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|Travel Medical Advice for Gabon
Preparing for Your Trip to Gabon
Before visiting Gabon, you may need to get the following vaccinations and medications for vaccine-preventable diseases and other diseases you might be at risk for at your destination: (Note: Your doctor or health-care provider will determine what you will need, depending on factors such as your health and immunization history, areas of the country you will be visiting, and planned activities.)
To have the most benefit, see a health-care provider at least 4–6 weeks before your trip to allow time for your vaccines to take effect and to start taking medicine to prevent malaria, if you need it.
Even if you have less than 4 weeks before you leave, you should still see a health-care provider for needed vaccines, anti-malaria drugs and other medications and information about how to protect yourself from illness and injury while traveling.
CDC recommends that you see a health-care provider who specializes in Travel Medicine. Find a travel medicine clinic near you. If you have a medical condition, you should also share your travel plans with any doctors you are currently seeing for other medical reasons.
If your travel plans will take you to more than one country during a single trip, be sure to let your health-care provider know so that you can receive the appropriate vaccinations and information for all of your destinations. Long-term travelers, such as those who plan to work or study abroad, may also need additional vaccinations as required by their employer or school.
Be sure your routine vaccinations are up-to-date. Check the links below to see which vaccinations adults and children should get.
Routine vaccines, as they are often called, such as for influenza, chickenpox (or varicella), polio, measles/mumps/rubella (MMR), and diphtheria/pertussis/tetanus (DPT) are given at all stages of life; see the childhood and adolescent immunization schedule and routine adult immunization schedule.
Routine vaccines are recommended even if you do not travel. Although childhood diseases, such as measles, rarely occur in the United States, they are still common in many parts of the world. A traveler who is not vaccinated would be at risk for infection.
Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
Vaccine recommendations are based on the best available risk information. Please note that the level of risk for vaccine-preventable diseases can change at any time.
Vaccination or Disease Recommendations or Requirements for Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
Hepatitis A or immune globulin (IG) Recommended for all unvaccinated people traveling to or working in countries with an intermediate or high level of hepatitis A virus infection (see map) where exposure might occur through food or water. Cases of travel-related hepatitis A can also occur in travelers to developing countries with "standard" tourist itineraries, accommodations, and food consumption behaviors.
Rabies Recommended for travelers spending a lot of time outdoors, especially in rural areas, involved in activities such as bicycling, camping, or hiking. Also recommended for travelers with significant occupational risks (such as veterinarians), for long-term travelers and expatriates living in areas with a significant risk of exposure, and for travelers involved in any activities that might bring them into direct contact with bats, carnivores, and other mammals. Children are considered at higher risk because they tend to play with animals, may receive more severe bites, or may not report bites.
Polio Recommended for adult travelers who have received a primary series with either inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) or oral polio vaccine (OPV). They should receive another dose of IPV before departure. For adults, available data do not indicate the need for more than a single lifetime booster dose with IPV.
Areas of Gabon with Malaria: All.
If you will be visiting an area of Gabon with malaria, you will need to discuss with your doctor the best ways for you to avoid getting sick with malaria. Ways to prevent malaria include the following:
Taking a prescription antimalarial drug
Using insect repellent and wearing long pants and sleeves to prevent mosquito bites
Note: Chloroquine is NOT an effective antimalarial drug in Gabon and should not be taken to prevent malaria in this region.
To find out more information on malaria throughout the world, you can use the interactive CDC malaria map. You can search or browse countries, cities, and place names for more specific malaria risk information and the recommended prevention medicines for that area.
Malaria Contact for Health-Care Providers
For assistance with the diagnosis or management of suspected cases of malaria, call the CDC Malaria Hotline: 770-488-7788 (M-F, 9 am-5 pm, Eastern time). For emergency consultation after hours, call 770-488-7100 and ask to speak with a CDC Malaria Branch clinician.
A Special Note about Antimalarial Drugs
You should purchase your antimalarial drugs before travel. Drugs purchased overseas may not be manufactured according to United States standards and may not be effective. They also may be dangerous, contain counterfeit medications or contaminants, or be combinations of drugs that are not safe to use.
Halofantrine (marketed as Halfan) is widely used overseas to treat malaria. CDC recommends that you do NOT use halofantrine because of serious heart-related side effects, including deaths. You should avoid using antimalarial drugs that are not recommended unless you have been diagnosed with life-threatening malaria and no other options are immediately available.
For detailed information about these antimalarial drugs, see Information for the Public: Prescription Drugs for Malaria.
More Information About Malaria
Malaria is always a serious disease and may be a deadly illness. Humans get malaria from the bite of a mosquito infected with the parasite. Prevent this serious disease by seeing your health-care provider for a prescription antimalarial drug and by protecting yourself against mosquito bites (see below).
Travelers to malaria risk-areas in Gabon, including infants, children, and former residents of Gabon, should take one of the antimalarial drugs listed above.
Malaria symptoms may include
Malaria symptoms will occur at least 7 to 9 days after being bitten by an infected mosquito. Fever in the first week of travel in a malaria-risk area is unlikely to be malaria; however, you should see a doctor right away if you develop a fever during your trip.
Malaria may cause anemia and jaundice. Malaria infections with Plasmodium falciparum, if not promptly treated, may cause kidney failure, coma, and death. Despite using the protective measures outlined above, travelers may still develop malaria up to a year after returning from a malarious area. You should see a doctor immediately if you develop a fever anytime during the year following your return and tell the physician of your travel.
Other Diseases Found in Central Africa
Risk can vary between countries within this region and also within a country; the quality of in-country surveillance also varies.
The following are disease risks that might affect travelers; this is not a complete list of diseases that can be present. Environmental conditions may also change, and up to date information about risk by regions within a country may also not always be available.
Dengue, filariasis, leishmaniasis, and onchocerciasis (river blindness) are other diseases carried by insects that also occur in Central Africa. African trypanosomiasis (African sleeping sickness) has increased in Africa (it is epidemic in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Sudan; and highly endemic in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mozambique, Uganda, and Tanzania; low levels are found in most of the other countries), and an increase in travelers has been noted since 2000. Most had exposures in Tanzania and Kenya, reflecting common tourist routes. Protecting yourself against insect bites will help to prevent these diseases.
Plague occurs sporadically or in outbreaks. Outbreaks have occurred since 2000 in Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda, and Tanzania. Ituri Distric (Oriental Province) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reports about 1,000 caes per year and was the site of an outbreak in 2006.
Schistosomiasis, a parasitic infection, can be contracted in fresh water in this region. Do not swim in fresh water (except in well-chlorinated swimming pools) in these countries. (For more information, please see Swimming and Recreational Water Safety.)
Polio outbreaks were reported in several previously polio-free countries in Central, Eastern, and Western Africa beginning in 2003. Polio is still endemic in Nigeria.
