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Sake Gifting - Top Ten Xmas and Chanukah Sakes That Don't Need Wrapping

Posted by Beau Timken in 2012, December, News, Newsletter
This one is official. It's not even close. In Vegas terms it's a "lock." Without a doubt I am the worst wrapper in the history of wrapping paper and Scotch tape. (I'm also in the running for the worst "rapper" in the history of mics and turntables. FYI) Thus, I dread birthdays, Mother's Days, Father's Days, and especially the Holidays.

It's truly a gift from the gods what a horrible mess I can turn a present into. Creased paper, uneven folds, too much tape, paper not large enough, I have learned to embrace my disability. I am also the founder and charter member of HWA - Hopeless Wrappers Association - which is basically a support group that provides emotional unity for those with wrapping issues.

In this spirit of simply pathetic wrapping capabilities I wanted to assure others out there who may suffer from CHWS - Chronic Horrible Wrapping Syndrome - that you have a home in the sake market. As you know the Japanese are as I say "Packaging Champion" and the sake industry is no exception. Personally I feel that sake bottles and labels blow all other boozes away! They are superb, and best of all some are so awesome that they don't need what? Wait for it! Gift wrapping. No way! Yes way.

Herewith are the Top 10 Christmas and Chanukah Sakes that do not need gift wrapping: (The sakes in the picture are lined up in the order as they are written below)

Top 10 Christmas Sakes:
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  1. Umenshiki Junmai Daiginjo
    Come on! Are you kidding me? A sake that comes nestled in a red velvet box is pure holiday magic. Did you hear me? A red velvet box!
  2. Otokoyama Junmai Daiginjo
    Same as the above but this "Man's Mountain" sake comes in a beautiful gold box that is larger than typical sake boxes. It's as solid as gold!
  3. Tamagawa Junmai Daiginjo
    No box but stellar label that seasonally compliments the green bottle. I love the look of the red embossed logo. Truly an Xmas winner!
  4. Tenzan Junmai Genshu
    Yup! This baby is always on the list. For good reason as it's already wrapped in a sheaf, but the kicker is the bold sideways red label. So "green"!
  5. Urakasumi Honjozo Genshu
    Bingo! This baby is also pre-wrapped in a really cool gold foil. Gold foil do you hear? The label is a funny retro label that looks like a scene from Miami Vice. So good to go!
  6. Ichinokura "Suzune" Sparkling Sake
    Hard to see from the pic but the bottle is embossed with what looks like garland. So pretty and so tasty - a great stocking stuffer.
  7. A-zen "Ai" Junmai Koshu
    A great red box holds this aged sake that is very appealing to port and sherry fans. The dark fluid in the bottle also looks seasonally warm. Old is new!
  8. Takenotsuyu "Yuzuki" Dai Koshu
    This amazing aged Junmai Daiginjo sake named after the owner's daughter is housed in a clear box. Clean and simple, but definitely an eye catcher.
  9. Tsukinokatsura "Heiankyo" Junmai Daiginjo
    Always on the list as well, this Kyoto sake has a very cheerful red box and red kanji on the rice paper label. Very classy!
  10. Kaiun Junmai Ginjo
    1.8L bottle that is awesomely wrapped in white paper that looks very festive and seasonal. And as a bonus there is a very traditional tie on the top that is used for New Year's wishes. A two-fer!

Top 10 Chanukah Sakes:
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  1. Shirataki Junmai Daiginjo
    An amazing blue and gold huge box houses a stunning beveled cobalt bottle with a blue and gold label. Super clean and cool!
  2. Born "Wing of Japan" Junmai Daiginjo
    A massive solid white box plays host to a beautiful cobalt bottle with a very special white rice paper label. This baby epitomizes classy celebration.
  3. Meibo "Midnight Moon"
    This 500ml cobalt blue bottle has a very cool wrap-around label that has a nice full moon image. No wrapping paper necessary for this moon shot!
  4. Wakatake Onigoroshi "Demon Slayer" Junmai Nigori
    Also a 500ml bottle, this unfiltered sake has a nice blue tone that comes before the fluffy white fluid hidden within. Blue and white all night!
  5. Kirin Zan Tokubetsu Junmai
    This is one of the most distinctive bottles in the sake industry. Frosted blue and plump. It would be rather difficult to wrap this baby, but there is no need!
  6. Sawa Sawa Sparkling Sake
    Bubbly on the inside and cobalt cute on the outside. Talk about good things coming in small packages!
  7. Hou Hous Shu Sparkling Sake
    This great looking 300ml bottles has a plastic colored wrap around the blue bottle that looks so festive. So festive it sparkles!
  8. Shirakawago Junmai Nigori
    Another nigori sake that is white on the inside, but has a nice frosted blue bottle on the outside. The label is really stunning as it depicts a traditional Japanese farm house with snow on it in blue and white.
  9. Kikusui Junmai Ginjo
    Always a player for having the pounded light blue bottle and that killer retro looking box. Simply a gift that needs nothing!
  10. Ken Daiginjo
    This sake called the "Sword' is housed in a big blue box. It has a blue distinguished label and looks "professional." Ken is clean and sharp!
So there you have it folks! Twenty sakes that all look great but taste even better. So do your part for the "green" planet. Don't use wrapping paper when you don't have to! These sakes scream eco-friendly and palate tasty. Just two more reasons why sake is the perfect gift to give this holiday season.

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Play Ball: Padres Back in Town for Final Homestand

Posted By on Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 11:00 AM

The final homestand of the Tucson Padres' season begins tonight against the Colorado Springs Sky Sox. Provided that it's not too damp to play ball, the first pitch will be 7:05 p.m.

It's also Social Media night, so check out the Padres' Facebook page before 1 p.m. today to get free box seats. Plus: It's Wiener Wednesday and hot dogs are just a buck.

Tomorrow night is the final Thirsty Thursday of the season, so get out there for some cold beer on a warm summer night.

The T-Pads are in town through Sunday night and finish the season on the road. There are a whole bunch of promotions on tap, including lots of giveaways on Friday night, fireworks on Saturday night and the final Bark in the Park on Sunday night. Find details here.

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Kade Mislinski Takes Over Saguaro Corners with Promises of a Donut Program

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  • Things are changing over at Saguaro Corners.

