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|2004-03-17, 17:38
|Link #61
Join Date: Jan 2004
YO MAMMA..okay these jokes got old REALLY fast but i have a couple funny ones...i guess...
Yo Mamma So stupid she stole free bread.
Yo Mamma So stupid she got hit by a parked car.
Yo mamma So ugly...she makes YOU look good...
Yo mamma so fat...she doesnt have to TRY to sit down..(EW)
Yo mamma's so poort when i came over and stepped on a match she said....NOO WHO TURNED OUT THE LIGHTS?
|2004-03-17, 18:05
|Link #62
Join Date: Jan 2004
one more thing..this isnt a joke but i find it wierd and kinda funny...
dont you know the worlds going wierd when.......
The best Rapper's a White Guy.
The best Golfer's a Black Guy.
The Tallest basketball player's a chinese guy.
And the Germans don't want to go to war.
...okay that was kinda rascist but..iono its kinda funny....
|2004-03-17, 18:29
|Link #63
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Austin, TX
Age: 36
That was some great stuff homobaggins. Your cool rating +4
EDIT: Sorry dude, I could of sworn you were homobaggins. I was even wondering why someone would choose an ID like that... It was an honest mistake. Next time I'll be sure to copy/paste people's IDs instead of relying on my fickle memory
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|2004-03-18, 01:49
|Link #65
Tekkaman Blade!
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bakersfield, CA, USA,
Age: 31
Cool, a joke thread. Here's a few I've heard in other forums.
Two muffins were in the oven.
One asked the other, "Is it hot in here, or is it just me?"
The other one screamed, "Holy crap! A talking muffin!"
|2004-03-18, 01:52
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Tekkaman Blade!
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bakersfield, CA, USA,
Age: 31
A young boy and a young girl were in the waiting room of a doctor's office. The little girl was sobbing sofly.
"Why are you crying?" asked the little boy.
"I'm getting a blood test. They're going to cut my finger," replied the little girl.
Then the little boy started sobbing.
"Why are you crying?" asked the little girl.
"I'm getting a urine test."
|2004-03-18, 01:54
|Link #67
Tekkaman Blade!
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bakersfield, CA, USA,
Age: 31
This is a compilation of actual student GCSE answers...
1. Ancient Egypt was inhabited by mummies and they all wrote in hydraulics. They lived in the Sarah Dessert and traveled by Camelot. The climate of the Sarah is such that the inhabitants have to live elsewhere.
2. The Bible is full of interesting caricatures. In the first book of the Bible, Guinessis, Adam and Eve were created from an apple tree. One of their children, Cain, asked, "Am I my brother's son?"
3. Moses led the Hebrew slaves to the Red Sea, where they made unleavened bread which is bread made without any ingredients. Moses went up on Mount Cyanide to get the ten commandments. He died before he ever reached Canada.
4. Solomom had three hundred wives and seven hundred porcupines.
5. The Greeks were a highly sculptured people, and without them we wouldn't have history. The Greeks also had myths. A myth is a female moth.
6. Actually, Homer was not written by Homer but by another man of that name.
7. Socrates was a famous Greek teacher who went around giving people advice. They killed him. Socrates died from an overdose of wedlock. After his death, his career suffered a dramatic decline.
8. In the Olympic games, Greeks ran races, jumped, hurled the biscuits, and threw the java.
9. Eventually, the Romans conquered the Greeks. History calls people Romans because they never stayed in one place for very long.
10. Julius Caesar extinguished himself on the battlefields of Gaul. The Ides of March murdered him because they thought he was going to be made king. Dying, he gasped out: "Tee hee, Brutus."
11. Nero was a cruel tyranny who would torture his subjects by playing the fiddle to them.
12. Joan of Arc was burnt to a steak and was cannonized by Bernard Shaw. Finally Magna Carta provided that no man should be hanged twice for the same offense.
13. In midevil times most people were alliterate. The greatest writer of the futile ages was Chaucer, who wrote many poems and verses and also wrote literature.
14. Another story was William Tell, who shot an arrow through an apple while standing on his son's head.
15. Queen Elizabeth was the "Virgin Queen." As a queen she was a success. When she exposed herself before her troops they all shouted "hurrah."
16. It was an age of great inventions and discoveries. Gutenberg invented removable type and the Bible. Another important invention was the circulation of blood. Sir Walter Raleigh is a historical figure because he invented cigarettes and started smoking. And Sir Francis Drake circumcised the world with a 100 foot clipper.
17. The greatest writer of the Renaissance was William Shakespeare. He was born in the year 1564, supposedly on his birthday. He never made much money and is famous only because of his plays. He wrote tragedies, comedies, and hysterectomies, all in Islamic pentameter. Romeo and Juliet are an example of a heroic couplet. Romeo's last wish was to be laid by Juliet.
18. Writing at the same time as Shakespeare was Miguel Cervantes. He wrote Donkey Hote. The next great author was John Milton. Milton wrote Paradise Lost. Then his wife died and he wrote Paradise Regained.
19. During the Renaissance America began. Christopher Columbus was a great navigator who discovered America while cursing about the Atlantic. His ships were called the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Fe.
20. Later, the Pilgrims crossed the ocean, and this was called Pilgrim's Progress. The winter of 1620 was a hard one for the settlers. Many people died and many babies were born. Captain John Smith was responsible for all this.
21. One of the causes of the Revolutionary War was the English put tacks in their tea. Also, the colonists would send their parcels through the post without stamps. Finally the colonists won the War and no longer had to pay for taxis. Delegates from the original 13 states formed the Contented Congress. Thomas Jefferson, a Virgin, and Benjamin Franklin were two singers of the Declaration of Independence. Franklin discovered electricity by rubbing two cats backwards and declared, "A horse divided against itself cannot stand.". Franklin died in 1790 and is still dead.
22. Soon the Constitution of the United States was adopted to secure domestic hostility. Under the constitution the people enjoyed the right to keep bare arms.
23. Abraham Lincoln became America's greatest Precedent. Lincoln's mother died in infancy, and he was born in a log cabin which he built with his own hands. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves by signing the Emasculation Proclamation. On the night of April 14, 1865, Lincoln went to the theater and got shot in his seat by one of the actors in a moving picture show. The believed assinator was John Wilkes Booth, a supposedly insane actor. This ruined Booth's career.
24. Meanwhile in Europe, the enlightenment was a reasonable time. Voltaire invented electricity and also wrote a book called Candy.
25. Gravity was invented by Issac Walton. It is chiefly noticeable in the autumn when the apples are falling off the trees.
26. Johann Bach wrote a great many musical compositions and had a large number of children. In between he practiced on an old spinster which he kept up in his attic. Bach died from 1750 to the present. Bach was the most famous composer in the world and so was Handel. Handel was half German half Italian and half English. He was very large.
27. Beethoven wrote music even though he was deaf. He was so deaf he wrote loud music. He took long walks in the forest even when everyone was calling for him. Beethoven expired in 1827 and later died for this.
28. The French Revolution was accomplished before it happened and catapulted into Napoleon. Napoleon wanted an heir to inherit his power, but since Josephine was a baroness, she couldn't have any children.
29. The sun never set on the British Empire because the British Empire is in the East and the sun sets in the West.
30. Queen Victoria was the longest queen. She sat on a thorn for 63 years. She was a moral woman who practiced virtue. Her death was the final event which ended her reign.
31. The nineteenth century was a time of a great many thoughts and inventions. People stopped reproducing by hand and started reproducing by machine. The invention of the steamboat caused a network of rivers to spring up. Cyrus McCormick invented the McCormick raper, which did the work of a hundred men.
32. Louis Pasteur discovered a cure for rabbis. Charles Darwin was a naturalist who wrote the Organ of the Species. Madman Curie discovered radio. And Karl Marx became one of the Marx brothers.
33. The First World War, caused by the assignation of the Arch-Duck by an anahist, ushered in a new error in the anals of human history.
Original source: http://magnus.poly.edu/~dbartolo/hum...ntanswers.html
|2004-03-18, 02:21
|Link #68
Pirate Girl Nyuu
LMAO! Those IRC chats were funny! I could have sworn my friend and I were arguing over those cereal mascots one time. We ended up talking about Lucky and his height compared to Tony the Tiger and Trix Rabbit. Don't even want to go there.
I'm thinking about actually trying some of these. Hopefully I don't get bitch-slapped.
