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Thursday, April 16, 2009

Beginner's Shell Scripting On Linux And Unix: Why And How

Hey There,

Recently I was asked a very simple question that I'm pretty sure I've never addressed in this blog over the mass of posts already churned out. Shell scripting has been addressed, to a great degree, on this blog, but (even the beginner stuff) has included a presumption of certain knowledge. It's easy to forget what it was like back when I started working on Linux and Unix, so I often make the cardinal sin of assuming everyone has already asked this question and had it answered.

The question was simple (although, a three-parter) : I know how to use Unix/Linux enough to get around on the command line, but why would I want to write shell scripts? And how do I write a shell script, anyway? Isn't it just going to be more hassle than I already have to deal with?

The above was only-slightly paraphrased ;)

So, even though I could dump these questions, and their answers, off by conveniently linking to any number of other sites, I thought it might be a good idea to just answer them here. I've never posted on the subject before and it can't hurt to have this basic information available in our site search.

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR LINUX/UNIX USER'S AND SHELL SCRIPTERS WHO CAN ANSWER ALL THREE QUESTIONS: This post is probably going to be very boring for you ;) I'll do my best to see that it doesn't come off too dry, but I won't be writing about anything you don't know already, and I will be purposefully leaving out certain things that may drive you crazy ;)

So, to attack the question, I've decided to respond in two parts (since the final two naturally flow together) and keep this post as simple as possible. My feeling is that if you're reading this and aren't sure what shell scripting is and/or why you should even bother to make use of it, you're not looking to be weighed down by a ton of technical jargon and over-explanation which would probably just cloud the issue and be more difficult to understand than necessary. Here we go :)

Q: Why would I want to write shell scripts? Isn't it just going to be more hassle than I already have to deal with?

A: To answer the question "Why?," the most succinct answer would be "Why Not?" There are several good reasons to write shell scripts (for your own use or for the use of others), one of which addresses the "hassle" issue ;)

1. Shell scripting, at its most basic, is actually very easy to master (assuming that you can get around well enough on the Unix or Linux command line to accomplish whatever it is you need to do). In fact, your knowledge of the command line will be almost-directly commensurate with your ability to write shell scripts of varying complexity.

2. Writing a shell script is only slightly (and I mean "very" slightly) more of a hassle than doing the exact same thing on the command line. It can, very literally, be thought of as a way of saving your command line work so that you never have to worry about remembering it ever again.

3. If you've written a shell script once, you never have to write it again (unless you want to improve, or modify, it - well, you can have your own reasons. It's none of my business, anyway ;). If you hammer out a command line to get your chores done (assuming you don't have one of many other methods of saving command line history enabled), you're going to need to keep hammering out that command line every time you do your work.

4. For a very basic example of how writing simple shell scripts can "save" you from hassle. Consider the following situation:

Every day at work you come in, log in to your Unix/Linux terminal and type:

host # cd /my/main/work/directory
host # ls |grep myuserid.txt
host # rm myuserid.txt
host # find . -name core -print >>myuserid.txt
host # cat myuserid.txt|xargs rm -f
host # cd

While that example above illustrates more than a few opportunities for improvement, that's not today's issue ;) Now imagine if, instead of logging in to your Unix/Linux terminal and grinding out those six lines, all you had to do was log in and type the following (we're keeping this so basic and simple, we're not even going to deal with using the shebang line in your script or setting the script up to be executable on its own):

host # /bin/bash myscript

Much less hassle, yeah? :)

Q: How do I write a shell script, anyway?

A: It's actually extremely simple (and we're keeping it extremely simple for now). There are a lot more steps you can take to make the whole perception of "hassle" wither even further, as well as make your script writing even more convenient for you, but that's for another day. I'm fighting every instinct in my head to try and keep this as "basic" as possible and not introduce any "logical constructs" or "error checking" into your first script.

The first thing to consider, when answering this question, is another question. "What" is a shell script, anyway? It goes a long way to making the "how" obvious. A shell script, in its most pristine state, is simply a collection of command lines. No joking. That's all it has to be, and it can be just that simple.

Consider the example above (point number 4 of the answer to the first question). If you simply take all those lines that you type everyday and put them in a file, you will have written your first shell script! So, open up your favorite editor and either straight-type or cut-and-paste all those lines into it. It's very important, since we're not going to address issues of efficiency beyond the basic, that you type each command line on a separate line in your new file. It should look exactly like this (your commands may differ, of course ;)

cd /my/main/work/directory
ls |grep myuserid.txt
rm myuserid.txt
find . -name core -print >>myuserid.txt
cat myuserid.txt|xargs rm -f

Save that file as "myscript" (or whatever else you'd rather call it) and you're all done. You've written your first shell script!

Now, instead of typing 6 lines of commands, you only have to type one. Since we're not getting into setting up your shell script to be executable on its own, you just need to invoke it with a shell (preferably the one you use to type those commands with every day). If you're not sure what shell you use, you can find out that information by simply typing the following at the command line:

host # echo $SHELL

and, assuming that your environment variables are all set up correctly (arggh, losing focus... ;), that command will return the value of your shell. Now you can execute your shell script easily in either one of two ways.

a. If you're in the same directory as your script, you can execute it by running:

host # /bin/bash myscript

b. If you're not in the same directory as your script, or prefer to use full paths, you can invoke it like this:

host # /bin/bash /directory/where/the/script/is/myscript

and all of your commands will be executed, in order, as if you had manually typed them at the command line yourself.

That, in an nutshell, is the how and the why of writing a basic shell script. It should also address the "hassle" issue ;) Taking this simple example (and learning no more about how to create shell scripts than you've learned so far), you'll probably realize that there are several other things you do every day (all of which require prodigious typing) that you can put into shell scripts and stave off carpal-tunnel syndrome for at least a little while longer ;)

Over time, you should begin to experience the convenience shell scripting has to offer you and become curious about how much more it can help you by reducing the hassle of your workaday tasks and introducing automation of the mundane. Eventually, you may even become interested in more advanced concepts and begin to enjoy the full benefit of shell scripting.

The main thing to keep in mind (no matter how complex your shell script ever becomes) is that a shell script (shebang line excluded) is merely a collection of commands that you could run, yourself, from the command line. Keep in mind, also, that your shell includes many features that were not showcased here today. Even when you avail yourself of those, any shell script can be written on the command line and anything you can write on the command line can easily become a shell script.

I hope that long-winded answer to a fairly short (but definitely loaded ;) question was of some help to you. If you're interested in learning more, search around this blog or elsewhere on the Internet. If you can't find the answer to a question you have, feel free to email me via the link at the top right of the page. My response time isn't what it used to be (before I began inviting people to write me ;), but I will get back to you as soon as I can.

