Just a little something I ran into on Facebook – need a big sweater?
Just got home from a kinda quick shopping trip to Office Depot (to cash in two merchandise coupons worth $30), JoAnn's to buy the black yarn for youngest son's scarf, then to WalMart to do a little grocery shopping. Don't know about you, but everytime I go to WalMart I end up 'impulse buying' which, I'm sure, they COUNT ON! Didn't really have a clue as to what's for dinner tonight (hoping oldest son will finally bring over the Thanksgiving leftovers he promised!) – noticed they had the really big Randall's beans (in a big jar) on sale for something like $3.19 – that sparked the idea for CHILI! Then, while in the lunch meats/hot dogs aisle, saw they had Hillshire Farms bratwurst with cheese on sale so decided that we would have THOSE on buns for dinner (just in case we get the leftovers, we wouldn't have any leftovers from TONIGHT, just the turkey stuff – hopefully). Chili can wait a day or so; got some marked down donut holes for the guys and then noticed those plastic candy canes filled with M & M's (or Reece's peanut butter ones) – grabbed 4 of those for Christmas stockings (might as well do it when I think of it, right?). They had 2-liter bottles of Mountain Dew for $1 a bottle (YAY!) husband loves the stuff, so got 6 bottles (& 1 bottle of Vernors, for me. . . ). Happy I'm home now and comfy at my computer writing to Y'all! While at Office Depot I remembered seeing in their flyer they had those small super bright LED flashlights: grabbed 4 of those; 3 for the boys and one for our gentleman special needs helper/leader – I never know what to get him and thought this might be something he can actually USE! (I have a small one in my purse – they are really great for throwing off a LOT of light!).
Chatting with middle son, we got to talking about Christmas presents; a few days ago he said he would really like it if I could get him the charger cord for his laptop (he lost the last charger – hasn't had one for a good 2-3 months). I told him No Problem – it came Saturday. Husband asked me if I already GAVE it to him; I replied: "NO! It's supposed to be for Christmas!" When same son asked me today if I actually ordered it I 'caved' and told him it had arrived. He said: "I want to pay you for it – then you can surprise me with some 'character t-shirts' for Christmas instead!" (like Spongebob/characters from some of his favorite video games, etc). So much for the element of SURPRISE, eh? Oh well, I guess at 26 you don't really get that excited for what's under the tree – right?
to crack on top (they will not brown).
cookies to rack (off cooking sheets).
& carrots in drippings until tender.
20 minutes until potatoes are tender.
melts. Stir in bacon & serve.
& Cool Whip; spread on cooled crust.
nuts. Refrigerate 1 hour before serving.
walking (with no snow – yet).
put something away (say, a Christmas or Birthday gift) and then couldn't remember WHERE you put it? That just happened to me; I have been ordering a few things on Amazon lately for the family – (me & my OCD – I'm very quick to send a comment on how I liked/disliked an item). While I was thinking on what had already arrived (and I hid away) I got to a present for middle son: leather wallet with his favorite video game logo . . . now WHERE did I put that? Looked around, found husband's book I ordered for him . . kept looking in just about EVERY place I could think of . . . no wallet. Finally I decided to go back on Amazon and see the status of the shipment . . . good thing I did! Turns out it won't ARRIVE until JANUARY 4TH! Just so happens January 4th is said son's BIRTHDAY – YAY! (Now the problem arrives: NOW what do I get him? Will have to think on that one; no – the wallet wasn't the only gift, but it was the first one I came up with & ordered for said son.) While still on Amazon was able to chose some nice kitchen serving utensils for oldest chef son; observed at the dinner that he had to borrow his neighbor's utensils as he didn't have enough serving spoons, tongs, etc. (light bulb goes off: Mom will get those for him!). The guys are all grown now which makes buying them gifts much harder; when they were younger I pretty much knew what they would want/like – now it's all up in the air!
Finished the Cruella de Vil scarf and it's plenty long for a guy to put over his head and also wrap around his neck.
For the next few days I will continue working on the other two baby blankets and Monday will go get the yarn for youngest son's scarf. It certainly is different working on thin baby yarn after working on very thick/fuzzy yarn for so long; glad that one is DONE!
stand 5 minutes. Reduce oven temp.
in case it bubbles over.
In small bowl whisk first 7 ingredients.
discarding any large stem pieces.
with marinara sauce (if desired).
apples. Sprinkle brown sugar over top.
occasionlly. Drain & return to skillet.
1 C. butter, cubed, room temp.
speed to medium; mix 3 minutes.
sugar is dissolved – do not bring to boil.
in pan, then invert onto a serving plate.
moist & flavorful when it rests overnight.
chips. Makes 5 1/2 C.
Yesterday was Thanksgiving and guess who forgot to bring her camera to the dinner? Yep – me. We had a wonderful time with oldest son & his girlfriend at his house. This is the 'chef' son and he outdid himself (again) with a wonderful meal: turkey (both roasted & smoked – half & half), mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, rolls, stuffing, some sort of risotta-something, gravy, lots of relish trays (one was veggies & hummus) – then the two desserts: his homemade pumpkin cheesecake & my apple crisp. His new girlfriend's Mom brought a HUGE tray of ham roll-ups: some were cream cheese & pickle, cream cheese & green onion & my favorite: cream cheese & jalapeno pepper! (I ended up eating almost 10 of them, just trying to find another pepper one! – she had them all mixed up on the platter). Total of 12 people – great food, great company, lots of laughs. (the apple crisp came out just fine – I was constantly worrying while making it since I don't use a recipe, just kind of 'guess' how much flour/sugar/cinnamon – it was good. Since my son does not have a huge table at his house to accommodate all those people his boss let him borrow 2 big tables, chairs, table clothes/cloth napkins for the event – very nice! He used his table in the living room to hold all the food – it worked out perfectly! Was happy sitting next to my grandson (9) who, every once in awhile, would just lean over and put his head on my shoulder & grin – blessed my heart a LOT! Since there was SO much food, we left ours (serving dishes & all) at his house & he said he'll stop by with them & some leftovers in the next few days (he has to work). Girlfriend's parents kept telling me that since I enjoyed the ham roll ups so much, I should take them all home! Seems funny waking up today with no leftovers – but that's OK; the only thing in the sink now is the huge pot we used to make the mashed potatoes in!
Oh, that reminds me: on the issue of dirty dishes – Whirlpool company called us today to inform us it will be December 5th when they deliver the NEXT new dishwasher – great. . . I see some hand-washing in my future. (on the phone Wednesday they said THIS Friday or the coming Monday – oh well – sigh).
