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Monday, March 18, 2013
Why Video Marketing Is Important To Any Business
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Happy love day (almost)! Ryan and I are celebrating Valentines with our baby girl this year. Because our Anniversary is next weekend, we are planning on having a simple day at home. We are going to decorate heart shaped sugar cookies, watch a chick flick, have a yummy meal at home, and play Blokus (most addicting board game ever!). What are you doing for this year's love day?

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Mr. Peanut had just arrived in Washington, D.C. driving his hybrid P-Nut-o-Mobile. He zoomed past The White House straight down Pennsylvania Avenue to Congress. He was scheduled to speak before the Congressional Finance Committee. While he was waiting in the wings, reporters, spotting the leguminous icon, dressed in top hat and walking cane, mobbed him. As Mr. Peanut gamely posed for photographers and signed autographs outside of the Congressional Hearing Room, reporters pummeled him with questions. Here is an edited transcript of one such encounter:
Reporter: Mr. Peanut…Mr. Peanut. Why are you testifying?
Mr. Peanut: Simple, gentlemen of the Press, although Salmonella typhimurium has contaminated less than 0.0001% of all peanuts in America, the industry is down 25%.
Reporter: So?
Mr. Peanut: The peanut industry needs a bail-out.
Reporter: Do you think Congress will give it to you?
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Newry & Armagh DUP Assemblyman William Irwin MLA has slammed the theft of two jeeps last night from a farm house at Killyfaddy Road, Armagh.
The vehicles were stolen sometime between 10pm and 6am on Wednesday night, Thursday morning and the thieves entered the house and took the keys to a Toyota Landcruiser and a Toyota Hi Lux.
Mr Irwin said he was very concerned at this latest theft, especially as two valuable vehicles have been stolen from a farm house and once again thieves have entered a home and brazenly have taken the keys and made off.
He stated: "This is an alarming incident and I have spoken to police raising my serious concerns with them on this matter. It is vital that the PSNI exhaust every avenue in trying to locate the stolen vehicles and also apprehend those behind this latest theft.
"Whilst the owners of the jeeps were unaware that they had been taken until some time after the incident, there have been instances where gangs have confronted home owners with threatening and indeed physically abusive behaviour in order to get what they want - be that money, or vehicles. The impact of this type of theft is wide ranging and rural dwellers who have been the victim of crime are left feeling very vulnerable," he added.
"The PSNI recently launched a partnership approach with a number of agencies in a bid to tackle rural crime and this theft at Killyfaddy Road does show the absolute necessity of the PSNI increasing their resources in our rural areas and focusing more acutely on rural crime and the apprehension of those criminals behind these thefts.
"I would appeal to anyone who may have seen any suspicious activity to contact the PSNI immediately and assist with their inquiries."


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How Does the Two-Tight End Set Affect Tight End Value?
Like Starsky and Hutch, Will and Grace, Abbott and Costello, some of the best things in life come in pairs. What would you do with only one of your socks in the morning? What is peanut butter without jelly, or Penn without Teller? There are just some things that go together, and it's almost blasphemy to separate them.
We can look at some of the very talented recent tight end pairings that the NFL has given to us for evidence of this. 2011 was probably the high water mark for "two tight end sets†in recent memory, featuring duos like Owen Daniels and Joel Dreessen with the Houston Texans, Dennis Pitta and Ed Dickson with the Baltimore Ravens, and, of course, the New England Patriots' Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez.
The two-tight end set – also sometimes referred to as "12 personnel†– has been a staple of certain offenses for some time (New England). Yet it seems to be more in vogue recently as offenses with the personnel to utilize this formation have begun to experiment with it more (Cincinnati, Indianapolis). What does this formation do for offenses, though? It's thought that the two tight end set allows more than one tight end to be relevant in terms of offensive production, but does it really? We will dig into just how much value – if any – the two tight end formation adds to any given player in that scheme.
Lining Up The Study
The important thing we want to establish right away is which teams are frequently running two-tight end sets, and then how those offenses perform compared to their one-end counterparts. I looked at data from the last five years to see how tight ends have been utilized in recent times.
The first thing to note is that even since 2009, our starting point for this study, usage of the tight end has gone up a decent amount: the average starting tight end in 2009 received 69.43 targets per season, while his 2013 counterpart garnered 73.72 targets. However, we are looking to find out what the average two tight end set achieves, so historical trends for the position shouldn't affect the outcome here.
To establish the baseline of a "starting†tight end, I gathered all tight ends who played on 50% or more of their team's offensive snaps in any given season between 2009 and 2013. I then separated those who had a teammate also in on 50% or more of their team's offensive snaps and used this group of pairs as our "12 personnel†pool; the other group was our control group, with only one "starting†tight end per team. All in all, of the 160 team seasons played between 2009 and 2013 (32 teams multiplied by five years), there were only 25 instances of a team heavily utilizing two tight ends in any given season. Some teams consistently used this scheme, like the Patriots and Texans, while others were more intermittent in its usage, such as the Panthers and Rams.
Between these two groups, 12 personnel ends and standard set ends, I averaged and examined snap counts and - most importantly - our own numberFire Net Expected Points (NEP) metrics. NEP is a score achieved by a player by advancing his team's chances at scoring on any drive that he makes a contribution on. So, when a player hauls in a catch that advances his team's expected points on that drive from 2.5 to 5.5, that three-point difference is credited to our beloved tight end, or that player. For more on NEP, you can check out our glossary.
For tight ends, this contribution almost always comes through the passing game, so I specifically looked at Reception NEP and Target NEP (NEP accumulated specifically on all plays resulting in a reception, or any play on which the player is targeted, respectively).
Two Heads Are Better Than One?
We look straight at the tight end position itself: did the presence of another regular player at the same position positively or adversely affect our tight end duos, in contrast to our lone wolf ends?
The table below shows us the comparison between the average primary and secondary tight ends in the two-tight end set, the average starting tight end in standard personnel schemes, and the potential "advantage†the two-tight end set offers (the difference in value between starting tight ends in each scheme). These roles are compared based on Receptions, Reception NEP, Targets, Target NEP, and Reception NEP per Target (a measure of value efficiency for a receiving player, this metric shows how much value a player added on a per opportunity basis).
|TE Role
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|Target NEP
|Rec NEP/Tar
|12 Primary
|12 Secondary
|12 vs. Standard Advantage
First, we can see from the table that standard set tight ends tend to have slightly more receptions and targets than primary 12 personnel tight ends, meaning a greater production opportunity. This is to be expected, as standard sets don't require a division of labor; one player gets almost all the passing attention. The standard set's tight end also has a slightly higher Reception NEP (6.55% higher), likely due to the increased workload they experience.
However, when we look at the effectiveness and efficiency metrics, Target NEP and Rec NEP per target, we see that the primary 12 personnel tight end pulls in front by a fairly sizable margin (27.02% and 7.29% increases in the categories, respectively). It may be that the attention of defenses having to guard an extra large receiving option in the form of the secondary 12 personnel end allows the primary end to exploit defenses more than the standard set end. If true, the presence of another massive receiving threat allows the two tight end set to simply make the most out of each opportunity more than standard sets.
Wrapping Up The Catch
Another interesting filter to look through is the total value of the 12 personnel tight ends when compared to the standard set's starting tight end. The table below shows us these marks.
|TE Role
|Rec NEP
|Target NEP
|Rec NEP/Tar
|12 Total
Far and away, the combined ends in the two tight end set blow the standard set tight end out of the water, showing that the presence of two of these quality receiving threats does allow for extra value to be sent to the tight end position overall. This seems fairly simplistic and obvious, but it helps to illustrate the point that when considering the value between schemes one must not simply consider the value the lead tight end creates. One must also remember the value of the presence of two physical mismatches on the field at the same time, versus a standard set, and what that value is.
While none of this definitively concludes the debate on whether or not the two tight end set is massively more valuable to offenses, to the players' stat lines themselves, or even for fantasy owners, it does add some clarity to the situation. We can see that, in comparison to standard set tight ends, efficiency goes up for singular 12 personnel tight ends but volume tends to diminish. For the tight end unit as a whole, there is a massive value advantage for the two tight end set. Is one personnel scheme necessarily better than the other? It's hard to say, and we may not have a definitive answer even by the end of this study, yet the indicators seem to show that the two tight end set can be a major boon to inefficient and reliability starved passing offenses. And like Cagney and Lacey, efficiency and reliability is a duo you just don't mess with either.


