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The Future Is Japanese is listed in the category of Original Anthologies, and five of our stories also appear on the list:
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''Goddess of Mercy'', Bruce Sterling (The Future Is Japanese)
''The Sea of Trees'', Rachel Swirsky (The Future Is Japanese)
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''Mono No Aware'', Ken Liu (The Future Is Japanese)
''Chitai Heiki Koronbin'', David Moles (The Future Is Japanese)
''One Breath, One Stroke'', Catherynne M. Valente (The Future Is Japanese)
In the current issue of Locus itself, there is some great discussion of the book by various critics. In addition to praising the stories on the list, Karen Burnham had this to say: I particularly enjoyed the stories by Ken Liu and Rachel Swirsky (both of whom continue to produce fantastic stories in a wide variety of venues), but the one that surprised me the most was ''Autogenic Dreaming: Interview with the Columns of Clouds'' by TOBI Hirotaka. I had no idea where that story was going, and in the end it was very thoughtful. Several other reviewers also mentioned our book in their recaps!
The recommended reading list will soon become a survey, and if you liked our book and the stories therein we hope you'll vote for us! We'll update you when it's time, and do follow us on Twitter and Facebook if you like!


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Goods, services and facilities
You have the right to be free from discrimination when you receive goods or services, or use facilities. For example, this right applies to:
- stores, restaurants and bars
- hospitals and health services
- schools, universities and colleges
- public places, amenities and utilities such as recreation centres, public washrooms, malls and parks
- services and programs provided by municipal and provincial governments, including social assistance and benefits, and public transit
- services provided by insurance companies
- classified advertisement space in a newspaper.
Relevant policies and guides:
October 1999 - The objective of the Paper is twofold: to promote dialogue on protecting human rights in the insurance industry and to examine alternatives to current practices by obtaining input from experts, regulators and consumers. Access to insurance in our society raises significant issues about distributive justice and fairness in the public sphere, issues that have received scant attention in Canada and in Ontario where rate setting has traditionally been viewed as a private matter.
Consultation report: Human rights issues in insuranceOctober 2001 - In October 1999, the Ontario Human Rights Commission released a Discussion Paper for public consultation entitled Human Rights Issues in Insurance. This Consultation Report summarizes comments and viewpoints that were communicated to the Commission. The Report also examines possible directions to ensure human rights issues in insurance continue to receive attention in the future. A summary of relevant Code sections and selected case law is included in the appendices.
Human Rights Project Charter - OHRC, MCSCS, MGSAugust 2011 - The Human Rights Project aims to provide time limited support to MCSCS in its ongoing initiatives aimed at identifying and eliminating any possible discrimination in the employment of MCSCS employees and in the delivery of services by MCSCS. This Project Charter details the agreed upon relationship to be established between the three parties to fulfill these aims.
Submission of the Ontario Human Rights Commission to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario Regarding the draft policy, "Physicians and the Ontario Human Rights Code"February 2008 - The draft policy raises a number of new concerns. The following pages detail the Commission's concerns and provide suggestions for how to address them. We hope that our comments assist the College in providing greater clarity and ensuring that physicians have correct and sufficient information about their obligations under the Code.
Sexual harassment and your education (fact sheet)
As a student, you have the right to an education where you are not sexually harassed. This includes primary, secondary and post-secondary education, and school activities such as sports, arts and cultural activities, field trips and tutoring.
Sexual harassment in education (brochure)
2011 - The Ontario Human Rights Code prohibits sexual harassment in education. "Education" includes primary, secondary and post-secondary education, and school activities such as sports, arts and cultural activities, school functions, field trips and tutoring. Sexual harassment may also occur as part of school rituals, such as when initiating new students, new players in team sports, or new members of sororities and fraternities. More and more, students are being sexually harassed online. Technology, such as e-mail, blogs, social networking sites, chat rooms, dating websites, text messaging features, etc., provides new frontiers for the sexual harassment.
Letter to the Globe and Mail Re: Black belt teen strikes back at bully, and rallies community against racismMay 1, 2009 - I have watched with great interest – and hope – the events unfolding at Keswick High School in the past week. It was so refreshing to see 400 students rising together to tell their peers, their school, and their community, that racism and bullying are not welcome.
Human Rights settlement reached with Ministry of Education on Safe Schools
The Ontario Human Rights Commission and the Ontario Ministry of Education have finalized a settlement of a human rights complaint initiated by the Commission against the Ministry and the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) in July 2005. A settlement was reached separately with the TDSB in November 2005.
OHRC Insurance consultation cover letter
October 14, 1999 - Insurance practices routinely make distinctions based on, among other things, gender, age, marital status and disability. While many of these distinctions are based on valid business practices, others raise questions and concerns. These concerns relate to the existence of non-discriminatory alternatives to current practices and about respect for human rights.
Re: Consultation document – revised criteria for change of sex designation on an Ontario birth registration
July 25, 2012 - We are pleased to note that a key objective of the consultation is to develop revised criteria that are in accordance with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario's decision dated April 11, 2012 in XY v. Ontario (Government and Consumer Services). We trust that this submission is of assistance in your development of revised criteria. We address the questions set out in your Consultation Document, and make additional observations.


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Another steamed fish post!! This time I steamed flounder!!This fish has the finest and softer meat texture that I loved! Of course, steamed fish method is a healthy method of cooking compare with deep fried fish method but for me I likes both method of cooking as long as it's FLOUNDER or fish!! To make the flounder taste fantastic,I fried some shallot,ginger and garlic to top on that fish after steamed!! On top of that I heated the pan with some oil at high heat for few minutes then add some soy sauce and sake to combine together before pour on the fish..This method of oil heating with soy sauce and sake taste better rather then just pour soy sauce and sake on the fish..Honestly, I can eat this type of fish everyday!! Viola!!
1/2 portion flounder,cleaned(if the flounder size is big just cut into 1/2 but it's just moderate size use the whole fish)
2 inch ginger,peeled and shredded fine
2 tbsp minced garlic
2 shallot,peeled and sliced thin
3-4 tbsp oil
2-3 tbsp soy sauce
3 tbsp sake or wine if you don't have sake
1 red long pepper,sliced
handful of cut cilantro
1:Prepare steamer with water at high heat.Place flounder and sliced red pepper in a stainless steel plate.When water rolling boil,place flounder in the steamer and steam for 15-20 minutes..If your fish is bigger steam longer.
