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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

K.I. Baby Blues

Another adventure into the wool world!
I got to review a wool cover by K.I. Baby Blues and I can tell you it was just as awesome as my first time trying wool. Read a little about Heather Mills the seamstress behind the great designs.
 Hi, I'm Heather Mills of K.I. Baby Blues. My husband and I have 3 kids. Two girls who
are 13 and 11 and one sweet boy who is 1year old this week. I was a working single
mom for 7-1/2 years before we got married and when we had Ki, we really felt that I
should stay home with him which nearly cut our income in half. We knew that God
would provide for our needs and I prayed for how He would use me in that process. At
first, we chose to cloth diaper so that we could save some money and then I started
sewing. I offered to make fleece covers for some ladies on Facebook and then began
to get more requests.
We named the business after the baby, because it has truly been inspired by him:
Ki Inspired Baby Blues. We are so thankful for the opportunity to serve others and my
plan is to begin donating covers to Giving Diapers, Giving Hope, as an outreach to other
Mamas who are in need.

The wool soaker she sent to me had a nice thick waste band ( which I had the option for a smaller one but since most of the fitteds he wears are so huge I choose a larger waste to ensure it will cover all the way up) The design is perfect and fits really well on my little one. He has chunky legs and these are so perfect around the legs. These seem nice and thick while still being breathable so he doesn't seem to get hot in them. They stood up to my heavy wetter at night and I would recommend them to anyone for any time of day use. If your looking for a night time solution TRY them! They are going to repel and keep the pee from getting on the sheets or their clothes. I loved using wool after exclusively using fleece only. They are the only thing that doesn't hold a stinky smell like other items. I hate the ammonia smell that a lot of fleece and covers seem to give.
 Look at how these fit him. He moves around a lot so I cant get great shots but they fit so nice and he seems to like how they fit. Great for days or nights.

 Heather really knows her stuff and I am very happy I got to try out these wool covers. I was very scared to try wool so she helped me see the light into to wool world.
My big booty baby and chunky legs but the fit is so nice. I hope to see Heather's business continue to grow. The quality or the work she does is so nice and you can see she really does know what she is doing. With each cover made to order you will know you are getting an item that will fit your baby perfectly. Check out her FB page and leave her some love and appreciation for having a giveaway on the blog!
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Monday, March 25, 2013

Cherry Blossom Babies

Cherry Blossom Babies makes some of the cutest diapers! One of my hubbies favorites might I add. Mostly due to the adorable sports Auburn print. His favorite collage football team. Check out my review on the AI2 OS diaper!
Now let me tell you about my horrible mistake! I gave her the wrong address when she contacted me about sending the diaper to me for the review. This is due to my mommy brain. I think we all have it from time to time. But I have been know to have slight dyslexia, mostly numbers which is what happened in this case 99686- is not 96686. You all know I live in Alaska. The other zip code is an APO which is not in the US apparently  So we were not sure if it was ever going to make it to me. Just when I was about to give up hope which made me feel so terrible it showed up.

Some awesome design features include;
Cross over snaps to ensure a great fit for smaller babies.

Fold over rise for adjusting the size. I only have tried a few diapers with this feature and I have to say it seems to work just fine. I have not had any issues with it.
Trifold snap in insert.Made of organic bamboo so it is super soft. I really love that she added a snap to this. It makes it so it does not move around and get messed up on a wiggly baby. I even had it on him for over three hours of play-jumper-walker time and no leaks and the insert did not move. It is so soft and feels even softer after washing.

 Ruffle along the legs, so cute on and doesn't leave red marks around the legs.

This is one of the coolest things I have seen in a diaper. You know the cross over tabs that seem to leave marks in babies once they are not in use and and hitting the side of the hip area? Well these super soft snap on covers help make the diaper even more comfortable. This is such a cool feature.

 These diapers fit so well around my chunky mans legs. I just love the fit, even when hes crawling all over the place they seem to fit so nice.

They are well made with hidden PUL which allows for much more print options. This is just going to be awesome for football season! I hope AU does a bit better this year :)
Now just a little about Cherry Blossom Babies like many WAHM's we start into the world of cloth and search and search for a good fit for our babies. I know that I have done the same thing. Finding alot that work and alot that don't. It seems like most WAHM diapers fit much better than those by the mass production companies. Anyways, Kelly started to make diapers for her daughter, after trying to make diapers she had two she made that didn't quite work the way she wanted. She wanted them to work well for night and naps. After tweaking the design about six diapers later Kelly made what is her current diaper. Her daughter sported the new diapers and her husband noticed new diapers. He asked where they came from and she said she made them, he was surprised and was even more shocked that she wasn't having any leaks. Then after using them for a while he suggested she should sell them. That is how Cherry Blossom Babies was born.

I have nothing negative to say about this diaper. I had it on my son for nap time, day time, and traveling and it held up very well. The OS AI2 diaper is awesome and you should definitely think about giving it a try. I have not used this one at night time yet-but I am sure it will do just fine. The trifold lay in bamboo should hold up really well for over night use.

Please do check out her page on Facebook and her hyena cart! Show her some love and support when stopping by her page and thank her for being apart of the blog and giveaway!

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Friday, March 22, 2013

Gumstone teether

How many of you have read about amber teething necklaces and thought there is no way I am spending that kind of money on a necklace, I am sure it wouldn't work? Well I would like you to re-think that thought. I myself thought there is no way that a necklace-stone can make a difference  I first thought why would I have my baby chew on a necklace? He could choke? I'm sure many of you that don't know what these are hear teething necklace and think they would chew on it. Well trust me they are not intended for that. AND THEY WORK!

These necklaces are so beautiful and they are manly enough for my boy to sport. I swear one day after he started wearing his necklace he stopped drooling! I mean we had to have bibs on him all day long and change them every hour. I no longer have to do that and he does not seem to chew on everything he gets in his hands now. Don't get me wrong he still sticks everything in his mouth but it doesn't seem to be for chewing like his teeth hurt. I would definitively recommend for any baby to wear these. Please do read the information about the necklaces in Gumstone's Etsy shop.

Round shape amber teething necklace for babies
Length of necklace is 13 inches (32-33 cm)

Dear mum and dad, amber teething jewelry is made for wearing not chewing. As with anything else children should be supervised at all times when wearing jewelry and it has to be removed whenever a child is sleeping or unattended!

An amber teething necklace is made from Genuine Baltic amber, an organic substance-fossil resin that was produced under natural conditions at least 45 million years ago. The unique substance of amber has anti-inflammatory properties which can be absorbed when it is worn against the skin. Hence, teething necklaces which soothe a child naturally when he or she suffers from teething pain.

The actual practice of making amber amulets for children and adults is ancient history. Traditionally, amulets were carved into various shapes and were worn to ward off evil spirits – or just plain bad luck. It’s also a very strong possibility that because these amulets also reduced inflammation and discomfort for their wearers.

Currently, there are two different thoughts as to why wearing amber on the skin can have soothing and calming effects on teething children. One thought suggests that when amber is worn on the skin, the skin's warmth releases miniscule amounts of healing oils from amber which are then absorbed through the skin into the bloodstream. The other theory is based on scientific findings which have shown that amber is electromagnetically alive and produces significant amounts of organic, purely natural energy.