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Michelle Obama Hilariously Breaks Down Why Melania Trump's Inauguration Gift Exchange Appeared So Awkward
The former FLOTUS also explained to Ellen Degeneres how Barack stepped in and saved the day.
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On July 6, 1949, actress and R&B songstress Phyllis Hyman was born in Philadelphia.
Known for her silky, blues-infused vocals, Hyman began her singing career with the group New Direction in 1971. After the group disbanded, she worked briefly with several Miami groups before leading the group Phyllis Hyman & the PH Factor. Two years later she relocated to New York City where her career began to blossom. She released her first solo album, Phyllis Hyman, in 1977 and signed with Arista Records one year later.
She would go on to have several hits break the R&B top 20, including "Somewhere in My Lifetime" and "You Know How to Love Me," and worked with musical talent such as Barry Manilow, the Four Tops and jazz pianist McCoy Tyner. She also appeared on stage and in film; for two years, she stared in Broadway's Sophisticated Ladies, earning a Tony Award and Theatre World Award for her performance. Her film credits include Lenny (1974) and Spike Lee's School Daze (1988).
Hyman was said to have struggled with substance abuse and depression during periods of her life. Tragically, on June 30, 1995, she committed suicide by a lethal combination of sedatives. She was 45.
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The former FLOTUS also explained to Ellen Degeneres how Barack stepped in and saved the day.
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It has already been a full day: a great St Giles' Gate session with I and N, followed by a trip to the Farmers' Market, a snack, a serious workout at the new gym ($10 a month was an offer I couldn't refuse), then lunch. I wrapped up the final paper for the Jan term class and uploaded it for my professor's grading, and am looking forward to a bite to eat and a movie at the Byrd Theatre, a true Richmond treasure.
The next couple of weeks are jam-packed with stuff - I'm double-booked several times, which I do not like at all, and there are some issues that need sorting in some of my extra-parochial responsibilities, which falls into the category of "human nature rearing its inconsistent head." Sigh.
Still, life is pretty good. Now, if the professor gives me an A on the paper, I'll upgrade life to "very good" but even if that doesn't happen, it's all okay.
Saturday, February 02, 2013
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I know animals are animals and all that...but there is no denying that a baby loves its' Mama and a Mama loves its' baby... It was so precious to see them nuzzle each other and to see the dead-looking calf perk perk right up after its' Mama started licking it all over.
It was also super cute to see the calf eventually try (and fail) to get up. And again. And again.
The calf, dubbed 'Acorn' before she was born (and without knowing she'd come out black!), is doing well. Sturdy. Feisty. And after a few scoury days, doing very well!
Those first two days were a terrible pain to get Acorn to eat- so when she finally started eating like she meant it- well, it was pretty exciting! I love Corynn's face in this picture. That is a girl overjoyed with a calf that actually WANTS to eat.


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Are you a hunter? Do you want to hunt the animals as safe with great protection? If so, then the hunting boots are quite important. So, are you looking the comfortable hunting boots in the online? If you answer is yes, then this article is for you. Keep reading this article to know about Best under Armour Hunting Boots.
Things to Consider When Buying Best under Armour Hunting Boots
First and foremost, the size is very important for hunting boots because if the size is not fit for you, then you can't able to hunt properly. So, buy the perfect size of the hunting boots to enjoy the hunting.
Not only that but also you should consider the height of the hunting boots because you need to survive in the dense forest while you hunting the animals. Better to consider your height and width of your legs. Based on that, buy the tall size of the hunting boots.
Best Under Armour Hunting Boots Review
Here we will discuss the reviews of the best 3 hunting boots such as following under,
Under Armour Men's UA Brow Tine Hunting Boots
This Under Armour Men's UA Brow Tine Hunting Boots is one of the latest as well as wonderful designs of the hunting boots in the market.
- Sweat resistant:
This boot is made using the synthetic and the leather material so it does not irritate your legs while you use it. Not only but also it helps to stay your legs as warm without suffering from the sweating problem.
In addition, the adjustable lace on the boots will allow you to tighten the boots comfortably.
This shoe is very light to wear.
The cost is too high to buy.
If you buy this hunting boots, then you don't want to use the shocks because it keeps your leg as dry without using the shocks.
Under Armour Men's Haw'madillo Boots
Are you looking the tall size of the hunting boots? If so, then buy the best brand of this Under Armour Men's Haw'madillo Boots.
- Durability:
This boot allows you to wear it for a longer period of time why because the inner lining of the shoe is made using the soft materials.
- Great protection:
The enough size of the heel is perfect to wear and also the height of this shoe gives the protection from the water and the harmful insects in the forest.
The design is impressible.
It is tough to store.
If you want to hunt the animals in the snow area, then buy this hunting boots and enjoy the hunting with your friends.
Under Armour Men's Tanger WP Hunting Shoe
This Under Armour Men's Tanger WP Hunting Shoe is more famous for the design in the market. Not only that but also it is low in cost too.
- Leather made:
When comparing to the other types of the materials, the leather is easy to wear and also it is comfortable too. So, the manufacturers are made this hunting boots using the leather. It comes in the colour of black and brown so it looks very nice.
- Design:
The design of this hunting boots is unique. Not only that but also this hunting boots do not allow the water to the inside of the shoes so it is perfect for your hunting.
It is easy and quick to wear.
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Buy this affordable rate of the hunting boots and hunt the animals greatly.
Final Verdict
If you don't get the branded hunting shoes in the market, then buy any one of the above-mentioned Under Armour products and enjoy the quality with it.


