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27 reasons St. George is already a destination we love on Staten Island
Updated: May. 16, 2019, 5:46 p.m. | Published: May. 28, 2017, 8:25 p.m.
By Carol Ann Benanti | benanti@siadvance.com
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Big shopping. Big Wheel. Big buzz. Yes, we know big things are coming to what's now being marketed as "Destination St. George." Yes, we're looking forward to experiencing what all the hype is about — but here are the reasons we already love this special Staten Island neighborhood.
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The Staten Island Ferry is a passenger ferry shuttle operated by the City Department of Transportation. It runs 5.2 miles in New York Harbor between Staten Island and Manhattan, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It's been in existence since 1905, and currently carries more than 23 million passengers annually. Check out Shane DiMaio's late-night video for a unique glimpse of the Big Orange Boat.
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The Ferry slip at St. George during the early 1900s. Yes, the unique history of this this NYC nautical destination is at the root of our love for this S.I. neighborhood. (From the collection of the New York Public Library)
The Richmond County Ball Park at St. George is the home to the Staten Island Yankees.
In addition, local high schools have the chance to play at least one game at the Richmond County Bank Ballpark. The Ballpark at St. George is more commonly referred to as Staten Island Yankees Stadium instead of its much longer name. (Watch Shane DiMaio's video above and RELAX — they decided not to change the name.)
Unforgettable Taco & IPA Festival
The Staten Island Yankees, Flagship Brewing Co. and Ho'Brah Tacos are joining forces for the Unforgettable IPA & Taco Festival from 1-5 p.m. Saturday, June 10 at the Richmond County Bank Ballpark at St. George.
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Winter Wonderland is coming, too ...
Summer is just heating up -- but here's a heads up for what sounds like a really chill event: The inaugural Winter Wonderland Staten Island in Richmond County Bank Ballpark at St. George from Nov. 25-Dec. 23. Sprawling attractions include ice skating, a 34-vendor holiday market and nightly light show, the 21-and-over "Igloo Bar" featuring holiday cocktails and live entertainment, Santa's Workshop, a life-sized Gingerbread House Bakery, rides and games -- all steps from the ferry. The 70,000-square-foot event layout is billed as a "fully immersive holiday experience for locals and tourists alike."
For more information, check out WinterWonderlandSI.com or follow the updates on Facebook, Instagram @WinterWonderlandSI Twitter and Snapchat @WonderlandSI.
St. George Theatre, one of Staten Island's most treasured gems
The St. George Theatre is one of the North Shore, and Staten Island's, biggest gems. Completed in 1929 by architect Eugene DeRosa and the "dean of Staten Island architects" James Whitford, the 2,876-seat building was originally home to vaudevillians.In 2004, Rosemary Cappozalo, Luanne Sorrentino and Doreen Cugno began a not-for-profit organization to save the historic theater from destruction and restore the venue to its original beauty. Today, the landmark has hosted the likes of Tony Bennett, Jerry Seinfeld, Diana Ross, Chris Rock and Louis CK, to name a few. Check out StGeorgeTheatre.com for a full list of upcoming shows.
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Enoteca Maria's Nonna's
Enoteca Maria's on 27 Hyatt St; Also known around the culinary world (no exaggeration) as "The Kitchen that Nonna Built" in St. George, the intimate wine bar and restaurant opened in 2007 with an unusual concept: The menu is orchestrated by about a dozen nonnas (grandmas) direct from Italy who bring their regional touch to the country's fare. (Food Network)
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Julian Gaxholli's Beso
Beso, located at 11 Schuyler St. in St. George is a quaint Spanish restaurant with tapas, entrees and sangria in a casual brick-walled space. The dining spot is owned by Julian Gaxholli, Staten Island's celebrity chef who also owns Bayou and Blue restaurants.
(Staten Island Advance/Pamela Silvestri)
Chef Julian in action: Seafood Jambalaya
Chef Julian in action: Scallop purses
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Staten Island Borough Hall
Standing directly across from the Ferry Terminal, Staten Island Borough Hall houses the Borough President's Office, offices of the Departments of Buildings and Transportation and other civic offices.
A designated New York City Landmark, the building was completed in 1906 and still serves its original purpose. When Staten Island was consolidated as part of New York City in 1898, St. George was selected as Staten Island's new civic center, replacing Richmond Town, the former seat of the Richmond County government.
Chang Noi Thai
This authentic Thai dining spot located at 100 Stuyvesant Place in St. George has amassed a loyal following in the last couple years. (Staten Island Advance)
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Brighton Heights Reformed Church
The landmarked white church on the corner of Fort Place and St. Mark's Place in St. George was destroyed in a fire in 1996. After some four years it was restored and the landmark white church on the corner of Fort Place and St. Mark's Place conduced a service for more than 300 worshippers.
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Honor Wines
This eclectic vino shop — 36 Bay St., St. George; 718-954-0542; www.honorwines.com — quickly became a beloved St. George favorite when it opened in 2012.
From a picnic to a gala, owner Lorie Honor is ready to provide the perfect pairing. The neighborhood shop provides wine tasting at cultural events and hosts them too.
"We're delighted to support both old world and new world growers who specialize in producing smaller yield, beautifully crafted natural, organic and sustainable wines that are delicious, speak of 'place' and are at an everyday drinking price point," says the shop website.
Carol Ann Benanti | benanti@siadvance.com
Ruddy & Dean Steak House
Ruddy and Dean sells steaks, seafood and a signature lobster bisque. With a spectacular view, the dining spot features on and off premise catering and a party room with city views from the terrace.
The historic St. George Library Center
Opened on June 26, 1907, the largest library on Staten Island was designed by Carrere and Hastings, architects of the neighboring Borough Hall and County Court House. BTW: While you are there, make sure to check out U.K. artist David Wilson's Palladian-arched, leaded-glass windows in the main reading room. This NYC Percent for Art piece was commissioned in 1986. See a full schedule of programs HERE.
Jimmie Steiny's guestbook
Jimmie Steiny's Pub isn't pushing the Kool-Aid when it claims it's "Where Staten Island Greets the World." Thousands of tourists from around the globe find their way to the bar every year after a Staten Island Ferry voyage. And many of them sign the Steiny's "guest book," at the door. Dozens of volumes have been filled with thousands of signatures, sketches and stories over the past 11 years.
Plus: This down home neighborhood saloon boasts pub fare, draft and bottled beers, plus local bands.
(Staten Island Advance/Andrew Simontacchi)
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Antoinette Steinhilber, owner and wife of Jimmie Steinhilber, holds up the official guest log that visitors from all over the world sign, the left page shows a drawing made by 12 people from Paris with a drawing of the Eiffel Tower and all their signatures, and at right is one where a couple from Germany was married here in the us (in Las Vegas) and signed with the bridesmaids and witness' names, they drew the Heidelberg Castle.
River Dock Cafe
Overlooking New York Harbor, The River Dock Cafe at the St. George Ferry Terminal opened in January of 2015. It serves up seafood and raw-bar items and traditional American fare.(Staten Island Advance/ Jan Somma-Hammel)
... serves superior thin-crust pizza, tap brews and sammies (they actually made the bread that's holding this soft-shell crab, folks) at 76 Bay St. in St. George.
National Lighthouse Museum
Dr. Elysha Netsarh at the National Lighthouse Museum, St. George. Located at 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point, the museum has been newly created due in part to the fundraising efforts of Linda Dianto, and dedicated to the history of Lighthouses and their keepers.
120 Bay Cafe (aka 'Cargo')
One of many murals painted by local artist Scott Lobaido on the exterior of the 120 Bay Cafe, formerly the Cargo, over the years. This St. George eatery that doubles as a local hangout offering refined pub fare, diverse event nights and a pool table. (Staten Island Advance/ Ebonyrose Bellamy).
Marie's Gourmet 2
The Marie's mothership in Sunnyside is a favorite of borough artists and creative-types — and now there is a second location at 5 Hyatt St. in St. George
Hypno-Tronic Comics
Hypno-Tronic Comics at 156 Stuyvesant Place in St. George. Walk in and find an array of movie memorabilia and comic books from "Star Wars" to the "Incredible Hulk." (Staten Island Advance/Hilton Flores)
Curtis High School
Completed in 1904, the main building at Curtis High School in St. George is one of six that comprise the school today. Its architectural style is Gothic Collegiate. The school is one of 78 structures included in the New Brighton-St. George Historic District, a city landmark. (Staten Island Advance)
Every Thing Goes Thrift & Vintage
This enduring vintage spot at 140 Bay St. is a one stop shop for quirky finds — and a MUST for costume hunters. Just check out these offbeat Halloween ideas above and below. (BTW: A few blocks away in Tompkinsville is Every Thing Goes Book and Cafe, located at 208 Bay St., where you can find diverse pre-owned books, an art gallery, a performance stage and an Internet cafe.) (Staten Island Advance/Hilton Flores)
The St. George Post Office
U. S. Post Office, St. George. (From the collection of the New York Public Library.) The St. George Branch post office building is so large because it was originally the main post office on Staten Island. After the Verrazano Narrows Bridge was built and traffic increased, the main post office was moved to a new but smaller location on Manor Road near Victory Boulevard.
Electric Hair Co.
Marty Albucher's beauty shop at 100 Stuyvesant Place has been a North Shore fixture since the '80s.
Charmar Superette
What, you've never heard of this unassuming little joint? Well then, you must not be an in-the-know craft-brew lover on the North Shore. Check out Charmar at 85 Stuyvesant Pl., St. George; 718-981-4638.
The construction of the Empire Outlets
The Marketplace at Empire Outlets (MRKTPL) will be an innovative artisanal food market showcasing the local and international purveyors. With over 12,000 square feet and another 3,000 square feet of outdoor dining MRKTPL will be curated through a lifestyle process that will be located on the second level, above the main floor retail. Check out SILive's Bill Lyons' recent tour of the construction site below. (Courtesy of BFC Partners)
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Eva Felicitas Habermann, född 16 januari 1976 i Hamburg, Tyskland, är en tysk skådespelare inom film och TV. Hon är mest känd för rollen som "Zev Bellringer" i science fantasy-serien Lexx.

