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Saturday, January 22, 2011
Vegemite is the popular dark brown spread made from yeast extract that hails Australia and is often the target of many food jokes. It is said that people either love Vegemite, or hate it. Rarely is there any opinion in between. I, for one, have tried it and can’t say I like it, but I don’t fault those who do. To some Vegemite is more desirable than peanut butter or nutella and is eaten regularly spread on toast, crumpets or biscuits. The newest Vegemite product to emerge lately is Vegemite Gelato. According to recent reports, the Gelatissimo ice cream chain is offering this exclusive flavor from January 24 – 30th in their stores.
So far the reaction to the new flavor has been mixed. Vegetime is said to have an umami flavor similar to beef bouillon, a questionable flavor to swirl into ice cream to say the least. If you have a jar of Vegemite on hand I might recommend spreading it on some of these delicious breads or breakfast pastries:
Read More: V for Victory and Vegemite Gelato!
Friday, January 21, 2011
Ricky Gervais is adamant he didn't do "anything wrong" during his stint as Golden Globes host and is refusing to apologize for his risque gags.
The British comedian sparked outrage at the glitzy show last weekend with his jokes, which poked fun at the star-studded crowd.
Phillip Berk, president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), the group behind the awards, called Gervais' jibes "totally unacceptable", while the funnyman was forced to deny he was pulled offstage during the ceremony and chastised for his remarks.
He has now confronted the controversy in an interview with CNN's Piers Morgan, and insisted he doesn't need to apologize for his jokes, as he was just doing his job.
Gervais says, "I don't think I did anything wrong. I honestly, you know those were like jibes at these people and I'm sure they've got a sense of humour...
Read More: Gervais not sorry for GG jokes
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
If you want to watch a Coen brothers movie with your kids, the options make for a pretty brief film festival. "Raising Arizona," with its loopy comic energy and nods to the Road Runner, isn't a bad starting point, though you still might have some explaining to do about the whole kidnapping thing. "The Hudsucker Proxy" has that marvelous, wordless sequence in which we see the hula hoop take flight in children's minds. But that's three minutes out of nearly two hours. "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" Maybe. Provided your child digs Greek mythology and bluegrass music.¶It's not like Joel and Ethan Coen lie awake at night worrying about this hole in their filmography. That would signal they actually think about their body of work and the meaning of it all, when, really, once they finish a film, it's on to the next one. Self-analysis after the fact has never been their thing. ¶But when Joel, 56, took Charles Portis' novel "True Grit" off the shelf a few years ago to read aloud with his son, Pedro (now 16), the idea hit him that it'd make for a great movie, yes, and that it was a kind of movie they'd never done before.
Read More: The Coen brothers' gritty tale for kids
Friday, December 31, 2010
Sydney promised a New Year's Eve party better than any since the 2000 Olympics.
Judging by the crowd's reaction, the city delivered in dazzling fashion.
"Stunning, beautiful," said Cinthya Romo, 32, a Sydney-based interpreter from Chile, as she looked skyward from the Opera House forecourt.
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"Sydney's best show yet," remarked taxi driver George Stamp, who sacrificed a bumper payday to enjoy the show with his children and 1.5 million others.
As the clock ticked midnight the familiar rumble-and-bang of fireworks sounded and streams of incandescent colour shot into the heavens, illuminating the city.
A pulsing X on the Sydney Harbour Bridge reflected the Make Your Mark theme, replaced by a gold hand - the feature of the extravaganza.
Read More: Sydney's skyline explodes for New Year
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Terribly sad news out of Dallas, TX, today. Nickey Van Exel, the son of former Cincinnati Bearcats and NBA player Nick Van Exel, has been arrested for murder.
The younger Van Exel, 20, confessed to killing his neighbor on Saturday and dumping the body less than a mile away in a lake. He is being held on $1 million bond. Van Exel claims he was playing with a shotgun when the weapon went off, he then panicked and moved the body.
Read More: Van Exel’s Son Arrested For Murder
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Airlines grounded hundreds of flights Sunday along the Northeast corridor in anticipation of the storm, affecting major airports including New York's JFK and Newark. Airlines said more cancellations were likely as the storm progressed. Travel misery began a day earlier in parts of the South, where a rare white Christmas came with reports of dozens of car crashes.
In Washington transportation officials pre-treated roads and readied 200 salt trucks, plows and other pieces of equipment to fight the 6 inches or more expected to fall in the Mid-Atlantic region.
