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The two teams that met in the 2010 NLCS are meeting for the first time in 2011, a three-game series at sold-out Citizens Bank Park starting tonight.
It definitely is a rematch. Revenge? Not exactly. Revenge would come if the Phillies got the NLCS trophy from the Giants in the fall and that's a long way away.
Seven of the Phillies next 13 games are against the Giants. The other four come in the first August weekend, a Thursday to Sunday series that includes a FOX national telecast on Saturday, August 6.
Tonight's game and Thursday night's game will be televised regionally on the MLB Network. Wednesday night, ESPN will carry the game to some markets.
So far this season, the Eastern Divisions appear to be supplying two teams each to the postseason as the Braves and Yankees have the second-best records in the National League and American League respectively. The Giants are on top of the Western Division pack. If the season ended today, they would be playing the Braves, while the Phillies will tangle with the Central winner. But, that's putting the horse way ahead of the cart.
Down On The Farm
Clean sweep . . . Lehigh Valley beat Columbus, 4-1, RHS Nate Bump (3-6) working 7 scoreless innings, allowing 3 hits . . . 3B Carlos Rivero's 3rd RBI of the game, a sacrifice fly in the bottom ninth to lift Reading to a 5-4 win over Altoona . . . LF Darin Ruf homered (#11) for the 3rd straight game in Clearwater's 5-4 win over Bradenton . . . OF Anthony Hewitt, who stole 5 bases last week, added his 26th in Lakewood's 3-1 win over Augusta, RHS David Buchanan (11-5) pitching 8 shutout innings . . . LHS Lino Mrtinez (4-2) picked up the win as Williamsport won, 4-3, at Connecticut . . . LHS Ethan Stewart (3-1) fanned 9 in 7 shutout innings (2 hits) as the Gulf Coast League Phillies blanked Detroit, 3-0.
Roy Oswalt will start at Lehigh Valley on Wednesday vs. Pawtucket . . . Polly is close to beginning a rehab start.
Conference Call
Ruben will have his weekly conference call with his staff and pro scouts on Wednesday morning. Wonder what they will be discussing?


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Jean9 brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 24 Designs von 4 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
I own a real estate company in one of the hotest real estate Markets on the Globe. I am a 35 years old from Vancouver Canada. I am now a fully licensed REALTOR branding my new company named MyWestCoastRealty. Vancouver's real estate market is very expensive. The average house sells for 800k. Most nice homes are well over a million dollars
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I was able to hack my Tivo HD using this guide. From it, I made notes on everything I did, so if I ever have to rehack, I can do it again. Also, it's always a good practice that you save your original drive. I used it to copy to a larger 2TB drive. I expanded the MFS media partitions for 318 HD hours and 2777 SD hours. I will save the original drive and keep it as a backup.
I was able to find all required files. I now have Jamie's kernel, tivoftp, telnet, ncid, and tivowebplus running. Tystream encryption is disabled. The only thing I need is a copy of mfs_ftp patched for Tivo HD.


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Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Juliana already talked about Comic Con, but I didn't realize it until I'd written this post, so you get to hear a little more!
This past weekend, several Supernatural Underground authors met in New York City for the 2010 Comic Con (comic book convention). Though these conventions swarm with comic book fans, publishers, writers, and illustrators, they've expanded in recent years to include other aspects of the paranormal and fantasy worlds. Hollywood always shows up, and New York publishing is getting in the game. Harper Collins manned a couple of exhibitor booths, presented several panels, and sponsored book signings for a number of their sci-fi/fantasy and paranormal romance authors.
Friday afternoon, Jeaniene Frost moderated a lively panel titled Fighting Like Cats and Dogs: Shapeshifters and Paranormal Romance. On the panel were authors Juliana Stone, Marjorie M. Liu, Margaret Ronald, Jocelynn Drake, and me. Jeaniene's questions included: What mythology did you use behind your shifters? How do your weres/shifters balance their inner wildness with their human side? Do they have increased strength, heightened senses, a tendency to give fire hydrants a longing glance...? Werecats or werewolves, which do you think would make the stronger, sexier alpha protagonist, and why? The answers got a little catty--in a good way, of course!
The six of us signed books along Autograph Alley later that afternoon along with celebs like James Marsters (Spike on Buffy), Richard Hatch (the original Captain Apollo on the first Battlestar Gallactica) and Lou Ferrigno (the Incredible Hulk). While we were waiting for our time to sign, I stood in line for a pricey autograph of James Marsters and the chance to shake his hand and chat with him briefly. Jeaniene took the more direct (and cheaper) route and backed into him as he was walking behind the tables to leave. Next time, I'm sticking closer to Jeaniene.
When my publicist showed me my table assignment, I discovered, to my delight, that I was seated beside Lou Ferrigno. One of his poster stacks was at the edge of my signing space and he kindly asked if his posters were in my way. "Not at all." We chatted on and off during my signing hour and my editor took a picture of us together. Lou was charming.
After the signing, I returned to the Harper Collins exhibit booth and signed an additional box of books. While I was signing, a camera crew from Silver Cheese Productions stopped and asked if they could interview me. On the fly interviews are a little terrifying to someone who edits even an email five times, but of course I did it and I think it turned out pretty well, all things considered. Check it out at: http://www.blip.tv/file/4223742.
On Saturday, Jeaniene, Margaret, and I joined two Harper Collins editors on a panel spotlighting Harper's upcoming paranormal/sci-fi/fantasy releases. Afterward, I walked around the convention center, wandering among the hundreds of booths, entertained more by the costumed crowd than the exhibits. I saw everything from a true-to-size Chewbacca and Hellboy to vampires, demons, and dozens of anime characters I couldn't begin to identify.
NYCC was crowded, crazy, and a ton of fun!
13 comments:
- nymfaux said...
Sounds absolutely AMAZING!!!! That's definitely a panel I'd like to have attended...and a table I'd like to have sat at--nothing against Spike, but The Incredible Hulk...is, um, pretty Incredible--And he looks like he could totally pick you up and bench press you!!! ;)
Oh--And you're interview was great, too!!! Especially for on the fly--you really packed a lot in!!!
- October 12, 2010 at 5:09 AM
Wow, that sounds like CRAZY fun!!! Spike from Buffy? Oh man...I would have loved to see him. But even more so, Lou Ferrigno. *sigh*
- October 12, 2010 at 9:19 AM
- Pamela Palmer said...
Thanks, nymfaux! Lou was a sweetheart. I shook his hand at one point and his hands are HUGE.
Lynnrush, James Marsters (Spike) was very nice, too. Of course, his hair is brown and the British accent was Spike's, not his, but I'm a huge Buffy fan, so meeting him was a thrill.
- October 12, 2010 at 10:03 AM
- Sharon S. said...
you had to pay to get James' autograph? I'm a fan, but I don't think I would pay. That is funny your table was next to LF. Very cool. I have never been to a con and they sound like so much fun!
- October 12, 2010 at 12:10 PM
How exciting to be included with other great authors. Had the biggest crush on Richard Hatch when I was a teen. Now it is totally shapeshifters...and a few vamps...demons...weres....lol
- October 12, 2010 at 12:46 PM
- Pamela Palmer said...
