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Wrigley Field was a ballpark in Los Angeles, California. It hosted minor league baseball teams in the region for over 30 years. It was the home park for the minor league Los Angeles Angels during their run in the Pacific Coast League, as well as for the inaugural season of the major league team of the same name in 1961. The park was designed by Zachary Taylor Davis, who had previously designed both Chicago ballparks: Comiskey Park and Wrigley Field. The ballpark was also used as the backdrop for several Hollywood films about baseball, as well as the TV series Home Run Derby.
Called Wrigley's "Million Dollar Palace", Wrigley Field was built in South Los Angeles in 1925, and was named after William Wrigley Jr., the chewing gum magnate. Wrigley owned the first tenants, the original Los Angeles Angels, a Pacific Coast League team, and their parent club the Chicago Cubs. In 1925, the Angels moved from their former home at Washington Park, which was also known as Chutes Park. Wrigley's Major League home (Wrigley Field) in north Chicago was named for him later, in 1926.
Wrigley Field in Los Angeles was built to resemble Spanish-style architecture and a somewhat scaled-down version of the Chicago ballpark (known then as Cubs Park) as it looked at the time. It was also the first of the two ballparks to bear Wrigley's name, as the Chicago park was named for Wrigley over a year after the L.A. park's opening. At the time, he owned Santa Catalina Island, and the Cubs were holding their spring training in that island's city of Avalon (whose ball field was located on Avalon Canyon Road and also informally known as "Wrigley Field").
The playing field was aligned northeast (home plate to center field) at an elevation of 185 feet (55 m) above sea level. The boundary street in right field (east) was Avalon Boulevard, with a small parking lot. The other boundaries of the block were 41st Place (north, left field), 42nd Place (south, first base line), and San Pedro Street (west, third base line and a larger parking lot). Not only did L.A. Wrigley get its name first, it had more on-site parking than the Chicago version did (or does now).
Lights were added to the park in 1930.
Following the Angels' departure after the 1961 season, Wrigley Field had no regular tenants. By then the park was owned by the city, and various events were staged. On May 26, 1963, a large crowd attended a civil rights rally featuring Martin Luther King, Jr. By 1966 the park was being used for soccer matches.
In October 1968, the ballpark was renamed Gilbert Lindsay Community Center as a first step in renovating the site. Demolition was underway by January 1969. The resulting city park has a ball field in the northwest corner of the property, which was once a parking area. The diamond is locally known as "Wrigley Field", and is the home of Wrigley Little League baseball and softball. The original site of the Wrigley diamond and grandstand is occupied by the Kedren Community Mental Health Center and another parking lot. This led to Joni Mitchell writing her song "They Paved Paradise." 🤪. Kidding.

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"I'm just really honoured to be recognised by such a respected human rights organisation, and it really encouraged me as a journalist to work harder and pursue excellence in reporting," she told Young Post.
Meeting some of the best reporters at the Annual Human Rights Press Awards ceremony also motivated her to continue being a journalist. "I was in the same room with so many respected reporters, and being in the same group with them [as an award winner], people I have enormous respect for, really made a huge impression on me," said Cheung.
"The biggest impression was made by Kevin Lau [Chun-to], the former Ming Pao chief editor who got stabbed [in an attack last February]. He suffered so much and still cannot walk properly, so seeing people like him is really inspiring."
The Human Rights Press Award essay contest required entrants to write about an art work or film related to human rights. Inspired by the documentary Citizenfour, Cheung wrote about surveillance. The documentary, which won the Best Documentary Feature at this year's Oscars, tells the story of whistleblower Edward Snowden and the NSA spying scandal, something Cheung remembers vividly.
"I was starting my internship at CNN at that time, and the whole news room was crazy. I remember the first thing my boss said to me was 'Do you know where Edward Snowden is?'" (No, she didn't). "That incident was memorable, so when the documentary came out, I really wanted to watch it and know what actually was happening."
As well as having front row seats to one of the biggest stories this decade, training as a journalist has given her a wide range of unexpected experiences.
"Last summer I went to London to make a documentary about underprivileged drama students ... and I also got to speak to Filipino domestic helpers at an illegal rooftop structure - they pooled money to use it on their one day off - about the Right of Abode issue. And of course, there's Occupy Central," recalls Cheung. "I wouldn't have got to experience these things if I wasn't a journalist."
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Reporting presented her with another incredible opportunity when she travelled abroad for the first time to New Zealand as a junior reporter for Young Post.
"Sue [the Young Post editor] had this reporting opportunity where a junior reporter could follow a group of students on a study trip in New Zealand, and some magic happened and Young Post chose me," said Cheung. "A normal teenager in Hong Kong wouldn't have been able to go to a place like that."
So, looking back, what does the journalism graduate from one of the best universities for journalism in the city, and the first-ever Human Rights Press Award essay winner, have to say to aspiring journalists? Join Young Post's Junior Reporters' Club.
"This is from my heart, I'm not just saying this because [you're from Young Post], but really, junior reporters is a good place to start," said Cheung sagely. "It's a place to try it out and decide whether you'll like journalism or not. It's so free and flexible, you get to do all sorts of assignments and see if it's a good fit for you. It's a real privilege!"
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Q: find index of character in string in MATLAB I have a string-array, myString = '  23.654 ' and a character, Char = '.'. Is there some way to use the find function to determine the index of Char in myString?

A: You can use strfind which will identify the locations where one string exists within another.
index = strfind(myString, '.')

Or you could use == combined with find. The == performs an element-wise equality check between each character in the string and your character of interest. It will yield a logical array that is true where the character occurs, and false otherwise. If you need the actual index, find will return the location of all of the true values.
index = find(myString == '.')