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Cheered on by librarians and library advocates, teachers' union President Jerry Jordan yesterday called on parents, public officials, education advocates and especially the School District of Philadelphia to reverse the 20-year decline of school libraries.
His request was clear: Make money for libraries and certified librarians a mandated part of school budgets instead of leaving the decision up to principals.
"There are many ways to spend limited education dollars, but a library is one of the best investments," he said inside the upgraded library of University City High, a newly transformed "Promise Academy."
Beginning in the late 1990s, at a time of huge budget deficits, the school district began eliminating librarian positions and failed to replace those who retired or found other jobs, district officials said.
In 1987, every school had a library staffed with a certified librarian and trained library assistant, Jordan said. Four years later, only 176 certified librarians and 114 assistants were employed by the district.
Today, just 72 librarians and 26 assistants remain, he said.
Of the district's 258 schools, only 120 have libraries, and only half of the high schools have libraries.
On the other hand, Jordan said, each of the 26 state correctional institutions is required to have a fully stocked library staffed with a librarian with a master's degree.
"If we mandated that every school provided children with fully stocked, technology-rich libraries, there wouldn't be as many inmates in need of prison libraries," he said.
Studies have shown that students with access to libraries typically show significant improvement in reading, spelling, math and problem-solving. Jordan noted that Pennsylvania System of School Assessment scores in reading are 10 to 15 points higher in schools with libraries staffed by certified school librarians.
This is not a new fight for the union, which has unsuccessfully tried "half a dozen times" to include the measure in its contract with the district, Jordan said.
Dolores Solomon, president of the district's Home and School Association, said parents could make the difference.
"Parents always play a very important part in any issue pertaining to the children," she said.
By involving parents, "this will spark the light to bring awareness to the situation," she said. "Our children are in need of libraries in each and every school, not just some schools."
The district's director of integration instruction, Lois McGee, who works with library-content specialists, said the district pushes for libraries.
"We've been advocating for strong libraries programs in all our schools since Dr. Ackerman came in," she said, referring to Superintendent Arlene Ackerman, who joined the district in 2008. McGee described libraries as "that link that would close the opportunity and achievement gap."
She added that content specialists have been added as extra support in the libraries of the district's six Promise Academies, schools receiving closer attention from the district.
Read more: Teachers' union chief pushes for funding for school libraries3
His request was clear: Make money for libraries and certified librarians a mandated part of school budgets instead of leaving the decision up to principals.
"There are many ways to spend limited education dollars, but a library is one of the best investments," he said inside the upgraded library of University City High, a newly transformed "Promise Academy."
Beginning in the late 1990s, at a time of huge budget deficits, the school district began eliminating librarian positions and failed to replace those who retired or found other jobs, district officials said.
In 1987, every school had a library staffed with a certified librarian and trained library assistant, Jordan said. Four years later, only 176 certified librarians and 114 assistants were employed by the district.
Today, just 72 librarians and 26 assistants remain, he said.
Of the district's 258 schools, only 120 have libraries, and only half of the high schools have libraries.
On the other hand, Jordan said, each of the 26 state correctional institutions is required to have a fully stocked library staffed with a librarian with a master's degree.
"If we mandated that every school provided children with fully stocked, technology-rich libraries, there wouldn't be as many inmates in need of prison libraries," he said.
Studies have shown that students with access to libraries typically show significant improvement in reading, spelling, math and problem-solving. Jordan noted that Pennsylvania System of School Assessment scores in reading are 10 to 15 points higher in schools with libraries staffed by certified school librarians.
This is not a new fight for the union, which has unsuccessfully tried "half a dozen times" to include the measure in its contract with the district, Jordan said.
Dolores Solomon, president of the district's Home and School Association, said parents could make the difference.
"Parents always play a very important part in any issue pertaining to the children," she said.
By involving parents, "this will spark the light to bring awareness to the situation," she said. "Our children are in need of libraries in each and every school, not just some schools."
The district's director of integration instruction, Lois McGee, who works with library-content specialists, said the district pushes for libraries.
"We've been advocating for strong libraries programs in all our schools since Dr. Ackerman came in," she said, referring to Superintendent Arlene Ackerman, who joined the district in 2008. McGee described libraries as "that link that would close the opportunity and achievement gap."
She added that content specialists have been added as extra support in the libraries of the district's six Promise Academies, schools receiving closer attention from the district.
Read more: Teachers' union chief pushes for funding for school libraries3
Thursday, November 4, 2010
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