Sharon, apparently this a money maker for the celebs. They sign autographs and take pictures with fans--all for a price. I considered standing in line and asking if I could just shake James Marster's hand, but decided I'd just do it the legit way and pay for the autograph.
- October 12, 2010 at 1:10 PM
- Pamela Palmer said...
Hey Sherr! Everyone around me was crushing on Richard Hatch, but I never watched BSG and didn't have a clue who he was. Oh well.
- October 12, 2010 at 1:12 PM
Shame on you Pamela!! Richard Hatch was so dreamy in those days. Don't tell Jag! lol
- October 12, 2010 at 6:17 PM
- GB said...
I went to my first con ever earlier this year (Supanova in Sydney) and Lou Ferrigno was there, along with Michael Winslow, the Groosalugg from Angel, and the Kiwi kid from one of the prequel movies who in the later movies was supposed to be Boba Fett. I felt really sorry for all of them as they hardly had anyone in their lines for autographs.
Just about everyone in attendance lined up to meet Eliza Dushku, Summer Glau and Charisma Carpenter instead!
- October 12, 2010 at 6:26 PM
- Pamela Palmer said...
Lol, Sherr!
GB, I can just imagine the lines for those three ladies! All Joss Whedon gals. Wow.
- October 12, 2010 at 8:19 PM
- Crystal @ RBtWBC said...
OMGosh that looks like so much fun. Wish I was closer to NY, so many awesome things go on there and in CA. And they always have the coolest Cons.
And WOW, The Hulk is HUGE!
Me being a nerdy fan girl would of asked Spike to do a British accent and I would of put it on my phone as a ring tone, that would be so cool. "This is Spike from Buffy, you have a bite." Every time the phone rang, hehe. Like I said, nerdy fan girl right here <~ LoL
I wonder how much that would of cost...
Anywho, you gals all look great in your pics and it sounds like you all had a blast! =)
- October 12, 2010 at 9:48 PM
- Brenda Hyde said...
Wow, so cool that I am not the only Joss and Spike fan. LOL Pamela- Lou Ferrigno is one of those guys who's looked the same forever. I always remember him as the Hulk. I have no words about meeting James Marsters. That would have been very cool:) Thanks for sharing the pics and the experience!
- October 12, 2010 at 11:42 PM
- Carol L. said...
What an awesome event. I'm so there next time. Lou Ferrigno looks HUGE and almost the same.:)
Carol L.
- October 14, 2010 at 12:23 PM


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Tim Tebow's 'spirituality' appealed to Patriots owner Robert Kraft
How much did the "spirituality" of Tim Tebow appeal to the New England Patriots before they decided to sign him this week? Patriots owner Robert Kraft mentioned the word three times in explaining to reporters why Tebow appealed so much to his franchise.
"It's really exciting to have him here," Kraft said Wednesday. "He has a great attitude, he's a winner. ... You can't have enough (of him)."
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Kraft also praised Tebow for something for which he has been criticized, calling his throwing motion "pretty good."
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When Brady was asked by reporters whether he would mind Tebow coming in for him, he provided a non-answer. "That's a very hypothetical question," Brady said.
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Frieri can't seal Santiago's win as Angels fall to A's
Closer allows two-run, pinch-hit homer to Jaso in ninth in defeat
ANAHEIM -- Ernesto Frieri's 95-mph fastball caught too much of the plate, and John Jaso crushed it way over the right-field scoreboard for the two-run homer that ruined a lights-out start from Hector Santiago, a brilliant night from Albert Pujols, and what could've been a nice win against the Angels' pesky division rivals.
"It was a mistake pitch," Frieri said late Monday night, after what was instead a crushing 3-2 loss to the A's. "I was trying to go down and away, I left the cutter up, and the ball went into his hands."
And then it went into the stands, denying the Angels a chance to go above .500 for the first time since Opening Day 2013. The A's have won seven of their previous eight overall, giving them an American League-best 9-4 record, and 14 of their last 20 against the Angels in Anaheim.
Leading by a run in the top of the ninth, after seven innings of one-run ball from Santiago, the A's got a leadoff single from Josh Donaldson. Then, after Frieri retired Yoenis Cespedes on a flyout to center, Jaso -- with a career .936 OPS against the Angels -- replaced Derek Norris and crushed a 1-2 fastball.
Down in the count, 1-0, Frieri threw Jaso a changeup to even the count, then came with back-to-back fastballs that the A's catcher fouled off.
"I was thinking he would go back to offspeed," Jaso said. "He threw me another heater, and it looked really good to hit."
Hank Conger was set up low and away, but Frieri's fastball -- his best pitch, even despite adding a successful slider and changeup this spring -- stayed right down the middle for his first blown save of the season.
Nineteen of Frieri's 25 pitches that inning, which ended with only one out recorded, were fastballs.
"He didn't move the fastball around like he can, and Jaso fouled some off until he got a ball right in his zone and didn't miss it," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "Ernie's aggressive, and tonight they got him."
Scioscia seemed more frustrated with a call against second baseman Howie Kendrick in the next half-inning. With one out against Luke Gregerson, Kendrick hit a ground ball to second baseman Nick Punto, who initially bobbled the ball before gathering himself and throwing to a fully extended Daric Barton. First-base umpire Chris Segal ruled Kendrick out, and after reviewing the play for more than three minutes, umpires -- without enough conclusive evidence to overturn -- ruled that the call stands.
Scioscia admitted that "the original call has some weight," but believed Kendrick was "clearly safe."
"I think I was safe," Kendrick said, "especially seeing the replay on the [scoreboard]."
Pujols hit a first-inning RBI single off A's right-hander Jesse Chavez -- for just his second hit in 16 at-bats with runners in scoring position -- and then blasted a third-inning solo shot to left-center field, his fourth on the season and the 496th of his career. Then, with one out and one on in the eighth, he sprawled to his right to snag a hard grounder off the bat of Jed Lowrie and start a 3-6-3 double play that temporarily kept a one-run lead intact.
"It's part of the game," Pujols said of his previous struggles with runners in scoring position. "We'll see at the end of the season how many [RBIs] I'm going to have."
Santiago, acquired along with Tyler Skaggs in the December deal that sent Mark Trumbo to the D-backs, gave up eight runs while compiling only 9 1/3 innings in his first two starts of the season. But he scattered just five hits in a season-high seven frames Monday, didn't issue a single walk through the first six innings, gave up only a fourth-inning solo homer to Cespedes, and worked his way out of some tough jams in the sixth and seventh.
The loss soured it, but it was the type of encouraging outing the 26-year-old left-hander badly needed.
"Definitely; there's no doubt," Santiago said after lowering his ERA from 7.71 to 4.96. "Coming into today, I was like, 'I need some positive [momentum] moving forward.'"


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Diabetes is the leading cause of new blindness in the United States, with DME contributing greatly to this vision loss. DME may affect up to 10% of people with diabetes. DME is a complication of diabetes caused by fluid accumulation in the macula that can affect the fovea. The macula is the central portion in the retina which is in the back of the eye and where vision is the sharpest.Vision loss from DME can progress over a period of months and make it impossible to focus clearly.
