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Migrant workers sneak secret menus into Canadian restaurants to expose exploitation
Hundreds of customers who scan QR codes for restaurant menus across Canada are being surprised by secret menus instead, revealing the hidden costs behind the food they eat.
These secret menus were designed and distributed by Migrant Workers Alliance for Change, a national organization headquartered in Toronto, aiming to expose exploitative working conditions: low wages, unsafe labour, poor housing, family separation, and long days of backbreaking labour.
The organization plastered their QR codes on top of existing menu QR codes in hundreds of unknowing restaurants across the country to communicate a single plea – migrant workers need permanent resident status.
"Because the current laws don't protect our health, safety, and working status, those of us who speak up are ignored and many others decide to stay silent in fear of deportation and losing their livelihood," Robert, a Jamaican migrant greenhouse worker, said.
Each menu item reveals a story about exploitation. The "To-Die-For Sweet Potato Fries" tells the tale of a potato harvester from Jamaica named Garvin Yapp who was killed in a farming accident in Norfolk County, Ont. last summer. Another, the "Bitter Strawberry Tart," aims to spotlight the 18-hour days some migrant workers spend on their hands and knees harvesting strawberries.
Every year, more than 60,000 seasonal agricultural workers come to Canada from places such as Mexico, Jamaica, and other Caribbean countries. Between January 2020 and 2021, nine migrant agricultural workers died in Ontario.
"We are inviting [the public] to be a part of the struggle," Syed Hussan, executive director of Migrant Workers Alliance for Change, told CTV News Toronto.
Migrant workers are purposely featuring their stories as food costs rise across the country alongside the profits of big box grocery store owners. Hussan says these profits are made on the backs of migrant workers.
"It's important to know migrant farm workers are literally tied to their employers," he added, noting that migrants can't protect themselves because they don't have permanent resident status. "What that means is if a worker speaks out about abuse, they become homeless."
Migrant workers' stories are featured on secret menus (Migrant Workers Alliance for Change).When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau outlined Canada's immigration policy priorities in Dec. 2021, he said his government would expand pathways to permanent resident status for temporary foreign workers.
"Thirteen months later, no action has happened. With parliament returning, now is the time," Hussan said.
At the bottom of the secret menu, migrant workers are asking restaurant patrons to sign a petition, pleading, "Tell PM Trudeau your food should come with fair working conditions."
"It's crucial to understand that if you eat in this country … you are implicated in this food chain," Hussan said. "Each and every one of us is implicated."
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Biden is coming to Canada: Here's what we know about his visit
U.S. President Joe Biden is coming to Canada Thursday evening, kicking off his short but long-awaited official visit to Canada. Here's what CTV News has confirmed about what will be on the agenda, and what key players are saying about the upcoming visit.
What are the predictions for Canada's real estate market this spring?
The Canadian real estate market has been sluggish since last year, when prospective buyers started putting off plans to purchase homes as the Bank of Canada aggressively hiked interest rates eight consecutive times. But realtors see many edging toward a purchase once more.
Canada broke a population growth record in 2022: StatCan
Canada's population grew by more than one million over the course of one calendar year, breaking previous records, a new Statistics Canada report says.
5 planets will align in an arc across the night sky next week
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Federal government allowing Ukrainians overseas to apply for free emergency visa until mid-July
The federal government will give Ukrainians until mid-July to apply for a free temporary visa to Canada under an emergency program put in place last year following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Prince William visits troops in Poland on surprise trip
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AP sources: Manhattan DA postpones Trump grand jury session
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What made Beethoven sick? DNA from his hair offers clues
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Dick Van Dyke suffers 'minor injuries' in Malibu car crash
Veteran actor Dick Van Dyke has suffered minor injuries after his car was involved in a collision in Malibu, California, police in the city have confirmed.
WATCH LIVE AT 4:30 | 5 remain missing as crews continue search through wreckage of Old Montreal fire
The search for victims continues in Old Montreal Wednesday, nearly a week after a major fire left at least two dead and five missing. Rescuers are slowly but surely combing through the historic building, which contained multiple illegal Airbnb units at the time of the fire.
'Bricks versus bodies': Father agonizes over pace of recovery efforts in old Montreal fire
As the search for victims of a five-alarm fire in Old Montreal stretched into its fifth day on Tuesday, friends and family members are getting frustrated with the pace of the investigation and lack of answers.
WEATHER WARNING | Freezing rain warning in effect for Montreal
It may officially be spring, but wintery weather is hanging on. A Colorado low moving into Quebec is expected to bring light freezing rain this evening, after the evening rush hour
Suspect arrested in relation to random downtown stabbing: London police
London police have made an arrest in connection to a random stabbing that occured inside a vehicle stopped at a train crossing on Tuesday afternoon.
Tenant recounts harrowing escape from Aylmer fire
Despite losing nearly everything he owns in a downtown Aylmer fire, Justin Temple says he is fortunate to be alive. Standing in front of the blocked-off remains of the century building he called home until Monday night, he recalled his frantic escape.
No more squinting: Bright signs on Wonderland Rd. turned down
Drivers in west London won't have to squint at night or early in the dark hours of the morning when traveling along a section of Wonderland Road north.
BREAKING | Ont.'s police watchdog investigating incident near Belwood Lake
Ontario's police watchdog is investigating an incident near Belwood Lake, a few kilometres northeast of Fergus, Ont.
'I'm going to die': Officer recalls night Beau Baker fatally shot
Remembering the night he fatally shot Beau Baker outside a Kitchener apartment on Brybeck Crescent in April 2015, Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) Staff Sgt. Eric Boynton - who was a patrol officer at the time - testified he was worried about Baker killing himself or others.
Close call caught on video after driver runs stop sign in Guelph
Guelph police are looking for a driver who was captured on dash cam footage speeding through an intersection without braking at a stop sign.
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Family sues OPP, others, for more than $2M after woman dies in Sudbury, Ont., jail
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Northern Ont. police find driver unconscious at the wheel, motor running
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Ontario's summer forecast has been revealed. What to expect from June to September
The Farmers' Almanac has released its 2023 summer forecast, and, according to the long-range forecaster, Ontario could be in for some 'hot and soggy' summer months.
Sutcliffe not ruling out public funding for new Senators arena
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Here are the road closures to expect when U.S. President Biden visits Ottawa
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Ottawa Hospital says for-profit surgeries not impacting other procedures
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Car strikes home in LaSalle, driver in serious condition
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Windsor Regional Hospital offering new specialized surgery for vascular patients
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OPP warn of rise in 'grandparent scams' and how to protect yourself
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Barrie man released from prison after successfully appealing murder conviction
After spending nearly eight years behind bars for the stabbing death of Milan (Mike) Segota, Terrence Barrett is a free man.
Woman blows 4x legal alcohol limit after crashing into car in school parking lot
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Collingwood firefighters rescue 5 people after boat capsized on Georgian Bay
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Transportation Safety Board report on sinking cites lax federal rules on stability
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Class to resume Wednesday at Halifax-area high school two days after stabbings
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Weather statements issued in the Maritimes ahead of snow Thursday
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Why were there fireworks in Calgary last night?
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Calgary councillor expecting first child
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Zellers food truck rolls into Calgary on Thursday as store reopens
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Manitoba's minimum wage is increasing
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Major risk of flooding on Red River this spring, predicts Manitoba government
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Police release picture of suspect in assault case
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1 person sent to hospital after 2-vehicle crash in Langley
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Lifetime teaching ban for B.C. man convicted for 'inappropriate' contact with student
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Homicide team deployed to West Vancouver after man stabbed in apartment parkade
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Memorial donuts being sold in support of slain Edmonton police officers
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Police say body of woman found on path by Prospect Point Park storm pond
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Oilers sign Swedish centre Carl Berglund to entry-level contract
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The Smitten Softspot was part of my contribution to Knit the City's Hubbub of Hearts, which waltzed its woolly way into London's very busy Piccadilly Circus.