As you probably expected – here comes the LEFTOVERS recipes! and some extras thrown in. . .
into pans. Bake 50 minutes.
or use a bowl & fork to mix together.
mixture into a 2 qt. casserole dish.
pepper; cook & stir until tender.
nonstick spray. Prepare rice accordg.
cook until soft, about 10 minutes.
milk & salt. Add in rice & 1 C. cheese.
of 9 X 13 pan sprayed with nonstick spray.
1 tsp. vanilla & spread over rolls in pan.
Roll out & lay second tube of rolls on top.
Combine cheese & garlic salt/powder.
bacon is browned just a little.
& nuts). Fold in blueberries & nuts.
brave the crowds for the discounts – NOT ME!
finished out his shift the day he injured it).
I repeat: . . . sigh.
unusual for this time of year in Michigan!
I don't mind 42 degrees F!
Hope you are enjoying this holiday time.
Ah, the 'fun' . . .
Today, bright & early (7:30 a.m.) we got a phone call telling us they would be here to deliver our new dishwasher in 15 minutes – super rush on husband's & my part to get the area cleared for a swift exchange of old for new. I was totally amazed at just how quickly they got the job done – "Thank you, enjoy your day" and they were gone. I loaded it up with dirty dishes, put in the soap packet then husband rolled it to the sink, plugged in the water hose, turned on the water and I walked in – to a BIG puddle under the dishwasher, on the floor! Husband said he heard a sound when he turned on the water – to make this a short story, called Home Depot and they're checking it out – we should hear by Friday or Monday. When we purchased it the saleslady made SURE we understood that if anything went wrong we were to contact them within 3 days (she told us the story of a man who bought a big appliance, like an upright freezer; something went wrong and he waited the weekend to contact them . . . a half-day late – they wouldn't do anything for him – guess he didn't purchase the warantee; not sure but definitely NOT COOL!). We DID purchase a 2 year warantee – we'll see where this goes.
After the delivery men left I started feeling warm/dizzy – thought it was just low blood sugar (since I hadn't eaten anything since around 8 p.m. the night before). As the morning wore on, turns out it was a light batch of food poisoning – sigh. I had warmed up the last of the baked potatoes from the Movie Night a week before (not really even THINKING about how old they were) – ate about half of them and VOILA! Today it was major gas pains and all the other 'fun' stuff you get with that (won't mention here). Spent the morning lying down and attempting to sleep some. The next 'new adventure' transpired as written below; good thing I was feeling much better when I got the call!
It's been a kind of crazy few days – youngest son came home from work last night showing me his bandaged index finger which he'd cut pretty badly at work – he decided to just 'go with it' and went to work today. Called me around 2 p.m. telling me someone at work re-bandaged his finger but told him it would need stitches – guess who spent a good 3 hours in Emergency awaiting his finger-fixing (I brought my knitting, so got lots done). We just got home from there – turns out they said they couldn't DO any stitches because of how/where he injured it, but they did a really good clean up/bandaging so he's 'good to go'…sigh. Never a dull moment around here, that's for sure!
Lots of all kinds of recipes for the holidays – will just throw as many as I can at you, in case you can use them!
tops with oil. Bake 50 minutes.
browned & mushrooms are tender.
through & top is golden brown.
place of nuts, if desired.
before serving with favorite dippers.
melted. Serve warm. Makes 3 C.
cranberries & salt – bring to boil.
Add quinoa; reduce heat to Low.
layer on large shallow baking pan.
lightly greased 9 X 13″ baking pan.
sugar in a bowl. Using an elec.
Lightly grease 9 X 13″ baking dish.
tender, about 20 minutes; drain.
sour cream, 1 tsp. salt & pepper.
mix until it forms coarse crumbs.
smooth top with spatula & cover.
airtight container up to 2 days.
Using a 1 C. measuring cup add 1 T.
wave on High 1 minute, remove & stir.
Stir chopped nuts into pumpkin morsels.
sheet, alternating flavors (swirl a little).
into pieces & serve on a plate.
addition. Add pumpkin & stir.
starting dinner (Pierogies & sausage).
Woke up this morning to 24 degrees F. (8 a.m.), now it's 11:42 and the temps are up to 38 degrees! We're supposed to get up to 50 degrees F. by Wednesday – hopefully all this 'white stuff' will be GONE! (one can hope, right?) Was very grateful that all of our family made it home safely last night – and out again today to go to work. Snow is OK – a 'given' if you live in Michigan; having it OFF of the driveways, walkways & roads is a blessing!
Still working on the Cruella de Vil scarf – it's going at medium-speed; being that both yarns are really fuzzy makes for a little more time on each stitch (the yarns tend to weave together and you have to sort of struggle with each stitch, but that's OK). Tomorrow (if the roads are clear) am planning on going to JoAnn's for the black yarn for youngest son's scarf (using same pattern as the last homeless mens gray scarf – yet to photo that one, sorry).
LOTS & LOTS of Thanksgiving/Holiday recipes coming in – almost more than I can keep up with or type! (Yes, I type up each recipe for your enjoyment; discovered that using 'copy & paste' just doesn't work well here) not counting some of the directions are really poorly written. Ran into a recipe today that asked for 16 Tablespoons of butter – why not just say 3/4 C. + 2 T.??? (I re-wrote that part).
dry until just coming together.
ends of parchment extending over sides.
comes out clean; cool completely.
stem & bottom stump & discard.
browned & tender; let cool.
slices & pumpkin seed kernels.
Transfer to greased 8 X 8″ baking dish.
until a thermometer reads 160 degrees F.
toasted & fragrant, about 60 seconds.
(milk solids) will rise to the top.
of butter, removing white foam only.
when at room temp or refrigerated.
3 T. browned butter in small bowl.
let set 10 minutes, stirring once.
35-45 minutes. Let cool 15 minutes.
skillet heat oil over medium heat.
to simmer over medium-high heat.
temperature. Makes 2 1/2 C.
4 tsp. active dry yeast (or approx.
melted butter & pumpkin puree.
that can fit in the palm of your hand.
rise another 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
in bacon. Serve with crackers.
And then there was – SNOW!
View from the window at around 7 a.m.