As a final exercise to demonstrate the simplicity of very-basic shell scripting (assuming, as above, that /bin/bash is your shell), try the following at your command line:

host # echo hi
host # echo "echo hi" >>newscript
host # /bin/bash newscript

Nice work :)

, Mike

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[Vortex] [ANN] Vortex Library 1.0.14 'spybreak' release is ready!

Francis Brosnan Blazquez francis at aspl.es
Fri Apr 4 19:24:28 CEST 2008

          ##          Vortex Library 1.0.14         ##
          ##            "spybreak release"          ##

Release note

  Advanced Software Production Line is proud to announce the Vortex
  Library 1.0.14 "spybreak" release availability: an open source "BEEP
  Core" protocol implementation written in C, mapped onto TCP/IP.

  Vortex Library has been developed inside the Af-Arch project as its
  data transport layer.

  Vortex Library is a stable and robust application protocol
  development toolkit. Currently it is running under Microsoft Windows
  and GNU/Linux platforms.

  Check out the following links to get ready with Vortex Library:

    - http://www.aspl.es/vortex
      [Vortex Library homepage]
    - http://www.sf.net/projects/vortexlibrary
      [Sources and Win32 binaries]

    - http://fact.aspl.es
      [Af-Arch homepage where Vortex Library is being developed]

    - http://www.beepcore.org
      [BEEP Core community web site]

    - http://www.aspl.es/xml
      [Axl Library, XML 1.0 implementation]
The release in short

  Starting from this release vortex will no longer depend on external
  DTD files for its function. They are now included, inline into the
  source code using the axl-knife tool to refresh changes.

  Fixed several bugs and updated regression test to reproduce them and
  check the fix introduced.

Change notifications

Thanks to..

  Jens Alfke (for fixing, proposing and reporting several bugs and

  Antoine Mahé (for providing a fix to make client greetings to also
  advice its profiles).

Changes since 1.0.13

* [fix] Fixed bug inside channel creation process which didn't allow
  to start sending content from the listener side right after the
  channel being accepted. Updated regression test to reproduce the
  problem and check the fix introduced. Reported by Jens Alfke

* [fix] Fixed race condition at the SASL notification. Updated
  regression test to reproduce and check the fix. (1.0/1.1).

* [fix] Updated regression test to check that a channel could be
  closed at the channel create notification. Found already
  supported. Updated channel creation to check channel status before
  the channel notification to avoid notifying a possible
  piggyback. (1.0/1.1).

* [fix] Updating regression tests (copyright).

* [fix] Fixed bug inside vortex connection creation when timeout
  activated, causing to lock the caller until consume all the timeout
  for hosts refusing the connection rather than failing soon.  Missing
  connection status check before receiving wrong greetings
  reply. Reported by Jens Alfke (1.0/1.1).

* [fix] Fixed wrong handling at TLS profile implementation causing to
  not properly recover during TLS failures (TLS protocol handshake).
  Fixed memory leak (error reply frame for TLS implementation wasn't
  released). (1.0/1.1).

* [fix] Making vortex client side implementation for TLS profile to not
  unref the connection on protocol failure. Rather, return the
  reference to the user the let the application space to implement its
  error handling (1.0/1.1).

* [fix] Updated vortex_connection_set_auto_tls documentation to
  include more references about its function (1.0/1.1).

* [fix] Fixed vortex_tls_start_negociation_sync to return a reference
  to the connection received if a timeout is found (1.0/1.1).

* [fix] Fixed bug inside xml-rpc-gen tool which was produced add to
  array method without checking if the type held by the array could
  support this.

* [fix] removing not properly configured checking at
  vortex_frame_send_raw causing to fail on nullified zero send

* [new] Updating vortex-regression-client to allow configuring the
  regression listener location (and the associated BEEP proxy), taking
  as default localhost location if no value is provided.

* [fix] Updating vortex regression test 12 to include support to start
  fake listener at the remote regression test, allowing to check
  timeout support on separate hosts.

* [fix] Fixed memory leak on connection failures, associated to the
  error message.

* [fix] Fixing bug which was causing to not properly implement
  connection timeout (tcp connect wasn't limited by the
  timeout). Reported by Jens Alfke.

* [fix] Fixing change notify..

* [fix] Enforcing to use axl library 0.4.15

* [fix] Committing changes to use --ifnewer option from axl-knife to
  build DTD files.

* [fix] Committing change notification.

* [fix] Taking advantage from axl-knife tool, now the library loads
  its associated DTDs from an C inline representation generated,
  removing the inconvenience to load dtd from files. Great.  Fix
  applied on both branches.

* [fix] Fixed wrong detection of the ctx creation handler at the
  server side implementation of the TLS profile causing to fail
  (because the key and certificate functions were not configured).
  Reported and fixed by Jens Alfke.

* [fix] More address modifications.

* [fix] Change ASPL office location.

* [fix] Updated vortex_channel_send_err documentation to include some
  clarifications about its function.

* [fix] Fixed missing check for references received (status and
  status_message) at vortex_tls_start_negociation_sync, under a
  timeout condition. Change applied to 1.0 and 1.1 branch. Reported by
  Jens Alfke.

* [fix] Fixed wrong openssl headers include causing building
  environments without tls to fail. Fixed on both branches.

* [fix] Updated vortex client greetings implementation to also advice
  profiles supported. Initial patch provided by Antoine Mahé for 1.0
  and now adapted to 1.1 branch.

* [new] Updated regression test to reproduce and check the client
  greetings advice support. Updated both branches.

* [fix] Making vortex reader to not set as not connected a connection
  broken that was found to be not possible to add to the watching
  list.  Updated log message associated to not scare the
  developer. Fix applied on both branches.

* [fix] Making vortex_profiles_unregister to uninstall the profile
  removed from an internal list used by vortex_profiles_* functions.
  Fix applied on both branches.

* [fix] Fixed race condition at the sasl auth negotiation, under case
  where the remote peer has denied the SASL auth id. Bug fix applied
  on both branches and checked against regression test.

* [fix] Fixed sasl process error notification (there was some cases
  the notification was done twice). Fixed on both branches.

About Us

  Advanced Software Production Line is leading the Af-Arch project: a
  complete framework to develop distributed application to manage
  enterprise process.

  Af-Arch project relies on Vortex Library to exchange data between
  its distributed nodes.

  Advanced Software Production Line also provides GNU/Linux support
  and consulting services to help organization to introduce GNU/Linux
  inside its process.

  Contact us, using English or Spanish, to get commercial support
  and/or BEEP based development services.

  You can reach us:

       http://www.aspl.es - info at aspl.es

  We hope Vortex Library help you. Enjoy Vortex Library!