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) has been found in poultry populations in several countries in Africa. Avoid all direct contact with birds, including domestic poultry (such as chickens and ducks) and wild birds, and avoid places such as poultry farms and bird markets where live birds are raised or kept. For a current list of countries reporting outbreaks of H5N1 among poultry and/or wild birds, view updates from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), and for total numbers of confirmed human cases of H5N1 virus by country see the World Health Organization (WHO) Avian Influenza website.
Other risks to travelers to Central, East, and West African countries include typhoid (a large outbreak occurred in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2004-2005) and paratyphoid fever, amebiasis, and brucellosis.
Many countries in this region have high incidence rates of tuberculosis and high HIV prevalence rates.
For more information, see the Geographic Distribution of Potential Health Hazards to Travelers and Goals and Limitations in determining actual disease risks by destination.
After You Return Home
If you are not feeling well, you should see your doctor and mention that you have recently traveled. Also tell your doctor if you were bitten or scratched by an animal while traveling.
If you have visited a malaria-risk area, continue taking your antimalarial drug for 4 weeks (doxycycline or mefloquine) or seven days (atovaquone/proguanil) after leaving the risk area.
Malaria is always a serious disease and may be a deadly illness. If you become ill with a fever or flu-like illness either while traveling in a malaria-risk area or after you return home (for up to 1 year), you should seek immediate medical attention and should tell the physician your travel history.
Important Note: This document is not a complete medical guide for travelers to this region. Consult with your doctor for specific information related to your needs and your medical history; recommendations may differ for pregnant women, young children, and persons who have chronic medical conditions.
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You can also check out the Travel Security Advice for Gabon HERE....
The UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office also has information regarding Travel to Gabon HERE......
There is also a Malaria warning for Gabon from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention HERE....
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Another great post.
As someone who taught the story of the blind man and the elephant, I love reading such a perceptive take on the story. I wish I had had this when I was teaching. By the way, one of my former students sent this to me. I'm reposting as a way of passing it on to my other students.
Whoa, you make it sound like beauty is a form of government. "Slave," "conformism", "rules." What characterizes the patterns of beauty, like those of nature and unlike those of humanity, is precisely freedom. Remember that your own mind is a part of nature. You don't need to plagiarize nature: you ARE nature. The patterns that make a snowflake make the nerves in your brain. When you have a lucid dream, or use psychedelics, or if you're the right kind of schizophrenic, your mind can spontaneously create the most beautiful art, even if you're not an artist. The one pattern that drives nature is extremely straightforward: EVOLVE – experiment, adapt, develop, but always be true to your own nature, always build on what you already are. E-volve: un-fold.
"The right kind of schizophrenic?"
Nice comic, inspired me to keep trying. Thank you!
that was amazing!
Really beautiful and interesting way to illustrate a valid point. However, The blind men and the elephant is one of my favourite poems, I feel the need to simply add that in John Godfrey Saxe's poem there were 6 blind men.
yo this lowkey sucks onna deadlockersons kidderson
Very inspiring. Thanks
You've really managed to verbalise something I've wanted to say to some people for quite some time. Thank you for the excellent comic!
I'm impressed, this is a really great piece of work Stephen! Keep it up, good to see you seizing your dreams
Love the mood and depth in this one. Nicely done!
You know, I've NEVER thought about beauty that way. It's interesting to see another POV that is a complete 180 from mine! Thank you.
Very inspiring… All of your comics are very thought-provoking, and hit a note I very much needed to hear. I finished school recently, and that alone kind of left me wondering what role what I learned in school and outside of it play in my artwork from here on. I think what you describe here is what kept me reading tutorials and books about art and asking questions about process.
I agree and disagree with a lot of your points, but I would still argue that beauty is almost entirely subjective; sure, there are some things that are more commonly considered beautiful than others, but I think just about anything can be beautiful to someone in some way. I don't think it's that there's a universal elephant that's hard to see, it's that everyone has their own personal elephant which they see so clearly but struggle to show to others. The fact that many people's elephants happen to resemble one another gives the illusion of a universal elephant. I think the fiery connection I feel to a work of art isn't from glimpsing the outline of some big, profound, cosmic thing, but rather from the realization that someone else's elephant resembles my own, that they share with me something so small and sharp and personal.
I agree with the intent of your professor: the goal of art education shouldn't be to try to dictate to you what beauty is, or tell you your own elephant is wrong because it doesn't resemble what's common. I think the goal should be to give you the tools you need to help you better reveal your own idea of beauty. But on the other hand, I agree with you that studying others' art as an example of what is commonly considered beautiful can be a valuable part of that toolkit and can help expand and enrich your own tastes.
Ultimately, I do believe all methods of making art, when seen as an earnest attempt at sharing one's own elephant, are equally valid. That doesn't mean every artist's work is beautiful (to me), or that if every method is valid I should feel satisfied with making art I consider ugly and abandon all attempts at improvement. But I respect the effort and intention of others' art and recognize it as art even if it doesn't move me.
Wonderful!Totally agree. You have to learn the rules to break them. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder but the beholder, like the artist, can, and should educate themselves and the more educated they become the better they can see the quality inherent in real art. And maybe the artists are responsible for passing on this knowledge too by maintaining a level of quality. Drives me crackers seeing people pass off shit as real art and the masseslapping it up because they don't know any better because they havent been educated not only to see quality but also to trust their real and deep instincts, not the egos instinct. Nice one:)
inspiring. says what I've been pondering for years, but most poignantly, I had a lecturer say the same to me, followed by 'you'll never be a painter'. Stupidly, I never painted again, and all i wanted was someone to show me a few tricks of the trade.
Wow….. that's pretty deep. Makes you think about other things that way too.
Wow, Stephen! I'm continually impressed with your wisdom and insight.
You're destined for great things!
I couldn't help but think that art=truth in your comic. There is Truth out there, although there are those who would have us believe that there is no Truth to be discovered. Thank you.
Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.
Have you read Makoto Fujimura? His book "Refractions" did much to restore my confidence in current art. He, along with you, is a minority voice (at least in the academy, where I want to make my career) in arguing for the reality of things like… reality.
I really enjoyed your analogy from science, too. I often think it's my background in science before I really committed myself to the humanities that makes me amenable to sharp thought like yours, Stephen.
This comic is like a life raft to me. Thank you.
I love your comics. They're so inspiring and… life-changing. I always feel so good after reading them, thank you very-very much!
This is incredibly insightful! I feel like I've learned something from it, but I don't know what.
Great work!
The idea and atmosphere of the comic is amazing, regardless of whether people consider there's a solid rule of beauty or everyone has a different conception of beauty.
Great, nonetheless. Good job.
Ahh, he problem is, your teacher was right, but you refused to accept that as an answer. If you look at the history of art across many cultures, you will understand that there have been many "Right" ways of doing art. What you wanted, was to be taught how to do art the "right" way for your current culture.
You've assumed art has to be hard to do if it's going to be any good. This is shown by your ironic example of dragging a paintbrush across multiple canvases. You've made the assumption that somewhere out there, there is a true and unassailable answer. And there isn't.
