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Have you ever dreamed of being rich or famous? Or just doing what you love? From being an actress, or software engineer, or all professions in between, Jamesville-DeWitt students and staff share what they plan to do in the future.

Senior Benjamin Wipper says his dream job is to be a professional keytarists (a piano guitar player). “I think it’s my calling, it’s the thing that makes me happy,” said Wipper. Along with the dream of stardom, freshman Leah Netti and freshman Zion Alex hope to be famous actresses. Both have family members who have been on Broadway, which inspired them to be actresses. “I’ve always been into performing,” said Netti. “As a child, I always liked theater and television, so I wanted to pursue it as a career,” said Alex.

However not all J-DHS students want to be on stage. Junior Matthew O’Connor dreams of being an economic professor, just like his mother. He has no worries that he will be able to pursue this career in the future, because, he says “I’m a smart kid, and I know what I’m doing.” Freshman Celia Reistrom and Rachel Setek are striving to be lawyers in the future. “It’s fun to argue and prove you’re right,” Setek. Reistrom plans to take public speaking and practical law classes at J-DHS in the future, in preparation for her future profession.

Other students at J-DHS dream of protecting our country. Junior Ethan Palmer would like to go into the Marines. “I want to do something with my life and protect the country,” says Palmer. Even though he may have to risk his life for this job, he still wants to pursue it and has taken a military history course at J-DHS in preparation for the Marines. Like Palmer, sophomore Nick Sturgeon would also like to help the country. Sturgeon sees himself being an officer in the Department of Environmental Conservation, or being part of law enforcement in some way. “I like the outdoors, and enforcing,” says Sturgeon. Senior Hannah Hastings at J-DHS is already on the road to her dream job. She dreams of being a massage therapist, and is going to the Finger Lakes School of Massage after her graduation this June for college. “I've always had a massage therapist around the house that my mom is very close with, so I got into it and I really like helping people,” says Hastings.

J-DHS teachers shine some light on their dream jobs, and whether or not they are currently living them right now. “I love working with students to make their writing better and become better communicators,“ says English teacher Joe Dechick. He has been working for Jamesville-DeWitt for 15 years and has been both a journalism adviser and an English teacher. Since he has always wanted to be a journalist and a teacher, being an English teacher is the “perfect storm of dream jobs.” Moreover, Global History teacher of eight years Jamie Crawford didn't originally want to be a teacher, even though her mother, sister, grandma, and aunt were all teachers. “It was always talked about in my family,” says Ms. Crawford. Although Ms. Crawford has other passions, she would never change her job. “I went to college and fell in love with history, and then took it from there,“ said Ms. Crawford.

Physics teacher Richard Adler has similar opinions on his job of 21 years. Right out of college Mr. Adler didn't want to be a teacher because he didn't think he could handle the kids, but he decided to pursue the career anyway and found that he enjoyed teaching. He still enjoys working with students and says he “would never change his job.” Not all teachers however, are in love with their jobs. Even though history teacher Donna Oppedisano gets enormous satisfaction from teaching, she has many passions that she wishes to pursue outside of J-DHS. She has always dreamed of being a journalist. ”I’ve loved my career, but I want to try other things,” says Ms. Oppedisano.

Anywhere from physical trainers, lawyers, teachers, actresses, and financial advisors, J-DHS students and staff have or will make major decisions on what they want to do in their lives. “It’s a great life,” says Dechick.


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How to secure the homeland without leaving the house | The homeland-security worry of the month is chemical plants, and with good reason. More than 7,700 of them, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, are located in places where a thousand or more people could be injured in an accident or attack. Earlier this month, the Bush administration promised legislation.

Well, that's a start. But the country contains 66,000 chemical and hazardous-materials plants, according to the government. It contains 5,000 public airports. And 2,800 power plants, of which 104 are nuclear. And 80,000 dams. And 120,000 miles of major railroads. And 2 million miles of pipelines. And 590,000 highway bridges. And 500 major public transit operations. And more than 300 seaports. And almost 1,800 federal reservoirs -- never mind the municipal ones.

Each and every one of those facilities is a potential terrorist target. To guard even a significant fraction of them is a breathtakingly complex problem. Luckily, the solution may be breathtakingly simple.

In a room in Stamford, Conn., three video screens stand atop a conference table. They are connected to three motion-sensitive webcams, each pointed out the window to a street or parking lot outside. If a car passes, a camera e-mails its picture to a computer. The picture then pops up on the three screens, each asking a viewer just one question: "Do you see a person or vehicle in this image?" At the bottom of the picture are three radio buttons. "Yes." "No." "Not sure." And that's it. That, potentially, is the answer.

The system is called US HomeGuard, and the conference room adjoins the office of Jay Walker. The 47-year-old Walker is the chairman and founder of Walker Digital, a research company that invents and develops business systems. Walker's buttoned-down presentability seems more in keeping with an investor than an inventor, but he holds more than 200 patents, many of which, bound in scarlet, line his shelves.

After September 11, Walker notes, "We, like most people, said, 'OK, what can we do to create solutions to help prevent this from happening again?' " The company put together a team of a dozen or so people. They took about 10 months to find a problem they thought they could solve, and another six months to invent the solution. The problem was trespassers. The solution was citizen watchmen, working over the Internet. Most critical infrastructure sites -- power plants, dams,

oil-storage facilities, and so on -- are located in restricted areas, places where no one except authorized personnel (maintenance or security staff, for example) should ever be. The problem is how to watch all those places. Foot patrols would be prohibitively expensive. Closed-circuit cameras would require full-time monitoring, and the lack of anything to watch would soon lull the human monitors to sleep. Terrorists, in any case, could go wherever patrols or monitors weren't looking.

"The terrorists are using our systems against us," Walker says. "We've got to use the same systems for us." Instead of bringing guards to the critical infrastructure, bring the infrastructure to the guards.

HomeGuard begins with webcams, arrayed at 100-foot intervals along the periphery of a restricted site. The webcams are about the size as a digital camcorder and cost about $1,000 each. Covering a mile of fence would cost about $75,000, which would add up to about $250,000 for an average industrial plant. For larger peripheries -- say, an airport -- just add more cameras. Each camera snaps a picture at regular intervals -- and every time it detects motion.

That, of course, is the easy part. The hard part is watching the cameras. HomeGuard connects the cameras, via wireless e-mail, to data centers that, in a matter of seconds, screen out all photos in which no change or movement has occurred. Fewer than one in a thousand pictures remains, but that still leaves a lot of pictures. The system then e-mails each questionable picture to three spotters, and asks whether a person or vehicle is visible.

Spotters? These are ordinary people who enlist to screen pictures over the Internet. They sign up online and can work whenever they like, for five hours or five minutes. Sitting at home or anywhere else with Web access, they log on to HomeGuard's site and look at pictures, saying only whether they see a person or vehicle in the pictures that appear. Crucially, these spotters have no idea what they're seeing pictures of. One image might show a length of chain-link fence, the next a door, the next a catwalk. All they do is say whether they see a person or vehicle and then click. Next picture.

They're paid for every 100 pictures they evaluate. They can work at their own speed, but if a spotter doesn't respond to a picture after 20 seconds (perhaps she has gone to get a sandwich), the system simply e-mails that picture to another spotter. The system just needs three replies -- it doesn't care from whom, or from where. "There is no 'local' here," Walker says. Americans at the airport in Bangkok could log in as spotters while waiting for their flight to Taipei.

What if a spotter isn't paying attention? Interspersed with real pictures are test photos, sprinkled liberally into the mix to check the checkers. People who are not paying attention (or who are trying to mislead the system) can quickly be sequestered and given training or bounced off.

Suppose one or more spotters see a person or vehicle in a no-go zone? The data center immediately sends the same picture, plus photos from nearby cameras, to a dozen or more other spotters. If those spotters confirm the presence of a person or car, it's considered definite. Then professionals take over.

Specifically, an alarm goes off at a security center. There, the photos in question come up on a screen in front of trained personnel who, unlike the amateurs, know where the site is and who is allowed to be there. Broadcasting over the Internet, and using microphones and speakers installed in the cameras, they can challenge the person in the picture on the spot. "Who are you? May I see your identification?" A maintenance man might be asked to wait while his identity is confirmed with local management. If the person runs away, his picture can be e-mailed directly to local authorities. The whole process, from intrusion to intervention, can take place in 30 seconds or less. Or so says Walker.

