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Charles Trotter, world renown Chicago chef, has died.
Charlie Trotter's restaurant was recognized by a variety of prestigious national and international institutions. Among those include membership in Traditions et Qualité.
As a Forbes Five Star award winning restaurant, it won 11 James Beard Foundation awards, including 'Outstanding Restaurant' (2000), 'Outstanding Chef' (1999) and most recently Chef Trotter won 'Humanitarian of The Year' (2012).
Wine Spectator named Charlie Trotter's as 'The Best Restaurant in the World for Wine & Food' (1998) and 'America's Best Restaurant' (2000). Wine Enthusiast named it ‘America’s Best Wine Driven Restaurant’ (2006) and it had annually been voted one of the ‘World’s 50 Best Restaurants’ by Restaurant Magazine since 2004.
Chef Trotter authored 14 cookbooks, three management books, and hosted the nationally aired, award winning PBS cooking series, "The Kitchen Sessions with Charlie Trotter," which was awarded the Best National Television Cooking Show by the James Beard Foundation.
Beyond his numerous culinary ventures, Chef Trotter had philanthropic ties to many charities. Most close to his heart was the Charlie Trotter Culinary Education Foundation. Since its inception in 1999 the foundation has raised over $1,000,000 to award to individuals seeking careers in the culinary arts.
Chef Trotter received awards at the White House from President Bush and Colin Powell for his work with his Culinary Education Foundation, and was named one of only five 'heroes' to be honored by Colin Powell's charity, "America's Promise."
In 2005, Chef Trotter was awarded the Humanitarian of the Year award by the International Association of Culinary Professionals for his overall service to the community.
Charlie Trotter's
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Charlie Trotter, Innovative Chicago Chef, Dies at 54
Charlie Trotter, an innovative chef whose Chicago restaurant was considered among the best in the U.S., was discovered unresponsive and pronounced dead at the age of 54.
By Stephen Miller, Caroline Porter
Charlie Trotter was a brash and innovative chef whose Chicago restaurant was considered to be among the best in the U.S.
He was discovered unresponsive Tuesday at his Chicago home and pronounced dead at a local hospital, a Chicago Fire Department spokesman said. An autopsy was planned for Wednesday. He was 54 years old.
In 1987, Mr. Trotter opened his eponymous restaurant, dedicated to American fine dining with European-quality service and wine.
“He talked about how chefs are like musicians, and their ingredients were like notes,” said Susan Ungaro, president of the James Beard Foundation, which named him outstanding chef in 1999 and humanitarian of the year in 2012.
In 2007, The Wall Street Journal called Mr. Trotter “the dean of a scene that surpasses New York’s as a thrilling place to eat.”
He helped introduce the chef tasting menu to the U.S., Ms. Ungaro said. He was a pioneer of locally sourced produce and of light sauces that didn’t rely on butter and cream. He was one of the first celebrity chefs to ban foie gras on ethical grounds.
A native of Wilmette, Ill., Mr. Trotter studied political science at the University of Wisconsin before starting his career cooking for minimum wage in a gourmet kitchen in Lake Forest, Ill.
Opening his own establishment at age 28, Mr. Trotter was a stern taskmaster, renowned for his micro-level control in the kitchen. His manner was on display on a PBS show, “The Kitchen Sessions With Charlie Trotter.” He also published a dozen books of recipes and kitchen tips.
But Mr. Trotter had a sense of humor about himself. In a cameo role in the film “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” he shouted at a cook, “I will kill your whole family if you don’t get this right.”
Out of his crucible came a stream of chefs who opened their own restaurants. But he suffered business reverses in recent years, closing a Las Vegas restaurant. He shuttered his Chicago restaurant in 2012, saying he intended to study philosophy at the University of Chicago.
“It’s really just an excuse to spend two to three years with the many great unread books sitting in my house,” he told the Journal.
Off sick again and feeling pretty rubbish. In the evening however, I checked Metcheck.com and saw that solar activity was really high - so nipped out onto the balcony for a couple of phone photos. There did appear to be a hint of colour in the photos, though I couldn't quite be sure. Tim and I started watching Taskmaster, then halfway through he suggested I go back out to check on the aurora - so glad he did, because it was amazing! The colours were so much stronger in the photos, and then I could start to see it with the naked eye, too. I set up my tripod and camera and snapped away; Tim joined me on the balcony and we marvelled at the reds and greens, and the shifting rays. Stunning!
