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Eat This: Bread from Bien Cuit

Bien Cuit, Brooklyn, NY

Bien Cuit, a bakery that opened its doors this summer in Boerum/Cobble Hill, is everything a good bakery should be. Pre-opening buzz was intense; baker/owner Zachary Golper had worked everywhere from Philadelphia to Provence, cultivating his bread-making expertise. The shops sells a variety of breads and pastries, as well as premium coffee.

Bien Cuit, Brooklyn, NY

On a recent visit, I stood in front of the pastry case for a good ten minutes before deciding I needed something hearty and savory for breakfast. I was soon face-to-face with a beautiful lamb bacon frittata perched on a gorgeous brioche roll slathered with tarragon mayonnaise. It was all I could do not to wolf it down, as I tried to savor the bits of bacon and fluffy brioche.

The chocolate chip shortbread is the diamond-shaped cookie at the top. Photo courtesy of Bien Cuit's website.

The chocolate chip shortbread is the diamond-shaped cookie at the top center. Photo courtesy of Bien Cuit’s website.

Next time, I heeded the siren call of the $1 chocolate chip shortbread cookie. Honestly, at such a small price tag I wasn’t expecting much, but my god, this is no ordinary shortbread and graciously underpriced. Crispy, buttery, chocolaty, what more could you ask for?

Bien Cuit, Brooklyn, NY

I also brought home a half-loaf of the miche, Bien Cuit’s spin on sourdough. Again, this is no ordinary sourdough, using a combination of rye and wheat flour and left to ferment for a record-breaking 68-hours. My husband and I agreed this was the best bread we had ever tasted and the giant half-disc barely made it through the night.

Just reading their menu makes me drool; I can’t wait to go back for another sampling.

Bien Cuit, Brooklyn, NY

December 4, 2012 at 11:42 am 1 comment

Eat This: The Perfect Croissant?

Having never been to France, I realize I may not be qualified to give my opinion on this, but I think I’m qualified to judge what tastes good. I’ve always loved croissants, even bad ones. Really, anything with butter makes me happy. But a good croissant is truly something to behold: flaky, buttery, airy yet substantial. YUM. When I was in Vietnam in February I took advantage of their past French colonialism in the form of food and had several delicious croissants in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

The croissant from Fresh Garden Bakery in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Back in New York, some of my favorites include the pretzel croissants at City Bakery and Bouchon Bakery’s buttery treats. But my absolute favorite has got to be from Ceci-Cela, in Soho. Aside from the fact the shop is so adorable, the croissants are buttery perfection.

Ceci-Cela’s croissant.

Ceci-Cela’s storefront on Spring Street.

The charming interior of Ceci-Cela.

Fresh Garden Bakery: 47 Ly Thuong Kiet Street, Hoàn Kiếm, Hanoi, Vietnam

Ceci-Cela: 55 Spring Street, New York, NY 10012

August 30, 2012 at 5:10 pm Leave a comment

On Hiatus for Winter-Spring 2012

Hello friends! As most of you have probably noticed by now, the posts have slowed to a crawl since December. With DevoLT off on her traveling adventure around the globe, Lindsarella in Boston, and JudyJams in NY trying to plan a wedding, we’re all over the place (literally and metaphorically). This blog has always been a collaborative effort, and we hope to continue that when we are all united again on our fair shores. Please do keep checking in and stay updated, because we have a lot more to say, write, eat and listen to. Happy belated 2012!

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JudyJams’ Top Album Picks for 2011

I decided to forgo my picks for Nov/Dec since this close to the end of the year, online music coverage is basically a race to the finish line for top 10 lists. I’ve spent the past few weeks revisiting my favorite albums, many of which I have highlighted in my picks throughout the year. Here is what I came up with, and I apologize for going a little overboard in the descriptions of the Top 5:

1. Washed OutWithin and Without
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This record received so much gushing press before its release that I almost didn’t bother listening. I’m so glad that I didn’t trust my instincts. Washed Out’s debut is a well-balanced, perfectly graceful album that I want to listen to over and over again. In the coldest months of January, I’ll be grateful to have such relaxing, summer songs on my iPod as I trudge through the snow.
2. Bon Iver– S/T

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This man can really do no wrong in my eyes (perhaps the last song on this album was WAY too ‘80’s for me, but I can overlook it). It was thought that nothing could satisfy fans after such a powerful debut like For Emma…, but the self-titled follow-up really hit the mark. It was a slow burn for me, but it really hit home after I saw him live over the summer. I love when artists mix things up a little bit from album to album, and I see Justin Vernon doing that for the rest of his career.

3. Toro Y MoiUnderneath the Pine

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Toro Y Moi’s sophomore album is exactly the type of music that I needed when it came out: fun, quirky, and a good time every time. Each time I listen, I discover another song that I love. His mix of dancey, disco-influenced songs combined with smooth electro pop beats is expertly constructed.
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An eclectic mix of a record that pairs the British DJ’s beats perfectly with a range of vocalists, including most notably Little Dragon‘s Yukimi Nagano on the song “Wildfire.” To me, this is one of the successful DJ/electronic/vocal combo albums of the year, even though SBTRKT is sure to be overshadowed by the likes of James Blake and Burial.

5. Wye OakCivilian

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After hearing so much about this band, I had to hang my head in shame when I discovered how far behind I was. Civilian was one of the best indie-rock records I have heard all year. It is an album on which literally EVERY song is good. The dual male/female vocalist pairing, with a heavy emphasis on dark harmonies, hits all the right notes for me.

6. Zola JesusConatus

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After teasing us with a dark and wonderful EP last year showcasing her beautiful (classically trained) voice, Zola Jesus finally released her full length and I haven’t stopped listening since.

7. tUnE-yArDs whokill

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Merrill Garbus is my hero, and “Bizness” is one of the best songs of the year, hands down.

8. The AntlersBurst Apart

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A very successful sophomore effort that made me go back and reconsider the debut.

9. Wild Flag– S/T

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These ladies rule my world. Nothing will ever replace Sleater-Kinney, but this record comes pretty damn close.