2:Meantime,heat skillet with oil at medium heat.Add in shallot ,ginger and garlic,fry until golden brown,dish out and set aside.Use the same skillet heat at medium heat,when the skillet is hot enough ,immediately add in soy sauce and sake.Remove skillet immediately from heat.
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The Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto invites applications for up to two joint tenure-stream appointments in the Department of Computer Science (51%) and the Department of Statistical Sciences (49%) in Data Visualization and Analytics. The appointment(s) will be at the rank of Assistant Professor and will begin on July 1, 2017.
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When you want to make a move, you would call for the furniture movers to provide the services. These would send one of their representatives to your place in order to check for what all needs to be moved. They would be filling out the sheets of paper which is actually a check list of different commodities. Based on this assessment, they would be ascertaining your exact need of moving supplies, like trucks, cartons, tapes and tapestries, etc. And, thereafter, they would be telling you the costs of local or interstate moving.
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These can be the main and broad categories of cost heads which take care of broad range of expenses. There could be other direct and indirect cost elements as well like the overheads which need to be charged from the customers. A reasonable profit margin as well the margin for future growth is also kept aside for charging from the customers.
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The Galapagos National Park is one of the most attractive destinations in Ecuador and is home to giant turtles, prehistoric iguanas and other unique species. For many tourists, the Galapagos Islands or "Enchanted Islands" as some people call them are a true paradise, where you can find beautiful white sand beaches, lava tunnels and one-of-a kind native flora and fauna.
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The Galápagos Archipelago was discovered by accident in 1535, when Tomás de Berlanga, the first Bishop of Panama, drifted off course while sailing from Panama to Peru. The bishop reported his discovery to King Charles V of Spain and included in his report a description of the giant Galápagos tortoises, from which the islands received their name.
It is possible that the indigenous inhabitants of South America were aware of the islands' existence before 1535, but there are no definite records of this and the islands don't appear on a world map until 1570 when they are identified as the 'island of the tortoises.' In 1953, Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl discovered what he thought to be pre-Columbian pottery shards on the islands, but the evidence seems inconclusive. The first rough charts of the archipelago were made by buccaneers in the late 17th century, and scientific exploration began in the late 18th century.
Ecuador officially claimed the Galápagos Archipelago in 1832 and General Villamil was named the first governor – basically in charge of a single colony on Floreana of ex-rebel soldiers. For roughly one century thereafter, the islands were inhabited by only a few settlers and were used as penal colonies, the last of which, on Isla Isabela, was closed in 1959.
The Galápagos' most famous visitor was Charles Darwin, who arrived in 1835 aboard the British naval vessel the Beagle. Darwin stayed for five weeks, 19 days of which were spent on four of the larger islands, making notes and collecting specimens that provided important evidence for his theory of evolution, which he would later formulate and publish, but not until decades later. He spent the most time on Isla San Salvador observing and, for that matter, eating tortoises.
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America's 40-year crawl toward legalization of marijuana is picking up speed. Twenty-six states have taken steps toward legalization, some quite bold. Just last week, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper made one of the biggest moves yet, signing a package of bills addressing how marijuana will be grown, sold, taxed, and used. The measures, which follow Colorado voters' approval of legalization last fall, form the cornerstone of the nation's first fully legal market for pot. Come Jan. 1, Colorado residents over 21 will be allowed to buy marijuana at retail stores and smoke it for their pleasure. The state of Washington, where voters also passed a referendum to legalize marijuana, will be next. If all goes well with those pioneering efforts, it may be only a matter of time before more states follow.
Proponents say Americans should be allowed to smoke cannabis as a matter of basic personal freedom, adding that a society that enjoys legal whiskey, beer, wine, and tobacco has no business outlawing a recreational drug like pot that has fewer unhealthy side effects. After all, tens of millions of Americans enjoy smoking marijuana, if illegally.
It's Prohibition all over again. That Gatsby-era law gave rise to the Mafia, rampant crime, and in the end, increased drinking. As Rep. Steve Cohen (D., Tenn.) put it recently, "This is the time to remedy this prohibition."
Plenty of people agree. The Pew Research Center recently found that 52% of Americans support legalized possession of small quantities of marijuana. It was the first time a national poll produced a majority against pot prohibition, although the Gallup Poll and other national polls are coming close. The Pew survey found that nearly every group in the country is part of the gradual change in public attitudes -- men, women, whites, blacks, rich, and poor.
It's not just about the right to light up. With the nation's retail marijuana market estimated at about $30 billion, legalization also would bring some important economic benefits. It could lead to sharply lower prices, striking a blow to the Mexican drug cartels and American street gangs. Pot could be produced in the U.S. for much less than Mexican pot produced illegally. By some estimates, illegality adds 50% to marijuana's prices. If both countries legalized the drug, Mexicans might grow a lot of it and sell it to American consumers, but the inexpensive legal product would not draw the attention of the ultraviolent Mexican drug traffickers any more than Mexican tomatoes do.
Legalization also could bring some relief to cash-strapped states. Marijuana taxes would join levies on liquor, tobacco, gambling, and other pursuits that once were banned. A report prepared for the libertarian Cato Institute suggests states could raise a total of about $3 billion from marijuana taxes, and other estimates are even higher. California alone could pull in $1.4 billion a year, a state tax authority has projected. That may seem minor compared with a state budget approaching $100 billion, but it would top the $1.3 billion that California now gets from alcohol and tobacco taxes combined.
Colorado may get about $100 million a year in tax revenue, and Washington could get $310 million. But there is wide disagreement on appropriate tax rates for marijuana. Colorado will be asking voters to approve two sales taxes totaling 25%, while Washington is looking to tax producers, sellers, and buyers -- for a total haul of 75%. That might be so high that it keeps the underground market alive.
Unquestionably, a loosening of marijuana laws would ease burdens on law enforcement. Some 663,000 people were arrested for marijuana possession in 2011, up 32% since 1995. In New York, according to the pro-legalization Drug Policy Alliance, a pot bust typically requires 2.5 hours of a policeman's time. Until Mayor Michael Bloomberg changed the policy in February, the arrested automatically spent a night in the police lockup. Nationwide, some 128,000 people are in state or federal prisons for marijuana offenses. That's 8% of all U.S. prisoners.