You have touched a part of the elephant, and now you refuse to let go, simply insisting that your part of the elephant is the correct part.
It almost seems that you just want to consider art to be what like minded people around you will appreciate. There is a vast amount of art out there – from many cultures, and many times, and it's all different, and every single artist thought that their's was right – and it was.
I've thought a lot about this, and as I start seriously reading about the philosophy of art, the more convinced I become that there ARE rules to art, and there IS structure. I felt sort of let down in art school, because it had the atmosphere of "anything goes!" which meant that the artists who worked very hard honing their skills were often 'lumped in' with artists who pursued art mindlessly and lazily.
Of course, I don't want to support any ideas of elitism or my art is better than your art, but at the same time…
There IS such a thing as beauty, and I do believe that the purpose of art is to portray beauty.
Etienne Gilson (a French philosopher) addresses this at length in his book, "The Arts of the Beautiful"… It's something that really restored my faith in the arts, and reading it here in your comic sort of makes that point specific to comics. Comics can portray beauty, therefore they ARE art.
Thank you for being awesome
This was so wonderful and inspiring!
Went into deep thought! Very reflective. And the art style is kickin'! Keep at it friend.
If I had a word to define what these words felt like in the corner of my minds,I would simply go with "Beautiful". Well said,my friend. While no one can define beauty to be in a matter of space and time,the boundaries set by each individual to what it is simply limitless. Something that is so much and yet only a few feel right in ones mind. And to refine and define one's taste,we take upon a form with texture to paints. To songs to Dances and anything that will help us define,"Yes I feel this is beautiful." And thus art is born.
I may not know much about you,but rest assure,my soul tonight is in your debt. It may forget the words. It may forget the lines. But you have shown me what I wanted to see for a while. So I thank you.
In art, as in many things, what we lack are definitions of terms. Here is a possible definition for BEAUTIFUL- That which pleases the senses. Completely arbitrary, yes (as are all definitions) completely accurate, maybe. The disposition of the receiver, determines their identifying something as beautiful.
One with sight sees beauty; one without sight uses their other senses, but their identification of something as beautiful is just as valid- no matter their justification (using my definition of Beautiful).
Looking to history as a source of identifying beauty is tricky too, because nearly 100% of all created art has never been seen, and is lost forever.
I think there is beauty- in defining terms. Come up with a definition that is verifiable, and valid universally, and I think you will be closer to identifying universal laws.
Congrats on your successful KICKSTARTER campaign! I can't wait to get my copy.
It was a pleasure going through this. Almost like it refreshed my memory at once.
Very refreshing! Keep it up! And keep reaching to find Beauty, because that is truth and the more we understand of it, the more we understand God, the universe and ourselves.
i wished for comics like this to be made,
you have fulfilled that wish
the snow flake thing is a myth
there are duplicates
I absolutely love this. As a professional artist I completely and totally relate to this piece. I was one of the young artists that fell through the cracks. Growing up where I did, attending art school, or any school beyond high school was simply not an option for me. As such, I am a self made artist. But I feel that not going to art school was actually a blessing. Since I was never taught art, I had to learn it on my own. And what I taught myself were techniques rather that styles or perceptions. My understanding of what makes art beautiful has never been blinded by the perceptions of those that place themselves in a position of educational authority.
It took many many years, but I have found that elephant… and I will never let go of that bear hug.
You put it so well.
The same principle (that art needs some kind of fundamental laws to be good) can be supported by the fact that the other arts are bound by fundamental laws and skills, like you mentioned language (writing, poetry…) Music too, dance, singing, architecture.
I think one of the big gaps in opinion comes from the modern notion that art does not need to be beautiful at all. In that situation, art fails to inspire and uplift, like the traditional values implored it to do, and it just becomes a physical mirror of people and society inner state, and all the bad and confusion found there it. So art does not serve the people, except perhaps those making it feel good about expressing themselves momentarily, or good about making some cash.
I will share your cartoon essay, it's great.
Kind regards,
Great discussion… Denis Dutton, philosopher of art, gave a really interesting lecture on TED called "A Darwinian Theory of Beauty." He explains the phenomenon of a somewhat universal appreciation of certain types of beauty, discussing how beauty is NOT in the eye of the beholder or even the culturally specific eye of the beholder, but rather there is something very primitive about our perception to beauty. It's tied to our very survival. Anyhow, it's a cool talk.
Regardless, I agree that it's important to "learn the rules"… it will inevitably enrich your own work, and eventually you will be able to carve out a new little niche for yourself in art and create something new from your own unique combination of the rules.
I really enjoyed the post! I plan to pass it along
I always feel like banging my head on whatever flat surface is nearby when people say, "There is no wrong way to art!"
There is. I mean, maybe in general, no, but if you're going for something? Like, total realism? There is a wrong way to do that. And there is a wrong way to attract my attention with your art.
Usually I hear that argument when talking about something like the basic rules of drawing. "There are no rules! There is no wrong way!" I feel like that's just a lazy excuse. Yes, you can break the rules and do whatever you like…but you have to know the rules before you can break them. You have to prove you can follow rules before you have the skill to know how to break them. Most people can tell the difference between an amateur and a master who is purposefully doing something "badly".
The next time I hear "There is no wrong way to art", I will redirect them here. There might not be a wrong way to create art…but you need to know what you're doing first.
As a fellow artist (though with a different medium), this strikes a personal chord with me; and, I am beaming with how wholly I agree with your philosophy. This is all so well-said. It is true that beauty can be subjective, but there is a social definition regarding what is beautiful. The thing that you've made that does not conform to those social expectations of beauty but showcases immense effort or complete uniqueness, though likely impressive, will not be beautiful except to a select few. A business-savvy friend of mine posed a similar argument recently: why create something to the last detail and then try to convince the market they need it, when you can find the market first, and then make what the people want?
I encountered "There is no right way… therefore just do what you want" as a music student, and unfortunately believed it for far too long! I guess it's a reaction against the days when teachers would dismiss anything that didn't follow the rules of the One True Style they favoured.
A healthier modern approach would be: "There are lots of different styles and techniques. We're going to teach you these ones for a bit. You may get some use out of them in your own art, but even if you don't, the skills are very much transferable." Which they are, in my experience. Between different art forms, even.
There are many lanterns but there is only one light. -Rumi
I have no idea who you are, but I think your cool.
You are a gift to everyone. Thank you.
I am just surmising what few pages I have been able to view here with my limited connection. It is a general view of your pieces, not just a comment on this one.
What strikes me most is how eloquently you express your truths. It might not be the truth to anyone else (which I highly doubt, but I'm just trying to make a point), but your truth is most beautiful nonetheless. If nothing else it comes from you believing it so much that it resonates. And that is something that (usually) does not come without having going through a lot of thought and searching.
I'm glad I found this site.