Francis Brosnan Blázquez           - francis at aspl.es
Advanced Software Production Line  - http://www.aspl.es
4th apr 2008, Madrid (Spain)

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RE: Migrating attachments

From: Rotan Hanrahan <rotan.hanrahan@mobileaware.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:34:34 +0100
Message-ID: <D5306DC72D165F488F56A9E43F2045D301531E08@FTO.mobileaware.com>
To: <public-wiki-dev@w3.org>

I found the following reference regarding how to configure MediaWiki to
support additional file types:

-----Original Message-----
From: public-wiki-dev-request@w3.org
[mailto:public-wiki-dev-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Alan Ruttenberg
Sent: 19 October 2007 20:01
To: Rotan Hanrahan
Cc: public-wiki-dev@w3.org
Subject: Re: Migrating attachments

Can you prepend the new name with the path of the old file (change
"/" to ".") ?
Would like it if html uploads were allowed as well, btw.

On Oct 19, 2007, at 2:39 PM, Rotan Hanrahan wrote:

> Next problem...
> In moinmoin, attachments are associated with the page to which they
> were attached. In MediaWiki, the attachments belong to a flat
> space. This means that moinmoin attachments that have the same
> filename will cause clashes in MediaWiki space. Images and general
> media have their own "image:" and "media:" spaces in MediaWiki, but
> both are flat. To preserve the association with the parent page on
> moinmoin, the names of the attachments will have to change
> accordingly.
> Furthermore, uploading attachments to MediaWiki is not
> straightforward, as it seems that MediaWiki doesn't have a general
> attachment mechanism. If MediaWiki doesn't recognise the file
> extension then you can't upload it. For example, to configure
> MediaWiki to permit the upload of PDF "images", you add the
> following configuration:
> $wgFileExtensions[] = 'pdf';
> One of the most common attachment types is Zip compressed files.
> These need to be handled specially, with the following
> configuration (assuming the server is on a un*x system):
> $wgMimeDetectorCommand = 'file -bi';
> This is far from perfect because one has to anticipate the file
> extensions, or decide not to port certain file types. I find this a
> little disappointing, but hope that someone out there has a better
> idea.
> ---Rotan
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Re: More materials for preparation for todays discussion of grouping links in the telecon

From: Al Gilman <asgilman@iamdigex.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 14:07:43 -0400
Message-Id: <199908261808.OAA16342@smtp1.mail.iamworld.net>
To: w3c-wai-ua@w3.org, w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
I found the reference I have been wanting us not to lose.

This is the point where we were talking about structural navigation on the
UA list and Jim Thatcher had to raise the skip-navigation hyperlink
technique, because he rates this as the single author technique with the
greatest bang for the buck, bar none.  I guess I have to qualify that as
bang equals benefit to the users of speech and braille screen readers.  But
still, one has to reflect on why he says that.

The Issues List points at the start of Paul Adelson's straw poll on the
WAI-IG list on this problem; the results are summarized at:

This mostly reminds us that we need to do _something_ because there is a
real problem.

The skip-navigation hyperlink can serve as the advance guard of our
promotional campaign, because it offers such a short path into genuine
"thank-you" territory.  It is easy for sites to do, it works right away
with current browsers, and it makes a whale of a difference.  Never
underestimate the power of "thank you."  This one technique by itself might
just generate thank-you email to webmasters.

If this technique has that potential, it is not clear we want to blunt our
impact by digressing into harder techniques that do a yet better job after
and only if user agents (browsers and/or layered helpers) implement the
matching techniques.

User agent techniques that depend on sympathetic authors are not going to
fix the pages from the ignorant and un-converted.  Did I hear there is a
screen reader already out there that has implemented some sort of
skip-navigation heuristic algorithm?

There is an IE power toy that does an automatic table-of-contents sidebar,
isn't there?  How much of the sidebar does it devote to the head of page
navigation links?  Does it minimize that?  How?

At 11:05 AM 8/26/99 -0700, Jon Gunderson wrote:
>Section 4.6.1 in the current Web Contents talks about grouping links:
>Information on the GL issue list can be found at:
>Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP
>Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology
>Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services
>University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
>1207 S. Oak Street
>Champaign, IL 61820
>Voice: 217-244-5870
>Fax: 217-333-0248
>E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu
>WWW:	http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund
>	http://www.als.uiuc.edu/InfoTechAccess
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Thursday, December 5, 2013

A Fun Thing to Do at the Library!

I always struggle with ways to get my boys actively involved in book selection at the library. My oldest girl always begs to go to the library and keeps herself very busy searching for books while we're there. My two boys love reading books, but they often depend on me a little too much to pick out good books for them don't always put much effort into themselves on our library trips. My middle one is getting better bit by bit, but My Little Reader will still usually just quickly grab a few books to fill his bag and then want to go play with the trains or the computers.

This week we were all on a hunt for some new Christmas books to read (it was our Advent calendar activity for that day). I looked up some Christmas-y titles on the computer card catalog and starting browsing the shelves to find the books on my list.

My boys were wandering aimlessly so I enlisted their help. "Can you boys help me find this list of books? There's a lot of them. Work together and start by looking for 'E FON', then see if you find a Christmas book there." (I didn't write down all the book titles on my list.)

They were so excited to go hunting! My little guy wasn't able to find the call numbers himself, but with a little help from his big brother or from me, he could! Trying to then hunt out the Christmas title with that particular call number I gave them was like a treasure hunt. They were so proud of themselves with each book they found.

When we completed hunting out the books on our list, they begged me to make a new list so they could find some more. They seriously could have done that all day. And what great practice with their library skills and even practice with their alphabet and spelling.

To Have a Fun Library Book Hunt...

1. Choose a theme of books to look for (Holiday, Dogs, Back to School, etc.)

2. Do a computer catalog search and make a list of books to hunt for o
n the shelves. (You could involve your kids in this part too if you want.) Decide if you want to write down the book titles or just let your chosen theme guide your kiddos in hunting out the correct books.

3. Give your kids a list of the library call numbers your copied from the computer catalog. Or verbally tell your kids the call numbers as you go. If you want, you could write a few separate call numbers on separate sheets of paper and give one paper to each child. Let them race to find all the books on their list (if you trust them to not get too competitive and disruptive).

4. Assist younger children with this activity. It's great fun and helps them practice their alphabet and library skills. We sang the alphabet song a few times as we hunted for our books.

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Sunday, July 8, 2007

A Beatle in the Belly?

I thought this was too funny not to dear friend Jessica has brought it to our attention that we are gestating a rock star. Please note the similarities below :

Little Funky Monkey - young George Harrison...can you tell which is which?

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Lenski Accountability Committee

The Colorado School Finance Act of 1988 establishes a school advisory accountability committee for every public school in Colorado. By November 1st of each year, the principal of each school, with the assistance of the school staff, must adopt ambitious goals and plans to improve graduation rates and student achievement. it is a yearly responsibility of the LAC to monitor and report the progress made toward meeting the established goals. The committee includes the school principal, four staff members, the PTO president/s, three parents who have children attending the school, and one community resident who does not have children attending the school.