How to be Annoying
1. Pay tolls with $100 bills
2. Leave your supermarket cart on the street or in the middle of the parking lot
3. Eat produce at the market; don't buy it
4. When giving directions, leave out a turn or two
5. Leave the outdoor Christmas decorations up until March or April
6. Before exiting the elevator, push all the buttons
7. Knock and ask "How is it going?" to someone constipated in a public bathroom stall.
8. Develop at least three strategies for cutting into the front of lines
9. Announce when you're going to the bathroom
10. Chew other people's pencils
11. Invite lots of people to other people's parties.
12. Wear large hats during the movies
13. Touch strangers
14. Tell little children the truth about Santa Claus
15. Bite your dentist's finger
16. Select the same song on the jukebox fifty times.
18. Leave lipstick prints on people's cheeks and foreheads
19. Don't stand during hymns and anthems
20. Dance fast to slow music and vice-versa
21. Tell people they have bad breath
22. Invent nonsense computer jargon in conversations, and see if people play along to avoid the appearance of ignorance.
23. Flirt with a friend's spouse
24. Sit in the home bleachers and cheer for the other team
25. Shake with your left hand
26. Use the quote bunnies after every other word you say when talking to someone.
27. Adjust the tint on your tv so that all the people are green, and insist to others that you "like it that way".
28. Drum on every available surface.
29. Staple papers in the middle of the page.
30. Specify that your drive-through order is "to go".
31. Honk and wave to strangers.
32. Dress only in clothes colored Hunter's Orange.
33. Change channels five minutes before the end of every show.
34. Decline to be seated at a restaurant, and simply eat their complementary mints by the cash register.
35. Buy a large quantity of orange traffic cones and reroute whole streets.
36. Pay for your dinner with pennies.
37. Tie jingle bells to all your clothes.
38. Repeat everything someone says, as a question.
39. Leave your turn signal on for fifty miles.
40. Lie obviously about trivial things such as the time of day.
41. Reply to everything someone says with "that's what YOU think."
|2004-03-18, 16:38
|Link #69
keep up the good work!
docsigma2000: jesus christ man
docsigma2000: my son is sooooooo dead
c8info: Why?
docsigma2000: hes been looking at internet web sites in fucking EUROPE
docsigma2000: HE IS SURFING LONG DISTANCE
docsigma2000: our fucking phone bill is gonna be nuts
c8info: Ooh, this is bad. Surfing long distance adds an extra $69.99 to your bill per hour.
docsigma2000: ...!!!!!! FUCK FUCK FUCK
docsigma2000: is there some plan we can sign up for???
docsigma2000: cuz theres some cool stuff in europe, but i dun wanna pauy that much
c8info: Sorry, no. There is no plan. you'll have to live with it.
docsigma2000: o well, i ccan live without europe intenet sites.
docsigma2000: but till i figure out how to block it hes sooooo dead
c8info: By the way, I'm from Europe, your chatting long distance.
** docsigma2000 has quit (Connection reset by peer)
hmm... did i say that one already?
how about french jokes?
|2004-03-22, 15:04
|Link #70
Q: You go to a cockfight. How do you know if a Frenchman is there?
A: He's the one with a duck.
Q: How do you know if an Italian is there?
A: He bet on the duck.
Q: How do you know if the Mafia is there?
A: The duck wins.
french jokes ahead.
Spoiler for repeats?:
Spoiler for french wars:
|2004-03-22, 17:16
|Link #73
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Austin, TX
Age: 36
Time for me to contribute -
|2004-03-22, 17:55
|Link #75
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: new york city
Very VERY old Yo Mama jokes. But still funny none-the-less
|2004-03-22, 17:59
|Link #76
yo momma jokes
yo momma so fat it takes 3 trains and a bus to get to her good side.
yo momma is like a vaccumb cleaner. first she sucks, then she blows then she gets stuck in the closet
yo momma so poor, i went to your house, asked for the bathroom, she pointed out the door and said 3rd tree on the left.
yo momma jokes...
|2004-03-22, 18:09
|Link #78
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: new york city
The point is for people to post jokes and readers to be amused by them; should there be any more reasons for it?
By the way... homobaggins lol..... (no offence, read the post on top )
|2004-03-22, 18:12
|Link #79
you have no idea how many times i have heard homobaggins....
dont feel special.
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MONTREAL - Anyone who frequents Montreal's Jean Talon Market knows that the place is more than what is sold there – more than the produce and the spices, the eggs and the meat – in the way that the whole of something tends to be more than the sum of its parts.
The market is also its people, the dozens of vendors and growers and others who help to shape its personality. It is its shambling sprawl: in summer, Jean Talon is North America's largest open-air market. It is its gritty vibe. Its energy.
In Market Chronicles: Stories & Recipes from Montreal's Marché Jean-Talon (Les Éditions Cardinal, $40) Gazette reporter Susan Semenak has captured the essence of the place, its soul. She has produced a book that tells the stories of the people who make the market thrum and provided recipes that celebrate what is seasonal and are simple enough that even the beginning cook can follow them.
(Full disclosure: Semenak is a colleague and friend with whom I have been breaking bread for a long time; I know from our many conversations about food and cooking that she's passionate about both – and I know her as a talented and generous cook.)
In researching the book, her first, she hung out with people who give the market its character – people including Lino and Bruno Birri of the Birri Brothers stall and Daniel Oligny, who grows more than two dozen varieties of potato on Montreal's South Shore; such people as Liette Lauzon, the market's unofficial mayor; Anne Le, who sells spring rolls and imperial rolls at her stall, and Steven Finkelstein, who sells eggs – chicken and turkey, duck and quail – in a stall that his father, a man known as Le Capitaine, ran for 40 years before him.
In addition to poking around Jean Talon's nooks and crannies at all hours, from pre-dawn to late evening, Semenak travelled the province to meet the market's farmers and producers on their home turf: to the Gaspé, for instance, where she interviewed the Atkins brothers, who smoke fish in Mont Louis; to Ste. Hélène de Chester in Bois Francs, where Lucille Giroux and Alastair MacKenzie of La Moutonnière make award-winning sheep's-milk cheese.
She visited the small town of St. Louis de Blandford in Arthabaska County for the fall cranberry harvest, which she recalls as "completely spectacular," and St. Joseph du Lac, where the ice cider that Pascal Lacroix makes from his frozen-apple harvest has won international competitions. A winter storm was raging the day she visited Ferme Nordest in Mont Laurier, a three-hour drive northwest of Montreal; the Angus cows raised there by Roger Raymond and Céline Bélec were barely visible in the snow.
For her, it was all a labour of love. "I have loved Jean Talon Market since I was a little girl," she said, recalling visits there with her maternal grandfather to buy fish and then carrying it home, alive and flopping, in the bag, on the bus.
"It started this fascination for the place for me," she said. In time, she realized she wasn't alone in the connection she felt to the 78-year-old Little Italy landmark. "Other people I know have stories of going there to buy a chicken and taking it home on the bus – and sometimes the chicken would get loose," she said, laughing.
Part of it, she thinks, is that the market is a metaphor for who we are. "As Montrealers, we see ourselves as a little bit bohemian, really multicultural, part of a French-meets-English community," she said. "Our roads might be crumbling, but we have fabulous restaurants and we love to eat in them.
"We also see ourselves as inclusive – and the market reflects that: it is this microcosm of Montreal. Vieille souche farmers and immigrant shoppers from all parts of the world come together here: North African, Vietnamese and Lebanese Montrealers, among others, live nearby and shop at the market – and those communities are also reflected among shopkeepers around the market's perimeter. And because that market is so close to a working-class district, the prices are really competitive."
Semenak also appreciates what she calls the market's "unfussy sentiment. There's something wild about Jean Talon. It isn't an aesthetically beautiful place. It has a kind of rustic side that I like: there is a bit of topsy-turvy to it."
Although she was introduced to Jean Talon as a girl, it was when she began to cook that the market truly came to inspire her. "The farmers who bring their stuff are friendly and accessible – and it was a way for me to learn where my food comes from and how it grew," she said.
At the Birri Brothers stall, for instance, she learned to plant a fig tree, to pickle peppers, to make a tomato sauce.
Semenak and her husband, Daniel Mainardi, to whom she dedicates the book, often shop together at the market on Saturday mornings. "Shopping there is never a chore – and I always come home exhilarated and inspired," she said.
For those who know Jean Talon, the book is a chance to see it through the prism of Semenak's enthusiasm and affection. It's an opportunity to look at it through the camera lens of Albert Elbilia, whose moody and stirring photographs, shot with natural light only, grace the handsome 255-page hardcover.
And for those who do not know the market, it is an invaluable guide – like being referred to a knowledgeable friend of a friend when you visit a place for the first time, the kind of person who tells you, "You have to see this" or "You can't miss that."
Isabelle Létourneau, communications director for Montreal's public markets, described the book as "a jewel, a calling card for Montreal" that Mayor Gérald Tremblay would do well to consider as a gift for visitors.
"As well as I know Marché Jean-Talon, the book has allowed me to re-discover it, to see it differently, to learn about its human side," Létourneau said. "It is a book full of humanity."
In addition to the portraits, a backgrounder on the market's history, the photographs and the recipes, there are other treats to savour – including whimsical line drawings by Semenak and observations scattered through the book, such as: "How to shop at the market: Come with an appetite but leave the grocery list at home. Get lost. Ask questions. What does that taste like? How do you cook this? Let the season set the menu."
"We talk a lot these days about sustainability and eating local and carbon footprints," Semenak said. "All that is important, but sometimes it's difficult not to sound earnest.
"And yet, if you shop at Jean Talon Market, you are supporting farmers, most of whom live within 45 minutes or an hour from the market. We live in a city where urban sprawl hasn't pushed agriculture far away."
Daniel Racine, for instance, plants a dozen varieties of strawberries in the fields behind his Ste. Anne des Plaines bungalow northwest of Montreal. During the season, he harvests them in the morning, loads them into his truck and drives them to his market stall: Semenak can bake them in a pie that evening.