DME is an eye condition which can occur in people living with diabetes - both type 1 and type 2. Consistently high blood sugar due to poor glucose control over time can damage small blood vessels in the body, including the eye. Diabetic retinopathy is a disease that damages the blood vessels in the retina, resulting in vision impairment. Left untreated, fluid can leak into the center of the macula, called the fovea, the part of the eye where sharp, straight-ahead vision occurs. The fluid makes the macula swell, blurring vision. This condition is called DME. It can occur at any stage of diabetic retinopathy, although it is more likely to occur as the disease progresses.
People who have diabetes are at risk of developing DME over time. A person with diabetes should have their vision checked yearly, or as directed by their eye doctor. Vision changes due to DME are:
Increased risk of DME is associated with:
People living with diabetes are advised to have a comprehensive dilated eye exam at least once a year, or more often as directed by the eye doctor. If blurred vision occurs, the patient should visit an eye doctor immediately. At the visit, the eye doctor will conduct the following tests.
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This will determine how well a person can see through his or her central vision and if there is a decrease in visual acuity.
The eye doctor will dilate, widen the pupil of the eye, with eye drops to allow a closer look at the inside of the eye.
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Optical coherence tomography (OCT)
The OCT examination provides a cross sectional image of the eye which can show if the macula is thickened or if fluid is leaking.
Fluorescein angiography
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As with all complications of diabetes, successful management of macular edema requires good control of the diabetes itself. Each of these treatments has their own benefits and risks. Consultation and discussion with the eye doctor is needed to determine the best treatment for an individual's situation.
Focal Laser
Laser light is used to close and destroy leaking blood vessels. This form of laser therapy does not typically cause pain. The treatment may leave permanent blind spots in a person's vision. But it also helps to slow or stop the growth of new blood vessels that could damage vision even more. It helps protect the vision that remains and may slightly improve vision.
Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) drugs
These drugs block the development of new blood vessels and limit the leakage from the abnormal blood vessels in the eye. They are delivered through an injection into the eye, administered by an ophthalmologist, usually a retinal specialist. While some pressure will be felt during the injection, the eye is first numbed to minimize any discomfort. Several injections over time are needed in this treatment (frequency of injections varied based on the drug selected and the eye doctor's judgment).
This treatment involves an injection of steroids into the eye or an injectable steroid eye implant to release the drug over time to decrease DME and improve vision.
If you or someone you know has lost some sight to DME, low vision aids can help you stay independent. Special training, called vision rehabilitation, can provide skills for living with low vision. A low vision specialist will help determine the right combination of aids for your needs. Ask your eye doctor about the possibility of seeing a low vision specialist.
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Constitution's Week in Review - 27 August 2016
By Gary Porter
August 29, 2016
Gary Porter is Executive Director of the Constitution Leadership Initiative, Inc., a project to inform Americans about the Founder's view of their Constitution. In addition to writing "The Constitution's Week in Review" at www.ConservativeTruth.org, he writes regularly for the Fairfax Free Citizen of Fairfax Virginia. Mr. Porter also teaches at various locations, as well as hosting a weekly radio broadcast ("The Constitution Matters"). The program can also be heard live on the Internet every Friday morning at www.1180WFYL.com.
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I have a continent size map and want to create a more detailed local map. To do that, I selected the interesting area of the continent map, exported the selected area. Then, I created a new project and attempted to import the DMF file I just exported. To my surprise, DMF is not a supported format (why?). However, following on the advice of this post:
I simply created a new project and replaced that project's DMF file with the one I just exported, paying attention to ensure the same DMF size.
The bottom half (roughly) of the design map displays perfectly, but the top of the design map displays in black. Also, I get an error message
CL3DTView::GetPixelColour error:
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CL3DTView::RedrawBufferRegion error:
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The project is attached. I'm using the now-current version 11.11.


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IBM Announces TKLM 2.0 Supports KMIP 1.0 Standard
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Well, it's Tuesday again, and you know what that means! IBM Announcements!
Today, IBM announced its latest IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager (TKLM) 2.0 version. Here's a quick recap:
For more details, see the IBM [Announcement Letter].
This week, I'll be in Dallas, Texas. If you are an avid reader located in or near the Dallas area, and want to connect, you know how to reach me.
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Disney has pacted to make its 3D movies available on Sensio's 3D streaming service 3DGO!.
Some 20 Disney pics will be available at launch later this month, including 2012 animated releases "Brave" and "Frankenweenie."
Sensio's strategy is to aggregate 3D TV viewers, who may be too few in any one area to support a cable channel, but are numerous enough across North America to support a streaming VOD service.
The development is unlikely to encourage much additional 3D TV viewing, however, as viewer interest in watching 3D pics at home has proven tepid. 3D content and device makers have called for more original television content in 3D to spur viewer interest in the stereoscopic format.


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Photos: Elvis Sekyanzi opens new hangout spot "Whispers" in Bugolobi
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Silk events proprietor Elvis Sekyanzi has opened up a new spot in Bugolobi and has named it Whispers Lounge. The hangout is located next to dfcu Bank on Spring Road in Bugolobi.
They serve all kinds of food; breakfast, lunch buffet, dinner and fast foods. The hangout will officially be open to the public this Friday on 28th but we have checked it out already and can confirm it will be a place with good ambiance for you.
Check it out here
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Hymn Experience to bring christians together on Good Friday
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Christians of different denominations will come together to celebrate Hymn music on GoodFriday in a Christian event dubbed The Hymn Experience. The show that will beheld at Kampala Serena Hotel is organized by Masrob Events and the idea was championed by Hymn Singer Julian Nakato also known as Nakie Julian. Accordingto Nakie, gospel events have not seen success and have not been fully supported over the years. "I sat down in 2014 and thought of how to change the mindset of those who attend gospel concerts and thought about something fresh" Nakie says. She goes on to say that the Hymn Experience is an idea he got because Hymnsongs are forgotten but loved by many church goers. This year's theme will be Bring Back The Choir and different choirs from different churches will come together to perform for the crowd at Kampala Serena Hotel. Among the notable performers who will be on stage alongside Nakie Julian will include calvary Cross Choir, Golden GateChoir, All Saints Choir, and Jehovah Shalom which is an Acapella outfit. Singer Levixone will also perform alongside Ezekiel and Esther, the youngsters who recently won the East Africa has got talent music competitions. The only difference is that these singers will not perform their songs but will perform together with church choirs and they will perform Hymns.
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Cindy looking to inspire fellow female musicians in daring Cricket Oval concert
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Musician Cindy Sanyu is set for a mega concert dubbed "Boom Party Concert" slated for this Saturday, March 7 at Lugogo Cricket Oval.
The "Ayokyayokya" star will be hoping to make history as the first Ugandan female musician to take on the arduous venue, one that has predominantly been used by international artists and countable Ugandan male artists.
Although she admitted worrisomeness about the choice of venue, she insists it is for the greater good and hopes to inspire fellow female musicians with the daring move.
"As a female musician who has been in the industry for over a decade, I wanted to cement my legacy with something that has not be done before. This is why I ended up choosing to hold my concert at Lugogo Cricket Oval." Cindy told media during a press briefing held at Bight of Benin restaurant on Monday.
"I also want to squash this notion that it is only international musicians that can fill up Lugogo as well as inspire fellow women that it can be done." She added.