There are a minimum of six meetings each year. Generally, the LAC holds monthly meetings, held after school, for approximately 1 hour. Every parent or guardian of a Lenski student is welcome to apply for membership. The term of a parent representative is two years. Application forms are available here or in the Lenski office..

2015-2016 Lenski Accountability Year End Report

Dates and topics for meetings in 16/17 school year

September 19, 2016 -

Welcome and Introductions – Barb DeSpain

Review of LAC responsibilities and bylaws

Unified Improvement Plan (UIP):  Goals & Activities

Reports and Updates:  PTO, Tech Advisory Committee, LPS Foundation (Stride)

2016 LAC Meeting Dates and Proposed Agenda Items:

October 17      Superintendent Brian Ewert will discuss Professional Learning Community

November 14  Gifted Talented Presentation (Katie Heissenbuttel), Student Demonstrations

January 30       Technology Update (Katelyn Hamilton, Dana Wilhelm), Student Demonstrations

February 27     Unified Improvement Plan Update, Student Demonstrations

                        Review Results of Comprehensive School Climate Survey

March 20         Staffing Plan, Prioritization of Expenditures, Student Demonstrations

Current LAC Members: Amy Dawson, Kristi Steele, Barb DeSpain, Kathy Fennelly, Teri Secor,  Holly Malcolm, Nancy Seavall,  Jenn Regan, Travis Moore, and Carolyn Apking Wittenberger, Katie Heissenbuttel


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I bought this Johnny Cash signed program dated 1962. Inside are a picture of a band with signatures, plus a card signed by Marty Robbins. The program was signed for a mentally retarded boy. His uncle was a popular Disc Jockey in Fresno, California, who used to collect autographs for his nephew. Are the signatures real? If so, how much are they worth? Thank you in advance for your help.

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In my opinion, the Johnny Cash is a perfect example of his vintage signature.
Thanks for your encouragement! What kind of a value does something like this have? Where can I sell it?
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Perfectly Tender Beef Barley Stew

Homemade Beef Stew

It’s cold.

Cold, is almost an understatement. Bone-chilling might a better way to describe our current climate condition. I thought we were in the middle of a massive global warming? Well, not in Florida, at least not this week.

Cold weather has a way of making people, I’m going to include you all in this (it makes me feel better), want to do crazy things. Have you ever watched the videos of the half-naked Russian ice-water divers? Point proven. I may not be ice diving, but cold weather always drives me to impulsive actions. Such as the thought to spend all day dirtying my kitchen. Almost as daring as ice diving.

But, who has time for dirtying every dish when there are far more important things in life. One of them, curling up on the couch with a big blanket. But somehow, my body, even under the warm coziness of a big checkered blanket, yearns to get back in the kitchen, for dirty dishes stacked high in the air, and the goodness produced from a hard-working stove. Warm crusty bread, a perfectly seasoned stew, and a big mug of hot chocolate. The yearning overtakes.

Homemade Beef Stew

This soup was born from that crazy cold impulsiveness and the desire spend the day cooking up madness in my kitchen. But, madness often breeds delicious perfection.

This soup requires very little time and only one stockpot. The warm oven does most of the work, leaving time to whip up that delicious mug of hot chocolate, spread a big smear of pastured butter on fresh-baked bread,  accomplish the dishes, and still have time to curl up with that big ol’ blanket.

Homemade Beef Stew

A couple hours later, a perfect bowl of beef and barley stew is waiting to be spooned into my favorite antique, white bowls and enjoyed with more crusty bread. And, of course, lots more butter.  The meat perfectly moist and tender, the nourishment of homemade beef broth, the flavor of fresh veggies and herbs.

Homemade Beef Stew

Have I told you how much I love cold days and the crazy yumminess which result?

Homemade Beef Stew

Perfectly-Tender Beef Barley Stew

  • 2 lb grass-fed chuck roast cubed or stew meat
  • 2 TB butter
  • 2 carrots chopped
  • 2 celery ribs chopped
  • 1/2 onion chopped
  • 2 large red potatoes chopped
  • 7 cups beef broth
  • 1 sprig fresh rosemary
  • 4 sprig fresh thyme
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1/2 cup pearled barley
  • 1 tsp salt to taste
  • 1 tsp pepper to taste

  1. Preheat the oven to 250F.
  2. Season the cubed chuck roast pieces with salt and pepper. Allow to sit and tenderize while melting the butter and cooking the veggies.
  3. In a large soup pot (this is my favorite), melt the butter over medium to high heat. Add in the chopped veggies (carrots, celery, and onion). Sauté the veggies until the onions are translucent (5-7 minutes). Add in the potatoes and cook for another 2 minutes. Remove the veggies from the pot. Set to the side.
  4. In the same pot, add the cubed roast. Brown the outside of the meat (4-5 minutes). Remove the meat from the pot and set to the side with the veggies.
  5. Add 1 cup of broth to the stock pot, still on medium to high heat, scrape the bottom of the pot loosening any little pieces.
  6. Add the meat and veggies back to the pot, remaining broth, barley, bay leaf, and rosemary and thyme sprigs. Make sure the rosemary and thyme are immersed in the broth. Bring to a boil. Once at a boil, turn off the heat and transfer the pot to the oven, covered.
  7. The stew will cook in the oven for 2 hours at 250F.
  8. Remove from the oven. Remove the stems from the rosemary and thyme.
  9. Serve warm.

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  • Nicki Bateman says:

    I am about to make this, and realized that I am not sure whether the oven temp is correct: it says to preheat to 350, but then cook at 250F for two hours. Is that correct? Or should it be 350F for two hours?

  • Shelby McGalliard says:

    Kristin…..Oh My Gosh…… I made this for supper tonight. It tasted AMAZING!!! My family enjoyed it so much. Even my super picky 3 year old loved it! This recipe is most definitely a keeper in my household. Thank you so much fro sharing this recipe.

  • Gaby James says:

    How would this work if I want to cook it in the crockpot? Cook all day o low? or 4 hours on high???

    • Kristin Marr says:

      Hey Gaby, I would probably cook the recipe on low, for about 6-8 hours. Then, add the barley during the last hour or two. You could probably even cook the barley ahead of time and add to the stew. Enjoy!

  • Emily says:

    This was delicious! I love actually looking forward to leftovers. And your favorite soup pot is mine too- I use it for everything!

  • Nadia says:

    Hi Kristin! Would like to know wether I can substitute quinoa for barley?

    • Kristin Marr says:

      Hey Nadia, I think quinoa would be a great substitute. Barley is a slower cooking grain, so I recommend adding the quinoa during the last 15-20 minutes of cooking. Enjoy!

  • Nadia says:

    Thank you Kristin! Turned out perfectly delicious. Just the meat wasn’t tender because of the different type of cattle here in Austria, Guess I need to fetch a filet next time instead of a stew beef.