10. Peaking Lights936

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This was my “ignore-everyone-on-the -subway-and-enjoy-beautiful-music” record. It worked out very nicely.

(Honorable mentions after the jump) (more…)

December 6, 2011 at 4:47 pm Leave a comment

Eat This: Brunch at Shopsin’s

The Shopsin’s experience is one of those NYC legends that travels from person to person like a game of telephone. Kenny Shopsin is known as the “Soup Natzi of the Lower East Side,” and has been said to be brash to customers, throw food, yell at waiters (a few of which are his children), and not to answer any questions about the menu. My friend (and brunch compatriot) and I happened to be in the city, free on an early Sunday morning, and we knew that Shopsin’s would be our destination. We couldn’t stay away, too many urban legends to conquer. But we approached with caution, even though it turned out that Kenny wasn’t even there that morning. Nothing too wild happened, aside from some cursing in the kitchen, so we’ll have to have the real “Shopsin’s experience” another time.

Now, the food: The menu itself is like nothing I have ever seen. Filled with an overwhelming array of options (including the famous Mac N Cheese pancakes), it was a hard, life-altering decision, and narrowing it down took at least 10 minutes of debate. The one thing about lots of options is that there are absolutely no substitutions, an official Shopsin’s rule. The advantage to this is that it cuts down on the obnoxious NY-er stereotype but doesn’t offer much flexibility. Check out just the breakfast page of the menu:

Image of menu via Shopsins.com (click on it to enlarge)

And that’s just one page! The other page has a ton of lunch options (they have lunch trays!!!); there is no dinner here, because they are only open from 9 Am to 2 pm Wed-Sat, 10 Am to 2 pm on Sunday, and closed on Monday-Tuesday. We got there luckily right at 10:15. We only had to wait to be seated for about 5 minutes, and almost immediately after a long line queued up along the wall (make sure you wait along the wall by the glass doors or you’ll get yelled at!).

Our narrowed down options were rather healthy, but we had to have something decadent. Enter: the Slutty Cakes.

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However ridiculous we sounded ordering these pancakes, it was worth it in the end. Pumpkin pancakes with peanut butter and pistachio nuts? Yes, please. How could we pass those up? Other pancake options included S’mores, Rocky Road, Brown Sugar  Banana Pecan, and Maple Glazed Raspberry Bacon. That’s not even mentioning the French Toast options (there is Bread Pudding French Toast. ‘Nuff said).

Our egg dishes were the Zebra (egg whites, veggie sausage, black beans, rice) and the Country Scramble with mozzarella, spinach, and avocado. They were our attempts to be healthy, and though they were delicious, we realized in hindsight that we should have splurged more. Granted, we couldn’t even finish all of our food, but those Slutty Cakes were almost completely devoured. Next time, I’m going for the Tiger Paws (egg and cheese sliders).

FYI: If you’ve been to Shopsin’s already, and want to recreate some of the recipes at your house (there are a ton of foodie websites that document these recreations), you can buy Kenny Shopsin’s cookbook here.

November 10, 2011 at 12:24 pm Leave a comment

Fright Night Music Mix

Just in time for All Hallow’s Eve, we ghouls put together some spooky tunes to soundtrack your festivities—whether they involve bloodsuckers, brain eaters, and witches, or just a quiet night of candy binging. Get bloody hammered to the sounds of Goblin, the Cramps, Iggy + the Stooges, Zola Jesus, Tom Waits, X-Ray Spex, the Misfits, and more. Check out the tracklist below.

Click to download : Fright Night

Happy Halloween, fiends! xx

—TNJ w/ guest mix-maker Kevin Munley

“Human Fly” by the Cramps

“Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard” by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (song by Tom Waits)

October 31, 2011 at 12:21 pm 1 comment

Eat This (Abroad): Breakfast in Israel

This will be my first report of many on breakfast and brunches abroad. I’m off on a 6-month journey that has already taken me to Israel, Turkey, and now India, and will take me in the future to various countries in Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and New Zealand. Naturally I will be eating lots of breakfasts in lots of places, and I will write about them here! Hope you like it!

A typical, simple Israeli breakfast usually consists of chopped tomatoes and cucumbers, one or two kinds of cheese (often one a salty feta-like cheese), hummus, pita, and hard boiled eggs. Our first grand breakfast was at a guesthouse in northern Israel where we had a traditional Druze (Syrian-Israeli) breakfast, which was an amazing spread. You can read more about it here.

Shakshuka is often served in a cast iron pan.

Shakshuka also usually comes with some kind of pita or bread. This one came with a delicious, fluffy focacia topped with za'atar, Israel's unofficial national spice.

Another classic Israeli breakfast is a baked egg dish with tomatoes, onions, and sometimes peppers, called shakshuka. I had a delicious one at Cafe Yankale in Herzilya. In Brooklyn, you can get this yummy dish at Miriam in Park Slope.

You can have Mocha from an easy-to-drink carton...

...or the traditional, and cheaper, bag. Just bite off the corner and sip!

If you don’t want a whole meal, you can stop into any convenience store and get Israel’s version of iced coffee to go: mocha. Yotvata (a dairy kibbutz near Eilat) makes my favorite one, and you can get it in two forms: a carton or a bag. It’s a sweet mix of coffee and chocolate milk, which is made extra delicious by the absolutely amazing milk produced in Israel. If you love fresh dairy, this is your country.

Pomegranate juicer in the old city of Jerusalem

Another option for a liquid breakfast in Israel is to stop by one of the many juice stands in the country. When I was there pomegranates were in season so their juice was prominently available. Yum!

If you’re in Jerusalem and looking for a more international breakfast/brunch, Kadosh (on Shlomzion Hamalka Road) is an excellent choice. It’s got a chic, but cozy decor and the food (not just breakfast) is delicious.

Kadosh's interior is cozy and hip at the same time.

You can see part of the breakfast menu at Kadosh here. So many decisions!