Meanwhile, Cindy has promised to give fans a memorable experience, revealing that she will be performing with twice the number of dancers and instrumentalists than she usually does.
The "Boom Party Concert" will feature other artists such as Kent & Flosso, Eddy Kenzo, Maro, Karole Kasita, Rabadaba, Silver X (from South Sudan), and Viper Ranking among others.
"I know I can't do this on my own. I am calling on everyone to come and support me. Join me and we make history together." She concluded.
The concert is being organised by Nexus Events and sponsored by Tusker Malt. Tickets are on sale at Shs. 20,000 (ordinary), Shs. 50,000 (VIP) and Shs 1,000,000(table).
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Talent Africa's Sam Lamara aka Samurae shines at the MTN Hip Hop Awards
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For over a decade, the name Samurae has echoed through the corridors of the Hip Hop fraternity as he has been producing and engineering urban music under Talent Africa Studios. His real name is Sam Lamara and has worked with some of biggest brands that have driven the UG HipHop industry including Klear Kut, Navio, The Mith, Tucker HD, Play 01, Flex D Paper, Byg Ben, Keko, GNL and so many more. Whether he is producing the track or recording, mixing & mastering, its no secret that what Sam touches comes out a master piece. His prowess with instruments & ear for great beats have earned him his place among the most respected music producers in the country right now. Last Friday at the MTN Hip Hop Awards Samurae was awarded the accolade of the Producer of the Year.
Another product of Talent Africa is hip hop artist Tucker HD who won Album of the Year for his album titled "Vroom" which was recorded, mixed and mastered and executive produced by Samurae at Talent Africa Studios. Tucker HD now a solo artist was signed to Talent Africa in 2012 through a talent search that formed the musical group called AirporTaxi.
The Collaboration of the Year was "UG's Most Wanted" which featured Byg Ben, Tucker HD, Tushi Polo, Play 01 and J Watts. The project was produced by Josh B and engineered, recorded, mixed and mastered at Talent Africa Studios.
The Inspirational Song of the Year was "Amen" by The Mith Ft Mal-X. The track was produced by Kozneffekt and also engineered, recorded, mixed and mastered by Samurae at Talent Africa Studios.
The Rap Fusion of the Year was a "Giddem" a collaboration by Big Tril and Talent Africa's dancehall sensation Beenie Gunter.
Talent Africa's CEO Aly Allibhai states "Talent Africa has always been a strong supporter of Ugandan hip hop music and culture and it very nice to see that our projects and talents are being rewarded for their hard work and dedication. We are also set to open our brand new state of the art studio premises in Kololo where we will be offering 360 degree content creation services with a brand new audio studio, video studio, editing suite, live music production and a music school. The new studios will be re-branded under the name TAG Studios."
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Acclaimed South African business mogul, venture capitalist and global speaker, Vusi Thembekwayo, will host entrepreneurs and business enthusiasts to a Johnnie Walker cocktail this Friday, March 6, 2020, at Protea Hotel by Mariott Kampala Skyz.
Vusi is set to land in the Pearl of Africa this Wednesday for high-class engagements with the business community at Kampala Serena Hotel on Thursday, where he will host a breakfast meeting and later on Friday, where he will host the Johnnie Walker cocktail at the Protea Hotel by Mariott Kampala Skyz.
The self-made millionaire will share from his well of expertise in strategy, leadership, and sales.
While addressing the media, Uganda Breweries Limited Head of Luxury Portfolio, Annette Nakiyaga, urged the public to seize the opportunity and draw from the wealth of knowledge Vusi will share at the cocktail.
"Johnnie Walker celebrates success, achievement, ambition and hard work. Vusi is a true representation of these values we hold dear and as such, we are more than honoured to host together with him, the cocktail at the Protea Hotel by Mariott Kampala Skyz. This is Johnnie Walker way of contributing to the passing down of the same values to entrepreneurs and the business community in Uganda," she said.
Vusi is currently the CEO of Boutique Investment & Advisory firm in Africa, a firm that guides large and listed businesses towards more lucrative directions. He is also the chairman of MyGrowthFund, a venture capital Fund and business accelerator.
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Catch and Release, Into Hot Grease!
Ingredients and Directions:
In a lidded container, combine 1/4 cup hot sauce with 1 cup buttermilk. Soak up to a dozen hand-sized bass fillets in the liquid for a minimum of two hours, preferably overnight. Allow fillets to drip-dry in a strainer before seasoning.
Put 10 oz. Cajun Fish Fry Seasoning Mix in a flat pan. Press fillets firmly into the meal on each side two or three times to create a nice crust. (Seasoned fish fry mix is available at most grocery stores).
Heat oil (preferably peanut oil) in skillet or deep fryer to 375 degrees. Fry fish about two minutes, until they float and turn golden crispy. Remove fillets from oil and place on a tray lined with paper towels. Salt immediately on both sides as hot fish comes out of the oil. It helps so have a "salt man" standing ready with a shaker. One secret to fried fish is to salt 'em HOT, and salt 'em a lot.
Move Over, Bluegill!— By Tim H. Martin, with recipe by Charlie Lane
Growing up, I never really liked the taste of largemouth bass, at least, not compared to their smaller, sweeter cousins, the bluegill.
Although bass have gorgeous white flaky meat, I couldn't get past their stronger fishy flavor, so I only caught them for fun, and then released them.
But, that all changed in the 1990s after a conversation with friend and former Buckmasters American Deer Foundation director, the late Charlie Lane.
I was explaining to Charlie that I'd rather have a basket of bream than a stringer of bass, any day. Largemouths just didn't eat as well.
"Timbo," he said, "I've got a Cajun-fried bass recipe you need to try. Since I started cooking bass this way, the only way I'd release one now is into a skillet of hot grease!
"The buttermilk-and-hot sauce bath pulls the bass-iness right out and gives the fillets a mellow taste. You'd think the hot sauce would set your mouth on fire, but it won't. That smoking-hot peanut oil fries the pepper-heat away, but leaves the flavor of the hot sauce."
Charlie was right. At my next fish fry, people began reaching over the bluegill fillets to get to the bass!
Afterward, Charlie joked. "If this recipe ever gets out, they might have to add largemouth bass to the endangered species list!"
Editor's Note: The late Charlie Lane was a colorful Southern character who served as Buckmasters American Deer Foundation founding president from 1992-1999. Sadly, he passed away in 2015, but he remains remembered by the Buckmasters family for his exceptional humor, culinary skills, his outdoors wisdom and a noteworthy passion for hunting wild turkey. For years, Charlie held the Alabama state record with a gobbler that weighed nearly 26 pounds! His recipe for Cajun-fried bass is a keeper.
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Meet BoBo! He was found VERY skinny and was picked up by a good Samaritan in the Dallas, TX area. Here is what we know about this handsome boy: He is probably 1.5 - 2 years old, not neutered, but is heartworm negative. He had some other parasitic worms, but has been treated and will be worm free and ready to be neutered in 1 week. He is said to be a sweet cuddly guy who seems to get along with other dogs and humans. He is also housebroken and rides well in a car. Won't you share his story? His "foster" is overwhelmed and is looking for a solution ASAP. Please contact me directly with any questions. Thanks!


