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Thunder Road (song)
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1975 song by Bruce Springsteen
"Thunder Road"
Song by Bruce Springsteen
from the album Born to Run
August 25, 1975 (1975-08-25)
July 16, 1975 (completed)
The Record Plant, New York City
Songwriter(s)
Mike Appel
"Thunder Road (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London '75)" on YouTube
"Thunder Road" is a 1975 song written and recorded by Bruce Springsteen, that became the opening track on his breakthrough album Born to Run . One of the artist's most popular songs, while never released as a single, "Thunder Road" is ranked as one of Springsteen's greatest songs and one of the top rock songs in history. It is No. 111 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list, [1] and also the 103rd best ranked song on critics' all-time lists according to Acclaimed Music.
Composition and recording
Lyrics and music
Live performance history
"Thunder Road" was written by Springsteen while at his living room piano in Long Branch, New Jersey. [2] In October 1974, it existed as a solo recording, "Chrissie's Song", that included the line, "leave what you've lost, leave what's grown cold, Thunder Road". [3] By early 1975, Springsteen had combined lyrics from another composition, "Walking in the Street", forming a new song, "Wings for Wheels", which he debuted on February 5, 1975, at a benefit for a local club, The Main Point, radio broadcast in the Philadelphia area, and featuring four yet-to-be-released Born to Run songs. Still unsatisfied, he finished dismantling "Walking in the Street", by importing its main coda into "Wings for Wheels" as the instrumental ending, now calling it "Thunder Road". Springsteen stated at a 1978 concert that the name of his song had been inspired by seeing a poster of the 1958 Robert Mitchum film Thunder Road , though he did not see it. [4]
On April 13, 1975, music critic and record producer Jon Landau officially joined the album's production team, marking the start of a life-long professional relationship. [5] At Landau's suggestion, production was moved from 914 Sound Studios to Record Plant studios in Manhattan. When sessions began on April 18, Jimmy Iovine, fresh from recording John Lennon's "Walls and Bridges", replaced Louis Lahav (who returned to Israel in March) as engineer. [6] Bruce later describes as a "brilliant imposter" and a "young studio dog with fastest learning curve I've ever seen". [7] After three intensive days (April 18, 19 and 23) working on "Thunder Road", nothing further was noted in studio logs until July 15–16, when final overdubs and mixing were done. [3]
In his autobiography, Bruce Springsteen says he loosely envisioned Born to Run as a series of vignettes, following its character throughout the day, with "Thunder Road" serving as an "invitation" to the album and opening with a harmonica that suggests the beginning of a "new day". [7] [8] [9] Springsteen also describes Landau as an "astute arranger and editor" who "guarded against overplaying and guided our record toward a more streamlined sound". [10] Speaking to author Brian Hiatt about "Thunder Road" in 2005, Landau states it "was fantastic, but it was a little unwieldy, a little unfocused, a little more like a jam piece. … I remember talking with Bruce about a few ideas about how to just reshuffle the deck a little bit, and keep the song building from the very beginning right through the end." [5]
The lyrics to "Thunder Road" describe a young woman named Mary, her boyfriend, and their "one last chance to make it real". Musically, the song opens with a quiet piano (Roy Bittan) and harmonica (Springsteen) introduction, meant, as Springsteen said years later in the Wings for Wheels documentary, as a signifier that something was about to happen.[ citation needed ] The title phrase is not used until the middle section of the song. After the closing line, there is a tenor saxophone and Fender Rhodes duet played by Clarence Clemons and Bittan in the instrumental coda.[ citation needed ]
In this song, Springsteen mentions Roy Orbison "singing for the lonely" on the radio. Orbison, one of whose best-known songs is "Only the Lonely" (1960), was a huge influence on Springsteen. [11]
On July 17, 2021, after 46 years, Jon Landau, Springsteen's longtime manager and co-producer of Born to Run, said the line "Mary's dress waves" was corrected to read "Mary's dress sways" on brucespringsteen.net. It was referred to as a "typo". [12]
During Springsteen's writing of the lyrics to "Thunder Road", instead of "skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets", he had written, "skeletons found by exhumed shallow graves". Max Weinberg convinced Springsteen to move away from the darker lyrics and stay consistent with the blue collar spirit of the album. [13]
In 2004, it was ranked No. 1 on the list of the "885 All-Time Greatest Songs" compiled by WXPN (the University of Pennsylvania's public radio station). [14] The song came in at No. 226 in Q magazine's list of the "1001 Greatest Songs Ever" in 2003, in which they described the song as "best for pleading on the porch". Julia Roberts, when asked which song lyric described her most accurately, chose "Thunder Road"'s "You ain't a beauty, but hey, you're alright." The song is featured in the book 31 Songs by British author Nick Hornby.
It is ranked No. 111 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. [15] It is also ranked number 3 on the magazine's list of his best songs. [16] According to Acclaimed Music, it is the 103rd most celebrated song in popular music history. [17]
It reached No. 5 as its highest position on radio airplay in France. [18]
During the 1974 to 1977 Born to Run tours, "Thunder Road" was always played by Springsteen accompanied only by Roy Bittan's piano and Danny Federici's glockenspiel, an example of which is found on Hammersmith Odeon London '75 . Not until later in the tour did "Thunder Road" make full-band appearances. In the 1978 tour "Thunder Road" usually opened with Springsteen telling a story as to why he wrote the song, and it might segue out of some other more dirge-like song such as "Racing in the Street".[ citation needed ]
In concerts during the 1980s, the coda of the song was stretched out to showcase E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons. Clemons and Springsteen would charge at each other from opposite ends of the stage, with Springsteen sliding into Clemons in an embrace.[ citation needed ]
The early 1990s "Other Band" Tour performed the song on acoustic guitar with an organ in the background; this arrangement is documented on the 1993 concert video and album In Concert/MTV Plugged .[ citation needed ]
The song then disappeared from Springsteen concerts until emerging again in 1999 in the Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Reunion Tour, where it was played at a significantly slower tempo than the studio version while Springsteen pointed to people he knew or to women in the front rows. An example of such a performance can be found in the 2001 release Live in New York City . Although played fairly regularly on The Rising Tour as on Live in Barcelona , the song then rarely appeared on the Devils & Dust Tour, this time on piano. The song was not performed during the Sessions Band Tour; it reappeared on 2007–2008 Magic Tour and continued to be played regularly on the 2009 Working on a Dream Tour.[ citation needed ]
On June 14, 2008, on stage at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Springsteen dedicated a performance of the song to political broadcast analyst Tim Russert, a longtime Springsteen fan who had died the previous day. On June 18, 2008, Springsteen performed the song, with acoustic guitar, for a Russert memorial event in Washington DC via tape-delayed satellite. [19]