The plan was to yarnstorm the iconic fountain, smack bang in the middle of the 'circus' and attempt one of our craziest yarnstorming feats so far - hooking a string of hearts onto the 'Eros' statue's bow 7 metres (22 feet) above the ground.
You can see pictures of it swaying in the London breeze in the Knit the City book.
We did it too…
Luckily you don't have to go to such great heights. Though if you do I'd love to see the results!
You can see this pattern published in full on the Craft website where it was first published.
Or you can download the Whodunnknit PDF here on Ravelry.
Find out more about the author at www.whodunnknit.com
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This Google video shows that it takes about 2 minutes to start a blog on Blogger.com. Creating a web site has never been easier.
The video length is 1:58 minutes from start to finish and this includes writing your first post illustrated with a photo.
There are many medical blogs out there but we can always use a few new good ones. I do not have a blogroll in the sidebar but I subscribe to at least 40 medical blogs in Google Reader.
ScienceRoll points to an integrated feed of several genetics blogs. This is an interesting idea. I tested something similar with our hospitalist group and members generally liked it. We used the "RSS-to-web page" feature of iGoogle and the approval rate was nearly 90%.
It would be nice to have feed "pipes" (similar to Yahoo Pipes) of blogs in different specialties:
- A feed pipe with general medicine blogs
- A feed pipe with hospitalist blogs
- A feed pipe with cardiology blogs
- A feed pipe with nephrology blogs, etc.
It would be interesting to see if students, residents, fellows and specialists find these feed pipes useful.
Update 5/15/2007:
David Rothman links to a directory of medical blogs categorized by subspecialty on MedWorm.
Best Web Feeds Reader for Medical and General Information
Make Your Own "Medical Journal" with Google Personalized Page
The DNA Network: the best idea of the last months. ScienceRoll, 05/2007.
Image source: ScienceRoll, CreativeCommons license.
Link via Googlified.
How to start a medical blog in 2 minutes
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The solar-powered Yin Yang home in Venice, Calif., does double duty, functioning as a commercial office for the owners while offering comfortable, private spaces for their large and growing family. Brooks + Scarpa purposefully integrated the workspace into the home, making both feel larger than they really are. The well-thought-out design encompasses areas to relax with friends, welcome clients, work quietly, and keep the family's teenagers entertained. Thanks to a tight building envelope, R-21 blown-in cellulose insulation, passive design strategies, and a unique cantilevered 12-kilowatt solar system, the home exceeds California Title 24 requirements by nearly 50 percent, and produces 100 percent of its energy needs. The house is located in a dense neighborhood near public transportation, parks, schools, and the beach.
Jury: "This project has the best energy profile of any project we awarded. … For a custom home, it appeared to be fairly reasonably priced, and the fact that care was taken to make sure that the building also performs very well—as well as being a great place to live and a wonderful piece of architecture—is to be commended. … It's commendable that the owner is looking at this in a 50-year-plus horizon and that the investment and the technologies and the durable materials were really viewed as part of what distinguishes this from just another sort of intriguingly designed building. There's a lot here that suggests that it's going to be around for a long time and it's going to be one that can operate with a light footprint."
The architects and the contractor, Glenn Lyons Construction, organized the house around a series of courtyards and outdoor spaces that integrate with the interior and provide abundant natural light and ventilation to all rooms. Wide doors and multiple exterior decks and terraces allow the living space to expand outside, where an artificial lawn and native plantings require little maintenance. On the upper floor, each bedroom opens to an adjacent green roof and an exterior deck. A large roof overhang shades all the bedrooms from direct sunlight while providing ample natural light and ventilation. This plentiful access to ocean breezes eliminates the need for mechanical cooling. Energy Star-labeled appliances, high-efficiency solar water heaters, and energy-efficient lighting also significantly cut down on the electrical load.
Lawrence Scarpa, FAIA, principal, Brooks + Scarpa: "One of the team's primary objectives was to enhance the quality of living for each resident by surpassing standards found in conventional projects. All rooms have minimum 11-foot-high ceilings and large windows with lots of natural light with abundant cross-ventilation. Indoor air quality was emphasized by minimizing off-gassing. Formaldehyde-free FSC-certified cabinetry, low-VOC paints, natural stone, and fluorescent lighting with low mercury content were used to minimize pollution from materials. These details, coupled with the qualities and character found throughout the building, distinguish this project from similar projects and benefit not only each individual resident, but also the community at large."
Interior finishes were selected for their high levels of recycled content, low chemical emissions, and use of rapidly renewable materials, including FSC-certified cabinets and flooring. A cost-benefit analysis for the building's sustainable features estimated them to be 3.5 percent of the project costs. These strategies are projected to have an annual savings of more than $4,400, which translates to a payback period of less than 10 years, using current utility costs.
Building gross floor area: 3,800 square feet
Estimated percent of occupants using public transit, cycling, or walking: 60
Percent of views to the outdoors: 100
Percent of spaces within 15 feet of an operable window: 100
Percent reduction of regulated potable water: 36
Potable water used for irrigation: Yes
Percent of rainwater from maximum anticipated 24-hour, two-year storm event that can be managed on site: 95
Total EUI (kBtu per square foot per year): 8
Net EUI (kBtu per square foot per year): 5
Percent reduction from national average EUI for building type: 94
Lighting power density (watts per square foot): 0.75
Third-party rating: None
Total project cost at time of completion (land excluded): $1.7 million
Data and project information provided by Brooks + Scarpa via AIA COTE Top Ten entry documents.


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I had the opportunity to talk to Dr. Charmaine Yoest of Americans United for Life yesterday afternoon,
I asked her about her about how she was received at Princeton University when she visited a couple of years ago.
She was well received, however, the questions from the audience "showed the lockdown on information women's studies departments have had on college campuses – the lack of information on women's options other than abortion."
For instance, her audience "had not heard arguments on how abortion hurts women."
To me, it is a non-religious issue. She agreed, and explained that "the data is clear there are so few women who would willingly choose abortion." We both agreed that the push for abortion lets men off the hook too easily.
I mentioned to Charmaine that local newspapers serving the Princeton area frequently carry advertising offering female Princeton students $10,000 for donating an egg. Charmaine talked about the dangers involved in egg donations, and the risks of complications. Worst yet, it points to "the commoditizing of women."
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Astronaut Heaves Space Junk Into Orbit
Zero gravity may make life difficult for astronauts aboard the International Space Station to go about their daily activities, but it also has some advantages—namely, giving the illusion of superhuman strength. U.S. astronaut Clayton Anderson recently had the chance to hurl an antiquated, 200-pound camera mount into space, because there won't be room for it to return to Earth on upcoming shuttle missions. Next up: a 1400-pound ammonia tank. NASA says the garbage will burn up in 10 to 11 months, posing no harm to other orbiting systems.
RESIDENT ASTRONAUT: NASA Outsources ISS Supply Missions
TECH WATCH: Moon Dust Threatens Astronaut Safety
U.S. Roadways No Longer the Safest
The United States, once a leader in automotive safety, has fallen behind the pack and now ranks 42nd in per capita automotive deaths out of the 48 industrialized countries that keep track of such figures. Experts blame a lack of both proper training (for young drivers) and widespread safety legislation (regulating the use of seatbelts, cellphones and more).
CAR BUYER'S GUIDE: How Safe Are SUVs?
PODCAST: Inside the Art of Crash Testing
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Phoenix Airport Flunks Security Test
While airport security would seem to be at an all-time high, reporters at a Phoenix ABC affiliate found that their local Sky Harbor airport had an egregious lack of security for employees. While regular passengers were subjected to the rigorous inspections that have become standard, employees were able to breeze through another security checkpoint without X-ray machines, metal detectors or even a quick search. Since the report, the Transportation Security Administration announced that the airport was in violation of its policies and will now force more rigid security for employees.