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Among recent enforcement actions by the SEC were charges against an Indiana resident and his company engaged in a Ponzi scheme targeting retirement savings and a stop order against the initial public offering of a Los Angeles company that had issued a registration statement filled with false and misleading information. In addition, a former JPMorgan Chase employee involved in the "London Whale" case was arrested in Spain after turning himself in.
SEC Halts Retirement Savings Ponzi Scheme
After halting his operations with a temporary restraining order and an asset freeze, the SEC charged John Marcum, a Noblesville, Ind., resident, and his company, Guaranty Reserves Trust, with defrauding investors after he diverted their retirement funds to pay for his own lavish lifestyle and foot the bill for startup companies.
When the scheme ran dry, Marcum offered to repay three of his clients by making them beneficiaries on life insurance policies and then killing himself, the SEC said.
Marcum represented himself as a successful trader and asset manager, and brought in more than $6 million through promissory notes issued by his company. Beginning in 2010, Marcum helped investors set up self-directed IRA accounts, promising them hefty returns on the promissory notes by day-trading in stocks while guaranteeing the safety of their principal investment.
Investors surrendered control of their assets to Marcum, either by rolling their existing IRA accounts into the new self-directed IRA accounts or by transferring their taxable assets directly to brokerage accounts that he controlled. Then he and certain investors cosigned the promissory notes, and Marcum placed the signed notes in the IRA accounts.
He didn't actually do much trading, which was a good thing since he nearly always lost money when he did—to the tune of more than $900,000. Instead of doing more trading, he used some of the money as collateral for a $3 million line of credit at the brokerage firm where he used to work. He took numerous advances from the line of credit to fund such startup ventures as a bridal store, a bounty hunter reality television show, and a soul food restaurant owned and operated by the bounty hunters—none of which ventures appear to be making a profit.
Not only were Marcum's investors unaware that they were paying for these ventures—as well as nearly $1.4 million in payments made directly to the startup ventures and other companies and more than a half a million for Marcum's personal expenses on his credit card that included airline tickets, luxury car payments, hotel stays, sports and event tickets, and tabs at a Hollywood nightclub—but they were equally deceived as to the rate of return Marcum promised them. After promising annual returns of 10%–20%, he issued false statements showing annual returns that topped 20%. He also "guaranteed" the safety of their principal.
The whole scheme started to collapse when he did not have the funds needed to honor investor redemption requests. His "recovery plan" — which he actually provided to some of his investors — consisted at first of bringing in new clients with more money so that he could pay the old clients.
When he finally admitted to three of those old clients that he'd used their money, and that of others, for his own purposes, he tried to sell them on giving him more time. If he failed to bring in enough to pay them off, he said, he would name them as beneficiaries on life insurance policies and, after the purported two-year "suicide clause" on the policies was satisfied, would repay their funds by killing himself so that they could collect.
The SEC is seeking permanent injunctions, disgorgement of ill-gotten gains and financial penalties from Marcum and Guaranty Reserves Trust, and disgorgement of ill-gotten gains from Marcum Companies LLC, which is named as a relief defendant.
IPO Stalled with Stop Order from SEC
The SEC issued a stop order against Counseling International to halt its IPO after its registration statement was found to contain false and misleading information.
The Los Angeles-area company's statement, among other things, fails to disclose the identity of the company's control persons and promoters as required under the securities laws. It also falsely describes the circumstances surrounding the departure of its former CEO.
Counseling International first filed a registration statement in August of 2012 for an IPO of 764,000 shares of common stock, but has amended its registration statement four times since then. The company agreed to the issuance of the order instituting the stop order proceeding, and also agreed not to engage or participate in any unregistered offering of securities conducted in reliance on Rule 506 of Regulation D for a period of five years from the issuance of the order.
Meanwhile, the SEC's investigation is continuing. Arrest in Spain in 'London Whale' Case as Settlement Rumors Mount
Javier Martin-Artajo, one of the two former JPMorgan Chase employees against whom the U.S. government has announced charges, was arrested in Spain after he turned himself in to local authorities. The extradition process to bring him to the U.S. is expected to be long and complex.
Meanwhile, word is that JPMorgan Chase is in talks with a group of regulators to settle for an amount that could be as high as $600 million. Not just the SEC, but also Britain's Financial Conduct Authority are involved in the talks, and it is said that prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney's office are also included.
Martin-Artajo and Julien Grout were charged on Aug. 14 with hiding trading losses of more than $6 billion in the "London Whale" case. Bruno Iksil, nicknamed the "whale" because of the size of his trades, was not charged, after he agreed to cooperate against his former colleagues. Specifically, Martin-Artajo and Grout have been charged with wire fraud, falsifying bank records, contributing to false regulatory filings and conspiracy.
British authorities went to arrest Martin-Artajo at his London home, only to find him gone. His lawyers said that he had simply taken an already planned vacation and was not aware of charges having been filed against him. However, both he and Grout had previously indicated that they were open to being extradited to the U.S., provided prosecutors recommend bail.
Grout is no longer in London, either, having returned to his native France. His home country does not usually extradite its citizens.
The SEC has filed parallel civil charges against the two.
Check out BofA-Merrill Moves to Settle Lawsuit With Black Brokers on ThinkAdvisor.


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Today is Friday, Dec. 23, the 357th day of 2005 with eight to follow.
The moon is waning. The morning stars are Mercury, Jupiter, Pluto and Saturn. The evening stars are Venus, Mars, Uranus and Neptune.
Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn. They include Egyptologist Jean Francois Champollion, who deciphered the Rosetta Stone, in 1790; Mormon church founder Joseph Smith in 1805; poet Harriet Monroe, founder of Poetry magazine, in 1860; Manhattan restaurateur Vincent Sardi Sr. in 1885; British film executive J. Arthur Rank in 1888; actor James Gregory in 1911; former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt in 1918 (age 87); actor Harry Guardino in 1925; Japanese Emperor Akihito in 1933 (age 72); marathon runner Bill Rodgers in 1947 (age 58); and actors Susan Lucci in 1950 (age 55) and Corey Haim in 1972 (age 33).
On this date in history:
In 1620, construction began of the first permanent European settlement in New England, one week after the Mayflower arrived at Plymouth harbor in present day Massachusetts.
In 1783, Gen. George Washington resigned his commission with the U.S. Army and retired to Mount Vernon, Va. He became the nation's first president in 1789.
In 1913, the Federal Reserve System was established.
In 1928, the National Broadcasting Company established a permanent coast-to-coast radio hookup.
In 1947, the transistor was invented, leading to a revolution in communications and electronics.
In 1948, former Premier Hideki Tojo of Japan and six other Japanese war leaders were hanged in Tokyo under sentence of the Allied War Crimes Commission.
In 1973, the shah of Iran announced that the petroleum-exporting states of the Persian Gulf would double the price of their crude oil.
In 1987, Dick Rutan and Jeana Yaeger landed the experimental aircraft Voyager at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. It completed a record nine-day, 25,012-mile global flight without refueling.
In 1991, floods in Texas killed 13 people.
In 1992, the first American casualties of the U.S.-led relief operation in Somalia occurred when a vehicle hit a land mine near the city of Badera, killing one civilian and injuring three others.