On November 7, 2016, Springsteen performed the song at a Hillary Clinton presidential election rally in Philadelphia. [20]
In 2016 a fan made a video compilation of Springsteen performing "Thunder Road" over 41 years. The video illustrates how Springsteen's performance of the song has changed over the years. [21]
According to authors Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon: [22]
Bruce Springsteen – vocals, guitar, harmonica
Garry Tallent – bass
Max Weinberg – drums
Roy Bittan – piano, glockenspiel, backing vocals
Mike Appel – backing vocals
Steve Van Zandt – backing vocals
Clarence Clemons – saxophone
"Thunder Road" is a classic rock staple and has been covered by artists such as Eric Church, Melissa Etheridge, Cowboy Junkies, Badly Drawn Boy, Brazilian singer Renato Russo, Frank Turner, Tori Amos, Brian Vander Ark (Live at Eddie's Attic), Kevin Rowland, Nate Ruess during his Grand Romantic world tour, Matt Nathanson, Mary Lou Lord and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy with Tortoise. (Tortoise's version is interpreted in minor key.) Adam Duritz of Counting Crows often sings large portions of the lyrics to "Thunder Road" in the middle of their song "Rain King".[ citation needed ]
Michael Chabon referenced "Thunder Road" in his 1988 novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh. "We were discussing Born to Run, by Bruce Springsteen. I said that it was the most Roman Catholic record album ever made. 'Look what you've got,' I said. 'You've got Mary dancing like a vision across the porch while the radio plays...." [23]
In a 2010 interview, Stephen Merchant stated that the script for the film Cemetery Junction was loosely based upon the lyrics of "Thunder Road". [24]
In 2011, a limited, signed, letterpressed , handbound chapbook with the lyrics of "Thunder Road" along with Nick Hornby's essay on the song was released. (26 copies were signed by both, Bruce Springsteen and Nick Hornby, 200 copies were signed by Hornby only.) [25]
In 2016, actor, writer and director Jim Cummings released a comedy/drama film called Thunder Road, which includes an extensive scene depicting Cummings dressed as a policeman at his mother's funeral singing along to "Thunder Road", playing on his daughter's pink boombox. It won the Short Film Grand Jury Prize at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. [26]
Sometime after the release of Born to Run, Springsteen wrote a follow-up to "Thunder Road" called "The Promise", which explicitly mentions the first song by name but reveals a far more pessimistic outlook on the narrator's life and future. [27] Unreleased for years, "The Promise" gained considerable legend for its 1978 Tour performances; it finally materialized in a re-recorded version on 1999's 18 Tracks , before appearing on its namesake album The Promise , released in 2010.[ citation needed ]
Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [28]
Silver 200,000
United States (RIAA) [29]
Platinum 1,000,000
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
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The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle (1973)
Born to Run (1975)
Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
The River (1980)
Born in the U.S.A. (1984)
Tunnel of Love (1987)
Human Touch (1992)
Lucky Town (1992)
The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)
The Rising (2002)
Devils & Dust (2005)
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006)
Magic (2007)
Working on a Dream (2009)
Wrecking Ball (2012)
Western Stars (2019)
Letter to You (2020)
Only the Strong Survive (2022)
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In Concert/MTV Plugged (1993)
Live in New York City (2001)
Hammersmith Odeon London '75 (2006)
Live in Dublin (2007)
Springsteen on Broadway (2018)
The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts (2021)
Apollo Theater 3/09/12 (2014)
The Agora, Cleveland 1978 (2015)
Tower Theater, Philadelphia 1975 (2015)
Nassau Coliseum, New York 1980 (2015)
Brendan Byrne Arena, New Jersey 1984 (2015)
LA Sports Arena, California 1988 (2015)
Schottenstein Center, Ohio 2005 (2015)
Ippodromo delle Capannelle, Rome 2013 (2015)
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King's Hall, Belfast March 19, 1996 (2017)
The Summit, Houston, TX December 8, 1978 (2017)
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The Live Series: Songs from Around the World (2019)
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Western Stars – Songs from the Film (2019)
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18 Tracks (1999)
The Essential Bruce Springsteen (2003)
The Promise (2010)
Collection: 1973–2012 (2013)
Chapter and Verse (2016)
The Born in the U.S.A. 12" Single Collection (1985)
Tracks (1998)
Born to Run: 30th Anniversary Edition (2005)
The Collection 1973–1984 (2010)
The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story (2010)
The Album Collection Vol. 1 1973–1984 (2014)
The Ties That Bind: The River Collection (2015)
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Chimes of Freedom (1988)
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Magic Tour Highlights (2008)
"Blinded by the Light" (1973)
"Spirit in the Night" (1973)
"4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" (1974)
"Born to Run" (1975)
"Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" (1976)
"Prove It All Night" (1978)
"Badlands" (1978)
"The Promised Land" (1978)
"Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" (1979)
"Hungry Heart" (1980)
"Fade Away" (1981)
"Sherry Darling" (1981)
"The River" (1981)
"Cadillac Ranch" (1981)
"Point Blank" (1981)
"Atlantic City" (1982)
"Open All Night" (1982)
"Dancing in the Dark" (1984)
"Cover Me" (1984)
"Born in the U.S.A." (1984)
"I'm on Fire" (1985)
"Glory Days" (1985)
"I'm Goin' Down" (1985)
"My Hometown" (1985)
"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (1985)
"War" (1986)
"Fire" (1987)
"Brilliant Disguise" (1987)
"Tunnel of Love" (1987)
"One Step Up" (1988)
"Tougher Than the Rest" (1988)
"Spare Parts" (1988)
"Human Touch" (1992)
"57 Channels (And Nothin' On)" (1992)
"Better Days" (1992)
"Streets of Philadelphia" (1994)
"Secret Garden" (1995)
"The Ghost of Tom Joad" (1996)
"Sad Eyes" (1999)
"The Rising" (2002)
"Lonesome Day" (2002)
"Waitin' on a Sunny Day" (2003)
"Devils & Dust" (2005)
"Radio Nowhere" (2007)
"Girls in Their Summer Clothes" (2008)
"Working on a Dream" (2008)
"My Lucky Day" (2008)
"The Wrestler" (2009)
"We Take Care of Our Own" (2012)
"Death to My Hometown" (2012)
"High Hopes" (2013)
"Just Like Fire Would" (2014)
"Hello Sunshine" (2019)
"There Goes My Miracle" (2019)
"Tucson Train" (2019)
"Western Stars" (2019)
"Letter to You" (2020)
"Ghosts" (2020)
"I'll See You in My Dreams" (2020)
"Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)" (2022)
"Nighshift" (2022)
"Don't Play That Song" (2022)
"Turn Back the Hands of Time" (2022)
Charting songs
"Be True" (1981)
"Ramrod" (1981)
"Nebraska" (1982)
"Johnny 99" (1982)
"No Surrender" (1984)
"Bobby Jean" (1984)
"Stand on It" (1985)
"Trapped" (live) (1985)
"Because the Night" (live) (1986)
"Chimes of Freedom" (live) (1988)
"Youngstown" (1995)
"American Skin (41 Shots)" (2001)
"Pay Me My Money Down" (2006)
"Long Walk Home" (2006)
"My City of Ruins" (2011)
"Rocky Ground" (2012)
"The Power of Prayer" (2020)
notable songs
"Growin' Up" (1973)
"For You" (1973)
"Incident on 57th Street" (1973)
"The Fever" (1973)
"Thunder Road" (1975)
"Night" (1975)
"Backstreets" (1975)
"She's the One" (1975)