Norm Stamper, former chief of the Seattle Police Department, thinks Washington's new law will be a big help. "It will give the police an opportunity to focus much more time, energy, and imagination on going after predatory criminals," he says. Legalization, he adds, also has "opened the door to a much more positive relationship between young people and police."
LITTLE WONDER that more than half of the states have loosened their marijuana rules. Starting with Oregon in 1973, 15 states have decriminalized possession of small amounts of the drug, which means it's illegal but lightly punished, typically with a $100 fine; 18 states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana possession and sale for medical purposes, such as easing the pain of cancer. In all, the number of states taking at least one step to liberalize their pot laws is 26. Two more got ready to join last month: The Illinois legislature passed a medical-marijuana bill, and the Vermont legislature passed a decriminalization bill. Both bills await signing by the states' governors.
The federal government, however, has not moved toward legalization, not one bit. In fact, the states with medical-marijuana laws are defying or ignoring the federal government, which classifies marijuana as a drug with a high potential for abuse, no currently accepted medical use, and a lack of acceptable safety, even for use under medical supervision. Efforts to persuade regulators to change the classification of marijuana have been rejected over and over, as recently as 2011.
Emboldened by a 2005 Supreme Court ruling that allows federal prohibition to trump state legalization, the feds have arrested owners of some of the medical dispensaries in California, a state that has permitted dispensaries to operate since 1996. It's entirely unclear how Uncle Sam is going to react when retail sales go into full swing in Colorado and Washington. Attorney General Eric Holder has been promising to produce a policy, but nothing has yet emerged from the Justice Department.
To eliminate the conflicts, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a California Republican, last month introduced a bill to require the feds to respect state laws on marijuana. "The Herculean effort undertaken by the federal government to prevent the American people from smoking marijuana has undeniably been a colossal failure," he says. Lacking a groundswell of bipartisan support, however, Rohrabacher's bill is considered to have no chance of passage.
"It is likely that we are going to proceed state by state, and that Congress will be unlikely to touch this issue with a pole of any length," says William Galston of the Brookings Institution. "We may very well be a patchwork nation for the next generation."
OTHER STATES WILL JOIN the patchwork as more state officials take a cue from Gavin Newsom, lieutenant governor of California and former mayor of San Francisco. "I was a coward a couple of years ago," he says, referring to the days when he opposed legalization. He switched positions after concluding that legalization would be an important step in his vision for criminal-justice reform.
Newsom, who owns a collection of bars, restaurants, and wineries, also has a more fundamental issue with pot prohibition. "When I'm watching a guy do shots of Jack Daniel's at my bar, I'm thinking, 'That's legal, but a guy at home with his wife on a weekend smoking marijuana is illegal?' It's absurd."
Though he hopes to guide California to legalization, Newsom says the state will first have to improve the regulation of its medical-marijuana dispensaries: "So many of us have had the experience where you're stuck at a traffic light, and you look across the street at a dispensary, and you see a lot of young folks running in and out, and you may even turn the corner and see folks reselling the drug." Until that problem is fixed, he says voters may not believe the state can monitor full legalization.
Another prerequisite: stronger spines in politicians. Many legislators, in California and elsewhere, are fearful of backlashes from antilegalization groups, which warn of increases in crime and harm to youths and families. But eventually, elected officials may come around. Newsom, who is up for re-election in November, hopes to set an example: "If I win and these groups don't come after me, I've got to think some other people will say, 'Hey, they didn't come after him -- maybe it's not as politically toxic as we thought.' "
PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT hurdle for the legalization movement will be the experiences in Colorado and Washington state. If other states are to move toward legalization, these two pioneers will have to demonstrate that legal pot markets can function smoothly and safely.
Though the details of the states' regulations have yet to be hammered out, the bottom line for consumers in both states is similar: If you are over 21, you'll be able to freely buy pot at licensed retail outlets. Already, you can possess as much as an ounce of marijuana, so long as you don't use it in public.
The bills signed by Colorado's governor last week included provisions for curbing drugged driving: You can't get behind the wheel if your blood contains more than five nanograms per milliliter of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, marijuana's key component. A pot smoker can get to that level with as little as one puff, but the numbers decline rapidly over the next three hours, says the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Colorado also took steps to prevent marijuana use among youths, making it a crime to share pot with someone under 21 and banning marketing that seems aimed at kids. It's easy to see why the state is worried. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health estimated that 2.6 million Americans had tried marijuana for the first time in 2011, and their average age was 17. The new pot smokers were more numerous than the 2.4 million Americans who smoked tobacco cigarettes for the first time in 2011, whose average age was also 17. Alcohol was still the most popular among recreational substances, with 4.7 million Americans estimated to have taken their first drink in 2011 -- 83% of them younger than age 21.
The push for marijuana legalization can't afford any slip-ups by Colorado or Washington in dealing with the youth population or anything else. "You're one tragedy away in Colorado and Washington from it not being an inevitability," says California's Newsom. On the other hand, he says, success in those states would bode well for legalization in his state and others.
Last month, the legalization movement got a lift from beyond U.S. borders. The Organization of American States, a consortium of nations in North, Central, and South America, released a report suggesting the legalization of marijuana be considered as a step in the war on drugs.
The last president of Mexico, Felip Calderón, had done something of the same. He was the first Mexican president to broach the idea of drug legalization while still in office. And he wasn't just talking about Mexico. "Our neighbor is the largest consumer of drugs in the world," Calderón said in 2011. "And everybody wants to sell him drugs though our doors and windows. If the consumption of drugs cannot be limited, then decision makers must seek more solutions -- including market alternatives -- in order to reduce the astronomical earnings of criminal organizations."
Calderón left office last year, and his successor, Enrique Peña Nieto, flatly opposes legalization of drugs. Marijuana use, he says, often leads users to harder drugs. Nieto's position is no doubt heartening to drug lords, whose money makes them very powerful in Mexican politics. Legalization in Mexico, it's fair to say, faces formidably long odds.
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, for its part, should at least move to eliminate the widespread confusion between state and federal laws over marijuana use, which has been reaching absurd proportions. Banks in California, for instance, are so unclear about where things stand that they won't let medical-marijuana dispensaries open accounts. As a result, many of the stores are run as cash businesses, inviting robberies. To pay taxes, some are showing up at the state's revenue department with bags of cash.