I am very impressed and I will continue to use this necklace on my baby boy and probably on future children. I also would like to mention that you can put this on as an anklet and then put a sock over it so they don't even know that its there. I had to do this a few times when i noticed he really wouldn't stop playing with it. Would you like to win one of these awesome necklaces? Enter below!

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Seren's Song wool longies

Seren's Song

Seren's song wool longies are my first wool I have ever owned. To be honest I was scared to death to try wool. Fleece has been so super simple so I was nervous to try wool. I am still scared to death that they are going to be thrown in the wash by mistake. But I was am so impressed with Tanya's designs and how soft these are.

Look at the design on the bum. I cannot say enough that these fit our family. If you don't know much about me and my family let me tell you first we live in Alaska. We have mountains surrounding the entire town so out of whatever window I look out I see huge beautiful mountains. The moose fits Alaska perfect and we love seeing them when out. They are some awesome wild animals. I could tell you so many stories of moose encounters in my four years of living up here in AK but thats can be saved for another post.

The wool is so soft and fits so nicely. He seems so comfortable in them and he never wakes up wet in the morning. I have a heavy wetter and he cannot go without some sort of cover. The other thing I love about them is they are so breathable and there's never any stinky smell on them from the diaper over night.

Sorry that the pictures are not the greatest but I hope you can see how great these up-cycled longies are. You can have her make any design for you but she loves to be creative and design something by listening a little about you. I didnt ask for this design but when it arrived I was so happy with what she came up with for us. The page is named after her daughter which has had a ruff start that any mom would never want for their baby. At seven months old they had to take Seren into the hospital where she was admitted for pertussis. She was in the hospital for 12 days! As any mom would, Tanya sat by her babies side and watched as her child struggled to breathe. I couldn't imagine this. I would probably not sleep the entire time. On top of struggling for her life the doctors notified Tanya that her baby has central sleep apnea. My husband has sleep apnea and sleeps with a mask on so I know this must be a huge struggle for a baby. They are in hopes that her brain has developed enough now to take her off medication for this. I pray for her to grow out of this, I never like hearing about the daily struggles of families, makes me not be so upset about my son still sleeping with us, or him nursing every two hours still! I just want all babies to be happy and healthy. Tanya started to make things for her child first and now is making things for all of us to enjoy. Keep them in your thoughts and prayers, and maybe buy some awesome wool longies from her shop! :)

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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Toris Tushies

Toris Tushies has some great quality diapers and wipes. I was honored to be able to review one of her diapers. Most of which are one of a kind. She doesn’t make multiples of one print unless requested by someone. This is so cool to me. I love that my diaper is the only one out there. Although if someone loves it I don’t mind that she makes more of them. Just a unique feature to her pocket diapers. The diaper she sent me is a pocket diaper that is a Saint Patrick’s day print. Perfect for this time of year, and so cute for pictures of my little one for his first St. Patttys day. ( I was tempted to bring out the Guinness hat of my hubbys but I don’t think beer and babies is the best thing to show off) but I thought about it. ;)
So her diaper has the hidden PUL which I love, and the outside minky is so soft, my son loves to play with the soft part on the diaper. I love putting soft stuff on my baby. The quality of the diaper is great and I love the insert she has made it is much trimmer than most others but seems to do just fine at holding up for a few hours with my boy.
I love when I find a mom who changed from disposables to cloth but took the change a step further by learning to make diapers themselves. I too have wanted to make diapers but I am just learning to sew a straight line first.

Victoria started to make diapers by starting with a simple pattern that was a sized pattern, which took her several try’s to find the right pattern she liked for a good fit on her son. After finding the right pattern she started to make one sized diapers with snaps. She turned out to love making them and was really great at doing so. She started to talk about her new skills in a mommies group she was apart of and how cool it would be to sell them one day and several people wanted to be testers for her. She jumped on the opportunity and only had to make a few small tweeks and she now has a full blown store that has become very successful thus far.

I think she will do great in the diaper making industry and if you have a specific diaper print your looking for contact Toris Tushies and she will probably make it happen for you. I give the diaper two thumbs up and I am sure you will too. If you love pockets give Toris Tushies a try! Enter to win one below!


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Friday, 25 April 2008

The Wanting

Egg Man

Oooh I luff him! He would go lovely in my not-quite-yet-bought house. You can get him here. If you've got more money than I have ;-)

Damn price! Damn postage! Damn no money!

Stick it in my doughnut hole baby!

Happy Friday, from Natalie Dee.

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How To Prevent Conflicts?

When you fight with people it can be exhausting and upsetting. Everybody will fight with their friends, family and sometimes even strangers. If you do not want to fight with others then you must prevent it. Most fights can be stopped if everybody just takes a minute to breathe however this normally does not happen because one or both parties are too angry to even try and calm down. If you want to prevent conflicts then you must stop getting angry with other people.

Do not fight with strangers

There are lots of times when people find themselves fighting with complete strangers. They may fight with strangers because they are drunk, because of incidents that may occur when their angry or if they feel that they have been offended in some way. Traffic management will reduce traffic and this can help prevent people from getting angry. This will involve having truck detour routes, identifying the public areas that are affected and communicating with the relevant parties in order to reduce the traffic.

A traffic controller company may have to be hired when someone is having a private event. When there is concrete pumping and pouring being done they will also need to be hired. Choose a company that plans well and will also respond properly when there is an emergency.

You must think before you act

You must learn to control your temper if you want to prevent conflicts from happening. If you are angry with another person do not fight with them. You should talk to them calmly and discuss with them why you are angry. This way you can solve your problem by talking and then you will not have to fight with anybody. It is good to discuss your problems with other people first because you may jump to conclusions and pick a fight with somebody for no reason at all.

You should use humor

If you are in a heated discussion with somebody you can use humor to break the tension. When people discuss something they are passionate about they can become emotional and if the conversation is not going their way they can start to get angry. When you feel like you or the person you are arguing with is getting angry you should use humor so that your anger will go away and you will not have any conflicts.

Be a good listener

When you listen to others you can hear their point of view and this way you will see where they are coming from. When you understand them you will find it harder to fight with them.


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Friday, 22 July 2016

Lars Petersen gets great airtime and shoots with Flymount

The GoPro "in flight" perspective

Flymount These are great, Lars!

Lars Petersen Thanks!
With the new Flymount it's so easy to set up! Love em! (y)

Hi Lars, where did you buy the fly mount ? I have a mast mount called mast hero, but it doesn't sit that firm and there is a risk, that it can fall off.

FLYMOUNT: Hi Thomas, you can buy directly from the Flymount site

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Monday, June 3, 2013

S.A.F.E. Food Labels

by Kelley Lindberg

Fellow blogger Daniella Knell ( has just launched her first food-allergy product, and it’s a great one. Her S.A.F.E. food allergy labels are a simple idea that most of us wish we’d thought of earlier!

The larger labels say “S.A.F.E. for___________,” and you can write your child’s name in the blank. These are absolutely ideal for preschool, school, camp, nursery, day care, babysitters, birthday parties, or anywhere else you send your child. When you send safe food or snacks with your child to Grandma’s house or to day care, for example, you can put a sticker on the snack package that says “S.A.F.E. for Johnny” and there won’t be any confusion.

The smaller-sized labels just say “S.A.F.E.,” and they are perfect for at home (where you don’t need to include the child’s name).