Also, the concept of universal beauty is hampered because we almost have no universal means of communication.
Almost, because there are 'languages' that are universal, that everyone can understand. Kindness, for example. And kindness is a universal beauty which anyone would be hard-pressed to disagree with, and a language that everyone most assuredly understands.
Non-artist here. I'm just about the exact opposite of an artist–a behavioral scientist in training–but I'm surprised at how deeply your comics have resonated with me. Your comics on the creative process capture basically the same struggles and difficulties I've experienced in the past two arduous years of research training. But I especially wanted to comment on this comic in particular. Your description of what you want to achieve with your art is exactly how I'd describe what I want to achieve with my research and scholarship. I'm really impressed that you've expressed and illustrated these ideas in such a simple yet profound way. Your comics seem to touch on something central to craft in general, definitely relevant to people other than artists. Kudos to you, man!
Thoroughly enjoyed this, most people don't think outside the box. Also spent the past half hour reading the comments! Gives me something to think about!
Just wanted to tell you this work of yours inspired me very much ! And I was lucky to stumble upon it as I was trying to write an essay on 'taste in literary creation', and I found the image of the elephant very convinient to answer a part of the subject…so thanks a lot! If you understand French (I am French) and if you are interested, I put the essay on my blog : (here : http://bruyeredeparis.canalblog.com/archives/2014/02/13/29205590.html )
I quite like reading through a post that will make men and women
think. Also, thanks for allowing for me too comment!
I like it.
Well, while people have different tastes, there often are many people who share overlapping tastes. If, for instance, you make something for yourself, that has qualities you enjoy, like-minded people will likely enjoy it as well. If you find beauty in something because of a particular aspect it has, then others who appreciate that same kind of beauty will likely enjoy it as well.
I think this is the underlying foundation of the concepts that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and that there is no right or wrong way to paint. There are many different ways. You may like some, the teacher may like an entirely different set of others. If you set out to make something that YOU find beautiful, and you want guidance from someone more experienced in the pursuit of making "your" flavor of beauty, then you'll get better results from seeking out a teacher with similar tastes.
Of course, this isn't all-or-nothing, it's important to broaden your tastes– have a balanced diet. You'll get scurvy if you only eat bread, so try tossing in a few oranges now and then. If not, you'll likely end up eventually "mastering" your written-in-stone list of tastes, then fall victim to hitting the end of your journey of development. (see: Make Your Milestones) It's a buffet of creativity and likes/dislikes, so you can always omit what you hate– just at least be open to new things, you might like them.
In any case, if you can look at what your tastes are and make something you find beautiful, you can also try to improve yourself by putting yourself in the shoes of others who make things you find beautiful. You could get introduced to something new that then becomes one of your preferred tastes, further enriching your own work when you return to looking inward on what you find beautiful. It'll give you perspective on what ingredients your favorite dish has, which resulted in the flavor you enjoyed so much. It'll also keep your journey fresh so you don't stagnate doing the same things over and over.


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By Jeffrey Gantz
It's part of the charm of Gilbert & Sullivan's operettas that they can survive almost any degree of updating and parody of the original parody. In 2009, the Huntington Theatre Company offered a "Pirates! (Or, Gilbert and Sullivan Plunder'd)" that shifted "The Pirates of Penzance" from the Cornish coast to the Caribbean and turned the Pirate King into a version of Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow from the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies. Now the American Repertory Theater is presenting the Chicago-based Hypocrites in "Pirates of Penzance," a production in which Robert McLean's Pirate King wears a big white sailor cap with "KING" across the front, bathing beauties throw beachballs about, and you can, at the Loeb Drama Center, buy tickets for the Promenade area and mingle with the actors.
Visually, this "Pirates," which runs 80 minutes with a one-minute intermission (only about 25 minutes shorter than the original), is a trip. But the Hypocrites, whose founding artistic director, Sean Graney, is a Saugus native and an Emerson College graduate, stick reasonably close to the story and the songs. As a result of a mistake by his nursemaid, Ruth (Christine Stulik), who in receiving instructions regarding his nautical future misheard "pilot" as "pirate," young Frederic (Zeke Sulkes) has been apprenticed to a band of dimwitted buccaneers who never attack orphans. Frederic is about to turn 21, so it appears he'll be able to abandon his scurvy mates, enter a respectable profession, and marry Mabel (Stulik again), the beautiful daughter of Major General Stanley (Matt Kahler). The pirates, however, point out that since Frederic was born on Feb. 29, his 21st birthday won't fall for another 63 years. And he is, as the operetta's subtitle reminds us, "The Slave of Duty."
You won't be in danger of forgetting that at the Loeb: the backdrop has "DUTY" stenciled on it in huge letters, and every time the word is uttered on stage, the performers turn and acknowledge it. Most of the action takes place on a wooden boardwalk, with the audience on three sides and the Promenade viewers seated on benches and water coolers and in beach chairs and a couple of kiddie pools. Tiki lights provide illumination; a bar in the rear promises "Cocktails." Before the show starts, the beachballs go flying (watch your drinks), a conga line forms, and nautical numbers like "Sloop John B" are sung.
Not everything is ship-shape on board this production. The instruments (all played by the performers) include violin, banjo, harmonica, accordion, concertina, flute, clarinet, musical saw, and washboard, but only the guitars really register, and they wash out Sullivan's harmonies. Worse, though enunciation in the dialogue is excellent, Gilbert's witty lyrics (including "I am the very model of a modern major general") evaporate when the performers start singing. And the voices range from operatic to screechy. The vocal highlight, Mabel's obtusely radiant "Go, ye heroes, go and die," is shorn of all beauty.
But this "Pirates" is a lot of fun. Alison Siple's costumes would be just right for the remake of "Beach Blanket Bingo." Sulkes's Frederic sports an eyepatch, a skull-and-crossbones tie, and an aqua watch and sweatband. Stulik's Ruth, in huge curlers, wears a skull-and-crossbones apron over her housedress, a captain's hat, orange water wings, and a green flipper on her right foot. Kahler's mutton-chopped Major General Stanley combines a Prussian spiked helmet with baby-chick slippers; McLean's Pirate King chomps on a telescoping cigarette holder that is so long that someone must have told him to stay away from cigarettes. First the pirates and then Stanley's daughters double as police in ponchos and fake mustaches.
The acting is accomplished, if not subtle. McLean and Kahler do a fine job with the "orphan"- "often" exchange. The mincing, high-stepping "With cat-like tread" is a musical pleasure, as is the reverent "Hail Poetry." And Stulik transitions from Ruth to Mabel with dizzying speed. At the end, she turns up in a strapless red dress and veil; Frederic asks, "Are you Ruth or Mabel?." She answers, "I have no idea." It's that kind of evening.


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|Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
Takes over the Lancaster Canal, and thus the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway. Services to the south from Lancaster Penny Lane diverted to Lancaster Castle.
|/ /1846
|Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
Line opened.
|Eden Valley Railway
Opened from Kirkby Stephen (South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway) to Clifton (just south of Penrith on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, the junction originally faced south). Engineer: Thomas Bouch.