Whether Congress realizes it or not, a good number of citizens want the problem fixed. The same Pew study that found a majority of people favoring legalization also found that 60% of Americans think the federal government should not enforce its prohibition in states that permit marijuana use. And 72% agreed with the proposition that federal enforcement of marijuana laws is not worth the cost.
Rep. Rohrabacher's plan is as good a fix as any. It's straightforward and sensible: The federal government can help enforce antipot laws in states that want them, but it must mind its own business in states that don't want marijuana to be criminal.
Eventually, the federal government may repeal all of its laws against pot use, pot production, and pot dealing.
They could be replaced by laws no tougher than those that apply to liquor. Just as it was with the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, Congress could allow states to continue pot prohibition by local option, or to draft their own regulatory systems.
Given the unwillingness of many in Congress to even talk about marijuana, the day of full repeal is probably far off. But tending to the clumsy conflicts between state and federal governments is something that can and should be addressed right now.
MICHAEL D. VALLO assisted in reporting this story.
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A disconcerting article appeared in the August 2005 issue of the American Journal Of Medicine.
87 internal medicine residents and 33 emergency medicine residents were given 12 test ekgs to read. The residents were from two institutions and all residents were exposed to formal training in EKG reading. Unfortunately the manner in which the results are displayed is a bit confusing, it uses a"proficiency score",which to me obscures more information than it illuminates, but the bottom line is that neither group did very well. One table shows that of all the residents (IM and EM in one grouping) only 40% had the correct answer for an acute MI.(52% had a partially correct answer-what ever that is and only 8 percent had it wrong, apparently they gave partial credit.) So it is hard to figure out how many could or could not recognize an acute MI. But the authors, who we assume did understand the data, concluded the overall competency score was low. Further,they reported that their results were similar to several other studies that evaluated EKG reading skills in house staff.
I find it amazing that any number of IM residents greater than zero were unable to diagnose a typical acute MI or V. Tach. In medical school, our senior year we had a course in EKG interpretation and we all purchased a small text by Dr.George Burch on that subject. As IM residents we were conversant in the details of the proposed minutiae of the differential diagnoses of V. Tach. vrs supraventricular tachycardia with aberration.Interestingly, we had no formal courses on EKG interpretation as residents. Further,The chief of surgery made sure that his residents could recognize the EKG patterns of acute MI as he walked the walk of his theme that surgeons were physicians who knew how to operate.
I am reminded of a blog reference to an article in which it was noted that of 259 IM residents who were tested regarding ventilator use, about half did not know how to set the tidal volume in an ARDS patient. I also recall an Annals of Internal Medicine article which-although it emphasized other aspects of the story-revealed the apparent ignorance of house staff in realizing the importance of evaluating a upper lobe infiltrate in an alcoholic with weight loss and cough for TB.
I realize these are limited, possibly biased samples and from them it may be not appropriate to hypothesize a trend that suggests woefully inadequate training in internal medicine. I really do not want to believe that. I read about an IM program that is now two years post internship rather than three. I read that ACGME has devised requirements that necessitate more being crammed into this shorter time frame. Residents must now learn "system based practice" and quality improvement projects may be required and the time they can spend in the hospitals is restricted and , yes, there is simply more medical knowledge out there to learn.
I know that older professionals in many fields seem to always think the newer generations cannot live up to the standards that the old guard set, that the new kids have it easier, are soft and do not know as much. I'm sure I am guilty of that mind set, but-my goodness-an internist has to know how to read a EKG and if I were an EM resident knowing I would see chest pain patients every day, I would make sure I could recognize an acute MI ekg pattern and not wait to have a lecture on the topic to become proficient. I hope that this article does not accurately reflect the ekg interpretation skills of residents in IM and EM.
And another thing, sometimes I think that physicians believe that reference to evidence based medicine must always be made even if the application seems gratuitous. The authors of the article say in the purpose section " yet there are no evidence based guidelines for assessing [ekg reading] competency". How about just giving them ekgs and seeing if they can interpret them? We really don't need and will never have EBM guidelines for everything.
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- Anonymous said...
Our small contribution to educating the residents is the mnemonic A RARE PQRST -> DR. IIEE . It can be used to remember the systematic approach when reading an EKG.
- james gaulte said...
The URl for " a rare pqrst..." didn't work,I'd like to know what it stands for thanks
James Gault
- Clinical Cases said...
I am sorry, the code got jammed during the cutting/pasting of the link:
Or you can just Google for A RARE PQRST -> DR. IIEE...
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'Words and Pictures' review: Odd and thought-provoking film
Words and Pictures
Comedy-drama. Starring Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche. Directed by Fred Schepisi. (PG-13. 111 minutes.)
"Words and Pictures" is a strange one. It has some unusual, interesting elements, as well as other things that are simply off. Yet the ways in which it's off are interesting, too.
The story is about a meeting of two personalities at a private prep school, a literature teacher and a well-known artist. Clive Owen plays the teacher, Jack, who is lively and mercurial but also skewed in personality. To be in his presence for more than a minute is to realize there is something wrong with him, that he's loud and carries on, but he doesn't connect. We soon realize that he is spiraling out of control from alcoholism. He's not quite at the stage where he's pouring vodka on his Wheaties, but he's close.
Juliette Binoche is Dina, a famous painter who takes a job teaching art at the prep school because she needs to be close to family. She is suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, which is a rich character detail, and an unusual one, too. Characters in movies tend to be like household pets - either bursting with health or at death's door. Here's the rare case of someone on screen dealing with a serious, ongoing medical condition, in which the medical condition isn't the whole story, just an aspect of life.
Jack immediately seizes on Dina as someone to tease, cajole and get a rise out of. She remains aloof but also vaguely interested, probably because he's the only one in town who seems to have a pulse. Much of the movie concerns an obsession of Jack's about the relative value of words and pictures. He asserts that literature is more important than visual art and tries to enlist Dina to take the other side of the argument.
This argument is bogus, in that there is no reason anyone needs to choose, but the movie, to its credit, seems to acknowledge that. It also makes clear to the audience that while Jack may be a poet of some small renown, Dina is an international talent, so comparing his words with her pictures might not be a fair fight anyway.
So the setup is odd: A raging alcoholic, with the wheels coming off the cart - a man who is the biggest noise in a small town - meets his match in a beautiful woman his own age, who is more successful than he is and at least as smart. Is the movie comparing his drunkenness with her illness? That parallel, if there is one, doesn't make sense. Yet the movie traces their interaction pretty honestly, and there is something refreshing and unusual about a screen romance (of sorts) built around two 50-year-olds.