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This papercraft is a life size Avengers World Taskmaster (Tony Masters) Mask for Cosplay, created by Koyn. The size of finished modelis about 239 (H) x 205 (W) x 157 (D) mm. There is another Taskmaster Mask for Cosplay on the site.
You can download this paper model template here: Marvel Comics - ...
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Former Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 689 president and then vice president of the international ATU Walter Bierwagen (left) congratulates James M. “Tommy” Thomas, Jr. (right) in January 1977 on Thomas’s election as recording secretary of the local union.
Thomas was the first black recording secretary, a full-time elected position, of the union. He would go on to become the first black president of Local 689 in 1983 and serve five three-year terms.
The photograph has some historic significance because Bierwagen was the white local union president who negotiated to integrate the operator ranks of the old Capitol Traction Company in 1954 while Thomas became the first black president of Local 689 in 1983.
Bierwagen was president of the union 1951-64 and ended the union’s long-time opposition to hiring black bus and streetcar operators in 1954 when he negotiated with the company and District of Columbia authorities to hire black maintenance employees for the initial integration of the operator ranks.
He led the seven-week strike against Capital Traction in 1955 that led to the ouster of the firm’s corporate raider head Louis Wolfson and established a principle still held today by transit workers that their labor holds intrinsic value outside the company’s bottom line.
Bierwagen became a vice president of the international ATU and played a leading role in obtaining language in the 1964 Mass Transportation Act to protect collective bargaining rights of private company transit workers whose operations were taken over by public entities.
He was responsible for both the workers’ pension plan and the provision of routine health coverage for employees.
He later insured that language was inserted in the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA, or Metro) compact that provided for “final and binding arbitration” for “all labor disputes.”
Thomas was the son of a West Virginia coal miner who found work with the D.C. Transit Company in the early 1960s.
Thomas worked out of the Northern Division at 4615 14th Street NW and was known for the number of hours he put in operating a bus. That also brought him into contact with nearly every one of the 700 operators who then worked at the division.
After Metro took over the private buses In 1973, Thomas challenged Walter Tucker for shop steward/executive board member in the December 1973 union elections. Tucker was the first black voting member on the union executive board but Thomas prevailed.
In 1976 he was added to president George Davis’s slate as Recording Secretary of the union when Robert Delaney retired. Thomas won that election.
In addition to his duties as Recording Secretary, he fielded phone calls from members and worked the phones to resolve their issues. He also made regular visits into the work locations around the Metro system
Davis and his team became more unpopular as the years went by and by 1978 rank-and-file workers staged two wildcat strikes as Davis was seen weak and ineffective.
In the December 1979 union elections (held in January 1980 due to a court order), two rank-and-file members with no previous union experience beat president Davis and financial secretary-treasurer Rodney Richmond by 2-1 margins. But Thomas prevailed in his contest, largely due to staying connected with the membership.
In December 1982, he challenged incumbent president Charles Boswell and beat both Boswell and former secretary-treasurer Richmond becoming the first black president of Local 689.
He would be re-elected five more three-year terms ending his tenure in December 1997.
He was known for driving a hard bargain and obtaining good labor contracts for the members. He also was a taskmaster on grievances and demanded his appointed business agents research the cases thoroughly.
He used the strike threat often, but never had to call a strike.
The local had lapsed in its political clout and felt the effects of privatization of Metrobus routes that was threatening the existence of the bargaining unit.
Breaking with his predecessors, he began to mobilize the rank-and-file to oppose these politically motivated attacks, winning some battles while losing others.
In 1995-6, he led the union to defeat a plan to privatize the whole Metrobus system that was under consideration by a Regional Mobility Panel composed of transit officials and area elected leaders.
In 1990 he obtained the approval of the membership to construct union offices and a meeting hall at 2701 Whitney Place, Forestville, Maryland. It would be the first hall that the owned and they occupied it in December 1990.
After retirement he was kept on as an advisor by the new president James W. Allen, but a rivalry developed between the two and Allen let Thomas go after about a year.
He has remained active, often attending union meetings and offering his perspective.
For a blog post on the turmoil in the D.C. transit union from 1974-80, see washingtonareaspark.com/2020/03/16/george-davis-and-the-t...
For more information and related images, see flic.kr/s/aHsmLRWRyd
The photographer is unknown. The image is from a contact print donated by Craig Simpson
I guess to no ones surprise, the solo movie Black Widow Hot Toy figure made its way into my collection. I guess ultimately I could have waited for it to drop to fire sale prices like I usually do, but 5 years might be a long time to wait.