I went with the Crunchy Smoked Salmon, which was truly divine. It is a nicely-baked croissant loaded with two poached eggs, smoked salmon, and their spin on a hollandaise sauce, which involves poppy seeds and anise. It came with a nice salad and my choice of drink, so I went with freshly squeezed carrot-orange juice.

Isn't she a beauty?

Here's her insides: perfectly poached eggs and loads of smoked salmon with an excellent hollandaise.

Is there anything better than fresh-squeezed juice in the morning?

After all this I was pretty full, but when I saw a halva-chocolate babka on their menu, I couldn’t resist. A few days earlier I would have had no inkling as to how yummy this cake is, but I had eaten it at a fantastic bakery/cafe called Nadav Kinuchim (Nadav Desserts) in Ramat Yishai. That halva chocolate babka was one of the best things I’ve ever eaten, and their other cake and bread displays were mouth-wateringly good. I pretty much can’t wait to go back there next time I’m in Israel and anywhere near it (it’s about 1/2 hour from Haifa). Here’s a bit more information. But alas, I did not have my camera with me then. But I did at Kadosh, and while their version wasn’t quite as good, it was still delicious. Many people don’t like halva, but I have grown to love it these last few years; the trick is it has to be good halva and in America that can be hard to find. But the halva in this combination isn’t so pronounced, it merely lends a sticky, crunchy texture to the chocolaty babka.

Isn't babka the best?

Nextup: breakfasts in Turkey!

October 31, 2011 at 8:36 am 5 comments

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Three Rabbits

In Uncategorized on January 19, 2010 at 3:11 am

Recently my youngest daughter was particularly moved by the opportunity to rescue three rabbits that were abandoned by her school.

Not wanting to deny her an opportunity to exercise her compassion and social responsibility we said she could have two of the rabbits (someone else had said they could take care of the “one” remaining rabbit).

As nature would have it, the two rabbits we rescued were female and not “really” two but 2+++!  This is “really” not too surprising when the one rabbit departing for greener pastures is a male.

Short of calling for United Nations intervention to assist with all of the animal mouths that need to be fed, we were able to find a farm for the newborn rabbits to live.  Yes, a real farm and not the mythical one where animals sometimes go to live out their remaining years.

Aside from the humorous announcement at the dinner table, designed to see if I’d laugh or cry (I laughed) it was fun to see my family’s reaction to the pending and multiple arrivals.  They were acting as if they hit the charity jackpot… after all they didn’t just rescue two rabbits but two pregnant rabbits!

And yes, while we are now in the midst of making special accommodations for these beasts with loose morals and a 28 day gestation period it is worth it to see the family pulling together to make it all happen.

So, what does this have to do with public relations?  Simple.  Sometimes it is just easy to do the right thing.

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Understanding New Mexico’s Trust Deficit in our Legal System

In Uncategorized on June 10, 2015 at 4:51 am

The slaying of Rio Rancho Police Officer Gregg Benner has generated significant criticism of the courts and justice system. Based on media reports, and admissions by various agencies, the suspect, Andrew Romero, slipped through and took advantage of “the system” to go on his crime spree, which resulted in the death of Officer Benner.

Public outrage toward the entities responsible for Romero’s release is intense. Flaws throughout the system all seemed to manifest in this one case. There were apparent issues with crime scene evidence, a judge was reportedly on leave for a time, the district attorney lacked experience, and the driver for a halfway house never showed up to pick up Romero.

Since 2011, New Mexico residents have been losing trust in judges, police officers, and lawyers, as well as losing favor with the courts and justice system. According to the Garrity Perception Survey, a scientific report conducted by Research & Polling, nearly all of the professions and institutions connected to the justice system have also seen an increase in distrust and unfavorable perceptions.

New Mexico residents’ favorability of the courts and justice system has dropped two points to 34 percent (2011-2015). During that same timeframe, the percentage of residents with an unfavorable perception has increased four points to 33 percent. Police officers, although gaining a lot of the trust lost in previous years, has seen trust slip by a point since 2011 to 54 percent; however, dis-trust among New Mexico residents has increased seven points to 26 percent in 2015. One of the largest increases of distrust among all professions surveyed.

Based on the research, only one of the institutions or professions are favored or trusted by New Mexico residents (meaning they failed to pass the 50 percent mark).

According to the Edelman Trust Barometer, “when a company is distrusted, 57 percent of people will believe negative information after hearing it just one or two times. Conversely, when companies are trusted, 51 percent of people believe positive information about the company after hearing it just one or two times.”

It will take increased transparency coupled with an explanation of how “the system” operates for the courts and justice system to stem the tide of unfavorable perceptions and increased dis-trust among New Mexico residents. Often, providing insight about why things are the way they are provides peace of mind and starts to neutralize negativity.


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I’m an ordinary man who desires nothing more than just an ordinary chance to live exactly as he likes and do precisely what he wants. An average man am I, of no eccentric whim who likes to live his life free of strife doing whatever he thinks is best for him.

12 comments on “About me
  1. Thank you for your sentiments and for choosing to stand up for justice even when your livelihood and safety were at risk. You made some tough choices. The world definitely needs more people like you. I for one did not expect expats in Bahrain to speak up and jeopardise their safety and livelihoods especially since many Bahrainis choose to stay silent. You are truly an inspiration

  2. Redha Ali says:

  3. H M says:

    is there a way to contact you personally?

    if yes then i would like to request for that honor and to befriend you O’noble knight.. and if not, then all i ever wanted was to thank you gravely and personally for your stand that i pray the Almighty God rewards you the heavens for!

    pls accept my sincere thanks and appreciation on behalf of my people to your self and your wife..

    special thanks also goes to all the commentators on your blog and to the ones spreading the words of truth! May God bless you all..!

  4. Moh'd Khalil says:

    Hi Tony,

    Thank you very much from Bahrain, when I read your post of the events after the crackdown I re-lived those days of ordeal that all of us protesters had lived.
    Commenting on the lack of courtesy of the King for not apologising to his people, he doesn’t consider us (the protesters) as people, let alone his people. That notion towards us explains it all, explains the regime behaviour, its officials’ behaviour and its mercenaries’ behaviour towards the protesters.

