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Getting To The Island
T here are three ways to get on the Island; the conventional driving route along highway 6 that leads to the world famous swing bridge, the MS Chi-Cheemaun (Ojibwe for "big Canoe") which makes many daily trips between Tobermory and South Baymouth from May to October, and by one of the two airports (located in Gore Bay, and between Little Current and Manitowaning). In the summer and fall months Manitoulin's population of 12000 grows exponentially because of the excellent fishing spots, hiking trails, and bar-none some of the world's greatest hunting. For those who love adventure, communities also host many different festivals during the summer and offer fantastic cultural experiences such as Native Powwows.
Tobermory is approximately 300 km from Toronto and South Baymouth to Little Current is 68 km.
Ferry schedules are available at most Tourist Information booths and area businesses. The ferry is also staffed with Manitoulin Tourism Association summer students and volunteers to assist travelers. We recommend that reservations are made in advance if traveling during July and August or on a holiday weekend!
Reservations can be made by calling 1-800-265-3163 or visit ontarioferries.com
During the summer the bridge swings on the hour every hour from dusk to dawn for approximately 15 minutes to allow boat traffic. There are no weight restriction on the bridge and it's dimensions are 14′ wide and 14′ high.
There is not public transportation on the Island. However, there are privately run businesses that provide forms of transportation. They are listed below.
A.J. Bus Lines (charters)
Box 578,2 Charles Walk, Elliot Lake, ON P5A 2J9
Toll Free 1-800-461-4622
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Gore Bay (705)282-2640
Little Current (705)368-2512
Gore Bay – Manitoulin Airport
c/o Robbie Collwell, P.O. Box 236, Gore Bay, Ontario P0P 1H0
Located west of Gore Bay. It provides custom clearance from May to November. Also has aviation fuels and tie downs for sale. For more information please call the above number. In the winter months please phone ahead for runway conditions.
Manitoulin East Airport
c/o George Dobbs, Postal Bag 2000, Little Current, Ontario P0P 1K0
Located midway between Little Current and Manitowaning. It provides a a terminal building, flight-planning room and a paved runway.
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Welcome to beautiful Manitoulin Island – Mnidoo Mnising in the Anishnaabeg language – the Heart and Spirit of the Great Lakes of Canada!
Manitoulin Island is unique in many ways – it is the world's largest sweet water or freshwater Island. It has more than a hundred inland lakes between its shores, and many of those lakes have Islands on them! There are more than two dozen small settlements, first nations and towns spread out across more than 160 kilometers of boreal forest, lakes, rivers, shorelines, escarpments, meadows and alvars.
The people and the communities have emerged through a history as colourful and complex as any in Canada – from the fur trade to free trade, from the ice age to the new age. Our histories show through at every turn, from fossils to lighthouses, under these same stars, with native and non-native communities across the Island co-existing like no-where else on the continent. As a result, it is a place of stories.
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Like all Northern Ontarians, the people of Manitoulin Island are active in the outdoors all year round, and find many occasions to share in healthy celebrations of local foods with neighbours and visitors. A wide range of cultural arts and entertainment activities are found across the Island, as well as sporting and recreational activities in all seasons.
For many visitors, Manitoulin Island is like going back to the good old days – small town friendly, ice cream on the boardwalk, fishing from the dock in pajamas, a canoe ride at sunset, and a story around the campfire about the guy down the road who can fix anything.
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And for some, it is like an awakening to what being Canadian is all about. People are drawn to Manitoulin Island from all over the world, and the Island is by no means homogenous in thought or actions. The first settlers on Manitoulin Island arrived one cold November day in the early 1800's to conduct an experiment – the Manitowaning Experiment. It was based on the concept of a skills share. The experiment continues to today, and we are all still learning from one another.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke was singing from Chubby Checker's songbook on Wednesday with the announced extension of Operation Twist, a monetary policy maneuver aimed at driving down long-term interest rates that was initiated last September and set to expire this month.
The rock singer, capitalizing on his 1960 hit "The Twist," reprised the dance song the following year, singing: "Come on let's twist again, Like we did last summer!…Like we did last year!"
Uncannily, the Fed has directed its bond-buying desk to continue purchases of long-term Treasuries like it did in the summer of 2011 with the aim of keeping a slow-growth economy on its dancing feet amid dreary employment statistics in the U.S. and financial market strains in Europe.
But to David Santschi, executive vice president of the investment research firm TrimTabs, the move was about propping up U.S. securities markets.
"The Fed talks a lot about macroeconomics, but what it watches is stock prices," Santschi told AdvisorOne. TrimTabs issued a statement to clients Tuesday predicting the Fed's actions precisely, since stock prices have held up this year, thus obviating the need to take more severe action such as a third round of quantitative easing, Santschi said.
The TrimTabs analyst called the more limited renewal of Operation Twist "throwing a bone to keep Wall Street happy," saying "markets have become as addicted to monetary stimulus as the economy is to deficit spending of $1.3 trillion a year."
The Fed's renewal of Operation Twist lacks the high impact of quantitative easing. In a statement released Wednesday, the Fed said: "The continuation of the maturity extension program will proceed at the current pace and result in the purchase, as well as the sale and redemption, of about $267 billion in Treasury securities by the end of 2012."
In an afternoon press conference, Bernanke defended the Fed's policy against criticism that the Fed's action Wednesday was quite modest in relation to its negative outlook on the economy. "The Fed still does have capacity to strengthen the economy by easing financial conditions," he said.
But according to Santschi, the Fed is really just engaged in jawboning, or projecting greater strength than it really has.
"When you're manipulating markets, you want to talk a lot and make people think you're powerful and do as little as possible. The Fed is more constrained than I think most investors think."
Santschi says TrimTabs recommends that investors hold cash and Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS) rather than conventional Treasuries. Stocks, he said, are fine "as a trade" but not as an investment. "Forward operating earnings are [just] 13 times, but they're bogus; they don't have to mark their assets to market.
The TrimTabs analyst does not expect a happy ending to current economic and monetary policies, saying these are "probably the most interesting times since the 1930s. I don't think most people have any idea how big the problems are."
Economic policymakers in the U.S. and Europe will "continue with can kicking, bailouts and money printing as long as they can; if they keep doing it, the whole system is going to fail, and you're going to have a reset," he said.
That kind of system collapse wouldn't be the end of the world and won't likely occur within the year, Santschi said. "But you're going to have a different monetary system, not this crazy credit system and out-of-control credit creation" where a massive financial system, including trillions of dollars in derivatives risk, is built "on a much smaller economic system."

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The Connecticut State Lodge has its own Executive Board and Board of Trustees with its own Constitution and By-Laws. The Connecticut State Lodge provides specific programs and assistance needed for the Local Lodges of Connecticut. The State Lodge also assists with many different charitable organizations and groups within Connecticut.
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One of the very first blogs I ever read was Alicia's Paulson's wonderful Posie gets Cozy. I'm pretty sure you will be a devoted follower too, and if not, where have you been?
Alicia has a set pattern for her blog posts; she loads a whole lot of delightful photos and then she talks to us about them in a narrative which follows underneath. I seem to be blogging less and less these days, quite simply because time seems to fly by and before I know it, another week or even ten days has passed by. It's not my intention to blog in this way all the time, but as I seem to be playing catch up and I have a real jumble of things to share with you, Alicia's method spoke to me and so today, here I am, giving it a try.