If the words “donut program” don’t get you excited on first mention, let me explain. Kade Mislinski, formerly of Playground, is planning a Willy Wonka-like world of glazes, fillings, shapes, and more when he takes over the historic Saguaro Corners restaurant. Most importantly, he says his crème brulée donut, which will be filled with vanilla cream and bruléed to order, will be the real showstopper of the program.

Beginning Tuesday, Dec. 23 at 11 a.m., Mislinski and chef Gabriel Greenberg are completely overhauling Saguaro Corners’ menu, though he expects that donut program won’t be ready until the end of January. He says the new menu is about simplifying a concept that he “didn’t think was broken.” Just because it’s going to be simple, though, doesn’t mean it’s not also going to be ambitious.

He says diners can expect reasonably priced fast casual counter service during the day until 4 p.m. and a full service menu for dinner six days per week. While he wasn’t ready to spill all of the beans yet, comfort food staples like grilled cheese, burgers, biscuits, and mac and cheese will be on the menu. However, his real plan is to make Saguaro Corners, which has been open since 1956, a buzzworthy spot in the vein of California's Gott's Roadside, Donut Bar, and Fremont Diner, as well as Portland's Pine State Biscuits.

“I want it to be a neighborhood restaurant and I want it to be a family restaurant,” Mislinski says. “It’s going to be a destination.”

You hear that, Alton Brown? Looks like you have a new spot to check out when you visit Old Pueblo.

The new Saguaro Corners will also feature a revamped cocktail program with freshness at the forefront. In fact, that’s the plan with the whole menu. Mislinski says he’s taking the microwaves and freezers out of the kitchen and sourcing everything from the veggies, meat, and dairy as locally as possible.

With all of the changes, Mislinski assures that he’s going to keep the aspects of Saguaro Corners that have worked for the spot in the past, such as live music, craft beer, and the serene mountainside patio.

Mislinski says he’s excited to make his first move to the dining scene on the eastside at the restaurant located at 3750 South Old Spanish Trail, but customers shouldn’t expect a copy of Hub or Playground—this is something completely different.

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Opt Out Week on the Range: Day Two (New York)

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New York is one of the hotbeds of the national Opt Out movement. Last April, an estimated 33,000 students opted out of the state's annual standardized tests. What was done to all those children, parents and schools as a result of this protest against standardized testing? Apparently, very little.
According to the state survey, most schools do not stand in the way of opt outs. Still, at 2 percent of schools, parents or students were pressured not to opt out. Another 20 percent did not allow students who opted out to participate in an alternative activity, such as reading. Children had to sit quietly and do nothing.

Some schools where a majority of students refused the tests have not been penalized.
Some New York teachers are risking their jobs by refusing to administer the test, like Beth Dimino, an eighth-grade teacher in Long Island.
“I find myself at a point in the progress of education reform in which clear acts of conscience will be necessary to preserve the integrity of public education,” [Dimino] writes. . . . "The next logical step has to be the movement of conscientious objectors,” she tells the Press. “I believe, and I said this to [New York State Education Commissioner John] King and [state Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl] Tisch and [state] Senator [John] Flanagan at the Three Village Rally [in November 2013], that this is child abuse. I believe that it is child abuse. I believe that giving these tests to my students makes me culpable in the abuse of children and I can no longer do that.”
Dimino has a powerful ally: her district superintendent, Dr. Joe Rella.
“I have known Beth for over 20 years,” he says. “This was not something she has done lightly. There was a lot of soul searching that went on and she said to me, as a matter of conscience, she cannot participate. She cannot proctor this test. And I support that.”

Dimino also has teachers on her side, specifically a group calling itself Teachers of Conscience. The group wrote a letter to New York City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña, recently appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio. A few excerpts:

We are teachers of public education in the City of New York. We are writing to distance ourselves from a set of policies that have come to be known as market-based education reform.

As an act of conscience, we are declining the role of test administrators for the 2014 New York State Common Core Tests. We are acting in solidarity with countless public school teachers who have paved their own paths of resistance and spoken truthfully about the decay of their profession under market-based reforms. These acts of conscience have been necessary because we are accountable to the children we teach and our pedagogy, both of which are dishonored daily by current policies.
One of the founders of the group, Jia Lee, recently gave testimony at the Senate hearings on No Child Left Behind. Here's what she said near the end of her statement.
Last year, over 50% of the parents at our school refused to allow their children to take the NYS Common Core aligned ELA and Math tests and we were not alone. The Latin root of assessment is to “sit alongside.” Until we have teachers and policymakers “sitting alongside” and getting to know our students and our classrooms in deep and meaningful ways, we cannot fully understand the state of public education. No corporate made multiple- choice test will give you that data. Last year, I decided that I am obligated and accountable to my students and families, and that is why, as a conscientious objector, I will not administer tests that reduce my students to a single metric and will continue to take this position until the role of standardized assessments are put in their proper place.
The video at the top of this post gives some background and includes Jia Lee's testimony.

The Opt Out movement has received support from a sizable number of New York parents and teachers as well as some administrators. It will make for interesting watching this standardized testing season, to see if the number of New York students—and teachers—opting out increases and how school, district and state level administrators handle the situation.

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Dear Arts Organizations of Tucson,

Hey there. Jimmy Boegle here. I edit the Tucson Weekly, and ... well, we need to have a talk.

Here's the deal: A lot of you really need to learn how to promote yourselves better. Frankly, when it comes to getting the word out ... some of you really, really suck.

Take our Fall Arts Preview, which was painstakingly put together by Margaret Regan and Linda Ray (with an assist from Irene Messina) for this week's issue. I put out a call for information in this very space, asking arts orgs to send us information to be included here. Margaret and Linda also contacted a lot of you directly, and the result is a pretty darned good preview package, if we do say so ourselves.

Problem is, getting this information out of you was like pulling teeth. Some of you didn't respond to our pleas for information, so we went looking for that info ourselves—on websites, primarily, but basically wherever we could find it. And in a lot of cases, the information that you gave us was incomplete (for example, we received a lot of promotional images without information about what was pictured in those images) or just plain wrong (including dates than don't exist and other accuracy-challenged occurrences).

So ... please, do better. We want you to succeed. Really. That's why we're willing to give you all of this free ink and all of these free pixels. Take the free publicity, OK?

Thank you.

Check our Fall Arts Preview. There's a bunch of great stuff happening this season. It's gonna be fun.

