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Now that Solana Beach officials have agreed to revisit parts of their plastic bag ban because shoppers are complaining about paying a dime for paper bags, we have a suggestion: Bag the whole thing.
Solana Beach banned the use of plastic bags at grocery stores and pharmacies in August and other retailers in November. The move to ban plastic bags was started in April 2007 when San Francisco (of course) became the first city in the nation to ban plastic bags, according to Californians Against Waste. It's since spread up and down the Golden State, on the grounds that plastic bags clog landfills, kill wildlife and in general are an environmental scourge that must be stopped, at all costs.
And yet in many cities, including Solana Beach, where this nanny-state dictate is imposed, there's not just an inconvenience but also a cost to the consumer: to encourage shoppers to bring their own reusable cloth bags instead of simply switching to paper, paper bags come with a 10-cent surcharge.
This is simply one more example of government trying to dictate our behavior by taking money out of our pockets if we don't fall in line.
Solana Beach officials are taking a second look at the ban solely on those grounds – and we admit, that's a compelling-enough argument.
But there are plenty of other reasons to bag the bag ban.
Environmental concerns, for the most part, are a sham. While plastic bags aren't biodegradable, they are recyclable, and most major grocery stores have collection bins. Indeed, a California Integrated Waste Management Board study shows that plastic bags account for only 0.4 percent of landfill space.
On top of that, the alternatives to plastic bags are flawed, as well. Research suggests paper bags may be even less environmentally friendly than plastic bags. A 2011 study by the United Kingdom's Environment Agency looked at nine categories of environmental impacts caused by different types of bags. The conclusion: paper bags have more of a negative impact on the environment than plastic bags in all nine categories, including global warming potential and human toxicity. Other studies have found that paper bags generate 80 percent more solid waste, and their production emits 70 percent more air pollution than the production of plastic bags.
As for those reusable fabric bags, there's a higher risk of food-borne illness. Just last month, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that in a research paper for the Wharton School Institute for Law and Economics, two law professors found that the San Francisco ban "led to an increase in infections immediately upon implementation." They found a 46 percent rise in food-borne-illness deaths. Their conclusion: "Our results suggest that the San Francisco ban led to, conservatively, 5.4 annual additional deaths."
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"Nonprofit hospitals are now required by the Internal Revenue Service to conduct the CHNA and develop health improvement plans for all of the communities in which they have a presence," explains Willie H. Oglesby, Ph.D., assistant professor of Health Policy & Management and leader of the three-year study involving Akron Children's Hospital, Akron General Health System and Summa Health System. The overall goal is to help shape capacity for greater impact on community health, to make investments as efficient and effective as possible and to identify additional ways the hospital systems and other organizations can engage to solve community health problems.
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"The study will enable us to demonstrate that our program initiatives do, in fact, meet the identified needs," says Roxia Boykin, vice president, Community Benefit and Diversity, Summa Health System. "The three institutions partnering also allows us to be great fiscal stewards of resources that are really the community's," Boykin says.
"Right away, the community will benefit," says Suzanne Hobson, director, Community Health and Community Relations, Akron General Health System. "With the prioritized list of needs in hand, we'll determine how to work collaboratively and individually to satisfy our mission to improve health and lives," she adds.
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"Twilight" director Catherine Hardwicke had to find out if Robert Pattinson would have chemistry with Kristen Stewart when she was casting the first movie in Stephenie Meyer's vampire franchise – so she brought them to her own bedroom.
In an exclusive advance clip obtained by Access Hollywood from MTV's "Love Bites" special on the "Twilight Saga" stars, which airs Monday at 10PM on the network, Catherine showed the cameras where Rob began the audition process – by kissing Kristen!
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"This is the place where we had the first kiss from Rob and Kristen," she said of her own plainly covered bed, located in a small, sunlit room at her Venice, Calif., home. "We did the audition to see if these two would have chemistry – to see if their kiss would be exciting and cool."
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Singer and phenomenon Lady Gaga will get her own place -- GagaVille -- in the game FarmVille complete with special Lady Gaga unicorns and crystals, Zynga reported.
Gagaville will debut Tuesday and let users unlock unreleased songs from Lady Gaga's Born This Way album by completing quests. Zynga will also hype Gaga on its Words with Friends game, with a daily "Words with Gaga" contest from May 17-26.
The top-rated social game on Facebook caught the notice of Gaga who has been working with Zynga for the last month on the project after working with the company on tsunami relief last March, according to Mashable.
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At the moment, you can buy two excellent tablets: the new iPad for $500 or the Nexus 7 for $200. The first has a 9.7-inch and the latter has a 7-inch display. Both are superb devices. Archos wants to disrupt that harmony with a 9.7-inch tablet that'll only cost $250.
Neglected by most, Archos actually makes some fairly decent tablets. They may not have the best hardware or the marketing budgets that the iPad, Kindle Fire or Galaxy Tab have, but for tablet tasks such as Web browsing, emails, music, videos, etc, Archos tablets can get the job done for a whole lot less.
The new Archos 97 Carbon comes with a single-core 1GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, a 9.7-inch IPS display (1024x768 resolution), dual cameras on the front and back, 16GB of storage, microSD card slot, mini USB, and get this, a full-sized USB port (most likely 2.0).
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Out of the box, the Archos 97 Carbon is Google Play store-ready, runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, measures 11.5mm thick and weighs 21.8 ounces.
It's not the prettiest tablet, nor is it the thinnest, but what it lacks in aesthetics, it makes up with a bevy of ports and low price.