The recipes are mostly hers, for dishes she cooks for her family, but a fair number come from the market's farmers and producers: There's a recipe for roasted garlic from producer Daniel Brais, Pascal Lacroix's wife provided a recipe for ice-cider pork tenderloin and organic farmer Mylène Dupont shared a recipe for garlic-scape pesto that Semenak pronounced "totally awesome."
As well as she knew the market before, Semenak has come to know it far better. "When I go there, it's kind of like it is my community, my village."
Excerpt from Market Chronicles: Stories & Recipes from Montreal's Marché Jean-Talon:
It's impossible to resist the market's charms, especially at harvest time. From June to October, when the stalls are flush with fresh, local produce, there is no more sensual place in all of Montreal than Marché Jean-Talon, the sprawling labyrinth of farmers' stands, butcher stalls, bakers, spice shops and fish stores tucked in among Little Italy's espresso bars and triplexes. Boisterous and unbound, it is to Montreal what La Boqueria is to Barcelona, what the Mercato di Rialto is to Venice and Union Square Greenmarket to New York. It is a window on a city that loves to eat, a sample of who we are and how we live. From spring through fall, the market makes room for nearly 150 vendors over nearly 220,000 square feet. It is the largest open-air farmers' market in North America and a showcase for Quebec's bounty of fruits and vegetables, its prize-winning cheeses and meats, and the crab, lobster and shrimp fished from its Gulf of St. Lawrence shores. No chain stores or fast-food franchises, no T-shirt vendors or souvenir stands, our favourite market is all about food. On weekend mornings Jean Talon Market is a crush of people strolling the aisles, pushing strollers and pulling wagons, toddlers wedged between cauliflower heads or strawberry crates.
Market Chronicles: Stories & Recipes from Montreal's Marché Jean-Talon will be in bookstores by Tuesday. The book is published in English and French editions. The French title is Marché Jean-Talon: Recettes et Portraits.

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) With only nine healthy players on the roster and six of their top seven out because of injuries, the Minnesota Timberwolves were in search of any warm body to help lighten the load for the few players still able to hit the court.
They turned to a player many Wolves fans thought they should have drafted almost a decade ago.
The Wolves agreed to terms on a one-year deal with free agent forward Josh Howard on Thursday, pending a passed physical. Howard arrived in the Twin Cities on Thursday afternoon and the plan was for him to be in uniform against Golden State on Friday night.
``We need somebody at that spot,'' coach Rick Adelman said. ``We looked around and he seemed to be a good candidate.''
The 32-year-old Howard worked out for the Wolves on Monday in Dallas. Howard averaged 8.7 points and 3.7 rebounds in 43 games with Utah last season. He has also played for Washington and Dallas, which drafted him 29th overall in 2003. The Timberwolves passed on Howard, who was a star at Wake Forest, in favor of high schooler Ndudi Ebi, who was a bust.
Howard went on to make an All-Star team in his seven seasons with the Mavericks, emerging as a potent scorer and athletic defender. He has dealt with numerous injuries in recent seasons, but the Wolves are hoping he can take some of the minutes from Andrei Kirilenko, who has played 44 minutes in each of the last two games.
``He's a versatile player. He's long. He's a good defender,'' Adelman said. ``He should fit in and help us.''
At this point, any forward will be welcome. All-Star forward Kevin Love (broken right hand) and dynamic point guard Ricky Rubio (left knee) aren't expected to make their season debuts until December. The Wolves also lost valuable swingman Chase Budinger for three to four months because of a torn meniscus in his left knee, have seen Brandon Roy's chronic knee issues return to keep him out of the last three games and also have been missing Nikola Pekovic (sprained left ankle) and JJ Barea (sprained left foot).
Despite the deluge of injuries, the Wolves won five of their first seven games. The issues appeared to finally catch up with them in an 89-87 loss to the Charlotte Bobcats on Wednesday night, so the Wolves went out and added Howard for the veteran's minimum of $1.2 million.
They waived point guard Will Conroy to make room for Howard.
``It's been hard, but you have to give our guys credit,'' Adelman said. ``We talked to them today about the fact that we can win games, even though you're short-handed.''
Adelman said he expects Howard's transition to be fairly seamless given his experience. They'll just have to ease him in a little bit since Howard did not have a training camp to get into game shape. Once he's up and running, the Wolves hope he can give them a spark at both ends of the floor.
``Offensively, we don't have a lot of firepower,'' Adelman said. ``But if you defend well enough, it helps your offense.''
Pekovic, Roy and Barea are all questionable for the Warriors game, though Adelman said he doubted any of them would be ready. The Wolves have four days off after Friday night, which may tempt them to sit that game out to give them an additional five days of rest and rehab.
If Pekovic has his way, he'll be in the lineup. He did some running on Thursday and said he felt some pain, which didn't seem to bother the big Montenegrin.
``I can't make it any worse,'' he said. ``I'm just trying to help.''
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text: Bullish Reports Electrify Grain Markets January 11, 2013 08:29 PM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Sara Schafer Top Producer Editor Email Friday's USDA reports injected some excitement into the markets. Jerry Gulke provides analysis. Historically, the reports USDA releases around Jan. 12 are major market movers, and this year's were no disappointment. Yesterday, USDA released its Annual Crop Production, monthly Crop Production, Grain Stocks, Winter Wheat Seedings and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates reports. USDA estimates the total 2012 corn crop to be 10.780 billion bushels. In 20122, the corn crop was 12.358 billion bushels. USDA's national average corn yield came in at 123.4 bu. per acre, compared to 122.3 bu. per acre estimate in November. Corn harvested acres were estimated down 346,000 from November, which was more than offset by the increase in yield. Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group, says the information released in the reports should provide some support for the corn market. "USDA lowered harvested acres and increased production. But, the kicker was we dropped carryover. We produced more, but will have less left over going into next year." USDA increased corn feed and residual use 300 million bushels from December, to 4.45 billion bushels. Gulke says this increase could be credited to livestock producers locking in feed prices early in 2012. "Maybe they loaded up when they saw the dry weather coming earlier this year." Gulke says the updates USDA provided on Friday should lead to some exciting times in the corn markets. "I don't know how high it will go," he says. "What I do know, when you're given a financial report like this, corn shouldn't close below today's lows going forward. For soybeans, USDA increased 2012 production to 3.015 billion bushels, up 44 million bushels from the November estimate. It pegged the national average bean yield at 39.6, up 0.3 bu. from the November estimate. Gulke says the bean market was down hard, following the reports. "Really, there is no good or bad news in beans. Now we'll start to focus on Brazil production." As for wheat, USDA estimates 41.8 million acres of all wheat has been seeded, which is up 1% from 2012. Gulke says the trade was expecting to see a much higher amount of wheat in the ground, which could have some looming implications. "We've got a crop that not only went into dormancy in poorer condition than you wanted to see, but you also have less acres than expected. That would imply the guys in wheat country are going to plant more corn or beans." Listen to Gulke's full analysis: ………………………… Coverage, Analysis of the Jan. 11 USDA Reports See all of the data, coverage and analysis of the WASDE, Crop Production, Grain Stocks and Winter Wheat Seedings reports. Back to news


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Monday may be a federal holiday for Columbus Day, but local fallout from the federal government shutdown will bring Craven County Board of Commissioners back into session to discuss what to do about the void.
Monday may be a federal holiday for Columbus Day, but local fallout from the federal government shutdown will bring Craven County Board of Commissioners back into session to discuss what to do about the void.
After Department of Social Services Director Kent Flowers delivered the despairing news that federal daycare subsidies were on hold, Chairman Scott Dacey decided to recess, rather than adjourn their meeting Monday, Oct. 7, to resume at noon Monday, Oct. 14.
In Washington and close to the situation Saturday, Dacey said he will be at the meeting by phone as he continues to monitor the shutdown politics from a close perspective in his work.
Craven County Manager Jack Veit was directed to have county staff to gather details about just what county services and employee salaries are hooked to federal money and brief the board.
�There are going to be some serious impacts if this goes on much longer,� Veit said. �They are up there debating unrelated things and forcing the very difficult decisions on local government. Closing down these programs can cause some real pain to real people in Craven County.�
Dacey made the motion to notify day care centers used by working parents of pre-school children and the workers who care for them of the impending threat of no federal subsidies, but said Saturday he thinks federal money will come and the county should continue pay until it does.
Money has not yet stopped going to daycare centers from Craven County but the county has no guarantee the usual reimbursement will be coming.
Veit said those subsidies are paid initially by the county for users qualified through a process at Craven County Department of Social Services. It is typically reimbursed the next month for what amounts to about $100,000 a week, �which is not a small amount of money for the county; that adds up to $400,000 a month.�
There is increased uneasiness because of �no exact time for the shutdown to end,� he said, since about $4.5 million to $5 million dollars going out annually in Craven County to care for children of parents who are working, going to school or have other qualifying situations.
About 950 families receive the aid, many for more than one child, and they, as well as the daycare center employees, would be directly affected should the funding stop.