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Sleep to reissue Dopesmoker
by Ben Kaye
on March 14, 2012, 11:48pm
Dopesmoker, the storied one-track, hour-long album by seminal stoner metal outfit Sleep, is finally getting released in the way the band intended. Recorded in 1995, the album was labeled "unmarketable" and subsequently shelved, leading to the group's disbandment. Though Tee Pee released a version in 2005, this new edition from Southern Lord is Dopesmoker as originally envisioned.
As a press release states, the original studio tapes have been completely remastered, leading to audio that is "clearer, louder, and at last brings a true representation of Sleep's hour-plus Weedian chronicle." In addition to the epic title track, the reissue includes a live rendition of the band's classic "Holy Mountain" from a 1994 performance at San Francisco's I-Beam. Lastly, longtime Sleep collaborator Arik Roper will provide new artwork, to be revealed at a later date.
A release date has not been disclosed, though a series of European tour dates leading up to Sleep's appearance at Primavera Sound have been announced. See their schedule just ahead.
Dopesmoker Deluxe Edition Track List:
01. Dopesmoker
02. Holy Mountain (Live at the I-Beam, San Francisco, CA 1994)
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:D I've had an idea for a while now. I would like to get together with some other gamemasters to develop a message board based massive RPG. Like lots of people, not too many, but lots. So each can go on their own adventures, and GMs could check messages every day and determine the player's rolls. I'd like to get together with anyone interested and discuss this further.
Hey good Idea I would suggest EZboard I happen to like it and it is easy to set up too.
Hi. Would anyone else be interested? How about you Thorin? I plan on using Ezboard, i have a few players already.
Great! I've still got some work to do on it, and I'll have a site and message board up running soon. I could also use any GM's if someone out there would like to help. And D6-to-d20 conversions.
D6 to D20 is easy - you post on the D6 message board.
Yup Give me the ADDY and I will poke around and look at stuff snd even post some plot hooks.
Ok ill send the link when i am done with everything. ANyone else interested?
I will join if you give me further info. As i understand it, you want a lot of GMs to help you run a big adventure run in both d6 and d20. Well, it seems to me that you need two sections, maybe even two message boards, for d6 and d20. Have separate GMs for both (or for people who would be willing to run both), then go from there. If i could get more info, id be willing to help.
Count me in got either player or gm post..
Id like to try this as a player.
Ok. I've got the board! Now ill make a site with all the official rules and guidelines, and then characters can be made! I've got lots of stuff going on right now, so I'll most likely be doing stuff later on at night.
Some clarification: It wont be both d6 and d20. Its d20, by saying I'd appreciate d6 conversions, I meant if you found something you thought would be useful to the RPG, please convert from d6 to d20 and send it to me!
As soon as you are ready I will be there.
Ill be a gm if you will. Matt Richard at your service, also, Im open to do any conversions you may need.
I would like to take part if there is still room. I would like to start as a player possibly to move to GM after some time, as I have been out of the SWRP world for a while.
Difficulties with a message-board based RPG are as follows.
Too Free Form: You will have difficulties with deciding actions, thus making it a Star Wars SIM, which is not true role-play.
No Dice: You can't use dice on a message board, and you will always find those little "kiddies" who love to cheat at ANYTHING.
No Structure: It is inevitable. You can, and will, have people who post non-RPG specific material and topics to the page.
In short, keep it to an IRC chat room. At least you can get bots to roll dice.
Unfortunately, the current configuration for my firewall (which I cannot change) does not allow me to do things in IRC.
Alas, i was grounded once again! For a month! Well, im out of school, and im gonna be working on the site now. Im gonna get everything in order.
Heres a better explanation. There will be many GMs, around 10-15. The GMs will not control any planets, but will simply look at any new posts and see if a die roll needs to be made. If there is, the GM will do the roll, post the results, and move on to the next roll until finished.
More on the playing side, every character has the potential and chance to become as powerful as Emperor Palpatine himself. But they must follow the rules, and rest assured, it will be difficult to reach that level. I will not allow Sith, however, new Dark Side or Light Side sects can arise. THus, players can usher in their own empires.
Ahem. Empireof1, too free form? No. I have a little invention, called a "rule".
GMs will roll. THey better not be kiddie, or we'll see if they can cheat death.
I will have a free chat board.
Trust me, I can make a solution for every problem.
To all, there is plenty of room still. When i said massive rpg, i meant MASSIVE! Yes, it may get hard when you have tons of people, but ill just add more GMs until order is present.
ok, can anyone do a nice website for me? Ill type the content, and someone else can make the site ;p Also, anyone good with graphics? I need some cool pictures for the site. Anything star wars related.
I still say that it is too free-form. Use OpenRPG, like I am. The players can make their own dice rolls.
well i signed on as a gm, and so far i like the way you have set up the rules. i would normally help with the site creation, but i have too much, yet i can help with rules if you need, because i am one of the biggest critics and pessimists in the world, so if one of your rules stink, ill be sure to tell you.
OpenRPG.com is the best way to play online.
Why not have separate groups of 4 players each and run everyting consistantly between the GM's, characters could swap groups etc, and all the seperate groups could be intermingled into one massive campaign story, involving major characters from the films.
Oh yeah i forgot...is this gonna be D6 or d20? cuz if it's d20, i'm pretty useless as a GM. I only know D6 rules...oh well.
I'm quite new to GMing but I wouldn't have a problem being one. I would prefer to start off as a player though.


Termination clauses are among the most important aspects of any independent sales representation agreement. Without a strong termination clause, an independent manufacturing representative is left without little legal protection should the principle decide it no longer needs its services.
The recent Tax Court case Potter v Commissioner, T.C.M. 2018-153 (T.C. Sep. 17, 2018) provides a great example of the type of protection that a termination clause can provide to a manufacturing representative. In that case, Jeff Potter worked as an independent contractor for a company called Green Country, which was in the business of selling garden soil and other related products. Mr. Potter was well represented when drafting his sales representative contract and was protected by a strong termination clause. The clause stipulated that if his compensation agreement was terminated, he would be owed a termination payout equal to 150% of his commissions from the previous year. When his agreement was terminated, the company compensated in accordance with this clause. The lawsuit that followed did not contest this payment, the dispute was merely over the federal income tax implications of the termination payment.
As we see in Potter, one approach to contracting for compensation in the event the sales representation contract is terminated is to structure it as a payout equal to a percentage of commissions paid over the previous year, or some other period of time. This is of course not the only way to structure a termination clause pay out. Another popular approach is to structure it in terms of a percentage of sales made on accounts that the independent sales representative generated. This, in effect, would allow the sales representative to continue earning a commission on sales that were properly attributable to their own work efforts. In order to provide real protection, termination clauses must be negotiated as a part of the initial contract. As a result, some sales representatives may prefer to structure the clause in terms of a flat rate, like a liquidated damages clause.