At $250, I'd buy one if I were looking at a low-cost tablet that runs the latest version of Android. Or maybe buy it for your kid for the holidays.
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Raga Leela with Ravi and Anoushka Shankar At Carnegie
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Pandit Ravi Shankar's post retirement concert at Carnegie Hall on Saturday October 10, 2009 was everything one expects from this legendary phenomenon who has been performing to sold out audiences worldwide over half a century. The concert was part of a series dubbed the Around the World series that sought to bring renowned artists from around the globe to Carnegie Hall, to share their gift of music with the people.
On this crisp autumn night, with the Hindu holy symbol, projected in the background, Pandit Shankar and his daughter Anoushka enthralled the audience with some of their popular ragas, Hindustani Art music, which is a part of Indian classical music tradition. Flanked on the right by the famous tabla player, Tanmoy Bose, and on the left by his daughter, Pandit Shankar was sheer delight on the sitar, playing with such verve and vigor that betrayed his age. The soon to be nonagenarian went to work as soon as the sitar was tuned for him by one of his assistants. Seeing him play the sitar with such energy makes one wonder if age would ever slow him down. His performance was every bit as lively as any of his earlier works.
Sitting on separate raised platforms, father and daughter created some beautiful melodies and one could see the influence of fusing western music into raga music on display. The scores performed were very personal, characteristic of the Indian classical tradition where the performer is allowed to explore his or her mood in what appears similar to improvisation in the jazz tradition. The performance was a dialogue between father and daughter, as well as among daughter, father and the tabla player. The exchanges were vivid and at times reached a crescendo that almost transports one into a trance, creating an indescribable mood. Visibly absent on stage were any notes or written material to suggest that these compositions were written down, adding to the richness of the performance. This shows that the raga were created through time, rather than composed.
The Raga genre is unique to Hindustani Classical Music because of its specific melodic structure and arrangement of notes that are quite different from one raga to another. This distinction makes it peculiar, as it does not represent the mind of the composer but a universal idea of the world; they transmit impersonal emotion. Also, different ragas are performed at different times of the day and to specific seasons, despite sharing the same scale and melodic theme. Most musicologists define the most prominent feature of a raga to be its ability to "color" or please the mind of the listener or even enhance the mood.
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List America's prominent evangelicals and the Rev. Rick Warren remains near the top, right up there with the Rev. Brian McLaren, Bishop T.D. Jakes, Jim Wallis, the Rev. Tim Keller and others.
Evangelicals, of course, have been known to argue about who belongs on that list. In recent years, it has become increasingly obvious that the experts are struggling to decide who is and who is not an evangelical in the first place.
"I know what the word 'evangelical' is supposed to mean," said Warren, 58, leader of the 20,000-member Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., with its many branches and ministries. "I mean, I know what the word 'evangelical' used to mean."
The problem, he said, is that many Americans no longer link "evangelical" with a set of traditional doctrines, such as evangelizing the lost, defending biblical authority, helping the needy and proclaiming that salvation is found through faith in Jesus Christ alone.
Somewhere during the George W. Bush years the word "evangelical" -- a church-history term -- "got co-opted into being a political term," said Warren, in a recent telephone interview.
Debates about this vague word are not new. During a 1987 interview with the Rev. Billy Graham, I asked him point blank, "What does the word 'evangelical' mean?"
The world's most famous evangelist responded, "Actually, that's a question I'd like to ask somebody, too. ... You go all the way from the extreme fundamentalists to the extreme liberals and, somewhere in between, there are the evangelicals." Ultimately, Graham said "evangelicals" preach salvation through faith in Jesus and believe all the doctrines in the Nicene Creed -- especially in the resurrection.
Warren said he would certainly agree with Graham's bottom line, which is that "evangelical" must be defined in doctrinal terms. The problem is that this isn't how the term is being used in public life, especially by the news media.
During the George W. Bush administration, he said, most journalists "seemed to think that 'evangelical' meant that you backed the Iraq war, for some reason or another. ... But right now, I don't think there is any question that most people think that evangelicals are people who oppose gay rights -- period. Unfortunately, that's all the word means."
Warren based this judgment, in part, on his experiences during 22 recent interviews with major newspapers, magazines and television networks -- a blitz marking the release of an expanded, 10th anniversary edition of his book "The Purpose Driven Life: What On Earth Am I Here For?" The book has sold more than 32 million copies around the world, with translations in 50 languages.
By the end of that media storm, Warren said members of his team were starting to place bets before each interview on whether the perfunctory gay-marriage question would be the first, or the second, question asked.
On CNN, interviewer Piers Morgan noted that the U.S. Constitution and the Bible are "well-intentioned" but "inherently flawed." Morgan continued: "My point to you about gay rights for example -- it's time for an amendment to the Bible."
Warren, of course, disagreed: "I do not believe the Bible is flawed, and I willingly admit ... that I base my worldview on the Bible, which I believe is true, and truth. ... It was true 1,000 years ago, it'll be true 1,000 years from today."
Time after time, said Warren, interviewers assumed that his beliefs on moral and cultural issues -- from salvation to sexual ethics -- were based on mere politics, rather than on convictions about the Bible and centuries of doctrine.
"I've decided that when people don't have faith, politics is their religion," he said. "Politics is the only thing that is really real to many people in our world today. ... So if politics isn't at the center of your life, then many people just can't understand what you're saying."