Saturday Dacey said, �From my perspective, the situation for the county is no different today than it was before the shutdown. The only thing different is whether or not we get the reimbursement this month.�
�Roughly 85 percent of those receiving the daycare subsidies in Craven County are gainfully employed,� Dacey said. �I don�t want to threaten the economy by not funding this program. We may have to finance it a little while but that�s reasonable expense to go through to protect the economy of Craven County.�
�I don�t know where the rest of the board is on this, but I do not want to put in jeopardy the incurred jobs if we were to stop county funding,� Dacey said. �I believe the federal money will be forthcoming.�
Other programs operated by the Department of Social Services including those for child and adult protective services, such as the foster care program, could also be affected if the shutdown continues.
�Who pays the staff, what happens to the open cases� Veit said, are all questions that have to be addressed locally.
Health Director Scott Harrelson brought to the county his concerns about continued funding for the Women and Infant Children (WIC) program. The program that provides infant formula and proper nourishment to qualifying pregnant or nursing mothers and babies and irreparable damage could be done with its absence.
The state appears to be temporarily picking up that funding, also with the hope of being reimbursed.
Other county programs with ties � sometimes only small ties � to federal government programs shutdown while congress quibbles are popping up regularly, Veit said.
One was the telephone at Craven County Soil and Water Conservation Service which was tied to the federal Farm Service Agency where the telephone is cut off.
The county made alternative provisions, Veit said, as it has for other things as they arise. That phone number has temporarily changed to 252-670-9280 and is posted on the county website.
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Mark wrote:Pellet smokers are perfectly acceptable to compete with. You are correct an electric powered auger is used to feed the fire however it does not do the cooking. The cooking is done with wood or wood products. Pellets are made from wood like charcoal so all is good. Pellet cookers are allowed across the country by other sanctioning bodies. I would not suggest pellet cooker be disallowed.
Thank you.
Craig Sharry
IBCA Exec Director
How can he make a statement like that? Of course the ELECTRIC auger does the cooking, just like the thermostat and the fan do. It plays just as important a role in the cooking process as the wood pellets. The pit master has only to fill the bin with pellets and set the temp. Oh I forgot........and plug it in.
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Spencer Gift's done gone dived deep down the rabbit hole of politically-fueled controversy with their latest move here; and in a weird kind of way, it's almost impressive. Impressive that a store so widely hailed as a beacon of notoriously strange wardrobe items legit went and outdid themselves. So, feast your eyes on a social justice warrior's nightmare:


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I was in desperate need of a new wreath. You see, I was using this terribly outdated, cheap-looking wreath that looked very tired. Then I moved. Guess what didn't make it to the new house... the old wreath! Hooray!!!
But anyone who's moved also knows that moving can get very expensive. Since my wallet is still recovering from this last move, I knew whatever I got would have to be super budget friendly.
I know I said it was a $10 wreath, but it was actually cheaper than that for me. Cool right? When I realized I could make this wreath with stuff I had lying around, I was soooooo excited!
Want to know how much it actually cost me?
- Wreath Form: $1
You can get them from Dollar Tree... or yard sales, or thrift stores, or....
- Wire and Wire Cutters: Free
I had wire on hand, but you could also use the floral wire from the dollar store.
- Pine Cones: Free
My sister's tree sheds amazingly large pine cones that were fabulous for this project. She was happy to have someone help clean up her yard too. ;)
- White Spray Paint: Free
I just used the left over paint from another project. But the 99 cent white spray paint from Home Depot would more than do the job.
- Wood Slices: Free
I cut up a branch that fell off a tree in the backyard. However, I've seen round wood slice gift tags in the dollar section at Target. They have chalkboard on one side, but if you turn them over they're blank. Perfect!
- Red Acrylic Paint and Paint Brush: Free
The brush came from my crafting stash. The red paint was actually borrowed, and I hardly used any at all!
- Hot Glue Gun: FreeI already had it, of course.
- Hot Glue Sticks: $1
I was out of glue, but the dollar store had my back. ;)
In the end, it actually only cost me a whopping $2. Yes, I said $2 whole dollars. If I had to go buy the supplies today it would cost me right around $10 bucks. So no matter how you look at it, this is a pretty inexpensive wreath.
So here's the low down on how to make your own charming pine cone wreath.
Supplies and Tools:
- 14" wire wreath form
- Wire
- About 30 large pine cones
- White spray paint
- 12 wood slices (or a branch and a saw)The dollar spot section at Target has a package of wood slice gift tags in a package of 6, which makes a great substitute if you don't want to cut your own slices. Just turn the chalkboard side over and you have a blank piece of wood!
- Red acrylic paint
- Paint brush
- Hot glue gun and glue sticks
Step 1: Lay It Out
I laid out my pine cones around the wreath frame just to make sure I had everything exactly where it looked best. I realized that my bigger pine cones looked better on the inside and my smaller pine cones did better around the outside edge.
Oh, and make sure your pine cones aren't too brittle. They won't stand up to the wiring (or the test of time for that matter).
*HERE'S A TIP: If your pine cones are closed up or wet, preheat your oven to 300 degrees Farenheit. Put your pine cones on a foil lined cookie sheet and set them in the oven. Some will dry out and bloom in 30 minutes. Others can take a couple hours, so just keep checking on them until they're done. Here are more detailed instructions on how to dry out, bloom and debug your pine cones.
Step 2: Get Wiring!
Stretch out a long piece of wire and cut it off. You want it long enough to wrap around the bottom portion of a couple pine cones and the wreath form.
I used 2-3 feet of wire at a time. Any more than that gets all tangled and messy.
Wrap part of the wire around the pine cone, then tie it onto the wreath form.
Tie another pine cone with the same wire keeping them good and snug, then back to the wreath form. When the wire gets too short to tie again, get another 2-3 feet piece of wire and repeat the process.
Don't worry about the straggler wire. And don't worry about wobbly pine cones either. We take care of those in the next step.
Just make sure the wire is good and snug.
Step 3: Glue That Baby
Now that you're done wiring those pine cones in place, it's time to make your final adjustments and glue them exactly where you want them to stay.
I turned my wreath face down and hot glued any piece touching the wreath form. That keeps them from wobbling. I also glued some of the pine cones to each other where there wasn't enough surface area touching the form. Just be careful not to get blobs in the front.
Then just twist up or cut any loose wires on the back of your wreath.
Step 4: Let It Snow
Get your can of white spray paint, shake it like a Polaroid picture, and spray your pine cones until they are as white as you like. I sprayed it from several angles to get them a little more on the white side.
It makes the pine cones look like they just got a fresh dusting of snow. So pretty!
Step 5: Add Your BerriesWhat berries? Oh yeah, you have to make them.
Get Your Wood Slices
If you're bought ready-made wood slices or ornaments, go ahead and skip to the painting.
If you're making your own, this is where you get out your saw and branch. My branch was about 2 inches in diameter.
Slice off about 12 rounds of wood. It doesn't matter how thick you cut them - mine were between 1/4 an inch to 3/4 an inch deep. You can sand them too if you like, but I prefer the rough look under the paint. :)
I did pick off the left over bark around the edges though. Most of it was falling off already.
Paint Them Red
When you're done, paint the middle of your wood slices red. I left a bit of the wood showing around the edges because I liked the look, but do what you like.
Attach 'Em
Just hot glue them wherever you want! I covered a few places where the pine cones broke or where there were huge globs of hot glue.
All Done?If you wanted to cover the uglies in the back, you could always use some gray felt, but I was afraid that would make it feel more bulky and unnatural.
No felt for me, thank you. I love it exactly the way it is. (insert *eeks of glee* here)
Can I tell you how much I love it?! I just love it!! So fresh. So festive. So unique. I'm really enjoying the natural look with a bright pop of color. And to top it all off, it hangs easily from the wire wreath form. It's nice that I don't have to whip up some wire contraption to hang it up.
What do you think? Are you going to try it? I'd love to hear about your own DIY pine cone wreath in the comments below!
May your porches be merry and bright, and may all your pine cone wreaths be white! Heh, heh. :)


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Given that Ravens tight end Dennis Pitta will miss the entire season after suffering a dislocated hip, good news is a relative term.
That said, the Ravens got good news Monday. Pitta's injury resulted in no ligament or cartilage damage, coach John Harbaugh announced.
When the hip pops out and back in to its socket, damage to surrounding tissue is possible. For Pitta, that didn't happen.
"Basically, the ball was pushed out of the socket and pushed backwards," Harbaugh said. "It's an injury that happens a lot of times in car accidents. He got his knee caught up under him in an awkward way when he fell."
Harbaugh also said that the hip has a fracture, but "it's in the back part of the bone, and it's in the big part of the bone, and it's a very tight fracture."
Pitta will begin to rehab in six-to-eight weeks.
"Nothing has changed as far as our plans as far as the season goes," Harbaugh said. "We want him to be back in the future at 100 percent."
They may not get him back. Pitta is due to become an unrestricted free agent next year. If the Ravens don't sign him to a new contract or apply the franchise tag, he'll hit the open market.


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With soaring cliffs and majestic arches, Mt. Cloud Mountain is an awe-inspiring place to visit. It may be one of the South's best-kept secret. Mt. Cloud and McCloud Mountain Restaurant & Lodge is located on a 1300 acre tract of land at an elevation of 2700 feet, atop the Cumberland Mountains, and just a few miles to the northeast of La Follette, Tennessee. From the top you can get a breathtaking view of the valley below, Norris Lake, House Mountain, Clinch Mountain, the Great Smoky Mountains and Knoxville, Tennessee.
