Hundreds of teary-eyed drinkers stood shoulder to shoulder apologetically squeezing past each other to get the bar whenever they needed a drink.

They had to be quick because there wasn’t much time before the beer, wine and spirits ran out – and come midnight the patrons worse fears were realised as they were forced to guzzle pints of wine because everything else was gone.

The last night at the Pump and Tap was celebrated by people from far and wide, and from past and present.

The Mercury has followed the plight of the pub since the beginning, and it was my job to report on the very last evening and before DMU’s bulldozers moved in – and what better way to do so than involving myself in the festivities…

As I strolled through the pub, beer in hand, and collected the memories of the drinkers, I came across people who had travelled hundreds of miles to visit a pub they hadn’t seen for years.

I spoke to people who sipped their first legal, and possibly illegal, pint here. I spoke to people who witnesses grown men cry at the news that the pub was closing.

However, the most remarkable story was that of Iain Baughan, 58, from the West End, who claims to have been the first person to be served when the pub opened in 1988 – an anecdote confirmed by others. He got the pint on the house too.

The Pump and Tap seems to have had an uncanny ability to bring people together and it’s going to be a shame to write about it in the past tense from now on.

Bill “Bojangles” Robinson

Bill "Bojangles"Robinson

Best Known As “Bojangles,” Robinson Was Born In Richmond, Virginia, And With Him, A New Word Was Added To The English Language. He Coined The Term, “Copacetic,” Which Meant Okay Or Fine.

Bojangles Began His Career In Vaudeville. His Tap Dancing (Considered An Original African American Art), Took Him To Broadway And Hollywood In The 1920’s.

He Starred In Several Films, “Stormy Weather” (1943), And Three With Child Actress, Shirley Temple: “The Little Colonel” (1935), “The Littlest Rebel” (1936) And “Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm” (1938). With These Films He Became An American Dance Legend And Inspired Generations Of Young Dancers, Including: Sammy Davis, Jr., Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire And Michael Jackson.

Robinson Said His Nickname, Bojangles, Means “Easygoing And Happy-Go-Lucky.” Sammy Davis ,Jr. Revived The Bojangles Legacy With His 1969, Hit Song, “Mr. Bojangles.”

BILL ROBINSON IN “STORMY WEATHER”

“In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It.” — Hubert Gaddy, Jr.

Hugh Gaddy

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So, I’m not the biggest fan of breakfast.  Not that I don’t eat it,  but I don’t like breakfast foods.  I used to not eat it at all (in high school).  I have no idea what I ate in college.  Now I pretty much have eaten the same thing for the past five years:

Peanut butter and a banana.  The pb used to go on bread, but I haven’t had bread around for a while.  So now it’s “peanut butter spoon” (one of my favorite snacks!).

Sometimes I eat cereal, but then I don’t eat a banana, and I’d like to eat some fruit or vegetable in the morning:

So does anyone have any breakfast suggestions?  As I said, I’m not a huge breakfast person.  I have discovered that I like quiche (mmm crustless quiche lorraine),  but I haven’t been brave enough to try an omelet.  Eggs just scare me (they smell funny).  I’ve also tried oatmeal, but I feel like I might be forcing myself to eat it.  Any tasty oatmeal combos?  Oh yeah, and I don’t like maple syrup.  Pancakes and waffles are fine, but the syrup is yucky!

Just looking for some fresh ideas.

Last night was tap.  It was rather tame, so only 250 calories for over an hour.  Avg HR 114, Max HR 144 (see, not that hard).  Calves are still a bit sore, so it’s flats for me again today.  Last day before Thanksgiving!  YAY!

Oh yeah, and I love that I changed to wordpress.  I can figure out how many people have read my piddly little blog and other stats.  Keep reading!   Make a comment if you’d like!  Thanks!  =-)

I met with my mentor teacher yesterday to develop my draft Teacher Action Plan (TAP) and set some goals for me to achieve this year.  Even though I am a certified Special Education teacher, I have to prepare a TAP due to my being a new hire in the District. 

I think in reality that this is a good thing for me, because it has focused me on what I need to accomplish in order to be successful this year.  Many teachers look at a TAP as a pain in the butt, but in my opinion this has given me the opportunity focus on a few things that I have to get done versus being overwhelmed with everything I want to get done.  So my TAP is a good thing.

I am asking for some input from my PLN to see if they can see or think of improvements that can be made before it is submitted.

Here are screen shots of the TAP.

For those of you like me who can’t read the one’s above here is a Google Docs link:  https://docs.google.com/a/haroldshawjr.com/fileview?id=0Bx7eVsReqlzTNDdjZjQ0OTYtYzU3ZS00MzQ2LWFkMzYtMzllYzE0YjgyZTgy&hl=en

I decided not to include technology into the this year’s TAP, but to wait for my second year (if I am re-hired).  I have a pretty full plate already, getting back into the world of Special Education, getting my classroom management up to snuff and having to learn a whole new Literacy Program – Plugged into Reading, and trying to tackle the technology could be pretty daunting if put into my TAP.

Do I still plan to include Web2.0 technology in my classroom…absolutely, I figure that as  first year teacher in the District that it will be better to learn the “system” first and then just do what I can as the year progresses.

If anyone in my PLN has some suggestions for my TAP, I would greatly appreciate them.