In the end, said Warren, it may be time for various brands of conservative Protestants -- Baptists, charismatics, Wesleyans, Pentecostals, Calvinists and others -- to stop trying to crowd under a common "evangelical" umbrella. They need to start talking more about the specific traditions that shape their lives.
"Maybe 'evangelical' will be like the word 'liberal,'" he said. "When that word turned into a negative, everybody on the left just turned into 'progressives' and they moved right on. ... Maybe it's time to give the word 'evangelical' a rest."


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T-Mobile, the only major US carrier without any official Apple offerings, will begin selling some products to subscribers in 2013. T-Mobile USA's parent company, Deutsche Telekom, said in a press conference on Thursday (hat tip to AllThingsD) that the company had entered into an agreement with Apple, but did not specify whether it involved iPhones, iPads, both, or something entirely new.
Before the original iPhone came out in 2007, it had been rumored that T-Mobile would be the carrier to first offer the device. That honor ended up going to AT&T, which remained the exclusive iPhone carrier until Apple added Verizon and Sprint last year. Since then, the iPhone has become available directly from a number of smaller regional carriers as well. AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint all carry versions of the iPad as well.
Poor T-Mobile, left out in the cold, has been relegated to supporting hordes of unlocked GSM iPhone users, who either brought their devices over from AT&T or purchased them unlocked from Apple.
Unlocked GSM iPhones should work on T-Mobile despite their unofficial support status, but there are still downsides—namely, the inability to use T-Mobile's 3G or upcoming LTE networks for data. Presumably, once T-Mobile carries the iPhone (and possibly the iPad) on an official basis, the devices will be able to function on the faster data networks.
Deutsche Telekom has not provided a specific timeline for the rollout, so it's possible we won't see Apple products from the company until later in the year.


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The Republican Party's 2012 presidential ticket is returning to the national stage as thousands of conservative activists gather outside Washington to examine the GOP's future.
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney will appear at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday afternoon, the second day of a three-day conservative summit. It's the first time he'll deliver public remarks since his concession speech last November.
But at a conference focused on the next generation of conservative leaders, Romney's 2012 running mate, Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan, is scheduled to speak first. He's expected to discuss his recently released budget blueprint.
Friday's program also features reality television star Donald Trump, National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal.
The gathering comes as Republicans work to recover from a painful 2012 election season.


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Labor MP Kevin Rudd has talents and experience that could land him a diplomatic appointment under a coalition government, deputy opposition leader Julie Bishop says.
Ms Bishop says if she were to become foreign minister, Mr Rudd would be considered for any role with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
"If Kevin wants to apply for a job I'll judge it against the others who are applying for that same position," she told Sky News on Sunday.
"But certainly he has talents and ability and experience in foreign policy that shouldn't be wasted and I think that former prime ministers usually have a contribution to make.
"But I'll certainly be looking for a range of people to fill our posts overseas because they are after all, Australia's voice, ambassadors to the world."
Ms Bishop revealed on Sunday she and Mr Rudd had forged a friendship after travelling overseas together as parliamentary colleagues.
"Over a glass of wine together, we have shared some thoughts," she said.
"I wouldn't say he confides in me in this atmosphere within the Labor Party of leaks against prime ministers and people investigating leaking of the leaking."
She believed Mr Rudd had one more tilt at the leadership in him before the next election.
"That is because if Labor loses the next election Kevin Rudd won't be the opposition leader," she said.
"If Labor wins the election Kevin Rudd won't be the leader.
"So he's got one chance and that is between now and the 14th of September."
Ms Bishop said she did not have much of a relationship with Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
"I have an easy rapport with a number of people on the Labor side but that doesn't include the prime minister.
"I've certainly gone out of my way to strike up some sort of conversation but it seems I'm not Julia Gillard's favourite politician."


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Friday, September 3, 2010
FF-Monthly Menu Planner
*UPDATE 8/8/11: I've relinked the files so they should work again! enjoy!
This is my new favorite way to plan meals-by the month. I'm not a huge fan of cooking, but I grew up in a house with a home cooked meal every day, and that's what feels right. The worst part about it is coming up with an idea for dinner. I've been planning my meals for a week, but this seems to work even better. Then I don't have to stress out what we're going to eat at 4:30 in the afternoon when I forgot to plan my weeks menu. I can still tailor my shopping around the planned meals, but I only have to worry about deciding what to eat once a month. I like that. I thought you might like it too. I actually have two freebies today though. One is a monthly menu planner with a shopping list space on the right hand side, and the other is just a larger monthly menu planner-with no shopping list. Both print on a letter size sheet still. enjoy-and good luck meal planning.
11 comments:
- AmandaH said...
Love this printable, but monthly is spelled wrong. I hate it when "mom brain" strikes again :)
- September 3, 2010 at 12:01 PM
- Lauralee said...
thanks for catching that :) I'm afraid my brain has gone somewhere else (that's what two week old babies do to you).
- September 3, 2010 at 8:07 PM
- Jill said...
yessss!!! i SO need this! hope you're doing well. can't wait to hold rosalie.
- September 4, 2010 at 10:28 AM
- Alicia Smith said...
Thanks for the printable! I've started setting something like this up, and hopefully this will be the catalyst to actually do it!
- September 5, 2010 at 12:16 PM
- lifeasdescribed said...
Love your site! Such great creative inspiration {when I can find the time! I see you have little ones too!}. Thank you for the menu planning and page planner printable freebies! I'm working on putting together a home keeping binder and they will come in very handy - so cute too!