"Meeting Across the River" (1975)
"Jungleland" (1975)
"Adam Raised a Cain" (1978)
"Racing in the Street" (1978)
"Darkness on the Edge of Town" (1978)
"Stay" (1979)
"The Ties That Bind" (1980)
"Independence Day" (1980)
"Out in the Street" (1980)
"Stolen Car" (1980)
"Wreck on the Highway" (1980)
"Highway Patrolman" (1982)
"Darlington County" (1984)
"Working on the Highway" (1984)
"Downbound Train" (1984)
"Pink Cadillac" (1984)
"Jersey Girl" (1986)
"Light of Day" (1993)
"The New Timer" (1995)
"Land of Hope and Dreams" (2012)
"Hunter of Invisible Game" (2014)
"Chinatown" (2020)
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The Complete Video Anthology / 1978–2000 (2001)
Live in Barcelona (2003)
VH1 Storytellers (2005)
Wings for Wheels (2005)
London Calling: Live in Hyde Park (2010)
The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town (2010)
Springsteen & I (2013)
Born in the U.S.A. Live: London 2013 (2014)
A MusiCares Tribute to Bruce Springsteen (2014)
Bruce Springsteen's High Hopes (2014)
High Hopes in South Africa (2014)
Hunter of Invisible Game (2014)
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Darkness Tour (1978)
The River Tour (1980–81)
Born in the U.S.A. Tour (1984–85)
Tunnel of Love Express (1988)
Human Rights Now! (1988)
Bruce Springsteen 1992–1993 World Tour (1992–93)
Ghost of Tom Joad Tour (1995–97)
Reunion Tour (1999–2000)
Rising Tour (2002–03)
Vote for Change (2004)
Devils & Dust Tour (2005)
Seeger Sessions Band Tour (2006)
Magic Tour (2007–08)
Working on a Dream Tour (2009)
Wrecking Ball World Tour (2012–13)
High Hopes Tour (2014)
The River Tour (2016)
Springsteen on Broadway (2017–18, 2021)
2023 Tour (2023)
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La capacitación entre los vecinos: ¿es posible desarrollar un sistema de capacitación exitoso entre empresas ubicadas en la misma región?
educación y capacitación técnica y professional (TVET por sus siglas en inglés) países en desarrollo capacitación entre e intraempresas beneficios de la capacitación
Stephen Murray Kiernan
Carlyle Institute of Latin America (CILATAM), Mexico
Víctor Manuel Castaño
Centro de Física Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada/ Secretaría de Desarrollo Institucional, UNAM, Mexico
César Aguado Cortés
El artículo se centra en la pregunta: ¿se puede crear un sistema de formación exitoso entre empresas ubicadas geográficamente cerca unas de otras? Los temas son: la posibilidad de desarrollar un sistema de formación dentro de las empresas (o formación "intraempresa"), el impacto positivo en el rendimiento de la formación derivado de la proximidad geográfica, la naturaleza del grupo de formación entre empresas, el papel en cuanto a la oferta formativa de las empresas extranjeras y multinacionales y, por último, el papel de los proveedores de formación. Hay un análisis detallado de la educación y formación técnica y profesional en los países en desarrollo, particularmente en términos de temas tan importantes como la formación en la empresa, las prácticas de formación entre empresas y dentro de la empresa, y la oferta de formación en relación con los costos, los resultados, los salarios y las innovaciones. También hay un enfoque en campos más especializados como la división del trabajo, la capacitación previa y posterior, la apropiación de la capacitación, el agrupamiento de capacitación y los efectos indirectos, las políticas de las empresas locales e internacionales, el papel de los proveedores de capacitación, y la capacitación tácita y codificada.
Murray Kiernan, S., Manuel Castaño, V., & Aguado Cortés, C. (2022). La capacitación entre los vecinos: ¿es posible desarrollar un sistema de capacitación exitoso entre empresas ubicadas en la misma región?. The Anáhuac Journal, 22(2), Págs. 42–71. https://doi.org/10.36105/theanahuacjour.2022v22n2.02
Stephen Murray Kiernan, Carlyle Institute of Latin America (CILATAM), Mexico
Stephen Murray Kiernan completed his studies in international development at the universities of Dublin and Cambridge, the Open University (UK) and the University of Cape Town. He was director of the United States International University and the Center of International Business and Education Research (CIBER-CIENI) in Mexico City, and senior consultant in university affairs for the World Bank. Founder and first editor of The Anáhuac Journal. Author of 12 books and over 300 articles. Director General of the CILATAM Institute and of the foundation International Parliament of Education – PIE, Houston, Texas.
Víctor Manuel Castaño, Centro de Física Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada/ Secretaría de Desarrollo Institucional, UNAM, Mexico
Víctor Manuel Castaño received M.Sc and Ph.D. degrees from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) and spent 2 years as a postdoctoral fellow at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center (New York). He has authored and co-authored over 800 peer-review papers, is member of the Editorial Board of over 40 international journals and has received several awards in Mexico, the US and Europe. His interests are in the area of Materials Science and Applied Physics, particularly in developing nano-sized materials for a number of uses, including water treatment technologies and nanomedicine. He is full professor and founding Director at the Centro de Física Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada (CFATA) of the UNAM. His work has received over 19,000 citations and is one of the most cited Latinamerican scientists in his area.
César Aguado Cortés, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM, Mexico
César Aguado Cortés has a degree in Administration from FCA UNAM. He also has a Masters Degree in Administration with a Postgraduate Certification in Technology from FCA UNAM. He has worked professionally in both Mexican and transnational technology consultancies and in the federal government. He is currently a professor at UNAM in the career of administration and accounting.
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Just because you are living the Van Life doesn't mean you need to eat out all the time, or eat low quality, unhealthy foods.
Even though you don't have as much space or equipment as you would in a regular kitchen, campervan cooking can be delicious and satisfying.
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It's important to keep your chuck box well organized. Only buy food that you use regularly, instead of buying items that you will only use once that take up much space. At the same time, choose foods that you can make multiple meals out of without getting bored.
Before you go to the grocery store, plan as many meals as you can in advance.
When searching for easy campsite recipes to cook, look for those that use a narrow range of ingredients. If you over complicate things, cooking might become frustrating and a negative experience for you.
When choosing your equipment to cook with in a van, don't just go for the cheapest option. Quality is important! You want to go with items that are versatile and easy to clean.
If at all possible, get a two burner stove. The long term benefits are well worth the little extra space they take up. A good two burner allows you to cook easy campsite recipes in less time and give you more freedom while cooking.
If you cook with a lot of fresh food, invest in a good compressor fridge/freezer that will provide you with more room and keep your food coldest for the longest periods of time.
If you spend the time to think about what you need to create a tiny kitchen that fits your needs, cooking can be enjoyable and easy. Here are seven, one-pot recipes that I like for campervan cooking.