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Fantastic vintage fabric
Who knew this stylish fabric store existed? Fancymoon.co.uk may have a rather odd name, but its selection of fabrics, both vintage and new, is lovely. I stumbled across this vintage 'Carribbean Vignette' design while looking for cushions/covers for my kitchen bench. It's totally not right, but I love it... and will now try to find somewhere else it might fit. I also don't need the 'Cowboy Vignette' fabric (£10.99 per metre), which is in the same vein as the Wild West-themed Cath Kidston print... but I'm working hard to find a reason to.
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Here's the answer from Monday's Brain Twister!
A math teacher assigns a distinct prime number, starting with the lowest, for each student in her class. If she chooses two students at random, the probability the sum of their numbers is not even is less than 1/10. What is the fewest possible number of students in her class?
A good way to approach this question is by back solving. That is, take one of the answer choices and "put it back" into the question. For instance, let's assume the answer is (B) 20, which is a nice easy number to work with. If there are 20 students in the classroom, one of them has to be assigned the number 2. This is important because '2', the only even prime, is the only way to obtain an odd number when summing two primes (Odd + Even = Odd).
The chances of choosing that student given 20 total students, 19 of whom have odd prime numbers, can be described as the following:
# of desired outcomes
# of total outcomes
The one student with an even number can be paired with 19 other students, giving us 19 in the numerator.
The total number of pairings can be found by using combinations, not permutations, since we don't want to count the same student twice (Student 1 and Student 2 in a group is the same as Student 2 and Student 1 in a group).
20!/18!2! = 190 = # of total outcomes
19/190 = 1/10
We know that the odds have to be less than 1/10. By adding one more student the odds the probability would have to dip ever so slightly below 1/10, since the more students you have in the class the less likely you'll select the one and only student who has the even prime number, 2.
Therefore, by adding that one extra student we will have a probability that is slightly less than 1/10, meaning that 21 is the fewest number of students we can have in the class. Answer: (C).
I should mention one more thing: the question doesn't specify whether the primes after the lowest prime, the number 2, are in specific order. But since we are only dealing with the odd and even properties of prime numbers, and every prime number after '2' is odd, it doesn't matter which primes those are.


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- 3/4 tsp. dried thyme
- 3/4 tsp. dried oregano
- 1/4 tsp. ground black pepper
- 1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed
- 2 T. honey-Dijon mustard
- 2 oz. thinly sliced pepperoni (about 24 slices)
- 1 egg, beaten
- Mix first 4 ingredients in medium bowl.
- Cut puff pastry crosswise in half to form 2 rectangles. Spread 1 tablespoon mustard over 1 puff pastry rectangle, leaving 1″ plain border at one long edge. Place half of pepperoni in single layer atop mustard. Top pepperoni with half of cheese mixture.
- Brush plain border with egg. Starting at side opposite plain border, roll up pastry, sealing at egg-coated edge. Transfer pastry roll, seam side down, to medium baking sheet. Repeat process with remaining pastry rectangle. Chill rolls until firm, about 30 minutes, or wrap and chill up to 1 day.Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with foil. Lightly spray with oil. Cut each pastry roll into about thirty 1/4″ slices. Transfer pinwheels to prepared sheets. Bake until golden, about 15 minutes. Serve.


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In recent years, New York City has played host to niche food tasting experiences of all kinds- ones boasting everything from burgers and briskets to Brunches and soups. It's only fitting then that in the home of such excesses, a donut-based festival emanate from our friendly confines. With that in mind, Time Out New York would spend much of Saturday taking over the usually clubby atmosphere of Chelsea's chic Marquee space for three separate sessions in celebration of Dough Fest, a ninety minute tasting experience that combined some sugary eats, refreshing drinks and a smattering of dancing drag queens to boot!
We joined a line filled with guests in anticipation of the day's first session, slated to kick off at 10:30am. Though the start time may have been a bit early for slugging down shots of Bailey's Irish Cream or bottles of Tsingtao beer, the venue's dim lighting set amid the backdrop of a playlist filled with familiar hip-hop jams did plenty to make us forget about the fact that daylight still awaited us outside at the end of our ninety minute food tasting. A curated showcase of selected doughnut shops and bakeries would await patient folks, though the sheer array of pastries being offered would prove challenging for even the hungriest of attendees to taste everything being plated.
Six local purveyors would be on hand serving up doughnut halves, holes and even full-sized offerings inside a the two floor space, surprisingly crowded considering the weekend morning's early start. Guests immediately flocked to Underwest Donuts, where the shop located in a car wash on the West Side Highway would serve two of the day's finest options from the get go. First, the "Carwash," a marvelous mixture of lavender and vanilla doughnut cake, carefully outfitted with three different color stripes was essentially brilliant. Each fluffy bite was subtly sweet without being tooth-chattering and was light enough to enjoy without feeling gluttonous. Equally as satisfying was the store's "Maple Waffle" offering, definitively sweeter than its predecessor, but charmingly garnished with bits of waffle crunch and a tiny waffle triangle atop a nicely glazed circular doughnut.
Speaking of maple, The Doughnut Project of the West Village served up a "Maple Bacon Bar," a thick white glazed cake topped with a thin and crispy strip of bacon. The familiar flavor combination of salty pork and syrupy cake was especially satisfying, despite the presence of other notable offerings "The Bronx," an olive oil and black pepper decorated cake and "The Costanza," an decadent yellow doughnut salted by a chocolate exterior and adorned with buttered pretzel, potato chip and ritz cracker crumbles. Fortunately, the friendly team from SweetLeaf Coffee was located right nearby with pours of their "Rocket Fuel" to pair with many of the rich desserts being doled out. The powerful and other-worldly concoction meshed cold brew iced coffee balanced with a touch of Vermont maple syrup, milk and a splash of Bailey's for an additional kick in the pants.
As attendees stood in the center of the action on the first floor watching the house DJ work the mix all afternoon long, several folks dressed in drag would perch themselves on either side of the room overhead, providing some eye-catching fodder for guests to watch as they dunked their assortment of Mike's Donuts into some coffee or scarfed down a "PB&J Donut" courtesy of Leske's Bakery. Of the samples that we inhaled during the afternoon, our hands down favorite was the two-bite sized "Brown Butter & Fleur De Sel" served courtesy of David Burke Kitchen. Sized perfectly to enjoy one (or four), a thick layer of rich frosting was spread evenly over the top of the soft and delicately dazed mini-doughnut, managing to taste both complex yet still dangerously light.
With time in the day running down, we capped our afternoon off by grabbing two of Orwasher's Bakery's "Sugar Donuts," both overloaded with heaping amounts of fruit-fueled jelly. The "Black Raspberry" style showcased some Beth's Farm Kitchen Jam literally oozing out of the center of the soft yellow cake, sprinkled traditionally and liberally with tiny beads of white sugar. Each mouthwatering bite brought us closer and closer to our breaking point and a final napkin wipe of jelly from the face was the metaphorical waiving of the white flag for the afternoon. The temptations inside "Dough Fest" were literally too much to bare and seemingly just as soon as we had arrived both hungry and excited, it was time to head out- now filled to the brim and completely amped up on sugar. Fortunately for us, it was barely even lunch time- and the rest of our weekend in Manhattan still lay ahead.
- Jane Van Arsdale
Food Photos from Time Out NY 'Dough Fest' 2016
Underwest Donuts: Passion Fruit, Maple Waffle & Carwash
Mike's Donuts: Variety
David Burke Kitchen: Spiked Raspberry Limoncello, Brown Butter & Fleur De Sel
The Doughnut Project: Bacon Maple Bar, The Bronx & Costanza
Orwasher's Bakery: Black Raspberry Sugar Donuts & Strawberry Sugar Donuts
Leske's Bakery: PB&J Donut, Donut Holes with Tsingtao Beer Cream