Biografi
Eva Habermann tog sång- och danslektioner när hon gick i gymnasiet. Efter studentexamen var hon en kort tid programledare för barnprogrammet Pumuckl TV. Efter att ha haft småroller i olika TV-produktioner slog hon igenom 1997 med rollen som "Zev Bellringer" i TV-serien Lexx. Sedan dess har hon haft biroller i bland annat Kommissarie Rex och Tatort.

Filmografi (urval)
 1995 – Gegen den Wind
 1996 – Hochwürdens Ärger mit dem Paradies
 1996 – Klinik unter Palmen
 1997 – Lexx
 1998 – Angel Express
 1999 – Die Strandclique
 2001 – Feuer, Eis und Dosenbier
 2001 – Jenseits des Regenbogens
 2003 – Der alte Affe Angst
 2003 – Wilde Engel
 2004 – Inga Lindström
 2005 – Die Schwarzwaldklinik
 2005 – Der Clown
 2006 – Im Himmel schreibt man Liebe anders
 2007 – Unsere Farm in Irland
 2007 – Ossi's Eleven

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Mischel's landmark behavioral study involved 600 kids between the ages of four and six, all culled from Stanford University's Bing Nursery School. He would give each child a marshmallow and gave them the option of eating it immediately if they chose. But if they could wait 15 minutes, they would get a second marshmallow as a reward. Then Mischel would leave the room and a hidden video camera would tape what happened next.


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Kashima Antlers are through to the FINAL of the FIFA Club World Cup, after a 3-0 defeat of South America's representatives Atletico Nacional. Bet you didn't see THAT coming. And for those of you who never stop dreaming, now you can ponder the possibility of a J.League team being 90 minutes away from the title of best club team in the world.
The Kashima Antlers are through to the semifinals of the FIFA Club World Cup, after a 2-0 defeat of African representatives Mamelodi Sundowns.


Snow White by Donald Barthelme – this staging is the world premiere of any fully staged adaptation of Barthelme's take on the classic fairy tale. Barthelme had begun to write an adaptation himself, which was shelved (okay, put in a drawer) before it could be finished.
The performances – as director Greg Dean put it, he "needed actors with a facility for language, that could 'switch styles' easily, and locate the feelings and the jokes that often lie just below the surface of the prose." His cast delivers, making effortless shifts in tone and energy to match the acrobatic language of the script. Check out the Houston Chronicle and HoustonPress reviews for more.
The New Yorker review — It's been called a "protracted, adults-only act of mischief" by The New Yorker, in which the original text originally appeared. Read the magazine's great write-up on Catastrophic's staging here!
The Houston connection — the play officially opened on Barthelme's birthday in recognition of the writer, who left an indelible mark on Houston and helped found our city's literary scene. Barthelme had envisioned a "pedestrian loop" to revitalize the neighborhood where Snow White is staging its run in the MATCH.
The Midtown Arts and Theater Center – up and running since October of 2015, the MATCH fills a huge gap in Houston's arts and culture scene, providing a variety of flexible performance spaces where smaller companies and troupes can stage their work. If you haven't had a chance to check it out, it's a gorgeous facility and a huge step towards fulfilling Barthelme's vision for the area.
The Inprint connection – the play was produced by Catastrophic in partnership with Inprint, after a staging organized by Marion Barthelme with the Alley theater back in 1996. Of the staging, Inprint Director Rich Levy said, "The piece was so brilliant and funny and irreverent." Known for its reading series, Inprint is a vital champion of literature and the arts in Houston.
The Catastrophic Theatre – Formed in 2007, the Catastrophic has already been recognized for its accomplishments: it was recently one of ten theatre companies in the country to receive The National Theatre Company Award, and has twice won prestigious MAP Fund grants to develop new work. Already a fixture of Houston's vibrant arts scene, The Catastrophic relies on "pay what you will" pricing to ensure access to all theater-goers, so come support them!


New musical about Jack Saul is perfect showcase for an emerging Irish talent.
The escapades of a notorious Irish male prostitute in Victorian era England have formed the basis of a critically acclaimed piece of musical theatre.
The Sins of Jack Saul is from the pen of Glenn Chandler, creator of Scottish TV's long running detective series Taggart, and is currently being performed at the Above the Stag fringe theatre in Lambeth, London.
Jack was a poor, Dublin-born boy who was involved in the notorious Cleveland Street brothel trial of 1889 –a scandal which implicated members of the establishment and the Royal family at the time – and before that, the 1884 Dublin Castle scandal, which saw a number of men working in the Castle administration tried for having homosexual relations.
This new work has afforded a young, upcoming Irish native the chance showcase his talents in the leading role.
Jack McCann takes on the titular role and has been hugely encouraged by the reaction from audiences to the piece.
For Jack and his fellow cast, there has also been a level of audience expectation which they have had to contend with.
Jack McCann plays the titular role of Jack Saul.
Jack has thrown all his creative energy into the role, admitting that he knew little about the young man he was due to play.
"Like many people, I wasn't familiar with Jack's story," said Jack. "It wasn't until I went to the audition and met with Glenn (writer) that I learned more. To be involved in two major scandals in the one decade certainly puts Jack into the category of 'infamous' as opposed to famous," laughed Jack.
Jack has also been given a certain amount of freedom in his interpretation of the character.
Jack said his love of musical theatre stemmed from his family.
Jack (centre) throws himself into an energetic rehearsal.
And this appreciation continues to be nurtured in London, where Jack is still studying at Trinity Laban, the conservatoire of music and dance. No mean feat to lead the cast of any show, especially for one still learning their craft, but Jack is remarkably grounded and grateful for the chance he has received.
"It's a great start and I'm at a highly respected venue, with a highly respected team," said Jack.
The show runs until June 12th, 2016.
With thanks to Jack Bowman @ Above the Stag.