"By using citizens," he says, "we can cover an enormous amount of real estate without burdening professionals with things they don't need to do." No less important: None of those citizens would need to do anything complicated or risky. "We've modeled this system on the human brain," Walker says. Each spotter is like a neuron, firing a simple binary response. "The neuron doesn't know what the brain is thinking." It doesn't need to know. The intelligence is in the system.

Like a neural net, HomeGuard is, in principle, highly redundant -- and thus robust. The sprawling Internet, with its countless pathways, cannot be easily taken down. Spotters could be literally anywhere. Cameras would constantly report their own presence, triggering a security response if shut off. Privacy concerns would be minimal, since all the areas under surveillance would be off-limits to begin with.

As for the technology, all of it, Walker says, is currently available, either off the shelf or with inexpensive modifications. About 100 million Americans use the Internet every month, he notes, so potential spotters abound. The data-crunching requirements are of the scale that eBay's processing centers handle every day. All that remains is to try it out. Walker says that a $40 million government investment could fund a live prototype by the end of the summer. If the system worked, it could be scaled up rapidly. Implementation could be months, not years or decades, away.

Since unveiling the idea in February, Walker has made a dozen or so presentations to policy makers in Washington. He proposes to sell the patents to the government for $1. Asked how his sales pitches are going, Walker replies dryly: "Urgency and Washington aren't brother and sister."

Here is something those policy makers might want to think about. In the course of preparing sample images for its HomeGuard mock-ups, Walker Digital sent people to take pictures of 70 or more power plants, dams, oil-storage tanks, and other sensitive sites. It sent men dressed in hooded outfits, and carrying large black satchels, to pose as suspicious intruders. How often were these mock intruders challenged? Not even once.

Michael Kelly, who died last week covering the war in Iraq, was my boss, my teacher, my friend. He was as brilliant an editor as he was a reporter, but in truth he seemed restless behind a desk. I draw some consolation from knowing that he died with his boots on, which is how he would have wanted to go, if go he must. In death, as in life, he made us proud.

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  1. Lyle Daggett
    Lyle Daggett March 1, 2011 at 4:14 am .

    Joseph, yes, the Escher painting at the web address you gave is in fact the one I was thinking of.

  2. Joseph Hutchison
    Joseph Hutchison February 28, 2011 at 4:37 pm .

    Thanks for passing on the info, Lynne. All visitors are welcome!

  3. Lynne Rees
    Lynne Rees February 28, 2011 at 12:30 pm .

    Hi Joseph, just found your blog (via a link to your review of Ce Rosenow's book, Pacific) and delighted I have : ) I'm going to recommend it to a friend of mine, Tamar Yoseloff, an americain writer living in London, who blogs on poetry and art at

Look forward to reading more of your posts.

  4. Joseph Hutchison
    Joseph Hutchison February 27, 2011 at 4:50 am .

    I wonder if this is the one you're remembering, Lyle:

Regardless, Escher is truly marvelous—like Minneapolis, I guess!

  5. Lyle Daggett
    Lyle Daggett February 27, 2011 at 4:00 am .

    I've seen this Escher painting many times over the years, and have always enjoyed losing myself in it for a few minutes.

There's another Escher painting, the title of which I don't recall, in which people are walking up and down staircases that run along all four walls of a square building.

It's drawn in such a way that none of the staircases appears to go

  6. Joseph Hutchison
    Joseph Hutchison February 26, 2011 at 5:53 pm .

    Conrad, I forgot say thanks for linking to this. It tickles me every time you place me among the "blognoscenti". Always an honor….

  7. Joseph Hutchison
    Joseph Hutchison February 26, 2011 at 5:46 pm .

    Since we live in a pocket of space-time, Vassilis, I see no reason why that particular vector couldn't light up for a moment, firefly-like. I love it when that happens!

And thanks for the kind words, Conrad. I am a water sign, hence more often earthbound than not. Though I do drift off as mist now and then….

  8. Conrad DiDiodato
    Conrad DiDiodato February 26, 2011 at 5:37 pm .

    The Escher painting looks (remarkably) like the inside of a NASA space craft, especially the ones designed for long voyages.

A verse like "I’m scribbling this to prove/ to myself I’m on the way,/racing through the stone house" conveys that sense of disorientation earth-centric persepctives are bound to produce.

Well done!

  9. vazambam
    vazambam February 26, 2011 at 6:38 am .

    Joe—

Just how relative can relativity be? Last night, my wife and I were reading a newspaper which had a review of the Greek edition of R. Mark Sainsbury’s Paradoxes and—lo and behold—there was Escher’s “Relativity, 1953” leading us up and down impossible stairs and through paradoxical doors; this morning, your fine ekphrastic poem arrived—a wonderful, bizarre coincidence!

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Jane Eyre

Charlotte Bronte

Author: Charlotte Brontë (Currer Bell)
First Published: 1847, by Smith, Elder, and Co.

Poor Jane Eyre—the doormat of 19th-century literature. Everyone walks all over her, and her mistreatment by other characters throughout the novel is both infuriating and disgusting. From the Reeds and Mr. Brocklehurst in childhood, to the Ingrams and even her beloved Mr. Rochester as an adult, the abuse heaped upon the heroine of this book is difficult to endure. I actually need to put the book down at certain times because I can only take so much of Jane’s undeserved punishments at once.

But beyond that horrible aspect of the book—which, I must own up, is as artful as it is disturbing—there is so much to love about Jane Eyre. One of the things I love most about Jane Eyre herself is that she is one of literature’s great readers (even though she often disavows this). At ten years old we know that she has already devoured Bewick’s History of British Birds, Goldsmith’s History of Rome, The Arabian NightsGulliver’s Travels, and no doubt countless other unnamed books. Little Jane has read widely and with great feeling, and her reading has made her “passionate.”

And then there is the language—Brontë’s magnificent, dream-like language. Her imagery is as relentless as it is gorgeous, and I think I might be right in saying that her prodigious vocabulary surpasses that of any other Victorian writer (even Dickens). Here are but a few examples:

. . . it was the hebdomadal treat to which we all looked forward from Sabbath to Sabbath. (Chapter 7)

. . . the heavy supper she had eaten produced a soporific effect. (Chapter 10)

. . . she proceeded to arrange the cups, spoons, &c., with assiduous celerity. (Chapter 13)

To so practiced and indefatigable a horseman as Mr. Rochester it would be but a morning’s ride. (Chapter 22)

. . . you watched me, and now and then smiled at me with a simple yet sagacious grace I cannot describe. (Chapter 27)

The water stood in my eyes . . . but I would not be lachrymose . . . (Chapter 37)

And who but Charlotte Brontë could ever describe a wedding dress like this?

It was enough that in yonder closet, opposite my dressing-table, garments said to be [Mrs. Rochester’s] had already displaced my black stuff Lowood frock and straw bonnet: for not to me appertained that suit of wedding raiment; the pearl coloured robe, the vapoury veil pendent from the usurped portmanteau.  I shut the closet to conceal the strange, wraith-like apparel it contained; which, at this evening hour—nine o’clock—gave out certainly a most ghostly shimmer through the shadow of my apartment.

Jane Eyre is a feast of words. And it is no wonder Virginia Woolf said that we read Charlotte Brontë not for her characters, not for her comedy, and not for her philosophic view of life, but simply “for her poetry.”

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  1. Spliffe wrote:

    I love Jane Eyre, and always have, even when I’ve gone through periods of hating it. I read it for the first time when I was twelve, and probably read it every year since, and each time the richness of the language throws out new bonds binding me a little tighter to that book.

    Because I love Wuthering Heights about as much, it’s irresistible to compare despite them being so different. Making some sort of relative value judgment would take days, but I tend to have part of the opinion of their contemporary critics: Wuthering Heights is rough, vulgar, and unromantic, while Jane Eyre is sophisticated and, as you point out, endlessly poetic.

    As the tables turned in terms of the public’s relative evaluation of the two books over the last 150 years, I think people have forgotten how poetic Jane Eyre is and so I like the blog entry you’ve written about it.

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"There's this restaurant that serves food that's delicious but kind of unusual, do you wanna go there with me? I think you'll really like it, Haruka-chan!"

She's 148cm tall. The lovely Haruka-chan - at a glance, you could be fooled into thinking she's a junior high school student. "Yes, let's go!" she replied, with an innocent smile. I'm sure the fashionable and cute Haruka-chan has already been to all of the charming and cool restaurants... with that in mind, I decided to take her to a restaurant that serves somewhat unusual food.