Over fifty years ago, Jim McCloud purchased the land and began sightseeing tours of the mountain's many natural wonders and magnificent views. His dream of one day sharing the property has become the reality of Real Estate Developers Paul & Madeline Fields with the opening of a mountain top lodge, property sales, and what is easily one of the most unique restaurants that you will find anywhere.
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Laura Davis had dreamed of traveling to Africa for years. So in May 2012, she jumped at the chance to embark on a journey to South Africa and Mozambique offered through a Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences natural resources embedded course.
The trip was a life-changing experience.
"I loved the idea of being able to learn about the natural world around me while traveling," the senior environmental resource management major said. "This trip not only taught students about the resources of southern Africa, but also allowed us to experience the region for ourselves."
Davis, of Tunkhannock, Pa., and her fellow students were required to take classes to prepare for the trip. After the semester ended, they spent three weeks in South Africa and Mozambique focusing on natural resources.
The students learned about African development issues, geography, society and culture, as well as the role and use of natural resources on the continent.
In South Africa, the group traveled to a number of national parks, including famous Addo Elephant National Park. They also visited and toured several universities.
"In Mozambique we spent most of our time in the regions surrounding Gorongosa National Park," Davis said. "I did an independent study in Mozambique at this park."
She worked with the environmental educator at the park to create lessons for the local communities to promote awareness of issues such as pollution, poaching and sustainable agriculture.
"I was greatly influenced and inspired by my research and experiences in Mozambique," she said. "I would love to go back and work in Africa in the future."
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Dr. Hadley on Election on First Friday Liveby Howard Hewitt • October 30, 2012 Share:
With the Nov. 6 election looming, it's time for Wabash to talk politics. Long-time Political Science Professor Dr. David Hadley will appear on Wabash's First Friday Live this week to discuss the election.
But First Friday Live is not just talking heads; it's a chance for viewers of the live webcast to ask questions make comment during the live show.
Hadley taught American Politics, Congress and the Presidency, state and local politics for 43 years at Wabash. He has led student groups numerous times to Washington D.C. and led efforts polling local voters during elections. Hadley has been actively politically as a leader and candidate.
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Aloha folks from kiting paradise. We've got huge waves on the east side today. . .beginners beware. Loads of surfers are just plain staying out of the water....even the pro's are saying its nothing but a washing machine. We had a rescue of a windsurfer at Maleakahana yesterday.
A wise instructor told me the three most important things to remember about Kiteboarding are 1)safety, 2)safety, and 3)safety. Not only our own but others as well.
I too think the whole drowning concept is overlooked as a threat to our lives. I know I have been slammed a few times upon re-entry. Not quite enough to knock me out but I have recognized the potential. I wear a life/impact jacket and always sport a helmet. I never wear a leash, and practice using my safety release each session.
I know I look overdressed compared to everyone else on the water....but I am too old, and have too many dependents to care how I look.
I have found that my 06 sonic can still drag me across the surf when there is nothing but the suicide line attached.
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With the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Corporation is authorized to issue bonds not to exceed in the aggregate $50,000,000 outstanding at any one time, which bonds may be sold by the Corporation to obtain funds to carry out the provisions of section 831k–1 of this title. Such bonds shall be in such forms and denominations, shall mature within such periods not more than fifty years from the date of their issue, may be redeemable at the option of the Corporation before maturity in such manner as may be stipulated therein, shall bear such rates of interest not exceeding 3½ per centum per annum, shall be subject to such terms and conditions, shall be issued in such manner and amount, and sold at such prices, as may be prescribed by the Corporation, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, That such bonds shall not be sold at such prices or on such terms as to afford an investment yield to the holders in excess of 3½ per centum per annum. Such bonds shall be fully and unconditionally guaranteed both as to interest and principal by the United States, and such guaranty shall be expressed on the face thereof, and such bonds shall be lawful investments, and may be accepted as security, for all fiduciary, trust, and public funds, the investment or deposit of which shall be under the authority or control of the United States or any officer or officers thereof. In the event that the Corporation should not pay upon demand, when due, the principal of, or interest on, such bonds, the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to the holder the amount thereof, which is authorized to be appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and thereupon to the extent of the amount so paid the Secretary of the Treasury shall succeed to all the rights of the holders of such bonds. The Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, is authorized to purchase any bonds issued hereunder, and for such purpose the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to use as a public-debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of any securities hereafter issued under chapter 31 of title 31, and the purposes for which securities may be issued under such chapter are extended to include any purchases of the Corporation's bonds hereunder. The Secretary of the Treasury may, at any time, sell any of the bonds of the Corporation acquired by him under this section. All redemptions, purchases, and sales by the Secretary of the Treasury of the bonds of the Corporation shall be treated as public-debt transactions of the United States. With the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Corporation shall have power to purchase such bonds in the open market at any time and at any price. No bonds shall be issued hereunder to provide funds or bonds necessary for the performance of any proposed contract negotiated by the Corporation under the authority of section 831k–1 of this title until the proposed contract shall have been submitted to and approved by the Federal Power Commission. When any such proposed contract shall have been submitted to the said Commission, the matter shall be given precedence and shall be in every way expedited and the Commission's determination of the matter shall be final. The authority of the Corporation to issue bonds hereunder shall expire at the end of five years from the date when this section as amended herein becomes law, except that such bonds may be issued at any time after the expiration of said period to provide bonds or funds necessary for the performance of any contract entered into by the Corporation, prior to the expiration of said period, under the authority of section 831k–1 of this title.
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Relatively new to WinForms but I'm working on a small business app. Anyway, where should I be storing strings and other resources for the form? I will have labels like Name, Address, etc. Should I just hard-code them in the designer? Or store them in a .resx file? If so, which .resx file (Form or Properties)?
I'm just trying to figure out what a "seasoned" C#/.NET developer deems good practice? My first choice would be the Form's .resx file.


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How can you minimize harmonic distortion? Is the concern financial, or is your equipment at risk? Here are some basics you need to know.
With so much equipment and knowledge available in this industry, specialization is sometimes necessary. But even with specialized training, many new technicians still lack the hands-on experience to troubleshoot power quality problems. Added to these concerns, we're seeing more standards, guidelines, and operating instructions for power quality than most of us have time to study.
While utility deregulation and the popularity of AC/DC drives are thrusting power quality into the limelight, competition among utilities has heightened the concern of penalties from high distortion levels. How can you minimize this distortion?
First, let's understand what we're really talking about when we speak of power quality problems. Though we have many culprits for poor power quality (harmonics, voltage spikes, voltage unbalance, and power factor), we can usually blame these problems on voltage and current harmonic distortion.
You can understand harmonic distortion if you break it down into fundamentals. The most common reference is total harmonic distortion (THD). THD is the ratio of the root-mean-square of the harmonic content to the root-mean-square value of the fundamental quantity, expressed as a percent of the fundamental. Simply put, it's the rms value of the signal with the line frequency (fundamental) removed. A perfect 60 Hz sine wave would have 0% THD; so anything other than the fundamental line frequency is a harmonic distortion.
Harmonic distortion is not difficult to understand, if you remember distortion is comprised of signals other than the 60 Hz fundamental, as well as harmonic multiples of that same 60 Hz signal.
Positive, negative, and zero sequence harmonics exist in all 3-phase systems. Positive sequence harmonics creates a magnetic field in the direction of rotation. The magnetic field the fundamental harmonic develops must be in the direction of rotation. Otherwise, the motor would run backward. So, the fundamental is a positive sequence harmonic.
Negative sequence harmonics develop magnetic fields in the opposite direction of rotation. This reduces torque and increases the current demand required for a given load. The rotation of the magnetic field the second harmonic develops is in reverse order. Rather than advancing in the order of 1-2-3, its sequence is 3-2-1.
Zero sequence harmonics creates a single-phase signal that does not produce a rotating magnetic field of any kind. Though this signal performs no real work, it can still increase overall current demand and generate heat.
You can more easily understand sequence harmonics by studying the basic relationship between these sequences. The positive, negative, and zero sequences simply repeat.
Harmonic frequencies are primarily the result of nonlinear (switching) loads, such as computers, fluorescent lighting, and variable frequency drives (VFDs). The presence of harmonics in a distribution system results in excessive heat from the increased current demands. A load designed to pull 100A at full capacity may now draw 120A if the harmonic distortion is high.
Excessive zero sequence harmonics collects back at the transformer, leading to overload and possible failure. It returns to the source through the neutral bus, and if excessive, can generate substantial heat and even fires.
In an effort to avoid such catastrophic events, many companies modify their distribution systems. Two popular options are to install k-transformers, which handle the larger loads generated by harmonics, or increase the mil size of their neutral to accommodate larger current levels. Though these efforts do nothing to diminish harmonics, they do reduce the failure risk. Removing harmonics requires the installation of filtering mechanisms.
Some of the newer VFDs that use IGBTs can exceed line voltage by a tremendous amount in less than a microsecond. Older, Class B insulation systems have low tolerance for this rapid rise-time and can fail quickly.