Altogether we got about 9 1/2 – 10 inches in ONE day! Our front street, being a major highway, was clear so we ventured to church in 24 degrees F. weather – chilly! Can't say as there were many in Sunday School and by the time it was time to start church (10:30 a.m.) there still weren't many. Our choir was so 'slim on pickin's' that we didn't sing (3 sopranos, 1 alto, 1 bass & 2 tenors – not enough for the song we were supposed to be singing). By the time we got out of church (12:05 approx) the sun was out and the snow was beginning to melt! Temps climbed up to 26 degrees F. – not a big climb but to know that the snow was GOING was a good thing! It's 'supposed' to get up to around 54 by Wednesday (with rain) but if the snow now here on the ground MELTS, we'll be good!
minutes longer or until light brown.
Reduce oven temp. to 350 degrees F.
set. Cool 1 hour on a wire rack.
to dissolve sugar – remove from heat.
drippings, just use turkey stock.
low heat until ready to serve.
water; bring to boil over high heat.
toss well. Add onion & toss gently.
Cover & refrigerate up to 24 hours.
until apple is tender, about 4 minutes.
& stir in stuffing mix until moistened.
Garnish with pecans & parsley.
& soup; stir until combined & bubbly.
lightly greased 9 X 13″ baking dish.
Add crushed corn flakes with 1/2 C.
time until center is hot & bubbly.
oven. Lightly grease a 9″ pie dish.
Prepare pie shell accordg. to pkg.
over sweet pot. slices – gently toss.
foil & bake an additional 20 minutes.
Remove from oven, let stand 5 minutes.
& whipped cream, if desired.
Place cream cheese on a serving plate.
Well, they told us it was coming . . .
Last night we heard 2-4 inches, now they're saying 5-6 inches – YUCK! It's been lightly snowing all day (so far); I ended up going out to Gordon Foods first thing this morning to see if they still had the marked down boxes of sugar cookies (Fall – shaped like pumpkins, but if you decorated them differently they'd look like Christmas ornaments! Marked down from $9.99 a box to $4.99). YESTERDAY they had about 5 boxes; I mentioned them to our special needs group leader & she said "YES! Buy them!" so out I went – you guessed it – someone else had that same idea, I guess – no cookies, sigh. I ended up buying the regular cut out Christmas-shaped cookies (72 in a box – $9.99) and a box of already made/cut out gingerbread men and a pre-baked pumpkin pie. Ran into the manager who I saw yesterday and had the "Gee – these could be Christmas ornaments if decorated differently" conversation . . . you guessed it – he said: "See!? I TOLD you to buy them YESTERDAY!" Oh well – win some, lose some right?
freezing. Makes 5 single pie crusts.
almost charred, but not burned.
burn quickly – keep an eye on it.
In blender combine first 6 ingredients.
small bowl; stir in tarragon.
sides of an ungreased 9 inch pie plate.
Bake 8-10 until crust is lightly browned.
cheese layer. Cover & refrigerate overnight.
egg halves & sprinkle tops with paprika.
add sugar & beat just until combined.
oat mixture, sugars, salt & 4 C.
10 minutes. Shape into 18 balls.
rise until doubled, about 45 minutes.
racks to cool. Makes 1 1/2 dozen.
through. Makes about 5 dozen.
warm through & pour over chicken.
mayonnaise, 1/2 crumbled bacon, 3 T.
dish & cover top with remaining 1 C.
15-20 minutes until cheese is melted.
Top with remaining 3 T. chives & serve.
are able to stay inside and be WARM & cosy!
PS: Gas prices are down to $1.94/9 – WOW!
Earlier this month it was our hot water heater – now it's the dishwasher! I can't complain too much – this was a Kitchenaid that's lasted 36 years! We bought it as a portable and then brought it with us when we moved back in 1979 – it's held up through LOTS of kids (ours and foster kids), so it was well worth the money. Yesterday I ran it, thinking all was good. Went to shut it off and it clicked back into WASH mode and kept going! Husband tried to shut it off – same thing happened; he surmised it must be a stuck button. Today we went to Home Depot and purchased a bright shiny black with wooden cutting board top Whirlpool that will be delivered next Wednesday AND they'll take away the old one for an additional $15 – not bad! The old one got to where it really wouldn't DRY the dishes – you'd open it after the entire cycle and there would be water on all the dishes – frustrating. It will be nice to have one that actually WORKS the way it's supposed to!
Last night was my Knit/Crochet Movie Night – we had 10 attending and GREAT food! As I mentioned before, it was stuffed baked potatoes. Along with those we had a shrimp cocktail and a spinach/strawberry/walnut salad and two desserts – yummy! One of the ladies brought an Oatmeal Cake (I'm waiting for the recipe – when I get it I'll share it with you) – it had a broiled coconut topping. I'm not one for coconut, but this cake was excellent! The last time we did Movie Night she brought another great dessert, also – think she'll be the one delegated to JUST bring desserts, as hers are so good!
2 inch overhang on all sides.
to help ensure crust is even.
& vanilla using elec. mixer until smooth.
into pan over crust & smooth with a spatula.
2/3 C. Swiss cheese, sprinkle with 1 T.
dot with butter. Bake, covered, 35 minutes.
serving. Sprinkle top with remaining chives.
combine parsley & Parmesan cheese.
repeat with rest of dough/cheese cubes.
Bake 10-12 minutes until just browned.
briefly & pat dry with paper towels.
toss to coat. Serve immediately.
sauce, sherry & sugar in large, shallow dish.
& cut crosswise into 1/2 inch thick slices.
one tonight for my special needs group!
Still getting lots of recipes, so I thought instead of really 'chatting', I'd just send you more recipes. For starters, more crockpot recipes – and crockpots can really free up your oven space for the holidays.
sugar & cinnamon, to taste.
cook on High 2-4 hours.
reserving a handful for the top.
cheese has melted. Serve warm.
a baking sheet with nonstick spray.
with plastic wrap to keep from drying out).
enclose filling (should look like an egg roll).
2 hours or Low 4 hours. Garnish (if desired).
the same for the vanilla pudding layer.
off bits using a potato peeler.
a gallon zip-lock bag & smash lightly.
& remove seeds using a spoon.
2 T. butter over medium-high heat.
& puree. Mixture will be very thick.