Five years of hit and miss Frontpage updates had their appeal and disdain for us.  The appeal was the Web 1.0 updating tool of choice – Frontpage.  The disdain was its static nature.  We’ve rehosted to bring the blog ‘vibe’ of our TAPUniversity blog here – to TAP.  The focus of TAP is consulting services.  While TAPUniversity delivers exceptional training at value price points, our goal here is to test the waters of what works in a challeging economic environment and what doesn’t.

I’ll be rolling in some of our historic content – so don’t worry.  You’ll see the links to the RUP articles, connection to our event calendar and virtual team content very soon.

According to ABC News, tapping your foot while on a public toilet is a signal for “gay cruising”. I, a gay male, have never heard of this term. But apparently, gay cruising refers to signaling in a public restroom to another male that you are “down for sex”.

What I do not understand is why gay cruising is attributed to the general gay population. I know this is done within male restrooms, between males. But, this is not the majority of the gay population. Such exploitation makes me upset, because I do not want this image to be associated with my own culture and values.

Anyway, the article on ABC talks about what gay cruising is, and an instance Idaho Senator Larry Craigs getting arrested for engaging in cruising in Minneapolis. It is an interesting concept, beyond the stereotypes that follow.

The suggestion for today was to try and save water and electricity by remembering to turn off the light switch, a power point, a tap, etc. Because we forget these things the book suggests making stickers to place next to a light switch for example.

This is a somewhat simple solution to a possibly costly memory issue, in that forgetting to flick a switch/turn off a tap costs money by way of the bill, as well as costing more in terms of environmental costs.

I have found myself being far more efficient in these areas in the last little while and hardly ever forget to turn off a light when not needed, turn off a tap when brushing teeth, etc. It did however take a lot of self-discipline and I can see how stickers/post-it’s, etc, can be handy for some people.

A response to reading ‘365 Ways to Change the World,’ by Michael Norton

Thursday evening, I was looking for a nearby restaurant to have a small dinner before a basketball game. After convincing myself not to go back to La Pietra Cucina for the 4th time in 3 weeks, and not being able to obtain a Tamarind Seed reservation, I secured an easy Opentable reservation at TAP.
Located at the corner of Peachtree and 14th, TAP is in the center of the Atlanta midtown scene. The al fresco patrons can watch the rooftop deck at Shout, the comings and goings at the 14th Street Playhouse, and the illegal parkers outside of Starbucks and Chick Fil-a. A self-proclaimed “american gastropub,” TAP aims to supply a “convivial place to have a pint or glass of wine”. Sounds aight to me, but what about the food? To answer that question TAP promises “seasonally driven innovative comfort food”. Let’s get to it -

To start we shared the black bean hummus and pita bread:

As you can see, the pita was charred and had just come out of the oven(or off the stove). It was hot and a wonderful device to scoop up the thick and creamy spread. The black bean hummus was topped with feta cheese and sliced jalepenos – the cheese wasn’t plentiful enough and therefore didn’t add much of anything, but the peppers provided a bite and a spice level to help the unexciting dip.

We dipped, scooped, spread, and wiped until there was no more:

I'm empty inside

We also shared an entree:

Seared trout with rapini and white bean ragout in a parsely, butter sauce. The fish was cooked well and tasted mild. While the barely flavored fish needed a strong sauce as an accompaniment, I felt the parsely/butter sauce was not the right fit. The sauce was green, and led me to believe it would be full of herb-y goodness, but the butter flavor overwhelmed the whole shebang. I absolutely love the combination of rapini (a bitter green) and white beans, but again, the sauce was a distraction (but not a fun one – sort of like cotton candy flavored fluoride the dentist fools you with in order to clean your teeth).

My portion:

The portion was quite large and conducive to sharing. As long as I wiped off a good amount of the sauce, I enjoyed the food.

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Plus, I can pretend I’m cool and say I go to a place that makes its own beer and has a ton of barrel wine selections (is that a cool thing to say?).

A glimpse of how it’s done below:

TAP
(404) 347-2220
1180 Peachtree St NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
www.tapat1180.com

Webjet chega a 20 aviões e fortalece malha

Boeing 737 da Webjet (Foto: Aidan Formigoni / Clique para ampliar)

As duas últimas aeronaves que a Webjet receberá este ano chegam no dia 25, e a empresa fechará 2009 com 20 aviões em sua frota. Segundo o diretor comercial Davidson Botelho, os dois Boeing serão usados para reforçar as malhas para Salvador, Recife, Fortaleza, Porto Alegre e Rio de Janeiro. A companhia continua com a estratégia de não ter novos destinos e sim consolidar os dez já operados.

A expectativa de taxa de ocupação para novembro e dezembro é acima dos 70%. Os voos do Santos Dumont são os com maior rentabilidade, apesar de a ponte SDU-GRU ainda ter potencial para crescer mais. São Paulo é o melhor mercado e a disputa pelo segundo lugar é grande entre Rio, Porto Alegre, Brasília e Salvador.

Botelho também disse que o programa Vai Voando, lançado na Abav para viagens programadas, com parcelamento em 12 vezes, já conta com 400 passageiros. Eles retiram os bilhetes depois de pagarem as prestações.