So, we are through half term already which seemed to see us fitting an awful lot into a short space of time. We did head West later in the week, stopping in Alresford in Hampshire which is a favourite little town. Some nice individual shops for me, the steam railway for the boys and a lovely cosy pub for lunch for us all. The weather was quite kind whilst we were in Somerset. I took some crafty bits and bobs with me, mainly a tin full of narrow, teeny strips of yummy vintage fabric. We made the obligatory trip to Bridders on the Saturday and we also fitted in a flea market. I didn't feel like I found much this time, seems like there is a lack of stock around, not least because there are no car boot sales, I suppose. Still, when I unpacked my haul, and needed to find a home for it, I had amassed quite a little treasure trove. Lots of very inspiring stuff.
Now that the shower room is finished... Excuse me just a minute, whoah, let's rewind there. Did somebody say THE SHOWER ROOM IS FINISHED? Well, after a final push we were frustrated to find we'd been sent the incorrect part for the shower screens so a wait ensued and Handyman Steve went home while the part winged its slow way from Cumbria (thank goodness for buying British, though). To all intents and purposes, it is finished but I think I want to make something to dress the window, I even bought some fabric yesterday, so when that is done, we shall have a grand unveiling ceremony. But there are a few snaps today just to keep you going.
I am enjoying having the house back to myself and have done a spot of baking here and there. I always feel quite unsettled when there is someone here working and find it hard to stick to my little routine. I tend to hide myself away in my Den, always a source of inspiration and pleasure, and following my energetic quilt listing session last week, I have been swept off my feet with orders and requests for custom work. I started a pretty pastel quilt for a cat lover, today. This is to include the colours pink and green, which are my favourite, so I am being spoiled in making this quilt, really. I am making it for a lovely lady who has commissioned me before and it always feels such a pleasure to have people return.
So, I fear it's time to leave my little space here for today and get back to that quilt (more like, I cannot wait!) and look forward to a slice of tea loaf later. I have some of those pretty raggy fabric rosettes listed in my Etsy shop along with the iPad (other tablets are available) cover, so watch that space if you are feeling like a treat.


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This month, my blog post just happens to coincide with my release day for the final Viva Las Vegas book: My Vegas Comeback.
In Vegas everything is a gamble, including love.
Ruby Kendall needs a chance to make a comeback. Her voice made her a legendary singer in Las Vegas, but a scandalous divorce from her scumbag manager has left her unemployable. She's broke and desperate. But is she ready to take that chance with the man she loved but turned her back on eight long years ago?
Anthony Rosas lost the love of his life when he forced Ruby to choose between their love and her career. Now he's finally ready to take a gamble on love. This time, he'll support the very career that took her from him. But he wants to be more than just her manager. He wants back the dreams they lost.
They come together with a heated desire that the years couldn't extinguish. But the odds are against them. In 1950's Vegas, a divorced lounge singer is hardly suitable wife material. Not to mention her abusive ex, his disapproving parents, and the fact that Ruby is all out of trust.
Can they beat the seemingly insurmountable odds and let true love win this second time around?
This is a story of reunion, of two people who have spent the last eight years knowing that they lost the love of their lives and feeling powerless to stop it. Ruby married her manager who became abusive and Anthony just became a playboy, trying to forget Ruby in the arms of woman after woman.
Neither were happy. Finally, Ruby found the strength and courage to leave her abuser, but he's a powerful man in Las Vegas. No one wants to trifle with him by hiring the woman he refuses to let go of. When Anthony finds Ruby, drowning her misery in a cup of coffee, he goes all in. Oh, he knows she'd never make a suitable wife–she still wants fame, not keeping house and raising babies. And, the thing is, with his sister and brother in love and happy, Anthony wants to find a wife.
But, he just can't seem to walk away from the only woman he's ever loved. He entangles himself in her life in every way he can dream up and the explosions that lost love brings could destroy both their lives.
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"Come sing for me," he said.
"Before we eat? I need to warm up."
Shutting the door behind her, he took the bag and placed it on the table by the door where he kept his keys and wallet.
She shook her head. "What about our food?"
With a flustered sigh, Anthony took her by the arm and led her to the piano. He sat, ran through the keys quickly, then handed her the paper with the lyrics. He centered the staff sheet on his piano. "Sing that."
"You wrote the music." Her voice was breathless. If she were another woman, jewelry might elicit such a powerful response. But not Ruby—her heart lay with the melody. Settling on the bench beside him, she said, "Scoot over."
He did, the two of them just fitting together on the seat. He began to play, and she opened her mouth, letting loose with the lyrics on longing for a man she could never have that she'd written days ago. The expected way to go would've been something fast, up-tempo, but Anthony knew slowing things down would make the song hit all the right marks.
When she finished she turned to him. Tears welled in her eyes before one plump teardrop coursed down her cheek. "You wrote me a song."
"We wrote the song, Red. It was your words that made it beautiful. And your voice. I could listen to you sing all day."
She tangled her hands together in her lap with a shake of her head. "Do you have any idea how much this means to me?"
So many things he could say. Something flippant, like, It's no big deal. But it was a big deal. He didn't share his songwriting with anyone, not anymore. "There's nowhere for you to sing it, not yet. But I promise I won't let you down. You'll be playing your own songs in a packed nightclub before I'm finished."
She lifted her head and gazed into his eyes. Her hand reached out to brush his cheek, and he went very still. "I believe you. More than that … I trust you. I always have."
Saving him from having to come up with a response, she leaned into him and brushed her lips against his own. Her soft lips like a feather fluttered against his mouth, his cheek, his neck.
"Ruby, I didn't … I wasn't trying …"
"Don't say anything." She pulled back but took his hand. "You wrote me a song." She said it again, as if the words held the secret to all the things between them, the things that had kept him from touching her like he'd wanted to since the first day at her apartment.
And because the song meant so much, she offered him everything, anything. Twining her fingers through his own, he took her mouth in a kiss. Passion flared between them like lighting a match, making him hard. God, how he wanted her.
Before he could think of anything, of the reasons this might be wrong, he pulled her onto his lap and trailed kisses down her swanlike neck. Her hair, when he pushed it over her shoulder, fell like a curtain to reveal the back of her neck. He placed kisses there with reverence. He could spend days worshipping her, and it wouldn't be enough. As he brushed his fingers over her shoulders, he couldn't be more grateful she'd bared them today.
Her eyes fluttered open, and she held his gaze. "Make love to me. Please, make love to me now."
In a second, he was up, lifting her from his lap, an arm under her knees and one around her waist. He'd promised himself he wouldn't touch her, wouldn't push her unless it was her idea. Now, finally, it was, and all he wanted to do was stop time.
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State Theatre
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One of a set of theaters occupying the Loew's Building on Euclid Avenue (the other being the Ohio Theatre), the State Theatre obviously, was built for the Loew's circuit, opening on February 7, 1921, and, like the Ohio Theatre, was designed by Thomas W. Lamb. The State Theatre operated as a vaudeville and movie house, turning primarily to movies only after the 1930's. The State Theatre closed the same week as the Ohio Theatre, in early-1969.
Like the Ohio Theatre, while it was closed, the State Theatre fell into serious disrepair, with holes in the auditorium's roof opening the theater to the elements, destroying a great deal of its original decor. Furthermore, in the early-1970's, the seats from both theaters were removed and sold in an auction.
The Playhouse Square Association, which was formed in 1970, when plans were announced that both the State Theatre and Ohio Theatre would be razed to make way for parking (which fortunately never came to fruition), brought the State Theatre back into the public awareness by hosting the Playhouse Square Cabaret in the State's main lobby for several years, beginning in 1973, which was a huge success.