1 pound sausage. Depending on your refrigeration system, choose sausages that keep well such as Andouille or other semi-dry cured. Can be cooked whole or sliced into thick, oblong coins.
1 red chilli pepper, chopped, or dried chili flakes or chili paste.
In a frying or sauce pan, heat some oil to medium high temperature. Gently fry the sausages until they are cooked through and golden brown.
Add the chopped garlic, onions, tomatoes, and peppers to the pan.
Fry for a few minutes, then add the vegetable stock.
Next, add the lentils, and simmer for 15 minutes.
Season and add more liquid if it's looking too dry.
Then make a well for each egg that you're using, and gently crack them in.
Cook for another 5-10 minutes until the egg has set.
You'll know the dish is done when the lentils are soft. Serve with garlic bread.
Some will be offended by the idea of using microwave rice. Feel free to steam rice separately and add in step 4.
Minute rice is another option that reduced stove/fuel use.
For perfect steamed rice: Bring two cups of water to a boil. Stir in 1 cup of white rice and reduce heat to simmer. Cover pan and allow to simmer/steam on very low heat for 20 minutes.
Brown rice may take up to twice as long to soften, depending on variety. It's okay to pop the lid to test a bit for done, just put it right back on.
Heat the oil or butter in a saucepan.
Add the chopped onion, and fry until softened.
Next, add the bell pepper and garlic and saute for a couple of minutes.
Add the rice, the turmeric, black pepper, sugar, paprika, salt, and chilli flakes. Stir well.
Stirring frequently, cook until the rice starts to turn golden and smell toasty.
For non-microwave rice: gently stir in cooked rice.
Push all of the rice to the sides of the pan. Crack the eggs in the middle of the pan.
Scramble the eggs and then gently fold into the rice.
Serve with soy sauce and sweet or hot chili sauce.
I love a simple, messy sandwich and this one fits the bill. Perfect for any time of day, really.
All sandwich making and many other cooking tasks can be greatly simplified with a sandwich press,including melting cheese, toasting and even clean up.
Toast the crumpets until slightly crispy.
Butter the crumpet first, then spread the avocado on the bottom crumpet.
Poach or fry the egg(s) and put them on top of the avocado.
Add the bacon on top of the eggs, followed by the other crumpet.
Melt some butter onto the top crumpet for that extra kick of flavor.
This recipe is a bit more complex than the rest. However, if you like Asian flavors, you'll want to have many of these ingredients in your van.
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Boil the eggs. My favorite method is to cover the eggs with cold water in a small saucepan, bring to a boil and let cook for 5 minutes, then cover the pan and let sit for 15 minutes. Perfect hard boiled eggs.
Then, remove the eggs and let them cool before you peel them and cut them in half.
Place the stock in a large saucepan, bringing it to a boil.
Add the mushrooms and simmer for 3 minutes.
Next, increase the heat to a gentle boil, add the noodles, and cook until done (3-4 minutes).
Right before the noodles are done cooking, add the book choy.
Take the saucepan off the heat. Mix in the spring onions, soy sauce, and sesame oil.
Serve the mushroom ramen in bowls, topped with the halved boiled eggs.
Place a saucepan on the burner on medium heat. Add the oil and wait for it to warm up.
Then, add the diced kielbasa and chopped potatoes to the saucepan. The smaller the potatoes are chopped, the faster they will cook.
Cover and cook for 25 minutes. Stir every few minutes until the potatoes are tender.
Once the potatoes are soft, add the sliced red and yellow bell peppers to the saucepan.
Continue cooking for another 5 minutes, until the peppers are tender.
The next two recipes come out great on a cast iron griddle or fry pan.
In a bowl, mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt together.
Next, add the milk, egg, and oil. Mix everything briefly (this is a quick bread, so it's important to not over mix. Don't worry about a few clumps).
Heat a lightly oiled frying pan over medium-high heat.
Pour the batter into the pan. Use around 1/4 cup of batter for each pancake.
Flip when it is bubbling and a light brown on under side.
Add the flour and sugar to a mixing bowl. Then add the egg.
Slowly stir in the milk, little by little.
The runnier your batter is, the thinner the drop scones will be. If you want smaller and puffier scones, use less milk.
Heat a frying pan until warm. Lightly grease with butter or oil.
Add the mixture to the pan, one tablespoon at a time. Leave a little space for each round to spread out a bit.
When the scones start to bubble on the top, slide a spatula underneath and turn over.
Heat the second side until it's golden.
Serve hot and top with honey, butter, or the berry & lemon topping.
Heat the berries and honey together in a small pan with a lid. You'll know it's done when the fruit is soft and there's plenty of juice. Pour over your drop scones and enjoy.
Seems super obvious, but I've come to love this simple meal that's low in sugar, high in protein and absolutely delicious. I prefer it after dinner instead of a sugary dessert.
If you eat low carb, you can sprinkle some stevia powder over the yogurt, stir well, add a few sliced berries and you've got a great breakfast, snack or desert.
Thanks for reading and if you try any of these recipes, please comment below on how it goes.
What's your favorite one pot or otherwise simple campervan recipe?
Do you get by without an oven or multi-burner stove?
What's your cooking setup like?
Yum! These recipes are truly finger-licking, Veronica. Perfect recipes for camping!
I'm partial to stews and soups for the volume. I like to cook them over the campfire.
This post has me thinking about fried rice, again, in volume to get a few meals out of one cooking.


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How a Panic Room Works
By: Tiffany Connors
Do you know how they work? Genyphyr Novak / Getty Images
When you hear the words "panic room," you might think of the 2002 flick in which Jodie Foster hides in a fortified room in a Manhattan town house. Foster's character has a bevy of surveillance equipment and supplies, but thieves terrorize her and attack the room until she is forced to come out and confront them.
But panic rooms are generally less dangerous and exciting than they sound. For one, they're usually called "safe rooms," which makes them seem a little less dramatic. We can also trace their origins much further back than any Jodie Foster movie. Medieval feudal lords, for example, used safe rooms as protection from siege. But how close does Hollywood come to capturing a real panic room?
Today's panic rooms can be extremely high-tech. Most security experts say that with basic communication equipment, occupants should have to hole up in the room for only an hour or two in case of a home invasion.
To understand the panic room, we have to understand why people want them. The most advanced fortresses come with hefty price tags, so only the wealthy can typically afford them. But in the wake of increased terror alerts and weather-related catastrophes in the United States, basic panic rooms are becoming more popular. They're constructed of weather-resistant materials and are stocked with gas masks and potassium iodine tablets to protect against biological and nuclear attacks. And some manufacturers claim their rooms can accommodate families for an extended stay -- even as long as a month.
Besides basic provisions and a good lock, panic rooms can include any number of features, from a battery of artillery to a fully stocked wet bar. But details are hard to come by -- because people are paying for privacy, most panic-room builders are unwilling to disclose much information.
In this article we will enter the panic room. We'll explore what real panic rooms are like and how they came into existence. Should you get one? Where do you get one? And what makes them safer than any other room in your home?
Purpose of Panic Rooms
Panic Room Features
Panic Room Construction and Costs
Panic Room Popularity
History of Panic Rooms
Most panic rooms have keyless entry for extra security.