  • Donnisha Jones says:

    How would I cook on the stovetop?

    • Kristin Marr says:

      Hey Donnisha, I’m not really sure. The meat is very tough (just the nature of the cut), so it really needs to be cooked over a slow heat for a long time. You may be able to turn the heat on the stove-top to low, but I’m not sure if there will be a time difference, or how the meat will turn out.

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August 24, 2011

Cosmic Giraffe

Let me begin by saying, "I wish my phone took better pictures..."
One day at work, running between inspections and appointments
I stood at town hall waiting for the world's slowest elevator
In my waiting I took time to look at the artwork on the bulletin board
And there I saw it... A GIRAFFE!
(for those of you new to this spot...I love giraffes!! For a full explanation click here )
And not just any giraffe, a giraffe falling through space!
"What?" you may ask, but you heard me correctly
On top of construction paper black covered with stars and moons and planets crayon bright
lay pasted a construction paper, elementary-aged drawn, giraffe....
legs sprawled to either side, falling head first, tail tangling in the cosmic breeze
this second grade art project, hung in town hall, has been on my mind since the first time I saw it...
Giraffes are fearless - strong, in control of their world, gracefully striding over grass and mud
I want to believe that giraffes are strong because they are fearless, not fearless because they are strong
I want to believe that this cosmic giraffe is confident and strong even though it is so far out of it's element
how often have I felt like that giraffe lately....Life is going along normally and then all of a sudden I find myself upside down falling through space, left wondering "What happened?  How in the world did I get here?"
Fearlessness is much easier when control and predictability are mine for the taking...but what about when my world flips upside down and shakes my into space?
I want to be fearless - strong when found suddenly falling through space
not fearless because I know my own strength
but strong because I know that I have nothing to fear
confident in the One's whose hands I find myself in, confident in the grasp of my Savior
...I have a long way to grow before I am that fearless-strong but I am growing and for now that is enough

Linking up with Emily and others at Imperfect Prose

  1. Hi Lauri!

    Great to find you from Em's blog. I love that last line..."I am growing and for now that is enough."

    I too long to be bold like a lion. To shake off the fears that hinder me from stepping out in faith. But I too am growing, and I'm so grateful the Lord is patient!

    Blessings to you!

  2. *nodding* I love this word picture and the thoughts drawn from it.

  3. you are too cool. i love your heart, lauri, and the fact that you like giraffes. i painted them for my sister: love to you.

  4. You ARE a giraffe, girl, and encourage those around you to be giraffes as well. Now I have to go check out emily's painting!


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Monday, March 17, 2008

'Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show' Episode 121: Meet A Different Kind Of Nutritionist--Monica Reinagel

Nutritionist Monica Reinagel talks openly about low-carb dieting

My history with nutritionists and dietitians while talking about the healthy low-carb lifestyle has not been a very good one. I've had my fair share of run-ins with them here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. Yes, I've had my way of eating poked, prodded, and pranced upon by these self-righteous purveyors of their version of dietary truth for so long I was beginning to wonder if a right-minded thinking nutritionist even existed anymore.

Well, there's at least ONE. :)

In Episode 121 of "The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore", we meet licensed nutritionist Monica Reinagel, M.S., C.N.S. who runs an outstanding diet and health blog called NutritionData. She is also the author of the fabulously original health book called The Inflammation-Free Diet Plan which outlines specific foods that are at the root cause of inflammation in the body. She discusses in her book and in my interview with you why you DON'T want inflammation and what foods you can eat which are least likely to be inflammatory (and it might just surprise you!).

Click on the "LISTEN NOW" link below or download it to your iPod to hear Episode 121:

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Most nutritionists like to check their brain at the door whenever an honest discussion of livin' la vida low-carb ensues. But not Monica Reinagel. She's honest about what the research is showing regarding low-carb diets and quite frankly it is all over the board. Rather than follow what most of her colleagues do in roundly dismissing low-carb diets as a "dangerous fad" with "no long-term proof" that it is healthy, she instead challenges people to do what will work for them in producing weight loss--even that dastardly low-carb lifestyle if it will produce the results for your weight and health. HOW REFRESHING!!!

Hear from more diet and health experts anytime by:

1. Listening at the official web site
2. Calling (818) 688-2763 to listen via Podlinez
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Now that you've heard Part 1 of my interview with Monica Reinagel, what did you think? Are you concerned at all about inflammation--arguably one of the hottest health topics being discussed in the medical industry today? Does she make sense with what she's saying or is she just another nutritionist who doesn't get it? You tell me by leaving a comment in the show notes section of Episode 121.

You'll want to listen to Part 2 of my interview with Monica Reinagel on Thursday's edition of "The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore." She's a really neat woman to talk to and I appreciated her willingness to let me do the interview over again a second time after the file from the first one became corrupted. EEEEK! Monica graciously agreed to do it again.

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Mitch Berg Helped Develop Aplikowski's Racist Interview with Minnesota Monitor

It's rather long winded, but the MOB Parrot finally gets to the point:

Last week, Fecke - in his capacity as a “journalist” for the Minnesota Monitor - sent Andy Aplikowski an “interview” - an email with a bunch of questions.

Andy is an outspoken Republican, a firebrand within the party, someone who has a vision and works for it with a tirelessness that the party needs a lot more of. Like anyone with a vision and the cojones to state it, he’s developed some detractors and enemies within the party. It’s the detractors’ loss; the perception that political parties are full of people who fret more about internal politics than about winning elections is one of the things that kills the desire of anyone who doesn’t live for that kind of thing to get and stay involved.

Andy’s first reflex was to delete the “request”; Fecke is a writer with a five year history (on his personal blog as well as the MNMOn) of antipathy toward Republicans, working for an outlet whose mission is to serve as a propaganda organ for the regional left. In retrospect, it may have been the right reflex.

But Andy forwarded the email to a group of other local center-right bloggers, including me. And in a brief burst of creativity, we concocted a number of flagrancies; a fictional groundswell for John Hinderaker to lead the MN GOP, a bunch of things that’d jump right out at a typical leftyblogger as stereotypes for the snarking, to justify much gamboling about and poo-flinging.

Learned Foot - a party to the party - sums things up fairly well:

What it was, however, was an amusing diversion; an exercise in disinformation with a rather obvious play to the preconceived prejudices of you and your audience. I mean, didn’t those references to Obama and the Imus comment seem just a little extraneous and out of context?

It was like waving our arms yelling “Yoohoo! You can play the race card here!”

Not to you people. Critical thinking jumps right out the window when you hacks see the chance to slime somebody. Hell, it never even occurred to any of you that perhaps Andy didn’t write any of those answers at all (aside from inserting typos and torturing some of the syntax to make it look more authentic).

It was a half-baked hoax - because, frankly, what’s the point of fully-baking a hoax with these people?

