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The pickled beets "fashionably dill" from Pernicious (CA) are my favorites. After finishing the beets, the brine makes a lovely drink (I prefer to add a bit of vinegar). The cauliflower from the same company is delicious, too.
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And now for something completely different...
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Abbie Carmichael on Law & Order
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A Stidham story (which, admittedly, does not have much to do with the original question).
In 2014, Stidham was a senior in Stephenville HS (then ranked #1 among 4A schools in Texas). At that time, he had committed to Texas Tech (located in Lubbock, TX). Stephenville was hosting a high school from the Lubbock suburbs, Lubbock-Cooper. The previous year, Stephenville had beaten Lubbock-Cooper 42-28 in the state quarterfinals. ESPN thought this could make a nice story and decided to air the game nationwide on ESPN2.
Stidham was pretty good, going 28/35 for 340 yds and 4 TDs. However, the Cooper QB, Kolton Ehlers, was even better. He accounted for 7 TDs (passing and running), and Cooper beat Stephenville 50-39. Why do I remember this? Both my kids went to Lubbock-Cooper HS. My son was a freshman in 2014 and was at the game, because he was in the Cooper "Pirates" band.
Kolton Ehlers went to college at Texas Tech, but - to my knowledge - he did not play football. He graduated in 2019 and works at City Bank.
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4 hours ago, BuffaloHokie13 said:
Just going to leave this Quinnipiac poll here...
https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2056
Based on recent experiences, I do not have much confidence in polls. But are you aware that the poll you quote is from 2014? Quinnipiac did the same poll in 2018.
https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2526
Here, Obama had to give up the first place as "worst president after WWII". I guess you do not need much imagination to figure out the new number one.
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4 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said:
Holy "Merkerel"
Correct. Angela Merkel.
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20 minutes ago, T&C said:
Not the Moody Blues but this group eventually evolved into a group with a similar style.
The one group with a similar style I can come up with is ELO. Thus, my guess would be The Move.
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"living is easy - here in New York State"
Mentioning Jazz/Rock/Fusion at the end of the 60' or the beginning of the 70s usually brings up Chicago (Transit Authority); Blood,Sweat and Tears; or the Mahavishnu orchestra. Here is the British contribution. Robert Wyatt's singing has been better on other occasions, but the rest is top-notch. I especially like the bass used as "lead guitar".
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Another underrated band. Their interpretation of "The Weight" (first song in the link) is just as good as the the one from the Band.
Spooky Tooth's version of "I am the walrus".
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From their best album IMHO
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Very early footage, nearly 2 years before their first album. Still as trio, without Jerry Harrison. David Byrne does not yet sound very confident.
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One of their best taped concerts... Thanks to German public television
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The jam band from Wales: Man - three of the songs are clocking in at more than 10 min
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9 hours ago, Gugny said:
One of my favorites... The version on "Traffic - On The Road" is four minutes longer, and IMHO even better (no video available)
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Not really a single song, but a mini-opera, according to Pete Townshend "the parent of 'Tommy'". The introduction is useful if you want to learn Portuguese.
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Further perfection of the "Rover" from "The Prisoner".
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1 hour ago, Bad Things said:
My petty whine? Two words...
Zoom Meetings.
Completely agree. We had our most recently faculty meeting via Zoom. At home, I am accustomed to run around without a shirt, as my wife likes the temperature Sahara-like. Fortunately, we switched off the video after about a minute to preserve bandwidth.
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On 8/16/2019 at 2:26 PM, That's No Moon said:
This is a long conversation honestly. I'm not the biggest fan of the way we do high school in this country either. We jam too many kids into college prep programs and make it too difficult for kids that don't want to go that route. There's nothing wrong with being a plumber or a carpenter and you can make a good living doing that and we have a need of skilled tradespeople that is going to increase as the current generation retires. I think K-8 is the time for the solid basic skills for everyone then you can start to branch out from there. I might even split high school into 9-10 and 11-12 where in 9-10 you pick a track and essentially get the basic requirements of that then choose a specialty for 11-12. When you're done with 12 you either move to college with a really good foundation for your chosen pathway or you move into a trade with a good foundational knowledge of that. Vo-tech works that way more or less (at least it does here) but there aren't nearly enough sports in Vo-tech schools for the number of kids that want them. College track could move in that direction as well. It does already to an extent wherein you can take AP classes, etc as an upperclassman but we could do a better job there also.
That comes pretty close to the German system. School is compulsory until grade 9 or 10 (depending on the state). Then you can opt for continuing high school (up to grades 12 or 13), which prepares you for college, or to enter an apprenticeship that prepares you for a career in a trade as plumber, baker, or carpenter. You may also enter the work force directly. 30 - 50% of students decide to finish high school. However, not all of them will look for a place in college. Some white collar apprenticeship programs (some for very lucrative jobs , such as banker) expect you to finish high school.
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One sporting event actually did take place today, stage 7 of the Paris - Nice bike race. However, they cancelled stage 8 tomorrow. Winner of today's stage: Nairo Quintana COL; Arkea Samsic; overall winner: Max Schachmann GER; Bora-Hansgrohe
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I came to the US in September 1990 as a postdoc at the University of Rochester. Each week on Monday, my coworkes in the lab would have lengthy discussions about the "Bills". I got curious and started to watch football on TV. Initially, it did not make any sense to me. After Superbowl XXV, the game, and the Bills grew on me, and I have been a Bills' fan since.
In 2003, we moved to Texas. My son, although he was only 4 at the time of the move, is a staunch Bills fan.
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I saw thew once live around 1974. The variety of instruments played by each band member was amazing.
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Before ELP, there was
The Nice
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Backyard Birding
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When we moved into or current home > 15 years ago, there were two streets, each with 6 houses on each side, each house on a 1 acre lot. The rest of the surroundings were cotton fields. We got a wide variety of birds, including scaled quails, northern bobwhites, and burrowing owls. One day a young Swainson's hawk landed on the kids' trampoline and could not take off vertically until we removed some of the safety net. Another year we had a pair of mallards breeding in the back yard (we do not have a pond, but the neighbors do). One day, the female took off with 6 ducklings following in line; they did not return. We were very fortunate that it happened on a Saturday; thus, we could actually watch the exodus.
Now the surroundings have turned from rural to suburban, and the variety of birds is greatly diminished. Occasionally, we still get something interesting, like a curve-billed thrasher, a Lincoln's sparrow, or a bronzed cowbird. What has increased is the number of dove species - we now have three (mourning, white-winged, and Eurasian collared).