- April 28, 2011 at 2:19 PM
- The Stoddard Show said...
thank you for this fab calendar. it helps keep me organized and it is beautiful ;)
- June 9, 2011 at 5:53 PM
- Twinmomwv said...
Aghhh!!! I love so many of your printables but can't get any of the links to work. Help!
I just found you via The Sleepy Time Gal. Love your site!
- August 7, 2011 at 4:01 PM
- Corrine said...
Would really love to print this, but it says that the document is private. :(
- April 4, 2012 at 1:19 PM
- Lauralee said...
I'm sorry, I did make the document private as I'm planning on putting it in my etsy shop. If you email me though, I will send it to you until I get it put in the shop!
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George Morales probably died in his minivan of a heart attack in early May, parked under the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway underpass. That didn't stop NYC cops from writing him parking tickets for the next couple of weeks.
According to Jennifer Morales, her father had been incomunicado since the beginning of May. She'd even reported his disappearance to the NYPD, but it wasn't until recently he was discovered dead in his minivan. A city marshal discovered George in his Chevy Venture as he was attempting to tow the car away due to the load of tickets which had been issued for repeated parking violations. You stay classy New York. (Hat tip to Chad!) [WCBS TV]


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Burt Gummer's Rec Room
A gathering place for paranoid survivalists and those who worship at the Church of Chang
August 2015: Dryer than a bone, and hotter than the surface of the sun- yup, it's summertime in Perfection and El Blanco is on the prowl.
Disclaimer: This is the part of the Church that is the most no holds barred. None of it is intended with malice, and although it can on occasion seem a little bit fraught, it is banter rather than venom. So, be warned that this is like taking a naked swim in a piranha tank and not recommended for the faint of heart.
9,616 responses to "Burt Gummer's Rec Room"
Just Pillow Talk says :
Finished Lost in Space, I like it. The family dynamic works for the most part, Parker Posey is better than expected as Dr. Smith, the robot's background and how that is connected to everything going on is a different approach, but I like it.
Halfway through season 1 of Ozark. Really good, but…lot of circumstantial stuff going on. I have to put some of that aside, and it works.
Toadkillerdog says :
Hi Tom, Xi, Barfy, Pilow, Blitz and Wolfie
Good to see youse.
I'm just sitting in my rocking chair with a can of schllitz in one hand and a shockwave in the other. Xi knows what a shockwave is. Very impractical but looks impressive.Zombies have stayed away so far.
Y'all take care. Ill check in every so often.
Just Pillow Talk says :
Toad….good to hear from ya.
I am fast depleting my homemade wine. Luckily I still have 18 more gallons still fermenting. Drinking some red right now…
ThereWolf says :
18 gallons…
Xiphos0311 says :
Hey, Toad, lay chilly brother.
Barfy says :
Toad! Man it's good to see everyone alive and well.
Xiphos0311 says :
Hidely ho people,
Its that time of year again where we ahemahemahem wish the lovely Ms Barfy another happy 29th birthday coughcoucough. happy birthday Barfy.
continentalop says :
*Dr. Nick voice* Hi everybody.
My phone died, so haven't been able to really get on the internet since the Pandemic died. But hope everyone is making it through this.
Barfy says :
CONTI!!! Good to see you! The quake didn't swallow you up. 👍
Xiphos0311 says :
Last Kingdom S4 starts 26 April.
continentalop says :
Anyone here watch the Korean show KINGDOM on Netflix? If not, I recommend it.
tombando says :
Caught Lego Movie 2–enjoyable, and Parasite
the Korean borderline 30s screwball comedy that starts out great but doesn't know when to quit. I liked it but not so sure it was all that.
Just Pillow Talk says :
Xi, finished season 4 of Last Kingdom.
Been thinking on it, it was good and all…thought 1st half better than 2nd half. And I will say it was more acute the dropoff from Alfred to Edward this season of course. I certainly hope they see this through and finish off the books. Need him to take back his home.
tombando says :
*The Good Dinosaur—Oh okay, basic meh Pixar. 5 years already! It was decent. Sam Elliott as a TRex.
*Ahnold in The Last Stand–Sheriff Ahnold stops an escaped con at the Mexican Border, who is trying to do this the Fast and Furious Way. It doesn't really work, though it's an ok time-passer. Sommerton AZ? I donno.
*On the the last season of Unsolved Mysteries-Classic(TM), with a visibly ailing and aging Robert Stack, season 12. They did a weird thing-they had Virginia Madson in there for the 2nd CBS year of this-year 11, she co-hosted a half dozen shows-and I remember it Very clearly-wearing a trenchcoat and all–but they went and wiped this part all out when it went into syndication/onto Lifetime. Robert looped over all her narration-you can tell it's done when he was fighting prostate cancer-his voice is pretty weak–and the inserts that she'd done has him using the Lifetime season sets and etc. It's–Weird. Anyways. I like how the updates keep showing these killer husbands turning up 14 years later in Rio or the Phillipines or how it was some random killer who did the deed, not one of the suspects they covered in the segment, DNA and all that. Show has a weird penchant for all things Psychic–but overall-especially the earlier years-it holds up pretty okay. Again–you gotta LIKE Robert Stack and this sorta thing.
One episode got REALLY meta–it was about another missing wife in Arkansas, and they tracked down the killer who was sitting there Watching the episode About himself right there-the Update segment showed the reenactors on the TV being watched up the Reenactors watching the show(!) and they didn't use the same actors for it! It was a riot. If that makes sense? Anyways–clearly I have too much time on my hands but this was a hoot.