IEEE 519 power quality standards provide in-depth references to the legal levels of harmonic distortion. The IEEE 519-1992 standard for power quality states the current distortion at the point of common coupling (PCC) should not exceed a predetermined value. Though this sounds straightforward, do you know where the point of common coupling is? And when was the last time you identified where the current transformer (CT) circuit is, not to mention, the CT ratio? Unfortunately, as in-depth as this is, it's still difficult to determine how to apply this information to individual situations. Simply put, voltage distortion is the primary concern.
Current distortion is given little attention in the standards. Current distortion, however, is limited by specific standards at the point of common coupling (PCC). The PCC is the location in the utility distribution system that splits to provide power to separate customers. The standards should prevent the poor quality of one customer's power influencing another's through the PCC.
General guidelines in Table 3.3.1 of IEEE 519-1992 recommend less than 5% voltage THD for systems operating at less than 69kV. They further recommend the individual harmonic voltage distortion to be less than 3%.
Experience is the best teacher when it comes to power quality. Passing on this expertise to new employees in the power quality field is the best way to keep it from disappearing with retirement.
Bethel is a Product Development Manager with PdMA Corp., Tampa, Fla.


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Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz was the first to speak at the proceedings, and he took a moment to reflect on the outstanding female leadership that has characterized both the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge Park and the bridge it is named after.
"We have a great history of women leadership," said Markowitz. "Had it not been for Emily Roebling, we may not be celebrating this bridge, and I think we can all agree that if it had not been for Regina Myer, Brooklyn Bridge Park would've never become reality. The beauty and majesty that is unfolding for this, and future, generations, I salute."
Myer was ecstatic to be announcing the connection of the northern and southern piers at the park.
"This is an incredible milestone for our park," said Myer. "The entire community fought for over a generation for full public access from old Fulton Street to Atlantic Avenue, and today is the first day that everybody can walk, jog, bike, shpatzir, enjoy this wonder, wonderful waterfront."
One of the outstanding features of the latest addition to the park highlighted by Myer is the use of reclaimed granite from other capital projects in the city.
"We're standing here on a granite terrace made of recycled stone from the Willis Avenue and Roosevelt Island bridges," said Myer. "This is a beautiful feature that I hope everybody comes to love."
Later, Markowitz couldn't help himself from adding to this point that, "Even the granite is moving to Brooklyn."
Just 25 years ago, the area now known as Brooklyn Bridge Park was an industrial wasteland, and in the late 1980s, the city was trying to sell off its waterfront piers. At that time, few could have dreamed that the space could be made as vibrant as it is today. Fortunately for Brooklyn, as Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez pointed out, a few people did see that possibility.
"Today, let me take a moment to remember the fact that in 1988, the Brooklyn Bridge Park Coalition came together to advocate for a waterfront park in the shadows of the New York/New Jersey Port Authority trying to sell the pier," said Velázquez. "It was because of that vision that we saved these piers for the benefit of our community, our families, our children."
Another of the exceptional features of the new stretch of park is a giant, grass-covered berm that isolates the park from the unbecoming sights and sounds of the BQE.
"Really, this is a new sanctuary that we can go to and enjoy the peace and quiet looking out at the harbor, look at Manhattan, and enjoying the peace and quiet that make parks experiences what they are in New York City," said Councilman Stephen Levin.
Assemblywoman Joan Millman was especially impressed with the berm, though she urged attendees to be patient and not judge its yellow-green starkness as a permanent quality.
"So many people as I walked in talked about the berm, and how they couldn't hear anything from the BQE. It looks this way now, but in the spring when the plantings take root, it's going to become really beautiful," said Millman. "It will do two things: add more beauty to our park, which we have already in abundance, but it will also relieve that horrific traffic sound and make it very separate from our experiences in the park."
State Senator Daniel Squadron said of the park that, "it's just what Brooklyn is."
"The fact that so many kids and generations are going to experience in Brooklyn is a great credit to all of those visionaries, community members, builders who made it happen," said Squadron.
He also pointed out that the park, while truly coming into its own, is far from complete.
"The more you use this park, the more the park will get built," said Squadron. "If you think this is it, because it's so great, here's the great news: We still need about $60 million more to get all the to the end. So call, fight, advocate; let's get this park finished because it's so amazing already and we're not done yet."
Myer also added that Pier 2 and the Pier 4 beach will be opening in the spring, inviting all to come join the park staff and the Conservancy to celebrate that occasion.


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USC coach Ed Orgeron picked up another local commitment when wide receiver Shay Fields from St. John Bosco in Bellflower announced he would play for the Trojans.
Fields is the second player from St. John Bosco to commit to USC, joining defensive end Malik Dorton. Fields was also offered scholarships by Boise State and Colorado, among other schools.
USC's recruiting class, which features eight commitments, is currently ranked 70th nationally by Rivals.com. Orgeron decided after Lane Kiffin was fired that he would immediately go after local players who were unheralded with the hope of developing them.
Orgeron might also be doing a potential new coach a favor by securing some players who will not waver and provide a base of recruits that are solidly committed.
Lengthy injury report
Defensive end Morgan Breslin was a surprise addition to the list of players who are out for the Utah game. None of USC's three scholarship tight ends (Xavier Grimble, Randall Telfer, Jalen Cope-Fitzpatrick) are available.
That means the available tight ends are converted defensive end Kevin Greene, along with walk-ons Chris Willson and Shane Sullivan. The two walk-ons stayed late Thursday night working after practice.
Cornerback Anthony Brown, who missed five games and returned from a sprained knee last week, is out again after aggravating his injury. Safety Dion Bailey (shoulder) is questionable. Tailback Ty Isaac is possible.
Quarterback Max Browne, who missed two days this week for unspecified reasons, also returned.
Wide receiver Marqise Lee (knee) remains questionable while wide receiver Nelson Agholor is possible.
Orgeron said he was not concerned about the injuries.
"We played LSU when I was at Ole Miss with a walk-on quarterback," Orgeron said. "We won in overtime.
"Injuries are part of football."


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Next year will mark the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty, launched by President Lyndon Johnson. But don't expect a golden anniversary party for the tired, poor, huddled masses.
Johnson's initiatives passed beginning in 1964 and throughout his second term, and were aimed at the communities left out of policies that had created the widespread prosperity enjoyed by most Americans after the Great Depression—especially the rural poor and African Americans. It wasn't long, however, before those programs came under attack. The next president, Richard Nixon, used resentment over expanded rights and anti-poverty legislation to wrench the votes of Southern whites away from the Democrats: Ronald Reagan began dismantling these programs in the 1980s. Since then the country has concerned itself more with policies that help businesses grow than with the plight of the least well off. It's part of the reason we suffered through the Great Recession, and why poverty remains stuck at 15 percent.
President Barack Obama invoked this history in a speech at the Center for American Progress on December 4: "Together, we forged a New Deal, declared a War on Poverty in a great society. We built a ladder of opportunity to climb, and stretched out a safety net beneath so that if we fell, it wouldn't be too far, and we could bounce back. And as a result, America built the largest middle class the world has ever known. And for the three decades after World War II, it was the engine of our prosperity." He then warned that the unwinding of these policies has led to high inequality and a decrease in upward mobility. "I believe this is the defining challenge of our time: Making sure our economy works for every working American," he told the crowd.
It wasn't a speech to rouse, but a sedate, policy-oriented speech. But what does Obama plan to do in this time of record inequality? His laundry list of ideas were noble but timid retreads. Obama wants to raise the minimum wage, restructure the tax code, get more low-income students into college, and expand quality early education. Those aren't new ideas. Obama didn't specifically mention poverty, talking about the decline of the middle class instead, and a lack of upward mobility, though these can be seen as a different aspect of the same conversation about the gaping need in America. His failure to explicitly mention poverty could also be a political calculation. "Politicians and advocacy groups have been told by pollsters for years now that race and poverty are the third rails and not to talk about them, and that if you want to work on them, to work on them surreptitiously," says Maya Wiley, the founder and president of the Center for Social Inclusion, which researches and promotes policies that will further racial equality. "I think that's what we're seeing now."
Other Democrats also focus on the decline of the middle-class and low-wage work, from Senator Elizabeth Warren agitating for a $22 per hour minimum wage to Nancy Pelosi, Democratic leader in the House. Pelosi has proposed a "Women's Economic Agenda" that includes raising the minimum wage, providing quality childcare, and providing paid family leave. She's doesn't present it as anti-poverty legislation, but female-headed households are more likely to be poor, and these changes would help poor women the most. What's interesting about these policy initiatives is that they include the poor in a picture of the overall economy and how it's failing: All too often, the poor are sectioned off and talked about in terms of their own moral shortcomings or in the moral obligations the better-off have to them, not seen as people who could be middle class but aren't.
The way these approaches might fall short is that they don't allow lawmakers to address the structural inequalities that cause poverty. In sheer numbers, most poor people are white, but poverty disproportionately affects people of color. Sixty-two percent of black children live in areas with at least 20 percent poverty, including almost half of middle-income black families, where only four percent of whites do. Almost no white children live in neighborhoods with 30 percent poverty rates or higher. "We're constantly making race neutral decisions that are continuing to create barriers to upward mobility for communities of color without being conscious of it," Wiley says. "We have to pay attention to all those structural arrangements and how we're located within them." The Congressional Black Caucus's alternative budget would concentrate on these high-need communities.