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Mark Gold, Groundbreaking Researcher and Pioneer of Medication Assisted Recovery, Joins Board of Directors at Spero Health
BRENTWOOD, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Spero Health, a CARF-accredited community-based organization and national leader specializing in outpatient addiction treatment of substance use disorders, has announced that Dr. Mark Gold has joined the company's Board of Directors. Founded in response to the growing drug epidemic, Spero Health operates more than 30 freestanding outpatient clinics located throughout Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and Tennessee, providing care for more than 6,300 patients each month.
Dr. Gold has a proven, distinguished and awarded background in the field of addiction medicine, public health, neurology, and psychiatry. He was the Chairman of Psychiatry, Professor, founding member of the McKnight Brain Institute, and the founder of the Division of Addiction Medicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine where he spent 25 years. He has published over 1,000 peer reviewed scientific articles, textbooks and practice guidelines widely cited within the medical community, with ground-breaking original work focusing on opioid systems, cocaine, dopamine, addiction and novel treatment pathways including recent work on algorithms for medication assisted therapies in opioid use disorders. Dr. Gold is the recipient of numerous lifetime achievement awards crediting him for his body of work in research which helped to prove that addiction is a brain disease. Known as one of the fathers of medication assisted recovery, Dr Gold has been a teacher and mentor to many of the current leaders in Addiction Medicine, Psychiatry, and behavioral health research. He has helped to develop ASAM Fellowships at Tulane (Louisiana), Medical College of Georgia, University of Florida and trained hundreds of addiction professionals. He is a Professor (Adjunct) of Psychiatry at Washington University in St Louis and Director of Research & Education for the DEA Educational Foundation.
"On behalf of Spero Health and the Board of Directors, I am pleased to welcome Dr. Gold to the Board," stated Steve Priest, Chief Executive Officer and board member of Spero Health. "Mark has an impressive background as a researcher, author and inventor with numerous discoveries to advance addiction medicine going back to the opioid epidemic in the 1970s. More importantly, he is committed to our mission of Saving Lives, Instilling Hope and Restoring Relationships."
Speaking about Spero Heath, Dr. Gold added. "Spero Health is an innovator and leader in bringing comprehensive community-based addiction treatment to areas in our country hardest hit by the drug epidemic. By providing a local and affordable option for addiction treatment, this organization transforms opportunities for so many in need, and I look forward to working with the team at this critical time in the organizations evolution."

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Seasonal workers walk past a house. In the yard is a dead palm tree.
Prefabricated buildings have taken the place of buildings damaged in the hurricane, but only for essential services. It is a common sore point within the town that businesses are not investing in new long term buildings.
Another building that is for sale. These ones offer cheap rent and attract migrant workers for a few months of the year.
A public toilet. The town has seen a rapid increase in meth users.
The towns car park. The sugar factory, a major employer for the town, chugs along in the background.
The local train station. A baggage trolly sits rusted and chained to a pole.
A man sits and looks at the occean.
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Alok Kejriwal to exit Games2win by 2015; To start his own fund Rodin Hood Venture Partners
Anand Rai	12 Jun, 2012
Games2win has had a busy 2012 – from roping in Tirath Kamdar to its board of advisors to Nirvana Venture acquiring 10 per cent stake in the company. But there is even more. Only last week, the company's mobile game Parking Frenzy became the top-ranked game in the US iTunes App store (as of now, it is No. 2) in both Free Games and Top Overall Apps categories – a first for an Indian company.
But in spite of his achievements, Alok Kejriwal, the co-founder and CEO of Games2win, has decided to hang up his boots. Not right now, of course, but within the next three years. He has always supported startups (remember his post-Budget letter to the Finance Minister of India) and believes that once his investors get their money back, he can make an exit from the company he set up and don the cap of the mentor full time to help out entrepreneurs.
He is planning to launch a fund called Rodin Hood Venture Partners (still a working title) that he claims will be a fund for entrepreneurs – but of what kind?
"I have had long discussions with both my mentors and the people in the industry, and everyone thinks that India is a khichdi (a mixture of everything) market. Because of that, I will definitely not restrict myself to being an incubator. Instead, it would be a combo of Paul Graham, Y Combinator and Ron Conway. We will take the best of everything and make something new of our own," said Kejriwal.
To start with, Contest2win, another company founded by Kejriwal, will be a part of the fund, along with the companies where he has put in money as an angel investor. The fund will support any technology company – be it Cloud, Internet or mobile, but not just e-commerce.
"India is the land of digital tsunami in the sense everything happens here at the same time. But I feel that e-commerce is the laziest profession that entrepreneurs have chosen and they will get punished for it," he added.
But the fund will not focus on new and budding entrepreneurs alone. In fact, Kejriwal believes that by 2015, there will be a beautiful landscape of vulture and vampire deals. "There will be a buffet of deals in 2015," he asserted. So he would look at existing companies as well.
But why has he chosen the name Rodin Hood?
It's a combination of Rodin (the guy who sculpted The Thinker) and Robin Hood (the honest thief), and basically means 'to think and to do'. The thinking part we can understand, but what would he steal?
"There are some brilliant guys (successful entrepreneurs, investors) out there but no one gets to know their ideas because they are not media friendly. So I would actually bridge the gap and bring their knowledge to those who actually need them (the new entrepreneurs)."
Kejriwal will put in his own money for RHVP (he plans to make big money from the exit) and is not open to borrowing money from anyone. "I won't have any partner. As it will be my own money, at the end of the day, if I don't get returns, I don't have to be answerable to anyone."
But isn't that a risky proposition?
"What's an entrepreneur without risks," he signed off.
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Story of a young man who hopes to strike it rich in the Yukon gold country at the turn of the century and his relationship with the wolf-dog White Fang.
The call of the wild / Jack London. —London, Jack, 1876-1916.
The cruise of the Snark —London, Jack, 1876-1916.
Based on three stories by American award winning novelist Jack London, Burning daylight is an anthology film set in New York in the 1920's. The story weaves a moral tapestry with the threads of human vanity, duplicity an...
Classic adventure story of Buck, the domestic dog who becomes a sled dog in the Yukon in the days of the gold rush.
White fang. —London, Jack, 1876-1916.
Jack London short stories: authorized edition with definitive texts. —London, Jack, 1876-1916.
Call of the wild. —London, Jack, 1876-1916.
Buck is living the good life in the soft South when he is snatched and transported to the savagery of the Northland. There, the Klondike gold rush has brought out rough basic instincts of survival in men and dogs. He adj...
The call of the wild ; and White Fang —London, Jack, 1876-1916.
Two classic tales of dogs, one part wolf and one a Saint Bernard/Scotch shepherd mix that becomes leader of a wolf pack, as they have adventures in the Yukon wilderness with both humans and other animals.
The call of the wild and selected stories —London, Jack, 1876-1916.
Tales of the North —London, Jack, 1876-1916.
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Call of the wild —Ho, Oliver.
An abridged version of the tale of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, that is forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack.
White Fang —London, Jack, 1876-1916.
The adventures in the northern wilderness of a dog who is part wolf and how he comes to make peace with man.
The call of the wild —London, Jack, 1876-1916.
The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack.
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Another great Samuel Fuller film on Blu-ray — this one is a crime tale set in downtown Los Angeles' Little Tokyo, that forms an interracial romantic triangle. It's risky for its year because of the sexual dynamics — a Japanese-American man falls in love with a Caucasian woman. Fuller's approach is years ahead of its time, even if Columbia's sales job was a little weird. Victoria Shaw and Glenn Corbett get top billing, but newcomer James Shigeta steals the show. On Blu-ray from Twilight Time.