Binoche is remarkable, at least as beautiful as she was 25 years ago and radiant with substance and purpose. Just the scenes of her alone painting are mesmerizing, because Binoche leaves us in no doubt that Dina is a major artist, plugged into some authentic universal current. Maybe she is. It turns out those paintings are Binoche's own.
Owen is fascinating in other ways. A movie like this usually depends on our belief that the hero's recovery is possible, but Owen makes Jack into such a mess that he casts everything into the zone of ambiguity. Does Owen know this? Perhaps he does and is intentionally subverting the film. Or perhaps he and director Fred Schepisi both know this, and they're intentionally subverting the screenplay. Or perhaps screenwriter Gerald Di Pego was in on it, too, and really wanted to write the most covertly feel-bad romance of the decade.
In any case, Owen makes Jack hopeless even when he's not drinking - agitated, jumpy, smiling in the wrong places, and looking at Dina as if she's just a substitute for a vodka bottle. Audiences will walk away thinking, "What was that?" But they will walk away thinking.
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Any news on WHEN the Aria player will support GIGA files?
Any news on WHEN the Aria player will support GIGA files?
Anyone with news on the status of Giga import into Aria?
No news at all?
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I did speak to Bernard at Soundlib and apparently Garritan and he were in talks of bringing Gplayer into their fold. However that seems to have fallen through.
I mailed to Garritan and Plogue. The plugin for loading giga seems to be ready but the new garritan owner does not state if it will ever see the light. Too bad in my opinion.
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It's been a momentous 24 hours since we released the results of our investigation into Asia Pulp and Paper's illegal timber scandal. While we in Greenpeace are best known for our direct actions, it's our investigation work that provides the foundation to expose these environmental crimes. Our Indonesian forest campaign is no different and with APP so adamant that it has 'zero tolerance for illegal timber' we knew we had to go to the heart of this issue and uncover the reality.For those who missed the start it's worth recapping. Sumatra's peat swamp forests, home to the Sumatran tiger, have been cleared at a devastating rate with much of this clearance being on land now controlled by APP. Within these forests also grow ramin, a tree species that is protected under Indonesian law and listed on CITES. Evidence collected at APP's biggest pulp mill shows that APP logyards are riddled with illegal ramin logs. Samples were collected and sent to independent experts who verified that the logs were ramin. The entire investigation has been captured on film and put on line here in a totally transparent way, so APP, its customers, and importantly the Indonesian authorities cannot ignore the facts. So how have APP responded? They put a statement out late last night that they are sending in their own specialist team to the mill. But how could the results of an APP team be trusted at this stage? Earlier in the day the company already claimed to have commissioned an independent report which did not find any protected species. The report "is not public" and "there are no immediate plans to publish the name of the auditors". And then, no surprises, APP also reverted back to its ' zero tolerance' for illegality mantra. The reality is that we've gone past the stage of self- policing and that is why I have just handed to police here in Indonesia the video footage and other evidence from the investigation. After receiving the evidence the Deputy Director of Special Crimes told me that this case would indeed be categorised as an illegal logging activity and that the police would be coordinating with the Ministry of Forestry to investigate the matter further.
It is crucial that this happens immediately. Greenpeace is calling on the police and Ministry of Forests to immediately seize all ramin in APP operations.Meanwhile our investigation is having impact beyond Indonesia and already some companies are taking action to distance themselves from APP.National Geographic has notified us that they wont use any APP paper. We've discussed with them our research, including evidence linking them to APP and Mixed Tropical Hardwood fibre in the past. We have more to do together, and have offered to input into strengthening their fibre procurement policy, but we are convinced that their commitment to not source from APP is genuine.Danone meanwhile have put out a statement stating they no longer use APP paper for the Nutricia brand in Indonesia. All well and good, but what about all the rest of their brands? No mention of those so far, so for now we need to press them further. Perhaps most disconcerting for APP will be the news reported in the media that even APP's own companies are making noises about stopping purchases from them, with Collins Debden Australia, stating that the company had stopped taking paper products from Indonesian mills. But there are still many other companies using APP paper - Xerox, Barnes and Noble, Collins Debden UK, Acer, Paragon Publishing, Countdown, Danone, and Constable and Robinson who haven't taken clear steps to quit APP. Please act with us today to persuade these companies to distance themselves from APP's illegal timber scandal and publicly commit to stop buying from the company.
Is APP being run by children? Even psychopaths eventually admit to their actions after they are isolated.
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The forests of Sumatra are really the last place where orang utans, tigers, rhinos and elephants all exist together in the same place. Especially for ...
The forests of Sumatra are really the last place where orang utans, tigers, rhinos and elephants all exist together in the same place. Especially for orang utans - which only exist here and in Borneo - which is also under attack from illegal loggers and out of control palm oil estates - the protection of their environment is critical for their survival in the wild. Greenpeace is doing such an important service to the world community and is the most powerful force combating the destruction of these noble species which is occurring senselessly for the profit a few uncaring and selfish corporations. Thank you Greenpeace!
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Read well and study on your own after you have read this.
This is not a game or joke our Sun gives off a Solar Wind all day year r...
Read well and study on your own after you have read this.
This is not a game or joke our Sun gives off a Solar Wind all day year round if you live in the State of Alaska you see it in the sky above what a sight it is going through our Earth's Magnet Polls of the North and the South, North Poll. Its Called the Northern Lights or the Aurora Borealis.
The day will come when you will be able to see it all over Earth as in the year 1859 Solar Flare, It was the largest in 500 years. Two Astronomer's Hodgson and Carrington told the World that the Solar Flare made a Geomagnetic Storm reach Earth in hours not days. Back then it gave new meaning to Reach For The Skies from Telegraph Operators. For hours sparks flew from the key board. Even after the Batteries were disconnected. Nov 3 and 4, 2003 had a X40+ Class Solar Flare.
Our Sun's UV Rays will get stronger as each passing day go's by, read and i will tell you why.
The Great big forest have be striped from most of the Earth for Greed of Money by the Wicked. The trees our are Main Source of Oxygen on this Plant.
The Forest Trees scrubs the Pollution out of the air and makes Oxygen from the rain and dirt that it grows in.