Fecke responded in the comments:

# Jeff Fecke Says:
May 9th, 2007 at 4:27 pm

Say what you will, Mitch. I haven’t lied to anyone in an interview. I’ve been approached by Brodkorb–less a reporter than even lil’ ol’ me, even you will agree. I declined the opportunity. Oh, I could’ve “punked” him–but that would have required me to lie.

And I don’t lie in print.

Am I a perfect journalist? No. I’m learning my craft. And given that I was running a straight interview piece, then there was nobody to check against. I wanted Andy’s opinions, and I ran them as he gave them to me. I even bent over backward to be fair, going so far as to send him a rough draft of where things were.

Why? Not because I fear being outed as liberal. I am liberal. MinMon is a liberal newsmagazine. We don’t hide that, or pretend otherwise. And if the GOP and right blogistan is not interested in being covered in a center-left newsmagazine, well, that’s fine.

But you can’t argue that I was unfair to Andy–because I wasn’t. And you can’t argue that I published a hatchet job–because in my original piece, I went out of my way not to print some of the over-the-top language that I felt Andy had inserted for shock value.

No, for all your griping, my failure as a reporter was trusting a liar, and those who helped him lie. And that is indeed my failure, and one I will learn from. And I will know next time I talk to you, or Andy, or indeed anyone on the right side of the aisle, that the odds you are telling the truth are negligible. Indeed, were I a reader of your blog anymore, that’s the lesson I’d take as well.

I don’t like being lied to, Mitch, but readers like being lied to even less. My apology will be going up on MinMon tomorrow, for passing through your lies as fact. I’ll await your apology, but I won’t expect it.

Others who helped with this appear to include Kevin Eckernet.

Aplikowski is now changing his story here and there:

I did alert the proper GOP leaders about the ordeal, and only one person was remotely concerned. A person who gives these hacks too much credit in my opinion.

No one gave me permission to do this. I simply said to a few random people that I had just done a bogus interview with the Fecker, as a heads up. Period. I acted alone in that aspect, so you lefties can put the plans for a grand jury on hold, and the righties can drop the legal defense fund.

He admonishes people to take a chill pill:

Have we got the idea yet, that this was all to out Fecker for the tool he is? that this Mini Money is a shill for Soros and the radical left that will print anything, no matter the ridiculousness of it, to harm Republicans? They make Mary Mapes look good at journalism.

Have we figured out that they are now trying to lash out at me for simply proving they are the hacks that they are? Give me a break. Fecker didn’t even use the stupid stuff until he got punk’d. Then his band of fellow Sorospherers have teamed up to make this into the scandal of all scandals, thus further making this thing seem even better than we could have hoped.

So please, take a chill pill. Realize I/we were joking around and simply using the left’s stereotypes of the right against them.

Uh oh, what’s that? The Strib is emailing? What do they want?

Hmm, what would the strib want? My question is what do others in Andy's district think about this?


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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Sold on 02/01/12 - $165,000

At $155 per square foot, that is less than half the original asking price. Way to hold out for top dollar!

Since there is no new inventory to speak of, out of "Where Are They Now?" curiosity I've been revisiting past Long Beach Housing Blog properties. Although most RE in the LBC victims--ERRR...featured sellers have since pulled their properties after unsuccessfully pursuing insane wishing prices ("Well, I'm not going to just give it away!"), a few deluded soldiers continue marching on.

Like this idiot:
732 North WASHINGTON Pl, Long Beach, CA 90813
This dreadful piece of doodie is now entering its FOURTH YEAR on the market. The good news is that after more than 1,100 days of wholly ridiculous prices and slack-jawed market chasing, this dolt seems to be finally waking up to reality. To wit:

Jan 05, 2011 Relisted - $223,000 ($210 per square foot)

But take another look at the photos and ask yourself if $223,000 is even that great of a price for this shit hole. Even if it was asking $50,000 -- the 1981 sales price -- I still don't think it's worth it. In addition to the property taxes and insurance, you have to factor in the significant (and mandatory) teardown and rebuilding costs. But look at the shitty lot and horrible neighborhood -- is that really where you want to build your dream home?

Still overpriced.

At this point I'm beginning to wonder if any price would garner a sale.

But, thanks to foreclosure moratoriums and can-kicking HAMP HAFA HARP BARF FART programs, properties like these are about all we've got. Right now in Long Beach we literally have the cream of the crop as far as wildly delusional sellers. The chaff has already been separated from the market and now we're left with the real kooks.

It's like if you took a stadium full of Raiders fans and systematically began whittling them down:

"All fans who have completed high school or college, please leave the stadium."

"Okay, now everyone with a job please head home."

"Anyone with a credit score above 500 please head for the exits."

"All of those without criminal records, please disperse."

Imagine what you'd be left with! That stadium would be the scariest goddamn place on earth. And sometimes I feel like most of the current Long Beach sellers are those scary, unstable nutjobs.

Think about it:

Longtime owners with assets, equity and/or stable, fixed-rate loans (like this guy) don't need to sell, and so they won't. They pull their properties off the market and we never see them again (it may seem like a good thing to get fair-weather sellers off the MLS, but they are sometimes the most willing to deal because they have equity and will still clear a huge profit if they decide to get real).

Most ticking time-bomb mortgages already blew up and went back to the banks, but the few remaining with resetting and recasting mortgages are busy playing the loan-mod, extend-and-pretend lottery. They (like
this moron) are most definitely distressed sellers, but they are not really on the market because they will game the system for as long as they can before their loans explode and they moonwalk away (or a miracle buyer bails them out of their foolishness).

As we all know, short sales are not actually for sale -- that inventory is technically on the MLS, but given the length of time it takes for banks to approve short sales (not an accident), you might as well check the "Exclude Short Sales" box on your Redfin searches (I sure as hell do). Short sales are just a way for banks to delay recognizing losses associated with foreclosure and prevent the property from falling apart (keeping a deadbeat in the place is better than letting it sit abandoned) in the meantime. Short sales (like
this fool, at 481 days) may technically be on the market, but in reality they have left the stadium.

You can also disregard listings of those who overpaid during the peak but are gainfully employed. They are severely underwater but can still make their mortgage payment if they really stretch themselves. The tell is they ask peak pricing plus exactly enough to cover sales commissions (like
this guy or this dummy), or they are juuuuust below their peak purchase price but after a few reductions have been stuck at the same price for months because further cuts would mean writing a big check at closing or becoming a short sale (like this dreamer). These house-poor suckers won't get anywhere near peak pricing, but they have no choice but to hope for a miracle because they're stretched too thin and have absolutely no room to negotiate. They are technically on the MLS, but they, too, have left the stadium.

So really we're left with only a handful buyers who actually intend to, and can (financially speaking) sell, who don't budge on price because they know they're in the power position, and a mob of delusional die hards at 500+ days on market (like this asshole), populating the MLS with their insane wishing prices and demands for nothing short of jackpot-sized prices.