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Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, delivers remarks during the presentation of First Lady Michelle Obama's inaugural gown to the National Museum of American History March 9, 2010.
Seated left to right: Brent Glass, director of the National Museum of American History; First Lady Michelle Obama; Jason Wu, designer of First Lady Michelle Obama's inaugural gown
Photo credit: Richard Strauss, Smithsonian Institution
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Mortlach is one of those distilleries that brings huge smiles to the faces of almost all whisky fans, the "beast of Dufftown" is known for it's meaty powerful huge flavours.
Below is a selection of four independently bottled Mortlachs from across the years showing the versatility of Morltach and the range of flavours within just a single distillery.
The old Morlatch 16 Flora and Fauna may be gone, but there are definitely a range of whiskies out there for people to buy with just as much, if not more flavour in them.
There are many independent bottlings of Mortlach, and this one from Ian MacLeods Chieftains Choice range is a delicious 17 year old finished in Pedro Ximinez casks.
PX usually adds a layer of sweetness but Mortlach is already quite a sweet dram so i was a bit concerned this might go too far but it was just filled with juicy treacle along with some lovely savoury notes and those spiced onions you get in the local Indian Restaurant, which i absolutely love.
This was handed to me by a lovely customer at work, and is from a bottle distilled in 1971 and bottled in 1996.
Typical Gordon and Macphail old Mortlach notes in this, which to be fair is the only old Mortlach i've had and remember, but that lovely beeswax furniture note and lots of fruits and fruit cake, a hugely interesting dram.
If you can find this, or similar out there, likely at auctions, then grab it these are hugely tasty drams.
That's the typical gordon and MacPhail Old mortlach style, beeswax polished mahogany, dusty warehouses, rum soaked raisins, fruit cask with spices, some bbq pulled pork and sticky ribs also.
Waxed orange peel, beeswax polish again but on a metallic surface, almost a hint of brasso, sweet tangtastic haribos, hints of Christmas cake spice and that fruit cake jumps in too, with oodles of Demerara sugar, hints of chocolate sauce.
This sample came from my good friend Barry at The Whiskyphiles, and is from a 200ml bottle fromt he Carn Mor Vintage collection, a young 6 year old Mortlach distilled in 2006.
Young does not mean bad and this is certainly not bad, its got a huge amount of waxy lemons and preserved lemons which is a note i really like, full of flavour and great value for money, keep an eye out for these brilliant 200ml bottles.
This dram from the distillery known as the Beast of Dufftown, is a perfect example of how brilliant single casks can be and how complex.
only 11 years old and matured in american oak thais has imparted some fabulous tropical fruit notes into the whisky, along with spicy and vanilla oak, with a touch of savoury biscuits, a fabulous dram, and one i wish i had a full bottle stashed away of this.
Dusty pineapple upside down cake, lots of undercooked dough, savoury tuc biscuits, acetone and some hints of bitter tropical fruits, starfruits and hints of plantain & eucalyptus.


In a large mixing bowl combine the pasta and thickened mixture. Then gently fold in the mandarin oranges, crushed pineapple, pineapple tidbits, marshmallows and coconut. Fold in cool whip. Refrigerate until serving. This recipe can easily be doubled.


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Q: Can't get twitter user's follower count via Twitter API I am having a hard time getting the number of followers a twitter user has.
I did follow the twitter rest api documentation and couldn't find an answer to my problem. I am successfully making the call via their rest API and I am getting a "Success" call back but I don't know what to parse my response into. Their documentation keeps saying "it returns a "collection of ids". So I assumed I could parse the response into a List of ids (List) but that results a gson parsing error . I can successfully parse it into a JSONOBject but that ends up being empty.
Here's the relevant code:
package com.boomer.omer.kollabstr.backend.twitteroauth;

import com.twitter.sdk.android.core.models.User;
import org.json.JSONObject;

import java.util.List;

import retrofit.Callback;
import retrofit.http.GET;
import retrofit.http.Query;

    public interface TwitterGetFollowerCountApiClient {

         @GET("/1.1/followers/ids.json")
        void getFollowerCount(@Query("user_id")Long id,
                          @Query("screen_name")String screenname,
                          @Query("cursor")Long cursor,
                          @Query("stringify_ids")Boolean sids,
                          @Query("count")Long count,
                          Callback<JSONObject> users);
}

Then I send/handle the request from:
 private void createSocialMediaObject(final TwitterSession twitterSession){
    getKollabstrTwitterApiClient().getFollowerCountService().
            getFollowerCount(twitterSession.getUserId(),
                    null,
                    null,
                    null,
                    null,
                    new Callback<JSONObject>() {
                @Override
                public void success(Result<JSONObject> result) {
                    SocialMedia twitter = new SocialMedia();
                    twitter.setUsername(twitterSession.getUserName());
                    twitter.setUserid(Long.toString(twitterSession.getUserId()));
                    twitter.setSocialMediaType(SocialMediaType.TWITTER);
                    //twitter.setImpact(result.data.size());
                   // Log.d(TAG,"FOLLOWERS:" + Integer.toString(result.data.size()));
                    Users user = SessionManager.getInstance().getCurrentUser();
                    user.getProfile().getSocialMediaAccounts().add(twitter);
                    SessionManager.getInstance().updateUser(user);
                    Log.d("FOLLOWER",Integer.toString(result.data.length()));
                }

                @Override
                public void failure(TwitterException exception) {
                    Log.d(TAG,"FOLLOWER ERROR:" + exception.toString());

                }
            });

}

I followed their documentation here : https://dev.twitter.com/rest/reference/get/followers/ids
I want to get a list of ids so I can get the size of it , which should be the number of followers according to their page. But even though I can get a success callback(Which I assume indicates a successful query being done) I can not figure out what is it that the response should be parsed into.
Any help is appreciated. Please don't simply refer me to other libraries to get this done.

A: I found the answer. I just had to parse the response into Response class from Retrofit. Then convert that into a JSON object.
 public JSONObject responseToJSON(Response response){
    BufferedReader reader = null;
    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    JSONObject jsonObject = null;
    try {

        reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(response.getBody().in()));

        String line;

        try {
            while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
                sb.append(line);
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    String result = sb.toString();

    try {jsonObject=new JSONObject(result);
    } catch (JSONException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    return  jsonObject;
}

A: Try this code that I use in some of my projects to get Twitter integration working:
Twitter4j setup
Download twitter4j library (jar files), add the following to your libs folder and Right-click them from the libs folder to Add as Library. That means your build.gradle file will look something like this:
dependencies{

   ...
   compile files('libs/twitter4j-async-4.0.4.jar')
   compile files('libs/twitter4j-core-4.0.4.jar')
}

Now, you are ready to use this library to connect with Twitter.
Assumption: You have already created a Twitter application on the Developer account on Twitter.
Next, regardless of how you want to do the requests (AsyncTask, Service, etc):
//this sample code searches for twitter accounts

//rest of your code  here

@Override
protected ResponseList<User> doInBackground(String... params) {

    String location = "kansas city";

    try {
        //mTwitter is your Twitter instance!
        return mTwitter.searchUsers(location, 20);
    }catch (TwitterException e){
        e.getMessage();
    }
    return null;
}

@Override
protected void onPostExecute(ResponseList<User> response){
    if (response != null){
        progress.dismiss();

        if (response.size() == 0 ){
            //you got no results back; zero
        }else{

            //you can loop through the response list

            User u = response.get(0);

            Log.i("USERCOUNT", "THE COUNT: " + u.getFollowersCount());
       }
    }
}

So, you can quickly get your results with this library;
I hope this helped you and let me know if you need further assistance!