There's already quite a following for this Thai venture from chef Sebby Holmes, thanks to his two successful Street Feast stalls (Dinerama and Hawker House). Loyalty is certainly required to find the restaurant, ensconced in Holloway suburbia on the former site of neighbourhood Italian San Daniele (which was run by Holmes's stepdad for years). The look has barely changed inside or out since the days of San Daniele, but what this outfit lacks in funds, it makes up for on the plate. The small menu manages to incorporate something for all palates, from a broodingly meaty curry of coconut-braised, butter-like beef cheeks, to a slap-you-round-the-face jungle curry: an energetic, spicy concoction of fresh Cornish fish, supremely fishy sauce and bitter baby aubergines. Everything arriving at our table intrigued, from the whiff of smoke evident in the ketchup-like burnt chilli dipping sauce, to a Bolognese-like salad of lon (fermented shrimp paste dip, slowly simmered in coconut cream) partnered by an array of raw vegetables for dipping. The large, low-key dining room is convivial, prices low and the mostly young troupe of staff effortlessly charming. The only dud was an overpriced, unremarkable doughnut dessert, so save your money for a bottle of Monsoon Valley wine all the way from Thailand's Hua Hin vineyards.


In Key Stage Two key concepts, skills and attributes are taught throughout the PSHE education programme. As a school we have a statutory responsibility to safeguard the children, support their spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development as well as preparing them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of life.
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Q: DataTables sScrollY + white-space:nowrap; broken in Chrome 30.0.1599.69 m Upon updating to Google Chrome version 30.0.1599.69 m today, I'm encountering a problem with sScrollY and white-space:nowrap; in jQuery DataTables. The headers are only wide enough to fit the wrapped text, not the one-lined text (Remove white-space:nowrap; and compare header widths from before and after to see what I mean).
.one-line{
    white-space: nowrap;
}

Using a standard table, here's my init code:
$(document).ready(function(){
$("table").dataTable({
    "sScrollY": "100px",
    "aoColumns": [
        {'sClass': 'one-line'},
        null,
        null,
        null,
        null
    ]
});
});

Here's a JSFiddle demonstrating the problem:
http://jsfiddle.net/Ymq6s/
Testing on Chrome 29.0.1547.66 m works fine.

A: Chrome 30 has a bug. Apparently it's been fixed, and will be updated soon (hopefully?):
Chromium bug

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The National Aquarium in Baltimore is a non-profit aquarium, on the shores of the Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Maryland. It was built as part of a massive urban renewal project, for turning the Inner Harbor from a pool filled with, among other things, sunken ships, and ringed by abandoned buildings, into a vibrant commercial center.
The aquarium is built on two adjacent piers, connected by an enclosed overhead walkway.
Waterfall at the entrance of the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland.
USS Torsk, part of the Historic Ships fleet in Baltimore, as seen from a window in the National Aquarium. The Torsk has the distinction of sinking the last Japanese warship before the end of World War II. The submarine was heavily modified after the war and its appearance has changed substantially.
USS Constellation, a sloop of war launched in 1854. The ship remained in active service a very long time, finally being decommissioned in 1955. Constellation is the last intact naval vessel from the American Civil War. The purple dragonship in the foreground is not considered an authentic relic.
A trainer at the aquarium attempts to teach a dolphin how to be an aquatic fullback using a Ravens football.
With the purple football firmly in its mouth, the dolphin receives a somewhat confusing order to "fly." Or possibly pretend to be a bat. Or hug the trainer. Something.
Having recovered the football from the dolphin, the trainer suggests the dolphin consider water polo or perhaps swim sprints as a sport.
Four dolphins entertain three trainers with an aria from "Eugene Onegin," in the original Russian.
One of the dolphins demonstrates a very splashy fast break with a basketball.
Not sure, but it seems the trainer is attempting to teach the dolphin toe touches. This isn't going to end well.
After a failure at toe touches, the dolphin turns away after the trainer decides to get even stranger and suggest flying around like a boy pretending to be a jet.
A trainer discovers that dolphins have teeth.
Here a trainer whistles at a dolphin that has jumped up on a ledge.
The trainer decides to sweep the dolphin back into the water. A bottlenose dolphin can weigh as much as 1,400 pounds, so this involves some pretty frantic sweeping.
Finally, the dolphin gets tired of dealing with such nonsense, and pretends to be swept into the pool.
A trainer hands off a basketball to one of the dolphins. This looks to be suspiciously small for a regulation basketball.
Another trainer tries to move a dolphin using a lift and press. This didn't go well.
A trainer looks like she is brushing the dolphin's teeth. There are a lot of very sharp teeth.
Jellyfish hanging sculpture in the National Aquarium, Baltimore.
Jellyfish hanging sculpture in the National Aquarium, Baltimore. It is sheer coincidence that this is over the entrance to the jellyfish exhibit.
More jellyfish sculpture, up close. This is a great desktop picture.
You can use this jellyfish sculpture photo as a high-security desktop image because you'll never find anything again.
Yes, this is a fantastic sculpture.
A mother and child dolphin. Dolphin children spend several years with their mothers.
While dolphins can stay underwater a considerable period, they are mammals and regularly come up for air.
This dolphin is not being friendly, but, instead, looking at something above the waterline.
A bunch of dolphins.
You can see the varied coloration of a dolphin, with a light gray on the bottom (making it harder to see from below) and a darker gray on the top and sides (making it harder to be seen from above or on the sides).
Yes, these are real jellyfish.
These are also real jellyfish, though they look remarkably jewel-like.
This and the next four photos make great background photos for a computer.
Another good background photo.
Yet another good background photo. Notice the complex, delicate, lacy structure.
That lacy-like structure helps the jellyfish digest food.
Jellyfish have only a marginal consideration for "up" and "down."
Moon jellies are not from the moon.
Nor do moon jellies howl at the moon.
Technically, some of these moon jellyfish were in preceding photos.
The moon jelly lit up like a light bulb is actually refracting light from the pool illumination.
Moon jellyfish anatomy bears very little resemblance to that of the larger jellyfish seen earlier.
Last of the jellyfish sculpture photos. Really incredible sculpture.
Large sea turtle. It would be interesting to claim that the blue streak on the side is from some space aliens, but it is actually from a ceiling light.
What isn't obvious in the first photo: this sea turtle has only three legs, or flippers. It was brought to the National Aquarium because of the injury.
Hanging from the ceiling of the National Aquarium is this massive skeleton of a whale.
The golden-colored animal is allegedly a golden lion tamarin. Or possibly just some random fur in the rainforest section of the aquarium.
A whole mess of golden lion tamarins. No, it isn't clear why an aquarium, in Baltimore, has a rainforest.
Someone probably knows what kind of bird this is. The National Aquarium in Baltimore "rainforest" is beneath a glass pyramid on the top floor.
Two parrots in the National Aquarium rainforest.
Yes, it is a bird, a large bird, a brown bird, with a big beak, in the National Aquarium rainforest.
Large red bird with really impressive long beak.
Eastern long-neck turtle, from Australia, in the National Aquarium in Baltimore.