In 1993, President Clinton announced he would instruct his lawyers to give investigators all documents relating to the Whitewater scandal.
In 1994, major league baseball team owners declared an impasse in their negotiations with the players' association and unilaterally imposed a salary cap the players had rejected.
In 1995, more than 500 people, including entire families, were killed in Mandi Dabwali, India, when fire engulfed a tent set up for a school ceremony.
In 1997, Terry Nichols, the second defendant in the Oklahoma City bombing trial, was convicted of conspiracy and involuntary manslaughter -- but not first-degree murder -- by a federal jury in Denver.
In 2002, North Korea, preparing to resume development of nuclear weapons, said it was reopening a plutonium reprocessing plant.
Also in 2002, Senate Republicans chose Sen. Bill Frist of Tennessee to be their majority leader.
In 2003, a jury recommended life in prison without parole for Lee Malvo, the teenager convicted of taking part in the deadly month-long sniper attacks in the Washington area that killed 10 a year earlier. Malvo was 17 at the time of the attacks.
Also in 2003, the first case of mad cow disease was reported in the United States when a Holstein in Washington state tested positive for the deadly ailment.
In 2004, China reported its Bohai Bay Basin in the north may contain 20.5 billion tons of offshore oil reserves.
Also in 2004, the Transportation Security Administration announced that most women's breasts will no longer be patted down at U.S. airports.
A thought for the day: Anatole France wrote, "People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them."


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As promised, I here present Ian's step-by-step guide for processing acorns. If you like, watch this Ray Mears video to get yourself in the mood (starts at 3:36; continues in pt.2 from 8:34):
Step 1 – Gathering. Find a tree! Not all Oaks will crop heavily (and if it's not a 'mast' year you might struggle to find a single acorn). As previously discussed your best bet will be to find a specimen with lots of space around it and a canopy open to the sun, especially on the South facing side. Stand-alone trees or those on the edge of woodland normally produce more nuts than those in the middle of the deep, dark forest. Some of the best I found this year – a) in front of H's driveway:
b) a young fella on the common, branches still low enough for me to climb up into him and do a 'shakedown':
c) a gaggle on a golf course:
d) street-corner guardians:
(I think these were all English/Pedunculate/Common Oaks, Quercus Robur, though I'm not sure I could differentiate this from Britain's other native Sessile Oak, Q. petraea. Not that this would matter particularly as, while more bitter than their managed American or S. European cousins, the acorns of both species are equally edible after processing.) You should be able to find at least one tree that drops a good quantity of large, sound acorns. As you can see from the above pictures, it's useful if the ground is reasonably clear, but also soft enough to not damage the nuts after their fall from a great height. Tarmac makes things easy, but a lot of the acorns from tree a) and other 'street trees' I gathered from had extensive 'bruising' where the nutmeat had hardened and blackened at the point of trauma and along fracture lines. This got progressively worse the longer I kept them before processing, I assume because the black colour is caused by oxidisation which is limited when the whole nut still has its thin inner skin surrounding it. I'm not sure if the hardened/blackened acorns are unusable (I spent quite a while cutting out the 'bad' bits just in case) but I found they were also the most likely to spoil and/or go mouldy.
Gathering was speediest throwing handfuls onto a tarp or jacket before funneling into a plastic bag, but just placing them in the bag directly worked out fine too. I did try raking directly into bags, leaf-litter, twigs & all, but this just meant I had to pick out the good nuts back at home anyway. It doesn't matter if the acorns have been lying under the tree for quite a while – the hard outer shells are designed to last them through the winter before weathering finally wears them down enough for the sprouts to push through in the spring. They also protect against insects, moulds, bacteria etc. but not small mammals who sometimes take a nibble (or, if you're lucky, large ones who eat them whole). A little 'rain leaching' might give you a head start for Step 5 too! However watch out for little holes in the acorns – these are the work of the acorn weevil which uses sharp mandibles to chomp into and lay eggs in the acorn when it's still young & tender. A little white grub then gorges on the nutmeat for the next couple of months before chewing its way out and trying to find somewhere safe to pupate. Sometimes you'll catch these little blighters in the act – probably giving them the fright of their lives! – inside acorns you previously thought were sound. Unfortunately they don't leave much for you, but they make a good snack for the birds (or maybe they'd be tasty if you fried them up directly?) Otherwise I tend to only go for the dark brown glossy nuts, just because they somehow look more 'healthy' to me, even though they dry to the same light tan colour after a couple of weeks in storage. I also avoid cracked or damaged shells as these won't keep so well. Here's a load I picked up just yesterday afternoon from around tree d). It took me around twenty minutes to gather just under 8kg:
Step 2 – Storage.
Keep in a warm, dry place, preferably in open-sided containers that allow the air in to circulate. If the nuts were particularly sodden when you picked them up, maybe give them a head start against any cheeky moulds by putting them in a low oven or up against a radiator for a spell. If you want to make acorns your staple food you might have to take this part a bit more seriously:
My family and I have been known to gather tons of acorn. In the past my Great Aunt Mary had a room in her house where we would deposit all of the acorn we gathered. This was a 10'x12′ room, with a four foot board across the doorway. This room was always full of acorn. As children we used to fight for the right to jump into the acorn and stir them up. Anyone bigger than a child would crack the hulls. This had to be done twice a week so that moisture didn't build up and that the acorn dried properly. Traditionally our people stored acorn in 'Chukas', acorn graineries made of cedar and California laurel. These are cylinder in shape and raised above the ground on stakes about three feet. Lacking a spare room for my acorn, I store mine in gunny sacks and hang the filled bags from the rafters in my garage. My sisters living on the rez, use the huge army surplus bins my parents bought. They keep them covered and stir them twice a week. No matter how you store your acorn it is essential that you add a generous amount of California laurel with the nuts. Laurel or bay leaf is a natural insect repellent and keeps the bugs away from the acorn. […] We let the acorn dry or season at least for a year, this assures that the nuts are well dried. (Kimberly R. Stevenot, Northern Sierra Miwok – link)
Step 3 – Shelling. This is a pain if you try to do it straight away with fresh acorns. If you let them dry for a bit the nutmeats shrink away from the outer skin, allowing you to open big cracks along the length with a quick hammer-blow to the head, which then makes it easy to prise the innards out whole with a knife. Here's a picture of my set-up, along with my favourite anvil:
This part of the process takes up the most time. I like sitting down in the evening and listening to music, watching online documentaries or crappy comedy shows on the TV while I do this. It gets nice & hypnotic after a while… Mind your fingers!
Step 4 – Grinding. I 'cheat' and use a food processor for this stage. The idea is to increase the overall surface area in preparation for Step 5, which will go faster in relation to how fine you grind the acorns. I like to leave them in rough milimetre cubes, as I'll be fine-grinding them later anyway and hopefully would like to keep some of the nutrients in there in the meantime. Of course, I'd prefer to do this part 'aboriginally' but on my own it feels too much like hard work. Apparently acorn-based 'balanocultures' used social technology to lighten the load:
At the edge of the village a group of women sit together grinding acorns. Holding the mortars between their outstretched legs, they sway back and forth, raising the pestles and letting them fall again. The women are singing together, and the pestles rise and fall in unison. As heavy as the pestles are, they are lifted easily – not so much by muscular effort, but (it seems to the women) by the powerful rhythm of the acorn-grinding songs. The singing of the women and the synchronized thumping of a dozen stone pestles create a familiar background noise – a noise that has been heard by the people of this village every day for hundreds, maybe thousands of years. (Malcolm Margolin, quoted in Suellen Ocean's Acorns And Eat'em – pdf)
If you want you can keep the nuts whole, as the ancient Europeans appear to have done (ibid.), although this will leave you with a different foodstuff at the end.