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Think of a panic room as a vault for people. In a country of gated communities, panic rooms are designed to be the ultimate in security. They range from simple rooms with reinforced doors to elaborate mini-fortresses that protect their occupants against biological and nuclear attacks, hurricanes, tornadoes and home invasions. High-end panic rooms, made with the most advanced materials, are more like luxury dens than bleak storm cellars.
Because of the Jodie Foster movie, many people associate panic rooms with home invasions, but this is actually not their most common purpose. As we mentioned, rooms built to withstand hurricane- and tornado-force winds have become more popular. These panic rooms are usually ground-floor closets or bathrooms whose foundations have been reinforced with steel and concrete.
Many people who build panic rooms are trying to protect things, not people. Panic rooms can hide computer hard drives or permanently house artwork, rare books and other collections. You can make your panic room into a custom-designed safe that stores your delicate artwork in an airtight, climate-controlled environment. Your computer files can be safely hidden but accessible via an exterior generator.
Depending on how much safety you want and money you have, panic rooms have a wide range of safety features. You can reinforce a closet and throw in a few emergency supplies or build a house within your house.
A panic room, at the most basic level, is a box with an opening. So all six sides of the box -- walls, ceiling and floor -- must be fortified. You can reinforce a closet with plywood if you want a storm shelter, but it won't provide protection from invaders. The next step up is chicken wire or steel mesh, and blastproof Kevlar panels provide the ultimate protection. A cement-reinforced foundation can provide a stable base, and a steel ceiling, with optional Kevlar panels, will thwart invaders from bottom to top.
Most builders of modern panic rooms rely on lightweight Kevlar and plastics, allowing them to more easily build panic rooms on second floors -- off of the master bedroom, for instance. However, the ground floor is still the safest place for protection against natural catastrophes like hurricanes and tornadoes.
Panic rooms are designed to hide their occupants, so one of the best defenses is the invisible entrance. Bookcase entries and hidden pocket doors are popular choices.
The door is the one weak point of the fortified box, so its reinforcements are critical. Even if your walls aren't reinforced with steel, you might want to splurge on a solid steel door. Mortise locks, which are built into rather than attached to the door, provide another level of security, as do steel hinges and bolts. Steel doorjambs make it impossible for an intruder to kick in the door. High-end panic rooms often have keypad-controlled electromagnetic locks, which use magnetic forces to maintain the bond between a frame-mounted magnet and door-mounted hardware.
Most panic rooms do not have standard keys because they can be misplaced or fall into the wrong hands. Instead, doors might feature interior deadbolts, combination keypads or retinal or fingerprint-scanning devices.
Next, we'll examine some of the features that can make your safe room even safer.
Depending on what you're using your panic room for, you might stock it with guns.
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It's a good idea to leave a cell phone or ham radio in your panic room in case you need to communicate with the outside world. But if your panic room is too isolated or reinforced for reliable cell phone service, you can always install a buried phone line, an intercom system or an alarm button directly connected to a police or security team.
You'll also want to keep your communication secret from intruders. Soundproofing the panic room prevents an intruder from hearing your conversations with law enforcement. And if the invaders do discover that you're in the room, they won't be able to taunt you verbally.
You might remember that Jodie Foster's panic room had a wall of monitors that dramatically displayed each corner of the house. The typical panic room -- if it does have surveillance -- has one monitor connected to a number of hidden cameras. High-end panic rooms can also utilize heat-sensing cameras, so if the home is attacked at night, you can covertly check out who's in the house.
Most panic rooms are powered by generators. You have to be careful about ventilation, though, and always be mindful of carbon monoxide poisoning. Generators must be self-contained in the panic rooms, which necessitates more room -- and more money. In the most basic panic rooms, battery-powered or hand-cranked lights and phones may be sufficient.
The most elaborate and expensive panic rooms are airtight, temperature- and humidity-controlled chambers. They can have separate air-filtration systems that protect from biohazards, and dummy vents to throw off invaders. And as a last resort, high-end panic rooms can include oxygen masks.
Again, depending on how much you want to spend, plumbing can be as basic as a portable toilet -- or you can install separate plumbing and a septic tank. Of course, you'll want to stock the room with water (a gallon per person per day is a general guideline).
This is where people can get a little crazy, depending on how much they're willing to spend. The supplies are what help the occupants survive an attack -- like food, water and first aid equipment.
Supplies for the über-wealthy can go way beyond the basics -- to keep the masters of the house preoccupied with thoughts other than who's stealing the good silverware, panic rooms can become luxurious dens with beds, wet bars and entertainment systems. Some owners even build two panic rooms: one for the parents and one for the kids. High-end panic rooms often include items like chemical washbasins -- to rinse off biohazards -- and gas masks.
If you built your panic room to protect your family from hurricanes, stocking the room with weapons will probably not be a priority. But if you think you might have to defend your estate from armed terrorists, you'll probably want an arsenal. Pepper spray comes in on the low end, and the sky is pretty much the limit on the high end: You can arm each member of the household with a gun, for example, or install high-voltage stun devices under the carpet in case an intruder makes it into the room.
In the next section, we'll find out how you can get your own panic room.
Panic Room Supplies
For a basic panic room, the U.S. Department of Justice Emergency Preparedness handbook recommends the following supplies:
nonperishable food
safe water supply
first aid kit with necessary medications
flashlights and extra batteries
battery-powered radio and extra batteries
sanitation supplies
extra pair of glasses
credit cards and cash
a roll of duct tape
potassium-iodine tablets (to prevent radiation sickness)
[source: U.S. Department of Justice]
Workers in Sioux City, Iowa, construct a tornado shelter with cement-filled foam walls.
Dave Gatley/FEMA Photo
The easiest and most cost-effective way to install a panic room is during construction of a new home. You can work with an architect specializing in secure facilities or bring in a security firm during the blueprint stage. You'll probably want to tell as few people as possible about the panic room, so the designer often does not tell the contractor about it. It might be called a "mechanical room" on the blueprint, and then you'd bring in a security team after the contractors leave. You'll want to have the architectural and security firms sign confidentiality agreements to protect the secret room.
In existing homes, bathrooms, closets and wine cellars often get made over into panic rooms. A security firm can advise you on how to fortify a particular room so that it is easily accessible to you but not to intruders. Some companies also mass-produce personal safe rooms.
The big decisions depend on the purpose of the panic room. If you're worried about safety from intruders, most experts say the room needs to hold long enough for the police to arrive, usually 30 minutes to a couple of hours. For protection from weather-related catastrophes, placement is the most important factor. The ground floor or basement is safest against a tornado, but high ground offers better protection against floods. Supplies and stability are critical.
For safety from nuclear or biological attacks, long-term protection is necessary. The Department of Justice Emergency Preparedness manual states, "Ten square feet of floor space per person will provide sufficient air to prevent the buildup of carbon dioxide for up to five hours" [source: U.S. Department of Justice]. If you want to be able to hide out for even longer, check out fallout shelters: One German company, ABC Guard, claims it has made a portable fallout shelter that can house seven people for up to a month.