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'use strict'

var args = require('args')
var path = require('path')
var yaml = require('js-yaml')
var fs = require('fs')
var http = require('http')
var lambdaInvoke = require('docker-lambda')

var DEFAULT_PORT = 3000
var DEFAULT_FUNCTION_PATH = '.'
var AWS_LAMBDA_API_URL_REGEX = /^\/\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}\/functions\/(.+?)\/invocations/

args
  .option(['h', 'help'], 'Show usage information')
  .option(['p', 'port'], 'Port on which the API server will be running', DEFAULT_PORT)
  .option(['P', 'path'], 'Path to the function handler scripts', DEFAULT_FUNCTION_PATH)
  .option(['f', 'file'], 'AWS SAM template file')
  .option(['v', 'verbose'], 'Verbose output')

var opts = args.parse(process.argv, { help: false, version: false })

if (!opts.file) {
  return args.showHelp()
}

var functionsDir = path.resolve(process.cwd(), opts.path)
var doc = yaml.safeLoad(fs.readFileSync(opts.file, 'utf8'))

// TODO: improve -- quick & dirty filtering
var functions = Object.keys(doc.Resources)
  .filter(name =>
    doc.Resources[name].Type === 'AWS::Serverless::Function'
    &&
    doc.Resources[name].Properties.Runtime.indexOf('nodejs') >= 0
  )
  .reduce((obj, name) => {
    obj[name] = doc.Resources[name].Properties.Handler
    return obj
  }, {})

http.createServer(function (req, res) {
  opts.v && console.log(new Date().toISOString(), '>>', req.method, req.url)

  var match = req.url.match(AWS_LAMBDA_API_URL_REGEX) || []
  var name = match[1]

  if (functions[name] == null) {
    res.statusCode = 404
    opts.v && console.log(new Date().toISOString(), '<< 404 Missing function', name, 'in template')
    return res.end('Function ' + name + ' not found in template')
  }

  var eventBody = []

  req.on('data', data => eventBody.push(data))
  req.on('end', () => {
    var params = {
      handler: functions[name],
      taskDir: functionsDir
    }

    var event = eventBody.join('')
    if (event !== '') {
      params.event = JSON.parse(event)
    }

    var result = lambdaInvoke(params)
    opts.v && console.log(new Date().toISOString(), '<< 200', result.substr(0, 40), result.length > 40 ? '...' : '')
    res.end(result)
  })

}).listen(opts.port, function () {
  console.log('Starting server at port:', opts.port)
})

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When I click VPN "on", it simply reads "Connecting..." and the icon remains orange.
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I've been mulling this over ever since. Netanyahu's reading of human history, and his own understanding of the Jewish experience in that larger story, have obviously led him to such a stark conclusion. And no doubt many would agree that, "for good or ill," the weak are often slaughtered while the strong survive, and these things take place quite apart from abstract notions like justice or morality. Ironically, I once met a Palestinian lawyer who said virtually the same thing to me, though not in a tone of hubris or as a warning, but out of resignation and despair.
This is an understandable reading of the human experience, articulated in different ways by Thomas Hobbes and Charles Darwin, as well as more than a few 20th century ethno-nationalists. Given what we know and have experienced, both the meek and the mighty can easily conclude that survival is indeed only for the fittest. The weak have no advocate, no defender against those with more power and greater strength. Their only hope is to themselves become strong.
The fact that we need to take care of each other and coordinate is what enables us to dominate. This "perceived" weakness, and not the strength of brute force, is by every measure our greatest strength. It's our collaborative capacity, which can be used for good and ill. But it should not be forgotten that it is this power–collaboration–that has enabled our species not just to survive, but thrive. And it is this collaborative instinct–actually necessity–which must be called upon to prevent us from annihilating ourselves.
There is obviously more than one way to arrive at the same place. Some believe in an ultimate triumph of justice. It was Martin Luther King, Jr. who said the arc of the moral universe bends toward it. Others lack confidence in human progress, in historical arcs, or in the religious belief in an ultimate day of reckoning, but have simply committed themselves to the idea that there are limits to what can be accomplished through displays of force and the exercise of violence. They believe that the rigorous pursuit of justice and mutuality are more solid foundations on which to build a secure future for themselves and for the larger world they live in.
Regardless of how we get there, we can agree that the weak must not submit themselves to slaughter, but neither are they fated to crumble, to suffer erasure from history. They have their own responsibilities, but those of us with power have our obligations, too. We are each called to defend the weak, to work for their flourishing, to do our part to make the world we live in more just.
Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate. So it goes. Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.


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Both Richland 1 and Richland 2 school districts also are requesting the county raise taxes on commercial properties in their districts to balance their own budgets, which are separate from the county's general fund.
Even with a tax hike, the county likely will have to draw around $1.5 million from its general fund reserves, or savings, to balance its budget.
The budget year begins July 1 and ends June 30, 2017.
The Department of Revenue has told the county it must repay from the general fund some expenses that were paid by the transportation penny sales tax, including the cost of establishing the county's Small Local Business Enterprise program. Going forward, county staff has said it could cost about $3 million annually from the general fund to pay some penny program expenses DOR has deemed inappropriate.
The county, though, is pushing back against DOR's directives, saying it is willing to take legal action to determine whether DOR has the authority to make the demands it has.
It would cost the county $4 million more than the past year to maintain the same health insurance coverage for its employees in the coming year. The rising costs are an ongoing trend not likely to reverse itself, McDonald said. The county is looking at various solutions to reduce its costs, which could include asking employees to pay costs that traditionally have been paid by the county.
On the other hand, if approved by County Council, county employees would see their first performance-based raises in several years.
The county expects to receive roughly $6 million less than state law says it should get from the state's Local Government Fund, which is intended to help offset the property tax burden of state services and functions – including courts, an elections office and veterans' affairs – provided at the county level.
The shortfall will continue a trend that started in 2008, the last time the General Assembly fully funded the Local Government Fund, before the brunt of the recession hit the state. Between 2008 and 2015, Richland County received about $23.2 million less in allocations from the fund than required under state law's formula.
Some flood-damaged infrastructure, such as roads, will require long-term funding solutions by the county, McDonald said. Those costs and how they might be paid are still being considered by the county, but they do hang as a shadow above the current budget deliberations.
In addition, flood damage resulted in many properties losing value for tax-assessment purposes, which will mean less revenue collected by the county from those properties.


You have to figure that at least some people involved in the production of this movie know the difference between bulls and cows! Which means that: 1.They thought the audience wouldn't know the difference, and/or 2. They just plain didn't care.
Even in a kids' movie -- or maybe *especially* in a kids' movie -- that kind of attitude is insulting.


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Mirror, Mirror on the Pesach Wall
David Moss' classic Hagadah features a folio adorned with a series of mirrors interspersed among various historical Jewish personalities, drawn from different cultures and eras. The borders of the page are inscribed with the Seder's classic injunction that "in every generation, each individual is obligated to view himself as if he himself left Egypt" (Mishnah Pesachim 10:5). The Hagadah continues, "Not only did He redeem our forefathers, but He redeemed us with them."
While inspiring, the Hagadah's command seems implausible. Simply put, we were not present at the time of the Exodus. In what sense can we authentically imagine as if we were there?
An insight from Rav Soloveitchik, a personal hero and one of the great exemplars for the Modern Orthodoxy community today, sheds light on this seemingly quixotic command.
In his essay "The Community," Rav Soloveitchik begins with the basic observation that Judaism values both individuals and the community. Yet, the Rav contends, the Jewish people is greater than the sum of its individual parts. Rav Soloveitchik proves this from the laws of communal sacrifices. Generally speaking, if a private sacrifice is owned by a number of individuals in partnership, and even just one owner passes away, the sacrificed is disqualified. Yet when it comes to a communal sacrifice, even though a member of the Jewish people dies, the sacrifice remains valid. Why is this so? Is this not also a case of a sacrifice whose owner died? Rav Soloveitchik answers that Bnei Yisrael are greater than the sum of their parts. The Jewish people is an integrated organism that exists in the past, present, and future, even if different living individuals constitute its component parts at any particular moment in time.
In his Maayan Beit Ha-Sho'eivah (to Shemot 13:8), R. Shimon Schwab utilizes a similar principle to elucidate the above passage in the Hagadah. True, as individuals we were not present at the Exodus. But as members of the Jewish community, we were all present as part of the larger organism that comprises the Jewish people. Accordingly, we may genuinely declare that we were redeemed along with our brethren.
Yet, as the Hagadah suggests, we cannot take the recognition of this existential reality for granted. Even if it is true that we too were redeemed along with our ancestors, we are charged to inculcate that recognition within ourselves, our children, and our students. Indeed, one may suggest that the entire Seder night is an educational enterprise in which the generations are bound together in order to bridge the gap between generations, and thereby recreate the sense of a unified nation that was redeemed from Egypt.
David Moss' mirrors, then, are the perfect metaphor. As we peer into the mirror, we see not only ourselves, but our ancestors, teachers and immediate family. We bring our children, grandchildren and all other Jews into our orbit as we see ourselves reflected in the mirrors of history.
Aligning Our Will With God's Will: On the Meaning of Bat Mitzvah