OceanAir garante quatro A319 para 2010 e faz suspense

O diretor executivo da OceanAir, Renato Pascowitch, confirmou a chegada de quatro A319 na frota da empresa em 2010. Um em março, começando a operar em abril, outro em maio, o terceiro no fim do semestre e o quarto na segunda metade do ano. Todos irão operar na ponte Rio-São Paulo. “2010 será um ano de muitas novidades e surpresas”, diz Pascowitch, anunciando somente que a tão esperada mudança de marca sairá no próximo ano. Haverá novidades também no posicionamento na América do Sul, principalmente depois da anunciada parceria entre a Avianca, do mesmo grupo da OceanAir, e a Taca. A OceanAir também estuda voltar a operar no Interior de São Paulo, principalmente no Noroeste do Estado. O interior é um dos três principais mercados emissores para a aérea.

Secretaria de Desenvolvimento Sustentável defende cobrança de taxa aeroportuária 

A Secretaria de Desenvolvimento Sustentável da Secretaria de Assuntos Estratégicos (SAE) da Presidência da República está lutando pela volta da cobrança de 3% sobre o valor das passagens aéreas. De acordo com o subsecretário Alberto Carlos Lourenço Pereira, a taxa poderia ser revertida em prol da aviação regional, através de subsídios para as empresas.

“É necessário restaurar alguma forma de subsídio cruzado, especificamente para a [as empresas que operam na] região amazônica”, afirmou Pereira, que quês estimular especialmente a região amazônica. A declaração foi dada durante uma audiência pública realizada pela Comissão da Amazônia, Integração Nacional e de Desenvolvimento da Câmara dos Deputados.  Para ele, as distâncias entre as cidades do estado e a baixa renda da população amazônica encarecem as passagens regionais, já que reduz a demanda.

A idéia defendida por Pereira é a implementação de uma taxa entre 1% e 3%, que abasteceria um fundo ligado à aviação. “O antigo fundo [Fundo Aeroviário, extinto na década de 90] havia sido criado por meio de decreto-lei. O Poder Judiciário entendeu que esse era um imposto que não poderia ter sido estabelecido por meio de decreto e exigiu a aprovação de uma lei com esse fim”.

840 a bordo dos A380 da Air Austral 

A Air Austral confirmou encomenda para dois superjumbos A830, da Airbus, que vão transportar mais de 800 pessoas nas primeiras versões configuradas totalmente em classe econômica do maior avião de passageiros do mundo. A companhia aérea da ilha La Réunion, informou que encomendou as aeronaves configuradas para transportar 840 passageiros e planeja usá-las entre Paris e o território francês no Oceano Índico a partir de 2014. O A380 entrou em serviço em 2007 e é projetado para carregar 525 passageiros em três classes ou 850 pessoas quando seus dois andares são ocupados por assentos de classe econômica. Até agora, compradores do avião vinham se concentraNdo em atrair passageiros abastados com facilidades como camas e chuveiros na primeira classe, o que faz a capacidade ficar em torno de 500 passageiros.

Paris inaugura serviço de controle em aeroportos por impressão digital 

Um dos terminais do aeroporto Charles de Gaulle, em Paris, inaugurou um dispositivo que permite que os passageiros evitem o habitual controle dos agentes, efetuando-o em uma máquina de leitura do passaporte e da impressão digital. A inauguração ocorreu na segunda-feira (16). O sistema facilita um “controle automático que oferece ao viajante uma autonomia completa e procura uma fluência apreciável no embarque, com um excelente controle dos serviços de imigração”, apontou a sociedade que administra os aeroportos parisienses, em comunicado. O dispositivo será instalado progressivamente até o final do ano em outros terminais do aeroporto Charles de Gaulle e em Orly, o segundo principal de Paris, ao sul da capital. Mais adiante, o equipamento também será utilizado em plataformas aeroportuárias de outras grandes cidades europeias. O aparelho estará “situado junto às prateleiras de controle clássicos da polícia fronteiriça, tanto para a chegada quanto para a saída dos voos”, segundo o comunicado.

Operação “pente fino” no GIG 

oliciais civis da Delegacia Especial de Apoio ao Turismo (Deat) realizaram, nesta última quinta-feira, a ação denominada Operação Inquietação, no terminal 1 do Aeroporto Internacional Antonio Carlos Jobim, que visava reprimir a atuação de taxistas irregulares e cambistas, que costumam abordar turistas naquele terminal. De acordo com o delegado titular daquela delegacia, Fernando Vila Pouca de Sousa, foram apreendidos R$14.000,00 e U$1.600,00. Três pessoas foram detidas. Dez carros foram multados pela guarda municipal. Os envolvidos responderão em liberdade por câmbio ilegal e crime contra a economia popular.

Infraero anuncia novo diretor comercial

O Conselho de Administração da Infraero aprovou o nome de Geraldo Moreira Neves para o cargo de diretor comercial da estatal, em substituição a Fernando Nicácio da Cunha Filho, que retorna ao quadro de profissionais da empresa, assumindo o comando da Superintendência Regional do Nordeste, sediada em Recife. Assim como Nicácio, o novo diretor integra uma diretoria executiva toda formada por empregados do quadro da Infraero.

Funcionário de carreira da empresa há 25 anos, Geraldo Moreira Neves exercia o cargo de superintendente de Auditoria Interna e já desenvolveu trabalhos nas áreas de Planejamento e Gestão e de Controle Empresarial. Geraldo Moreira Neves é formado em Administração Pública e de Empresas pela União Pioneira de Integração Social. Tem MBA em Administração de Empresa, pela Universidade de Brasília, além de ter participado de diversos cursos de gestão aeroportuária.