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FORGET MEOW, THESE KITTIES SAY GRRR(L): Subversive, a walking contradiction, queen of the riot grrrls--all are titles bestowed upon Kathleen Hanna over the years. Queen of the riot grrrls because, as frontwoman for seminal feminist punks Bikini Kill, she mustered as much rage and fury as any of her male counterparts, and in the process spearheaded a much-needed musical, and yes, political movement. A walking contradiction because, though her politics rail against the objectification of women, she did a stint as a stripper some years back. And subversive because her latest band, Le Tigre, manages the arduous task of making feminist politics fun.

At a time when most women, young and old, shun the title of feminist as a marginalization of sorts, even as their own personal politics embrace its basic tenets, Le Tigre has boldly reclaimed the f-word, titling its new album Feminist Sweepstakes (2001, Mr. Lady). Whereas Bikini Kill's sonic assault alienated many of those who might have otherwise warmed up to the band's politics, and vice versa--the two were inseparable--Le Tigre is a far more all-inclusive affair. Without shedding a lick of the ideologies for which she's become known, Hanna and her bandmates, Johanna Fateman and JD Samson, balance elements of indie punk and electronica for a novel, if not entirely new, form of subversion: politics as dance music.

Feminist Sweepstakes, while not as instantly infectious as the band's eponymous debut (1999, Mr. Lady), certainly has its charms. The opener, "LT Tour Theme," is a call to arms of sorts, "for the ladies and the fags," urging the "guys with the digi cameras"--who push their way to the front row at LT shows, only to stand there looking bored--to make way for "the girls walking towards the dancefloor." With propulsive electro-beats and a spy-theme piano loop, the trio's boast that it's "the band with the rollerskate jams" comes off only partly ironic. Other highlights include "Fake French," a funked-up call and response ditty (the call is "I've got--," and the responses range from "the new sincerity" to "a conceptual stunt double"), and the fuzz-punk bombshell "My Art."

The U.K. label Stiff Records, which in the late '70s and early '80s boasted a roster of artists that included Elvis Costello and Ian Dury and the Blockheads, among others, once issued a promotional t-shirt that read, "Fuck Art, Let's Dance." Twentysomething years later, Le Tigre is proving the two aren't mutually exclusive, after all.

Le Tigre performs an all-ages show at 9 p.m. on Wednesday, March 6, in the outdoor parking lot of Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St. Las Sinfronteras opens, and admission is $10. For more information call 622-8848.

START YOUR ENGINES: As a continuation of The Prime Ministers Car Club's Hot Rod Manifesto, an artwork/memorabilia/car show which runs from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Carbonbase Gallery (101 W. Fifth St., 903-2695) on Saturday, March 2, there will be an after-party later that night at Vaudeville. The venue, which plans to scale back a bit on its cabaret-style acts and beef up its schedule of local and touring bands beginning this month (interested bands should contact the club), hosts a triple-bill of bands that have at least one active member in the Car Club: Tucson-via-Philly cock-rock combo The 440s, fronted by the hell-in-spangles Ms. Sparkle Plenty (probably not her real name), who single-handedly dispels the ridiculous notion that ladies don't make good guitarists; local femme-punk trio The Sintillators; and Rodeo Queen. Rev 'em up and move 'em out!

The 440s, The Sintillators, and Rodeo Queen perform at 9 p.m. on Saturday, March 2, at Vaudeville, 110 E. Congress St. For further details call 622-3535.

GLORIOUS DOWNER: Just as Conor Oberst has two bands, a quiet one for his more romantic, melancholic leanings (Bright Eyes), and a more rockin' one to let off steam (Desaparecidos), so does his fellow Omahan, Tim Kasher.

Best known for his heavy, rhythm-centric combo, Cursive, Kasher originally started The Good Life as a solo don't-call-it-a-side-project, but for its second release, Black Out (due out on Saddle Creek sometime in March), The Good Life has evolved into a fully functional five-piece band. Kasher's been big on concept records for a while now (Cursive's last full-length, 2000's Domestica, was an achingly sad and brutally angry documentation of a crumbling relationship), and true to its title, Black Out's theme is the troubled existence that comes from living the life of a late-night saloon-dweller. It's a bleak record, to be sure, but it's also gorgeous, all slow- and mid-tempos, with flourishes of vibes, cello, accordion, and synths mixed in with the guitars, drums, and bass, and Kasher's moody voice, which falls somewhere between The Cure's Robert Smith and Idaho's Jeff Martin (two equally moody folks), couldn't align itself into the landscape any more impressively. And just like all good concept albums, Black Out works best as a seamless whole, as opposed to a mere collection of songs. Depressive? Uh-huh. Impressive? You bet.

The Good Life appears along with dream-pop duo Azure Ray at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5, at Solar Culture, 31 E. Toole Ave. Admission is $5. For more info call 884-0874.

ROOTIN' IN THE BLUES: No relation to Nelly as far as we know, Boulder, Colorado's Tony Furtado Band's namesake leader has won two National Bluegrass Banjo Championships, the first at the tender age of nineteen. Five years ago, inspired by Ry Cooder's Paradise and Lunch album, he began tackling the slide guitar, which he's since incorporated into his band's mix. Weaving all varieties of American roots music with touches of world beat and a pop sensibility, Furtado and co. veer from talking-guitar Delta blues in one tune, to a rootsier approximation of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones in the next.

The Tony Furtado Band performs at 9 p.m. on Sunday, March 3, at Club Congress, 311 E. Congress St. Advance tickets are available for $8 at Antigone Books, CD City, and Hotel Congress. They'll be $10 at the door. For more information call 622-8848.

WHIMSICAL WILLIAMS: Though he made a name for himself as a loop-technology-friendly one-man band whose textured and atmospheric guitar picking garnered comparisons to masters like Leo Kottke and Michael Hedges, Keller Williams' brand new release, Laugh (Sci Fidelity), is a full-band affair that showcases Williams' sense of whimsy, both in his playing and his lyrics. Prime example: "Freeker by the Speaker," which sounds a bit like a more eclectic--and more interesting--Dave Matthews Band, pays tribute to the characters that wig out at shows by spinning around like a "human dreidel" and sticking their ears right up to the speakers, even as it gives a cheeky shout-out to hip-hop.