PLUS: PM Investigates the Safest Seat on an Airplane
PLUS: FAA's GPS Plan Could Cut Flight Delays
Nanogenerator Produces Electricity from Blood Flow
Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a nanogenerator that produces electricity from ultrasonic waves, such as those produced by pulsating blood vessels in the human body. Although it can't currently produce enough current to power much, with refinements the scientists hope it can be used to power medical devices inside the body.
BREAKTHROUGH AWARDS: Using Viruses to Manufacture Nanotechnology
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Benét, William Rose
Benét, William Rose, 1886–1950, American poet and editor, b. Brooklyn, grad. Yale, 1907; brother of Stephen Vincent Benét. He was associated as editor or assistant editor with the Century Magazine, the Literary Review of the New York Evening Post, and the Saturday Review of Literature (which he helped found in 1924). His books include such collections of poetry as Merchants from Cathay (1913), The Great White Wall (1916), and Man Possessed (1927); a novel, The First Person Singular (1922); a volume of essays, Wild Goslings (1927); and an anthology, The Reader's Encyclopedia (1948). He also coedited The Oxford Anthology of American Literature (1938). His autobiographical verse-narrative, The Dust Which Is God (1941), won the 1942 Pulitzer Prize in poetry. His second wife was the poet, Elinor Wylie, whose poems he edited in 1932.
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TechCrunch Reportedly Selling To AOL
Mike Arrington is close to selling his influential TechCrunch blog to AOL, GigaOm reports. An announcement is said likely at TechCrunch's ongoing Disrupt conference – from which Arrington has been notably absent this afternoon.
Fresh speculation that Arrington would sell TechCrunch started this summer after the former lawyer began spending much of his time in Seattle, where his parents live. AOL, meanwhile, is focusing more on content under CEO Tim Armstrong, a strategy that builds on previous acquisitions like Engadget publisher Weblogs Inc. So a deal wouldn't be a surprise. Then again, given that talk of a TechCrunch sale has been ongoing for more than three years now, it would also be unsurprising if the buyout rumors turned to vapor — with Arrington left enjoying a wash of free publicity for Disrupt.
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Box Office: Pompeii, 3 Days to Kill No Match for LEGO Movie
The LEGO Movie continued to steamroll over the competition at the box office this weekend, easily taking the top spot for the third week in a row with $31.5 million.
New releases 3 Days to Kill and Pompeii came in at Nos. 2 and 3 with $12.3 million and a disappointing $10 million, respectively.
Quiz: Which celebrity is older?
RoboCop and The Monuments Men each fell a spot, dropping to fourth and fifth place with $9.4 million and $8.1 million, respectively.
At No. 6 was About Last Night, which took in $7.4 million - more than a 70 percent drop-off from its debut last week. It was followed by Ride Along in seventh place with $4.7 million.
The Disney juggernaut Frozen, which has been in theaters for 14 weeks and counting, continued to hold steady at No. 8 with $4.4 million.
Rounding out the Top 10 were Endless Love (No. 9, $4.3 million) and Winter's Tale ($2.1 million).
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Leaders of failed financial institutes have been widely castigated, and their competence challenged. But some remain in high demand. Andy Hornby is a case in point
This week, Alliance Boots was reported to be close to appointing Andy Hornby as CEO of its successful international business.
Alliance Boots is Europe's largest wholesale and retail player in the pharmaceutical industry and employs 115,000 people. It is currently run by the Italian billionaire Stefano Pessina, who holds the post of executive chairman. "Alliance Boots confirms it is currently engaged in discussions with Andy Hornby, who is a leading candidate for the role," the firm said in a statement.
Mr Hornby, in charge of HBOS at the time of the bank's near-collapse last autumn, is among several candidates for the post. Before moving to HBOS he spent time in senior posts at supermarket giant Asda.
If we believe the rumours [June 7th 2009] Andy Hornby is back in fashion.
Hornby, formerly of HBOS, remains be one of the more highly regarded of recently deposed financial leaders.
LWD had reported positively on his leadership style after his interview with the BBC's Robert Peston a few months before the banking crisis reached its peak (or do I mean trough?).
We had been tracking his story since the time that Mr Hornby had been assessed as one of the high flying British business leaders. He had enjoyed considerable success in his appointments Asda and Blue Circle, and then at the Halifax building society. He had also gained particular credit for the way he handled the Halifax merger with the Bank of Scotland, although his style was seen as less dynamic than that of more entrepreneurial banking leaders.
What's going on
There are several interesting questions arising from the story of the re-emergence of Mr Hornby as a credible leader. Why should he now be the ultimate choice as its leader by a successful firm such as Alliance Boots? What explanation might be offered for the rumored appointment?
I believe there is a clue in the information provided above. Whatever explanation you might come up with, it helps knock on the head simplistic beliefs that all discredited banking executives have no further prospects of gainful employment in senior leadership positions.


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dishpan hands
Dishpan hands are hands that have spent too much time in the dishwater--i.e. they've suffered the drying effects of soap and water. I was amused to see that it's a condition that's listed in the Houghton-Mifflin Medical Dictionary--I had no idea it had reached disease status! Oh, how we suffer.
Dishpan is an AmE word for the basin in which one washes dishes, though I wouldn't use the term myself, as it sounds old-fashioned to me. But I see that Rubbermaid use(s) the term, as do lots of other folk on the web, so what do I know? I'd probably say dishwashing basin (as do some others on-line) and others also say dishwashing tub. In BrE, it is called a washing up bowl. Here's a beautiful one from Norman Copenhagen. I can't decide whether I wish I could afford a £35 dishpan/washing-up bowl (though the brush is included!), or whether I think I'd disgust myself if I spent that kind of money on trying to look cool while (AmE) doing the dishes/(BrE) washing up. I just (BrE, informal) bung everything into the dishwasher anyhow.
Thinking about dishpan hands reminded me of a recent interaction with Better Half, in which he was searching for something-or-other that was right in front of him. I exclaimed, You're soaking in it! (I do a lot of exclaiming), only to discover that he had never had the joy of Madge the Manicurist in ad(vert)s for Palmolive (AmE) dish detergent/(BrE) washing-up liquid. I believe you can see one of those ad(vert)s here (though I don't have the plug-ins to see it on the computer I'm on now). Catchphrases don't travel well through time or space.
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Thet thang there is a dish tub, and sits in a sink. The basin's in the bathroom, but only if you're really old fashioned. Dish pan is so old-fashioned its off my radar, and honestly I don't think I ever heard "dishpan hands" outside of the Palmolive ads. I have exclaimed "you're soaking in it" many times, though.ReplyDelete
"(AmE) washing the dishes/(BrE) washing up." Sorry to be a bore, but where I grew up (Borders) it was "washing the dishes".ReplyDelete
You're right--washing the dishes is fairly dialect-neutral. I meant to say doing the dishes. I'm going to sneak back in and correct that.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous08 May, 2007 21:01
I think doing the dishes is also dialect-neutal, and seems to be used with or without the definite article in both AmE and BrE.ReplyDelete
The Palmolive ad to which you linked uses the slogan softens hands while you do dishes on the bottle, although Madge actually says "softens your hands while you do the dishes". (Well, you wouldn't want it to soften someone else's hands while you do (the) dishes, would you?)
The advertising slogan that I remember from the 1960s in the UK was Now hands that do dishes can feel soft as your face, with mild green Fairy Liquid. (They sure knew how to write snappy slogans in those days.)
Am/E - I throw dishes in the dishwasher. Mom used to do the dishes in the sink, after she got a double sink. I also stack the dishwasher. If I had to have a plastic pan to clean dishes, I would call it a dishpan. And I'd get dishpan hands. Could be a generational change, I'm over 45.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous08 May, 2007 23:52
Another slightly related lexical unit is "rid the table", which as a child we used all the time at home, which for me meant to take all the dirty dishes off the table. But when I grew up I realized that a lot of people didn't have that in their vocabulary or it had a more generalized meaning of getting rid of anything.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 May, 2007 03:05
In NZ we would "do the dishes". Good n proper.ReplyDelete
It has always struck me as unusual to place a plastic thing (for which you have to find storage space) in a perfectly good kitchen sink. Why? I noticed that the Brits do it, and ex-pat Brits in NZ tend to do it. Our own fry(ing) pan is almost too large for the sink as it is. Is it so slops can be tipped down the side into the sink while washing is in progress?