Aeroporto do Galeão (RJ) tem novo superintendente

André Luís Marques de Barros é o novo superintendente do Aeroporto Internacional do Rio de Janeiro Galeão-Tom Jobim. Barros tomou posse no último dia 16, substituindo Mário Jorge Fernandes de Oliveira, que será o novo superintendente da recém criada Superintendência Regional do Sudeste, com sede em Belo Horizonte. Barros é funcionário de carreira da Infraero desde 1994 e já atuou como supervisor do Aeroporto Internacional de Brasília, gerente comercial e de Operações da Superintendência Regional Brasília.

Hawker anuncia banda larga para jatos médios

Hawker 850XP (Foto: Jetphotos.net / Clique para ampliar)

A Hawker Beechcraft Corporation selecionou dois sistemas de conectividade da Aircell para a sua linha de jatos executivos médios. A partir de 2010, os clientes que receberem seus jatos Hawker 750 e 900XP poderão escolher o sistema para equipar suas aeronaves com acesso à internet durante o voo. Qualquer uma das duas instalações vai permitir a conexão através de equipamentos com acesso Wi-Fi, como PDAs e laptops, para trocar e-mails, navegar na web, ver vídeos ou acessar redes para baixar arquivos, da mesma forma como fariam no escritório ou em qualquer outro ponto com acesso à rede. Os centros de serviço da companhia também poderão realizar as instalações nos modelos Hawker 800XP e 850XP, que já estão em operação. A empresa é representada no Brasil pela Líder Taxi Aéreo.

Tap economiza até 15 milhões de euros em combustível

De acordo com o publicado na imprensa portuguesa, a Tap conseguiu economizar no ano passado 15 milhões de euros ao aumentar a eficiência na utilização de combustível. Somado à queda do preço do combustível, a companhia poderá voltar a fechar o ano com lucro. O grupo Tap, entrentando, acredita que, mesmo que feche no vermelho este ano, as perdas serão menores do que as registradas em 2008, quando os prejuízos chegaram a 285 euros.

Air Italy organiza road show de divulgação dos novos voos do Nordeste para Itália   

A Air Italy organizará um road show de promoção e divulgação dos novos voos on-line e regulares a partir do Nordeste para a Itália, em várias cidades, a partir do próximo dia 23. Começando em Salvador, o road-show termina dia 27, em Maceió. Estão sendo convidados, em cada cidade, os maiores players, além de empresas com volume corporativo para a Itália e Europa, além de membros do governo.

Ocean Air disponibiliza ofertas de voos para Brasília 

A Ocean Air está com ofertas nas tarifas de ida ou volta para Brasília. Entre as ofertas, Rio de janeiro a partir de R$ 161,00 e Belo Horizonte a partir de R$ 175,00. A compra pode ser efetuada em 12 parcelas até 31/11/2009. A promoção está válida para os bilhetes com emissão de 17 de novembro a 23 de novembro e embarque de 18 a 30 de novembro.

Para mais informação, ligue 4004-4040 ou acesse www.oceanair.com.br .

NHT quer operar com aeronaves maiores

A regional brasileira NHT Linhas Aéreas, hoje operando uma frota de seis bimotores checos Let 410 UVP, de 19 assentos, tem planos para adquirir aeronaves de maior porte. No primeiro semestre deste ano a NHT transportou 26.039 passageiros. O problema é que a maioria dos aeroportos servidos pela NHT recebem sem problema os aviões Let, mas não podem operar aeronaves de maior porte. Caso elas sejam adquiridas a companhia teria de inaugurar novas linhas, esbarrando então com a concorrência de suas irmãs maiores.

Air Vanuatu introduz ATR-72-500

A pequena empresa Air Vanuatu pretende usar bimotores ATR72-500 em viagens de mais de 120 minutos sobre o Pacífico com destino a Nova Caledônia e Ilhas Fiji. Os aviões foram escolhidos pela transportadora por sua maior capacidade de passageiros pela autonomia superior, que permite explorar linhas tão longas como os novos destinos.

Acionistas do Alasca compram empresa

Cento e vinte mil acionistas privados do Alasca uniram esforços e compraram ações da firma Pegasus Aircraft Maintenance, que assegura suporte técnico para aviões cargueiros em Anchorage. A empresa presta serviços para a Fedex, responsável por 80% dos pousos semanais de aviões de carga na cidade. A firma cujas ações foram negociadas está avaliada em US$ 330 milhões.

Lockheed tem planos para espiões

A norte-americana Lockheed Martin identificou um promissor nicho de negócios no leasing (aluguel) de aviões-espiões para países cujas forças aéreas não tem recursos para adquirir essas aeronaves dispendiosas. Tal conclusão deriva dos ensaios com o protótipo modificado de um jato “Gulfstream III”, acompanhados com interesse por diversos países que necessitam de aeronaves desse tipo. Aviões espiões desse porte derivam das especificações do programa ACS – Aerial Common Sensor, do Exército dos Estados Unidos, vencido pelo brasileiro Embraer ERJ-145 e depois anulado. Para a Lockheed dois tipos de jatos podem ser adaptados para essa tarefa, dentro dos seus planos: o Gulfstream 350 e o Bombardier Q400.

Rolls-Royce e Honeywell prolongam acordo

A inglesa Rolls Royce e a norte-americana Honeywell prolongaram por mais dez anos o acordo 50/50 que assegura à Aerospace Products International a distribuição de partes e componentes de reposição para o motor CTS800, usado em helicópteros pequenos a turbina.