Elsewhere, he bemoans the fact that he's never written a song good enough to make him a "One Hit Wonder" ("Oh why can't I latch onto your brain/and be that one song that drives you insane?"), covers both Ani Difranco and the aforementioned Hedges convincingly, and delivers a full-fledged dream narrative about appearing on The Price is Right, without ever mentioning the show by name (the psuedo-bluegrass of "Bob Rules").

It's all goofy fun that might risk being only that, but for the sheer infectiousness of it all and Williams' stunning guitar work.

Keller Williams appears at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 6, at the Rialto Theatre, 318 E. Congress St. Advance tickets are available for $10 at all Zia Records locations. For further info call 798-3333.

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A civil rights group writes about a vigilante's storied past

It started darkly, with a phone greeting just after Sept. 11: "Hi, this is Chris. ... Due to the horrific changes in our society in the last few days, I now must preface that I will accept offers of communication only from people who preface their message with the preamble to the Constitution of the United States of America. If you include that with your message, I look forward to communicating with you, and have a great day. Thanks. Bye."

Welcome to the peculiar world of Chris Simcox, vigilante leader, right-wing dilettante and, according to one new report, a man rapidly skidding towards extremist delusion. In "Minuteman Leader Has Troubled Past," the Alabama-based Southern Poverty Law Center portrays a confused and dangerous demagogue whose rapacity for conspiracy theories exploded as the Twin Towers imploded.

In Southern Arizona, he's known as co-founder of the Minuteman Project and former owner of the Tombstone Tumbleweed newspaper. But according to the report, Simcox arrived here with a little baggage from his tumultuous Los Angeles past--one rich with wild-eyed rants, violent outbursts and an alleged molestation attempt.

The SPLC was founded in 1971 to fight hate crime and racism. In Simcox, it apparently found shades of both. The center began investigating the vigilante chieftain "because he was making very bigoted statements about Hispanics, and he sounded a bit crazy," says Mark Potok, SPLC Intelligence Project director. "Simcox in many ways represents a lot of people in the vigilante movement."

Contacted by the Tucson Weekly, Simcox in turn accuses the SPLC of "conducting a witch hunt."

"I consider the Southern Poverty Law Center a hate group," he says. "Their goal is to slander and stereotype people."

But what SPLC reporters Susy Buchanan and David Holthouse found was a former primary school teacher who left frightened ex-spouses, bizarre behavior and plenty of firepower in his wake. If Simcox was paranoid before Sept. 11, they write, he was raving in its aftermath. "His phone messages and conversations with relatives were growing increasingly bizarre. He talked endlessly about stockpiling firearms and apocalyptic premonitions. Los Angeles was doomed, he said. Then, on Sept. 30, he fled the city for good. 'I'm going on a great adventure,' he told his teenaged son. 'If I end up going to prison, you can always e-mail me.'"

But old memories die hard. Take Deborah Crews, his first ex-wife, who accused Simcox of pedophilia in 1998. "He tried to molest our daughter when he was intoxicated," Crews told the SPLC. "When she ran out, he tried to say he was just giving her a leg massage and she got the wrong idea.

"He's a drastic, chaotic, very dangerous guy," Crews added. "I'm surprised he hasn't shot anybody yet. I see him on TV and I have to turn if off, because it makes me sick to see him getting all this attention."

Today, Simcox calls those molestation claims "a bunch of crap, considering that I just spent Christmas with my daughter, and she's pretty estranged from her mother as well."

The scene was little better between Simcox and his second wife, Kim Dunbar. She filed for full custody of their son "because she feared that Simcox had suffered a mental breakdown and was dangerous," says the SPLC story.

In sworn affidavits, Dunbar testified that Simcox would fly into sudden and violent rages during their marriage. "He once took a knife from the kitchen and threatened to kill himself," she said. "When he was angry, he broke furniture, car windows, he banged his head against the wall repeatedly and punched things."

When their son was 4 years old, Dunbar said, Simcox slapped him with such force that the marks lasted for two days. And she reported grabbing her boy and jumping out the window another time, because Simcox was heaving furniture at them.

Her husband always emerged morose from his outbursts: "He would stare at walls, mumbling to himself," she told the court. At one time, she reportedly tried to have him hospitalized, but he rejected all professional help. Finally, she said, "the only thing I could do was file for divorce."

And after Sept. 11, she started filing emergency appeals. "I am convinced he has had some kind of mental lapse," she said, "and I am now, more than ever, afraid for my son to be in Chris' care." At the same time, says the SPLC report, Simcox would leave ranting phone messages about terrorist attacks, nuclear bombs targeting L.A. and the fact that their then-15-year-old son sorely needed a little good gun training.

Soon Dunbar was awarded full custody.

At that point, Simcox was drifting. He tried joining the U.S. Border Patrol, but was too old. So he struck out for the borderland, eventually rambling into Tombstone and a brief gunfight actor's gig. Then he reportedly raided his son's college fund to buy the Tumbleweed, according to the SPLC. And that's when the Simcox we've come to know started to emerge. Soon, he'd formed the Civil Homeland Defense Corps, a ragtag band of weekend warriors bent on turning back Southern Arizona's migrant hordes.

Today, Simcox dismisses the entire SPLC report as culled "from one ugly divorce, and another with the court considering that me wanting to sign my son up for an NRA-sanctioned gun-safety course was inappropriate.

"Other than the court records," he says, "90 percent of it is inaccurate and blatant lies. I could really care less--it has nothing to do with anything now."

But the past may portend the future, says Potok. "This wasn't an attempt to pillory the guy with unpleasant things his ex-wives had to say about him. I think what is most important in this story is the idea that he is a chaotic individual, a person who is acting for reasons other than the reasons he says."

Potok calls Simcox an unstable conspiracy theorist who draws extremists to his cause. "I don't mean to suggest that everyone in the Minutemen and other (vigilante) groups are Klansmen or off their rockers," Potok says. "But we have seen time and again that the leadership of this movement is shot through with people who are racists, very militaristic and seem somewhat divorced from reality.

"Conspiracy theories run through these groups from top to bottom. Our overall concern is that the mixture of false conspiracy theories, a lot of weapons and a great deal of bigotry is really a tinderbox waiting to explode."

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Libertarian presidential candidate Michael Badnarik mines the government-owned UA for votes

Say what you will about Libertarians, they are fabulously skilled at keeping things simple.