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The development reflects mounting concern from investors about the quality of loans used to finance private equity buyouts, following a series of warnings from central bankers this year.
Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, Macquarie, Credit Suisse and Barclays lobbied for greater leeway when they agreed to finance the $4.4bn takeover of travel technology group Travelport by Siris Capital and an affiliate of Elliott Management earlier this week, according to people with knowledge of the transaction.
The terms ultimately agreed give the banks the ability to increase the interest rate on the loan and tighten covenants, if needed to attract investors.
Banks can end up facing losses if they cannot sell the loans on the terms they have promised to borrowers.
While some flexibility is standard in most deals, bankers and lawyers say that the amount by which the banks can lift the interest rate on the yet-to-be-issued Travelport debt is greater than would have been agreed months earlier, when investors were flocking to the $1.3tn leveraged loan market.
Banks have been stirred into action by a rapidly weakening leveraged loan market, as would-be buyers of the loans shift to the sidelines. According to an S&P/LSTA index, existing loans are selling at less than 96 cents on the dollar, compared with 98 cents just a month ago.
Several recently issued loans, including debt syndicated by Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan to finance private equity buyouts, have been offered to investors with substantial discounts.
Banks that commit to arrange financing for highly leveraged transactions promise companies a particular interest rate, with some leeway to adjust that rate higher based on investor demand for the syndicated loan, up to a cap. That leeway is known as "flex".
One banker estimated that the caps, which earlier this year ranged from 125 to 150 basis points above the agreed interest rate, had risen to 200 basis points in recent deals.
A growing chorus of central bank governors, credit rating agencies and investors have warned of the risks in the leveraged loan market, which has ballooned in size over the past two years. Federal Reserve governor Lael Brainard raised concerns last week, saying that leveraged loan risk-management practices at banks may have "weakened". The International Monetary Fund and former Fed chair Janet Yellen have also argued standards are deteriorating.
Banks' demands for greater flexibility and investors demands for higher interest rates or steeper discounts are tightening financial conditions for borrowers, making leveraged buyouts more expensive for private equity buyers.
"Banks are asking for much more pricing flexibility for both [interest] rate and discount, and correspondingly some of the more aggressive terms people were looking for when the market was frothier earlier in the year might be dead on arrival," said Scott Selinger, a partner at Debevoise & Plimpton.
JPMorgan unloaded a loan backing the takeover of private jet provider XOJET at 93 cents on the dollar earlier this month, according to one person with knowledge of the deal. Investors refused to bite when JPMorgan first started marketing the deal at 99.5 cents on the dollar with a yield 4.75 percentage points above Libor. To entice bidders, the company also had to pony up higher interest rate payments.
A Goldman-led loan that funded the private equity buyout of touchscreen maker Elo Touch was also sold at a discount this month, the person added.
Leveraged buyout activity in the US has surged to its highest level since the financial crisis, according to data provider Dealogic. Globally, nearly $307bn of private equity-baked takeovers have been clinched this year. More are in the works, including potential private equity takeovers of aluminium group Arconic, television ratings company Nielsen, and cyber-security software maker Symantec, each of which could top $10bn in size.
Dealmakers are now closely watching the performance of recently announced leveraged buyouts such as Brookfield's $13.2bn buyout of Johnson Controls' power business. Many of these deals have months before they are expected to close, giving banks time to wait out the market volatility and try to drum up investor interest in the financing packages.
Travelport, Elliott and Siris declined to comment. Bank of America, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan also declined to comment. Macquarie did not respond to request for comment.


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As you know—or, as I hope is pretty obvious—something I try to use my blog for is helping people see how simple low carb and ketogenic diets can be. When we stick with basic principles and get out of our own way, these ways of eating are very straightforward and uncomplicated. There's not a whole lot of weighing, measuring, tracking, and rules involved. Yes, you can fall down all those rabbit holes and make yourself as fully neurotic as your heart desires, but for those of us who have bigger concerns in our lives than how many grams of omega-6 fat a chicken leg contains, the beauty of low carb and keto is their simplicity.
Awhile back, I offered some suggestions for dining out while adhering to a reduced carb way of eating. Today, let's take that a step further and talk about how to stay keto while you're on the road or on the go. What if you're in the car for a few hours, or maybe even just a short trip, and the hunger monster attacks?
One approach is to think of it as an opportunity to skip a meal or two. I don't consider skipping meals to be "fasting," but if thinking of it as intermittent fasting makes you feel like you have special superpowers, then go right ahead. Going longer between meals is a nice way to keep insulin low and "eat" your own stored body fat more than you might if you immediately chowed down on something as soon as a few mild hunger pangs hit.
Here are my suggestions for low carb and keto-friendly foods you can grab in a hurry from gas stations and convenience stores. (We'll get to supermarkets in a bit, since there are more choices there.) These apply to North America…I'm not sure if convenience stores like this exist on other continents, but I'm guessing you have something similar in other parts of the world. I'll also tack on suggestions for things to keep in your desk or cubicle if you have an office job and have a place nearby to stash non-perishables.
Food purists, avert your eyes. If you can't imagine letting anything past your lips that isn't grass-fed, organic, pastured, small-batch, or biodynamic, this post isn't for you. (In fact, my entire blog probably isn't for you, but you're welcome to stick around anyway.) We're talking about foods to grab in a pinch, when the highest quality and ethically unassailable stuff might not be available. I'm totally okay with that. If you're not, that's fine; I still like ya!
Beverages: water, diet sodas, hot or iced tea (unsweetened or diet with artificial sweetener), coffee (hot or iced, unsweetened or diet with artificial sweetener—be careful with pre-made iced coffee; it's usually sweetened with sugar). Pretty much anything that's sugar-free. This isn't rocket science, people!
Deli meats and/or cheese: roast beef, corned beef, and pastrami are probably the lowest in sugar, but baked or roasted turkey is fine; avoid or go easy on "honey baked" or "brown sugar" ham or turkey. Salami, prosciutto, mortadella, and other cured meats are great.
Salad bar, olive or antipasto bar – many supermarkets now have salad or antipasto bars stocked with fabulous low-carb fare: olives, cheese, artichoke hearts, bell peppers, marinated mushrooms, sliced or chopped hard boiled egg, turkey, grilled chicken, sunflower seeds, sliced almonds, lettuce, spinach, cucumbers, radishes, etc.
If you like to live on the edge and are not afraid of eating unwashed produce, you can hit up the produce section and get low-carb vegetables like a cucumber, green bell pepper, radishes, button mushrooms, celery, etc., and just eat them raw. There is zero wrong with this!
Lots of flexibility here! You can practically have a supermarket of nonperishables at your fingertips if you have room to store a few things. Keep in mind, however, that if you're prone to snacking when food is in your immediate vicinity even if you're not hungry, you might be better off not keeping a keto stash handy. Do what's right for you.
Depending on your level of "keto purity," consider keeping Quest bars, Adapt bars, or other low and low-ish carb products on hand.
Amy, have you seen this to add to your car-kit for left overs?
Nice article! Common sense, but sometimes we have to be reminded of the obvious. As I was reading about the deli meats, I remembered that I used to buy shaved corned beef and slices of Provolone cheese from the deli. Put the meat on a plate, top it with the cheese, and nuke until warm and melty. I just added both to my shopping list!
Good boost & handy reference guide all in one Amy! And "make yourself as fully neurotic as your heart desires" is PURE GOLD, I love it!
I like to get prosciutto or Parma ham, slice an avocado, and roll up avocado slices with a fresh basil leaf in the ham. It's easy to roll up and stick together- (i.e., it doesn't unroll)- and it tastes delicious! Pretty filling too. In fact, I find avocados generally quite filling when I have to eat on the run. Macadamia nuts are also good for satisfying hunger. Another favorite of mine is plain coconut yogurt- (made with coconut milk). I live in Germany, so plain coconut milk yogurt is easy to get here- (don't know if they have it in the States).
Hi, Amy! Once again, a superb post! I'd like to share my experience with the Adapt bars you mentioned (and linked to). Have you actually tried these? The description looks amazing, with phrases like "60 grams protein" and "nutritionally dense meal."
In reality, these bars are just 2 inches long and contain 5 grams of protein and 9 grams of fat. Hardly a meal.
And the taste is awful. I purchased the variety pack of 5 flavors and tried the "Cookies & Cream" flavor first. It was grainy (like homemade coconut oil & whey protein powder bars are) and tasted of nothing but coconut.
Finally, the cost cited is $12.99. By the time they added in shipping and tax, the total was $23.99. That means each 2-inch bar cost me $4.80!
I would definitely not recommend these bars. I left a review on their site, but it's not there a day later, so they might not post it at all.
Hey Newman, yes, there are a lot of problems and shortcomings with the Adapt bars. They're actually being reformulated so that they don't melt during shipping (they're manufactured in S. Africa). I don't like the cookies & cream flavor -- I find it too sweet. In fact, they're all a bit on the overly sweet side, and yes, they are *small* bars. I think they're nice to have in a pinch when you feel like you need a little something quickly, but no, it's not going to fill anyone up and it's definitely not a meal replacement. I like it because it truly is "keto," compared to a lot of other products out there that claim to be keto, but are loaded with all kinds of fillers that can affect BG and insulin and sometimes stall fat loss for people. I know the owners of the Adapt Your Life company, and even they would encourage people to eat real, whole foods, and use these bars more as a little sweet treat now and then -- one that people can trust is truly low in total carbs, not just net carbs. But they would not be in favor of people living on these things.
The Adapt Bar is lighter than the typical 60 grams protein bar as it is a NUTRITIONALLY DENSE meal containing a very low 2 grams of TOTAL carbs. Try our Variety Pack, includes 5 different flavored Adapt Keto Bars."
No, it doesn't specifically say that these bars are 60 grams of protein, but it's implied. Even as a snack, they're ridiculously expensive if you have to order them online. I'd pay maybe $1 per 2-inch bar, no more.
Still, as I hope was clear in my first reply, your criticisms have merit and I agree with some of them.
Is it good to skip a meal or two? May be having ready few quick low carb meals can be a good idea.