Besides, there's still that Snowsuit version for me to win at.
So where to start - I guess by saying that this took a while, of course. Ordered the standard version through a dealer, as I didn't feel the Taskmaster shield warranted the extra bucks. Who knows - maybe Taskmaster (spoilers) herself will show up here one day.
As Hot Toys seems to have abandoned the art of rooted hair, this figure features hair in soft pliable plastic. Is it the most accurate reproduction? No, of course not - but I will say it's not terrible, and some effort was put into sculpting some strands of loose hair for that more dynamic look.
The face... well, it's a step in the right direction, considering the step backwards the Endgame one was. It's still off, but at least they gave her age appropriate facial detailing, as well as actually looking human.
Still can't touch that CW/IW sculpt, though.
Detailing on the suit is nice. This time around, the suit basically a decorated nylon body suit, which doesn't look too bad and is definitely a few steps above some of the third part stretch suits that end up looking like bad cosplay. However due to the various plastic/rubber parts, as well as the body itself, articulation as per a human being isn't fully realized. The only real improvement over the Endgame figure would actually be the arm, which are now pretty much unrestricted.
Paint work is on point, both costume and headsculpt wise.
Perhaps the most amusing aspect of this paint is that Hot Toys went so far as to paint her fingernails. Not flesh tone or lacquer to they would resemble fingernails. No - instead what we have is a conscious choice of.. it looks like a pearl copper or something.
With regards to Build Quality, it's kind of weird. The most complicated parts, the pistols and the batons, have all the functional parts you'd expect. The slide on the pistol with the scope doesn't feature a spring, so you can actually do photos of Widow with a spent pistol if you should so choose to. Detailing work is fantastic. You can even interchange the tips on the batons to suit your bludgeoning needs.
The new ankles, however, are giving me a bit of grief. Meant to improve articulation and general appearance when in a wide legged stance, I find these new ankles are kind of loose, and causes the figure to flop over with the slightest touch. She actually may not be safe if I leave her without a stand.
Perhaps the most baffling thing for me was the new gripping hands. In the past (i.e since CW) the fists that have held her baton melee weapons have basically been closed fists. Pretty standard stuff. Hot Toys, for reasons I'm guessing to fancy things up, gave this Widow a slightly more relaxed grip on her weapons - literally.
For whatever reason, the grip is too loose, and Widow cannot hold her weapons correctly. This makes for some interesting posing. I first thought this might be a thing due to desire not to cause paint wear, but then I noticed that the batons in Infinity War featured painted batons as well, and those are in a death grip.
James “Tommy” Thomas, Jr. (left), president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 and James LaSala (right), president of the International Amalgamated Transit Union, pose outside the headquarters of Local 689 in Forestville, Maryland while it was still under construction in 1990.
Thomas was the son of a West Virginia coal miner who found work with the D.C. Transit Company in the early 1960s.
Thomas worked out of the Northern Division at 4615 14th Street NW and was known for the number of hours he put in operating a bus. That also brought him into contact with nearly every one of the 700 operators who then worked at the division.
After Metro took over the private buses In 1973, Thomas challenged Walter Tucker for shop steward/executive board member in the December 1973 union elections. Tucker was the first black voting member on the union executive board but Thomas prevailed.
In 1976 he was added to president George Davis’s slate as Recording Secretary of the union when Robert Delaney retired. Thomas won that election.
In addition to his duties as Recording Secretary, he fielded phone calls from members and worked the phones to resolve their issues. He also made regular visits into the work locations around the Metro system
Davis and his team became more unpopular as the years went by and by 1978 rank-and-file workers staged two wildcat strikes as Davis was seen weak and ineffective.
In the December 1979 union elections, two rank-and-file members with no previous union experience beat president Davis and financial secretary-treasurer Rodney Richmond by 2-1 margins. But Thomas prevailed in his contest, largely due to staying connected with the membership.
In December 1982, he challenged incumbent president Charles Boswell and beat both Boswell and former secretary-treasurer Richmond becoming the first black president of Local 689.
He would be re-elected five more three year terms ending his tenure in December 1997.
He was known for driving a hard bargain and obtaining good labor contracts for the members. He also was a taskmaster on grievances and demanded his appointed business agents research the cases thoroughly.
He used the strike threat often, but never had to call a strike.
The local had lapsed in its political clout and felt the effects of privatization of Metrobus routes that was threatening the existence of the bargaining unit.
Breaking with his predecessors, he began to mobilize the rank-and-file to oppose these politically motivated attacks, winning some battles while losing others.