Take their simple philosophy: Whittle pesky government down to a trembling splinter. Or their simple rhetoric: Modern America is a commie state, or at least perilously socialist. And then come simplistic Libertarian worker bees, those jittery fellows drawn to the life uncluttered by complex thought.

At the moment, one such activist, Rich LaPoint, is busily erecting signs outside Old Main on the UA campus. These banners highlight the pending arrival of Michael Badnarik, a computer geek, self-appointed constitutional expert and Libertarian candidate for president. When approached by a reporter, the scruffy LaPoint spins on his ratty sneakers. "Oh, you're with the 'Weakly,'" he chuckles, by way of greeting.

As British novelist George Eliot noted, "A different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections." But fortunately, LaPoint is given little rope to further hang himself with as Mr. Badnarik approaches on this Thursday afternoon, ensconced in a small clutter of aides. Wearing a tailored gray suit and reddish tie, Badnarik is orthodox-political in appearance, and he's pumped from just finishing an interview for KUAT Channel 6 in its campus studios.

As ultra-longshot candidates go, Badnarik is a shorter version of Ralph Nader, and he does less scolding. And, like Nader, his message isn't exactly taking the country by storm.

Little wonder. In a Libertarian nutshell: The government should halt all activities not explicitly detailed in the United States Constitution. That means that most official functions--from regulating pharmaceutical drugs and inspecting meat to funding Medicare and drafting Social Security checks--shouldn't be government functions at all. In a Libertarian's perfect world, all public lands would be turned over to privateers; endangered species would be herded onto property owned by tree-huggers; and other countries would be ignored until they beach commandos in San Diego.

Unlike Nader, Badnarik has managed to get on the ballot in 40 states, including Arizona. That's striking, considering that the Libertarian philosophy is so far-fetched. Ironically, like communists, these folks boast an almost utopian view of human nature, says Peter Augustine Lawler, who teaches government at Berry College in Mount Berry, Ga.

"What Libertarian ideology promises today is strangely close to what Marx promised would come with communism--freedom from alienation and oppression," Lawler writes in the conservative journal, Society. It's a life "constrained by nothing but personal choice, the withering away of religion, and the withering away of the state."

Still, in today's withering heat, Michael Badnarik has found cause to chat up various state apparatchiks, including the director of a Nogales port-of-entry. And he just dished out his views in the government-owned KUAT studios. But nearby, the comforting wolves of free enterprise await: Channel 13's LiveLink van is idling in the shadows of a UA palm.

In the midst of this media flurry, Badnarik takes precious free moments to speak to the Tucson Weekly. Following are a few highlights.

· Border issues: There are two sides to immigration, he says. "You've got people who are coming to the United States to work hard and eke out a living and raise their standard of living. And the Arizona economy depends upon people being here doing jobs at minimum wage. As Libertarians, we are happy to let people come here to work and spend money," he says. " ... The problem is today, we have this socialist welfare system where we're offering people free health care, free education and free housing. And American taxpayers are having to foot the bill.

"We do not discriminate against any particular culture--we want to eliminate welfare for everybody. Welfare is a socialist concept. A lot of illegal immigrants are somehow eligible for a lot of this free health care. They come here, and their cost of living is dramatically reduced, because they are getting all of these free government services.

"Right now, there's a ballot proposition (Prop. 200) that's trying to split the issue--that we're not going to give all this health care to illegal immigrants. But the correct answer is to eliminate (government funded) health care for everybody. That way you're not discriminating, and you're not requiring people to have all these government issued IDs."

· Medicare: He'd sack it. "I would say it was imprudent of (old people) to give the responsibility of their health care to the government, because the government never does anything well."

· Health care: "The reason it's so expensive is because the FDA has a 10-year testing process for drugs that costs a billion dollars per drug, and that cost is passed onto the consumer."

The alternative? Let the market decide, Badnarik says, since drugs that prove deadly probably won't be wildly popular. "That sounds somewhat heartless, but we have the FDA right now, which only provides a false sense of security. We have people who die right now because the FDA refuses to release drugs that could have saved their lives. Even when the FDA approves a drug, that doesn't mean it's safe."

· The environment: Property rights trump all. In turn, Badnarik would place public lands--forests and the like--in private hands. "It's my assumption that property owners can better care for the land than the government." he says.

· Endangered species on private property: "Who has more rights?" he asks. "Humans or endangered wolves? Given a choice, human survival should take priority. You can't have it both ways. And my individual rights are not negotiable. Say you want to protect a salamander that's on my land. Well, get your own piece of land, and put the salamander there."

And so it goes ...

As Badnarik heads towards LiveLink 13's waiting lens, various Libertarian aides meander about. His top assistant, Jon Airheart (a dapper chap with a tiny, delicate beard and dark shades), is gazing off toward Old Main's venerable fountain.

Given that Libertarians despise all things government, does Airheart see any hypocrisy in holding press conferences on a state university campus?

He glances at the clouds overhead. "Well, there are a lot of votes here," he says, as Rich LaPoint bounces up to the microphone.

"Ladies and gentlemen ..." LaPoint rattles, in a voice that echoes against the welfare state's simple, brick walls.

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Remember when presidential visits were rare enough to send the entire community into a tizzy? These days, George W. Bush drops by so often that he's practically eligible for in-state tuition.

Bush was in town earlier this week to unveil his latest immigration proposal, which involves more security and a guest-worker program, but no amnesty for the estimated 8-12 million undocumented workers now in the U.S. Guess the compassionate is now officially out of the conservatism.

Bush was also in the state to raise bucks for U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl, who is facing Democrat Jim Pederson next year.

The Democrats responded with two e-mails--one from Pederson's campaign and one from state Democratic HQ--that accused the Bush administration and Kyl of botching border security.

Pederson appeared to be taking talking points from Randy Graf, with facts and figures about the crisis of illegal immigration from the Federation of Americans for Immigration Reform, or FAIR. Isn't that the same organization that Democrats accused of having all those racist ties back when they were supporting last year's Prop 200?

In the wake of Congressman Jim Kolbe's decision to surrender the District 8 office, no legitimate newspaper would stoop to dealing in gossip, rumor-mongering and hearsay. Which, of course, is why you come to us. Let's get started, shall we? What's Kolbe going to do next? Well, the University of Arizona is looking for a new president. And isn't Kolbe pal Toni Hellon on the search committee? Oh, that's just crazy talk.