It's a sad state of affairs out there. Realtors I've spoken to believe inventory will start coming back on the market in March (the "seasonal" thing never really made sense to me in SoCal -- sure, in Des Moines I get that people don't want to go house shopping in January, but it's 75 degrees in Long Beach! I would love nothing more than to check out houses on a day like today!). Sure, inventory might pick up in Spring, but the real question is: What types of sellers will they be?
Long Beach number of homes for sale graph

I guess we'll find out.

What are you seeing out there?

The price was "$299,000" and changed to "$269,000"

Days on Market: 911

Well, this is a fun way to start the new year:

The price was "$344,000" and changed to "$299,000"

By the way, this marks the THIRD YEAR on the MLS for this property. There are a lot of notable delusional greedtards in the LBC, but I think this guy, given that he paid $50,000 ages ago yet is still too dumb fucking stupid to price realistically ("I'm not going to just give it away!") and take the money and run, earns the Official RE in the LBC Eternal Shitbird Award:

I think it's especially appropriate given this photo:

732 N Washington Pl, CA 90813
Price: $344,000
Beds: 2
Baths: 1
Sq. Ft.: 1,064
$/Sq. Ft.: $323
Lot Size: 3,850 Sq. Ft.
Property Type: Single Family Residence
Year Built: 1905
MLS#: S514617
On Redfin: 630 days
Down Payment: $67,000
Income Requirement: $95,000
Monthly PITI: $2,100
Description: HUGE PRICE REDUCTION!!!Historical Craftsman w/loads of charm.Huge Formal LR,original features:hardwood floors,doors & hardware glass & brass doorknobs,kit with 'ice box' cabinetry,mosaic tile counter,coved ceilings,wrap around porch has been enclosed,orig sash windows,light fixtures,french doors.Oversized lot w/alley and street access.'Potters area off kit with washer and dryer hook-ups. Formal Dining room. 1 BR w/original built ins above closet, 2nd BR has double walk in closet. Bath has built in linen cabinet above tub. Tandem gar divided

Sweet mural. GONE!

Sweet kitchen. GONE!

No pics of the one bathroom, so you know what that means...GONE!

This realtor must have graduated from the Shaky McParkinson's School of Photography:

Really? 628 days to fix that shit and your potential buyers still get vertigo from viewing your listing? Clever.

The listing says "No Laundry in Unit" but that there are hook-ups in a "'Potters" area (a euphemism for "out-the-fuck-side"). That must be some kind of mistake.

Because there's no way someone is dumb fucking stupid enough to ask $344,000--nearly TEN TIMES the median income--in this awful neighborhood with no freaking laundry hook-ups in the house.

There's just no way.

Plus, the owners don't have a washer and dryer?! Just the hook-ups? Seriously, who the fuck lives here? The Swiss Family Slobinson?

But hey, at least it's got a "sleeping porch!" After viewing those interior photos, I think I'll take my chances sleeping outside.

This thing doesn't need fixing up, it needs a bulldozer.

This is a perfect candidate for Real Estate Intervention. The owner purchased this 104-year-old lean-to in 1981 for a paltry $50,000 ($47 per square foot, y'all!). In other words, with a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, this dump should be paid off in a year and a half.

Considering the interest rate was 17.5% in '81, I'm sure this owner refinanced during the last 28 years. But the point is, there have only been three price reductions in nearly two years. Even with refinances they still must have a truckload of equity--why not just cut the price and walk away with stacks of bubble cash?

Nah, forget that. Just keep doing what you're doing. And by "doing what you're doing" I mean napping on your sleeping porch, washing your loincloth in the bird bath, and making drinking water from your pee.

  1. Damn, thought you were gone! I love your sexy sexy blog and on-point LBC RE commentary.

    Speaking of blasts from the past, your old orange favorite is back on the market, FSBO at a lower price!

  2. $223,000 for that house?! You definitely can get a much better deal elsewhere. And I agree with your point about cashing out the equity. Quite simply, prices are still too high and if you own a home now and can get out, you should.

  3. Dave in Alamitos BeachThursday, February 16, 2012

    Am I looking at Redfin correctly that this property sold on 2/1/12 for $165K? If so, that's getting into a more realistic territory. I really don't think I'd live in that neighborhood unless my entire house was clad in bulletproof glass. Hey, you know, that could be kind of cool actually.


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Saturday, May 2, 2009

Bad Things Come In Pairs

As I am getting ready to go into a meeting in a rather shady section of New Jersey, I realize that leaving my GPS plugged in and displayed would be more like putting a sign on my car that reads….break my window with any heavy object nearby and steal my GPS and anything else valuable you might find. With this in mind, I go to unplug the power cord…as the stupid thing won’t stay charged for more than a few minutes on its own…and low and behold, wouldn’t you know it…the damn thing breaks…some little metal piece on the end disengages itself from the body and decides to lodge itself in the tiniest cranny you could imagine inside the lighter. Now, I am really pissed, because I am in a less than desirable town and have no idea how to get back home….I need the assistance of my GPS “Take Me Home” feature….almost like Dorothy on the Wizard of Oz with her ruby slippers that take her home…okay…desperate measures call for desperate tactics. I take a paper clip and shove it into the lighter trying to retrieve the missing piece…yeah….bright idea Einstein…that causes a mini fireworks show in the front of my car.

Needless to say…I am without a charger in my car. But, we all know that bad things always happen in pairs. The next thing to go in my SUV is the CD player. Let me explain that my CD player is the kind where you have to feed the CD’s into a slot on the dashboard…this means once they are in there…there really is no way of getting them out without taking a hammer and just smashing what I am calling the biggest piece of crap car in the world…don’t we all say that when something goes wrong with our car. I have five CDs just stuck inside my car…its as if the car literally ate them.

So, I take my car to the garage today to see how much these two ridiculous repairs are going to cost me….the cigarette lighter appears to be the minor of the two problems…worst case scenario $80 to fix…okay, not bad I tell myself…..but with good news, also comes bad news….they can not fix the CD player….that has to go to a specialty shop and could cost a lot of money to repair…..now, I don’t know about you, but I am not about to be spending hundreds of dollars to fix a CD player on a car that is almost eight years old.

Cars and I have a lot of issues….I am not one to continuously take my car to the garage for repairs….think of it this way…if my car where a child, someone would have called DYFS on me along time ago. My check engine light has been on for almost a month as I refuse to pay the $85 for them to “just hook it up to the diagnostic machine”. It’s not a person, it’s a car. When all these issues start piling on…my motto is usually to bail on the car…trade it in for something newer and better. I just can’t handle constantly being barraged with minor problems that add up to thousands of dollars in repairs. I would rather put that money into a new vehicle. I am obviously not the mechanics dream client as I routinely refuse the suggestions they make for my car. Well, off to start window shopping for my poor car’s replacement. Wish me luck.