    Thank you again.

    • Thanks so much for your comment and kind thoughts, Moh’d.
      My heart still goes out to all those brave and wonderful people who are still living in fear of arrest and attack each night from tear gas. You all deserve a leader who loves you and cares for you, not just his own family and close friends.
      God bless you all.

  5. Hussain Lover says:

    Thank you for your brave stand with Bahrain Revolution….

  6. Anonymous42 says:

    Hello Mr. Mitchell, 🙂 It has been a blast since i found this blog of yours. Keep on writing, governments fall but people and ideas of the people will never die.
    Cheerio T

  7. 14febradio says:

    Mr. Mitchell,
    Can you see your e-mail please

  8. ZeeAlAlawi says:

    Thank you for this and hope to meet you =) I’m a Bahraini living in Australia

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Another estate agent scam

I’m shall be moving again soon, and was told by the estate agent that even though I had thoroughly cleaned the oven myself, I had to have it done by a so called professional, or they would not return my deposit. With my current financial state best described as not having a pot to piss in, I had no choice but to pay the ransom. Within ten seconds of the professional opening the oven door, he offered me a job. It should be the condition of the property at handover that determines whether or not a deposit is returned, not who did the cleaning. Let’s start a petition!!


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We are the Media

Yes, you. Gone are the days of the masses consuming media from a handful of sources. Today, anyone with access to the internet has a platform to share their stories. And it’s a beautiful and frightening thing.

Stencil art by Audrian Cassanelli

Social media is pushing the way we get our news in a new direction. While the average social media user usually doesn’t have the credibility of a professional journalist, they do have over 200 Twitter followers and 300 Facebook friends, on average. We’re not talking about an old man yelling at a cloud here. Social media users have real audiences, even if those audiences are entirely friends and family.

An endless stream of content

Journalists aim to break news first, and social media users are no different.We are social creatures. We love to tell stories, especially when we get to be the first person to tell it. This instinct encourages people to share their stories online as they happen. If their posts are interesting enough, they might even gain a true following or even become “internet famous”.

Social media is ingrained with the concept of curation. The retweet and share buttons weren’t created for decoration. Whether it be memes, viral videos, or sharing interesting or important news from other sources, we curate content to our audience that matters to us. Those audiences might go on to share our posts with their own followers.

Social media vigilantes

Social justice also plays a role in new media. We all hold each other accountable online now, and aren’t afraid to publicly shame someone whose views we find reprehensible. If a clerk at Safeway treats us poorly, it’s common to see the customer post a rant directly to the company’s social media account. If a someone parks like an asshole, they can expect to find a photo of their license plate circling around on Facebook. Anyone with a social media account and a phone can become a vigilante journalist.

This tweet by Kelsey Harmon went viral this month. The internet rallied around “Sad Papaw” to the point that Harmon’s cousins received several death threats.

But we also live in an age where you can accidentally make your grandpa internet famous by tweeting a sad-looking photo of him eating a burger. I think I like it that way.

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This week I saw Reservations, a play written by Steven Ratzlaff and performed at The Rachel Browne Theatre. The play had a two hour run time, but was divided into two smaller plays. As someone who doesn’t frequent the theatre, I’m not an authority on what constitutes a good or bad play, but I had mixed feelings about it.

The first play was about a father giving away the majority of his children’s land inheritance back to the Siksika people, to the dismay of his daughter, an aging actress from Toronto. The second play was about a foster parents voicing their concerns about whether or not their three foster children, indigenous siblings, should bother going for visits to their home reserve.

The title of the play seemed fitting to me, given the doubts some of the caucasian characters had about the steps being taken towards reconciliation concerning indigenous issues. It also seemed to me that the play was meant to start conversations about racial tensions in Canada. In that respect, I feel that it succeeded.

I enjoyed that the play highlighted both sides of the issues in a way where I could understand the character’s motivations and sympathize with them to an extent. I felt conflicted about what the morally “right” solution was in the story, and I think that’s the point.

As a piece of entertainment, the play could use improvement in a lot of areas. A large portion of the second play was taken up by a university lecture on philosophy of human displacement. It was interesting how the scene staged the audience as the lecture theatre students, but that was the only positive thing I can say about the scene overall.

This was the turning point in the play for me. The beginning had grasped my attention with the contention between indigenous issues and settler perspectives, but the philosophical lecture seemed like an indulgence on the part of the playwright–who portrayed both of the play’s male roles. I got the vibe that the playwright wanted to show off his intelligent, but the dense, inaccessible philosophy made my eyes glaze over.

The playwright was a part of a talkback session after the performance. His lack of meaningful answers to the audience’s questions left a bad aftertaste for me.

Negatives aside, the visuals for the play were gorgeous. Projection screens changed the scenes smoothly between from fields of wheat, wallpapers interior rooms, and even an airy lecture theatre.

I wouldn’t recommend the play, but I appreciate the conversations that the play has the potential to start. Indigenous issues are something I discuss at home frequently, but people without that experience would find the play fascinating and eye-opening.

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You can help make the University of Winnipeg divest from oil

The University of Winnipeg Student Association has repeatedly asked the University of Winnipeg Foundation to divest from its nearly 2.6 million dollars in oil company investments. In a rare opportunity, the university has put up an online risk assessment survey to gauge how the community in and around UWinnipeg feel about oil divestment.

You don’t need to be a student, or live nearby the university. You don’t have to be an eloquent writer. All you need to do is give five minutes of your time to fill out their short survey, and hopefully help the university come to the right decision.

Click here to fill out the survey.

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Photo Gallery: Exploring Souris

Yesterday, three classmates and I hit the road to visit Souris, Manitoba, roughly three hours outside of Winnipeg. The first person we met there was Frank G., owner of The Rock Shop, and his therapy dog, Tanner. After learning about the rich deposits of semi-precious stones and rocks in the area, Frank inspired us to go hunting for agate, a type of quartz abundant in Souris.