  • First, some cute snake sake (habushu)

    Both the exterior and interior of this restaurant look suspicious, and though she might suspect that something is up, here's Haruka-chan looking like she's enjoying herself.

    Haruka-chan suddenly tried to order a cassis orange so I held up a hand to stop her, and said to the waiter "The usual, please."

    "Huh?! Why?!"

    "It's fine, don't worry..."

    I tried to withstand her repeated questioning, and a few minutes later the thing that arrived at our table was...!!

    "I didn't know it'd have a snake in it! Ishigami-san, you're so mean!" she said, so I ended up having to drink it...

    I can't really explain how it tasted, but I felt an energy surging up inside me.

  • Beautiful goat sashimi

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    She looked like she was ready to cry, but the food that I'd ordered just kept on coming. When I told her "Actually, this restaurant serves weird food", she replied "How could you... you tricked me, didn't you..." As I tried to tell her "No no, I didn't tr..." our goat sashimi arrived!

    When you hear about goat sashimi, you might feel like it's not the kind of thing you'd like to eat, but it was really delicious. A smile was also slowly making its way back on to Haruka-chan's face.

  • What a delicacy - goat testicles

    While we enjoyed a little friendly chat, the next item turned up.

    "It's goat testicles♪"

    ...her face froze.

    Haruka-chan seemed to really enjoy eating the goat testicles. While seeing her like that, I kind of felt a sharp pain in a certain area...

  • Full of larvae, full of dreams

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    The next item to make its appearance was hornet larvae. Haruka-chan grew up in the city, and it seemed like the thought of eating larvae had never crossed her mind.

    But even when confronted by larvae, her smile exceeded my expectations! Munching away at them like that, it looked like she was really enjoying herself (haha).

  • American bullfrog, you can see its patterned skin perfectly

    Next up, the skin of an American bullfrog, the kind that you hear mooing away alongside rivers in the summer, fried until crispy. As the pattern on its skin was clearly visible, the frogginess of it was overwhelming...

  • Last but not least, everyone's favorite bear hot pot

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    Last up, a hot pot made from Haruka-chan's favorite, bears! As I hesitated, saying "We're gonna eat... bears..." Haruka-chan glanced at me and said "Bears are cute, aren't they!", as she dug into her bear hot pot with a beaming smile on her face...

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    I brought Haruka-chan along with me thinking that I'd get her shrieking and squealing, but it seems that I'm the one that took the most damage. I didn't manage to show her even a tiny bit of my manly side... Where on earth is tiny Haruka-chan hiding all of that courage? I wanna leave her speechless, so next time I think I'll take her somewhere that serves even grosser food!

    Don't miss my next attempt!

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The Eyes of My Mother
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PLOT: A young girl creates an unusual freindship after her mother is viciously murdered. As she grows older, she finds that the attack has brought her down a dark and demented journey of heartbreak and horror.

REVIEW: Most horror fans love a good and gory scary movie. It’s always fun to see just how creative the filmmakers can get when slashing victims left and right. However, it is even more satisfying when a director can create a fright flick that can get under your skin with nary a dismemberment in sight - although this feature is not without a little bit of that. While THE EYES OF MY MOTHER may offer a few slightly brutal images, this is not about the blood and guts, this is far more emothionally horrific than that. Shot in monochrome, this dark story of a lonely woman who hides a scary secret is at times brilliant - occasionally a bit convoluted - and more than a little disturbed. Once again, we have a fascinating slow burn of a thriller continuing to make 2016 one of the best years of genre that we’ve seen.

As a little girl, Francisca (Olivia Bond plays her as a child) was always obsessed with what goes on inside the human body. Much of that had been passed down from her mother who was an eye doctor. When a stranger named Charlie (Will Brill) shows up at their doorstep, something horrible happens to the young girl’s mother. This vicious assault changes Francisca in the darkest of ways. As an adult, Francisca (Kika Magalhaes) is desperate to not be alone. She struggles with her aging father and hidden fantasies that have become a part of her, something that leads her on a path of murderous consequences.

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At the heart of THE EYES OF MY MOTHER is the film’s leading lady. Kika Magalhaes is exceptional as Francisca. As the movie progresses, you become frightfully aware of what she is capable of. The actress brings a quiet and sometimes sensitive portrayal of a woman desperate for the company of others. Even if her idea of companionship is more than a little troubled. It’s a bit tricky as it is very difficult to sympathize considering her actions - even as a child she clearly has psychotic tendencies. Thankfully the actress brings a haunting depth to the role. She is able to maneuver through her mother’s tragic death to her own sinister needs and desires. It’s a powerful performance.

This stylish film is written and directed by Nicolas Pesce. In a fine directorial debut, the first time filmmaker explores decidedly complex material. He slowly maneuvers through Francisca’s life as a child up until her as an adult. The black and white imagery is possibly more effective than it would have been in color. You could easily make comparisons to PSYCHO as the film takes place in her family home and a garage on the premises. It also places the main focus on a tortured individual. It is a small and claustrophobic fear that builds as Francisca’s loneliness grows to deadly proportions. For a first film, it is a damn impressive debut.

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Any qualms? Well, yes. As much as I respect THE EYES OF MY MOTHER, it is not a pleasant watch in any way shape or form. This is the type of film you can take in once but I can’t imagine many repeated viewings. It is a grim story that may not be for everybody. It’s not that all horror movies have to be fun popcorn flicks, but in some ways this is more in line with something like IRREVERSIBLE, but without the extreme graphic images. In fact, that’s the thing that is most shocking; just how little it shows but still manages to leave a bit of an emotional scar on the viewer. In fact, sometimes watching this, especially the third act, is a near painful experience due to the nature of what she is. And frankly, the story is more than a little implausible - which is only noticeable because the film is decidedly grounded in reality.

THE EYES OF MY MOTHER is a film that I respect more than enjoy. As effective as it may be, at times the story itself is a tad convoluted to a fault. And even more than that, you won’t likely want to watch more than once. Still, Kika Magalhaes is stunning and since so much of the film relies on her performance, it is all the better for it. With only one film on his resume, we may have something truly special with Nicolas Pesce. Without the benefit or overabundance of gore, the filmmaker has crafted one of the most disturbingly frightening horror films of the year - even if it can be quite unpleasant.

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Where Glennon Needs Work

May 18th, 2013

Some think Joe is fueling the drama/controversy/perceived competition surrounding Josh Freeman and rookie Mike Glennon.

Actually, Joe is doing what he always does, delivering what Joe finds interesting. And what Glennon may or may not have to offer once the pads come on in July is interesting, especially since rockstar general manager Mark Dominik confirmed that Glennon will have a huge workload come August.

Glennon joined Movin’ The Chains on SiriusXM NFL Radio on Thursday and was asked to explain where he needs work by co-host Tim Ryan.

“Right now, I mean obviously, it’s about learning this new system,” Glennon said. “That’s the No. 1 thing on my mind right now is to learn our system and what we’re trying to accomplish as an offense. And then once I’m able to do that, when it comes to the football side of execution, I think I just need to continue to get more accurate, to be more consistent, and then finally develop more foot speed and my overall athletic ability.”

It was interesting to Joe that Glennon mentioned improving his athleticism. Glennon is no young rookie; he’ll turn 24 during this season. Of course, he can improve his physical ability, but Joe’s not sure how much is realistic unless Glennon was in a situation at North Carolina State where he wasn’t focusing on it.

Regardless, Glennon is not the athlete Freeman is. It feels like ancient history, but there was a time (2010) when Freeman was the league’s No. 2 rusher at QB and a guy who could win a game with his body.

54 Responses to “Where Glennon Needs Work”

  1. Walter Says:

    Glennon looks like a nice back up, that’s about it though.

  2. Couch Fan Says:

    QBs dont need to be athletic to be good at what they do. I wouldn’t call Peyton or Brady athletic QBs. Nor Montana or Marino. But they were extremely intelligent, tough warriors who understand how to play the game.

  3. Walter Says:

    I’m so glad you ended that comment where you did, instead of going on to compare Glennon to those QBs. That would’ve been stupid

  4. Tye Says:

    I see it as a fairly simple equation…

    Glennon beats out JF and a chance is birthed that the Bucs may have finally found a quality QB.

    Glennon doesn’t beat out JF and the Bucs still don’t have a quality QB.

    Until preseason starts it is all speculation!