In 1995-6, he led the union to defeat a plan to privatize the whole Metrobus system that was under consideration by a Regional Mobility Panel composed of transit officials and area elected leaders.
In 1990 he obtained the approval of the membership to construct union offices and a meeting hall at 2701 Whitney Place, Forestville, Maryland. It would be the first hall that the owned and they occupied it in December 1990.
After retirement he was kept on as an advisor by the new president James W. Allen, but a rivalry developed between the two and Allen let Thomas go after about a year.
He has remained active, often attending union meetings and offering his perspective.'
James La Sala devoted more than 50 years to the trade union movement and to his union, the Amalgamated Transit Union.
He began his career in the transit industry as a bus operator for the Public Service Coordinated Transport of New Jersey where he joined ATU Local 824 and was elected shop steward a year later. He rose from that position to leadership positions in the local, serving as vice president, secretary-treasurer and president/business agent.
Following his leadership of Local 824, Vice President La Sala was appointed by the international to the position of international representative, followed by appointment to the position of international vice president, a post he held until his election as executive vice president.
He was elected international president in 1985 and retired in July 2003, ranking as the second longest serving president in the ATU’s 110-year history.
He was known primarily for settling the 1990-93 Greyhound strike, establishing education seminars for ATU officers and staff, and establishing labor-management cooperation seminars on issues of common interest.
For more information and related images, see flic.kr/s/aHsmLRWRyd
The photographer is unknown, but probably John A. Thomas.. The image was donated by Craig Simpson.
Tony Masters A.k.a The Taskmaster as he is often seen in the Marvel Universe. The other version of Taskmaster is in the works.
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Pretty happy with this fig, other than the head and torso. Head is just not menacing enough, and the torso looks a bit plain/boring. Suggestions about those issues or anything else greatly appreciated.
A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with Alpha Company, 5th Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade conducts a run-up during a winter storm at Bagram Airfield in Parwan province, Afghanistan, Dec. 27, 2012. (DoD photo by Sgt. Duncan Brennan, U.S. Army/Released)
I guess to no ones surprise, the solo movie Black Widow Hot Toy figure made its way into my collection. I guess ultimately I could have waited for it to drop to fire sale prices like I usually do, but 5 years might be a long time to wait.
Besides, there's still that Snowsuit version for me to win at.
So where to start - I guess by saying that this took a while, of course. Ordered the standard version through a dealer, as I didn't feel the Taskmaster shield warranted the extra bucks. Who knows - maybe Taskmaster (spoilers) herself will show up here one day.
As Hot Toys seems to have abandoned the art of rooted hair, this figure features hair in soft pliable plastic. Is it the most accurate reproduction? No, of course not - but I will say it's not terrible, and some effort was put into sculpting some strands of loose hair for that more dynamic look.
The face... well, it's a step in the right direction, considering the step backwards the Endgame one was. It's still off, but at least they gave her age appropriate facial detailing, as well as actually looking human.
Still can't touch that CW/IW sculpt, though.
Detailing on the suit is nice. This time around, the suit basically a decorated nylon body suit, which doesn't look too bad and is definitely a few steps above some of the third part stretch suits that end up looking like bad cosplay. However due to the various plastic/rubber parts, as well as the body itself, articulation as per a human being isn't fully realized. The only real improvement over the Endgame figure would actually be the arm, which are now pretty much unrestricted.
Paint work is on point, both costume and headsculpt wise.
Perhaps the most amusing aspect of this paint is that Hot Toys went so far as to paint her fingernails. Not flesh tone or lacquer to they would resemble fingernails. No - instead what we have is a conscious choice of.. it looks like a pearl copper or something.
With regards to Build Quality, it's kind of weird. The most complicated parts, the pistols and the batons, have all the functional parts you'd expect. The slide on the pistol with the scope doesn't feature a spring, so you can actually do photos of Widow with a spent pistol if you should so choose to. Detailing work is fantastic. You can even interchange the tips on the batons to suit your bludgeoning needs.
The new ankles, however, are giving me a bit of grief. Meant to improve articulation and general appearance when in a wide legged stance, I find these new ankles are kind of loose, and causes the figure to flop over with the slightest touch. She actually may not be safe if I leave her without a stand.
Perhaps the most baffling thing for me was the new gripping hands. In the past (i.e since CW) the fists that have held her baton melee weapons have basically been closed fists. Pretty standard stuff. Hot Toys, for reasons I'm guessing to fancy things up, gave this Widow a slightly more relaxed grip on her weapons - literally.