*Good Will Hunting and Good Morning Vietnam–two good turns by Mork. I liked Good Will Hunting better this time around, I didn't wanna slap Matt Damon as bad for whatever reason, Good Morning Vietnam has a pretty good cast around Mork there in the Nam. Still fun.
Continentalop says :
The only thing I like about The Last Stand is I went out with the actress that played the waitress. Yes, I'm bragging.
Continentalop says :
Christiana Leucas.
Just Pillow Talk says :
Watched Super 8 again, this time with the kids. I like it, I think the kids are really good in it, which makes up for anything else with the alien itself. The alien isn't memorable but serves its purpose for the most part. My daughters really liked the movie, and they too liked the kids in it.
M. Blitz says :
Decided to follow your example and got a little batch of dandelion wine going a few days ago. I didnt feel like waiting for yeast to arrive and the dandelions were looking fresh and plentiful so this batch is gonna be a wild ferment. Today it is fizzing and bubbling like crazy. So stoked!
Just Pillow Talk says :
Nice. You should try mead as well. I have not yet, but the process is the same as well.
I ordered some Chiliean juice, Cabernet Sauvignon (4 buckets) and a bucket of Sauvignon Blanc. Bottled the Pinot Noir, it has mellowed a bit on the sweetness, so I am hoping sitting for some months in the bottle will further that.
M. Blitz says :
I guess it's part mead…..i used a combo of sugar and some raw orange blossom honey. Getting a batch of strawberry going too. A proper assortment of brewing yeasts is on the way but hoping this one will taste good. I'm kind of shocked at how active it is, but it's in the same corner of the kitchen as the sourdough starter, so we'll see!
M. Blitz says :
I was just reading about the pieces of wood carved with runes they'd drop in the ferment, with the yeast getting caught in the carvings. Pretty genius.
tombando says :
I've been watching Clone Wars on Disney, first 2 seasons are pretty okay. Animation is video gamey and the Jedi are over powered etc, but it's not bad. Shows the potential of the Prequels Universe. So I will keep at it some more.
Just Pillow Talk says :
My daughters love that show, particularly Ahsoka who becomes a large part of the story in the last season. A few of the clone characters tie back to Rebels and apparently Ahsoka will be in the second season of the Mandalorian. They have been watching all the seasons again.
tombando says :
Yeah It's for youngerish audiences no doubt, but so are most of the SW movies. I like the call-backs to the varied Cantina aliens-including those guys that looked like Waffle Irons and the white dudes with the 6 eyes, here they are yeti types. For the most part the eps are not bad. Couple draggy stretches.
I prefer Rise of Skywalker-bonkers overdone ending and all-to Last Jedi. I don't think it's all that Great, mind-but watching it twice I enjoyed it 4 months apart again.
M. Blitz says :
How many seasons of that did they do? I watched the first season forever ago and quite liked it.
I've been watching a lot of random stuff. From 70s eps of Tattletales (sparking a lowkey Ken Berry obsession) and 60s eps of Search for Tomorrow to Eight Men Out (Strathairn forever) to Strictly Ballroom, Mo Money and Shaft. Also, West World season 3 which pretty much sucked.
Just Pillow Talk says :
So I had to look it up, 7 seasons. A bunch of years between seasons 6 and 7. Not sure what spurred them to do a season 7.
On a related note…watched Rise of Skywalker again and I didn't dislike it quite as much. I really do think it's because my girls wanted to rewatch the prequels (don't ask) and compared to those, it's so much better. Seriously, the acting in the prequels is even worse than you remember. And the CGI settings really pull you out of the prequels, really bad. So I think it's a comparison thing going on.
M. Blitz says :
It's beem awhile for the prequels but i have a mental soft spot for the stilted weirdness. The aesthetic of new star wars….i just havent been able to get over it. I actually pumped my fist when i saw your girls wanted to rewatch the prequels. Bizarrely invested in defending the prequels for some stubborn reason. The idiosyncracies i guess. So why did they want to watch them??
Just Pillow Talk says :
All related to the Clone Wars, since the cartoon did a better job than the horrific acting of Hayden in the movies. It actually fleshed out the character better, which is pretty funny. They also like and laugh at some of the bad dialogue.
With the sequels, they don't like Rey.
M. Blitz says :
Damn, I wish I knew some kids. Observing a young person watching the new ones would be compelling enough, I think, to overcome the aesthetic block.
Hayden was pretty bad lol on his imdb it says he's in Rise of Skywalker, is he in it in it? Or just like, quick flashes?
M. Blitz says :
Have you had any bottles explode on you? That part is slightly freaking me out. Bout to drink this (sweet but tasty, potentially quite hangover-fueling) dandelion wine-mead hybrid over ice and call it a day lol
M. Blitz says :
Hah, damn, legit. Corks *would* mitigate the possibility, wouldnt they. Naturally, I was planning to go a more cobbled-together, cheaper/sketchier way.
M. Blitz says :
Just strained a batch of wild fermented strawberry honey wine into bottles topped with balloons. Less than 2 hours later and the balloons are bigger than lightbulbs!
Think I'm gonna gently prime the dandelion and put it in the fridge for a little while. Also got a bit of kvass going with the end of a rye sourdough loaf, some strawberries, mint, a bit of honey & lemon and sourdough starter/yeast. Never had kvass before, so won't really be able to gauge much beyond whether it tastes good to me.