Blue poison tree frog. Pretty.
Also called the dart poison tree frog, as the Amazonian tribes used it to tip darts for blowguns. Poison from the frogs, not the entire frog.
A green tree python, from New Guinea.
A yellow tree frog, also called the golden poison tree frog.
Albino tree frog. Like its more colorful cousins, much cuter than it really is.
Very snazzy racing stripes on this tree frog.
Front and back poses of the striped tree frog.
Another pretty, but poisonous, tree frog at the National Aquarium.
Pink and gray parrot, or at least a parrot-like bird.
Very green and gray bird at the National Aquarium.
It looks sort of like a Lorikeet.
Gray and yellow bird with orange spots. Ornithologists are probably cringing.
Two bats doze away under a heat lamp.

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There are some very significant differences between food allergies and food intolerances, and it's not just a matter of degree. When you have an intolerance, your digestive system just can't cope with the food in question; allergies, meanwhile, cause a problem across the immune system, which can lead to possible reactions on the skin, in the lungs and esophagus, in the mouth and elsewhere. The recent news focus on food intolerances has been helpful in shining a light on all the things that people can struggle with digesting, from from gluten to additives (my husband, for instance, has an intolerance to the additives in commercial yeast production, of all things) — but it has made many of us forget that food allergies are a separate phenomenon. Further, we may not know that all food allergies are not necessarily anaphylactic-shock-inducing style serious; many of us have less severe food allergies, and thus miss the subtle symptoms we experience when dealing with them.
There is a new way to discover whether you have a food allergy, though unfortunately, it isn't actually something you can do yourself: A new study has uncovered that the umbilical cord blood in babies who go on to develop food allergies often seems to be different to those who don't. It's all very new, and a lot more research on the subject still needs to be done, but in the future we may be able to pinpoint a child's food allergy destiny from the moment they come out of the birth canal. Right now, though, we've got to rely on allergen tests and bodily reactions.
One of the key things to know about food allergies is that they can appear across many different parts of your body that have nothing to do with eating: your skin, your respiratory system, your heart, and so on. If you find yourself wheezing after eating a certain food, it's a sign that your airways might be narrowing, and signals a possible allergic reaction to the food.
This is a fairly well-known symptom, but it can still be easy to forget the connection between food allergies and skin irritation. The irritation doesn't necessarily need to turn up on your face or tongue in order to be food-related (though it can); it can appear on your chest, arms, legs, basically anywhere. Hives are a reaction to the level of histamine in your skin's blood cells, as are certain types of redness.
This symptom has its own medical term: dysphagia. If you can't swallow properly due to an allergic reaction, it likely indicates that your esophagus is finding life difficult for some reason, and can't do its job properly. It's also sometimes a sign of anaphylactic shock, one of the most severe allergic reactions around, so monitor this one very carefully — if you think you're experiencing it, seek medical assistance ASAP.
Have you ever eaten a strawberry, only to develop a mysterious itchiness around your lips and the inside of your mouth soon after? You may have discovered an allergy. Itchiness is commonly associated with oral allergy food syndrome, an affliction often suffered by people with hay fever or pollen sensitivity. When people with OAFS eat particular fruits and vegetables raw, it causes an allergic reaction in the bodies that is related to what they experience when encountering pollen. (It's due to similar proteins in the two different substances.) The good news is that it happens pretty immediately, so if you're suffering from this, the culprit will be pretty obvious.
This may seem like a counterintuitive one. After all, how many different parts of the body can one allergic reaction involve? Many, as it turns out. Sneezing and itchiness in the eye area, most commonly associated with hay fever, can be a part of food allergies too. So if you've experienced some confusingly sneeze-filled dinners out on decidedly pollen-free days, now you may know why.
If you feel like you just ran a mile but have just been sitting and eating calmly for the past ten minutes, your heart may be reacting to an allergen in your food. Cardiovascular system reactions can be part of food allergies, though it's more common to experience indigestion or trouble with your bowels. If your blood pressure suddenly drops, though, it's a sign of trouble and you need to get medical attention immediately.
So if any of this sounds like you, know that you're not losing your mind — you're actually experiencing a totally common (and typically treatable) medical phenomenon.


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Spokane Valley police study rankles sheriff
Consultant stands by report that will be presented to Spokane Valley City Council
Thu., Oct. 8, 2009
Knezovich (The Spokesman-Review)
By John Craig johnc@spokesman.com
Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich wants Spokane Valley residents to read the fine print of a report that says the city could save $1.1 million a year by setting up its own police department.
"The only way you're going to do it is to cut 13 police officers," Knezovich said.
Thirteen and a half, actually.
The city's contract for police service by the Sheriff's Office provides the equivalent of 102 ½ full-time positions, all but one of which is filled by a commissioned deputy.
A $126,500 consulting report from the International City/County Management Association calls for a 95-member police department with seven civilians and 88 commissioned officers.
"It's a significant cut in law enforcement," Knezovich said. "That's how you come up with your savings."
Moreover, he believes an independent Spokane Valley Police Department would hurt the city and unincorporated parts of Spokane County because they would no longer share specialized units, such as major-crime and sex-crime squads, that neither could afford on its own.
Criminally insane killer Phillip Arnold Paul was recently captured within 75 hours of his escape from Eastern State Hospital custody because of specialized units and the ability to throw the resources of a large organization into a manhunt, Knezovich said.
Similarly, he said, Spokane Valley would have the full resources of the Sheriff's Office in the event of another difficult case such as the 1999 murder of Valiree Jackson by her father.
The consulting report suggests an independent city police department might continue to pay the Sheriff's Office to investigate drug crimes in a "joint venture," which Knezovich describes as a benefit the city already enjoys.
The report makes no recommendation on whether the city should form its own department. Its analysis of Spokane Valley's police needs could be applied to the city's contract with the Sheriff's Office as well as to a separate department.
Leonard Matarese, director of public safety services for ICMA Consulting Services, declined to address Knezovich's criticisms point by point but defended the report's overall conclusion that the Spokane Valley's police needs could be met by fewer officers.
Matarese said the study was conducted by a team of 10 experts, some of whom have doctoral degrees and other prestigious credentials. He said several of them will help present the report to the Spokane Valley City Council on Oct. 20.
"The team that conducted this work are in many cases nationally recognized experts, and we're very confident in the information that we've provided to the city of Spokane Valley," Matarese said.
Knezovich was unimpressed. He said a draft version of the report was rife with errors, and some persist in the final report. For example, he said the number of detectives assigned to domestic violence cases is misstated in the final report.