  5. tampabaybucfan Says:

    Freeman needs to run. For some reason he has been held back & I don’t think it has been his choice. I suspect that they didn’t want to risk getting him hurt. But now…with Glennon, they will let Josh loose. The good thing fot Freeman and the Bucs is when that happens you can best believe that Josh Freeman will be a much better Quarterback. Taking the scramble option away from him severely limits his game and he forces throws. He has got to be quicker at this reduced weight. Let him run, Coach!!!

  6. Snook Says:

    Well, for one, he can spend a lot more time on football now than he did when he was in college.

    He needs to be the starter Week 1. We’d have a lot better chance of winning this season if he starts early.

    As for Freeman’s rushing days… those are over. He’d rather just stand there now and take a sack. Or force a throw somewhere. In my opinion, Greg Olson ruined Josh Freeman.

  7. Stranger Says:

    Starting Glennon Week 1 is how you ruin a team with high hopes and get everyone fired.

  8. lurker Says:

    joe said: “but there was a time (2010) when Freeman was the league’s No. 2 rusher at QB and a guy who could win a game with his body.”

    but that was 40 lbs ago.

  9. Eric Says:

    Manning Brady Montana and Marino not good athletes?

  10. Couch Fan Says:

    I did not say they werent good athletes. I said they arent very athletic. Big difference. Regardless they were great football players.

    Just out of curiousity how does one go about improving there athletic ability? I thought it was something you were born with or without.

  11. Stanglassman Says:

    260 pound chunky body is a better athletically than 245 lean one, really?

  12. Tony Says:

    Freeman used to run because he didn’t go through his progressions. Now he at least tries to get through his progressions, leading to holding on to the ball longer and not running. it’s pretty simple. In 2010 a large portion of his ‘good play’ was when the play broke down with him scrambling. Apparently the play never really broke down, he was just young and panicked. Now, which one was more effective? Good question.

  13. 4everBucsFan Says:

    Amen Brother!! I didn’t have to say a word, you said it all for me. 🙂

  14. MR.T Says:

    I’m sure he wasn’t focused as much on football then as he will be now which means much more time to improve on weak areas. When he graduated he got both his BA and MA degrees at the same time, that’s quite an accomplishment when you consider the less time he had for studying due to playing football.

  15. Tackleblockwin Says:

    I do not see any problem with you reporting reality. The Bucs are intrigued by Glennon. Not sure I agree with them, but they must determine if he has the upside they calculated when they took him in rd 3. Unfortunately, the reality is that we have a slight QB controversy.

  16. clafollett Says:

    @Coach Fan

    You can improve your athletism through further training. Just like a boxer or martial artist trains foot work, hand work and stamina. Mike G. took his masters and bachelors at the same time. Im sure his limited time due to studies also limited his time in the gym training. Kid looks more and more promising all the time. He got brains and height and can easily put on more weight.

    I’m slowly swinging in favor of this pick. I them to get a D lineman in the 3rd. Glennon was definitely not a bad choice though.

  17. Couch Fan Says:

    There is no controversy. It is clear that Freeman is the starter going into the season. Now if he starts to stink it up… then there may be a controversy, but not yet.

  18. Bobby Says:

    Freeman is definitely the starter. Glennon is insurance and they will groom him to start in 2014 IF Freeman has a bad year. I would not expect Glennon to get any playing time this year unless Freeman gets injured or is just pathetic to the point where they have no choice but to try Glennon. I don’t see Glennon winning the starting job in pre-season. That’s just silly. Freeman has the chemistry with these receivers and he has shown he has elite potential. He just needs to sustain that ability from week to week. If he doesn’t develop consistency then Schiano will go to Glennon next year.

  19. tampabaybucfan Says:

    You may be right about the Freeman panic/run….I like it a lot better than the Freeman panic/pass.
    I really like it when Freeman runs. I think it screws opponents defenses up. They are sitting back looking for either the run up the gut or the play action long pass. Freeman rolling out….pump fake and tuck and run just once in a while will produce big yardage.
    There is a reason why he was second only to Mike Vick….he actually can run well. And, he is usually wide open because its not expected.
    Tell Josh….go ahead and run… if you get hurt…we now have backup.

  20. GenocideD Says:

    We didn’t draft Glennon in the 3rd to have a backup. If Freeman loses us more than a few games in a row and we get a couple games away from missing the playoffs we’re definitely putting Glennon in in an attempt to keep us alive and if that happens bye bye Freeman. Make it or break it time, Free. I hope you make it man!

  21. lightningbuc Says:

    Obviously, with a GM who is allegedly a “rock star”, this guy is a super star in the making. I mean, he’s only drafted one other QB, and look how good he is.

  22. MR.T Says:

    Thanks for that classy remark, that really adds to the discussion, you should be proud.

  23. tampabaybucfan Says:

    I keep hearing that we didn’t spend a 3rd round pick on a backp QB. Well, I’d be happy if Glennon is simply a backup and I don’t think it would be a wasted pick like some of our 2nd and 3rd round busts of late….how about Dexter Jackson, Sabby, Gaines Adams, Brian Price, Marquise Cooper, Areilous Benn, Myron Lewis & Maurice Stovall.
    Glennon as a backup will get us a better Josh Freeman and a cheaper Josh Freeman when we negotiate his next contract. Now we have the option of saying “bye, bye”.

  24. Stranger Says:

    Except we did draft Glennon to be a backup and if we’re a couple of games away from the playoffs, then Freeman isn’t doing too badly out there.

  25. Stranger Says:

    No, Glennon gives us nothing against Freeman when contract time comes. He either deserves a contract or doesn’t. Quarterbacks on other teams will have more affect on Freeman’s contract numbers than Glennon does. Also, Glennon is worse Freeman at this point than anything since Glennon doesn’t have Freeman’s escape.

  26. tampabaybucfan Says:

    @ Freeman

    All circumstances affect contracts. The Bucs having a good option other than Freeman will make the Bucs much less inclined to pay heavily. Even if Freeman does well it is likely we will sign him for less because of Glennon. Even a couple of million a year on a 5 or 6 year deal adds up.
    Sure other teams may want him and that is where the money matters. I think we drafted Glennon for insurance. 1. If Freeman goes down. 2. If Freeman performs poorly. 3. If Freeman performs well. (Better contract negotiations) and Glennon is still a future backup. Anyway….great use of a 3rd round pick at this stage.

  27. tampabaybucfan Says:

    @ Stranger…..oops!

  28. Braheem Says:

    I see the Glennon selection exposing the gamble of hiring Schiano
    (a college coach without a true connection to NFL coaches or coaching)

    Josh Freeman “Does Learn”…….He has gained the experience of success and failure by now. I say Freeman steps up his consistancy and another year with his weapons and familiarity with the Offensive System will allow Freeman to wind up Holding Out at seasons end after a stellar 2013. The Bucs will regret not resigning him before his contract ended and not Selecting a quality Defensive player with this Glennon pick and had used a much later pick to scoop up a “”BACK UP QB””

  29. lightningbuc Says:

    How does a free agent “hold out”?

  30. Joc Says:

    The guy got his masters degree in 4 freaking years. That my friends is impressive on all fronts.

  31. Tony Says:

    I really don’t think there’s a competition here. If Mike Glennon thinks he’s beating out Josh Freeman, he’s in for a rude awakening. I’ll admit I don’t know much about him, but I just don’t see a 3rd round QB of a weak QB class really being a threat to Josh. Honestly, I probably wouldn’t trade him for any of the QBs in this year’s rookie class. Maybe Geno Smith would be able to give Josh a run for his money, but he’s still just not nearly the athlete that Josh is.
    Bringing Glennon in seems like a logical move, as competition brings out the best in us. But unless Josh tanks this season (which I can’t see happening considering the quality of weapons around him this year), there is no quarterback controversy.
    People keep saying Glennon is there in case Freeman is the next Sanchez. I think the next RGIII is a better comparison (although he’s obviously not nearly as fast).

  32. Vic66 Says:

    It is quite evident that few if any listened to Freeman’s Radio Shows last year. I ask him why he didn’t run more? Was someone holding him back? His answer was clear and short! He said he didn’t like to run the ball. If a quarterback doesn’t like to run the ball-he will not do it unless he’s running for his life. You deside, lazy or scared. Either Freeman puts his big boy pull ups on or this new kid (he’s only 24 – good enough for excuses for Freeman Glennon can use it also) is going to take his job away from him. Freeman has been told from the beginning he was the franchise quarterback so he didn’t have to win to keep his job. There’s a new Sheriff in town Josh. You got a pass last year but that’s in the past. I wonder what the book is on who will play quarterback this year here in Tampa?