The agate pit was closed for winter still, but we found an area of exposed rocks along the riverbank in Victoria Park. Stuffing rocks into our pockets and empty hats, we took them back to Frank for examination. Lor, Will, and I found agate, but Alicia found two pieces of petrified wood.

Besides rock hunting, we checked out the swinging suspension bridge that divides the town. While we were there, a majestic cat approached us and got all the pets he could handle.

The weather was beautiful, and I feel refreshed and recharged from the trip. Sometimes sustainability is about giving yourself a break from the stress of everyday life. Getting outside to explore for awhile puts everything in perspective.

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What I learned from my first DIY deodorant

You might recall a post I wrote in November about a new back-to-basics deodorant I was trying for the first time. I just finished it this week, andI figured an update was in order. Long story short: I won’t be buying it again.

The good: I liked the earthy tea tree oil scent (although it might be a negative point for others), and the deodorant actually worked.

The bad: The consistency is sticky and slimy. Also, my arm pits became red and irritated a few times. It only happened two or three times spaced out over four months, but it wasn’t pleasant.

The ugly: The irritation from the deodorant caused my skin to noticeably darken. My armpits feel pretty leathery now, just in time for tank top season. The only reason I kept using it after this happened is because I’m broke and stubborn to a fault. They honestly don’t look that bad, and they’re slowly going back to normal, but it’s still a serious negative point.

Baking soda was a main ingredient in this deodorant, which I’ve heard can irritate sensitive skin. I haven’t given up on DIY deodorant, but I think this time I’ll buy something baking soda free. Learn from my experience and tread with caution.

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Save a Razor, Grow a Beard

In the spirit of voyageur culture, Manitobans ditched their razors and unleashed their woolly whiskers for Festival du Voyageur’s 34th annual Beard Growing Contest at CCFM (Centre culturel franco-manitobain) in Winnipeg, MB.

Contestants competed in four different categories: the festival beard (started clean shaven on Dec. 19), the voyageur beard (wild, woolly beardness), the novelty beard (groomed beards and mustachios), and the open category where female participants crafted their own beards.

The annual event has become the Manitoba’s mecca for beard appreciation, and raises thousands of dollars for the Heart and Stroke Foundation each year. With plenty of beer, music, and laughter, it’s the perfect excuse to forget the razor and embrace the your inner voyageur. Heho!

MC Gabriel Gosselin and Daniel Leclair, president of the Festival du Voyageur, discuss the success of the festival and get the crowd excited at the 34th annual Beard Growing Contest./SAVANNAH KELLY

Mick Morgan shows off his new beard. It’s the first one he’s ever grown, but just slightly too new to enter the festival beard category./SAVANNAH KELLY

MC Gabriel Gosselin jokes with contestant Daniel Campbell about the key to growing a great beard. “It really comes down to laziness,” says Gosselin./SAVANNAH KELLY

A would-be “beardo” comes face-to-face with a beard growing veteran during the voyageur category./SAVANNAH KELLY

Anthony Domienik and Derek Lahey display their meticulously groomed beards in the novelty category./SAVANNAH KELLY

Spectators come in for a closer look as the judges prepare to announce winners./SAVANNAH KELLY

Wayne Pritchard (far right) celebrates his first place win in the voyageur beard category with his second and third place counterparts. His beard is 30 years old./SAVANNAH KELLY

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5 Eco-Documentaries on Netflix You Should See

Ready to hate the human race? Good, me too. These documentaries will open your eyes on topics like  bottled water, the dark side of the beef industry, and fast fashion. The truth can be inconvenient, but willful ignorance is worse. Fortunately, we are able to see inside these industries better than ever before, thanks to documentaries like these:

  1. Food, Inc, 2008.
  2. Cowspiracy, 2014.
  3. Tapped, 2009.
  4. Chasing Ice, 2012.
  5. The True Cost, 2015.

Tell me about your favourite eco-documentaries in the comments.

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Reusable water bottles are S’well

If I told you that 200 billion plastic bottles become landfill every year across the world, would you reconsider buying that case of Aquafina?

Other liquids like milk and soda come in plastic jugs and bottles, and there’s not much you can do about that. Water is a different story: it’s accessible on tap. All you need to provide is the vessel. So why not do it?

All of the water fountains on my campus are outfitted with spouts for refilling bottles, and it’s becoming a trend in public spaces. It’s easier than ever to phase plastic water bottles out of our lives, yet I still see students on campus all the time carrying them.

The benefits of using a reusable water bottle make it hard to find an excuse not to use one. I bought a S’well bottle in September, and I love it. It’s insulated metal, great for hot or cold drinks. If I bring tea or hot chocolate to school in the morning, it will still be warm and ready to drink when I get home in the evening. Plus, it’s a damn nice bottle.

Challenge yourself to reduce or eliminate your plastic bottle intake. And if you see me drinking from a plastic water bottle, feel free to smack it out of my hands.

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This blue dot is all we’ve got

The blue dot I’m referring to is our planet. Compared to the rest of the universe, that’s really all we are: a small, insignificant blip in the cosmos.

Blue Dot is a movement started by the David Suzuki Foundation that aims to protect this blip of ours. Their goal is to get an environmental bill of rights added to our Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The movement believes that all people have the right to a clean environment, safe water and food, and a stable climate. Not an unreasonable request, right?

Cities across the country are voting in support of Blue Dot, putting pressure on the federal government to take action, and provincial governments are beginning to get involved.

Add your voice to over 91,000 Canadians who have recognized our right to a sustainable and clean future by signing the Blue Dot declaration.

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Why You Should Switch to Stovetop Popcorn

I’ve been eating a lot of popcorn lately, but I feel guilty every time I toss one of the microwave bags in the trash. I’d never made popcorn on the stove before, but weighing out the benefits of stovetop popcorn and the drawbacks of microwave popcorn inspired me to make the switch.

Drawbacks to microwavable popcorn:

  • Microwavable bags cannot be recycled. They’re destined for landfill.
  • Artificial butter flavouring is bad for your health. This column from Treehugger discusses a respiratory condition known as “popcorn lung”, caused by inhaling the artificial flavouring. If it’s bad to inhale, it’s bad to consume.