- Anonymous09 May, 2007 03:10
Is this off-post? But "You're soaking in it". I did not realise that most of the world knew that phrase! Does anyone else remember "Then he said 'now we can all get some sleep'", from the Claytons ad? "The drink you have when you are not having a drink"? Suddenly the Clayton's solution, the clayton's holiday, etc entered our volcabulary. Does anyone else still occassionally use "clayton" to describe something that purports to be something that it isn't?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 May, 2007 11:20
You might not know Fairy's catchphrase for years and years - it went out a few years ago now though. But it was kind of similar to the one you quoted. It was "hands that do dishes can be soft as your face, with mild green fairy liquid" and I could sing it to you right now. The new Fairy slogan doesn't appear to have stuck in my mind, though. Unless they haven't change the slogan and only changed the jingle?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 May, 2007 12:04
Interestingly a northern British way of saying do the washing up is "washing/doing the pots" this is what my Glaswegian father in-law does... along with a couple of Liverpudlians I know and a Mancunian. I do the washing up in a washing up bowl. Actually, no, I don't! Like you I stick it all in the dishwasher... or washing up machine as we called it here in the 60s and 70s. (quaint).ReplyDelete
I have never heard the phrase "you're soaking in it" what a great way of saying "you can't see for looking" or I suppose our "you're right on top of it" is a little closer. Will definitely be filing that away in my mental stack of phrases to use.
We don't have Fairy Liquid in the US, but old advertising pictures from it can be found in many gay shops. I've been in several gay households (can a household be 'gay'? what silly phrasing) in the US with 'Fairy' magnets on the fridge or posters on the wall. I think many people have them without knowing that there is an actual product involved.ReplyDelete
AmE - I use dish soap! For me, detergent is only for the laundry. That was a problem my first couple of weeks here in Glasgow...ReplyDelete
I can say dish soap too, but I would consider that to be a little more informal.ReplyDelete
On the packages, it seems to be dishwashing liquid, though that is not something I'd say unless I were an actor on a television commercial.
What I have found in the process of checking this, is that manufacturers seem to use dishwashing detergent or dishwasher detergent for the stuff one puts in dishwashers.
- Anonymous10 May, 2007 17:33
Returning to the matter of dishpan hands, the closest Br Eng expression I know of would be washerwoman's hands, or washerwoman's wrinkles, sadly a dying profession. Cf the Anglo-Indian dhobi, as in dhobi itch.ReplyDelete
---"Cf the Anglo-Indian dhobi, as in dhobi itch"---ReplyDelete
Dhobis was clothes though, not dishes.
Incidentally, I'm surprised you don't have Fairy Liquid in the States; I have no trouble getting it either in Saudi or Sri Lanka
But why would the US import Fairy liquid when it's just like other products produced for the US market? Presumably Fairy was imported to Sri Lanka and Saudi Arabia because there were gaps in the market there...ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10 May, 2007 20:39
Instead of "you're soaking in it" my husband, from Oklahoma, says "If it were a snake it would've bitten you." I like "you're soaking in it" and will have to use that sometime. I recall those commercials fondly.ReplyDelete
I told my wife (also from the US) about the dishpan hands discussion and she wasn't too sure what it meant. When I explained it she said 'oh, you mean raisins?'ReplyDelete
I assume that raisins are what I would call prunes or pruny hands--i.e. fingertips that are wrinkled after coming out of the water. This could happen in a bath or swimming pool.ReplyDelete
Dishpan hands are not that. They are hands that are chapped because you do the dishes often (without gloves), not because your hands just came out of the water. Dishpan hands aren't wet--they're dried out.
But why would the US import Fairy liquid when it's just like other products produced for the US market?ReplyDelete
Presumably Proctor and Gamble sell Fairy under another name (I've never seen 'Joy' anywhere so that may well be the US brand name -- you're in more of a position to do the research).
It's the biggest seller in Spain as well. So it looks to me as if P & G decided the name was not right for the USA but fine for everywhere else.
As Fairy is like Hoover or Pampers often used as a generic word, it would be interesting if you did a couple of articles on different brand names, particularly in those areas outside food and cars where there is unlikely to be any cultural preference for the product as opposed to the name.
The UK has more positive associations for fairy...fairies at the bottom of the garden and all that.ReplyDelete
In the US, the 'homosexual' sense is probably much stronger.
One of the advantages of growing up in Australia is that we become proficient in both AmE and BrE. Dishpan Hands is an easily recognisable concept amongst my (smallish) test group here. But definately one of those grammatical metaphors we are cautioned about using in texts designed for ESL friends!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous14 May, 2007 06:41
The object of putting the dishpan into the perfectly good sink is to allow one to rinse a dish in cold water, outside of the dishpan, allowing the sudsy water inside the dishpan to remain hot. Nowadays many people dispense with dishpans altogether, if they have a dual-basin sink, allowing hot water to wash on the left, and a separate basin to rinse in cold, usually on the right. But these double basin sinks are far from ubiquitous.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous14 May, 2007 12:53
when I was growing up and it was my day to do the dishes, my parents both used the term "Time to do the pots and pans young man". I did once try to avoid doing half the washing up by taking them literally, however that actually work in my favour too well. I digress though, my main point i wanted to make was regarding "dishpan hands". Victorian England nobility would actually look at a servents hands before hiring under the illusion (or perhaps not) that those with "dishpan hands" were hard working.ReplyDelete
When I was in the UK, a friend of mine from the north of England told me that where she was from, "washing (the) dishes" was posh, and "washing (the) pots" was what regular people said.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous27 May, 2007 04:46
My mother used to say "washer woman's fingers" and her mother was a washer woman.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous06 June, 2007 22:58
In the past, I've seen an old UK television advert from the 50's or 60's.ReplyDelete
This was "Dreft - for dishes"; a liquid detergent.
I believe that it was succeeded by "Mild Green Fairy Liquid".
Incidentally, a certain UK consumer-test magazine performed their usual testing upon hand dishwashing liquids. The winner by far, was the standard "Mild Green Fairy liquid".
- Anonymous04 November, 2008 10:53
For the delight and edification of those on both sides of the pond, might I recommend the website Telly Ads. An ongoing archive of current commercials, and now also quite a large collection of classics.ReplyDelete
This is the craziest conversation I have ever seen! But I definitely have dishpan hands from washing the dishes. Some say "warshing".ReplyDelete
- Debbie05 November, 2010 11:00
We had that same advert here in New Zealand, from Australia, so I always think of it as quintessentially Australian!ReplyDelete
- Mikkis25 August, 2011 21:38
Just stumbled upon this post and felt I have to point out that Fairy originates from US as a brand name. Here's a short historyReplyDelete
Still working my way through old posts, and trying to comply with Lynne's "searchability" criterion. BrE, mid 60s, and absolutely fascinated by the site. I grew up in the days of the old Belfast sink. Plastic dish basins (ScotsE, in that time and place) were used to stop a limited supply of hot water getting cold on contact with a large mass of stone. Also, the Belfast sinks were both deep and wide. it took a lot of water to cover a few dishes.ReplyDelete
The habit of using washing-up bowls has persisted. It's a favourite game of mine to ask people why they still use them. I find that I get almost as many answers as there are people to ask. And most people are a bit defensive
What's an Australian bison? Something you wash your fise in.


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'Supernatural' exclusive clip: Misha Collins returns!