In 1977, the Loew's Building was acquired by Cuyahoga County, and the next year, added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Since its restoration, bringing much of the 1920's appearance back to this moderate-sized theater, the State Theatre is now used for cabaret-style performances, concerts and comedy acts.
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'Wicked' witch wins battle of nerves over screaming woman in the crowd By Tony Brown, The Plain Dealer December 10, 2009, 7:00AM
Merideth Kaye Clark went out there an understudy. She came back a tough cookie.
And a showbiz disaster became a "beautiful theatrical moment, and the actors onstage and the 2,700 people in the audience shared something." That's how Clark recalled it all Wednesday.
On Tuesday night, in the midst of the quietest moment in the hugely popular Broadway tour of "Wicked" at the State Theatre in PlayhouseSquare, a drunken, obscenity-filled brawl broke out in the audience, tour manager Steve Quinn said.
Clark, a standby filling in as Elphaba, the green witch, had to make a quick decision as police and others scuffled with — and eventually handcuffed and forcibly removed — a screaming woman in the audience, Quinn said.
Clark could have followed Hugh Jackman and Patti LuPone, who recently stopped shows when cell phones rang in the audience. Instead, Clark sang the sad, beautiful "I'm Not That Girl" despite the increasing volume and invective, until the perpetrator was dragged out kicking.
"I thought, 'If the show stops, then she wins. If I go on, she loses.' "
As Clark sang the last notes in the newly minted silence, the audience rose to give her an ovation that "felt like a whole minute, and I guess I kind of took a bow. It was very magical."
As for the other woman in the tale, Cleveland police identified her as Kathleen Holmes, 49, of Rock Creek. She was charged with two misdemeanors, and would have been released if she hadn't attacked the booking officer, police said. She was charged with felonious assault and was in jail Wednesday night.
Holmes will get her chance to sing this morning, when she's due to be in the audience of a judge.
SAD. But not surprising considering how inconsiderate people are in public anymore……..
Great 1969 photo of the 2 Loews marquees.
10-page grand opening ad from February 5th, 1921 is at
Just wondering as Loews had these two theatres in the same building if they shared the same Manager or did both theatres have seperate Manager and staff. When I worked for Loews I got moved around a lot but the theatres were not right next door to each other.
As I recall during the 50s when I was in Cleveland, 1 person managed both theaters as well as the Loews Stillman which was down the street a few blocks. I would assume that maybe each theater had an assistant manager. Anyone know for sure?
Thanks Chas and Chuck, In Nashville our City Manager had his office upstairs in the Crescent building but he was also the Manager of that theatre and had an Asst,Me most of the time,the others 2 theatres had their own Manager and Asst.Rein Rabakuk was our District Manager based out of Dallas he would visit our theatres about once a month with or City Manager Robert "BoB" Sokol.t was funny he would only stay about 15 minutes at each theatre and be gone.
Sorry that sould be, with our City Manager, not with or City Manager.Also when I was the Manager at the Loews Melrose I was in the lobby of the theatre one afternoon when I heard the pay phone ringing so I picked up the phone and it was Rein Rabakuk calling from Dallas to tell me to fire my Asst. Manager. I thought this was strange as the theatre was not open in the afternoon then,and how did he know I was even there.Anyway when my Asst.came in that night and saw me there in my suit that night,I was off most Friday Nights but had to go to the bank and do the checks and send out the weekly reports, I would wear my street clothes, and he would run the theatre that night,he knew something was up,and I had to give him the bad news.Sorry I am of topic,now back to the State Theatre.
Click here for an exterior view of the Loew's State Theatre in 1931.
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Do the pastor and assistant pastor of a local church have the power to vote at a session meeting? They are not members of the local church, as I understand it. Rather, they are members of the presbytery. Could you help me understand if the OPC has ever addressed this issue?
Thank you for your question to us. You have basically asked two different questions:
1. Can the pastor and assistant pastor vote in a session meeting?
2. Has the OPC ever addressed the fact that they are not members of the local church, and yet vote in the decisions of the Session?
I will cite pertinent portions of the Form of Government (hereafter FG); you may find this document online here. Here are the answers:
1. All the ministers of a particular church can vote in Session meetings. (The Constitution of the OPC has no category of "assistant pastor" or "associate pastor." All ministers called by a particular congregation are installed as its ministers, even if called as Teachers, regardless of how their particular responsibilities may be described by the calling body.) Our Form of Government indicates that a Pastor "joins with the ruling elders in governing the congregation" (FG VIII) and that the Session, "the governing body of the local church, consists of its pastor, its other ministers, and its ruling elders" (FG XIII:5). So it is clear that the ministers of a particular church can vote on all issues coming before the Session.
It is common that the Moderator, who is often the pastor, declines to vote unless his vote would change the outcome of the issue. This is derived from Parliamentary procedure, the idea being that the chairman is thereby less likely to be perceived as biased. But this is his choice: circumstantial, not mandatory.
2. Your other question poses a problem which is there because of the way you have phrased it, not by necessity. The basis for voting isn't membership, but consent of the governed. Elders don't vote because of their being members of the local church, for the church has many members who do not vote on the Session. The Elders vote because the members of that church—believing that God will bless them through the rule of these men and believing that the men are gifted and called by God to office—have voted to call these men to office. They are, in other words, entitled to vote in the session because the people have called them to rule over them, not because their membership is in the congregation.
The same principle is applied to ministers. They vote because the people have voted to call them to serve in office there.
Notice how this principle is carried out in other ways. If the pastor is absent for some reason, and the session has asked another minister to meet with them, that minister cannot vote (FG XIII:6). Only if there is no pastor and the Session has requested a minister to be appointed for awhile can that minister vote (FG XIII:7). A church may come into circumstances where they have an insufficient number of elders to function properly. In such a case, the Session may be "augmented" by elders from other churches, but the congregation must consent to that governance or it cannot be done (FG XIII:10).
As to the implied question—why do ministers have their membership in presbytery instead of in the local church?—in some Reformed traditions, particularly those of Dutch heritage, ministers are in fact members of the local church. In our own denomination the membership of ministers is in the presbytery, though such ministers have communing fellowship with the local church.
There are three reasons or arguments in favor of this practice: First, we expect our ministers to have a broader range of responsibilities over the whole work of the church than do the elders. Their responsibility, more than that of the elder, is in the region. (Yes, individual elders from the different congregations are also called to serve the regional church through their presence and voting at meetings of the presbytery, but not all elders are called to do such.) Second, we recognize the need for a large measure of specialized education for our ministers that we do not require for our elders (e.g., knowledge of Greek and Hebrew). Consequently, we think it more proper that they are subject to the examination and oversight of others with that same level of training. Finally, since the ministers are members of presbytery, that fact makes any discipline of them, or any dispute over their call to a particular church, immediately the concern of the presbytery. This provides a large window for the regional church to view the happenings, and to participate in working to promote the purity and peace of the church.
I hope this is helpful. If we can assist further, please let us know.
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Stevens Dissents
"Had they [the younger majority of Justices] learned to drive when most high-speed driving took place on two-lane roads rather than on superhigh-ways-when split-second judgments about the risk of passing a slow-poke in the face of oncoming traffic were routine-they might well have reacted to the videotape more dispassionately."
"...like the time I caught the ferry over to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for my shoe, so, I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. 'Give me five bees for a quarter,' you'd say.Compare and contrast.
"Now where were we? Oh yeah -- the important thing was that I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn't have white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones..."
"Big deal! When I was a pup, we got spanked by presidents 'til the cows came home! Grover Cleveland spanked me on two non-consecutive occasions!"