Step 5 – Leaching.
Soak the acorn meal in cold-tepid water to leach out the tannins, using a thin-weave material to keep the solids separate (I used an old pillowcase). Change twice a day until the water stops turning a deep brown and/or the acorns lose their bitterness. This can take from 3 days to over a week. You can speed up the process by using boiling water which you pour off repeatedly, but cooking denatures the starches/sugars, and you'll also lose much of the oil content, so I prefer not to. Other methods vary from dunking the meal in a stream as Ray Mears does in the above video, burying caches of whole acorns in boggy ground, cooking in a 'lye' made from the wood ash of deciduous trees or with iron-rich soils/clays, and even putting them in the (cleaned) cistern of a flush toilet 😯 Other Native American methods include pouring water onto ground acorns in a sand 'colander':
And this one, which I probably won't be trying:
The aboriginal people of the Columbia River valley used urine to cure acorns. The settlers of European origin in that region gave the dish the name Chinook Olives. About a bushel of acorns were placed in a hole dug near the entrance of a house. The acorns were then covered with a thin layer of grass and then 6" of earth. Every member of the family regarded this hole as the special place of deposit for his urine, which was on no occasion to be diverted from this legitimate receptacle. In this hole the acorns are allowed to remain four or five months before they are considered fit for use… the product is regarded by them as the greatest of all delicacies. ('Indigenous Acorn Facts')
If you want you can leach the acorns whole, just pouring the water off and re-filling. This will take a lot longer, though (unless you use boiling water). Mine started to bubble and smell slightly 'fermented' after about five days, so I finished them off with a slow roast in the oven:
They are tooth-breakingly hard by the end, but cook up to an acceptable squishy texture in porridge (and – I'm guessing – in stews, soups, etc.)
Step 6 – Drying, re-grinding. If you want to keep the acorn matter for a long time and don't want to use it immediately as a 'mush' or in a soup etc. then you'll need to dry your acorn grounds. If you get freakishly lucky with the Autumn weather you can leave this job to the sun, but mostly I have to put them in a low oven for a couple of hours to speed up the process.
They will tend to clump up during this stage, no matter how finely you ground them originally, so if you want a flour (as opposed to 'grits') you'll have to grind them again. Tip: you can often find old-style manual coffee grinders in charity shops.
Leave out someplace warm & dry for another day or so to evaporate the last bits of moisture, then store in glass jars or paper bags. Some people say the fat/oil content will make the flour go off after a couple of months, but I still have some left over from my first experiments over two years ago, and it still looks and tastes just as good as it did back then. Maybe the final heating in the oven stabilises it somehow?
Step 7 – Eat! Most people say to treat it like corn/maize flour, for example mixing it 50:50 with regular flour to make breads, muffins, pancakes, tortillas…etc. It doesn't contain gluten so will need to be mixed with something else that does, or with a different 'sticking agent' (e.g. egg). It's a lot denser than wheat flour, so if you're using it to make bread you'll need much more yeast to make it rise – my one attempt at a 50:50 loaf two years ago, while deliciously rich & nutty, did not rise at all.
This year I've had some success with a recipe for 'Hard Times Bread' from The Wildfoods Cookbook by Joy Spoczynska, which she 'unearthed' from 'an eighteenth century cookbook' that traced the recipe back to 'early pioneers in America'. She says they turned to it 'when wheat flour was difficult to obtain or cost more than the pioneers could afford'. I'm guessing they adapted this from the Indians.
Naturally I want to change the name to break the association with famine and last resort measures to stay alive, and present this instead as a desirable alternative to the Staff of Death Bread made from farmed grains. Sure, it takes less effort for us affluent first-worlders to work a wage-job and buy a sack of flour from the supermarket, but this embeds us in an exploitative system whereby someone else, human or non-human (including the chemical remains of long dead non-humans) has been enslaved to do all the work in our stead. It's easy, from our 'privileged' position, to forget just how hard it is to get something resembling food from the annual grains. Try to bake your lawn, or just watch this guy go about his business (sorry about the background music – mute and try this as an alternative):
Then have a look at this and ask yourself where the astronomical quantities of energy have come from to build, operate and maintain all those machines:
Suddenly, simply letting trees grow and crop in the Autumn for you to harvest and process through the above steps doesn't seem so inefficient or energy-intensive, does it? Yes, you'll find it hard work if you never had to take care of your own subsistence needs before, but I bet even 'Seed to Loaf' Steve would back me up in saying that we miss out on basic feelings of satisfaction from leaving this most fundamental biological activity for other people to sweat over. Also, as the wise people say: No security without food security. In other words if you depend on getting flour (or any other staple food) from the supermarket, that means they've got you by the balls/ovaries – you'll comply to the demands of whoever controls the price of wheat because you have to eat. Unless you have another option…
So without further ado, here's my adjusted recipe for 'Good Times Bread' – I've halved the original quantities:
Ingredients: 250g acorn flour, 50g maize flour, 2 tbsp butter, 1 egg, 1 tsp salt, 150ml buttermilk (or regular milk mixed with 1 tsp lemon juice or vinegar and allowed to sit for 5 minutes), 1/2 tsp baking soda (sodium bi-carbonate)
Step 1 – Sift the flours, salt and baking soda together, beat the egg and melt the butter in a frying pan (preferably cast iron) or griddle.
Step 2 – Gradually mix in the buttermilk, followed by the butter and lastly, the egg. Knead until 'of a fairly soft dropping consistency, like a very stiff batter, but not sloppy' (Spoczynska, p173).
Step 3 – Squish into balls and flatten on a level surface to desired size & thickness. Then add a bit more butter to the pan and cook on a medium-high flame, flipping to the other side after a couple of minutes when it turns slightly golden-brown.
Et voila. More than enough for a hearty breakfast to keep you going through the day:
These, unsurprisingly, had a delicious roast-nuttiness to them and the texture of a heavy scone. The salt made them a bit too savoury for jam, though – a later experiment with added brown sugar, chopped walnuts and dates went down a treat. I'm not sure how long they keep, but I was putting these in the toaster and they were still tasty after three days.