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|Settle and Carlisle Line (Midland Railway)
An agreement with the London and North Western Railway is reached over use of the Ingleton Branch (Lancaster and Carlisle Railway) and Lancaster and Carlisle Railway by the Midland Railway. The route would involve the North Western Railway. The Midland Railway tries to abandon the Settle and Carlisle Line (Midland Railway). The North British Railway and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway block the abandonment.
|/ /1888
|Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
Caledonian Railway
Involved in the railway races to Edinburgh!
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|Eden Valley Railway
Clifton Junction closed on opening of north facing junction with the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway at Eden Valley Junction.
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|Caledonian Railway
Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
Lancaster and Preston JunctionRailway
Preston and Wigan Railway
Wigan Branch Railway
Warrington and Newton Railway
Grand Junction Railway
Weaver Junction (south of Warrington) to Glasgow electrification authorised.
|Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway
Preston and Wigan Railway
Electric services begin.
These locations are along the line.
This was the junction between the approach to the original Lancaster [1st] terminus of 1840 and the extension north by the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway of 1846 which left the old terminus on a short branch.
This is a five platform station.
Date of change of name assumed.
This was a sizeable junction station. The line remains open but the station is long gone, closing in 1968. Little remains of the station other than an open area.
This is a major station in the north west of England. ...More details
A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The Lake Counties v. 14 (Regional Railway History)
An Illustrated History of Carlisle's Railways


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Rickey steals show at rainy Hall of Fame Classic
Henderson, Gossage, Niekro thank fans on wet weekend in Cooperstown, N.Y.
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Disappointment ran deep here this past weekend, as deep as the nearby Susquehanna River that took on significant water from the same storms that washed away most of the activities planned for the Hall of Fame Classic. Sometimes, though, the best laid plans give way to better alternatives.
Among the more disappointed was a 54-year-old man who had traveled here from Northern California for what he expected to be a grand experience. The weekend, he hoped, would afford him a return to his younger years, a chance to relive the good times. But among the goings-on that were lost to the weather, along with on-field clinics Friday afternoon and a parade on Saturday, was a seven-inning game that was to have been the focal point of the weekend.
So Rickey Henderson had to make do. He did, and, in the process, he made himself and scores of others happy. What he and three other Hall of Famers provided was more rewarding and entertaining than a come-as-you-were party disguised as seven innings.
Rickey wanted to play, wanted to lead off and swing for the fences. And if he had to settle for a single or even a walk, he wanted to run and slide and get his uni dirty. "I came here, to play," he said, still unsettled by the notion of retirement.
"They call, Rickey'll be back," he said. "I'm ready. I know Rickey can hit .180 ... Lotsa guys hittin' .180, under two bills, these days. Rickey can do that right now."
And make no mistake, he was here as "Rickey" and "Rickey" only. Reference to him as "Henderson" will confuse the matter. He refers to himself in the first person but as "Rickey," seldom as "I."
Rickey had come to play and, if possible, show off. He carried a smidgeon of hope in his back pocket. Minnie Minoso pinch-hit for the White Sox Oct. 5, 1980, 55 days before his 55th birthday. Rickey doesn't turn 55 until Christmas Day. He wanted to show how much he had left. Maybe the current Bill Veeck would be watching.
Grounding out clearly hadn't occurred to him. He hadn't traveled cross-country for anything so unrewarding, so unglamorous so un-Rickey. When in Cooperstown, you do as the Hall of Famers do -- or did. That was his intent until the weather interfered.
Instead, he was seated in a tall director's chair in the hall on Saturday afternoon -- Goose Gossage and Goose's HOF plaque to his right, his own plaque to his left. And in front of the two former teammates, a long line of folks longing to meet them, a different sort of parade.
Autographs were out, the guests had been made aware of that one restriction. Instead of signatures, they got smiles, handshakes, memories and thank yous. Yes, it was the players -- Rickey, Goose and, nearby, Rollie Fingers and Phil Niekro -- expressing gratitude. "Thanks for coming."
They posed for so many photos with young kids, they nearly wore out their laps. A little girl wearing a pink Yankees' 13 -- A-Rod -- was part of the parade. Others rolled their eyes at her choice of uni, but said nothing. And she smiled sweetly.
The elements had rained on more than the planned parade. But the four Hall of Famers made the best of a wet situation. "This is fun," Fingers said. "This is great." Every comment about his handlebar mustache prompted a genuine smile from the former A's and Brewers closer.
Niekro took special interest when the two Boy Scouts approached, as he'd been a Scout. One teenager acknowledged the autograph embargo, but asked that Niekro demonstrate his knuckleball grip.
"I don't know why it does what it does," Knucksie said as he accommodated. "But it does." He indicated the success of R.A. Dickey last season had increased the number of knuckleball inquiries.
A kid in a Yankees jacket and with a Pirates cap posed with him. He'd never heard of Bill Mazeroski or Roberto Clemente. But his favorite player was Andrew McCutchen. Four others wore likenesses of McCutchen's Pirates No. 22 uniform. Derek Jeter's Yankees No. 2 and Mickey Mantle's Yankees No. 7 and Rickey's A's No. 24 were the most popular jerseys of the day. A grandfather and grandson wore Stan the Man's No. 6.
Sandra Fonseca, 45, of Staten Island, approached Rickey wearing an A's uniform shirt. She turned to show him the bottom of the back. Some of Rickey's Hall of Fame resumé had been printed there.
"That's a fan," Rickey said.
"And nobody wants to wear 54," Goose said, feigning insult.
Rickey recalled the tempest he had created when he joined the Mets in 1999 and wore No. 24. Joan Payson, one of the original owners of the Mets, had promised Willie Mays in 1973 that his Mets No. 24 would be worn by no other player. Mays was a tad miffed when the Mets broke her promise for journeyman first baseman Kelvin Torve in 1991 and eight years later when Henderson donned 24. Thirteen-year-old Chris Powers of Woodbridge, N.J., dressed to salute his team, the Yankees, posed with Goose and Rickey. "Why the Mets cap?" he was asked by a tongue-in-cheek bystander. Goose winked and smiled. Powers said sternly: "Don't even joke about that."
A man who had identified himself as a Red Sox rooter by his choice of clothing, posed with Goose and his son with Rickey. A woman waited to snap a photo of the four. Unhurried, Rickey continued his conversation with the father as the woman waited. "Rickey, pay attention," the father said.
"The guy's gotta be a teacher," Goose said. Rickey paid him no mind.
Another young man challenged Rickey to a race. "Which way you want Rickey to run, backwards?" was the response. Rickey had come to play. He is five pounds heavier than his final playing weight. No adolescent sprinter was going to faze him.
And so the day went for the Goose and his buddy.