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How do you track the seasons? By the temperature outdoors? The quality of light pouring in the window as you sit at the breakfast table? Or perhaps by which of your favorite professional teams is in action. (Go Sox!)
Me, I track the seasons by what's for sale just inside the entry doors at Kmart; and what's featured in the supermarket's in-store bakery.
Though I haven't been to Kmart recently, I'd imagine that by now, 7 weeks before Easter, they're heavily into spring clothes, stuffed bunnies, and the ubiquitous Marshmallow Peeps—in more shapes and colors than ever before.
Yes, the past few years we've witnessed a Peeps explosion. Blue bunnies! Purple eggs! Green chicks! Yellow, white, pink, doesn't matter to me, so long as they never lose that plain-jane marshmallow flavor, and signature soft-gritty Peep texture.
Supermarket bakeries, on the other hand, are still drafting on the high of Mardi Gras king cakes, while getting ready to jump into shamrock cookies, green-iced cupcakes, and golden rounds of Americanized Irish soda bread.
St. Patrick's Day is a tough one for bakers. Green + baking aren't two concepts that play happily together. Though pistachio cookies and Key lime pie try to carry the day, there's not a single kelly-green baked good that doesn't rely on a heavy dose of food color for its hue. Ewwww.
But Easter—ah, Easter is heaven for supermarket bakeries. Bunny cakes! Iced flower cookies! In Italian bakeries, gorgeous lamb cakes, and columba pasquale, Easter dove bread.
And everywhere, of course, hot cross buns.
These buns, historically baked 2 days before Easter on Good Friday, are now available well before that. Originally packed with candied peel and other dried fruits, and marked with a piped pastry cross on top—not sweet icing—they've devolved into plain raisin buns topped with a thick frosting cross.
I don't know many kids who like hot cross buns, once they've licked off the icing. But lots of Boomers still seem to go for them, perhaps remembering pre-Kmart days when the seasons weren't accelerated and extended, and the appearance of hot cross buns meant spring really was just around the corner.
So, forgive me. I'm pulling a Kmart here, and surfacing hot cross buns well before their calendar due date. We're in the heart of winter still; February and March, here in Vermont, are traditionally our snowiest months.
Still, I can see the green tips of daffodils edging up along my south foundation. So maybe spring isn't so far away after all. And perhaps it's OK to celebrate the longed-for return of warm weather with a batch of hot cross buns well in advance of Easter.
Read our Easy Hot Cross Buns recipe as you follow along with these pictures.
First, let's prepare the fruit; you should do this well ahead of when you want to make the buns, as it needs to sit for preferably a couple of hours (longer doesn't hurt).
I like to use tiny, sweet dried currants; and our fruitcake blend, which combines diced apricots, pineapple, cranberries, raisins, and dates. Non-traditional, for sure, but oh-so-tasty. Combine the fruit with rum (or apple juice), cover with plastic wrap, and microwave for a minute or so, just to heat it up. Remove from the heat, and let it cool to room temperature. As it cools, it should absorb most of the liquid.
I decided to follow this recipe's original directions by combining everything except the flour—butter, milk, eggs, yeast, sugar, spices, salt, and baking powder.
And here's what happened—a mess. Globs of butter and spices floating in liquid. Next time, I'm combining ALL of the dough ingredients at once.
Here's what the dough looked like when I added the flour. That's more like it.
It's very soft. I beat it with the flat beater for 3 minutes…
…then scraped down the sides of the bowl, and switched to the dough hook.
An additional 4 minutes of kneading with the dough hook turned it into a sticky, fairly smooth dough.
In goes the cooled fruit, including any liquid that hasn't been absorbed.
This is sticky business, kneading the fruit in. Your best bet is to oil your hands, and do it right in the bowl.
Keep at it till the fruit is well distributed throughout the dough. Cover the bowl, and let the dough rise for 1 hour.
Here it is after 1 hour. It's not a vigorous riser, but should puff up a bit.
Gently deflate the dough by scraping it down.
Use a muffin scoop, if you like, to scoop out generous, billiard-ball-sized portions.
Grease your hands, and round the scoops into balls. I ended up with 13 full-sized buns, and one baby. They snuggled nicely in a 9" x 13" pan.
Cover the pan; a plastic shower cap works nicely. Let the buns rise for 1 hour, or until they've expanded and started to crowd one another.
Next, whisk up a mixture of egg white and milk; this will give the buns a satiny shine.
Apply to the risen buns; a silicone brush does a nice, gentle job.
Here they are, ready to go into the oven.
Bake the buns for about 20 minutes, till they're a rich golden brown.
Remove them from the oven.
See that soft shine? Take them out of the pan, and cool them on a rack.
When the buns are cool, make the icing. Combine confectioners' sugar, milk or cream, a tiny pinch of salt, and vanilla.
Your goal is enough milk or cream to make icing that's the perfect consistency for piping. Go easy with the liquid; icing can go from perfectly pipe-able to liquid with just a few extra drops.
Now comes the challenge: piping the crosses atop the cooled buns. I used to cut the corner off a plastic sandwich bag to do this; now, it seems every sandwich bag I find has a gusseted corner, or some other "improvement," that makes it unsuitable for snipping off its corner to make a homemade piping bag.
Plan B: a parchment funnel. (Or Plan B might be disposable pastry bags, if you're into piping icing on a consistent basis.)
Roll the parchment into a cone.
Secure with a rubber band.
Spoon icing into parchment cone, and cut off its tip, if it's too small.
Squeeze icing in cross shapes atop the buns.
Here's what my homemade piping bag looked like by the time I was done. This is why disposable pastry bags were invented.
But in the end—success. These buns looked almost as good as they tasted. Welcome, spring!
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Power wins Indycar Wisconsin 250
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Power raced to his third victory of the season, and his first on an oval. He has said his top priority is to win a title for Penske.
Montoya, another Penske driver, finished second. Tony Kanaan was third.
After coming into Milwaukee with a four-point lead, Power heads to the road course at Sonoma next week with 602 points, 39 more than Castroneves.
Plus, Power proved doubters wrong who said he couldn't win on ovals. It was Power's third career oval victory, following Texas in 2011 and Fontana last year.
"Yes! I love winning on ovals! I love winning on ovals!" he yelled on his radio after taking the checkered flag. The season could be decided on an oval with the final in two weeks at Fontana.
Power's victory ended Ryan Hunter-Reay's two-year winning streak at the Mile. Hunter-Reay won the Indianapolis 500, but his championship hopes took a hit after exiting following 168 laps with mechanical problems.
Hunter-Reay was third in the standings entering the race. His day had started on a high note after signing a three-year extension with Andretti Autosport to stay in the No. 28 car.
The day belonged to Power, who was in familiar territory after also having led the standings with three races to go in 2012 and 2010. Power crashed in the finale both years.
Once again, Power is in control going into this season's final two races in California.
"We asked him today to drive on an oval like he would on a road course," team president Tim Cindric said about the fuel strategy Power used Sunday.
Power led by 2 seconds late Sunday before Montoya was able to shave about a half-second from the lead around lap 238.
Soon, Power and Montoya were the only two cars on the lead lap, with traffic ahead. It could have provided Montoya with a prime opportunity to get by.
Instead, Power started pulling away again and won by 2.7 seconds.
"Yeah, it was just hard," Montoya said. "Here, it's just one line" to pass.
Castroneves finished 11th in the race.
Simon Pageneaud, who finished seventh at Milwaukee, moved up to third in the driver standings, 92 behind Power.
Hunter-Reay fell to fourth place, while Montoya is fifth. Sixth-place Scott Dixon is the only other driver who remains eligible for the title.