I found a roll of ph strips I forgot I had and have made a new hobby of ph testing everything lol repeatedly.
M. Blitz says :
Update: Kvass is deeeeelicious
M. Blitz says :
I am def getting old cuz I watched Bloodsport for the billionth time but for the first time in yhe sense that JCVD appeared almost childishly young to me. Fuck!
Also nursing a new dislike of Matt Damon (wtf was coppola thinking with The Rainmaker? I forgot he made that. Boring as fuck. And why is Matt Damon a thing??? He was pretty much only good in School Ties (also watched)). And nursing a renewed crush on Clayton Rohner (circa One of the Guys and Modern Girls). Good times.
Continentalop says :
I don't mind Damon is The Departed and Ford V Ferrari, but man does he suck in action movies like The Bourne Identity. And always thought Good Will Hunting overrated.
M. Blitz says :
Hah totally forgot he was in The Departed. Never bothered with him as Bourne. Damon is like a balled up wad of wonder bread to me. Pretty sure i stole that phrase from somewhere. He doesn't exactly inspire originality I guess(!) Do want to see Ford v Ferrari though.
tombando says :
Couple more:
I Tonya: 2017 psuedo bio of Tonya Harding starring Harley Quinn(who is half a foot taller) , lotsa 4th wall breaking etc. You do feel for her but still she's her own worse enemy. Pretty good, horrific mom and marriage, funny in places. It's worth while.
Annihilation: 2018 Natalie Portman, Fast Times gal, etc. Alien rock hits Bayou country lighthouse, mutates everything round it, spreads etc. Biologist Portman and 4 other women go into it as a team, armed w guns and tents to do…Something? As everyone else has disappeared or died before. Hijinks ensue-big crock, mutated bear, people turned into plants I think? Anyways 2 of them get to lighthouse. there's more hijinks w grenades and Natalie walks out, threat gone etc. Slow paced, strange character bents, could have been better but ehh? Decent hulu timekiller I suppose.
Barfy says :
Not a lesser babka like the cinnamon babka.
Hey Blitz!
I'm interested in your dandelion wine. How much longer before it's drinkable and gives a buzz?
M. Blitz says :
Barfy! How's it going? No lesser babkas around here!
Umm, this dandelion batch is rather mmmm, ad hoc, shall we say, but probably now? It's showing only the slightest activity at this point, so I think letting it sit would slowly bring the sweetness down, but definitely seems drinkable and buzzy now. So, a couple weeks roughly? It's a bit beyond 'wine cooler' status at this point, tastewise. I'm not a huge fan of sweet wines usually, and 'i made it' ego may be getting involved here, but tastes good to me. Kind of floral, citrus-y wine taste with a honey aftertaste 🙂
If you're thinking of busting out a batch, def go for it. You can use nearly anything edible, and if you don't like how it's shaping up, just let it turn to vinegar and cook with it. Really nothing to lose!
M. Blitz says :
The dandelion wine is currently at ~11% abv. For reference, the strawberry wine started last week is at ~ 6%.
Super into making kvass out of bread heels and berries. It's like soda. Or a better tasting version of kombucha. Or realllllly weak beer. Only takes a few days though, and really nice when it's brutally hot out.
Just Pillow Talk says :
Finished the 3 seasons of Ozark. Much preferred season 1 to the next two…just got too far over the top in the last two seasons. The tension was there in season 1 and felt more believable in my opinion.
tombando says :
Couple three movies I don't think I'd Really seen before, just parts of…til now.
*Escape From New York–yeah, I know. You're not gonna believe it. But I don't think I'd ever sat thru all of it. And how does it hold up? Well—Russell is pretty cool if one note, Borgnine is fun, Lee Van Cleef is what you expect, I enjoyed Isaac Hayes as the Big Baddie 'the Duke', hrmmm what else. It has it's moments. You have a jetliner heading right at the Twin Towers at the start(!), and you get someone Landing on'em with another(!). I enjoyed what I saw. Oh, Harry Dean Stanton is worth the price of admission, and then there's Adrienne Barbeau, the cleavage out on display the SAME amount the whole movie–never adjusts her wardrobe once. I'm not complaining, mind. Our friend from Halloween as the Prezzie was cool too.
I think the movie works for what it's worth-it's NOT high budget, it IS dated, how could it not be-it's 40 years old now–but if you wanna get a looksee, yeah it's worth it. I never saw the belated sequel Escape from LA….
*The Phantom–Billy Zane as our friend in the Purple Tights, Kristy Swanson as the GF, Treat Williams miscast as the baddie, familiar faces galore including the cabbie and the corrupt cop. One of the bad guys from 48 Hours-James Remar-is Chief Thug for Williams. I kept NOT placing him til the end.
This struck me as being another in the Rocketeer-Shadow-Congo-Anaconda-Mummy run, B movies of the past given big 90's budgets. It's tongue in cheek-it moves right along, it was shot in Thailand partly and just looks great. There's some awfully DUMB action scenes-Phantom swipes a biplane and…is successfully followed below by his Horse and Dog, through Miles of Jungle-and he manages to bail from the plane onto the back of the horse before it crashes…I call this Bionic Animal Syndrome-they never give up or have endurance issues or whatever. Then there's the part where Phantom is hanging on a pontoon as it flies all the way across the Pacific(?) from the States. You hadda know the audience was howling at that one.