Equally nuts: The idea that Surgeon General Richard Carmona would come back to Tucson to win congressional office. Sure, he's a political superstar with a great bio, awesome name ID, brains a'plenty and sharp aim with a pistol, so the seat would probably be his for the taking. But everybody knows he really wants to come back and run for sheriff instead. Right?

In the front of the GOP pack, as it stands this week: Randy Graf landed 42.5 percent of the vote in 2004 and never stopped campaigning, so he can probably count on at least 25 percent sticking with him, even if he's no longer the anti-Kolbe lightning rod.

Randy can proudly claim he's much more right-wing than either of the other two top-tier Republicans, Pima County Supervisor "Sugar" Ray Carroll or state Rep. "Slick" Steve Huffman, who will split the moderate voters--as well as the Big Wallets who fund the campaigns. Their big argument: Randy can't win a general election. Their bigger question: Can either win the primary if they're both in it?

What if the pool gets even more crowded? Just about every pol dreams of winning a congressional seat. (Coincidently, they also have nightmares of taking the oath of office in the nude.) Mechanic Mike Jenkins, who has already lost campaigns for both the Tucson City Council and the Arizona Legislature, was falling upward by filing paperwork to run even before Kolbe made his announcement. Outgoing City Councilman Fred Ronstadt no longer has the awkward problem of resigning from his Ward 6 seat. The Brothers Bee--Keith and Tim--remain beloved in Green Valley for their stints as lawmakers. We keep hearing Mike Hellon's name, but nobody really knows who he is. He used to be some sort of muckety-muck in the GOP, but lost whatever post he had to the conservatives in an inner-party ruckus. Mike, is that an "L" on your forehead?

So what about the Democrats? As they showed in last month's City Council election, the Dems have their game face on. And there's deep dissatisfaction in the land, so if the GOP nominates someone as far right as Randy Graf, the Democrats would have a real shot at winning, even with their registration disadvantage.

The only Democrat who was running before Kolbe made his announcement was the little-known Jeff Latas, a commercial airline pilot who Democrats would have welcomed as the next sacrificial lamb against the incumbent.

But now that they smell a real chance to win, watch for the party to close ranks behind their best bet: State Sen. Gabrielle Giffords.

A bunch of previous losers in the district may be tempted to jump in--we're looking your way, Eva Bacal, Mary Judge Ryan, George Cunningham, Tim Sultan and Tom Volgy--but Giffords, should she choose to run, should have the title sewn up. She's got name ID, smarts, charm and a financial base. And she'd look real good in a head-to-head match-up with Randy Graf. State Rep. Ted Downing is making phone calls to gauge his chances. Ted, we can tell you them right now: Zip. Your anti-war stuff isn't going to play in Sierra Vista, and you're not impressing anybody with that United Nations experience. Might as well angle for Gabby's Senate seat.

That could mean Downing would go head-to-head for the District 28 Senate seat with his seatmate, Rep. Dave Bradley, who consistently runs behind Downing on Election Day. Will Bradley stay put or jump for the higher office? And can either one fix an appointment to the job by the Board of Supervisors if/when Giffords decides to resign? If Bradley or Downing lands appointment to the Senate job, who gets the open House seat? There's Ted Prezelski, whose brother Tom already serves in the House over in District 29. (Ted was a regular Matt Drudge last week, predicting Kolbe's decision on his blog--rumromanismrebellion.blogspot.com--one day before the news broke.) Having the Brothers Prezelski in the Legislature would undoubtedly lead to no end of corrections as reporters mix the two up.

Also rumored to be suffering from fire in the belly: Democrat Paula Aboud, who lost her race for Tucson City Council in 2001, and Matt Welch, the Pima County Sports Hall of Fame honcho who lost his last shot at the Legislature in 2000.

As long as we're speculating about how the dominos are going to fall: If Ray Carroll decides to leave the Pima County Board of Supervisors for a congressional run, who's going to replace him in eastside District 4?

Hey, it's a hell of a gig: $68K a year, great health plan, good retirement program and wheels courtesy of taxpayers.

The four remaining supervisors would have to name a Republican to the seat--expect at least a dozen folks you've never heard of to come out of the woodwork--and then the newly appointed supe would have to face the voters later next year.

We're hearing two names: State Rep. Jonathan Paton and apartment kingpin Bruce Ash.

State law forbids lawmakers who have taken the oath of office from being appointed to the seat, so Paton can rule that one out. Ash might have a shot, but he'll have to make a really good impression on the Democrats who will control the appointment process.

Paton, a former lobbyist for the Southern Arizona Home Builders Association, has a fundraising base and campaign savvy. He's also demonstrated that he's anything but media-shy.

Ash, the son of developer Paul Ash, won't have trouble raising money in the business community--and he's got plenty of his own money to drop on a race. He's got political experience, too; he started running for the Arizona Legislature in District 30 in 2002, until someone pointed out he lived in heavily Democratic District 28. We're reasonably sure he does reside in District 4.

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Taste of the Caribbean: Discovering (and naming) Rubbles, the New to Me Street Food in Trinidad

Trinidad is the unquestioned “Street Food Capital of the Caribbean” in my completely biased opinion, with the always bustling (and shady to some) Port-of-Spain neighborhood of St. James serving as the epicenter of the flavor-filled fun. I haven’t been lucky enough to visit the area as much as I would’ve liked over the years, but every time I do I leave full, fulfilled, and happy.

On my latest such visit this past April, I also left surprised courtesy of the delights being served up by the ladies pictured above and below.

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It was just before 8pm on the corner of somewhere and Ariapita Avenue. My brother Patrick and I were en route to the Hyatt Regency Trinidad with our Dad to meet some family friends for a drink and a quick bite. The delicious aromas emanating from the sidewalk stand where these fine ladies were cooking, though, compelled us to stop.

They appeared to be making roti, our all-time favorite food, so of course we purchased our share. Upon closer inspection when it came time to chow down, though, we found that we had something different. Something less.

Not in quality, mind you, but in size. What we’d purchased and later enjoyed, I’d soon come to know, were “mini roti’s.” Or, at least that’s what our Dad calls ’em.

It’s a small roti; a mini roti. Different people do it differently, but generally the bread is not as big.