  33. BuccaneerBonzai Says:

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    6 strips bacon
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    In a skillet, brown the crow breasts, then place them on a 1-1/2-inch layer of sauerkraut in the bottom of a casserole dish.

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  34. BuccaneerBonzai Says:

    lightningbuc Says:
    May 18th, 2013 at 6:06 pm

    How does a free agent “hold out”?”

    Franchise tag.

  35. Stranger Says:

    It simply doesn’t work like that. It may work for RBs not named Adrian Peterson, but not QBs. If Freeman settles into the system and everyone believes he’s our Franchise QB, then you can’t show up to the negotiating table and say “Well, we have this guy who hasn’t played an NFL snap during the season, so we aren’t going to pay you what we should.” It’s far too hard to come across a proper QB to play that kind of game. Especially when you have high contracts on the roster.

  36. Joe D. Says:

    I have a feeling(“Hope” could be more accurate) that J5 will continue to break Bucs records this upcoming season. If so, I will be back to gloat.

  37. Joe D. Says:

    Can someone please explain to me how starting a rookie QB, in a complicated system, can save a failing season? A system that requires the QB and WRs to be on the same page because the receivers all basically run option routes. Did yall forget that this is the same system that Eli Manning ran when he lead the league in ints right before beating the almighty patriots in the Superbowl?..Twice? Dont let your hate for Freeman cloud rational judgement. #InFreeWeTrust Go Bucs!

  38. BigMacAttack Says:

    When I see Glennon, I think of Larry Byrd. Big goofy doofy looking guy but he could sure play some ball.

  39. tampabaybucfan Says:

    @ Stranger

    What you may not be considering is the possibility that Freeman will be neither fantastic or a bust. In that case Glennon’s affect on the contract negotiations could be substantial. The Bucs may be the only team truly interested in signing Freeman to a moderately large contract.
    The Bucs are not going to rub Freemans face with Glennon, but Freeman & his agent knows he is there.
    Of course, there would have to be some sign from Glennon (playing time) that would indicate he was an option.

  40. Couch Fan Says:

    In the new hands on deck one on one with Glennon, he looks almost exactly like Chris Simms

  41. BuccaneerBonzai Says:

    tampabaybucfan Says:
    “What you may not be considering is the possibility that Freeman will be neither fantastic or a bust. In that case Glennon’s affect on the contract negotiations could be substantial. The Bucs may be the only team truly interested in signing Freeman to a moderately large contract.”

    It’s worth discussing, but if Freeman plays well enough for a contract extension, it is likely that other teams will try to outbid us.

  42. BuccaneerBonzai Says:

    Couch Fan Says:
    “In the new hands on deck one on one with Glennon, he looks almost exactly like Chris Simms”

    I hope you don’t think that’s a good thing.

  43. Couch Fan Says:

    Dont think its a good or a bad thing. Just what he reminded me of.

  44. BuccaneerBonzai Says:

    @Couch Fan

    Actually, I just went and watched the one-on-one on buccaneers.com. I wasn’t happy with what I saw. On almost all Glennon’s passes he threw just before taking a hit. He was lucky the opposing defenses were slow. That won’t be the case in the NFL.

    While that won’t mean he’s a bust, it’s one sign there could be trouble ahead for him.

  45. Tony Says:

    y to outbid us.
    BuccaneerBonzai Says:
    May 18th, 2013 at 10:19 pm

    Couch Fan Says:
    “In the new hands on deck one on one with Glennon, he looks almost exactly like Chris Simms”

    I hope you don’t think that’s a good thing.

    I think it’s accurate. Who’s to say Glennon isn’t even the next Chris Simms? He does kinda look like him. Not like he’ll be anything more than a backup for us.

  46. Cmurda Says:

    The fact that we have a conversation about a guy we havent even seen yet is a nice thing by itself. I don’t recall any of us having wet dreams for Orlovsky. Anybody remember the worst play Ive ever seen from a QB. Orlovsky stepping on the back line of the end zone for a safety when he used to play for Detroit.

    Anyway, lets at least give this guy a fair shot. Ive seen some people excited about him and others already writing him off even as a backup. Despite the coaching staff being openly impressed with him during early camp? I, for one, am excited. For one thing, he is tall as crap. I mean he’s 2 inches bigger than Free. He needs to bulk up though. That said, preseason will lead us to a glimpse of his capabilities and how far he could go. It still puts Josh on notice.

    I remember a few weeks ago maybe even longer, Joe wrote about how maybe Freeman does better with less job pressure. One of the defining problems with Josh has been his ability to rise to the occasion. If the threat of competition doesn’t bring out the best in #5, then its time to move on.

  47. Vic66 Says:

    I say let them compete for the starting position and may the best man win. Let us remember that Freeman took someone else’s job away from them and one day sooner or later he will have his job taken by someone else. This is Freeman’s most important year of his football career, if its good-big big dollars, if its bad its relegated to a backup and commencerit money. One thing for sure, whoever wins the gig, they are out to play some kind of football this year. Translation: we fans will all win as a result.

  48. Andrew 1 Says:

    @ Vic

    they may say Josh Freeman is the started, but theoretically I think they are going to compete with each other for the starting gig. the only thing is I think Freeman will win by a land slide because he has something important that Glennon does not… experience. after that its up to Freeman to hold on to the starting role by the way he plays during the season. hopefully he can.

  49. scubog Says:

    I can already see that it’s going to be brutal sitting in the stands this season. Not only will I be subjected to the one dumb ass/one football expert pair wearing the opponents colors behind me commenting on every play; I will now have to be surrounded by the collection of QB naysayers waiting for any semblance of imperfect QB play from # 5 to begin the “Glen………..non” chant. Then when the youngster looks mortal, start bellowing “Free……….man.”

  50. BuccaneerBonzai Says:

    My thoughts exactly.

  51. stevek Says:

    This fan will be yelling “Just Win!” no matter who is taking the snaps.

    Freeman decides his own fate, it is all good. One way or another we should have consistent QB play all year long.

  52. stevek Says:

    Anyone calling “bust” for Glennon right now has a sh!tty outlook on this team.

    May the Bucs make the playoffs in 2013! May the Bucs develop one of the strongest rosters in the NFL. I hope we have Freeman and Glennon, both as starting material.

    I hope Steven Means comes in and makes a difference, same for Gholston at DE.

    Why wouldn’t we want to have the best team possible?

    Everyone that is bashing Glennon is coming across like an insecure Freeman enthusiast. Look, Freeman has earned a little bit of a controversy, but he is going to be our starter going into the season. Freeman decides his own fate, in a contract year too.

    Why not root for every Buc to be the best, and compete at their position?

  53. RustyRhino Says:

    I was lucky enough to get a chance to speak with a NC State athletics booster who bought a class a motorhome from camping world where I work. I asked him about Glennon as a QB he told me that Glennon is Very intelligent, he has a great arm and loves to play football. He said that he never had a very good oline his entire time at NC State. He thinks with a good oline there is nothing he can not do.

    Then he asked me how I am a buccaneer fan in the same area that the falcons complex is located. I told him that I have been a buccaneer fan since we moved to St. Petersburg in 1975 and we went to several games during 76-80 when we moved farther south to Bonita springs. So me moving around in my life never has changed my fandom for the buccaneers. Even when life took me to North Carolinia for 10 years and I went to watch the buccaneers and panthers play. He asked me if I was a NC State fan. I told him NO I am Georgia Bulldogs fan.
    Go Bucs! Go Dawgs!

  54. RustyRhino Says:

    He did say that Glennon has similar skills to another NC State alumni who is also a starting NFL QB Philip Rivers of the chargers. Not a bad comparison if Glennon can produce like Rivers.


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Wednesday, August 30, 2017

A Real Big Tree

Craving a change of scenery, our morning hike/dog walk sometimes takes us to Richland Park. There's a nice paved trail around the ball fields and playgrounds for muddy mornings. We prefer the wooded trails though and one morning we found an impressive tree.

I love trees. I wouldn't say that just any tree does it for me. There's a certain imposing size or branch pattern that captures my attention. The first tree I loved was a gigantic locust at my childhood home. "Locusts don't normally get that big," my dad told me. It had gnarled branches. Their silhouette in the evening sky would have made a perfect mystery novel cover photo.