The main benefit is obvious – your child’s safe food is clearly labeled with brightly colored stickers that make it easy to find and easy to keep separate from other children’s food.

But Daniella says that one of the unexpected benefits of these labels is that they can empower your child, giving them a sense of control as they label their very own food.

I’m all for that!

Thanks, Daniella, for a great product that will help keep our kids safe. To order the labels, click here to visit her new S.A.F.E. Online Store.

Daniella Knell said...

Kelley... thank you soo much for promoting these! I truly believe they can be used in an endless variety of places.. home, school, camps, nursing homes and on and on. I wish I'd had them when my kids were younger and we were so stressed about managing their multiple food allergies. Daniella

Kelley J. P. Lindberg said...

Glad to help spread the word -- I think this are a great idea!

Kelley J. P. Lindberg said...

*these... I think THESE are a great idea! (Geez, it's a Monday.)


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green chili coconut chutney

Not really a sauce or a dip, chutney is in a class of its own.
In India, no meal is complete without chutney. There are hundreds of different recipes, for both fresh and cooked versions. Chutneys based on coconut are more common in the south, fruit chutneys in the north and west.

1 cup of fresh cilantro leaves
3 tablespoons fresh mint leaves
1 cup grated coconut (frozen shredded coconut from a bag)
1 garlic clove
1 1-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and coarsely chopped
2 green serrano chilies
1/3 teaspoon cumin powder
1 teaspoon sugar
2 teaspoons of lime juice
1/2 teaspoon cider vinegar
Water as needed

In a food processor, blend all ingredients (except the water) to form a paste. Add just enough water to make a moist (but not wet) chutney.

Chutney is a great pairing for a plethora of foods including meat, fish, vegetables, cakes, cheeses and sandwiches.

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Thursday, March 26, 2015

Picture This

It had been a while since I’d had anyone over. I’d been busy with this and that and not cooking much and had all sorts of ingredients crying to get used in my over-crowded fridge. I mention this because in thinking what to cook for some friends the other night I had the goal of using freezer items and emptying containers jammed inside the shelves. This was to be a meal based on what was on hand rather than a dreamed up menu. Until an hour before company arrived I wasn’t exactly sure how the parts would fall in place.

I had a small piece of gravlax I’d prepared the week before so I served it with an assortment of crackers from multiple open boxes I’m diligently emptying, leftovers from various catered events. A lot of food passes through my kitchen. I give a lot away. Often I feel my life is a race to use the things that have come my way as opposed to being a series of conscious choices. Along with the gravlax I put out Genoa salami from a job last month and some blistered shishito peppers bought the week before when I’d spied them in the market heralding Spring.

The main course was spicy lamb meatballs (the meat had been frozen since I’d made dumplings for Chinese New Year.) Black rice (extra from Christmas eve) flecked with toasted coconut (leftover from a beef Rendang made weeks earlier) and sautéed wild mushrooms. Quickly stir fried baby bok choy and snow peas contrasted with the dark rice, mushrooms and meatballs and as we sat at the candlelit table I felt proud and excited to see a plate with such an unusual palate.

The next course exploded with color. A medley of sliced Cara Cara oranges, pink grapefruit, Minneola tangelos, Meyer lemons and blood oranges topped with finely sliced purple shallots was paired with another platter of paper thin rounds of carrots, Chiogga beets, red radishes, and white and green daikon sprinkled with seaweed flakes, black sesame, demerara sugar and rice wine vinegar. Creamy goat cheese served with dried dates, figs, pears and cherries followed. Then from the freezer, a flourless chocolate cake (an extra from a catered birthday party) with cinnamon allspice ice cream.

Each course was very simply prepared yet the whole was totally unique and tasty. All the various flavors complimented yet remained distinct. The number of courses surprised, especially on a weekday evening, especially with this group of friends who all enjoy food but are not cooking professionals.

The vision of the deep inky purple the back rice turns during cooking, the caramelized browns of roasted meat and the startling earthy blacks of wild mushrooms took me by surprise, and grows mythic even as the sense memory fades. There are no photographs, and my guess is my guests were wowed by the colorful salads and barely noted the quirky array of earth tones on the plain white plate.

Quick hand-held iPhone “plate-ies” like selfies, are touristic “I was here” declarations that only hint at the more complex stories anchored by everything outside the frame. I don’t much like them. They are like memos for memory, flippantly emailed then quickly trashed. I don’t much like the tightly composed pictures of a dish that accompanies most magazine articles, cookbooks and blogs either, as these pictures seem inextricable from commerce. Unlike portraits of people which at least engage a viewer in an emotional exchange of seeing and being seen, food portraits, apart from instructional value, are more like fashion photos. They work to elicit desire; for the food, the accouterments or the lifestyle. Some are beautiful of course, and sometimes looking at these pictures I get hungry and feel inspired to try my hand making a similar dish, but just as likely I feel pangs of envy and become critical of the life I lead or the one being offered.

I’m trying to understand what moved me seeing piles of dark food on a plain plate at a weekday supper with friends. The reference to fecund nature? An association with chocolate? Defiance against rule of thumb for a well balanced plate? Was it in relation to the other dishes colors? It was some combination, and also a private moment; my pleasure pulling off a meal with ease, clearing out my fridge, having the luxury to spend an afternoon in the kitchen as it is salve for other stresses. And that last minute stroke of adding rice to the menu born of compulsive fear there wouldn’t be enough when there always is too much.

A picture that might capture the plate would include hands washing rice in water dyed purple by the grains. The hands fluid back and forth motion half listening to the running water. The arc of sunlight crossing the kitchen counter fading well before dusk because of the particulars of the windows and the angle of the street. The interlude before a thought occurs to flip on the light. Wondering if Andrew will have his cane, regret that Ginny and Arthur won’t come, weren’t even invited because Arthur is ill and it is too much being cheerful. Worry the lamb is too fatty or has freezer burn. The thrill of Sichuan pepper. Black Trumpet mushrooms.

A picture is worth a thousand words or is a flimsy voucher for an accumulation of moments half rooted in memory. Either way, a picture wouldn’t have captured that particular meal, nor would making it again another time, and that is in part what keeps it glorious—cooking is new every time.

Spicy Lamb Meatballs
(measurements are approximate, meatballs are forgiving)
yield: around a dozen 2” meatballs

1 # ground lamb
1 cup shredded par-boiled carrot (I par-boiled to ensure the carrot softens in the same time the meatballs cook.)
2 slices wheat bread, crusts removed, torn up and soaked in 1/2 c. milk
1 egg
1/2 c. each minced scallions and cilantro
2” piece of ginger, peeled and minced
2  1” pieces of turmeric, peeled and minced
heaping teaspoon each: white pepper, ground Sichuan peppercorns, five spice powder,
and dried ginger
a good dash each: Chinese chili oil, soy sauce, bourbon (or whatever booze is in your cupboard, bourbon is smokey, that’s why I like it)
salt to taste
1 cup chicken broth mixed with 2 T. soy sauce

Combine par-boiled carrots ginger, turmeric, scallions and cilantro, and pulse in a Cusinart
leaving very small chunks.
Soak bread in milk, mashing into a thick paste (to make GF—use 1/4 c. cooked rice instead of bread. To make dairy free—use broth instead of milk.)
Combine all of the ingredients except the chicken broth, mixing with your hands until well blended.
Form into balls, determining the size by your preference. (I make 2” balls.)