Not only that, but there’s a lot less “stuff” stuffed inside. No potato, for instance, and a lot less meat than I’m used to. Definitely no veggies, unless, I suppose, you’re opting for the veggie mini.

In truth, the thing seemed more like a doubles masquerading as, or aspiring to be a roti. I mean, it was getting there, but it was not quite there.

Delicious, yes. Perfect, not too doughy roti skin, yes. Spicy curry, yes. Some meat, yes. Chick peas, yes. Real roti, no.

Such a special dish, a veritable hybrid seamlessly blending two of our favorite edible anythings – doubles and roti – begged for its own name. Mini roti just didn’t cut it for me. Small roti felt even worse; almost demeaning.

No, this was a proud Trini street food all its own; one especially suited for the tail end of the late nights along Ariapita when you just need a little something in your stomach to help you get home.

We settled on the name “Rubbles,” a mash-up of roti and doubles that rolls off the tongue with the same kind of smile these little treats will put on your face whenever you bite into ’em.

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NEW YORK, 20 September 2011 – UNICEF today announced tennis champion Serena Williams’s appointment as international Goodwill Ambassador.

Williams is one of the all-time greats of professional tennis, having achieved a decade-long dominance of the game.  While she is best known for her power and finesse in competition, her generous philanthropic endeavors off the court are just as dynamic.

UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake welcomed Williams to the UNICEF family today at the 2nd Annual Social Good Summit in New York City.

“Serena Williams isn’t just a world tennis champion, she is a champion for children -- and a passionate advocate for providing every child with a quality education,” said Lake.  “We are delighted that Serena is joining us as UNICEF’s newest Goodwill Ambassador and look forward to working together to win for children.”

Williams first teamed up with UNICEF in 2006 when she traveled to Ghana, on her first visit to Africa, for the country’s biggest health campaign.  During her visit, she joined a team of volunteer health workers who immunized children against deadly childhood diseases, distributed free mosquito bed nets to help prevent malaria and joined local authorities in a demonstration of how to use the life-saving nets.

In her new role as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Williams will use her popularity and personal interest in children’s issues to support UNICEF’s mission to provide a quality education for the most vulnerable children through the Schools for Africa programme and the upcoming Schools for Asia initiatives.

“I believe all children deserve the chance to make something of their lives,” Williams said. “I am committed to helping UNICEF provide a quality education to children to help them build a brighter future for themselves, their families, and their communities.”

The newly minted ambassador is one of the most dominant figures in tennis. To date, Williams has won a total of 13 Singles career Grand Slams and was a Gold Medalist at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics.

Williams joins a famous roster of past and present UNICEF Ambassadors that includes Danny Kaye, Audrey Hepburn, Harry Belafonte, Mia Farrow, David Beckham, Orlando Bloom, Yuna Kim and Shakira.

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Titan's atmosphere makes Saturn's largest moon look like a fuzzy orange ball in this natural-color view from the Cassini spacecraft. Cassini captured this image in 2012. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Titan’s Atmosphere May be Older than Saturn, a New Study Suggests

Article written: 24 Jun , 2014
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It’s well accepted that moons form after planets. In fact, only a few months ago, astronomers spotted a new moon forming deep within Saturn’s rings, 4.5 billion years after the planet initially formed.

But new research suggests Saturn’s icy moon Titan — famous for its rivers and lakes of liquid methane — may have formed before its parent planet, contradicting the theory that Titan formed within the warm disk surrounding an infant Saturn.

A combined NASA and ESA-funded study has found firm evidence that the nitrogen in Titan’s atmosphere originated in conditions similar to the cold birthplace of the most ancient comets from the Oort cloud — a spherical shell of icy particles that enshrouds the Solar System.

The hint comes in the form of a ratio. All elements have a certain number of known isotopes — variants of that element with the same number of protons that differ in their number of neutrons. The ratio of one isotope to another isotope is a crucial diagnostic tool.

In planetary atmospheres and surface materials, the amount of one isotope relative to another isotope is closely tied to the conditions under which materials form. Any change in the ratio will allow scientists to deduce an age for that material.

Kathleen Mandt from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio and colleagues analyzed the ratio of nitrogen-14 (seven protons and seven neutrons) to nitrogen-15 (seven protons and eight neutrons) in Titan’s atmosphere.

“When we looked closely at how this ratio could evolve with time, we found that it was impossible for it to change significantly,” Mandt said in a press release. “Titan’s atmosphere contains so much nitrogen that no process can significantly modify this tracer even given more than four billion years of Solar System history.”

The team found that our Solar System is not old enough for this nitrogen isotope ratio to have changed as much as it has. By comparing the small change within this ratio, Mandt and colleagues found that it seemed more similar to Oort cloud comets than to Solar System bodies including planets and comets born in the Kuiper belt. The team is eager to see whether their findings are supported by data from ESA’s Rosetta mission, which will study comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko later this year.

Finally, the study also has implications for Earth. In the past, researchers assumed a connection between comets, Titan and Earth. But these results show that the nitrogen isotope ratio is different on Titan and Earth, suggesting the sources of Earth’s and Titan’s nitrogen must have been different.

It’s unclear whether Earth received nitrogen from early meteorites or if it was captured directly from the disk of gas that formed the Solar System.

“This exciting result is a key example of Cassini science informing our knowledge of the history of [the] Solar System and how Earth formed,” said Scott Edgington, Cassini deputy project scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

The research was published this week in the Astrophysical Journal Letters.

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  1. gopher65 says

    This is an interesting finding. I wonder how they ruled out the possibility of a nitrogen heavy large object from the outer solar system smashing into Titan when it was young, changing the ratio. Something like Sedna or Pluto, except from further out.

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      I’d guess that the numbers would be somewhere between the two possible isotopic ratios if that were the case. Just a guess, as I’m not at all trained. 😉

    • mommascientist says

      Hi, I’m Kathy Mandt the lead author of this study. I want to thank Shannon Hall for posting this and everyone for your interest in these results. This is a very good question about a nitrogen-heavy object possibly being the source of Titan’s nitrogen. At the present time we do not know the isotope ratio for Pluto’s nitrogen atmosphere, but we are hoping that the Alice instrument on the New Horizons spacecraft can make this measurement. We expect the isotope ratio on Pluto to be like Jupiter and the solar wind, which is VERY different from comets and Titan. For an object like Pluto or Sedna to be the source of Titan’s nitrogen, a massive change in the isotope ratio is required to take place over a very short period of time due to the collision. Our study showed that rapidly losing material from Titan’s atmosphere will not significantly change the isotope ratio because both isotopes are lost. This is why we are able to conclude that the source of Titan’s nitrogen atmosphere originated in conditions similar to comets.