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There needs to be some serious balance changes and these are my complaints so far.
1. Rebel spaceships are better than the Imperials, they have shields while Imperials have useless boosts.
2. The "Impact grenade" is now useless, by the time you've threw it at somebody you're dead as it only deals 90 damage.
3. The "Barrage" delay is way too much at 2.5 seconds, everyone gets out of the way too easily.
4. "Ion shot" is merely useless as it only adds a small amount of damage to your weapon.
5. "Homing Shot" is by far too powerful, I struggle avoiding it even with a Jetpack.
6. " Smoke grenade" is almost see-through, it needs to be thicker smoke.
7. The "Cycler Rifle" is too weak compared to the pulse cannon, the bullets drop and it deals lower damage, I think around 75 but I'm not too sure.
8. The "Bounty Hunter" trait is seriously OP especially combined with the Bowcaster and Jetpack, I got a 55 kill streak on Drop Zone today with it. it resets all cooldowns on kills and gives you a chance to get a powerup.
10. The "Dl44" is too powerful on a infantry unit, I get massive kill streaks with it ranging from 5-20 sometimes. it's more of a shotgun than the actual shotgun in the game.
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September 27, 2016 Zac Russ
Cast Looks Forward to 'You Can't Take It With You,' Now In Rehearsal
Director Denny Charbonnet leads a rehearsal of the upcoming Marian Player production, "You Can't Take It with You." (photo by: Zac Russ)
(COVINGTON, La.) — The St. Paul' s School Marian Players are currently in rehearsals with their fall production of "You Can't Take It With You," which is scheduled to open Nov. 2.
"I'm happy about the play," junior Isaac Hebert, who landed one of the lead roles, said. "(Being in the play) is a chance to be louder than life as long as you make it great and make it fun."
"You Can't Take It With You" is a comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart about focusing on life and its values, instead of money.
Isaac Hebert, who portrays Boris Kolenkhov, exchanges dialogue with Nico Arcuri, who portrays Granpa. (photo by: Zac Russ)
"This play is referred to as 'The Father of Family Sitcoms," Director Denny Charbonnet said. "It's a real funny show."
One of the relatively small cast of 24 characters, junior Christian Butler, who plays another primary role, is a new student to St. Paul's but is no stranger to the theatrical arts.
"I was in 'Hello Dolly,' and I had a minor role in that play. I am excited to be working with all these people," Butler said.
Cast members are looking forward to rehearsals and Opening Night. The read-through on the first rehearsal was quite a kick, according to Charbonnet.
"When we had the cast here in the theatre on the night of the read-through, we all laughed from beginning to end," Charbonnet said.
Casting the actors and actresses was quite a challenge for Denny and Assistant Director, Barrett Baumgartner.
"It is always a challenge to cast," Baumgartner said. "(It) is like trying to paint a painting. As a painter, you need the right colors, mixtures, (and) texture. It is the same with casting; (it involves) using all these things to find the right actor or actress to fit the role."
Despite the difficulty of casting, Baumgartner says that he is confident in Charbonnet's abilities.
"Denny has been the director for 30 years," Baumgartner said. "She is experienced and knows what she is doing."
"You Can't Take It With You" will run Nov. 2 through 6 in the Alumni Memorial Theatre on campus. Tickets will go on sale in October and will be available from the school's Administration Building or Braswell Drugs on Tyler St. in Covington.
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Q: Pandas udf error on EMR: class "io.netty.buffer.ArrowBuf"' I'm trying to use a pandas udf on a Jupyter notebook on AWS EMR to no avail.
First I tried to use a function that I did, but I couldn't get it to work, so I tried some examples of answers to other questions I found here, but I still couldn't get it to work.
I tried this code:
from pyspark.sql.functions import pandas_udf, PandasUDFType
from pyspark.sql.types import *
import pyspark.sql.functions as F
import pyarrow

df = spark.createDataFrame([
    (1, "A", "X1"),
    (2, "B", "X2"),
    (3, "B", "X3"),
    (1, "B", "X3"),
    (2, "C", "X2"),
    (3, "C", "X2"),
    (1, "C", "X1"),
    (1, "B", "X1"),
], ["id", "type", "code"])

schema = StructType([
    StructField("code", StringType()),
])

@F.pandas_udf(schema, F.PandasUDFType.GROUPED_MAP)
def dummy_udaf(pdf):
    pdf = pdf[['code']]
    return pdf

df.groupBy('type').apply(dummy_udaf).show()

And I get this error:
Caused by: java.lang.SecurityException: class "io.netty.buffer.ArrowBuf"'s signer information does not match signer information of other classes in the same package

I tried without the import pyarrow and I get the same error. I also used other codes from answers about this topic and the result was the same.
In the bootstrap shell script I have a pip install line as follows:
sudo python3 -m pip install pandas==0.24.2 pyarrow==0.14.1

I've tried with pyarrow 0.15.1, but nothing changed.
Dou you have any idea what is causing this error? Thank you!

A: Set the following versions
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Everyone was seated on rows of chairs in a classroom for the lunchtime game of charades. Those in the front row performed first. Then, as soon as someone in the audience made a correct guess, everyone moved forward a row and the next set of 'actors' took the 'stage'.
Because I was 'special', I was not required to line up and wait my turn to entertain my colleagues. Instead I was matched with three others as soon as I entered the room. We had a quick discussion of Strangers in the night, then turned to the audience to perform our piece.
There was complete silence in the room as we mimed our way through the short scene. Rather than shout out multiple guesses throughout, only one person spoke, and he saved his comment until we finished. Happily, however, he came up with the right answer.
It was only when the chairman of the proceedings called for everyone to shift seats again was that I noticed MH was in charge. How could this be possible? Hadn't he died in 2016?
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Pam was born and raised in Manitowoc WI. She graduated from the University of Green Bay with a degree in Human Development with an emphasis in writing; she is currently in the process of working on her Masters at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology to pursue her career in Child Advocacy. Pam is married and has a beautiful daughter and rambunctious son. Her mother was her literary mentor and always a passionate supporter of her writings. Pam's dream is that her stories ignite imagination, and prompts a smile on the face of each child who discovers the wonders of the written word, and every parent who reads them with their child.
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Q: Get hasMany relationship through 4 levels of users childs I have a users table that contains:
id
parent_id   //=> refers to the users table
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and cards table :
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user_id     //refers to a user with "agent_account" role