Controlador militar invade pista do GIG

“Pelo menos dois aviões tiveram de arremeter, hoje, quando estavam prestes a pousar numa das pistas do aeroporto internacional Tom Jobim. A manobra ocorreu por causa da atitude inesperada de um sargento controlador de voo que invadiu a pista. O militar estava participando de uma marcha de treinamento, em área ao lado do local onde pousam as aeronaves, na via de circulação de viaturas, junto de outros colegas quando, inesperadamente, saiu da tropa sem autorização e correu em direção à pista de pouso. O tumulto durou cerca de dez minutos, entre 10h40 e 10h50 da manhã, e a torre de controle mandou que os aviões que estavam em processo de aproximação arremetessem por motivos de segurança. O Comando da Aeronáutica confirmou o incidente e informou que o militar “descumprindo ordens do oficial que comandava o exercício, saiu da tropa sem autorização e correu em direção à pista de pouso”.

Here at Fonte Dei Marmi we are proud to work in conjuction with our manufacturers to bring you the very latest products as soon as they are available, and to that end we are delighted to announce the arrival of the PuraVida range of products from Hansgrohe.

Hansgrohe PuraVida monobloc basin mixer in white/chrome

Hansgrohe have long been associated with high quality products that incorporate the very latest in design styles and the PuraVida collection further enhances and underscores that well-earned reputation.

Hansgrohe PuraVida overhead shower in white/chrome

As usual with Hansgrohe, the range comprises of all products that one would need, from basin mixers to hand showers and overhead showers – with examples of all of these products on display at the Fonte Dei Marmi showroom on Highgate Road. Available in all chrome or an innovative white/chrome combination, the PuraVida products move design of bathroom components to the next level.

Hansgrohe PuraVida hand shower in white/chrome

Fonte Dei Marmi are very proud to be amongst the first showrooms in the country to display these products, further strengthening our Hansgrohe VIP dealership status and close working relationship with Hansgrohe. We very much look forward to welcoming you to the showroom and discussing this new range of products with you.

Full details of the PuraVida range of products can be found at the Hansgrohe website

All images are courtesy of Hansgrohe

Name: Conservatory Ballet

Location: 2254-L Hunter Woods Village Center, Reston, Virginia 20191

About: Conservatory Ballet was created in 1972 and Julia Cziller Redick serves as the Artistic Director. The school combines Vaganova style training with a Montessori approach for a unique blend of teaching styles. There are over 160 classes designed specifically for all kinds of age groups, beginning at 18 months, all the way to adult. In addition to ballet there are also Irish, Flamenco, Jazz, Hip Hop and Tap classes at the studio. A detailed list of the curriculum classes can be found on the Website as well.

Band:  Municipal Waste
Album: Hazardous Mutation
Song:  Unleash The Bastard

Copyright (c)  (Earache) (2005)
Version 1.0 - (03/10/05)

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Totally not my usual playlist, but humming and singing to Fergie and Lady Gaga and Colbie Caillat has taken up most of my night. I’ve been trying to draft a blog on how the U.S. should approach North Korea for TAPPED. It’s going slowly, as writing always does for me, so I turn to these songs for reprieve, inspiration, and release. Currently playing: “Big Girls Don’t Cry.”

Very briefly, as I was listening to all 80 minutes of the president’s townhall meeting with Chinese youths in Shanghai yesterday, I found myself browsing the net and going through my Reader instead of paying attention. It was quite bland, not the least due to the handpicked questions. Obama’s freer internet and press leads to better society response has gotten the most press. It’s the only interesting bit of that Q&A hour.

Savnet

I begynnelsen
så altoppslukende
en tung tåke
som fyller hver tomme krok

Etterhvert
letter tåka
den blir erstattet av
knivstikk
i hjertet
i magen
i fingrene

du mister pusten
du vet ikke
om du klarer
en dag til

Ettersom
knivene stikker
blir bladene sløvere
stikkene er
ikke så vonde
ikke så dype
ikke så mange

Du føler
at dette gikk
jo bra
tross alt

Men så
kommer stikkene
tilbake

små skarpe stikk
som fra en pil
kommer de
uten forvarsel
rammer de deg

når du
ikke har mer
krefter

Da skjønner du
at savnet er
ikke borte
det blir aldri
borte

Det stikker
kanskje ikke
så ofte som før

Likevel
stikker de dypt
og det gjør vondt

Vil dette aldri ta slutt? Pappa?

Une mémoire pour l’oubli

Le temps : Beyrouth

 Le lieu : une journée du mois d’août 1982

 Texte de Mahmoud Darwich  [Editions Actes Sud]

Mise en scène Pascale Spengler

  Du 24 au 28 nov. à 20h30 / Le 29 nov. à 17h / Taps Gare à Strasbourg

 Du 3 au 5 déc. à 20h30 / Cour des Trois Coquins à Clermont Ferrand 

Une troisième guerre mondiale qui n’arrête pas d’en finir, un studio de fortune, des hommes produisent pour

une télévision clandestine une écriture audiovisuelle dédiée au célèbre poète palestinien Mahmoud Darwich,

né le 13 mars 1941 à Al-Birwah en Galilée et mort le 9 août 2008 à Houston, à partir de son récit  “Une mémoire pour l’oubli“.
Beyrouth est, avec le narrateur, le personnage principal du texte. Ce récit est en réalité la narration d’une

passion entre la ville et le poète, passion qui trouve son dénouement tragique avec les événements de l’été 1982.