While it's important to acknowledge the role structural racism has played in creating intergenerational poverty, it's also important not to portray it as a particular and peculiar problem for blacks, Latinos, Native Americans, and Asians. Look for that move from Representative Paul Ryan. He's the only Republican talking about the poor, and wants to claim the mantle of Jack Kemp, the former New York Congressman and Housing and Urban Development Secretary who crafted a conservative approach to poverty in the 1980s and 1990s, during widespread economic growth. He was chosen to be Bob Dole's running mate in 1996. Yet Ryan's doing it in a very particular way. He's toured inner-city neighborhoods with Robert Woodson, the conservative head of Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, which provides support to community and faith-based organizations that work in poor communities. Woodson is taking Ryan to urban neighborhoods where programs are helping ex-offenders and former drug users turn their lives around.
No doubt, these narratives will be powerful, and faith-based organizations can play an important role in helping individuals. But even George W. Bush gave federal money to these programs. And Kemp believed in the power of the tax code and other federal programs to give breaks to the working poor. Ryan, the chair of the budget committee, regularly proclaims that the safety net should be a safety net, not a hammock, and his budgets would dramatically cut anti-poverty programs that even conservatives have supported in the past to help the working poor, like the Earned Income Tax Credit. "I think he understands very little about what Jack Kemp actually stood for," says Bruce Bartlett, a historian of supply-side economics who once worked for Kemp. "I think he has a superficial notion, but at an absolute minimum Jack was absolutely sincere in his desire to help the poor. He never supported slashing budgets. He never cared about balanced budgets at all. He would be appalled by Paul Ryan's budget."
So why is Ryan touring these particular neighborhoods? It could be that he believes the faith-based programs actually help people move out of poverty better than the government does, and he is honoring his Catholic faith in doing so. That's the case he made in 2012: "[T]he preferential option for the poor, which is one of the primary tenants of Catholic social teaching, means don't keep people poor, don't make people dependent on government so that they stay stuck at their station in life, help people get out of poverty out onto life of independence," he told the Christian Broadcasting Network.
It could also be that he sees a political opening. His 2012 top-of-the-ticket running mate, Mitt Romney, took a huge beating over his comments that 47 percent of Americans were "dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims." When a conservative Republican tours poor neighborhoods, it makes news, and removes some of the coldness people felt when Romney spoke.
But it's also possible that Ryan still wants people to think about poverty as an isolated phenomenon in inner-cities: the people he speaks to will be those whom the average Republican voter does not identify with. The GOP has worked since Nixon to portray the recipients of government benefits as entitled, inner-city African Americans who don't work and have made mistakes in their lives, and who could turn their lives around with the right motivation. Ryan's tour could be working to extend that image into the future.
Whatever proposals Democrats or Republicans come up with, none of them are likely to get through Congress. Republicans, including Ryan, don't want to do anything but cut taxes and shrink government: the Democrats are busy fighting cuts to long-established, well-functioning anti-poverty programs like food stamps, now officially know as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. One way to break the logjam in 2014 would be if the huge numbers of people living in poverty, near poverty, and the struggling middle-class, could come together to agitate for better treatment and more help. We're already seeing pieces of this with the growing low-wage worker movement, and the fight for an increased minimum wage. Another growing group is the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign, which is working to mobilize poor men and women on specific activism campaigns around the country.
For some, this activism is a welcome relief. The forces that have led to the rise in poverty we see today are at least 40 years old, but no one has gotten mad until now. "I'm always shocked at the use of the word of 'entitled,' because I'm shocked people don't get entitled," says Elizabeth Lower-Basch, a senior policy analyst at CLASP, a DC-based nonprofit seeking to improve the lives of low-income people. "We're hearing stories of health care now, with the Affordable Care Act, and people are going to the doctor for first time in 25 years," she says. "How are they not outraged? I think it's shocking how much we've come to accept this is the way things work."


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David Brearly (1745–1790)
Born near Trenton, Brearly attended the College of New Jersey (later Princeton) and then took up a career as a lawyer. He was an avid patriot, arrested by the British for high treason but rescued by a band of Revolutionaries. He was a member of the New Jersey convention that drew up the first state constitution, and during the war he rose from the rank of captain to colonel in the New Jersey militia. He was an active member of the controversial Society of the Cincinnati, although his greatest organizational commitment appeared to be his Masonic Lodge and the Episcopal Church. When he came to the Philadelphia convention he was only forty-two but already the chief justice of his state's supreme court. Elegantly dressed, his wig carefully coiffed, Brearly seemed content to take a backseat to the delegation's acknowledged leader, William Paterson. He took a leadership role at the ratification convention, however, presiding over its deliberations. President Washington appointed him a federal judge in 1789, and he remained on the bench until his death.
Jonathan Dayton (1760–1824)
Only twenty-seven when he took his seat, Dayton was one of the youngest delegates at the Philadelphia convention. He was born in Elizabethtown, where his father, a local storekeeper, was active in local and state politics. Dayton graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1776 and immediately enlisted in the Continental army. During his military career he saw considerable action and apparently acquitted himself well, rising to the rank of captain by the age of nineteen. He was briefly a prisoner of war. When peace came Dayton returned to New Jersey and took up the practice of law. He sat on the New Jersey assembly for one year, from 1786 to 1787. He arrived late to the Constitutional Convention and entered into several of the debates—revealing in the process a hasty temper and a noticeable lack of political experience. Although he objected to some of its provisions, he signed the Constitution. When the new national government was established, Dayton became a leading Federalist, serving in the House of Representatives from 1791 to 1799. He proved a strong supporter of Hamilton's fiscal policies as well as the controversial Jay Treaty with England. In 1806, however, Dayton narrowly escaped participation in Aaron Burr's illicit expedition to conquer Spanish territory in the Southwest and establish an independent empire. Although illness kept him at home while Burr's forces made their abortive conquest attempt, Dayton was indicted for treason. He was not prosecuted, but his national career was ruined. He remained in state politics, holding local offices and serving briefly in the assembly.
William Churchill Houston (c. 1746–1788)
A graduate of the College of New Jersey, Houston was one of the few professional educators at the Philadelphia convention. He served as master of his alma mater's college grammar school and in 1771 was appointed professor of mathematics and natural philosophy. In 1775 Houston became deputy secretary of the Continental Congress but joined the military once independence was declared. He was a captain in the Somerset County militia and saw combat at Princeton. He served in his state assembly during the war and on its Council of Safety. By 1779 he was back in the Continental Congress. Despite his political activities, Houston found time to study law and was admitted to the bar in 1781. His legal practice ultimately led him to resign from his academic position at the College of New Jersey. Houston was a New Jersey delegate at both the Annapolis and the Philadelphia conventions. His participation at the latter convention was brief since illness forced him to go home after only a week. The following year he died of tuberculosis.
William Livingston (1723–1790)
At sixty-four, Livingston was one of the oldest men at the convention. Tall and reedlike, the son of a distinguished landholding family from New York's Hudson Valley, Livingston was known to friends and enemies alike as the "Whipping Post." Livingston rejected his family's suggestion that he take up life as a fur trader or a New York City merchant, becoming a lawyer instead. Despite his aristocratic background, Livingston was a defender of popular causes in his native New York and an antiestablishment crusader during the 1750s. When the liberal faction he belonged to split over the Stamp Act in 1760, Livingston pulled up stakes and moved to New Jersey, where he built an elegant estate, Liberty Hall, and retired from public life to write poetry and live as a gentleman farmer. The Revolution ended Livingston's seclusion. He served in both the First and the Second Continental Congresses, and when war began he became a brigadier general in the New Jersey militia. In 1776 he was elected the first governor of the state of New Jersey, a post he held for fourteen consecutive years. His duties as governor prevented him from attending every session of the Philadelphia convention, and he missed several weeks of debate in July. He was a supporter of the New Jersey Plan but worked tirelessly for ratification of the Constitution in its final form. Despite his many political commitments, Livingston managed to conduct agricultural experiments and to work in the antislavery movement.
William Paterson (1745–1806)
Paterson was born in Ireland, but his family immigrated to America when he was only two years old, settling first in Connecticut and later in Trenton, New Jersey. The family prospered and Paterson was able to attend the College of New Jersey. After receiving his master's degree, he took up the practice of law. During the war he served in the provincial congress, the state constitutional convention, and New Jersey's legislative council. From 1776 to 1783, he was the state attorney general. After the death of his wife in 1783, Paterson retired from politics and devoted his energies to his legal practice. His selection as a delegate to the Philadelphia convention revived his political career. The five feet two inch Paterson—fastidious in his dress, mild-mannered, and modest in his demeanor—played a central role in the Constitutional Convention as the author of the New Jersey Plan. Although he left the convention after the issue of representation in the Senate was resolved, he returned to sign the Constitution. Paterson was a member of the first U.S. Senate and later governor of his state. From 1793 to 1806, he served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
The delegate biographies are excerpted with the generous permission of Carol Berkin, author of A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution (Harcourt). Copyright © 2002 by Carol Berkin.