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The machine that changed the world – one stitch at a time
October 6, 2020 LisaTulfer 6 Comments
My pride and joy is a vintage Singer sewing machine. It's black and gold, is so heavy that I can hardly lift it, and celebrated its 90th birthday this year. Built to last in an era when built-in obsolescence had not yet been invented, it is a design icon which truly changed the world, and every time I use it I am captivated again by its story.
Up to the middle of the nineteenth century, all sewing was done by hand. There was no alternative to hand-stitching – every seam of every garment made, ever, in all of human history, was hand stitched. Then, a flurry of inventors created a variety of 'sewing engines', which could sew much faster than any human hand. The most enduring of these designs was patented in 1851 by Isaac Merritt Singer of New York. A gifted salesman, he created a network of showrooms where the machines were demonstrated, showing both that they were easy to use ('so easy a woman could use it' – not a slogan that would, one hopes, sell many products these days, but in its time very effective) and also that clothes sewn by machine were at least as good as those sewn by hand.
Singer's two main markets were commercial – garment manufacturers – and domestic. It was in domestic sales that the sewing machine created a revolution. Diaries kept by American women in the 1860s showed that they were spending the equivalent of two days a week on making and repairing clothes for their families. A sewing machine saved up to 90% of that time, giving them opportunities to earn money either through sewing for other people or by working outside the home.
It wasn't just the machines themselves that changed the world – it was the way they were sold. In the 1870s, these expensive pieces of kit were worth the equivalent of half a year's salary for a typical worker. Singer introduced the idea of hire purchase, where an initial deposit and regular payments would enable people to own and use a machine they would otherwise not be able to afford. Sales boomed, and modern consumer spending was born.
Supported by a reputation for reliability and a good parts and maintenance network, by 1918 it was estimated that one in five households in the world had a Singer sewing machine. Yes, you read that right – one in five households in the world, for it didn't take long for the Singer company to realise that there was a market far beyond the USA. It started its international expansion in the United Kingdom, initially manufacturing sewing machines in Glasgow, and 1882 construction started on a new factory at Kilbowie, on the banks of the River Clyde, where John Brown's shipyard was already a major employer of skilled workers. The Singer factory, which at the time was the largest factory of its kind in the world, was a catalyst for the development of the town of Clydebank, and it was in this factory that my Singer sewing machine was born.
By tracing the serial number which each individual machine has, it is possible to find out exactly where and when a Singer was manufactured. Serial number Y7649074 was part of a batch of 20,000 model 99K machines made in the Kilbowie factory in January, 1930.
In 1930, the Great Depression had taken hold following the Wall Street Crash of the previous year. In January, Buzz Aldrin (one day to be the second man to walk on the moon) was born in New Jersey, and Mickey Mouse made his debut in a comic strip. Over the next few months, the planet Pluto would be discovered, and elections in Germany would see Hitler's National Socialists become the second largest party in the Reichstag. Sliced bread would appear in British shops for the first time, Sellotape (Scotch tape) would be invented, and Clarence Birdseye would sell the first frozen food. Against this backdrop, my sewing machine emerged from the last of the 56 departments in the Singer factory, its black japanned cast iron body gleaming, the gold leaf bright and fresh, its mechanism oiled and ready for action. I would love to know who first owned it – who first excitedly turned the key to open the domed Deco-style box – whose hands first threaded the needle, wound the bobbin, turned the handle – who first proudly wore a garment created on this machine, what that garment was, what fabric, what colour. I imagine children's clothes, the curtains for a first home, a dress to wear to the dance, the changing fashions and fabrics of more than six decades.
My Singer came to me in the mid-1990s, in Salisbury, Wiltshire. I had spotted it in the window of the sewing machine shop near where I worked, advertised as 'refurbished'. I was given it as a birthday present, and it's one of the best presents I've ever had. A quarter of a century later, it's still in regular use. It only has one stitch – a straight stitch – and it only stitches forwards (later machines had a reverse function), so modern stretch jerseys present it with some challenges, but for many years I made most of my own clothes. I remember the first thing I made was a black velvet longline jacket, which I wore for years and years until it finally disintegrated. These days, my Singer produces curtains and alters clothing, and it's especially good – when fitted with the right needle – for shortening denim jeans. Even though I neglect its maintenance, I have only once had to take it in for a service, because it was sticking – the guy who serviced it told me off for not cleaning the fluff out of the works more regularly!
I said at the start that the Singer sewing machine was built to last. Sadly, the affordable high street fashions of the mid-twentieth century and the advent of competition from Japanese, German and Italian manufacturers after WWII contributed to the end of Singer company's success. The Kilgowie factory closed in June 1980. Together with the closure of the John Brown shipyard a few years earlier, this led to Clydebank becoming a post-industrial ghost town in the Thatcher era. A recent (2019) BBC television documentary (The Singer Story: Made in Clydebank) interviewed a number of former employees of the Singer factory, reminiscing about its glory days. Their pride in their work, and in the machines they produced, shone out, and I was especially struck by the words of Anna Stones, who worked in Department 55 (the parts department). She said "You were proud to be making a small part, and to know that it was going to be a Singer sewing machine, and that it was going to give somebody so much pleasure, and was going to be sent all over the world." I hope Anna would be happy to know how much I love my machine.
The documentary also traced the continued use of the early twentieth-century manual and treadle (foot operated) machines into the present day all over the world, including through charities like Tools For Self Reliance who collect vintage machines, refurbish them, and send them to (often women's) development projects around the world where they become the means for people to become economically independent. The programme interviewed young women in Accra, Ghana who were excited to have the means to become self-employed as seamstresses, equipped with Singer sewing machines just like mine. Here's to the Singer sewing machine – the machine that changed the world, and still goes on changing it, one stitch at a time.
My creative inheritance – the story of three generations of women and our textiles
July 4, 2020 July 4, 2020 LisaTulfer Leave a comment
I have been making things with yarn and textiles for almost as long as I can remember. I can vividly recall the first time I saw someone crocheting (I was about four at the time), which I described as "knitting with one needle." Evidently I already knew about knitting with two needles! As a child in the Netherlands I grew up around embroidery and cross stitch – my aunt used to make amazing tablecloths embroidered with naturalistic leaves, berries and flowers in tiny cross stitch, a style which is very common in the Netherlands but rarely seen here in the UK. It always impressed me that the reverse was very nearly as beautiful as the front of her work, and I was taught that this was something to aim for. My Oma (grandmother) was skilled in a wide range of embroidery styles – blackwork, drawn thread work, and crewel work as well as cross stitch and needlepoint. She always had something on the go – unless she was immersed in one of her beloved English-language whodunits!
Occasionally she would knit – I have a vague recollection of cardigans she knitted for me when I was very small – but it was my mother who was the prolific knitter. Rarely working from patterns, between the 1940s and the 1980s she produced a vast number of garments, not only the usual sweaters and scarves, but also entire dresses – with panelled skirts – fully fashioned and a perfect fit and, astonishingly, knitted from the finest 2-ply or laceweight yarn on knitting needles barely thicker than sewing needles. She always claimed to hate knitting, but nevertheless she put a lot of time and effort into her creations, even when knitwear was easily and cheaply available to buy and knitting was no longer the necessity it perhaps was in the 1940s and 50s. She also made her (and my) clothes occasionally, including her own wedding dress, on a 1950s Singer sewing machine with an electric motor.
Beacons Skyscape. Wool felt and silk. Lisa Tulfer 2012
It was probably inevitable that I would continue the tradition. I was embroidering (including blackwork and drawn thread work) by the age of 6, and I also remember learning to knit when I was 6 or 7 – it was a scarf for one of my dolls, made out of scrap yarn in stripes of olive green and burgundy. I made all my dolls' clothes, sewing as well as knitting and crocheting. Up until my late 20s (when my eyesight started to struggle) I made fine cross stitch cards and bookmarks as gifts. After that, I moved onto needlepoint, as it is larger scale, uses chunky wool instead of fine cottons and silks, and is altogether easier on the eyes. For a time I took commissions, creating unique bespoke designs for cushions. In my 20s I acquired a 1930 Singer hand cranked sewing machine, which is my pride and joy, and started dressmaking. Unfortunately, full-time work and the demise of fabric shops in the 1990s eventually ended that, but I still use the machine to do alterations, shorten trousers, and make things for the house, even if I haven't made myself an item of clothing for many years.
I knit compulsively – I'm more than a little obsessed with yarn, especially wool and silk, and deeply in love with the self-striping sock yarn which has been developed in recent years in a kaleidoscope of colours. I think that for me it's often about the process of knitting – the meditative rhythm of it, and the tactile and visual enjoyment of the yarn – as much as the finished garment. I rarely use commercial patterns, usually sketching out my own designs and often making it up as I go along. If the yarn is colourful or has a great texture I try to keep the design simple so as not to compete with the materials. Over the last few years I have set myself new challenges – I have learned to knit socks (my partner is now the proud owner of a number of pairs of custom socks in the knock-your-eye-out colours she loves) and also plucked up the courage to try lace knitting, with generous guidance from Liz Lovick of Northern Lace. Both of these do require patterns, as well as intense concentration.
When I was very young, I was told I couldn't draw. With art therefore not open to me as a creative outlet, I turned instead to the skills I did have, inherited from the women of my family – textiles. For me, there has always been more to making things with yarn and cloth than simply making functional garments – colour, texture and pattern are paramount. In my late 30s I discovered feltmaking, and rather than making the clothes, wraps and bowls which many of my contemporaries created – often very beautifully – I 'painted' with coloured wool fibres to create wall art which was mounted and framed like a picture. I then discovered spinning – with a spindle, still my preference, and with a wheel – and with the unique yarns I was making I started to weave. I did make myself a scarf, and a table runner is currently awaiting its bead fringing, but otherwise everything I weave, too, is wall art.
Although I have inherited a number of things which belonged to my Dutch grandparents, I think the one I would save from a fire is a blackwork wall hanging embroidered by my Oma in 1966 – before I was born. It hung on her kitchen wall for as long as I can remember, and now it hangs on mine. It depicts the signs displayed outside Dutch hostelries and other businesses in former times. It could do with specialist cleaning, but the marks on it tell the story of family life, and for me, as the work of her hands, it's infinitely precious.
Today is not World Book Day
Yesterday was World Book Day. For various reasons which I won't bore you with, I managed not to realise this until the evening, by which time it was a bit late to blog about it/post #shelfie pictures on Twitter along with the rest of the reading and writing community.
But it set me thinking. One of the commissioning editors for whom I write a lot often commissions articles about World/International Days, and the range of topics I've researched and written about over the past few years is amazing. I thought I would share a few of them with you.
International Women's Day (Sun 8 March 2020)
This day has been around for a long while – it was first marked in 1911, and initially focussed on women's right to work without discrimination. Inevitably, it soon also started to campaign for women's right to vote. Following the day's adoption by the feminist movement in the 1960s, the United Nations declared it an International Day in the 1970s. It continues to raise awareness of issues affecting women around the world, which we might have hoped would have been addressed by now: inequality and discrimination, the impact of war and displacement, sexual violence, and the lack of access to education.
World Day Against Child Labour (Fri 12 June 2020)
A more recent development is World Day Against Child Labour, which started in 2002. Its focus is the global extent of child labour, and the campaign to eliminate it. The 2015 Sustainable Development Goals include a global commitment to end "child labour in all its forms" by 2025, but currently over 200 million children around the world work, many full-time. This matters, not only because it deprives them of the chance to be children and to play, but because it means that they are denied the opportunity to go to school, and traps them in a cycle of poverty. In the West we probably think of child labour in terms of having a paper round, or being a child actor, with legal protections in place. Worldwide, however, 70% or working children work in agriculture, often hard and dangerous work.
World Bee Day (Wed 20 May 2020)
With so much publicity for the pollinator crisis over the past few years, we can't fail to be aware that there's so much more to bees than honey. Until I began researching for this article, though, I hadn't appreciated that as much as a third of world food production depends on bees for pollination. This makes it very worrying that 10% of bee species worldwide are facing extinction. Although there is dispute about what is causing the decline in bees, with possible culprits being the varroa mite, other viruses, diseases and pests, climate change, and neonicotinoid pesticides, the statistics suggest that bee numbers are down by a third in the USA, with significant losses being reported elsewhere including Europe.
It's not all doom and gloom though – this is one area of environmental crisis where ordinary people like you and I can make a difference. Bee-friendly gardening, providing bees with flowers which yield plentiful and easily-accessed nectar, can help to boost the health and numbers of these essential creatures, whose future survival is so closely entwined with our own.
World Braille Day (Mon 4 January 2021)
On this day in 1809, Louis Braille was born in France. He was blinded by a childhood accident, but applied his intellect to the problems he faced, and by the age of 15 had created a system for reading and writing. A system of military night-writing had been developed by Charles Barbier, at Napoleon's request, to provide a tactile way for soldiers to communicate silently and without a light source. It consisted of sets of dots which encoded sound. Louis adapted this into a matrix of 'cells' of raised dots, 3 high by 2 wide, which can be used to read (and, with the right equipment, to write) in any language.
World Braille Day was declared by the United Nations to celebrate the system's role in giving independence to people who are blind and visually impaired, and to encourage its use. Sadly, there is a world shortage of trained Braille teachers, and Braille writing equipment is expensive. Some years ago I was able to get funding to produce a Braille version of an adult education programme I had developed, but was saddened that so many users said this was the first time they had been able to take part in learning on an equal basis with their sighted colleagues. I found that public bodies and businesses rarely use Braille to make their premises and services independently accessible to blind and partially sighted users – often the only place you will encounter Braille is on the buttons in the lift.
World Toilet Day (Tues 19 November 2020)
This day is particularly dear to my heart – having had IBS for 30 years, I have a personal interest in the provision of toilet facilities, and am the proud owner of a RADAR key which has come to my rescue many times. I know how lucky I am to live in a country where flush toilets are the norm, widely available, and safe.
However, despite the United Nations declaring in 2010 that access to sanitation and water is a human right, over a third of the world's population still doesn't have access to a safe toilet. Over a billion have no toilet at all. Amazingly, more people own a mobile phone than have access to a toilet.
This lack of safe toilets has enormous implications worldwide. Firstly, there are the health implications, with diseases such a cholera and dysentery being spread because of inadequate sanitation, and untreated sewage contaminating the environment and the food chain. Secondly, one fifth of schools have no toilet facilities, effectively preventing girls from attending once they start menstruating. And thirdly, women who have no alternative but to engage in 'open defecation', especially after dark, are vulnerable to attack and rape. World Toilet Day seeks to address a subject which can be taboo or socially unacceptable, but which is really about basic human rights.
A number of organisations are involved in providing toilets where they are most needed. One which I have supported is WaterAid – see https://www.wateraid.org/uk/the-crisis/toilets for more details.
Body, mind and spirit – living life to the full
November 12, 2019 November 21, 2019 LisaTulfer Leave a comment
My interview with Hannah Spalding made me realise that I am interested in people who do what they love – not just the nine to five thing, but work which they are passionate about. So when my mother in law suggested that I interview a school friend of hers who has set up a holistic, beauty and spiritual training centre, and is hugely enthusiastic about it, I was intrigued.
Elaine Collier, together with her friend and business partner Gill Moss, run the Como Centre, which is based in Oxfordshire. They provide a wide range of accredited training courses, as well as workshops and other events. Their mission statement says:
We work within the mind, body and spirit sector and firmly believe in the following:
There is more to life than meets the eye
We all need to become more empowered and do more of what we love
We need to take more care of our own health and wellbeing
We need to be happy
The 'we need to be happy' bit was exactly what I was interested in! "I think it's really important to be on your own journey, to come to your own conclusion that you are happy and comfortable with", Elaine tells me. "Some people tell me that, if I'm going to be a spiritual person, I shouldn't eat meat, or drink alcohol, or smoke or take drugs. Well, I don't smoke or take drugs, but I do eat meat and I do have a drink from time to time, and I don't think those sort of restrictions are helpful. I think it's more a case of, if you're taking your spiritual development seriously, you're going to be careful about how you behave, about how you live your life."
Gill Moss and Elaine Collier
The range of training courses and workshops offered by Elaine and Gill is comprehensive, and covers most areas of complementary therapy and spiritual development. Topics include mindfulness, massage, healing, beauty therapy, meditation, angel workshops, reflexology, past life regression, sound therapy, tarot and reiki. The Como Centre's latest initiative is an online programme, Flick Your Switch, which aims to guide participants "towards greater clarity, perspective, peace and happiness in your life."
The Como Centre's approach is more than just a training course – participants are part of a community, a family, and Elaine and Gill are there for people throughout the programme and for as long afterwards as they need. Facebook groups are a big part of how the Centre works. "You're getting what you need to give you confidence and get you energised, and ready to put into practice what you have learned – and you can contact us at any point afterwards if you have a question or a problem. The personal connection is really important to us."
I asked Elaine how she had come to be involved in this sector, and she recalled how, many years ago in her native St Ives, Cambridgeshire, she and a friend had started attending the spiritualist church "for something to do." Initially deeply sceptical, what she found there opened her eyes: "there's more to this life than we think."
Over time, Elaine and her friend moved into leadership roles at the church, including healing, while she worked as a PA to the director of a research institute. Following the birth of her son, divorce, and redundancy, relocating for work brought Elaine to Oxfordshire. Then, she says, "everything changed." She met Gill through a google search to find a hopi ear candle therapist to deal with her ongoing blocked ears. She became enthused about reiki, and a friend suggested "you could do that," so she trained as a reiki healer. At last, says Elaine, she was fulfilling her purpose, "what I'm here to achieve." The Como Centre was founded 8 years ago, to help other people fulfil their potential. At the end of 2019 Elaine and Gill are moving from their current premises to work out of two new locations in existing complementary practices, as well as increasingly online.
We talked about how the mind/body/spirit sector is becoming more mainstream. Elaine feels that there is a growing interest in how all aspects of life are connected. She also sees people taking more responsibility for their own health and wellbeing, rather than turning to medication in the first instance. "It's not just for hippy types now – it's becoming the norm. Mindfulness and meditation are being taught in schools now, which is great, and will help to make it the norm." People are realising that there is more to life, says Elaine, than "being born, going to school, working, having kids, watching TV, and waiting to die!"
How does Elaine feel about her work? "I wish I'd done it years ago – but then again, I wouldn't have been ready," she says. When I ask about her working day, she says "We have a ball! There's no such thing as an average day – most of our sessions run at weekends, but on other days I'll be replying to emails, creating new material, or going on courses myself to keep my skills up."
Find out more about the Como Centre by visiting their website (where you can also download a series of meditations) or on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
All images are taken from the Como Centre website with permission.