Sadly, my locust-love was cut down in the year 2000 or so. I kept one of the branches for a while, until I decided I really am at risk of becoming a hoarder.

The sign, "This Way to Penn Tree" doesn't give much detail, but a tree that has a name is something I'll always want to see. The walk, ten minutes if you're a real slow poke, is easy. It's a wide mowed trail through otherwise uninteresting southwestern PA woods.

The path opens into a clearing outlined with split rail fence. There's a bench and a stone marker. "Penn Tree - It Took Root in 1598," proclaims the stone. How do they know that?

Penn Tree has lost branches that are bigger than most oaks in Pennsylvania. It is massive even though it evidently split in two at some point. It's gnarled and knotty. You can tell that it's seen some stuff.

Research at home revealed that the Internet doesn't have much to say about Penn Tree. An article in a local newspaper ends abruptly and once refers to the mighty oak as "the pine tree" instead of Penn Tree. So I'm left with a lot of questions. Has someone counted the rings on the broken part of the tree? Was it planted by someone that kept a record? Is this 419 number just a guess?

I may never find out, but at the very least, that's a real big tree.


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My Photography Journey

My life as a photographer started with a photography class at Oklahoma State University. I was an engineering student, but I had always had a fascination for cameras.  Before taking the photography class, I had used one of those little black boxes: a Kodak Baby Brownie. It was one that my older brother had. I'd look through it and take pictures without film ... only to capture the image in my mind.  Now and then I put a roll of film in it and made actual pictures. The photos were black and white, with a subject of my brother or sister and a few scenes around our house. Over time I lost those pictures, with only my memories remaining.

Kodak Baby Brownie*

The first camera I used as a youth.

I went off to college and was genuinely determined to get my degree in four years.  At the same time, my dad took up photography, with the purchase of some 35mm SLR cameras. One of them was a Topcon 35mm, which my dad offered to lend me if I took a photography class. I enrolled and started taking photos and developing them, and a seed was planted that slowly grew.

A few years later I was able to buy a used Pentax kit from a neighbor ... it had belonged to her late husband.  I was so thrilled to have my very own camera, and we were living in Colorado: the ideal location for taking landscape photos. Over the years I collected boxes of pictures, and my wife Jan filled many albums with these memories of our travels around Colorado and other vacation locations.

Jan and I moved to California and started traveling to different areas journaling about our travels. Jan (who is an excellent writer) would write the stories, and I would take the photographs to go along with the journal. We obtained a website and domain name "" and began posting on the World Wide Web. At first, I was taking film images and scanning.  Then I converted to digital, eliminating the time-consuming scanning. We continued our journeying/journaling for several years, ultimately deciding to travel for relaxation only. So, we archived I was still the photo buff, taking my camera every place we went.

Images from Jan's Journeys  (click image to advance carousel)

During our "Jan's Journeys" timeframe I was working full time at Intel Corporation, making good money and accumulating stock options.  Around the year 2000, I wanted to change my career to photography, so I did some research and decided to attend Brooks Institute to become a professional photographer. I put together a portfolio of images sent them with my application to Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, California and received an acceptance letter a short time later.  While preparing for a move to start my education in photography, the stock market tanked and along with it my hope of going to Brooks. However, this didn't kill my interest in learning more about photography.  I read books, studied internet articles and took a course by mail from New York Institute of Photography.

In 2011 I retired from Intel, and though we could do more traveling and image making, we put that on hold while Jan recovered from surgery.  I volunteered at St. Vincent de Paul for three years as president. Jan recovered; I completed my tenure as president; we were ready to travel. Our first big road trip started in 2015 with a workshop "Spring in the Southwest," offered by Robert Rodriguez Jr. in Moab, Utah.

Since then I've been learning more about photography and building my portfolio of work. I want to continue my photographic excursions, posting my images on Facebook, Instagram, Flikr, and 500px. One of the joys of posting on social media is when someone comments about how an image recalled a fond memory or uplifted their spirit.

Above is a carousel of my latest photographs (click image to advance carousel). A full collection of my best photos is at   Could you please consider the following:

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CW, CBS And Showtime 2013 Summer TCA Party - Arrivals
For some unknown reason, ’90s supermodel Tyra Banks showed up to a Television Critics Association event in L.A. last night looking like a contestant on “Flavor of Love.”

Congratulations, you’re still in the running to be America’s Next … Traci Bingham.


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Four Course Meal

This is more of a pictorial of a psychotically awesome meal I made for my wife as opposed to an actual recipe.

I started by prepping the cold dishes. The first course was simple: slice up some red onion, take some capers out of the jar, unpack age the smoked salmon, and arrange.

COURSE 1: smoked salmon with capers and onions

As you can see from the detailed image, I added some cracked black pepper and some olive oil.

salmon close up

I popped that bitch in the fridge until it was go-time.

Then I blanched some asparagus tips and rendered some diced pancetta in a cast iron pan with some coarsely chopped garlic cloves. This will all come together in the end: I promise.

pancetta 1

pancetta 2

pancetta 3

The majority of the pancetta was sprinkled over the chilled asparagus tips, which were then topped with crispy shallots and drizzled with a combo of oils (garlic oil, peppercorn oil, chive oil, onion oil, and olive oil).

COURSE 2: blanched asparagus tips with crispy pancetta and crispy fried shallots.

I popped THAT bitch into the fridge too. Both dishes were served chilled.

I saved the bacon-fried garlic and a few spoonfuls of the pancetta for another dish that will come up later.

pancetta 4

I chopped off the top of a bundle of garlic and roasted it in the oven at 450º for nearly 40 minutes.

garlic 1

garlic 2

This is for spreading onto the next two courses.

My next task was to sear off some Mosner grass-fed rib eyes in the same cast-iron pan where all that nice pancetta fat was still hanging out. I threw in some more garlic, and some Greek oregano (since the grocery store didn’t have rosemary).

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COURSE 3: pork fat rib eyes with garlic and oregano.

steak 2

steak 1

As you can see, I started to overcook these.

steak 3

There is almost no marbling in a grass-fed slab of meat, and the meat itself is tight-grained. The animals are lean, so intra-muscular fat is nearly nonexistent. Lesson learned. Next time I will cook for a much shorter amount of time on each side.

I opened a bottle of wine to let it breathe.

Right about now is when my wife got home from work, so I quickly set the table and put the cold items out. Then I sliced up some ciabatta bread and toasted it in the pan, which still had the steak drippings and garlicky bacon fat within:

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bread 2

bread 3

What could this be for, you ask?

COURSE 4: truffle pate

I essentially just opened the package and added some olive oil and fresh cracked pepper. BUT… we spread that shit onto the pan-grilled bread, and then sprinkled some of the leftover pancetta and roasted garlic on top (which I had set aside above). Fucking delicious.

The meal was a hit, despite nearly overcooking the steaks. In any case, they turned out great, especially with the roasted garlic smeared onto each bite. Most satisfying, to me at least, was my planning and timing of everything. I think I nailed that more than anything in the food-execution realm (especially considering that three or four items were already half prepped for me – the pre-made truffle pate, the smoked salmon, the already-baked bread, and the pre-diced pancetta).

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Thursday, 2 July 2015

Man arrested for peeping at neigbour's wife in bathroom

A 36-year-old man, Oludare Adewale, has been arrested and charged before Oshodi Magistrates’ court for allegedly peeping at his neigbour’s wife, Victoria Emmanuel, in their bathroom in Lagos State western Nigeria.

According to PM News,the incident happened at 23, Arowojobe Street, Oshodi where both the defendant and victim reside.

The woman had gone to take her bath in one of their bathrooms in the morning and Adewale followed her and entered the other bathroom under the guise of taking his bath as well.

The police alleged that Adewale peeped at Victoria through an opening in the bathroom as she was bathing early in the morning.

And while Adewale was busy peeping, Victoria, who had always suspected Adewale of doing such, caught him in the act and raised the alarm which attracted other neighbours. He was caught and handed over to the police by the neighbours.

At the Makinde, Oshodi Police Division where he was taken, he allegedly admitted that he actually peeped at Victoria but did not know it was an offence.

The police charged him to court for the alleged offence under the Criminal Code but he pleaded not guilty.

The presiding Magistrate, Mr A.A. Fashola granted him bail in the sum of N100,000 with one surety in like sum.