Knezovich didn't complain about his name being misspelled in the final report, but he makes much of a draft version's incorrect statement that deputies assigned to the Spokane Valley Police Department wear navy blue uniforms. And that the acronyms for the Spokane Police Department and the Spokane Valley Police Department were frequently confused.
To Knezovich, such errors suggest the study team never grasped local circumstances. To Matarese, they're routine typographical errors.
"We fully expect that there are going to be typos and issues that need clarification, which is precisely why we do several drafts and fully circulate them," Matarese said.
He dismissed Knezovich's criticism that the report says a sergeant and a deputy would be needed for a training program but doesn't include those positions in its recommended staffing.
"We believe that, within the number of personnel that we have budgeted for, that (training) could be easily accomplished without significant budget impact," Matarese said.
He said the study team's operations researchers "were quite pleased to see that there were no issues or challenges concerning the data analysis." That calculation of staffing levels needed to support the Spokane Valley police workload "comprised the bulk of the report," Matarese said.
However, the 114-page report devotes about a page to a dispute over the number of burglaries investigated last year before concluding that it made no significant difference to the consultants' analysis.
Knezovich was irritated by suggestions that his staff provided unreliable information as well as by the report's statement that the Sheriff's Office "nonchalantly dismissed" its responsibility to "recruit for racial, ethnic or gender diversity."
"We take that very, very seriously," Knezovich said. "We try very hard to reach out to all communities."
He said the report significantly understates the difficulty of recruiting minorities in Spokane County, offering ethnicity figures that don't match U.S. Census data.
Knezovich said he also was irritated that the report appropriated some of his ideas. For example, Knezovich said the report's call for more middle management overlooks the fact that he said the same thing in a July 2008 letter to City Manager Dave Mercier.
The letter suggested a "precinct commander position to handle daily operational/ administrative issues and assist the chief." Knezovich said the need was so great that he supplied a lieutenant free until last month, when city officials agreed to start paying 42 percent of the cost.
Knezovich said he has no quarrel with the report's suggestion that the contract should require him to give the city more than one candidate for police chief and to give the city manager authority to dismiss the chief. That reflects current practice, he said.
But the sheriff insisted he must retain the right to fire a chief who undermines the relationship between the city and the Sheriff's Office – for example, by encouraging the city to form its own police department. He thinks the report, which would give the city manager sole authority to fire a chief, doesn't adequately recognize that the Spokane Valley Police Department is part of the Sheriff's Office.
Knezovich also thinks the consulting team's report doesn't reflect the practices of its own members.
He said two members come from Vero Beach and Palm Bay in Florida, where there are 3.44 and 1.65 police officers per 1,000 residents, respectively. Their recommendations would drive Spokane Valley's ratio below one per thousand.
"Why aren't you living it?" Knezovich asked rhetorically. "Why don't you implement it at home?"
Matarese responded that officers per thousand doesn't account for variables such as crime rates or the amount of territory to be covered.
"Sophisticated departments determine staffing levels based upon workload, and we did a very sophisticated analysis of the workload that occurs in Spokane Valley," he said. "Officers per thousand is not a viable way to determine appropriate staffing levels."
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Bainfield's only title success to date in the gents indoor bowls Scottish Fours Championship came back in 1989 but that long gap could be bridged by the strongly formed rink carrying the club banner in this weekends play-down action of the 2016 renewal.
The rink formation of Chris Downie, John McDermott, Colin Hutchison, and Gavin Smith is rich in experience that includes international cap status for three of them while all four are star performers at premier league level. "You need the breaks and if we get them then we stand a chance of qualifying and of course our ambition is to go on and emulate the title triumph of Graeme Archer, Mel Muirhead, Frazer Muirhead, and Alan Brown", said Smith. The Bainfield rink will parade their skills in the section hosted by the Methil based East Fife IBC and that is former home territory for Smith so could prove an immediate advantage going into their prelim round clash against Berwickshire.
The far travelled Berwickshire rink comprises Brian Paterson, Leslie Mitchell, Jamie Mitchell, and Robert Paterson.
East Lothian have housed the national trophy in their silverware cabinet on three occasions and almost made it four last season but beaten finalists Andy Jeffrey, Willie Wood MBE, Scott Kennedy, and Billy Mellors could still to it as they are back representing the 'garden county, banner. Mellors and Co benefit from a bye into the first round proper where they await the winner between Coatbridge and Allander skipped by Robert Murphy and Scott Livingston, respectively.
West Lothian was the club that beat EL in the 2015 final and their Champion rink in the shape of Bryan Cooper, James Speirs, Thomas Mann, and Neil Speirs is back in action this weekend and their presence makes East Fife an exceptionally hot section. Speirs and Co were also national champions in 2011 so are hunting a hat trick, a campaign that starts against Andy McGeorge, Nigel Walker, Ali McIntyre, and Andrew Kennedy of Abbeyview in the prelim round.
Midlothian also competes for the national crown with a star studded rink in the shape of Ian Forbes, Ronnie Duncan, Billy Peacock, and Colin Walker. Peacock was a member of the rink that brought the title back to Dalkeith in2002. Duncan has just returned from representing Scotland (outdoors) in the Hong Kong Classic so will be challenged by the chance of environment. Walker and Co open in the prelim round against Teviotdale.
Bathgate based Balbardie IBC have been drawn to compete in the section hosted by Glasgow IBC where their rink of Graham Turnbull, Ally Wilson, Andy Jenkins, and Ewan Shearer open against Inverclyde (Sandy Wotherspoon) in the prelim round.
Headwell, Dunfermline is the section venue this weekend for Bainfield ladies launching their play-down action campaign for a Scottish Fours title brought to The Hutchison Crossway Stadium for the only time to date in 1979. "Gosh we are certainly looking at the distant past and it will be great if we can bring modern times celebrations to The Hutchison Crossway Stadium" said present-day star Mandy O'Donnell who has 27 junior and three full caps to her credit. O'Donnell skips her mother Heather Stoddart, Kate McVey, and Anna Anderson in a spirited and competitive rink that opens with a mighty challenge against Midlothian in the prelim round.
Midlothian as a club have a great record in the national fours having polished the silverware for display in the trophy cabinet at their Dalkeith Stadium on six occasions the first time being in 1993 and the most recent in 2014. And it is the star studded 2014 champions that are back seeking the limelight in the shape of Kelly McDougall, Alison Plenderleith, Gaynor Duncan, and Stacey McDougall.
