is provided in the JPA repository.
But let's pretend for a second we have a WHERE
clause, for example on the first name.
SDJ is capable of handling simple queries based on the method name:
@RepositoryDefinition(domainClass = Employee.class, idClass = Long.class)
public interface EmployeeRepository {
List findByLastname(String firstName);
We had to code only an interface and its methods: no implementation code nor metamodel generation was involved! Don't worry, if you need to implement some complex queries, SDJ let you wire your own implementation.
If you're already a Spring user, Spring Data JPA is really (really!) a must. If you're not, you're welcome to test it to see its added value by yourself. IMHO, SDJ is one of the reason JavaEE has not killed Spring yet: it bridged the injection part, but the boilerplate code is still around every corner.
This article is not a how-to but a teaser to let you into SDJ. You can find the sources for this article here, in Maven/Eclipse format.
For those that aren't into JPA yet, there's Data JDBC; for those that are well beyond that (think Big Data); there's a Data Hadoop. Check all of Spring Data projects!


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