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The decades latest journalistic scandal involves a tiny community newspaper on the outskirts of Houston. The Montgomery County Bulletin was exposed nearly two weeks ago by a comprehensive article in Slate that showed the paper plagiarized hundreds of sources from around the world. The publisher has since sacked the writer, Mark Williams, and shuttered operations for good.
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In an insightful and curmudgeonly essay called Mind Blindness and the Decline of Hitchhiking, travel writer Paul Theroux asks us to reconsider our normal mode of information dispersal that is, the get-it-first mentality.
What we get what we are still getting is foreground, not background, he writes of the medias Iraq War coverage.
We know all about what troops are doing, he says, but little of who the Iraqis are. We know about roadside bombs, but not the differences between Sunnis and Shiites. Journalists tell don't provide a sense of perspective, scope, or depth. They rarely give all that minutia, all that embedded detail, a comprehensible shape.
If all that reporters describe are disasters, assassinations ... riots and reverses, Theroux writes, we are left with an image of the world as fragile or accident-prone, and the best-intended news story becomes the source of stereotype and untruth.
Theres a hint of hysteria in Therouxs admonition (and a feeling of being somewhat behind the times), but his larger point should be taken seriously. Whats newsworthy is whats unique, ironic, and weird. Whats newsworthy is not what makes up a persons felt life whats normal. If your understanding of the world comprises media, then your worldview is, ipso facto, abnormal.
Theroux holds the media partly responsible for the Bush administrations successful bid to invade Iraq. He doesnt call for fundamental change, just greater struggle from the press to enlighten the public, to inform in the face of provincialism, to open minds amid efforts to close them.
News distorts precisely because it is news, because it is the nature of news to be discontinuous, Theroux writes. Poor information is a cause of stereotyping, and blatant stereotypes ... create xenophobia, which is the opposite of curiosity.
Theroux essay appears in a new quarterly that hopes to provide more background about the world and less foreground.
Its called Dispatches and this inaugural issue focuses on American culture, looking at it from the inside out, the outside in, write co-founders Mort Rosenblum and Gary Knight.
Subsequent issues will feature a similar mix of commentary and reportage. This time, though, contributors decided to look at American from a distance, and through the haze of a presidential campaign, to find a global superpower that's a world of its own, one that's rife with idealism and contradiction.
[Americans] are surprised at how few of the 95 percent of humanity with whom they share a planet actually do hate them, the editors write. Even now, after war in Iraq has gone so horribly wrong, many people still look across the ocean for hopeful signs of change.
In a way, Theroux and the three other writers who make up this issue seem like docents giving a tour of the heterogeneous and surely confusing (to the outsider) cultural mish-mash that makes up American society.
Veteran journalist John Kifner writes of how Americans are not beholden to history in ways familiar to Europeans and residents of the Middle East.
Samantha Power, the foreign policy expert who consulted Barack Obama, writes about the paradoxes of American exceptionalism.
Dispatches ends with an essay by Antonin Kratochvil, whose photographs of the extremes of the human condition are rendered with unflinching compassion.
The best piece, though, comes from a Kashmiri Sufi Muslim who embarks on a journy to understand America. His name is Muzamil Jaleel, and true to his editors cheeky description of him, he comes off as a for-real Borat.
His piece is a triumph of first-person journalism, a terrific example of the power of immersion reportage while touring the U.S., he wears his identity on his sleeve to bravely face citizens of country that believes itself to be Islams enemy.
Or so he thought.
Jaleel, in A Kashmiri in America: A Lucky Shade of Brown, was convinced the U.S. had oversimplified Islams role in 9/11. He disliked a foreign policy that understood Muslim societies through the lens of al Qaeda.
Now I would confront my uneasiness about a people whose image of Muslims was that of elusive terrorists whose pictures were splashed again and again across TV screens and newspapers, Jaleel writes.
And so he did, traveling through the Deep South, to California, and to New York. But what he found was far more complex than he thought.
Sometimes, its hard to understand yourself, because you cant get outside yourself. The perspective of others is necessary to pursuing self-knowledge. Ditto for ones culture. Were surrounded by it. Its invisible. So our assumptions of whats true about our culture may contravene a foreigners.
Theroux worries that were more disconnected and more ignorant, that America has produced a generation infantalized by technology. Instead of broadening horizons, he says, technology has shrunk them. He likens this mind-deadening parochialism to the mental condition of autistics. It's mind blindness, he writes, and it's the opposite of empathy.
That might be true, but Jaleel found plenty of empathy here, even among Christians surprised to learn that Muslims believe in Jesus and that the Quran shares a past with the Bible.
Jaleel didnt find the kind of ignorance one might expect after reading Theroux, at least not a kind of ignorance thats any worse than anywhere else in the world. Outsiders, Jaleel says, are just as ignorant, especially about a country as large and complicated as America.
Nothing is homogeneous in this country, not even the language, he says. As for religion, those Christians we talk about divide into dozens of denominations. ... In such a vast nation, dreams and nightmares cover a lot of ground. ... For a curious outsider, Hollywood images and Wal-Mart are not reliable sources.
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Cuban government supporters 'repudiate' the Ladies in White
Cuban police and a pro-government mob Monday shut off the area around
the Havana home where the dissident Ladies in White were marking the
anniversary of the death of their founder, and police reportedly
detained 22 group members who tried to reach the home.
"The government brings the mob, paid by them, to silence our words,"
Ladies in White leader Berta Soler said by phone from the home of
founder Laura Pollán, which became the group's office after her death on
Oct. 14. 2011 at the age of 63.
Loud music and chanting could be heard in the background, coming from
the loudspeakers set up by government officials to amplify the shouts by
the more than 100 government supporters crowded since 2 p.m. just
outside the front doors of the home on Neptuno Street.
About 50 Ladies in White were gathered in the home to mark Pollán's
death but another 22 were detained by police Monday to keep them from
attending the ceremony, Soler said. Such detentions are usually ended
after an event ends.
Police closed off the one block of Neptuno in front of Pollan's house to
vehicular and pedestrian traffic since early Monday and installed a
"large stage" for the event against the women, according to a report by
the Spanish EFE news agency.
At least six police vehicles and several police agents, most of them
women, could be seen on Aramburen street, on one end of the closed-off
block of Neptuno street, EFE added.
The Cuban government regularly organizes such "acts of reputation" to
harass and intimidate dissidents and to prevent them from staging street
protests against the island's communist system.
Soler said the Ladies in White gathered in the home had no intention of
going out into the street and hoped simply to mark Pollan's death by
showing a video celebrating her life and reading some of the letters she
wrote giving her support and encouragement to other dissidents.
Another 82 members of the Ladies in White were detained around the
island over the weekend as they tried to reach ceremonies honoring
Pollán, Soler said. All were believed to have been released by Sunday night.
Pollán was one of the main founders of the group, made up of the wives,
mothers and daughters of 75 dissidents jailed in a 2003 crackdown known
as Cuba's "Black spring," to demand the release of their male relatives.
Some of the 75 were released early for health reasons, and the last of
the men still in prison were freed in 2010 and 2011 by the Raúl Castro
government after meetings with leaders of Cuba's Catholic Church. All
but a dozen or so went directly from prison to the Havana airport for
flights to exile in Spain.
The Cuban government reported Pollán died from a heart attack, brought
on by a respiratory crisis complicated by a bout with dengue fever and
her diabetes. Some of her followers have said they suspect she was
poisoned but offered no evidence.
Pollán died nine months before another top dissident, Oswaldo Payá, and
supporter Harold Cepero were killed in what Cuban officials called a
traffic accident. Payá's family maintains the fatal crash was caused by
a State Security vehicle that rammed their car.
Source: "Cuban government supporters 'repudiate' the Ladies in White –
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Thank you all for bearing with us during the traffic surge today! And to phrase this in the form of a question: What did we do to deserve such terrific, patient, supportive, brilliant Foodpicklers like yourselves?
Looks like, because of the time difference between here and the lawless tribal areas of UK, that the surge continues.
Indeed it does. I hope it ends soon.
A little insomnia and a touch of OCD is helping....
twitter is evil...maybe I'm a luddite, but seems to me that applying the power of social media to foodpickle is a bit like trying to make a souffle in the microwave...
Will the surge end soon? The twitter traffic is getting out of hand.
As a director of Media Technology, might I suggest that you 'test' new features/connections out, perhaps to some beta testers, before releasing to your loyal users.
Lot's of simple recipe requests. The wonder of Food Pickle to me has been that it is not just a recipe search engine. Wonder how to differentiate to folks without alienating. Also noticed several in the first surge that appeared to be spam. Perhaps a spam flag?
I just think it's funny that so many of the questions have to do with what I think of as stereotypical British food--goat curry, Scotch Eggs, what to do with Devon cream...
Hi everyone -- we did have an extended beta testing period before officially launching foodpickle and, until now, everything has been running pretty smoothly.
We are making some changes to the code to decrease the number of tweets going out and will make any other updates necessary to keep foodpickle working as well as it has for the past couple months. We appreciate your patience and all the kind responses you've been offering in the interim.
Thanks for bearing with us and for all your great suggestions.
I know you beta tested pre full release of the food52 site, but changes that may impact negatively should also be tested. I appreciate how hard this is--I was in charge of a world-wide site for online, graded homework/study for college students (both the building of & maintaining). I understand the pressure!!! Good luck!!
Anyway you could restrict the incoming tweets to registered users? One of the things I really like about this place is the community feeling it has. All these drive-by twits are really not adding much to the place. if they really want their question answered, they can sign up. its free, quick and easy, but bet it would cut the traffic down significantly!
I'm not sure that connecting Foodpickle with Twitter is a good idea. The best part of Foodpickle is that it allows for real discussion between Food52 members, and something as quick and character-limited as Twitter works against that dimension of the site. I'd think that most of my Foodpickle answers wouldn't fit in 140 characters.
Tweeting is much more effective for quickly asking questions than it is for giving real, in-depth answers that go beyond simply linking to a recipe.
Really, it's a question of what you want the site to be. I'd personally prefer to exclude tweets altogether, but I understand the desire to make Foodpickle more "dynamic" or "accessible." To me, this detracts from its appeal, but I understand it.
I like seeing the tweets of the questions. It pushes me to the site, otherwise, weeks would probably go by before I remembered to go. I think, if the tweet overload continues, the answer is probably not to allow tweets to @food52 directly, but to have the site throw out the questions to the tweet world, as it does now, from those who have logged in and asked a question. food52 could always set up another twitter account for tweeted admin questions, etc.
I couldn't understand why all the questions were so simple. I kept reading them and thinking REALLY!? You're a member here and you want people to know you through these questions. Now I get it and I can't understand why, that throughout this site we have to log in to make a contribution and here in foodpickle you don't have to. It makes no sense to me.
Trolls, trolls, go away. Come again, some other day (not !)
How do I boil water?
Hopefully the *children* will get bored soon.....
I can't speak for anyone else, but the smaller the percentage of questions being asked by actual members of the site, the less likely I am to participate with foodpickle. Before the tweet surge, I was a daily browser, weighing in on questions wherever I felt I could and participating in a discussion about food and cooking. The more interaction with Twitter the site has, the less of a discussion it becomes.
Hi everyone -- thanks again for your patience this past week.
A little background: Foodpickle was initially conceived by A&M not to be a members-only service -- they wanted the added mobility of being able to tweet or text for help from anywhere, without tying those services to a food52 account. But ideally, the conversation will also draw in at least some new folks to become members and participate on foodpickle and elsewhere. As we've seen over the past week, this accessibility has presented some challenges, but we're working hard to adapt and keep Foodpickle an innovative, helpful service.
We've implemented a number of changes over the past week that seem to have whipped Foodpickle back into shape -- hope you agree. As always, feel free to share any feedback with [email protected] as well.