Aboriginally, I would be inclined to roast them by the fire on a flat stone like these guys:
For more inspiration and recipes, check out these sites:
- 'Grandpappy's Basic Acorn Recipes'
- Traditional native recipes in Siouxme's 'Cooking With Acorns' and NativeTech's recipe for 'Nupa (Acorn) Soup' (linked above)
- Hank Shaw's extraordinary list of tried and tested acorn recipes
- Robin Harford's 'Spiced Pickled Acorns', using the whole nuts
- Green Deane's page, 'Nuts for Acorns' – one of the best overviews I've seen
- Oak Watch – an awesome blog all about Oaks
Finally, submit your own acorn experiments to Butterpoweredbike's 'foraging recipe challenge' on the Hunger and Thirst blog (thanks Annie!) Looks like there's some great stuff up there already – I don't think my 'back to basics' approach stands much of a chance of winning though…
So that's about all I've got for now. Hopefully this didn't come too late to fire you up in time for this year's harvest. If you're visiting SE England, I've still got plenty of acorns you can come help me process 🙂 Email address buried in the comments on the 'About' page…
Tags: acorns, agriculture, experiment, food security, hunter-gatherers, oak, subsistence, wheat


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Guide to the Harper's-De Voto correspondence, 1948-1955 (inclusive), 1953-1955 (bulk) M0007
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Ceremonial in Worship
The sign of the cross is used at the reading of the Gospel.
As Euery Mans Devocion Serveth Without Blame
The following statement from the first Book of Common Prayer (1549) summarizes the Anglican position on ceremonies:
As touching kneeling, crossing, holding up of handes, knocking upon the brest, and other gestures: they may be used or left as euery mans devocion serueth without blame.
Most ceremonies, however useful, are inessential and should not become causes for dispute. Nevertheless, the 1928 Prayer Book does mandate a few ceremonies, such as the sign of the cross after baptism (page 280), standing for the gospel (page 70), kneeling for communion (page 82), and giving a ring at marriage (page 302). These ceremonies, along with the use of vestments, were bitterly opposed in the 16th and 17th centuries by the English Puritans, but they became universal in Anglican churches.
Aside from these few Prayer Book ceremonies, almost the only ceremony traditionally enforced by the Anglican Church is bowing at the name of Jesus. The 1603 Canons of the Church of England mandate that
...when in time of Divine Service the Lord Jesus shall be mentioned, due and lowly reverence shall be done by all persons present, as it hath been accustomed; testifying by these outward ceremonies and gestures.. .inward humility, Christian resolution, and due acknowledgment that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, is the only Saviour of the world....
This generally is interpreted to mean that if one is standing or sitting he or she should bow the head when the word 'Jesus' is said in the course of worship.
Common Ceremonies and the Occasions of Use
The most common ceremonies used in Anglican churches are as follows:
Bowing: At the name of Jesus, at mention of 'Trinity', and when the three persons of the Trinity are mentioned together ('Father, Son, and Holy Ghost'); when the cross or the celebrant passes in procession; when passing an altar on which the Sacrament is not reserved; when someone bows to you; at certain points in the Gloria in excelsis, the Creed, and other prayers and canticles; during the Words of Institution in the Canon, but looking up for the elevations.
Genuflection: At the Incarnatus in the Creed (not because of mention of St. Mary, but because we remember then that Christ came down from heaven); when passing or being passed by the Blessed Sacrament (e.g., when entering or leaving a pew before the high altar); when the Bishop Ordinary passes in procession or when greeting him formally. Our Lord gets a genuflection on the right knee, the Bishop gets the left knee. A 'double genuflection' is one on both knees, which is done especially at veneration of the Cross on Good Friday.
Sign of the Cross: In general this is done when receiving a blessing, when ending a great prayer, and when hearing or speaking the gospel.
When receiving a blessing would include: the grace at the end of Morning or Evening Prayer or before a meal; absolution after confession; the blessing at the end of the Eucharist; when the Bishop gives a blessing in procession; when the congregation is blessed with the Blessed Sacrament at Benediction; when blessing oneself with holy water on entering the church; before receiving holy communion.
When ending a great prayer includes the end of the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds and the Gloria in excelsis and often when ending private prayer on entering the church or at the beginning and end of the day.
When hearing or speaking the gospel includes: the beginning of gospel canticles at the Daily Offices (the Benedictus Dominus Deus in Morning Prayer and the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in Evening Prayer – all from St. Luke), the beginning of the gospel lection at the Eucharist, at the Benedictus qui venit ('Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord' after the Sanctus – perhaps because these are words from the gospel, though perhaps because of the word 'blessed').
The sign of the cross in the Western Church is made with the finger tips of the right hand moving from forehead to chest to left shoulder to right shoulder (and sometimes then back to the chest). At the beginning of the gospel the sign is made with the thumb upon the forehead, lips, and heart, to show that we should receive the gospel into our minds, proclaim it with our lips, and love it with our hearts. The general meaning of this ceremony is that whatever we are doing or saying or receiving in conjunction with it is a blessing from God to us in virtue of the power of the holy Cross.
Knocking upon the breast: This ceremony, mentioned in the 1549 list, is performed as a sign of humility or repentance at the words 'although we are unworthy' in the Eucharistic canon; at 'have mercy upon us' and 'grant us thy peace' in the Agnus Dei; and at the words 'Lord, I am not worthy' before communion when the Centurion's Prayer is said. It is done at the words 'by my fault, by my own fault, by my own most grievous fault' at the private Preparation at the Foot of the Altar when that is said by servers and priest.
Posture: The missals and Prayer Books give some instructions for posture during divine worship, as in rubrics mandating that all stand for the gospel in the Eucharist and that holy communion be received kneeling. Otherwise there is considerable liberty and variety of practice.
One common rule used to be: Stand to praise, sit to listen, kneel to pray. This rule, however, always had many exceptions (e.g., one stands to listen to the gospel and kneels for hymns during holy communion). In some places the rule was to stand for a sung mass (except for sitting for the epistle and sermon and kneeling for the absolution, blessing, and from the consecration through the ablutions) and kneel for a low mass (except for standing at the gospel and sitting for the sermon).
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Across nine albums, Misty's Big Adventure have always been happy to glide across the dancehall floor in a series of styles; be it in a tuxedo to lounge piano or hi-tops to a rock steady beat. Over the years, frontman Grandmaster Gareth has led this Birmingham seven-piece with a dour voice, a quick wit and the heart of a hopeless romantic. Like the album's cover of a kid and mother looking petrified by a costumed entertainer, Misty's are indeed both scary and loving. At it's best latest set The Fanily Amusement Centre sets up ballads that could sit on the Beach Boys' Sunflower before the crew of Psychoville come and scream to camera.
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Performing in Misty's must be a liberating experience, a twist of prog, jazz and lounge and northern soul with no ulterior motives beyond writing oddly uplifting songs. Ween do this whilst laughing gloriously at everything, The Electric Soft Parade do this and ramp up the distortion and harmonies, but no one does it quite like Misty's. No one lilts a song like Noël Coward before morphing into a Stereolab song vocal solo – with a child chorus line - as in 'The Bigger The Front'.
If pushed to assess the ins and outs of progressive music, Misty's wouldn't make the Mojo supplement. They aren't the technicians or the avant-garde. They can't compete with the Krautockers wiggling on the Old Grey Whistle Test and sometimes the jarring stop into spoken word fails to have an impact, even if it is Sir Patrick Moore enunciating slowly. But when they slowly develop a ballad that's part nursery rhyme part samba with a three-minute string quartet and multi-tracked saxophone arrangement, as in closer 'A Long Line Of People', they do, however, make everything much much better. They should definitely make the Beano annual every year, a far loftier goal for any serious musician and writer.
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