Benefits of stovetop popcorn:

  • Less packaging.
  • It’s a fun activity for kids, or kids at heart. I couldn’t help but giggle as the kernels started to pop in earnest.
  • The taste is remarkably different from microwave popcorn: it tastes real, not filmy and synthetic like the popcorn coated in “butter flavouring” you get in many microwavable bags.
  • You have the freedom to choose how much you make.
  • It’s cost effective. We bought a 2kg bag of kernels for under $3, when you can easily pay $5 for one quarter as many grams of microwave popcorn.

If I’ve convinced you to give stovetop popcorn a chance, look no further for a foolproof recipe. Seriously, if I can do it, you can too.

Stovetop Popcorn:

Cook time: 5 – 10 minutes

  • kernels
  • vegetable oil, or whatever oil you have on-hand.
  • butter and salt to taste (optional)

1 ) Grab a pot or pan with a lid. Put just the pan on medium-high heat.

2 ) Pour oil into the pan until you have a thin, unbroken later of oil covering the bottom.

IMG_8915    3 ) Throw a few kernels into the oil.

4 ) When the kernels pop, move the pan away from the heat.

5 ) Pour the desired amount of kernels into the pan, making sure they lay in one single layer. If you have a pile of kernels they won’t cook evenly, and you could end up with burnt popcorn.

6 ) Keeping the pan off the heat, put the lid on and wait for about 30 seconds. This gives the kernels and chance to heat up, so they’ll be primed to start popping.

7 ) Put the pan back on the heat with the lid slightly ajar. By letting the steam escape, you’ll end up with crispier popcorn.

8 ) Once the kernels really start popping, hold the pan and lid securely and begin to gently shake the pan back and forth.

9 ) When you hear a 1–2 second gap between pops, remove from heat and pour into a bowl.

Optional: Melt butter and add salt to taste. You can melt butter in the still-hot pan, or microwave it. There you have it: delicious popcorn you can feel good about.

Special thanks to my partner for being my model.

Have an awesome popcorn recipe? I’d love to hear it in the comments.

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M.N.Davis & Son Vintage inspired All Brooklyn NY Made #Totebags

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Cute Totebag Repeat Prints by Successful Leah Goren, Brooklyn based illustrator and Surface Pattern Designer

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Prism of Starlings Created by Kirsty Baynham, Illustrates Wolf #Totebag Goodness

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Depeapa, aka, Verónica de Arriba, from Granada, Spain, Creates these Beautifully Illustrated #totebag

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Companies that provide Internet access services have released their earnings reports for the latest quarter. There are subscriber figures and other data from selected Internet service providers:

— July 19: Verizon Communications Inc. gained just 2,000 broadband customers in the latest quarter — the worst result in four years. Verizon says the weak showing was in part due to Verizon ending the sale of DSL connections to people who don't have a landline phone account. The effort is part of an attempt to improve profitability. Verizon has upgraded part of its phone network with optical fiber, a service it sells as FiOS. It has raised prices, also to improve profitability, resulting in fewer new FiOS subscribers — 134,000 during the quarter, to end with 5.1 million.

— July 24: AT&T Inc. says it gained 553,000 U-verse Internet customers to end the quarter with 6.5 million. That helped offset losses in customers who get DSL, a slower and older technology.

— July 25: AOL Inc. says it had 3 million access subscribers as of June 30, down 84,000 during the quarter.

— July 31: Frontier Communications Corp. says it added 5,442 broadband customers to end with 1.78 million.

— Aug. 1: Comcast Corp. says it added 156,000 high-speed Internet customers during the second quarter to end with 18.7 million.

— Aug. 2: Time Warner Cable Inc. says it added 59,000 high-speed residential customers to end the quarter at 10.8 million.

— Aug. 7: Charter Communications Inc. added 37,000 broadband customers to end with 3.8 million.

Cablevision Systems Corp. added 25,000 high-speed customers to end with 3 million.

— Aug. 8: CenturyLink Inc. says it added 18,000 high-speed Internet customers to end with 5.76 million.

— Aug. 9: Windstream Corp. says it lost broadband subscribers for the first time. They were down 2,200 to 1.36 million. Bigger phone companies, which are focused on larger markets, have been losing DSL subscribers for some time to cable, a phenomenon that now appears to be spreading to Windstream's territory.


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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Owners of a western Colorado orchard say they've soured on the idea of peach giveaways after a slew of pickers descended on their property and wreaked havoc.

The Daily Sentinel reports ( ) orchard owners Don and Marilyn Schanaman couldn't sell their first peach crop because the fruit was too small, so they offered it for free to those willing to pick it.

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NEW DELHI (AP) — Two senior policemen in the western Indian state of Maharashtra were suspended Tuesday for arresting two women over a Facebook post criticizing the shutdown of Mumbai for the funeral of a powerful politician last week.

The policemen were suspended indefinitely and the magistrate who registered the case against the women was transferred to another district, state Home Minister R.R. Patil told reporters.

Police also arrested nine men who vandalized a medical clinic run by the uncle of one of the women, Patil said.

One of the women had posted a Facebook comment complaining that Mumbai had come to a standstill after the death of rightwing leader Bal Thackeray "due to fear, not due to respect" for the politician. Her friend "liked" the post.

Shops and offices were closed and public transport stopped running in Mumbai, India's financial and entertainment hub, after the death of Thackeray, a Hindu extremist leader linked to waves of mob violence against Muslims and migrant workers in the city.

The women later withdrew the Facebook comment and apologized, but a mob of Thackeray's supporters forced their way into the medical clinic and smashed the operation theater and medical equipment as patients and nurses fled.

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BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Timbuktu residents say that Islamist extremists controlling the city publicly whipped 6 young people, males and females aged between 16 to 22 years, who each received 100 lashes for having talked with each other on the city streets.

Aboubacrine Yattara, who lives in Timbuktu and witnessed the whippings, told Associated Press over the phone that the young people were arrested last week by the Islamists controlling the city and were convicted Wednesday of comingling. He said they were flogged Thursday in Timbuktu's small market.