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*In the comics whenever Nightcrawler teleports he passes through The Brimstone Dimension, a fiery, toxic wasteland from which the clouds he generates comes.
*In the comics whenever Nightcrawler teleports he passes through The Brimstone Dimension, a fiery, toxic wasteland from which the clouds he generates comes.
*In the comics, Nightcrawler and Rogue are step-siblings.
*In the comics, Nightcrawler and Rogue are step-siblings.
*In comics, Mystique had lost him at birth he found and raised by '''Margail Szardos''' who was a demon disguised as a human fortuneteller working at a circus named '''Herr Getmann's Traveling Menagerie'''.
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- "My name is Kurt Wagner, but in the Munich Circus I was known as the Incredible Nightcrawler!"
- ―Nightcrawler
Nightcrawler (born Kurt Wagner) is a mutant who is part of the X-Men. His abilities are superhuman agility, teleportation, and invisibility in deep shadows.
X2: X-Men United: The Movie Prequel: Nightcrawler
Kurt Wagner was a mutant orphan who was raised by kind circus folk in Germany. He had strong faith even though people were scared of him because of his devilish look. He took the name 'The Incredible Nightcrawler'. He was later captured by Weapon X as he was transformed into a living weapon like Wolverine and Deadpool.
X2: X-Men United
Nightcrawler was controlled by Colonel William Stryker to assassinate the President. He stood undercover and watched as Alicia Vargas read a speech excerpt by Abraham Lincoln. He then raced through the White House with a combination of teleporting and running, attacking those he found on the way until he reached the Oval Office. There he jumped on the President and raised a dagger as if to stab him, but was shot by a guard - dropping the dagger and teleporting away. It fell next to the President and on it was written 'MUTANT FREEDOM NOW."
Storm and Jean Grey attempt to recruit Nightcrawler after his discovery by Professor X through Cerebro. They look after him before taking him to the X-Jet to make their way home.
Following the abduction of several students from Xavier's School by Stryker's soldiers, Nightcrawler joins the X-Men in their rescue mission. After picking up Wolverine, Rogue, Iceman and Pyro, they are threatened by jet fighters. A missile tears through the X-Jet, and Rogue is sucked out before being rescued by Nightcrawler. Just before the X-Jet crashes, everyone is saved by Magneto.Later in the evening, Jean Grey read his mind, discovering the location of Stryker's base. He aided the X-Men with their mission to find Professor X and the abducted students. Following Jean's apparent death, Nightcrawler prayed for no more evil hoping everything will be good.
Later on, he appears with the X-Men for one last time when they travel to the White House to warn the President of a war that is coming.
X-Men: The Official Game
After Stryker stole parts from Cerebro, The X-Men forgot them so they had to get them leaving Nightcrawler to be the most valuable candidate. When he reached Cerebro, Nightcrawler had to fight Sentinels. When Multiple Man attacked the Brooklyn Bridge, Storm and Nightcrawler come to stop him. Storm is left fighting the clones and Nightcrawler finds the real one. He defeats him sending him to a prison. During this time after Nightcrawler left Mastermind to die, He had weird visions as did Storm but mostly Nightcrawler. After a while, Mastermind reaches out to him asking for help. He helps his ghost to be free but he is still dead.Nightcrawler told Professor X and Beast that he is a simple man and does not want to fight. He left to Germany but was told that he was allowed to come back. Nightcrawler thanked him and went off to take a break.
X-Men: Apocalypse
Kurt was working in a Munich circus until he was captured and taken to a Mutant fight club. He tries to escape but the walls of the cage block his teleporting and he is forced to fight his opponent: Angel. Although initially he tries to dodge and avoid fighting, Angel tells him that if he doesn't fight they will both be killed. Kurt knocks Angel into the walls of the cage severely damaging his left wing. Mystique has found the fight club and shuts off the power to the fences allowing Angel and Nightcrawler to escape, Angel fights his way out but Kurt is taken by Mystique. Mystique takes him to Caliban in order to get a new identity to travel to safety. However, Mystique sees a news broadcast on Magneto and decides to go see Charles Xavier and she takes Kurt with him. At the school Kurt becomes friends with Jubilee who gives him a tour of the mansion, he also meets Scott Summers and Jean Grey. He tells Scott how he is unfamiliar what a mall is, so Scott decides the four teen mutants should skip school and go out and have fun.
At the mall, Kurt gets to experience normal teen activities, he shops for records, sees "Return of the Jedi" and experiences "brain freeze" from a frozen drink at the food court. Scott then drives the four friends back to the mansion, only to find it has been attacked by Apocalypse and the Horsemen and Professor X has been taken. Willam Stryker also arrives and kidnaps Mystique, Quicksilver, Moira MacTaggert and Beast. Kurt hides in the rubble of X Mansion with Scott and Jean, who manages to use her telepathy to keep them cloaked from Strykers soldiers. The trio sneaks on the jet with the captured X-Men, to Alkali Lake Stryker's base for experimenting on mutants, to rescue their friends.
At Alkali lake the trio is forced to hide from guards and encounter Wolverine locked in a cage, Jean sets him free and he goes on a killing rampage throughout the base. While teleporting in various locations inside, Kurt eventually finds the captured heroes and Scott use his powers to blast open their cell. Kurt, Scott, Jean, Mystique, Quicksilver, Beast and Moira don armored suits and board a jet to fly to Cairo to save Professor X.
The team is divided with Kurt tasked to retrieve Charles's body from Apocalypse before they transfer consciousness's, but he is attacked by Angel again. Nightcrawler defeats Angel again and retrieves Charles, the X-Men return to the jet and are preparing to escape but the Horsemen attack and Kurt is forced to teleport himself and seven others to safety, straining him and causing him to pass out. When he awakes, his fellow X-Men have defeated Apocalypse once and for all.
The mansion is rebuilt and Kurt stays on as a student permanently, also joining Mystique, Beast, Quicksilver, Cyclops, Jean and a reformed Storm as the new X-Men. Under the watch of Professor X. the team gathers in the Danger Room to train against an army of Sentinels.
X-Men: Dark Phoenix
To be added
Death of the X-MenIn 2028, Charles Xavier developed Alzheimer's and suffered a massive seizure that injured 600 people, and killed 7 mutants, including several members of the X-Men. It is unknown if Nughtcrawler was among those who were either killed or injured.
Nightcrawler is a devout Catholic and a very friendly character. Generally polite and cheeky, he is very protective of his friends and does whatever he can to help them, teleporting them to safety, helping infiltrate the Weapon X facility or even snoop on the adults on Rogue's behalf. Nightcrawler's friendliness and eagerness to interact with others sometimes leads to him being dismissed when trying to introduce himself, notable when Wolverine, Storm, Beast and Mystique generally dismiss him. However, he is seen to be respected by the other members.
In the official games, Wolverine has great respect for Nightcrawler's martial arts ability and finds it surprising Nightcrawler prefers to be against violence despite having a talent for it.
In the original timeline, Nightcrawler is generally portrayed as somewhat ashamed of his mutation, religious and timid mostly due to being brainwashed into assassinating the president which clearly had a strong effect as well as mutants were more openly discriminated. His interaction with Mystique shows that he believes she should try and look like human.
In the revised timeline, Nightcrawler is proud of his mutation to the point of announcing to Beast that he is blue in response to Beast's surprise at Mystique not in her blue form. He is still religious and dislikes fighting unless he is forced to do so.