Panic Room Costs
Panic rooms are pretty expensive, but since they are mostly marketed to the very wealthy, that shouldn't come as a surprise. Construction of a high-end panic room typically starts at $50,000 and can reach beyond $500,000, depending on amenities.
On the low end, converting a closet or extra room into a panic room usually starts around $3,000. Plywood reinforcements for a closet cost about $2,500, and bullet-resistant electronic doors start at $22,000. Add another $3,000 to $10,000 if it's professionally designed.
According to one estimate on Bankrate.com, adding bullet-resistant Kevlar, a dedicated phone line, backup generator and keyless entry to an existing room can cost $40,000 to $60,000.
In the next section, we'll find out who has panic rooms and where they are most popular.
Panic Room 101
To create a simple panic room, security expert Chris E. McGoey offers this advice:
Select a windowless interior room or large closet.
Replace the wooden doorjamb with a steel one.
Install a keyless Grade-1 deadbolt (the American National Standards Institute tests all locks with an arsenal of tools, and then grades the lock: Grade 1 is the best and toughest).
Stock the room with emergency items, as well as a way to summon aid or defend yourself.
[source: Crime Doctor]
Panic rooms are mostly for high-level executives, politicians and celebrities, although corporations do install them to protect execs from disgruntled employees.
According to some estimates, nearly every new mansion in Los Angeles has a panic room, as do many Manhattan executive suites and town houses. Others say the panic room is mostly an urban legend. The exact numbers are difficult to pin down because the point of the panic room is to be a secret hideout. In fact, most homeowners will not show the room to a buyer until the home is already in escrow -- or they tear down the room before selling.
Since Sept. 11, more middle-income families have been investing in panic rooms. And abuse victims are increasingly utilizing panic rooms instead of fleeing their homes (see sidebar).
FEMA is encouraging people to share their ideas for weather-resistant panic rooms. Additionally, the agency -- along with some cities and school districts -- is considering safe rooms in hurricane-prone areas to protect emergency responders and to store important documents.
Internationally, panic rooms have grown in popularity. Embassies have used safe rooms for at least 25 years to protect government officials and important documents during attacks. Since the 1980s, every U.S. embassy has had a panic room with bullet-resistant glass. In Israel, all new buildings and apartments have been required since 1992 to include bullet- and fire-resistant rooms. In Mexico, where kidnappings for ransom are common, many people use safe rooms as an alternative (or an addition) to bodyguards.
Next we'll look at the origins of the panic room.
Panic Rooms for Abuse Victims
British authorities are setting up panic rooms as an alternative to temporary housing for victims of domestic violence. According to the Guardian newspaper, many local councils are offering to install mortise locks, intercom systems and barred windows. It is considered a cost-saving measure -- temporary housing is more expensive than home reinforcements.
Some women's groups object, saying that abuse victims shouldn't be held prisoner in their homes. Proponents of the safe rooms say that victims would rather be in their own homes instead of being forced out.
The ancient Egyptians built safe rooms in the pyramids.
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Panic rooms can be traced as far back as ancient Egypt. Secret rooms were built within the ancient pyramids to protect an entombed pharaoh's treasures from thieves. However, in terms of safety for the living, the idea of the panic room began with castles. The "castle keep," a room located in the deepest part of the castle, was designed so the feudal lord could hide during a siege.
"Priest holes," another precursor to the panic room, were designed to hide Catholic priests during the 17th century, when persecution of Catholics was at its height in England.
In the United States, we can trace panic rooms to the Underground Railroad in the 1800s, when secret rooms hid escaping slaves. In the 1920s, hidden rooms stashed Prohibition-banned booze. Safe rooms for weather protection have their origins in storm cellars -- think Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz."
The features of the modern panic room are mostly derived from fallout shelters during the 1960s, which were created in response to the fear of nuclear attacks. The modern residential panic rooms began appearing on the West Coast about 25 years ago.
In fact, panic rooms are evolving into safe "cores," which include a fortified section or floor in newly constructed residences.
While some may laugh off panic rooms as money pits that placate the fears of the wealthy and the paranoid, modern panic rooms are increasing in popularity among those desiring security in a post-Sept. 11, post-Katrina and post-Enron world. They are the ultimate gated community.
To learn more about panic rooms, check out the links on the next page.
How Burglar Alarms Work
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How Gas Masks Work
Lock Picking Quiz
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Crime Doctor
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Federal Emergency Management Agency. www.fema.gov
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Rodgers & Hammerstein's THE KING & I and CAROUSEL Now Available in Libretto Library
by BWW News Desk
BroadwayWorld.com Jan. 3, 2017
The Applause Libretto Library Applause Books has selected, and continues to select, the most important and the most popular musicals, including The Sound of Music, Oklahoma!, Cinderella, Avenue Q, The Last Five Years, Memphis, and more. Visit applausebooks.com for the complete list. Perfect for reading like novels, the Applause Libretto Library has revived the tradition of publishing great Broadway musicals in editions intended to be read and savored.
The King and I and Carousel have now been added to the Libretto Library.
The King and I opened on Broadway on March 29, 1951. The musical is based on a 1944 novel by Margaret Landon, Anna and the King of Siam, which in turn was adapted from the real-life reminiscences of Anna Leonowens, as recounted in her own books, The English Governess at the Siamese Court and The Romance of the Harem.
It is 1862 in Siam when Leonowens, and English widow, arrives with her young son at the Royal Palace in Bangkok, having been summoned by the King to serve as tutor to his many children and wives. The King is largely considered to be a barbarian by those in the West, and he seeks Anna's assistance in changing his image, if not his ways. With both keeping a firm grip on their respective traditions and values, Anna and the King grow to understand and, eventually, respect one another in a truly unique love story. Along with the dazzling score, the incomparable Jerome Robbins ballet The Small House of Uncle Thomas is one of the all-time marvels of the musical stage.
Dubbed "the best musical of the 20th century by Time magazine, Carousel is set in a Maine coa tal village toward the end of the 19th century, where swaggering, carefree carnival barker Billy Bigelow captivates and marries naive millworker Julie Jordan. Billy loses his job just as he learns that Julie is pregnant, and - desperately intent upon providing a decent life for his family - he is coerced into being an accomplice to a robbery. Caught in the act and facing the certainty of prison, he takes his own life and is sent "up there." Billy is allowed to return to earth for one day 15 years later, and he encounters the daughter he never knew. She is a lonely, friendless teenager, her father's reputation as a thief and bully having haunted her throughout her young life. How Billy instills a sense of hope and dignity in both the child and her mother is a dramatic testimony to the power of love. It's easy to understand why, of all the shows they created, Carousel was Rodgers and Hammerstein's personal favorite.
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Hiking Club's First Hike!
The Gaudeamus Hiking Club went on a hike on Sunday, November 28th. The hike consisted of roughly 11 km of walking, with more than 700 meters of elevation. The hiking club members started from the Kus Tba parking lot and journeyed up to the Udzo Monastery. Along the way, they witnessed many beautiful sceneries. When reaching the higher part of the hike, the hikers came across the snow! 10 students attended the hike, with Gvantsa Mas and Godzi Mas leading them. Students carried minimal weight - a small bag with food and water inside it, and hiking poles that weren't required, but proved to be useful while ascending.