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(This is the second post of my Twelve Hikes, Twelve Months series.)
February's hike took me thirty minutes north of Springfield, Illinois, to Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site. This little gem lies two miles immediately south of Petersburg, a community of around 2,300, that hugs the west side of the winding Sangamon River.
Before I go any further, I must add an unfortunate disclaimer that this post is rather rather lacking in photos. My camera died en route to this Springfield adventure, so I'm stuck with a few older photos showcasing a different New Salem trail in its full-fledged-summer-foliage glory.
The main attraction of New Salem is the historic village, a replica of the community that Abraham Lincoln spent time in during some of his formative years in the Springfield area. During warmer months, the village fills up with reenactors and educational events for families and children. The site is especially popular for school field trips – I should know, I've been there on one. On this particular day, though, my sisters and I were just looking for a good hike to stretch our legs.
We parked in the large lot up the hill from the main park entrance, in a spot furthest away from the visitor center. With my sister's canine companion in tow, we started down a couple mile loop through the woods. It starts off downhill, crosses a creek, and begins a loop that varies greatly in elevation. It was a brisk day, but not too cold for a February late morning/early afternoon. The sunlight poured down on us.
After cresting a steep hill, my sister Becky showed us the Bale cemetery, a small family plot still intact from around the 1800s. The park has nicely preserved the space, fencing it off, keeping the monuments in good repair, and placing a sign that shares some of the history of the family at rest there. We stopped a moment to read the headstones and admire the view – the cemetery sits atop a hill overlooking woods and the Sangamon River.
A short distance down the trail, we also walked by the remnants of a chimney and foundation of a small building, possibly an old home. It was hard to tell when exactly the building was originally built, but it had certainly languished over the years until all the materials except stone were gone. At any rate, it wasn't identified by any marker or sign, so we explored it a bit and then moved on.
The trail came close to the park entrance and then began to loop back uphill. It was definitely a more brisk hike than the Shaw Nature Preserve. Although it had less variation in scenery, the cool sites we came across, like the cemetery and old foundation, made it an interesting hike nonetheless. It's always nice to go for a walk in the woods, and a warmer than average February day is especially ideal, with the lack of bugs that might otherwise populate the trail.
Unfortunately, my younger sister and I had to take off after completing the hike, so there wasn't time to explore another trail that day. However, there are several other paths to explore – one leads from near the visitor center down to a covered bridge that crosses Rt. 97/123. Another starts on the other side of the highway (closest to the river) and follows an abandoned road all the way to the river. On a visit last year, we saw a few snakes moving through the vegetation at the river's edge. A network of other trails crisscrosses all throughout the park, making it an interesting place for repeat visits.
Come to learn about the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, and stay for a hike or two – and while you're at it, maybe even a bit of theater.
Know Before You Go
Address: 15588 History Ln, Petersburg, IL 62675
Hours: Hours/days of operation change seasonally – check out the park's website for more information.
Admission: Free. There is a suggested donation of a few dollars to tour the historic village.
Facilities: The visitor center has restrooms, as well as the campground adjoining the park.
Trails: Several miles of trails crisscross the park – some up by the village, at least one across the road close to the Sangamon River, and others accessible nearby.
General Info: New Salem has a variety of offerings – the historic village, hiking trails, a campground, and a popular outdoor theater. It's a beautiful place to visit, especially when all these activities are in full swing.