In both timelines, he is seen many times praying for the forgiveness or the others like when Jean Grey died. He also is poetic and wise in a sense when he explains to Storm how faith is a better source of strength than fear or anger, he even pities the humans who hate mutants as he believes they are unfortunate not to understand what they see with their eyes. Due to his forgiving and friendly nature, not many characters dislike or hate him, except for Archangel. Despite his pacifistic and timid side Nightcrawler is a talented fighter and is shown to easily hold his own against most adversaries and is very courageous when necessary.
Powers, Abilities, & Weaknesses
- Prehensile Tail - Like Azazel, Nightcrawler's tail allows him to grab onto objects with relative ease. His tail is strong enough to not only support his body weight but also lift an adult man completely off the ground. It is deft enough to fight with like a sword or blunt weapon and its talon or stinger like tip is sharp enough to be a stabbing weapon. His tail was strong enough throw grown men with ease and even catch Angel off guard and slam the winged mutant into the electric cage.
- Shadow Camouflage - He has limited abilities to blend into and create gaseous, three-dimensional shadows. When he is hidden in the darkness, he shows that he is able to have great stealth. During his attack on the White House, Nightcrawler creates a cloudy shadow to confuse enemies, with his tail reaching out and grabbing enemies.
- Superhuman Acrobatics - Nightcrawler's agility, balance, reflexes, and bodily coordination are enhanced to levels beyond the human body's natural limits.
- Superhuman Flexibility- Nightcrawler's bones, muscle and joints have more elastic strength and durability allowing him to perform gymnastic and contortionist maneuvers without damaging his bone structure.
- Superhuman Reflexes - Nightcrawler reflexes are enhanced to a point where he can effortlessly dodge automatic fire and decisively teleport before being shot at. His reflexes appear to be equal to Archangel's. When rescueing Professor X, Nightcrawler teleport is shown ,from his perspective, to be travelling through wormhole like shadow. Whilst the time between disappearing and reappearing is almost one second, for Nightcrawler it feels like 6 seconds. This shows that 1 second is roughly 6 seconds long from Nightcrawler's perception.
- Superhuman Resilience - Nightcrawler is resistant to his own teleports, however teleporting with passengers continuously will weaken them as they do not possess the resistance he does. He can use this to grapple and incapacitate his adversaries. He may be possibly resilient to physical hits as a bullet does not seem to fully penetrate his arm nor slow him down at all. After being shot in the arm, Nightcrawler was capable of using repeated teleports to travel from the White House in Washington DC to an abandoned church in Boston. Professor X notes he could not lock on to Nightcrawler until he stopped teleporting as his teleports made a broken line when cerebro was tracking him. Showing that despite the gunshot wound and lack of rest, Nightcrawler possesses exceptional resilience, although he required medical attention as he is seen wearing a plaster over his wound. During his first encounter with Angel, Nightcrawler got repeatedly electrocuted by the cage, however he was capable of avoiding Angel with acrobatic maneuvers and teleports, thus proving his resilience .
- Surface Adhesion - Nightcrawler is also able to cling to solid surfaces, such as walls, via his hands and feet.
- Teleportation - Nightcrawler is able to teleport to any place, as long as he knows where he is going. His teleportation gives him the appearance of being vaporized into a very brief puff of blue or pure black smoke or gas wherever he teleports to or from. As a teenager, Nightcrawler could not teleport mulitple people without risk of extreme exhaustion or fatigue. Nightcrawler's teleports have a side-effect of weakening his passengers, especially those who are non-teleporters. Using repeated teleports, he was capable of repositioning himself and Archangel until he wore down his adversary and trapped him in a concrete and steel block. Though Archangel was able to recover and free himself, Nightcrawler's teleports exhausted the winged warrior long enough for Nightcrawler to rescue Professor X.
- Concious Spatial Awareness - Nightcrawler also possesses an extra-sensory spatial awareness, when teleporting into an area that he is not looking at. Nightcrawler claims there is a risk of re-appearing within a solid object, however his spatial awareness allows him to teleport and avoid re-appearing into an object that was moved or a person that is standing in what is normally open space.
- Master Acrobat - Growing up in a circus, Nightcrawler is an extremely a talented acrobat, contortionist and martial artist.
- Bilingual - He is fluent in English and German. Due to living as a circus performer, to is possible he is multi-linguistic in other European languages.
- Master Hand-to-Hand-Combatant- Kurt was able to expertly take out dozens of soldiers and secret service agents to get to the President. He was able to defeat Angel a highly skilled mutant cage fighter.
- Electric Field - If Kurt is caught in an electric field, such as an electrified chamber of any sort, it will hinder his teleportation and limit it to the volume of the space he is in. This is evident as he could not escape the electrified cage or enter the Weapon Plus prison.
- Long Distances - The further Kurt teleports, the greater the risk of injuring himself by re-appearring within a solid object or straining his body.
- Telefrag - Kurt must be able to visualize where he is teleporting, or he could end up in a dangerous position, such as inside a wall, though he managed to overcome this if he can visualize his destination in his mind, allowing him to teleport past an obstacle if he can imagine what is past it.
- Telekinesis - Telekinesis, or namely Jean Grey's powerful telekinesis, can be used to keep him from teleporting, as well as to completely lock him in place.
Friends & Family
- Azazel † - Possible Father
- Mystique - Former Ally and Possible Mother
- Cyclops † - Former Ally and Friend
- Professor X - Friend, Ally, and Rescuee
- Rogue - Former Teammate, Friend, and Rescuee
- Iceman † - Former Teammate and Friend
- Jean Grey † - Former Teammate and Friend
- Storm † - Former Teammate and Friend
- Wolverine - Former Teammate and Friend
- Artie Maddicks - Ally and Rescuee
- Cypher - Ally and Rescuee
- Jubilee - Ally and Rescuee
- Jason Stryker † - Enemy
- Lady Deathstrike † - Former Cellmate and Friend turned Enemy
- William Stryker † - Enemy, Captor, and Torturer
- Magneto - Ally turned Enemy
- Pyro † - Ally turned Enemy
Friends & Family
- Azazel † - Possible Father
- Mystique - Mentor, Teammate, Rescuee, and Possible Mother
- Professor X † - Former Mentor, Former Teammate, Friend, and Rescuee
- Beast - Mentor, Teammate, Friend, and Rescuee
- Caliban † - Former Ally
- Jubilee - Former Classmate and Friend
- Magneto - Ally and Former Enemy
- Storm - Teammate, Friend, and Former Enemy
- Wolverine † - Former Teammate, Friend, and Rescuee
- Cyclops - Teammate, Friend, and Former Classmate
- Jean Grey - Teammate, Friend, and Former Classmate
- Quicksilver - Teammate, Friend, and Rescuee
- Moira MacTaggert - Teammate, Friend, and Rescuee
- Apocalypse † - Enemy
- Horsemen of Apocalypse
- Lilandra Neramani - Enemy
- Shi'ar Empire
- William Stryker - Enemy
- It has not yet been stated who is Nightcrawler's father in the film series. Although he and Mystique had a brief conversation in X2, there was no reference to the fact that she is his mother like she is in the comics and cartoons. However, during the outtake reel for X-Men: Apocalypse, Mystique actress Jennifer Lawrence makes a joke about Kurt being her and Azazel's son.
- If Nightcrawler is Mystique and Azazel's son in the films, that means he was conceived between October 1962, when Mystique and Azazel joined the Brotherhood, and July 1963, when Azazel was killed.
- Another popular theory is that John Wraith, who appeared in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, is Nightcrawler's father due to his teleporting abilities. This was even confirmed in the movie's tie-in game, although it is non-canon.