  2. Davies says

    Theories, theories, theories, we’ll definitely never know how the Universe works. Yes! We’re intelligent and now more advanced in technology but we have a long way to go before we truly understand. Is it really possible for the moon to be older than the Mother Planet? Or is Titan a Planet on it’s own that just love to hang around the Mother Planet Saturn?

    • Torbjorn Larsson OM says

      Theories, theories, theories, we’ll definitely never know …

      Scientific theories is the best knowledge we have, “a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world”. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_theory ]

      Analogous to how an image is worth a thousand words, a theory is better than a thousand disparate observations.

      … how the Universe works.

      We definitely already know how the universe works, since 2005. The first consistent theory of cosmology is now down to uncertainties smaller than percent in cases. (Say, the age of the universe.)

      It is only quite a whiles into the preceding inflation that our current knowledge breaks down.

      We also definitely already know how the everyday innards of the universe works, since 2013. The laws for everyday physics (the standard model in weak gravity) is now down to uncertainties way, way smaller than percents. (Say, the strength of electromagnetic interactions.)

      It is only for exotic phenomena that our current knowledge breaks down. For example, if dark matter is WIMPs, a nuclei of your body will experience a minuscule heating from a direct collision once every few years. But 99.9999999 % of what we do we know all the basic laws for.

      I think you are reaching not for what we already know robustly (little likelihood for revision), but for the open-ended business end of science. But that is not about how the universe works as such, it is about the very many details that low-temperature, non-exotic phenomena engender as its dynamic plays out. Small picture, not big picture.

      Is it really possible for the moon to be older

      Sure. A capture of a stray body would make its age unrelated to the planet. It could be older or younger down to the age of the capture if known. (But its age would not be unrelated to the planetary system in general, since captures from interstellar space are much less likely. Thus such a body would not be expected to be older than the oldest system bodies, e.g. Oort cloud bodies.)

      • Forty says

        “We definitely already know how the universe works, since 2005.”
        Like dark matter and dark energy? Cold you please briefly explain what they are and how they work? Thanks

  3. Torbjorn Larsson OM says

    Ah, a possible capture like Triton, albeit Triton is believed to be from the Kuiper belt.

    “However, whereas Jupiter possesses four large satellites in highly regular, planet-like orbits, Titan overwhelmingly dominates Saturn’s system and possesses a high orbital eccentricity not immediately explained by co-accretion alone.” [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_(moon) ]

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  • Elijah; still classy, “moral”, and just… overall, a good guy. He’s the guy you bring home to dad… it’s hardly fair that he’s a fictional character, and a vampire. I need one just like him.
  • The scene where Elena takes Stefan’s arm… then Damon’s. Did you get a girly hard-on? I did. It was so just… retardedly romantic. Love triangles, ball gowns, great music and…
  • The waltz! I love traditional dancing in film, –no one waltzes anymore. Except me. For some reason, I learned how, like, forever ago. Apparently, so did Klaus. The cute new couples dancing together were great, and the dancing was beautiful. I clapped.
  • That we got some assurance that Alaric is still alive. Jesus Christ, that was nice of them, wasn’t it? At least we got to find out that he was okay though.
  • Elena’s treatment of Damon. Not cool. Now he’s going to spaz out, and I mean…. I cried. Seriously. What a total whore. I’m not an Elena-fan right now, and frankly, I hope she walks in on Damon and Rebekah screwing, a’la Bill and Lorena in True Blood, when he’s twisting her head around. Now that’s kink.
  • Not getting to see half the cast. I mean, what the hell… was Bonnie not invited? That’s lame. I mean, hello, she did get Esther Mikaelson out of the casket in the first place, didn’t she?
  • How creepy the rest of the siblings are; Rebekah, Elijah, Klaus, –they’re okay. But the rest of them are freaks. Cole and the other one. It’s hard to keep their names straight, but I’ll add them to the tag list as they occur to me.
  • Caroline’s make-up artist was on crack. Her foundation was way too dark. Why didn’t anyone else notice this? She should sue. The effect was completely ruined; her skin is fairer than her make-up. She’s supposed to be a vampire. Someone seriously needs to be fired.
  • Elena basically killing off all the Originals by just saying, “Hey, here, kill em all. Enjoy my blood. Woo.” And I don’t think she’s even read the entire instruction booklet, just the front cover in bold print. And maybe skimmed the part that’s in Spanish for kicks. There are going to be ramifications. I’m thinking… the end of all vampires. All. Including… Caroline, Stefan, and Damon.
  • The idea that vampires are only a thousand years old. Considering that the historical accounts in mythology and folklore are ancient. I like the genesis story, but it seems like it should be a lot older.

Check out the preview for the next episode: All My Children! Apparently, Rebekah tries to set Elena on fire. Awesome.

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Tension between the two has marred previous SAARC summits, and resulted in the cancellation of the 2003 gathering. Mahesh Rangarajan, an independent political analyst, says the situation this time is different. "This time one expects it to have a positive spin-off, because there is a mood both in Pakistan and in India for talks between the two countries, for a positive atmosphere between the two," he says.

The two have already agreed to a resumption of bus, rail and air links, and to a cease-fire along the Line of Control that separates the Indian and Pakistani portions of Kashmir.

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf recently suggested a new concession, saying Islamabad might drop its long-standing demand for a United Nations-approved plebiscite to solve the Kashmir dispute.

Samina Ahmed is the South Asia director of the International Crisis Group in Islamabad. She says the question is whether such gestures will translate into a private meeting at the SAARC summit between President Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. "Will there be any talks held at all between Vajpayee and Musharraf? The interaction between these two sides, the levels in which they're going to be willing to talk to each other, all of this is where attention will be focused," says Ms. Ahmed.

New Delhi, however, says the major goal of the summit is the signing of SAFTA. India has scheduled bilateral meetings with Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal, but has said repeatedly that Mr. Vajpayee has no plans to meet Mr. Musharraf.

Officials say there may be occasions when the two leaders will "be together" during the conference - but they have not elaborated on what that might mean.