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So a couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to be invited down to the Cath Kidston store in Exeter to "snap a selfie" with their very own Modern Vintage Santa Clause! It was an event to get shoppers into the Christmas spirit this year, to be quite honest myself, I haven't been feeling the Christmas spirit this year, probably due to exams... but hey let's not dwell on that depressing subject!
Anyway, I was greeted by a cheerful Santa in a bespoke Cath Kidston Bramley Sprig suit, now if only every Santa around the world wears such beautiful gown, wouldn't it just be the best!
I had a little tour around the store and no surprise, my Christmas spirit was alight again as I saw so many wonderful festive ornaments and products! Some adorable little crochet Santa and Mr Snowman on your tree anyone? Or how about some snowman salt & pepper shakers for your festive dining table?
And of course Santa wouldn't be able to complete his annual task without his trusty little elves! Oh how I want to become an elf myself just so I can get my hands on one of those charming outfits.
If you still have time before Christmas, make sure to pop down to one of your local Cath Kidston store to get your festive spirit on!
I hope you'll all have a merry Christmas, and a wonderful new year! See you in 2016!!
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On this day in 1873, Willa Cather is born in Winchester, Virginia. Cather was the first of seven children born to an old Virginia family dating back to colonial times. Her maternal grandfather served several terms in the Virginia House of Delegates. Her grandmother was a strong, courageous woman who had a powerful influence on Cather and served as the model for several of her characters.
Cather's family moved to Red Cloud, Nebraska, when she was a child, and for the rest of her life she wrote about the deep conflict she felt between East and West. While books like O Pioneers (1913) and My Antonia (1918) celebrated the spirit of the frontier, in other works, such as The Song of the Lark (1915), she explores the stifling effects of small-town life on creative young minds.
After graduating from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln in 1895, Cather moved to Pittsburgh to be an editor for a family magazine. She later became an editor for the daily paper in Pittsburgh. In 1901, she became a teacher and stuck with it for several years while she published her first book of verse, April Twilights (1903), and her first collection of stories, The Troll Garden (1905). She moved to New York to take a job as managing editor of McClure's, a monthly publication, and began writing novels. Her first, Alexander's Bridge, appeared in 1912, but she didn't find her true voice until O Pioneers. Cather won a Pulitzer in 1922 for One of Ours. Her 1927 novel, Death Comes for the Archbishop, the story of two French-Canadian priests who build a cathedral in the wilds of New Mexico, was also well received. Cather lived most of her adult life in New York, writing novels until she died in 1947.


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The 2,100-page encyclopedic �Lincoln Library of Essential Information,� now in its 44th edition and 89th year, commemorates Abraham Lincoln, whose example demonstrated self-education�s possibilities.
The 2,100-page encyclopedic �Lincoln Library of Essential Information,� now in its 44th edition and 89th year, commemorates Abraham Lincoln, whose example demonstrated self-education�s possibilities.
As Lincoln said, "A capacity, and taste, for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems. And not only so. It gives a relish, and facility, for successfully pursuing the unsolved ones."
FactCite.com, which features content from The Lincoln Library, contains thousands of full-text articles of extensive historical, biographic and reference material. It is divided into five subject areas:
�American history
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Featured pages include "Explore the 50 States" and "Countries and Cultures of the World� � both great sources for homework help.
FactCite is featured on our library website, cityofcrestview.org/library.php, on the Electronic Resources page. Your 14-digit library card barcode is required for access.
Today at 10:15 a.m. is one of my favorite LapSit programs of the year � "Bedtime" � because the children, parents and staff may come in their pajamas, robes and slippers. So if you've never seen our Mike in his Korean "hanbok" you may want to stop by today!
Plant lecture March 21
Dennis Mitchell, a qualified environmental professional and retired Troy University professor, will be the guest speaker for the March 21 Friends of the Crestview Library meeting.
Mitchell will educate attendees on local poisonous plants, including one with a 2,000-year-old story involving this country�s colonial times and some famous Americans.
The program begins at 10:30 a.m. and everyone is invited to attend.
Free financial courses
A free "Investments 101" series, with financial adviser Joe Faulk, is on six consecutive Mondays, 6-7 p.m. April 15 through May 20.
Class topics include:
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�IRAs: Retirement Can Be Less Taxing
�A Smart Start to Mutual Funds
�Focus on Fixed Income
�Tax-Free Investing
�Retirement by Design
Registration is not required, but the first 20 to reserve a seat and attend that evening will receive free workbooks. You may attend any or all classes. Call 682-8844 to register.
Book sale begins April 5
Mark your calendar for the next Friends of the Library book sale April 5, 6 and 7. A $2 admission charge for non-Friends members applies for the 5-8 p.m. Friday early bird sale, but you may join at the door.
The Saturday and Sunday sales run 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. There is an especially large selection of large-print books for this sale only.
�Going Green� April 2
Next month�s First Tuesday installment, "Going Green: What You Can Do at Home," will be presented by Tina Gainey of Greenway Saves. The event is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. April 2.
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013
BALTIMORE, 05-27-13---Legendary trainer King Leatherbury, who ranks fifth on the all-time wins list, captured the first two races on Monday's 10-race program at Pimlico Race Course, both in photo finishes.
"Things come in streaks and right now we are in a good one," Leatherbury said.
The two-win afternoon improved the Leatherbury barn to an impressive 13-of-50 during the spring meeting good enough for fourth place in the standings. Juan Vazquez leads with 22 winners, eight more than Scott Lake and Dane Kobiskie.
Leatherbury has 30 victories this season surpassing his win totals the previous four years. He credits the resurgence to superstar runner Ben's Cat, who captured his 16th career stakes in the Jim McKay Turf Sprint on Preakness weekend. The son of Parker's Storm Cat has earned $1,462,290.
"He has thrown some money into the operation and we are trying to put it to good use by getting back into the claiming game," added Leatherbury, who has 6,387 career winners. "I now have 30 horses in training. Most of them are claimers so you don't have to wait for the action."
Ben's Cat will make his 32nd start in the $150,000 Pennsylvania Governor's Cup at Penn National Saturday night.
Sheldon Russell rode two winners on the Memorial Day card and now leads the jockey standings with five live racing days remaining in the spring meet. Russell has 25 trips to the winners' circle, three more than Xavier Perez and Yomar Ortiz.
"I was pleased to get two wins today. I had some live runners today," said Russell, who captured the Pimlico riding title two years ago. "Wins are hard to come by here at Pimlico. We have a lot of bug riders and trainers are willing to give them chances. The goal was always to win the meet and to be up three is good."
The spring stand ends Saturday, June 8. Live racing will also take place this Friday, Saturday, Sunday and June 7.
Malcolm Franklin was a regular rider in the Maryland jockey colony from the fall 2006 through last year's Pimlico spring meet, winning 342 races. Currently, the leading rider at Indiana Downs, the 23-year-old spent the last two days riding at Pimlico. He was winless in nine mounts but did finish in the money twice this afternoon.
Since leaving Maryland, Franklin has ridden at four Kentucky tracks (Churchill Downs, Keeneland, Ellis Park & Kentucky Downs), Oaklawn Park, Hoosier Park and Indiana Downs.
"There wasn't any thoroughbred racing this weekend at Indiana Downs. A couple friends offered me a chance to ride so I decided to come back home," Franklin said. "I love Maryland racing. It was nice to be back and see so many friends. I have done pretty well since leaving and am riding for some of the top trainers at Indiana Downs. Here's hoping it continues."
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Evenings at the Opera
An Exploration of the Basic Repertoire
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Evenings at the Opera: An Exploration of the Basic Repertoire is a collection of essays based on Jeffery Langford's lectures at the Manhattan School of Music and inspired by his pre-performance talks at the Metropolitan Opera Guild. It presents a unique view of the stylistic development of nearly 200 years of opera history (from Mozart to Britten), with special attention to the question of how the genre's competing components of action, music, and text combine to make effective music drama. Taking a thematic (rather than a purely historical) approach to this exploration of selected works from the standard repertoire, Langford engages the reader in the fundamental question of how the shifting aesthetics of opera from one composer to another, one country to another, and one era to another have resulted in vastly different solutions to the problem of how to make a dramma per musica (drama in music), as the Italian inventors of opera first called it. Going beyond mere plot synopsis, he guides the reader through analysis of specific issues of musical form, style, and technique to shed new light on the perennial question of how opera (sometimes) works.


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On it's way out, it looks like Amazon FireTV will be dropping the access to YouTube, as well as Amazon's Echo Show video device.
According to CNET, "The moves signal that the ongoing battle between the world's biggest search engine and the world's largest online retailer may get messier in 2018."
Amazon and Google have been going through some issues, which includes, from the Google's side, to "reach an agreement with Amazon to give consumers access to eachother's products and serivces."
Currently, Amazon doesn't carry Chromecast or Google Chrome, which is logical considering they have their own products for that. The spokesperson for Google said that "Given this lack of reciprocity, we are no longer supporting YouTube on Echo Show and FireTV. We hope to reach an agreement to resolve these issues soon," according to her statement VIA CNET.
Mentally prepare yourself to lose the service on January 1.
Amy Cooper is one with the force and the force is with her.