The Forest Trees do more then just make Oxygen they stop Soil Erosion, just Look at the 1930 Dust Bowl. Greed by our Government taxes led farmers to clear cut all their Forest and farm all the land they were being Tax on. They had to farm it to pay for the Taxes. Why leave the Trees when food crop makes Money. This Did not Help the Depression that effected most all Worldwide. This year 2012 more then 100 million will suffer from Malnutrition and Dehydration. Many will die!
In the United States of America alone more than 45 Million Americans Received Food Stamps and that number is going up every day every year.
The Pollution and CO2 Carbon Dioxide go into the Tree Bark as a shield from most bugs so they do not eat the tree.
Less Forest less Oxygen this is why the moon. That has no Oxygen is very cold on the side with out Sun Light, And hot as ever on the side with Sun Light. Way too cold and too hot to live there. You would need at least 10 times the Energy we use on Earth to even live there and life on the Moon would be very short.
With no blank of Oxygen to lessen or reduce the Sun's UV Rays and Solar Wind they are deadly there on our Moon. Every Mt. Climber and Aircraft Pilot knows the higher you go the thinner the Oxygen and colder it gets.
Just spend a night on a Mt. top above 13,000 feet with no Sun Light and you will see or should i say feel the cold stinging any of your exposed skin. If you are new to Mt. Climbing stay below 10,000Ft. The Astronauts and the Cosmonauts and Fighter Pilots that i have been with for years know this very well, and the Radiation Hazards to humans at High Altitudes.
Soon the Sun's Solar Wind and UV rays will be way to strong for most to go out in the Sun Light for even a short time. The Geomagnetic Storm to come and the Bad Weather Storms well you have not seen nothing yet and the Sea Level is Rising the Oceans. Many Millions have been affected by Floods in China and Pakistan just last year. In 2005 Over a Thousand dead in New Orleans flood, and the list going on.
And there shall be famines, and pestilences, and Earthquakes, in divers places such as was not from the beginning of the Creation.
The last 30 years On Earth we have broke all high temp records and the temp it is still going up. All the Worlds Ice Glacier are melting at an Accelerating Rate. The Glaciers and Polar Ice Caps store more water than all the Fresh Water Lakes on Earth.
The Bad Weather Storms now are Babies compared to what is to come.
They will get even bigger and worse less Oxygen the more UV Rays to the Earth and more Water molecules will evaporate and go up into the Earth's Atmosphere. Less Oxygen the colder with out sun light and hotter with it.
The Sky full of more water vapor molecules, more snow in the winter and more Flash Floods in the Summer. All earth will see way more fires and the Deserts are growing larger.
If every living person on Earth were to Plant A Tree Today we might have a chance.
The Earth's Atmosphere Blanket surrounding it protects life on Earth as Our Lord and GOD will all that seek Him.
Then it is written when the tree is full it is harvest time. All the Earth will someday burn away.
This is all Foretold in the Bible Read it
and may our Lord Bless all that do so.
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2 Peter 3:10
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the Earth and its works will be burned up.
GOD Bless You and Your Love ones
Give thanks to our Lord Jesus Christ every day.
Luke 21:20-22
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I wrote to Danone, promising to boycott products unless they changed their ways. This is what the responded with today.
I wrote to Danone, promising to boycott products unless they changed their ways. This is what the responded with today.
"Thank you for taking the time to contact The Dannon Company. Comments from consumers are very important to us and we certainly appreciate yours.
We take the issue very seriously, and none of the packaging for The Dannon Company originates from the forests in question. We hope you will continue to enjoy our products.
As always, we appreciate your interest in our products and are always available to answer any questions or concerns that you have. If you have any additional questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to call our toll-free number 1-877-DANNON-US (1-877-326-6668), Monday through Friday, 9 A.M. to 6 P.M. Eastern Time."
This answer gives me no comfort. So where do they get their paper -- from other virgin rainforests, like the Boreal?
8 March, 2012 at 1:11
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Hey, Paul Felix Schott -- what the hell is your point? You're all over the map. That we're in the end of times and we should just suck up an...
Hey, Paul Felix Schott -- what the hell is your point? You're all over the map. That we're in the end of times and we should just suck up and enjoy it?!
If you're trying to get all Christian on us, that only means something if the reader believes in your crap. I don't. Go rant somewhere else.
Most of us who come to this site care about this beautiful planet that God (if there is one) created and I'm sure She would want it preserved, not flushed down the toilet because that's what is prophesied in some book written by men. It should be any Christian's duty to preserve such beauty that any god created. That would be worshipful.
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(Unregistered) Jeng Kelin
If you want to make world better then do something about your own country first. Your own country full of bastard, with no emotion and empathy.
If you want to make world better then do something about your own country first. Your own country full of bastard, with no emotion and empathy.
You take donation from Indonesian people but never actually understand what happening here. Indonesian Greenpeace activist are just drunken squad with smelly armpit. If you want to protect the EARTH try to take shower first. ASSHOLE
COme on did your brain damaged, there are a lot of poor people here, what do you expect? you come here just make people top do something "BAD" from your point of view. But for them are just to keep alive. you come here without solution... ASSHOLE
Get out you dumbshit!!!
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Hey, I received this response from Barragon, would you please let me know if they've talk to you guys and this is true??
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Hey, I received this response from Barragon, would you please let me know if they've talk to you guys and this is true??
Parragon Books comentó tu enlace.
Parragon Books escribió: "Hi Sara, Parragon is committed to protecting the environment and has a very clear policy of only using paper from sustainable sources. We are investigating the allegations of possible inclusion of ramin trees in pulp used to make paper and, if validated, this would represent a serious breach of our code of conduct by the supplier. We have immediately suspended orders with the supplier while this investigation takes place. We have also been in touch with Greenpeace who uncovered this possible violation."
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Dear Paul Felix Schott
If heaven is filled with dumb fcks like you then i think ill take my chances in hell...
yours sincer...
Dear Paul Felix Schott
If heaven is filled with dumb fcks like you then i think ill take my chances in hell...
yours sincerely
Simon Devaney..
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@Jeng Kelin
Do you work for APP?
"If you can't say something nice, then don't say anything at all."
@Jeng Kelin
Do you work for APP?
"If you can't say something nice, then don't say anything at all."
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What's going on with the asian people around the world?Did they think they all are gods and have the rights to destroy all the nature and kill and...