- Nightcrawler doesn't appear in X-Men: The Last Stand because Alan Cumming stated that the make-up process was uncomfortable. He still planned on returning when Bryan Singer was attached but left when Brett Ratner came to direct. Thoughts of replacement were considered but his part was so minimal so his part was cut. In the X-Men: The Official Game, his absence is explained saying that he doesn't wish to lead a violent life.
- According to the X2 film, Nightcrawler's tattoo-like markings represent each sin he has committed.
- In the revised timeline, Nightcrawler does not feel completely out of place. This may be because of the more positive attitude the world has towards mutants. He was also able to go out to a shopping mall without makeup or a disguise. During this sequence, he did not show any concern for his looks. In fact, he seemed eager to go, in order to experience American culture.
- Nightcrawler and Archangel's rivalry is based on the fact they are from rival mutant sub-species. Nightcrawler and his father Azazel are descendants of the Neyephem (Demonic mutants) whilst Archangel is believed to be a descendant of the Cheyarafim (Angelic Mutants).
- In the comics whenever Nightcrawler teleports he passes through The Brimstone Dimension, a fiery, toxic wasteland from which the clouds he generates comes.
- In the comics, Nightcrawler and Rogue are step-siblings.
- In comics, Mystique had lost him at birth he found and raised by Margail Szardos who was a demon disguised as a human fortuneteller working at a circus named Herr Getmann's Traveling Menagerie.
External links
- Nightcrawler on the Marvel Wiki
- Nightcrawler on Wikipedia
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Drinking the Bottom Shelf: Malibu Red
Will Gordon drinks his way through the bottom shelf of the liquor store...so you don't have to.
My friends Jen and Nils just had a kid, and though they failed miserably in the gender department, at least they tried to salvage the situation by giving their son a cool name: Kai. It's Norwegian for water or Finnish for fish, or something like that. They're into boats and such. Their bar is called The Bitter End, which I'm told also has some kind of nautical connection. Even their dogs are in on it. They go by...actually I can't remember; they're just dogs. Let's call them Sea Fido and Ocean Woof.
You can call a dog whatever you want without fear of affecting its future, but when you're dealing with a significant thing like a baby or a bar, a good name is of the utmost importance. I say this as a man with a serviceable but underwhelming name. If I'd been given a more ambitious name, I'm sure I would have achieved more in life, but on the other hand, at least I'm not some kind of sad sack Seth or Brad. You only name your kid something like that if you want him to be camp counselor or a war criminal.
I suppose I could change my name to something a bit grander, with some internal punctuation or at least a spare syllable. I read about a basketball player named J'Mison the other day. Pronounced like the whiskey? Let's say yes. That makes his name both clever and relevant! Maybe I could call myself O'lde Cr*ow.
Bottom Shelf research director Emily is named Emily, which is a pretty good name, but let's face it: It's the sort of thing you name your daughter if you intend for her to someday marry a Will. I don't think Emily has a middle name. That's the kind of information you might expect me to have, but when I asked her years ago the answer was more complicated than "Catherine" or "no," in fact I think it was some combination of those two things, and I haven't found the time to reinvestigate.
Emily's last name is a nice one, but also kinda standard-issue, and I suppose that within the next few months she'll have to decide whether to change it to Gordon. I don't have much opinion on that, which could be spun as either lack of interest or extreme enlightenment; let's call me progressive. It would probably be more convenient if we had the same last name, but then it would also confuse me for the first couple of years, since I've put so much effort into memorizing at least two thirds of her current name.
We could go the weird hippie route and make up a whole new last name, or the lawless J. Kenji Alt-Lopez-Hambone-Excalibur route and just start tacking extra parts onto our names whenever the spirit moves us. But we'll probably take a more conservative direction, and since we also won't be naming any pets or children or bars any time soon, that means we need to live vicariously through the cool names of others.
A kindly publicist sent us a new bottle of booze last week, about which I offer the following mixed review. Let's lead with the bad news that Malibu Red is a pretty lackluster name for a tequila, rum, and coconut liqueur hybrid. There's a good bit of red on the label, but the liquid itself is clear. Malibu Black—which is basically just a higher-proof version of the original Malibu coconut rum—has the good sense to be black, but I can't think of any reason why the Red isn't named Blue or Kai or any other little word.
But now that we've dealt with the bad news, time for the good: Not only is Malibu Red far less gross than it sounds—coconut tequila with a silly name?—but it's actually downright good. Malibu Red tastes exactly like it's supposed to: coconut rum and tequila in alternating waves, with coconut dominating the scent, then disappearing into a tequila middle before coming back at the end to leave you with coconut breath rather than fire breath.
It's very smooth and drinkable for a 70-proof hooch based on lower-middle class mixto tequila (Olmeca Blanco); if you're a shot-doer, this might be your kind of thing. I am not a shot-doer, but I'll happily finish this bottle with the help of nothing more than soda water and ice cubes. Emily likes it with pineapple juice, which isn't bad either. The bottle recommends mixing it with lemon-lime soda, which I think might be a bit of flavor overkill. I'm not sure I'd use the word "rum" in my description if I didn't read the label and know that Malibu is traditionally rum-based, but there's a whole lot of coconut and tequila character that strikes me as Sprite-resistant.
I'm not going to argue with anyone who dismisses coconut tequila as too weird. I like it, but I concede that it is strange stuff. But it's not nearly as trashy or mismatched as I'd feared, and I'd encourage the risk-takers among you to give it a whirl.
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Are you ever amazed at how quickly time passes by? Before you know it, you've been in your career for 10, 15, 20, 30 years! And sometimes when we start hitting the upper echelon of years, we may default to the old adage that you can't teach an old dog new tricks when thinking about our professional or even personal life. To that we say "Phooey!"
This guest blog post written by Rod Tarullo, CPRE, Director of Parks, Recreation, and Golf in the City of Golden, Colorado blows the roof off that old thought and demonstrates how someone well into their career can take on new challenges such as a new certification opportunity (CPRE).
Seems like not long ago, rumors were flying about possible changes in our certification program. I was delighted to hear that a new level of professional certification was in the works. I have been in the parks and recreation field for more than 30 years. Early in my career, I sought after and received Certified Leisure Professional (CLP) status. This was eventually replaced by the current Certified Park and Recreation Professional (CPRP). When the Certified Park and Recreation Executive (CPRE) became available I considered it a personal challenge to be one of the first to attain this newly created level of certification.
I quickly realized that if I wanted to achieve this goal, I would need to step up and re-engage to do some things that I haven't done in a very long time.
Rod Tarullo, CPRE, clearly is not afraid of a challenge. He went for his CPRE despite being several years removed from taking tests and studying.
This included requesting and receiving college transcripts. The university had not changed locations so it was relatively easy to track down the records office. I was glad that I was actually able to make my request over the internet. I don't think the internet existed when I first tested. I could not believe that they keep those records so long! Interesting how my GPA has not gotten any better even with the passage of time.
Another re-engagement for me was preparing for the exam. I had not taken a test of this depth and magnitude in a very, very long time. What if I failed the exam, putting my ego on line? Could I pass this test? I would never know unless I tried. I knew in the back of my mind that NRPA doesn't announce or advertise the names of those who do not pass the exam, thank goodness!
When I initially got my certification, I found that the study material was very broad and vague. I think that the exam preparation materials now are much better and continue to evolve. I found the actual testing process stimulating and fun (what!?). Watching the clock to be sure I could finish in time added to the suspense. I found the questions covered pertinent areas for my job responsibilities. Some were a challenge because in my opinion there were good, better and best answers in the multiple choice process. As I left the testing area I could not believe that I had actually sat down and taken a test lasting almost two hours. Where did the time go?