The head of the Islamist brigade responsible for customs in Timbuktu, Mohamed Ag Mossa Intoulou, did not deny the whippings when contacted by AP but said he did not have authorization to speak to the press.


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Books and the Hungry Soul

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One of the great benefits of being someone who studies the Middle Ages is that I not only have the privilege of reading great books — Dante, Bonaventure, Thomas Aquinas — I also have the special privilege of seeing beautiful books.  I was reminded of this the other day as I was walking through the reading room of the Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame and saw a student poring over a color facsimile of a beautiful Fourteenth Century illuminated manuscript.  It was visually stunning.  And I thought to myself: “Wow, those people really knew how to make books!” In the age of Kindle, we need to be careful of not losing our appreciation for books.

It’s interesting how the advent of technology does not always bring with it unmitigated progress in all areas.  Flying across the Atlantic with my legs tucked up against my chest in one of Continental Airlines’ economy seats is not necessarily better than sailing across the Atlantic on an ocean liner.  And flying almost anywhere in the States is not necessarily better than taking a train, especially if you like to read, talk to people, stretch your legs regularly, and breathe real air.  Granted, if all you want to do is “get there,” then the plane is probably your best bet.  But “faster” isn’t the same thing as “better” or “more civilized,” any more than “fast-food” necessarily means “more nourishing.”

Several weeks ago I heard someone on National Public Radio arguing in defense of books saythat they remain a good “information delivery system.”  As much as I appreciate any defense of books, I had to cringe a bit when I heard books being described as a kind of “information delivery system.”  For lovers of books, calling them a kind of “information delivery system” is akin to describing eating as a kind of “fuel delivery system.” It’s possible to do, of course, and not entirely untrue, but one feels that a crucial element of the experience has gone missing.

Several years ago Dr. Leon Kass, former head of the President’s Council on Bioethics during the George W. Bush administration, wrote a wonderful book entitled The Hungry Soul in which he argued that “eating” among human beings was not merely about “feeding.”  It could be (and in fact generally should be) a much more civilized and civilizing activity.  When “eating” is done in a social context with one’s family or friends, such meals, with their conversation and good cheer, are not only about feeding one’s body, but also about feeding one’s soul.  Thus the title of his book: The Hungry Soul.

So too, I would argue, with books, the point isn’t merely to fill one’s brain with information, any more than eating is merely about filling one’s belly with food… More here.


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NG1 COLOR(L-R): Layla Khoshnoudi, Jacob A. Ware, Judith Hawking and Gregory Haney star in “Nobody’s Girl,” the dark comedy that makes its American debut this weekend at New Jersey Repertory in Long Branch.   Photo by SUZANNE BARABAS

It takes place in a world pretty much like our own; one where a shocking account of the most unspeakable sexual scandal hijacks the 24-7 news cycle — and where the whole thing threatens to come crashing down, when the “victim” in the story departs from the standard script.

If playwright Rick Viede has learned one thing in the three years since moving to the U.S. from his native Australia, it’s that America’s celebrity-obsessed, conflict-crazed media culture is even more “ridiculous” and “feral” than the one he left behind — no mean feat for the land that gave us Rupert Murdoch. The realization that “the temptation is always there to twist the volume way up” inspired Viede to revisit his play “Nobody’s Girl;” a “dark comedy” that makes its Stateside premiere this weekend at the Jersey Shore’s edgy-play incubator, New Jersey Repertory Company.

According to the playwright, it’s a “completely reinvented and improved” version of the show (formerly titled “A Hoax”) that makes its bow on the Long Branch stage this weekend, under director and fight choreographer Erica Gould — one that asks “why do we want stories to be as negative as possible…and why do we look to shoot people down with sanctimonious retribution, after they’ve delivered just what the market wanted?” Where the original production centered on a young Aboriginal woman, here the action swirls around a “dirty, gripping, salacious tell-all” book, ostensibly authored by a Muslim-American girl (Layla Khoshnoudi) who’s got a stop-the-presses story of sexual abuse to share.

Of course, the behind-the-scenes presence of a frustrated writer named Anthony (Jacob A. Ware) serves to complicate the situation — and when high-octane agent/ guru Ronnie (Judith Hawking, star of NJ Rep’s “Swimming at the Ritz”) gets her hands on the manuscript, whatever kernel of truth existed threatens to be blown into “A Million Little Pieces” (to borrow the title of a best-selling hoax “memoir” that proved inspirational to the playwright). Gregory Haney completes the cast as Ronnie’s “very camp” assistant Tyrell; a character described by his creator as “bordering transgender…almost gender-fluid.”

“This play pulls no punches…as a satire of modern media, and the darkest of dark comedies, it actually speaks to the truth,” says the author who found the arts scene in his native land “suffocating” versus his adopted New York City home. “And New Jersey Rep has been an absolute dream to work with…while my work has often been diluted by other companies, they’ve really embraced my voice here.”

Opening at 8 p.m. on Saturday, August 22, “Nobody’s Girl” runs Thursdays through Sundays until September 20. Full schedule details and ticket reservations ($45) are available by calling (732)229-3166 or visiting


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Breaking News from the Peace Table in Havana

November 6, 2013

This morning, a joint communiqué (#27) by the Colombian government and the FARC-EP announced that the parties have reached agreement on the second agenda item under discussion at the peace table in Havanapolitical participation.  (See my latest post.)  Like the agreement on land reform reached last May, this accord is historic.  Taken together, these two accords address the two primary issues at the roots of the internal armed conflict–land and exclusion.  Four items remain to be negotiated–victims rights and reparations, illicit crop cultivation and drugtrafficking, the terms of the end of the conflict (including DDR–disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration), and the mechanisms of ratification and implementation.  These remaining issues deal more with the symptoms and consequences of the conflict and the particulars of how the peace deal will unfold rather than the root causes.  The next item that will be addressed when the parties return to the table on November 18th will be the issue of illicit crops and narcotrafficking.