What's going on with the asian people around the world?Did they think they all are gods and have the rights to destroy all the nature and kill and eat all animals of the world?
How sick you people are in your brains?
And don't come with the words you need money to feed your family.It gives other ways to earn money,but not with a corruption company like APP.How much money you get every month?And how much money make APP with you?Think about it!!
All animals has the right to live on our planet earth,and not just the most gruesome creatures ever lived on it,the humanity.I hope some of you understand what I will telling you!!
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Ending on a High Note: Suggestions for Bringing Closure to a Course
Most of us agree that the first day of class is important in terms of setting the tone and creating a positive learning environment. The last day(s) is equally important and can provide an opportunity for students to reflect on their learning. Given that an ending is not necessarily the same as closure, and that many students and teachers leave with unanswered questions or unchecked emotions, the following are suggestions for making the last day of class as memorable as the first.
- If students set goals at the onset of class, have them revisit these goals and share in small groups how well they accomplished their goals and how they did so.
- Share what you learned about teaching and/or the subject matter with your students.
- Provide self-addressed envelopes and ask students to write you a letter in a few months telling you one or two things they learned and have actually used.
- Because students tend to hear advice from each other better than from the instructor, ask students to write a letter to someone who will take the course. In the letter, have them share strategies that were worthwhile, those that caused problems and give advice on how best to succeed in the course. Share their advice with subsequent classes or randomly give these letters to participants of the next class.
- Ask students to bring to class magazines that they are willing to cut up, scissors and glue. In groups have them create a collage that depicts the main ideas covered in the course. Have each group explain their collage to the class.
- One or two weeks before the class ends, have each student write a "Letter to the Teacher." Provide questions
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- How has your approach to the subject matter changed during this course?
- How do you feel you have performed in this class?
- What would you do differently if you had a chance to take this class over again?
- What advice would you give a friend if they had to take this course to help him/her do well?
- How has this course helped you develop as an emerging professional?
- What strategies, activities, assignments, etc., best fit your learning style have and helped you learn the most?
- Have the students pretend that the class was a movie. Have each student (or in small groups) title the movie and write a review.
- Use a game such as Jeopardy or Hollywood Squares to review for the final exam.
- Provide students with a scenario, such as the following: "Your best friend has approached you and states that she has to take this course. She can't take the class from anyone else and she needs the class to graduate. What advice will you give your friend to help her succeed in this class?" (For more information on this see Cooperative Learning and College Teaching, Vol.6, Fall 1995, 11-13)
- In a physiology course (or other applicable course), a week or so ahead of the last class, have groups of students randomly pick out of a hat or box, slips of paper with different organ systems. On the last day have each student perform a skit using any props representing his/her organ system and have the other students try to guess what organ system they are portraying. Or have the students make a game of "physiology pictionary." (firstname.lastname@example.com)
- Pose a question on the first day of class, such as "What is philosophy?" Give the students approximately fifteen minutes to answer the question in writing. Provide them with an envelope and ask them to put their response in the envelope, seal it and write their name on the outside. On the last day of class, ask the same question and provide them with time to write their answer again. Hand back their original response and have them compare in groups what they had learned and how their views changed during the semester. (email@example.com)
- Have students call out topics covered in the class and list these on the board while all students write them down. Have students discuss with a partner what the most personally valuable topics were for them and why. If time allows, have pairs join other pairs and share their responses. Students can also share with the class their most valuable discoveries/rediscoveries and what changes they would recommend for improving the course.
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Marmol coaster! It's too early in the year for this kind of drama. The Cubs once again couldn't find much offense, but managed just enough to get the win with Nate Scheirhioltz providing the big blow, a two-run homer in the ninth inning which the Cubs ended up needing. Travis Wood was outstanding in his first start of 2013 but had to sit on the edge of his seat with the rest of us as Carlos Marmol came within a small unit of measurement of blowing it. After allowing the Pirates to score twice in the ninth, Marmol got Alvarez to strikeout, and Walker to hit into a double play, never a doubt, Cubs win three to two…… Nice series win for the Cubs to start the season.
At The Plate – The Cubs only had two hits last night, today they had three, at least the result was different. Starling Castro was 1-for-4 with an RBI on the day and has the honor of being the first Cubs player to get a hit with a runner in scoring position this year, yep. Nate Schierholtz was the offensive hero going 1-for-3 with a walk, a run, and two RBI's which came on a huge two-run homer in the top of the ninth to give the Cubs a three run cushion.
On The Mound – Travis Wood was outstanding this morning/afternoon, Wood went six scoreless innings, giving up one hit while walking two and striking out four to earn his first win of the season, barely. Shawn Camp, James Russell, and Kyuji Fujikawa were very good out of the bullpen as they tossed a combined two scoreless innings, giving up no hits, no walks, and struck out three. Cue the circus music… enter Carlos Marmol. Marmol wasn't very good, again, as he gave up two runs on three hits while walking one and striking out one, but battled and ended up "earning" his first save of the season.
Up Next – The Cubs head to Atlanta for a weekend series against the high-powered Braves. Scott Feldman will make his Cubs debut against Atlanta lefty Mike Minor at 6:30 PM CST.
Stat Of The Night – The Cubs team ERA is 2.08, Carlos Marmol's ERA is 20.25
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Nice diving catch by Schierholtz
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Part of the reason I've needed some stress relief, is that Lizzie broke her leg! On the FIRST NIGHT of basketball practice! Tripped up with another girl, going after the ball. (Lizzie always gives 110%!) Broke her tibia, down by the ankle, thru her growth plate and into the joint! The "athletic trainer" at school told her it was just a sprain. Luckily, I didn't go off of her opinion...!
So, a cast for 6 weeks. Has already had xrays twice, to make sure nothing is shifting as it heals. If it shifts, she would need surgery! She is miserable in the cast, the poor dear! She is so independent and really hates to have to ask anyone to do anything for her! I told her, enjoy it while you can! :o)
I also went a few weeks ago and got my "Paraprofessional Certificate" so I can apply for Teacher's Aide jobs. Hopefully something will open up in our school district soon. AND, I'm going to start my first semester of college (online) this coming spring! Ah, nothing to be stressed about at all... Back to my tatting! :o)


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Sunday, December 25, 2011
Our house is the one that gave up on Christmas.
What the heck, Wal Mart? It was still weeks before Christmas. You couldn't have sold out already.