“Une mémoire pour l’oubli” montre une équipe de réalisation au travail relisant l’archive d’une écriture à l’épreuve du temps.

C’est par une fiction réinventée à neuf que se fera la transposition scénique d’extraits de ce récit écrit par Mahmoud

Darwich “Une mémoire pour l’oubli”. Le texte relate une journée du poète à Beyrouth lors des événements tragiques qui

ont suivi l’invasion israélienne en juin 1982 : l’état de siège et le départ de l’OLP de Beyrouth.

Plasticienne, comédienne, performeuse et metteur en scène, Pascale Spengler explore des œuvres offrant des univers

très contrastés tels que S. Beckett, B. Brecht, H. Müller, B.M. Koltès… Mahmoud Darwich.

Avec le Collectif de Théâtre Les Foirades dont elle assure la direction artistique depuis une vingtaine d’années,

elle promeut un théâtre de recherche autour de l’idée selon laquelle il existe des zones d’influences réciproque

dans lesquelles les formes d’art circulent, s’échangent et se nourrissent entre elles, bouleversant les disciplines de l’art,

la délimitation des objets et les méthodologies.

 Textes : Mahmoud Darwich
Traduction : Farouk Mardam Bey et Yves Gonzalès-Quijano

 Mise en scène : Pascale Spengler
Réalisateur audiovisuel : Bruno de Chénerilles
Photographe : Jean-Louis Hess
Vidéaste : Nadine Birghoffer
Comédien bilingue français-arabe : Amine Sabir
Collaboration artistique : Christine Heimlich
Régisseur plateau : Jérôme Rivelaygue
Lumières : Laurent Olivier
Décors plateau : Jean-Louis Boucher
Voix hébraïque : Rafael Goldwaser

 En partenariat avec le festival de Strasbourg- Méditerranée et le Théâtre du Pelican de Clermont Ferrand

 En co-production : la Ville de Clermont Ferrand

 Avec le soutien du Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication-DRAC Alsace, la Région Alsace,

le Département du Bas-Rhin, la Ville de Strasbourg et la Ville de Clermont-Ferrand

  Production Collectif de Théâtre Les Foirades :www.lesfoirades.org

It’s time for an app review! Now, most of the reviews I’m going to do will be for the iPhone because I only have an iTouch. But if you guys have any app reviews (for any platform) you’d like to submit, I would love to post it up! Anyway, if I get my hands on any other phones, I will post those up too.

Name: Dactyl
Category: Game
Price: FREE
Description: Test your dexterity! Dactyl is an addictive, fast-paced exercise for your fingers. The premise of the game is simple – defuse the bombs before they blow up. Clear your mind and put your fingers to work!

My review: It’s simple and yea, it’s pretty addictive. A great time-waster. Also, it’s great to play with your friends if you’re all competitive. “Bet I can beat your score!” and “Yea, beat 455, sucka!” are frequently heard around the table. Also a great game to team up with someone else with. One late late night at Denny’s, my friend and I decided to split the screen: we each had 6 bombs to defuse. 455 bombs defused, suckas! It’s FUN!

Athens, being the consummate college town, is full of consummate college bars: they play the same six trite, overplayed pop/rap songs on heavy rotation (often so loud you have to shout to be heard by the hottie sitting next to you [well, there's always the chance s/he's just ignoring you]), they have many giant screens playing the game du jour and they have a miserable selection of beer on tap.

Yes, the vasty majority of college bars “play it safe” by choosing beers they know will sell well. Popular beer is like popular music: it is watered down to appeal to people with shitty taste. These beers include your typical “Lite” fare, such as Miller Lite, Bud Light and Coors Light (I don’t care if it’s pink, that beer I won’t drink), as well as a few mainstays in every American bar, Guinness, Budweiser and whatever Sam Adams seasonal is in season at the moment. Which is all a shame, because beer tastes best the fresher it is, and the freshest beer comes from kegs.

Alec Guinness wants you to drink Guinness draught.

But all is not lost. There are some bars in town with truly excellent selections of craft beer on tap. But how do bar managers and owners choose which brews to pour for their patrons? I chose to pose this question to three bars in Athens in an exploration of how bars choose better brews.

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Broney’s Alumni Grill

Broney’s is one of the newer bars on Court Street, owned by Brian Wharton, a former manager at Courtside Pizza and Sports Bar. By day it is a typical bar and grill serving standard bar fare, but at night it turns into one of Athens’ most popular night spots, with any numbers of games on big screen TVs and occasional djs. It has two full-service bars, on of which also serves patrons outside on the patio, and 17 beers on tap. I spoke with Wharton, who ultimately has the final say on which brews the bar serves.

Brian Wharton, owner of Broney's Alumni Grill

“The number one determination is availability,” Whaton said, “if they distribute in Ohio. Number two would have to be if I think it would sell, but that one kind of fluctuates.”

The bar stocks a lot of IPAs, which Wharton attributes to the preponderance of IPAs being put out by craft brewers right now. Wharton said they also stock a lot of ales, because, aside from staples like Bud Light and Blue Moon, those seem to be the best sellers. The bar also has a good number of stouts on tap.