Sear meatballs in a glug of vegetable oil, turning gently with two spoons to brown all sides. Transfer the browned balls to a baking pan. Pour chicken broth over and bake at 325 until cooked through.  Serve with Thai black rice and sautéed wild mushrooms.

Monday, March 16, 2015

On Pornography and Split Pea

Not long ago I worked the International Restaurant Show for a smoked meat company, frying sample bites of bacon non-stop for three days in a row, seven hours straight without letting-up, feeding the crowds who walk the massive halls of the Javits Center looking for the next big thing. Hundreds and hundreds, probably thousands of people dressed to the nines buying and selling, "owwing" and "ahhing", shaking their hips, closing their eyes, cooing “Ohh, ohh this is so good. Everything's better with bacon.”

Later that week I found myself with time on my hands in the East Village. It was a freezing night so I popped into the vegetarian mecca B & H Dairy, a tiny hole in the wall I’d frequented when I lived in the neighborhood thirty+ years earlier. Walking through the misted door from the frigid street was a mind bending time warp; the same scrubbed formica set with clunky diner dishes overbrimming with the same menu items. The same crowd of young artists greeted warmly by the same short order cooks, sitting down with the same dog-eared French philosophy books and talking about their bands. The only change were the iPhones resting by every steaming bowl. As always, I ordered split pea soup and buttered challah and was transported by the first loving spoonful.

In the early 1980’s I was a founding member of an artists collective called Carnival Knowledge. Our earliest works, Bizarre Conceptions were made in response to threats to reproductive rights; proposed legislation limiting access to birth control and OB/GYN services, clinic pickets and harassment of healthcare providers and women seeking services, etc. We set up booths on street corners and created participatory artworks at community centers to raise awareness and open dialogue.

In 1982 a controversial conference at Barnard piqued our interest. The conference explored sexuality beyond reproductive rights which made many uncomfortable veering as it sometimes does into forms of exploitation, objectification of women’s bodies, kinky fantasy and the power relationships inherent in sexual practice. Carnival Knowledge however celebrated this unfolding believing our efforts to free ourselves from the bonds of reproduction opened doors to more liberated and empowered sexuality. We set about trying to define feminist pornography. Each month for almost two years, rotating from one members kitchen to another, we shared a pot luck meal and an evening of discussion.

The thinking we did, and field trips to sex shops culminated in a show called The Second Coming. This took place at the alternative performance and artspace the Franklin Furnace in 1984—a month long festival of artists books, installations, and performance art. On street level we set up a bookstore showcasing books and small objects, then down a narrow stairwell hung with flowing titty banners whose nipples gently brushed your face as you descended to the basement gallery. We divided the gallery into a kitchen, dining room, bedroom, etc. thinking most women would feel comfortable exploring pornography in the comfort and safety of “home.” Following the feminist credo that the personal is political much of the art, which we curated from an open call for contributions, was confessional and memoiristic.

I built the living room furniture; a couch, easy chair, fireplace, which I covered with text recounting a fantasy story of a menage a trios, describing the acts that took place on the couch on the couch, on the rug on the rug, etc. I have no record of the text and of course can’t remember the details. I can only imagine it was fairly tame and peppered with the longings I had for romantic love. Throughout the show the living room became a performance space—there were artist made videos and Sex Ed. films we’d ordered from a catalogue looped on the TV in the corner of the room, as well as live performances. Draping her body across the couch, one artist did a striptease while playing saxophone. She had painted glittery keys down the length of her body and she encouraged volunteers to play her as she blew her horn.

top: ?, April Ford, Annie Sprinkle, Sabrina Jones, Veronica Vera, Karen Rusch
second row: Candida Royale, Ame Gilbert, Gloria Leonard, Anne Pitrone, Veronica Hart
odalisque: ?

The performance that garnered the most excitement was by a group of porn actresses called Club 90. They sat on my living room furniture and performed Deep Inside Porn Stars, a ‘Chorus Line’ style piece based on the consciousness raising support group they had formed. This was radical—that they were coming together in an artspace, that they, like women all over the country had a CR group, and that we, a group of feminist, artist, pro-choice activists were embracing women who were unapologetic and empowered by working in the sex industry. Plus they were funny, glamorous and sexy.

The Carnival became a thorn in the side of Moral Majority conservatives who got wind of it from the bits of press we garnered. The gallery took the heat with the loss of some of their National Endowment for the Arts funding. During Club 90’s show there were threats of protests and we had to hire a security guard to watch the door.

By the late 80’s after switching focus to HIV, CK dispersed. Some of us married, had kids, divorced, moved on to different careers, but each of us has kept a finger in the art world. Last month a notice appeared in my inbox for CineKink, a film festival that focuses on “diverse sex positive kink” and one of their events was a tribute to Club 90. Surprised and excited I emailed the Carnies I’m still in touch with but no one was free to join me.

On a crazy bitterly cold night feeling like an intrepid warrior I ventured from Brooklyn to Soho to the East Village, first to an event that was part of a show celebrating Martha Wilson, the founder of the Franklin Furnace—a piece by Coco Fusco impersonating Dr. Zira, the forward thinking chimpanzee ‘animal’ psychiatrist from Planet of the Apes. The packed performance was smart and heady, Dr. Zira was a brilliant heroine, Coco Fusco is a brilliant thinker. During her powerpoint lecture she offered wry analysis of the male dominated pack behavior of humankind.

And then to the porn stars! The sold-out show was at the Anthology of Film Archives, a venerable institution that preserves and exhibits avant-garde film and video. The LGBT+ hetero audience jammed into the lobby waiting for the theatre to open was dressed to the nines. I wish I’d had the courage to chat them up but I felt too shy. Who was this lively crowd? I knew, more or less, the people at Coco’s performance but not so here. Standing in the crowd I was aware of feeing judgmental, a bit critical and defensive—even after all that time working with CK. I found myself wondering too who I’d like to have sex with, surveying the room jazzed just thinking about porn.

Veronica Hart, Veronica Vera, Candida Royale and Annie Sprinkle looked remarkably similar to my memory of them despite the passage of time. Each woman spoke about how important the support they gave each other in Club 90 was, and how formative the Second Coming was in helping move them towards a place in the industry they could call their own. I was thrilled and surprised, moved by the power of art. Then each spoke about the path she had taken. Candida became a director, moving behind the camera to make films that appeal to women, Annie is a performance artist and combines eco-activism with pornography, and Veronica Vera who opened a school “for boys who want to be girls” is an advocate for transgender rights. We watched a series of clips each had chosen that spanned her career; they were funny, sophomoric, empowering, and unapologetically joyful. There were bits that even aroused. After the show I pushed through the crowd to introduce myself, and was warmly greeted after explaining who I was (I guess I haven’t aged quite as well as they had!) They were thronged by fans and I didn’t know what more to say so I slipped out into the night.

Like the CR groups that created space for women to reflect on and challenge the status quo, places like B & H welcomes you and creates a space where you are safe (and fed) and can reflect on and challenge the status quo. Split pea soup defines that period of my life. To this day eating a bowl feeds a sense of creativity and excitement. Sure its nostalgic too—the soup might be considered comfort food—but the sense of comfort comes from challenging the status quo and believing it possible to change the world.