Why would I do all this? For me I wanted to see if I had the experience and aptitude to accomplish this goal. I also had been encouraging our department staff to consider professional certification. This was a way that I could further walk the walk and not just talk the talk. I was willing to once again face the challenges of certification at a mature time in my life and career.
Was it worth it? You bet! I achieved my goal, gained a sense of accomplishment, impressed my staff, added some new letters behind my signature, and initiated interesting conversations with my peers about the process. Will there be another new certification level in the future? I hope so. Time will tell.
What new challenges do you give yourself to keep you fresh in your career? How do you keep current on the latest advancements in parks and recreation?
Editor's Note: We are just NINE away from the 100th Certified Park and Recreation Professional (CPRE). Remember, the 100th CPRE to complete the CPRE Examination will receive 3.0 CEUs of FREE NRPA online learning opportunities.
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"Postera non grata": No Barry Bonds Posters Since 2003
Barry Bonds "The Best" (Starline 2003) – The LAST Barry poster published!
Despite a continuing – and soon to be successful – assault on Hank Aaron's all-time Home Run record, Barry Bonds has been persona non grata when it comes to the poster publishers. Evidence of the use of performance-enhancing drugs, combined with a surly demeanor and a poor reputation as a teammate, has made him a less-than-popular superstar. Yet, certainly, he has more fans than, say, Mark Teixeira or Jason Bay.
Nevertheless, the last time a poster publisher featured Barry was 2003, on the above "The Best" poster, by the now-defunct Starline Inc. Costacos Sports (now owned by Trends International Corp.), hasn't published a Bonds poster since this 2001 entry, "Bonds Away".
The backlash against Bonds seems to be spreading everywhere, and the poster market is no exception. Perhaps it's because, when he joined the Giants in 1993, he looked like a different person entirely…
Barry Bonds "Gone Deep" – Starline 1993
I guess the question is: will Costacos/Trends publish a record-breaker commemorative when Bonds hits #756? I'll pop an e-mail to the marketing manager there, and let you know if I get a response.
UPDATE 06/12/2007: I just got that response. Costacos/Trends does not publish Bonds posters because Barry opted out of the MLBPA back in 2003, and thus a separate licensing agreement would have to be negotiated with Barry's agent. Costacos/Trends does not believe this would be worth the time or effort.Explore posts in the same categories: Uncategorized


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Over two-thirds of the adult population and an increasing number of children are considered overweight. Not surprisingly, people turn to low carbohydrate diets (where carb intake is reduced to 50-125 grams daily) as a means to help them reach their weight loss goals. While many have had tremendous success on this diet, criticism of it by official agencies is widespread. Where does the truth lie? Can a low carb diet be improved to make it work better? Is a low carb diet healthy? I'll weigh in on these issues based on some of the latest research.
Nearly every study of low carb diets has shown equal or usually greater weight and fat loss compared to low fat diets. However, weight loss is not the only benefit of lowering carbohydrate intake. In fact, the most consistent effects of consuming fewer carbs are decreased risk for diabetes and heart disease. Blood levels of risk factors like triglycerides, HDL cholesterol, glucose and small LDL cholesterol particles consistently improve when carbs are replaced with either protein or fat. These metabolic improvements even occur in the absence of weight loss. In other words, health is improved whether weight loss occurs or not.
Saturated fat has been demonized more than any other nutrient and is blamed for being a major contributor for just about every major disease. However, many counter-examples exist that shed at least some doubt on the harmful effects of saturated fat. Consider the recent Harvard study that found the highest saturated fat intake also had the least plaque buildup on artery walls.[1] One factor that might explain such paradoxical findings is the background level of carbohydrate intake. The idea is that when carb intake is low, the potential adverse effects of saturated fat are not observed.
In a recent experiment in my laboratory we found that men and women who ate a low carb diet (45g carbs per day) with high saturated fat (36g) actually had two-fold lower amounts of saturated fat in their blood compared to a group consuming a low fat diet (208g carbs and 12g saturated fat) [2]. The concept that resulted from this study was that carbs control the fate of fat.
A leading researcher in low carb diets surveyed behaviors and attitudes of people following low carb diets.[3] He found people reported a high level of satisfaction and enthusiasm for low carb dieting. The survey identified 1,088 people who lost more than 30 pounds and maintained the weight loss for more than a year. The major dietary change was not an increase in bacon, but rather a large increase in green vegetables and replacement of starch and sugar-containing foods with non-starchy vegetables.
Ketones are ironically viewed as a negative side effect of low carb diets, when in fact ketones are described by leading scientists as "good medicine" or "super fuels."[4] Ketones are misunderstood because they are confused with ketoacidosis, which develops in people with uncontrolled diabetes. Increased ketones from a low carb diet are quite different and reflect accelerated fat breakdown. When fat breakdown exceeds the immediate need for fuel, the body temporarily makes ketones that circulate around the bloodstream to be used by cells for energy.
Protein supplements fit perfectly into low carb diets and can enhance fat burning and muscle-building effects. This is especially important if you are working out. Preliminary results from a recent experiment in my laboratory provide remarkable insight on how to achieve optimal changes in body composition.
We studied a group of men on either low fat (25% fat) or low carb diets (15% carbs). In addition to restricting carbs, the low carb group consumed a ready-to-drink casein protein shake (160 calories, 35g protein, 2g carbs). They took half a serving before and after their workouts (3 days per week) and one serving on non-training days.
The results were nothing short of extraordinary. Several men lost more than 20 pounds of fat and gained as much as 12 pounds of muscle in just 12 weeks. The combination of carb restriction and timed protein shakes around workouts that included resistance training is profound. A protein shake consisting of whey or whey and casein would likely have produced similar results.
Low carb diets can place an extra demand on branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) because unlike other amino acids, they are used as fuel. Whey protein is higher in BCAAs than other protein sources and has other unique qualities that make it an excellent complement to a low carb diet.
Although eating saturated fat is not all that bad on a low carb diet, it still makes sense to emphasize supplementation with certain types of health-promoting omega-3 fatty acids like those found in fish or flaxseed oil. They help reduce blood fats further and fight inflammation.
Green tea is a great accompaniment to a low carb diet to further augment fat loss. Green tea extract contains several polyphenolic compounds shown to have wide-ranging health effects. In particular, green tea extract has been shown to protect the body's natural thermogenic hormone, norepinephrine, from being destroyed.
Low-carb diets receive a fair share of criticism, most of it undeserved. Restricting carbs can play an important role in helping people lose weight and improve overall health. Combining it with weight training is the most effective way to trade fat for muscle. Adding casein or whey protein shakes, omega-3 fats and green tea extract is a perfect way to enhance the effects further.
1. Mozaffarian D, Rimm EB, Herrington DM. Dietary fats, carbohydrate, and progression of coronary atherosclerosis in postmenopausal women. Am J Clin Nutr 2004, 80(5):1175-1184.
2. Forsythe CE, Phinney SD, Fernandez ML, Quann EE, Wood RJ, Bibus DM, Kraemer WJ, Feinman RD, Volek JS. Comparison of low fat and low carbohydrate diets on circulating fatty acid composition and markers of inflammation. Lipids. (In Press).
3. Feinman RD, Vernon MC, Westman EC. Low carbohydrate diets in family practice: what can we learn from an internet-based support group. Nutr J 2006, 5:26.
4. Cahill GF, Jr., Veech RL. Ketoacids? Good medicine? Trans Am Clin Climatol Assoc 2003, 114:149-161; discussion 162-143.
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