As far as determining which beers to keep on tap, Wharton said it’s a matter of what’s being talked about right now. He considers word of mouth; what the distributors are saying, as well as what is being written about in the three beer magazines he reads: All About Beer, Draft and Beer Magazine.

They keep six on strong rotation, their most popular beers, such as Bud Light, Blue Moon and Great Lakes Christmas Ale, but the rest of them they change up every few months.

For a full list of all the beer Broney’s keeps on tap, see the bottom of this post.

Casa Cantina

Casa Nueva: restaurant, cantina and bodega.

Casa Nueva is Athens’ only worker-owned restaurant and cantina, a model that echoes the county’s progressive nature. In addition to serving Mexican food made with a variety of locally grown organic produce, Casa also includes a full-service bar with dozens of bottled craft beer. The bar only has eight brews on tap, but there is a tradition behind them.

Bar Manager Greg Lyle with his taps.

“Starting since before I was bar manager,” Lyle said, “we’ve had this Ohio tap situation where everything on tap comes from Ohio. We try to get as local as we can.”

The beers on tap at Casa come from the Thirsty Dog Brewery in Dayton, Great Lakes Brewery in Cleveland, Buckeye Brewing Co. in Lakewood, Marietta Brewing Company in Marietta and Athens’ own Jackie O’s.

Lyle, bar manager at Casa for the last 10 years, has kept up the tradition of stocking only Ohio beers on tap, but he also tries to accommodate for different tastes. Despite having five breweries represented in the taps, there is only one lager, one porter, one IPA, one christmas ale, one autumn ale, one wheat beer and two stouts.

The choice of which beers are on tap is made based on whether the brewery has a reliable distribution network, and whether they are offering something that the bar already doesn’t have, Lyle said. Because of the limited tap space, if Casa already has a popular IPA, they aren’t likely to stock another one.

For a full list of the beers Casa Nueva keeps on tap, see the bottom of the post.

Jackie O’s

Jackie O's pub and brewery.

Jackie O’s is Athens’ only local brewery. An Irish Pub at heart, you can find many Irish stouts and traditional pub fare, as well as pizza made from the spent grain from the brewing process. Jackie O’s is one of the only bars in Athens where you won’t be overwhelmed by the music, and they don’t play the same pop music that you hear at most other bars.

Art Oestrike, owner of Jackie O's.

“It’s important to celebrate craft brewing,” Oestrike said of the beer selection at Jackie O’s. “It’s the backbone of this business.”

Jackie O’s recently opened a new addition to the bar, so the bar now consists of two rooms. The main room is “as out of the box as possible,” Oestrike said. The 16 beers they have on tap are constantly changing, sometimes even daily, so hit as many different “taste-belts” or palates as possible.

In addition to the five different beers that are brewed in house, the main room serves a number of different guest drafts from craft brewers all over the country.

The new room has a more consistent lineup, and is being used to introduce people to a micro-situation, Oestrike said. It is stocked with easy drinking micro brews to appeal to a large population of college students.

For a full list of the beers Jackie O’s keeps on tap, see the bottom of the post.

Slideshow: Bars and their taps

Bars and beers: what each bar has on tap

Broney’s

• Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat
• Hoegaarden
• Left Hand Sawtooth Ale
• Lagunitas Brown Shugga
• Great Lakes Christmas Ale
• Brooklyn IPA
• Brekenridge Christmas Ale
• Brekenridge Vanilla Porter
• Samuel Adams Winter Lager
• Bud Light
• Stella Artois
• Blue Moon
• Coors Light
• Leffe Blonde
• Smithwicks
• Guinness
• Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA

Casa Nueva

• Thirsty Dog Siberian Night
• Jackie O’s Barking Pumpkin
• Buckeye Brewing Old Mammoth Stout
• Great Lakes Christmas Ale
• Great Lakes Dotrmunder Gold
• Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald
• Marietta Raspberry Wheat
• Marietta IPA

Jackie O’s

• Razz Wheat
• Firefly Amber
• Mystic Mama IPA
• Barking Pumpkin
• Chunga’s Old Bruin
• Lagunita’s Brown Shugga
• Avery Dugana
• Dogfish Head Festina Peche
• Green Flash Trippel
• Celebration Ale
• Bell’s Third Coast Ale
• Bell’s Double Cream Stout
• Bell’s Expedition Stout
• La Chouffe
• New Holland Fire Circle
• Weyerbacher Pumpkin

É sempre bom ver algo Português quando se está longe de “casa”!

Este gigante dos céus, um AirBus A340 da TAP, é visita regular no Aeroporto Internacional de Mavalane em Maputo.

Die Darmstädter Grünen (und andere) ärgern sich, dass die Darmstädter SPD das Gras wachsen hörte:

GRÜNE fordern konstruktives Vorgehen bei der Evaluation der freien Theaterszene.
„Es ist ein Unding, dass die SPD mit Forderungen zur Bezuschussung der Freien Theaterszene an die Öffentlichkeit tritt, bevor der dazu erarbeitete Jury-Bericht überhaupt im zuständigen Gremium – nämlich dem Kulturausschuss – diskutiert worden ist“, kritisiert Hildegard-Förster-Heldmann, kulturpolitische Sprecherin der Darmstädter GRÜNEN entsprechende Verlautbarungen der SPD-Fraktion.

Die Arbeit der Jury und damit auch die Arbeit des Ausschusses in einer solchen Weise zu brüskieren, werfe wieder einmal ein besonderes Licht auf die SPD. Dies entspreche dem gewohnten Umgang der SPD-PolitikerInnen mit den Kolleginnen und Kollegen der anderen Fraktionen, sei so aber nicht akzeptabel.