Alicia (aka Dr. Mom) said...

oh good lord! LOL! happy car shopping!

BeckyO2001 said...

My CD player died in my car a couple months ago and they said it would cost $1000 to fix! Needless to say I am living without a CD player.


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Now that JUNIE B. JONES has been going to school for over one-and-a-half years, who better to write the book on EVERYTHING you need to know? From bus rules to band-aids, carpools to cookies, Junie B. and friends deliver the definitive word on surviving and thriving in style. With a jillion tips, tricks and trip-ups, Junie B. shares her hard-won expertise and shows us all how school is sometimes scary, sometimes super-fun, and ALWAYS something to sing about! An all-new musical adventure based on Barbara Park's popular book. (One hour in length, recommended for grades K - 5) Curriculum Connections: Communication and Language Arts, Literature-Based, Music, Relationships & Family.
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Production Credits
Person/Company Credit
Theatreworks USA Producer
Ken Arthur Producing Director
Barbara Pasternack Artistic Director
Marcy Heisler Book
Marcy Heisler Lyricist
Zina Goldrich Composer
Barbara Park Original Author
Peter Flynn Director
Devanand Janki Choreographer
Tiffany Chalothorn Associate Choreographer
Luke Hegel-Cantarella Set Designer
Lora LaVon Costume Designer
Grant W. S. Yeager Lighting Designer
Laura Brauner Sound Designer
David Gersten & Associates Press Representative
Byron F. Abens Production Stage Manager
Lake Simons Prop Master
Nicole Lamb Wardrobe
Brian Sandstrom Wardrobe
Zina Goldrich Vocal Arrangements
Matt Castle Orchestrations
Frank Galgano Orchestrations
Julianne Merrill Music Direction
Jason Blitman Casting

Actor Role
Sara Glancy May / Others
Whit K. Lee Herb / Others
Junior Mendez Sheldon / Others
Brandi Porter Lucille / Others
Kristin Stokes Junie B. Jones
Nicole Lamb Junie B. Jones / Lucille & Others / May & Others UNDERSTUDY
Brian Sandstrom Herb & Others / Sheldon & Others UNDERSTUDY
Tickets available day of performance, one hour before showtime, at the Lortel Box Office (121 Christopher St, btwn Bleeker and Hudson)


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DOWNEY (CBS) — Police began a pursuit Wednesday evening on the northbound 710 Freeway.

It was unclear what the motorist, driving a flatbed truck, was wanted for.

The suspect bailed after about 20 minutes.

Derek Bell, reporting overhead in Sky9, said the suspect pulled over on a dirt road and fled the truck.

The suspect’s vehicle struck a black-and-white squad car and police said the motorist would be cited for assault with a deadly weapon on an officer.

Bell said after the vehicles collided, the suspect’s vehicle apparently lost a front headlight.

The suspect, trying to evade officers, ended up straddling river banks and running through a wash.

After about ten minutes running and evading, officers confronted the suspect and apprehended him and took him into custody without incident.

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  1. Wolfman says:

    Downey Cops ?

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How Corporate America Forced Arizona Bill’s Veto

by Scott Mayerowitz
Saturday Mar 1, 2014

When an important social issue intersected with business in Arizona, Corporate America decided it was time to take a stand.

Voicing concern for their employees, customers and bottom lines, prominent companies from American Airlines to Verizon used threats of reduced business to help convince Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer to veto legislation that would have allowed businesses to refuse service to gays based on the owner's religious beliefs.

Companies have long spoken out about certain issues they felt threatened their bottom lines, such as taxation and the minimum wage. The strong opposition to the Arizona bill signals an acknowledgement by businesses that it's not just economic policies that can be harmful to their profits. They need to be more willing than ever to wade into social issues.

Companies also recognize that many of their employees and customers are gay and try to forester an open and inviting corporate environment.

"Business used to restrict itself to economic issues but they're now seeing the importance of other kinds of issues," said Darrell M. West, vice president of governance studies at the Brookings Institution.

The measure Brewer vetoed Wednesday night would have allowed people to cite their religious beliefs as a defense against claims of discrimination. She faced intense pressure from gay rights supporters, prominent politicians and local businesses. But ultimately, it might have been the national business community that tipped the scales.

"They seem to have had a dramatic impact on the decision," West said. "When you get major companies weighing in about the possible negative impact, that makes a big difference."

Arizona is a large tourism and convention destination. The state is the spring training home to several Major League Baseball teams and is hosting the Super Bowl next year. When Brewer signed an immigration bill in 2010 that sought to identify and deport illegal immigrants, there was nationwide backlash. Numerous companies and trade groups moved their annual conferences and retreats to other states.

The business community warned against a similar type of boycott this time.

"They played a major role in stopping this bill from becoming law. It’s pretty simple: when the businesses that fuel our economic growth voiced this level of urgency, lawmakers pay attention," said Jace Woodrum, director of communications for the Equality Federation, a national advocacy group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

American Airlines CEO Doug Parker suggested his airline would cut flights if the state’s business, tourism and convention industry didn’t remain healthy. Although he just moved his company’s headquarters from Arizona to Texas, American - and its US Airways subsidiary - is still the largest airline in Phoenix.

"There is genuine concern throughout the business community that this bill, if signed into law, would jeopardize all that has been accomplished so far," Parker wrote in a letter to the governor.

Parker noted that "few states suffered as greatly during the recession as Arizona" and that the region is showing great signs of an economic comeback.

Verizon CEO Lowell C. McAdam also flexed some muscle, noting that Verizon has 2,500 Arizona employees, spent $1.4 billion on its in-state network and has more than 2.6 million customers there.

"It is our hope to continue to grow our business in Arizona, but legislation like (this bill) is extremely harmful to pursuing this objective," McAdam wrote.

Other companies, such as Intel, PetSmart, American Express, eBay and GoDaddy joined with local and state chambers of commerce and other business collations, signing letters in opposition to the bill, known as SB 1062. One after another delivered the same clear message: This is discriminatory and bad for the bottom line.

- Yelp: "This bill goes against the rule that every great business subscribes to, which is that the customer is always right."

- Marriott: "This legislation has the potential to subject our state to travel boycotts."

- Southwest Airlines: "Already, even just the discussion surrounding (the bill) has had a profound and immediate impact on the Arizona tourism industry and on our company."

- Starwood Hotels: "We expect a significant number of tourists, event planners and even corporations will react hostilely to passage of (this bill) and will choose to books trips and events other than in Arizona."

"Business leaders feel emboldened to speak out on a wide range of issues now," West of the Brookings Institute said. "They understand that they have a platform and are using it more and more."

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  • , 2014-02-28 14:23:29

    It’s is to bad it took economic reasons to veto this bill. It should have been a no brainer to be vetoed because it was morally reprehensible.

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