"I used to hate Rickey," Goose said. "I told him I did. But how can you hate a man who enjoys himself as much as he does? He makes all of us laugh. We want him here anytime we come here."
Rickey enterained everyone on Saturday, especially Desi Relaford, former Phillie, Met, Rockie, Royal and Ranger. He told of how he had traveled to Cooperstown -- a flight from Oakland to North Carolina (city unspecified) to Albany, N.Y., and then ground transport. Relaford laughed. But that itinerary didn't challenge the circuitous route Rickey had taken to Spring Training in Fort Lauderdale in 1989.
Oakland to Atlanta to Baltimore to Miami. And then he took a flight all the way from Miami to Lauderdale. "You didn't," Relaford said. "Yes. Why not?' Rickey said. "Rickey had too many bags to walk."
Rickey Nelson Henley Henderson is a Hall of Fame revelation. "Rickey being Rickey" once was a phrase used to explain away his behavior. It means something else these days. He was something less than a reliable teammate and person when he played. If he were scheduled to arrive at 8 a.m., he might not show until 10:30. Were he scheduled to show at 11 a.m., he might not show until 12. Questions about his effort were not uncommon.
But since his HOF introduction speech wowed -- and surprised -- the masses in 2009, he has been a model inductee, willing and pleased to share all he has and all he has been, an absolute delight.
His disappointment in the rainout was quite genuine. The wet grounds prompted a memory.
"We needed George out there today with those helicopters," Rickey said, referring to an unfathomable episode that occurred one spring during his tenure with the Yankees. A Spring Training game in Fort Lauderdale was in jeopardy of postponement because the field, particularly right field, was saturated.
George Steinbrenner arranged for a helicopter to hover, close to the ground in right field, hoping to dry the turf. When the Yankees owner realized more was needed, he removed his shoes and socks and rolled up the bottoms of his slacks, and he raked.
"That was the best thing I ever saw," Rickey said. "We thought he was crazy that day. But he worked at it, and we played. I told him if he needed money he could work on my ranch."


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Big Feet Pajama Co. necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 46 diseños de 13 diseñadores freelance.
Big Feet Pajama Co.
We are Big Feet Pajama Co., a manufacturer of footed pajamas for men, women and children. http://www.BigFeetPJs.com
all ages, men and women
As a result of being a part of the 2007 & 2009 Academy Awards, as well as the 2008 Country Music Awards, we have several pictures of celebrities holding our product (including 100 that aren't on the website yet).
We are looking to have a landing page under the celebrities tab that has four boxes: TV/Film Stars, Recording Artists, Professional Athletes, Other Public Figures
When someone clicks on the celebrities tab, we want them to drill down to see the celebs in that category.
Above the four boxes, we would like it to say -
Did you know Big Feet Pajama Co.'s drop-seat pajamas have been featured in dozens of movies, television shows, commercials, magazines and newspapers? Our feet pajamas were even included in the Oscar and Academy of Country Music Award gift bags. Celebrities love one piece pajamas from Big Feet! Click on the category below to see who owns a pair
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Denver Film Fest Has an Occupy Denver moment before Announcing Winners
Saturday night, a number of Occupy Denver protesters gathered outside Cru, a Larimer Square wine bar, about half an hour before Mayor Michael Hancock arrived for the Starz Denver Film Festival's annual Mayor's Reception.
Most appeared to be in their twenties. Some wore bandanas or scarves covering the lower half of their faces. A few smacked the glass windows of the establishment's French doors. A couple mugged for the crowd gathered inside, awaiting the mayor who was expected to give actor James Cromwell the Mayor's Career Achievement Award.
Before Mayor Hancock arrived, both Cromwell and actor Alan Cumming went outside to talk with the protesters. Cumming, the recipient of this year's Excellence in Acting honor, returned to the restaurant then went outside again. "I told them the Mayor wasn't here," he said later. That news dispersed the crowd. Shortly after, there were altercations between police and protesters on 14th between Larimer and Lawrence streets. One young man, who was thrown to the ground by officers and handcuffed, complained that his knuckle was broken and shouted his name repeatedly.
It was a brief flash of real-life drama for an 11-day festival that has mostly delivered the onscreen variety. Later, at the closing night screening of "The Artist," Denver Film Society artistic director Brit Withey announced the winners of the festival's awards.
"Volcano" set in Iceland from first-time feature director Runar Runnarson won the Krzysztof Keislowski Award for Best Feature. Sophia Takal beat out an impressive slate of films from other young American filmmakers for the New Director award for "Green." A film about a Donald Trump's attempts to build a golf resort in Scotland against the wishes of the locals called "You've Been Trumped" took home this year's Maysles Brothers Award for Best Documentary. The festival, which has full day of programming Sunday, continues to tabulate festgoer ballots for its audience awards, which will be announced Monday morning.


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Jeanette Morris, Harold Anderson, Joan Hobart
Two women and a man are facing attempted murder charges after authorities say they shocked a Florida man with a stun gun and beat him before tying him to a truck's bumper and dragging him a half-mile down a road.
Jeannette Morris, 61, her brother, 63-year-old Harold Anderson, and 46-year-old Joan Hobart are also charged with aggravated battery and conspiracy to commit murder in the Tuesday incident in Samsula, Volusia County Sheriff's Office officials said.
Authorities say Morris, Anderson and Hobart were drinking vodka with Morris' ex-husband in the home she shares with him when the three attacked the ex-husband.
The 54-year-old ex-husband was shocked several times with the stun gun and repeatedly punched in the face and had a gun put to his head. He then had his hands tied behind his back and he was dragged outside, where his ankles were tied and the rope was attached to the rear bumper of a pickup truck, authorities said.
The man was dragged down the road before the truck stopped and he was tossed in the back. The trio cut off some of his hair and talked about scalping him and finding a hole in which to bury him, authorities said.
Miami police car bullet hole mystery
At one point, the man was able to break free and jump from the moving truck and ran to a nearby home to get help. Authorities say he showed up at the home beaten and bloody wearing only his torn underwear and ropes around his neck and wrist.
He was treated at the scene and later taken to a Daytona hospital's intensive surgical care unit with a broken pelvis, broken facial bones and bleeding in his brain.
Deputies found Morris who had dried blood on her clothes and hand but denied her involvement in the attack and said the blood came from breaking up a fight between dogs, authorities said.
Anderson was also found with a swollen right hand with cut and bloody knuckles, authorities said. He had a gun and a shovel and showed no remorse, authorities said, saying it wouldn't have bothered him if the victim had died.
Hobart, of New Smyrna Beach, was arrested Wednesday night. All three remained in custody early Friday and it was unknown whether they have attorneys.


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- Change the List is a new project from CNN Opinion
- The column is focused at the moment on Hawaii's low voter turnout rate
- We asked the Internet to convince six people in the Aloha State to vote
- Three said they will cast ballots on Tuesday because of your messages
It only took one message to convince Michael Remen.