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Behavioral Science vs. Happiness Research
Bryan writes,
If happiness research can't make behavioral predictions, then behavioral research can't make happiness predictions.
Which is as it should be. Books that are based on research designed to predict behavior belong in the Social Science section. Books that tell you how to be happy belong in the New Age/Self-Help section.If you build a model that predicts the length of marriages, you are doing social science. If you talk about whether people are happy in their marriages, then you are doing self-help.
Next, Bryan asks,
Do we calculate the unemployment rate by observing behavior? No, we call people on the phone and ASK them if they are unemployed. Is that a problem?
Actually, the household employment survey asks behavioral questions. How many hours did you work last week? Did you search for work in the last two weeks? It does not say, "How are you feeling this week: very employed, moderately employed, somewhat unemployed?"
The unemployment rate is calculated by a survey as a matter of convenience. In principle, the information could have been obtained by a third-party observer, except that would be expensive.
I think that a stronger defense of happiness research can be found in Will Wilkinson's comment entry on my last post.
There is no way out of relying on self-reports in psychology, and they have taught us a lot. When people who say they feel very stressed out turn out to have high cortisol levels, that means something. A lot of times you simply can't tell what bits of the brain do unless people tell you what they are feeling at the same time as you are looking at which bits are active. People are not VERY reliable about reporting how they are feeling, but they are reliable ENOUGH to pin down meaningful correlations between brain activity, hormone levels, etc. And this provides a basis for deeper study of the physical processes that do not depend so heavily on self-reports.
The neuroscientists may some day be able to put me on the defensive. I might have to resort to saying that what they can measure is an instantaneous chemical state, and it is a stretch to label such a state as "happiness."
What if it turns out that different people achieve the same chemical state in different ways? Maybe some people prefer being single to being married, no matter what the "happiness research" shows.
And what if it turns out that different people seek different chemical states? That is, I might prefer chemical state X to chemical state Y, even though happiness research has determined that chemical state Y is correlated with self-reported happiness in others.
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Feb 18 2006 at 9:01pm
I'm with Arnold all the way here. The difficulties here involve not just the intersubjectivity of potentially widely divergent predicates, but whether "measurement" is any real sense applicable to purely mental entities. Even ordinal systems of measurement need a concept of zero that isn't wholely arbitrary, and it's not clear (to me, at least) whether such a point can be found in introspective consideration of one's "happiness."
Even the results from neuroscience, I'd say, should be taken with a grain of salt until we have a better sense of whether what they are measuring is *cause* (happiness is the feeling that results from chemical state x) or *effect* (chemical state x is the reaction that results from when subject feels happy.) My materialist instincts would lead me to strongly suspect the former is true, but it would seem we're a long way from definitively ruling out the latter.
Frankly, it's been surprising to me that as committed a Szaszian as Bryan would be so obstinate on this point.
Feb 19 2006 at 4:51am
Seems to me using a happiness measure (based on neuroscience or other) is no different from using GDP. We can analyse its determinants and decide whether it correlates with things we can experience.
Think you might be a little tough on happiness researchers.
Good measures of agent welfare are valuable.
I don't think we need neuroscientists to tell us there are people who prefer chemical state X even though chemical state Y is defined as "happy". All of us can think of people we know who fit the mold "She's only happy when she's complaining" or "He really enjoys argueing with his neighbors". Ms. Complainer and Mr. Grouch both give every evidence of unhappiness, yet it is the state they prefer, so we say they are happy with it.
The interesting questions related to happiness are not those regarding personal happiness in isolation, but how your interactions with others affect their happiness and yours. Think about it. Would you rather be around people who are happy, or people who enjoy making others happy? The former could easily describe an opium den, while the latter is more likely to be a functioning society.
Arnold seems to be getting desperate: his definition of social science now excludes anything normative; policy advice is "self help". That's fine, I'll grant Arnold the right to use terms in any way he pleases, even if it does seem a little ridiculous. But it should be apparent that, by his definition, "not being social science" isn't much of a criticism any more.
As for the final two "what ifs", they're exactly the sort of questions happiness research should be (and I think is) seeking to answer.
And how exactly could they do that?
It's one thing to seek to answer something. It's quite another to have a method, or a standard to judge success by.
Please read a book on neuroscience. Perhaps a short book; that should be enough. Then come back and continue blogging.
You need to realize that you sound like a creationist defending the idea that the world is only a few thousand years old. You are digging yourself into a real hole here by spouting ignorance.
I have a theory about the hostility of some people I like and admire and generally agree with (including Arnold) to happiness research. It's that happiness research sometimes seems inevitably to lead to econ-political policies that they don't like.
This is probably unfair and ungallant of me. Yet I'm not sure how else to explain the hostility. We shouldn't look into happiness? Why not? I think, for reasons Arnold and others spell out, we should be careful in how we take the research, though. And we should also keep in mind that happiness is by its nature a slippery subject. Still, why not poke around?
You aren't doing social science if you aren't coming up with a predictive model? But I've read long passages in Adam Smith that I guess would qualify as "self-help" instead of "social science" then, including many of what I found to be the best passages. If Adam Smith violates the distinction, then shouldn't more of us?
I dunno, I find happiness research pretty interesting.
Then comes the the leap to policies … Richard Layard's book, for instance, is organized in two parts. Part one is a (very snappy and good, IMHO) laying-out of what happiness research is and what it has found. Part two is, wouldn't you know it, the "what we should do politically" part.
I've got two responses to that. One is that you can take note of happiness research without thinking about it in terms of what econ-political policies you want to institute. It's interesting in its own right. Since when is learning a bit about human nature not enriching? And why shouldn't economics benefit from taking in some findings? Perhaps economists will learn a bit about people's motivations and experiences. How could that ill serve economics?
The other is to get local and particular. An example: If a happiness research-type thinks that social-democratic policies are the way to go, why not point out that the US tends to do a lousy job of aping European countries? Specific policies do not universally follow from specific policy findings. The specific place, culture, and time need to be taken into account.
So far as Layard's book, for instance, goes: Why not react in two ways? Hey, part one is pretty good, while part two is kinda naive and in any case makes no sense in an American context. So far as happiness research generally goes, why not say: Hey, pretty interesting! But let's be wary about the policy conclusions some are drawing from it …
Feb 21 2006 at 12:22pm