Castiel's death was just one of the many casualties that have rocked Sam and Dean this season on Supernatural, and the episodes since have shown the boys — particularly Dean — coping with the immense loss. So you can imagine the feelings and emotion that will bubble to the surface when, as promised, Misha Collins returns in this week's episode. (Well, at least for Dean.) In traditional Supernatural fashion, there's a side order of twist with our excitement.
Collins returns as a healer, who Dean enlists to help Sam through a mental break. And while the healer has more than a resemblance to Dean's angel bestie, as this exclusive clip shows, he has no recollection of Castiel's time with the boys. So is it Castiel? A doppelganger? We'll all have to watch on Friday to find out the answer. But one thing is certain: Collins' character — Castiel or not — will still provide some of the clarity Dean so often needs.
In this clip, for example, Dean explains that he once had an ability to move on after tumultuous events in his life. "It might take me some time, but I always could. What Cas did, I just can't. I don't know why," he says to the healer, who responds with a reality check. "You're not a machine, Dean. You're human."
"The Born-Again Identity" will mark the first of at least three episodes Collins will appear in during the rest of the season. Check out the clip below!
(Also, mini-Quotable: "Your friend's name was Cas? That's an odd name." I missed him…)
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When you're checking your manuscript, use your word processor's Spellcheck. Some editors turn up their snobby little noses at Spellcheck, but it can flag problems you might otherwise miss. Nobody's perfect and problems will always appear once you've published your book (yes, in both traditional and self-published books). Don't take every suggestion; Spellcheck isn't always right. It's a tool, not a panacea. You can also use Find and Replace to look for problems Spellcheck misses: its, it's, there, their and so on. Spellcheck doesn't replace editors and they don't replace thinking. But you'll catch more using it.
To the rude editor I met at the conference who said she never used Spellcheck: Yes, I'm saying that was arrogant and, just like the rest of us, you're not nearly as smart as you think you are. Or funny. And you need to work on your social skills. (Now I'm worried that I'm projecting.)
I don't edit blog posts obsessively, but when I'm working on a book, I have several websites up on my browser: Chicago Manual of Style, Wikipedia, and dictionary.com. I also use Autocrit for more input.
For me, yesterday was single quote day. I wrote parts of my books with Open Office, so I had to go through the manuscript and make all my single quotes curly…and curly in the right direction. I was cross-eyed and HULK ANGRY by 5 pm.
Self-publishing guru and author of Pentecost, Joanna Penn, has a great suggestion to deal with typos: Publish your ebook first. Your readers will let you know (politely or not) about your book's typos. Corrections to the ebook are easier than correcting your printed book. Corrections to print books are called "second editions." Great tip! For more information from Joanna, check out this very useful interview. I loved this inspiring interview and it helped me calm down after Curly Quote Day. Well…much later, after the photo below.
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State Engineer: More Calls on North Platte Water Rights Likely [AUDIO]
The Wyoming State Engineer's office expects more calls on water rights in the North Platte River drainage in the months ahead despite heavy snowfall in the river's headwaters. Doug Randall has more on that story. University of Wyoming student Maggie Moran was chose as one of 21 recipients of the college women's leadership award. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.


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I'm proud to be part of a new teaching collaboration between SEGI College and Lightroom Studio and Academy – the Masters Series Professional Photography Mentoring Program. The program is the first of its kind in Malaysia and recognizes that being a successful professional photographer goes beyond raw technical skill and into workflow, business and marketing; you might be able to get a degree in photography, but that doesn't teach you how to make a living out of it. Of course, a strong portfolio is one of the outcomes of the course – I've yet to meet a client who at all bothered about my qualifications (no, they're not photography related) after seeing my portfolio. Together with five other highly respected industry professionals (commercial photographers, MPA members, Hasselblad masters etc) – Jen Siow, Adam Seow, Lim Hock Seng, Kevin Then and Wesley Wong – I will be one of the masters teaching the course.
The aim of the program is twofold: to produce successful professional photographers, and to set standards and raise the bar for the industry as a whole. Whilst it might seem that we are going to shoot ourselves in the foot by training our competition, that isn't necessarily the case: the market still remains big enough to support many professionals. The problem is that we're all going to have to spend some time on both photographer and client education in order to ensure that the perceived value of our skills is appreciated and valued appropriately – by improving understanding, we can actually help the photographic and creative market to mature and grow. This is a very important responsibility of all true professionals in the industry so that we can continue to ensure future commercial sustainability.
The program itself is will be recognized by the Ministry of Higher Education as a postgrad diploma; it will be highly self-driven by the student and very much like a true Masters' program. There are no limits on entry or application, other than that the students must have a portfolio and an aim; it's much like my Email School of Photography in that regard but aimed at a more intensive level. Each student will spend time with a number of the masters depending on their chosen discipline; passing is dependent on a final portfolio review and assessment. Industry partners including Leica, Canon, Hasselblad, Profoto, HP, Pentax and Sony are supporting the effort, which will include a fully-equipped studio and workspace for students. Intakes will start in 2013 – I'm looking forward to this! MT
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Now that it's November, doesn't all that Halloween hoopla just seem so childish in retrospect? And some dad building a remote controlled ghost out of an RC quadrocopter to scare nieghborhood kids? Especially childish. No wait that's awesome.
Michael Colton's six-foot ghoul uses just some off the shelf quadrocopter parts, an aluminum frame, a few zip ties and an old bedsheet. Brilliant. Mark this one down for Halloween 2011. [Utah Aerials via Engadget]


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Washington (CNN) - The current crisis on the nation's southern border appears to be fueling a notable shift in American attitudes toward immigration policy with border security growing in importance, according to a new national survey.
A CNN/ORC International poll released on Thursday also indicates that a majority of those surveyed support making it easier for the United States to return migrant youth from Central America who have surged across the U.S. border with Mexico this year.
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But according to the survey, a bare majority views the children as refugees rather than illegal immigrants, and most say they'd be willing to have the federal government temporarily relocate some of the children to their communities or their city.
The influx of children trying to cross the southern border, many of them unaccompanied, has been a major media story over the past month. The White House and many Democrats have clashed with Republicans in Congress and governors over who is to blame and what should be done about it.
According to the poll, 51% now say the government's focus, when it comes to immigration policy, should be formulating a plan to stop the flow of undocumented immigrants. Forty-five percent say the top priority should be developing a plan that would allow undocumented immigrants who have jobs to become legal residents.
That's a change from February, when Americans said 54%-41% that legal status trumped border security.
"In the early part of this decade, a solid majority consistently said that the main focus of the U.S. government should be stopping the flow of illegal immigrants and deporting those already in the country. But in 2012, that flipped dramatically, with a solid majority believing that the government's main focus should be on a plan to allow illegal immigrants to become legal U.S. residents," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "Now - and in a matter of months - the pendulum has swung back."
Big partisan divide
The survey indicates major partisan, geographical, generational, and gender divides.
Sixty-one percent of Democrats, but less than a quarter of Republicans, say that legal status is more important than border security. Independents are divided.
A majority of northeasterners say legal status is most important, while majorities in the Midwest and South say border security is the top priority. People in the West are divided. A majority of men and those over 50 say beefing up the border is most pressing, while most of those under 50 say legal status comes first. Women are divided.
The attention the current crisis is receiving is also fueling a spike in those who say the issue's extremely important. Thirty-nine percent now say it's extremely important for President Barack Obama and Congress to deal with illegal immigration, up 10 points from last year.
"That means that immigration is the only issue tested that has grown significantly more important to the public in the past year," Holland adds. "Nonetheless, immigration remains less important to the American public than the economy, education, health care and the budget deficit."
How to fix the problem
Fifty-four percent of those questioned say they support spending several billion dollars to increase the number of border officials who can determine whether the immigrant children should be deported, or allowed to stay.
Obama proposed a $3.7 billion emergency spending bill, which was instantly opposed by conservatives who argued the plan was too expensive.