"The one that stuck in my head the most was the one about Arlington National Cemetery -- all the people that gave their lives just so that we could vote. I'm not a military person or nothing like that but they were right, and it makes sense," said Remen, who is a sous-chef in Hilo, Hawaii. "That's the main reason I'm going to go try (to vote on Tuesday). If I wouldn't have read that, I probably wouldn't" have decided to vote.
The message came from a complete stranger, identified on Facebook as Bernie Sarratea, as part of a CNN Change the List campaign to get people in Hawaii to vote in the upcoming election. The state had the lowest voter turnout rate in 2008, making it the focus of several stories that are part of a new project, which I'm heading up. The goal is to create a conversation that could help bump Hawaii off the bottom of that list.
We featured six nonvoters from Hawaii as a way to highlight the diverse reasons people in the Aloha State don't vote. Because of your efforts, three of them decided to vote, two of those for the first time. A fourth plans to vote in the future, but did not register in time for tomorrow's election (that's yet another reason Hawaii should pass a same-day voter registration law). Two say they won't vote in this election, but even they said that they were moved by the pro-voting arguments you sent, and that they may reconsider eventually. "I've been reading them all. It's amazing," said Nani Teruya, who does not plan to vote on Tuesday but seems to revel in the fact that she's become a local celebrity of sorts in Maui because of this online campaign. "I love it, you know. I really take into consideration what people are saying. But, you know, I still have my reasons."
Personally, I think convincing three out of six is a great success. I chose these six nonvoters because I couldn't figure out how to convince them to vote in person, on my visit to Hawaii. Their friends hadn't been able to either. Each posed a challenge.
It shows the power of the Internet -- a medium that certainly goes a long way to shrink the thousands of miles of ocean between Hawaii and the mainland -- that your messages were able to persuade 50% of the people we featured. Incidentally, a 50% turnout rate is exactly what Hawaii needs to hop off the bottom of the national voter turnout list, if the numbers hold from the 2008 presidential election.
And how cool is it that one message from a stranger could convince another person to exercise his right to vote? It reinforces my belief that if everyone asked several friends to vote in this upcoming election, turnout would be much higher and, more importantly, our democracy would be more representative of the people. There's real power in an invitation into the political process, even if it's via Facebook.
Here's the tally of who plans to vote and who doesn't. Click the links below to read the messages that people sent to each of the nonvoters. Thanks to all of you who sent in messages. Know that they made a difference in how some people view voting.
Hewlett's wife, Lois, told me in an e-mail that her husband had not registered to vote for this election but now plans to do so in order to vote in 2014.
The sous-chef on Hawaii's Big Island did not plan to vote when I met him in October because he had such trouble at his polling place during the primary election this year. Here is the text of the Facebook message that convinced him to vote:
"Send him a free ticket to Arlington Cemetery and (show) him how many reasons there are to vote, since all those there died for that right, here and abroad."
"I thought that was a really powerful statement," Remen said, "and it made really good sense."
Teruya doesn't vote because she believes the U.S. illegitimately overthrew the Hawaiian Kingdom and has no right to rule the islands. She said she loved the messages encouraging her to vote -- some asked her to support candidates who value issues that are important to the Native Hawaiian community -- but that she's not ready to vote in this election.
"To tell you the truth, my mind is made up. I'm going to stay the way I am," she said. "I have my reasons. And voting is just not me."
Her phone was ringing off the hook, she said, because of the project. People in Maui are talking about voting now, she said, and she expects that will make a difference at the polls. As for her: "For this election," she said, "I'm not ready."
Gayhart, a high school senior, initially said he didn't feel informed enough to vote. But after reading messages from other young people who said they learned about the political process because they decided to vote, he came to see it as important.
"I thought it was pretty legit," he said of the project. "All my friends have been posting it on my Facebook." He felt some peer pressure to vote, too. "I feel like I needed to vote because I'm on the thing. I feel like I'm obligated to vote. I feel good about it. You should. I'm going to be an adult anyway. I think it's a right."
Munroe appreciated your efforts -- "That was so cool. I thought a lot of those people had some really good ideas" -- but she doesn't plan to vote. Since Hawaii is so far from the mainland U.S., national politics simply don't matter, she said. "I just don't feel like my vote counts for a darn thing. I don't think it will sway things one way or another," she said. If the Electoral College were abolished, she said, then she might reconsider.
Tawara, a student at the University of Hawaii, said his parents didn't know he wasn't planning to vote until they saw him featured on this website. His brother circulated the page of messages from people on the Internet, asking Tawara to vote. The family pressure mounted from there. "I mean, they're not like forcing me to vote. My parents aren't forcing me, but they said it's a good thing and so I'm going to vote."
He performed a sort of cost-benefit analysis about voting. Once he looked into the process and realized he could vote by mail, it seemed so easy that there was no reason not to bother with it. "I don't think my vote counts as much, but I am going to vote. It's an opportunity that isn't really hard to do so I just figure, why not?"


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Hope holds—for a change.
On Tuesday, the Wall Street-Washington roller-coaster seems to start all over again. Futures show stocks set to rally after having plunged the previous day, with investors still hoping Congress will find a way to approve a $700-billion financial bailout plan which the House of Representatives rejected on Monday.
"There's an overarching belief that at some point this week, whether it's Wednesday or Thursday, we'll get something passed by the House," Arthur Hogan, chief market analyst at Jefferies, says.
What You Were Reading:
- Financial Psychiatrist: Take a Deep Breath
- The Failed Bailout: Panic and Blood, at Last!
- Slideshow: Credit Crunch Battle Play-by-Play
President George W. Bush speaks briefly in a live televised segment before the market opens, reminding viewers that hope is alive because the legislative process isn't over.
"Congress must act. ...Our economy is depending on decisive action from the government. The sooner we address the problem, the sooner we can get back on the path of growth and job creation," Bush says.
Here's how September 2008 ended.
US Stock Markets:
After Monday's market bloodbath, the New York Stock Exchange enacts circuit-breaker trigger levels for the Dow in the fourth quarter. A 1100-point drop before 2pm ET will halt trading for one hour; a 2200-point drop before 1pm will stop trading for two hours; and a 3350-point drop will shut down trading for the rest of the day, regardless of what time it occurs.
On Tuesday, the Dow rises 485.21, or 4.7 percent, to close at 10850.66, erasing much of the record 777.68-point loss it suffered Monday. But the Dow ends September down 6 percent. The blue-chip index sheds 4.4 percent for the third quarter.
The S&P 500 gains 5.3 percent, marking its best day in six years. However, September was its worth month in six years, with the index down 9.2 percent for the month and 9 percent for the quarter.
The Nasdaq advanced 5 percent, with the index down more than 12 percent since the summer ended. The tech-heavy index shed 9.2 percent for the quarter.
Volume was light Tuesday due to Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year holiday, at 1.6 million shares on the NYSE.