The Quest for the Leadership Gene: How Do We Find/Select the Best School Leaders?
Quietly, in the spring, the Department of Education introduced a test for principal candidates. For almost forty years candidates for New York City supervisory positions simply had to take courses and earn the appropriate supervisory certification from a college that has been approved by the State.
The civil service exam process lead by the Board of Examiners was overturned as a result of a lawsuit, Boston M. Chance, Louis Mercado v Board of Examiner, sustained on appeal in 1972, the Board of Examiners supervisory examination process was found to be discriminatory. The Board of Education decided not to challenge the decision of the trial judge.
Ironically the Board of Examiners, an independent public agency was created shortly after the consolidation of the boroughs into New York City in 1898 and the creation of a Board of Education. It was the brainchild of the reformers of the late nineteenth century, its purpose, to take the appointment of teachers and supervisors out of the hands of politicians and base their assignment on merit … on the results of civil service examinations with assignments to jobs based upon the grades on the civil service tests.
The Board of Education simply abandoned the examination system and placed the assignment of supervisors in the hands of the newly elected Community School Boards.
On paper the Department involved parents and teachers in the selection process (Chancellor's Regulation C-30), in reality the selections made by school boards, in too many districts, were highly suspect. In spite of accusations that supervisory selections were driven by race, ethnic and religious groups, influenced by elected officials, and, in some cases outright "bought," the system continued into the mid-nineties.
The Commissioner of Investigation, Ed Stancik, in coordination with the teachers' union changed the law and took all personnel authority away from school boards.
One of the first major initiatives of the Bloomberg/Klein mayoral control was the creation of the Leadership Academy, a privately funded operation. In spite of the fanfare the Academy was simply top-down patronage … rather than jobs distributed by school boards we now had jobs meted out to friends of Joel.
Bob Knowling, a failed internet entrepreneur was chosen as the Leadership Academy head, at a salary of $250,000 plus perks.
In time the Academy cleaned up its act, selected Sondra Stein, a recognized scholar, as Chief Operating Officer.
The new competencies that are the core of the new "test" are crucial for the success of a principal.
However, "book knowledge" alone will not the great principal make.
Failing schools, i.e., SURR schools are always characterized by poor leadership.
A school leader may be able to analyze data, construct a budget, write an observation report, but, when they walk into the student cafeteria do the kids immediately stopping talk?
Are they master teachers? Can they model exemplary teaching?
Are they respected by the kids, teachers and parents?
Are they looked upon as leaders by those they lead?
In too many circumstances principals are not school leaders, they do not possess that difficult to define quality, the ability to inspire and lead by example.
Increasingly I have come to believe that some have that leadership gene and some do not. The new examination will filter out some, the Leadership Academy has stumbled, without school leaders that can lead schools will continue to sputter.
Bloomberg, Klein et. al., are entering their last year … no matter how much they pat themselves on the back data is stagnant.
Hopefully the next administration will understand that schools begin with school leaders … that friends of friends, carrots and stick and a duplicitous spinning of data are failed strategies.
In education, I believe, experience must be factored in. This usually but not always comes with an age consideration since greater experience belongs to those who have lived longer, and we hope, been wizened by the shaping of a longer vision. This administration has indulged not only in unparalleled patronage, but in the mistaken belief that the energy of youth and malleability of the unshaped mind compensate for school experience.
What makes a good school leader? A thoughtful and unafraid individual with enough experience to know that whatever they are teaching in the Leadership Academy has little bearing on the real world of kids, families, and gaining the respect of your staff. Being an apprentice for a single year is hardly the same as managing a Title I school in a desperately poor neighborhood.