Obama weighs sending national guard to border
Senate Democrats unveiled a $2.7 billion version that lacks key changes to border policies that Republicans have demanded as a condition for approving new funds. Wednesday, House Republican countered with a $1.5 billion emergency spending bill.
Under current U.S. law, unaccompanied children from Central America who illegally come to the United States may remain for months or years until they receive an immigration hearing on their status.
The poll indicates that more than six in 10 favor a bill that would make it easier for federal authorities to deport all children who enter the country illegally.
There's a partisan divide on the question, with more than eight in 10 Republicans and nearly two-thirds of independents, but only a minority of Democrats, supporting the idea.
Jeb Bush weighs in on border crisis
Refugees or illegal immigrants?
Americans are divided on how they view the undocumented children. Fifty-one percent describe most as refugees fleeing violence and poverty, with 45% saying most of them are illegal immigrants whose parents are trying to exploit a loophole in the U.S. immigration system.
By a 57%-41% margin, people say they'd be willing to have some of the children relocated to a security facility in the city or town where they live until the cases are resolved.
The poll was conducted for CNN by ORC International from July 18-20, with 1,012 adult Americans questioned by telephone. The survey's overall sampling error is plus or minus three percentage points.
CNN, who are you polling? Evidently not the Americans responding on a regular basis to the invasion – not immigration -crisis on our southern border. Remember these are illegals, not refugees. Get real. Where there are thousands today, there will be millions tomorrow. Truth is, WE cannot afford them. WE cannot finance food, housing, education, healthcare, etc. for these illegals. Truth is. Illegal is illegal. Take care of our own. Send them back. Close our border until this "CRISIS" is over.
Obama doesn't need to be "baited" into breaching laws, believe me.
CNN, who are you polling? My guess it is not the many many who are responding on a regular basis to the current crisis on our Southern border. Remember CNN, this is not an "immigration" crisis, this is an invasion of Illegals. Where there are thousands today, there will be millions tomorrow. All coming to us for expected freebies financed by our hard earned taxpayer dollars. Take care of our own. We cannot afford these illegals. Close the border. Return the illegals. Do it now. CNN, if you are going to do a "poll", do it right.
To The GOP Solution: If you believe the garbage you spewed, then I feel truly sorry for you. When the law as passed in 2008, there was a total Democrat Congress and it was only for sex trafficked kids. So get real, people. Let's be honest.
I love polls...someone spends money to hire a few people to call random people and ask them a bunch of questions. I'd be willing to bet that more than 3% didn't answer the question honestly. Most people aren't going to answer some smuck nonsense questions during dinner hours. And yet, THEY want you to be the majority wants this or that...
I can tell you that a majority of people are upset about what's happening in this country and they are tired of congress and the President
Unbelievable that white Americans would allow Hispanics to illegally invade and conquer the United States without an army or firing a shot. After all the fighting and killing whites done to take the country, Hispanics are taking it away by walking across the border. Seal the border and deport those 11 plus million illegals before it is to late.
They don't qualify under 2008 law. Their parents paid smugglers to break our laws and bring them here. Put them in communities and they will just disappear forever. Even if they have family here they broke the law.
CNN/ORC why didn't you ask the American if the Children at the border should be sent home or should we keep them, rather than run a misleading poll where each person in that poll is asked several different questions then you calculate it to get your findings.Republicans are burying them selves in ignorance, the least educated amomg them is leading the party.
1. For all the people screamng that children need a hearing – Why are children from countries other than Mexico and Canada deserve a hearing? They are using the same borders to enter US. We need to stop this discrimination and deport them back to where they came from. At the very least return them to their embassy/consulates and then their government needs to take care of them
2. Thousands of people are waiting in the legal immigration line. Some that I personally know have been waiting over 6 years and paying thousands of dollars in legal fees. Giving legal status to undocumented and illegals before them is a slap in the face of legal immigration. We need to fix legal immigration before we try our hand on the undocumented.
This is all orchestrated by the O admin.
The average income of a Honduran is 2,200 per year. Who is giving them the money to pay 5000-7000 to come to the states?
Why were newspapers advertising come to America, you wont get deported?
Why did the DHS start soliciting, in January of this year for bids to take care of up to 65,000 immigrant children?
Why is America still advertising the availability of food stamps in Mexico's cities?
Why is this admin. shipping these illegals all over the country? Certainly NOT for ease of deportation.
Why does this admin. have a La Raza higher up on his administration as a key advisor? They advocate death to whites and the superiority of the Spanish speakers.
With everything, there are many dots to connect in this admin. Something very criminal is going on, at the American taxpayers expense.
Close the boarders! There is a whooping cough epidemic in Snohomish Country in Washington State and infestations of bed bugs are rampant. Illegal Immigrants are not getting shots for their kids because they are trying to dodge the authorities and not attract attention to themselves. We all end up paying the price! They bring their filth with them. Plague rats, all of them.


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Review: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre
Artistic Director Lin Hwai-min choreographed the company's iconic show in 1994 following a visit to the bhodi tree in Bodhgaya (where the Buddha attained enlightenment), stating in the program that the dance is a meditation on "practicing asceticism, the river's mildness, and the quest for quietude." A monk dressed in robes stood motionless in prayer throughout the performance, as a coursing vein of rice pounded down on his shaven head. Meanwhile, twenty-four dancers moved with viscous slowness through various iterations of meditation, using forked sticks crowned with tinkling bells and leafy flagellation sticks as props. Clearly relying on an impressive array of techniques, they used focused, intentional micro-movements to physically manifest the very human struggle of enlightenment. After the performers took their bows and bouquets, a solitary dancer remained to meditatively rake the field of golden rice.
Despite Lin's channeling of Herman Hesse's Siddhartha in the program—"There is infinite beauty within the beauty of nirvana—the reluctance to leave, and the reluctance to let go"—many audience members seemed to have very little reluctance to leave the Keller Auditorium before the show ended. And among the ones who stayed, more than one snore offered its own personalized sound score.
Critics have claimed that Cloud Gate has the "power to change your metabolism," and I'm afraid that proved all too true. For those with patience necessary to enter that slower mindset, the performance could appear surreal, trance-like, and a welcome break from a fast-paced world. But unfortunately, my full Buddha belly, sleepy from the food carts before the show, eclipsed my latent Buddha mind.


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What are they?
The ongoing meltdown in Thunderdome and the departure of Chris tell me we've got something that needs to be fixed. I don't quite know how to fix everything, so let's crowdsource it — you people leave comments here telling me what rules you think might work to get the knifey-bitey-smashy atmosphere to lighten up a little. Just a little.


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They're all here at MPGear, the kid-HydroSprint, the nanny-HydroSpeed and the billy-HydroSwift. This family of GoLite waist packs will help keep you hydrated on your journeys over the river and through the woods. The insulated bottle holsters will keep your milk warm and the mesh hip pockets will store your gel pudding.
Come on now, everybody, let's run and sing – "Over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house we go…"


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This recipe is The Bomb. It is quick, requires a handful of ingredients, will rock your world and impress everyone who is lucky enough to sample even a drop of it. This sauce requires real, lux salt, not the nasty table salt that you can buy in massive pantry packs. Nigella has shown us again why she is the queen of all things decadent and divine with this recipe. Serve this with vanilla ice cream for a show stopper dessert. Add the salt in increments & taste as you go.
With thanks to Anna Warr [http://www.facebook.com/AnnaWarrPhotography] for her delish snaps.
50g brown sugar
50g caster sugar
50mL golden syrup
125mL double cream
75g unsalted butter, cubed
half to one-and-a-half teaspoons best quality salt [I use pink Murray River salt]
Melt butter, sugars and syrup in a small heavy pan and simmer for two to three minutes. Swirl, don't stir, occasionally.
Slowly pour in cream and half a teaspoon of the salt and stir before tasting. Add a little more salt at a time if you desire.