In contrast, forking over bite-sized pieces of bacon at the Javitz Center felt pornographic, much more so than watching film clips at CineKink. The bacon was fetishized consumerism made into a billion dollar business that preys on longing and desire. The Club 90 women who defy repressive definitions of acceptable behavior poking fun with cum and pee—they are stars and artists. I think Dr. Zira would agree.

Coco Fusco as Dr. Zira

Monday, March 2, 2015

Memories quickly fade.

The driving impulse of this blog is to have a place to record food events, with
pictures and recipes icing atop the layering of ideas.

darn it,
blogs won’t write themselves
and I suffer equal parts shyness and laziness
worrying there’s nothing much to share
or neglecting the stories till they dim.

Herewith then is a stab at catch-up before the memories fade. Quick blurbs on dinners past.

PoetryScienceTalks is a monthly salon. A revolving group of 30-odd people who come together for an out-of-the-box presentation and discussion. Before the talk we share a meal. I’m the cook. I try to have the menu reflect the speaker’s presentation and hope the meal warms the guests to the topic.

December's talk was called “Quantum and the Dream.” The presenter, a radio talk-show host dream-interpreter explored “the underlying connection between quantum theory, the nature of our dreams and the creative potential of the beta wave brain state.”

The piece of the talk I most remember is that our notion of the unconscious mind was brought to light with Victorian brilliance by Freud, Lewis Carroll, and Carl Jung among others…  At that time popular stories shifted from Arthurian-type warrior legends into a feminine Alice down the rabbit hole racing to tea exploration of sub-conscious desire.

I dreamed up a "Through the Looking Glass" meal of topsy-turvy scale. Whole roasted quail nestled between overgrown chicken legs. Whole roasted cauliflower representing brains. Humungous carrots hollowed into canoes and filled with baby carrots swimming in carrot puree*.  For dessert, clouds of Pavlova tinged pink with wild berries.

January’s talk was a mouthful: “Obesity and the Bolus of the Beyond: A Sociopolitical Reading of Metabolic Syndrome” where the speaker brought to fore a dizzying array of topics by way of getting to a discussion about genetics, bioengineering, capitalism and science. The presenter is a bioartist and in one of his art pieces he grew e coli in a petrie dish, then subjected the bacteria to relentless tracks of Englebert Humperdinck. Antibiotic production ensued--perhaps e coli's means of defense. Survival is a wonder, no?

Supper, though lacking in coherence, was a feast of syllogistic word-play—his words > my dish > your mouth:

Orificial Economies: popcorn served with chopsticks
Complex Contagion: kale salad (is anything more contagious than kale?)
Positive disorder engineering: a mélange of rice varietals
Human identity: Amphioxus or Tunicate?: homemade gravlax* served with Japanese pickles and black bread. (Vertebrate, invertebrate, I was thinking about our forebears. Somehow--raw fish, pickling microbes, and heavy earthy grains seemed primal and could at least edge towards expressing something evolutionary.)

And for dessert... Inborn errors of metabolism as aesthetic: wine poached apples and pears with cornmeal honey crust.  (Aren’t we all amorphous lumps hidden beneath a blanket of dough?)

February: could have been called Alta Kockers (affectionate parlance!) talk Psychedelics. Four white male Jews shared 50+ years of consciousness bending shtick about LSD as poetry, art, sacrament and psychic healing. For these gentlemen tripping became a way of life. A commonality and a centerpiece in all their stories was an experience of ego-death and rebirth that colored everything that followed.
A painting by one of the speakers, Isaac Abrams
All Things Are One Thing 1966
What else to serve but Psychedelic-atessen?

Mushroom Barley Soup because mushrooms needed to be on the menu. Katz’s Pastrami with mustard on rye, sliced turkey on onion rolls with Russian dressing, ½ sours, kraut, pickled beets. Also homemade knishes for the mashugina vegetarians,

A thin oil and flour dough filled
strudel-like with potatoes and
caramelized onions.
The roll is twisted
sausage-like, cut and shaped
 into individual pieces.
The egg glazed knishes, bulbous
and nippled, reminded me of breasts.

and then babka, a Madeline for Ashkenazim. One bite of the eggy yeasted dough striated with bittersweet chocolate darkness and syrupy glaze, and ancestors whose names never made it into the annuls of Ellis Island reached across time and pinched my shayna punim. Plus, the configuration of the rolled and cut dough fitted into the cake pan makes a pretty trippy pattern.

March's event comes next week--the speaker is a holistic nutritionist with an eye towards enhancing cognitive function. In our correspondence we've talked about fish (brain food) and the curative properties of turmeric, ginger, garlic, saffron... clearly some kind of Southeast Asian feast is in order.

Carrot Puree
1# carrots, peeled and coarsely chopped
½ c. water
2 Yogi Ginger tea bags (if you want, tear open the bags and blend the tea with the carrots, or just steep the tea in the steaming water. Use the water when you puree the carrots.)
salt, pepper, butter and/or cream to taste.

Steam the carrots with the tea bags and a pinch of salt until very tender. Puree in a food processor or mash by hand adding a spoon of butter and/or cream--unless you want to keep it vegan, in which case a knob of coconut oil and/or coconut milk might be nice.

1 # super-fresh, boned and skinned salmon fillet
¼ c. each: sea salt, demerara sugar and finely minced fresh dill
1 T. each: black peppercorns, mustard seeds, fennel seeds, coriander seeds, combined and lightly crushed
finely grated zest of 1 organic lemon

Lay salmon on a large sheet of plastic wrap. Combine remaining ingredients and pat half onto the top of the fillet. Flip fish over and pat on the remaining spices. Wrap fish tightly in plastic wrap. Put wrapped fish on a plate and weigh down with another plate and a pile of dried beans or a can of something. Put in the fridge. Each day for 3-4 days, flip the fish over. The fish will seep but no worries because the plate will catch the drips.

When ready to serve: discard plastic wrap. Using a sharp knife slice fish against the grain, on a diagonal, into super thin slices. Serve with mustard pickles or honey mustard sauce and black bread.


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Thursday, October 31, 2013

Human requirement for water is still a controversial subject with no unanimity among health pundits. While 2 liters a day is considered essential there is no clarity as to whether this quantity has to be consumed over and above the moisture that is present in daily diet. The food consumed varies from culture to culture but basically most cooked foods will have a moisture level averaging about 50%. Considering that the daily calorie requirement of 2000 kCal will have to be taken through foods, considerable water enters the body through the food. It is indisputable that water is needed both for physiological and thermo regulation and some quantity has to be imbibed in pure form. The phenomenon of thirst is a part of human body's signaling system to compensate for water loss due to perspiration and evaporation and consumption of water based products like juices, soft drinks and others contributes to water "make up". It is during the last five decades that beverage industry started exploiting the thirst phenomenon for commercial gain through natural and synthetic beverages with diverse flavors and the explosive growth of sugary beverages is telling on the health of the population as reflected by the fast developing obesity epidemic in many of the financially healthy nations. In spite of global campaigns against these non-nutritive high calorie drinks, not much progress was visible in curbing their consumption. It is against this background that one has to welcome the news, reported recently, about a new trend of declining "soda" (sugary beverages) consumption in countries like the US which is considered a good omen. Here is more about this development.