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I got knitting done during the Superbowl. The top of my second sock is about 3 inches from the heel now--not bad, since it was Saturday when I started working on them again.
I am very happy the Giants won the Superbowl. I didn't want the Patriots to go out with a perfect season, because no one is perfect. It was a good game. We had ribs and football cookies during the game--nummy.
The cats just hate football. They especially hate it when you start yelling at the television. Funny, they don't hate political stuff as much and I probably do just as much yelling at the television then. Go figure.
Monday, February 4, 2008
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- The Happy College Knitter said...
I ended up knitting about 2 inches on my Tree Jacket sweater during the game last night-- I agree, it was a great game! Plus at least this way the Packers didn't lose for nothing. sigh...
- February 4, 2008 at 1:16 PM
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As I walked through the store, dodging "helpful" salespeople who were bound and determined to spray me with smells I'd find in bordello, I settled on a few purchases and trudged up to the counter to pay. If I was going to pay full price for everything less than a month ago, I was bound and determined to pick up on a few sales tonight. (This also makes me a sucker just like everyone else who paid full price for the holidays and was also bound and determined to "save" now.) I even managed to make it to the counter without the scent of dirty hooker emanating from my pulse points.
As I've lamented before, I have one of those faces, I guess, that makes people want to talk to me and divulge things I'd rather not know. Tonight, it happened again.
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Me: Yep.
Lady at the counter: I have a broccoli-eating dog.
Lady at the counter: I mean, he really eats a lot of that stuff.
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Published on: 02 Aug 2012 by callmeiris
The short film for the Nicki Minaj, Jeremy Scott, Sky Ferreira and 2NE1 Star In New Adidas Campaign is sooooo cuuute and fun! I've watched the video over and over again to find new things. The song Nicki performs is uplifting and matches the atmosphere of the whole campaign. It's colorful and ultra-modern see it for yourself!


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How to channelize energy?
When we are centered, before we chose to think, like the place we create when we meditate, both hemispheres of our brain are working together. The male side, left hemisphere and female side, right hemisphere are joined in mutual function, a one brain, balanced condition. Under stress the male side takes over and our entire energy goes into a survival mode to protect us from pain, fear and the fear of more pain to come. Our energy goes to our arms and legs, so we are prepared to either fight our way out of, or run away from, what appears to be a threatening situation that we are faced with. When you feel stress it's advisable to refrain from eating, because the energy needed for digestion, isn't available and you will experience indigestion. Also when we are experiencing stress, our belief system takes over and goes into survival mentality. Under stress we function with survival tactics that we developed as a child, we don't think, we react. Understanding how strong our stress reactions are, we can practice breath control, that is an effective way to re-`establish the balance in our brain, our body, our energy and restore the equanimity of our energy. It helps a lot to get a better understanding of our male, female energies and their functions, so I've added an extensive explanation of their functions.
One crucial thing to know when talking about about the Divine Feminine and Divine Masculine is that these energies are not the exclusive purview of any one gender. Au contraire! Each one of us carries the Divine Masculine and Feminine in us all the time. And we can call on these energies to support us at any given moment.
Another important thing to know before we launch into this discussion has to do with patriarchy, and how it has warped nearly everyone's ideas of the Divine Masculine and Feminine, precisely because it has co-opted the Masculine and denigrated the Feminine for millenia. It is very clear from the Records that the oppressive system of patriarchy has wounded every human on Earth, not simply women, as is often implied by feminist teachings.
While it is true that the Masculine + Feminine energies are represented in the dualities of up/down, out/in, light/dark (ideas spread by patricarchal forces) the duality of good/bad has nothing to do with this pair!
Courage and strength are energies of the Divine Masculine.
Protection is Divinely Feminine.
Wisdom, intuition, and inner knowing are Divinely Feminine.
All kinds of expression and action are Masculine.
* Allowing and surrender are Feminine.
How did you do? Let's recap: all the expressive and active energies are the Masculine side of you, and those parts of you that where allowing, surrender, wisdom, and intuition occur are Feminine: this is the counterpart to the Masculine activity. We often define the opposite of activity to be passivity, implying that nothing is going on, but if you've ever tried to be still to meditate or to allow your Guides or Intuition to speak to you, you know that this is hard work, at least at first! So let's think of this in terms of outward vs. inward rather than active vs. passive.
Have your ingrained notions of gender kicked in yet? Remember, patricarchy strips men of their essential Femininity and women of their Masculine side–or tries to reduce us to one or the other, anyway. But it's never true. Patriarchy is based on fear and control, and the Divine Masculine and Feminine are pure Love. Don't forget that stepping out of the oppressor/victim paradigm to embrace our full selves is the prerequisite to manifesting!
You might also be surprised to know that courage, aka inner strength, is Feminine! Patriarchal culture teaches us that courage and strength are the purview of men, but the Records tell us that this is definitely our Feminine side expressing itself. Everything that is "in" is Feminine and "out" is Masculine. Inner strength, inner knowing, the protective circle are Feminine. Expression, action, and the ever-expanding spiral are Masculine. (I'll admit that that one caught me by surprise–I had always considered the spiral Feminine!)
Think of them as the receiver and the transmitter: neither one is better and both are essential.
To get back to this essential question of balance: it behooves us to use a mix of Masculine and Feminine energies in everything we do. Balance your expressive energies with receptive ones (talking vs. listening). Use your head and your heart. Go inside to learn essential reflection.
If you're a parent, or in any kind of relationship, I encourage you to consider how can you use this balance of inward and outward, creation and reflection, transmission and reception to improve your connection with your child, partner, or colleague. Take a minute right now to think of ways you could employ (DM) this new wisdom (DF) today to make your life easier.
And if you're in business–traditionally the purview of men (that we often conflate with the Masculine)–I encourage you to reflect on how consciously employing the Divine Feminine energies might help you be more successful. You already know that inner strength is necessary if you're still in business! But surrendering "control" (read: the illusion of control!) and allowing your intuition to guide you are keys to creating a prosperous business that most people either reject or ignore. This has become a "soapbox" issue for me because I want change-agents to thrive and prosper, so that they can utimately make this world a much better place.


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Doctor Who (BBC 1), Lost Girl (Syfy), Football First (Sky Sports) and Strike Back (Sky 1) being reported on Virgin's Help and Support Forums.
I had a little rant (OK, big rant) about this a while ago and things don't seem to be improving, with the current Doctor Who issue being a repeat of a eariler reported issue (next week's episode on BBC 1 isn't scheduled to record for series-links because TiVo has that episode marked as one from an older series).
Some of Virgin's TiVo customers are fast running out of patience with Tribune's inability to supply correct data to their next-generation PVRs, and are awaiting an official response from Virgin. Meanwhile, it may not be a bad idea to check your planned recordings page just to see if TiVo is actually going to record the programmes you've asked it to.
TiVo replacement on its way? - Virgin Media's parent company Liberty Global unveiled its next-generation TV entertainment platform, Horizon 4, late last year. The new Horizon 4 suite of p...