The East Lothian name is yet to inscribed on the coveted Fours silver and the rink bidding to put that to rights is the formation of Dee Hoggan, Mags Thomson, Yvonne Veitch, and Janet Fairnie. Fairnie and Co have a bye into the first round proper where they face a local challenge in the shape of an Abbeyview opposition skipped by Agnes Hutchison.
West Lothian IBC celebrated national success in 2009 under Wendy Purdie and this weekends challenge lies in the talented hands of Creena Docherty, Irene Wright, Carole Clarkson, and former cap Margaret Russell who open against Perth in the prelim round.
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Every so often, the onward march of progress stumbles across the recalcitrant past. In the midst of the frenzy of construction in downtown Austin last year developers uncovered the limestone walls of the oldest remaining house in the central city, which for years had lurked behind the facade of a now defunct restaurant. Demolition of the building was brought to a halt, and it became known that the house had originally been the home of Susanna Dickinson Hannig, the muse of Texas history. Dickinson, her daughter, and a slave named Joe had been the only people inside the Alamo to survive its siege in 1836, their lives spared by Santa Anna. They fled eastward after the battle, and Dickinson and Joe told their story to Sam Houston and anyone else who would listen. It was the kernel of what was to become the story, the tale of the Alamo which generations of future Texans would be called upon to remember.
Upon its discovery last year, the Austin house where she had lived with her fifth husband some 40 years after the Alamo battle was judged to be of some interest, but not so important as to alter the plan to build a Hilton hotel and retail complex on the site. The walls, it was decided, would be removed and put into storage. History would meanwhile take up residence in a more imposing edifice: Less than a mile away, finishing touches were being put on the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, a multi-million-dollar, multimedia testimonial to the fact that the tale first told by Susanna Dickinson and Joe the slave is still the keystone of what the museum calls "The Story of Texas." A replica of the Alamo stands smack in the middle of the second floor, occupying a central position in the museum's grand sequence of replicated structures, which also includes a Caddo Indian house, a mission, a frontier fort, oil derricks, and a rail station. Replicas within replicas: The museum building itself, located just down the street from the Capitol, is a pink granite revision of that building, a sort of cross between the statehouse and a shopping mall.
It was Bullock who, in the last years of his life, dreamed of "a magnificent museum where our history can be properly displayed" and secured funding for the project from the 1997 Legislature. A largely Republican group of non-historians took over from there. An advertising executive came up with the tag "The Story of Texas," while the State Preservation Board, then chaired by Governor Bush, approved the architect and design team. Bush also named his Andover buddy and then-Director of Appointments, Clay Johnson, as chair of a three-member museum advisory committee to oversee planning and development. (Neither of these bodies included professional historians, who were brought in as consultants later in the process.) The museum that resulted, like the Bullock memorial inside it, presents Texas in all of its glory and fewer of its inglorious moments. The displays are large and impressive, inlaid with valuable artifacts, interspersed with videos, and burnished so as to be appropriate for child audiences.
The displayed objects themselves would delight anyone with an interest in the history of the state: squat pewter spoons and tarnished halberds from LaSalle's drowned ship; a 1783 Spanish census report whose neat grid carefully divides the population into men, women, male children, female children, male slaves, and female slaves; the Texas Declaration of Independence on yellowed parchment; color renderings by a Comanche artist of warriors in tremendous headdresses, their horsebound figures tumbling across a piece of animal hide; film excerpts of Franklin Roosevelt?s boosterish speech to the Texas Centennial Exposition of 1936. Trying to avoid the confines of straight chronology, museum planners assigned different themes ("Encounters on the Land," "Building the Lone Star Identity," and "Creating Opportunity") to the three floors of exhibit space?the second and third of which follow rectangular paths around a central atrium, so that the whole is somewhat visible from each of the parts.
Even so, the overall "Story" is essentially the same mythic narrative given to us by mid-century writers like T.R. Fehrenbach, who, in his 1968 book Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans, presented Texas history as a sweeping saga that more or less begins with the Spanish Conquest and dwells mostly in the nineteenth century. In the museum as in Lone Star, Stephen F. Austin and Sam Houston and Quanah Parker and Santa Anna strut across the 900-mile-wide stage, laying their claim to territory while thousands of other nameless heroes, farmers and vaqueros and buffalo hunters and speculators, exert themselves upon the land. The saga has been colorized, but not fundamentally altered, by the work of more recent historians concerned with the lives of minorities, women, and working people: Buffalo Soldiers, suffragists, quicksilver miners, and sharecroppers are all given their due.
Yet even Fehrenbach was explicit about the state's reliance on slave labor during the first half of the nineteenth century, while in "The Story of Texas," American slaves are hardly mentioned except when gaining their freedom (some before and some after the Civil War.) Immigration after 1900 is not addressed, unless it's on one of those computer timelines. There's no bracero program, no Chicano activism, no Civil Rights movement for that matter; desegregation gets a mention in a temporary side exhibit but not as part of "The Story." In a third-floor display, Lyndon Johnson is one of four eminent Texans who went to Washington and secured more federal grant money and defense contracts for the state, not the man who signed the Voting Rights Act. Though the museum's planners might have chosen to include the story of our genuine progress from a slaveholding society to a diverse modern one, they did not.
Texans like themselves might contribute to our magnificent economy. Yesterday, the Alamo; tomorrow, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
History may provide us with some entertainment in the meantime. After the Dickinson-Hannig house was uncovered last year, a Hilton developer told the Austin American-Statesman that after a year or two in storage, the house would be erected once again inside the hotel lobby as "possibly a wine-and-cheese bar, or a coffee bar." Though at the time, Austin mayor Kirk Watson said he thought the house would be "an asset to the hotel," the City Council later voted to move it to a vacant lot several blocks north.


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From livescience: "Chain of Underwater Volcanoes Discovered During Lobster Hunt"
Laura Geggel
During a mission to find larval lobsters, marine researchers unexpectedly found a cluster of extinct, 50-million-year-old volcanoes on the ocean floor near eastern Australia. Credit: Marine National Facility
The four volcanoes are located about 155 miles (250 kilometers) off the coast of Sydney, the researchers found during the mission, which lasted from June 3 to 18. The scientists immediately recognized them as calderas, a cauldronlike structure that forms after a volcano erupts and collapses into itself, creating a crater. The largest extinct volcano measures about 1 mile (1.5 km) across and towers about 0.4 miles (700 meters) above the seafloor, the researchers said.
The cluster is a large one, measuring about 12 miles (20 km) long and 4 miles (6 km) wide, they added.