"Sales of water in standard lightweight plastic bottles grew at a rate of more than 20 percent every quarter from 1993 to 2005, he said. The growth has continued since, but now it has settled into percentages within the high single digits. If the estimated drinking of water from the household tap is included, water consumption began exceeding that of soda in the mid-2000s. That significant shift has posed a tough challenge for the Coca-Cola Company and rival PepsiCo in recent years. While both companies sell bottled water lines, Dasani for Coke and Aquafina for Pepsi, they have had trouble establishing dominance in the more profitable business of so-called enhanced waters — including flavored and carbonated waters and those with added vitamins and minerals — where a horde of new beverage companies like TalkingRain, Hint water and Fruit2O are giving them a run for the money. "Given where pricing has gone, I would assume that on the average 24 pack of bottled water, Coke and Pepsi are selling at break-even at best," said John Faucher, who tracks the beverage and household products businesses at JPMorgan Chase. "The one thing keeping them in plain, old bottled water is that both have a very large and highly profitable single-serve business in it." Plain bottled waters are little more than purified tap water with a sprinkle of minerals tossed in, which makes the business one of producing bottles and filling them. Factors as varied as innovations in bottling technology that have helped drive down the price of water as well as continuing concern about obesity and related diseases are also driving the trend. A recent study by North Dakota State University, for instance, used dietary intake data collected by the federal government to draw correlations between decreased consumption of soda from 1999 through 2010 and improvements in the biomarkers that indicated cholesterol and other chronic diseases. A study by Coca-Cola asserted that the government's data, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, was flawed, but that had not stopped public health officials from encouraging greater consumption of beverages with less sugar. Last month, Michelle Obama heavily endorsed water, teaming up with Coke, Pepsi and Nestlé Waters, among others, to persuade Americans to drink more of it. Health advocates complained that Mrs. Obama had capitulated to corporate partners by not explaining the benefits of water over the sodas they sell and that her initiative promoted even greater use of plastic bottles when she could have just recommended turning on the tap".

It is ironic that water, one of the cheapest materials in this planet, considered God's gift to the residents of earth, has now become a money spinning business with billions of bottles of processed water flooding the markets in every country! There was a time when the water coming through the taps of toilets in a country like the US was fit for consumption because of the water treatment plants working in each and every city in that country. Same applied to Europe also and a recent attempt by a city in Italy to brand its tap water reflects the mania among the citizens to go for bottled water incurring significant expenses for the consumer. Of course a bottle of water is always a convenience and this factor has modified the human behavior to shun tap water and buy processed and packed water. It is rather unfortunate that even in a country like India with half its population considered very poor there is a roaring market for bottled water though the citizen cannot be blamed for this craze due terrible fear about the safety of the so called piped water supply in almost all urban areas. Some time one gets the feeling that holding a bottle of attractively packed water bottle is becoming a status symbol among Indians! While bottled water industry is obviously serving the community by providing clean and safe water, the blame for such a skewed development must be borne squarely by the civic bodies, state and central governments for neglecting this fundamental right of the citizen, viz access to safe water.

Eat or not to eat? That is the million dollar question before the consumers when hard decisions are to be made regarding the advisability of consuming food products past their "expiry" date or "best before' date! Though from time to time many experts express their view that most foods past their expiry date are still edible and fit for consumption, consumers still do not have sufficient confidence on their safety leading to millions of tons of foods being wasted all over the world. Britishers were wise to take the stand some time back that food should not be wasted just because it is past its expiry date. Many other countries are also realizing now that such declaration on the front of the label, though supposed to be advisory, forces the industry as well as the consumers to throw them out into garbage. While industry needs legal protection against consumers suing them if some thing happens after consuming a date expired food, consumers with no basic awareness about food safety faithfully follows the expiry date as a gospel truth refusing to even buy them, let alone consume them. What a dilemma in a world where almost one third of the population are famished for want of access to good food. Here is a take on this situation in some of the countries like the US, Australia and New Zealand and views of some experts regarding the safety of some of the foods with their expiry date over.

"Consumers should be aware that the expiry date is only a guide for quality and when a product is at its best, according to new US Department of Agriculture guidelines. But while giving the thumbs-up to some foods, it still cautions against certain meats and food items such as spinach and lettuce. Hard cheese, cured meats and hard vegetables can be eaten so long as mould is removed. Other items can be eaten at your own discretion, according to Jena Roberts, vice president of business development at the National Food Lab. Foods that never go off. Ms Roberts told ABC News that she couldn't pinpoint a single food safety issue that happened because food was past its used by date. She agreed the dates should be used as "only a guide". She said spinach and lettuce were the only foods which should be thrown out because "there isn't a heat step or a process to kill pathogens." Meat should be followed to the date, unless it is frozen, while condiments including mustard are fair game. "Bacteria isn't going to grow in them. It's just a quality issue," she said. Food Standards Australia New Zealand is a little less relaxed, advising that foods that have an expired used by date should not be eaten "because of health and safety reasons". However food with a best before date may be safe, although the quality and taste of the food may be affected. Spices: The quality of spices declines with age but they don't go off. Olive oil: Keeps for about two years unopened in the pantry or fridge. Vinegar: Keeps indefinitely although the quality will decrease. Dried pasta: Keeps for years in the pantry. Sesame seeds: Keep for years in the pantry or the fridge".

In general many dry foods with low moisture content or water activity keep well without causing any ill effect from most pathogenic microbes but they may be vulnerable to attack by insects of different types if not properly fumigated before packing. A sure way of keeping even the dry foods safe is to store under low temperatures obtained in domestic refrigerators. Consumers face the difficult choice while deciding about the safety of high moisture and rich foods with high pH which are easily vulnerable to microbial attack under ambient conditions. Here again there is a mistaken conception that the contents would be safe after properly heating the same. It is true most of the time reheating of high moisture foods will kill all microorganisms but one has to be aware of the toxins excreted by them before dying which can cause some health problem among many consumers. On the whole keeping any food under vacuum or at refrigerated temperatures or in frozen state can ensure a reasonable degree of protection to the consumer. All said and done it may be time to revisit the present system of indicating storage life on the packed foods by suitably including another provision to say such foods are unsafe after a certain date to be compulsorily thrown away. Is it practical? Will the industry agree for it? No harm in trying!

Friday, October 18, 2013

A recent report about seizure and destruction of huge quantities of Chutney products in Ahmadabad by the food safety authorities there because of their low quality and unhygienic environment focuses on the impunity with which food fraudsters thrive in the country. These raids do not address the core of the problem, that is about the inability of the safety agencies to sustain activities that could be deterrent to such fraudsters. True people love chutneys of different types as accompaniments to a number of traditional Indian cuisines and the recipes vary from region to region, the most common property being their susceptibility to rapid spoilage as they contain high water content. Most chutneys, except may be the sweet variety are liked when consumed fresh and preparing them under insanitary conditions using sub standard ingredients can be dangerous because of infection by bacteria that can easily cause stomach upset, especially among consumers with "weak" stomach and low immunity. Here is a take on this episode in Ahmadabad.