The hike lasted more than four hours, but each member of the group made it all the way to the end of the hike without feeling very tired. The hikers started from the Kus Tba Parking Lot, then went up before reaching a small sitting spot where they rested for a few minutes and ate, and continued along the way. After reaching the Udzo monastery, they stopped in the garden of the church. After that, a different route was taken back through Tskneti. The hike back was about an hour before reaching a bus stop, getting on a municipal bus, and finishing near the Kus Tba.
The hike was a great start for beginners - physically challenging but not too much! Members who also participated last year said that this year the hikes are longer, and for them, the locations are more interesting. It challenges them to be more active and they like that a lot. One of the hikers added that it was great to hike with friends. For me, a new member of the club, this was my first hike with them. It was breathtaking to look at the city from a height and observe nature while hiking. The most exciting part was when I saw the snow - it was my first time seeing it this year.
Overall, this was an incredible experience that challenged me physically, but not to the point where I was too tired. The views along the way of nature and Tbilisi were beautiful and I hope many more hikes are to come along the year.
Edited by Kato Ambokadze
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Grub Scout: Wild Boar Tavern puts Italian spin on American fare
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Wild Boar Tavern has been open for at least a year or two, but it wasn't until The Grub Spouse and I started chatting up our server that we learned the proprietor is the same guy who owns Best Italian Café & Pizzeria and Howard's Steakhouse, both in Gatlinburg. We knew that there would at least be some experience behind this restaurant-bar combo located on Emory Road, about a mile off the I-75 exit.
The interior is roughly divided along those same lines, with the bar and a bar-seating section on the left, as one enters the building, and restaurant seating on the right. Our server escorted us to a booth in the latter and left us to ponder the menu, which covers a lot of bases in the realm of classic American cuisine – and a bit more.
The appetizers feature some standard pub-grub favorites as well as several unique items: fried pickles, white bean hummus, catfish and chips, and nachos, to name just a few. An opening course (or a light meal for some) might include a house salad, balsamic bleu wedge salad or an antipasto salad.
Not surprisingly, Best Italian Café's influences on the menu are glaring. You can build your own pie or choose from one of 10 specialty pies featuring Best Italian recipes. (This also explains why we found WBT listed under "Italian restaurants" in an online search.) Diners not interested in pizza could also choose from 10 entrée dishes, including Mediterranean grilled chicken, spaghetti marinara, lasagna and several different cuts of steak.
Our server informed us that WBT smokes its own barbecue meats on site, so that's the part of the menu The Spouse chose to concentrate on. Selections include baby back ribs, beef brisket and meatloaf, but The Spouse opted for the Wild Boar Trio ($18.99) – a sampling of hickory-smoked pulled pork, beef brisket and smoked sausage. It's typically served with dill potato salad, but The Spouse substituted sweet potato fries and also ordered baked apples as a second included side dish.
I was craving a hamburger, and I figured those are probably a staple at WBT, so I picked the Peter Piper ($11.50) – a beef patty topped with jalapeños, a peck of pepper jack cheese, pico de gallo and chipotle aioli. I stuck with a good old side of fries this time around. For the record, other burger/sandwich choices include the Blues Man (with blue cheese crumbles), a smoked pork burger, a pimento BLT and a catfish sandwich.
In addition to being a font of knowledge about the restaurant and its menu, our server was extremely accommodating. She spookily anticipated our needs, and even brought out extra napkins with my burger (something I typically require but hadn't even requested yet). She exhibited a level of customer interest and interaction we typically don't encounter at restaurants in the tavern niche.
Our food selections definitely had their high points as well. My burger (cooked right on the mark at medium-well) was a spicy handful, and I loved the soft brioche bun. Also, the fries were fantastic, with a slightly crispy shell but still tender in the middle. The pulled pork was smoky-good, and so was the sausage, although the latter was just a shade overcooked. The brisket flavor was good, but the fat content seemed excessive, even for what is traditionally a fatty cut of meat.
Upon learning that all desserts are made in house, we decided to indulge our stuffed selves in a slice of cheesecake. As advertised, the body was lighter and fluffier than the typical cheesecake, but there was something about the taste of the thick graham cracker crust and strawberry-flavor-infused whipped topping that wasn't quite as strong as the filling itself.
But I do think Wild Boar Tavern has a lot to offer the good citizens of Powell and the North Knoxville area in general. The broad-ranging menu is capable of scratching a number of food itches, the service was welcoming (in our case, at least), and the general neighborhood-bar feel of the place (plus live entertainment several nights a week) makes it worth a look-see. So the next time you get a wild hare, consider a visit to Wild Boar.
Wild Boar Tavern
Service: 4.25
Atmosphere: 3.75
Overall: 3.75
Address: 950 E. Emory Rd.
Full bar service
Hours: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sundays through Wednesdays; 11 a.m. to 12 a.m. Thursdays; 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays
If you're up Powell way, you may just go hog-wild for this restaurant and bar with a wide-ranging menu, genial service and live entertainment.


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Home Business St. John business WICO Welcomes Holland America's Newest Flagship Rotterdam VII
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WICO Welcomes Holland America's Newest Flagship Rotterdam VII
Holland America's Rotterdam VII cruise ship (Submitted photo)
The West Indian Company Ltd. (WICO) welcomed Holland America Line's (HAL) newest flagship, Rotterdam VII, at the iconic WICO dock on Thursday morning.
The ship is on its inaugural voyage through the Caribbean with stops to St. Maarten, St. Lucia, Barbados, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis, and Half-Moon Cay before returning to Fort Lauderdale.
Rotterdam VII berthed at the WICO dock with 1,870 passengers and 920 crew. As a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation, Holland America Line requires all passengers and crew to be fully vaccinated.
"It is our honor to welcome Rotterdam VII to the USVI and to have the line back at the WICO dock," said Anthony A. Ottley, WICO president and CEO. "Including St. Thomas as a stop during such a historic deployment is a testament to the importance of the U.S. Virgin Islands as a premiere Caribbean destination."
Originally named Ryndam, Rotterdam VII was rebranded in honor of the six ships that previously bore the name of the Dutch city where the Holland American Line was headquartered. Coins minted in 1872, the year of Rotterdam's maiden voyage, are laid in Rotterdam VII's decks.
Rotterdam VII is the seventeenth Holland American Line ship built by Italian shipyard Fincantieri, the eleventh in the line's current fleet, and its third Pinnacle-class ship.
Introduced in 1997, Rotterdam VI was removed from the fleet and sold to an undisclosed buyer in 2020.
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Please arrive at least 5 minutes early at the carpool as we will be leaving promptly. And please indicate in the 'Notes' section when registering, at which carpool location you'll be meeting us. We may agree on a different carpool location if there is just 2 or 3 attending. Carpool cost will be reduced as well.