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China is the world's largest automobile market, and GM (NYSE:GM), Ford (NYSE:F), and Toyota (NYSE:TM) are three of its biggest players. Let's see which of the three is gaining ground, and which is faltering.
GM speaks fluent Chinese
GM arrived in China in 1995, and introduced the Cadillac there in 2004. It now controls 15.6% of the market, according to LMC Automotive.
GM sells a variety of vehicles in China, but it's best known for its luxury models -- especially Buick. GM reports that Buick deliveries in China jumped 26% in July over the previous month, with Cadillac sales up an impressive 83% over the same period.
Total sales this year, according to the automaker, are up 11%, which it says puts the company in excellent position to reach its goal of 3 million vehicles sold by the end of the year.
And when the Chinese think of status, they think of Buick. The last emperor owned a Buick, and so did the country's first provisional president. A 2011 New York Times article (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/business/global/in-china-car-brands-evoke-an-unexpected-set-of-stereotypes.html) highlighted how the stereotype of stodginess that has dogged Buick in America doesn't exist in China. To own a Buick there means that you have arrived.
Nixon, I mean, Ford in China
Ford and Toyota have a running dispute over whose small car -- Ford's Focus or Toyota's Corolla-- leads the world in sales. However, there's no dispute that when it comes to sales in China, Ford's Focus definitely outsells Corolla. Ford says that its overall sales volume in China is now only second to its sales volume in the U.S. In fact, Ford sold more Focus models in China in 2012 than in any other market.
According to LMC, Ford, thanks to its Focus, had captured 2.5% of the Chinese market by 2012. That same year, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers named the Focus the No. 1-selling vehicle in China.
Not bad for a latecomer: Ford didn't arrive in China until 2001.
There is no rising sun in China
And how is Toyota doing in China? Toyota's overall sales in China, while still larger than Ford's, are falling.
An increase in anti-Japanese sentiment is partly to blame. The Chinese and Japanese have a long history of animosity, and lingering bad feelings resulting from last year's disputes over territories in the China Sea have made matters worse, with some Chinese protestors issuing calls for boycotts of Japanese products.
LMC predicts that by 2017, Toyota's share of China's car sales will be at only 3.6%, down from last year's 4.4%.
Looking ahead
For investors, it appears that both GM and Ford have arrived in China. J. D. Power & Associates even says that Buick sales in China could reach 1 million by 2016.
The fact that GM and Ford are American companies cannot be overestimated. They both represent a glamorized America -- the America of freedom and upward mobility. When the Chinese buy a Buick, they're not just buying an automobile. They're buying their own carpeted, temperature-controlled outpost of the new world.
Meanwhile, Toyota isn't given the same halo treatment in China because the history between the Chinese and the Japanese isn't going away. And the more China begins to exert influence in the region, the more pushback it's going to receive from Asia's previous economic powerhouse, which in turn could increase animosity and anti-Japanese sentiment on the part of the Chinese.
The Chinese automobile market is a buyer's market. Expect the consumer to avoid the car that comes loaded down with historical and political baggage in favor of the iconic American image on wheels.
Fool contributor Joseph Wilborn has no position in any stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends Ford and General Motors. The Motley Fool owns shares of Ford. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.


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If you have a disrespectful, selfish ingrate for a son, I am sure you'd just as easily transform the anger and revulsion in you into a literary outburst! This is what I wrote then...this is what I feel now!
I have long envied entrecarders who are great writer/poets like Jena Isle of Gewgaw Writings and Dr. Z of Zorlone. They are such good writers that I always enjoy every visit to their sites. I have always wanted to be a good writer...a superb poet like the two of them. Unfortunately, I have not been bestowed with such fertile imagination and the gift of gab to transform thoughts and feelings into dancing, bouncing words that not only entertains but conveys vivid images of the messages their pens wish to impart!
I have been overwhelmed lately by heavy thoughts I simply can not shrug off. My temper has been rising and my blood pressure has been shooting up intermittently! So, while doing my usual rounds of Entre Drops, I came across the sites of Jena and Dr. Z again - and right then and there, I decided to try putting my thoughts into words. I initially planned to write a free verse...no rhyme, no meter nor musical patterns...I ended up writing a short story instead (or, is it?)! Anyway, whatever form this literary attempt ended up to be, I really couldn't care less...I simply enjoyed writing it ...and the experience of grasping for the appropriate words to use was simply exhilarating. Let me share with you my so-called first literary piece.