„Fakt ist, dass die Jury am Donnerstag, dem 12.11. nach 18.00 Uhr in einer nicht-öffentlichen Kulturausschusssitzung ihre Vorschläge zur konzeptionellen Neuaufstellung der Förderung der ‘Freien Szene Kultur’ vorgestellt hat“, stellt Förster-Heldmann klar, „bislang ist der Bericht dort von den FachpolitikerInnen lediglich zur Kenntnis genommen worden. Für eine detaillierte Auseinandersetzung im Ausschuss ist noch keine Zeit gewesen. Dies soll in der nächsten Sitzung aufgegriffen werden.“
Zum Zeitpunkt der Presseveröffentlichung der Stellungnahme der SPD seien noch keine Details der Juryergebnisse veröffentlicht worden. Es bleibe die Frage: wie konnte die SPD bereits an die detaillierten Unterlagen gelangen?

„Schade, dass die Vertreter von SPD und FDP zum nächsten Termin im Staatstheater eilen mussten, bevor eine Diskussion stattfinden konnte. Naja die Pressemitteilung der SPD war ja bereits raus“, so Förster-Heldmann abschließend.

Die SPD-Mitteilung dazu kam gestern um 12.35 Uhr. Und mit Sperrfrist für eine Stunde vor der Kulturausschusssitzung:

SPD-Fraktion bewertet Bericht zur Freien Theaterszene und dringt auf Beibehaltung der Zuschüsse
Der Evaluationsbericht, der auf Anregung und Wunsch der freien Theaterszene erstellt wurde, liegt jetzt vor. Bei diesem Bericht handelt es sich um das Ergebnis der Jury, die sich mit der Vergabe der Fördermittel beschäftigt. Aus Sicht der SPD-Fraktion ist es gut, dass die Förderungsdauer nach diesem Bericht nun bis zu drei Jahren betragen kann. Das erhöht die Planungssicherheit für die Theatermacher und gibt auch finanzielle Sicherheit. Erfreulich ist auch, dass die Fristen bei geringen Summen (unter 3.000 Euro) entfallen sollen und aus dem laufenden Etat heraus beglichen werden. “Wir freuen uns vor allem, dass der Bericht festhält, dass Darmstadt eine lebendige freie Theaterszene hat, die in Hessen ihresgleichen sucht”, so der SPD-Fraktionsvorsitzende Hanno Benz und sein Stellvertreter Michael Siebel. “Gleichzeitig bewerten wir aber die Empfehlungen des Berichtes in Bezug auf die Zuschüsse kritisch.”

Die SPD steht für den Erhalt der Zuschüsse für die freie Szene, in anderer Form als es der Bericht empfiehlt.

Zuschüsse erhalten – gute Arbeit unterstützen – TAP, Hoppjes und HoffArt weiter fördern

Den Vorschlag, die Zuschüsse für das TAP zu streichen und die Mittel für das HoffArt Theater und HOPPJES in den Sozialetat zu schieben, kommentiert Michael Siebel wie folgt: “Beide Vorschläge halten wir für falsch. Das TAP erfreut sich einer großen Beliebtheit bei den Bürgerinnen und Bürgern der Stadt Darmstadt.

Die theaterpädagogische Arbeit von HoffArt und Hoppjes ist nach unserem sozialdemokratischen Kulturverständnis natürlich Kulturpolitik. Es kommt ja auch niemand auf die Idee, dass Jugendtheaterangebot des Staatstheaters dem Sozialetat zuzuschlagen.”

Freie Szene weiter fördern

Wer die gute Arbeit erhalten wolle, müsse über die betriebswirtschaftlichen Kennziffern hinaus denken. “Der Wert von Kultur lässt sich nicht alleine durch Geld beschreiben. Es ist doch bemerkenswert, dass ein erfolgreiches Projekt die Zuschüsse gestrichen bekommen soll. Folge dieser Politik ist, dass das TAP die Preise erhöhen muss. Das funktioniert eine Weile, bis sich niemand mehr diesen Eintritt leisten kann oder will. Hier sieht man, dass die Ratschläge gut gemeint sind. Gut gemeint ist, aber nicht immer gut gemacht. Wir wollen weiter die freie Szene unterstützen und den guten Darmstädter Weg fortsetzen. Die Förderungsdauer von drei Jahren zeigt in die richtige Richtung und gibt den Kulturschaffenden mehr Planungssicherheit”, so Hanno Benz.

Update: Auffällig ist bei der SPD-PM, dass sie vom Fraktionsvorstand Benz und Siebel kommt und nicht von den Kulturpolitikerinnen Sandra Russo und Dagmar Metzger. Die wussten angeblich davon nichts.

Und bei einer Veranstaltung des “Darmstädter Kulturforums der Sozialdemokratie” im Jahn-Saal der Comedy-Hall (es ging generell um Kultur in Darmstadt) erklärte Thomas Best, Vorsitzender des Vereins “Freie Szene“, dass die SPD-Pressemitteilung als “Schlag ins Gesicht” wahrgenommen werde. Oberbürgermeister und Kulturdezernent Walter Hoffmann antwortete, er sei nicht besonders glücklich über die Pressemitteilung seiner Parteifreunde, und nicht dafür verantwortlich.