Dabelis, sandwiches and vada pavs, laced with the red and green chutney, are a hot favourite with Amdavadis. But ever wondered about the quality of that chutney, often prepared in completely unhygienic conditions and that, too, with substandard material?  The health department of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) raided one such chutney manufacturing unit in Vatva ward on Tuesday and destroyed over 4,000 kg of low-quality chutney.  During the raid, six food inspectors found that vegetables, acetic acid and colours were being used to prepare the chutney. "We found that the manufacturer used boiled potatoes to make the thick chutney, which was later filled in huge plastic barrels in unhygienic conditions," said one of the inspectors requesting anonymity. The health officials also found that the chutney manufacturer had been functioning without health and food licences. Also, the chutney, which was packed in 5 kg bottles and sent to food stalls and hotels across the city, did not have information like date of manufacture, name of manufacturer, date of expiry, etc. "We have seized more than 4,000 kg of the chutney and destroyed it in the Pirana dumping yard. Also, samples have been collected and sent to the public health laboratory for testing," said Suhas Kulkarni, AMC medical officer of health. Incidentally, the health department had been trying to trace the illegal chutney manufacturer for the past three days. This was because the packet or the bottle has no mention of the manufacturing place in the city.

Street vending is an unavoidable phenomenon in countries like India and people flock at these vending carts because of the taste and freshness associated with them. Generally these foods are safe as long as they are hot served. How ever there are some preparations served cold and the chances of infection could be very high depending on the quality of water used. Unfortunately some of these vendors use water of suspect quality though lately use of processed water in large carboys is becoming the standard. The manufacturers of the Chutney in Ahmadabad obviously indulged in making a product without getting the necessary permits from the authorities and therefore had suspect intentions regarding the quality of their products.

Sunday, October 13, 2013

The world has traveled a lot since the industrial revolution which brought about the concept of economic viability for industrial production. Over the decades the mantra was to make production plants bigger and bigger without much focus on sustainability, especially when fossil fuels were available in plenty and that too cheap. Time has changed after the "oil shock" about 4 decades ago when fossil fuels became expensive and realization dawned on the humanity that they are not inexhaustible leading to sterling innovations in the energy front. Large scale mechanization of unit operations, evolution of giant manufacturing plants with lesser and lesser workers needed to manage them and integration of electronics with plant operation for better efficiency all saw the industry in general piling profits with apparently no concern for the environment or the welfare of workers or the consumer well being. Things are changing as new concepts are emerging with features like energy efficiency, water saving, waste disposal, improved worker welfare, down sized plants with better controls and back up facilities in case of break down etc becoming bench marks of newer plants. Here is a commentary on these emerging trends which cannot be ignored by the industry if to survive in the coming years.

Bigger is better was the industry's mantra through much of the last century. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, holds two prime examples: General Mills' million-square-foot facility and, across town, Quaker Oats, a 22-building complex on 25 acres fronting the Cedar River. Centralized manufacturing enabled low-cost production, but the downside of the eggs-in-one-basket approach became painfully obvious over time. An electrical substation fire once took GM's plant off line for 18 hours; a 2008 flood knocked Quaker completely out of commission for three weeks. By the time full operations resumed two months later, lost throughput at the world's largest cereal plant would have fed a small country for a year. Regional production is today's trend, and that will continue. Logistics dictate site selection, and hauling finished goods halfway across the North American continent doesn't make economic sense. Diesel generators and even solar panels are being installed as a hedge against power outages, and energy conservation efforts increase the likelihood that at least partial production will continue in a worse-case scenario. Smaller facilities are being laid out for maximum flexibility. The Dr. Schar bakery in Logan Township, N.J., exemplifies this. Riding the crest of the gluten-free diet trend, the Italy-based company opened the 60,000-sq.-ft. plant in the Philadelphia metro area in June 2012. More than 100 different products are produced, the company boasts, from breads to cookies and crackers to pasta. It was the company's fourth new facility in six years. Equipment is getting easier to clean and sanitize, in part to meet higher food-safety standards but also because managers recognize that older designs mean more downtime and much higher labor expense over a machine's useful life. Stainless steel is the material of choice, and suppliers are redesigning their equipment to meet cleanability expectations.

As far as food industry is concerned, notable changes were taking place to make the manufacturing more sensitive to consumer safety and health. But the "profit at any cost" mentality is still ruling this sector with the industry being hauled for many ills of the society. Blaming food industry for many modern day health afflictions like CVD, Kidney ailments and Obesity is more or less become a standard criticism from which it cannot easily escape. Here again winds of change are perceptible with many large players trying to improve their products from nutritional and health angles and implementing many worker welfare programs. Energy and water are receiving priorities. It is a question of time before industry performance norms become more and more rigid and universally applied. This makes one wonder whether world is going back to the earlier concept, "small is beautiful" which may be good for the industry, environment as well as the consumer.


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John Sullivan wrote the theme music for Only Fools and Horses when he wrote the first series, but the producers opted instead for an instrumental, saxophone-led tune composed by Ronnie Hazlehurst, who had also arranged the themes for other BBC sit-coms, such as Yes Minister and Last of the Summer Wine. However, Sullivan was unhappy with this, so for the second series he persuaded the BBC to use his own compositions instead, partly because the new lyrics would explain the obscure title, which had been the subject of viewers' questions to the BBC during the first series.

The first series was subsequently re-edited to use the new theme songs, though the first episode, "Big Brother", is still sometimes repeated with the original Hazlehurst music intact, as is the 1981 Christmas special. The current DVD release of Series One, however, replaces the theme music on all seven episodes. The original theme music is still used in the first episode during a montage in which Del unsuccessfully conducts business throughout Peckham whilst trying to sell stolen breifcases.

The lyrics to the established themes contain both slang and references to British culture, and describe elements of the show. The opening lyrics include "stick a pony in my pocket", pony being London slang for 25 pounds sterling;[58] "fetch the suitcase from the van" and "where it all comes from is a mystery", all references to the Trotters' shady, cash-only business. It ends with the title lyric, "why do only fools and horses work?" The closing theme follows suit, describing the dubious goods that the Trotters specialise in, from "miles and miles of carpet tiles" to "Trevor Francis tracksuits"; Francis was an English football player during the 1970s and 1980s. These are "from a mush in Shepherd's Bush"; mush is slang for a man whose name is unknown and Shepherd's Bush is a West London district.The line "no income tax, no VAT" summarises their outlook, before closing with the refrain "God bless Hooky Street". Hooky is British slang for something stolen or which has been acquired illegally. The images peeling away was conceived as a metaphor for the Trotters' lifestyle

Both songs are performed by Sullivan, and not – as is sometimes thought – by Nicholas Lyndhurst.Sullivan had intended for Chas & Dave to sing it, since they were an act associated with Cockney-style music, but they were unavailable having just recorded a hit record with "Ain't No Pleasing You", so he was persuaded to do it himself by Ray Butt.The new theme was also arranged by Hazlehurst. Chas & Dave did later contribute to the show, performing "Down to Margate", the closing credits song for "The Jolly Boys' Outing".

The opening credits see images of the three principal actors peel on and off the screen sequentially like adhesive labels. These appear over a background of still photographs of everyday life in South London, including a used car lot and a tower block. The sequence was conceived by graphic designer, Peter Clayton, as a "metaphor for the vagaries of the Trotters' lifestyle", whereby money was earned and quickly lost again. The action was shot manually frame by frame, and took around six weeks to complete.