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Roomful Of Blues
Opening Act TBA
The Hamilton
600 14th St NW
Washington, DC, 20005
Doors 6:30 PM / Show 8:00 PM
This event is all ages
Watch & Listen
"Brawny shuffles, swinging horns, searing guitar, passionate vocals and balls-to-the-wall enthusiasm" –LIVING BLUES "Swingin' jump blues and R&B...high-voltage yet classy" –USA TODAY For nearly half a century, Roomful of Blues has been delivering its signature blend of swing, rock 'n' roll, jump, blues and R&B to euphoric audiences all over the world. Blues Revue says, "Roomful of Blues is a sheer joy...contagious, finger-popping, head-bopping grooves...the horns blast loud and proud...explosive and electrifying." The band has earned five Grammy Award nominations and a slew of other accolades, including seven Blues Music Awards. Twice, the prestigious DownBeat International Critics Poll has selected them as Best Blues Band. With their masterful combination of jumping, horn-heavy blues and R&B, it's no wonder why the great Count Basie called them "the hottest blues band I've ever heard." Billboard simply says, "Roomful is so tight and so right."
To commemorate and celebrate their 45th anniversary, the band hosted a three-day party in March of 2013 at one of their favorite haunts, The Ocean Mist, in Matunuck, Rhode Island. The band blew the doors off the packed club, playing to roaring ovations each night. Happily, the proceedings were recorded and the resulting album, 45 Live, is among Roomful of Blues' crowning achievements. The album is a lightning-in-a-bottle blowout, showcasing the larger-than-life vocal and instrumental power of the band.
45 Live, produced by bandleader/guitarist Chris Vachon, features fourteen songs (over an hour of music) spanning the entirety of the band's history. The tracks were carefully chosen by Vachon, who included some of the group's best known originals, like Dressed Up To Get Messed Up, Turn It On, Turn It Up, and That's Right!, as well as tunes the band had previously recorded or performed with blues giants Joe Turner (Crawdad Hole), Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (Somebody's Got To Go) and Earl King (It All Went Down The Drain). 45 Live is a flawlessly blended mix of rocking guitar, punching horns, room-filling vocals, serious musicianship and unbridled creativity. The results are a non-stop, hip-shaking party. It's clear why The New Yorker described a Roomful concert as "thunderous performances that get feet stomping and hands clapping."
Roomful of Blues, according to DownBeat magazine, "are in a class by themselves." The band has been led since 1998 by Vachon, who, according to Guitar Player, "burns with explosive solos and a delightfully greasy sense of rhythm." Roomful of Blues has always maintained its signature sound through great musicianship and a stellar horn section—featuring tenor and alto saxophonist (and clarinetist on 45 Live's Jambalaya) Rich Lataille, who first joined the band in 1970. Lataille's masterful playing can evoke either the fat-toned, honking sax of the glory days of early rock or the cool elegance of big band swing jazz.
While Roomful of Blues has always been one of the tightest, most joyful blues ensembles in the world, they have never sounded fresher or stronger than with the current line-up. Along with Vachon and Lataille, the band includes vocalist Phil Pemberton, long-time tenor and baritone saxophonist Mark Earley, trumpeter Doug Woolverton, bassist John Turner, drummer Chris Rivelli and keyboardist Rusty Scott.
Roomful of Blues came together in Westerly, Rhode Island in the late 1960s when guitarist Duke Robillard and keyboardist Al Copley began exploring the swinging, jumping blues, R&B and jazz of the 1940s and 1950s. They added a horn section (including Rich Lataille) in 1970. The band's ability to ignite a sedate crowd into a dancing frenzy solidified their reputation as the best "little big band" in New England and expanded their following into New York and Washington, D.C. In 1974, they performed with Count Basie, and a few years later legendary songwriter Doc Pomus helped them land their first record deal. In 1977, Roomful of Blues' self-titled debut album on Island Records (reissued on Hyena Records) brought them to the attention of fans and critics from coast to coast.
Over the years there have been more than fifty Roomful of Blues members, each bringing his or her own unique talent and vision to the mix. Famed alumni include guitarist Ronnie Earl, vocalist Lou Ann Barton, vocalist/harpist Curtis Salgado, saxist/vocalist Greg Piccolo and harpist/vocalist Sugar Ray Norcia. Recording for Rounder Records' Bullseye Blues and Varrick labels between 1980 and 2001, the band cut nine albums that won them international fame and major rock radio airplay. They've gigged with stars ranging from bluesmen B.B. King, Otis Rush and Stevie Ray Vaughan to rockers Eric Clapton and Carlos Santana. The band has performed in cities from coast to coast, and traveled abroad to 22 countries including Lebanon, Poland, Spain, Italy, France, Portugal, Switzerland, Turkey and Russia.
In addition to their band recordings, Roomful of Blues were handpicked by legendary musicians like Jimmy Witherspoon, Jimmy McCracklin, Roy Brown, Joe Turner, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson and Earl King to back them on stage and on record. These stars of the 1940s and 1950s blues and R&B scene were the very people who created and inspired the music that Roomful still keeps vital and alive. Roomful recorded albums with Turner, Vinson and King during the 1980s, and all three recordings received Grammy nominations. The Roomful Horns backed many other artists as well, including rocker Pat Benatar on her 1991 album True Love, Canadian star Colin James on his album Colin James and the Little Big Band and Stevie Ray Vaughan on his 1984 Live At Carnegie Hall album.
Since Roomful joined the Alligator Records family in 2003, their popularity has continued to increase. Their first Alligator CD was the Grammy-nominated That's Right! in 2003, followed by Standing Room Only in 2005, Raisin' A Ruckus in 2008 and Hook, Line & Sinker in 2010. All four albums received massive amounts of critical and popular praise and kept old and new fans flocking to see them live. Blurt magazine raves, "No group has kept the spirit of early rock and roll alive better than Roomful of Blues. The heat burns red hot...they are pure fun to listen to.
They are one of America's musical treasures." With 45 Live, Roomful of Blues has fully captured the frenetic energy and musical power of their live show. The band will hit the road hard once again, so people can see and hear for themselves why The Chicago Sun-Times said, "This is a band on top of its game, sliding easily from big-band jazz-blues to guitar-drenched urban blues...let the party begin."
$17.75 - $27.75
For any wheelchair or ADA needs, please contact the Box Office in advance of the performance at (202)-769-0122.
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DEAN HEADLEY, the Kent fast bowler, was yesterday ruled out of the first Cornhill Test against Australia at Edgbaston.
Headley, 27, has been ordered to rest for a few days after dropping out of the championship match against Nottinghamshire with a back injury.
Headley has seen a specialist and was told he has a ligament problem, not a stress fracture as was feared. But that will still be enough to dash his hopes of making the England squad on Sunday.
He played in only one of the Texaco Trophy one-day internationals and struggled through Kent's Benson and Hedges Cup quarter-final win over Warwickshire, taking none for 42 in seven overs.
Yet had he been fit, Headley was a near certainty to face the Australians in the first Test, which starts next Thursday, having been the leading wicket-taker on the England A tour of Australia in the winter.
Sussex will give first-class debuts to three players when they play Oxford University in a three-day match starting in The Parks today.
All-rounder Chris Batt, off-spinner Justin Bates and batsman James Pyemont are all included, while fast bowler James Kirtley makes his first-team comeback after six weeks out with a side strain.
Bates and Pyemont have both played Sunday League cricket, but Batt, a member of Reading Cricket Club, is a newcomer to the county.
Northamptonshire have granted opening batsman Alan Fordham a benefit year in 1998.


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Hot, dry weather has Nebraska in its grip, with little relief in sight.
State Climatologist Al Dutcher at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln says it's been hot and dry for a long time now. A mild winter produced insignificant snowfall, both in the state and in the form of snowmelt from the Rocky Mountains. Then, the tap shut off. Nebraska is far behind in needed rainfall and has been coping with above-normal temperatures the past 12 months; September being the only month over the past year to record below-normal temperatures.
The crippling combination of dry weather and hot temperatures threatens crops in Nebraska. It comes at the wrong time, says Dutcher, who notes that the corn crop has entered its pollination phase when rain is critical to fill out kernels.
He would like to provide some optimism, a little hope, but says none of the models used at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Natural Resources paint an optimistic forecast.
"I will say this though, a lot of times we do get surprised by a rain event that doesn't show up in the models and that's kind of what I'm hoping (for) that one of these events turns out to be a large magnitude event that drops a couple of inches of moisture like we've seen here a couple of weeks ago in southeast Nebraska," according to Dutcher. "If that happens, then all bets are off. But until it happens, the situation is not going to get any better any time soon."
Nebraska producers last year came to the rescue of producers in the southern portion of the United States, particularly Texas, who bought Nebraska hay and sold cattle to Nebraska producers as they coped with the drought. That might hurt Nebraska producers now, as the hay stock dwindles even as the cattle numbers swell.
Government has responded.
Ranchers in the Panhandle can apply to use Conservation Reserve Program acres for grazing as they cope with spreading drought conditions.
The Nebraska Farm Service Agency has authorized ranchers in those counties to apply to use CRP land for grazing. Ranchers in Banner, Dawes, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan and Sioux Counties still must apply to the FSA before grazing the eligible acres. Other counties might well soon qualify.
Drought conditions in Nebraska have prompted Gov. Dave Heineman to declare a state of emergency.
In making the declaration, Heineman authorizes state personnel and resources to assist with emergency situations and prevention and allows maximum flexibility to use the Nebraska National Guard and Nebraska Emergency Management Agency assets and resources as needed.
The governor's office also reports Heineman has directed the Nebraska Department of Roads to advance the starting date for roadside haying from July 15 to July 3 in the following 55 counties: Adams, Arthur, Banner, Blaine, Boyd, Box Butte, Brown, Chase, Cherry, Cheyenne, Custer, Dawes, Dawson, Deuel, Dundy, Franklin, Furnas, Frontier, Gage, Garden, Garfield, Gosper, Grant, Greeley, Harlan, Hayes, Hitchcock, Holt, Hooker, Howard, Jefferson, Kearney, Keith, Keya Paha, Kimball, Lincoln, Logan, Loup, McPherson, Morrill, Nuckolls, Pawnee, Perkins, Phelps, Red Willow, Richardson, Rock, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan, Sherman, Sioux, Thayer, Thomas, Valley, and Webster.
AUDIO: Brent Martin reports [:50]
AUDIO: Brent Martin interviews State Climatologist Al Dutcher on the drought. [12 min.]