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As regular readers will know, I'm a bull on Indonesia. But one problem that occurs regularly there is the inability of the Indonesian government to refrain from changing or trying to change the rules of the game. Very unsettling.
We see it in the regular calls by the government to re-negotiate the commercial gas contracts that S'pore has with Indonesia*. We also see it in the plan mooted last year by the central bank to limit bank ownership to 49%. This would mean Temasek, all three local banks, and M'sian banks having to cut back their holdings. So far nothing concrete has emerged.
Now Indonesia will force foreign firms to sell down stakes in mines by the 10th year of production, with domestic ownership to be at least 51%, in a move likely to hurt existing miners and scare off potential investors. The new rule is the latest government attempt to extract greater domestic profit from the vast mineral wealth in the world's top exporter of thermal coal and tin. Indonesia contains some of the world's richest mineral deposits, such as the Freeport-run Grasberg, the world's largest gold mine, and its fast-growing mining sector accounts for about 11% of GDP.
The requirement, stated in a regulation on the mining ministry's website, comes as the government is renegotiating contracts with the leading foreign metals miners in the country, Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc and Newmont Corp.
To be fair, the rule isn't a brand new outbreak of resource nationalism. It is ad hoc legislation to fill in holes in a 2009 mining law, which followed 2003 revisions to royalties and 2001 rules on distributing mining revenue. The 2009 law required foreign owners to start divesting after five years of production, but didn't say by how much. A number has now been provided, but it's still not clear which existing mines the new terms will affect, if any.
*S'pore's new liquefied terminal will be able to handle sufficient imports of the fuel to cover all of the country's power needs, even if piped gas supply contracts with Malaysia and Indonesia are not renewed, a senior civil servant said a few days ago. It depends on natural gas for around 80% of its power generation needs, with the bulk sourced from Indonesia and Malaysia under long-term contracts.


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I had this dream in '09. No telling if this will happen. I don't know. Gods knows ALL. Ponder on this, though; We are under the 'mercy' of God. Which is a last resort. God wants repentance from America.
I was out to eat, with friends, just eating, nothing more… I looked into the sky, and I saw 5 planes, it looked like a night time air show, but as I looked, they looked like foriegn planes- I told the people I was with (friends) that they were foriegn planes.. but these planes were NOT foreign. THEY WERE OUR OWN PLANES.
Time passed, and my friends and I went out to eat.. As we were eating, there was a LARGE some type of Aircraft that I had not seen before in the sky- it had 5 points and there was 5 rockets, I said: "LOOK AT THAT THING!!! IT IS GOING TO SHOOT DOWN AT US!!!" It didnt shoot at US, but several rockets shot about 10-20 miles away, and we saw the fire and it BURNED homes down. We were becoming used to seeing bombs in our own nation.
It was becoming COMMON-PLACE.
Then we were out… and this time, the rockets were above our heads, and in our paths, these rockets were setting fires all over, destroying everything in their path, everywhere. People began to hide, hide wherever they could find a place, behind big cement walls, trees, ANYWHERE.
People were dying everywhere in America by rockets.
I, myself had gotten paralyzed by fear, for I never thought, in my life I would see rockets all over America- EVER. There was NO PLACE safe- NO WHERE. People I knew began to run, hide, they were scared.
Somewhere, (I cant remember) if we didnt submit to something, all of the sudden we were placed at workplaces. I was at this workplace, for what seemed like months…I started to question… When am I going home?!? We had people that were called "TASKMASTERS" -They were not 'bosses, or employers' they were taskmasters and that was what they were called.
The one that was my taskmaster was an American of African descent, she looked so saddened, and I knew why.. I knew that the poor woman supported B.H.O., she was so filled with sorrow and regret.. I remember her looking at me, she was showing me how to make this weapon, I cant remember what it was, but she was a Christian, and she then told me that; YOU MUST CONCENTRATE ON SURVIVING- this lady was really nice to me.. she directed me to a place where I cold make some trusted friends, but others she didnt help- these others were PROFOUND RACISTS, NAZIS and they were getting strictly judged, as they spewed hate toward mankind and their fellow Americans.
Some time passed.. I saw PROPAGANDA of the worst sort, it was ALL AGAINST ISRAEL, Obamas face was on so many billboards, it was ALL OVER the place…then as I was trying to make friends, BOMBS came into this place where I was, and I started running, day turned into night, BOMBS BOMBS BOMBS- fire everywhere, then there was NO PLACE to hide, NONE, I got paralyzed with fear, because I thought for sure that they would get me- I thought they could detect EVERY PLACE we were at, I could hear this EVIL "ARMY" yelling "WHERE ARE THE CHRISTIANS AND THOSE THAT SUPPORT ISRAEL?!" I could hear the biggest usurper of all, B.H.O. on top, leading this evil army, Jews were hunted, Christians were HUNTED- but most of all, Jews were HUNTED.
I was running, running… I stopped in some place, and there this lady or female there, she seemed nice, but I looked at her again, she had on Eastern clothes, she was FULL of BLASPHEMY, she asked me to take a picture of her, and to 'come and be friends' I just acted like I was stupid or something…but a 'friend' said "I will take her picture' I thought, well, I BET that she will do something terrible.. he went to take her picture, and he got blown up. But…I saw payment in full against this lying female, a bomb hit her or some grenade, and she was burned and screaming.
Time had passed… and nowhere to hide as bombs rained down on the USA, it was so hard to find a place to hide- the people I was with were not smart in survival tactics.
I was then in a place like a garage, and I was so scared, I couldnt hardly move, and began to cry HARD.. Then a little girl showed up… she said, come this way!!
She began to tell me… 'They cant hear and see everything you say!!' I didnt believe her at first, then I remembered that the satan has NOT the power to know whats in your heart, God KNOWS US – psalms 139. Then, I saw… a temporary hiding type place- many people were there, they were people that would NOT turn their backs on God.


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Bicycling has long been recognized as one of the finest forms of exercise. Unlike running, aerobics, Tae-Bo and other fitness fads, cycling is easy on the body because the bicycle supports your body weight so you don't have to. Plus, there's no impact on the body from pedaling.
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The current issue of Words Without Borders has an interesting comic about language and identity by Taiwanese artist Li-Chin Lin, translated from French by Edward Gauvin.
Tongue-tied, excerpted (I think) from her début graphic novel Formose, vividly explores the politics of dialect and language, social attitudes towards their use, and the complications of squaring one's sense of self with these conflicting pressures.
Li-Chin Lin is interviewed here about her work; the page is in French, so drop the text into Google Translate or similar if you want a rough version in English or another language.


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Editorial: Stepping up on climate, green energy
For a decade, the federal government has stumbled along without an energy strategy and without an answer to global climate change. Friday, the House of Representatives finally grabbed these bulls by the horns.
The Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act tackles three of our most pressing problems. It's an economic development bill, designed to mobilize a huge investment in the green energy economy. It's an energy bill, intended to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil. And it's an environmental bill, designed to reduce the production of greenhouse gases responsible for much of the global warming that threatens the planet. The main mechanism it uses to achieve these ends, a cap-and-trade system for carbon emissions, is a market-based solution with a good chance of success.
The bill passed by a narrow margin on Friday, thanks to the kind of arm-twisting, favor-trading and compromises typical of legislative sausage-making. That leaves it weaker than we'd like, especially in its goals, assumptions and trade-offs related to carbon emissions.
Compromising on how quickly the green economy develops or how long it takes to reduce dependence on foreign oil has limited consequences. But climate change has already begun. The glacial ice covering Greenland isn't waiting for the votes of coal-state Democrats as it slides toward the sea. There is good reason to fear that actions that are politically feasible today won't be enough to stop the worst effects of global warming tomorrow.
On the Left, the debate focused on whether to let the perfect be the enemy of the good. On the Right, Republicans branded this effort to redirect incentives a "tax," opposing it on the implied grounds that we should be able to save the planet and create a new energy economy without inconveniencing anyone.