The discovery will help geoscientists learn more about the geological forces that shaped the region, said Richard Arculus, a professor of marine geology at the Australian National University and an expert on volcanoes.
"They tell us part of the story of how New Zealand and Australia separated around 40 [million to] 80 million years ago, and they'll now help scientists target future exploration of the seafloor to unlock the secrets of the Earth's crust," Arculus said in a statement.
The volcano cluster, which sits about 3 miles (4.9 km) underwater, went unnoticed until now because researchers didn't have adequate tools to measure and map the deep seafloor, Arculus said.
The sonar on the old research vessel run by Marine National Facility (MNF), a research group funded by the Australian government, only had the ability to map the seafloor to about 1.9 miles (3 km) underwater, he said. A new 308-foot-long (94 m) vessel, named the Investigator, has a greater scope.
"On board the new MNF vessel, Investigator, we have sonar that can map the seafloor to any depth, so all of Australia's vast ocean territory is now within reach, and that is enormously exciting," Arculus said.
During the Investigator's latest mission, researchers were looking for the nursery grounds of lobster larvae while simultaneously carrying out a routine mapping of the seafloor.
"The voyage was enormously successful," Iain Suthers, a professor of marine biology at the University of New South Wales, said in the statement. "Not only did we discover a cluster of volcanoes on Sydney's doorstep, we were amazed to find that an eddy off Sydney was a hotspot for lobster larvae at a time of the year when we were not expecting them."
During the mission, the Investigator's crew sent data to a team at the University of New South Wales, who analyzed the information and sent back their results, which included satellite imagery. This allowed the marine crew to chase eddies created by the marine creatures they were tracking.
"This is the first time we've been able to respond directly to the changing dynamics of the ocean and, for a biological oceanographer like me, it doesn't get more thrilling," Suthers said.
The research team found juvenile fish popular among fishermen, such as bream and tailor, about 93 miles (150 km) offshore.
"We had thought that once they were swept out to sea, that was [the] end of them," Suthers said. "But, in fact, these eddies are nursery grounds along the east coast of Australia."
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BVRLA tells MPs that EVs present 'clear need' for road pricing
21/10/2021 in Market Insight
The British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA) has told MPs on the Government's Transport Select Committee that the rise of electric vehicles (EV) has presented a "clear need" for road pricing.
BVRLA director of corporate affairs, Toby Poston, this week told the House of Commons Committee that Government needs to start planning for a national road pricing scheme now to ensure a smooth transition from today's emissions-based motoring tax regime is as smooth as possible.
And Poston insisted that any solution settled upon should be a "cost neutral" replacement for motorists' current expenditure on VED road tax.
"There is a clear need for a new national road pricing scheme to be developed as more and more zero emission vehicles are seen on UK roads," he said.
"We are removing fossil fuels from the equation, so the current emissions-based tax system will see revenues plummet.
"Any new road pricing scheme must be easy to pay and have the simple objective of providing a revenue-neutral replacement for fuel duty and Vehicle Excise Duty (VED).
"It should be based on a simple 'distance driven' model that considers vehicle weight, emissions and use case, with discounts given to shared mobility solutions – such as car clubs, rental cars, buses and taxis – to incentivise more sustainable travel choices.
"It is imperative that road pricing is considered and trialled now to ensure a smooth transition into a new system.
"Drivers and fleet operators need clarity on future taxation as they make the transition to zero emission road transport."
Poston was speaking at a transport Select Committee meeting also attended by representatives from the RAC Foundation, the Renewable Energy Association and the Road Haulage Association.
It came in the same week that Government published its Net Zero Strategy, which includes proposals to invest almost £1 billion to smooth the transition to EVs ahead of the 2030 ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars.
Government also revealed plans for a zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate forcing manufacturers to sell a certain proportion of electric vehicles (EVs).
The BVRLA has calculated that phasing out of petrol and diesel vehicles puts around £34bn of fuel duty revenue at risk if it maintains its policy of leaving EVs untaxed for their road use.
Industry figures published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) show that more than 650,000 new plug-in cars have been registered in the UK since 2010, and more than one-in-seven cars sold so far in 2021 had a plug.
Last month AM reported on a survey of motorists compiled by Venson Automotive which showed that proposals for an electric vehicle (EV) tax was supported by 38% of motorists.
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Keys to the Future Festival Coming Up Next Week
ByJoseph Rubenstein
Season two of Keys to the Future, a festival of contemporary music for solo piano, takes place next week, November 7-9 (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) at Greenwich House's Renee Weiler Concert Hall. The six participating pianists are Lisa Moore, Blair McMillen, Tatjana Rankovich, Lora Tchekoratova, Polly Ferman, and myself.
On the first night (Tuesday, 11/7), the brilliant pianist Blair McMillen will perform Fred Hersch's gigantic piece called 24 Variations on a Bach Chorale. Here are some notes by the composer:
The original chorale melody is by Hans Leo Hassler (1562-1612), but was borrowed several times by J.S. Bach, mostly famously as "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunder" in his St. Matthew's Passion. But I first became familiar with this melody as a teenager in a secular English version known as "Because All Men Are Brothers" with lyrics by Tom Glazer; it was recorded by both The Weavers and Peter, Paul and Mary. After the events of September 11th, 2001, the powerful, timeless melody and those words inspired these variations." (Fred Hersch)
On the second evening (Wednesday, 11/8), I will perform Christopher O'Riley's arrangement of Radiohead's song Exit Music, which was written specifically for the closing credits of Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film Romeo and Juliet. The song appears on Radiohead's highly acclaimed third album, OK Computer (1997). In 2003, Christopher O'Riley released True Love Waits (Sony) the first of two CDs of songs by Radiohead arranged for solo piano. Radiohead's dense, multi-layered music leans heavily on electronic processing for its moody sonic atmospherics; O'Riley evokes those complex textures with abundant but judicious use of the sustain and soft pedals, a deft use of dissonance and a rhythmically anxious left hand.
On the third evening (Thursday, 11/9), virtuoso Tatjana Rankovich will play Pierre Jalbert's Toccata. Here are some notes by the composer:
Having grown up as a pianist and being familiar with the toccatas of Schumann, Prokofiev, Rorem, and the like, I had always wanted to write a short, virtuosic work for the piano. I completed Toccata in the spring of 2001, while living in Rome at the American Academy on a Rome Prize fellowship for the year. Set in rondo-like form, the central feature of the piece is a rapid repeated-note figure, which appears in different guises throughout the work. (Pierre Jalbert)
It's going to be great fun. I hope you come to one or more of the evenings. For further details, go here.
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