It's not really the 400th anniversary of the American pancake, but that didn't stop 12 hungry historians.Happy 400th birthday to the great New York pancake!
You forgot? How could you?
Perhaps because it's not really the 400th anniversary of the first American pancake.
But that small detail didn't stop 12 hungry historians from celebrating the birthday of America's beloved breakfast treat by competing in a pancake-eating contest at The Pump, a health-food restaurant on West 55th Street.
Jorge Gonzalez won the contest by downing 10½ of the belly-busters in a grueling, 15-minute war of attrition. John Donovan, who ate 93/4, finished second.
Or not. Contest organizer Gene Weber proclaimed yesterday the 400th birthday based on calculations he made after "two hours of actual research in the library" — but a five-second glance at an encyclopedia would've found the flaw in Weber's math.
Dutch explorer Henry Hudson didn't even land in what is now New York until Sept. 3, 1609. Even if the first thing he did was fry up a stack of flapjacks, pancakes could only claim a 390-year New York run.
Not shabby, but certainly not 400 years.
Despite the mathematical inaccuracy, yesterday's contest was sanctioned by the International Federation of Competitive Eating, the first time that the governing body of the burgeoning sport has endorsed any contest except the annual Nathan's hot dog-eating contest at Coney Island.
Federation Executive Director George Shea will also sanction next week's matzo-ball-eating contest at Ben's Deli now that contest organizers have barred the so-called "Roman Rule," which allowed gustatory gladiators to create more room in their stomachs by vomiting during the contest.