The Vix (CBOE Volatility Index) confirms that the fear has subsided somewhat Tuesday, dropping below 40 after hitting a record 46.72 in the prior session. The VIX is up a staggering 91 percent for September and 65 percent for the quarter.
The big banks, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America, are the Dow's top three gainers, clawing back at least 14 percent Tuesday after losing more than 12 percent Monday.
Corporate News:
Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays Bank, says it has relaunched Lehman Brothers' US equity trading and research unit under the Barclays Capital name.
Some corporate leaders are rebelling against inclusion on the "no-short" list, saying the intended protective status against short selling can actually hamper their businesses. Rick Dillon, chief executive of Diamond Hill Investment Group, tells CNBC he requested his firm be removed from the list. Watch his interview here.)
What You Were Reading:
Economic News:
It's announced that the S&P/Case Shiller home-price index plunged a record 16.3 percent in July from a year earlier, though that was roughly inline with what economists had expected. The Chicago purchasing-managers index slipped in September, though not as much as expected. A gauge of consumer confidence rose to 59.8 in September from 58.5 in August, the Conference Board reports.
European Developments:
Belgian-French financial services group Dexia gets a capital boost of 6.4 billion euros ($9.18 billion) from Belgium, France, Luxembourg and key shareholders. The bank's CEO and chairman resigns Tuesday morning.
Ireland moves to guarantee all bank deposits for two years in order to avoid a confidence crisis in its banks.
The price on 10-year US Treasurys falls two points midafternoon on Tuesday, as the stock market rebound drives an unwinding of safety bids for bonds.
What the Experts Were Saying:
Mark Tinker of AXA Framlington Gemini sees a key problem not being addressed: "The SEC have got to suspend these mark-to-market rules," he tells CNBC.
Was the bailout rejection actually for the best? Roger Nightingale of Pointon York and Benjamin Pedley of LGT Investment Management debate.
"This market is within a 6 or 8 percent level of a bottom, unless we're forming that bottom now," says J.J. Burns of J.J. Burns & Co.


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Most of you probably already know that this past Tuesday was Cinco de Mayo, a day observed around the world as a celebration of Mexican culture and heritage. What you may not know is that it was also Mr. SGCC's birthday. As luck would have it, Mr. SGCC is a huge fan of Mexican food. So, I was able to kill two birds with one stone that night by preparing him a delicious Mexican-style birthday dinner.
Since Mr. SGCC is also a carnivorous caveman, I decided to make something with beef - skirt steak to be exact. The most obvious choice was Fajitas. "Fajita" is actually a generic term used in Tex-Mex cuisine, referring to grilled meat rolled in a flour or corn tortilla. Originally, traditional fajitas were made using skirt steak, but these days one can find them made with all kinds of different proteins, including chicken, pork, shrimp and even beans. I decided to go the traditional route and used skirt steak.
Skirt steak is a cut of beef from the plate, or belly, of the cow. It is actually the diaphragm muscle. It's a long, flat, and fibrous cut that is very flavorful, but can be tougher than many other steak cuts. For this reason, it is usually marinated and grilled. When sliced thinly against the grain, the result is some intensely beefy, juicy and tender steak.
I marinated my skirt steak for several hours in a mixture of orange and lime juices, olive oil, garlic, jalapeno and cumin. I believe that the acid in the citrus helps to break down the fibres in the meat, thus making it more tender.
I also sauteed a heap of red onions, red bell pepper and mushrooms to serve along with the meat. And, I made a big batch of cool and creamy guacamole to finish off the dish. To round out the meal, I paired my fajitas with a zippy little Black Bean and Corn Salad.
It was an awesome Cinco de Mayo/Happy Birthday dinner! Mr. SGCC was very happy. And, when he's happy, I'm happy! ¡Olé!
Grilled Steak Fajitas
adapted from Tyler Florence
(Printable Recipe)
1 orange, juiced
2 limes, juiced
1/4 cup olive oil
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 jalapeno, seeded and minced
1 small handful fresh cilantro, finely chopped
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon salt
2 pounds skirt steak, trimmed of fat
2 red bell peppers, thinly sliced
1 large red onion, thinly sliced
1 pint button mushrooms, cut into chunks
Guacamole (recipe follows)
12 warm flour tortillas (I cover them with a damp paper towel and heat in the microwave for about 20-30 seconds.)
Shredded cheese for topping (I use a pre-shredded Mexican blend from the market. My favorite is Sargento Artisan Authentic Mexican.)
In a small bowl, whisk together the first 8 ingredients for the marinade. Place skirt steak in a shallow container, and pour marinade over it. Poke a few holes in the meat with a fork so that it absorbs the marinade better. Cover and refrigerate for at least 3 hours.
Drain the marinade from the meat. Grill the steak on the grill or in a grill pan over medium-high heat for about 4 minutes each side for medium-rare. Transfer the steak to a cutting board and let rest.
In the same pan, add the bell peppers, onions and mushrooms. Add a little olive oil, if needed. Saute the mixture for 3-5 minutes over medium-high heat, until the vegetables are tender, but not mushy.
Slice the steak thinly against the grain on a diagonal and toss with the vegetables.
Spread some guacamole on a tortilla and top with some of the steak mixture. Sprinkle some cheese on top. is desired. Roll up the tortilla around the filling and enjoy!
Serves 4-6
2 large or 3 small ripe avocados, peeled and seeded
1 cup red onion diced
1 medium tomato, seeded and diced
1/2 jalapeno, seeded and finely minced
1 small handful of cilantro, finely chopped
Juice of one lime
Tabasco sauce to taste
Salt and pepper to taste
Mash the avocado in a bowl. Leave it a little chunky. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well.
Here are some more recipes from the SGCC archives to satisfy the caveman at your house!
Ribeye Steaks with a Spicy, Smoky, Cacao Nibs Rub
Churrasco with Chimichurri Sauce
Pan Roasted Veal Chops with Chipotle-Lime Butter


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You're a damn right babah.....my mistake! It is suppose to be Yonki River in Markham and not Sogeri. I went through the tread and edited that bit ....thanks for pointing that out!
i agree that PNG is a beautiful place, and i agree that tourism is a great way to raise revanue and boost an economy...
but corporations seem to worry about profits and not about the damage they cause. I am not saying that EVERY corporation is like this, but i would say that the main objective for a corporation is to make money, and sometimes that means altering information to seem positive when it really isnt. I have done research and have seen the harm that tourism and adventure tourism has done to PNG. What is the deal with FIRST price and SECOND and THIRD price? It appeared to be a way for the tourists to take advantage of the very little business skills of the indiginous people. I will post a title of a video that proves this point, it shows that the indiginous people as if they are in a zoo, where people can just arrive and take pictures of them. Additionally, affluenza and relative deprivation, which are major cases in first world countries, will soon plague PNG because of the forced influence of capitalism onto their culture.
It also hurts me to see that the indiginous culture is fading away and being replaced by a fanasy culture created by the tourism industy.

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