Those of us following the peace process have been expecting this announcement by week’s end, so it wasn’t exactly a surprise, but it was still exciting to hear that the agreement had come to fruition.  I was just finishing a meeting here in Bogota and walked past a television set where I caught a glimpse of the Norwegian guarantor at the peace table in Havana, Dag Nylander, in a press conference live from Havana.  He was saying something about the participation of women, an issue that I have tried to follow closely–with some difficulty because of the lack of information.  I raced back to my hotel to learn more.  A cursory review of the press makes no mention of women’s participation, but the agreement itself (see El Tiempo) has decent language on this topic, noting that everything that was agreed to with regard to political participation, including its implementation, would be carried out keeping in mind a gender focus and guaranteeing the participation of women.

I’m off now for a meeting in the Colombian Congress with members of the Peace Commission there.  I will try to do an overview of some of the main points of the agreement when I get back.

About Ginny Bouvier

Love reading, writing, thinking, and working with people to make the world a better place. Family and friends, yoga, travel, photography, perusing dessert menus keep me sane. Latin American enthusiast. Peace practitioner yearning for justice. Heading up the Colombia program at the U.S. Institute of Peace, but tweets and posts are my own.
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How to Moderate a Panel That Doesn’t Suck

6 Apr

On April 14th I am moderating a panel at the Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit in New York City titled “The Hospital as Production Center:  Holy Grail or Impossible Dream?” [For anyone who wants a discounted registration rate, see the end of this post.]  In an effort not to suck, I’ve put some thought into what makes a great panel.  Like many conference junkies in the tech and finance worlds, I’ve sat through hundreds of panels, been on a bunch, and moderated a few handfuls over the years.  Here’s a list of a dozen suggestions that I plan to implement:

  1. Have at least one colorful character on the panel. Conferences can be a grind, and lots of people find the most value is in the lobby, meeting people.  For those willing to actually sit through your panel you want to entertain them as well as inform them if you expect them to pick their heads up from their smartphones and remember anything from the hour of so they give you of their (partial) attention.  Having at least one spicy rebel on the panel that is willing to share provocative views and mix it up with the other panelists is key.
  2. As the moderator, get your panelists on a call ahead of time to brainstorm and interact with each other. This is your opportunity to figure out if you’ve got the right mix of characters and also form a plan for what you’ll cover and set expectations.  Don’t procrastinate on this.
  3. Know your audience. Conference organizers purposely cast a wide net in their marketing and promotional materials so they can get the best turnout.  Find out for sure who the bulk of the audience is really likely to be.
  4. Send questions ahead of time. Your goal as panel moderator is to make your panelists look brilliant, not to try and stump them so you look like the smartest person on stage.  Give them the questions ahead of time and know who is likely to have the best answers for each of them.
  5. Keep intros brief.  Maybe not at all. Most intros take too long and are pretty boring.  If the conference materials have speaker bios, I personally don’t think there is any need to go into detailed introductions other than to identify who is who.
  6. Know the context of the rest of the conference.  Pay attention and make reference. Planning your topics and questions ahead of time is great, but you want to keep in mind the context of the rest of the conference so there is minimal duplication but appropriate linkages to other topics and speakers, etc.  If prior speakers or panels have covered topics relevant to your panel, make reference to them.  It shows the audience you were not sleeping through the earlier sessions, so maybe they won’t sleep through yours.  J
  7. Use social media to promote, distribute, and even moderate in real time. Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, your blog, are all great ways to promote your panel ahead of time.  SlideShare is a great way to distribute PowerPoint or materials afterwards.  Set up a Twitter hashtag to solicit questions ahead of time and from the audience during the event.  I’ll be using #hosprod as the Twitter stream for my panel.  Feel free to send me questions ahead of time, and check for comments during the panel.
  8. Hit the hard deck, dig for details and examples. Give the audience reasons to take notes by getting granular.  Force the panelists to get specific and give real information.
  9. Stir the pot.  Incite a riot. A panel where everyone agrees with every point is boring.  Elicit differing viewpoints and force the discussion to explore the conflicting opinions.  This will likely be the most useful content, as well as the most entertaining.  Avoid chair throwing.
  10. No crop dusting. It can be very monotonous when the moderator goes up and down the row asking each panelist each question.  Pick your respondents strategically and use them for different purposes.  Move on to the next question as soon as the topic has been sufficiently covered, regardless of whether everyone answered.
  11. Engage the audience, but moderate ruthlessly. Audience Q&A can be very useful and fun, but can also attract rambling questions, people shamelessly plugging their own company/viewpoint, or all manner of unexpected divots.  It’s your job to be respectful but firm in keeping the Q&A on track out of respect to the rest of the audience.
  12. Watch the clock. The ultimate respect for your audience is to finish on time.  Even if your panel is rockin’ and everyone is having a great time, you should finish within the allotted timeframe.  If they still want more, they can follow-up with you and the panelists afterwards.

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3 Responses to “How to Moderate a Panel That Doesn’t Suck”

  1. Tracy Lee | ladyleet (@ladyleet) November 6, 2011 at 9:31 am #

    Great post! I’ll have to try your methods next time I’m moderating. 🙂

  2. rob kuhling May 30, 2012 at 2:59 pm #

    Brian — great blog and a really great post, I’m soon to be on a panel and will pass your tips on to the moderator. Good luck with this — I tried a VC blog once but ran out of steam.

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Stuff To Hear: From Tim Burton’s ‘Ed Wood’: Ed Wood Meets Orson Welles

Continuing on the theme of the last post, I thought I’d upload this file from a promotional only German audio press kit for ‘Ed Wood’ from 1994

Here’s Edward D Wood Jr. (Johnny Depp) meeting his hero Orson Welles (VDO) for the first time…in German no less :)

I think the voice actors they chose for both Depp and VDO are pretty darned good…of course in the US version of ‘Ed Wood’ Orson is actually voiced by Maurice LaMarche who interestingly enough is the voice of Brain in the animated series ‘Animaniacs’ and ‘Pinky & The Brain’

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