As the series progressed, the sequence was occasionally updated with new footage, but it only ever featured Del, Rodney and either Grandad or Uncle Albert. The 2001–2003 trilogy featured just Del and Rodney. In total, the shots of Del and Rodney were updated three times during the series' run to reflect their ageing, whilst Grandad and Uncle Albert only ever received one version each during their run. The 2001-2003 Christmas specials used the same titles sequences but rendered for broadcast in the now standard 16:9 ratio widescreen.

The closing credits for the programme varied series by series. The first series used peeling labels featuring the names of the cast and crew, mirroring the opening sequence, but these had to be updated with every new episode, making the process very time-consuming; from the second series the credits switched to a standard rolling format. Towards the end of the run they settled on a uniform style with the typeface Dom Casual scrolling against a freeze frame of the final scene which faded to a plain black background.[61] Despite strict BBC crediting guidelines in place by the time the most recent episodes screened, the programme was able to enjoy unedited closing credits and the full version of the theme song.

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Thursday, 12 April 2012

Egypt beat Nigeria in international friendly

Egypt defeated Nigeria 3-2 in an international friendly played on Thursday in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.
The super eagles got their two goals from Sunday Mba and Kalu Uche while Egypt got their goals through Ahmed Temsah, Mohammed Aboutreika and Ahmed Hassan Mekki.
The players of both teams were made up of home based players.

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Republicans map out their agenda of less

Posted on Monday, November 8, 2010

Republicans are mapping an agenda for the new Congress that calls for a radical reduction in government spending, a hard-line stance against new taxes and a "sustained" battle against federal regulators - all aimed at easing the concerns of voters desperate for jobs and anxious about the soaring national debt.
The path charted in the party's "Pledge to America" and in a new blueprint released this week by Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), the No. 2 Republican in the House, is certain to provoke clashes with the White House. It is already stirring dissension among Republicans who say it doesn't go far enough. Less certain is its ability to make progress on the nation's top economic priorities, particularly job creation.
On Friday, the Labor Department reported that the unemployment rate was stuck at 9.6 percent for the third month in a row, although job growth accelerated in October. Employers added a total of 151,000 jobs - more than double analysts' expectations. Gains were concentrated in the private sector, where 159,000 new jobs offset the loss of 8,000 government positions.
It was the strongest job growth since May, and a welcome sign that the recovery may finally be strengthening. Still, many economists see the need for further government spending to bring down unemployment. This week, the Federal Reserve announced plans to pump $600 billion into the economy through massive purchases of Treasury bonds to fuel the recovery.
Republicans reject the notion that government spending can spur prosperity. Instead, they favor keeping tax rates steady by extending Bush-administration tax breaks that are set to expire this year and repealing President Obama's health overhaul. Republicans also want to restrain government regulators and are looking to require congressional approval for any new regulation that imposes costs on the private sector in excess of $100 million a year.
On Friday, Cantor even rejected President Obama's call for additional tax breaks to spur hiring, such as a proposal to let businesses deduct their expenses more quickly.
Republicans offer "a disciplined approach to removing uncertainty and to allowing the private sector to regain its footing and begin to grow again," Cantor said in an interview. "Trying to prod business to do what Washington wants is not what is needed. We need to rein in this desire of Washington to tell business how to grow."
That hands-off strategy - combined with GOP plans for an immediate and dramatic reduction in government spending - would do more harm than good, said Bill Gale, a senior fellow in economics studies at the Brookings Institution.
"I don't get what they think they're doing to stimulate the economy right now," Gale said. "I can understand that people are angry or upset about the economy. But I can't understand how that anger and anxiety has turned into this set of legislative proposals."
To make good on their campaign pledge to reduce the size of government, Republicans say they are planning a series of quick moves to slash spending soon after they take control of the House in January. Among the likely options: a massive rescissions package that aides said would slice 20 percent from most domestic agency budgets and enact $160 billion in additional cuts endorsed by visitors to Cantor's "YouCut" Web site.
Such a package would trim more than $260 billion from this year's $1.1 trillion budget for most government operations - the biggest one-year reduction at least since the military drawdown after World War II, budget experts said.
Because Republicans propose to exempt the Pentagon, veterans programs and homeland security from these cuts, liberal analysts said the reductions would decimate education funding, the National Park Service and other worthy programs.
Conservatives, meanwhile, dismissed the proposal as too puny to satisfy a public fed up with three years of bailouts, deficit-spending and other far-reaching government programs.
"This is a good start, but Congress can do much more," said Brian Riedl, lead budget analyst for the Heritage Foundation, who recently put out a list of $343 billion in cuts for congressional perusal. "Government has expanded by $727 billion over the last three years. Congress should be able to cut at least half of it."
Such a rescissions package would come nowhere near balancing the budget and would barely dent the $1.4 trillion deficit the White House projects for this year. That means Treasury Department borrowing will continue apace, setting the stage for a showdown sometime next spring when Republican leaders will have to rally their troops to support an increase in the legal limit on government debt - or force the nation into default.
Congress routinely votes to raise the federal debt limit and last did so in February.
But conservatives such as Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), incoming chairman of the Republican Study Committee, are already lining up to demand even deeper cuts in exchange for their vote to permit the national debt to keep climbing past the current limit of $14.3 trillion.
"They really need to tie it to full extension of the Bush tax cuts or major spending cuts," said Ryan Hecker, the Houston attorney behind the tea-party inspired "Contract from America," which was signed by dozens of GOP candidates. "If they're going to raise the debt limit, we would need to see some real economic conservativism in return."
Republican leaders recognize that such an approach could prompt a dangerous game of chicken with President Obama and congressional Democrats - with the fate of the global financial system hanging in the balance. In an interview Thursday with ABC News, Speaker-in-waiting John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) declined to answer a question about how he plans to handle the vote. Cantor did as well.
"A vote on either side of that issue has really tremendous consequences. We've got at least three months until that vote takes place," Cantor said. Until then, he said, "we have to demonstrate a regular commitment, week in and week out, that we're serious about addressing the country's fiscal problem by cutting spending."
Cantor acknowledged that any effort to solve the nation's budget problems "is going to have to deal with entitlements" - big, popular programs such as Social Security and Medicare. But in his blueprint, Cantor said that real entitlement reform is probably off the table so long as Obama is in the White House because Democrats want higher taxes to support benefits at their current levels. "I cannot go along with such a deal," Cantor wrote.
Instead, he is urging his party to "immediately start a conversation with the nation about the kind of entitlement changes necessary for us to keep the promises made to seniors" while holding down the debt burden that will be passed along to "young workers and our children."
As of Friday, the national debt stood at $13.7 trillion. Treasury officials say they expect to hit the $14.3 trillion cap sometime during the first half of next year.
"Congress has never failed to increase the debt limit when necessary," Treasury spokesman Steve Adamske said. "And we are confident Congress will act in 2011 to ensure that the full faith and credit of the United States is protected."
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The training is a broad, intense 6-day course with a heavy practical bias, providing a rare opportunity to learn through both theoretical and hands-on practical sessions. The training is invaluable to both those who need more technical input for their work, as well as for those in management who find they have become more and more involved in water and/or sanitation programmes, but lack the basic technical and theoretical background.

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