President Obama had hoped to use proceeds from the emissions permits auctioned off under the cap-and-trade program elsewhere in the budget, but the authors of the bill, Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., chose instead to use that money to cushion the blow for energy producers and consumers. As a result, the Congressional Budget Office estimates the measure would cost the average household $175 a year by 2020, with the most needy families actually saving money on energy.
We'd have liked a stronger bill, but Friday's 219-214 vote makes it clear that every concession was needed. The question now is what it will take to get a climate change bill through the Senate, where it will take 60 votes to overcome an expected Republican filibuster.
Climate change is a global concern, and this bill is an important marker for the United States to bring to the next round of negotiations, beginning this December in Copenhagen. Waxman-Markey isn't the ultimate solution to America and the world's energy and environmental challenges, but it is a historic first step in the right direction.
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Today: Wall Street moves higher in a shortened session as beleaguered tech stocks receive a holiday reprieve. Also: Retailers enjoy Black Friday, but online shopping expected to be profitable this year as well.
Wall Street shoots higher as investors target technology stocks that have suffered
Black Friday bargain shoppers weren't just at the malls this year, as investors on Wall Street picked up shares in technology companies that have struggled this year, sending indexes back above landmark levels.
During a session that closed at 10 a.m. Pacific time in a nod to the Thanksgiving holiday that closed markets on Thursday, all three major U.S. stock indexes gained at least 1.3 percent, with the Dow Jones closing higher than 13,000 and the Standard & Poor's surpassing 1,400. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index closed short of the 3,000 mark, but had the largest gain of the day at 1.4 percent.
As evidenced by the Nasdaq's move, tech stocks were an important driver for Friday's gains, with investors looking to grab Silicon Valley stocks, such as companies in the damaged personal-computer industry, that have fallen steadily in the past few months. The SV150 index of the region's largest tech companies increased more than the major national indexes with a 1.5 percent bump.
"Anyone that was on the sidelines waiting for a pullback like the one we just had in some of the tech names, they're looking for any glimpse of strong price action for 'permission' to enter into those (stocks)," Todd Salamone, director of research at Schaeffer's Investment Research, told Reuters.
Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), which fell to decade lows after announcing a poor quarter and accusing acquisition Autonomy of using illegal accounting tricks to push up its valuation, rose 4.2 percent, helping the Dow. HP closed at $12.44, 9.6 percent higher than the low it hit on the day of its earnings report.
Autonomy founder Mike Lynch continued to deny HP's accusations, blaming different accounting methods in the U.S. and internationally, but the FBI is still investigating the Palo Alto company's claims as it seeks to pull out of the death spiral to which its history of failed acquisitions has contributed. HP continues to face difficulties on other fronts, as it was forced to answer an SEC inquiry with a Friday letter denying it sells equipment directly to Syria.
Other PC-industry stocks also rebounded Friday, with Microsoft gaining 2.8 percent, Santa Clara chipmaker Intel (INTC) increasing 1.9 percent as it continues hunting for a new CEO, Sunnyvale chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices jumping 4.3 percent, and HP rival Dell growing by 5.4 percent.
Canadian mobile-tech company Research in Motion had one of the largest increases on the day, jumping 13.7 percent as it nears the Jan. 30 release of its newest operating system, which it hopes will pull the company's shares out of a long-term downward spiral. RIM stock, which once surpassed $140, closed Friday at $11.66 after a gain of $1.40.
Sunnyvale Internet company Yahoo (YHOO), which hit its highest point in 18 months earlier this week, surpassed that high Friday with a daily gain of 0.9 percent that pushed it to a closing price $18.57. Apple (AAPL), which had a huge rebound Monday after being pushed down more than 20 percent, known as a "bear market," increased another 1.7 percent Friday to close at $571.50, its highest closing price in more than two weeks.
Tech infrastructure companies were also popular Friday, with San Jose networking giant Cisco (CSCO) gaining 2 percent, Sunnyvale rival Juniper increasing 3 percent, and Palo Alto virtualization company VMware rising 1.9 percent. Software companies weren't left out, either: Oracle (ORCL) rose 1.7 percent, Adobe (ADBE) matched that gain, and Palo Alto social-networking software company Jive increased 3.9 percent.
The one tech sector to miss out on Friday's gains seemed to be social-networking, as Facebook fell 1.3 percent to break a recent string of success, despite big-money acquisition Instagram announcing Thanksgiving was its busiest day in history. Zynga also descended, losing 2.5 percent, while LinkedIn traded flat.
Shoppers out in full force from Thanksgiving Day through Black Friday
While investors searched for bargains on Wall Street, Americans descended on retail outlets in the annual start to the holiday shopping season known as Black Friday. Continuing a trend from the past couple years, sales actually started on Thanksgiving Day, and some shoppers stayed out all night, hopping from store to store.
"After Walmart, I'm going to Target next," Fremont resident Katrina Anderson said Thursday evening as she filed into the retail giant in her hometown. "Then I will be going to Babies R Us, Toys R Us. Eventually I will get to Sears and Home Depot."
Three separate "door-buster" promotions from Thursday evening through early Friday morning helped Wal-Mart set records for sales, the company announced Friday, helping send its stock price up 1.9 percent.
Anecdotally, shoppers said deals weren't as good as last year, but bargain-seekers seemed more willing to spend this year as the economy has healed even more from the Great Recession.
Melanie Black, general manager of Eastridge Mall in San Jose, said she was "shocked" by the crowds packing the mall after its midnight opening. "This is what it was four or five years ago," she said, happy to see the return of pre-recession crowd levels.
Retailers hope that Americans get back to spending big money for the holiday season, as their profitability depends on it.
"You live or die based upon whether you win Black Friday," retail consultant Britt Beemer said.
Online shopping expected to grow strongly this year, with tablets at top
Strong crowds at brick-and-mortar stores aren't expected to hurt online shopping, however: E-commerce is likely to grow 16.4 percent this year while physical retail sales grow just 3.9 percent, Jefferies analysts reported this week. ComScore predicts an even larger increase of 17 percent.
The growth seems to have already started, with ComScore reporting that $10.1 billion was spent online between Nov. 1 and Nov. 18, 16 percent more than the same period last year. PayPal, San Jose-based eBay's (EBAY) online payments system, reported Friday that customers almost tripled their online purchases through the company's mobile shopping on Thanksgiving Day this year.
eBay and Amazon should dominate online purchases this holiday season, ChannelAdvisor CEO Scot Wingo said this week. "The eBay and Amazon marketplaces are looking the strongest heading into the holiday," he wrote in a blog post. eBay and Amazon shares both increased 0.8 percent Friday.
Tablets are at the top of many wish lists, according to an Ipsos/Thomson Reuters poll, though Apple's new iPad Mini isn't showing up in many people's letters to Santa. Only 8 percent of those saying they wanted a new tablet this holiday season were yearning for the smaller version of Apple's iconic tablet, the same percentage that wanted Microsoft's new Surface offering. The full-sized iPad still topped lists, however.
Silicon Valley tech stocks
Up: AMD, HP, Jive, Juniper, Electronic Arts (ERTS), Sunpower, NetApp, Cisco, VMware, Intel, Apple, Oracle, Adobe, Yelp, Symantec, Intuit (INTU), Yahoo, eBay, Splunk, Gilead, Nvidia
Down: Zynga, Workday, Facebook, Tesla, Applied Materials
The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index: Up 40.30, or 1.38 percent, to 2,966.85
The blue chip Dow Jones industrial average: Up 172.79, or 1.35 percent, to 13,009.68
And the widely watched Standard & Poor's 500 index: Up 18.12, or 1.3 percent, to 1,409.15
Check in weekday afternoons for the 60-Second Business Break, a summary of news from Mercury News staff writers, The Associated Press, Bloomberg News and other wire services. Contact Jeremy C. Owens at 408-920-5876; follow him at Twitter.com/mercbizbreak.