He was remanded in prison custody pending when he will perfect his bail. The matter was adjourned till 23 July, 2015.

P.M.NEWS learnt that the parents refused to stand as surety for him because of the shame he brought to the family.

It was gathered that Adewale lives with his parents in the same house where the incident happened and he has refused to marry and settle down.

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Paradise Lost - BBC7

Discuss Julian's many and varied radio and audio works including Blackout, Sicken and so die, In the red, Basil, Is it me or is everything sh*t? and In search of Elvis.

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Julian plays Uriel, and I think he is in two episodes. Definitely episode 14 (although quite brief) and one more.... the link to iplayer is here:

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Information, Misinformation and Myth
One unforgettable comment made in the July 13th letter that the Highlands CEO wrote to commissioners and that
again was repeated in the subsequent newspaper articles desperately needs addressed. This piece of the puzzle
concerns if, or then why, the county thought a second psychiatric unit serving persons over the age of 18 was
needed because Highlands reportedly was full too often or was reaching capacity.

At the public information meeting held at FCBHA 10 days ago, staff presented a power point explanation of how
the contract with Uniontown Hospital came to be. When staff got to page 14 of the presentation, there it was
again, the inference that Highlands being full was a challenge that caused patients to be treated out of county.
Just how big an issue or challenge was it really?

While nobody disputes the fact that persons needing inpatient care sometimes have been transferred out of
county for treatment because Highlands was full, this editor was floored when the FCBHA speaker was stumped
when Highlands staff in attendance disputed the statement. The FCBHA behavioral health department director
said she had no documentation to support her claim, but passed the buck by saying that that vague information
came from Value Behavioral Health, the Medicaid insurance provider.

Nobody at FCBHA asked for that in writing?
Nobody wrote down or documented such an important piece of
information? Nope! Why not?

As stated here previously, FCBHA should not have had to pass the buck and rely on VBH or any other entity for
statistics that FCBHA itself generates, tracks and owns. FCBHA delegates, who approve all county mental health
court orders, approve all voluntary and involuntary psychiatric admissions of persons physically in the county at
the time the court order petitions are written and approved. Their phones ring for each and every psychiatric
admission around the clock, holidays included.

Each work-day morning, a unit of FCBHA casemanagers pick up delegate logs and then track the patients in
hospitals. Those competent folks track the hospitalization stays on computers at each of their desks. Some of the
data is then shared with or forwarded to Chestnut Ridge Counseling Services, Inc. for outpatient aftercare
intakes and/or appointments.

But back at the August 14th public information meeting, page 14 of the power point presentation and the FCBHA
staff comments didn't sit well with the Highlands staff in attendance -- or with any of us who worked in the
field. Why FCBHA would even need to confer with VBH about Highlands being full or nearing capacity seemed
odd, since FCBHA delegates approve mental health court orders for persons with all kinds of insurances. In
contrast, VBH deals only with Medicaid, while we've maintained that FCBHA's own in house counts covering
patients with all insurances would be more accurate.

As readers recall, the day following the meeting, email was sent to the county office hosting the previous
evening's meeting asking for clarification on that piece of the presentation. To date, nope, no response.

So a week ago, a RTK request was sent to FCBHA to obtain their count of the number of times persons were
seen at Highlands emergency room for medical clearance and transferred to another hospital for inpatient
psychiatric care because Highlands was full.

Yesterday, the RTK response that the county clerk relayed stated:

"For the issue of â€œFCBHA/HealthChoices total number of Fayette County Residents who were medically
cleared at Highlands ER and transferred out of county for inpatient psychiatric care because Highlands was full
and could not admit them,â€� I cannot provide the information because according to FCBHA, there is no means
to report or provide the information. Because FCBHA cannot provide the records, I am denying your request."

What was included, however, was a list of all 236 admissions of county Medicaid consumers inpatient for
psychiatric care in the state from 3/11 through 3/12 -- which was not exactly what we wanted, but appreciated
information, nonetheless.

Meanwhile, as county staff sitting on Highlands' transfer statistics that they generate and own but possibly don't
care to compile, even under a RTK request, Highlands staff quickly knew their numbers.

In 2010, Highlands' inpatient psychiatric units had 960 admissions and transferred 10 patients elsewhere because
the hospital was full. In 2011, the hospital psychiatric units admitted 810 patients and transferred 31 elsewhere
because there were no beds. Through January and July of 2012, the hospital has had only 310 admissions and
transfered no patients because there were no beds available.

Other key reasons why Highlands has transferred psychiatric patients for treatment are a moot point, since
Uniontown Hospital will also have to transfer young children and, in all probability, have to transfer pregnant
women due to high risks of treating them. All hospitals, too, expect to experience patients who want transferred,
due to relationships with employees or others patients.

Missing from this story of statistics are the known numbers of children involved and an explanation of where
patients physically were when petitioned and admitted 236 times to out of county hospitals from 3/11 through
3/12. This is a one-year span of time targeted in the RTK request before Uniontown Hospital became eligible to
admit adults over 18 with Medicaid for psychiatric treatment.

Considering Highlands has turned away no patient in 2012 and had no bed available for only 31 persons in the
whole calendar year of 2011 while treating 810, we're confident to say that Highlands did not create the need for
205 or more of the 236 people to receive treatment out of county during the one-year period before Uniontown
Hospital became eligible to receive Medicaid behavioral health reimbursement to treat adults age 18 and older.

To blame Highlands or include that facility as a "challenge" on page 14 of FCBHA's  power point presentation
was rather pointless and unfair.

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LogConv is only $5 and the license will be valid for all defect releases and minor upgrades (2.16, 2.17, etc).

In the future I plan on setting up an automated purchase and license key generation system, but for now it's manual. I will generate your license key upon payment and send it via email to the address indicated in your PayPal payment. I can't guarantee a turnaround time, but I check my email almost every day.

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Applications are currently being accepted for the Joan Mitchell Travel Grant at the Laurier Archives, Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario.  The travel grant will support a graduate student or established scholar who wishes to travel to the Laurier Archives to conduct research.

Laurier Archives collects in three main areas: The history of the Lutheran Church in Canada; the environmental conservation movement in Canada; and Canadian music. The collection includes the records of the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. It includes records of German, Finnish, Estonian and English congregations from across Eastern Canada going back to the early 19th century. In addition, the collection contains the correspondence of C.H. Little documenting his life as a Lutheran, teacher, minister and father during the first half of the 20th century in Waterloo, ON.

In our environment conservation collection, records of the Canadian Arctic Resources Committee document many of the major environmental issues facing Canada’s north. It contains series documeting pipelines, (including the McKenzie Valley Pipeline; the Alaska Highway Pipeline; the Foothills Pipeline); hydro-electric projects in the Hudson Bay area; interviews with Indigenous leaders about the effects of large scale dams; marine conservation, national parks; Northern communities and Indigenous peoples. The Ken Hewitt fonds document hydrological research in the Himalayas. Also check out the records of the Canadian Water Resources Association; the Canadian Environmental Law Association; the Canadian Biosphere Reserve Association; and geographer George Francis.

Finally, the Laurier Archives has acquired a number of new collections documeting Canadian music, including the papers of contralto Maureen Forrester, composer Alfred Kunz, and the new music society NUMUS.

The application deadline is: Dec. 1, 2017.

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Monday, April 16, 2012

Passover ends...

Last week we celebrated the Jewish holiday of Passover. I'm really not sure that 'celebrate' is the correct word for the activity. We refrained from eating leavened food. (here is the case you are not familiar Story of Passover).

I enjoy leavened food (bread, cereal, croutons, oatmeal etc...). Honestly, I don't normally eat that much of it, but when you are told that you cannot eat something, then it is basically all that you want. That's just the way the world works. You want what you can't have.

And so, in honor of the completion of Passover, Jeremy and I each ate a gigantic, delicious, amazing, cupcake.
It seems like an appropriate way to thank the Israelites for wandering in pursuit of our freedom. Cupcakes. We are very thankful that we are free, and now free to eat cupcakes.

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Summer Essentials: The Makeup That Won't Budge

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Let's face it- the summer season is upon us. And with that, comes the unbearable heat. But hey, summer isn't that bad- we have an excuse to plan a trip to the beach with friends, a trip abroad with the family, there's no school which means there's less traffic and we can finally bring out our little shorts and cropped tops without people judging us (okay, maybe I judge from time to time- who wears skimpy shorts and cropped tops in December?!)