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[Just what is Joban-mono fish?] Pt. 9 – 6 Ways to Try the Finest Fish in Japan – Authentic Local Meals from Fukushima's Coast
13 Feb 2021 - JAPANKURU
Flatfish of all kinds, skipjack tuna, surf clams, Pacific saury, aonori seaweed and moreーJoban-mono comes from the "Shiome Sea", where the Oyashio and Kuroshio ocean currents mix, producing seafood that has long been popular in Tokyo's Tsukiji and Toyosu fish markets. But what dishes do locals cook up in the coastal Fukushima cities of Iwaki and Soma, to make the most of these fresh ingredients?
Joban-mono and Regional Cooking in Hama-dori
If you've been following the Joban-mono series here on Japankuru, you probably already know the story of this particular popular natural resource. With such plentiful praise heaped onto Joban-mono, it's no surprise if you're left wondering about the best way to eat it! So if you're heading to Fukushima's coastal Hama-dori region, be sure to look for a few of these popular dishes, all local Fukushima favorites.
3 Local Specialties from Iwaki
① Uni no Kaiyaki (Clamshell-Baked Sea Urchin)
Uni piled high on the shell of a surf clamーa must for uni lovers.
If you love the rich flavor and light sweetness of uni (sea urchin), this luxurious little uni no kaiyaki probably has your mouth watering already. The mountain of golden sea urchin bulging out of a surf clam shell is an iconic seafood dish hailing from the city of Iwaki.
With uni no kaiyki, all of uni's rich, savory flavor comes concentrated into a few amazing bites.
This dish is a regional specialty from the Meiji era (1868 – 1912), before the time of refrigerators, when they would steam-bake the fresh uni on surf clam shells as a way to extend its shelf life. This dish is the ultimate treat for dedicated seafood lovers, and one bite of this uni caught in the Shiome Sea will fill the mouth with a sweet aroma and the taste of the ocean.
② Sanma Popo-yaki (Pacific Saury Burgers)
In Iwaki, popo-yaki offers fierce competition against hamburger steaks (beef patties covered in sauce and served without the bun), which are a commonplace part of Japanese home cooking.
When cooking Pacific saury, most Japanese chefs will think of Japan's classic grilled fish. But this fish has been more than ubiquitous in Iwaki for a long time, and with so much of Pacific saury in the hands of local home cooks, some of them clearly got a little creative somewhere along the wayーespecially when cooking for picky children who might not like the strong flavor of this oily fish. The recipe for popo-yaki is simple: skin, debone, and remove the innards of the fish, before finely mincing it, and mixing it with chopped onion, ginger, miso, and perhaps a secret ingredient or two to jazz things up. With these strongly-flavored ingredients, the end result is a balance that makes it easy for anyone to enjoy the flavor of Pacific saury. Popo-yaki is cooked just like you might cook a hamburger or a crab cake (another similar recipe), with a little oil in a frying pan.
"Yaki" means fried in Japanese, but the "popo" part of the dish's name has a few possible origins. Japan is known for its common use of onomatopoeias, and some say that the noise of these patties frying sounds a little like "po po." For a long time, the recipe was common with fishermen who would grill the fish patties while out at sea, and the sound of oil dripping off the fish and onto the fire might have sounded a bit like "po po," too. Others theorize that the "po po" is actually replicating the sound you make when you breathe out around a bite of popo-yaki fresh from the pan, as you try to cool the too-hot food in your mouth.
Popo-yaki ingredients: minced Pacific saury, onions, ginger, miso paste, and bread crumbs.
Like most home cooking, popo-yaki preferences vary from household to household, resulting in different recipes wherever you go. This time, the Japankuru team got to see popo-yaki made fresh by the chefs at Uenodai Yutaka, a shop that prepares and sells popo-yaki in the city of Iwaki. Shop owner Yutaka Uenodai (written a little differently from the shop name), added that "splashing on some soy sauce after frying the patties is pretty tasty, or even a little tomato ketchup. Ketchup is especially popular with kids. But popo-yaki is already seasoned with miso in the patty itself, so it's already delicious without any added condiments." Of course, Pacific saury is such a part of the daily catch in Iwaki, popo-yaki isn't the only unique local recipe. Many cooks also dry the fish, traditionally, adding extra flavor with mirin rice wine and other condiments!
③ Katsuo no Warayaki (Straw-Grilled Skipjack Tuna)
Thick slices of the fish show off the grilled skin and the glistening flesh inside.
Skipjack tuna (or bonito) grilled over a straw fire was originally a local specialty in the part of Kochi Prefecture that was once Tosa Provinceーnot at all close to Fukushima. But with such high-quality skipjack tuna being caught off the coast of Iwaki, these days it feels like Fukushima cuisine. From early summer to autumn, when the quality of Joban-mono skipjack tuna just can't be beat, cuts of the fish are grilled over the intense flames of local Fukushima straw. They say that searing the outside burns away any lingering fishiness, giving you a chance to savor the true flavor of skipjack tuna.
The high flames leaping off the straw cook the outer edge of the fish in a few short moments.
After the fish is grilled, it's quickly tossed into cold water to stop the cooking, before being cut into thick slices and served with ginger and soy sauce. This particular grilling method allows the outer-most layer of the fish to cook, but leaves the inner parts fresh and uncooked, like sashimi. The straw also imparts a unique smoky aroma, intensifying the aromatic skipjack tuna. It's not hard to see why they might want to claim this particular recipe as their own, in Iwaki.
3 Local Specialties from Soma
① Hokki-meshi (Rice with Surf Clams)
Hokki-meshi, a common household favorite in Soma.
In Iwaki, popo-yaki is classic home cooking found on dinner tables around the city, but what about in Soma? The answer might just be hokki-meshi: rice cooked with Sakhalin surf clams (called hokki-gai, ホッキ貝, in Japanese). The surf clams in Soma are especially famous, and this simple dish shows off their fresh flavor, prepared with just a little soy sauce and cooking sake to add depth to the rice and clams. The homey recipe's simplicity makes it popular with everyone in the family, young and old. And of course, it's available at restaurants as well, like Takohachi, a restaurant we mentioned back in part 5 of this series.
② Karei no Nitsuke (Stewed Righteye Flounder)
Karei no nitsuke made by the Soma Futaba Fisheries Cooperative Association Women's Club.
When we last heard from Kanji Tachiya, president of the Soma Futaba Fisheries Cooperative Association, he was telling us that "the flatfish from the Soma is praised as being some of the best in Japan." And that particularly delicious flatfish is an everyday ingredient in Soma, especially when it's stewed in a sweet broth, a preparation called "nitsuke" (煮付け). During the Japankuru team's visit to Soma, we got to try some stewed righteye flounder (called karei, カレイ) in a local restaurant, but we later had the privilege of seeing a homemade version prepared for us during an online interview with the Soma Futaba Fisheries Cooperative Association Women's Club.
Karei no nitsuke at Takohachi, in Soma.
The people living in the Hama-dori region are said to have a taste for strong flavors, and even in this simple dish, they tend to use particularly bold varieties of soy sauce. Just from the deep color of the broth and the enticing aroma, it's clear you won't be satisfied with just one bite of this tender fish.
③ Tako to Aonori no Sumono (Octopus and Seaweed with Vinegar) / Aonori Tempura
Vinegared octopus and aonori seaweed made by the Soma Futaba Fisheries Cooperative Association Women's Club.
Matsukawaura Lagoon is an iconic landmark in Soma, and the aonori seaweed grown in the lagoon's waters is a famous local product. Not only do locals snack on the seaweed and add it to miso soup, they've also come up with a number of recipes to make the most of the ingredient. During our online chat with the Soma Futaba Fisheries Cooperative Association Women's Club, for example, they whipped up a unique little dish with octopus, aonori seaweed, and vinegar. The combination of octopus, fresh seaweed, and a burst of sour vinegar looked like a perfect summer side.
Aonori tempura, served with grated daikon radish and ginger.
Perhaps the most surprising aonori seaweed recipe we laid eyes on, however, was this tempura! Nobody on the Japankuru team was expecting to find a seaweed dish like this. The grated daikon radish and ginger served on the side helped to cut down on any excess oiliness, leaving the lightly-battered disks of aonori seaweed with a delicious crunch, and unique flavor.
Delicious Joban-mono & Hama-dori Cooking
The six local specialties above are just a handful of the many Joban-mono dishes found around Fukushima's coastal region, cooked and eaten every day by Hama-dori locals. If any of them have caught your eye, we highly recommend you visit Iwaki and Soma whenever you have a chance, to try some of the food for yourself!
If that sounds difficult, however, there's always Tokyo! In the next article, the very last part of our Joban-mono series, we'll be looking at restaurants where diners can enjoy the fresh flavors of Joban-mono, within Japan's capital city. If you're a bit of a foodie or you just love to eat, look out for part 10.
Source: JAPANKURU