There are microwaves and a boiling hot water spigot for complimentary use.
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Event Directions: Hwy 1 to the second Banff exit. Follow access road northward to the Norquay parking lot.
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South Branch Library Reading
South Branch Library, 3104 Strong Avenue, Kansas City, KS
The next South Branch Library Reading will be held Saturday, September 21, at 2 p.m. at South Branch Library in KCK. The address is 3104 Strong Avenue. Our featured readers are Boyd Bauman, poet, and Huascar Medina, the new poet Laureate of Kansas. An open mic will follow. Refreshments served. Bring a poem to share if you like.
Huascar Medina, Poet Laureate of Kansas (2019-2021), is the Lit Editor for seveneightfive magazine and a playwright. He's a member of Topeka's Speak Easy Poetry Group and the Red Tail Collective in Lawrence. Recent works published can be found in the Latino Book Review (2019), Flint Hills Review (Summer 2019), Finding Zen in Cowtown (Spartan Press 2018), and Kansas Time & Place: An Anthology of Heartland Poetry (Little Balkan Press 2017). His first collection of poems is titled, How to Hang the Moon (Spartan Press 2017). His second book of poetry, Un Mango Grows in Kansas is forthcoming in 2019.
Boyd Bauman grew up on a small ranch south of Bern, Kansas. His dad was a storyteller and his mom the family scribe. His debut poetry book, Cleave, came out in April 2018 from Spartan Press. After stints in New York, Colorado, Alaska, Japan, and Vietnam, Boyd now lives near Kansas City with his lovely wife Lisa and little poets, Haven and Milly Visit him at boydbauman.weebly.com. His new work is Scheherazade Plays the Chestnut Tree Cafe, also with Spartan Press.


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Einaudi Home
Einaudi to play iTunes Festival 2013
The composer and his unmistakable piano tunes will be gracing the stage at the Roundhouse in Camden, London in September.
Italian composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi will be performing at this year's iTunes Festival on September 17. He's the first classical act to be announced as part of this year's festival, on the line-up alongside a host of pop's biggest stars including Justin Timberlake and Jessie J.
The announcement comes after a record-breaking year for the composer, whose album In a Time Lapse shot to the top of the classical chart in January thanks to a huge number of digital sales.
This is the first time Einaudi's performed in London's iconic venue, which has played host to music legends including Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, and The Clash. Speaking to Classic FM last month, he explained how his music speaks in a range of different venues, from concert halls to club nights: "I like to listen to different music, not focused on something that is in one box," he said. "Once there's something good and inspiring to me, it can come from everywhere - folk music, electronic music, classical music. I grew up like that."
Go to iTunes.com/Festival for more information, and for a chance of winning tickets to the concert. You can also follow @iTunesFestival on Twitter for the latest Festival news, and join the conversation using the #iTunesFestival hashtag.
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Q: Equation of Parabola in Rosenbrock function The Rosenbrock function is a popular benchmark for optimization, its general form is
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where typically $a=1$ and $b=100$. The function looks like this

Is it possible to find the equation of the parabola that would fit within its contours? Here's a rough drawing.

A: It's just $y=x^2$.
For any fixed $x$ value (i.e. vertical line), the bottom of the trough, where $f$ is minimal along that line, occurs where $\partial f/\partial y = 0$. And $\partial f/\partial y = 2b(y-x^2)$.


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WISCONSIN STATE REP. MELISSA SARGENT: "We must work to end the rape culture"
REPUBLISHER'S NOTE: Below the horizontal line is an op-ed, originally published by the Madison, Wisconsin-based newspaper The Cap Times, that was written by Wisconsin State Rep. Melissa Sargent (D-Madison). The op-ed has been republished to this blog, as it appeared on The Cap Times's website, with permission from Representative Sargent.
A young woman woke up not sure where she was.
She was covered in pine needles, her hands and elbows bloody. As she laid on a hospital gurney trying to put the pieces together, doctors performed one invasive procedure after another to determine what had happened. She was told — hours later, after she was finally allowed to shower — that she had been sexually assaulted and was found unconscious behind a dumpster.
By now, many of you have heard about this brutal rape on the Stanford campus. The power of social media allowed millions of us to read the chilling testimony that the victim read aloud to her assailant in court. And like me, I'm sure you were horrified by the light sentence — at most, six months in the county jail and three years' probation — that the judge gave to the Stanford student. Not even a slap on the wrist.
This case is the definition of our society's rape culture.
This made me think back to a few weeks ago when I was visiting a middle school in my district. I was talking to a young woman about her college plans. This seventh-grader said she has just read UW-Madison's campus climate survey, which showed that one in four women will experience sexual violence during their time on the Madison campus. She told me that she felt she had to choose between her safety and her ability to pursue higher education.
This is wholly unacceptable.
As women, we are taught almost from birth that we have to be careful, and take extra precautions for our safety. There is a strict set of unwritten rules for women: Don't walk alone, don't drink too much, don't wear that skirt. We live in a culture that views rape and sexual assault as inevitable, as something that "just happens" to (a certain kind) of woman, as something that can be prevented if we as women just follow that laundry list of unwritten rules — and always as something that is the victim's responsibility to stop.
These attitudes are all part of rape culture. We live in a world where everyone from the media, to teachers, to school administrators, to many elected officials contribute to and normalize sexual violence against women. The media debate whether a rapist's sentence will ruin his life — rather than talking about the lifelong impacts for the victim.
Sexual assault isn't something that happens somewhere else, to someone else. It's happening right here — to us, our sisters, our friends, our daughters. And it's happened to me.
Every parent should know that this is what our children are being taught. Our daughters grow up hearing that if a boy hurts her, it's love. Our sons grow up hearing that "boys will be boys" is an excuse for their actions.
Every parent should be acutely aware that this is the world their children are growing up in. While Brock Turner's six-month sentence seems like such a far cry from justice, in actuality he is receiving more punishment than 97 percent of rapists, who face no jail time at all.
We must teach our children to do better to stop this community of inaction. We must stop victim-blaming altogether. And we must say that rape is rape — no excuses, no justifications.
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More evidence that Dennis Hastert is a disgusting human being
Earlier today, former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) was sentenced to fifteen months (one year and three months) in federal prison for violating federal banking laws by attempting to conceal hush money that was being paid to individuals who were sexually abused by Hastert.
However, that wasn't the biggest story of the Hastert sentencing proceedings today.
During the sentencing proceedings, one of the victims of Hastert's sexual abuse was identified as Scott Cross, the brother of former Republican Illinois State House Minority Leader Tom Cross. Furthermore, it was revealed that Hastert called Tom Cross for his support of Hastert:
Judge reminds courtroom again of extraordinary fact: Hastert called Tom Cross, brother of one of his abuse victims, asking for his support.
— Julie Bosman (@juliebosman) April 27, 2016
That right there proves that Dennis Hastert is a disgusting human being. The fact that Hastert would call the brother of someone he sexually abused and ask him to support an abuser is the ultimate form of being a total scumbag. Hastert has absolutely zero regard for victims of sexual abuse.
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