For whatever reason, the grip is too loose, and Widow cannot hold her weapons correctly. This makes for some interesting posing. I first thought this might be a thing due to desire not to cause paint wear, but then I noticed that the batons in Infinity War featured painted batons as well, and those are in a death grip.
This is Colin. He's a rock star painter. I took a weekend plein air class with him a couple of years ago. As luck would have it, it rained the entire weekend but Colin handled it like a pro and managed to make it fun and interesting. I remember he made us breathe between each brushstroke and count each brushstroke demanding low numbers. Quite the taskmaster.
16"x10.5" watercolor and pencil in my Grand Portrait Sketchbook. #112
Build Sponsored by Brickwarriors!!! MOC depicts the threat of Mordor spreading across the lands of men. This raiding party consists of 8 Orcs armed with Brickwarriors gear, marching away from the burning ruins of a pillaged inn. Their ranks (in order from front to back): War Monger, Chieftan, Goblin Digger, Peon Wrangler, Armored Berserker, Two Warrior Orcs, and A Taskmaster.
I guess to no ones surprise, the solo movie Black Widow Hot Toy figure made its way into my collection. I guess ultimately I could have waited for it to drop to fire sale prices like I usually do, but 5 years might be a long time to wait.
Besides, there's still that Snowsuit version for me to win at.
So where to start - I guess by saying that this took a while, of course. Ordered the standard version through a dealer, as I didn't feel the Taskmaster shield warranted the extra bucks. Who knows - maybe Taskmaster (spoilers) herself will show up here one day.
As Hot Toys seems to have abandoned the art of rooted hair, this figure features hair in soft pliable plastic. Is it the most accurate reproduction? No, of course not - but I will say it's not terrible, and some effort was put into sculpting some strands of loose hair for that more dynamic look.
The face... well, it's a step in the right direction, considering the step backwards the Endgame one was. It's still off, but at least they gave her age appropriate facial detailing, as well as actually looking human.
Still can't touch that CW/IW sculpt, though.
Detailing on the suit is nice. This time around, the suit basically a decorated nylon body suit, which doesn't look too bad and is definitely a few steps above some of the third part stretch suits that end up looking like bad cosplay. However due to the various plastic/rubber parts, as well as the body itself, articulation as per a human being isn't fully realized. The only real improvement over the Endgame figure would actually be the arm, which are now pretty much unrestricted.
Paint work is on point, both costume and headsculpt wise.
Perhaps the most amusing aspect of this paint is that Hot Toys went so far as to paint her fingernails. Not flesh tone or lacquer to they would resemble fingernails. No - instead what we have is a conscious choice of.. it looks like a pearl copper or something.
With regards to Build Quality, it's kind of weird. The most complicated parts, the pistols and the batons, have all the functional parts you'd expect. The slide on the pistol with the scope doesn't feature a spring, so you can actually do photos of Widow with a spent pistol if you should so choose to. Detailing work is fantastic. You can even interchange the tips on the batons to suit your bludgeoning needs.
The new ankles, however, are giving me a bit of grief. Meant to improve articulation and general appearance when in a wide legged stance, I find these new ankles are kind of loose, and causes the figure to flop over with the slightest touch. She actually may not be safe if I leave her without a stand.
Perhaps the most baffling thing for me was the new gripping hands. In the past (i.e since CW) the fists that have held her baton melee weapons have basically been closed fists. Pretty standard stuff. Hot Toys, for reasons I'm guessing to fancy things up, gave this Widow a slightly more relaxed grip on her weapons - literally.
For whatever reason, the grip is too loose, and Widow cannot hold her weapons correctly. This makes for some interesting posing. I first thought this might be a thing due to desire not to cause paint wear, but then I noticed that the batons in Infinity War featured painted batons as well, and those are in a death grip.
Given his power by a mystic konshu idol or something along those lines that i read last night. Moon Knight has multiple personality problems.
He's got more alias's than GIJOE's Zartan.. and has retired and returned to crime fighting more times than an out of date NBA player.
Still I have to admire the piece at Wiki where it mentions he knows all forms of combat, fully trained martial artist who's abilities improve at nightfall.
Rapid reflexes and speed mean this alone would be a weapon against his enemies.
It also mentions a recent run in with Taskmaster. Something i really really think is cool. The figures are identical in appearance and design. Both have great knowledge in combat and yet both are much designed on a Skeletor mold. :-D