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R.I.P. “Unk”

I just found out today that my great uncle, James O. Harris, passed away on Sunday after a long disease. He was 80.

From here:

James O. Harris, age 80 of Lawrenceville passed away, Sunday, June 13, 2010. Funeral Services will be held 2:00 PM, Wednesday, June 16, 2010 in the Lawrenceville Chapel of Tim Stewart Funeral Home with Pastor Kenny Kuykendahl & Rev. Gary Livingston officiating. Burial Gwinnett Memorial Park, Lawrenceville. Mr. Harris was a long term member of the Azalea Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society, and had developed many varieties of Azaleas that were patented and distributed worldwide through a partnership with the University of Georgia. He was an Army Veteran during the Korean War and had worked as an auto body and fender repairman. Mr. Harris is survived by: Wife of 52 years: Ella Ruth Harris, Lawrenceville; Children: Jim Harris, Atlanta; Bryan & Carolyn Harris, Centre, AL; Aunt: Dorothy Pirkle, Dunwoody; Sister-in-law: Mildred Stancel, Forest Park; Grandchildren: Kristin Harris, Jarred Harris, Jordan Harris, Niece: Teresa & Jack Cofer, Suwanee; and many cousins.

God bless, James.

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Fun with Factory’s Catalog!

Factory Records was an influential British record label based out of Manchester. Founded by TV host Tony Wilson and band manager Alan Erasmus in 1978, the label was home to giants like Joy Division, New Order, The Durutti Column, A Certain Ratio and Happy Mondays, and was the “starter label” for bands like Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and James. Like competing label 4AD, Factory relied on a producer (in this case, Martin Mannett) and a graphic designer (Peter Saville) to give the label’s releases a unique and consistent look and sound.

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As anyone who has seen the film 24 Hour Party People will tell you, there were a lot of drugs being used by practically everyone at the label. In fact, one need only to look at the label’s catalog system to see that.

Almost every Factory release begins with the prefix “FAC”, except albums, which have the prefix “FACT”. “Special” numbers were reserved for big, important releases, so Joy Division’s Closer album is FACT 25, New Order’s Movement is FACT 50, New Order’s Power Corruption and Lies is FACT 75 and New Order’s Low Life is FACT 100. Because these “special” numbers were used, sometimes the catalog numbers seem out of order: New Order’s greatest hits album Substance is FACT 200, while Joy Division’s greatest hits album, also called Substance, is FACT 250, even though Joy Division preceded New Order.

The last digit of a catalog number was often reserved for certain bands, although there are many inconsistencies in its implementation. However, the last digit being 1 usually signified a release by Factory Corporate, 2 was used for Happy Mondays singles, 3 for Joy Division and New Order singles, 4 was used for Durutti Column singles, and 6 was reserved for short-lived “Factory Classical” releases.

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West Indies Hot Sauce

west_indies_sauce“West Indies” hot sauce, which is yellow in color and made with habanero peppers, is my all-time favorite style of hot sauce. It’s usually very spicy, but not in an “I’m only eating this to show off” kind of way, like Dave’s Insanity Sauce. It also has the best flavor of any hot sauce I’ve ever tried. Sure, Tabasco sauce is good, but it mostly tastes like peppers and vinegar. Sriracha is pretty tasty, but isn’t all that complex. West Indian style hot sauce, on the other hand, brings a lot of flavor to the table!

Lisa bought a giant habanero plant at Aldi a few weeks ago. It’s actually more like a “habanero bush”! So, with a surfeit of peppers, I decided to make some hot sauce myself!

Software:

15 habanero (Scotch bonnet) peppers
1 ripe mango, or a one large can of pineapple chunks
¼ cup packed brown sugar
1½ Tbs. curry powder
1 Tbs. cumin
1 Tbs. chili powder
½ tsp. sea salt
1 tsp black pepper
Pinch of tumeric
1 cup cheap yellow mustard
½ cup white vinegar
(Optional) Additional vinegar and\or pineapple juice

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Archbishop develops backbone; kicks KJS out of ACSC

Well, we all read the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Pentecost Letter and thought that there might be signs of ++Rowan finally growing a backbone… but it seems that that letter was only the public part of his campaign. The private part, consisting of a letter to +KJS asking her to withdraw from the Anglican Communion Standing Committee, has just gone public.

From Conger via BabyBlue:

The Archbishop’s Pentecost letter is the public half of a campaign to rein in the Episcopal Church, The Church of England Newspaper has learned, and follows a private letter delivered to Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori asking her to consider withdrawing from active participation on the Standing Committee of the Anglican Communion.

A letter from the Archbishop is believed to have been given to Bishop Jefferts Schori at the April 17 consecration of the Bishop of Connecticut, Dr Ian Douglas. Neva Rae Fox, a spokesman for the Presiding Bishop said she could not comment as she was not present at the Connecticut consecration. Dr Williams’ office would neither confirm nor deny the story, citing its policy of not commenting on the Archbishop’s private correspondence.