They moved the setting from Africa to a vaguely IndoChinese one, which Kinda works? I liked the Chinese Pirate Lair that appears from nowheres at the end, lotsa sword fighting and etc. The Magic Doohickeys-3 skulls, kinda….shoot heat rays from their eyeballs when you get them together. It's silly.
But I enjoyed it, donno if I'd watch it again mind–it's better than it should be. It's harmless.
*White Lightning–Burt! Bo! And Ned! I don't think I caught this, thought I had–but okay. Pretty danged good. Love the car-chases, thought Burt was in good form, you like the cast–it's cool to see Beatty as a baddie, RJ Armstrong ditto, movie has some funny parts and neato location shots. Wasn't upset to see the way the baddie got it at the finale, too. Worth your time if you like Burt! and those Smokie and Bandits type flicks of the era.
tombando says :
What else have I watched….
Lotsa Elway greatest hits from You Tube-Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen were great covering those.
1984 Cubs with Harry Carey. Love it.
Trio of Rocketman(pretty ok), Whitney(bio) and More docs.
The usual fun
M. Blitz says :
Recent viewing:
A woman on her knees with her hands over her eyes when a cop runs up and kicks her in the chest
An old man standing alone with a cane and then a bunch of cops run over and knock him down
A man shouting at a formation of cops who then run up, douse him in pepper spray and drag him away
A news crew being fired on by cops
Some people on their porch being fired on by cops parading down their street
A couple in their car, tased, sprayed, dragged out of the car by cops
A journalist now missing an eye due to cops
A group of people standing in the road with their hands up and then cops storming them
A girl with a chunk of her forehead missing after being fired on by cops
A reporter being arrested while doing his job
A small group of people rammed by a cop car
A larger group of people rammed by cop cars
Etc. Etc. Etc. Just fucking disband the police and call it a day. FUCK.
M. Blitz says :
Nearby, in one of the rural neighboring counties here, a little awhile ago cops just showed up, suited up, once again, to confront a totally peaceful crowd of people literally just standing around having a rally, with rubber bullet fire and tear gas. Like, 5 mins from my aunt's house. I was kind of amazed they were having a rally there and watched a livestream the local newspaper put on facebook.
The cops are trying to go to war with people and are all prancing around in military gear and aiming weapons and then pulling the trigger, at people who are literally JUST STANDING AROUND. I bet these same fuckers love to mouth off about "freedom" and fetishize people dying to defend their rights, while they can't abide anyone actually exercising those rights. Not surprised but completely fucking sickened nonetheless.
tombando says :
As for me, working way through Seasons 4-9 of the Xfiles. Yes I have seen most of these before but it's been ages for the later ones. Starting yr 7 they are in Africa w a saucer in the ocean, obvious reboot of Conspiracy. Liking it all over again.
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Day3 IBM Edge Breakout sessions
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This week I am in Orlando, Florida for the IBM Edge conference. Here is a recap of Day 3.
In the evening, the attendees at IBM Edge joined the attendees from Innovate2012 (focused on IBM Rational products) at SeaWorld, with BBQ dinner, rides, Shamu the whale show, and a concert featuring Foreigner!
technorati tags: IBM, Stephen Foskett, Sanjay Bhikot, Data Footprint Reduction, Compression, Deduplication, Space-Efficient, Point-in-time, RICOH, SVC, Storwize V7000, SONAS, Active Cloud Engine, Smarter Computing, Smarter Storage, Foreigner, SeaWorld, Innovate2012


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After losing its headquarters on Sept. 11, fitness management company Plus One vows to come back "stronger than ever."
NEW YORK — August 31, 9 a.m. The senior management team for Plus One, a company that oversees 20 corporate and commercial fitness centers, convened at the World Trade Center Club, located on the 107th floor of One World Trade Center, for a strategy meeting. As the discussions drew to a close, the management team decided to schedule part two of the meeting. At first, they considered holding the next session in the trade center, but eventually agreed that the second meeting should take place in their corporate headquarters — across the street at 90 West St.
The location chosen, the Plus One senior managers picked a date and time.
Sept. 11, 9 a.m.
"It was just eerie that we could have been up in the trade center," said Tom Maraday, Plus One's vice president of design and development.
While Plus One employees were not in the trade center on that fateful day, they were close enough to witness the horrific events. And the attacks did not spare their business. The collapsing towers and subsequent fires destroyed Plus One's corporate offices. The Plus One-managed Merrill Lynch corporate fitness center, located on the ground floor of the nearby Two World Financial Center, was devastated. A commercial center in One World Financial Center, Plus One Fitness Clinic, suffered water damage.
After the second plane struck, Plus One's office building evacuated. Out on the chaotic streets, some Plus One employees from the corporate office, as well from the financial center locations, administered first aid to the injured. One employee, the assistant director of training, received care herself after being hurt by falling debris, then volunteered at a nurse's station eight blocks away.
As the day progressed, Maraday began the task of accounting for the 75 Plus One employees who worked near the World Trade Center. By 6 p.m., he knew they were all alive. However, some members weren't as fortunate. Three physical therapy patients from Plus One Fitness Clinic lost their lives in the attacks. And as more information becomes available, that number could grow.
While the employees are safe, they saw tragedies "now imbedded into their minds as a recurring nightmare," according to Maraday. To help them cope with the aftermath, Plus One set up a program to comfort the workforce. The company also used its intranet to get information and support to employees.
"We have an employees' assistance program that we implemented the week after this happened," Maraday said. "It's not just a crisis hotline. We have a counselor coming in every week."
With the employees contacted, Plus One's next task was establishing a new center of command. The search was on for a temporary headquarters.