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Starring Abbie Cornish, Geoffrey Rush, Helen Mirren, Hugo Weaving, Ryan Kwanten, Sam Neill
Director(s) Zach Snyder
Rating PG
Genre(s) Adventure, Animation, Fantasy
Soren, a young barn owl, is kidnapped by owls of St. Aggie's, ostensibly an orphanage, where owlets are brainwashed into becoming soldiers. He and his new friends escape to the island of Ga'Hoole, to assist its noble, wise owls who fight the army being created by the wicked rulers of St. Aggie's.
Sample Discussion Guide Questions:
• The brothers had very different personalities despite the fact they were raised in the same place with the same parents. Do you have any siblings? How are you like them and how are you different from them? Why do you think there are such differences?
• Kludd probably considered his brother Soren to be weak? Do you think Soren was weak? What does it mean to you to be strong?
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This is the time of gratitude and love!
At this time I would like to express my gratitude for each and everyone around. I ask for peace and understanding to all. It brings me pleasure to take this time to Thank all in the bay area for making my visit a warm and wonderful experience. I cherish all in my life, and look forward to hearing from you. I am knowing this holiday season we will be celebrating the gift that we are all connected through love.
Recently, Dino gave me a phone reading, and he was spot on. My mom came forward, and he was able to add clarity and guidance to my life. Thank you Dino!


Gresston Firefighters were called to the residence of Hazel Barton on Warehouse Drive in Gresston at approximately 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 27.
When firefighters arrived, the house had already burned to the ground (top photo). The cause of the fire has yet to be determined.
The home of Anthony Evans was destroyed by fire on Sunday, May 25. Eastman and Crossroads firefighters were called to the residence at 82 Bedsole Road outside Eastman at approximately 4:51 a.m.
The Dodge County Sheriff's Department and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) were called to Jay Bird Springs Road at some time after noon on Tuesday May 27 where the body of a woman had been found.
The body was back in a wooded area past Jay Bird Springs Resort at a place formerly known as "The Hill" or "Budweiser Hill".
The GBI was on the scene collecting information and trying to find the identity the woman. The body will be sent to the Georgia State Crime lab for analysis.
Because the body was found so late on Tuesday, information was sketchy as to information about the incident.
Investigators were still on the scene at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday at presstime.
American Legion Post 126 of Eastman will hold a memorial service on Monday, May 26, in observance of Memorial Day. The service will begin at 11:00 a.m. at the courthouse in Eastman and is conducted in memory of the former comrades in arms who gave their lives in service to their country.
The Dodge County High School JROTC Cadets along with the local Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts will conduct the program.
Other guests scheduled are American Legion Post 126 Commander Danny R. Mullis; Macy Pruitt; Andrea McCranie, and MSG (R) Johnny L. Blacke.
A rare tornado touched down south of Eastman just before midnight on Wednesday, May 14 at 10:50 p.m.
The tornado traveled north for approximately 1.75 miles through downtown Eastman, uprooting trees, breaking off tree limbs and damaging roofs, homes and businesses.
The tornado is rare because it was an anti-cyclonic tornado. That means it rotates clockwise rather than a typical tornado, which rotates counter-clockwise. According to the National Weather Service, only one out of every 100 tornados rotates clockwise.
Political newcomer Robert E. Peacock defeated incumbent Darla J. "Dee" Yearty for the Dodge County School Board District 3 seat in the General Primary and Nonpartisan General Election on May 20, 2014.
With 565 voting, Peacock claimed 381 votes and Yearty received 184.
For the Georgia State House of Representative Seat 149, incumbent Jimmy Pruett, Jr. won over challenger John D. Clements, 1250 votes to 421 votes.
These numbers are unofficial. Final totals will be printed in next week's edition of The Dodge County News.
According to current law, the Dodge County Board of Education will be forced to increase the millage rate from 12 mills to at least 12.5 before July 1, 2015, or equalization funds of more than 2.2 million dollars will be lost by the school system.
Rep. Jimmy Pruett was at the meeting and was asked if the possibility of upcoming legislation in January 2015 could change the current law. Rep. Pruett stated that he fought against the current law and praised the superintendents and board members in our area for presenting their case to the education committee to eliminate the mandate.
Rep. Pruett told board members that the only fair tax was raising the sales tax across the board. Forty percent or less of Dodge County's citizens pay property taxes and the percent of sales tax that can be charged is limited by law, he added. Rep. Pruett stated that he was researching whether a sales tax could be added, that it would only be used to decrease property taxes.
According to Dodge County School Superintendent Dr. Melinda Dennis, the current law requires the school systems throughout the state to set a millage rate of at least 14.0 by 2017.
After over two months of discussion, the Dodge County Board of Commissioners appointed three people to the Dodge County Hospital Board. The board positions of Mitchell Coffee, Dr. Dan Harrell and Dr. Todd Peacock were under consideration by the commissioners.
Dodge County Attorney John Harrington read a letter to the commissioners at their regular meeting on Monday, May 5, 2014, from the hospital board, requesting that Mitchell Coffee be reappointed for his current position; Mimi Dennis to replace Dr. Dan Harrell and Dr. James Tison to replace Dr. Todd Peacock.
Commissioner Terry Niblett made the motion to make the appointments, which was seconded by commissioner Jr. Howell. The motion passed unanimously with Niblett, Howell, Dan McCranie and Brian Watkins voting. Commissioner Karen Cheek was absent from the meeting.