Interesting.

via Conform or face the consequences, Archbishop says.

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-13

  • Why all the hot girls in the Yaz commercials? Don't average girls need birth control, too? #
  • More warnings about US debt… but no one seems to care: http://tinyurl.com/2b6k7d9 #
  • The Euro is dying: http://tinyurl.com/2ep4rdf Long live the mark and the pound! #
  • Safari for Windows: MIC set to Medium… Nice security fail, Apple! #
  • Saints win the Super Bowl? 'Hawks win the Stanley Cup? I'm putting all my money on the Pirates to win the World Series this year! #
  • Sad news: Japan's Mick Karn diagnosed with advanced cancer: http://tinyurl.com/2vmy68u #
  • @OhioSteelerGirl And the man from Texas bothered you why? in reply to OhioSteelerGirl #
  • TFLN: "I don't give a shit about soccer but I'm really excited about drinking at 7 in the morning." #
  • I bet that English goalkeeper is gonna catch hell later! #
  • "Forget it brother, you can go it alone" #

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Why GSU’s Kell Hall has ramps, not stairs

Love Atlanta? Then you should check out Pecanne Log, a blog dedicated to both the city’s history as well as her funkier neighborhoods and festivals. They have a post today about the Ivy Street Garage, Atlanta’s first parking deck, which opened 85 years ago this week:

On June 3, 1925, the Ivy Street Garage – Atlanta’s first parking garage – opened! Called a “mammoth automobile hotel” by the [Atlanta] Constitution [newspaper], it was six stories, held 600 cars, and offered white-glove valet, car wash, and basic maintenance and repair services. The Ivy Street Garage was said to be “one of the largest and perhaps the most modern structures of its kind in the world.”

The deck was one of the first parking decks in the United States to have one-way ramps instead of “auto-elevators”, which were much more common at the time. It did, however, have an elevator for customers, which was new at the time.

The Ivy Street Garage was eventually sold to Georgia State University, where it was converted to classrooms and is now known as Kell Hall. Architects decided to keep the existing ramps wherever possible, and this is why the building has ramps instead of stairs.

via pecanne log.

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Workers banned from flying English flags

More proof that England’s losing its mind in the race to multi-culturalism: council workers in Greater Manchester have been banned from flying the English flag on their cars. In England. Because that might be racist. To fly one’s own flag in his own country. More:

More than 1,200 workers have been banned from flying England flags on their own cars by managers – over fears they could deemed as racist.

Employees at the housing association were sent a group e-mail warning that decking out their personal vehicles with the St George’s flags could “discriminate” against those who don’t support England during the World Cup.

Call me when the entire United Kingdom collapses into anarchy.

via Mail Online.

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A Small (Yet Large) Win for St. James Church

From BabyBlue:

In a unanimous decision, the California Supreme Court agreed today to hear St. James Anglican Church’s appeal that it has a constitutional right to continue its property rights battle against The Episcopal Church. By granting the St. James petition, the Court has acknowledged that this property rights dispute is far from over as the Episcopal Church has claimed, and that the Court must decide whether a defendant can be deprived of its property before it has had the opportunity to defend itself with evidence in a court of law.

Nice. According to the previous lower court ruling, it seemed that California law allowed people to have their private property taken away without legal recourse; it looks like the California Supreme Court fixed that.

Good luck St. James!

via BabyBlueOnline: California Supreme Court Unanimously Grants Review of St. James Church’s Petition.

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Meet George P. Burdell!

Back in 1927, a man named William Edgar “Ed” Smith applied for admission to Georgia Tech. He soon received a letter in the mail telling him that he had been accepted into the school, and that he would be receiving an enrollment form in the mail. A few weeks passed, and Smith got that form in the mail. Actually, he received two of them.

He dutifully filled out the first with his own information, then pondered what to do with the second. He finally decided to pull a prank on his Academy of Richmond County principal, a UGA alum and staunch Bulldog supporter named George P. Butler, by enrolling him in the school. But Smith lost his nerve by the time he’d written “George P. B” on the form, so instead of completing “Butler”, he wrote “Burdell”, his best friend’s mother’s maiden name.

The prank would have been lame had it ended there. But it didn’t.

Once Smith got to Tech, he enrolled Burdell in all the same classes as himself. For the next three years, Smith did all his work twice, once under his own name, and again under Burdell’s name. Every homework assignment, every class project, every report, every paper, every quiz, every exam… everything. He would simply alter his handwriting and some of his answers and turn it in again under Burdell’s name. Smith was so dedicated to the prank that in 1930 “George P. Burdell” was awarded a bachelor of science degree from the school.

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