"The whole dot-com implosion has benefited a lot of people displaced from the trade center and the surrounding buildings," Maraday said. "We looked at three spaces and all three were the results of dot-coms going out of business."
By Friday, Sept. 14, Plus One had moved into new offices at 26th and 8th Ave. "We occupied space that was available in our communication vendor's offices," Maraday said.
Since this vendor had supplied Plus One with T1 lines and telephone systems, the fitness company was able to get connected immediately to its remaining 18 fitness locations. And the fact that Plus One backed up and stored data off-site got the company up and running more quickly. In fact, a week after establishing new offices, all of Plus One's employees received their paychecks — on schedule.
The communication vendor wasn't the only company that lent Plus One a helping hand. Manufacturers have offered temporary equipment and moving support. Equinox and New York Sports Clubs have given discounts to Plus One members. Nearby clubs have also hired some of the Plus One employees who had worked at the closed financial center locations.
Although Plus One has lost a fifth of its revenue due to the tragedy, the company remains upbeat. Plus One has even adopted "stronger than ever" as its new motto.
"The challenge of this all has incredibly motivated everyone here," Maraday said. "And I think it's just part of what our city is going through and our country is going through. It just reflects what a lot of other people are feeling about moving forward and beating this, not letting this impact us as much as they would like it to.
"Although it's been devastating, we want to jump on this bandwagon of getting back to normal, being better than even what we were before, and getting our business stronger than it was before."
Plus One is already on track to becoming stronger. The company plans to open three state-of-the-art fitness centers in the first quarter of 2002. Plus One also intends to re-open the two closed fitness centers. And, with the help of its disaster recovery and business continuity insurance, Plus One expects to move into new permanent offices within the next six months. Where? Not far from its old downtown location, near the trade center.
"That's where we've always existed," Maraday said, "and we want to be back there."


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Medical students exhibit signs of depression at higher rates than a matched sample of the general population. And they show greater evidence of mental illness as their medical education continues.
One positive aspect of this troubling trend would be that medical students enjoy greater access to health care. But again, the data show otherwise. Despite their proximity to medical services, medical students are less likely than their peers to seek help for their condition.
A study at the University of Michigan Medical School published in the Journal of the American Medical Association explores why depression is prevalent among medical students and why they choose not to treat it. The web-based survey found that most students viewed depression with a stigma. Acknowledging their depression, they felt, would cause peers and faculty to see them as less able.
Unfortunately, this picture of an ultra-competitive environment where any admission of weakness is taboo characterizes many doctors' medical school experiences. As faculty, we should be attentive to the health of students as well as patients. One way to do that is to talk openly about depression and mental health as a way to lessen the stigma.


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10 Chilean wineries you need to know
It's impossible to encapsulate a renowned wine-producing country in a short list. But we're not letting that stop us from suggesting 10 wineries that you should remember the next time you're in Chile -- or, maybe, just the next time you're ordering off an impressive wine list.
Casa Silva
The winery touts quality bottles from many vineyards, but find the Los Lingues Gran Reserva carmenere and you'll have an ideal example of Chile's signature varietal.
Concha y Toro
Chile's largest and arguably most renowned winery is also one of its oldest, and its range of wines starts with what you might find at Trader Joe's and ends with the Don Melchor brand that will empty your wallet and please your palate.
"Organic" is often a catch phrase companies spew to cash in on today's tastes. At Emiliana in the Casablanca Valley near the coast, the preferred term is "biodynamic" -- and it means something. Trees have been planted to act as natural dust collectors; chickens help clear out the insects below the vines; and the grapes are harvested according to the moon's cycle.
Chile is known for its bold reds, but this winery in the Leyda Valley near the Pacific coast specializes in the white varietals and pinot noir of its Amayna line.
The French family behind Grand Marnier liqueur invites oenophiles to one of the Colchagua Valley's most beautiful vineyards. The Clos Apalta label from the Apalta vineyard garners some of Chile's highest wine ratings, and you can stay steps from the grapes in the luxury casitas that are favorites for the well-to-do.
If you visit one winery in Chile, make it this one. Montes exemplifies what the Colchagua Valley experience is all about: stunning carmenere and cabernet sauvignon blends with an easygoing vineyard experience that caters to both Spanish- and English-speakers. Pay the extra bucks to taste from the Icons selections: The Purple Angel is primarily carmenere, and the high-end Alpha M line harnesses some of the region's best cabernet sauvignon.
Vina Santa Cruz
Much of the wine is affordable and nothing to turn down, and the vineyard experience is one of the Colchagua Valley's top experiences. Ride the chairlift high above the vines, pet the llamas and take in the mini-museums that depict indigenous cultures.
Vina von Siebenthal
This relatively young winery founded and run by a Swiss former lawyer focuses on high-end blends that incorporate some of Chile's favorite grapes: carmenere, cabernet sauvignon, petit verdot, cabernet franc and merlot.
Vinedo Chadwick
How's your pocketbook looking? This vineyard in the Maipo Valley produces some of the the country's highest-rated and most-limited bottles of cabernet sauvignon. Ask a Chilean and they'll tell you this is some of the world's best wine.
Viu Manent
Stop by the original vineyard in the Colchagua Valley for a simple yet sophisticated meal and then take a tour of one of the country's oldest vineyards, where some of the vines are more than 100 years old. For an affordable bottle you won't forget, order from the Secreto line, which has one rule for the blends: What's in them is a secret.