Even if the season has a right to be hot (like, ridiculously I'm-going-to-faint-get-me-out-of-here hot) it is only enjoyable when one finds themselves at the beach, sipping on a cold fruit shake, getting that nice golden tan. But for the rest of us stuck here in the city, looking good and feeling fresh despite the heat can be a big challenge. On a normal hot day, I'd choose to simply slap on a bit of my Chanel Le Blanc (since it has SPF 35) with some baby powder and then do my brows. Or you know, go out without any makeup on. But on those days where we have a little bit more to do and more places to go, it's nice to look good despite the heat.

I was able to find a couple of products that can actually withstand the Manila heat. I've found that these products stay on your face all day, not ending up all melted on your shirt.

Base- Chanel Le Blanc Whitening Makeup Base
Concealer - Collection Lasting Perfection in Light 02
Powder - Mac Studio Fix Powder in NC30
Blush - Tarte 12 hour Amazonian Clay Blush in Exposed
Bronzer/Contour - Mac Maleficent Sculpt Powder* limited edition
Brows - Etude House Brow Pencil (Dark Brown) and Maybelline Fashion Brow Tint (Dark Brown)
Eyes - Maybelline Color Tattoo Eyeshadows
Mascara - Maybelline Great Lash
Lips - Kat Von D Everlasting Liquid Lipstick in Outlaw, Mac Velvet Teddy and Candy Yum Yum, Marc Jacobs Kiss Pop in Pop Rock

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They say it's my birthday, na na na na na

Oh! What’s this they call sugar, and creamy cheesy too. Rich and licky sticky to fingers. What’s that they call balloon! Oh! Floaty and bouncy and curly ribbons tickle the nose on my face. I am all love! I jump and sing and do my walking like a circus pony, attached to daddy’s hand in the middle, round and round. Oh! What’s this they call cousin, him over there who runs and plays and chats all-business-like. Grow fast, hurry hurry! Want to do like him. Joy! This is what they call birthday, the day I arrived. That must have been some day, what with all these sweets and balloons and prancing and presents and people.

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Archive for January, 2016

One of Those Days

Tuesday, January 26th, 2016

I’m having one of those days — I am so grateful to be alive. The act of walking, the taste of coffee, the coziness of a blanket. The emotion stirred by music, the brain food from books, the hugs from my child. Greeting the parent who shows up every school morning to be crossing guard. […]

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How God Remembers That Which is Least

Friday, January 22nd, 2016

Yesterday I walked home from dropping my daughter at school, and I passed by a wounded mourning dove on the sidewalk. It was camouflaged and nearly undetectable. In a matter of seconds my eye saw it, my heart said, Oh! Poor creature, and my legs kept walking. I thought — actually, I felt a physical […]

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Friday, January 22nd, 2016

We need to remember that an appreciation for challenge, and a belief that we can find a way to change, learn and grow, can’t itself be fixed in place. Instead, we all struggle with fear and discouragement at times. Sometimes we run toward new experiences. Sometimes we have to find a way to learn something […]

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Tiger Woods Still Brings Ratings Gold For Golf

NBC saw a record 5.11 overnight rating on Sunday for its 3PM – 6PM coverage of the final round of the Valspar Championship. You know…the one in which Tiger Woods came within one stroke of winning for the first time since 2013?

Oh, and that overnight rating was the best rating for a non-Major PGA Tour event since the 2013 Players Championship.

And Sunday’s final round was also the best-rated golf telecast (other than The Masters) since the 2015 PGA Championship.

NBC Sports also saw a record 3.26 overnight rating on Saturday for its coverage of the third round. It was the best-rated Round 3 of a PGA Tour event on any broadcast network since 2006, and the best rating for the Valspar tournament in its history—an eye-popping 181% gain over Round 3 of the event last year.

And golf can look for Tiger’s successor all it wants, but those Saturday and Sunday numbers were all without Jordan Spieth or Rory McIlroy, who both missed the cut after Friday, and the number one ranked golfer in the world Dustin Johnson who sat this tourney out.

They all tuned in to see if Tiger.

Because when Tiger is competing on Sunday, nothing else can.

Source: Yahoo! Finance; Photo: Tiger Woods Facebook Page

Luke Combs Will Make National TV Debut

Luke Combs will be in New York City on Monday (6/5) to make his national TV debut on NBC’s Today Show, performing during both the 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM hours of the show. While on the show, Luke will perform his multi-week chart-topper “Hurricane” and will also join hosts Kathie Lee and Hoda for a performance of the fan-favorite track, “When It Rains It Pours.”

  • Comb’s latest milestone comes on the heels of “Hurricane” topping the charts for two straight weeks and the release his debut studio album, This One’s For You, today (6/2).

Alicia Keys Gloats After Beating Blake Shelton

Blake Shelton has always given his fellow coaches on The Voice a hard time when they lose to him, and now that competitive banter has been reciprocated by his friend Alicia Keys. After Keys’ contestant, Chris Blue, beat Team Blake’s Lauren Duski during the Season 12 finale on Tuesday night (5/23), she couldn’t help but gloat a little. During a press conference after the show, Alicia said (quote via Parade), “Ladies and gentleman, it has been a great dream of mine to put a whippin’ on Blake Shelton. I couldn’t wait for the day, when I could say, Blake, nah, nah nah.”

·         All banter aside, Alicia actually has the utmost respect for Shelton’s contestant, saying, “Lauren is phenomenal, by the way. I am so, so proud of everybody who was on that stage tonight. This whole season has been such a beautiful group of people.”

Blake Shelton’s Relationship With Adam Levine is “Explosive”

Whether you label it a bromance or a something else, Blake Shelton and Adam Levine have certainly had an interesting relationship over their years together on The Voice. Shelton tells The Tennessean that his relationship with Levine is pretty hard to define, as two are really good friends but also constantly at each other’s throats.  Blake says, “We’re those two guys you knew in high school where we have this bond that is unexplainable. It brings out the best and worst in both of us. It truly is an explosive relationship.”

The competition between Shelton and Levine is still going strong, as Team Blake’s Lauren Duski and Aliyah Moulden will go head to head with Team Adam’s Jesse Larson on the Season 12 finale of The Voice next week. Alicia Keys’ Chris Blue rounds out the show’s final four contestants.

Shania Twain’s New Song Featured in Winter Olympics Ad

NBC is getting fans ready for the 2018 Winter Olympics with a new promo featuring Shania Twain’s song “Life’s About to Get Good.” The new clip runs for one minute and features several U.S. Olympians, including snowboarder Shaun White and skier Lindsey Vonn, in action. The promo can be seen here.

·         “Life’s About to Get Good” will hit airwaves this June as the lead single from Shania’s first album in 15 years, which drops in September.

·         The 2018 Winter Olympics will get underway in in PyeongChang, South Korea, in February of next year.  ar.

Maren Morris/Blake Shelton Will Perform on the Voice

NBC is bringing some serious star power to The Voice this week. During tonight’s (5/8) episode, Blake Shelton will be step away from his coaching chair to perform his current single “Every Time I Hear That Song.” Maren Morris will then make her Voice debut the following night (5/9), performing her latest single “I Could Use a Love Song.”  Tuesday’s show will also feature a performance from pop star Charlie Puth, who will be debuting his new song, “Attention.”

Tim McGraw And Faith Hill Join The Voice

Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are joining the cast of NBC’s The Voice. Tim and Faith will serve as key advisers during the current season of The Voice, making them the first duo to ever take on that role on the show. As part of their advisor role, the couple will help get artists ready for the high-stakes knockout rounds airing in October.

·         This news comes during a big week for Tim and Faith, as they just announced their 65-city “2017 Soul2Soul World Tour” earlier this week and they also celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary today (10/6).

Country Music Hall Of Fame And Museum Opens Blake Shelton Exhibit Over The Weekend

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum features Blake Shelton in an exhibit that opened over the weekend called “Blake Shelton: Based On A True Story.” The exhibit will feature Shelton’s red-cushioned chair from NBC’s The Voice, among other artifacts.

Blake Shelton And Gwen Stefani Will Debut Their Duet On The Voice

Blake Shelton and his girlfriend Gwen Stefani will debut their duet “Go Ahead And Break My Heart” on Monday night’s (5/9) episode of NBC’s The Voice. The song was actually co-written by Blake and Gwen and appears on Shelton’s forthcoming album, If I’m Honest, out May 20th.

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