The research I'm aware of uses self-reports to get at these questions, rather than chemical states. But given that I'm far less sceptical of self-reports than Arnold is, I don't think that's a huge problem. (I do think it's a small one.)
On the first issue, Andrew Clark and others have used latent class analysis to examine heterogeneity in how income affects happiness. There are problems in extending this approach to deal with highly endogenous binary variables like marriage, but I'm not sure they're insurmountable, and in general this seems a promising strategy.
The second issue has been a focus of much of the happiness literature, which suggests numerous disconnects between what people choose, and what would make them happy. See e.g. the work of Dan Gilbert.
Of course, the conclusions you draw from such disconnects are separate matter. Arnold says that people clearly "prefer" whatever they choose, while others would argue instead that they may be mistaken. One test of this would be to see whether people would change their behavior upon learning of their "mistakes". (Though if they don't you might merely conclude that they are poor learners.)
My problem with happiness research is that it does not measure anything. There are plenty of lines of research in economics that provide support for policies that I do not like but which are methodologically sound. If somebody came out with a strongly libertarian paper based on happiness research, I would not take it any more seriously than a paper with other policy implications or no policy implications whatsoever.
Feb 23 2006 at 12:13am
They aren't measuring anything? Really? I've read a couple of the books and a lot of the happiness-research stuff online that's in plain English. And, though I could certainly see some methodological challenges, and though it's clear that happiness is by its nature pretty slippery, my "this is complete and utter bullshit" warning bells never went off.
But, in your view, the happiness-research crowd is measuring nothing? So it's all a mirage, or tea-leaf-reading, or something?
I can understand a "there are some problems here" reaction, or a "this has no place in economics" argument. But the claim that nothing is being measured strikes me as so extreme as to be peculiar. Which is why I go looking for motives instead … But maybe you're right!
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Fall Conference: 'Hope builds on hope'
November 13, 2020 November 12, 2020 / Local News / By Catholic Herald / Leave a Comment
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How to grow in hope – a timely lesson for a year shaped by a global pandemic – was the theme of Fr. Adam Laski's keynote address for the Diocese of Superior's virtual 2020 Fall Conference.
Accessible to anyone on the diocesan website, the talk can also be found directly on Youtube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x56hZpWF9UU.
Fr. Laski is the associate pastor of the Rice Lake cluster and recent canon law graduate of St. Paul University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He also serves as the adjutant judicial vicar for the diocese. His home parish is in Haugen.
After leading off with a prayer, Fr. Laski began by considering what is at stake.
"We see the problem of hopelessness," he said. The current cultural environment, a global pandemic and the difficulty of watching children walk away from the faith or not accept the Gospel are all problems that may overwhelm us.
"It might seem that sometimes our faith is really challenged, and we don't know how to continue persevering," he added. "We don't know how to live with hope."
He looked at the problem, effects, the remedy and the application of the virtue of hope.
First, he observed, despair leads us to seek the pleasures of this world. It can be tempting to say if only I had more wealth, pleasure, influence, etc., that would jostle me out of despair and into new happiness.
"Ultimately, anybody who's tried to live life that way finds out how empty that experience is," he concluded. "I think that's why the message of hope is so imperative."
Faith, love, hope
In Scripture, "faith is the substance of things hoped for," he said, "it's the evidence of things unseen."
We're always talking about love, he added, and "love is a pivotal player in our relationship with God."
To understand what it is to be with God, we have to understand love, he continued. Love is beautiful, purifying, self-sacrificing, God-given.
God gives strength to believe, he said. But Christian hope is not the same as optimism, and hope has to pass by the way of the cross. The data of Christian faith is the data of Jesus sent to suffer and die.
Fr. Laski compared worldly pleasures to "cheap plastic" in view of the "banquet that is being prepared for us.
Counterfeits."
God could have given us some other visible sign of hope, but in Scriptures, it is always the Holy Spirit that accompanies hope, he said. It's not a thing, but a person – he compares it to the winch on a truck, hauling us up to heaven.
The darkness of the world can lead to doubt, bitterness and despair, and "in that world, brothers and sisters, we are called to be that witness to Christ. To be that witness to hope."
We are called to pray, love and trust in what is coming.
"The more we pray, the more he carves in us deep wellsprings of hope," he added, and "hope builds on hope." The more we practice it, the more we grow in hope.
"Hope depends on God," the priest said. To grow in hope, "I have to ask, in a simple way, and I have to let my desire be deepened for that hope."
Fr. Laski continued, "The silence of Holy Saturday" might be where we are today. "When the dark night covers our life with its blanket of fear and uncertainty," we wonder whether things will get better. Are there better days to come? How can we endure? What if hope doesn't arrive?
Hope comes by recognizing the gift of sharing the cross of Jesus, he added, and that Christ will lead us from death to new life. The hope of Jesus rising from the dead does not grow dim with all the darkness in the world. It triumphs over sadness.
Fr. Laski told the story of Bl. Jacques Fesch, a Frenchman born in 1930 who lived a frivolous, aimless life of pleasure, killed a police officer in a botched robbery attempt and converted while in prison. He was guillotined in 1957.
Although his life was considered worthless, "the work of God in his life was profound," Fr. Laski said. "At the last moment in Jacques Fesch's life, he gave his life as a gift, as a beautiful sacrifice to God."
Change can happen, he affirmed, and the fruits of prayer can be experienced by those who are furthest from God.
How can we practice hope? "One fruitful phrase for us is 'begin again,'" he commented. No matter how many times a day we fail, feel discouraged, lose patience or sin, if we start again to walk to God, we begin again.
We can live in hope practically by making some small change in life, which helps us grow in goodness, patience and other fruits, he explained. Endurance is built by enduring. Love causes us to move towards faith and hope; practicing the other virtues leads us, ultimately, to grow in hope.
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Other general Fall Conference resources available to everyone include a six-minute video of Chris Hurtubise, associate director of Catholic formation, asking Fr. Laski questions about his talk, references to hope from Scriptures and the Gospel and more. There are also reflection questions based on Fr. Laski's keynote.
Webinars for educators from Marzano Resources – many of them focused on standards-based learning – are also posted on the diocese's Fall Conference page, and a series of power point webinars for parishes and catechists include such titles as "Reaching Adolescents with the Good News," "Families, Evangelization and the Future of Catechesis," and "The Art of Accompaniment." The power points are available to all viewers.
Fall Conference was initially set to take place Oct. 30; Office of Catholic Formation Director Peggy Schoenfuss announced in September the conference would be virtual. In lieu of the diocesan-wide event, she asked parishes, clusters, regions or schools to host an in-service day as a retreat and development opportunity for staff.
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