Sighing, I gave in, and approached the register.
The girl working in the Christmas department was around 20 years old. She seemed pretty normal- you know, not drooling or anything. And when I walked up, she smiled in a friendly way.
"How can I help you today?"
"I'm looking for some outdoor Christmas lights. Just the single-strand kind."
She frowned. "I've never heard of those."
"...Um, just a strand of lights? You know, the white ones?"
"Huh. Let's look at our wall."
We walked back over.
"Do you mean icicle lights?"
"No, um, just a single strand. In a straight line."
She stared at me for a second. "Yeah, I've never seen those before."
"Really? Just outdoor ones. That you can use to outline stuff."
"Oh, like rope lights! In that plastic tube stuff!"
"Um, well, similar. Only not in a tube."
"People sometimes put them on their houses? Or on a wreath?"
"Here. See these icicle lights? Imagine that they don't have little icicles coming off them."
"No? Ok, uh, there! Mini lights. On a 50 strand. Imagine lights just like this, only bigger."
"Ohhh! Big lights. Like these giant bulb ones."
"No. Not giant ones."
I looked around helplessly. By now, there was a crowd of people around us, all looking for the same kind of lights. I assume.
One lady jumped in. "You know, like on a Christmas tree? I just need indoor ones for mine."
The girl frowned in confusion. "No, Christmas tree lights are always green."
And then I gave up on humanity.
So if you stop by tonight, look for the house that is all kinds of festive. Lights on the house, the bushes, the trees, the porch. Lighted wreaths in every window. Three lighted deer on the front yard.
And then look next door. Because our house is the one that gave up on Christmas.
6 comments:
- middle child said...
I know, right? It's getting to the point where I just tell the clerks, I just want the normal ones, the regular ones-and this applies to any item!
- 12/25/2011
- HILLARY said...
Oh my gosh, REALLY! That is about the funniest thing! Kids now days... I'm not much older but that make me feel old, yet smart at the same time!
- 12/25/2011
- krystal said...
I can't believe it! Who doesn't know lights?! :D
- 12/26/2011
- Heather said...
Hi, my name is Heather! Please email me when you can, I have a question about your blog ☺
- 12/27/2011
- Unknown said...
Thats absolutely insane! What a ditz! I didnt think it was possible to not know what single stranded lights were....yikes. I guess im not such a blonde after all. What happened to "simple"? It seems like they are always coming up with something new. Why not stick to the basics.
- 12/29/2011
- Chantel said...
Weird! I bet she decorates her tree with icicle lights.
- 1/10/2012


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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) -- Pete Rose is returning to manage a baseball team, but just for one day.
The 73-year-old Rose, who has the most career hits in major league history, is scheduled to skipper the Bridgeport Bluefish of the independent Atlantic League on Monday.
Rose was managing the Cincinnati Reds in 1989 when he agreed to a lifetime ban from Major League Baseball. He later admitted that he bet on Reds games while running the team.
Rose can take this one-game job because the Bluefish are not affiliated with any major league team. He has occasionally appeared at official events since his ban, with MLB's permission.
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Maybe most people hate making mistakes. I know I do. Last month I tried to do a little good for some fine people: I mentioned the fundraiser wine auction on behalf of Start Making A Reader Today (SMART), an event involving my old pal and wine maven Larry Malmgren. Unfortunately, I sent interested readers to the wrong place.
The SMART wine auction will be held from 5:30 to 7 pm Tuesday, March 20, at Boulevard Grill, 2123 Franklin Blvd. Wine auctions can be mighty fun, offering the chance to pick up rare and special bottles. And since Malmgren is a first-class wine scrounger — and has a fine collection of his own, into which I know he'll dip for this purpose — I'm confident there'll be some jewels on the tables. Kat and I will certainly attend. Note: If some of you decide to join us — and I hope you will — please remember that this is a charity auction for a very worthy cause. Bid generously; you'll be doing good for yourself and many others.
Now, while I'd like to launch into some political discourses — West Eugene EmX, the line-up of Howdy Doodies running for the Republican nomination for president, some nasty practices involving mining and pesticides — the first order of business today involves good food and good wines. But first, I have a message from the plants: Spring, they tell me, is here.
Let me admit right off that I don't presume to get on the other side of Punxsutawney Phil or any other professional groundhog expert weather guesser. But I'm a gardener, an utter amateur, sure, a punter who pushes seeds and starts into soil and then hopes, someone who battles weeds and always loses. But I've learned to listen to the Greenies, so even though we're still teetering on the brink of March, the rhodies are busting out and others are all a-budding. Word: Plant the peas, pull the popweed.
In celebration (or blind faith), we've begun cooking outdoors, wok-ing Asian dishes with the first spring veggies, flavors and spices that leap in the mouth and leave winter as gray shadows and soggy memories. And Asian cuisine just romances with Rieslings, those lovely, lively whites that originate in France and Germany but also thrive in the Northwest — and some other, rather surprising places.
One of our recent favorites is Pacific Rim 2007 Dauenhauer Vineyard Riesling ($12), bursting with pear/apple/citrus flavors, creamy in the mouth with enough sweetness to round out the flavors but balanced with zesty acidity, a stir-fry dream.
Australia has emerged as a source of superb Rieslings, and Wolf Blass 2004 Gold Label Riesling ($20) delivers those pretty fruit flavors with a distinctive petroleum/mineral note that echoes some of Germany's best.
But for Riesling in its most refined expression, it's hard to beat Domaine Jean Sipp 2009 Riesling Reserve Vin d'Alsace ($18). The wine is crisply dry, typical of Alsatian whites, but brings its fruit forward on a structure that showcases the grapes' delicacy and finesse. One sip leads to another, and this wine makes melodies with food.
Oregon pinot noir has garnered rave reviews from the national wine press, and Haden Fig 2009 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir ($19) is bargain-priced (for pinot noir) and just delicious drinking right now (even better a year from now), with right-down-the-alley black cherry/raspberry flavors, razor-edge balance and long-playing finish. Any reason to drink this is a good reason.
Final note: Lotsa folks like a nip of sweet wine with dessert, and Noble Estate 2010 Semi-sparkling Muscat ($15) is simply superb: Fruity, floral, lightly bubbly, made for a bit of delicate cheese and dried fruit. Yum!
'Nuff said, and no mistakes, right? So now come snow and ice. Day-um. Even plants can goof.
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